At Rest
A living memorial to lives lost to injustice, greed, and war.
HomeAbout♥ Sign the PetitionENES
In loving memory
Rodney Rodriguez Smith
United States · Aged 18 · Died 06/02/2016
Other
How they died
Deadly force
Officers responded to a 911 call for shots fired on a CATS bus near the intersection of North Tryon Street and University City Boulevard. When police arrived, they discovered that a person had been shot in the lower leg on the bus. Police said officers Michael Bell and Garret Tryon located the suspect, 18-year-old Rodney Rodriguez Smith, down the street. Police perceived an "imminent lethal threat," and shot and killed Smith.
Alleged responsible partyCharlotte-Mecklenburg Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
Why we remember them
This record exists so that Rodney Rodriguez Smith, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
References & sources
Others we remember.
More lives from the archive.
At Rest
At Rest
At Rest