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Daquan Antonio Westbrook
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Daquan Antonio Westbrook in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-12-24 in Charlotte, NC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-332
- Incident date
- December 24, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Agency
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 18
What happened
Daquan Antonio Westbrook, 18, was shot and killed by off-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Thomas Ferguson at Northlake Mall on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015. Police said two groups with a history of conflict began fighting inside the crowded shopping center and that Westbrook discharged a firearm. Ferguson heard shots while working at the mall, approached and fired at Westbrook, whom officials said pointed a gun toward him. Westbrook died near a store entrance; shoppers fled as officers secured the area. His family and community were left to confront the death of a teenager amid holiday shopping. The armed confrontation is the official police account; an internal and criminal investigation followed, but a later officer prosecution was not confirmed in the reporting reviewed.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2158
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 354
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