William Lee Daniels Jr., a 29-year-old Black man from Poughkeepsie, New York, died on March 18, 2014, of wounds sustained when a police officer shot him the evening before. On March 17, 2014, City of Poughkeepsie officers responded to a report of a man with a gun at Main and Academy streets and encountered Daniels. Sessoms discharged his firearm, striking Daniels.

Daniels was taken to a local hospital and died the next day. The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office opened a review to determine whether the use of deadly force was justified, and the investigation focused on the specific weapon Daniels was alleged to have had and the exact sequence of events before the shot was fired. Questions remain about what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the encounter at Main and Academy on March 17, 2014, or has information about Daniels that could illuminate those final moments, please share what is known.