Portrayed by Jon Bernthal (The Punisher), Shane was the best friend of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who was also a co-worker as Sherrif Deputies for King County. Shane's death was an important ...

Rick's mother, he says ... which winds up getting him arrested. Shane (Jake Lacy)—a spoiled jerk, insufferable mommy's boy, and actual killer, albeit an accidental one—disparages the career ...

Rick Grimes was originally meant to die much earlier in The Walking Dead series according to Robert Kirkman. In the comics, Carl ends up killing a zombified Rick, signifying a passing of the torch.