Police data show many circumstances lead to deadly force

The scene at Payne and Minnehaha Avenues after St. Paul police shot Victor T. Gaddy, 41, on Oct. 23, 2012. Police shot Gaddy while trying to box his car in and detain him during a drug operation. When officers began to surround his car with their guns drawn, police say, Gaddy backed up, hit a police SUV, and two officers on foot shot him. They later said they thought Gaddy, who was black, was trying to run them down.
Mara H. Gottfried / St. Paul Pioneer Press
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