Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Shane E. Hartman

Gender : Male

Age : 45

Race : White

Date : 10/04/2021

Location : Canal Street and Bond Street

City : Houma

County : Terrebonne

State : Louisiana

Agency : Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during altercation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On October 4, 2021, shortly before 11:30 a.m., Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's deputies responded to a disturbance at a business on Tunnel Boulevard in Houma, Louisiana, involving 45-year-old Shane E. Hartman, who was reportedly seen with a knife. Deputies took the knife, had him evaluated by medical personnel, and released him. Later, deputies received a second complaint that he was impeding traffic. Hartman asked to be taken to a business within the city limits. When police drove him, he refused to exit the patrol vehicle. Officers engaged him in an altercation during which he allegedly took a taser away from a charging deputy. Another deputy opened fire, striking Hartman in the upper torso. The bullet from the deputy also injured the hand of another deputy. Hartman died from his injuries.
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TOTAL FATALITIES:
Fatalities: 1 (Shane E. Hartman)

SOURCE LINKS :

https://houmatimes.com/crime/hpd-suspect-in-tpso-officer-involved-shooting-dies/
https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/houma-police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/man-fatally-shot-struggle-terrebonne-deputy/289-bbcac51c-279f-4465-b2a7-e07f263c07e3
https://www.wdsu.com/article/terrebonne-parish-deputy-shoots-kills-man-accused-in-struggle-over-stun-gun-houma-police-say/37870088
https://www.facebook.com/houma.detectives500/posts/october-5-2021on-yesterday-october-4-2021-shortly-before-1130am-houma-police-res/4454092968016193