Police killings
2013-2020

Zachary N. Bearheels

Male, Native American

Date of the incident: 6/5/2017

Omaha, Douglas, NE
6003 Center St.

Zachary N. Bearheels died after Omaha police shocked him with a stun gun. He suffered from mental illness and had been wandering, lost, in Omaha for a day after being kicked off an interstate bus. Omaha police said Bearheels was acting erratically as police attempted to take him into custody. His mother said she called Omaha police after her son didn't get off the bus in Oklahoma City.