DeAndre Lloyd Armstrong-Starks

How they died

Deadly force

Police served a search warrant for drugs at a house where Starks and several other people were present. Starks was wearing loose clothing and concealing his hands and repeatedly refused police orders to display his hands. Fearing Starks was armed, one officer shot and killed Starks. Starks was unarmed but in possession of crack cocaine. The officer who shot Starks had been involved in a previous fatal encounter.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that DeAndre Lloyd Armstrong-Starks, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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