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Within the limits set by the US Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Garner, authority to use deadly force in the line of duty is granted by state law to state and local law enforcement agencies. Individual agencies set policies and procedures regarding when and how to use deadly force.[1] When deadly force is used within the prescribed manner, the killing is deemed a justifiable homicide. Some law enforcement agencies routinely investigate all uses of deadly force while others investigate only cases involving extenuating circumstances. Other causes of death to suspects include accidents and police brutality. When the circumstances surrounding a death are questionable, a state and/or federal agency may investigate.[2]
Through the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the US Congress mandated the Attorney General to collect data on the use of excessive force by police and to publish an annual report from the data.[3] Two national systems collect data which include homicides committed by law enforcement officers in the line of duty. The National Center for Health Statistics maintains the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) which aggregates data from locally filed death certificates. State laws require that death certificates be filed with local registrars, but the certificates do not systematically document whether a killing was legally justified nor whether a law enforcement officer was involved.[4] The FBI maintains the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) which relies on the voluntary participation of state and local law enforcement agencies in submitting reports about crimes.[4] A study of the years 1976 to 1998 found that both national systems underreport justifiable homicides by police officers, but for different reasons.[4] Records in the NVSS did not consistently include documentation of police officer involvement. The UCR database did not receive reports of all applicable incidents. The authors concluded that "reliable estimates of the number of justifiable homicides committed by police officers in the United States do not exist."[4] A study of killings by police from 1999 to 2002 in the Central Florida region found that the national databases included only one-fourth of the number of persons killed by police as reported in the local news media.[5]
This list comprises killings of people by civilian law enforcement officers, whether in the line of duty or not and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death.
The lists below are incomplete, as the annual average number is estimated to be near 400.[6]
| Date | Name | State (City) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-25 | Barnette, Jameela Cecila | Georgia (Marietta) | Shot after assaulting police officer with weapons. [7] |
| 2011-12-20 | unnamed male | Georgia (Buford) | Shot after refusing commands to drop machete. Police were called to residence when the 15-year-old boy threatened to kill his family with the machete. [8] |
| 2011-12-16 | Gilyard, Michael | Louisianan (Shreveport) | Shot during struggle with officer after Gilyard reached for the officers handgun. The officer had stopped Gilyard as he was leaving an area where there had been reports of narcotics activity. Coroner's report indicates that the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the chest with a trajectory from back to front.[9] |
| 2011-12-14 | Waiters, Ariston | Georgia (Union City) | Shot during a physical altercation with police. Officers were responding to report of a fight between teenage girls and young adults. Neighbors report that the man was not involved in the fight and when shot the man was running from police to avoid arrest on outstanding warrants. Autopsy confirmed Waiters was shot in the back.[10][11][12] |
| 2011‑12‑05 | Malone, Stephen | Texas (Dallas) | Shot during enforcement action by Dallas Police onboard Amtrak's Texas Eagle train. [13] |
| 2011-11-28 | Hines, Carulus | Georgia (Altanta) | Shot while stabbing her own 4-year-old daughter to death and refusing commands to put down a knife. Police were responding to report of abuse of Hines' son. [14][15] |
| 2011-11-17 | Person, Dwight | Georgia (East Point) | Shot after making a threatening gesture at police. Officers were conducting a “knock and announce” search warrant looking for drugs. [16] |
| 2011-11-19 | Crowley-Smilek, Justin | Maine (Farmington) | Shot in police parking lot after calling for help and having “went after the officer in a threatening manner.” [17] |
| 2011-11-13 | Crahay, Holly | Washington (SeaTac) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers were attempting to stop Crahay for reckless driving. Crahay led officers on chase who performed PIT maneuver causing Crahay's vehicle to spin to a stop at which point she began shooting.[18] |
| 2011-11-12 | Bergstrasser, Sean | Washington (Colville) | Shot without further details released. A stolen handgun was recovered at scene. Police were responding to a report of a “vehicle prowling”.[19] |
| 2011-11-10 | Moore, Glen Edward | Georgia (Macon) | Shot after aiming gun at police. Police were responding to report of a screaming nude man banging on doors and windows of residences. Before police arrived Moore kicked the door of one home and shot a man to death. Moore was standing over the body of his victim when he pointed the gun at police.[20] |
| 2011-11-05 | Elders, Kollin | Hawaii (Waikiki) | Shot during confrontation in restaurant which was apparently not work related. A State Department special agent was charged with second-degree murder and released on $250,000 bail.[21] |
| 2011-10-31 | Bitz, Jason | California (Lakewood) | Shot by off-duty police officer while apparently trying to steal a van outside the officer's home. He had permission to use the van, but was using a screwdriver to open the door. He ran after being confronted by the officer, who shot him multiple times after Bitz reached for his waistband. No weapon was found at the scene.[22] |
| 2011-10-28 | Collins, Jason Paul | Colorado (Greeley) | Shot after touching his own gun during a meeting to exchange child pornography with undercover federal officials [23] |
| 2011-10-25 | Hilaire, Herson; Hilaire, Hedson | Florida (Miami-Dade) | Shot after striking a police officer with vehicle while fleeing home during a drug probe.[24] |
| 2011-10-24 | Ceja, Pedro Salgado | Washington (Royal City) | Shot while chasing police with shovel in hand. Officer was responding to report of domestic violence and was attempting to arrest Ceja for investigation of second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment. [25] |
| 2011-10-23 | Evans, Eric Blaine | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after physically attacking a police detective. The officer was tracking Evans as a prime suspect in a recent stabbing murder. [26] |
| 2011-10-22 | Westby, Aaron | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after reaching for gun in glove box after resisting arrest. Police had approached Westby regarding the stolen pickup he was inside.[27] |
| 2011-10-21 | Lies, John Gary | Washington (Aberdeen) | Shot after taking a hostage and threatening her with a sharp object. Lies was under police custody in a hospital was attempting escape. Use of Taser was ineffective.[28] |
| 2011-10-20 | Newsome, Kotrell Omar | Maryland (Lexington Park) | Shot after violently resisting arrest for domestic disturbance. Stun gun was ineffective.[29] |
| 2011-10-18 | Sepulveda, Mark Anthony | Colorado (Denver) | Shot while attempting a carjacking. Police were responding to report of armed robbery of store.[30] |
| 2011-10-17 | Pinkney, Adolphus | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Shot after ignoring command to drop weapon and then firing on police.[31] |
| 2011-10-16 | Marksbury, Kennen | Texas (Cibolo) | Shot after threatening police with a weapon. Police were responding to report of a suicidal person.[32] |
| 2011-10-15 | unnamed male | Arizona (Phoenix) | Shot after ignoring commands to drop weapon and pointing gun at police. Police were responding to reports of gunshots and assault at bus terminal.[33] |
| 2011-10-15 | Parera, Leonardo | New Jersey (Mountain Lakes) | Shot after firing on police. Police were responding to Parera's call to 911 after Parera killed co-worker and threatened to escalate violence if approached.[34] |
| 2011-10-15 | Stafford, Joetavius | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot during confrontation with transit system police officer. [35] |
| 2011-10-13 | LaFave Jr, Derryl Cheyne, Kristopher |
Michigan (Muskegon) | Shot after robbing bank, killing an officer with vehicle while fleeing, and firing on police.[36] |
| 2011-10-12 | Post, Charles Arthur | Pennsylvania (Lower Burrell) | Shot after fatally shooting police officer. Post was wanted on felony charges of shooting at his boss.[37] |
| 2011-10-12 | Bocock, John | Oregon (Myrtle Creek) | Shot after non-fatally shooting associate and refusing to drop weapon.[38] |
| 2011-10-11 | Aguilar, Jesus | Colorado (Golden) | Shot while attempting escape from police custody in a medical facility. Aguilar was serving jail sentence for multiple violent offenses.[39] |
| 2011-10-10 | unnamed male | Florida (Miami-Dade) | Shot after stealing a police car and attempting to use it to run over a police officer. Deceased had recently fled scene of accident where he was driving vehicle that struck a taxi killing the driver.[40] |
| 2011-10-03 | unnamed female | New York (New York) | Shot after refusing to drop knife and lunging at police officers. Police were responding to report of fight involving the deceased at a homeless shelter.[41] |
| 2011-10-01 | Bassler, Aaron | California (Fort Bragg) | Shot after extensive month-long manhunt. Bassler was primary suspect in two recent murders and had fired on police during the manhunt[42] |
| 2011-09-29 | Blackmon, Jerome | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot after pointing a handgun at police. Police were responding to a report of a man and woman arguing in the street. Blackmon fled from police and Taser was ineffective.[43] |
| 2011-09-26 | Rogers, James | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after two-hour standoff with police and pointing shotgun at police. Police were responding to report of suicidal man.[44] |
| 2011-09-24 | Fritze, Paul | Maine (Farmingdale) | Shot after incident that lasted several hours that began when Fritze reported began shooting at occupants of house.. [45][46] |
| 2011-09-24 | Ficker, Ronald | Washington (Issaquah) | Shot after shooting near school and shooting at police. [47][48] |
| 2011-09-20 | unnamed person | Georgia (Norcross) | Shot during shootout with police following bank robbery, car jacking and chase. [49] |
| 2011-09-18 | Martin, Kenneth Dwayne | Georgia (Jefferson) | Shot after ignoring deputy commands and setting room on fire. Police were responding to report that Martin threatened to set his wife on fire. Martin had doused her and their home with gasoline. [50] |
| 2011-09-15 | unnamed male | Washington (Fircrest) | Died after being struck by police cruiser. The 62-year-old man was in the center turn lane on a moped. A deputy was responding to a call for backup from another deputy who was searching for people who had fled a traffic stop. The responding deputy was traveling in the center turn lane.[51] |
| 2011-09-13 | Vargas, Christen | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after driving over a deputies foot and fleeing in vehicle. Deputies had approached vehicle in parking lot while looking for a different person with an outstanding warrant. A deputy shot at the vehicle as it sped away.[52] |
| 2011-09-11 | Wolford, William | Colorado (Pueblo) | Died from injuries sustained when struck by police cruiser. Officer was stopped at red light and struck Wolford as he crossed intersection at crosswalk. Officer was initially cited for careless driving causing bodily injury.[53] |
| 2011-09-07 | Bruce, Jasmen | Georgia (south Fulton County) | Shot while burglarizing the home of an Atlanta police officer. [54] |
| 2011-09-06 | Tolbert, Alranhiem Carr, Tony |
Georgia (Columbus) | Shot as vehicle backed up towards officer. The officer had observed a masked man run out of a credit union. Tolbert ran to a truck in which Carr was sitting in the passenger side. [55][56] |
| 2011-09-05 | Peterson, Walter | Georgia (Moultrie) | Shot after attempting to stab a police officer. Police had gone to Peterson's home to investigate a report of a broken window at a local store. Police unsuccessfully used a Taser before firing the fatal shot. [57] |
| 2011-09-01 | Bishop, Tiffany | Georgia (Jackson) | Shot accidentally by instructor during firearms training class. Bishop was attending the class as a probation officer for the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jacson.[58][59] |
| 2011-08-29 | Doerbecker, Kurt | New York (Point Lookout) | Shot after refusing to drop knife and approaching police in a threatening manner. Police were responding to reports of a disturbance at a bar.[60] |
| 2011-08-25 | Shumway, Keith | New York (Ithaca) | Shot after attacking and grabbing an officer's gun. Another officer told the assailant to drop the gun. The assailant instead pointed the gun at the other officer who then shot him.[61] |
| 2011-08-12 | unnamed male | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Shot by SWAT team during standoff. The man had shot at a neighbor who called police. As the police arrived, the man shot at them, then barricaded himself inside his home.[62] |
| 2011-08-11 | Hayse, Arthur | Georgia (Conyers) | Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Officers were chasing Hayse and another person as prime suspects in a recent bank robbery. [63] |
| 2011-08-10 | Albrecht, David | Washington (Shoreline) | Shot after refusing to drop knife and shotgun. Police were responding to report of suicidal person.[64] |
| 2011-08-10 | Allen, Jimmy | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after turning toward police officer during armed robbery of restaurant. After being wounded, Allen fled outside the restaurant were the officer fired at least seven more times.[65][66] |
| 2011-08-06 | unnamed male | Colorado (Denver) | Shot while fleeing in stolen vehicle the scene of reported domestic violence. Police were responding to multiple reports of assault and gunshots.[67] |
| 2011-08-03 | Elmo, Vivian | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Died in auto accident when off-duty sheriff's deputy ran a red light striking Elmo's vehicle. The deputy had two prior reckless driving convictions and was fired on September 23, 2011.[68] |
| 2011-08-01 | Shafer, Richard Lee | Oregon (Elgin) | Shot while holding a rifle. Police were responding to a report of domestic violence.[69] |
| 2011-07-26 | Leskinen, Daniel | Colorado (Black Forest) | Shot after firing at sheriff's deputies. Officers were responding to report of domestic disturbance involving a gun.[70] |
| 2011-07-24 | Redick, Larry | Tennessee (Memphis) | Shot after firing at police who were responding to reports of a domestic disturbance.[71] |
| 2011-07-23 | Contreras, Juan | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot after punching plainclothes officer several times and reaching for knife. Officer was investigating an extortion charge where a man had demanded $50 for return of stolen car keys. [72] |
| 2011-07-22 | Alfred, Leon | Georgia (Douglas County) | Shot after refusing to drop knife. Police arrived after Alfred had stabbed another man to death. [73] |
| 2011-07-21 | Leon, Ricardo | Virginia (Centreville) | Shot after refusing to drop shotgun and approaching officers. Police were responding to report of a domestic disturbance.[74] |
| 2011-07-21 | Waters, Jedidiah J. | Washington (Federal Way) | Shot while reaching for handgun while being chased by police. Officers were responding to report of man shoplifting in store.[75] |
| 2011-07-20 | Moon, Eric Dewayne Jr | Georgia (Marietta) | Shot after posing a threat to officers. Police had attempted to stop the vehicle Moon was driving. Moon fled at high speed, crashed his vehicle and fled on foot into an apartment complex. [76] |
| 2011-07-18 | Ashley, Alonzo | Colorado (Denver) | Died of “Physiologic stresses involved in subduing and restraining the decedent”. Police were responding to reports of a domestic violence incident at the Denver Zoo. [77] |
| 2011-07-17 | Husband, Niko | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot after struggle with police and reaching for gun in waistband. Police were responding to report of man with gun outside bar.[78] |
| 2011-07-16 | Hawkins, Lynell | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot after shooting at police. Police were pursuing suspect after reports of gunshots in the area.[79] |
| 2011-07-16 | Gaswint, Justin | Washington (Lynnwood) | Shot after charging deputy and threatening to kill him. The deputy had stopped on an overpass to talk to a pedestrian. As the deputy exited his vehicle Gaswint attacked and the two fought.[80] |
| 2011-07-16 | Harding, Kenneth | California (San Francisco Bay View District) | Shot after shooting at police who were attempting to cite Harding for light-rail fare evasion. [81][82] |
| 2011-07-15 | unnamed male | Georgia (Avondale) | Shot during struggle with officer when officer thought man was reaching for a gun. The officer was responding to a report of a man acting strangely. The man ran from the officer into the woods were the struggle ensued. [83] |
| 2011-07-11 | Pearce, John | Georgia (Gainsville) | Shot after charging at deputies. Officer were responding to a report of a man attacking two women, one of whom died, at the Harbour Point Yacht Club subdivision. When the officers arrived Pearce was walking outside the home naked and covered in blood and described his demeanor as "deranged."[84][85] |
| 2011-07-10 | Brown, Brandon Ray | Washington (Bothell) | Shot while advancing on deputy while holding a cane overhead. Deputies were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance.[86] |
| 2011-07-10 | Turner, David Lee | California (Bakersfield) | Shot after striking deputy in back of head with bag containing two 24-ounce cans of beer. Turner was being questioned regarding purchase of alcohol for minors at a store. After initially complying with officers an altercation ensued when Turner attempted to leave.[87] |
| 2011-07-05 | Thomas, Kelly | California (Fullerton) | Died from blunt force injuries after altercation with police. See Death of Kelly Thomas |
| Date | Name | State (City) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011‑06‑29 | Newland, Kevin Wayne | Washington (Clallam Bay) | Shot during attempted prison escape. Drove a forklift through one set of doors then into the prison's perimeter fences.[88] |
| 2011-06-30 | Hampton, Maurice | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot during altercation with police. The officer was conducting a traffic stop when Hampton fled on foot. The altercation and shooting followed. Hampton was not armed.[89] |
| 2011-06-28 | unnamed male | New Hampshire (Winchester) | Shot after threatening police with a knife. Police were responding to report of armed suicidal person and attempted to disarm man with Taser.[90] |
| 2011-06-26 | Haynes, Michael R | Tennessee (Memphis) | Shot after shooting at officers. Police were responding to reported of armed mentally ill person.[91] |
| 2011-06-25 | Brennan, Carl Torrance | Georgia (Jacksonville Beach) | Shot after refusing to drop weapon. Brennan was approached as the prime suspect in the recent robbery of several people in a hotel parking lot. [92] |
| 2011-06-20 | unnamed male | Washington (Napaville) | Shot after refusing to take hands out of pockets and while charging at deputy. Police were responding to report of man armed with knife attempting to break into a home. [93] |
| 2011-06-14 | Papineau, Brooks | Washington (Gig Harbor) | Shot during a traffic stop. Papineau had a handgun. [94] |
| 2011-06-07 | Farmer, Flint | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot after fleeing police responding to report of domestic violence. See List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[95] |
| 2011-06-05 | Schultz, James Dean | Washington (Richland) | Shot during confrontation with police who were responding to report of a suspicious person.[96][97] |
| 2011-05-30 | Herisse, Raymond | Florida (Miami Beach) | Shot in vehicle after striking multiple officers and other vehicles with vehicle. Police were in the area due to annual Urban Beach Week celebration.[98] |
| 2011-05-27 | Taylor, Roxanne | Georgia (DeKalb) | Shot after car chase and firing a shot. Police were pursuing Taylor as the prime suspect in recent armed robberies of stores. [99][100] |
| 2011-05-19 | Murdock, Matthew R | Georgia (Mableton) | Shot after scuffling with police officer and when it appeared Murdock was reaching for a weapon. Police had stopped Murdock as a “suspicious person”. [101] |
| 2011-05-18 | Morris, Timothy Steven | Georgia (Newton County) | Shot after threatening to kill officer while having his hands in his pockets. A state trooper had attempted to stop Morris for speeding. Morris abandoned his vehicle and fled into a heavily wooded area where the trooper cornered him. Knives were found on Morris.[102] |
| 2011-05-18 | Nager, Ross | Washington (Selah) | Shot after exiting vehicle with shotgun or rifle in hand. Police were responding to report that Nager was making threats to people inside a home and firing his weapon. After SWAT team arrive Nager attempted to leave in a vehicle but was blocked. [103] |
| 2011-05-16 | Reeves, Bert | South Carolina (Cottageville) | Shot during an aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.[104] |
| 2011-05-13 | Bueno, Manuel | Florida (Miami-Dade) | Shot after brandishing a knife.[105] |
| 2011-05-11 | Wilson, Jeff | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot during armed robbery of store and after shooting at police.[106][107] |
| 2011-05-05 | Guerena, Jose | Arizona (Tucson) | Shot by SWAT team conducting forced entry search of home involving a drug probe. See Jose Guerena shooting. |
| 2011-05-04 | unnamed male | Washington (Kent) | Shot while pulling a long gun out of a taxi cab at a transit center. Police were responding to a report from the cab driver that his passenger had a shotgun or rifle across his knees.[108] |
| 2011-05-03 | Tyler, Antonio | Georgia (Marietta) | Shot after refusing to drop weapon. Police had confronted Tyler regarding the two people Tyler and two other men had forced into their home at gunpoint. [109] |
| 2011-04-30 | Campuzano, Jose Carlos | Washington (Sunnyside) | Shot after pulling out a gun and shooting at officers. Police has pulled over a vehicle containing three people, including Campuzano, as suspects in a recent nearby shooting. [110] |
| 2011-04-18 | Ourada, Anthony | Washington (Kent) | Shot after ramming into several cars while attempting to elude deputies. Deputies were pursuing Ourada for several instances of reckless driving and eluding police over the previous week. [111][112] |
| 2011-04-18 | Williams, Jerome | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot during armed robbery of store and after shooting at police.[113] |
| 2011-04-18 | Hebert, David | Ohio (Cincinnati) | Shot after a report of an armed robbery with a sword. Hebert had a small knife but no sword.[114] |
| 2011-04-16 | Parks, Horace Lorenzo | Georgia (Morgan County) | Shot after pointing gun at state trooper. Parks was being chased for driving a vehicle which matched the description from a recent shooting at a restaurant. The chase ended when Parks rammed a police vehicle. [115] |
| 2011-04-07 | Denton, Albert | Maryland (Glenn Dale) | Shot after lunging at officers with axe. Police were responding to report of disturbance at child daycare facility.[116] |
| 2011-04-06 | Fuller, Darryl | Georgia (Norcross) | Shot after pointing a handgun at officers. Police were patrolling an area known for gang activity and approached a group of three men when Fuller drew a weapon.[117][118] |
| 2011-04-03 | Woods, Timothy | Georgia (Fairburn) | Shot went a gun, not in the officers possession, “went off” while the officer and Woods struggled over a gun.[119] |
| 2011-03-27 | Paulson, Katherine | Maine (Kennebunk) | Shot after advancing on police with knife in hand and refusing commands to drop weapon. Officers were responding to report of a domestic disturbance in which Paulson's mother reported she was afraid for her own well-being regarding daughter with history of psychiatric illness. [120] |
| 2011-03-20 | Gidenko, Oleg | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot while fleeing in vehicle from police who were investigating report of stolen vehicle. City settled with Gidenko's family for $150,000[121][122] |
| 2011-03-19 | Sampson, Eric G. | Washington (Ravenswood) | Shot after refusing to lay down a machete Sampson had used to strike an officer's cart. Sampson was pulled over in a routine traffic stop then fled in vehicle. Sampson was found near registration address of vehicle. Use of Tasers was ineffective.[123] |
| 2011-03-17 | Williams, Aaron | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot after firing on police, wounding officer and taking a family of four hostage. Police had chased the man into an apartment complex following a traffic stop. The police released gas into the apartment and the man climbed out of a window holding a gun. Was shot by SWAT team at that point.[124][125] |
| 2011-03-16 | unnamed male | Washington (Bonners Ferry-area) | Died due to an “unknown medical event” after deputy used a Taser while attempting to subdue the man. Deputy was responding to a report of a naked man and his vehicle blocking a road.[126] |
| 2011-03-15 | Garcia, Daniel | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot in vehicle after shooting at police to include one shot to police officer's arm. Police were approaching vehicle in which Garcia had taken two hostages.[127] |
| 2011-03-12 | Breitkopf, Geoffrey | New York (Massapequa Park) | Nassau County Police officer, accidentally shot by MTA Police officer.[128] |
| 2011-03-12 | DiGeronimo, Anthony | New York (Massapequa Park) | Shot by two Nassau County Police officers when he lunged at them with knives.[129] |
| 2011-03-09 | Hammond, Michael | Georgia (Buckhead) | Shot after producing a weapon. Police had followed Hammond in his vehicle as the prime suspect in a recent bank robbery.[130] |
| 2011-03-08 | Rowton, William Wayne | Washington (Kelso) | Shot from a distance of about 200 ft after pointing revolver out a sliding glass door towards police. Police were responding to report of a suicidal person.[131] |
| 2011-02-28 | Martinez, Alejandro P | Washington (Lynden) | Shot after striking deputy in head with a hammer. Officers were responding to a report of a man with mental health issues damaging a home.[132] |
| 2011-02-24 | Elmore, Robert | Colorado (Pueblo) | Shot after answering door with gun in hand and pointing it at officer. Police were responding to report of a loud disturbance at Elmore's home. [133] |
| 2011-02-19 | Amos, Shelley Blount-Burton, Cheryl |
Georgia (Avondale Estates) | Died from injuries sustained during motor vehicle accident. Police officer was estimated to be driving at twice the speed limit while not on an emergency call when she collided with another vehicle. The officer was later indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide and reckless driving.[134][135] |
| 2011-02-14 | Montgomery Jr., Chastain | Tennessee (Mason) | Shot after firing on police with two pistols. Police were pursuing Montgomery in relation to a carjacking in Nashville.[136] |
| 2011-02-14 | Moran-Hernandez, Carolyn | Washington (Lakewood) | Shot after raising gun at officers. Police were responding to a report of domestic violence. Moran told the police “shoot me, shoot me” then raised what turned out to be a BB pistol that looked like a handgun. [137] |
| 2011-02-10 | Arreola, Richard | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot while walking “with purpose” with handgun and rifle towards undercover police officer. Officer was performing surveillance on Arreola in an undercover police vehicle prior to serving of warrant for drug distribution. [138] |
| 2011-02-10 | Dawkins, David Anthony | Georgia (Augusta) | Shot after point a handgun at officer. Police had pulled over Dawkins' vehicle on suspicion of being stolen. [139] |
| 2011-02-09 | unname male | Washington (Lakewood) | Shot after moving in vehicle. Police were responding to report of domestic violence. The man fired a single shot in his vehicle in front of the house. It was not clear if the fatal shot was from the man's own gun or from the three shots fired by police after he moved.[140] |
| 2011-02-08 | Giddens, Brian Keith | Georgia (Barnesville) | Shot after confronting deputy with a shotgun. Officer was responding to a report of domestic dispute. [141] |
| 2011-02-08 | Little, Christine Ann | Idaho (Kootenai) | Shot as passenger in vehicle that was approaching trooper following chase. The driver had rammed a police cruiser during a chase. Their vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation, then fled.[142][143] |
| 2011-02-08 | Johnson, Daniell | Washington (Lakewood) | Shot in vehicle by SWAT team after "seeing movement in the car". Police had stopped Johnson in relation to a report of domestic violence when a shot was fired inside the vehicle. Police report the first shot was self-inflicted. The medical examiner later determined that the fatal shot was fired by the SWAT team.[144] |
| 2011-01-30 | Curler, John A | Washington (Spokane) | Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Curler was cross an intersection on foot as the officer was responding to a “trouble unknown” report with lights and siren off. [145][146] |
| 2011-01-30 | Cisneros, Yueri Acevedo | Washington (Yakima) | Shot after refusing to stop stabbing another man on the ground. The victim was stabbed 159 times with a pocketknife.[147] |
| 2011-01-28 | O'Connell, Robert David | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after shooting three times at police. Officers were approaching man for acting suspiciously at a gas station. [148] |
| 2011-01-24 | Lacy Jr., Hydra | Florida (St. Petersburg | Shot after fatally shooting two police officers who were serving an arrest warrant for aggravated battery and two other felony charges.[149] |
| 2011-01-24 | unnamed male | Georgia (Warner Robins) | Shot while attempting to pull a weapon out of a coat pocket. The man was approached as a possible suspect in a recent burglary. When the man was ordered to remove his hands from his pockets a scuffle ensued.[150] |
| 2011-01-23 | Fuller, Norman | Tennessee (Memphis) | Shot after pointing gun at police. Police were responding to report of a shooting and encountered the armed Fuller walking down the street.[151] |
| 2011-01-22 | Sloan, Latricka | Georgia (Decatur County) | Died from injuries following police use of a PIT maneuver on Sloan's vehicle. Sloan had made a U-turn after approaching a police safety check point. Witness report Sloan was not driving fast. Police later determined that Sloan was not licensed to drive in Georgia. [152] |
| 2011-01-16 | Dennis, Kenneth | Washington (Spokane) | Shot during investigation of report of domestic violence. Police report Dennis was armed with a knife.[153] |
| 2011-01-15 | Landry, Andrew | Maine (Lyman) | Shot after brandishing two knives. Officers were responding to a call for assistance and first attempted to disarm Landry with a Taser.[154] |
| 2011-01-14 | Doucet, Reggie | California (Los Angeles) | Shot after repeatedgly striking police officers and attempting to take their guns. Police were responding to a disturbing the peace call after Doucet had removed his clothes and was running around naked.[155] |
| 2011-01-07 | Pinex, Darius L. | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot in vehicle after dragging police officer with vehicle. Police had stopped Pinex because he was driving a vehicle similar to one implicated in earlier gunfire.[156] |
| 2011-01-06 | Fox, Andrew | Washington (Bellevue) | Shot as approaching officer with knife raised in overhand grip. Police were responding to report of a hostage taking at a gas station.[157] |
| 2011-01-01 | Weatherspoon. Lynn | Florida (Miami) | Shot after fleeing SWAT team and reportedly pointing gun at them. The SWAT team was inside a black SUV and noted that Weatherspoon was armed with a handgun. Witnesses report that men jumped out of the SUV and opened fire as Weatherspoon ran away.[158] |
| Date | Name | State (City) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010‑12‑30 | McCully, John Timothy | Florida (Pembroke Pines) | Shot after threatening officers with "large kitchen knife" and refusing to drop it even after being shot with stun guns.[159] |
| 2010-12-25 | Pogue, Daniel | Utah (South Jordan) | Shot after ignoring order to stop running, threatening bystanders, and drop his weapon. Pogue was armed with "two shotguns, a rifle, several swords, and a machete."[160] |
| 2010-12-20 | Knight, Christopher | Georgia (Brunswick) | Died after being shocked with a Taser. Knight was being arrested for having rammed his car into another vehicle. Police used a Taser on Knight for resisting arrest, after which he rolled over and stopped breathing. [161] |
| 2010-12-17 | Foster, Brandon | Florida (Miami) | Shot by police after failing to drop gun. Witnesses say that it was possible that Foster was attempting to pull up his pants. His family says that he was on his way to sell his rifle.[162] |
| 2010-12-12 | Zerby, Doug | California (Long Beach) | List of cases of police brutality in the United States[163] |
| 2010-12-12 | unnamed male | Georgia (Mableton) | Shot after confronting police with knife. Officers were responding to a report of a man armed with a knife. [164] |
| 2010-12-10 | Hoapili, Kyle L. K. | Washington (Bremerton) | Shot while fleeing police in vehicle and then on foot. Hoapili was wanted on a warrant accusing him of escape. [165] |
| 2010-12-08 | unnamed male | Colorado (Fort Collins) | Shot after escaping from community corrections and making a threatening movement toward officers. The man was wanted for “burglary and menacing, theft and eluding”.[166] |
| 2010-12-04 | Groom, Jeremy | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after refusing command to drop weapon. Groom was in a shooter's stance and pointing a handgun at another man's head. [167] |
| 2010-12-01 | Stone, Larry | Tennessee (Memphis) | Shot after failing to drop gun.[168] |
| 2010-11-24 | Reyes, Ruben | Colorado (Evans) | Shot after killing deputy. [169] |
| 2010-11-17 | Scrivner, Curtis | Idaho (Riggins) | Shot during shootout with deputy. Officers were searching for Scrivner after he had displayed a firearm and fled when contacted by a deputy regarding a felony warrant in Colorado.[170] |
| 2010-11-12 | Corporon, Ethan | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after firing shotgun at police and in the air. Police were responding to report of man firing shotgun at a house. [171] |
| 2010-10-30 | Wickham, Kenneth | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after refusing to stop waving gun after numerous police orders to do so. Police were responding to a report that Wickham was threatening to kill himself.[172] |
| 2010-10-29 | Cunningham, Samuel Thomas III | Georgia (Athens) | Shot while holding knife to another man's throat. Police officer on foot patrol heard an argument and entered apartment.[173][174] |
| 2010-10-26 | unnamed male | Washington (Longview) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers were pursuing man as prime suspect following the armed robbery of a market. After man's vehicle's tire blew out, man exited vehicle with rifle and fired at police. [175] |
| 2010-10-26 | Ostling, Douglas | Washington (Bainbridge Island) | Bled to death after being shot in leg through door. Officers were responding to a 911 call from Ostling in a reported state of “excited delirium.” Ostling opened the door to officers while holding an ax, then retreated and closed door. Ostling was left unattended for 75 minutes after being shot.[176] |
| 2010-10-24 | Dodd, Quentin | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after charging at deputies with obsidian knife in hand and after yelling “Shoot me.” at officers. Officers were responding to report that Dodd was threatening roommate with knife. [177] |
| 2010-10-24 | Lybrook, Kemp | Maine (Augusta) | Shot after approaching police with two firearms after an hours-long standoff. Police were responding to reports of an armed suicidal person. [178] |
| 2010-10-24 | unnamed male | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Shot after engaging in a criminal act. Two off-duty police officers work security at an apartment complex “approached the suspect and at some point were forced to shoot.” [179] |
| 2010-10-23 | Brown, Larry | Colorado (Delta) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in neighborhood. [180] |
| 2010-09-18 | Seavey, Harry | Ohio (Cincinnati) | Shot during gunbattle with police. Undercover agents were approaching bar where Seavey was standing guard and fired on agents. [181] |
| 2010-09-11 | Bayliffe, Brent | Washington (Olalla) | Shot after attacking an off-duty state trooper at the trooper's home. [182] |
| 2010-09-07 | Lookabill, Nikkolas W. | Washington (Vancouver) | Shot after refusing to commands to drop weapon. Police were responding to report of a man walking the neighborhood armed with a handgun[183] |
| 2010-09-06 | Pao, Kevin B | Georgia (Augusta) | Shot while reaching for gun in a bag during struggle with officer. Police were responding to report of a man bathing in the restroom of a restaurant.[184] |
| 2010-09-03 | unnamed male | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after refusing commands to put down knife and then raising knife in an overhand threatening manner. Police were responding to a report of a man waving a knife around in front of a bus stop. [186] |
| 2010-08-31 | Young, David Charles | Washington (Federal Way) | Shot while advancing a pickup truck towards officer “in an aggressive manner” after vehicle crashed following a chase. Police had pursued Young on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle.[187][188] |
| 2010-08-30 | Williams, John T. | Washington (Seattle) | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[189][190][191] |
| 2010-08-27 | Barrett, Brandon | Utah (Salt Lake City) | Shot after shooting at police and injuring one officer in the leg. Police were responding to report of man armed with a rifle pacing on a busy street.[192] |
| 2010-08-25 | Creach, Wayne Scott | Washington (Spokane Valley) | Shot with handgun in hand after approaching unmarked police car in parking lot of Creach's business around 11 pm. The family reported the Creach thought he had heard a burglar and had gone outside to investigate. [193] |
| 2010-08-20 | Gaye, Tarnorris Tyrell | Florida (Miami) | Shot after pointing shotgun at officer.[194] |
| 2010-08-16 | unnamed male | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after man pulled gun from his waistband during fight with police. Officers were at man's place of employment to arrest him for investigation of domestic violence the night before. [195] |
| 2010-08-14 | Belizaire, Gibson | Florida (Miami) | Shot after firing at police officers multiple times.[196] |
| 2010-08-11 | Johnson, Joeell Lee | Florida (Miami) | Shot after pointing a gun at an undercover officer during a robbery sting investigation.[197] |
| 2010-08-10 | Geske, Troy | Colorado (Pueblo) | Died from “positional asphyxia” while being restrained face down in police custody in the forensic unit of the state mental hospital.[198][199] |
| 2010-08-06 | Wells, Eric | Indiana (Indianapolis) | Killed when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a patrol car driven by on-duty officer David Bisard, whose blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.19.[200] |
| 2010-07-16 | Gaymon, DeFarra | New Jersey (Newark) | Shot after reportedly lunging at police officer and threatening to kill him.[201] |
| 2010-07-09 | Booker, Marvin | Colorado (Denver) | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[202] |
| 2010-07-08 | Popkowski, James | Maine (Medway) | Shot after armed confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in woods near hospital. [203] |
| 2010-07-05 | Moore, DeCarlos | Florida | [204] |
| 2010-06-15 | Mayne, Thomas | Maine (Old Orchard Beach) | Shot after firing at federal agents who were attempting to arrest him. [205] |
| 2010-06-10 | Grant, Oscar | California | BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant |
| 2010-06-08 | Ballou, Michael W. | Washington (Sedro-Woolley) | Shot after failing to follow commands to surrender. [206] |
| 2010-05-17 | Williams, Melvin | Georgia (East Dublin) | Shot after fighting with police officer. Williams' vehicle was pulled over for unspecified reasons. [207][208] |
| 2010-05-16 | Jones, Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley | Michigan | Death of Aiyana Jones |
| 2010-05-14 | Multanen, Monty Edward Multanen, Sue |
Washington (Tacoma) | Shot by off-duty deputy Allen Myron who then killed himself. [209] |
| 2010-05-12 | Otis, Keaton Dupree | Oregon (Portland) | Shot after shooting at and wounding police officer during traffic stop. Use of Taser was ineffective.[210][211] |
| 2010-05-03 | Medina, Jason | Texas | [212] |
| 2010-04-19 | Bagley, Gene Mason | Georgia (Lawrenceville) | Shot after lunging at police with knife in hand. Police were responding to report of man damaging a vehicle with a knife. When police arrived Bagley refused to drop knife. [213] |
| 2010-04-02 | Hale, Ronald | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after pulling out a gun. Police were approaching Hale for questioning regarding a report of domestic violence. [214] |
| 2010-03-28 | Doyle, Wesley Alan | Georgia (Cartersville) | Shot after turning on police with pistol in hand. Police were responding to report of man urinating in public. Doyle fled when approached and was chased. [215] |
| 2010-03-26 | White, Todd Ely | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after firing four times at officers. Police were responding to report of a man carrying gun in neighborhood.[216][217] |
| 2010-03-24 | Stewart, Barbara | Maine (Biddeford) | Shot after pointing what appeared to be a handgun at police. The gun was later found to be a pellet gun. Police were responding to Stewart's call to police threatening suicide or murder and stating that she was armed.[218] |
| 2010-03-22 | unnamed male | Georgia (Midway) | Shot after shooting at police. The man's vehicle was stopped as matching the description from a recent burglary. [219] |
| 2010-03-11 | Shaw, Malcolm | Tennessee | [220] |
| 2010-03-07 | Okot, David | Maine (Portland) | Shot after brandishing handgun. Police were responding to report of intoxicated man with handgun.[221] |
| 2010-03-07 | unnamed male | Georgia (Redan) | Shot after confronting officers with a knife. The man had broken into his own home using a brick at which point the babysitter called police. Officers twice attempted to subdue man with Taser. [222] |
| 2010-02-28 | Ingram, Brent | Colorado (Grand Junction) | Shot after charging at police with knife raised. Police were responding to report of domestic disturbance.[223] |
| 2010-02-26 | Waits, Jed | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after shooting at deputy. Officers had pulled over Waits' vehicle as the prime suspect in a recent murder.[224] |
| 2010-02-23 | Greenwood, Sean | New York (Ithaca) | Shot while trying to escape from officers issuing a warrant. Officers, acting on a tip that Greenwood would be involved in a illegal drug transaction, tried to execute a search warrant. Greenwood attempted to flee with his vehicle and struck an officer. After refusing to stop and he continued to drive on towards the downed officer, lethal force was used.[225] |
| 2010-02-08 | unnamed male | Georgia (Stone Mountain) | Shot after firing several times at police officers, injuring one. SWAT team responded to report of domestic violence that included one gunshot wound.[226] |
| 2010-01-19 | Humphries, Donald Michael | Washington (Sedro-Woolley) | Shot while approaching officer and pulling out a .45 caliber handgun. Officer was attempting to pull over Humphries for erratic driving. After a chase, Humphries got out of his car and approached officer.[227] |
| 2010-01-15 | Kimbro, Louis | Tennessee | [228] |
| 2010-01-15 | McKinnon, Derek | Georgia (Valdosta) | Shot after refusing to drop weapon while holding a hostage. Police were monitoring a home for a murder suspect for whom warrants had been issued. The person fled the house to another and took a woman hostage. [229][230] |
| 2010-01-01 | Cox, Denis Gene | Colorado (Fort Collins) | Shot with handgun in hand when moved to point gun at officers. Police had approached Cox as a suspect wanted by the FBI for suspicion of involvement in a kidnapping and assault.[231] |
| Date | Name | State (City) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009‑12‑31 | unnamed male | Washington (Bothell‑area) | Shot after refusing to drop a screwdriver that was recently used to stab another man in the face. Police were responding to report of domestic violence. [232] |
| 2009-12-21 | Crable, David | Washington (Eatonville) | Shot after shooting and injuring deputies. Officers were responding to report of a domestic disturbance. One deputy later died of injuries.[233] |
| 2009-12-19 | unnamed male | Washington (Des Moines) | Shot after pointing gun at police. Police were approaching man as prime suspect in recent report of domestic violence involving a gun. [234] |
| 2009-12-07 | Reuter, Brandon Michael | California (Redding) | Shot after threatening police with gun, that turned out to be a BB gun that looked like a 9mm handgun. When shot a police dog had a hold on Reuter. He was being pursued for having stolen $3000 from a bank at gunpoint.[235] |
| 2009-12-01 | Clemmons, Maurice | Washington (Lakewood) | Shot after refusing commands to stop and after reaching into waist area. Clemmons was the prime suspect in a recent killing of four police officers.[236] |
| 2009-11-17 | Nestor, Michael C | Georgia (Augusta) | Shot while backing vehicle towards officers. Nestor was wanted a on drugs possession warrant. Police approached Nestor at his home while loading possessions into his vehicle in an apparent attempt to fee.[237] |
| 2009-11-14 | Gastin, Bradley | Georgia (Macon) | Shot after attempting to run over police in stolen vehicle. Officers were pursuing the vehicle after a report of a recent carjacking.[238] |
| 2009-11-12 | Ramsey, Terry | Georgia (Richmond County) | Shot after refusing to put down the knife Ramsey was holding to the throat of his estranged wife. Police were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. [239] |
| 2009-11-06 | Pierce, Chad | Georgia (Arlington) | Shot while reaching towards glove box. Pierce had led officers on a high speed, 20 mile chase that ended with Pierce crashing his vehicle into a ditch. No weapon was found in vehicle.[240] |
| 2009-11-01 | LaBossiere, John | Washington (Lake Stevens) | Shot during confrontation with police. Officer was responding to report of armed man forcing entry into home where LaBossiere's estranged wife was staying.[241] |
| 2009-10-28 | Luqman Ameen Abdullah aka Christopher Thomas | Michigan (Dearborn) | Shot 21 times during FBI raid on Dearborn warehouse. [242] |
| 2009-10-23 | Riggins, Sara | Georgia (Albany) | Shot as officers responded to a domestic disturbance. [243] |
| 2009-10-19 | unnamed male | Georgia (Austell) | Shot while attempting to run over deputies with vehicle. Police were responding to report of a suspicious person climbing a fence. When the deputies approached the man in his car and ordered him to get out, he drove towards one of the deputies.[244] |
| 2009-10-11 | Bentley, Dartanya Jr unnamed person |
Georgia (Rincon) | Died from injuries in motor vehicle accident after fleeing vehicle ran over spike strips placed in road by deputy. Bentley was originally stopped for speeding, but fled in vehicle when asked for his driver's license. As high speed chase ensued. After running over the spikes Bentley and his passenger died in the accident that also injured a person in a different vehicle.[245] |
| 2009-10-11 | Davis, Erik Von | Georgia (Stockbridge) | Shot after striking officer in the neck with a hammer. Police were responding to the sounds of shouting. Davis was in the doorway of a home “yelling all sorts of crazy things.” [246] |
| 2009-09-15 | Villareal, Christopher | Washington (Richland) | Shot after attempting to ram a police officer on a motorcycle with his car. Police were pursuing Villareal for erratic driving. [247] |
| 2009-09-10 | unnamed male | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after pulling out a gun. Deputies confronted two men as prime suspects in recent robbery of a credit union. The second man was Tasered and arrested. [248] |
| 2009-09-10 | unnamed male | Georgia (St Simons Island) | Shot after threatening to kill police with high powered rifle. SWAT team had responded to report that the man had barricaded himself in his house with a gun after code enforcement officers informed him he had too many signs in front of his house. [249] |
| 2009-09-04 | unnamed male | Washington (Federal Wal) | Shot after threatening to kill officers during confrontation with police. Officers contacted the man while searching for a suspect in a bank robbery earlier in the day. [250] |
| 2009-09-02 | Ayers, Jonathan | Georgia (Toccoa) | Shot after reversing vehicle into an officer. Undercover police had approached Ayers as part of an investigation into drugs and prostitution.[251] |
| 2009-08-15 | Burkett, Joseph Leonard | Washington (Olympia) | Shot after pulling out gun and not allowing police to take it from him. Burkett was in the emergency room of a hospital being treated for a head injury. Police were called in when Burkett became agitated. The officers confiscated two guns from Burkett and remained while he was treated. [252] |
| 2009-08-10 | Naranjo, Brian Christopher | Colorado (Longmont) | Shot after pointing handgun at officers. Police had stopped Naranjo on a routine traffic stop when it was discovered Naranjo had an outstanding arrest warrant and fled in his vehicle. A high speed chase ended with a police car ramming Naranjo's vehicle. [253] |
| 2009-08-06 | Larson, Shawn | Washington (Lake Stevens) | Shot after fighting with deputy at truck scales. Larson had been pulled over for driving erratically. [254][255] |
| 2009-07-21 | Schwartz, Penny Baker, Barbara |
Georgia (Duluth) | Shot after Schwartz confronted officer with a handgun. A single officer responded to a Baker's report of a suicidal person. Baker was shot by accident.[256] |
| 2009-07-10 | Poss, Jason | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after refusing orders to drop knife and threatening officers with the knife. Police approached Poss as the primary suspect in two recent reports of assault and home breakins. [257] |
| 2009-07-10 | Player, Jr., Woodrow | California | [258] |
| 2009-07-07 | Pebles, John | Washington (Bellevue) | Shot after attaching officer with a knife. Police were responding to a report of domestic disturbance. [259] |
| 2009-07-04 | Slater, James L., Jr | Washington (Woodinville) | Shot while holding knife. Deputies were investigating report of domestic disturbance. [260] |
| 2009-06-24 | unnamed male | Georgia (Fort Oglethorpe) | Shot after shooting a police office in bullet-proof vest. The man was resisting arrest in a restaurant parking lot.[261] |
| 2009-07-02 | Monnie, Dwight | Washington (Arlington) | Shot by deputy respondting to a domestic violence call.[262] |
| 2009-06-18 | McCoy Jr., Lawrence | Florida | [263] |
| 2009-06-14 | Shehada, Husien | Florida | [264] |
| 2009-06-10 | Meservey, Niles | Washington | [265] |
| 2009-06-08 | Wiggs, David LeRoy | Colorado (Pueblo) | Shot while holding handgun. Police were approaching Wiggs related to arrest warrants for felony sexual assault.[266] |
| 2009-06-02 | unnamed man | Washington (Lakewood) | Shot after shooting at armored car guards. [267] |
| 2009-05-30 | Bass, Darrell B. | Washington (Covington) | Shot after aiming a rifle at a sheriff's helicopter during standoff. Police were responding to report of Bass's threat to ignite a 250-pound fertilizer bomb in his residence. No explosives were found in the home.[268] |
| 2009-05-29 | Wasilchen, Daniel | Washington (Grante Falls) | Shot by deputies after getting into an argument with a state noxious-weed expert inspecting Wasilchen's property. [269] |
| 2009-05-24 | Kepler, Howard Blair | Colorado (Broomfield) | Shot after killing wife and during shootout with police. Police were responding to report of domestic disturbance. [270] |
| 2009-04-27 | unnamed male | Georgia (Decatur) | Shot after attempting to assault officer with a knife. Police were responding to screams inside an apartment. [271] |
| 2009-04-20 | Weinstein, Sheldon | Maine (Warren) | Died of blunt force injuries after an incident that involved three employees of the Maine State Prison.[272] |
| 2009-04-17 | Bastos, Jairo | Georgia (Roswell) | Shot after attempting to run over a police officer. Police were responding to a report of abduction of two children who were in the vehicle.[273] |
| 2009-03-17 | Longest, Johnnie L | Washington (Spokane) | Shot after shooting police dog. Police were tracking suspect on foot with police dog after man's vehicle crashed during police chase. Officers were attempting to pull over man for reckless driving.[274] |
| 2009-02-07 | Munoz, Philip | Colorado (Florence) | Died of apparent heart failure. Munoz had fled from police in a stolen garbage truck. Once stopped a Taser was used on him multiple times. Coroner reported “massive” amounts of cocaine in Munoz's system. [275] |
| 2009-01-20 | Lewis, Clayton | Georgia (Albany) | Shot after retrieving handgun from console of his car. Police had stopped Lewis regarding suspected drug activity. As Lewis began to flee in his vehicle an officer dove into the backseat of the car. The officer shot Lewis when Lewis retrieved the gun.[276] |
| 2009-01-14 | unnamed male | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after spraying officers with a chemical irritant and threatening officers with a knife. Police were responding to a 911 call for help at a motel. [277][278] |
| 2009-01-01 | Murphy, Miles | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after pointing rifle with bayonet at police and refusing commands to drop weapon. Murphy was dressed in WWII German-period uniform and was holding a WWII-era German rifle. Police were responding to reports of gunfire on New Years Eve which turned out to be blank rounds fired from the rifle. [279] |
| Date | Name | State (City) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-27 | Colbert, Ferlando | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after attempting to use vehicle to run over state trooper. Colbert had been pulled over on suspicion of driving a stolen van. [280] |
| 2008-12-17 | unnamed male | Georgia (Stockbridge) | Shot after shooting at police. The suspect had stolen a motorcycle at gunpoint, crashed it and ran into nearby woods pursued by officers. [281] |
| 2008-12 | George, Pierre | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot while attempting to run. Police were responding to citizen report of armed kidnapping by George. An officer cornered George in his vehicle at which point George attempted to flee on foot. George was not armed and the person making the report was jailed, accused of causing the killing by making a false report.[282] |
| 2008‑11‑08 | unnamed male | Washington (Everett) | Shot after refusing to put down firearm. Police were responding to report of a burglary-in-progress. [283] |
| 2008-09-20 | Roe, Shawn M | Washington (Blyn) | Shot during shootout with deputies. Roe was prime suspect in recent murder of a Forest Service officer and a civilian. [284] |
| 2008-08-04 | unnamed male | Maine (Albion) | Shot while wielding a shotgun during confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of domestic violence disturbance. [285] |
| 2008-07-30 | unnamed male | Washington (Mountlake Terrace) | Shot after leaning out a window with a firearm. Officers were responding to report of gunshots.[286] |
| 2008-07-15 | Clark, Montellis | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers approached three burglary suspects in front of a home when one began shooting at them. [287][288] |
| 2008-06-24 | Wark, Kelly | Utah (Lehi) | Shot after shooting officer twice in head. Police had pulled her vehicle over after gas station attendant reported that she seemed generally impaired. [289] |
| 2008-06-09 | Gonzalez, Leonel Maldonado | Washington (Othello) | Died after being struck by vehicle driven by deputy. The deputy was following two cars when one car swerved sharply to left into the lane of an oncoming vehicle. The deputy saw something dark in his lane but could not avoid hitting Gonzalez. [290] |
| 2008-06-09 | Yancey, Linda Cax-Puluc, Marcial |
Georgia (Stone Mountain) | Shot by a Sheriff's deputy who stagged a murder-robbery of his wife and claimed to have killed the robber. Instead, the deputy was himself found guilty of murdering both his wife Yancey and the day laborer Cax-Puluc.[291][292] |
| 2008-06-05 | Brown, Tyrone | Maryland | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[293][294] |
| 2008-04-25 | Clark, David Duncan | Washington (Bellingham) | Shot after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. Police were responding to a report of disorderly conduct. The gun was found to be a toy.[295] |
| 2008-02-07 | Cantrell, Antoine | Georgia (College Park) | Shot while being arrested. Police were responding to report of man making threats. Cantrell had fled from police who caught him after a foot chance. The officer reports that he was trying to arrest Cantrell when the gun fired. [296] |
| 2008-02-03 | unnamed male | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after pointing gun at officers. Police were responding to report of domestic violence. During 6-hour standoff with SWAT team man threatened to shoot officers and himself.[297] |
| 2008-01-04 | Wilson, Tarika | Ohio | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[298].[299] |
| 2008-01-02 | Poke, Kelvin | Maryland (Laurel) | Shot during shootout with police. Poke was an inmate who escaped from a hospital after overpower guards and stealing two guns. He hijacked two cars and was cornered when the shootout occurred. [300] |
| 2008 | Lumpkin, Joseph | Florida | [301] |
| 2007-12-25 | Larson, Aaron | Washington (Federal Way) | Shot after attacking trooper with fists. Larson was acting erratic, had jumped out of a moving vehicle, had exposed himself and struck vehicles with his belt. Use of Taser was ineffective.[302] |
| 2007-10-04 | Baker, Samuel | Georgia (Quitman) | Died from a spinal cord fracture and dislocation Baker suffered when he fell to the ground after being “tased.” Police were responding to report of man with knife. Upon being confronted by police Baker “flashed the officers his knife” at which point the officers used the Taser on Baker.[303][304] |
| 2007-07-16 | Snyder, Aaron Richard | Colorado (Denver) | Shot after advancing on police while exposing revolver in holster under tuxedo jacket. Snyder was at the State Capital and had declared himself “the emperor of Colorado”.[305] |
| 2007-06-24 | Lopez, Cesar Wilfredo | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after pointing a gun at officers. Lopez and four other people in a group were suspects in a pair of shootings that occurred earlier that night. [306] |
| 2007-06-05 | Alvarez, Jose Ramos | Washington (Yakima) | Shot during fight with police during which Alvarez produced a pistol. Police were attempting to arrest Alvarez as the prime suspect of a recent murder.[307] |
| 2007-05-30 | Smashum, Anthony | Georgia (Savannah) | Shot while climbing fence to escape from police. Officers approached Smashum attempting to arrest him on a warrant. Smashum fought with officers before fleeing. [308] |
| 2007-04-15 | Pettaway, Ron | Georgia (Fulton County) | Shot outside a bar. Police were responding to report of a fight. [309] |
| 2007-04-03 | Wilcox, Milton | Georgia (Candler County) | Died from injuries sustained during motor vehicle accident. Wilcox was the passenger in a vehicle struck by a police cruiser just after the officer “looked down to adjust his computer and C-D player.” [310][311] |
| 2007-03-17 | German, Marlon St. Mark | Washington (Kennewick) | Shot after threatening to kill his estranged girlfriend and striking her with a knife. Police were responding to report of domestic violence. [312] |
| 2007-02-12 | Millsap, Berry | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after pointing a cordless drill at police. Police were responding to report of a domestic disturbance. Millsap had met officers on porch of home and had threatened to shoot them if they went inside the house. Millsap ran into the house and hid behind couch, then stood up pointing drill at officers.[313] |
| 2007-01-17 | Sullivan, Robert | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after shooting at an injuring one officer. Police had confronted Sullivan when they saw him shooting at someone else. [314] |
| 2007-01-04 | Cooke, Zachary | California (Eureka) | [315] |
| 2007 | White, Scott | Maine (Rumford) | Shot after a seven-hour standoff outside White's former wife's home.[316] |
| 2006-12-25 | Caywood, Adam | Washington (Yakima) | Shot after apparently attempting to run down officer with vehicle. Police were pursuing Caywood as a prime suspect in a recent home burglary. After crashing vehicle, and as officers were approaching on foot, Caywood reversed into police cruiser. [317] |
| 2006-12-15 | Sargent, Willie Allen Jr | Georgia (Snellville) | Died of injuries from motor vehicle accidents. Sargent's vehicle was hit by an officer responding to a call for backup for a suspicious person. The officer was traveling approximately 80 mph without lights or siren. [318] |
| 2006-12-07 | Honda, Jonni Kiyoshi | California (Eureka) | [319] |
| 2006-11-30 | Culosi, Salvatore | Virginia | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[320] |
| 2006-11-25 | Bell, Sean | New York | Sean Bell shooting incident |
| 2006-11-21 | Johnston, Kathryn | Georgia | Kathryn Johnston shooting |
| 2006-11-12 | Fender, Bruce | Georgia (Savannah) | Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Witness report that Fender walked in front of the vehicle and was not using a designated crosswalk. [321] |
| 2006-11-16 | Banks, Willie | Georgia (Moultrie) | Shot after pulling out a pocket knife. Police were serving a bench warrant. Witness claim Banks was handing a box cutter to police.[322] |
| 2006-10-28 | Jolley, Isaac | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot by an off-duty jail detention officer. During an argument with Jolley's brother, the officer struck the brother in the head using the officer's personal weapon. The weapon discharged, fatally striking Jolley in stomach.[323] |
| 2006-10-10 | unnamed male | Washington (Shoreline) | Shot in vehicle while being questioned by police. Officers were responding to report of man knocking at front and back doors of a house.[324] |
| 2006-08-24 | unnamed male | Georgia (Decatur) | Shot after lunging at police officer and attempting to grab officer's service revolver. Police were responding to report of trespassing in vacant apartment. [325] |
| 2006-08-23 | unnamed male | Georgia (Decatur) | Died after being pepper sprayed and hit with batons. [326] |
| 2006-07-15 | Griffin, Alan | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot by an off-duty deputy. Griffin was the pimp for a prostitute that the deputy had attacked. The deputy shot Griffin when Griffin confronted him with a handgun. The deputy was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[327][328] |
| 2006-06-07 | Cabrera, Santos | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after swinging piece of metal at officer. Police were respond to report of a fatal ax attack on a child. When officers approached a man acting suspicious he threw a tire at one officer breaking his arm.[329] |
| 2006-04-14 | Burgess, Christopher | California (Eureka) | [330] |
| 2006-09-17 | Chasse, James | Oregon | James Chasse |
| 2006-08-04 | Wilson, Ryan | Colorado (Lafayette) | Died of an irregular heartbeat after being shocked by a Taser. Police were investigating a report of marijuana plants growing in the area. [331] |
| 2006-05-30 | Zehm, Otto | Washington | Otto Zehm |
| 2006-04-14 | Moore, Cheri Lynn | California (Eureka) | [332] |
| 2006-03-07 | Hamley, Joseph Erin | Arkansas | Fatal police shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley |
| 2006-02-04 | Williams Jr., Jessie Lee | Mississippi | List of cases of police brutality in the United States[333].[334] |
| 2006-01-20 | Walker, Clarence | Georgia (Marshallville) | Died of a sudden cardiac arrhythmia while being arrested and after being subdued with pepper spray. Officers were arresting Walker for probation and parole violations.[335][336] |
| 2006-01-06 | Anderson, Martin | Florida | Martin Anderson death controversy |
| 2005-09-04 | Brissette, James | Louisiana | Danziger Bridge shootings |
| 2005-09-04 | Madison, Ronald | Louisiana | Danziger Bridge shootings |
| 2005-09-02 | Glover, Henry | Louisiana | Death of Henry Glover |
| 2005-08-05 | Erwin, Rodney | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after pointing gun at police who were attempting arrest for parole violation. [337] |
| 2005-06-20 | Manley, Perry | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after attempting to enter courthouse with WWII-era grenade. Police spent 20 minutes attempting to convince Manly to surrender. Was shot after making a “furtive movement with th grenade” which was later found to be defused. [338] |
| 2005-04-23 | Williams, Brandon | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after shooting and killing police officer. Williams was the driver of a vehicle that was pulled over by an anti-narcotics unit. As the officer approached the vehicle, Williams shot him through the closed window.[339] |
| 2004-12-28 | Madonna, Michael | Idaho (Hayden) | Shot after shooting a policeman. Officers were questioning Madonna about an earlier hit-and-run accident when he fled into his house and retrieved a gun.[340] |
| 2004-12-23 | Herrera, Juan | California | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[341] |
| 2004-10-09 | Badovinac, David Michael | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after shooting at police. [342] |
| 2004-07 | LaRue, James | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after pointing gun at police and using officer's Taser on two officers. [343] |
| 2004-02-20 | Jackson, Herman | Georgia (Sylvester) | Died from broken larynx suffered as a police officer wrapped his arm around Jackson's neck to subdue him during an arrest. [344] |
| 2004-01-13 | unnamed male | Georgia (Lilburn) | Shot after shooting at deputies. Officers were responding to a report of a home invasion were two people were killed. Officers chased the suspect into the woods where he shot at them. [345] |
| 2004-01-04 | Stansbury, Timothy | New York | Timothy Stansbury |
| 2003-12-12 | Walker, Kenneth | Georgia (Columbus) | Shot during traffic stop on suspicion of drug possession. [346] |
| 2003-05-22 | Zongo, Ousmane | New York | Ousmane Zongo |
| 2003-05-02 | Herring, Gregory | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Died of “sudden cardiovascular collapse” during struggle with police. The police were responding to report of a naked and bleeding man in apartment parking lot who was yelling and banging on doors. City settled for $19,500 with Herring estate.[347] |
| 2003-03-08 | Pleasance, Michael | Illinois | [348] |
| 2003-02-02 | Bates, Stanley | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Shot after lunging at police with knife. Police were responding to report of a man attempting to enter his mother's home by force. The officer involved later lost a $7 million civil judgment in federal court for wrongful death in the incident. [349] |
| 2002-12-20 | Weigel, Bruce James | Wyoming (south of Cheyenne) | Died of “mechanical asphyxiation” as a result of arresting state trooper putting weight on Weigel's back while handcuffing Weigel on the ground. The state of Wyoming settled a federal lawsuit for $500,000 in the case. [350][351] |
| 2002-12-12 | unnamed male | Georgia (Tift County) | Died from injuries following police use of a PIT maneuver on suspect's vehicle. Police were attempting to stop suspect after having stolen $10.69 worth of gas. [352] |
| 2001-11-06 | Hood, Timothy | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after placing a gun to officer's head. [353] |
| 2001-09-21 | unnamed male | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after shooting at officer. Police were responding to report of an armed robbery of a hotel. A man running from the scene matched suspects description and was commanded to stop. [354] |
| 2001-08-08 | Martinez, Nelson | Washington | [355] |
| 2000-10-19 | Graham | Colorado (Cripple Creek) | Shot after pointing a rifle at police. Graham had started a fire in the police parking lot and was spraying fuel on the fire. [356] |
| 2000-10-04 | Adams, John | Tennessee (Lebanon) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers raided wrong house in drug raid. Adam's wife thought they were victims of a home invasion and called for Adams to get his gun.[357] |
| 2000-06-30 | Bymon, Lisa Bymon, Desiree Bymon, Juwam Williams Davis, Ponda |
Georgia (Hinesville) | Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes. [358] |
| 1999-12-30 | Mauro, Scott A | Georgia (Martinez) | Shot while pointing shotgun at officers while approaching them. Police were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. They found Mauro on the porch of the home with a shotgun taped to his throat. A standoff ensued.[359] |
| 1999-09-23 | Mena, Ismael | Colorado | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[360] |
| 1999-07-26 | DuBose, Demetrius | California (San Diego) | Shot while charging at officers while waving their nunchukas. Officers attempted to question DuBose outside a home that had been burglarized. When DuBose fled officers caught him and they scuffled during which DuBose took nunchukas from two officers. [361] |
| 1999-02-18 | Shaw, James | Georgia (Waycross) | Shot while dragging officer with vehicle. Officers had approached Shaw to question him regarding reports of violent threats. The officer had reached inside Shaw's car to stop it.[362] |
| 1999-02-04 | Diallo, Amadou | New York | Amadou Diallo |
| 1997-09-02 | Atkinson, James Justin | Idaho (Boise) | Shot while dragging police officer with car. The officer had reached into Atkinson's car to turn off ignition when Atkinson sped off. [363] |
| 1997-08-17 | Wood, Donald | Georgia (Brunswick) | Shot after shooting at police. Wood had abducted his estranged wife and led police on a 3.5 hour car chase in a vehicle Wood had stolen at gunpoint.[364] |
| 1996-07-04 | Gaines, Nathaniel Levi | New York | Nathaniel Levi Gaines |
| 1995-10-12 | Gammage, Johnny | Pennsylvania | Johnny Gammage |
| 1994-12-22 | Baez, Anthony | New York | Anthony Baez |
| 1993-12-02 | Alan Winterbourne | California (Oxnard) | [365] |
| 1992-11-05 | Green, Malice | Michigan | Malice Green |
| 1992-10-02 | Scott, Donald P. | California (Malibu) | Donald P. Scott |
| 1992-08-21 | Weaver, Sammy | Idaho | Ruby Ridge |
| 1992-08-22 | Weaver, Vicki | Idaho | Ruby Ridge |
| 1992-07-03 | Garcia, Jose | New York | [366] |
| 1990-03-22 | Archie, Adolph | Louisiana | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[367][368] |
| 1982-12-28 | Johnson Jr., Nevelle | Florida | [369] |
| 1982-10-05 | Drumgoole, Willie Lee | California | [370] |
| 1979-12-17 | McDuffie, Arthur | Florida | Arthur McDuffie |
| 1977-05-05 | Torres, Joe Campos | Texas | Joe Campos Torres |
| 1970-05-14 | Gibbs, Phillip Lafayette | Mississippi | Jackson State killings |
| 1970-05-14 | Green, James Earl | Mississippi | Jackson State killings |
| 1968-02-08 | Hammond Jr., Samuel Middleton, Delano Herman Smith, Henry Ezekial |
South Carolina | Orangeburg massacre |
| 1943-01-23 | Hall, Robert | Georgia | List of cases of police brutality in the United States[371][372] |
This section includes deaths which were initially reported as police killings but later turned out not to be.
| Date | Name | State (City) | Initial reports | Later reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011‑01‑23 | Martinez, Anthony | Washington (Port Orchard) | Shot after shooting at and wounding two deputies. The deputies were responding to report of suspicious man with a gun outside a store. Astrid Valdivia died from gunshot wound received in crossfire between deputies and Martinez.[373] | All three deputies and Martinez were firing .40 caliber hollow-point rounds from Glock handguns, which led to confusion over who shot whom and multiple erroneous reports that a deputy had killed Martinez. Later forensics determined that Martinez killed Valdivia and then himself.[374] |