Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Christopher Sterusky
Age : 28
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/11/2021
Location : 200 Wingfield Court
City : Elizabethtown
County : Hardin
State : Kentucky
Agency : Elizabethtown Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/11/2021, Elizabethtown Police responded to a report of a vehicle at Wingfield Court and approached Christopher Sterusky while he was inside the vehicle. An officer directed him to exit and began speaking with him on the roadway. A physical confrontation occurred between the officer and Sterusky and the officer opened fire and struck him. He died at that location. A grand jury later declined to indict the officer and civil litigation followed the shooting.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wave3.com/2021/12/14/elizabethtown-police-provide-details-fatal-police-involved-shooting/
https://www.wdrb.com/wdrb-investigates/5-years-of-kentucky-state-police-investigating-most-officer-shootings-leaves-transparency-efficiency-concerns/article_67e94208-86cb-11ed-a24e-830cb011188d.html
https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/grand-jury-clears-officer-in-fatal-shooting/article_1e6e7d16-7b33-11ec-8cde-ef6a33a87b0a.html
