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Dontrell Stephens
Gender : Male
Age : 20
Race : Black
Date : 09/13/2013
Location : Haverhill Road and Okeechobee Boulevard
City : West Palm Beach
County : Palm Beach
State : Florida
Agency : Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Adams Lin
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police following paralysis complications
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dontrell Stephens was shot in the spine by Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy Adams Lin, who stopped him while he was riding his bicycle and mistook Stephens' cellphone for a weapon. In 2016, a federal jury awarded Stephens $22.5 million during a civil trial, but the verdict was later overturned by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Florida House of Representatives awarded Stephens $6 million in June 2020. Stephens died from complications associated with his paralysis in September 2021.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 fatality
