Police killings
2013-2020

Duane Erick Strong

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 5/29/2014

Tallahassee, Leon, FL
2394 West Tennessee Street

Police heard shots from behind a bar and found Strong idling his car in the bar's parking lot. An officer approached Strong and he bolted. Fearing Strong might hit him, the officer shot nine times. The officer's partner shot three times. Strong was hit by one bullet, killing him. Autopsy found designer drug ethylone in Strong's system. Officers cleared of criminal charges by grand jury.