Fatal Encounters

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

Bobbie Ray Steele

Name: Bobbie Ray Steele
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 10/26/2007
Location: Fox Avenue
Hamilton, Ohio, 45011
County: Butler
Agency: Butler County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Bobbie Ray Steele died after his arrest involving a domestic incident with his father. Bobbie Steele was a 40-year-old developmentally disabled paranoid schizophrenic. He had never lived on his own. .And, at the time of his death, was living with his father (who was dying from cancer).
Unique ID: 6618

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