William Kyle Bluestone

How they died

Deadly force

Officers were dispatched to a Silverton home on a report of domestic violence around 12:40 p.m. Officers found William Bluestone hiding beneath a bed in his apartment. He told police he was armed with a handgun. Police talked to Bluestone for around an hour, then Bluestone began pointing the gun alternately at his and chest. Bluestone shot himself in the chest, and one of the officers, thinking Bluestone was shooting at him, also shot Bluestone in the chest. Grand Jury said either shot would have been fatal, and the officer's use of force was justified.

Why we remember them

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

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