Wenzola Rountree
Name: Wenzola Rountree
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/19/2020
Location: 427 Ocean Avenue
Patchogue, New York, 11772
County: Suffolk
Agency: Suffolk County Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers responded to a call reporting an unknown man in a backyard at 12:56 a.m. The man, Wenzola Rountree, was asking for help, talking to himself and had shed all his clothing. Officers and Patchogue Ambulance responded and had contacted him, when he stood up and ran into an unlocked house across the street. The occupants inside the home yelled for help after Rountree, who was unknown to them, entered. Officers entered and handcuffed him, and he died a short time later.
Unique ID: 29994
News article: Link
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