Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Travis Dickson
Gender : Male
Age : 42
Race : Black
Date : 06/23/2024
Location : 300 block of Tifton Road
City : Dothan
County : Houston
State : Alabama
Agency : Dothan Police Department, Houston County Sheriff's Office, SWAT
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Alleged suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Travis Dickson, 42, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with Dothan Police on November 24, 2024. Police accused him of firing shots at a vehicle earlier and escalated a chase up to 115 mph through Dothan and rural Houston County that came to an end when his vehicle became disabled on railroad tracks. He stopped and police forced a standoff described only as "lengthy." Dickson did eventually come out of his car and according to police, he then died by suicide by shooting himself in the chest. No BWC or autopsy, no officers names provided. ALEA is handling the investigation.
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Suicides by gun are most commonly carried out and suicides by shooting oneself in the chest are exceedingly rare. An overview is provided in the source links.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://ground.news/article/suspect-dies-after-shooting-himself-during-standoff-police
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.955008/full
