Andrew Jacob Preece

How they died

Deadly force

Andrew Preece was armed with a long knife and was fighting with another man in a grocery store. When police arrived, Preece was outside the store and was holding a knife to the other man's back. Preece then moved the knife to the man's throat, and officers commanded him to drop the weapon. He refused and the officers shot and killed Preece, who had been let out of prison due to coronavirus.

Why we remember them

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

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