Fatal Encounters

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

Cameron McCarthy

Name: Cameron McCarthy
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/22/2018
Location: 918 S Colony Way
Palmer, Alaska, 99645
County: Matanuska-Susitna
Agency: Alaska State Troopers
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Police were trying to arrest Cameron McCarthy on warrants. Armed with a machete, McCarthy barricaded himself in a hotel room then climbed out a window onto the hotel's sign. Police shot McCarthy with pepper balls, beanbag rounds and tasered him to no effect. McCarthy then fled to an apartment building and attempted to break into an occupied apartment. McCarthy was still brandishing the machete when an officer shot and killed him.
Unique ID: 25121

News article: Link






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