Police Brutality / Individual record
Norman Gary
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Norman Gary in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-12-04 in Elkhart, IN. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-563
- Incident date
- December 4, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Elkhart, IN
- Agency
- Elkhart Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 29
What happened
Norman Gary, 29, was killed by Elkhart police officers on December 4, 2016, after officers responded to gunfire near a house party on Decamp Avenue in Indiana. Indiana State Police said officers Sergeant Nathan Lanzen, Corporal Leonard Dolshenko and another officer had been investigating a nearby burglary when they heard shots and approached. Gary died and three other people were injured, including Jazzlyn Craze, who was riding in a vehicle with him. Investigators collected witness accounts from a large gathering, and a grand jury subsequently declined criminal charges against the two officers involved in the shooting. Gary's family questioned the force used and pursued civil litigation. One officer's body camera was reportedly not functioning, limiting video evidence.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2101
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 1551
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