Tammy Jolene Sanders

How they died

Deadly force

Tammy Jolene Sanders walked into the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office lobby and sat in a chair in front of the duty desk, where Deputies Rhett Fox and John McKnight were taking telephone calls and incident reports. After a few minutes, McKnight asked the visibly upset woman if she was waiting for someone. McKnight walked into the lobby to talk to Sanders. She responded by pulling a small, double-barreled pistol out of her purse and unsteadily pointing it at the deputies, who were only a few feet away. She spent the next 45 minutes slumped on the floor in a corner of the lobby before shooting herself in the head.

Why we remember them

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

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