Richard AuBuChon

How they died

Deadly force

Police were responding to a 911 call from AuBuChon's wife, Heather, who said her husband had been drinking and that they had been fighting. Officers arriving at the scene directed AuBuChon to come out of the house, but he instead turned out the lights. Officers saw two children at a bedroom window and tried unsuccessfully to get them out of the house when AuBuChon came to the window. Officer Chris Kurtzhals yelled for AuBuChon to show his hands, then tried to pull him through the window. AuBuChon pushed Kurtzhals away and pointed a gun at the officers, and they shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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