Charles Odell Smith

How they died

Deadly force

Police had been called by the man's mother, who told arriving officers that Smith had a history of mental illness and was firing the gun throughout the house.The man began using his fist to strike an officer in her face, head and neck, the police said. He also tried to take her service pistol, the police said. Fearing for that officer's life, another officer, fired his own gun, killing Smith.

Why we remember them

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

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