Patrick Watkins

How they died

Deadly force

Officers responded to a report of a man holding a gun and banging on the front door of his ex-girlfriend's apartment, police said. When they arrived, they contacted the man on a stairway leading to a second-floor apartment. Officers ordered the man to walk down the stairs and speak with them, but he began walking back up the stairs. As the man reached the top of the stairs, officers reportedly saw he was holding a handgun in his right hand. Officers ordered the man to drop the gun, and instead, he allegedly turned toward the officers and pointed the weapon at them, and the officers shot and killed Patrick Watkins.

Why we remember them

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

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