Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Christopher Former
Gender : Male
Age : 49
Race : Black
Date : 12/29/2021
Location : 1521 Bonita Bluff Court
City : Ruskin
County : Hillsborough
State : Florida
Agency : Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO)
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On December 29, 2021, at approximately 7:00 p.m., deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call from a family member of Deputy Christopher Former. The family member reported that Former had made suicidal threats during a phone call. Deputies arrived at his residence on Bonita Bluff Court in Ruskin, Florida, and made brief contact with him. Former then barricaded himself inside the home and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
SOURCE LINKS :
1. https://www.tampabay.com/news/2021/12/30/deputy-dies-by-suicide-at-ruskin-home-hillsborough-sheriffs-office-says
2. https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-deputy-dies-by-suicide-in-ruskin-home
3. https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/hillsborough-county-deputy-dies-by-suicide-in-ruskin
