Police killings
2013-2020

Spencer Rollins Mims III

Male, White

Date of the incident: 1/6/2013

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC
300 Cooper Drive

Officers responded to a report from Mims stating that he was having trouble with his son. When officers arrived at his home, they found Mims holding a box-cutter to his own throat. An officer fired a stun gun intending to prevent Mims from harming himself. Mims instead lunged at the officers with the box cutter. An officer shot Mims at least once. Mims died at a local hospital.