Lynn Kimbrough

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Name as recorded

Lynn Kimbrough

Age as recorded

34

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

African-American/Black

Date of the injury resulting in death

June 6, 2009

Location as recorded

Montclair, Essex County40 Sherman St. Montclair NJ 07042 Essex

Highest level of force as recorded

Medical emergency

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Montclair 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.

Lynn Kimbrough was naked, and screaming in the street. As police approached him in the vehicle, Kimbrough allegedly rammed the car twice--once with his head--and raised his fists to the officers, police said. Attempts to subdue Kimbrough with pepper spray were not successful, and the man was restrained, handcuffed and taken to the hospital, where he died.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/essex_county_investigates_deat.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Lynn Kimbrough died on June 6, 2009 in Montclair, Essex County, with "Medical emergency" 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 "Montclair 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 Montclair, Essex County, on June 6, 2009. The address as recorded is 40 Sherman St. Montclair NJ 07042 Essex.

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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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