Fatal Encounters

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

James Baggott

Name: James Baggott
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 02/12/2019
Location: NC-64 and Bill Dalrymple Road
Franklin, North Carolina, 28734
County: Macon
Agency: Macon County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Deputy Cody Mitchell was driving a man to his residence in a transport van when the van went off the highway and overturned several times. Deputy Mitchell and the passenger were seriously hurt. Both were taken to a hospital where the passenger, identified as 66-year-old James Baggott of Franklin, N.C., later died.
Unique ID: 25987

News article: Link






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