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/

https://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Kissack/100009280245117/?paipv=0&eav=AfZCXQs23UrJPJKjSCkRwQEy9xkyReuTJCSizxNYm2xw6JyIgcjskM95-ems8qgqPcs&_rdr