Robert Knox

How they died

Deadly force

A 50-year-old paraplegic man, Robert Knox, was fatally shot in bed by two state troopers as police were wrapping up an investigation into drug sales by the Harbeson-area man, police said. As detectives prepared to transport the paraplegic from his medical bed to a wheelchair, Knox reached with his right hand to side table on his left and came up holding a handgun. Two detectives shot and killed Knox, who reportedly had said, "I can't go back to prison."

Why we remember them

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

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