Police killings
2013-2020

Dennis Hunt

Male, Native American

Date of the incident: 10/10/2016

Lumberton, Robeson, NC
W 5th St and Hilton St

Sgt. J.F. Hinson and two Robeson County deputies were searching for flood victims. They were in swift-moving water that was 3 or 4 feet deep, when they encountered Hunt, who became hostile toward them and produced a gun, police said. When Hinson saw the gun, he shot and killed Hunt.