Timothy R. Wright

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Name as recorded

Timothy R. Wright

Age as recorded

22

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

Race unspecified

Date of the injury resulting in death

August 15, 2003

Location as recorded

Ocean Township, Monmouth CountyNJ-18 Ocean Township NJ 07712 Monmouth

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: New Jersey State Police, Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey Department of Corrections, Neptune Township Police Department, Asbury Park 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.

Timothy R. Wright, an escapee from a halfway house, was shot and killed after a two-hour chase through Monmouth and Middlesex Counties by members of a fugitive task force, police said.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t2AVvhLtJy1nBT8Pbm1irkLdQagKNJXConVJThQbDrM/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Timothy R. Wright died on August 15, 2003 in Ocean Township, Monmouth 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 "New Jersey State Police, Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey Department of Corrections, Neptune Township Police Department, Asbury 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.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, on August 15, 2003. The address as recorded is NJ-18 Ocean Township NJ 07712 Monmouth.

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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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