Police killings
2013-2020

Charles Parker

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/19/2020

Port Jervis, Orange, NY
67 Railroad Avenue

At 9:07 p.m., Charles Parker's mother called 911 to report her son had a knife and had stopped taking his psychiatric medication. Five Port Jervis officers arrived on scene and confronted Parker, who was allegedly brandishing a kitchen knife. Parker refused orders to put the knife down and "charged" at officers while pointing the knife in their direction, police said. The officers reportedly tasered Parker and then shot and killed him.