On July 18, 2017, in Springfield, Oregon, 70-year-old Robert Vaughan was fatally shot by police officers responding to reports of gunfire in his yard. Earlier that day, Vaughan had fired a handgun three times from his property and reportedly told a neighbor he wanted officers to come and kill him.
When officers arrived, Vaughan was inside his residence. He pointed a gun through his kitchen window at the responding officers, prompting three officers to discharge their weapons. One of the
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