Marcella Byrd

How they died

Deadly force

An African-American woman was reported to have stolen a cart of groceries and then left the store brandishing a knife. Upon reaching the woman who "appeared disturbed", officers struck the suspect twice with bean bag rounds which failed to stop her. The woman "stepped toward officers and raised her arm and the knife in an upward motion." Officers fired at the suspect who died at the hospital.

Why we remember them

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

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