Daniel Smathers

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Daniel Smathers was involved in a two-hour armed standoff that began when deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. Police said Smathers drank several alcoholic beverages and had possibly taken an unknown amount of painkillers. Smathers was removed from his apartment after he did not respond to negotiators, police said. When he was found, he was unconscious and had no pulse. Paramedics revived Smathers at the scene but he remained in critical care until he died on September 21, 2010.

Why we remember them

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

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