Police Brutality / Individual record
Marcus Golden
Marcus Golden, 24, was shot and killed by two St. Paul police officers outside an apartment building on January 14, 2015.
- Record ID
- PB-083
- Incident date
- January 14, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- St. Paul, MN
- Agency
- St. Paul Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 24
What happened
Officers Jeremy Doverspike and Dan Peck responded to a 911 report alleging Marcus Golden had been sending threatening messages. They located him in a parked SUV on University Avenue. Police reported that Golden refused instructions and drove his vehicle toward an officer, leading both to fire their handguns. Investigators said a loaded handgun was found within his reach, although contemporaneous accounts did not say it was fired. Golden's grieving family and the St. Paul NAACP sought an independent investigation, and the death reopened discussion about St. Paul police use of lethal force. His relatives emphasized his life and their family's recent loss of another son.
Investigation & findings
Police accounts of the vehicle movement and firearm are attributed to the department; this source does not independently establish a criminal or civil adjudication of the shooting.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 49
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 63
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset
- Fatal Force methodology and data limitationsThe Washington Post · Methodology