Robert D. Sanchez

How they died

Suicide

An officer served a warrant on Sanchez at his residence. Sanchez refused to go to jail, took the officer's Stinger flashlight and resisted arrest. The officer tasered Sanchez. Sanchez raised the flashlight. The officer drew his sidearm. Sanchez ran away. The officer fired a shot and called for backup. Some time later, the officer returned to Sanchez's residence. Sanchez, shot in the head, lay dead on top of a .22 caliber rifle.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Robert D. Sanchez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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