Tuan Hoang

How they died

Deadly force

Police have shot dead Tuan Huong after he attacked an officer with a meat cleaver - leaving a gaping four-inch wound in his head. Huong is said to have pretended to have been stranded in his car during a snowstorm in Aurora, Colorado, to get the police's attention. When a police officer tried to help, he attacked the officer from behind, got into the police car and drove off. Huong did not respond to commands to put his hands up, say police, and he was shot dead after officers saw an object in his hand.

Why we remember them

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

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