Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
James Stillson
May 8, 2005 · Bradley Beach, Monmouth County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- James Stillson
- Age as recorded
- 33
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- May 8, 2005
- Location as recorded
- Bradley Beach, Monmouth CountyLaReine Avenue and Fletcher Lake Avenue Bradley Beach NJ 07720 Monmouth
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Gunshot
Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Bradley Beach Police Department
An agency appears here because it appears in the record's as-reported agency field, nothing more. Its presence is not a claim of fault or responsibility.
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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.
James Stillson allegedly threatened police with a knife during a traffic stop.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-l9Ys3cd80fNW0yUU1pcWU3cFU/view?usp=sharing (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 James Stillson died on May 8, 2005 in Bradley Beach, 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.
- Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
- The record's agency field reads "Bradley Beach 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 Bradley Beach, Monmouth County, on May 8, 2005. The address as recorded is LaReine Avenue and Fletcher Lake Avenue Bradley Beach NJ 07720 Monmouth.
- 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 26233. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩