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Kashad Ashford
September 16, 2014 · Rutherford, Bergen County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Kashad Ashford
- Age as recorded
- 23
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- African-American/Black
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- September 16, 2014
- Location as recorded
- Rutherford, Bergen CountyRidge Road Rutherford NJ 07070 Bergen
- 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: New Jersey State Police, Lyndhurst 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.
After an aborted attempt to steal a car, Ashford and passenger Jemmaine T. Bynes, 30, were spotted speeding by police and were pursued. Their SUV struck a guardrail and police cars blocked it from escaping. Ashford allegedly reversed the SUV and rammed a police car. One state trooper and two Lyndhurst police officers fired 7-15 shots, killing Ashford. Police alleged vehicular assault.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.nj.com/news/2015/09/4_officers_not_indicted_in_fatal_shooting_that_fol.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 19 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2014, and one of 32 it holds for Bergen County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Miguel Reyes (2014) October 8, 2014
- Name withheld by police (2014) April 24, 2014
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Kashad Ashford died on September 16, 2014 in Rutherford, Bergen 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, Lyndhurst 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 Rutherford, Bergen County, on September 16, 2014. The address as recorded is Ridge Road Rutherford NJ 07070 Bergen.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 13253. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩