Yvette Smith

Yvette Smith, a 47-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot and killed on February 16, 2014, in Bastrop, Texas. Smith, a former housekeeper and mother of three, had called 911 to report a domestic dispute between a father and his son at a friend's house. When Bastrop County sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, they instructed Smith to open the front door. Almost immediately after she complied, she was shot in the head and abdomen by Deputy Daniel Willis, who used his personal AR- ...

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