Police Brutality / Individual record
Frank Nathaniel Clark
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Frank Nathaniel Clark in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-11-22 in Durham, NC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-551
- Incident date
- November 22, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Agency
- Durham Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 34
What happened
Frank Nathaniel Clark III, 34, was shot and killed by Durham police in the McDougald Terrace neighborhood on November 22, 2016. Three officers approached Clark on foot near Wabash and Dayton streets. Police said he made a sudden movement toward his waistband and a struggle and gunfire followed, wounding an officer. Clark died from gunshot wounds to his head and leg. Witnesses and the mother of his young daughter questioned how the confrontation escalated, including the conduct of a third officer who arrived as the encounter developed. Local reporters documented the department's assertions and competing accounts; the initial statements alone do not establish a final court finding regarding the police response.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2067
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 769
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