DaShawn Cole, 28
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
September 07, 2018
Agencies: Pawtucket Police Department Rhode Island
Cause of death: Not Yet Known
Last updated: over 5 years ago
Overview 
A 28-year-old Pawtucket man, DaShawn Cole, was killed Friday morning in what city officials described as an “officer-involved shooting.”
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, speaking at a news conference Friday afternoon, said officers received a call at about 6:15 a.m. reporting of a man with a gun.
She said three officers confronted DaShawn Cole, who she said then assaulted the officers with a gun — although she did not say whether he fired the weapon.
Legal Action
September 2018 ACLU Statement
A grand jury found that police officers were justified in fatally shooting 28-year-old Cole.
Additional Resources:
- https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2018-10-10/jury-pawtucket-police-officers-justified-in-shooting-man added October 12, 2018 17:45
- http://www.thewesterlysun.com/News/police-courts/shooting-in-Pawtucket.html added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.valleybreeze.com/2018-09-07/pawtucket/police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting-pawtucket#.W5fEM899jIU added September 11, 2018 13:34
- https://popularcrime.com/2018/09/11/fatal-officer-involved-shootings-in-rhode-island-since-2006/ added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.630wpro.com/2018/09/10/pawtucket-police-release-details-on-deadly-officer-involved-shooting/ added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.golocalprov.com/news/ri-aclu-calls-for-review-of-pawtucket-police-dept.-following-fatal-shooting added September 11, 2018 13:34
- https://turnto10.com/news/local/pawtucket-police-respond-to-shooting added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.abc6.com/story/39062487/ri-aclu-calls-on-pawtucket-police-to-release-details-on-deadly-officer-involved-shooting added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.riaclu.org/news/post/aclu-statement-on-the-fatal-shooting-of-dashawn-cole-by-pawtucket-police added September 11, 2018 13:34
- https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/police-id-man-28-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/1424933808 added September 11, 2018 13:34
- http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180907/local-man-28-killed-in-pawtucket-officer-involved-shooting added September 11, 2018 11:56