Police Brutality / Individual record
Jerand Edward Ross
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Jerand Edward Ross in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-02-11 in Riverdale, GA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-359
- Incident date
- February 11, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Riverdale, GA
- Agency
- Riverdale Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 24
What happened
Jerand Edward Ross, 24, was shot during a February 11, 2016, no-knock narcotics raid at the Villages on the River apartments in Riverdale, Georgia. Officers said Ross fled the apartment through the back door and fatally shot Riverdale police Major Greg “Lem” Barney, who had been helping a Clayton County drug unit execute the warrant. A Clayton County officer returned fire, striking Ross four times, including in the head. Ross survived in critical condition for two months before dying in hospice on April 11. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation examined the exchange. Both Barney’s death and Ross’s later death matter in documenting what happened; the February incident date is distinct from Ross’s April death date. The police account of the confrontation is attributed to investigators.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 6588
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 3027
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