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Dennis Bodden

Age : 49

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 05/14/2024

Location : 10100 block of Johnston Road

City : Pineville

County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg

State : North Carolina

Agency : Pineville Police Department

Officer(s) :Sgt. Adam Roberts

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by off-duty officer for alleged shoplifting

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Off-duty Pineville PD officer Sgt. Adam Roberts who was moonlighting as store security at Food Lion chased and shot and killed Dennis Bodden for alleged shoplifting. Dennis Bodden was confronted by Sgt. Adam Roberts of the Pineville Police Department who was working off-duty security at a Food Lion on Johnston Road in south Charlotte after a shoplifting call. Bodden was accused of taking approximately $84 worth of groceries and wine. Roberts followed Bodden across the parking lot and down the sidewalk. Bodden, wearing headphones, did not immediately comply with orders to stop. Roberts deployed a Taser and Bodden allegedly defensively bit the officer’s arm during the physical struggle. Bodden walked toward his apartment complex. A second Pineville officer, Officer Randall Down, arrived. A confrontation ensued where Bodden struck Roberts and at one point grabbed Down’s radio cord. Roberts fired three shots, fatally wounding Bodden.

On January 8, 2026, Dennis Bodden’s mother filed a civil rights lawsuit in Mecklenburg County Superior Court against the town of Pineville, Sergeant Adam Roberts, Officer Randall down, seeking more than $10 million in damages for wrongful death, excessive force, failure to intervene, and violations of Bodden’s constitutional rights. Bodden had been an attorney (Rutgers and Cardozo law graduate) who volunteered on mental health hotlines.
Officer Roberts had previously shot and severely injured Timothy Rochell Caraway in 2020.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/05/15/police-shooting-pineville-nc

https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/officer-injured-shots-fired-at-suspect-in-pineville/
https://www.wbtv.com/2024/07/03/pineville-officer-who-shot-killed-dennis-bodden-was-involved-another-police-shooting/
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/dennis-bodden-estate-civil-rights-lawsuit-deadly-police-shooting-pineville-north-carolina/275-1e45ee62-7eda-4336-a311-bc6eea0c80b0