Police killings
2013-2020

Dennis Clark III

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 4/21/2013

Federal Way, King, WA
South 333rd Street and Pacific Highway South

Dennis Clark III, 27, fatally shot his girlfriend in the head on Sunday night, then killed three more people at the Pinewood Village Apartments. Federal Way police encountered and shot Clark in a stairwell. Clark retreated on foot, and according to police, had ignored commands to stop reaching for a handgun on the ground. That's when eight officers opened fire and shot Clark dead.