Hasani Best

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Name as recorded

Hasani Best

Age as recorded

39

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

African-American/Black

Date of the injury resulting in death

August 21, 2020

Location as recorded

Asbury Park, Monmouth County900 block 4th Ave. Asbury Park NJ 7712 Monmouth

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Asbury Park 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.

At 9 p.m., police officers first responded to a domestic dispute inside a two-family residence. When police arrived, the woman was outside, and the man had barricaded himself inside the upstairs apartment. During the incident, the man reportedly opened the door, revealing that he was armed with a knife. The man continued to hold the knife, despite repeated orders from the police to drop the weapon. Officers reportedly attempted to use a Taser, but it wasn't effective. The man remained armed with the knife, and at approximately 10:10 p.m., an Asbury Park officer shot and killed him.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.app.com/story/news/2020/09/23/full-police-body-cam-videos-show-asbury-park-police-shooting-hasani-best/3504021001/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Hasani Best died on August 21, 2020 in Asbury Park, Monmouth 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 "Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park, Monmouth County, on August 21, 2020. The address as recorded is 900 block 4th Ave. Asbury Park NJ 7712 Monmouth.

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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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