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Deresha Armstrong
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Deresha Armstrong in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-05-05 in Orlando, FL. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-423
- Incident date
- May 5, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Orlando, FL
- Agency
- Orange County Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 26
What happened
Deresha Armstrong, 26, was killed by Orange County deputy Acting Sergeant Vernon Brown near Orlando, Florida, on May 5, 2016. Deputies responded to a homeowner who watched a burglary at his residence through a security system. Authorities said Armstrong and another person fled, and another homeowner, Thomas Miller, confronted the suspected burglars and was wounded in an exchange of gunfire. Brown then confronted Armstrong and shot her; the sheriff's office said she was carrying a handgun. A second suspect escaped. The Orange County Sheriff's Office lists Armstrong in its critical-incident archive. The burglary allegation, reported shootout and weapon claim come from the sheriff's initial investigation, and were not established by a criminal trial of Armstrong.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1518
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- female
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 326
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