Police killings
2013-2020

Kennith Waynon Hooker

Male, White

Date of the incident: 11/14/2019

Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
2578 I-10 Frontage Rd

About 5:15 a.m., a male and female officer were called to Al Basha for a burglary in progress. Kennith Hooker reportedly had broken out a window and was inside trying to pry open a lock box with a screwdriver. Police said he tried to attack the officers with the screwdriver, and they shot and killed him.