Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

Travis Smith, age 36

Fatally shot on February 26, 2016 in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

Shot self after shootout with police. Texted sister saying he was going to take his own life rather than go back to prison for killing a cop. A police officer was shot, but she is expected to recover. Smith had a short police record, but nothing violent on record.

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