Police killings
2013-2020

Joel Dixon Smith

Male, White

Date of the incident: 9/22/2015

Niceville, Okaloosa, FL
148 W John Sims Pkwy

Smith, who had been served a restraining order based on domestic abuse, was turning in his guns to a deputy when he shot the deputy from behind, police said. Smith fled the scene and barricaded himself in a hotel room, which he left firing after police arrived, according to authorities.