Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Christina McKinney
Gender : Female
Age : 34
Race : White
Date : 10/27/2023
Location : 1700 block of South Evans Ave
City : Evansville
County : Vanderburgh
State : Illinois
Agency : Evansville PD
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Two women were reportedly involved in a domestic fight with items being thrown out of an apartment. Police arrived and determined the fight was under control. One of the women, Christina McKinney, left the apartment and police followed her, yelling demands when they saw her hand in her pocket. Officer Blake Hollins fired 2 shots and killed her. The object turned out to be an AirSoft gun, a plastic replica of a weapon. The domestic disturbance had ended when police appeared. Police released a bodycam video that is heavily redacted with the entire figure of the woman being killed is blurred out throughout.
The officer who shot and killed McKinney was named as Blake Hollins who had received a previous 21-day suspension for preceding incidents with recommendations from superiors to fire him. This was apparently stopped by the police union. Officer Hollins was back on duty and shot and killed Christina McKinney. He received a 3-day suspension and was cleared back to work after that.
