Circumstances:
Shot once in the chest and killed by police in his apartment on Rockville Street around 4:30pm when eight to ten cops arrived with a search warrant. Police claim that Christopher was a major “middleman” in a marijuana ring. Officers knocked on the back door and announced themselves, then burst into the apartment with guns drawn and came face to face with Christopher, who was allegedly armed with a gun. According to the official account, Officer Jeff Blatter ordered him to drop his gun and the fired twice because he “feared for his life” (although cops declined to say what Chiristopher was doing, justifying the incident by saying, “You are in a split-second situation.”) One bullet killed Christopher and the other hit the wall. Cops claim to have recovered a loaded gun from the scene. The cops supposedly didn’t realize Christopher was dead, so they maintained a seige for about half an hour and then stormed in, only to find the apartment empty of anyone other than their dead victim.

Circumstances:
While driving in a car Malik and a friend, Samuel Cruz were pursued by an East Haven police officer. Cruz reported that when he and Malik stopped the car, they were boxed in by a police car and van. Cruz said Police Officer Flodquist broke the window on the driver’s side where Malik was sitting and shot Malik repeatedly as he sat in the car, unarmed.

Circumstances:
Killed when a police car engaged in a chase crashed into her parked station wagon.