Tou Yang

How they died

Deadly force

A social worker went to Tou Yang's house to check on the welfare of the man and his wife's three children, ages 9, 10, and 11, but encountered a locked gate, police said. The social worker called police. A different family member told police the man was mentally unstable and had guns in the house, commanders summoned the Tactical Enforcement Unit. A department negotiator attempted to contact the man for three hours, but there was no response. As officers burst through the door, the man fired a handgun but did not hit officers. Three officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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