Police Brutality / Individual record
Ferguson Laurent
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Ferguson Laurent in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-11-03 in Salisbury, NC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-542
- Incident date
- November 3, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Salisbury, NC
- Agency
- Salisbury Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 23
What happened
Ferguson Laurent Jr., 22, was fatally shot by Salisbury, North Carolina, Officer Karl Boehm on November 3, 2016, during a no-knock search warrant at a home on East Lafayette Street. Officers were investigating alleged narcotics and robbery activity. The State Bureau of Investigation said Laurent fired at officers as the entry team approached, and Boehm returned fire, striking him ten times. Laurent died despite medical intervention. The officers were not wearing body cameras. Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook reviewed the SBI investigation and announced in June 2017 that Boehm would not be charged, finding the shooting lawful. The no-knock entry, absence of body-camera footage and prosecution decision are separate important circumstances.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2011
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 1508
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