Sierra McCouley

How they died

Deadly force

Officer James Gadd shot and killed Sierra McCouley after Knoxville police responded to multiple calls of a woman outside a home, nude and cutting herself. Another call came in saying the woman had cut someone else. Two officers arrived and found the woman armed with a military-style knife. Officers repeatedly told McCouley to drop the weapon. Instead she raised the knife and charged an officer, who shot and killed her.

Why we remember them

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

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