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Joseph Fields
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Gender
Male
Age
46 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
03/20/2001
Location
Newcomb Trail Ridge NY 11961 Suffolk
Cause of Death
Deadly force
An armed standoff initiated by police coming to the Fields residence, with nine warrants for his arrest, ended 12 hours later with Fields shot to death. He'd answered the door with a shotgun, resisted three or four police attempts to storm his house, outwitted the remote-control siege robot, and earned those warrants with traffic violations.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Suffolk County Police Department
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