Richard D. Chabot

How they died

Deadly force

With readily apparent mental health issues, Chabot was prone to carrying around a battered medieval-looking sword with a bent hilt and duct tape wrapped around the handle. On a mid-morning mile-and-a-half walk to his brother's house, somebody called the police to say he was waving that sword around. This developed into a confrontation with multiple officers. Chabot tried to escape by driving away in one of the patrol cars, and he was shot to death.

Why we remember them

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

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