Death by Cop- 2024

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Victoria Lee

Gender : Female

Age : 25

Race : Asian

Date : 07/28/2024

Location : The Pinnacle apartments on Main Street

City : Fort Lee

County : Bergen

State : New Jersey

Agency : Fort Lee Police Department

Officer(s) :Tony G. Pickens, Jr.

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Fort Lee PD were sent to assist in a mental health crisis. They allege that they found a "woman with a knife" after forcing entry into a home. Police shot and killed her in her home.

The family strongly disputes the police narrative. Lee's brother states that the family answered the routine question dispatchers ask whether a person has access to weapons and the family said she has a small folding pocket knife. She was no longer holding it and was holding only a water bottle when killed, not threatening anyone with it when police arrived and shot her according to the family.
 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nj.com/bergen/2024/07/police-fatally-shoot-woman-after-mental-health-crisis-call-authorities-say.html

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/woman-experiencing-mental-health-crisis-shot-killed-by-police-in-fort-lee-nj-officials-say/3925874/

https://abc7ny.com/post/investigation-underway-after-woman-killed-police-fort-lee/15116059/

https://abc7ny.com/post/attorney-generals-office-releases-bodycam-video-25-year-old-woman-fatally-shot-fort-lee-police/15193781/

Bodycam:
https://abc7ny.com/post/attorney-generals-office-releases-bodycam-video-25-year-old-woman-fatally-shot-fort-lee-police/15193781/