Billy Floyd Carter Jr.

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies were sent to the vicinity of 128th Street East and Canyon Road to investigate reports of a man with a gun. They arrived to find Carter holding a rifle under his chin and complaining of a family problem. He eventually walked the 14 blocks home, talking of suicide and asking the deputies to shoot him. Instead, they tried to coax him to surrender, police said. At his house, Carter paced in and out of the door, shouting angrily. Then, he walked to within 25 yards of several deputies and pointed the rifle at them. Three deputies fired one shot each, striking Carter in the head, chest and abdomen. He died at the scene.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Billy Floyd Carter Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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