Two Lowndes County Sheriff's Office deputies served a court order to take a man into custody. The man allegedly resisted the deputies while armed with a butcher knife. The deputies used a taser on him, which was ineffective. Deputies allege the man lunged at them with the knife, and one deputy shot and killed the man.
Agency: Lowndes County Sheriff's Office
Motive: warrant
Confrontation Type: Other Non-Violent Offense
Service Call: No
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Raymond Tarbox II
Death Date: March 12, 2021
County: Lowndes
Geography: Urban
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: other
Fleeing: not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6698