Police Brutality / Individual record
Markell Bivins
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Markell Bivins in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-09-12 in Cedar Rapids, IA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-512
- Incident date
- September 12, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Agency
- Cedar Rapids Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 25
What happened
Markell Lamarr Bivins, 25, was shot and killed by Cedar Rapids officers Ashleigh Steil and Jeremiah White at Valley High Apartments in Iowa on September 12, 2016. Police had responded to a domestic disturbance involving a woman who was subsequently treated for multiple stab wounds. Iowa investigators said they believed Bivins had stabbed her before the officers arrived. Both officers discharged firearms, and Bivins died after being taken to the hospital. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation handled the shooting inquiry and identified the officers, but the first public release did not specify exactly what caused officers to open fire. Any final legal finding needs to be distinguished from the department's initial allegations.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1881
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- knife
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 872
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