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Sylvester Demetrius Selby
Gender : Male
Age : 44
Race : Black
Date : 10/02/2023
Location : 1300 block of Burnside Road
City : Manteo
County : Dare
State : North Carolina
Agency : Dare County SO
Officer(s) :Edward Glasser III
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On October 2, 2023, at around 11:30 p.m., the Dare County Sheriff’s Office responded to a trespassing in progress call in the 1300 block of Burnside Road in Manteo. When police arrived, they shot and killed a person, alleging they had had a knife. No more information has been released thus far.
His family strongly disputes police trespassing claims, stating that the address where he was killed is a family residence where he had been going for years. He had been under great stress because his 18-year-old daughter had been found dead on a hiking trail the year prior. His family states that he had known mental health issues but that he was not a violent person.
