Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Raul Albert Rivera
Gender : Male
Age : 30
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 07/06/2025
Location : 62 Pisgah Highway, Pizza Hut parking lot
City : Pisgah Forest
County : Transylvania
State : North Carolina
Agency : Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during shootout
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 07/06/2025, around 12:30 a.m., Transylvania County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a welfare check and found a vehicle in the Pizza Hut parking lot at 62 Pisgah Highway in Pisgah Forest. As deputies approached, the person inside allegedly began shooting at them. Deputies opened fire and killed the individual, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://news.yahoo.com/one-dead-officer-involved-shooting-220605500.html
https://wlos.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-in-pisgah-forest-under-investigation-transylvania-county-sheriff-pisgah-highway
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/07/06/deputies-officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-transylvania-county/
