Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Limichael Shine
July 31, 2016 · Manchester Township, Ocean County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Limichael Shine
- Age as recorded
- 18
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- July 31, 2016
- Location as recorded
- Manchester Township, Ocean CountyRobin St Manchester Township NJ 08759 Ocean
- 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: Manchester Township 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.
Shine called 911 saying that he wanted to commit suicide, according to police. When Manchester officers arrived at the Robin Street residence where Shine had been cleaning a house with his mother, they encountered Shine holding a knife. He asked the responding officers to shoot him, and then threatened them with a knife, and he was shot and killed. He left a note saying he wanted police to kill him.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://nj1015.com/manchester-cops-shoot-kill-suicidal-male-police-say/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 21 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2016, and one of 28 it holds for Ocean County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Patrick Fennell (2016) July 16, 2016
- Michael Laniado (2016) February 6, 2016
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Limichael Shine died on July 31, 2016 in Manchester Township, Ocean 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 "Manchester 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.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Manchester Township, Ocean County, on July 31, 2016. The address as recorded is Robin St Manchester Township NJ 08759 Ocean.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 10210. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩