Richard Owen Dean

How they died

Deadly force

Officer Timothy Livingston and Deputy Brian Arledge joined Deputy Jeffrey Jones in responding to a suicide threat. Dean, armed with a revolver, drove a red Ford F250 away from the authorities through a rural area. They followed him as Officer Mack Fuller and Deputy Marty Latham responded. Dean later parked the truck and entered a recreational other. He told authorities that he was only dangerous to himself and asked them to kill him. Deputy Latham shot at Dean with a stun gun. A flash bang canister was thrown at the RV. The canister, rather than enter through a broken window, bounced off of the curtains. Dean, sobbing, pointed the revolver at authorities. Authorities fatally shot Dean.

Why we remember them

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

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