Richard Wayne Miles

How they died

Suicide

A Midlothian officer responded to a report of a broken window. Seeing that the window had been struck by a bullet, he called for backup. Two other officers and a state trooper responded. They judged that the bullet had come from the direction of Miles's second-story apartment. When the peace officers approached the apartment, Miles shot and wounded all four. After a five-hour standoff with a SWAT team, Miles fatally shot himself.

Why we remember them

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

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