Police Brutality / Individual record
Frederick Roy
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Frederick Roy in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-08-17 in Houston, TX. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-244
- Incident date
- August 17, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Agency
- Houston Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 35
What happened
Frederick Roy, 35, was shot and killed by Houston police Officer Jaime Vargas on August 17, 2015, outside his mother's home on Hoffman Street. Relatives called police amid reports that Roy was behaving erratically and had fired a gun outside the residence. According to police, Roy walked away when Vargas arrived while another man warned the officer he was armed. The encounter escalated and Vargas fired, killing Roy. The Houston Chronicle documented the family's emergency call, the reported gunfire, and police identification of the officer. The available reporting does not independently resolve every movement immediately before shots were fired or a final criminal disposition. Family concerns and official allegations should remain distinguishable.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 748
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 102
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