Edward G. Stevenson

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Edward G. Stevenson died after police shocked him three times with a Taser. Officers responded at around 10 p.m. after Stevenson went into Cyclones Bar yelling that he had been shot. Police found Stevenson a block away, but could find no gunshot wound. According to Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens, the officers still believed Stevenson needed immediate medical attention and called an ambulance. "There's a condition called excited delirium that is life-threatening," Kitchens said. Stevenson allegedly became violent, "head butting and kicking toward officers," Kitchens said. The officers used a Taser to subdue Stevenson, who died at a hospital.

Why we remember them

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

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