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Jamie David Overstreet

Age : 36

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/23/2023

Location : 1389 Marion Drive North

City : Columbus

County : Franklin

State : Ohio

Agency : Killed by police during foot pursuit after attempted arrest for alleged protection-order violation

Officer(s) :Luke Stickle

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/23/2023, at approximately 10:40 p.m., Columbus Division of Police officers responded to the 1100 block of Rendezvous Lane after Jamie David Overstreet's estranged wife reported that he was violating a protection order. Police were also advised that Overstreet had outstanding warrants involving alleged protection-order violations. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation later documented that police records contained a special-circumstance notation from a previous encounter referring to "Suicide by Cop."
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Officers encountered Overstreet driving away from the area and attempted to stop him. Overstreet continued driving while Columbus police pursued. The BCI investigation established that a supervisor subsequently ordered the vehicle pursuit canceled. A Columbus police helicopter continued tracking Overstreet's vehicle from the air after the ground pursuit was terminated.
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While being tracked by the police helicopter, Overstreet's vehicle was involved in multiple collisions. Contemporary police reporting specifically documented a collision near Parsons Avenue and Corr Road. The vehicle eventually became disabled approximately five miles from where police had initially attempted to stop Overstreet.
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Overstreet got out of the vehicle near Marion Drive North and ran. Columbus police officers Andrew Durr, Sean Evans, Duane Derwacter and Kraig Gibson pursued him on foot through the Marion Drive apartment complex while ordering him to stop.
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According to police accounts documented by BCI, Officer Luke Stickle alleged that he saw a firearm in Overstreet's right hand and saw Overstreet raise it while running. Stickle fired five rounds at Overstreet in rapid succession. Overstreet fell to the ground, after which officers handcuffed him and provided medical aid.
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Investigators recovered a Taurus Spectrum .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol from the ground. BCI reported that the magazine appeared broken, there was no ammunition in the chamber or magazine, and three .380-caliber cartridges along with components of the magazine were recovered nearby. BCI firearms examination also determined that five 9mm cartridge cases recovered at the scene had been fired from the police handgun assigned to the shooting officer.
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The Franklin County Coroner subsequently determined that Overstreet sustained a single gunshot wound to his back. Despite Stickle firing five rounds, only one bullet struck Overstreet. He was transported to Grant Medical Center. BCI-obtained hospital records show that Overstreet arrived at 11:35 p.m. on August 23 and was pronounced dead at 11:42 p.m.
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The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducted the independent investigation. BCI reviewed body-camera, dash-camera and surveillance video; police helicopter and vehicle-location information; radio, 911 and dispatch records; physical and firearms evidence; the autopsy and medical records; and the shooting officer's personnel, training and disciplinary records.
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BCI completed its investigation and submitted the case for prosecutorial review. In September 2024, a Franklin County grand jury declined to indict the Columbus police officer for Overstreet's killing.
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Overstreet's estate subsequently filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit challenging the use of deadly force. Columbus and BCI initially continued withholding the shooting officer's identity under Ohio's Marsy's Law. In December 2024, a federal magistrate judge ordered BCI to provide unredacted investigative records identifying the officers, and in March 2025 the federal district court rejected BCI's effort to overturn that order.
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The litigation ultimately publicly identified Columbus Police Officer Luke Stickle as the officer who shot Overstreet. The federal case, Joelle New, Administrator of the Estate of Jamie Overstreet v. Luke Stickle, alleges that Stickle used unconstitutional deadly force. Those civil allegations are distinct from the 2024 grand jury's decision not to bring criminal charges.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Luke Stickle was a Columbus Division of Police officer with approximately three years of service when he shot Jamie Overstreet. Columbus initially withheld Stickle's name under Marsy's Law, publicly describing the shooting officer only as a three-year department veteran.
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Stickle fired five rounds during the foot pursuit. The Franklin County Coroner determined that Overstreet was struck once, with the fatal bullet entering his back. BCI's firearms investigation linked the five recovered 9mm cartridge cases to Stickle's police handgun.
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A Franklin County grand jury reviewed the shooting in 2024 and declined to criminally indict Stickle.
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Overstreet's estate filed federal civil-rights litigation over the killing. BCI resisted disclosing the officers' identities, but a federal judge ultimately required disclosure of the unredacted investigative information. The litigation thereafter identified Stickle by name as the defendant officer.
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In December 2025, Chief U.S. District Judge Sarah D. Morrison granted Stickle's motion to dismiss the remaining state-law claims against him. The court's order identifies Stickle as the officer who shot Overstreet and describes the case as arising from Overstreet's August 2023 death.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/man-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-after-five-mile-pursuit/
https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/shooting-marion-drive/530-9c15ac42-90f1-432c-9682-55f8017fb5d3
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/10/25/man-shot-in-august-by-columbus-police-died-single-gunshot-back-jamie-overstreet-ohio-south-side/71316257007/
https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/1/public-safety/police/press-releases/media-release-officer-involved-shooting-update-1300-block-marion-dr-n.pdf
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/getattachment/3af36236-0f9d-48e8-afb9-b48354f7d3e5/3af36236-0f9d-48e8-afb9-b48354f7d3e5.aspx
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