Days after federal agents shot and killed fugitive Arlie J. Perryman in Hidden Valley, his partner is speaking out, disputing what she says are false depictions of his character.

“He was a good man. He was respectful and had a very good heart,” Susana M. Kelly, 55, wrote about the man she describes as her husband.

“I will not sit back and let you people trash talk him like this,” she said in response to online comments. “My husband had a warrant for a probation violation for marijuana. He was killed for a MARIJUANA violation!”

Kelly said Perryman, 43, was preparing to enter a rehab program and planned to turn himself in to law enforcement. Kelly had already turned herself in after the couple evaded capture together in a narcotics investigation. She urged people

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