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Rickey L. McFadden

November 25, 2012 · Leonia, Bergen County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Rickey L. McFadden
Age as recorded
47
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
African-American/Black
Date of the injury resulting in death
November 25, 2012
Location as recorded
Leonia, Bergen CountyHillside Avenue and Kingsley Street Leonia NJ 07605 Bergen
Highest level of force as recorded
Gunshot

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Leonia, Bergen County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Leonia Police Department, Palisades Park 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.

McFadden allegedly entered a CVS pharmacy wielding a "large knife" and left the store with cash and other stolen goods. Police responded to a 911 call and found McFadden headed north along Hillside Avenue. Four police officers, one from Leonia and three from Palisades Park, attempted to apprehend McFadden, who was still wielding the knife when they found him. About two blocks from the store, three of the officers opened fire on the man during a confrontation.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/11/police_shoot_man_who_allegedly_attacked_them_with_large_knife_in_leonia.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 23 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2012, and one of 32 it holds for Bergen County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Rickey L. McFadden died on November 25, 2012 in Leonia, 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 "Leonia Police Department, Palisades Park 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 Leonia, Bergen County, on November 25, 2012. The address as recorded is Hillside Avenue and Kingsley Street Leonia NJ 07605 Bergen.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 16415. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩