Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Jaylin Keshawn McKenzie
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/16/2022
Location : 4700 Cochese Rd
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police tried to make a traffic stop on a vehicle they had profiled as “suspicious.” The car did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase. The man stopped and exited the vehicle and reportedly exchanged gunfire with police. He was shot and killed.
No video can be located. No BWC was released by police and no eyewitnesses can be found to try to reconstruct Jaylin McKenzie’s reality of events. He is not reported to have committed any crimes which warranted the traffic stop and high-speed chase. The Shelby County District Attorney declined to file charges against the shooter officers.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://newschannel9.com/news/local/memphis-police-shoot-and-kill-man-who-shot-ran-from-officers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/police-officer-shoots-kills-man-132712389.html
https://www.psrmemphis.org/new-age-of-transparency-hasnt-arrived-for-most-mpd-cases/
Latoris A. Taylor
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/09/2022
Location : 4900 Block of Cimarron Drive
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during carjacking
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were investigating a carjacking when they found Latoris Taylor. Police allege he fired a shot at them and they shot and killed him. Police state that Taylor and his 18-year-old son Jarvis Lewis were a team in the carjacking and that Lewis was present when Taylor was shot.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/12/11/father-son-duo-connected-westwood-neighborhood-shooting/
James West Jr.
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/05/2022
Location : Winchester Rd Goodlett St
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police state they were called to check on a “suspicious vehicle.” When they arrived, a man in the vehicle reportedly fired a shot at the officer, injuring him. The officer had also fired a shot at West. West was found dead in his vehicle a short time later.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/c-j-davis-gives-update-on-officer-injured-in-winchester-shooting/
Jerome Flanigan
Age :51
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/03/2022
Location : 700 block of Cash Hollow Road
City : Johnson City
County : Washington
State : Tennessee
Agency : Washington County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Washington County deputies arrived at a home in the 700 block of Cash Hollow Road at 6:45 p.m. to serve a warrant to 51-year-old Jerome Flanigan. Police tasered him, then shot and killed him. No explanation was provided by police.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-identifies-person-shot-and-killed-by-washington-co-deputy/
https://wcyb.com/news/local/tbi-man-dead-after-firing-at-officers-in-johnson-city
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-identifies-person-shot-and-killed-by-washington-co-deputy/
https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/12/03/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-washginton-county/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/22/2022
Location : Raines Road
City : Hickory Hill
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were chasing a man in an alleged domestic violence situation who was driving and firing shots at his former partner in the car with another man and a child. Police escalated a chase at high speed when he ran into two other vehicles. The targeted driver died. He was described by eyewitnesses, but not publicly identified by police.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/video-shows-moment-hickory-hill-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash/
John R. Wells Jr.
Age :49
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/16/2022
Location : 7017 Shallowford Rd
City : Chattanooga
County : Hamilton
State : Tennessee
Agency : US Marshals
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
US Marshals were looking for John Wells because he had shot and injured his wife and when they found him, they state he began shooting at them and they shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/nov/16/hamilton-county-sheriffs-office-investigating/
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2022/11/16/459490/Walker-County-Fugitive-Dies-In-Exchange.aspx
Senquarius Demonta Williams
Age :26
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/12/2022
Location : 201 Gallatin Pike
City : Madison
County : Madison
State : Tennessee
Agency : Metro Nashville Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Metro Nashville PD allege they were working an active crime scene and Senquarius Demonta Williams walked into the area. When police reacted, he allegedly produced a gun and was shot and killed. No third-party verification of the official narrative is possible at this time.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wsmv.com/2022/11/12/metro-pd-fatally-shoots-man-who-entered-existing-crime-scene/
https://www.wsmv.com/2022/11/13/metro-police-release-video-second-officer-involved-shooting/
https://wpln.org/post/fatal-shooting-by-nashville-officers-under-investigation/
https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/29/c2/1ba3da1049738b619ed8e6818dd4/letter-to-tbi.pdf
Drandon John Brown
Age :64
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/12/2022
Location : 7000 block of River Road Pike
City : Nashville
County : Davidson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Metro Nashville Police Department
Officer(s) : Ryan Thomas, Cameron Vandermerwe
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Nashville PD allege that an allegedly unhoused person was disorderly and throwing things at cars. Police allege the person came at them holding a knife and officers Ryan Thomas and Cameron Vandermerwe shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://fox17.com/news/local/nashville-officers-involved-in-2nd-deadly-shooting-in-24-hours
https://www.wsmv.com/2022/11/13/metro-police-release-video-second-officer-involved-shooting/
Kenneth Lee Collins
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/07/2022
Location : 1700 block of E Unaka Avenue
City : Johnson City
County : Washington
State : Tennessee
Agency : Johnson City Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Johnson City PD arrived on a call about a domestic disturbance. They claim that the man had an axe and walked toward them. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-man-with-axe-fatally-shot-by-johnson-city-police/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/02/2022
Location : Dollar General parking lot
City : Knoxville
County : Knox
State : Tennessee
Agency : Knoxville Police Department, Knox County SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Knoxville PD chased several speeding cars with a SWAT team. A 20-year-old man being hunted pulled into the Dollar General parking lot and committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
Eric Jermaine Allen
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/02/2022
Location : S. Mt. Juliet Road near Central Pike
City : Mt. Juliet
County : Wilson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Mt. Juliet PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
During a traffic stop, a Mt. Juliet officer asked passenger Eric Jermaine Allen to exit the vehicle but he allegedly moved to the driver seat and began to drive away with an officer in the vehicle. Police tasered him, then shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://fox17.com/news/local/mt-juliet-police-officer-involved-shooting-closes-s-mt-juliet-road
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/mt-juliet-officer-involved-in-shooting-during-traffic-stop/
Elbert Hayes III
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/14/2022
Location : Kirby Parkway+Raines Rd
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Memphis Police officers were chasing a Dodge Avenger that had been reported stolen. Memphis PD deployed stop sticks and moments later, the driver of the Dodge Avenger ran a red light and crashed into four vehicles. Elbert Hayes III, the driver of the Dodge Avenger was pronounced dead at the scene. Five others were taken to local hospitals in non-critical condition.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/one-dead-five-hurt-in-hickory-hill-crash/
https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/10/14/2-mpd-officers-relieved-duty-after-fatal-crash/
Joe Pickett
Age :64
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/14/2022
Location : 5800 block of Colony Rd
City : Gruetli-Laager
County : Grundy
State : Tennessee
Agency : Grundy County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Grundy County deputiesreceived calls about a man pointing a gun a vehicles. Police allege that he pointed the gun at them. They shot and killed him. The “weapon” was found to be a pellet gun.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wdef.com/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-grundy-county/
Tyler Michael Gardner
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/07/2022
Location : 5 Oaks Road and Leesburg Road
City : Jonesborough
County : Washington
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police on “suspicious vehicle” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Tennessee Highway Patrol stopped the man who was inside his car in a parking lot. He allegedly fled by car, was stopped in a field, where he allegedly attempted to flee on foot. Police claim he was armed and there was a struggle. Troopers shot and killed Tyler Michael Gardner.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-washington-county/
Edris Marrero
Age :75
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/08/2022
Location : 1664 E Stone Drive
City : Kingsport
County : Sullivan
State : Tennessee
Agency : Kingsport Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Beaten/bludgeoned
Event :
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police responded to a disturbance. With Edris Marrero yelling at a woman in a parking lot and banging on her windows. Police arrived and “lightly” punched him. He died. The officer alleged self-defense. Marrero was unarmed and at age 75, he succumbed to being punched by police.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kpd-releases-new-details-on-fatal-confrontation-between-officer-man/
Zachary Tyler Gorman
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/24/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Sevier
County : Sevier
State : Tennessee
Agency : Sevier County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sevier police chased Zachary Tyler Gorman on his motorcycle for reasons they never disclosed until he crashed into a Honda Odyssey and landed under another car and died.
SOURCE LINKS :
Christian Robert Jensen
Age :54
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/16/2022
Location : Blue Springs Rd
City : Cleveland
County : Bradley
State : Tennessee
Agency : Bradley County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bradley County deputies responded to a mental health welfare check on a man who was allegedly suicidal. When they arrived, they claim that Christian Robert Jensen had a gun and did not drop it. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/06/16/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-bradley-county/
Daniel Raymond Honeycutt
Age :38
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/10/2022
Location : 100 Woodland Heights Rd
City : Elizabethton
County : Carter
State : Tennessee
Agency : Carter County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “Man with gun” call.
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were sent on a “man with a gun” call and found Daniel Raymond Honeycutt with a gun. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://whnt.com/news/tennessee-news/tbi-man-dead-following-carter-county-officer-involved-shooting/
Corey Menton Brewer
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 06/03/2022
Location : I-40 + Whitten Rd
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police trust stopped Corey brewer and pledged that when he stopped, he fired shots. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/03/man-shot-killed-by-memphis-police-was-suspect-horn-lake-homicide/
Billy Joe Reynolds
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/21/2022
Location : Hwy 46/Indian Mound
City : Indian Mound
County : Stewart
State : Tennessee
Agency : Stewart County SO
Officer(s) : Dale Ward, Ryan Goldsmith, Corey Etherton
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during traffic stop for “suspicious vehicle”
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Stewart County Sheriff’s Office received a call to check on a vehicle. They found a man inside who said he was suicidal. Police claim that he had a gun and fired shots at them. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tbi-looking-into-officer-involved-shooting-in-stewart-county
https://www.stewartcountystandard.com/local-man-shot-and-killed-after-firing-on-officers-cms-2293
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/13/2022
Location : I-240/Lamar Ave
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A woman allegedly ran across the interstate and was hit and killed by a Memphis PD officer.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wreg.com/news/local/lanes-on-i-240-blocked-after-multi-car-crash/
Matthew Reed
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/21/2022
Location : NB Hwy 25E
City : Bean Station
County : Grainger
State : Tennessee
Agency : Bean Station Police Department
Officer(s) : Tristan Pettiecord
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Matthew Reed, 27, Was chased aggressively by Bean Station Police Department (BSPD) Officer Tristan Pettiecord who observed two motorcycles traveling on Hwy. 25E at 96 mph. The officer claims that he attempted to conduct a traffic stop and the motorcycles refused to stop. The officer escalated the chase to more than 100 mph until the motorcycle crashed, and Matthew Reid died. According to police, this fatal chase was undertaken for the sole reason of failing to stop on command. Police apparently found several joints, totaling a small amount of weed and dramatized this as the only crime they could accuse him of after his death. No officer was ever held accountable for what seems like a senseless death.
SOURCE LINKS :
Timmy Lee Thurman Jr.
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/14/2022
Location : 200 block of Elm Lane
City : Bristol
County : Sullivan
State : Tennessee
Agency : Sullivan County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sullivan County deputies attempted to traffic-stop Timmy Lee Thurman Jr. but he kept driving. Police escalated a high-speed chase and claim that he fired a shot at them. He stopped, ran away on foot and allegedly pointed a gun again. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-bristol/
https://wcyb.com/news/local/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-bristol-04-14-2022
Paul Derrick Moss II
Age :51
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/14/2022
Location : I-75/E Raccoon Valley Drive
City : Knoxville
County : Knox
State : Tennessee
Agency : Jellico Police Department, Anderson County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jellico PD and Anderson County deputies chased a driver who was accused of being reckless. Police chased him from Kentucky into Tennessee and shot and killed him for undisclosed reasons under undisclosed circumstances.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/15/tbi-man-is-dead-shot-by-police-after-chase/
https://1450wlaf.com/2022/04/15/jellico-police-officer-part-of-chase-that-ends-with-fatal-shooting/
Darin Woodard
Age :57
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/07/2022
Location : I-55
City : West Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Fall from height
Event : Died from fall from height during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
West Memphis police chased Darin Woodard to question him about a prior homicide elsewhere. When he did not stop for police, they escalated an aggressive chase that ended when he crashed into an I-55 barrier wall. When police came after him, he jumped off and landed on the hard ground 60 feet below to escape from police assault.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-memphis-police-murder-accusation-heinous-man-jumps-bridge
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/06/2022
Location : I-40/Law Rd
City : Jackson
County : Madison
State : Tennessee
Agency : Madison County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Madison County deputies allege they tried making a traffic stop and the vehicle slowed and a man ran away on foot. Police engaged in a shootout with the man and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/04/06/suspect-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/06/2022
Location : I-40/Law Rd
City : Jackson
County : Madison
State : Tennessee
Agency : Madison County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Madison County deputies allege they tried making a traffic stop and the vehicle slowed and a man ran away on foot. Police engaged in a shootout with the man and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/04/06/suspect-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/
Christopher C. Hutson
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/04/2022
Location : 600 block of Runnion Street
City : Newport
County : Cocke
State : Tennessee
Agency : US Marshals
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police serving arrest warrant
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
US arshals were looking for Christopher Hudson for whom they had an arrest warrant for a previous crime. When they found him, they state that he had a gun and fled on foot. They found him behind a residence, and a fight with a deputy arshall ensued. The Marshall shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/victims-shooter-in-scott-county-double-homicide-identified/
Jerry Raleigh Livingston
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/01/2022
Location : 400 block of Water St
City : Charleston
County : Bradley
State : Tennessee
Agency : Bradley County SD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bradley County deputies attempted to traffic-stop Jerry Livingston but he did not stop. Police got him to stop and he reversed into the front of a police vehicle. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
Iran “Mob” Lyons
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/31/2022
Location : Merchants Dr+Tillery Rd
City : Knoxville
County : Knox
State : Tennessee
Agency : Knox County SO
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Iran Lyons was seen to drive a car with broken tail lights and was chased by Knox County deputies until he crashed at Merchants Drive/Tillery Road area in Knox County and died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/01/one-person-is-dead-following-an-overnight-police-chase-knox-county/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 03/22/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Coffee County
County : Coffee
State : Tennessee
Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Tennessee Highway Patrol chased a vehicle until it crashed and the driver ran away. The vehicle caught on fire and 2 passengers died in the flames. They were not publicly identified.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wsmv.com/2022/03/10/two-people-die-after-pursuit-ends-fiery-crash-coffee-county/
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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 : Gunshot
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