Police Brutality / Individual record
Michael Eugene Wilson Jr.
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Michael Eugene Wilson Jr. in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-05-22 in Hallandale Beach, FL. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-435
- Incident date
- May 22, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Hallandale Beach, FL
- Agency
- Hallandale Beach Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 27
What happened
Michael Eugene Wilson Jr. was killed by Hallandale Beach police in Florida on May 22, 2016, after officers responded to reports of vehicle break-ins near a residential waterfront complex. Police said officers located multiple suspects and pursued them through the neighborhood, including near a canal, where the fatal shooting occurred. Contemporary Miami Herald reporting described shattered car windows and an extensive police response, but said at the time that it was unclear whether the suspects had weapons. Those initial police suspicions about vehicle theft should not be confused with an adjudicated finding against Wilson. The reviewed reporting does not establish a completed prosecutor's decision on the officer's use of force.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1554
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- unarmed
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 1267
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