Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Abdul Kamal
November 11, 2013 · Irvington, Essex County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Abdul Kamal
- Age as recorded
- 30
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- African-American/Black
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- November 11, 2013
- Location as recorded
- Irvington, Essex County1-29 Stanley Street Irvington NJ 07111 Essex
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Gunshot
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Irvington Police Department
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The source's account
Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.
After breaking into his estranged wife's apartment, Kamal was confronted by police who demanded him to take his hands out of his pockets. Officers first pepper-sprayed the unarmed Kamal before shooting him. A grand jury is still investigating the shooting, and Kamal's mother has lead several protests and demands for legal action.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.nj.com/essex/2015/03/abdul_kamal_911_tapes_shell.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 23 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2013, and one of 118 it holds for Essex County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Jose "Menace" Quinonez (2013) November 6, 2013
- Dawud Alexander (2013) October 3, 2013
- Dante Cespedes (2013) July 9, 2013
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Abdul Kamal died on November 11, 2013 in Irvington, Essex County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.
Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
The record's agency field reads "Irvington Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Irvington, Essex County, on November 11, 2013. The address as recorded is 1-29 Stanley Street Irvington NJ 07111 Essex.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 14695. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩