Fatal Encounters

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

James Ellie Brogden

Name: James Ellie Brogden
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/29/2008
Location: Pleasant School Road
Gaffney, South Carolina, 29341
County: Cherokee
Agency: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: James Ellie Brogden died after Aaron Christopher Saunders used a Case 821 front-end loader with a forklift appendage to hoist a 2005 Toyota and drop the vehicle on Brogden, police said. Police then shot and killed Saunders.
Unique ID: 19067

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