Police Brutality / Individual record
Joshua Beebee
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Joshua Beebee in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-05-20 in Omaha, NE. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-434
- Incident date
- May 20, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Agency
- Omaha Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 31
What happened
Joshua S. Beebee, 31, was shot and killed by Omaha police Officer Kenneth Rowe in a field near 165th and Maple Streets on May 20, 2016. Two 911 callers reported a man walking with a knife. Officers pursued Beebee after he ran, and Rowe drove across the field to block his route toward apartments. Police said Beebee turned and charged with the knife; Rowe fired seven shots. His family questioned why officers did not first use a Taser, noting police radio traffic requesting one shortly before the shooting. A grand jury later concluded no one had committed a crime in Beebee's death. The jury's decision and the family's concerns are separate parts of the case record.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1559
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 158
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