Sean Patrick O’Brien

How they died

Deadly force

Livingston police responded to a report of a man threatening Shopko Hometown employees that "someone was going to die" if the police were not called to the store, police said. Officers found O'Brien outside of the store and threatened them with a knife. Police tried to subdue O'Brien using a Taser, but the attempt was ineffective. O'Brien ran at the officer with a knife, and he was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Sean Patrick O’Brien, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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