Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

Chattanooga officers responded to a suicidal individual with a weapon. When officers entered the man's apartment, he brandished a firearm. Officer Cottell and other responding officers began ordering the man to drop his weapon. The man refused to comply and fired one round, shooting himself. Cottell, from a distance of approximately 15 feet, fired three rounds. The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing.

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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