Police Brutality / Individual record
Tyrone Harris
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Tyrone Harris in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-06-22 in Pittsburgh, PA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-198
- Incident date
- June 22, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Agency
- Pittsburgh Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 20
What happened
Tyrone Harris, 20, was fatally shot by Pittsburgh-area officers on June 22, 2015, at the end of a rolling armed confrontation and pursuit. Police and witnesses said Harris fired at officers, stole a vehicle, and continued shooting from the moving car as they pursued him through crowded streets. Five officers returned gunfire after Harris reportedly pointed a rifle at them; Harris died at the scene. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala did not charge the involved officers, and the officers later received recognition for responding to the armed attack. This is a fatal police shooting recorded in national datasets, but the documented gunfire, carjacking and police response are essential to an accurate account.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 576
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 606
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