Jelani Manigault
Name: Jelani Manigault
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 01/23/2003
Location: 1000 block Great Road
Princeton, New Jersey, 8540
County: Mercer
Agency: Princeton Township Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: University of Maryland senior Manigault became distraught and agitated at a Christian Science retreat, drove away at 1:30 a.m., crashed the car in an affluent neighborhood, randomly chose the house of a banker, slit his own wrists, and assaulted the banker with a 12-inch knife causing serious injuries. Responding police officers shot him to death.
Unique ID: 2254
News article: Link
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