Lynn Davis Smith

Deadly force

Smith's parents arrived home and interrupted her as she prepared crack cocaine over a stove. She attacked them and her husband with a knife. Officer Trent Richardson responded. He told Smith to drop the knife. She tried to stab him. Officer Richardson shot Smith once in the chest, killing her. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Smith, who was bipolar, had been released from a mental institution a day before. The shooting was not listed in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report as of Jan. 23, 2016.