Fatal Encounters

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

Joseph Tanner Casten

Name: Joseph Tanner Casten
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/22/2020
Location: 800 block Second Avenue
Joliet, Illinois, 60433
County: Will
Agency: Joliet Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: At 6:30 p.m., police were called for someone threatening to shoot people. Upon arrival, three officers in marked squad cars found Joseph Casten in the street brandishing what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun. Casten aimed the apparent handgun at officers, how shot and killed him. The apparent handgun was a BB gun.
Unique ID: 29353

News article: Link






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