Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age : 16
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/17/2021
Location : Dunbar Road and Pine Branch Road
City : Appalachia
County : Wise
State : Virginia
Agency : Wise County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during altercation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On July 17, 2021, deputies with the Wise County Sheriff's Office were searching for two missing juveniles. While searching the area, a deputy reportedly spotted a vehicle parked in bushes with two people inside. As the 16-year-old male exited the vehicle, an altercation ensued. The juvenile reportedly stabbed the deputy, and the deputy responded by shooting and killing him. The 13-year-old girl inside the vehicle was not injured.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 fatality
