Shawn Jerel Maxwell

How they died

Deadly force

The sword-carrying man fatally shot by Seattle police...seemed so bent on confronting police that he tried to get up and attack officers even after he had been shot twice and zapped with a stun gun "At least two witnesses questioned the necessity of the shooting. They said Maxwell made no sudden movements and was holding the sword at his side when he was shot." He "seemed in some instances to be goading police to shoot but at other times appeared desperate to escape."

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Shawn Jerel Maxwell, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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