Charles Smith

How they died

Suicide

Smith went to a family party and fatally shot his ex-wife, Myrtle. He was armed with a shotgun, two handguns and two fanny packs of ammunition. Deputies responded five minutes later, and tried to reason with Smith. Smith told them that he knew his life was already over. He seems to have swung the muzzle of his shotgun forward as he pointed it at his head and shot himself. Because Smith seems to have flagged a deputy with the muzzle as he did so, the deputy shot at Smith as well. Smith was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 6, 2016.

Why we remember them

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

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