Name withheld by police

How they died

Deadly force

Three officers responded to a call from the man's family that he was mentally ill, that "the effectiveness of the man's medication seemed to be wearing off" and that he was breaking furniture and attacking them with a knife. After removing the family from the home, the officers report that they found the man on his bed with several knives. They report that they commanded him to disarm, that he threatened them, and that he reached for a large knife. Two officers shot him and another tasered him. He died at the scene.

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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