Death by Cop- 2024
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Steven Kissack
Gender : Male
Age : 35
Race : White
Date : 07/15/2024
Location : Front Street
City : Juneau
County : Juneau Borough
State : Alaska
Agency : Juneau Police Department
Officer(s) :Chris Gifford
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Unhoused man killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Steven Kissack had been unhoused in Juneau, Alaska for more than a decade. Article linked below describes his life on the street. He and his malamute were popular. He was known to be helpful and a source of support to the unhoused community in town. He had experienced an incident in June of 2021 in which a Juneau PD officer arrested him for shoplifting a 68-cents drink can, claiming he had a bladed weapon of some sort. Document linked below. Kissack strongly disputed the police narrative but was held without bail until the incident was resolved in unknown manner. Documents how it ended cannot be found at this time.
On July 16, 2024, the same Juneau PD confronted him on a sidewalk, fired beanbags at him, again claim that he had a knife and several officers opened fire and shot and killed him. Only the police narrative exists. The description of the shooting matches the previous police allegations that Kissack had contested as false narrative.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov/Home/DisplayIncident?incidentNumber=AK24069198
The Shooting:
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/steven-kissack-homeless-resident-known-for-cannine-companion-juno-shot-downtown/
2021 similar police Incident involving the same PD:
https://juneau.org/police/jpd-psa-individual-view/entry/76379
2023 news article about Steven Kissack months prior to his killing:
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/just-a-typical-christmas-eve-among-homeless-friends-on-front-street/
Friends remember Steven Kissack:
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/07/17/juneau-community-members-reflect-life-well-known-homeless-man-fatally-shot-by-officers-trooper/
