Fatal Encounters

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

Gordon Randall Jones

Name: Gordon Randall Jones
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/19/2002
Location: 9700 International Drive
Orlando, Florida, 32819
County: Orange
Agency: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Jones ran up a $500 tab at a hotel bar and had been using large amounts of cocaine before hotel security called the police. He ended up being tasered some 11 or 13 times (accounts vary) and was strapped face-down to an ambulance mattress. His resulting death was attributed, not to the cocaine, not to the Taser, but to positional asphyxiation.
Unique ID: 1838

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