Name withheld by police

How they died

Deadly force

Deputy Chris Thompson and a state Department of Human Services worker went to the home of a farmworker after his boss reported that he had become ill and wouldn't seek medical attention, police said. At some point during the visit, the man went into his house and grabbed a knife, then came out swinging it at the social worker. Thompson stepped between the two, and that's when the man began threatening Thompson with the knife. Thompson told the man to drop the knife, and shot and killed him after the man lunged at him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Name withheld by police, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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