Police Brutality / Individual record
Richard White
Richard White was shot and killed by police in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 20, 2015.
- Record ID
- PB-131
- Incident date
- March 20, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Agency
- Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 63
What happened
Richard White appears in the Washington Post's record of fatal police shootings with an incident date of March 20, 2015 and a location of New Orleans. That source documents the reported fatal encounter but does not by itself explain the circumstances, establish whether officers complied with departmental policy, or identify independent witnesses. Research for this entry did not uncover a sufficiently reliable detailed reconstruction or final outcome to responsibly supplement those gaps. Further work should examine New Orleans Police Department investigative records, local news archives and potential family testimony. Until those sources are available, the case is identified as an unresolved historical research record rather than expanded through unverified speculation.
Investigation & findings
The available compilation does not verify a final legal or disciplinary finding; further case-specific research needed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 308
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 88
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