Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Jason Cain
Gender : Male
Age : 31
Race : White
Date : 12/16/2024
Location : Belmont Plaza Shopping Center, 3495 Belmont Avenue
City : Liberty
County : Trumbull
State : Ohio
Agency : Liberty Township Police Department
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during stolen car investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/16/2024, Liberty Township police officers responded to a Flock License Plate Reader alert indicating a stolen SUV entering their jurisdiction. Officers located the vehicle parked at the Belmont Plaza Shopping Center with Jason Cain, 31, in the driver’s seat. Police blocked the vehicle in with police cars. Cain responded by trying to drive away, hitting a police car in the process. An officer opened fire, killing Cain. After being shot, the SUV with Cain accelerated and crashed into the front wall of the Harbor Freight store where it stopped. A female passenger was removed by police. Cain was transported to Saint Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital in critical condition, where he died on 12/19/2024. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 fatality
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2024/12/driver-shot-by-liberty-police-dies/
• https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/liberty-news/suspect-in-liberty-officer-involved-shooting-dies/
• https://www.wfmj.com/story/52039767/suspect-in-monday-liberty-police-shooting-dies
