Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Brandon Williams
Gender : Male
Age : 29
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/11/2025
Location : Near 23rd Street and Indiana Avenue
City : Philadelphia
County : Philadelphia
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On February 11, 2025, at approximately 8:56 p.m., Philadelphia Police Department officers attempted a traffic stop near 23rd Street and Lehigh Avenue. The driver, identified as 29-year-old Brandon Williams, drove away. Police escalated a chase that lasted until Williams crashed thevehicle near 23rd and Clearfield Streets and continued on foot. Highway Patrol officers encountered Williams near 23rd Street and Indiana Avenue, where he fired multiple shots, injuring a 38-year-old officer in the right hand. Williams ran away, firing at responding officers and striking two police vehicles. He was later found on the 2900 block of North 23rd Street with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital.
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://6abc.com/post/philadelphia-police-officer-shot-north-23rd-street-west-indiana-avenue/15895564/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-police-officer-shot-in-hand-23rd-indiana/
• https://www.inquirer.com/crime/brandon-johnson-police-shooting-death-20250212.html
https://6abc.com/post/philadelphia-police-officer-shot-north-23rd-street-west-indiana-avenue/15895564/
https://x.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1889502171667759554
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-police-officer-shot-in-hand-23rd-indiana/