Police Brutality / Individual record
Derrick Lee Hunt
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Derrick Lee Hunt in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-08-07 in Long Beach, CA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-232
- Incident date
- August 7, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Long Beach, CA
- Agency
- Long Beach Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 28
What happened
Derrick Lee Hunt, 28, was shot and killed by Long Beach police on August 7, 2015, after six people were stabbed at neighboring apartment and care facilities on Artesia Boulevard. Witnesses reported Hunt moved through the neighborhood carrying a large kitchen knife, and residents tried to block his path while protecting children and other neighbors. Police said Hunt disregarded commands to drop the knife and moved toward responding officers, who fired multiple shots. The Los Angeles Times reported details from frightened witnesses as well as the department's reconstruction. The injuries to six people and alleged weapon threat are vital context, while the officers' precise perceptions are their accounts rather than an independently adjudicated fact.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 721
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 519
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