Police Brutality / Individual record
Devon Martes
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Devon Martes in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-07-27 in Metairie, LA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-487
- Incident date
- July 27, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Metairie, LA
- Agency
- Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 17
What happened
Devon Martes, 17, was fatally shot by Jefferson Parish Deputy David Dalton in a Metairie newspaper warehouse on July 26, 2016, in an encounter commonly dated July 27. Deputies were responding to reports of people stealing vehicle tires. Dalton pursued Martes into a garage, where surveillance video showed him turn and point a handgun toward the deputy. Dalton fired six rounds, killing him; police reported recovering a 9mm pistol. Martes's family questioned why six shots were fired even as some relatives acknowledged the danger he created. The available surveillance video documents the critical confrontation and can be considered alongside the sheriff's account.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1735
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 88
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