Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 08/17/2024
Location : Atlantic Avenue and Commerce Way
City : Woburn
County : Middlesex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Massachusetts State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Massachusetts state trooper, alleges that a pickup truck sped past him and fled a traffic stop. The trooper chased the truck at high-speed until it crashed, killing the driver.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wcvb.com/article/woburn-massachusetts-person-dead-two-vehicle-crash/61901888
Name Not Disclosed
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/27/2024
Location : Route 291
City : Springfield
County : Hampden
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Massachusetts State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Massachusetts State Police chased a vehicle that did not stop and escalated the pursuit until the vehicle crashed and the 41-year-old driver died.
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Joseph Francis
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/06/2024
Location :
City : Richmond
County : Berkshire
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Richmond Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Died during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Joseph Francis allegedly killed his wife and fled. Police chased his vehicle until he crashed, rolled the vehicle and died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.yahoo.com/news/estranged-husband-wife-dead-homicide-173040852.html
John Francis Tyska
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/26/2024
Location : 664 Housatonic Street
City : Pittsfield
County : Berkshire
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Pittsfield Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Dirt bike driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pittsfield police chased a dirt bike until it crashed into a pick up truck. John Tyska, the dirt, bike driver, died.
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David B. Werbicki
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/26/2024
Location : Farmington Street
City : Chicopee
County : Hampden
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Chicopee Police Department, Massachusetts State Police STOP
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chicopee PD were told that someone inside of a house on Farmington Street had fired a weapon. Police arrived and escalated a standoff with SWAT that lasted until the man committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2024/05/chicopee-man-commits-suicide-during-standoff.html
Stephen Maclean
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/02/2024
Location : King Philip Street
City : Raynham
County : Bristol
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Raynham Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Stephen Maclean was in police crosshairs for recent intoxication and disorderly conduct with his girlfriend. When police arrived, he opened his door with a gun. He was shot and killed instantly.
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Sean Deadder
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/25/2024
Location : Unknown
City : North Andover
County : Andover
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Andover Police Department, NEMLEC SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
North Andover PD and SWAT bore down on a residence where a 36-year-old man had locked himself in. Police engaged in a shootout with him. They later discovered him dead, allegedly from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZPAS67Pghc
https://whdh.com/news/officer-hit-during-north-andover-swat-standoff-barricaded-individual-dead/
Name Not Disclosed 3 of 3
Age :14
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Morrissey Boulevard
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Boston PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed. Two teenage boys were killed and 2 more injured. The youngest of the deceased was 14.
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Name Not Disclosed 2 of 3
Age :15
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Morrissey Boulevard
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Boston PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed. Two teenage boys were killed and 2 more injured. The youngest of the deceased was 14.
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Name Not Disclosed 1 of 3
Age :14
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Morrissey Boulevard
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Boston PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed. Two teenage boys were killed and 2 more injured. The youngest of the deceased was 14.
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Paul Coderre
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/29/2023
Location : Bayside Lounge on Sconticut Neck Road
City : Fairhaven
County : Bristol
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Acushet Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during altercation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Former fire chief Paul Coderre was allegedly intoxicated, noisy and engaged in an altercation at a lounge when police arrived and shot and killed him. Police allege he had a gun.
In the past, Fire Chief Coderre had serious legal battles with the city and lost his job in 2021, leading to years of friction between him and authorities before this killing.
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Roderick Jackson 1 of 2
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/06/2023
Location : Totten Pond Rd
City : Waltham
County : Middlesex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Waltham PD
Officer(s) : Paul Tracey
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Road worker killed by fleeing motorist
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer Paul Tracey was working at a road construction site when a vehicle made a U-turn on the road, hit a vehicle, kept driving, hit and killed Officer Paul Tracey and a 36-year-old construction worker on the road, then pulled a knife and at knife point stole a police cruiser and drove away in it. He abandoned the cruiser and fled on foot and was arrested. Officer Paul Tracey and the unnamed 36-year-old road worker both died from the impact of the fleeing car.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wcvb.com/article/crash-totten-pond-road-waltham-massachusetts/46057299
Michelle Freestone
Age :79
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 11/20/2023
Location : Plain St
City : Marshfield
County : Plymouth
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Marshfield PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by armored police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Michelle Freestone was driving along Plain Street in Marshfield when she collided with an armored military police vehicle and died.
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Daniel Glover 2 of 2
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/11/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Seekonk
County : Bristol
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Sekonk PD
Officer(s) : KourtnyDeforitis
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by motorcycle crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Daniel Glover was killed when he was driving a motorcycle that crashed against a car. The passenger of the motorcycle, 28-year-old KourtnyDeForitis was also killed.
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Philip Henault
Age :64
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/09/2023
Location : Richmond Rd
City : Hancock
County : Berkshire
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Hancock PD
Officer(s) : William Munch
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Phillip Henault was involved in a domestic violence situation and Hancock PD were called. Police allege that he held 2 knives. They shot and killed him. The shooting was justified by the DA.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/man-shot-killed-police-hancock-saturday-morning/
Miles Murray
Age :19
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 08/21/2023
Location : Route 202 S
City : Belchertown
County : Hampshire
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Massachusetts State Police
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Massachusetts State Police began chasing a teenager in a 2011 Nissan Altima, escalated the chase until the driver crashed in a curve with such force that he hit a Jeep, the engine of his vehicle flew through a wall of a neighboring home. Teenage driver Miles Murray died at the scene.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 06/11/2023
Location : Rt. 28+Garden Lane
City : Hyannis
County : Barnstable
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Barnstable County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Around 1:41 p.m. on 06/11/2023, Barnstable County deputies attempted to pull over a motorcyclist for a traffic violation on Route 28 near Garden Lane. The motorcycle did not stop and police escalated a chase causing the motorcycle to collide with another vehicle near the intersection with Enterprise Road. The motorcyclist died.
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William Tisdol
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 02/25/2023
Location : Union+Main St
City : Springfield
County : Springfield
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Springfield PD, Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit
Officer(s) : Thomas Cusack and Gregory Santos
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Allegedly armed man in casino killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officers of the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit along with members of the Springfield PD assigned to the Gaming Enforcement Unit responded to the MGM Springfield casino around 2 a.m. for reports of a 48-year-old male acting aggressively to others and possibly armed with a firearm within the casino. Policelocated him as he was leaving the casino. During a foot pursuit, shots were fired between the man and police. William Tisdol was shot and killed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/springfield-fatal-police-shooting-mgm-casino-17806834.php
Sayed Faisal
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Middle Eastern
Date : 01/04/2023
Location : Chestnut Street
City : Cambridge
County : Middlesex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Cambridge PD
Officer(s) : Liam McMahon
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cambridge PD were called to a mental health crisis where a man had jumped out of the window with a knife, was cutting himself and had broken glass. He fled and police fired a sponge round and then he was shot and killed.No officers were charged. The shooter officer, Liam McMahon, was cleared by a judge.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/2/10/editorial-faisal-police-mental-health/
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/man-armed-machete-shot-killed-cambridge-police-officer/
Krystal Evelisse Reyes 1 of 2
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/03/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Worcester
County : Worcester
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Worcester PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Worcester PD pursued a Toyota after receiving a report that it had been driving recklessly and the driver may have pointed a gun at someone and they found the car pulled over on Grafton Street. When the driver was ordered out of the car, he turned the car back on and drove off at what officers said was a high rate of speed. Officers allegedly initially lost sight of the car. Shortly after, the Toyota was found rolled over an accident with a Dodge Ram. One person was pronounced dead at the accident and the driver died at the hospital. A black airsoft gun was found in the Toyota.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/gun-pursuit-and-wrong-way-collision-leave-two-dead-in-worcester/
Name Not Disclosed 2 of 2
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/03/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Worcester
County : Worcester
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Worcester PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Worcester PD pursued a Toyota after receiving a report that it had been driving recklessly and the driver may have pointed a gun at someone and they found the car pulled over on Grafton Street. When the driver was ordered out of the car, he turned the car back on and drove off at what officers said was a high rate of speed. Officers allegedly initially lost sight of the car. Shortly after, the Toyota was found rolled over an accident with a Dodge Ram. One person was pronounced dead at the accident and the driver died at the hospital. A black airsoft gun was found in the Toyota.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/gun-pursuit-and-wrong-way-collision-leave-two-dead-in-worcester/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/29/2022
Location : 337-339 River St
City : Haverhill
County : Essex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Haverhill PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on 11/29/2022, a Haverhill PD detective observed a motorcyclist pull into the Seven Eleven gas station at 503 River St. without a helmet. The motorcycle was unregistered and uninsured. The motorcyclist then fled the scene on foot and the detective pursued him on foot.
Kimball said other Haverhill Police units were called to help apprehend the man, who ran behind a building at 337 River St. Police followed the man and found him deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Kimball said. He was not publicly identified.
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Tina Marie Keeley
Age :56
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/24/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Monson
County : Hampden
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Palmer PD, Ware PD, Monson PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Tina Keeley was walking through Monson when she was hit by a motorcycle that had been escalated to high speeds by a police cruiser chasing it. Tina Keeley died. The motorcyclist was charged in her death. No officer was charged.
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Richard Ortiz
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 05/14/2022
Location : 22 Glendale St
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during altercation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Boston PD arrived during some sort of altercation when Richard Ortiz was seen screaming. Police engaged him in a fight and claim he had a knife. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-police-shoot-kill-knife-wielding-suspect-stabbed-officer
Miguel Estrella
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/25/2022
Location : 279 Onota St
City : Pittsfield
County : Berkshire
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Pittsfield PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Open Records Summary :
Officers responded to a first call from victim's friends telling them he was in crisis and has "a history of mental illness and was cutting himself". They evaluated him and determined he did not qualify to be committed, so they left. A subsequent call was made and when officers arrived and approached him, he was allegedly holding a knife. Police allege that he moved toward them with a knife. They fired tasers and then shot and killed him.
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Paul Courtemanche
Age :42
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/23/2022
Location : Lord Baron Apts on Baron
City : Burlington
County : Middlesex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Burlington PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Paul Courtemanche called 911 and told dispatch that he was having a mental health crisis and needed help. During the conversation, dispatch questioned and learned that he had a knife. When Burlington PD arrived, they allege that he charged them with a knife and they fired beanbags and live bullets simultaneously, killing him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/01/24/update-man-shot-by-burlington-police-has-died