Gearil Leonard Williams

How they died

Deadly force

Officers responded to a domestic disturbance at the Camden Way apartments around 11 p.m. Officers reportedly saw Gearil Williams with a knife, refusing to open the door. Officers reported that they heard a woman inside requesting them to come inside. The woman fled from Williams to a bedroom. He followed her and barricaded the door as officers entered the apartment. Officers say they could hear the woman screaming. One officer was broke a bedroom window and saw Williams threatening the woman with a knife. The officer shot and killed Williams.

Why we remember them

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

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