Police Brutality / Individual record
Kelvin Goldston
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Kelvin Goldston in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-05-11 in Fort Worth, TX. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-174
- Incident date
- May 11, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
- Agency
- Fort Worth Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 30
What happened
Kelvin Antonie Goldston, 30, was killed by Fort Worth police on May 11, 2015. According to contemporary accounts compiled in The Guardian's police-killings research, officers received information about Goldston's whereabouts while looking for him in connection with outstanding warrants. Police reportedly surrounded a residence and tried to prevent him from leaving in a vehicle. The police version said Goldston struck an officer with his car while attempting to escape, after which officers shot him. The encounter is catalogued as a fatal shooting involving a vehicle. The source material accessible for this review does not establish a trial, officer discipline, or independent finding accepting every police allegation. The underlying incident and subsequent charging disposition still warrant examination of original local records.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 437
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 116
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