Fatal Encounters

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

Timothy Short

Name: Timothy Short
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 08/13/2004
Location: 9800 block Walnut Street
Oakland, California, 94603
County: Alameda
Agency: Oakland Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Timothy Short died in police custody after apparently suffocating on a bag of rock cocaine he swallowed
Unique ID: 3575

News article: Link






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