Chester Jenkins

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies were called shortly after midnight for reports of a man reportedly waving a gun around at Days Inn. The man, Chester Jenkins, 61, was armed with a handgun and standing inside near a first floor exit when deputies entered the hotel. Startled by Jenkins's sudden appearance around a corner, both deputies ordered him to disarm at virtually the same time they shot and killed him, according to body camera video. Jenkins' weapon turned out to be a replica handgun.

Why we remember them

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

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