Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

According to deputies, the encounter started with a "well-being check," prompted by family members who were concerned about a woman's mental state. When deputies arrived and approached the front door, she fired a gun inside the house hitting a wall close to where the deputies were standing. Deputies used loudspeakers to negotiate with the woman. After hours of talking, the woman started a fire in her bedroom. As deputies approached the house, the woman shot and killed herself. According to deputies, the fire was mostly smoke and was put out with a fire extinguisher.

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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