Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Jack Stephenson
Age : 61
Gender : Male
Race : White
Date : 12/29/2025
Location : 1600 block of Commerce Street
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/29/2025, Dallas Police Department officers responded around 3:45 p.m. to an assist call in the 1600 block of Commerce Street in downtown Dallas and encountered a detained individual barricaded inside a vehicle, prompting a prolonged standoff in a nearby parking garage as officers established a perimeter and urged the person to surrender. Authorities later reported the person died at the scene from what police believe was a self inflicted gunshot wound, with no additional identifying information released and the circumstances summarized only through brief police statements.
