Geraldine Townsend, 72
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
January 17, 2018
Agencies: Bartlesville Police Department Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Cause of death: shooting
Last updated: over 1 year ago
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Overview 
72 year-old Geraldine Townsend was shot and killed while four Bartlesville police officers were taking her son Michael Livingston into custody Wednesday night, January 17, 2018. Police said they heard a popping noise.
"This all happened rather quickly," said Bartlesville Police Captain Jay Hastings.
Officers said that popping sound was Geraldine Townsend shooting at officers with a high-powered pellet gun, hitting one in the leg, and one in the face.
The officer hit in the face fired back at Townsend.
"At this point, it appears he fired one round," Hastings said.
72-year-old Townsend died in the hospital.
On January 30, 2018, police released bodycam video of the shooting (embedded below).
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February 2018 DA clears Bartlesville officers
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Additional Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQBsSZaWHSg added September 04, 2018 11:08
- http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/news/20180209/da-clears-bartlesville-officers added September 04, 2018 10:57
- https://www.theamericanpolicestate.com/bartlesville-police-shoot-72-year-old-woman-dead/ added September 04, 2018 10:57
- http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/news/20180118/official-woman-dies-in-shooting added September 04, 2018 10:57
- https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2018-01-30/police-release-bodycam-footage-of-oklahoma-marijuana-raid added September 04, 2018 10:57
- https://www.thecannabist.co/2018/01/30/oklahoma-marijuana-raid-bodycam-footage/97854/ added September 04, 2018 10:57
- http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/examiner-enterprise/obituary.aspx?pid=188008117 added September 04, 2018 10:47
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-released-in-killing-of-woman-72-who-police-say-fired-bb-gun-during-pot-raid/ added September 04, 2018 10:42
- https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/oklahoma-officer-involved-shootings-in-2018/ added September 04, 2018 10:33
- http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/video-suspect-begs-police-to-see-his-mother-who-was/article_6253b38d-0ddc-58b8-82c8-265224ad36ba.html added January 30, 2018 09:31
- http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/son-of-woman-fatally-shot-by-bartlesville-police-charged-arraigned/article_5310a47b-b539-5c17-b4bb-b22d6e4774b0.html added January 21, 2018 21:54
- http://bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/160792018/updateone-person-dead-from-wednesday-shooting added January 21, 2018 21:54
- http://bestsellermagazine.com/news/Bartlesville-Woman,-72,-Dies-After-Police-Say-She-Wounded-Two-Officers added January 21, 2018 21:54
- https://hosted.ap.org/republicanherald/article/913354e9313140c2b47d31f8d580746f/72-year-old-oklahoma-woman-dies-officer-involved-shooting added January 21, 2018 21:54
- http://www.news9.com/story/37295725/bartlesville-woman-72-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting added January 21, 2018 21:54
- https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice/posts/1891515187543276 added January 21, 2018 21:54
- http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1029803 added January 21, 2018 21:54
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- http://www.newson6.com/story/37295725/bartlesville-woman-72-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting added January 21, 2018 09:59