Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Joey Gomez 2 of 2
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/03/2024
Location : 71 Freeway
City : Pomono
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LAPD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
LAPD pursued a vehicle at high speed until it crashed and rolled over and ejected two people who died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/2-killed-in-rollover-crash-during-police-pursuit-pomona/
Charles Sanders
Age :69
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/03/2024
Location : Schmidt Lane
City : Belleville
County : St. Clair
State : Illinois
Agency : St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed domestic disturbance
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
St. Clair deputies were called to a domestic disturbance and found 69-year-old Charles Sanders, armed in his home. He fired his gun several times according to police who shot and killed him.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/03/2024
Location : Choctaw Street near South West Avenue
City : Tahlequah
County : Cherokee
State : Oklahoma
Agency : US Marshals
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
US Marshals arrived on Choctaw Street near Southwest Avenue to arrest someone and killed the person in the process.
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Lacee Nichole Kelly
Age :52
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : Valley Fair Mall
City : West Valley City
County : Salt Lake
State : Utah
Agency : West Valley City Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police observed a man in a park smoking cannabis and began chasing him. He fled on foot and jumped in an electrician vehicle and continue to flee with police escalating a high-speed chase. This continued until the police chase crashed into a bystander, killing a 52-year-old woman.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Nashville
County : Davidson
State : Tennessee
Agency : Nashville, Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress during SWAT standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Nashville police foot-chased a 31-year-old man for undisclosed reasons. He fled into a nearby home and locked himself in. Police approached with SWAT, K9s and a Lenco Bearcat and escalated a standoff that lasted for hours. At 4 PM, police made forcible entry into the residence and found the man dead from suicide under police duress.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : 5500-block of South Pulaski Road
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago Police Department, Priority Response Team
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chicago PD officers with the Priority Response Team tasked with pursuing robberies were on patrol at about 1:58 a.m. when they saw two people in a black Lexus and for unknown reasons believed they were armed and escalated a chase at high speeds that ended when the vehicle crashed and ejected a passenger who died.
Bystanders report that the car had crashed into an abandoned building that partially collapsed and crushed the car. Blood was reportedly seen nearby. The building was demolished the next day. Nearly 2 weeks after the crash, Chicago PD has not acknowledged the building collapse nor identified the deceased person or substantiated what they were accused of causing the fatal pursuit.
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Felix Guadalupe Manzo Chocoteco
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : 200 block of Blomquist Dr
City : Bakersfield
County : Kern
State : California
Agency : Bakersfield Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A woman called Bakersfield PD and said she was hearing unknown voices in her home. Police arrived and located a man and shot and killed him. The circumstances are unclear at this time.
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Alberto Rodriguez
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : 1000 W Hill Street
City : Avon Park
County : Highlands
State : Florida
Agency : Highlands County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “unwanted person” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Highlands police were sent to 1000 West Hill St. in Allman Park for men causing a disturbance and allegedly having a knife. Police found Alberto Rodriguez and reportedly asked him to leave the location but he refused for unknown reasons. Police then try to arrest him and fired tasers at him. When tasers failed to subdue him, police continued the altercation. Rodriguez picked up nearby weights from a weight bench and began throwing them toward police. Police reportedly feared for their lives and shot and killed him.
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Scott Carlstrom
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : 1700 block of Casselberry Road
City : St. Cloud
County : Woods
State : Minnesota
Agency : St. Cloud Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Morrison County deputies and the Minnesota BCA went to a residence in the 1700 block of Castleberry Road in St. Cloud because they believed that an endangered 14-year-old runaway was sheltered with a man there. Several agencies, including SWAT arrived and launched a tactical approach, details of which are unknown, during which the man died from suicide. The teen was found unharmed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox9.com/news/st-cloud-swat-recovers-missing-endangered-juvenile
Felix Rivera
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/02/2024
Location : 32 Heroult Road
City : Worcester
County : Worcester
State : Maine
Agency : Massachusetts State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Massachusetts state police tried to traffic stop a man for “behaving suspiciously” and possibly having a gun. The man did not stop and troopers pursuit him on foot during which he allegedly tried to carjack a vehicle. Troopers shot and killed him. He is believed to have killed Yubar Perez, 40, at another location prior to the fatal traffic stop.
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Rodrigo Steven Herrera Beltran
Age :19
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/01/2024
Location : 800 block of FM 548
City : Royse City
County : Rockwall
State : Texas
Agency : Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide on the police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Rockwall deputy tried to traffic stop Steven Herrera Beltran for having a partially obscured temporary license tag. He did not stop and police escalated a chase. During the chase, police alleged that he fired shots at them and exited, fleeing at SR 276. The vehicle crashed and Beltran died from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/shots-fired-rockwall-county-deputies-during-high-speed-chase
Malcolm Burns
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/01/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Northwood
County : Rockingham
State : New Hampshire
Agency : Northwood Police Department
Officer(s) : Nicholas Kane
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Northwood Police were sent to a domestic disturbance call in a fight between Malcolm Burns and his father. Police arrived and allegedly engaged in an altercation with Burns and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wmur.com/article/northwood-new-hampshire-shooting-update-101/62471453
Jason Alexander Fox
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/01/2024
Location : College Avenue, Avenue and Curry Road
City : Tempe
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Tempe Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Tempe PD traffic-stopped Jason Alexander Fox for a previous incident. Police engaged in an unknown altercation with him, resulting in a shootout during which Jason Fox was killed and an officer shot in the arm. Fox was wanted for a racially motivated crime of shooting a man in the face while yelling racial slurs.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-breaks-out-tempe-suspect-custody
Tashawn Jackson
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/01/2024
Location : 1100 block of East Vine Street
City : Opelousas
County : St. Landry
State : Louisiana
Agency : Sunset, Police Department, Opelousas Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sunset Police Department and the Opelousas Police Department located a vehicle that had been stolen from a commercial parking lot. The vehicle was driven by a 17-year-old male and police escalated a chase that lasted until the driver crashed at high-speed, was ejected from the vehicle and died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.klfy.com/local/st-landry-parish/man-killed-in-early-morning-opelousas-crash/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/30/2024
Location : Four Mile Road and Main Street
City : Caledonia
County : Racine
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Racine Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Racine PD saw a vehicle they felt was involved in earlier incident and escalated a chase at high speed that continued until the vehicle crashed into a tree and the driver died.
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Cedric Hayden 1 of 2
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/30/2024
Location : Schoenherr Road and Prospect Avenue
City : Warren
County : Mahoning
State : Michigan
Agency : Warren Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Two bystanders killed by speeding police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cedric Hayden had just gotten off work according to his family when police reportedly chased another vehicle at high speed. The speeding officer crashed into Hayden’s vehicle, killing Cedric Hayden, 35, and his friend Dujuan Pettis, 34. Police deny that they chased anyone and offered no explanation for the crash. Several days after the crash, police admitted that police were on their way to an area where a stolen car may have been spotted and had announced the intended chase to dispatch just prior to impact.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://x.com/dougpoppa1/status/1839794489663291438
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/warren-police-officers-critically-injured-deadly-crash/
https://fox59.com/news/crash-report-details-deadly-plainfield-police-chase/
Hunter Newton
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/30/2024
Location : 11000 block of SE Oak Street
City : Milwaukie
County : Clackamas
State : Oregon
Agency : Milwaukie Police Department
Officer(s) : Sgt. Eduardo Sanchez, Kwasean Akom
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Milwaukie PD traffic-stopped Hunter Newton reportedly refused to get out of his vehicle at a Taco Bell parking lot. Police alleged that he was driving with a suspended license and that they had to forcibly remove him from his vehicle during which time it was shot and killed. At least two bystanders who witnessed the fatal shooting dispute, the police narrative, and state that Newton had cooperated and gotten out of his vehicle with his hands up and appeared injured. The DA confirmed that he had been unarmed.
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Dujuan Pettis 2 of 2
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/30/2024
Location : Schoenherr Road and Prospect Avenue
City : Warren
County : Mahoning
State : Michigan
Agency : Warren Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Two bystanders killed by speeding police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cedric Hayden had just gotten off work according to his family when police reportedly chased another vehicle at high speed. The speeding officer crashed into Hayden’s vehicle, killing Cedric Hayden, 35, and his friend Dujuan Pettis, 34. Police deny that they chased anyone and offered no explanation for the crash. Several days after the crash, police admitted that police were on their way to an area where a stolen car may have been spotted and had announced the intended chase to dispatch just prior to impact.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/warren-police-officers-critically-injured-deadly-crash/
Dashcam video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjpwEeMA7g
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/30/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Little Rock
County : Pulaski
State : Arkansas
Agency : Little Rock Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Little Rock police stated that they saw a motorist driving recklessly through a stop light in Little Rock and escalated a chase until the vehicle crashed and exploded, killing the driver. Arkansas State Police has not given any information on the driver who was killed and the crash was not listed on the Fatal Crash Summary page of the Arkansas Department of Safety, presumably because the case is shielded from public view while being investigated.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2024/sep/27/little-rock-police-pursuit-ends-in-fiery-wreck-17/
Emma Gordhamer
Age :25
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : Antelope Drive
City : Layton
County : Comanche
State : Utah
Agency : Utah Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Utah Highway Patrol chased a woman with a toddler in a van at high speed until the van crashed. The woman died and the toddler was critically injured. Police did not disclose why they undertook this life-threatening pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ksl.com/article/51143329/police-pursuit-on-i-15-ends-in-deadly-rollover-crash
https://kutv.com/news/local/identity-released-of-woman-killed-in-layton-rollover-crash#
Bryan Mojica 2 of 2
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 32nd Street and South Shore Drive
City : Holland
County : Ottawa
State : Michigan
Agency : Holland Public Safety Officer
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An unnamed Holland Public Safety Officer responded to a report of shots being fired and came upon 26-year-old Alfredo Mojica Majin and his brother, 21-year-old Bryan Mojica, and chased them by car. The vehicle crashed and both died.
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Alfredo Mojica Majin 1 of 2
Age :26
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 32nd Street and South Shore Drive
City : Holland
County : Ottawa
State : Michigan
Agency : Holland Public Safety Officer
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An unnamed Holland Public Safety Officer responded to a report of shots being fired and came upon 26-year-old Alfredo Mojica Majin and his brother, 21-year-old Bryan Mojica, and chased them by car. The vehicle crashed and both died.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 19th Street and Rainier Avenue
City : Everett
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Washington State Patrol chased a vehicle for a moving violation. The driver fled and police escalated a chase that ended in the Riverside neighborhood when the vehicle T-boned a teenage driver and crashed into the bushes. The teenage bystander was injured. The man who was chased until he wrecked the vehicle died in the hospital from his injuries. He was described as a 50-year-old man by friends. Washington State in 2021 banned police pursuits. With pressure from the police lobby, the state lifted pursuit restrictions for serious felonies only in 2023. This pursuit was reportedly initiated for a moving violation with no reports of a dire emergency warranting a pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://komonews.com/news/local/state-patrol-pursuit-leads-to-deadly-rollover-crash
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : US-19
City : St. Petersburg
County : Pinellas
State : Florida
Agency : Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Florida Highway Patrol saw four adolescent drivers and alleged that the vehicle “drove over the median.” Police attempted to traffic stop the vehicle which did not stop. Police escalated a chase, executed a PIT maneuver at high speed crashed, killing one passenger and injuring three others. This chase was reportedly initiated over a traffic violation.
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Paul Simon Fialho
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Port St. Lucie
County : St. Lucie
State : Florida
Agency : Port St. Lucie Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health, crisis and domestic violence incident
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Port St. Lucie police arrived in the 600 block of NW. Marion Ave. for a call of a man with a “explosive device.” They found a man walking around with an open propane tank and a lighter. Police shot and killed him. They found his wife restrained with zip ties in the house. Small children were unarmed in the upstairs of the home.
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James V. Afuvai
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Native Pacific Islander
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 500 block of N. Park Street
City : Anchorage
County : Anchorage
State : Alaska
Agency : Anchorage Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An Anchorage PD officer arrived at a mental health call involving a man with a knife. Police alleged that the man walked toward him with a knife, and the officer shot and killed him. Afuvai is the second Samoan native shot and killed by Anchorage PD within 6 weeks.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/09/30/1-dead-anchorage-officer-involved-shooting/
Michael Ray Gabaldon
Age :51
Gender :Male
Race : Native American
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 100 block of La Ladera Road
City : Los Lunas
County : Valencia
State : New Mexico
Agency : Valencia County Sheriff's Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Valencia deputies were called to the 100 block of Ladera Road in Los Lunas for a man arguing with neighbors and firing a gun. The officers were not able to resolve this and returned multiple times. During their last visit, they saw the quarrelsome man point guns at his neighbor, Michael Gabaldon who was allegedly defending himself on his property. Police shot and killed Gabaldon, stating he had a gun. Neighbors and his family in unison said that Gabaldon had been a “very good” person and the other neighbor was constantly threatening everyone in the neighborhood. Police were reportedly aware of this because there had allegedly been a number of similar previous incident involving this neighbor. Michael Gabaldon had been a former sheriff's deputy.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/1-dead-in-shooting-involving-valencia-county-sheriffs-office/
Edward Johnson
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : S 104th St and E Bramble Ave
City : Mesa
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Mesa Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Bicyclist killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Mesa PD chased Edward Johnson on a bicycle for an alleged traffic violation. Johnson continued riding his bicycle with police in pursuit. Police claim that he pointed a weapon at them. They shot and killed him. They found a plastic replica gun on him. He had been unarmed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.aol.com/news/1-dead-following-officer-involved-205752979.html
https://ktar.com/story/5609638/replica-gun-mesa-police-fatal-shooting/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :32
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : Solomons Island Road at Route 50
City : Annapolis
County : Anne Arundel
State : Virginia
Agency : Maryland State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Pedestrian killed by police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A 32-year-old female pedestrian was hit and killed by an unmarked Maryland State Patrol trooper.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/woman-killed-after-struck-maryland-state-police-trooper-annapolis
Nicholas Novak
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 3800 block of Pratt Street
City : Aurora
County : Kendall
State : Illinois
Agency : Plano Police Department, Kendall County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after shooting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Plano PD were sent to a home in the 3800 block of Pratt Street for a “shots fired” call. Police found Russell Novak, 70, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. His son Nicolas Novak had fled the residence. Police located him and escalated a chase from Plano to Aurora including with helicopters. Police allege that Nicholas Novak stopped the vehicle, got out and pointed a gun at a deputy. A deputy and a Plano officer shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aurora-officer-involved-shooting-fatal-plano
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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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : Barnes and Springleaf Ln
City : Mabank
County : Kaufman
State : Texas
Agency : Mabank Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide and the police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Maybank Police were called to a domestic disturbance on Barnes and Springfield. A man locked himself into a home and police escalated a lengthy standoff. When police made forcible entry, they found the man dead from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kltv.com/2024/09/28/part-barnes-road-mabank-closed-police-respond-disturbance/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : 12000 block of Roosevelt Lane
City : Lone Tree
County : Douglas
State : Colorado
Agency : Lone Tree Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lone Tree Police and Douglas County deputies were sent to the home of a suicidal man. Police allegedly try to negotiate with him, causing him to come out of the home and fire a shot in the air. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/29/fatal-police-shooting-douglas-county-colorado/
Steven Phipps Jr.
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : 31st and Taylor
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Noah Zendejas
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD traffic-stopped Steven Phipps and allege that he got out of the vehicle, did not cooperate, climbed over a fence and fled with a gun. Police allegedly shot him in his back and killed him. It is unknown why police shot a fleeing man.
Officer Zendejas would kill again a short while later. He shot and killed Rafael Crespo on 11/08/2024.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-police-identify-council-bluffs-man-killed-crash/62453721
Edited video and photos:
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-police-body-camera-audio-screenshots-officer-deadly-shooting/62489168
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : Peoria St and Roosevelt Ln
City : Meridian
County : Douglas
State : Colorado
Agency : Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Douglas County deputies together with a mental health worker were sent to a home on Peoria and Rosevelt in Meridian, where a suicidal man was in a mental health crisis, locked inside of a home. Police arrived and made contact with him, but he did not cooperate. He allegedly came out of the home with a gun. Several officers fired shots and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://kdvr.com/news/local/1-killed-in-shooting-involving-douglas-county-sheriffs-office/
Gene Stewart
Age :46
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : Mile of Cars Way
City : National City
County : San Diego
State : California
Agency : San Diego Police Department,National City Police Department
Officer(s) : Douglas Akers
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A San Diego deputy pulled over a vehicle for an alleged infraction. Somehow, this turned into attempted arrest with narcotics charges. Two people were detained while one ran into a car dealership and hidden inside of a tow truck. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-county-sheriffs-deputy-injured-in-national-city/
Michael Rosario Jr.
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/27/2024
Location : Canyon Ridge Drive
City : Austin
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Austin Police Department
Officer(s) : Warren Owusu
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by security officer during alleged shoplifting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Michael Rosario Junior was allegedly seen shoplifting by a security officer at HEB. An altercation ensued during which Rosario allegedly picked up a hubcap and used it as a shield while holding a knife. The security officer shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/deadly-h-e-b-shooting-man-killed-identified-austin-tx
Michael D. Williams
Age :56
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/27/2024
Location : NE. 71st St., Walnut Grove area
City : Vancouver
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Vancouver Police Department, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT
Officer(s) : Cameron McAnally, Bauman
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by SWAT during standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Vancouver Police were called to the Walnut Grove Area of Vancouver, Washington, where a man had allegedly threatened a neighbor and fired shots in the air. Police arrived and escalated a standoff involving Vancouver Police, Clark County Sheriff’s Office and SWAT. Police alleged at the man had slashed tires and was seen with a handgun. A drone was sent and reportedly documented the man to have a rifle. Police brought an armed vehicle, deployed flashbang grenades and engaged in a shootout with the man. Police shot and killed him.
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Emmanuel Lee Vestal
Age :52
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/27/2024
Location : East Main Street
City : Pomona Park
County : Putnam
State : Florida
Agency : Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during burglary
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Putnam County deputies were sent to home on E. Main St. for a burglary progress. They found Emmanuel Vestal refused to come out. SWAT arrived and shot CS gas into the home. Police engaged in a shootout with him and killed him.
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Emilio Aguilar
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/27/2024
Location : Adventure Outdoors at 2500 S Cobb Dr
City : Smyrna
County : Cobb
State : Georgia
Agency : Cobb County Police Department, Smyrna Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during burglary
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
GBI: “Smyrna Police Department officers responded to Adventure Outdoors, 2500 S. Cobb Drive, in reference to a burglary in progress. When officers arrived on scene, they were met by an employee who indicated someone was inside the business. Smyrna officers made contact with a man and asked him to come outside. Once outside, officers attempted to place the man into custody. The man got away from officers and began firing a rifle that was slung around his neck, hitting two Smyrna officers in the leg. Three Cobb County police officers had arrived on scene just prior to the shooting. The Cobb County officers fired their duty weapons, killing the man.”