Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Lawrence Cassidy
Gender : Male
Age : 56
Race : White
Date : 11/23/2025
Location : 1500 block of Brush Creek Road
City : Santa Rosa
County : Sonoma
State : California
Agency : Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 11/23/2025, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal shooting at about 4:47 p.m. in the 300 block of Cloverdale Heights Way in Cloverdale. A 56-year-old man, Lawrence Cassidy, was identified as the suspect. Later officers located his SUV in Healdsburg and tracked him to a residence on the 1500 block of Brush Creek Road in Santa Rosa. A SWAT team and negotiators responded, and Cassidy fired multiple shots from inside. During the roughly three-hour standoff law-enforcement deployed chemical agents and used a drone and bomb-disposal robot. They ultimately entered the residence and found Cassidy dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
