Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Howayne T. Gayle
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Black
Date : 03/07/2021
Location : 5400 block Quarry Rock Road
City : Lakeland
County : Polk
State : Florida
Agency : Lakeland Police Department
Officer(s) :Brent Behrens
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officers from the Lakeland Police Department were dispatched at 6:25 a.m. to the Cobblestone Landing townhomes following a 911 call reporting a man with a gun. Upon arrival, three officers encountered a man with a handgun standing alongside a 37-year-old woman in the parking lot. As the woman turned toward one of the officers, the man, identified as Howayne T. Gayle, pointed his gun and fatally shot her in the abdomen. Officer Brent Behrens then shot and killed Howayne T. Gayle.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 fatalities
