Nathan Samuel

How they died

Deadly force

Broken Arrow Police Officer Stephen Garrett II shot Samuel in Samuel's front yard, police said. Officers went to the residence after a neighbor called to report a domestic disturbance between a husband and wife. When the first officer, Garrett, arrived at the residence, Samuel had gone back into the house, leaving his wife in the yard with a neighbor. As Garrett approached the house, Samuel reportedly came out brandishing a knife. He was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

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

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