Police killings
2013-2020

Ross Alan Rittacco

Male, White

Date of the incident: 7/23/2019

Gaffney, Cherokee, SC
1530 N Limestone St

Sheriff's deputies took Ross Alan Rittacco to a hospital in Gaffney, South Carolina. The detainee started fighting with a deputy around 1 a.m., and the security officers from the hospital assisted medical staff and the detention officer tasered him. At about 2 a.m. he became unresponsive, and died.