William Diego Morrison

How they died

Suicide

Troopers said they went to the duplex after receiving a report that the man had assaulted or was threatening to assault his 18-year-old girlfriend. Officers standing outside the door told William Diego Morrison to come out but he refused and waved what looked like an assault rifle. The young woman, her 5-month-old son and a friend had already escaped from the home. Morrison walked toward the officers with the rifle. Morrison opened fire, and troopers fired back. He was found dead a few hours later.

Why we remember them

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

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