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.
Nicholas Berger, age 36
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Fatally shot on May 31, 2016 in Bend, Oregon.
Killed by police while holding a gift-shop worker hostage at knife-point.
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News sources:
- the Guardian: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
- The Bulletin: Man shot by police in museum incident ID’d
- KGW: Man killed by police following disturbance at Bend museum
- OregonLive.com: Trooper shoots, kills man at Bend's High Desert Museum; man reportedly armed with knife, threatening woman
- Gun Violence Archive
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