Robert Geoffrey Long

How they died

Deadly force

Long, who was a Navy Medic on military leave, became intoxicated early that day. Officers drove him home from the bar. Later that afternoon, Long threatened his roommate with a rifle, so the roommate called police. Police arrived, Long refused to put down his rifle. Raytown Police officer (name unknown) took one shot, which knocked Long down, then officers disarmed Long, who was taken to the hospital and later died from his wound.

Why we remember them

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

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