Death by Cop- 2024

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Larry Dean Woolsey

Gender : Male

Age : 61

Race : White

Date : 05/01/2024

Location : 700 block of Bonita Avenue

City : Amarillo

County : Potter

State : Texas

Agency : Amarillo Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police who mistook an object in his hand

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A woman called Amarillo PD and claimed that Larry Dean Woolsey was pointing a rifle at her. Police arrived, shot and killed him, then determined that the object was a Sawzall. He had been unarmed.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.newschannel10.com/video/2024/05/02/video-amarillo-police-1-man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-near-east-bonita-avenue-river-road/