Police killings
2013-2020

LaShanda Anderson

Female, Black

Date of the incident: 6/9/2018

Deptford, Gloucester, NJ
1800 Clements Bridge Rd

Deptford Township police officers were dispatched to a Marshalls around 3:40 p.m. for a reported shoplifting in progress. Police said they encountered three people who had left the store with allegedly stolen merchandise. One of the suspects, Raoul Gadson, was fighting with security guards from the store. When officers arrived, Gadson ran while the two women he was with got into a rented Nissan Armada. The female driver allegedly accelerated toward police. The driver, LaShanda Anderson, was shot and killed.