Kalon J. Horton

How they died

Deadly force

Officers were first dispatched to a welfare check at the Spanish Trails Inn at about 9:45 p.m. where a man was refusing to allow a woman to leave the hotel. When the officers arrived, they determined the man may have been under the influence of an unknown substance and that he needed medical attention. The man was taken into custody without a warrant and transferred to Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas for a mental evaluation. The man was subsequently released by the hospital at some point overnight. At 5:42 a.m. Lancaster police were called to a shooting in progress inside an apartment. Officers dispatched were told an adult woman and two children were in the home and that someone had fired several shots. When officers arrived at the residence they announced themselves and asked the man to come outside. Police said there was no response, and the officers entered the apartment and shot and killed Kalon J. Horton.

Why we remember them

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

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