John Robertson

How they died

Deadly force

Officer Robert Brown was after a detective driving by noticed a man walking around a nearby drugstore carrying what looked like a weapon inside a nylon sack, police said. As soon as Brown stepped out of his car, Robertson pointed his gun at the officer, who fired multiple rounds at the man. Robertson ran 20 to 30 yards, threw down the sack containing the loaded gun and was caught by police. He died minutes later.

Why we remember them

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

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