Death by Cop- 2024

Search fatalities

You can use any or all of the fields to refine the search.

Jeremy Bennett

Gender : Male

Age : 36

Race : White

Date : 07/02/2024

Location : S 7th Street and Alameda Road

City : Abilene

County : Taylor

State : Texas

Agency : Abilene Police Department, SWAT

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during standoff

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Jeremy Bennett allegedly threatened two women with a gun and ran away and locked himself into a home elsewhere. He was prohibited from owning guns and Abilene PD arrived, brought SWAT and created a standoff when he emerged. Police fired beanbag rounds at him. He allegedly raised a gun and police shot and killed him.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/crime/update-suspect-killed-by-police-in-abilene-swat-standoff/

https://www.mytexasdaily.com/west-texas/abilene-police-fatally-shoot-armed-suspect-after-hours-long-standoff/article_f45aa49b-c5f5-5344-a537-347af5547ff9.html