Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Yenitza Arroyo Torres 1 of 2
Age :45
Gender :Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/30/2023
Location : Not Disclosed
City : Fayetteville
County : Cumberland
State : North Carolina
Agency : Fayetteville PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police officer husband
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
When he failed to show up at work, a wellness check was initiated and North Carolina Officer Domingo Tavarez-Rodriguez shot and killed his wife at their home and then himself.
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Savannah McCreary
Age :28
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 04/30/2023
Location : I-55+Manley Quarry Rd
City : Festus
County : Jefferson
State : Missouri
Agency : Jefferson County SO
Officer(s) : Colby Tyler McCreary, Jason Ashby
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by intoxicated officer husband
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Savannah McCreary was a 29-year-old passenger in a Jeep Cherokee that was speeding on the I-55 when at Manley Quarry Road, it veered out of its lane, hit a rock outcropping at 87 mph, ejected both occupants and overturned. Savannah McCreary was killed. Her husband, Officer Colby Tyler McCreary of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office had been driving under the influence with a BAC of 0.17 when he caused the single-vehicle crash that killed his wife. He was injured, recovered, and while Deputy McCreary was initially charged with manslaughter but most likely due to his privilege as law enforcement officer, the felony charges were dropped and he agreed to a plea agreement coming on February 28, 2024 on a single count of driving while intoxicated, a class B misdemeanor. The maximum penalty for a first-time DWI in Missouri includes a temporary suspension of driving privileges, a potential fine and up to six months in jail.
The manslaughter charges are dropped and Officer McCreary is still fully certified and free to return to work in law enforcement.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.mymoinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6-6-23-McCreary-PC-Statement_Redacted-1.pdf
Carlos Sanchez
Age :23
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Greenhouse Square on 82nd Dr
City : Happy Valley
County : Clackamas
State : Oregon
Agency : Clackamas County SO, Gladstone PD
Officer(s) : Derek Huskisson, Sgt. David Heimbuck, Jeff Oliver
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Clackamas County deputies were called to a shooting and found a female who had been shot and injured who told them the shooter was a man in a Camry named Carlos Sanchez. Several officers began chasing the Camry and performed a PIT maneuver. Sanchez pointed a gun and fired while the attacking police vehicle was parallel to him. Deputy Huskisson shot back. The vehicles stopped. Sanchez had sustained a fatal wound to his head.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://dochub.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/cd15ba35-4f11-420a-b1f8-36f1170880d7
Jonathan Daniel Diaz Duarte
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Merced
County : Merced
State : California
Agency : Merced County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during gang investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police allege that Jonathan Daniel Diaz Duarte was a gang member who shot at police. They shot and killed him. No more information is available.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Riverwalk Parkway
City : Tonawanda
County : Erie
State : New York
Agency : Erie County Sheriff's Department Air One, Tonawanda & Town of Tonawanda SWAT teams, Amherst Police K9 + Erie+Niagara Drones
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A 50-year-old man was found shot in the neck and the shooter was chased by Tonawanda PD, Erie County helicopters, SWAT team, Amherst PD, Erie and Niagara drone units. Police found the vehicle behind the Amazon warehouse on Riverwalk Parkway in the Town of Tonawanda with a 53-year-old male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound who was pronounced deceased from suicide under police duress during the chase. Investigators say this incident is a domestic situation.
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James McGraw
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Bonnie Blvd+ U.S. 60
City : Cabell County
County : Cabell
State : West Virginia
Agency : West Virginia State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by own vehicle at the end of a police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
McGraw was driving erratically, was chased, chase was stopped, got out at Bonney Blvd. He did not put vehicle in park and his own vehicle ran over him at the end of the chase. He was killed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wsaz.com/2023/05/01/man-dies-after-he-was-run-over-by-own-car-during-police-pursuit/
Christian Marte-Martinez
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Police Department HQ
City : Lawrence
County : Essex
State : Maine
Agency : Lawrence PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Found dead in cell shortly after arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Christian Marte-Martinez was found dead in his jail cell inside of the Lawrence police HQ. While IncarcerNation generally lists deaths that occurred during police chases and not in jail settings, due to the short time frame from arrest to death (4 hours), it is believed that the death occurred is a likely result of either injury, overdose or medical emergency associated directly with the arrest.
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Travis L. Bullington
Age :59
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Ozark Missouri Square
City : Ozark
County : Christian
State : Missouri
Agency : Christian County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic fight
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Following a domestic dispute, shots were heard in the Christian County Courthouse and a man and a 21-year-old woman were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The man, Travis Bullington, later died at the hospital, and the deputy was not injured. There was a child present when police shot and killed Travis Bullington.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://newstalkkzrg.com/2023/04/29/one-man-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-ozark/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : I-5+County Rd 33
City : Willows
County : Glenn
State : California
Agency : California Highway Patrol, Glenn County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
California Highway patrol shot and killed an unarmed man who had attempted to flee a traffic stop on southbound Interstate 5 at County Road 33 at approximately 9:45 a.m. on 04/29/2023 after the CHP had been chasing a Latino man for failure to yield. When the driver pulled over, he ran into a nearby orchard. CHP shot and killed him. The details are unknown. He has not been publicly identified.
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Nicholas Leibowitz
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : Shaker Rd
City : Gray
County : Cumberland
State : Maine
Agency : Cumberland County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police car chase crash for speeding
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Multiple law enforcement agencies chased Nicholas Leibowitz for the offense of speeding, escalating a large police chase until he hit another vehicle head-on at very high speeds. Leibowitz died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wmtw.com/article/shaker-road-in-gray-shut-down-due-to-serious-accident/43744524
Name Not Disclosed
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : 1800 block of 27th St
City : Greeley
County : Weld
State : Colorado
Agency : Greeley PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police in shootout
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Greeley PD arrived to “contact” a 24-year-old man about a recent shooting when they got into a shootout with him at his home and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://kdvr.com/news/local/officers-shoot-kill-armed-suspect-in-greeley/
Ernesto Alonso Flores Jr.
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/29/2023
Location : 1800 block of 27th St
City : Greeley
County : Weld
State : Colorado
Agency : Greeley PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police arrived in the 1800 block of 27th Street in Greeley to question Ernesto Alonso Flores Jr. about a previous crime. Police allege that he fired shots at them. They shot and killed him.
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Jordan Jarrell
Age :15
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : E Michigan Ave+DettmanRd
City : Blackman Township
County : Jackson
State : Michigan
Agency : Jackson County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crashby police after shooting Orbeez gelball gun
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jackson County deputies escalated a chase on Page Avenue in Blackman Township until the vehicle crashed on E. Michigan Avenue and Dettman Road. The five occupants of the Jeep Wrangler, ranging in ages from 15 to 17, had been driving around the county shooting at vehicles with an Orbeez gel ball toy gun prior to the chase. An Orbeez gun is a toy gun that shoots small balls made of gel.
Deputies had attempted to initiate a traffic stop, activated their overhead lights and siren and chased the Jeep until it crashed and rolled over multiple times near the intersection of Roberts and E. Ganson streets.
Deputies approached the crashed vehicle with guns drawn and detained three teens. Jordan Jarrell, a 15-year-old boy was severely injured after being ejected during the first crash and died from his injuries. Another 15-year-old was treated at the hospital before being taken by helicopter to Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor in critical condition.Another passenger remains in serious condition at Henry Ford with a broken neck.Officers found an Orbeez gun and fifth of alcohol in a search of the vehicle.
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Michael Owens
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : 235 E. Seventh St
City : Oxnard
County : Ventura
State : California
Agency : Oxnard PD
Officer(s) : Manuel Garcia
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Intoxicated man killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Michael Owens was hallucinating on an unknown substance, called 911 to ask for help. When Oxnard PD arrived, he was cutting his own wrists. Oxnard Police arrived and found him locked in a bathroom. They allege that he had a knife. Oxnard PD shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kclu.org/2023-05-01/man-wounded-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-tri-counties-dies
https://kvta.com/news/person-in-oxnard-officer-involved-shooting-dies/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : 700 block of Harrel Ave
City : Bynum
County : Hill
State : Texas
Agency : Hill County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Hill County deputies went to the 700 block of Harrell Avenue to serve an arrest warrant on a man. He came to the front door and when he heard he was being placed under arrest, he allegedly pulled a gun. Two of the 3 officers fired shots at him. He retreated into the home and locked himself in. SWAT arrived, set up a perimeter and forcibly entered the residence. They found the man dead behind the door from the shots officers had fired when they first arrived. Police did not publicly identify him nor release information what the warrant was for.
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Buck Michael Laramore
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : Canyon Hills Rd
City : Thermopolis
County : Hot Springs
State : Wyoming
Agency : Hot Springs County SO
Officer(s) : Mike Mascorro
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during crime investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On April 28, 2023, Thermopolis officer Mike Mascorro claims that he investigated drug use from another incident and time and place and in the process, he illegally entered the home of Buck Laramore without a warrant or probable cause, as established later.
Laramore saw an intruder in his home and picked up a .45 and shot and injured intruder Mascorro. Mascorro shot and killed Laramore in his own home after the unlawful entry of the residence. Officer Mascorro was treated for his injuries, cleared medically to return to work but remains off duty with full pay. He was cleared by a Special Prosecutor on the basis of self-defense despite the fact this took place inside of someone else's home the officer had broken into. His PD found no grounds for which to terminate him. The officer continues to be off work on payroll.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://county10.com/thermopolis-police-officer-involved-in-shooting-friday-afternoon/
https://mybighornbasin.com/thermopolis-police-officer-shot-persons-down/
https://www.ktvq.com/news/wyoming-police-officer-kills-man-in-shootout
Bryan Casillas
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : 9300 block of Briggs Street
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas Police Department
Officer(s) : Scott Jay, K9 Figor
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after shooting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dallas PD responded to a call about a man who had shot his mother and his sister after midnight in the 9300 block of Briggs Street near Texas 352 in southeast Dallas. The man reportedly had blood on him and was knocking on doors. K9 and officers arrived in the area, found him in a wooded area and a shootout between police and the man escalated. An officer was shot in his bulletproof vest and his leg. The K9 was also shot. Both would survive. The man was shot and killed.
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Rafael Lopez-Leon
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/28/2023
Location : 2837 North Ave
City : Grand Junction
County : Mesa
State : Colorado
Agency : Mesa County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police in Mesa County, CO stopped Rafael Lopez-Leon, believing he was the same driver as someone who had gotten away from a traffic stop earlier in the day. Police allege that he held a hammer, so they attacked him with a taser and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/06/09/no-charges-against-deputy-involved-shooting-april/
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 1 of 2
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 2 of 2
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 :
El Dorado County deputies were serving a search warrant when one person came to the door with what appeared to be a gun. Deputies shot and killed Michael Signor.
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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 : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police chase crash injuries
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/