Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Tedock Bell on July 14, 1967, who was “shot by an unidentified Newark police officer who had called him to halt.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” –Credit: Newark Public Library
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Tedock Bell on July 14, 1967, who was “shot by an unidentified Newark police officer who had called him to halt.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
Witness statement of Mary Bell on the fatal shooting of her son, Tedock Bell, as conveyed to Marilyn R. McNeil. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Summary of the fatal shooting of Tedock Bell by police on July 14, 1967, written by Hollie West for the Washington Post. According to a witness, officers responding to looting “jumped out and started shooting,” hitting Bell in the back three times. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Death Certificate of Tedock Bell, attributing the cause of his death to “Homicide by shooting; bullet wound front of right chest…” — Credit: junius Williams Papers
Witness statement of Lavenia Darby on the fatal shooting of Tedock Bell, as transcribed by Junius Williams of Newark Legal Services Project. Darby reports hearing shots and seeing Tedock Bell wounded by gunshots outside her door on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Deposition of Minnie Gordon before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes having “heard three shots, looked up and had a glance of Tedock going down Magnolia Street,” on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Deposition of Fannie Bell Edwards before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes witnessing a Newark policeman “raise his pistol and aim it at Tedock and shoot,” while Tedock Bell was running up Magnolia Street unarmed on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Deposition of Edna Clair Bell before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes learning of the death of her husband, Tedock Bell. Mrs. Bell states, “To the best of my knowledge and belief Tedock Bell was shot in the back by Newark policemen for no reason at all.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
