Simon Buckles

How they died

Suicide

A caller notified the Fullerton Police Department that an employee was allegedly assaulting his boss. The suspect, Simon Buckles, was gone when the officers arrived. One officer talked to Buckles on the phone and asked him to come back to work and tell his side of the story. When Buckles returned, he pulled a handgun out of his shorts pocket. An officer shot Buckles in the chest, then Buckles put the barrel in his mouth and shot and killed himself.

Why we remember them

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

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