Police Brutality / Individual record
Tevin Barkley
Tevin Barkley, 22, was shot and killed by Miami-Dade police on April 15, 2015.
- Record ID
- PB-155
- Incident date
- April 15, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Miami, FL
- Agency
- Miami-Dade Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 22
What happened
Tevin Barkley died in a fatal encounter with Miami-Dade police near Northwest 75th Street in Miami on April 15, 2015. National records identify him as 22 years old. Compilations differ in how they categorize the weapon reportedly involved, underscoring why coded datasets cannot settle the circumstances of a fatal confrontation. The publicly sourced material recovered during this pass did not establish the sequence of police commands, Barkley's actions immediately before the shots or the ultimate conclusions of a prosecutor. Further review should target Miami-Dade investigative documents, local television archives and accounts from relatives or eyewitnesses. Until independently documented, contested claims about danger or officer justification should remain unasserted.
Investigation & findings
Final legal and investigative status unresolved in the reviewed materials; further original reporting required.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 365
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 219
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