Patrick O'Rourke

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 7/17/2016

Place of the incident:

Port Vincent, Livingston, LA
Louisiana Hwy 16

A state trooper stopped to check on a vehicle crash. After the trooper stopped, he saw that the driver, O'Rourke, was holding a sword. O'Rourke started running away from the trooper, who chased him. When O'Rourke turned around and confronted the trooper with the sword, the trooper fired his Taser. Shortly after that, O'Rourke died.

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