Alan Lance Alverson

How they died

Deadly force

Bowie Police and Montague County sheriff's deputies attempted to stop Alverson for two felony warrants. He failed to stop and ran from police out U.S. 287. At one point when officer had him cornered in the car, he allegedly put a pistol outside the window and pointed it toward the cop's other. Three DPS troopers and two Wise County Sheriff's deputies and one dog pursued the man into the woods. He was tracked by the dog and when he was found, Alverson reportedly began shooting toward the officers. Officers shot and killed Alverson.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Alan Lance Alverson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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