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July 20, 2010 — Boca Raton

A SWAT team member shot South Florida developer Robert Geiserman, 69, after he raised what appeared to be a weapon.

Palm Beach SO

Geiserman's son called authorities around 3:30 p.m. saying that his dad appeared suicidal. The SWAT team took over negotiations when Geiserman walked in and out of his home several times with something in his hand wrapped in a towel. Around 10 p.m., he went into his backyard and, when ordered to show his hands, raised his towel-wrapped hand. He was shot several times by Deputy Jonathan Wildove.

The Palm Beach Post reported that Geiserman fired the final, fatal shot into his own head. Read more

This was the 55th police shooting in Florida in 2010.

Two days earlier, five officers shot one person in Pace .

Seven days later, one officer shot one person in Crestview .

4 ways this case compares to others

  1. A SWAT or tactical team was involved in the incident. Tactical teams are involved in 7 percent of police shootings.
  2. Geiserman was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  3. Geiserman showed signs of mental instability. Almost a third of all shootings involved someone who appeared mentally unstable.
  4. Geiserman pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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