Robert D. Claborn

How they died

Deadly force

Police received a call from Claborn's mother, saying he'd stopped taking medication for mental illness. Police then got a call from a Chickasha convenience store saying a man had stolen a knife from the store and fled on foot. officer Michael Delong caught up with Claborn, who turned toward Delong with the knife out, police said. Claborn then approached Delong with the knife. Delong shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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