Sonny Wagner

How they died

Deadly force

Police got a 911 call at 4:08 p.m. from Wagner's wife, Leona Wagner, 52, reporting her husband was battering her. An officer met her in the front yard of the couple's home at 2107 Single Tree Dr. in Prairie Estates mobile home park at 4:11 p.m., Walton said. The officer then went into the house where Sonny Wagner confronted him in the living room, brandishing a knife. There was less than 10 feet between the officer and Wagner, a "very confined space," Walton said. The officer told Wagner repeatedly to put the weapon down. "Wagner raised the knife up and moved forward toward the officer," Walton said. "The officer dispatched two rounds from a service firearm and Wagner collapsed to the floor."

Why we remember them

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