Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Chue Feng Yang
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Asian
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : 3700 block of Dupont Ave N
City : Minneapolis
County : Hennepin
State : Minnesota
Agency : FBI SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by FBI and SWAT serving warrant
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
FBI agents tried to serve an arrest warrant for car theft in Minneapolis Thursday afternoon together with SWAT on the 3700 block of Dupont Avenue N. The target of the warrant, Chue Feng Yang, locked himself inside the home and a standoff went on for several hours. Yang livestreamed his ordeal on social media from inside the house where he was seen holding a sawed-off shotgun. When he opened the door, he was shot and killed by SWAT.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox9.com/news/fbi-agent-shot-and-killed-armed-person-in-minneapolis
Jeffrey Roberts
Age :66
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : North Ogden
City : North Ogden
County : Weber
State : Utah
Agency : Ogden Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after killing his brother
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jeffrey Roberts was involved in some type of fight with his brother and drove from Long Beach, CA for 12 hours to Ogden, Utah and shot and killed his brother when he opened the door. Police shot and killed Jeffrey Roberts. Roberts started burning down his brother’s house with road flares when police arrived. He shot at police and was shot and killed.
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Kenneth Dwight Forehand
Age :49
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : South Loop 289
City : Lubbock
County : Lubbock
State : Texas
Agency : Lubbock PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lubbock PD received a report that someone had been robbed with a shotgun and that the man had stolen some property and driven away in a black pickup truck. The robbery victim gave police the license number and the truck was located still in the area. Lubbock PD chased him through South Loop 289. He shot himself with the shotgun during the chase and died from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-robbery-person-died-suicide-220135005.html
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : Meadowbrook+Peach
City : Perris
County : Riverside
State : California
Agency : Riverside County PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while being served warrant
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Deputies from the Special Enforcement Bureau were serving a warrant on a man at 7:08 p.m. Wednesday near Meadowbrook Avenue between Peach Street and Highway 74. They saw him leaving in a vehicle and escalated a chase. The man lost control of the vehicle near Meadowbrook Avenue and Peach Street, abandoned it, allegedly fired shots at the deputies. Riverside PD shot and killed him. Riverside County PD did not publicly identify the man or provide more information.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/04/27/deputies-fatally-shoot-felon-in-perris-after-a-pursuit/
https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/04/26/person-taken-to-hospital-after-deputy-shooting-in-perris/
Amaya Taylor
Age :4
Gender :Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : I-15+SR 76
City : San Marcos
County : San Diego
State : California
Agency : California Fish+Wildlife
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Courteney and her daughter Amaya Taylor were on an outing and left for home around 3 in the afternoon. Family received a crash alert from her phone. Family members immediately drove to the scene. And on the I-15, they saw a severe crash. Courteney and Amaya were dead at the scene.
A Fish and Wildlife officer had chased another driver and escalated speed on a DUI driver. The officer claims he “called off the chase” when the DUI driver went off the road and onto the highway and crashed into Courteney and Amaya’s car, killing both.
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Courteney Taylor
Age :30
Gender :Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : I-15+SR 76
City : San Marcos
County : San Diego
State : California
Agency : California Fish+Wildlife
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party killed by police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Courteney and her daughter Amaya Taylor were on an outing and left for home around 3 in the afternoon. Family received a crash alert from her phone. Family members immediately drove to the scene. And on the I-15, they saw a severe crash. Courteney and Amaya were dead at the scene.
A Fish and Wildlife officer had chased another driver and escalated speed on a DUI driver. The officer claims he “called off the chase” when the DUI driver went off the road and onto the highway and crashed into Courteney and Amaya’s car, killing both.
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Dylan Arrington
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : Conway Rd
City : Carthage
County : Hinds
State : Mississippi
Agency : Hinds County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Escaped from prison, killed during police siege
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dylan Arrington, one of four people who escaped the Raymond Detention Center was found dead in the burned home in Carthage, Mississippi.
On Wednesday morning, Arrington was found at the home and opened fire, striking a deputy in a leg. Law enforcement agencies responded to a fire at the home, where the man locked himself in. He was found dead inside the burning home.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/us/mississippi-jail-inmates-escape/index.html
Ainsley Popwell Jr.
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/27/2023
Location : 1176 Memorial Dr
City : Atlanta
County : DeKalb
State : Georgia
Agency : Atlanta PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police when seen with gun
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Ainsley Popwell Jr., 34, of Ellenwood, was seen loading a gun near 205 Moreland Avenue at a gas station. Police arrived, ordered him to drop it. He fired a shot toward police and tried to get to the cash register of the gas station. Multiple officers opened fire and killed him.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/26/2023
Location : 900 block of Holman Way
City : Sparks
County : Lassen
State : Nevada
Agency : Lassen County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police approached to talk to a man who locked himself in a van. Police set up a perimeter and about an hour in, police heard what sounded like a gunshot in the van.Police called the special weapons and tactics team and eventually, police forced the van open and found him dead inside. He was not publicly identified and no more information is available.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kolotv.com/2023/04/26/holman-way-closed-sparks-heavy-police-activity/
Amaree’ya Henderson
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/26/2023
Location : 1100 block of Metropolitan Ave
City : Kansas City
County : Kansas City
State : Kansas
Agency : Kansas City PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A KCK officer was conducting a traffic stop in the 1100 block of Metropolitan Ave. just before 8:30 p.m. whena confrontation occurred. The officer fired shots. Amaree’ya Henderson was killed.He is believed to have been unarmed.
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Michael Signor
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/26/2023
Location : Baco Dr+Blairs Ln
City : Placerville
County : El Dorado
State : California
Agency : El Dorado County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while being served warrant
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 04/26/2023 at approximately noon, deputies with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence near Baco Drive and Blairs Lane in Placerville to serve a narcotics-related search warrant. Thomas Michael Signor, 32, opened the door holding what deputies described as a firearm. Deputies opened fire, striking him. He died from his injuries.
Deputies secured the residence after the shooting and confirmed no additional individuals were inside. Investigators reported locating multiple weapons inside the home. The firearm Signor was holding was collected as evidence.
A multi-agency team conducted the investigation under the El Dorado County Critical Incident Protocol, including the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, Placerville Police Department, and South Lake Tahoe Police Department. As of the last public reporting, authorities had not released the names of the deputies who fired.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sheriff-subject-shot-killed-as-deputies-serve-search-warrant-in-placerville/
https://www.kcra.com/article/1-shot-dead-as-deputies-serve-search-warrant-in-placerville/43714643
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/person-killed-by-deputy/103-e67f7bb3-9f3a-4493-811d-6d8b8285fc1a
Davon Hilton
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/26/2023
Location : Cleary Blvd+Pine Island Rd
City : Plantation
County : Broward
State : Florida
Agency : US Marshals
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Davon Hilton had approached an Uber vehicle he was in shortly after noon that was in the area of Cleary Boulevard at Pine Island Road. Officers approached the vehicle. When they reached the car, Hilton was located deceased in the back seat with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/25/2023
Location : 3800 block of Pecan Valley Drive
City : Missouri City
County : Fort Bend
State : Texas
Agency : Missouri City PD, East Fort Bend SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after public disturbance
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Missouri City Police were called to the 3800 block of Pecan Valley Drive about a man with a gun in the front yard of a home. The man made comments causing the officers to fear he may be suicidal. East Fort Bend County SWAT and Crisis Negotiators arrived finally, SWAT members fired beanbags and the man fired multiple shots at the. They shot and killed him.
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Doroteo Martinez-Castro
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/25/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Haines City
County : Polk
State : Florida
Agency : Polk County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Doroteo Martinez-Castro was involved in a head-on crash April 22 in unincorporated Haines City at the intersection of U.S. Highway 17/92 and Lee Jackson Highway North. One man died from his injuries shortly after the crash. Martinez-Castro was charged with DUI manslaughter, was arrested after being treated and released.
After being booked into the Polk County Jail, he became ill in the South County Jail medical dorm. He was taken to ahospital where he died. An initial autopsy shows he died from "crash-related internal injuries," deputies noted.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox13news.com/news/man-personed-in-fatal-dui-crash-dies-following-arrest
https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article274732566.html
Rene Fuentes
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/25/2023
Location : Walnut+Vine
City : Winton
County : Merced
State : California
Agency : Merced County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Merced County Sheriff's deputies had been chasing two men in a vehicle for undisclosed reasons. An officer fired one shot into the vehicle but it is unclear if anyone was hit. A video of the incident shows one of the men put a gun to his head and fire it. The man died from his injuries.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://abc30.com/livingston-police-officer-involved-shooting-investigation-merced-county/13187024/
Maximino Lopez-Gonzalez
Age :68
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/25/2023
Location :
City : Lakeland
County : Polk
State : Florida
Agency : Polk County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Medical emergency
Event : Died during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Polk County sheriff’s office said deputies were called to the home of Maximino Lopez-Gonzalez, 68, for a family disturbance. He had sprayed a bedridden 65-year-old woman with a chemical cleaning liquid while threatening to kill her.Deputies arrested him and he was taken to the sheriff’s processing center. He freed one hand from cuffs and started hitting the windows of a patrol car with his fists and head. The deputy who was transporting the Lopez-Gonzalez stopped. Maximino Lopez-Gonzalez was sweating and hallucinating and continued to fight police, suggestive of possible drug intoxication. He became unresponsive on the way to the hospital and died. Cause of death has not been disclosed by police.
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Joseph Gonzalez
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/25/2023
Location :
City : Mena
County : Polk
State : Arkansas
Agency : Mena PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while resisting arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Joseph Gonzalez, 27, of Cove, Ark., who was wanted for outstanding warrants in Texas was in front of a Mexican restaurant when he tried to flee and hit an officer with his car. The officer fired 1 shot into the car. Gonzales lost control of the vehicle and died shortly thereafter from the gunshot wound.
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Christopher Ochs
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/25/2023
Location : Cold Creek Lane
City : St. Ignatius
County : Lake
State : Montana
Agency : Lake County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lake County deputies were sent to a welfare check and found Christopher Ochs who reportedly held a knife and charged at a Lake County Sheriff’s Office who shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2023/04/25/missoula-man-killed-in-lake-county-officer-involved-shooting/
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-lake-co
Karl Jones
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/25/2023
Location : 2099 E 5th St
City : Lumberton
County : Robeson
State : North Carolina
Agency : Lumberton PD
Officer(s) : Jeffrey Lowe
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lumberton PD officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance call at 2009 East 5th Street. They found Karl Jones, who was upset, and “an altercation took place.” Police shot and killed him. He is believed to have been unarmed.
There is no BWC footage from the incident and no other video footage at this time, however, there were several witnesses to the shooting which happened inside the home.
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Jack Watson
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/24/2023
Location : 04/24/2023
City : 04/24/2023
County : Clackamas
State : Oregon
Agency : Clackamas County SO, Portland Police Bureau
Officer(s) : Brian Wheeler, Nicholas Wambold, David Sloboda
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during homicide investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jack Watson had shot a man in a sex shop and was located by police. Portland Police officers and Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputies chased him and finally shot and killed him near the 11000 block of SE 82nd Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County.
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David Eugene Salinas
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/24/2023
Location : 33rd Ave S, St Cloud Park
City : St. Cloud
County : Osceola
State : Minnesota
Agency : St. Cloud PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Taser
Event : Killed by police after report of drug use in park
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On April 24, St. Cloud police officers responded to a parking lot in the 200 block of 33rd Avenue South where a man was possibly using drugs in a car and gave police a false name. Officers then told him he was under arrest. He ran toward nearby Heritage Park with police chasing him. One officer used his Taser. Police allegedly lost track of him. Just before 8 a.m. the next day, a passerby reported him dead on a path in Heritage Park. His cause of death was not revealed by police. It is unclear why despite drones and surveillance tactics, police could not locate him on a path after tasering him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox9.com/news/bca-identifies-man-found-dead-in-st-cloud-park-day-after-police-pursuit
Luke Mendez
Age :26
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/24/2023
Location : Laurence Harbor Section of Old Bridge
City : Cheesequake State Park
County : Middlesex
State : New Jersey
Agency : Old Bridge PD
Officer(s) : Christopher Hammel
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during public fight
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Old Bridge PD responded to a 911 call regarding a fightin Laurence Harbor in which one man was killed by officer Christopher Hammel. Police did not reveal more about this killing.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://abc7ny.com/police-involved-shooting-man-killed-911-call-dispute/13185115/
John R. Nutt
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/24/2023
Location : Route 687+Davis St
City : Pemberton Township
County : Burlington
State : New Jersey
Agency : Pemberton Township PD
Officer(s) : Laquan Jett
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Pemberton Township police officer attempted to stop a motorcyclist in connection with a criminal investigation and escalated a chase. The motorcycle hit a civilian vehicle, crashed and the motorcyclist John R. Nutt died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nj.com/news/2023/07/authorities-id-motorcyclist-killed-during-police-chase.html
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Veronica Shipp
Age :46
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 04/24/2023
Location : 17th+Hilton
City : Columbus
County : Muscogee
State : Georgia
Agency : Georgia State Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 04/24/2023, 46-year-old Veronica Shipp was a passenger in a third-party motorist’s car that was hit by a police chase escalated by Georgia State Patrol. Veronica Shipp died as a result of this fatal chase aimed at someone else.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wtvm.com/2023/04/24/one-woman-dead-after-high-speed-chase-columbus/
Wendell Bott IV
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Fortuna
County : Humboldt
State : California
Agency : Fortuna PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Fortuna man texted to a female that he had killed his son and the dog and sent her photos. The female contacted Fortuna PD. The woman called in a possible homicide at a residence in the 2300 block of Newburg Road. Officers evacuated residents and set up a perimeter, then heard the sound of what they believed to be a gunshot. The multi-agency Crisis Negotiation Team and Humboldt County SWAT Team responded with tactical command and eventually made entry into the residence where Wendell Bott IV was located deceased from apparent suicide under police duress. His son Wendell Bott V was found inside, also dead.
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Korina Adams
Age :27
Gender :Female
Race : Native American
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : EB Saliman Rd
City : Carson City
County : Bullfrog
State : Nevada
Agency : Bullfrog County SO,Carson City PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bullfrog County deputies saw a vehicle they felt may have been involved in a crime elsewhere and police escalated a chase on eastbound Saliman Road, resulting in the vehicle crashing into a smaller SUV on US-50.Korina Adams and Destiny Darling were killed and a man and another woman were transported to the hospital. Their status is unknown.
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Bullfrog County deputies saw a vehicle they felt may have been involved in a crime elsewhere and police escalated a chase on eastbound Saliman Road, resulting in the vehicle crashing into a smaller SUV on US-50.Korina Adams and Destiny Darling were killed and a man and another woman were transported to the hospital. Their status is unknown.
Destiny Darling
Age :28
Gender :Female
Race : Native American
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : EB Saliman Rd
City : Carson City
County : Bullfrog
State : Nevada
Agency : Bullfrog County SO, Carson City PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bullfrog County deputies saw a vehicle they felt may have been involved in a crime elsewhere and police escalated a chase on eastbound Saliman Road, resulting in the vehicle crashing into a smaller SUV on US-50.Korina Adams and Destiny Darling were killed and a man and another woman were transported to the hospital. Their status is unknown.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://mynews4.com/news/local/two-killed-three-injured-in-crash-after-police-pursuit-in-carson-city
https://foxreno.com/newsletter-daily/fatal-crash-on-east-william-st-and-north-saliman-rd
Joseph Dewayne Taylor
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Mansfield Rd+Valley View Dr
City : Shreveport
County : Caddo
State : Louisiana
Agency : Shreveport Community Response Unit
Officer(s) : Daniel Denby, Terri Simmons, Anthony Visciotti
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Just after 9:30 p.m., members of the Shreveport Community Response Unit conducted a traffic stop at Mansfield Road and Valley View Drive encountering an armed man. Police tried to forcibly arrest him and during that struggle with Shreveport PD officers Daniel Denby, Terri Simmons and Anthony Visciotti, they shot and killed Joseph Dewayne Taylor. More than two dozen police units responded.
Officer Visciotti had shot and killed Joseph Taylor, 33, in April and was just cleared for that killing one week before being centrally involved in the death of Ken’Deris Lawrence. Visciotti had just been cleared to return back to work days before killing Ken’Deris Lawrence. In 2021, Officer Visciotti shot and injured Devin R. Ned and was appointed Hero of the Year 2021.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ksla.com/video/2023/04/25/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-mansfield-road/
https://www.ksla.com/video/2023/04/25/coroner-identifies-man-killed-officer-involved-shooting/
Larry Calk
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Hwy 107
City : Pineville
County : Rapides
State : Louisiana
Agency : Rapides Parish SO, Pineville PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic dispute
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pineville PD allege that they received a call about a domestic disturbance, arrived at the home and found Larry Calk holding a child while threatening them with bodily harm. Police shot and killed him. The officers were cleared by the DA.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kalb.com/2023/04/23/one-person-dead-after-pineville-pd-officer-involved-shooting/
Tracy E. Hayes
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Sidentop Rd+Technology Dr
City : Weldon Springs
County : St. Charles
State : Missouri
Agency : Weldon Springs PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Just after 12:30 a.m. near Sidentop Road and Technology Drive, officers conducted a traffic stop with a car when someone inside the car got out and tried to run. Police were able to apprehend the man but he then started resisting arrest and allegedly pulled out a gun. One of the officers shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kmov.com/2023/04/24/person-dead-overnight-officer-involved-shooting-st-charles-county/
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/1-person-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting/
Cortaz Cheatham
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Falcon St
City : Hopewell
County : Harris
State : Virginia
Agency : Prince George PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Prince George PD chased a car full of teenagers to question them about a nearby shooting. Police escalated a chase until the teenagers crashed. Police said the driver, a 17-year-old male from Prince George County, and the front-seat passenger, Cortaz Cheatham, died in a crash during a high-speed police chase. The other passenger, a 16-year-old boy in the SUV’s back seat, later also died.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Falcon St
City : Hopewell
County : Harris
State : Virginia
Agency : Prince George PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Prince George PDchased a car full of teenagers to question them about a nearby shooting. Police escalated a chase until the teenagers crashed. Police said the driver, a 17-year-old male from Prince George County, and the front-seat passenger, Cortaz Cheatham, died in a crash during a high-speed police chase. The other passenger, a 16-year-old boy in the SUV’s back seat, later also died.
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Ashton Jonathan Robinson
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Bull Run Post Office Road
City : Chantilly
County : Fairfax
State : Virginia
Agency : Fauquier County Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Fauquier County deputies had been chasing Robinson after he allegedly drove away from a DWI checkpoint. Police state that he hit the Camry and drove off the road, hitting a guardrail. Later, Fauquier County PD responded to a two-car crash near the intersection of Lee Highway and Bull Run Post Office Road, finding Ashton Robinson, who had been thrown from his car and was dead.
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Mark Christopher Cook Jr.
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : Native Alaskan
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Lemon Creek Correctional Center, 2000 Lemon Creek Road
City : Juneau
County : Juneau
State : Alaska
Agency : Alaska Department of Corrections
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Found unresponsive in solitary confinement, died later
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Mark Christopher Cook Jr., 27, was remanded in Hoonah on misdemeanor charges in early April 2023 while awaiting back surgery. Due to severe back pain, he was transferred to Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau for medical care. Instead of receiving the necessary treatment, Cook was placed in solitary confinement. On April 23, 2023, he was found unresponsive in his cell and later died. Cook, a Tlingit and adopted into the Haida nation, held the name GuudGiwi, Baby Eagle, Stastass clan.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.acluak.org/en/cases/estate-rider-v-alaska-department-corrections-et-al
Robernard Benjamin
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/23/2023
Location : Brook Street, Locust Grove
City : Lithia Springs
County : Douglas
State : Georgia
Agency : Douglas County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lithia Springs PD arrived to a domestic dispute and find a woman stabbed and a man holding a knife. Police shot and killed Robernard Benjamin.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://news.yahoo.com/deputies-woman-covered-blood-open-212351283.html
Jeremy Shane Brown
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/22/2023
Location : E 111th St
City : Bixby
County : Tulsa
State : Oklahoma
Agency : Bixby PD
Officer(s) : 5 officers
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bixby PD were called about a 48-year-old male who was causing a disturbance in the parking lot of the gas station at Kum N Go gas station near East 111th Street South and South Memorial Drive. Police allege the man had a weapon andhad fired one shot while causing the disturbance. A total of 5 officers attacked him with a taser and then multiple officers firing shots and killed the man.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://ktul.com/news/local/person-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-bixby-gas-station
Joseph Louis Riviere III
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/22/2023
Location : Harvard+Field Ave
City : Metairie
County : Jefferson
State : Louisiana
Agency : Jefferson Parish SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during police investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jefferson Parish deputies arrived at a home near the corner of Harvard and Field Avenues to question a man after midnight. When the man arrived at the house, heallegedly got out of his car, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at deputies.At least one deputy fired and shot and killed him. Police did not disclose why they were trying to ‘question him’ in the middle of the night.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wdsu.com/article/person-killed-officer-involved-shooting-metairie/43674123#
Jamie Reyes
Age :64
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/21/2023
Location : 3700 block of Nabholtz Lane
City : Mesquite
County : Clark
State : Texas
Agency : Mesquite PD, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while walking with gun
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Mesquite PD were called to the 3700 block of Nabholtz Lane at around 10 p.m. Friday for reports of a man with a gun in the street pointing the weapon at people in the area. When police arrived, they were told the man had returned home. Police heard gunshots inside his home. Mesquite SWAT was called in and the man walked out of the house armed with a shotgun and allegedly pointed the gun. SWAT shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/mesquite-officer-involved-shooting-video-shotgun
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/21/2023
Location : Unknown
City : 04/21/2023
County : Polk
State : Montana
Agency : Polk County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Missouri Highway Patrol says Polk County deputies were originally called to the location around 2:30 p.m. Friday about a man who was suicidal. They shot and killed him. No more information was released.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/mshp-man-dead-after-polk-county-officer-involved-shooting/
William F. Voelker
Age :69
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/21/2023
Location : 32nd St S+ Airport Ave
City : 32nd St S+ Airport Ave
County : Wood
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Wood County SO, Nekoosa PD, Wisconsin Rapids PD
Officer(s) : Erik Backlund
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during pedestrian stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On Friday, April 21, 202, at approximately 10:57 p.m., an officer from Grand Rapids Police Department approached an individual who was walking near the intersection of 32nd Street S. and Airport Avenue. Police allege that during the contact the man displayed a firearm, and the officer shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://wrcitytimes.com/2023/04/22/officer-involved-shooting-in-grand-rapids-leaves-one-dead/
https://www.wsaw.com/2023/04/22/person-dead-police-shooting-wood-co/