Fatal Encounters

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

David O'Neil Brown Jr.

Name: David O'Neil Brown Jr.
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/20/2010
Location: 900 block River Bend Drive
Lancaster, Texas, 75146
County: Dallas
Agency: Lancaster Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Sweating profusely and wearing only boxers, Brown approached a white Mitsubishi Galant and shot the driver, Jeremy Jontae McMillan, fatally in the head with a pistol. Officers responded. Brown, trying to drive away in a Dodge Stratus, pointed a semiautomatic rifle at the officers. He and Officer Craig Shaw fatally shot each other. Brown was bipolar, using PCP and marijuana, and had not been taking his medications. His father had just become Chief of the Dallas Police Department.
Unique ID: 9229

News article: Link






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