Michael Shirah

Name:
Shirah, Michael Eric

Date of Booking:
07/06/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Battery – Family Violence (1st Offense) (M)

Aggravated Assault

AGGRAVATED BATTERY

Officer’s Narrative:
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On the above-listed date and time, I, Pfc Evans, was dispatched to [SINGLE DIGIT BLOCK] Oak Street about a physical domestic. I met the victims, [VICTIM #1] and [VICTIM #2], at Riverside Park, and they were sitting in a white Toyota 4Runner. Once they stepped out of the car I immediately noticed blood on both of them. [VICTIM #2] had a large laceration on the back of her head; she was bleeding heavily and was completely covered in blood. He drives a black Chevrolet Colorado and would only leave to go to the liquor store.

I asked [VICTIM #2] to sit down and explain to me what had occurred. She stated Michael Shirah had been drinking and they began to argue over money. He became irritated and he hit her in the back of the head. She did not know what he hit her with, but it happened in the doorway of the carport. After she left the house she waited outside for her son to come with her. She said that’s when he started to hit and choke [VICTIM #1]. She said that he had multiple guns in the residence. She said she backed into the brick wall because she was scared and trying to leave in a hurry.

[VICTIM #1] said that Michael grabbed him by the throat and began to choke him. He had marks on his neck that resembled finger placements and said he felt like he couldn’t breathe while he was being choked. His nose was swollen where he had been punched.

Pfc Carranza and Rickett arrived at the residence and observed Eric standing by his truck on the far right side of the house. When he saw them, he went back inside the residence. They went to the back side of the residence to make sure he did not run out of the back door.

When I arrived at the residence, I activated my blue lights while Sgt. Henry began to use the PA system to call Michael Shirah out of the residence. Sgt. Henry was able to make contact with him by phone, and he agreed to come outside. Due to the severity of the crimes that had been committed, I began to give him verbal commands. He raised his shirt, turned around, and followed the sound of my voice as directed. Once he was called back to a distance far enough from the residence, he laid face down on the ground and placed his hands behind his back. We approached him and placed him in handcuffs before he was searched. Once he was detained he gave us permission to clear the residence for people. Once the residence was cleared, he was read Miranda and questioned about the incident.

Michael said he did not lay his hands on either of them, but he did throw a bottle, and that’s why he had a cut on his hand. He would not provide us with any more information. When he was asked why he went back inside the residence after he saw law enforcement, he lied and said he had been inside the whole time, and he hadn’t been outside.

He was searched again, and the handcuffs were double locked for a safe and secure fit before he was placed in the back seat of my patrol car.

We began to investigate and observed a blood trail starting in the doorway with blood splatter on the door, the cabinet, and the floor. The blood trail led to the side of the carport, which indicated where she stood and was calling for [VICTIM #1] to come outside so they could leave. We did not find a potential weapon that could have been used. We found paint transfer on the brick wall, which indicated she was telling the truth about that part of the incident.

He was transported to the Floyd County Jail where he was medically cleared and taken into their custody.

Back seat cleared before and after transport.

[End of Narrative]