Police killings
2013-2020

Alton Witchard

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 5/7/2016

Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, FL
2000 21st Ave S

Auto Theft Task Force deputies were following a minivan they thought was stolen. The passenger in the van, Alton Witchard, got out of the van holding an AR-15 assault rifle. Deputies say Witchard failed to heed multiple warnings to drop the weapon, and he was shot and killed.