Police killings
2013-2020

Vernicia Woodard

Female, Black

Date of the incident: 8/22/2014

Hapeville, Fulton, GA
Elm Street

Woodard was fatally shot multiple times by her former boyfriend, an Atlanta police officer named Tahreem Zeus Rana. After being caught trying to fly to Mexico, Rana faced charges of murder, kidnapping, and a charge of arson for setting Woodard's dead body on fire in an attempt to obscure evidence.