Jasen Lamson

How they died

Suicide

Jasen Lamson, 25, was named in a warrant charging him with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide when police attempted to arrest him. Police exchanged more than 100 gunshots with Lamson, who was holed up in a west side house with two guns and at least one hand grenade, before he killed himself, ending a 22-hour standoff. Police used a large amount of tear gas in an attempt to drive Lamson out of the building. The tear gas did not seem to affect Lamson, who remained in regular telephone communication with police. Officers took positions on the porch late Friday morning and fired concussion grenades into the building. Officers entered the house and found Lamson had shot himself in the chest.

Why we remember them

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

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