Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Dimitri Edward Calvert
Gender : Male
Age : 30
Race : Black
Date : 04/12/2024
Location : Norfolk Avenue
City : Springdale
County : Washington
State : Arkansas
Agency : Springdale Police Department
Officer(s) :Danny Wright
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer Danny Wright was sent to a disturbance call involving Dimitri Calvert with a knife. The officer yelled “drop the knife” many times, threatening Calvert with a pointed gun. Calvert was known to have mental health issues needing support and was escalated by the event. Police shot and killed him in front of his parents who insisted that the situation could have been defused without killing Calvert.
