Police Brutality / Individual record
Gregory Frazier
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Gregory Frazier in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-09-09 in Pompano Beach, FL. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-510
- Incident date
- September 9, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Pompano Beach, FL
- Agency
- Broward County Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 55
What happened
Gregory Frazier, 55, was shot and killed by Broward sheriff's deputies outside a Pompano Beach, Florida, home on September 9, 2016, after his sister Deborah called 911 about a family argument. She said she hoped officers would talk to and calm her brother. Deputies found Frazier in the backyard holding a pocketknife; two deputies fired during the confrontation. Deborah acknowledged that he had a rusty pocketknife but questioned why trained officers had not tried conversation or a Taser. His death left a family seeking answers after a call intended to obtain help. The alleged danger is described in the sheriff's account, which does not itself establish a final judicial ruling on the necessity 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
- 1879
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 579
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