Police killings
2013-2020

Rodney Rodriguez Smith

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 6/2/2016

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC
7800 N Tryon St

Officers responded to a 911 call for shots fired on a CATS bus near the intersection of North Tryon Street and University City Boulevard. When police arrived, they discovered that a person had been shot in the lower leg on the bus. Police said officers Michael Bell and Garret Tryon located the suspect, 18-year-old Rodney Rodriguez Smith, down the street. Police perceived an “imminent lethal threat,” and shot and killed Smith.