John Solmen

How they died

Deadly force

Phoenix police were doing an undercover drug operation when detectives tried to pull over a pickup truck. They turned on their lights, but the driver, John Solmen, refused to stop. Police followed the truck with a chopper and unmarked vehicles. Solmen eventually pulled into a dead end and at least three unmarked vehicles and a squad car blocked him in. He rammed two of the police vehicles then drove toward officers who shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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