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Matthew Thayer Graves
United States · Aged 33 · Died 09/19/2018
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Deadly force
An Eagle Point police officer observed Matthew Thayer Graves walk against a traffic light and pulled over to cite Graves. Graves walked away from the officer and into a Carl's Jr. restaurant, where he went to the men's room. The officer followed him in to men's room believing that Graves had a warrant or a weapon. Graves attempted to walk around the officer to leave the restroom and a struggle ensued. During the struggle, the officer tasered Graves to no effect and Graves grabbed the officer's Taser. A backup officer arrived and Graves punched him, knocking him to the floor. The backup officer, seeing the Taser allegedly in Graves' hand and thinking it was a gun, shot and killed Graves. Graves had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Alleged responsible partyEagle Point Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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