Richard W. Sykes

How they died

Deadly force

City employee Skyes called his health care provider with a threat that he'd start shooting if he didn't get his pain medication. The provider called the police; the police arrived and engaged Sykes, who came out with a weapon, executed a barrel roll and a commando crawl in his front yard, fired 17 rounds altogether. Four officers shot him with 31 bullets. Ten hit him fatally.

Why we remember them

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

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