Fatal Encounters

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

Robert Eugene Gambrell III

Name: Robert Eugene Gambrell III
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 06/29/2018
Location: 826 Old Greenville Hwy
Clemson, South Carolina, 29631
County: Pickens
Agency: Clemson Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers were called to a 7-Eleven around 2 a.m. for a fight at the gas station. By the time they arrived, Robert Eugene Gambrell had locked himself in the store and was destroying things inside. Police said the other person in the fight had been trying to help Gambrell with a motorcycle that would not start. When officers entered the store, Gambrell allegedly attacked them. He died after being handcuffed.
Unique ID: 24423

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