Police killings
2013-2020

Charity Thome

Female, White

Date of the incident: 3/16/2020

Myerstown, Lebanon, PA
500 King Street

Thome first eluded police Sunday about 8 a.m., when officers were dispatched for a report that she was trespassing at a residence. Police received a call at 1:55 a.m. that Thome was trying to break into the same home where she allegedly had been trespassing earlier. North Lebanon police encountered Thome and chased her. Troopers joined the pursuit. Troopers blocked her car in, and ordered Thome to get out of her car. Thome tried to drive away but hit the North Lebanon vehicle, and troopers shot and killed her.