Tyshon Jones

How they died

Deadly force

Officers were called to the Open Door Mission about 3 a.m. for a report of a man with a knife. Tyshon Jones allegedly had taken the knife from the Samaritan House and left on foot. Officers confronted him outside. They say the man was cutting himself with a knife and refused to drop it. Jones reportedly threatened to kill officers, who had reached out for an officer with a Taser. As the man got closer, one officer shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Tyshon Jones, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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