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"Stephon Clark" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Stephen Clark.

In the late evening of March 18, 2018, Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old African-American man,

was shot and killed in Meadowview,

Sacramento, California by Terrence Mercadal

and Jared Robinet, two officers of the

Sacramento Police Department in the backyard

of his grandmother's house while he had a

phone in his hand. The encounter was filmed by

police video cameras and by a Sacramento

County Sheriff's Department helicopter which was involved in observing Clark on the ground and in directing ground officers to the point at which the shooting took place. The officers stated that they shot Clark, firing 20 rounds, believing that he had pointed a gun at them. Police found only a cell phone on him. While the Sacramento County Coroner's autopsy concluded that Clark was shot seven times, including three shots to the right side of the back, the pathologist hired by the Clark family stated that Clark was shot eight times, including six times in the back.

Shooting of Stephon Clark

Image from Clark's Facebook account.

March 18, 2018 c. 9.30 p.m. (PT)

Meadowview,

Sacramento,

California, U.S.

38 28'56'N

121 28 23 W

Gunshot wounds

Use of force investigation

Independent report found Clark was shot

eight times, including six times in the back. The Sacramento

County Coroner's report said he was shot seven times, report was later

three times in the back; the Sacramento County Coroner's

reviewed by four forensic pathologists.

The shooting caused large protests in

Sacramento, and Clark's family members have rejected the initial police description of the events leading to Clark's death. The

Sacramento Police Department placed the officers on paid administrative leave and

opened a use of force investigation. Police have stated they are confident that Clark was

the suspect responsible for breaking windows In the area prior to the encounter.

On March 2, 2019, the Sacramento County

district attorney announced that the Sacramento police officers who killed Clark

would not be charged and that they had probable cause to stop Clark and were legally justified in the use of deadly force.[1][2]The shooting caused large protests in Sacramento, and Clark's family members have rejected the initial police description of the events leading to Clark's death. The Sacramento Police Department placed the officers on paid administrative leave and opened a use of force investigation. Police have stated they are confident that Clark was the suspect responsible for breaking windows in the area prior to the encounter.

On March 2, 2019, the Sacramento County district attorney announced that the Sacramento police officers who killed Clark would not be charged and that they had probable cause to stop Clark and were legally justified in the use of deadly force.[¹][2]
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