Police killings
2013-2020

Shawn Henry Allen Dickens

Male, White

Date of the incident: 2/16/2016

Mena, Polk, AR
1513 Reeves Ave

According to police, an officer approached Dickens outside a convenience store on Reeves Avenue around noon. During the confrontation, Dickens fled, dropping a handgun. The release says the man turned around to try and pick up the gun when he was ordered not the by the officer. Police say he repeatedly disobeyed this command and the officer shot and killed him.