Russell Elswick

How they died

Deadly force

A 911 call came in that reported someone shooting their residence twice with a shotgun, then leaving. When other deputies arrived to the scene, they attempted to talk to Elswick through a window on his barn door, but he refused to come outside. Hours after the standoff started, deputies say they opened the door's window, and Elswick was standing behind a barricade with a shotgun. Elswick allegedly pointed his shotgun at deputies, and he was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

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

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