Eurie Stamps was 68 when he was shot and killed during a SWAT search at his Framingham, Massachusetts home in the early hours of January 5, 2011. He was not the target of the raid; officers were executing a warrant focused on his stepson for suspected drug activity. Stamps, a retired grandfather of twelve, complied with commands and lay face down with his hands up when an officer approached to secure him and an M-4 rifle discharged. He was unarmed, received immediate medical attention from a medic on the team, but was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s office investigated and concluded the shooting was accidental and declined to file criminal charges against Officer Paul Duncan; Duncan was removed from the SWAT team. The family later filed a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit, and the town reached a $3.75 million settlement with the family in 2016. Community groups criticized the raid as an example of militarized policing in routine drug cases.

If anyone remembers the raid or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.