Fatal Encounters

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

Mark Adam Prom

Name: Mark Adam Prom
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 10/19/2012
Location: 19 NE 13th Avenue
Rochester, Minnesota, 55906
County: Olmsted
Agency: Rochester Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: According to the Star Tribune, police responding to noise complaints from neighbors made a forced entry and sent in a dog. When officers found Birkeland hiding in a closet, he stabbed the dog in the head with a kitchen knife, and police shot him dead.
Unique ID: 11936

News article: Link






View Larger Map