Police killings
2013-2020

Joseph Thomas Brewer Jr.

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 6/12/2013

Orange, Orange, CA
2100 N Shaffer St

Officer Brian Chambers responded to a "man with knife" call from the woman who owned the home at which Brewer was staying. Chambers reports that Brewer was holding a box cutter in front of the home, and that he saw him "reach toward his pocket." Chambers ordered Brewer to put his hands up and reports that he instead confronted him, walked toward him and gave him an “intense stare". Chambers shot him three times in the chest.