Philip Arthur Miller

How they died

Deadly force

A Los Angeles police sergeant responding to a disturbance at a Masonic Lodge in South Los Angeles shot and killed an unarmed man reaching for his waistband, department officials said. Philip Arthur Miller, 43, of Carson died at the scene. The shooting occurred at the Mount Nebo Grand Lodge. As police arrived to investigate complaints about noise, they heard gunshots from inside, Sands said. Moments later, a man emerged from the lodge bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. He was followed by Miller, who was holding his waistband.

Why we remember them

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

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