Larry T. Ellis

How they died

Deadly force

Larry Ellis was charging at a police officer while wielding a knife when he was shot to death, in what was called a "suicide by cop." Ellis, who was diagnosed as schizophrenic, had been released from the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex about three weeks earlier. He had previous stays at the county's psychiatric hospital and prior suicide threats.

Why we remember them

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

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