Killing of Danquirs Franklin

Biography

On March 25, 2019, 27-year-old Danquirs Franklin was shot and killed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Wende Kerl. In the released body-worn camera footage from the confrontation, Franklin appears to have been lowering a gun toward the ground at the time the officer fatally shot him. Kerl was responding to frantic 911 calls about a man with a gun threatening people at a Burger King.

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