Police Brutality / Individual record
Ian Sherrod
Ian Sherrod, 36, was shot and killed by a Tarboro, North Carolina police officer on February 28, 2015 during a reported armed confrontation.
- Record ID
- PB-113
- Incident date
- February 28, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Tarboro, NC
- Agency
- Tarboro Police Department; Edgecombe County Sheriff's Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 40
What happened
On February 28, 2015, Tarboro officers were called to a local disturbance and encountered Ian Sherrod. Police reported that Sherrod had a firearm and that a confrontation resulted in an officer firing his weapon. Sherrod died from the gunshot injuries. The available national fatal-shooting database confirms the death but does not provide a complete public reconstruction of what commands were given, whether officers had time or cover for de-escalation, or how witnesses characterized the sequence. Statements by the involved agency should be distinguished from any independent findings. In the absence of an accessible judicial ruling or full investigation file, this record remains an account of a documented police killing with important circumstances unresolved.
Investigation & findings
No independently verified officer charging decision or final civil disposition was established during this pass.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 191
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 400;399
Last reviewed: October 25, 2026
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