Willie Floyd Bailey

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies were called to the red-brick house Bailey shared with his girlfriend. By the time deputies arrived, Bailey already had fired his gun at his victims and then took aim at the deputies. He locked himself in the house with his girlfriend. Authorities spent several hours trying to get him to come out, then sent in a SWAT team. Authorities say Bailey fired at officers from a bedroom, where he was holding his girlfriend. A deputy shot Bailey when his girlfriend moved out of the way, police said.

Why we remember them

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

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