Police killings
2013-2020

Sidney Washington Jr.

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 7/4/2016

Washington, District of Columbia, DC
1300 49th Street NE

Metro Transit Police went to investigate a large crowd setting off fireworks, D.C. police said. When they arrived, officers found a man with a gun. The officers identified themselves as police, and the man fired shots at them before one of the officers shot and killed the man, police said.