David Patrick Sullivan

How they died

Deadly force

Around 11:37 a.m., two officers tried to pull over a black Range Rover for traffic violations. A dispatcher then told the officers that the SUV had been reported stolen earlier in the day. About a minute later, the SUV pulled over. After initial cooperation , and at a point when both officers had exited the patrol car, Sullivan turned the car on and reversed, hitting the corner of the now-empty patrol car with the Range Rover. When the Range Rover soon crashed into a tree, Sullivan exited the car unarmed and ran erratically first toward and then away from officers. Police shot and killed Sullivan, who was unarmed..

Why we remember them

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

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