Police killings
2013-2020

Nakia Smith

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 5/27/2019

Joliet, Will, IL
1200 Justice Lake Dr

Joliet officers were called about 4:10 a.m. for reports of a domestic battery in progress. Officers arrived to find Kimiki Truss' home on fire. Police entered the residence and were confronted with a hostage situation. Nakia Smith, 44, allegedly shot at the officers, and one officer shot him. The identity of the owner of the bullet that killed Truss, 43, has been withheld by police.