John Thomas Baker

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies visited Baker to serve a warrant for violating his probation on drunken driving charges. On arrival Baker stood in the yard talking with another man. As officers approached, though, he turned to walk away toward the residence. They ordered him to stop several times. He turned and produced a weapon in his hand, and was shot to death. This was the second such fatal encounter in the county within eight days.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that John Thomas Baker, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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