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/