Joel R. Andrade

How they died

Deadly force

Officers called to a domestic dispute learned from other family members that Joel R. Andrade ad locked himself in a bathroom. The family was moved out of the house while officers attempted to coax Andrade out of the bathroom for about two hours, police said. Andrade began cutting his neck with a knife. Police said Andrade came out of the bathroom carrying a rifle, and raised it toward officers and was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Joel R. Andrade, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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