Death by Cop- 2024
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Nicholas Daniel Austin Papala
Case # :771
Gender : Male
Age : 25
Race : White
Date : 06/01/2024
Location : Northbound lanes of I-85
City : Spartanburg
County : Spartanburg
State : South Carolina
Agency : Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :4 unnamed officers opened fire
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after car crash
Open records summary :
Nicholas Papala was involved in a crash and fled into the woods. Paramedics located him and he told them he had a gun and asked them to notify him when police arrived. Police did arrive and began chasing him and shot and killed him, stating he had possibly reched for his waistband.
