Brian Simonsen

How they died

Deadly force

Officer Brian Simonsen was fatally shot in a T-Mobile store, and Officer Matthew Gorman was wounded in the leg. Police said the officers were believed to have been shot when other officers arrived at the scene and began shooting. The suspect was taken into custody and reported to be in critical condition, police said. He reportedly had been wielding an imitation gun. Christopher Ransom and Jagger Freeman, who were not police officers, were charged with Simonsen's murder.

Why we remember them

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

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