Fatal Encounters

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

Gregory Nykiel

Name: Gregory Nykiel
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/16/2006
Location: 1611 Main St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15215
County: Allegheny
Agency: Sharpsburg Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Gregory Nykiel, 34, was arrested after a car chase that started in Sharpsburg. He died two hours later in a hospital. His wife, Cheryl Nykiel, filed suit, claiming that police beat and repeatedly shocked her husband with a stun gun at the Sharpsburg police station.
Unique ID: 8262

News article: Link






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