Police killings
2013-2020

Lennard Whittle

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 11/20/2013

Middletown, Orange, NY
90 Academy Avenue

Police responded to reports of two men in a dispute in and around a Sam's Food Store. One of those two was Whittle, armed with a knife, who refused police commands to drop his weapon. Police fatally shot him and their actions were upheld by a grand jury.