Police killings
2013-2020

Donald Letterle

Male, White

Date of the incident: 4/22/2014

Lincoln, Logan, IL
700 Pulaski Street

Letterle had been drinking and fighting with his girlfriend in a bar. The bartender asked him to leave because he was too drunk. He left, but returned with a handgun. The bartender spotted the handgun and called police. Police arrived to find Letterle physically assaulting his girlfriend in the bar. At some point, Letterle fired his weapon striking his girlfriend in the hand. One officer returned fire, killing Letterle.