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Robert David “O’Connell” Besel
United States · Aged 42 · Died 01/28/2011
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Deadly force
It's reported by officers and witnesses that O'Connell was off of his medication and fired at officers who drove up to him at a gas station, after the clerk alerted them that O'Connell was acting strangely. The officers had asked him to take his hands out of his pockets, at which point he fired at them.
Alleged responsible partyTacoma Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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