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Jabari Farafiai Asante-Chioke

Gender : Male

Age : 52

Race : Black

Date : 11/21/2021

Location : Airline Highway and Severn Avenue

City : Metairie

County : Jefferson

State : Louisiana

Agency : Louisiana State Police, East Jefferson Levee District Police Department

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during armed confrontation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On November 21, 2021, at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers from the Louisiana State Police and the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department were directing traffic at the intersection of Airline Highway and Severn Avenue in Metairie, Louisiana, due to traffic signal repairs. Several concerned motorists alerted the officers to a man walking along Airline Highway near Causeway Boulevard, armed with a firearm and a knife. The individual was identified as 52-year-old Jabari Farafiai Asante-Chioke of LaPlace. He fled on foot when police demanded that he stop. A trooper fired a Taser. Asante-Chioke turned and pointed a gun. A state trooper and two East Jefferson Levee District officers all opened fire at the same time and killed him. He was pronounced dead on the highway.
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TOTAL FATALITIES:
Fatalities: 1 (Jabari Farafiai Asante-Chioke)

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wdsu.com/article/laplace-man-lsp-trooper-shooting/38345806
https://www.lobservateur.com/2021/11/25/laplace-man-killed-in-jefferson-parish-shooting
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/jefferson/louisiana-state-police-identify-man-killed-airline-highway/289-4dd6d109-648b-4022-8c67-1d3920d0e0d3
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-new-orleans-metairie-c810af54194b97750391cf666ed9fbba
https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/police-officers-shot-killed-man-who-pointed-gun-at-them