Police killings
2013-2020

Deborah Danner

Female, Black

Date of the incident: 10/18/2016

New York, Bronx, NY
Pugsley Avenue

The police said the sergeant, who was in uniform, entered the apartment and found Ms. Danner in a bedroom holding a pair of scissors. She put down the scissors, then picked up a baseball bat and tried to hit him with it, the police said. The sergeant fired two shots, striking Ms. Danner in her torso. She died at Jacobi Medical Center.