Matthew Wells

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called by Matthew Wells' mother, who told officers her son was holding a butcher knife to his neck inside her home and was cutting his wrists, police said. When officers arrived, they ordered Wells to come out of the room. When he opened the bedroom door, he was armed with a knife. Police said he charged down the hallway at officers, and he was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

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

References & sources