Police killings
2013-2020

Wade Baker

Male, White

Date of the incident: 8/19/2015

Waynesville, Haywood, NC
2501 Stamey Cove Rd

Authorities responded to a church after receiving a call reporting that four people had been shot. Police said Baker, an Army veteran suffering from PTSD, died after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement at the church. Authorities said no one else was shot as the caller had reported.