Police killings
2013-2020

James Kenneth Decoursey

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/29/2018

Clarksville, Montgomery, TN
US-79

James K. Decoursey was suspected of fatally shooting off-duty police officer Phillip Meacham in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was shot and killed by police in Tennessee, police said, although details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld.