Khalid Bouaiti

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 3/8/2013

Place of the incident:

Jersey City, Hudson, NJ
239 Fowler Avenue

Khalid Bouaiti, a mentally ill man, was shot and killed by a Jersey City police officer when he allegedly charged the officer with a knife. Bouaiti had shut himself in his apartment after speaking with a therapist from Jersey City Medical Center. Officer forced their way into his home, and say that he attacked one of them with a knife. The officer fired several shots from his handgun, and Bouaiti was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.

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