Nehemiah Pickens
Name: Nehemiah Pickens
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/06/2005
Location: 9700 Mesa Drive
Houston, Texas, 77078
County: Harris
Agency: Harris County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Reserve Deputy Constable Pickens, in plainclothes, tried to help on-duty sheriff's deputies as they chased a suspect through the apartment complex where Deputy Pickens was working as a security guard. He did not identify himself as law enforcement. Deputy Wallace Jones, seeing Constable Pickens's gun, shot at him 16 times, striking him four times. Deputy Jones, 40, had served for 16 years. Constable Pickens had served Precinct Six for four years.
Unique ID: 4359
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