Robert Davis

How they died

Deadly force

Police responding to a burglary call were told that the resident's nephew was on the property with a knife, and had assaulted him and attempted to assault other family members. Officers cornered Davis armed with a kitchen knife. After a prolonged struggle in which Davis survived one gunshot, two more gunshots, pepper spray, and then numerous other gunshots, the knife had to be pried from his hands. The victim had been using PCP.

Why we remember them

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

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