Police killings
2013-2020

Cortez Bufford

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 12/12/2019

St. Louis, St. Louis City, MO
Bates St and Virginia Ave

An officer stopped Cortez Bufford, who was walking. The reason the officer stopped him was withheld by police. Bufford reportedly ran away, and the officer pursued. Bufford and the officer ran into a gangway. There, he reportedly displayed a semi-automatic gun, and officers reportedly told him to drop the weapon, and when he failed to do so, the officer shot and killed him.