Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Samuel Kirk
Gender : Male
Age : 26
Race : Unknown
Date : 08/26/2021
Location : Riverview Avenue and Narcissus Avenue
City : Sanford
County : Seminole
State : Florida
Agency : Seminole County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police received a 911 call reporting that a woman needed help because she was being hurt. Deputies from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office responded, but the woman had already left the scene. Deputies knocked on the door of a home on Riverview Avenue, where Samuel Kirk emerged into the carport, pointing a gun at deputies and firing a shot. One deputy took cover while she and another deputy fired approximately 15 shots, striking Kirk five times and killing him.
