Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Juan Nikely Avalo

Gender : Male

Age : 33

Race : Black

Date : 01/01/2023

Location : Burlington Avenue

City : Cambridge

County : Ranlo

State : North Carolina

Agency : Ranlo Police Department

Officer(s) :Kwaku Riley Agyapon

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Ranlo PD responded to a call for service on Burlington Avenue near Spencer Mountain Road and found Officer Kwaku Riley Agyapon, who was off-duty at that time to have gotten involved in a domestic dispute.
Police said Agyapon was stabbed multiple times, discharged his service weapon and killed 33-year-old Juan NikelyAvalo who had stabbed him. Avalo was taken to the hospital where he later died. State Bureau of Investigation said they obtained a warrant for first-degree murder against officer Agyapon. He was terminated from the PD after he was charged with first-degree murder. Officer Agapyon is married to Shana Lanham, the mother of toddler Addison Laham who was two years old when she died in a Gaston County motel in 2011 from a broken leg that went untreated for weeks, became infected with MRSA and killed her.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/north-carolina-off-duty-officer-involved-in-deadly-domestic-dispute-charged-with-murder/

https://news.yahoo.com/off-duty-ranlo-police-officer-204515026.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/off-duty-police-officer-stabbed-173147919.html

https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/01/05/only-on-wccb-local-family-speaks-out-about-man-allegedly-shot-killed-by-ranlo-police-officer/

https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/12/ranlo-police-officer-charged-with-murder-loses-job/69798278007/