Warren Robinson

How they died

Deadly force

Police respond to report of shots fired, chase boy who matched report description through alley and into private home. He then hides under car where police order him to come out; he failed to drop the gun police allege he was holding and the police shot him. Neighbors reported boy had hands up when shot. Family's attorney alleges boy was unarmed when shot. Handgun found at scene did not have boy's fingerprints.

Why we remember them

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

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