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.
Kelley Brandon Forte, age 34
Fatally shot on August 22, 2016 in Hamilton, Ohio.
Kelley was killed by police while he was holding a pharmacist at knifepoint.
Photo sources:
News sources:
- the Guardian: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
- WLWT: Hamilton police name man shot, killed by officer
- Aug 22: WDTN: Police: man fatally shot after holding woman hostage at knifepoint
- Gun Violence Archive
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