List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States

Background

Within the limits set by the US Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

in Tennessee v. Garner

Tennessee v. Garner

Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he or she may use deadly force only to prevent escape if the officer has probable cause to believe that...

, 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. When deadly force is used within the prescribed manner, the killing is deemed a justifiable homicide

Justifiable homicide

The United States' concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse, justification and an exculpation. It is different from other forms of homicide in that due to certain circumstances the homicide is justified as preventing greater harm to innocents...

. 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

Police brutality

Police brutality is the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by a police officer....

. When the circumstances surrounding a death are questionable, a state and/or federal agency may investigate.

Through the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the US Congress mandated the Attorney General

United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...

to collect data on the use of excessive force by police and to publish an annual report from the data. Two national systems collect data which include homicides committed by law enforcement officers in the line of duty. The National Center for Health Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics is a division of the United States federal agency the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . As such, NCHS is under the United States Department of Health and Human Services...

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. The FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...

maintains the Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Uniform Crime Reports

The Uniform Crime Reports are published by the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program...

(UCR) which relies on the voluntary participation of state and local law enforcement agencies in submitting reports about crimes. A study of the years 1976 to 1998 found that both national systems underreport justifiable homicides by police officers, but for different reasons. 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." 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.

Description of list

This list comprises killings

Homicide

Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

of people by civilian law enforcement

Law enforcement

Law enforcement broadly refers to any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to promote adherence to the law by discovering and punishing persons who violate the rules and norms governing that society...

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.

2011

Date	Name	State (City)	Description
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.”
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 PIT maneuver The PIT maneuver is a method by which one car pursuing another can force the pursued vehicle to abruptly turn sideways to the direction of travel, causing the driver to lose control and stop. The backronym "PIT" has a number of different meanings, depending on the agency using it or school... causing Crahay's vehicle to spin to a stop at which point she began shooting.
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”.
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.
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
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.
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.
2011-10-23	Lloyd-Thorpe, Trent	Washington (Lakewood)	Shot after ignoring commands to drop handgun and pointing it at officers. Police were responding to report of a gunshot and a wounded man with handgun in street. Autopsy showed that Thorpe had a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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.
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.
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.
2011-10-20	Newsome, Kotrell Omar	Maryland (Lexington Park)	Shot after violently resisting arrest for domestic disturbance. Stun gun was ineffective.
2011-10-18	Sepulveda, Mark Anthony	Colorado (Denver)	Shot while attempting a carjacking. Police were responding to report of armed robbery of store.
2011-10-17	Pinkney, Adolphus	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	Shot after ignoring command to drop weapon and then firing on police.
2011-10-16	Marksbury, Kennen	Texas (Cibolo)	Shot after threatening police with a weapon. Police were responding to report of a suicidal person.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2011-10-12	Bocock, John	Oregon (Myrtle Creek)	Shot after non-fatally shooting associate and refusing to drop weapon.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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..
2011-09-24	Ficker, Ronald	Washington (Issaquah)	Shot after shooting near school and shooting at police.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2011-08-10	Albrecht, David	Washington (Shoreline)	Shot after refusing to drop knife and shotgun. Police were responding to report of suicidal person.
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.
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.
2011-08-01	Shafer, Richard Lee	Oregon (Elgin)	Shot while holding a rifle. Police were responding to a report of domestic violence.
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.
2011-07-24	Redick, Larry	Tennessee (Memphis)	Shot after firing at police who were responding to reports of a domestic disturbance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2011-07-16	Hawkins, Lynell	Illinois (Chicago)	Shot after shooting at police. Police were pursuing suspect after reports of gunshots in the area.
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.
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.
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.
2011-07-05	Thomas, Kelly	California (Fullerton)	Died from blunt force injuries after altercation with police. See Death of Kelly Thomas Death of Kelly Thomas Kelly Thomas was a 37-year-old homeless man suffering from schizophrenia, and living on the streets of Fullerton, California. He was fatally beaten by members of the Fullerton Police Department on July 5, 2011. Thomas was initially taken to St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton but transferred to...
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.
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.
2011-06-26	Haynes, Michael R	Tennessee (Memphis)	Shot after shooting at officers. Police were responding to reported of armed mentally ill person.
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.
2011-06-14	Papineau, Brooks	Washington (Gig Harbor)	Shot during a traffic stop. Papineau had a handgun.
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.
2011-06-05	Schultz, James Dean	Washington (Richland)	Shot during confrontation with police who were responding to report of a suspicious person.
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.
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.
2011-05-13	Bueno, Manuel	Florida (Miami-Dade)	Shot after brandishing a knife.
2011-05-11	Wilson, Jeff	Illinois (Chicago)	Shot during armed robbery of store and after shooting at police.
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.
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.
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.
2011-04-18	Williams, Jerome	Illinois (Chicago)	Shot during armed robbery of store and after shooting at police.
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.
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.
2011-05-05	Guerena, Jose	Arizona (Tucson)	Shot by SWAT SWAT A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers... team conducting forced entry search of home involving a drug probe. See Jose Guerena shooting Jose Guerena shooting Jose Guerena was a U.S. Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War who was killed in his Tucson, Arizona home, on May 5, 2011, by officers of the Pima County SWAT team, while they were conducting a forced entry search of his home.... .
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
2011-03-12	Breitkopf, Geoffrey	New York (Massapequa Park)	Nassau County Police officer, accidentally shot by MTA Police officer.
2011-03-12	DiGeronimo, Anthony	New York (Massapequa Park)	Shot by two Nassau County Police officers when he lunged at them with knives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2011-01-16	Dennis, Kenneth	Washington (Spokane)	Shot during investigation of report of domestic violence. Police report Dennis was armed with a knife.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

2010

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.
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."
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.
2010-12-12	Zerby, Doug	California (Long Beach Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257... )	List of cases of police brutality in the United States
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.
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”.
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.
2010-12-01	Stone, Larry	Tennessee (Memphis)	Shot after failing to drop gun.
2010-11-24	Reyes, Ruben	Colorado (Evans)	Shot after killing deputy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2010-10-23	Brown, Larry	Colorado (Delta)	Shot after shooting at police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in neighborhood.
2010-10-10	Bain, Ryan Michael	Montana(Billings)	Died from cardiac arrest after use of Taser. Police were arresting Bain for nudity and stealing a police vehicle.
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.
2010-09-11	Bayliffe, Brent	Washington (Olalla)	Shot after attacking an off-duty state trooper at the trooper's home.
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
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.
2010-08-31	unnamed male	Washington (Pierce County)	Died after deputies used a Taser on man. No further details provided.
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.
2010-08-30	unnamed male	Washington (Seattle)	Shot downtown at intersection of Boren Ave and Howell St. No further details provided.
2010-08-30	Williams, John T.	Washington (Seattle)	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
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.
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.
2010-08-20	Gaye, Tarnorris Tyrell	Florida (Miami)	Shot after pointing shotgun at officer.
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.
2010-08-14	Belizaire, Gibson	Florida (Miami)	Shot after firing at police officers multiple times.
2010-08-11	Johnson, Joeell Lee	Florida (Miami)	Shot after pointing a gun at an undercover officer during a robbery sting investigation.
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.
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.
2010-07-09	Booker, Marvin	Colorado (Denver)	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
2010-07-08	Popkowski, James	Maine (Medway)	Shot after armed confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in woods near hospital.
2010-07-05	Moore, DeCarlos	Florida
2010-06-15	Mayne, Thomas	Maine (Old Orchard Beach)	Shot after firing at federal agents who were attempting to arrest Mayne.
2010-06-10	Grant, Oscar	California	BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant Oscar Grant was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained...
2010-06-08	Ballou, Michael W.	Washington (Sedro-Woolley)	Shot after failing to follow commands to surrender. State Patrol troopers tracked Ballou who had hidden in bushes following a robbery where Ballou handed the clerk a note which implied he had a gun. Ballou did not have a gun, but a knife was found on the body.
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.
2010-05-12	Otis, Keaton Dupree	Oregon (Portland)	Shot after shooting at and wounding police officer during traffic stop. Use of Taser was ineffective.
2010-05-03	Medina, Jason	Texas
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.
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.
2010-03-11	Shaw, Malcolm	Tennessee
2010-03-07	Okot, David	Maine (Portland)	Shot after brandishing handgun. Police were responding to report of intoxicated man with handgun.
2010-02-28	Ingram, Brent	Colorado (Grand Junction)	Shot after charging at police with knife raised. Police were responding to report of domestic disturbance.
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.
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.
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.
2010-01-15	Kimbro, Louis	Tennessee
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.

2009

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2009-10-28	Luqman Ameen Abdullah aka Christopher Thomas	Michigan (Dearborn)	Shot 21 times during FBI raid on Dearborn warehouse.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2009-08-06	Larson, Shawn	Washington (Lake Stevens)	Shot after fighting with deputy at truck scales. Larson had been pulled over for driving erratically.
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.
2009-07-10	Player, Jr., Woodrow	California
2009-07-07	Pebles, John	Washington (Bellevue)	Shot after attaching officer with a knife. Police were responding to a report of domestic disturbance.
2009-07-04	Slater, James L., Jr	Washington (Woodinville)	Shot while holding knife. Deputies were investigating report of domestic disturbance.
2009-07-02	Monnie, Dwight	Washington (Arlington)	Shot by deputy respondting to a domestic violence call.
2009-06-18	McCoy Jr., Lawrence	Florida
2009-06-14	Shehada, Husien	Florida
2009-06-10	Meservey, Niles	Washington
2009-06-08	Wiggs, David LeRoy	Colorado (Pueblo)	Shot while holding handgun. Police were approaching Wiggs related to arrest warrants for felony sexual assault.
2009-06-02	unnamed man	Washington (Lakewood)	Shot after shooting at armored car guards.
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.
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.
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.
2009-04-20	Weinstein, Sheldon	Maine (Warren)	Died of blunt force injuries after an incident that involved three employees of the Maine State Prison.
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.
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.
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.
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.

2008 and older

Date	Name	State (City)	Description
2008‑11‑08	unnamed male	Washington (Everett)	Shot after refusing to put down firearm. Police were responding to report of a burglary-in-progress.
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.
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.
2008-07-30	unnamed male	Washington (Mountlake Terrace)	Shot after leaning out a window with a firearm. Officers were responding to report of gunshots.
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.
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.
2008-06-05	Brown, Tyrone	Maryland	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
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.
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.
2008-01-04	Wilson, Tarika	Ohio	List of cases of police brutality in the United States..
2008	Lumpkin, Joseph	Florida
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2007-01-04	Cooke, Zachary	California (Eureka)
2007	White, Scott	Maine (Rumford)	Shot after a seven-hour standoff outside White's former wife's home.
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.
2006-12-07	Honda, Jonni Kiyoshi	California (Eureka)
2006-11-30	Culosi, Salvatore	Virginia	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
2006-11-25	Bell, Sean	New York	Sean Bell shooting incident Sean Bell shooting incident The Sean Bell shooting incident took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States on November 25, 2006, when three men were shot a total of fifty times by a team of both plainclothes and undercover NYPD officers, killing one of the men, Sean Bell, on the morning before his...
2006-11-21	Johnston, Kathryn	Georgia	Kathryn Johnston shooting Kathryn Johnston shooting Kathryn Johnston was an elderly Atlanta, Georgia woman who was shot by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November 21, 2006, where she had lived for 17 years. Three officers had entered her home in what was later described as a 'botched' drug raid...
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.
2006-04-14	Burgess, Christopher	California (Eureka)
2006-09-17	Chasse, James	Oregon	James Chasse James Chasse James Philip Chasse, Jr. was an American singer and writer from Portland, Oregon. In 2006 his death while in the custody of Oregon law enforcement officers caused an outcry over civil rights and an examination of the lack of crisis management training given to Portland police officers...
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.
2006-05-30	Zehm, Otto	Washington	Otto Zehm Otto Zehm Otto Zehm was a mentally disabled man from Spokane, Washington who died on March 20, 2006, two days after being beaten, tasered multiple times, and improperly restrained by seven Spokane Police Officers...
2006-04-14	Moore, Cheri Lynn	California (Eureka)
2006-03-07	Hamley, Joseph Erin	Arkansas	Fatal police shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley Fatal police shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley On March 7, 2006, Joseph Erin Hamley, an unarmed 21-year-old young man who suffered from cerebral palsy, was fatally shot and killed by Arkansas State Trooper Larry P. Norman of West Fork, Arkansas.At 7 a.m...
2006-02-04	Williams Jr., Jessie Lee	Mississippi	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
2006-01-06	Anderson, Martin	Florida	Martin Anderson death controversy
2005-09-04	Brissette, James	Louisiana	Danziger Bridge shootings Danziger Bridge Shootings The Danziger Bridge shootings were a police shooting that took place on September 4, 2005, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana. Six days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the city's police department killed two people: seventeen-year-old James Brissette and forty-year-old...
2005-09-04	Madison, Ronald	Louisiana	Danziger Bridge shootings Danziger Bridge Shootings The Danziger Bridge shootings were a police shooting that took place on September 4, 2005, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana. Six days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the city's police department killed two people: seventeen-year-old James Brissette and forty-year-old...
2005-09-02	Glover, Henry	Louisiana	Death of Henry Glover Death of Henry Glover The death of Henry Glover refers to the ongoing controversy over an African American resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, Henry Glover, whose charred body was found in a destroyed Chevrolet Malibu on September 2, 2005, parked on a Mississippi River levee. Five current and former officers of the New...
2005-08-05	Erwin, Rodney	Colorado (Colorado Springs)	Shot after pointing gun at police who were attempting arrest for parole violation.
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.
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.
2004-12-23	Herrera, Juan	California	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
2004-10-09	Badovinac, David Michael	Colorado (Colorado Springs)	Shot after shooting at police.
2004-07	LaRue, James	Colorado (Colorado Springs)	Shot after pointing gun at police and using officer's Taser on two officers.
2004-01-04	Stansbury, Timothy	New York	Timothy Stansbury Timothy Stansbury Timothy Stansbury, Jr. was an unarmed 19-year-old New York City man shot and killed by New York Police Department Officer Richard S. Neri Jr. on January 24, 2004. Officer Neri and a partner were patrolling the rooftop of a housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn at...
2003-05-22	Zongo, Ousmane	New York	Ousmane Zongo Ousmane Zongo Ousmane Zongo was a Burkinabè arts trader living in New York City. He was accidentally shot and killed by New York City Police Department officers while unarmed in a chance run-in with police during a warehouse raid on May 22, 2003....
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.
2003-03-08	Pleasance, Michael	Illinois
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.
2001-08-08	Martinez, Nelson	Washington
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.
1999-09-23	Mena, Ismael	Colorado	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
1999-02-04	Diallo, Amadou	New York	Amadou Diallo Amadou Diallo Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant in New York City who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999 by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers: Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss. The four officers fired a total of 41 shots...
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.
1996-07-04	Gaines, Nathaniel Levi	New York	Nathaniel Levi Gaines Nathaniel Levi Gaines Nathaniel Levi Gaines was an African-American resident of Yonkers, New York who, in a case of illegal use of deadly force, was fatally shot by a member of the New York City Transit Police, a division of the New York City Police Department...
1995-10-12	Gammage, Johnny	Pennsylvania	Johnny Gammage Johnny Gammage Jonny Gammage was a black motorist who was killed on October 12, 1995, after being stopped for "driving erratically" by police from the nearly all-white Pittsburgh suburbs of Brentwood,...
1994-12-22	Baez, Anthony	New York	Anthony Baez Anthony Baez Anthony Ramon Baez was a 29-year old security guard who died on December 22, 1994. His death occurred early in the morning on Cameron Place in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, New York. The fatal encounter began when the man, Anthony Baez, and his brothers hit a police car more than once with...
1993-12-02	Alan Winterbourne	California (Oxnard)
1992-11-05	Green, Malice	Michigan	Malice Green Malice Green Malice Green was a resident of Detroit, Michigan who died while in police custody after being arrested by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers on November 5, 1992 during a traffic stop. Both officers were later convicted for Green's death. The official cause of death was ruled...
1992-10-02	Scott, Donald P.	California (Malibu)	Donald P. Scott Donald P. Scott Donald P. Scott was killed during a police raid on October 2, 1992 as they attempted to serve a warrant to search for marijuana.-The raid:Early on the morning of October 2, 1992, 31 officers from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Border Patrol, National Guard...
1992-08-21	Weaver, Sammy	Idaho	Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver, his family, Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation...
1992-08-22	Weaver, Vicki	Idaho	Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver, his family, Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation...
1992-07-03	Garcia, Jose	New York
1990-03-22	Archie, Adolph	Louisiana	List of cases of police brutality in the United States.
1982-12-28	Johnson Jr., Nevelle	Florida
1982-10-05	Drumgoole, Willie Lee	California
1979-12-17	McDuffie, Arthur	Florida	Arthur McDuffie Arthur McDuffie Arthur McDuffie was an African American who died as a result of injuries suffered at the hands of five white Miami-Dade police officers after a traffic stop was conducted. He had led the officers on a high-speed chase on his motorcycle, and was driving with a suspended license. The officers were...
1977-05-05	Torres, Joe Campos	Texas	Joe Campos Torres Joe Campos Torres Joe Campos Torres was a 23-year-old Vietnam Veteran who was beaten by several Houston police officers and subsequently died. His death sparked protests.-Incident:Torres had been arrested at a Houston bar for disorderly conduct...
1970-05-14	Gibbs, Phillip Lafayette	Mississippi	Jackson State killings Jackson State killings The Jackson State killings occurred on Thursday/Friday May 14–15, 1970, at Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi. A group of somewhat violent student protesters were confronted by city and state police. The police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve...
1970-05-14	Green, James Earl	Mississippi	Jackson State killings Jackson State killings The Jackson State killings occurred on Thursday/Friday May 14–15, 1970, at Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi. A group of somewhat violent student protesters were confronted by city and state police. The police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve...
1968-02-08	Hammond Jr., Samuel	South Carolina	Orangeburg massacre Orangeburg massacre The Orangeburg massacre was an incident on February 8, 1968, in which nine South Carolina Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into an aggravated but unarmed mob protesting local segregation at a bowling alley, hitting most of them in their backs. Three men were killed and...
1968-02-08	Middleton, Delano Herman	South Carolina	Orangeburg massacre Orangeburg massacre The Orangeburg massacre was an incident on February 8, 1968, in which nine South Carolina Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into an aggravated but unarmed mob protesting local segregation at a bowling alley, hitting most of them in their backs. Three men were killed and...
1968-02-08	Smith, Henry Ezekial	South Carolina	Orangeburg massacre Orangeburg massacre The Orangeburg massacre was an incident on February 8, 1968, in which nine South Carolina Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into an aggravated but unarmed mob protesting local segregation at a bowling alley, hitting most of them in their backs. Three men were killed and...
1943-01-23	Hall, Robert	Georgia	List of cases of police brutality in the United States

Known erroneous reports

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.	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.