List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, December 2019

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in December 2019, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 111 people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

December 2019

Date	Name (age) of deceased	Race	State (city)	Description
2019-12-31	Malik Williams (23)	Black	Washington (Federal Way)	Officers responded to a noise disturbance and found Williams, who was in a wheelchair, and a female arguing in a car. The female exited the vehicle. Officers spoke with her and Williams. According to police, Williams made a "quick move" in the car, which resulted in gunfire. Two of seven officers on the scene were struck, but survived. Williams was killed. The Valley Independent Investigations Team alleged that Williams had initiated the gun fight.[1] Police recovered a black 9mm handgun from the car. They also recovered eighty-four shell casings from the scene, although it is unclear how many are from police weapons.[2]
2019-12-31	Eric M. Tellez (28)	White	Arizona (Globe)	[3]
2019-12-31	Terry Hudson (57)	Black	Nebraska (Omaha)	[4]
2019-12-31	Michael Vincent Davis (49)	White	West Virginia (Cross Lanes)	[5]
2019-12-31	Dedrick Thomas	Black	Arkansas (Memphis)	[6]
2019-12-31	Brian Elkins (47)	Unknown race	Mississippi (Blue Mountain)	[7]
2019-12-31	Frederick Perkins (37)	Black	Missouri (Chesterfield)	[8]
2019-12-30	Debra D. Arbuckle (51)	White	Kansas (Wichita)	[9][10]
2019-12-30	Davion Edison	Black	Texas (Houston)	[11]
2019-12-30	Cody McCaulou (27)	White	Missouri (Fulton)	[12]
2019-12-29	Kelly Michael Stephens (34)	White	Alaska (Juneau)	[13]
2019-12-29	John Bott (76)	Unknown race	Mississippi (Byhalia)	[14]
2019-12-29	Manuel Gonzales Verdugo (50)	Hispanic	California (El Centro)	[15]
2019-12-29	Patrick Alden (29)	White	South Dakota (Rapid City)	[16][17]
2019-12-28	Albert Benjamin Simon (52)	White	Texas (Houston)	[18]
2019-12-28	Troy Kirk (31)	White	Ohio (Lancaster)	[19]
2019-12-28	Craig Ellis See (34)	White	California (Clearlake Oaks)	[20]
2019-12-28	A.B. Carr (31)	White	Tennessee (Elizabethton)	[21]
2019-12-28	Heriberto Rodriguez (27)	Hispanic	California (Bakersfield)	[22]
2019-12-27	Frederick Jeremy Atkin (42)	White	Utah (South Ogden)	[23] [24]
2019-12-27	Henry "Hank" Kistler Berry III (43)	White	Virginia (Newport)	[25][26][27][28]
2019-12-27	John Lowell Dollen	White	Maryland (Linthicum Heights)	[29]
2019-12-27	Christopher Camacho (16)	Hispanic	Maine (Limerick)	[30][31][32]
2019-12-26	Juan Rosa (35)	Hispanic	Florida (Auburndale)	[33]
2019-12-26	Antonio Smith (35)	Black	Tennessee (Memphis)	[34]
2019-12-25	Lori Jean Canada (59)	White	Florida (Ocala)	[35]
2019-12-25	Deangelo Rashad Martin (23)	Black	Georgia (Atlanta)	[36][37]
2019-12-24	Elray Barber (60)	Black	Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)	[38]
2019-12-24	David A. White (56)	Unknown race	Springfield, MO	[39]
2019-12-24	Harvey Cantrell (65)	White	Deltona, FL	[40][41][42]
2019-12-23	Austin Chase Swindle (24)	White	Bryant, AR	[43]
2019-12-23	Macario Hernandez (34)	Hispanic	San Antonio, TX	[44]
2019-12-23	Richard Ruiz (38)	Hispanic	Arizona (Phoenix)	[45]
2019-12-22	Romir Talley (24)	Black	Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)	[46]
2019-12-22	Kenneth Collins (46)	Black	Hattiesburg, MS	[47]
2019-12-22	Jesse Donnelly Adams	White	California (Redding)	[48]
2019-12-21	Brian Lee Mullen (57)	White	Evansville, IN	[49]
2019-12-21	Marc Denver Thompson (26)	White	Carrollton, GA	[50]
2019-12-21	Michael DeCastro (57)	White	Ithaca, NY	[51]
2019-12-21	Mark Stoddard (40)	White	Huntington, UT	[52]
2019-12-20	John Resetar (44)	White	Lynn, IN	[53]
2019-12-20	Steven DeWayne Haizlip (61)	Black	Winston-Salem, NC	[54]
2019-12-19	Jayson A. Colvin (38)	White	Umatilla, FL	[55]
2019-12-19	Mohamed Ahemed Al-Hashemi (25)	Asian	Arizona (Tempe)	[56][57]
2019-12-19	Christopher Joseph Gray (29)	White	Davis, CA	[58]
2019-12-19	Emanuel Johnson (21)	Black	Brentwood, NY	[59]
2019-12-19	Gary Wayne Madewell (38)	White	Carthage, TN	[60]
2019-12-19	Kentrey Marquis Witherspoon (28)	Black	Lenoir, NC	[61]
2019-12-19	Jason Elliot Waterhouse (47)	White	Lakewood, CO	[62][63]
2019-12-18	Tyler Hall (29)	Unknown race	Tulsa, OK	[64]
2019-12-17	Kyle Horton (31)	White	Wilmington, NC	[65]
2019-12-17	Clyde Jacob Sullivan (27)	White	Fort Walton Beach, FL	[66]
2019-12-17	Paul Jarvis (63)	Unknown race	El Paso, TX	[67]
2019-12-17	Ricky Lee Gardipee (41)	White	Great Falls, MT	[68]
2019-12-17	Dana Brown (27)	Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander	Kapolei, HI	[69][70][71]
2019-12-16	Jorge Serrano	Hispanic	Los Angeles, CA	[72]
2019-12-16	Dustin Spencer (34)	Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander	Honolulu, HI	[73]
2019-12-16	Bernie Rascon (28)	White	San Bernardino, CA	[74][75]
2019-12-15	Mario Alberto Torres (27)	Hispanic	Brownsville, TX	[76]
2019-12-15	Mohammad Jamal Isaifan (40)	Asian	Akron, OH	[77]
2019-12-15	Kean Walker (23)	White	Milwaukee, WI	[78]
2019-12-15	Chiasher Fong Vue (52)	Asian	Minneapolis, MN	[79]
2019-12-14	Victor A. Parsons (42)	White	Arizona (Tucson)	[80]
2019-12-14	Donald Young (33)		Ohio (Bellevue)	Police attempted to arrest Young for a warrant. Police tased, restrained, and handcuffed Young, who died. His death was ruled a homicide.[81]
2019-12-14	Alejandro Betancourt-Mendoza (18)	Hispanic	Washington (Pasco)	Officers were investigating a crime when a suspect stabbed them. The suspect was shot and killed by officers.[82]
2019-12-14	Louis Patrick Veal (65)	Black	Michigan (Detroit)	[83]
2019-12-14	Jamee Christopher Deonte Johnson (22)	Black	Florida (Jacksonville)	[84][85][86][87]
2019-12-12	Erik Lee (43)	Unknown race	Orange, CA	[88]
2019-12-12	Anthony Tovar (43)	White	Washington (Renton)	Police responded to a report of an armed man. Officers thought they saw the suspect with a shotgun and fired when shot at him, resulting in the suspect dropping the shotgun and fleeing. Police said he refused to follow commands to stop, then brandished a knife while approaching officers. The officer fired again, hitting the suspect, who later died at Harborview hospital.[89]
2019-12-12	Romello Barnes (22)	Black	Florida (Tampa)	[90]
2019-12-12	Cortez Bufford (24)	Black	St. Louis, MO	[91][92]
2019-12-12	Cade Humphrey (30)	White	New Cordell, OK	[93]
2019-12-12	Taveonte Art Emmanuel (34)	Black	Anaheim, CA	[94]
2019-12-12	Bradley Cutchens (23)	White	Ozark, AL	[95]
2019-12-11	Matthew Jonathon Krupar (31)	White	League City, TX	[96]
2019-12-10	Mauro Carrillo (42)	Hispanic	Hesperia, CA	[97]
2019-12-10	Delos Peter Lowe (68)	White	Elkland, PA	[98]
2019-12-10	Terrance Edward White (66)	White	Semmes, AL	[99]
2019-12-10	Montay Steven Penning (23)	Black	Beloit, WI	[100]
2019-12-10	David Anderson (47)	Black	New Jersey (Jersey City)	2019 Jersey City shooting[101]
	Francine Graham (50)	Black
2019-12-10	Robert Allen Elfgen (42)	White	Fort Madison, IA	[102]
2019-12-10	Daniel Eric Condon (55)	White	Arietta, NY	[103]
2019-12-09	Antonio Nichols (47)	Black	Independence, LA	[104]
2019-12-08	Koben S. Henriksen (51)	White	Oregon (Portland)	[105][106]
2019-12-08	Joanna Dixon (23)	Black	New York (Brooklyn)	[107][108][109]
2019-12-07	Mark Richard Coleman (65)	White	Nokomis, FL	[110][111]
2019-12-07	London T. Phillips (35)	White	Fayetteville, AR	[112]
2019-12-06	Dominick Matt (17)	Black	Bentonville, AR	[113]
2019-12-06	Hunter Steven James Lowry (23)	White	Westminster, CO	[114]
2019-12-05	Chad James Green (41)	White	San Bernardino, CA	[115]
2019-12-05	Alvern Donell Walker (58)	Black	Avon, CO	[116][117]
2019-12-05	Demetrius Williams (31)	Black	Marshall, TX	[118]
2019-12-05	Lamar Alexander (41)	Black	Florida (Miramar)	2019 Miramar shootout
	Jerome Hill (41)	Black
	Frank Ordonez (27)	Hispanic
	Richard Cutshaw (70)	White
2019-12-04	John Elliott Neville (56)		North Carolina (Winston-Salem)	Video shows that five detention officers at the Forsyth County Jail restrained a man while he said "I can't breathe" multiple times and apparently suffered a seizure.[119]
2019-12-03	Cameron Lamb (26)		Missouri (Kansas City)	An officer responding to a nearby traffic accident noticed a red truck chasing another car. The police helicopter saw the truck split from the other vehicle and pull up to a house, which was later discovered to be Lamb's residence. Shortly thereafter, two detectives, Troy Schwalm and Eric DeValkenaere, approached the home from opposite directions. DeValkenaere shot Lamb after claiming to see him point a gun at Det. Schwalm, killing him while he was backing into his garage.[120][121] On June 18, 2020, Detective DeValkenaere was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.[121]
2019-12-03	Miguel Russo (31)	Black	New York (Syracuse)	[122][123]
2019-12-03	Thomas Cole Thompson (58)	White	Ada, OK	[124]
2019-12-02	Dai Phuoc Nguyen (38)	Asian	El Monte, CA	[125]
2019-12-02	Neil Lyle Chiago (18)	Native American	Arizona (Mesa)	[126]
2019-12-02	Jerric Harris (21)	Black	Daytona Beach, FL	[127][128][129]
2019-12-02	Michael Lorenzo Dean (28)	Black	Temple, TX	[130][131][132]
2019-12-01	Steven Kerr (25)	White	Plant City, FL	[133]
2019-12-01	Anthony Rosso (68)	White	Secaucus, NJ	[134]
2019-12-01	Jimmie Phillips (68)	Black	Morrow, GA	[135]
2019-12-01	Yemerson Melendez (16)	Hispanic	Fort Pierce, FL	[136]
2019-12-01	Donald J. Eversen (60)	White	Concord, CA	[137]
2019-12-01	Jordan Oliver (20)	White	Warrior Run, PA	[138]

See also

This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[edit]

• Death in custody § United States
• Henry A. Wallace Police Crime Public Database
• List of cases of police brutality
• List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers
• List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States
• List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States
• List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests
• List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States
• Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
• Police brutality in the United States
• Police misconduct § United States
• Police riot § United States
• Police use of deadly force in the United States