Police killings
2013-2020

Ray Charles Hayes

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 1/21/2013

Addis, West Baton Rouge, LA
Intracoastal Bridge

Officers responded to a report of robbery in progress at a store. The suspect took a customer hostage at gunpoint and stole a police cruiser. The suspect crashed the cruiser at a police roadblock. As officers approached the vehicle, the suspect threatened to kill the hostage and himself. An officer fired three times, killing the suspect.