Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Jordan A. Richardson

Gender : Male

Age : 18

Race : Black

Date : 06/07/2023

Location : Belle Ave

City : Rantoul

County : Champaign

State : Illinois

Agency : Rantoul PD

Officer(s) :Sgt. Jerry King, Casey Smith

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police while fleeing traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Jordan A. Richardson was shot as he fled from a traffic stop on East Campbell Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Officers saw that he was armed and alleged that during the pursuit, Richardson turned toward officers with the gun in his hand. They shot and killed him. This was the second officer-involved fatal shooting in Rantoul this year.
In February, a former Chicago man, Azaan Lee, 21, was shot and killed allegedly because he had a weapon on him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/one-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-rantoul/article_a29eff90-0575-11ee-9109-87b08965d0bb.html

https://www.wcia.com/news/coroner-identifies-person-killed-in-rantoul-police-shooting/