Fatal Encounters

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

Brian Powell

Name: Brian Powell
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/05/2010
Location: 943 Washington Place
Long Beach, California, 90813
County: Los Angeles
Agency: Long Beach Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Brian Powell died in a hospital shortly after officers Paul Tovar, Daniel Melendez, Darren Lance, Nicholas Kent, John Garry and Raymond Panek restrained him while he was being treated by paramedics at a sober living facility.
Unique ID: 9265

News article: Link






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