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Jeremy Bam Bam McDole, a 28-year-old Black man who used a wheelchair after being paralyzed in an earlier shooting, was killed during an encounter with Wilmington police on September 23, 2015, on the 1800 block of Tulip Street in Wilmington, Delaware. A nearby caller reported seeing a man in a wheelchair who appeared to have shot himself, was still moving and still had a firearm, and pointed McDole out to arriving officers.

Four officers ultimately fired at McDole after officers say he repeatedly reached toward his waistband and appeared to be drawing a handgun. Officers and emergency personnel reported recovering a .38-caliber revolver near his waistband. State investigators reported finding McDole’s DNA on the firearm, gunshot residue on his right hand and clothing, and witnesses described hearing gunfire before police arrived. The Delaware Department of Justice concluded the physical and witness evidence supported a finding that McDole had possessed and fired the revolver before the fatal encounter, but it also sharply criticized officer Joseph Dellose’s tactics and found shortcomings in police policies and training regarding interactions with people with disabilities.

Does anyone have information about McDole’s final movements that evening or witnessed the confrontation on Tulip Street?