Kirk Cook

How they died

Deadly force

Police responded just before 4 p.m. to reports of gunfire at Kirk Cook's home. They found Cook's mother-in-law, 41-year-old Karen Gross, fatally shot in the driveway, and Cook barricaded inside his house. Police said negotiations appeared to be progressing when Cook announced at around 8 p.m. that he was going to bring his dog inside. According to police, the special response team fired a non-lethal round at Cook as he returned to the house. Cook allegedly produced a handgun from his pants pocket and fired numerous rounds at the officers, who returned fire. Cook died at the scene. According to police, two officers were hit by ricocheting bullets and were treated for minor injuries.

Why we remember them

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

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