Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Dale Meador
Gender : Male
Age : 42
Race : White
Date : 06/20/2024
Location : Interstate 40 and Coors Boulevard NW
City : Albuquerque
County : Bernalillo
State : New Mexico
Agency : Albuquerque Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) :Zachary Herbst
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during police chase for stolen car
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police spotted a stolen vehicle and escalated a chase, placed spike strips that caused a man and woman to flee from the vehicle and continue in a truck. Police chased them to 98th and I-40 where the man held the woman hostage. After a one-hour standoff, a police sniper killed him. It turned out that the gun was only a BB gun and Meador had been unarmed.
Officer Zachary Herbst who killed Dale Meador had also previously killed Emmanuel Campos, 20, on August 16, 2023.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.koat.com/article/albuquerque-deadly-police-shooting/61191991
https://www.yahoo.com/news/apd-swat-officer-shoots-kills-030100548.html
