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Jeffrey Thomas
November 12, 2011 · Camden, Camden County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Jeffrey Thomas
- Age as recorded
- 23
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- African-American/Black
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- November 12, 2011
- Location as recorded
- Camden, Camden CountyLouis St. and Everett St. Camden NJ 08104 Camden
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Gunshot
Where the dataset places it
The marked point is the dataset's own geocoded location for this record, as recorded. Every other New Jersey record in the dataset is shown in gray. A point on a map is where a death was recorded, not a finding about anyone.
Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: New Jersey State Police, Camden 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.
Department pages (matched by this site at high confidence)
What this site holds on the agencies named
Separate records, shown here so they can be found from this page. Nothing below is connected to this death. The Fatal Encounters dataset does not link the two, the Attorney General's releases do not, and neither does this site. The years each figure covers are printed for the same reason.
- New Jersey State Police
Reported 4,389 internal affairs investigations across 2021 to 2025. 106 major discipline records name officers at this agency.
- Camden Police Department
Reported 6,841 internal affairs investigations across 2021 to 2025. 49 major discipline records name officers at this agency.
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.
Several law enforcement officers responded to a home, after a resident there reported that Thomas was waving a handgun around outside the residence. A short time later, officials say multiple shots were fired by multiple officers and troopers. Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/authorities_id_man_killed_in_c.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 32 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2011, and one of 52 it holds for Camden County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Eddie Velazquez (2011) December 23, 2011
- Dwayne Tribbett (2011) July 18, 2011
- Albert Lane (2011) January 4, 2011
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Jeffrey Thomas died on November 12, 2011 in Camden, Camden 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 "New Jersey State Police, Camden 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 Camden, Camden County, on November 12, 2011. The address as recorded is Louis St. and Everett St. Camden NJ 08104 Camden.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 17933. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩