Police killings
2013-2020

Jemel Roberson

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 11/11/2018

Robbins, Cook, IL
2911 S Claire Blvd

After security asked a group of drunken men to leave Manny's Blue Room Bar around 4 a.m., someone came back with a gun and opened fire. Security returned fire, and armed security guard Jemel Roberson restrained one of the men involved outside. An officer responding to the scene shot and killed Roberson, according to witnesses, despite being told he was a security guard. The officer's name has been withheld by police.