Matthias Mayhorn

How they died

Deadly force

Plainclothes officers Henry Thomas and Patrick Kane shot Matthias Mayhorn when he allegedly aimed a gun at them while hanging out of his window. At around 5:30 p.m., the officers went to Mayhorn's home because he was wanted on an investigative alert for a domestic incident. Mayhorn fled to his second-floor bedroom and tried to escape through the window when the officers grabbed his legs, attorneys for Mayhorn's estate said. The officers then shot Mayhorn in the head and leg while he hung out the window, dropped him onto the pavement and waited to summon medical assistance, according to the lawsuit. Mayhorn died at the scene. In May 2015, a Cook County jury awarded $1.5 million to Mayhorn's family.

Why we remember them

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

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