Stephen Allen Austin

How they died

Deadly force

A court services deputy went to serve an eviction notice and a person inside the home shot at the deputy, who called for backup from the the Chino Police Department. According to police, the man then allegedly shot multiple times at responding officers, engaging in a "gun battle" from the front of the home. The officers then deployed a non-incendiary chemical agent, but the residence became fully engulfed in flames, according to police. Investigators say the man set the fire himself. An autopsy ruled he died of a gunshot wound.

Why we remember them

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

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