At Rest

Deadly force
Police responded to a report that a man had attacked a 17-year-old girl outside the food court at the Oxford Valley Mall, choking her and sticking his fingers in her eyes. Tommy Lovett ran from mall security into a wooded area. When an officer caught up, Lovett swung a tree branch at the officer, then climbed over a large fallen tree. Lovett picked up a brick, and the officer fired one shot that didn't hit Lovett or cause him to drop the brick. The officer then shot and killed him.
This record exists so that Thomas “Tommy” Lovett, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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