Police killings
2013-2020

John Van Allen

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 8/29/2013

Biggs Junction, Sherman, OR
The Dalles

Veteran Van Allen had abruptly uprooted himself and his two children, and was headed eastbound on an Oregon interstate. During a state police traffic stop Van Allen began shooting at the trooper, who returned fire, as caught on a dramatic dashcam video. He made it a few hundred yards more before pulling over mortally wounded.