Police Brutality / Individual record
Marquesha McMillan
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Marquesha McMillan in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-10-26 in Washington, DC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-290
- Incident date
- October 26, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Agency
- Metropolitan Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 21
What happened
Marquesha McMillan, 21, was fatally shot by Washington, D.C., police on October 26, 2015, after an attempted robbery of a liquor store on Alaska Avenue Northwest. Federal prosecutors reviewed witness accounts, video, physical evidence and radio communications. Their investigation concluded that McMillan fired a handgun at responding officers from the rear parking lot, moved behind a dumpster and reloaded during a prolonged exchange. Five officers fired on her. Relatives questioned the official account and described a young woman who had attended college and worked. In October 2016, the U.S. Attorney's Office declined criminal and civil-rights charges against the officers, finding insufficient evidence to prove an offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 955
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- female
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 882
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