Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Ricardo Louis Augustus Sutherland
Gender : Male
Age : 39
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/24/2025
Location : Near Pleasant Grove Road
City : Pleasant Grove
County : Jefferson
State : Alabama
Agency : Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Died by suicide during armed confrontation with law enforcement
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 01/24/2025, deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office attempted to serve a felony warrant on 39-year-old Ricardo Louis Augustus Sutherland in Pleasant Grove, Alabama. Sutherland reportedly opened fire on law enforcement and then fled into a wooded area near Pleasant Grove Road. Deputies pursued him, but Sutherland was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
