What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Amanda G. Anderson died on July 16, 2009 in Jersey City, Hudson 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 "Jersey City 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 Jersey City, Hudson County, on July 16, 2009. The address as recorded is 24 Reed St. Jersey City NJ 07304 Hudson.

Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset

Amanda G. Anderson

July 16, 2009 · Jersey City, Hudson County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.^[1]

Name as recorded: Amanda G. Anderson
Age as recorded: 22
Gender as recorded: Female
Race as reported: African-American/Black
Date of the injury resulting in death: July 16, 2009
Location as recorded: Jersey City, Hudson County24 Reed St. Jersey City NJ 07304 Hudson
Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Jersey City Police Department

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Department pages (matched by this site at high confidence)

Jersey City Police Department

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.

Officers were watching a stolen vehicle when a man and a woman exited a nearby building, and the man opened fire with a shotgun, shattering the passenger window of an unmarked police car, police said. Amanda G. Anderson, 22, and Hassan Skakur, 32, then ran back to the building, and Hosendove turned around and fired at another officer and struck him in the leg. Police evacuated the building and called in Emergency Services from Jersey City and Port Authority police. When police entered the building, gunfire erupted from inside the apartment, going through the door. All told, five Jersey City cops were shot, three others injured and Anderson and Skakur were killed.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/07/five_jersey_city_cops_shot_2_s.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?: Fatal Encounters records that Amanda G. Anderson died on July 16, 2009 in Jersey City, Hudson 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 "Jersey City 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 Jersey City, Hudson County, on July 16, 2009. The address as recorded is 24 Reed St. Jersey City NJ 07304 Hudson.
Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?: No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Sources

[1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 21021. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩