Antonio J. Whetstone

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies responding to a disturbance call found Whetstone in a motel room, in the midst of an argument with a woman he was staying with, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's 1-year-old child. Whetstone is said to have taken his girlfriend in a chokehold as a human shield before being fatally shot by deputies. The incident was controversial; an insurance investigation found reason to doubt the police version of events.

Why we remember them

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

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