Fatal Encounters

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

Joseph S. Pavelic

Name: Joseph S. Pavelic
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/27/2012
Location: 3919 North Front St
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17110
County: Dauphin
Agency: Susquehanna Township Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Joseph S. Pavelic was a robbery suspect who engaged police in a four-hour standoff and committed suicide by tying a bed sheet to a pipe in the ceiling of his hotel room and hanging himself, police said.
Unique ID: 20763

News article: Link






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