Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Alex Jackson Appod
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/15/2024
Location : State Route 956
City : Scott Township
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a vehicle at high speed until it hit a bridge button, killing the driver, Alex Appod. A passenger was severely injured as well.
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TOTAL CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 1 dead, 1 critically injured.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/11/2024
Location : 52nd and Woodland streets
City : Cobbs Creek
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Philadelphia PD were called to domestic disturbance during which a man was heard firing a gun inside of a home. When police arrived, he allegedly tried to carjack a vehicle to leave. Police stated that he had a gun. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-officer-shooting-cobbs-creek/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/10/2024
Location : 52nd Street and Woodland Avenue
City : Philadelphia
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during pursuit for armed disturbance
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Philadelphia PD were called to a location where an armed man was allegedly causing a disturbance. Police arrived and chased him by car to another location where he was allegedly seen exiting his car with a gun. Police shot and killed him.
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Security video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlARt8IQl0
Ricky Shannon
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/08/2024
Location : Sassafras Terrace at 330 E Main Street
City : Mount Joy
County : Lancaster
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Ricky Shannon reportedly shot six people, three of them fatally and fled with a 19-year-old female relative of the people who had killed. It is unknown whether she went with him voluntarily or not. Police escalated a chase across 40 miles in two counties during which he allegedly hit several other vehicles, shot at state police, and was shot and killed by police. Only Shannon is listed in this database as the other fatalities occurred prior to police involvement.
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Charles Nara
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/06/2024
Location : Woodview Terrace, Apartments
City : Uniontown
County : Fayette
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : 2 civilians killed by unknown mechanism under SWAT duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Charles Nara was wanted by police for child sexual abuse. He was reportedly locked in an apartment building and sent a child out with a note informing them that he had guns and a lot of gasoline in the apartment. Pennsylvania State police arrived and brought SERT. Loud noise was heard coming from the apartment. Please put out the fire and found Charles Nero and Megan Kulenovic dead inside. They both died during the SERT siege by unknown mechanism.
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TOTAL FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/uniontown-fayette-county-apartment-barricade-situation/
Megan Kulenovic
Age :27
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 11/06/2024
Location : Woodview Terrace, Apartments
City : Uniontown
County : Fayette
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : 2 civilians killed by unknown mechanism under SWAT duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Charles Nara was wanted by police for child sexual abuse. He was reportedly locked in an apartment building and sent a child out with a note informing them that he had guns and a lot of gasoline in the apartment. Pennsylvania State police arrived and brought SERT. Loud noise was heard coming from the apartment. Please put out the fire and found Charles Nero and Megan Kulenovic dead inside. They both died during the SERT siege by unknown mechanism.
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TOTAL FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/uniontown-fayette-county-apartment-barricade-situation/
Andrew S. Ward
Age :59
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/04/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Lancaster
County : Lancaster
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Northwest Regional Police Department HQ
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police at their HQ
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Andrew Ward had been arrested for a DUI and released to his wife. He returned to the sheriff’s office to request his personal property back and somehow ended up in an altercation with police who shot and killed him. Police alleged that a handgun registered to him was “found at the scene” without stating that he had tried to use it.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :68
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/27/2024
Location : Commerce Square Apartments in Willow Grove
City : Upper Mooreland Township
County : Montgomery
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were sent to Willow Grove for an alleged domestic disturbance. Police arrived and an 83-year-old woman let them in. Police found a 68-year-old man in the home who allegedly had a gun. Police shot and killed him, stating that he didn’t drop the gun when they appeared.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :68
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/27/2024
Location : Commerce Square Apartments at 3980 Commerce Ave
City : Willow Grove
County : Montgomery
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Upper Moreland Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Upper Moreland Township Police were called to a domestic disturbance where they found a 68-year-old man in a home with a gun. A woman in her 80s had let them in requesting help in a disturbance. Police arrived, claimed that he did not immediately drop the weapon and shot and killed him.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/10/2024
Location : Industrial Highway and Wanamaker Avenue
City : Tinicum Township
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Eddystone Borough Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a car they felt may be stolen at high speed until it crashed into another motorist, killing the driver who was being pursued and injuring the third party.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://6abc.com/post/tinicum-township-crash-route-420-rt-291-leaves-1-dead/15414094/
Omar Jermaine Redditt
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/06/2024
Location : Peters Auto and Body Repair, 95 Holland Street
City : Wilkes Barre
County : Luzerne
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Wilkes-Barre City Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police for unknown reasons
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Wilkes-Barre City Police Department shot and killed a man at Peters Auto and Body Repair at 95 Holland Street in Wilkes-Barre on 10/06/2024.
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Robert Jones
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/03/2024
Location : Willits Road and Holme Drive
City : Philadelphia
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia Police Department
Officer(s) : Christopher Sweeney
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by off-duty officer during altercation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer engaged in some sort of altercation with a man and shot and killed him.
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Henry Divinskiy
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : 4857 Lucerne Road
City : White Township
County : Indiana
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police Troop A
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State police recall to White Township for domestic dispute between our father and son. Police escalated a standoff during which Henry Divinskiy fired a gun at police and his father before dying from suicide under police duress.
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Megan Caitlyn Saunders 1 of 2
Age :29
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 09/13/2024
Location : 4100 block of Strawbridge Court
City : Dover Township
County : York
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Dover Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Homicide/suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Witnesses heard 5-6 gunshots and called police to the 4100 block of Strawbridge Court in Dover Township where a man and woman had been seen entering a residence. Police arrived, brought SWAT and established a perimeter. SWAT made contact during which he and the female were reportedly alive inside. Police allege they heard shots fired and broke into the residence. Police found a woman shot to death and a man who fired a bullet and killed himself when he heard SWAT breaking into the home. Megan Saunders, 29, was killed and Devon Elias, 31, died by suicide under police duress.
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David Pacoe
Age :59
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/12/2024
Location : North Railroad Avenue and Grist Mill Road
City : Earl Township
County : Berks
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Earl Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Earl Township PD chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons until it crashed on N. Railroad Avenue and Gristmill Road, killing the driver.
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Gary Lee McCartney
Age :62
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/07/2024
Location : 152 Boak Avenue
City : Hughesville
County : Lycoming
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police, Special Emergency Response Team
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Gary Lee McCartney had allegedly gotten into an argument with a neighbor and pointed a gun. Police were called and arrived, saw him point gun through his window and brought the special emergency response team SERT. Officers surrounded the trailer and when they spotted him with a gun, they shot and killed him.
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Susan Irene Henderson
Age :67
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 08/27/2024
Location : Hecktown Road
City : Lower Nazareth Township
County : Northampton
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Unknown
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a vehicle for registration sticker violations at high speed until the driver lost control and hit a bystander vehicle head-on, killing 67-year-old Susan I. Henderson in the bystander vehicle. Henderson had been a special needs teacher.
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Jacob Nathaniel Grebbien
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 08/07/2024
Location : 700 block of Penn Street
City : Johnsonburg
County : Elk
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during SWAT standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jacob Grebbien was accused of “terroristic threats with intention to terrorize another. "Pennsylvania sSate Police arrived and escalated a standoff in the shooting and killing of Grebbien.
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Javian Rivera
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/06/2024
Location : 2000 block of Orchard Drive
City : Whitehall Township
County : Lehigh
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Lehigh County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a vehicle at high-speed until it crashed, ejecting passenger Javian Rivera who died. Police did not immediately admit the pursuit which was witnessed by bystanders.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/23/2024
Location : 2200 block of State Line Road
City : Enon Valley
County : Lawrence
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police alleged that they received a call from the ex-husband of a woman who was involved in a domestic violence situation and had called for help. Police arrived, but the woman had left and was allegedly not cooperating with police. Police made entry into the home and heard a shot fired. The man had died from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wfmj.com/story/51103462/one-dead-following-july-23-standoff-in-enon-valley
Gregory Neal Carlson
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/18/2024
Location : 200 block of Glasgow Road
City : Forest Hills
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Churchill Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Churchill PD were sent to a disturbance call. They allege that they heard a man chambering a shot and shot and killed him.
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Thomas Matthew Crooks
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/13/2024
Location : Trump Rally
City : Butler
County : Butler
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : US Secret Service, Butler County Sheriff's office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Shooter at Trump rally killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A shooter fired at Donald Trump during an election rally, grazed the erar of Trump, also killed another person in the rally. A Secret Service sniper shot and killed the shooter.
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Logan Cumberland
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/03/2024
Location : Cranberry Highlands Golf Course, 5601 Freshcorn Rd
City : Cranberry Township
County : Butler
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Cranberry Township Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police searched the vehicle of Logan Cumberland and found a number of weapons. He fled into the woods with a rifle. Police found and shot and killed him.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 06/14/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Philadelphia
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police hunted a vehicle at high speed for unknown reasons when they slammed into an uninvolved motorist in a pickup truck, killing him. Police never publicly identified the bystander who was killed when the police cruiser crashed into him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-trooper-crash-philadelphia/3885923/
Selwyn Brown
Age :54
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 06/11/2024
Location : Hillside Meadows Apartments at 1526 Parkline
City : Pittsburgh
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pittsburgh Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during search warrant
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police executed a search warrant for weapons and shot and killed Selwyn Brown who allegedly fired a shot at police.
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Ridge Ryen Rhodes
Age :29
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/10/2024
Location : 100 block of W 4th St
City : Lewistown
County : Androscoggin
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Lewiston Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during "shots fired" call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Ridge Rhodes allegedly fired several shots. Police arrived and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/adams/ridge-rhodes-29-of-lewistown-shot-dead-by-police/
https://www.wgal.com/article/mifflin-county-police-shoot-kill-armed-man-lewistown/61074096
https://www.wkok.com/lewistown-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-monday/
Kendrell Hall
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 06/08/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Harrisburg
County : Dauphin
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Harrisburg Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during foot chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Harrisburg Police officers with a K9 chased someone on foot at 1:30 a.m. in the streets of Harrisburg. The man eventually allegedly fired shots at police. They shot and killed him. In a police press release, police stated they did not know why the man was running from them. They did not state why they were chasing him but evidently could not find anything he had allegedly done wrong.
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Tyshawn C. Mack
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 06/08/2024
Location : Pine Street
City : Scranton
County : Lackawanna
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Scranton Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Scranton Police arrived at a domestic violence incident with one woman shot and injured. The man locked himself into the home and a tense standoff was escalated by SWAT. Tactical and explosive units were deployed for unknown reasons. When police breached the home, they found the man dead from apparent suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://fox56.com/news/local/man-who-died-in-scranton-standoff-identified
Matthew Stepp
Age :19
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/06/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Franklin Township
County : Carbon
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased Matthew Stepp for undisclosed reasons until he crashed into a tree and died.
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Craig McGrath
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/05/2024
Location : Laveton Street
City : Pittsburgh
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Brentwood Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after pursuit for stolen car
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Brentwood PD saw a vehicle they believed to be stolen and chased it until it stopped. The man exited and police engaged him in a shootout, killing him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/police-shooting-brentwood-hillson-avenue/
Joey Kay
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/02/2024
Location : Rickerts Road
City : Hilltown Township
County : Bucks
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Hilltown Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Hilltown PD chased an off-road vehicle on a small residential street because it had no license plate until it crashed, killing the passenger, Joey Kay, who was a local firefighter.
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Yazmyn Stewart
Age :22
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 05/14/2024
Location : 12th and Kerlin streets
City : Chester
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Delaware County Police, Chester Police Department, Wilmington Police Department, Trainer Borough Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Delaware County Police began chasing
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Delaware County Police began chasing Yazmyn Stewart for a prior shooting. The chase led into Chester, PA. Stewart fled into a private home and tried to hide, finally taking the resident’s car. As she tried to flee again, she was met by numerous officers from five agencies, 10 of whom opened fire on her. She died in the shootout.
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Zachariah White
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/01/2024
Location : Rest Haven
City : Spring Garden Township
County : York
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Spring Garden Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call at nursing home
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Zachariah White walked around in traffic erratically, then entered a nursing home where he entered random rooms. Police attacked him with a taser, then shot and killed him. Police allege he took the metal foot rest of a wheelchair, apparently after he was tasered, and came at police with it. This was the explanation given why the apparently unarmed man was killed. White reportedly wore a hospital wristband at the time he was killed. It is not immediately clear what his connection to the nursing home was. It is also unknown what he may have wanted when he entered the nursing home where he was killed. He was not reported to be violent other than a self-attempt effort with a wheelchair footpad after the taser attack.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.abc27.com/local-news/police-presence-outside-rest-haven-york-nursing-home/
Tyjana Motley 4 of 4
Age :17
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 04/24/2024
Location : Route 322
City : Boothwyn
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pregnant teen passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 1 passengers died. One of them was a pregnant teenage girl. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html
Isiah Miller 3 of 4
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/24/2024
Location : Route 322
City : Boothwyn
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 3 passengers killed by police chase crash for retail theft
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html
Ikeam Rogers 2 of 4
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/24/2024
Location : Route 322
City : Boothwyn
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 3 passengers killed by police chase crash for retail theft
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html
Kalyn Billups 1 of 4
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/24/2024
Location : Route 322
City : Boothwyn
County : Delaware
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 3 passengers killed by police chase crash for retail theft
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html
Don Harrison Jr.
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/09/2024
Location : 900 block of College Avenue
City : Philadelphia
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after dispute with shooting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A man walked into a gas station and shot and injured a security guard who had been involved in a dispute about the parking of a barbecue truck. Police chased the man and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox29.com/news/gunfire-at-a-gas-station-kills-1-injures-private-security-guard-police
Mark Michael Miller
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/04/2024
Location : Route 50
City : Independence Township
County : Washington
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Mount Pleasant Township Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Mount Pleasant Township Police tried to traffic-stop Mark Michael Miller who refused to stop. Police escalated a chase at high speeds that ended when Miller crashed and died.
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Damon Scott Stern Sr.
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/25/2024
Location : 400 block of Windsor Street
City : Reading
County : Berks
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Reading Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during welfare check
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were sent on a welfare check for a suicidal man with a knife. Police arrived and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://6abc.com/man-with-knife-shot-by-police-reading-pennsylvania-officers/14569880/