Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Taylor Cotton
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Black
Date : 10/19/2024
Location : 1200 block of Rosedale Drive
City : Dayton
County : Montgomery
State : Ohio
Agency : Dayton, Kettering and Moraine Police Departments, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were called for Taylor Cotton, a man in mental health crisis. Police saw him with a weapon and called several other law-enforcement agencies who all arrived and escalated a standoff against the man. Ultimately, several officers fired shots at him and killed him.
