Sean Clyde aka Shawn Clyde

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Name as recorded

Sean Clyde aka Shawn Clyde

Age as recorded

36

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

European-American/White

Date of the injury resulting in death

April 1, 2015

Location as recorded

Hamilton Township, Mercer County110 Nottinghill Lane Hamilton Township NJ 08169 Mercer

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Hamilton 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.

Shawn P. Clyde, who was shot by police earlier in the month when he was found repeatedly stabbing his father and refused to drop the knife, succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/04/man_shot_by_hamilton_police_in_stabbing_incident_d.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Sean Clyde aka Shawn Clyde died on April 1, 2015 in Hamilton Township, Mercer 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 "Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township, Mercer County, on April 1, 2015. The address as recorded is 110 Nottinghill Lane Hamilton Township NJ 08169 Mercer.

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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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