Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Michael "Mikey" Carothers
Gender : Male
Age : 17
Race : Black
Date : 10/09/2021
Location : East 6th Street and Sabine Street
City : Austin
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Austin Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during shootout
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officers were responding to a DWI call a block away when they heard gunshots in the entertainment district at around 1 a.m. The officers arrived to find two groups of men shooting at one another. An officer began firing at the men. Michael "Mikey" Carothers was killed. It was not immediately known whether the teen was killed by officer-fired bullets or from the other group involved in the shooting.
