Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Bruce K. Pofahl
Gender : Male
Age : 62
Race : White
Date : 05/01/2021
Location : 2020 Airport Drive
City : Green Bay
County : Brown
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Green Bay Police Department
Officer(s) :Officers Brian Jordan, Makayla Wolfe, and Ben Snyder
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed confrontation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On May 1, 2021, at approximately 7:27 p.m., dispatchers received a report of shots fired at the Oneida Casino in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Bruce K. Pofahl, a former restaurant employee, allegedly approached a waiter station and shot and killed 32-year-old Ian J. Simpson and 35-year-old Jacob T. Bartel. Pofahl then left the restaurant and shot and wounded 28-year-old Dan Mulligan. Green Bay police officers encountered Pofahl near the first floor of the parking ramp east of the Radisson Hotel. Officers Brian Jordan, Makayla Wolfe, and Ben Snyder confronted Pofahl, who was armed, and shot and killed him during the encounter.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 Fatality, 3 Injuries
