Kashon Smith

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Name as recorded

Kashon Smith

Age as recorded

17

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

African-American/Black

Date of the injury resulting in death

December 21, 2007

Location as recorded

Camden, Camden County200 block Pfeiffer Street Camden NJ 08105 Camden

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Camden 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.

Officer Dean Gransden came upon a domestic dispute at about 10:30 p.m. Friday. Kashon Smith allegedly had physically assaulted two cousins before threatening his mother with a knife and grill fork in her home. The mother fled to a neighbor's residence to call 911. Smith followed her and encountered members of the neighbor's family outside. Allegedly, he verbally threatened them while brandishing the weapons. Gransden came upon the scene, and Smith reportedly ignored Gransden's orders to put down the weapons, when Smith was shot and killed.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2007/12/camden_officer_remains_on_leav.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Kashon Smith died on December 21, 2007 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.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "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.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Camden, Camden County, on December 21, 2007. The address as recorded is 200 block Pfeiffer Street Camden NJ 08105 Camden.

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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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