Police Brutality / Individual record
Darick Napper
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Darick Napper in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-11-19 in Washington, DC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-311
- Incident date
- November 19, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Agency
- Metropolitan Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 34
What happened
Darick Napper, 34, was fatally shot by a Metropolitan Police Department officer at Clay Terrace and 53rd Street NE in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2015. Federal prosecutors reported that Napper approached a police cruiser holding a long knife and bladed brass knuckles. The officer requested assistance and reversed to create distance, then got out and repeatedly ordered him to drop the knife. Prosecutors said Napper advanced and threatened her before she fired one shot into his chest. The U.S. Attorney's Office reviewed civilian witnesses, forensic evidence, radio transmissions and an autopsy, and announced in June 2016 that it would not file local or federal criminal charges because the proof did not meet the required standard. That decision reflects a prosecutorial finding, rather than a trial verdict.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1022
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- 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