Jeremiah L. Humphrey
Name: Jeremiah L. Humphrey
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/23/2003
Location: 5300 block South Mozart Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60632
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Officer Jake Alderden shot and killed Jeremiah L. Humphrey when he allegedly pointed a gun at him. Alderden and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious man at around 3:30 a.m. According to police, Alderden's partner asked Humphrey to stop, but he ran. Alderden chased Humphrey into a dark, narrow gangway. Near the end of it, Humphrey ran into a waist-high fence and tumbled over it. Humphrey got back up and ran through a fenced-in backyard, then fell again. Alderden reportedly grabbed Humphrey's coat from the other side of the fence, and then shot him twice when Humphrey allegedly aimed a gun at him.
Unique ID: 2476
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