Police Brutality / Individual record
Garland Tyree
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Garland Tyree in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-08-14 in Staten Island, NY. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-241
- Incident date
- August 14, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Staten Island, NY
- Agency
- New York Police Department; U.S. Marshals Service
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 38
What happened
Garland Tyree was killed in Staten Island, New York, during a federal warrant service and hours-long armed standoff in August 2015. Federal agents sought to arrest Tyree in connection with a firearms and drug investigation. Authorities said Tyree fired from his home toward officers, injuring a federal agent, and continued exchanging gunfire with police during negotiations. Officers ultimately shot him. The reported injury to an officer and prolonged armed confrontation are essential context, distinct from an unarmed encounter. This record relies on contemporaneous reporting and does not independently establish whether tactical or negotiation alternatives were formally evaluated after his death.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 738
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 298;2903
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