Brittany Nicole Wayne

How they died

Deadly force

Wayne was fatally shot by a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy after her parents called 911, saying she had attempted suicide and was threatening family members, according to the sheriff's department. Wayne had tried to hang herself. Wayne's mother used CPR to revive her. Once revived, Wayne became hostile, grabbed at least two kitchen knives and chased her father with a knife before shutting herself in her bedroom. She threatened police with the knives and was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

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

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