Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Donald Fields
Gender : Male
Age : 40
Race : Black
Date : 04/22/2025
Location : Crabtree Lane
City : Castalia
County : Nash
State : North Carolina
Agency : U.S. Marshals Service, Nash County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On April 22, 2025, around 7:30 a.m., U.S. Marshals and Nash County deputies attempted to serve a second-degree murder warrant from New York on 40-year-old Donald Fields at a residence on Crabtree Lane near Castalia, North Carolina. Fields fled into nearby woods with a 9mm pistol, told officers he would not be taken alive, and shot himself. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Fields had previously served 20 years in Connecticut for murder and was wanted for parole violations. Another individual at the residence, Lonnie Hawley, was arrested on unrelated federal weapons charges.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.witn.com/2025/04/22/man-shoots-kills-himself-us-marshals-worked-serve-warrant-nash-county-deputies-say
https://www.wral.com/news/local/suspect-shot-himself-nash-county-us-marshal-warrant-april-2025
https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/crime/murder-suspect-shot-himself-in-nash-county-as-us-marshals-tried-to-serve-warrant-sheriff-says/275-d637a685-c8ea-49b3-8c3b-42a4abc8ce33
