Police killings
2013-2020

Shamir Palmer

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 8/8/2015

Summerville, Dorchester, SC
Schultz Lake Rd

Palmer's death has been ruled as a suicide as he confided to a friend that he "wasn't going back to jail." His confrontation with the police was intentional and Palmer suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including a fatal one in his chest. Palmer was shot eight times by police.