Olajuwon Raekwon Murphy

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery at a hotel across from a Greyhound bus station, when witnesses told them a man matching the robber's description was at the bus station. Officers encountered Olajuwon Murphy at the back of the bus station. When they ordered him to stand and put his hands against the wall, Murphy shot at the officers with a handgun hidden in his jacket pocket. When that gun jammed, Murphy pulled a second handgun and shot and injured one officer in the leg. Once he was pulled to safety, the same officer shot and killed Murphy.

Why we remember them

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

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