Fatal Encounters

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

Terrell Day

Name: Terrell Day
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 09/26/2015
Location: 1005 Mitthoeffer Rd
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46229
County: Marion
Agency: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers responded to a call after a security guard alleged that Terrell Day had stolen a watch from the Burlington Coat Factory. Day ran out of the mall, followed by a police officer and a security guard who said that Day was carrying a gun. When police caught up with Day, he had collapsed. Officer Randall Denny arrived and noticed that the 312-pound teenager had defecated on himself and was sweating and breathing heavily. Officers handcuffed Day twice, killing him during an apparent heart attack. The gun was out of Day's reach when he died.
Unique ID: 29102

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