Daniel Plato-Jacobo

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Name as recorded

Daniel Plato-Jacobo

Age as recorded

47

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

Hispanic/Latino

Date of the injury resulting in death

September 1, 2012

Location as recorded

North Bergen, Hudson CountyJohn F. Kennedy Blvd & 83rd St North Bergen NJ 07047 Hudson

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: North Bergen Police Department

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Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Police responded to a report of a man threatening to harm himself and others at the building, police said. Police officers located Plato-Jacobo inside an apartment holding a knife. He had cut his own throat before they arrived. The officers tried unsuccessfully to disarm him using pepper spray and a baton and when he lunged at them, an officer fatally shot him in the chest.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/09/north_bergen_police_fatally_sh.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Daniel Plato-Jacobo died on September 1, 2012 in North Bergen, 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.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "North Bergen 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.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in North Bergen, Hudson County, on September 1, 2012. The address as recorded is John F. Kennedy Blvd & 83rd St North Bergen NJ 07047 Hudson.

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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.

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