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July 11, 2011 — Orlando

At 9:40 p.m., officers arrived at a Red Carpet Inn looking for a suspect in the robbery of a grocery store.

Orlando PD

William Washington, 57, refused to go with police. He pulled out a gun and began firing.

Officers returned fire, wounding Washington, who then barricaded himself in the motel room. Read more

He surrendered two hours later to SWAT officers. Washington admitted to the store robbery and to a bank robbery in Groveland earlier in the month, saying he was down and out.

He had been released from prison in May after serving nearly 19 years for armed robbery. The police report identifies five Orlando officers at the motel: Sergio Ramos, Pablo Quinones, Paul Evancoe, Cedrick Hinkles and Michael Pollock. The report does not identify which officers fired at Washington.

This was the 68th police shooting in Florida in 2011.

Six days earlier, one officer shot one person in Vero Beach .

One day later, one officer shot one person in Tampa .

7 ways this case compares to others

  1. Officer Ramos was involved in one other shooting from 2009 to 2014. Eighty-five officers were involved in more than one shooting during that time period.
  2. Officer Evancoe was involved in two other shootings from 2009 to 2014. Only 10 officers were involved in more than two shootings in that time period.
  3. Officer Hinkles was involved in one other shooting from 2009 to 2014. Eighty-five officers were involved in more than one shooting during that time period.
  4. Washington fired shots at police, which happened in 15 percent of shootings.
  5. A SWAT or tactical team was involved in the incident. Tactical teams are involved in 7 percent of police shootings.
  6. Washington was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  7. Washington was shot after resisting arrest. A total of 114 people were shot while resisting arrest.

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