Cordale Quinn Handy

The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Cordale Quinn Handy in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2017-03-15 in St. Paul, MN. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.

What happened

Cordale Quinn Handy, 29, was killed by St. Paul police officers Mikko Norman and Nathaniel Younce on March 15, 2017, in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood after a domestic-disturbance call. Investigators said Handy had fired multiple rounds inside an apartment building before leaving with a handgun. Officers followed him near East Seventh and Sinnen Streets and said he ignored commands to drop the weapon and pointed it toward them; they fired, killing him. His gun was recovered and later found to be unloaded. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigated, and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced in December 2017 that the officers would not be charged. Handy's mother, Kim Handy Jones, disputed the officers' judgment and sued, asserting that poor police training and racial bias contributed to her son's death. Other witness accounts disputed whether Handy pointed the weapon. The prosecutor's determination and the family's civil allegations represent different assessments of the fatal encounter.

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