CUSTODIAL DEATH REPORT

Agency Information

CDR Number: 19-837-UF
Report Date:

Version Type:

8/29/2019 10:43
AM

ORIGINAL
VERSION

Status: Submitted

Agency/Facility Information
Agency Name:

Texas Department
Of Public Safety

Agency City: Austin

Agency Address: PO BOX 4087
Agency State: TX

Agency Zip: 78773

Director Information
Director Salutation: Director

Director First Name: Steven

Director Middle Name: C

Director Last Name: McCraw

Reporter Name:

Joanne
Scarbrough

Reporter Email: joanne.scarbrough@dps.texas.gov

Decedent Information

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 Identity of Deceased
First Name: Schaston

Middle Name: Theodore Lamarr

Last Name: Hodge

Suffix:

Date of Birth: 11/18/1991
Race:

Sex: Male

Black or African
American

Age At Time Of Death: 27

Date/Time of Custody (arrest, incarceration) (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM):
Date/Time of Custody or 8/17/2019 10:57
Incident: PM

Date/Time of Death (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM):
Death Date and Time:

8/17/2019 11:42
PM

Manner / Cause of Death

Has a medical examiner or coroner conducted an evaluation to determine a cause of death?
Medical Examinor/Coroner Yes, results
Evalution?: pending

What was the manner of death? (select only one)

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 Homicide (includes
Manner of Death: Justifiable
Homicide)

Medical Cause of Death:
Medical Cause of Death:
Pending

Had the decedent been receiving treatment for the medical condition that caused the death
after admission to your jail's jurisdiction?
Medical Treatment: Not Applicable

If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, who caused the death?
Law
Who caused the death?: enforcement/correctional
personnel

If a weapon caused the death, what type of weapon caused the death? (Hold CTRL to select
all that apply)
Type of weapon that caused
Handgun
death?:

Was the cause of death the result of a pre-existing medical condition or did the decedent
develop the condition after admission?
Not Applicable;
cause of death was
Pre existing medical
accidental injury,
condition?:
intoxication, suicide
or homicide

If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, what was the means of death?
Means of Death: Firearm

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 Location / Custody Information

Where did the event causing the death occur?
Street Address: 4218 Jamaica St.
County: Dallas

City: Dallas
Zip: 75210

What location category best describes where the event causing the death occurred?
Location Category: Residence/Home

What type of custody/facility was the Decedent in at the time of death:
Pre-Custodial Use
of Force

Type of Custody:

Specific type of custody/facility:
Specific Type of Custody/Facility:
Custody of Law Enforcement Personnel during/fleeing arrest

What was the time and date of the deceased's entry into the law enforcement facility where
the death occurred (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM):
Entry Date Time:

Entry Date Time N/A:

Where did the death occur?
Death Location: Medical facility

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 General Information

Did any other law enforcement agencies respond to calls for service related to this incident?
Other Agencies Respond?: Yes

What were the most serious offense(s) with which the deceased was (or would have been)
charged with at the time of death?
Offense 1:
Attempted Capital Murder

Offense 2:
Evading Arrest or Detention

Offense 3:

Were the Charges::

Not filed at time of
death

What were the types of charges or reason for contact? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply)
Type of Offense: Other, specify

Type of Offense, Other:
Traffic violation, failure to signal turn

At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent
display or use a weapon?
Decedent display/use of Yes, mark all that
weapons: apply

Decedent Display or Use
Discharged firearm
Weapon Details:

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 At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent:
Attempt to Injure Others?:

Yes (select all that
apply)

Attempted to injure
Ways Decedent Attempted To
law enforcement
Injure Others:
personnel

At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent:
Appear intoxicated (alcohol or
Unknown
drugs):

Make suicidal statements?: Unknown

Exhibit any mental health
Unknown
problems?:

Exhibit any medical problems?: Unknown

At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent:
Barricade self or initiate
No
standoff?:
Physically attempt/assault
Yes
officer(s):

Resist being handcuffed or
No
arrested?:
Gain possession of officer's
No
weapon:

Verbally threaten other(s)
No
including law:

Escape or attempt to
Yes
escape/flee custody:

Attempt gain possession
No
officer's weapon:

Was the deceased under restraint in the time leading up to the death or the events causing the
death?
Under Restraint: No

Summary of Incident

Summary of How the Death Occurred: (max. 30,000 characters)
Summary:
On August 17, 2019, at approximately 10:57 p.m., Trooper Robert Litvin, in a patrol unit also occupied by
Trooper Joshua Engleman, attempted to stop a Toyota Camry for failing to signal a turn in Dallas, Texas. The
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 driver, later identified as Schaston Theodore Lamarr Hodge, did not stop, and a pursuit ensued.
After evading for several minutes, Hodge pulled into the driveway of a residence and stopped. Hodge got out
of the vehicle, pointed a handgun at the troopers, and fired. In response, both troopers returned fire with their
service pistols, striking Hodge.
The troopers immediately applied first aid to Hodge until he was transported to the hospital. Hodge was later
declared deceased by the hospital staff at approximately 11:42 p.m.

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