2010 West Memphis police shootings

2010 West Memphis police shootings
2010 West Memphis police shootings
Location	West Memphis, Arkansas, United States
Date	May 20, 2010 ; 11:36 a.m. (CDT)
Target	West Memphis Police Department officers
Attack type	Shootout and mass shooting
Weapons	Kalashnikov-type semi-automatic rifle; Taurus Judge .45 Colt/.410 Handgun;
Deaths	4 (including both perpetrators)
Injured	2
Perpetrators	Jerry Kane Jr.; Joseph Kane;

Two police officers in West Memphis, Arkansas were shot and killed during a traffic stop on May 20, 2010. Police killed two suspects, 45-year-old Jerry R. Kane Jr. (b. 1964), and his 16-year-old son Joseph T. Kane (b. 1993). The two were later identified as members of the sovereign citizen movement. Footage of the shooting and ensuing shootout with police was shown in a season 5 episode of World's Wildest Police Videos.

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