Name withheld by police

How they died

Deadly force

At approximately 8:11 p.m., uniformed officers were waved down by a cab driver. The cab driver told the officers that his customer had refused to pay his fare. The man began walking away. One officer exited the patrol other and told the offender to stop, at which time the offender ran south on Frankford Avenue, east on Meadow Street, north on Paul Street, and back onto Frankford Avenue, where the cab driver got into a physical altercation with him. The man broke free from the cab driver and ran west on Arrott Street with the officer in foot pursuit. He tripped and fell, and as he began to get up from the ground, he drew a semi-automatic pistol from his waistband and pointed it at the officer. The officer discharged his weapon, and the weapon jammed. The officer ejected two live rounds and then shot and killed the man.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Name withheld by police, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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