Lee Howard Easter

How they died

Deadly force

Dispatchers got a 911 call; a man told dispatchers that there was someone in his house and then hung up. Dispatchers called back and a man answered, put the phone down and left the line open. The deputies arrived and heard someone upstairs, so they went inside to investigate. Around this time, another man called 911 and said he was concerned about the mental state of the person inside the house. He told dispatchers that he had talked to the man and believed he might be suicidal. He also told dispatchers the man had a gun. Several minutes passed as the deputies waited at the bottom of the stairs and asked whoever was upstairs to come down. Easter moved down the stairs, pointing a handgun at deputies, both deputies shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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