Donald Edwin Saunders

How they died

Deadly force

Police received a 911 call from a neighbor who believed a man was hurting a woman during a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, they found blood on the doorknob. Officers knocked, identified themselves as police officers, and reportedly heard a woman screaming for help. After officers were able to get inside, Donald Saunders allegedly pointed a gun into the chest of the first officer who went inside. That officer was able to knock the gun away, but Saunders raised the gun again in the direction of the officers, and all three officers shot and killed Saunders.

Why we remember them

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

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