Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Arthur McDougald
August 10, 2010 · Franklin Township, Somerset County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Arthur McDougald
- Age as recorded
- 60
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- African-American/Black
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- August 10, 2010
- Location as recorded
- Franklin Township, Somerset County459 Franklin Blvd. Franklin Township NJ 08873 Somerset
- 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: Franklin Township 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.
Arthur McDougald was shot and killed by a Franklin Township police officer after he pulled a gun on officers attempting to arrest him at his home on a domestic violence charge, police said.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/somerset_county_man_is_shot_ki.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 29 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2010, and one of 11 it holds for Somerset County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Arthur McDougald died on August 10, 2010 in Franklin Township, Somerset 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 "Franklin Township 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 Franklin Township, Somerset County, on August 10, 2010. The address as recorded is 459 Franklin Blvd. Franklin Township NJ 08873 Somerset.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 19649. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩