'He loved the culture. He cared about family'
Clarence Leading Fighter, 32, leaves behind a seven-year-old son
Clarence Leading Fighter didn’t stay in the same place for very long.
The 32-year-old Rosebud Sioux man would often travel between his father’s home in Denver, Colorado, and his mother’s home in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
He had grown up in Denver, away from his mother’s people, but had moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in recent years.
On April 14, Leading Fighter was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy inside a church in Rushville, Nebraska, during Sunday morning services.
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Dear friends, everyone who was at Mass is physically safe. Pray for all who were involved in the incident as well as those of us who were gathered for Mass. Such a terrible experience.
Posted by Immaculate Conception Church on Sunday, April 14, 2019
RIP my beloved nephew Clarence LeadingFighter you were on one of my joy of life it was so awesome to be part of your life I'll always love & miss 💔😭😭
Posted by Eileen Goodkill on Saturday, April 20, 2019
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