Fatal Encounters

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

Guanda Denise Turner

Name: Guanda Denise Turner
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 01/31/2002
Location: 1206 Walnut Avenue
Long Beach, California, 90813
County: Los Angeles
Agency: Long Beach Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Guanda Denise Turner slipped into a coma and died a week after officers Joel Camrin and Steve Smock used a carotid restraint ("choke hold") on her.
Unique ID: 1457

News article: Link






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