Police killings
2013-2020

Jeremy Rucinski

Male, White

Date of the incident: 1/6/2013

Independence Charter Township, Oakland, MI
6900 Rattalee Lake Road

Poice responded to a 911 call from the homeowner that her live-in boyfriend had threatened her with a switchblade. She also stated that Rucinski had been agitated for days and was on medication. Arriving on the scene the two deputies found the suspect in the garage where he allegedly threatened them. One deputy tasered the suspect, when it did not stop him, the other deputy shot him once in the chest.