Fatal Encounters

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

Reynaldo Colon

Name: Reynaldo Colon
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/20/2000
Location: 360 Troutman Street
Brooklyn, New York, 11237
County: Kings
Agency: City of New York Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Colon attempted to rob three packages of heroin from a drug purchaser with a Leatherman tool; the purchaser was an undercover NYPD narcotics officer, who fatally shot Colon four times.
Unique ID: 539

News article: Link






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