Alan H. Young

How they died

Deadly force

Patrolman Roger Vaughan spotted a gray truck driving erratically, and it turned out the 2002 Ford F150 pickup had been stolen in Olmsted Falls. He tried to pull over the truck, but the driver sped away and fired several shots at police. One, which may first have ricocheted off the squad car's hood and windshield, hit Vaughan in the right hand. The truck crashed in the 400 block of Front Street, and 37-year-old Alan H. Young of Olmsted Falls jumped out still armed with the gun. Patrolmen David Pyle and David Bernhardt had reached the scene. Police said Young shot at police. Three officers shot back. One of the shots hit Young in the abdomen, and he died days later.

Why we remember them

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

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