Police Brutality / Individual record
Terrence Thomas
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Terrence Thomas in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-12-22 in Capitol Heights, MD. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-572
- Incident date
- December 22, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Capitol Heights, MD
- Agency
- Prince George's Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 19
What happened
Terrence Thomas Jr., 19, was fatally shot by Prince George's County Officer Steven Tucker on December 22, 2016, in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle in the 4100 block of Byers Street and found Thomas and passenger Alvin Young Jr. asleep inside. Police said the passenger attempted to flee when officers woke them and Thomas pulled a handgun and pointed it toward Young and an officer near the passenger door. Tucker fired twice, striking Thomas in the chest; officers performed emergency aid, but he died at the hospital. Young was arrested on separate firearm charges. The alleged gun threat is the department's account, while Young's charges do not determine Thomas's actions.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2150
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 471
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