On August 5, 2016, 26-year-old Jamarion Rashad Robinson was shot and killed inside his girlfriend’s East Point, Georgia apartment during an operation by a U.S. Marshals-led fugitive task force serving warrants. Robinson, a former college football player who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was reported by law enforcement to have been armed and to have refused verbal commands. Officials say officers fired for nearly three minutes, discharging about 110 shots; the autopsy recorded 59 entry wounds and a total of 76 bullet wounds. Authorities also reported Robinson fired at officers three times. None of the officers were injured and none were wearing body cameras because task force policy did not require them at the time of the incident.

Robinson’s family disputes key details. Their investigator alleged officers handcuffed his body after he was killed, dragged him down a flight of stairs, and used a flash-bang in the area, and pointed to evidence suggesting shots were fired straight down into the floor where he lay. The family has also questioned whether Robinson’s gun was operable. In October 2021 two officers involved were indicted on felony murder and related charges; they pleaded not guilty in March 2022. If anyone has information about the events at the apartment on August 5, 2016, please share it with the forum.