Jack Burney Butler III

How they died

Deadly force

Around 6:40 p.m., Deputy John Rodriguez shot Jack Butler after Butler's mother called 911 to report he had fallen down and couldn't get up. He reportedly was intoxicated and began to stab himself and attack medical personnel with a lock-blade knife. Butler's sister took away his knife and threw it in the backyard, but he broke a glass bottle and tried to further injure himself. When Rodriguez arrived, he reportedly saw Butler walking toward the driveway with a knife in his hand. The deputy ordered Butler to drop the knife, and then shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Jack Burney Butler III, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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