Kevin H. Wood

How they died

Deadly force

In Springfield, a trooper stopped a Chevrolet pickup driven by Wood. He approached it on foot. Wood drove away. Authorities pursued him. Wood hit spikes strips laid for him in Decatur, blowing a tire. He made a stand in a parking lot. After negotiation, Wood shot at responding officers. An officer fatally shot him. According to the Texas Custodial Deaths report, the Department of Public Safety was responsible for his death.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Kevin H. Wood, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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