Police Brutality / Individual record
Nicholas Glenn
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Nicholas Glenn in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-09-17 in Philadelphia, PA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-516
- Incident date
- September 17, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Agency
- Philadelphia Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 25
What happened
Nicholas Glenn, 25, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police on September 17, 2016, after a gun attack in West Philadelphia that began the preceding night. City investigators said Glenn approached a patrol car and fired, severely wounding Sergeant Sylvia Young, then continued shooting while moving through the neighborhood. University of Pennsylvania Officer Eddie Miller and three other civilians were wounded. A fourth civilian, Sarah Salih, 25, was killed. Responding officers confronted Glenn and shot him, ending the attack. Philadelphia City Council subsequently adopted a resolution honoring the shooting victims. The fatal civilian casualty, wounded officers and bystanders, and documented gunfire must be included in any police-shooting archive entry about Glenn.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 1894
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 671
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