Police killings
2013-2020

Yolanda Thomas

Female, Black

Date of the incident: 1/4/2013

Westwood Lakes, Miami-Dade, FL
SW 56th Street and 117th Avenue

Yolanda Thomas and Xavier Tyrell Johnson had just allegedly stolen from a drugstore and fled in a vehicle, with Thomas driving, but lost control of the car and crashed into a median barricade. Apparently unarmed Thomas tried to flee, which police interpreted as threatening, and both were shot to death.