Police killings
2013-2020

Christopher McDaniel

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/26/2014

Oildale, Kern, CA
300 Beardsley Avenue

Deputies attempted to pull over McDaniel on a motorcycle for a vehicle code violation. He didn't stop, and there was a short pursuit in Oildale until he crashed his motorcycle. Witnesses say McDaniel put his hands in the air to surrender, but police shot him. He was struck at least once and was later pronounced dead at Kern Medical Center.