Monday 20th October 2025

Several news outlets are reporting the deputy who was involved in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman on June 13 in Pettis County has been reinstated and is back on the job.

According to reports, the deputy returned to work last week.

The original report on June 13 says Hannah Fizer was pulled over for speeding and Careless and Imprudent Driving and she had threatened the Pettis County deputy during the traffic stop before she was shot. After a search warrant was obtained and executed on the vehicle, it was discovered that there was no weapon located inside.

On September 14, Special Prosecutor Stephen Sokoloff, who was assigned to the case on August 4, said in a release “After a through review of the available information, I believe it would be difficult to find from this evidence that the officer did not have a reasonable apprehension of immediate physical injury or death from the acts of the suspect. As a result, it is my conclusion that there is sufficient evidence which a jury would be likely to find that the officer was justified in his use of deadly force. I believe, based on the current state of the law, and the provisions of the National Prosecution Standards, which hold that a prosecutor must have a reasonable basis to believe that a conviction (beyond a reasonable doubt) is reasonably likely, that he or she is ethically obligated not to file charges, that there would not be a reasonable likelihood of being able to prove the elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt, that no charges are warranted.”

The deputy’s name has not been formally released.