Anthony “Tony” Lynn

How they died

Deadly force

A police sniper shot and killed Anthony "Tony" Lynn when he allegedly raised a gun during a standoff. Police went to the cinderblock home Lynn shared with his mother, Nedra Flippo, 56, uncle Michael Politte, 59, and grandmother Norma Manolakos, 76, after other relatives grew concerned after not hearing from them for several days. Lynn reportedly shot officer Sean Haefeli in the back of the leg when he tried to enter a back door, and a 5-hour standoff ensued. At about 3:30 a.m., police fired tear gas into the home and Lynn climbed out a second-story window, with his dog, onto a metal awning. According to police, Lynn reached back inside to retrieve two guns, and was shot when he raised one. Relatives found Flippo, Politte and Manolakos dead in a basement closet 2 days later. "We should have located them when we were in there doing searches," said St. Louis County police spokeswoman Tracy Panus. "For some reason we did not."

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Anthony “Tony” Lynn, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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