Fatal Encounters

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

Ronald Beasley

Name: Ronald Beasley
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/12/2000
Location: 4400 N Hanley Rd
Berkeley, Missouri, 63134
County: St. Louis
Agency: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Dellwood Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Ronald Beasley accepted a ride from Earl Murray, not knowing Murray would first stop for a drug deal at a Jack in the Box restaurant. The deal was a drug sting. When 13 police converged on Murray he panicked, threw his car into reverse, locked bumpers with a DEA SUV, then tried to move forward with his tires spinning. Two officers standing in front of his car unloaded their weapons into it, a total of 21 shots, killing both unarmed men.
Unique ID: 274

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