Raymond Melvin Smith

How they died

Deadly force

Smith got out of his truck, undressed himself and yelled at Officer Brian Marshall Bueno, then conducting a traffic stop with a different driver. Officer Bueno told Smith to calm down, then shot him with a stun gun. Smith ran away, then charged at Bueno, who shot him again with a revolver. Smith doubled back and entered Bueno's other. Officers tried to pull Smith out. He ran away again, then died.

Why we remember them

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

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