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Mark D. Gaskill

Gender : Male

Age : 28

Race : White

Date : 05/14/2021

Location : Glasser Street and Masseth Street

City : Rochester

County : Monroe

State : New York

Agency : Rochester Police Department

Officer(s) :Blake Langdon and Donald Flood Jr.

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after ShotSpotter activation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Lyell Avenue around 4:21 a.m. Surveillance cameras captured a vehicle leaving the location. The vehicle was later spotted on Glasser Street, where officers attempted a traffic stop. During the stop, officers claimed that Mark D. Gaskill was holding a handgun. Two Rochester police officers then shot and killed Gaskill.
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Total Fatalities/Injuries:
1 Fatality (Mark D. Gaskill)

SOURCE LINKS :

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/reports/osi21-022_gaskill_final_report_12.9.2021.pdf
• https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-office-special-investigation-releases-report-death-mark
• https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/rpd-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-mark-gaskill-identified/
• https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/attorney-general-releases-report-on-rpd-police-shooting-death-of-mark-gaskill-glasser-street/
• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2021/05/14/large-police-presence-on-glasser-street-in-rochester
• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2021/05/15/friend-of-man-killed-by-rpd-left-with-questions-after-seeing-body-cam-footage
• https://13wham.com/news/local/internal-rpd-memo-outlines-new-details-of-police-shooting-of-mark-gaskill
• https://13wham.com/news/local/ag-no-charges-filed-in-case-of-rochester-man-shot-during-police-stop
• https://www.whec.com/archive/ags-investigation-concludes-no-criminal-conduct-by-officers-who-shot-man-on-glasser-street-in-may/
• https://rochester.indymedia.org/node/148068