Trent Lloyd Thorpe

How they died

Deadly force

The officers came across Thorp, a Bellingham native and soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, about 1 a.m. after being dispatched to a call about a suspected gunshot victim lying in the street.They found Thorp wounded and talking to himself, according to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Thorp, who minutes before shot himself in the head, pointed a pistol at Weekes when the officer shone a spotlight at him, prosecutors said.All four officers then opened fire

Why we remember them

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

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