Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Dixon Rodriguez
December 4, 2013 · Perth Amboy, Middlesex County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Dixon Rodriguez
- Age as recorded
- 31
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- Hispanic/Latino
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- December 4, 2013
- Location as recorded
- Perth Amboy, Middlesex County207 Hall Ave Perth Amboy NJ 08861 Middlesex
- 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: Perth Amboy 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.
Rodriguez's mother made mental assistance call to 911 for her son. When officers arrived, Rodriguez attacked officers with a knife and was shot and killed. Mother claims in lawsuit that officers entered her home, removed knife, and placed at Rodriguez's body. Video available from across street is inconclusive.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2017/08/city_family_agree_on_350k_settlement_in_fatal_shoo.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 26 it holds for Middlesex County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Andrew B. Murnieks (2013) November 21, 2013
- Luis Rodriguez (2013) September 28, 2013
- Kevin Michael McGlyn (2013) February 23, 2013
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Dixon Rodriguez died on December 4, 2013 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex 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 "Perth Amboy 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 Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, on December 4, 2013. The address as recorded is 207 Hall Ave Perth Amboy NJ 08861 Middlesex.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 14584. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩