Donald Lee Joseph

How they died

Deadly force

Donald Lee Joseph, wearing a mask, used a hammer to break a window and enter a medical clinic at about 1:50 a.m. A woman who was cleaning inside the clinic barricaded herself in a room and called 911, police said. Police responded to the alleged break-in. Police first confronted Joseph in the hallway, where he was still holding the hammer. Officers initially tried to use a bean-bag gun, but Joseph did not surrender and ran away. As officers followed him, he came out of a room holding a knife and reportedly advanced toward the officers, who shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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