John Frank Carter

How they died

Suicide

Officer Fawcett responded to a complaint about a suspicious man with a gun. As Officer Fawcett went to the scene, Carter called dispatch and said he was going to kill himself. At the scene, Officer Fawcett saw Carter, armed with a gun. Officer Fawcett told Carter to drop the gun. Carter shot himself in the chest and collapsed. A suicide note was taped to Carter's other. It is not completely clear whether dispatch told Officer Fawcett that the suspicious man was suicidal.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that John Frank Carter, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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