`agency_shootings`

Pack: police-shootings · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/agency_shootings for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

One law-enforcement agency’s fatal-shooting count and breakdown (by year, race, armed_with), from The Washington Post Fatal Force database agency roster. Matches on a name fragment (e.g. “Sacramento Police”); pass state to disambiguate if more than one agency matches. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, attributed to The Washington Post.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`agency`	string	yes	Agency name or a fragment of it, e.g. “Sacramento Police Department” or “Sacramento”.
`state`	string	no	Two-letter USPS state code to disambiguate multiple matches. Optional.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "agency": "Sacramento Police Department"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/police-shootings/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"agency_shootings","arguments":{"agency":"Sacramento Police Department"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('agency_shootings', {
  "agency": "Sacramento Police Department"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the police-shootings pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "police-shootings": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/police-shootings/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

agency_shootings