Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Jessica Amber Schoverling
Age :17
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 03/21/2022
Location : 100 block of Dunn Rd
City : Tellico Plains
County : Monroe
State : Tennessee
Agency : Monroe County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Monroe County deputies claim they were serving an arrest warrant and encountered Jessica Schoverling with a rifle. Police shot and killed her.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Suspect-dead-after-exchanging-gunfire-with-17020784.php
https://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_68cd7c3d-9409-5696-a9cc-497ada7ee899.html
Felix Tyler
Age :42
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/11/2022
Location : 881 US 51 S Bldg F
City : Covington
County : Tipton
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tipton County SD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Felix Tyler was allegedly at a tax preparation business holding a woman domestic partner hostage. Police from numerous law enforcement agencies arrived and besieged the business for several hours, finally engaging in a shootout with Tyler, killing him.
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Joshua Dismuke
Age :18
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/07/2022
Location : Not Disclosed
City : South Pittsburg
County : Marion
State : Tennessee
Agency : Marion County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
For unknown reasons, police attempted a traffic stop on Joshua Dismuke. He did not stop and Marion County deputies escalated a chase until his car became disabled. When police approached, they felt they heard a pop and shot and killed Dismuke.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/mar/08/suspect-shot-killed-maricounty-police-pursuit/
Robert Lee Pilkey
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/22/2022
Location : 2900 block of Wildwood Rd
City : Maryville
County : Blount
State : Tennessee
Agency : Blount County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “suspicious person” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Blount County Deputies were sent on a “suspicious person” call. They encountered Robert Lee Pilkey and claimed that he had a knife. Deputies shot and killed him under undisclosed circumstances.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/16/2022
Location : I-40
City : West Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : West Memphis Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Fall from height
Event : Fatal fall during police pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
West Memphis PD attempted to arrest a man on Interstate 40 near West Memphis because a man was allegedly driving a stolen car. The vehicle was located just after 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Ingram Boulevard. The vehicle drove away. Police escalated a pursuit onto eastbound I-40 where it hit a concrete divider wall and stopped. Police state that driver got out of the disabled vehicle, jumped over the divider and jumped over the north facing concrete wall and fell to the ground below. He died from the fall.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/man-jumped-to-his-death-off-i-40-during-police-chase/
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/feb/16/man-dies-in-fall-after-police-chase-near-west-memp/
Daniel Joseph Spisso Jr.
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/08/2022
Location : 200 block of Garland Road
City : Roan Mountain
County : Carter
State : Tennessee
Agency : Carter County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during shots fired call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Carter County were sent to a Shots Fired call. Police allege that a man was actively shooting at deputies. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wcyb.com/news/local/man-shot-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-carter-county-has-died-tbi
Tobias Carr
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/07/2022
Location : Unk
City : Sneads Ferry
County : Onslow
State : Tennessee
Agency :
Officer(s) :
Cause of Death : ——————
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Onslow County deputies chased a stolen vehicle until it crashed, killing Tobias Carr and Timothy Sarver, two inmates who had recently escaped from Tennessee prisons. Both died in a crash during police chase.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
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Kala Michele Lamb 2 of 2
Age :28
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/31/2022
Location : Norris Freeway
City : Clinton
County : Anderson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party killed in police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Tennessee Highway Patrol escalated a chase of a vehicle. The driver, Kala Michele Lamb, fled and accidentally veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another car head-on. She died in the crash. Her passenger and the third-party driver of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital with injuries. Tennessee Highway Patrol did not give a reason why she was being chased.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wate.com/video/1-killed-2-injured-in-anderson-county-crash/4116863/
Elijah “Eli” Charles Morley 2 of 2
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/31/2022
Location : Mountain Road and Highway 441
City : Unincorporated Anderson
County : Anderson County
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Austin Dean
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wate.com/news/da-driver-identified-in-fatal-thp-involved-chase/#:~:text=On%20Sunday%2C%20Jan.,trooper%20was%20Trooper%20Austin%20Dean
Dustin D. Dienst 1 of 2
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/30/2022
Location : Mountain Road and Highway 441
City : Dandridge
County : Anderson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin Dienst died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/02/09/second-suspect-dies-following-anderson-co-police-chase/
Landon Eastep
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/27/2022
Location : I-65 NB marker 77
City : Nashville
County : Davidson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Patrol, Mt. Juliet PD
Officer(s) : James Kidd, Justin Pinkleton, Sean Williams, Edin Plancic, Brian Murphy, Sgt. Steve Carrick
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop.
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Landon Eastep was sitting on a guardrail of I-65 when multiple cruisers from Mt. Joliet PD and Tennessee Highway Patrol approached him. Police allege that he held a “shiny cylindrical object”, later identifying it to be a box cutter. Nine officers opened fire and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/large-police-presence-on-i-65-in-south-nashville/
John Hunt
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/26/2022
Location : Dexter Rd+Milbrey St
City : Cordova
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Millington PD, Shelby County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “man with a gun” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Millington PD notified Shelby County deputies and they jointly approached a vehicle accused of driving erratically. Police state that they saw a rifle in the vehicle and SWAT appeared. John Hunt barricaded himself in the vehicle and fled under police bearing down on him. Police allege he damaged some police vehicles in the process of evading them and further allege that he fired shots ad police chasing him. When he reached a dead end, he reportedly exited the vehicle with the rifle and was shot dead by SWAT
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/armed-suspect-dead-after-confrontation-with-deputies-in-cordova/
https://wreg.com/news/family-of-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-speaks/
Floyd Michael Woody
Age :68
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/25/2022
Location : 1400 block of David
City : Dandridge
County : Jefferson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Dandridge PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dandridge PD were sent on a welfare check on 68-year-old Floyd Michael Woody. Police apparently arrived with SWAT. Woody was unwilling to come outside. Police state that he eventually came outside and got into a vehicle and was engaged by an officer in a physical altercation, whereupon a Jefferson County deputy and an officer with the White Pine Police Department shot and killed him. He was not reported to be armed and it is unclear why police killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wate.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-dandridge/
Name Not Disclosed 1 of 2
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/20/2022
Location : E Shelby Dr+Pleasant Hill Rd
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Collision with police cruiser
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
This is the second crash fatality from the accident involving officer Carille Cortez Jones of Memphis PD whose cruiser collided with an unknown blue car whose driver was widely reported as having been killed but was never named by the PD.
Police Officer CJ Jones was killed in a vehicle crash at the intersection of East Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill Road at about 2:30 am. He was responding to a call when colliding with 2 other vehicles with significant impact and speed unknown. The driver of one of the other cars was killed. This page is dedicated to that motorist.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://tri-statedefender.com/remembering-officer-cj-jones/01/31/