Joshua Smith

How they died

Deadly force

Troopers in Palmer were notified of a disturbance. When officials arrived on scene, they encountered a man wielding a knife, police said. "While troopers were talking with him, the male charged at troopers with a knife in his hand," troopers wrote. "Two troopers fired their service weapons while one trooper attempted to utilize a Taser." The man was shot multiple times and died a short time later.

Why we remember them

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

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