Police Brutality / Individual record
Richard Risher Jr.
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Richard Risher Jr. in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-07-25 in Los Angeles, CA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-485
- Incident date
- July 25, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Agency
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 18
What happened
Richard Risher Jr., 18, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police at Nickerson Gardens in Watts on July 25, 2016. Officers said he ran when they approached a group, then fired a handgun at pursuing officers. One officer was wounded in the arm before police returned fire, killing Risher. Investigators said they recovered a gun. His father disputed the need for deadly force, emphasizing his son's young age. The Los Angeles Times' tracking of district attorney decisions lists the shooting as resulting in no criminal action against officers. The claimed sequence of Risher's gunfire is attributed to law enforcement; the wounded officer and prosecutor decision are separately documented.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1732
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 38
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