OUTSIDERS TO PROBE PREBLE SHOOTING

EATON - The Greene County prosecutor and his first assistant have been
appointed special prosecutors in the case involving the Sept. 27 fatal
shooting of Clayton J. Helriggle by a Preble County Emergency Services Unit
member.

Helriggle, 23, was shot during a drug raid at his home south of West
Alexandria.

Preble County Prosecutor Rebecca J. Ferguson voluntarily handed the case
over to William Schenck on Wednesday after speaking with Helriggle's
family, according to a media release from her office. Suzanne Schmidt,
first assistant prosecutor in the Greene County office, will assist
Schenck. No one from either office could be reached for comment.

Preble County Sheriff Tom Hayes turned the investigation over to Montgomery
County Sheriff Dave Vore's office. Vore has said the results of criminal
and administrative investigations could take weeks.

Lewisburg Police Sgt. Kent S. Moore, 41, a member of the emergency services
unit, which is made up of sheriff's deputies and officers from Eaton,
Lewisburg and New Paris police departments, was placed on administrative
leave immediately following the shooting.

Helriggle's mother, Sharon Helriggle, said she was relieved Ferguson's
office would no longer be responsible for prosecutorial decisions in the
case, including reviewing the investigation of Helriggle's death.

"Mike (Helriggle's father) talked to her (Ferguson) this week, and we said
we didn't want her to handle it," Mrs. Helriggle said. "We requested a
different, independent prosecutor."