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Eric Jay Hammock
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Gender
Male
Age
43 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
04/03/2005
Location
1121 Riverside Dr Fort Worth TX 76111 Tarrant
Cause of Death
Less-than-lethal force
Hammock, using cocaine, tried to enter a Waste Management facility. Officer C.P. Birley tried to stop him. Hammock ran away, then punched the officer. The officer and a backup officer shot Hammock at least 17 times with stun guns, killing him. Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani said that Hammock had used so much cocaine that he would have died even without being stunned.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Fort Worth Police Department
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