Police Brutality / Individual record
Lionel Lorenzo Young
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Lionel Lorenzo Young in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-05-10 in Landover, MD. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-173
- Incident date
- May 10, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Landover, MD
- Agency
- Prince George's County Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 34
What happened
Lionel Lorenzo Young, 34, was shot and killed by Prince George's County sheriff's deputies in Landover, Maryland, on May 10, 2015. County police said deputies were responding to a domestic-disturbance report involving a knife when they approached Young in a vehicle. Authorities said he fled an attempted stop, leading to a pursuit that ended near Nalley Road. According to the preliminary police investigation, his car struck two sheriff's vehicles and two deputies fired, killing him. Investigators reported recovering two knives at the scene. Prince George's County police conducted the criminal investigation while the sheriff's office began a separate administrative inquiry. The department's announcement describes an initial account; the material reviewed does not establish the final disposition of either investigation.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 455
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 477
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