Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Ny’Kendreon Pride
Age : 20
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 08/03/2023
Location : Mesa Drive and Brown Road
City : Mesa
County : Mesa
State : Arizona
Agency : Mesa Police Department; U.S. Marshals Arizona Wanted Task Force
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/03/2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., members of the U.S. Marshals Arizona Wanted Task Force and Mesa Police Department were serving a search warrant at an apartment complex near Mesa Drive and Brown Road while looking for 20-year-old Ny'Kendreon Pride in connection with a series of armed robberies. Officers located Pride walking south on Mesa Drive.
According to Mesa police, Pride was armed with a handgun when officers encountered him. Officers fired their weapons during the encounter, striking Pride. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No officers were injured. Police did not publicly disclose additional details about what immediately preceded the shooting.
Mesa Police Department conducted the criminal investigation into the shooting. Authorities identified the decedent as Ny'Kendreon Pride on the following day.
