Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Billy Niewold
Gender : Male
Age : 58
Race : White
Date : 07/10/2021
Location : 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive
City : Sarasota
County : Sarasota
State : Florida
Agency : Sarasota Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police responded to a shooting on Benjamin Franklin Drive after 11:30 p.m. involving Billy Niewold, a former maintenance employee who had been fired from his job at a condo. Niewold allegedly fired gunshots into an empty car and got into a dispute with two people afterward. He then barricaded himself in the building and shot and killed himself hours later.
