LaShanda Anderson

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Name as recorded

LaShanda Anderson

Age as recorded

36

Gender as recorded

Female

Race as reported

African-American/Black

Date of the injury resulting in death

June 9, 2018

Location as recorded

Deptford, Gloucester County1800 Clements Bridge Rd Deptford NJ 08096 Gloucester

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Deptford Township 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.

Deptford Township police officers were dispatched to a Marshalls around 3:40 p.m. for a reported shoplifting in progress. Police said they encountered three people who had left the store with allegedly stolen merchandise. One of the three, Raoul Gadson, was fighting with security guards from the store. When officers arrived, Gadson ran while the two women he was with got into a rented Nissan Armada. The female driver allegedly drove in the general direction of police. The driver, LaShanda Anderson, was shot and killed.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://whyy.org/articles/grand-jury-clears-south-jersey-officer-in-fatal-shooting-of-philly-woman/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that LaShanda Anderson died on June 9, 2018 in Deptford, Gloucester 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 "Deptford Township 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 Deptford, Gloucester County, on June 9, 2018. The address as recorded is 1800 Clements Bridge Rd Deptford NJ 08096 Gloucester.

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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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