Police killings
2013-2020

Donald Parker Jr.

Male, White

Date of the incident: 2/8/2017

Brookville, Franklin, IN
State Route 101 and Golden Road

A woman called police and said her grandson, Donald Parker, was acting strange. A deputy went to the home where Parker lived with his grandmother; Brookville police arrived as backup. Indiana State Police said Parker answered the door with a weapon, then came back with two weapons. He did not drop his weapons when police instructed him to do so, and was shot and killed by the Brookville officers.