Jamari Daiwon Tarver, 26
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 02, 2020
Agencies: North Las Vegas Police Department Nevada
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 4 years ago
Overview 
North Las Vegas Police Chief Pamela Ojeda said Jamari Tarver, 26, was shot an killed after backing his car into Officer Phillip Schmidt following a 24 minute police chase through North Las Vegas.
Body camera video from Schmidt and Officer Aaron Patty showed Tarver stopping his car in a CVS parking lot just before 1 a.m. Thursday, accelerating backward, and colliding with Schmidt's car door pinning him to the door.
Ojeda said both officers fired a combined 24 shots into Tarver's car.
She said Tarver had a lengthy criminal history including kidnapping, sexual assault, battery, and domestic battery charges between 2011 and 2019, and he would have faced several other charges including attempted murder of a police officer if he had survived.
Additional Resources:
- https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/north-las-vegas-police-id-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-1928453/ added June 18, 2020 02:24
- https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/police-man-shot-by-north-las-vegas-police-during-encounter added June 18, 2020 02:22