Harold Joseph Collins

How they died

Deadly force

Collins entered a police department lobby and pointed a handgun at an officer, without saying a word. Officers ordered Collins to drop the weapon. When he did not, gunfire was exchanged, injuring one officer and killing Collins. Neighbors believe Collins could not speak because of throat cancer, and that he was very ill.

Why we remember them

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

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