Brian Burch

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies attempted to serve a warrant on Burch in a traffic stop in front of a Sonic drive-in restaurant. Purported sex offender Burch began cutting himself on the face and neck with a knife or some other sharp object as the deputies approached. Tasering did not work to subdue him. A struggle ensued, Burch cut one of the officers, and the officer shot and killed Burch.

Why we remember them

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

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