Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Charles Anthony "Tony" Hays

Name: Charles Anthony "Tony" Hays
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/11/2002
Location: W Broadway Ave & N 2nd Ave
Hopewell, Virginia, 23860
County: Hopewell City
Agency: Hopewell Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Charles Hays died during a struggle with police after he jumped through a plate-glass window and attacked police officers with a walking stick, police said. Hays was off his medication for mental illness.
Unique ID: 22380

News article: Link






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