Fatal Encounters

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

Robert James Nusbaum

Name: Robert James Nusbaum
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/31/2002
Location: 601 Triest Court
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89110
County: Clark
Agency: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Las Vegas police tracked an electronic device to trace a robbery suspect to a car parked in front of an apartment building. When officers arrived, the man in the driver's seat ran and was arrested later. One officer approached the car and the man in the passenger's seat, Robert James Nusbaum, fired, hitting the officer in the leg. Nusbaum got out of the car and continued firing, and both officers shot and killed him.
Unique ID: 2191

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