Noah Burford Silva

How they died

Deadly force

Noah Burford Silva evaded store employees while shoplifting at Home Depot. Police later spotted him at a Wal-Mart, where they tackled him and arrested him. Silva was injured and taken to the hospital for treatment. He slipped his handcuffs at the hospital and fled, pursued by a police officer. Silva waded through a receiving pond outside the hospital with the officer still following him. As Silva climbed out of the pond on the other side, he turned toward the pursuing officer with an aggressive stance. The officer shot and killed Silva.

Why we remember them

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

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