Police Brutality / Individual record
John Michael Brisco
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records John Michael Brisco in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-06-09 in Port Arthur, TX. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-447
- Incident date
- June 9, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Port Arthur, TX
- Agency
- Port Arthur Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 52
What happened
John Michael Brisco was shot and killed by Port Arthur police in Texas on June 9, 2016. The Washington Post's Fatal Force database identifies the incident date and police department. It does not independently establish the circumstances that led officers to contact Brisco, his actions at the moment of the shooting, any warning or alternative force used, or the outcome of subsequent legal review. Without a reliable Port Arthur incident report or local eyewitness reporting, conclusions about a firearm or whether the force was justified would be speculative. The record confirms the fatal encounter and preserves the unanswered investigative questions.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1606
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 1300
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset