At Rest

Deadly force
Burkett was shot and killed after pulling out gun and not allowing police to take it from him. Burkett was in the emergency room of a hospital being treated for a head injury. Police were called in when Burkett became agitated. The officers confiscated two guns from Burkett and remained while he was treated.
This record exists so that Joseph Leonard Burkett, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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