Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Withheld
Age : 21
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/20/2022
Location : Highway 321
City : Lenoir
County : Caldwell
State : North Carolina
Agency : Hickory Police Department, Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, Lenoir Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 09/20/2022, shortly after 2:30 a.m., Hickory police responded after a man called 911 stating he had been shot and intended to kill himself. Officers located the vehicle traveling north on Highway 321 in the southbound lanes. Police attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver continued north into Caldwell County. Lenoir police deployed stop sticks near the city limits, disabling the vehicle. After the vehicle came to a stop on the northbound side of Highway 321, officers approached and found a 21-year-old man inside suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced deceased. Authorities stated the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office had also been responding to a possibly related shooting report near Startown Road. The Lenoir Police Department investigated the crash and apparent suicide.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://whky.com/chase-ends-with-apparent-suicide/
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/2420945
