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Oct. 15, 2010 — Jacksonville

Christopher "Scott" Kilgore was suspected of killing his brother and another man and gravely wounding his parents.

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Four days later, according to a Florida Times-Union report, officers tracked him to a boat parked in a rural area. Kilgore, 33, was known to have guns with him.

Officer Timothy Stafford stood at the rear of the boat with Kilgore in sight, while SWAT team members Charles Pearson and Jared Reston were at the side of the boat, where they could not see Kilgore. Read more

Officer Stafford told Kilgore to show his hands, but instead Kilgore reached into his shirt. Stafford started firing.

Hearing the shots, Pearson and Reston began firing, too.

Stafford fired 13 rounds from his Glock. Pearson and Reston fired a total of 15 rounds from their assault rifles.

Kilgore was hit in the head, legs and torso and died at the scene.

A review board found the officers followed protocol.

This was the 82nd police shooting in Florida in 2010.

Three days earlier, one officer shot one person in Clearwater .

Five days later, one officer shot one person in Loxahatchee .

8 ways this case compares to others

  1. SWAT officer Reston 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 Stafford was involved in one other shooting from 2009 to 2014. Eighty-five officers were involved in more than one shooting during that time period.
  3. Kilgore was shot after killing someone. Just five percent of shootings started with a homicide.
  4. Kilgore did not immediately comply with police instruction, a factor in nearly a quarter of shootings.
  5. A SWAT or tactical team was involved in the incident. Tactical teams are involved in 7 percent of police shootings.
  6. Officers shot 28 bullets. The average was eight.
  7. Kilgore was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  8. Kilgore was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.

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