State inmate involved in 2021 shooting sues Lincoln County

Feb. 23—A 2021 shooting involving a Lincoln County man and officers from the county Sheriff's Office was deemed justifiable, but a recently filed federal civil rights lawsuit calls into question the actions of those officers, as well as alleged policy and procedural violations and the ensuing investigation. Tristan Kirk Assance, 35, filed the suit against the county on Jan. 11 in federal court …