Joseph Paige

How they died

Deadly force

According to Orlando police, the incident began with an apparent armed robbery on Amelia Street near Orange Blossom Trail. A witness spotted the suspected getaway other on I-4 and officers conducted a traffic stop a short time later, police said. A short distance away, however, a gunman, later identified as a 24-year-old Joseph Paige, who was not involved in the traffic stop, was sitting in the middle of the highway brandishing a handgun, according to police. Officers told Paige to drop the gun but instead he pointed it toward the four officers, who open fired and killed Paige. The handgun turned out to be pellet gun.

Why we remember them

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

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