Jourdan Akili Wagner

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called to investigate a report of a subject trespassing in a local business complex and making threats. When the first officer arrived on scene, he asked Jourdan Akili Wagner to step outside. Once outside, Wagner fled on foot from the officer. Eventually, officers located Wagner under a trampoline in the backyard of a home. Wagner was armed with a stolen handgun and wounded an officer and killed a police dog before officers shot and killed Wagner.

Why we remember them

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

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