Police killings
2013-2020

Michael Hansford

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 1/29/2018

Bronx, Bronx, NY
Prospect Ave & E 181st St

Police responded to reports of an argument, police said. The two responding officers told a man with a knife to drop the weapon, but he did not comply. He'd been chasing another man in the street. Michael Hansford was shot and killed when he allegedly lunged at police around 8 p.m.