Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Joseph Westley Henson

Gender : Male

Age : 30

Race : White

Date : 02/23/2024

Location : 13000 block of Pearblossom Highway

City : Palmdale

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : LASD

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after assault

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police responded to an assault with a knife and located a man and shot and killed him at the Shell station on the 13000 block of Pearblossom Highway.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-23/deputies-fatally-shoot-man-at-a-palmdale-gas-station

https://www.avpress.com/news/man-killed-by-deputies-identified/article_6c3e234e-d5f0-11ee-93cc-b36300ffaa23.html

https://lasd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Transparency_022324_PLM_DIS_-Henson_Joseph_Westley_Summary_030524.pdf