Police killings
2013-2020

Alfontish Cockerham

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 6/20/2015

Chicago, Cook, IL
E 71st St & S Merrill Ave

Officers began pursuing Cockerham on foot after responding to a call of a person with a gun. An officer fatally fired at the 23-year-old after he allegedly pointed a gun at the officer, but witnesses disputed the official police account.