Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Samuel "Meat Man" Vincent Richmond

Gender : Male

Age : 59

Race : Black

Date : 10/03/2022

Location : MLK Park, 800 block of W. McBean Street

City : Peoria

County : Peoria

State : Illinois

Agency : Peoria PD

Officer(s) :Candice Fillpot, Christopher Heaton, Danny Marx, Andrew Fuller

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after Shotspotter alert

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Peoria PD responded to a call alleging Samuel Vincent Richmond was having a mental health crisis and mentioned suicide. Separately, police also investigated two Shotspotter alerts near a park. Peoria PD allege that Richmond pointed a gun at them and that they shot and killed him. Richmond had been. a very popular local man, nicknamed “Meatman” for his many years of working at Kroger’s in the meat department. His family challenges the officers’ statements and feels that this could have been resolved without a shooting.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/police-chief-4-officers-involved-in-deadly-peoria-police-involved-shooting/

https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2022/10/04/peoria-police-say-one-person-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting/69537701007/

https://www.25newsnow.com/2022/10/04/peoria-police-close-south-side-intersection/

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-leader-speaks-out-after-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2022/12/02/peoria-police-video-shows-key-moments-in-fatal-shooting-of-popular-man/69696209007/