Steve Harnage

How they died

Deadly force

Sallisaw police responded to a disturbance call. Terri Harnage, 38, told a 911 dispatcher that her husband was trying to kick in their front door, police said. Terri Harnage said her husband eventually got into the house through a window. Wielding a knife, Steve Harnage had chased his wife to the front yard when police arrived. Police told Harnage to drop the knife, but he started walking toward the officers with the knife above his shoulder in a threatening manner and was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

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

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