John Benedict Coleman

How they died

Deadly force

Ogden police officers responding to a domestic violence call. A woman called 911 to report that her husband was threatening to kill her, and the call was disconnected. A man confronted arriving officers on the home's porch, before returning back into the home and firing at officers through the closed door. Officer Nathan Lyday was killed by gunfire.

Why we remember them

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

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