Police killings
2013-2020

Joseph M. Ladd

Male, White

Date of the incident: 6/1/2015

Rochester, Monroe, NY
271 Greece Ridge Center Dr

Officer Eric Hughes pulled over a vehicle driven by Ladd's girlfriend because Ladd, her passenger, fit the description of a suicidal man. The vehicle drove away during the stop, dragging Hughes about 70 feet. Hughes used a stun gun at some point and fatally shot Ladd after he reached in his waistband for a semiautomatic pistol.