Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Matthew Mattingly Jr.

Gender : Male

Age : 31

Race : White

Date : 03/04/2023

Location : E Texas St+Benton Rd

City : Bossier City

County : Bossier

State : Louisiana

Agency : Haughton PD, Bossier City PD

Officer(s) :Bryan Sprankle, Richard Pollitt, Gregory Russell, Matthew Boyd, Marcus Green, Patrick Edmonds

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police allege that they spotted Matthew Mattingly and happened to know that he had an open warrant. They tried to traffic-stop him but he fled. Police escalated a chase, placed spike strips, whereupon he crashed and according to police pointed a weapon at them which they gave as reason for shooting and killing him. Officers Bryan Sprankle, Richard Pollitt, Gregory Russell, Matthew Boyd, Marcus Green and Patrick Edmonds fired at him, Police allege he had a “realistic gun” which may have been a replica. He was unarmed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksla.com/2023/03/10/man-shot-killed-by-officers-after-high-speed-chase-was-armed-with-ar-15-style-fully-automatic-bb-rifle/

https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/bossier-high-speed-chase-turned-deadly-in-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.ktbs.com/news/police-chase-in-bossier-turns-fatal-when-shots-are-fired/article_dd0847fc-baf4-11ed-9dbd-a3e045349a21.html

https://1130thetiger.com/ixp/180/p/high-speed-chase-officer-involved-shooting-in-bossier-city/

https://bossiernow.com/officer-involved-shooting-in-bossier-city-suspect-was-armed-with-ar-style-bb-rifle/

https://www.ktbs.com/news/3investigates/shreveport-man-killed-by-officers-was-armed-with-fake-but-realistic-looking-gun/article_d40e7e92-be0e-11ed-b9ca-83452653d0c8.html

https://enews.com.ng/2023/03/a-shreveport-man-was-killed-by-officers-armed-with-a-fake-but-realistic-looking-gun-news/