Josha Scott Lehman

How they died

Deadly force

According to testimony, it was testified that Officers Tom Robinson and Robert Tygard shot and killed Lehman as he sat in his car, with all the tires shot out, surrounded by at least 10 armed police officers and numerous police vehicles. Other officers had instructed all present to hold their fire, and the defendants knew Lehman was not armed with a gun. Defendant Tygard testified that he knew Lehman did not have a gun, but only a pocket knife. Another officer present described the knife as "a little folding knife."

Why we remember them

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

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