Police killings
2013-2020

Ricardo Giddings

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 8/6/2018

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
4822 Knox St

Philadelphia police shot and killed a Ricardo Giddings and wounded his wife when a SWAT team showed up at 6 a.m. looking to arrest his grandson and the man mistook them for intruders and opened fire, hitting one officer in the face. Police said the man—whom he did not identify but whom property and other public records identify as Ricardo Giddings apparently began shooting in an attempt to protect his home. His wife, 67, was struck by a police round as she tried to run out of the house.