Eldon Wright

How they died

Deadly force

Police responded to a complaint of a man walking around the neighborhood setting off car alarms. Another resident complained to police that a man was sitting inside her car, which was parked in her driveway. Police said the man in the car fired about six shots, one hitting another car and others striking several buildings. No one was hit by the gunfire. The man refused to exit the car. An unidentified police officer shot and killed Wright after he allegedly pulled a gun out of his pocket and raised it.

Why we remember them

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

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