Douglas Michael Smith

How they died

Deadly force

Police first received a call about a man pointing a handgun from the roof of a home. The man, Douglas Michael Smith, was agitated, waving the gun and pointing it into the residence and toward the street, police said. Officers reportedly tried talking to Smith, but he refused to answer and pointed his gun toward them, police said. Smith fired one round into the house before two officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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