List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States in the 20th century

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in the 20th century, 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. This page lists 1737 people.

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1990s

The table below lists 569 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1999-12-31	Unnamed man	Virginia (Richmond)	[1]
1999-12-30	Scott A. Mauro	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.[2]
1999-12-27	Unnamed man	Georgia (Summerville)	[3]
1999-12-24	Unnamed man	California (Walnut Creek)	[4]
1999-12-11	Silverio Espinoza (49)	California (Napa)	[5]
1999-12-08	Troy Matthews (29)	Pennsylvania (White Haven)	[6]
1999-12-07	Orlando Santana	Maine (Brunswick)	[7]
1999-12-07	Unnamed man	Washington (Seattle)	[8]
1999-11-12	Jamie Dominguez (44)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-11-07	Alfredo Barrett	U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas)	An officer responded to a fight and shot Barrett after he failed to drop a weapon and attempted to grab the officer's gun.[10]
1999-10-12	Ralph Fleming (56)	Florida (Hollywood)	[11]
1999-09-29	Ismael Mena (45)	Colorado (Denver)	Ismael Mena was shot eight times and killed when 14 SWAT officers entered the wrong house while conducting a no-knock raid.[12]
1999-09-25	Owen "Gene" Huffer (61)	Indiana (South Bend)	[13][14]
1999-09-23	Kenneth "Kenny" Miller (27)	Michigan (Flint)	[15]
1999-09-19	Tracy Mingo (31)	New Jersey (Absecon)	[16]
1999-09-19	Jean Pierre Lafitte	Arizona (Tucson)	[17][18]
1999-09-18	David J. Paisley (43)	Florida (Popano Beach)	[19]
1999-09-18	Andre Austin (26)	New York (Brooklyn)	[20]
1999-09-17	Kevin Caufield (44)	Maine (Portland)	[21]
1999-09-15	Justin Johnson (19)	Arizona (Tucson)	[18]
1999-09-14	Pedro Gonzales (67)		[17][18]
1999-09-01	Richard Watson (32)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1999-09	Antonio Butler (19)	Florida (Miami)	Butler, an unarmed carjacking suspect, was shot dead by a Miami police Sergeant.[23]
1999-08-30	Gidone Busch (31)	New York (Brooklyn)	Gidone Busch was a mentally disturbed male who was shot and killed with 12 bullets outside his apartment by four NYPD officers after he refused to drop a hammer which he had just used to both strike a sergeant in the arm, and threaten other officers.
1999-08-28	Jason Arboleda (21)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-08-27	Unidentified man (35)	New York (Bronx)	[22]
1999-08-24	Colleen Beverly Kelly (37)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-08-18	Scott D. Randell (27)	Utah (West Jordan)	Scott D. Randell of Sandy was shot multiple times by a West Valley City police officer in the cul-de-sac of a West Jordan neighborhood. The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m.. Police believe Randell was one of two men who fled from police several hours earlier after being stopped while driving a reported-stolen car. During the search of the area, Randell sped by police on a motorcycle and failed to stop when pursued by police. Randell allegedly pointed a gun at the two officers who had pursued him. One officer opened fire, striking Randell in the chest.[24]
1999-08-18	Larry Cobb (30)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1999-08-15	Angel Reyes (47)		[22]
1999-08-13	Alvaro Henry Viveros (27)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-08-09	Robert Striker (54)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1999-08-05	Jatrek Hewitt (17)	New York (Staten Island	[22]
1999-08-04	Colico Smalls (21)	Ohio (Canton)	[22]
1999-08-03	John Richard Mooney (25)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-08-02	Unidentified man	New York (Massapequa)	[22]
1999-07-26	DuBose, Demetrius (28)	California (San Diego)	DuBose was shot while charging at officers while waving their nunchakus. Officers attempted to question DuBose outside a home that the owner thought had been burglarized; this was resolved before the police arrived as DuBose was a neighbor. Police wanted to handcuff him anyway and confirm his identification despite his roommate and also a neighbor confirming who he was. When DuBose fled officers caught him and they scuffled during which DuBose took nunchakis from two officers.[25]
1999-07-24	Delano Maloney (32)	New York (Brooklyn)	[22]
1999-07-15	Glenn Sigford Sunde (37)	Nevada (Reno)	[26]
1999-07-10	Darren Jason Parton (19)	Florida (Jacksonville)	[27]
1999-07-07	Unnamed woman	Idaho (Sandpoint)	[28]
1999-07-02	Lonnie Dale Jordan (42)	Texas (Weatherford)	[29]
1999-07-02	Quentin Whitfield (22)	Illinois (Calumet City)	[30]
1999-06-30	Unnamed man	Iowa (Des Moines)	[31]
1999-06-28	Renato Mercado (63)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1999-06-28	Gregory Lee Richardson (42)	New York (Colonie)	[22]
1999-06-23	Simon Gonzales	Colorado (Castle Rock)	Gonzales's estranged wife entered the Castle Rock Police Department to report her husband Simon had kidnapped their three daughters, but police declined to take action, as Gonzales said he was with the kids at an amusement park. On June 23, Gonzales entered the police station and opened fire before being killed by police. Officers later found the three daughters dead in Gonzales's vehicle. The case led to the Supreme Court case Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, which ruled that Castle Rock and its police department could not be sued for failing to enforce Jessica Lenahan-Gonzales's restraining order.[32]
1999-06-18	Ronald Jones (26)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-06-14	Braulio Rios		[9]
1999-06-12	Leigh Edelman (21)	New York (Woodstock)	[22]
1999-06-10	Demetrio Martine Hernandez (33)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-06-06	Agapito Rodriguez (32)	Texas (Dallas)	[33]
1999-05-25	Rodney Mason (38)	New York (Queens)	[22]
1999-05-21	Jesse Zapata	Texas (Abilene)	[22]
1999-05-21	Margaret LaVerne Mitchell	California (Los Angeles)	Mitchell, who was pushing a shopping cart along La Brea Avenue, 'lunged' at officers with a screwdriver and that one of the officers stumbled and then fired, killing her.[34][35][36]
1999-05-19	David Lee Johnson (31)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-04-17	Reginald LaVergne (18)	Texas (Tennessee Colony)	[22]
1999-04-13	Aquan Salmon (14)	Connecticut (Hartford)	Salmon was shot by officer Robert Allan, who thought that Salmon had a gun on him. Salmon was approached by police because he was sought in connection with an attempted robbery and assault of a woman, along with three other children. Salmon had a cigarette lighter which the officer said he believed was a gun.[37]
1999-04-06	Eulogio Perez Delgado (31)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-04-06	Alvin Ray Onezine (19)		[9]
1999-04-01	Christopher Colberg (37)	New York (Sullivan County)	[22]
1999-03-23	Unidentified man	California (Fresno)	[22]
1999-03-23	Jesse Runnels (25)	Florida (Miami)	[38]
1999-03-22	Kevin Wayne McNeil (32)	California (Santa Barbara)	[22]
1999-03-21	Jack Donald Souza (28)	California (Sacremento)	[22]
1999-03-19	Michael Demonn Carpenter (30)	Ohio (Cincinnati)	[22]
1999-03-12	Larry Tobin (53)	California (Fresno)	[22]
1999-02-19	Danny Dunn (37)	California (Kern County)	[22]
1999-02-18	James Shaw	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.[39]
1999-02-15	Eveliodel Carmel Orellana (41)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1999-02-12	Raynard Anthony White	Illinois (Chicago)	CPD officers shot and killed White after he allegedly aimed a revolver at them.[40]
1999-02-12	Carlos Mundo Baraona (35)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
	Gustavo Alberto Mejia (31)
1999-02-04	Amadou Diallo	New York (Bronx)	Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by four undercover and plainclothes NYPD officers in a housing complex during a search for a rape suspect. Diallo had a wallet in his hands, and the officers claimed they thought it was a gun. All four officers were charged with second-degree murder, and were later found not guilty by a jury in 2000.[41]
1999-02-04	Jennifer Strobel (teen)	California (Camp Pendleton)	[22]
1999-01-28	Deborah Meyer	Wisconsin (Kenosha)	Meyer was shot to death after she allegedly pointed a pistol at police.[42]
1999-01-22	Darren Miller (33)	Michigan (Detroit)	One on three people shot to death by officer Eugene Brown.[43]
1999-01-20	Sheryl Sue Seymour	Texas (Houston)	w/f 40, mentally ill, shot and killed by Houston police officer J. G. Lopez after calling for ambulance to take her to hospital. Police claim she lunged at them with a butcher knife. Sheryl was barely 5 ft. tall and weighed about 100 pounds. Lopez was no-billed.
1999-01-18	Stephen Bayer	California (Simi Valley)	According to the Los Angeles Times, "A man described as depressed over business reversals led authorities on a three-county auto chase that ended Monday morning, when police fatally shot him after he pointed a loaded handgun at them, authorities said."[44][45][46]
1999-01-17	Landrum JR, Irvin	California (Claremont)	Died six days after being shot multiple times during a routine traffic stop. Allegedly pulled a firearm and fired upon officers, who responded in kind.[47]
1999-01-14	Unnamed man	Florida (Tampa)	[48]
1999-01-14	Donnie DeWayne Jackson (23)	Texas (Harris County)	[22]
1999-01-08	Thomas Pizzuto (38)	New York (Nassau County)	[22]
1999-01-06	Keithen Briscoe (24)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
	Empra TaDar Moore (23)
1999-01-05	Charles Jones	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1999-01-01	Alfred John Crabb (48)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-12-28	Miller, Tyisha	California (Riverside)	Shot dead by police officers called by family members who could not wake her as she lay unconscious in a car.[50]
1998-12-28	Patrick Rion Raimond (39)	Washington (Everett)	[51]
1998-12-27	Alfredo Ramirez (17)	California (Bakersfield)	[22]
1998-12-27	Franklyn Reid (19)	Connecticut (New Milford)	Officer Scott Smith shot Franklyn Reid to death during a foot chase. The following month, Smith was charged with murder in Reid's death, and was sentenced to 6 years of prison in 2000. The conviction was appealed, and Smith pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide, and received two years of probation.[52]
1998-12-22	Michael Franklin (24)	California (Button Willow)	[22]
1998-12-07	Robert Forest Murray (51)	California (Delano)	[22]
1998-12-??	Michael Van Straaten (32)	California (Corcoran State Prison)	[22]
1998-11-27	Brennan King (21)	Illinois (Chicago)	.[53]
1998-11-11	Deandre Thomas	California (Sacramento)	[22]
1998-10-30	Lewis Stanley McClendo (63)	Oregon (Tiller)	[22]
1998-10-29	Kenneth Banks (36)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1998-10-25	Kevin Cerbelli (30)	New York (Queens)	[22]
1998-10-25	Derek Kaeseman (24)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-10-23	Charles Roberts Jr. (35)		[9]
1998-10-20	Richard C. Dickie Dow (30)	Oregon (Portland)	[22]
1998-10-07	Darryl Howell (45)	California (Taft)	[22]
1998-10-03	Stephanie P. Ryne	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-10-02	Charley Edward Cook (23)	Texas (Fort Worth)	[22]
1998-10-01	Russell Robertson (27)	Texas (Farmers Branch	[22]
1998-09-30	Yvette Marin Kessler (36)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1998-09-26	Unidentified man	Texas (Fort Worth)	[22]
1998-09-26	Epolito Salas (17)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-09-24	Erick Costilla (20)	Texas (San Antonio)	[22]
1998-09-23	John Peter Klink (32)	California (Old Medesto)	[22]
1998-09-17	Cristian Sepulveda (26)	New York (Brooklyn)	[22]
1998-09-17	Unidentified man (40)	Texas (Dallas)	[22]
1998-09-13	Coy Mathis Ford (29)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-09-09	Antonio Renteria (23)	California (San Luis)	[22]
1998-09-08	Benjamin A. Williams	South Carolina (Greenville County)	[22]
1998-09-08	Clyde Harvey (54)		[22]
1998-09-07	Glenn Alton Haring (41)	Arizona (Pima County)	[22]
1998-09-06	Joseph Gasparro (29)	New York (Queens)	[22]
1998-09-05	Robert Lee Tavalaro (41)	California (Yolo County)	[22]
1998-08-21	Edward Bradford (30)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-08-20	Santos Rijos (35)		[9]
1998-08-10	Bryan Stewart (24)	New York (East Meadow)	[22]
1998-08-04	Freddie Rivera (17)	New York (Bronx)	[22]
1998-08-04	Alex Santos (23)		[22]
1998-08-03	Donald Nabors	Alabama (Talladega)	[22]
1998-08-02	Abdiel Burgueno (20)	Arizona (Scottsdale)	[22]
1998-07-??	Gabriel Tithmed	Guam (Harmon)	[54]
1998-07-31	Christopher T. Johnson (29)	New York (North Bellport)	[22]
1998-07-31	Paul Anthony Maxwell (28)	New York (Hempstead)	[22]
1998-07-26	Unidentified man (22)	California (Ivanhoe)	[22]
1998-07-26	Donald Lininger	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-07-22	Paul Watson (41)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-07-19	Christopher Malone (24)	New York (Ossining)	[22]
1998-07-18	Lose Luis Zarate (22)	New York (Bronx)	[22]
1998-07-12	Pedro Oregon (22)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-07-04	William Sershon (31)	Arizona (Glendale)	[22]
1998-07-04	Israel Garcia	California (Fresno)	[22]
1998-07-03	Harold Shover (20)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-07-02	Correy Major	Ohio (Cleveland)	[22]
1998-06-13	Dwayne Eli Sanchez (26)	California (Santa Maria)	[22]
1998-06-22	Sterling Robertson (69)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1998-06-16	Steven Soma (37)	New York (Holtsville)	[22]
1998-06-11	James Crawley (52)	New York (Bronx)	[22]
1998-05-26	Jose Serrano	New York (Brooklyn)	[22]
1998-05-19	Janet Zuelzke (85)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-05-16	Tracy Pollock (43)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1998-05-13	Salazar, Jair	Florida (Delray Beach)	Officer Peter Cagnina fired three shots and killed Mr. Salazar while he "had an object in his hand".[55]
1998-05-11	Robert Williams (17)	Ohio (Arlington Heights)	[22]
1998-05-09	Tom Neville (36)	California (Fresno)	[56]
1998-05-07	Octavio Orozco (23)		[22]
1998-05-05	Richard Young (72)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-05-01	Montrail Collins (22)	Tennessee (Chattanooga)	[22]
1998-04-29	Tyrone Napolean Salters	South Carolina (Greenville County)	[22]
1998-04-28	Unidentified man	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-04-26	Federico Hurtado (62)	New York (Queens)
1998-04-25	Anthony Carmichael	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
1998-04-23	Korey Lavale Rawls (24)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-04-22	Ernie Salas (31)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-04-21	Lyle Bradley Federman (43)	California (Sand Canyon)	Federman was shot 19 times and killed by Kern County Sheriff's Department deputies responding to a 911 call. The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a $1 million settlement to the family.[58]
1998-04-18	Unidentified man	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-04-16	Michael Federici (20)	Arizona (Mesa)	[22]
	Tasia Patton (17)
1998-04-15	Michael Ross Bowers	South Carolina (Greenville County)	[22]
1998-04-13	Daniel Vereline (36)	New York (Manhattan)	[22]
1998-04-13	J. R. Kvernes (21)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-04-10	Jack Allen Crooks (28)	North Carolina (Greensboro)	[22]
1998-04-09	Maxine Cardoza (61)	New York (Brooklyn)	[22]
1998-04-07	Michael Johnson (50)	Arizona (San Carlos Reservation)	[22]
1998-04-07	Unidentified man	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-04-05	Hamilton, Michael (21)	Illinois (Chicago)	Hamilton was killed by police after allegedly refusing to put down his weapon.[53]
1998-04-03	Kevin Dewayne McDowell (25)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1998-04-03	Ellis, Tyrus (33)	Illinois (Chicago)	Ellis was shot by police during a car chase.[53]
1998-04-02	Hopkins, Ernest (27)		Hopkins was fatally shot during a failed police sting.[53]
1998-04-01	Beck, Gregory (17)		Hopkins was fatally shot after a policeman claimed he fired at him.[53]
1998-03-30	Cesare Mollo	New York (Bronx)	[22]
1998-03-27	Michael William Arnold (30)	California (Los Angeles)	[59]
1998-03-07	Amaya, Chila	California (San Francisco)	[60]
1998-02-22	Mark Anthony Perez	California (Salinas Valley)	[22]
1998-02-17	Edwards, Chad (18)	Illinois (Chicago)	Edwards was visiting neighbors with his girlfriend when police entered unannounced. Edwards, unarmed and wearing no pants, was shot in the head by police.[53]
1998-02-14	Abelino Montoya (18)	New Mexico (Las Vegas)	Las Vegas Officer Joseph Mantelli shot Abelino Montoya after a car chase resulting from a traffic violation stop. Sergeant Steve Marquez fired a shot that did not hit Montoya. Both officers were charged with murder, and Marquez was acquitted by a judge and Mantelli was found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 13 years of prison, but a state court appeals threw out the conviction and Mantelli served three years after pleading no contest to manslaughter. Montoya's family filed a lawsuit against the City of Las Vegas and were settled with $4 million.[61]
1998-02-12	Richard Snow (57)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1998-02-12	Troy Edward Davis (27)		[22]
1998-02-12	Fowler, David	Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	Police were responded to a domestic dispute. When Fowler fled, a struggle occurred, and Fowler was shot, apparently by one of the officers.[62]
1998-02-02	Daniel T. Williams (41)	Ohio (Cincinnati)	[22]
1998-01-20	Derrick Calhoun (21)		[22]
1998-01-13	Robert Clermont (36)	Arizona (Tucson)	[22]
1998-01-09	Andre Stenson (34)	Tennessee (Knoxville)	[22]
1998-01-09	Alfonso Hernandez (16)	California (Visalia)	[22]
1998-01-09	Unidentified man	Arizona (Casa Grande)	[22]
1998-01-08	Jaime Garcia Duran (48)	California (Tulare)	[22]
1998-01-03	Unidentified man	California (West Sacremento)	[22]
1998-01-??	Frankie Ulloa	Guam (Dededo)	[63]
1998-??-??	Unidentified person	Arizona (Tempe)	[22]
1997-12-23	Juan Cortez (29)	California (Visalia)	[22]
1997-12-06	Jeffrey L. Morgan (43)	California (Courtland)	[22]
1997-11-29	Oliver Rodriguez Jr. (34)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-11-13	Jose Benito Saenz (18)	Arizona (Glendale)	[22]
1997-11-06	Angel Rivera (20)	New Jersey (Newark)
1997-11-01	Guerrero, James	Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	Police said Guerrero's death was accidental. However, witnesses say the officer intentionally shot Guerrero in the head, killing him.[64]
1997-10-31	Bailey, Patrick (22)	New York (New York)	.[65][66]
1997-10-30	Rose Marie Treadway (43)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-10-26	Mark Ammons	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1997-10-11	Ernesto Barajas (22)	California (Delano)	[22]
1997-10-02	Othel June Striplin (26)	Arkansas (Fort Smith)	[22]
1997-09-20	Craig Brodrick	Idaho (Boise)	[67]
	Doug Brodrick
1997-09-17	Darrell Britton (44)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-09-07	Uvaldo Garcia Armendariz (18)		[9]
1997-09-02	Minerva Gonzales (36)	California	[22]
1997-09-02	Atkinson, James Justin	Idaho (Boise)	Shot while dragging a police officer with car. The officer had reached into Atkinson's car to turn off ignition when Atkinson sped off.[68]
1997-08-30	Augusto Melendez	Florida (Miami)	[69]
1997-08-22	Christopher Bacher	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
1997-08-19	Carl Drega (67)	Vermont (Bloomfield)	[70]
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.[71]
1997-08-02	Jason McCaslin (17)	Texas (Burnet)	[72]
1997-07-31	Manuel Garcia (30)	California (Selma)	[22]
1997-07-11	Ramon Gallardo (64)	California (Dinuba)	[22]
1997-07-02	Hernandez, Fernando	California, (Azusa)	[73]
1997-06-30	Reginald Dorsey (24)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-06-25	Juan Carlos Espinosa (16)		[9]
1997-06-14	Michael Shane Merriott (30)	California (Visalia)	[22]
1997-06-06	Willie K. Friday (34)	Texas (San Antonio)	[74]
1997-06-04	James Willis	Washington (Lake Stevens)	[51]
1997-05-19	Edward James Hayes (20)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-04-29	Kao, Kuan Chung	California (Rohnert Park)	Shooting of Kuanchung Kao. Kao was waving a 6' wooden stick in the driveway of his home while he was drunk. After police arrived, Kao struck a police car with the stick, and one of two officers on the scene fired once at Kao.
1997-04-22	Marcus Quentin Williams (26)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-04-21	Harrington Jr., Calvin	Wisconsin, (Milwaukee)	Harrington was shot to death by an undercover cop during a drug sale. Police say it may have been accidental.[75]
1997-04-16	Bryan Daniel Arledge (22)	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1997-03-23	Richard James Davis (46)		[9]
1997-03-21	Wing, Timothy	Wisconsin, (Madison)	[76]
1997-03-11	Griffin Jr., Allen Lane	Michigan (Detroit)	1997 Detroit shootings: Shot multiple times moments after shooting and killing a man.
1997-02-28	Phillips Jr, Larry	California (Los Angeles)	North Hollywood shootout
1997-02-28	Mătăsăreanu, Emil		North Hollywood shootout
1997-02-25	Jason Erin Marsh (26)	Arizona (Glendale)	[22]
1997-02-20	Chinur Tao Hashim (20)	South Carolina (Greer)	[22]
1997-02-15	Hernandez, Salomon (28)	California (Santa Rosa)	Hernandez did not pay at the Coddingtown Exxon gas station, and police were called. Police say Hernandez tried to attack an officer with a screwdriver. Three shots were fired at Hernandez.[77]
1997-02-07	Huewitt, Vernon (19)	Fort Pierce, Florida	[78]
1997-01-10	Unnamed man	Texas (Houston)	[9]
1996-12-27	Mendoza, Daniel (21)	Nevada (Las Vegas)	Officer Ron Mortensen and another officer were drinking off-duty to celebrate Mortensen's birthday when they decided to "harass dopers and bangers". Mortensen and the other officer drove near a crowd of people and Mortensen fired at them, hitting Daniel Mendoza. Mortensen was convicted of murder charges, while the other officer was never charged and testified against Mortensen.[79]
1996-12-20	Bruno Beltran	Arizona (Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation)	[22]
1996-12-14	Lawrence Sherman (45	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-11-14	Julio Valerio (16)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1996-11-09	Warren L. Williams (27)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-11-08	Alonzo Perez (37)		[80]
1996-10-27	Sarah Rodarmel (20)	California (Sacremento)	[22]
1996-10-25	Milstead, Mark	Virginia (Maurertown)	Mark Milstead was fatally shot by Shenandoah County deputy sheriff Chad Kibler as Milstead attempted to flee from an attack by Steven Ramey, the former boyfriend of Milstead's pregnant fiancé, Jill S. Cardwell. Ramey had fatally shot Cardwell and wounded Milstead, then left the scene following a gunfight with the injured Milstead, only to return while Milstead was in the middle of calling 911 for help.[81][82]
1996-10-16	Ulysses Rose (31)	Florida (St. Petersburg)	[83]
1996-10-23	Mario Heriberto Cuartas (37)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1995-10-23	Castro, Angel (16)	Illinois (Chicago)	According to officers, Castro was trying to flee and pointing a gun when he was fatally shot by police. According to other witnesses, police shot him in the back of the head "without provocation."[84]
1996-09	Gallegos, Joseph (18)	Colorado (Bayfield)	Gallegos shot three of his friends to death and engaged in a shootout with police, being shot dead by them.[85][86][87]
1996-09-21	Grable, Lamer (20)	Michigan (Detroit)	One on three people shot to death by officer Eugene Brown.[43]
1996-09-19	John Johnson (44)	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
1996-09-02	Linda Barrera (42)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-08-29	Saunders, Kevin (37)	California (Santa Rosa)	Saunders had police called on him after a domestic disturbance at his home. Police say Saunders was reaching for a gun in his waistband area, and was unarmed.[77]
1996-08-29	Garvin, Alexis (29)	Indiana (Indianapolis)	An officer responding to a burglary alarm shot and killed Garvin, who was allegedly armed with a handgun. Garvin was not a suspect in the burglary.[88]
1996-08-10	Wren, James Bradley (35)	Washington (Fall City)	Police Sergeant Mathias Bachmeier killed Wren, then blamed him for a fire at Bachmeier's house. Bachmeier was convicted of setting the fire and killing Wren.[89]
1996-08-08	Otis Cooks (22)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-08-07	Juan Valdez (16)	California (Lamont)	[22]
1996-08-03	Thurman III, Clarence	Wisconsin, (Milwaukee)	Thurman was attempting to take an off-duty officer's lawn mower and was shot to death.[90]
1996-07-04	Gaines, Nathaniel Levi	New York	Nathaniel Levi Gaines
1996-06-10	Cruz, Thomas (32)	Wyoming, (Laramie)	Died after he was hog-tied by police.[91]
1996-06-08	Jaciel Gonzalez (15)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-05-23	Maurice Fareed (24)	Dayton (Ohio)	[57]
1996-03-26	Donald Hurley (43)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1996-03-15	Steven Troyce Preston (30)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-03-11	Jose Ferman (20)		[80]
1996-03-07	Clinton Sparks (30)		[80]
1996-03-06	Michael Richard Heaney (48)	Washington (Bothell)	[51]
1996-02-26	Davis Rodriguez Reyes (23)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-02-21	Calvin Moore (18)	Alabama (Mt. Meigs)	[22]
1996-02-17	Juan Carlos Garcia (19)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1996-01-12	Arzuaga, Frankie	New York, (New York City)	[92]
1996-??-??	Scott Norberg	Arizona (Maricopa County)	[22]
1995-12-24	Clifford Herman Landry (20)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1995-12-??	Houston Dotson (47)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1995-11-27	Unidentified man	California (Kerman)	[22]
1995-11-06	Donald Williams (41)	South Carolina (Greenville County)	[22]
1995-10-12	Gammage, Johnny	Pennsylvania	Johnny Gammage
1995-09-24	Gary Glover (20)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1995-08-15	Matthew Morgan (29)		[80]
1995-07-30	Carter, James Jr.	Iowa (Princeton)	James Carter Jr., 41, was fatally shot by law enforcement officers in the aftermath of an early-morning disturbance at Carter's home. Carter's sister was having a fight with her boyfriend when Carter retrieved a shotgun and attempted to get the boyfriend to leave. Police were contacted and ordered Carter to drop the gun. According to reports, Carter pointed the gun at LeClaire police officer Charles Miller, who began firing his gun, and one of the bullets fatally wounded Carter. An investigation by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation later cleared Miller of wrongdoing in the incident.[93][94]
1995-07-29	Marvin Glenn Johnson (28)	Arkansas (Pulanski County)	[22]
1995-07-22	Rosalia Reyes (38)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1995-07-20	Douglas Fischer (24)	South Carolina (Spartanburg	[22]
1995-07-18	Boyles, Tyler Lee	California (Garden Grove)	Tyler Lee Boyles, 20, was fatally shot by Garden Grove, California police after pointing a pellet gun at police officers in the dark. Boyles had called police at 11:02 pm stating he was planning to rob a local convenience store, that he had a handgun, and wanted police to shoot him. Police fired more than 20 shots at Boyles. According to family friends, Boyles may have been suicidal and potentially suffering from a mental illness at the time of his death.[95]
1995-07-15	Travis Allen (17)	Texas, (Bellaire)	Shot in the back.[96] He was unarmed.
1995-07-??	Suzannah Casas Cody	Celifornia	[22]
1995-06-17	Lloyd Bundick (47)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1995-05-31	Roger Roy Boutte (43)		[80]
1995-03-31	Dacey Carreira (30)		[80]
1995-03-25	Huang, Yong Xin (16)	New York (New York)	Huang was shot by police after having a pellet gun in his possession in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The officer claimed that he accidentally fired the shot. Huang's family received $400,000 in a lawsuit settlement against the city.[97][98]
1995-03-04	Williams, Ronald (25)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	New Orleans Police officer Antoinette Frank and drug dealer Rogers Lacaze killed fellow NOPD officer Ronald Williams and two workers at a Vietnamese restaurant during a robbery.[99]
	Vu, Cuong (17)
	Vu, Ha (24)
1995-02-08	Carrington, Roderick (30)	Michigan (Detroit)	One on three people shot to death by officer Eugene Brown.[43]
1995-01-29	Rudy Buchanan (22)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1995-01-22	Carrasquillo, Anibal (21)	New York (Brooklyn)	Carrasquillo, who was reportedly looking into vehicles, died after being shot in the back by a NYPD while running way. Carrasquillo was unarmed.[100]
1995-01-19	Matthew Plummer (26)	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
1995-01-11	Erma Yvonne Taylor (34)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1995-01-??	Justin Jerome Cruz (12)	Guam (Cabras)	[101]
1994-12-27	Duc Loi Thanh Truong (19)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-12-22	Baez, Anthony	New York (New York)	Anthony Baez
1994-12-??	Kennedy, Paul (40)	Utica, New York	Shot six times and killed by Utica Police Officer Alban Uryniak and Sergeant Thaddeus Kaczor. Kennedy was firing a movie prop gun.[102]
1994-11-19	Armando Alegria (17)	California (Kern County)	[22]
1994-11-18	Raymond Marsh	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1994-11-08	Milton R. Frazier Jr. (41)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-11-??	John Magoch (61)	Arizona (Glendale)	[22]
1994-10-12	Derrick Barnes (20)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-10-10	McCormick, Deborah (44)		Despite locked doors, former police officer Mike Griffith entered a wedding chapel/flower shop where he had previously purchased flowers and forced McCormick (who co-owned the flower shop with her mother) into a back room where he forced her to perform sex acts, then he repeatedly stabbed her with a butcher knife, robbed her, and left. Griffith was convicted and executed by lethal injection on June 6, 2007, for his crimes against McCormick. A few days after killing McCormick, Griffith robbed a bank, forcing the sole employee to walk to a back restroom where he shot her in the back of the head (she survived). Two weeks later, he robbed a bridal salon and sexually assaulted a salesperson.[103][104]
1994-10-04	Grove, Kim (32)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	Groves filed a complaint against Officer Len Davis after she witnessed him beating a young man Davis mistook for a suspect who shot a police officer. In response, Davis hired a hit man to kill Grove.[105]
1994-09-08	Daryl Howerton (25)	North Carolina (Greensboro)	[106]
1994-08-21	Smith, Janet M. (28)	Oregon (Gresham)	Gresham cat hostage taking incident: Smith, a mentally ill woman, took a cat hostage at a supermarket with a knife. After threatening to kill the cat, she stood up and charged at a police officer, who fatally shot her.
1994-08-07	Morse Wayne Holland (20)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-08-04	Eduardo Jose Posada (23)	Arizona (Cochise County)	[22]
	Sergio Cruz Tapia (26)
1994-08-??	Edward Mallet (25)	Arizona (Phoenix)	[22]
1994-07-20	Ruben Corona Ortiz (18)	Arizona (Nogales)	[22]
1994-06-03	Darryl Robinson (37)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-05-30	Ernest Wright (17)	New York (Brooklyn)	[107]
1994-05-30	John Raymond Gibson (59)	Georgia (Macon)	[108]
1994-05-28	Julian Rodriguez	Illinois (Chicago)	[109]
1994-05-25	Thomas Rodriguez (20)		[110]
1994-05-25	Unnamed man (36)	Wisconsin (Madison)	[111]
1994-05-23	Ralph Taylor (75)	Arkansas (Washington)	[112]
1994-05-20	Johnny Hoyt Salter (57)	Alabama (Huntsville)	[113]
1994-05-19	Dario Tamez (28)	Oklahoma (Altus)	[114]
1994-05-17	Alfonso Garza (32)	Texas (Brownsville)	[115]
1994-05-16	Ed Purnell Cotton (47)	Alabama (LaGrange)	[116]
1994-05-16	Robert Hutchison (43)	Iowa (Des Moines)	[117]
1994-05-16	Paul Nowakowski (36)	Wisconsin (Caledonia)	[118]
1994-05-14	Dwayne Hartley (19)	Alabama (Biloxi)	[119]
1994-05-14	John M. Pritchett (27)	Oklahoma (Enid)	[120]
1994-05-12	Curtis Lamont Brown (30)	Kentucky (Louisville)	[121]
1994-05-12	Unnamed man	Georgia (Coweta)	[122]
1994-05-11	Wade Corbett (26)	New Jersey (East Orange)	[123]
1994-05-10	John Anthony Kelly (32)	California (Santa Ana)	[124]
1994-05-10	Unnamed teenage boy (17)	Michigan (Detroit)	[125]
1994-05-08	Gary Boomer (25)	California (Anaheim)	[126]
1994-05-??	Donald Creasy (31)	California (Corcoran)	[22]
1994-04-04	Chavez Gaona, Catarino	Virginia (Harrisonburg)	Chavez Gaona set fire to his rental apartment, and sat in a tree with a shotgun. Firemen responded to the call, then called police, who first attempted to negotiate, but then shot him in order to battle the fire.[127]
1994-04-02	Preston Tate (26)	California (Corcoran)	[22]
1994-02-26	Troy Nelson (67)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1994-02-08	Daphney Simone Fox (30)		[80]
1994-02-01	Marvin Eugene Tucker (23)		[80]
1993-12-25	Darryn Robins (30)	California (Lake Forest)	Robins, an Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy, was accidentally shot and killed by another officer during a training exercise.[128]
1993-12-15	Luke Grinage (21)	California (Oakland)	Animal control personnel arrived at a house to confiscate a violent dog. The dog's owner, Luke Grinage, refused to give the dog up, and animal control officers called police to the scene. Grinage fled officers as they attempted to arrest him and fired a shotgun at them, killing officer William Grijalva. Police officers fired back and killed Grinage and his disabled father Rafael, who was uninvolved in the incident and instead caught in the crossfire.[129]
	Rafael Grinage (62)
1993-12-10	Brian E. Davis (29)	Ohio (Columbus)	Davis was among several suspects pursued by officers following a traffic stop. He shot and killed officer Chris Clites before being killed by other officers.[130]
1993-12-07	Geraldo Jaurequi (34)	California (Madera)	[22]
1993-12-02	Winterbourne, Alan (33)	California (Oxnard)	Winterbourne went to an Employment Development Department branch in Oxnard and opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun at the employees. When the shotgun jammed, he pulled out a .44 magnum pistol and continued shooting. He then walked out through a side door, where he exchanged gunfire with four police officers. Two rounds entered Winterbourne's shoulder and chest, respectively, wounding him. A vehicle pursuit ensued, where Winterbourne took out a Browning .300 rifle and fired at a police car. The bullet ricocheted through a spotlight, killing James O'Brien, a sergeant and detective with the Oxnard Police Department. The police held their fire for the safety of passing motorists, and the pursuit continued. Winterbourne then parked at a local EDD branch in Ventura, with six police cars forming a perimeter. He got out of his car, brandishing a Ruger Mini-14 loaded with a 30-round magazine. He finally moved towards an adjoining office, where he was shot nine times by six officers as he was 40 feet away from the door.[131][132]
1993-11-16	Lamont Lamponie (15)	New York (New York City)	Lamponie, along with two accomplices, reportedly tried to rob an off-duty officer and two friends. The officer shot and killed Lamponie and held a 15-year-old accomplice down until police arrived to arrest him; the third suspect fled.[133]
1993-11-16	Marc Morse (17)		Morse and two other teenagers allegedly attempted to rob an off-duty transit officer as he walked home. After one of the suspects reportedly fired a gun, the officer fired multiple rounds, fatally shooting Morse in the head.[133]
1993-11-15	Freddy Perry (45)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1993-11-03	Ronald Belville (22)	Florida (Kissimmee)	Officers responding to a noise complaint saw Belville with a pistol and confiscated it from him. As he was walked back to their patrol car, he fled and allegedly brandished a second handgun. Officers opened fire and fatally shot Belville; a police K-9, Astor, was also killed by gunfire. Belville was a recidivist who expressed desires to be killed by police to his family. Two officers were cited for negligence in failing to properly frisk Belville before he brandished his second weapon.[134][135]
1993-10-11	Keys, Christopher (21)	Illinois, (Chicago)	Police were investigating a burglary at a store when they saw a car that matched the description of the vehicle used by the burglar. When police identified themselves to Keys, the driver, he allegedly ran over one of the officers, injuring him. Two officers fired several shots, striking Keys in the chest and killing him.[136]
1993-09-26	Spencer, Eric (21)	Texas (Fort Worth)	Spencer entered a car driven by his mother as he attempted to flee the police. He was fatally shot by a police officer after allegedly attempting to take the officer's service weapon.[137]
1993-09-10	Henry Noriega (23)	California (Corcoran)	[22]
1993-08-30	Kenneth Brian Fennell (23)	South Carolina (Guilford County)	[22]
1993-07-30	Myrick, Don (53)	California (Santa Monica)	Myrick, a saxophonist and former member of Earth, Wind & Fire, was fatally shot by a Santa Monica policeman during a narcotics investigation. While attempting to serve a search warrant, an officer mistook a butane lighter in Myrick's hand for a weapon. He fired a single bullet that hit Myrick in the chest. Myrick died in the hospital shortly afterwards.[138]
1993-06-25	Jose Luis Montoya (38)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1993-06-15	Marlon Bowen (14)	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
1993-06-12	unidentified male	Florida (Kendall)	An off-duty officer encountered a man suspected in an armed robbery several minutes before. The man allegedly brandished a gun at the officer, who shot the man dead.[139]
1993-06-07	Maurice Morrison (43)	California (Fresno)	[22]
1993-05-18	Terrance L. Cloyd (20)	Alaska (Anchorage)	[22]
1993-04-23	Robert Xavier Espinoza (29)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1993-04-16	Thompson, Emogene	Georgia (Duluth)	Gwinnett County Police Department Ofc. Michael Harold Chapel shot to death a woman outside a muffler shop (demolished, now entrance to Sugar Hill) for cash hoarded by victim. Extra security was ordered in transporting Chapel due to rumors of a possible planned prison-break ambush.[140]
1993-04-15	Monroe, Paul	Texas (Austin)	Paul was shot in the abdomen by Austin Police Department (APD) Ofc. Steven Deaton after being told to drop a duffel bag he was holding and get on the ground.[141] Deaton would work for APD for 26 years before taking a position in the Williamson County Sheriff's Office (WCSO). Deaton would ultimately resign from his post at WCSO in September, 2019 after sharing racist and insensitive posts on Facebook.[142]
1993-04-10	Madera, Felipe (22)	Texas (Irving)	Police responded to a call of a man randomly shooting a gun at an apartment complex. As officers attempted to stop Madera, he allegedly shot at them and was killed by return fire. A grand jury declined to charge the two officers who fired shots.[143]
1993-04-08	Michael Mullins (32)	Callifornia (Corcoran)	[22]
1993-04-01	Snead, Gerald (38)	North Carolina (Burlington)	Snead opened fire in a supermarket, killing an employee and wounding two other people. He shot at police responding to the scene and was killed by return fire.[144]
1993-03-09	Michael James Bryant (37)	California (Los Angeles)	Officers from three jurisdictions pursued Bryant by vehicle to an apartment complex in Highland Park after Bryant allegedly struck a San Marino police officer. Bryant, a 320-pound man, was struck with batons, tased, hogtied, and placed on his stomach in a swimming pool, even though hogtying and the specific restraint used had been banned by the Los Angeles Police Department due to its danger. He died soon after. Bryant's autopsy determined that he died of complications from cocaine usage and asphyxiation from police restraint.[145][146]
1993-02-28	Peter Gent (24)	Texas (Waco)	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents killed six members of the Branch Davidians during a shootout with members of the cult at the Mount Carmel Center, their compound, commencing the Waco siege. ATF agents said Gent and Schroeder were shot after they fired at agents, but Branch Davidians stated that both men were unarmed, along with the four other people shot.[147][148][149]
	Winston Blake (28)
	Jaydean Wendel (34)
	Peter Hipsman (28)
	Perry Jones (64)
	Michael Schroeder (29)
1993-02-28	Paul J. Boucher (38)	Connecticut (Hartford)	Police went to Boucher's home to investigate an alleged theft of cash. He apparently attacked officers two times with a knife, prompting them to shoot him at least seven times, killing him.[150]
1993-02-27	Elwood Rayvon Lee (34)	Washington (Spokane)	Police went to Lee's house after his wife reported to law enforcement that Lee had assaulted her. Lee allegedly aimed a rifle at officers, causing one to shoot him dead.[151]
1993-02-26	Lenas Kakkouras (29)	New York (Mount Vernon)	Kakkouras was stopped by two officers after he became lost trying to drive to a dinner date in Yonkers. He allegedly rammed the officers, one of whom fired three shots into Kakkouras's vehicle in a maneuver prevented by department policy, wounding him. Kakkouras left the vehicle and was fatally shot during a scuffle with another officer. The officer who shot Kakkouras was acquitted of manslaughter charges, but his family was awarded $17.5 million in damages.[152][153]
1993-02-26	Richard E. Hager Jr. (20)	Indiana (Indianapolis)	Hager ambushed an officer at a Village Pantry store, shooting him in the head from behind. The officer survived and was able to return fire, killing Hager.[154]
1993-02-24	Edward Anthony Gerdelman (31)	Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)	Gerdelman was shot twice in the abdomen by an officer investigating a robbery when he allegedly pointed a gun at the officer. He died at St. Anthony Hospital on March 5.[155]
1993-02-24	Tony Oliver (30)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Oliver was shot and killed by an off-duty narcotics officer, allegedly when he threatened the officer with a handgun. A witness said that Oliver was shot after he dropped his gun.[156]
1993-02-23	Nancy Koppel (41)	Virginia (Fairfax County)	Koppel was killed when an off-duty Fairfax County police officer returning home from work crashed into her 1990 Dodge Shadow at an intersection.[157]
1993-02-22	Judy Holden Plum (46)	South Carolina (Darlington)	Police responded after Plum's son called emergency services to report his mother had slashed her wrists. As officers approached, Plum allegedly brandished a pistol and was shot to death by officers. The weapon was later identified as a BB gun.[158]
1993-02-22	Bounthanh Kinnavongsa (28)	Idaho (Twin Falls)	Kinnavongsa allegedly fired an AK-47 rifle at a police officer during a traffic stop, shooting him in the leg. He was killed when the officer returned fire.[159]
1993-02-22	Mary Johnson (68)	Louisiana (Shreveport)	Johnson reportedly threatened officers with a hammer and revolver after they arrived to help a SWEPCO worker turn off her electricity. Johnson allegedly shot and wounded one of the officers, who shot her dead.[160]
1993-02-22	William Dawson (32)	Florida (Lake Park)	Dawson, a burglary suspect, allegedly rammed an officer's patrol vehicle as he tried to flee. The officer fired 16 shots at the unarmed Dawson as he reportedly drove away, killing the suspect.[161]
1993-02-21	John Carnell (31)	California (Rialto)	Two officers attempted to search Carnell, a security guard, outside the bowling alley he was assigned to protect. Carnell allegedly reached for a gun, causing officers to shoot and kill him.[162]
1993-02-21	Thien Van Nguyen (39)	Virginia (Arlington)	Nguyen allegedly kidnapped his wife and other people as they left an Arlington church on February 20. After a standoff that lasted into the early hours of February 21, Nguyen reportedly began shooting at police, wounding two officers, before other officers shot him dead.[163]
1993-02-21	unidentified female	California (Los Angeles)	Three women allegedly attempted to carjack an off-duty sheriff's deputy. When one of the women confronted him with a pistol, the deputy shot her dead during a shootout.[164]
1993-02-20	Bernie Heyman (61)	Florida (Jacksonville)	Officers responded to a burglary alarm at a clothing store. They shot and killed the store's owner, Heyman, when he allegedly fired his gun and brandished it at officers.[165]
1993-02-20	Mark John Dillon (41)	New Jersey (Mountainside)	Dillon was struck and killed by an off-duty Plainfield police officer on Route 22. The officer drove off, but was stopped by an on-duty Newark detective. He was charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident.[166]
1993-02-19	Joseph Alexander Elliot IV (42)	North Carolina (Charlotte)	Elliot reportedly began firing a shotgun from his house. After a 10-hour standoff with police, he allegedly engaged in a shootout with officers, injuring one before being killed by return fire.[167]
1993-02-19	Richard Newman (49)	Louisiana (Lafayette)	Newman, a lieutenant with the Crowley Police Department, was accidentally shot and killed by a New Iberia police officer during an arrest.[168]
1993-02-18	Santa Colon (40)	Pennslyvania (Philadelphia)	Officers responded to a dispute in the street. As they arrived, one of the participants fired a revolver in the air, causing an officer to fire several rounds. The shots wounded the original shooter, aged 19, and fatally struck Colon, who had been attempting to stop the argument.[169]
1993-02-18	William Howard Hayes (69)	North Carolina (Rockingham County)	Police responded to a man shooting at cars from his home south of Madison. When they arrived, Hayes, the homeowner, reportedly fired multiple shotgun blasts at them, causing them to retreat. He engaged in a two-hour standoff, which ended when officers shot him to death as he allegedly charged them while raising his weapon.[170]
1993-02-18	Basilio Reyes Jr. (28)	California (Yolo County)	An assault suspect reportedly broke into an off-duty sheriff's deputy's house near Clarksburg, angry that the deputy had investigated his criminal activity. The deputy shot and killed him in the driveway.[171][172][173]
1993-02-16	unidentified male	Arkansas (Jacksonville)	A man was fatally shot by police when he reportedly confronted an officer with four guns.[174]
1993-02-15	Rafael Lopez (47)	Florida (Miami Gardens)	Lopez was shot dead by police after he allegedly charged an officer with a crowbar outside an elementary school, where Lopez intended to pick up his children. His family said he was schizophrenic and suffered from emotional problems.[175]
1993-02-15	unidentified male	Michigan (Melvindale)	Two officers chased a man fleeing a suspicious vehicle. During a scuffle, the man allegedly took an officer's gun and shot him in the leg. The second officer shot and killed the suspect.[176]
1993-02-13	Scott Oberholtzer (23)	Texas (McKinney)	Oberholtzer allegedly opened fire on two officers approaching his vehicle for a traffic stop, injuring one. The two officers returned fire and killed him.[177]
1993-02-12	unidentified male	California (San Diego)	During a traffic stop on Interstate 5, an officer arrested the 21-year-old driver for speeding. The passenger exited the vehicle and allegedly pulled out a gun on the officer during the scuffle, causing the officer to shoot the suspect once and kill him.[178]
1993-02-12	Kenneth Ray Lamb (37)	California (Modesto)	Police responded to a call of shots fired at a home. Lamb reportedly pointed a bolt-action rifle at an officer who arrived, causing the officer to shoot him dead.[179]
1993-02-11	Jim Taylor (81)	Georgia (Rockdale County)	Taylor allegedly fired at officers repeatedly who attempted to approach his house during a standoff. On the seventh occasion, a deputy fatally shot Taylor.[180]
1993-02-11	Clarence Anthony Harris (17)	California (San Bernardino)	After two officers briefly pursued a vehicle, it stopped and Harris allegedly exited the vehicle with a shotgun. Officers shot and killed him, stating he had brandished the weapon at them. After the two officers arrested the three other occupants of the vehicle, they controversially hugged each other and exchanged a high five.[181]
1993-02-11	Dequan Bland (14)	New Jersey (Bloomfield)	Bland, an escaped juvenile detainee, stole a vehicle with a 16-year-old accomplice in Newark. When an officer attempted to stop the vehicle, Bland allegedly rammed the police car. After a chase along the Garden State Parkway, Bland allegedly struck multiple police vehicles as they tried to box his car in. An officer fatally shot Bland as he drove away. His accomplice was arrested.[182]
1993-02-10	unidentified male	Connecticut (Bridgeport)	An officer responding to a burglary was reportedly shot at by the suspect. The officer shot and killed the man.[183]
1993-02-09	Ken Evans (30)	California (Sacramento County)	A suspected serial robber, Evans, allegedly robbed a Burger King. Police officers fired eighteen shots at him after he reportedly pointed a gun at them and ran away, shooting him twice and killing him.[184][185]
1993-02-09	Nathaniel Winston (59)	Indiana (Gary)	Officers entered a home to serve Winston an arrest warrant on drug-related charges. Winston allegedly began firing a revolver, injuring a policeman, before being shot dead by two officers.[186]
1993-02-09	Frank Fallings (43)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Two officers witnessed three men, one of them armed, robbing a civilian. When the officers chased the men, the armed man, Fallings, allegedly brandished a handgun, causing an officer to shoot him twice and kill him.[187]
1993-02-08	Dalphine Renee Carter (33)	California (Lodi)	Police responding to a call of a woman at a mental hospital chasing other patients with a knife encountered Carter. When she allegedly advanced at him with a butcher knife and resisted Mace, an officer shot her twice, killing her.[184]
1993-02-07	Joneal Clyte Williams (54)	North Carolina (Charlotte)	An intoxicated off-duty officer collided with a Mercedes head-on at an intersection, then crashed into another vehicle. Four passengers in the Mercedes were killed and two others injured. Two passengers in the third vehicle were also injured.[188]
	Roger Williams (28)
	Ashley Coffey (6)
	Jasmine Thompson (5)
1993-02-07	Gregory Warren (37)	Nevada (Las Vegas)	Police responded to a call about a man with a knife at an apartment complex. Warren allegedly told officers to kill him, then advanced on officers, who fatally shot him.[189]
1993-02-06	Allen Frederick Childress (35)	Delaware (New Castle)	Childress allegedly fired a rifle as a Delaware state trooper attempted to intervene in a quarrel between him and his wife. The officer said he told Childress to drop the weapon multiple times, then fatally shot him in the chest.[190]
1993-02-06	William Wooten (28)	Virginia (Norfolk)	Police responded to a domestic dispute at a house. They engaged in a standoff with Wooten, who had taken his family hostage, before Wooten opened fire, fatally shooting his wife and daughter and wounding his mother-in-law. Officers shot and killed Wooten after he allegedly brandished a handgun at them.[191][192]
1993-02-05	Patrick Allen Ladd (35)	California (Fresno)	Ladd died in a shootout with Fresno police as they tried to serve an arrest warrant.[193][194]
1993-02-05	unidentified male	California (San Diego)	State narcotics agents shot and killed a man during a raid at a house after he allegedly brandished a handgun at them.[195]
1993-02-05	unidentified male	California (Arcadia)	Police fatally shot a robbery suspect during a shootout; an officer was struck in his bulletproof vest, but was uninjured.[196]
1993-02-05	Larry Isaac Powell (39)	Tennessee (Chattanooga)	Powell died after being restrained in a chokehold by police investigating him for drunk driving. His death was ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner.[197][198]
1993-02-03	unidentified male	California (Stanislaus County)	Police responded to a trespasser at a house. They approached the house and found a man sleeping with a .22-caliber rifle at his side. Police woke the man up with flashlights and attempted to tell him to comply, but he allegedly fled and brandished the gun at a deputy who approached him. The deputy fired and fatally shot the man.[199]
1993-02-03	James W. Rehe (54)	Pennsylvania (Warren)	Rehe was killed in a head-on crash with an off-duty Pennsylvania state trooper driving to work on U.S. Route 62.[200]
1993-02-03	Beth Irwin (22)	Tennessee (Maury County)	Irwin was killed when a police officer lost control of his vehicle during a high-speed chase, crossed lanes, and struck her vehicle.[201]
1993-02-03	Norman Silva (30)	Colorado (Denver)	Silva, a Denver Sheriff Department officer, was accidentally shot in the chest by another deputy while they transported a prisoner in the basement of the Denver City Jail. He died at Denver General Hospital soon after.[202]
1993-02-01	unidentified male	California (Anaheim)	After a bank robbery, three armed men were pursued as they fled a vehicle. One of the men was shot dead by police in unclear circumstances.[203]
1993-01-31	Copeland, Timothy (19)	Washington, D.C.	Copeland was shot and killed by a police sniper after a hostage crisis in which Copeland fatally shot a woman and an infant and wounded another woman.[204][205]
1993-01-30	Muhammed, Mujahid (24)	New York (New York City)	Four masked men robbed a bank. As the robbers fled, they fired on responding police officers and wounded one. As he sought cover, Muhammed allegedly took Vargas as a human shield and shot and wounded an officer. Seven officers returned fire, fatally wounding Muhammed and Vargas. A grand jury cleared the officers of wrongdoing in March 1993, describing the shooting as a "tragic event."[206][207]
	Vargas, Auera Bonnie (41)
1993-01-29	Allen, Derek (28)	Ohio (Warren)	Allen intruded into his ex-girlfriend's house and took a 3-week-old baby hostage. Police entered the house and shot and killed Allen after he allegedly shot the baby in the head, killing him.[208][209]
1993-01-29	Nguyen, Rot (17)	Washington (Tacoma)	Two officers investigating car burglaries discovered two teenagers hiding in bushes. As the teenagers fled, one of them, Nyugen, allegedly pulled out a pistol and tried to shoot a policeman, but the gun misfired. The officer fatally shot him after he reportedly took the officer's baton and hit him over the head. The second suspect, aged 16, was arrested.[210][211]
1993-01-28	Hunter, Charles James (30)	Texas (Abilene)	Hunter, who reportedly took a 5-year-old boy hostage, stopped breathing after allegedly fighting police officers who were trying to restrain him. He began breathing after treatment in hospital, but later relapsed and died.[212]
1993-01-25	William Klinger (20)	Texas (Marion)	Two officers stopped Klinger as he drove away from the scene of a disturbance; Klinger was asked to return to the scene. When he did, the officers tried to search the vehicle for weapons. Klinger allegedly brandished a pistol and fired a shot during a scuffle with the two deputies. One officer fatally shot Klinger.[213]
1993-01-25	William Ferguson (31)	Michigan (Taylor)	Ferguson, a robbery suspect, allegedly struck two officers and two police cars with his vehicle as he tried to flee the scene. Officers shot him, and he drove away before hitting a tree and dying of his injuries.[214]
1993-01-25	Murphy, Willie Lee (30)	Florida (Jacksonville)	An officer flagged down Murphy in connection with an attempted kidnapping. Murphy allegedly drove off with the officer hanging on to the door. The officer fired three shots, killing Murphy.[215]
1993-01-25	Thyrion, Gregory (30)	Wisconsin (Green Bay)	Police responded to calls of a man threatening suicide. After a standoff involving officers in which the suspect, Thyrion, allegedly threatened to "cut up" officers with a 5-inch folding knife, he reportedly advanced at an officer, who fatally shot him.[216][217]
1993-01-24	D'Ambrosio, Joseph (46)	New York (New York)	D'Ambrosio, armed with a .25-caliber handgun, shot and wounded a man in the street in Woodhaven, Queens. He allegedly pointed his gun at a responding officer, who shot him in the head. D'Ambrosio died at hospital on January 25.[218][219]
1993-01-23	Stephenson, Christopher (19)		After a carjacking and police chase, Stephenson and a 16-year-old suspect fled the scene. Stephenson, who was allegedly armed with a .45-caliber handgun, was fatally shot in the torso by police as he fled, while the minor was arrested.[220]
1993-01-22	Holly, David (35)	New Mexico (Albuquerque)	During an undercover investigation into counterfeiting, Holly, a reported "counterfeiting mastermind," allegedly brandished a firearm at an officer and was killed by police.[221]
1993-01-22	unidentified male (33)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	As police attempted to apprehend a man trying to intrude into a house in Center City, the man allegedly fought with the officers and tried to take one of their guns. The officer took her gun and fatally shot the man three times.[222]
1993-01-22	Ramirez, Manuel Medina (63)	California (Stockton)	As officers served a search warrant on his house, Ramirez fired on police, killing Officer Arthur Parga. Another officer returned fire and shot Ramirez in the stomach, killing him.[223]
1993-01-21	Warrington, Joan K. (33)	Maryland (Glen Burnie)	Warrington allegedly pointed a .25-caliber handgun at police who responded to her house. When she refused to drop the weapon as commanded, an officer shot her several times, killing her.[224]
1993-01-21	Springer, Dennis Lee (24)	California (Modesto)	Police were investigating a vehicle in Salida when the driver fled the scene. Springer eventually crashed in Modesto outside a junior high school. As the officers boxed the driver in, he allegedly rammed an officer's car, injuring him. Two officers opened fire and fatally shot Springer.[225][226]
1993-01-21	unidentified male (39)	Michigan (Detroit)	A man was shot and killed by police at his apartment after allegedly advancing towards two officers with a knife.[227]
1993-01-20	Amado Alonzo Escobedo (40)	California (East Rancho Dominguez)	Escobedo allegedly pointed an "assault weapon" at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies as they served a narcotics warrant at his house, causing officers to shoot him dead. His wife was arrested on suspicion of drug dealing.[228]
1993-01-20	Barry, Robert (23)	Florida (Pompano Beach)	After thieves stole a car outside Barry's home and fled, he followed them in his own vehicle while his wife called police. As he pursued the thieves, Barry allegedly ran a red light and was broadsided by a police car responding to the theft. Barry was ejected from the car and died.[229][230]
1993-01-18	Johnny Lee Tisdale (72)	Arkansas (Sulphur Springs)	Tisdale reportedly set fire to his home and went to his nephew's adjacent house, outside of which he opened fire with multiple firearms on law enforcement as they responded. He was shot and killed by officers.[231]
1993-01-17	unidentified male (20s)	Ohio (Cleveland)	Police responded to a man firing shots randomly and were reportedly fired upon as they arrived. Officers chased the gunman and fatally shot him after he allegedly shot and injured an officer during the pursuit.[232]
1993-01-17	Rodolfo Sanders (23)	Louisiana (Shreveport)	Sanders, a security guard working for the rapper Scarface (Brad Jordan), reportedly fired into a crowd after Jordan was injured by gunfire following a concert. An off-duty police officer working as a security guard at the venue shot Sanders dead when he refused to drop the weapon and continued firing it.[233]
1993-01-17	Blair, Paul Quincy (26)	Georgia (Mableton)	Blair committed an armed robbery at a Texaco gas station and fled the scene, pursued by police. After stealing a second vehicle, he allegedly attempted to run down an officer, who fired shots. Blair drove two miles, then crashed his car and died. An autopsy determined he died of a gunshot wound to the back.[234][235]
1993-01-16	Dutton, Johnny A. (37)	Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)	Dutton allegedly pointed a crossbow at officers responding to a domestic dispute. He was shot and killed after refusing to drop the crossbow and "indicating" he would shoot the officers. Dutton was intoxicated.[236]
1993-01-14	Gilliam, Roy James (32)	Maryland (Bel Air)	Gilliam's wife called police, telling them he was barricaded in his house with several guns and held suicidal ideation. After a three-hour standoff, Gilliam reportedly pointed a handgun at officers who had entered his house. Officers shot him to death.[237]
1993-01-13	Lemon, Raleigh D. (32)	Maryland (Baltimore)	Police arrested Lemon for burglary and fighting responding officers. Due to injuries sustained during his arrest, he was transported to Bon Secours Hospital. After Lemon's handcuffs were removed during a medical examination, he fled the scene and was fatally shot in the back outside the building by an officer assigned to guard him.[238][239] The officer alleged her gun discharged after Lemon turned around during the pursuit and reached for the weapon.[240] In September 1993, attorneys for Lemon's family filed a $264 million lawsuit against Baltimore police, alleging excessive force was used.[240]
1993-01-13	Buytas, Frederick (44)	Indiana (Speedway)	Police responded to around a dozen calls from a house and found Buytas, who fired several shots and demanded to see President George H. W. Bush. After a two-hour standoff, Buytas was shot in the chest and killed by Patrolman Scott Scales after he allegedly pointed his gun at another officer and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired.[241]
1993-01-12	Jordan, Ted (26)	Oklahoma (Bartlesville)	After a bank was robbed, an officer pursued a pickup truck that matched the description of the suspects' vehicle. The officer unsuccessfully ordered the vehicle to stop and fired three shots at it after he allegedly saw the occupants reaching for weapons. The vehicle turned around and reportedly drove at the officer, who fired another shot. The truck then crashed, and Jordan was found shot dead inside. Two other suspects, including the driver of the truck, were later arrested.[242][243]
1993-01-12	Hicks, Lamon (45)	Indiana (Gary)	During a traffic stop, Hicks backed away from an officer and allegedly pulled out a gun during a struggle, causing the officer to shoot and kill him.[244][245]
1993-01-11	Willie Fulton (50)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	A marked police car collided with a civilian vehicle at an intersection in North Philadelphia; the police car entered the sidewalk and struck Fulton. He died at Temple University Hospital of his injuries on February 5.[246]
1993-01-11	unidentified male	California (Salinas)	A police officer approached a man who resembled a robbery suspect outside a 7-Eleven. The man allegedly brandished a shotgun, and the officer shot him multiple times, killing him.[247]
1993-01-11	Pink, Dwight (42)	Connecticut (Portland)	Pink stole a car from a dealership in East Lyme, shooting and wounding a car salesman in the process. As law enforcement pursued him, he crashed and immediately carjacked a school van. During this second phase of the chase, Pink shot at officers and police cars and took a bus driver hostage. After the bus crashed into a guard rail on Route 66, Pink exited the vehicle and exchanged gunfire with police, who killed him. A student and the driver of the school van were wounded during the chase, the student by gunfire and the driver by broken glass.[248][249]
1993-01-09	Eugene W. Sharp (24)	Maryland (Middle River)	Officers responded to a man who had struck a patron at a restaurant and attempted to arrest him. During the arrest, the man's two brothers attempted to help him and fought officers. During the struggle, one of the officers discharged his weapon, fatally shooting Sharp in the abdomen. He died at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center the following day.[250]
1993-01-09	Nueslin, Gina (22)	Maryland (Baltimore County)	Baltimore Police Sergeant James Kulbicki shot Nueslin, a pregnant woman, in the back of the head in Gunpowder Falls State Park. The two had conducted an affair since Nueslin was 19, and due to Nueslin's pregnancy, Kulbicki murdered her to avoid paying child support. Kulbicki was found guilty of the murder in three trials in 1993, 1995, and 2024.[251][252] He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in 2025.[253]
1993-01-07	Moore, Mary Rives (56)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Moore was struck by a Memphis police vehicle and died the next day. She apparently disobeyed several pedestrian conventions before she was hit.[254]
1993-01-07	Gutierrez, Steven (26)	California (Oxnard)	Gutierrez allegedly fired a shot at an off-duty police officer investigating a robbery at a restaurant. The officer fired back and fatally shot Gutierrez, who died at hospital.[255]
1993-01-07	unidentified male	Alabama (Trussville)	A theft suspect armed with a handgun was shot and killed during a confrontation with police.[256]
1993-01-05	Ferrentino, Vincent (27)	New York (New York)	Ferrentino and an accomplice were both shot as they attempted to carjack an off-duty narcotics officer. The officer opened fire, killing Ferrentino and wounding his partner.[257]
1993-01-05	Bacs, Vince (55)	Tennessee (Nashville)	Bacs, a mentally ill Vietnam veteran, charged an officer with an ax and was shot and killed.[258]
1993-01-04	Randall Benfield (39)	Ohio (Akron)	Benfield reportedly verbally threatened officers as they responded to his apartment. He then allegedly brandished a handgun at officers, who shot him. Benfield died in hospital on February 23.[259]
1993-01-04	Frausto, Hector (26)	California (Los Angeles)	Police responded to a call of 15 to 20 gang members loitering in an alley. When they arrived, Frausto, reportedly armed with a .22-caliber pistol, pointed his gun at the officers, one of whom shot and killed him with a shotgun.[260]
1993-01-03	Williams, Roosevelt (81)	West Virginia (Logan)	Williams engaged in a 14-hour standoff with police. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers.[261]
1993-01-03	Stills, Calvin (35)	Louisiana (Shreveport)	Stills shot an officer in the arm while the officer was investigating a homicide; the officer returned fire, killing Stills.[262]
1993-01-02	Calvin Henderson (41)	Texas (Cleburne)	Police responded to a disturbance at a home. An officer encountered Henderson outside and shot him to death after he allegedly brandished a pistol.[263]
1993-01-02	Brown, Tyrone (29)	Louisiana (Angola)	On January 1, Brown escaped the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he was serving a 25-year sentence for armed robbery. The following day, he was spotted by law enforcement in the nearby woods; police said at the time that Brown was most likely searching for a vehicle for his getaway. He was shot and killed while running from police after they allegedly fired warning shots and told him to surrender.[264][265]
1993-01-02	Ervin Sr., John (54)	New York (New York)	Ervin Sr. allegedly threatened his son and his son's girlfriend with a gun. When officers arrived to conduct a search, Ervin Sr. allegedly pointed a gun at police, causing them to shoot him.[266]
1993-01-02	Amos Perry (15)	Texas (Houston)	Perry was shot by police after wielding a machete and advancing towards them. He died at a hospital of his injuries.[267]
1993-01-02	Cox III, James (23)	Florida (Jacksonville)	Cox III opened fire at a battered women's shelter with a shotgun, having abducted his ex-girlfriend's mother and forced her to drive him to the shelter. An officer shot and killed Cox when the suspect allegedly pointed the gun at him.[268]
1993-01-01	Arizpe, Fernando (21)	Texas (Brownsville)	Arizpe, driving an ATV, was killed when his vehicle collided with a Cameron County Sheriff's Office vehicle. Police alleged Arizpe was driving on the wrong side of the road and without headlights (the crash occurred at 9:15 p.m.).[269]
1993-01-01	Orsini, Michael (42)	Maine (Augusta)	Orsini exchanged gunfire with an Augusta police officer when the officer attempted a traffic stop. Orsini was shot several times and died at a hospital later that day.[270]
1993-01-01	Mazen Mufti (24)	Washington (Seattle)	Mufti died after his car collided with a marked police car near the Seattle Center.[271]
1992-12-30	Trawick, Hakim (26)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	An officer was on patrol when he heard gunfire and saw Trawick and a 23-year-old man, who had just shot and wounded a man in a robbery, fleeing the scene with handguns. One of the suspects allegedly fired at the officer, who returned fire, fatally wounding Trawick. The other suspect was apprehended nearby. A bystander was also wounded in the incident, although it is unclear who shot her.[272]
1992-12-30	Rojas, Carlos (17)	New York (New York)	Five males attempted a robbery at a laundromat. An armed off-duty police officer opened fire on the robbers after they allegedly fired a gun, killing Rojas and wounding a 20-year-old man. The remaining robbers, a teenager and two adults, were arrested.[273]
1992-12-30	Stewart, David (23)	Pennsylvania (Penn Township)	Stewart stabbed his father before brandishing a knife at officers, causing them to shoot him.[274]
1992-12-24	Alva, Joseph (27)	South Carolina (Columbia)	Alva, a Richland County's sheriff's deputy, was accidentally shot by another deputy during an arrest.[275]
1992-12-15	Marthaller, Stephen (36)	Washington (Redmond)	Marthaller and two women robbed a video store. As they fled the scene, responding officers shot Marthaller, who died of his injuries on December 30.[276]
1992-12-12	unidentified male	Tennessee (Nashville)	A burglary suspect was shot and killed by police after allegedly punching an officer in the face and lunging at him.[277]
1992-11-05	Green, Malice (35)	Michigan (Detroit)	Green, a motorist, was pulled over by police after stopping outside a house known for drug activity. When Green allegedly failed to give an officer a vial of cocaine, the officer struck him repeatedly in the head with a flashlight, causing fatal head injuries. Both officers at the scene were convicted of involuntary manslaughter.[278]
1992-11-02	Blackmon, Tryna Lavette (24)	California (Rialto)	Blackmon, a robbery suspect, allegedly pointed a gun at officers and was shot.[279]
1992-10-20	Andrews, Odell (27)		Andrews was shot after allegedly pointing a gun at officers following a police chase.[279]
1992-10-02	Scott, Donald P.	California (Malibu)	Donald P. Scott
1992-08-25	Susan Harrison White (42)	Texas (Houston)	Shot multiple times by officer Joseph Kent McGowan after he falsely obtained a warrant for her arrest. He was later found guilty of murder after he claimed she was holding a weapon, but she was hanging up the phone with 911. She had anticipated the killing from this particular officer.[280] He was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.[281]
1992-08-25	Denovo, Rosebud	California (Berkeley)	Shot while threatening officers with a machete, after breaking into the UC Berkeley chancellor's home
1992-08-21	Weaver, Sammy	Idaho	Ruby Ridge
1992-08-22	Weaver, Vicki
1992-07-03	Garcia, Jose	New York	Garcia allegedly pulled out a revolver and was wounded by gunshots from the officer's sidearm. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced "dead on arrival".[282]
1992-05-02	Rivas, Martin A. (25)	California (Los Angeles)	Rivas was killed by National Guard troops after he allegedly tried to drive through a barricade.[283]
1992-05-01	Martin, Howard Eugene (22)	California (Pasadena)	Police attempted to disperse party-goers when gunshots were fired. Police returned fire, striking Martin, an uninvolved bystander watching from his friend's apartment balcony.[283]
1992-05-01	Orebo, Charles William (31)	California (Los Angeles)	While driving to a home Orebo cut off another driver, who was an LAPD officer commuting to work. After the officer honked and pulled up next to Orebo, the passenger of Orebo's vehicle pulled out a gun and pointed it at the officer, who shot and killed Orebo. Orebo himself was unarmed. The passenger and a third occupant were arrested and the passenger was charged with Orebo's death, while the third occupant was not charged.[283]
1992-04-30	Aguilar, Cesar (18)		Police shot and killed Aguilar after he allegedly pulled out a weapon on officers during looting. It was later determined that Aguilar had a brown-and-black plastic toy gun.[283]
1992-04-30	Benavidez, Franklin (27)		Benavidez and another man were shot by police after a robbery at a gas station. Police say Benavidez was pointing a shotgun and the other man was holding a beer can. The other man survived.[283]
1992-04-30	Garcia, Mark (15)	California (Lennox)	Following a looting at a jewelry store a shootout occurred between police and looters, during which police shot and killed Garcia. Police initially stated that Garcia had been fleeing in a car but other occupants of the vehicle denied this. Witnesses stated that Garcia was scaling a fence when he was shot and that deputies didn't give any verbal warning before firing. Witnesses also disputed the police account that the youths had fired at police.[283]
1992-04-30	Andrew, Brian Edmund (30)	California (Compton)	Andrew was seen running from a shoe store with a bottle of beer and pairs of shoes. After Andrew dropped the shoes an officer caught up to him in an alley and shot Andrew in the face during a fight.[283]
1992-04-29	Jackson, Dennis Ray (38)	California (Los Angeles)	Jackson and Taylor were killed by a police officer during a shootout with a man wielding a rifle, who police believed was Jackson. Police were unable to recover their bodies for more than an hour.[283]
	Taylor, Anthony (31)
1992-04-29	Harrison, DeAndre (17)		During the 1992 Los Angeles riots officers were fired on outside a business. Police fired back, killing Harrison, although it is not known if he was the one who fired at police.[283]
1992-03-28	Robin Marie Pratt	Washington (Everett)	[51]
1992-03-13	Foster, Charles E.	Tennessee (Antioch)	Foster allegedly pointed a rifle at police when they raided his apartment to look for drugs. Officers shot him dead.[277]
1992-02-09	Unknown man	New York (Bronx)	Two police officers shot and killed a man who was wielding a gun.[284]
1992-02-01	Dickerson, Joel	Tennessee (Woodbine)	Dickerson fired a gun from his porch during an argument with his girlfriend. Officers arrived and immediately shot him dead when he walked onto his porch, alleging he pointed a gun at them.[277]
1992-??-??	Fidelino Pascua (26)	California (Marina)	[22]
1991-12-25	Stacey Anderson (35)	Florida (Port St. Lucie)	[285]
1991-12-11	Ed Evans (63)	Kentucky (Calhoun)	[286]
1991-12-11	Lawrence Bromley (32)	Texas (Dallas)	[287]
1991-12-08	Rolf Rahn (37)	New York (Genoa)	[288]
1991-11-28	Donzell Dean (31)	Michigan (Detroit)	[289]
1991-11-23	Mark Harkin (32)	Kansas (Kansas City)	[290]
1991-11-17	Robert Vordinelli (30)	Pennsylvania (Milton)	[291]
1991-10-28	Unnamed man	Kansas (Prairie Village)	[292]
1991-08-30	Shawn Washington (19)	Mississippi (Laurel)	[293]
1991-08-26	Rebecca Justice (40s)	Texas (Austin)	[294]
1991-08-14	James Moore (41)	Kentucky (Louisville)	[295]
1991-07-27	John Mosier (28)	Missouri (Independence)	[296]
1991-07-26	Helen McConnell (61)	Florida (Oak Hill)	[297]
1991-07-24	Ronnie Cannon (53)	Michigan (Montcalm County)	[298]
1991-07-20	Schmidt II, Terry J. (24)	Oregon (Corvallis)	An officer shot Schmidt five times, killing him, after Schmidt allegedly advanced on him with a knife and told the officer to shoot him.[299]
1991-07-17	Leonard Wedemayer (36)	Wisconsin (West Allis)	[300]
1991-07-03	Garrett, Bobby S.	Tennessee (Nashville)	Garrett was shot dead by an officer after allegedly attempting to break into a vehicle. Police said the officer's gun went off when he tried to handcuff Garrett.[277]
1991-06-26	Norman Hughes (26)	Ohio (Dayton)	[57]
	Norman Napier (18)
1991-06-12	Jose Millan (37)	Texas (Houston)	[301]
1991-06-11	Norman Watford (39)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	[302]
1991-05-30	Unnamed man (29)	California (Los Angeles)	[303]
1991-05-19	Albran Trevino (24)	Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	[304]
1991-04-21	Sevier, Gregory (22)	Kansas (Lawrence)	Sevier, a Native American, was shot and killed by Officers Ted Bordman and James Phillips in his parents' home after Sevier allegedly lunged at Bordman with a knife. The officers were responding to a 911 call from Sevier's mother, who was concerned for her son's welfare after he allegedly locked himself in his bedroom with a knife.[305]
1991-04-13	Michael Lee Henry (19)	Oregon (Portland)	[306]
1991-04-09	Alfonzo Matkins (32)	Alabama (Huntsville)	[307]
1991-03-25	Shawn Joseph (19)	New York (Bronx)	[308]
1991-03-23	Leonard Morris (28)	Virginia (Roanoke)	[309]
1991-03-23	Richard Root (48)	Vermont (Fairfax)	[70]
1991-03-09	William Squire (41)	New York (Brooklyn)	[310]
1991-02-11	David May (27)	Florida (West Palm Beach)	[311]
1991-01-30	Blackledge, Robert (23)	Florida (Plantation)	[312]
1991-01-09	Nathaniel Newkirk (28)	Maryland (Baltimore)	[313]
1991-01-02	Demetrio Perez (32)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1990-12-18	Elmer Tipping (25)	Texas (Dallas)	[314]
1990-12-14	R. L. Rose (53)		[315]
1990-12-03	Frank Passini	Maine (Vassalboro)	[316]
1990-11-27	Michael Allen Massengale	California (Sacremento)	[22]
1990-09-27	Dashti, Mehrdad	California (Berkeley)	Dashti took 33 people hostage at a bar near the UC Berkeley campus for seven hours, armed with a MAC 10 handgun, a semiautomatic handgun, and a revolver. At the end of the hostage situation, Dashti killed one hostage and wounded seven other people. Dashti was killed by several police officers.[317]
1990-09-13	Tumminia, Anthony (21)	California (San Diego)	Tumminia was shot by SDPD officer John Cain alleging he had another officer's nunchakus. Witnesses to the shooting disputed that account.[318][319]
1990-07-09	Leonard Barnett	Indiana (Indianapolist)	[320]
1990-06-09	Butch Friend	Maine (Portland)	[316]
1990-04-10	Phillip Pannell	New Jersey (Teaneck)	Pannell was fatally shot by police while fleeing. An officer was charged with manslaughter but acquitted.[321]
1990-03-30	Williams, Joseph (26)	New York (Brooklyn)	[322]
1990-03-24	Brooks, Jacques (26)	Tennessee (Nashville)	Brooks allegedly brandished a knife while advancing towards an officer's patrol car, causing the officer to shoot him four times.[277]
1990-03-22	Archie, Adolph	Louisiana (New Orleans)	Adolph Archie was beaten to death by police officers. His killing took place at the police precinct station house of Officer Earl Hauck, who Archie had allegedly killed during a shootout earlier that evening. Archie had been shot in the arm before being taken into custody and was first driven to a hospital, but did not enter it, before being taken to station house and beaten to death. Some of Archie's injuries included a fractured skull, kicked in teeth, a fractured larynx, and severely hemorrhaged testicles.[323][324]
1990-03-16	James Higgins (36)	Texas (Houston)	[325]
1990-03-01	Cotto, David	New York (Brooklyn)	Cotto, 20 years old, was shot when he raised two knives and "rushed the officers". Police had been called to Cotto's apartment because of a fight with a neighbor. Cotto's family said that he was not attacking the police officers, but was "staggering blindly" due to the effects of the mace with which he had been sprayed.[326]
1990-02-19	Booker, Anthony (19)	Florida (Miami)	Booker, a half-brother of Bob Marley, fired a shotgun once at an officer in a mall parking lot and an officer returned fire.[23]
1990-02-11	Lopez, Albert (19)	New York (Manhattan)	[327]
	Montana, Jesus (29)
1990-02-09	Armstrong, Derek "Cat" (28)	New York (Brooklyn)	Armstrong was unarmed when shot by police.[328]
1990-02-06	Sanchez, Jose (24)		[329]
1990-02-03	Unnamed child (13)	New York (Manhattan)	[330]
1990-02-03	Andres Cortez Romero (31)	California (Corcoran)	[22]
1990-01-31	Lebron, Jose (14)	New York (Brooklyn)	Police fatally shot Lebron, an unarmed 14-year-old, when they tried to question him about a $10 theft.[331]
1990-01-26	Unnamed man	New York (Manhattan)	[332]
1990-01	Liranso, Louis (17)	New York (Brooklyn)	Liranso was shot by police when he tripped crossing the threshold of a restaurant.[331][333]

1980s

According to an article by the New York Times, 103 people were killed by the NYPD between 1984-1988.^[334]

The table below lists 143 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1989-12-24	Rivera, David (24)	New York (Bronx)	Police responding to a call of a violent man at an apartment building in Soundview discovered Rivera. He allegedly grabbed an officer's flashlight and struck the officer with it, causing that officer to shoot Rivera once, killing him.[335]
1989-12-04	Unnamed man	New York (Queens)	[336]
1989-11-21	Timothy White (40)	New York (Manhattan)	[337]
1989-11-15	Samuels, Haywood (44)	New York (Harlem)	[338]
1989-11-15	Byron Gillum (24)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1989-11-15	Thia Yang (13)	Minnesota (Inver Grove Heights)	[339]
	Basee Lor (13)
1989-11-01	Loise, Joseph (62)	New York (Queens)	[340]
1989-10-31	Ida Lee Delaney (50)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1989-09-	Hughes, Henry (25)	New York (Bronx)	Hughes died after police used nightsticks and handcuffs to restrain him while he was under the influence of cocaine.[341]
1989-08-19	Allen, Wayne (25)	New York (Bronx)	[342]
1989-08-04	Neumann, Keith (24)	New York (Irvington)	Neumann, a police officer, was accidentally killed by the shotgun blast of another officer during a drug raid.[343]
1989-06-23	Eban McDowell (23)	New York (Schoharie County)	[344]
1989-05-31	Francis, Trevor (30)	New York (Harlem)	[345]
1989-05	Luke, Richard	New York (Queens)	[346]
1989-04-07	William Martinez (30)	California (Corcoran)	[22]
1989-03-20	Larry Hill	Minnesota (Apply Valley)	[347]
1989-01-28	John "Tony" Jackson (22)	New York (New York City)	[348]
1989-01-23	Kelly, Stephen (61)	New York (Brooklyn)	[349]
1989-01	Burnett, Marvin (34)	New York (Utica)	A robbery suspect, Burnett was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Utica Police.[102]
1988-12-30	Michael Fane	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1988-10-17	Charles Knowles (50)	Michigan (Detroit)	[350]
1988-06-02	Angry Bear Nieto (27)	California (New Folsom)	[22]
1988-04-27	Lydia Ferraro (32)	New York (Manhattan)	[351]
1988-03-24	Willie Tillman (41)	New York (Queens)	[352]
1988-03-07	Lee, Hong Pyo	California (Long Beach)	Lee was shot by several deputies, including future Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, following a car chase. Deputies claimed Lee backed into a vehicle before he was shot.[353]
1987-12-30	John Rogers (24)	Chicago, Illinois	Rogers was fatally shot by an unidentified Chicago Police officer shortly after shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Lee Seward at an apartment building in the Buena Park neighborhood.[354]
1987-12-29	Sanders Alfred (39)	New York (Queens)	Sanders was shot when he allegedly lunged a knife at officers. Officers fired 11 shots at him.[355]
1987-07-08	Unnamed man	New York (Elmont)	[356]
1987-04-20	Kevin Watson	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1986-12-13	Bruce, Jimmy Lee (20)	New York (Middletown)	[357][358]
1986-11-27	Mark Watson (23)	New Jersey (Camden)	[359]
1986-10-29	Arden Westcott	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1986-10-16	Roy Lynn Rhodes (27)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
	Alice Marie Rhodes (23)
1986-09-16	Said Abu Ismaeil (elderly)	New York	[360]
1986-09-16	Graham, John P.	Wisconsin (Sauk Prairie)	John P. Graham was shot by Sauk Prairie officer John Mueller. Graham was handcuffed. Mueller would be found guilty of first degree murder.
1986-08-24	Unnamed man	Washington DC	[361]
1986-05-22	Joseph Michalski (22)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1986-04-07	Maron Mataele (27)	Texas (Euless)	[362]
1986-03-25	Vincent Cremata (52)	Florida (Winter Park)	[363]
1986-02-24	Rasmussen, Sherri	California (Van Nuys)	Rasmussen was killed in her home by off-duty Los Angeles police officer Stephanie Lazarus, who had dated her husband before their marriage. Lazarus staged the killing to appear as if it were a burglary attempt Rasmussen had walked in on; the two scuffled slightly in the process. The case was indeed investigated initially as if it had been a burglary; Lazarus's DNA left behind in a bite on Rasmussen's body helped convict her when the case was reopened over 20 years later.
1986-01-28	Richard Ostot (25)	Florida (Pompano Beach)	[364]
1986-01-14	Andrew Anthony (52)	Florida (Florida City)	[365][366]
1985-12-31	Dennis Lucas (20)	Kentucky (Newport)	[367]
1985-12-21	unidentified male	Florida (Tampa)	A man stabbed three people aboard a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus, fatally wounding a 14-year-old boy and injuring two others. The fatally wounded teenager ran to a local Harley Davidson shop and informed an off-duty Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy of the situation before collapsing. The deputy discovered the suspect inside a hotel, where he had wounded two people, and ordered him to drop his knife. The suspect refused, saying "you'll have to kill me". The officer fired five shots in total, killing the suspect.[368][369]
1985-09-02	Nathan Spackman (18)	Vermont (Brownsville)	[70]
1985-07-12	Bennie Lee Young (24)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1985-06-12	Perry, Edmund	New York (Manhattan)	Perry, a returning, newly graduated honors student from Phillips Exeter Academy was shot to death by undercover NYPD detective Lee Van Houten whom Edmund tried to rob while in the company of his brother, Jonah. Both Van Houten and Jonah were acquitted of criminal wrongdoing.
1985-05-13	Africa, John	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	Africa and 10 others, including 5 children aged 7 to 13, were killed in the bombing of their rowhouse during an armed standoff with the Philadelphia police. The fire resulting from the bombs destroyed 65 homes and left 250 homeless. Gunfire was also flying as people tried to escape the fire. One of the two survivors maintains that police were shooting at the fleeing people, while the police stated that the people had been firing at police. A city investigative commission called the bombing "unconscionable" in their March 1986 report, but nobody from the city was criminally charged. In 1996, a federal jury awarded million civil judgment for excessive force and violation of 4th amendment protections.
	Africa, Rhonda
	Africa, Theresa
	Africa, Frank
	Africa, Conrad
	Africa, Tree
	Africa, Delisha
	Africa, Netta
	Africa, Little Phil
	Africa, Tomaso
	Africa, Raymond
1985-03-15	Sylvester Nava (20)	Texas (Houston)	[80]
1984-10-29	Bumpurs, Eleanor	New York (New York City)	Killing of Eleanor Bumpurs
1984-07-18	James O. Huberty (41)	California (San Ysidro)	Shot by police sniper after injuring 19 and killing 22 in the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
1984-05-19	Silka, Michael	Alaska
1984-05-04	Green, William	New Jersey (Newark)	William Bill Green was killed during a standoff with Hampton Va police officers after they were called to the residence for domestic violence. They found Green barricaded in his home. After many tense hours and the use of tear gas Green walked outside with his hands up at which time police officers opened fire striking Green over 89 times.He was pronounced dead at the scene.
1983-11-02	Phillip W. Franklin (22)	Texas (Houston)	[370]
1983-09-30	Lorenzo Young (36)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1983-09-28	Stewart, Michael	New York (New York City)	Death of Michael Stewart
1983-08-12	Jeffrey Robarge (20)	Vermont (Ferrisburg)	[70]
1983-07-10	Unnamed man	New York (Manhattan)	[371]
1983-05-23	Greg Bogener (26)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1983-01-13	Sanders, Lindberg (49)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Shot and killed by police during a raid on a home where the group had allegedly been holding Patrolman R. S. Hester hostage for 30 hours.[372] This incident is referred to as the "Shannon Street Massacre."[373]
	Sanders, Larnell (26)
	Coleman, Michael Delane (18)
	Thomas, Earl (20)
	Houston, Andrew (JuJu) (18)
	Harris, Cassell
	unnamed male
1982-12-28	Johnson Jr., Nevelle	Florida (Overtown)	Overtown, Florida police officers, Luis Alvarez and Louis Cruz, were conducting a business check on an arcade. They then spotted a suspicious bulge in Johnson's waistband. Although what happened next is disputed, Alvarez held on to Johnson and his service revolver was fired, killing Johnson.[374]
1982-12-19	Knut Surlien (23)	Utah (Salt Lake CIty)	[375]
1982-12-18	Vernon Henry (29)	New York (Rochester)	[376]
1982-11-19	Raymond Crawley (29)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	[377]
1982-10-31	Thomas Jones (22)	Oklahoma (Shawnee)	[378]
1982-10-25	Charles Wettstein (40)	Arizona (Paradise Valley)	[379]
1982-10-22	Danny Winstead (31)	North Carolina (Gurham)	[380]
1982-10-05	Drumgoole, Willie Lee	California	Drumgoole, who was arrested on burglary charges, attempted to escape from a jail cell in Richmond as another inmate was being transferred to his cell. When he refused to follow orders to get back in the cell, he was placed in a chokehold and was sprayed with mace. A few minutes later, he had trouble breathing and died from a neck injury as a result of the chokehold.[381]
1982-09-28	Jonathan Eugene Webb (20)	Oklahoma (Muskogee)	[382]
1982-09-23	Ronald	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1982-08-31	Tyrone Dawson (13)	California (Long Beach)	[383]
1982-08-30	Phil McLean (29)	North Carolina (Raleigh)	[384]
1982-08-30	Raymond Shaar (40)	Arizona (Camp Verde)	[385]
1982-08-14	Ingmar Stegis (25)	New Jersey (East Brunswick)	[386]
1982-08-02	Unnamed man	New York (Brooklyn)	[387]
1982-07-25	Richard Pascal (51)	California (Lancaster)	[388]
1982-07-23	Bordonaro, Vincent (54)	Massachusetts (Chelsea)	Bordonaro was beaten by police officers during a brawl at King Arthur's Motel and Lounge, a strip club in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died a week later due to head injuries. Officers John W. McLeod and Richard P. Aiello were found guilty of second-degree murder, while officer John T. Macauda was found guilty of manslaughter.[389]
1982-07-18	Unnamed man (32)	Delaware (Dover)	[390]
1982-07-11	Unnamed man	New York (Queens)	[391]
1982-07-10	Donald Wayne Williams (23)	Texas (Houston)	[392]
1982-07-04	Harry Lumpkin (32)	Florida (Alachua)	[393]
1982-07-01	Unnamed man	California (Long Beach)	[394]
1982-06-26	Theotis Sharpe (26)	Florida (Miami)	[395]
1982-06-13	Anthony Ruggerio (24)	New York (New York)	[396]
1982-06-12	Frank Pinkston (28)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[397]
1982-06-12	John Howard Ray (32)	Tennessee (Chattanooga)	[398]
1982-05-15	Roy Brabham	Florida (Pompano Beach)	[399]
1982-05-11	Kenneth Jojola	New Mexico (Socorro)	[400]
1982-05-06	John R. Quinn (21)	Virginia (Norfolk)	[401]
1982-04-26	Kyle V. Martin (23)	Louisiana (Baton Rouge)	[402]
1982-04-12	Frank Robinson (44)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[403]
1982-04-10	Albert Smith (28)	Indiana (Indianapolis)	[404]
1982-04-08	Floyd, Donald (44)	Missouri (Kansas City)	[405]
1982-03-30	Samuel Lee Williams (28)	New Jersey (Elizabeth)	[406]
1982-03-26	Darian Flamer (19)	New Jersey (Newark)	[407]
1982-03-16	Unnamed man	Ohio (Columbus)	[408]
1982-03-03	Unnamed man	Texas (Houston)	[409]
1982-02-24	Unnamed boy (17)	Arkansas (Pocahontas)	[410]
1982-02-16	Felix Toca (31)	Florida (Southwest Dade)	[411]
1982-02-05	Jean Claude Goulet (40)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[412]
1982-01-15	Robert Boarman (28)	Indiana (Lawrence)	[413]
1982-01-14	Eugene Gonzales (36)	Utah (Salt Lake City)	[414]
1982-01-03	Vaughn White (17)	Michigan (Detroit)	[415]
1982-01-02	Stanley Bradley (25)	California (West Palm Beach)	[416]
1981-12-31	Frank Melvin (26)	New Jersey (Newark)	[417]
1981-11-14	Charles Mitchell (24)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-10-20	James Rozmarin	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1981-10-12	Larry Nelson (27)	Nebraska (Omaha)	[49]
1981-08-30	Rinaldo Hernandez (39)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-08-28	Charles Young (33)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-08-11	Grandstaff, James (31)	Texas (Borger)	After Borger police chased a fugitive's vehicle onto the ranch where Grandstaff, the foreman, lived with his family, he saw the situation and drove out to assist police. Officers fired at Grandstaff's truck from both sides, believing him to be the fugitive, killing him. His family successfully sued the city and the officers involved for gross negligence.[419]
1981-06-12	Unnamed man	New York (Manhattan)	[420]
1981-06-09	Unnamed man	Indiana (Indianapolis)	[320]
1981-06-01	John Turner (28)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-05-20	Walter Wolff (26)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-05-01	Konrad Schagmuller (24)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-04-17	Johnny Louis Chandler (23)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-04-07	Michael Lee Lewis (33)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-04-06	James Reuben "Tiny" Rolle (18)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-04-03	Joseph Delange (26)	Florida (Broward County)	[418]
1981-02-15	Joseph Wolanski (25)	New York (Brooklyn)	A woman called police and reported that her boyfriend was threatening her and her family. When they responded, Wolanski, who was on the fire escape, broke the kitchen window. One of the officers fired four shots, killing the unarmed Wolanski.[421]
1981-01-29	Harold Lee Timmons (25)	Florida (Fort Lauderdale	[418]
1980-12-22	Clarence Clark (46)	Vermont (Chester)	[70]
1980-08-29	Brown, Dorothy	Mississippi (Jackson)	Officer Gary King shot Dorothy Brown, a pregnant Black woman, during a street disturbance, alleging that she had pointed a gun at him. Neighbors agreed that she had a gun but disputed that she had raised it or aimed it at anyone. The killing sparked protests in Jackson throughout the fall.[422]
1980-05-26	Busha, Michelle (18)	Minnesota (Blue Earth)	While on duty, Minnesota state trooper Robert Leroy Nelson picked up a hitchhiker along Interstate 90. He raped, tortured and strangled the victim, whose body remained unidentified until March 2015. Nelson was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and is serving a life sentence in Texas for other crimes.[423]

1970s

The table below lists 136 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1979-12-17	McDuffie, Arthur (33)	Florida	Arthur McDuffie was beaten to death by four police officers after a traffic stop.[424]
1979-08-22	Baez, Luis (26)	New York (New York City)	Baez, a man with a history of psychological problems, was shot by five officers of the New York City Police Department in his Brooklyn apartment when he lunged at them with a pair of scissors.[425]
1979-02-25	Dink Butler (48)	Michigan (Detroit)	[426]
1979-02-24	Unnamed man	New York (Brooklyn)	[427]
1979-02-22	Daniel Edwards (30)	California (Newport Beach)	[428]
1979-02-21	Unnamed man	California (San Diego)	[429]
1979-02-20	Mark Cuttkuhn (16)	Michigan (Pontiac)	[430]
1979-02-12	Unnamed man	Texas (Denton)	[431]
1979-02-06	Fred Wunnenberg (28)	Michigan (Pontiac)	[432]
1979-01-28	Carlos Ruiz (29)	New York (Brooklyn)	[433]
1979-01-27	Unnamed man	New Jersey (Newark)	[434]
1979-01-20	Unnamed man (32)	Florida (North Miami)	[435]
1979-01-20	Unnamed man	Louisiana (Baton Rouge)	[436]
1970-01-18	James Richardson (19)	California (Los Angeles)	[437]
1979-01-18	John Singer (47)	Utah (Coalville)	[438]
1979-01-16	Unnamed man	California (San Diego)	[439]
1979-01-15	Jeffrey Allen Green (17)	Washington (Utah)	[440]
1979-01-14	Stanley Bangs (25)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[441]
1979-01-14	Michael Lunney (17)	Montana (Butte)	[442]
1979-01-13	Gilbert Milton (38)	Maryland (Baltimore)	[443]
1979-01-08	Richard Parojinog (22)	Maryland (Wheaton)	[444]
1979-01-07	Larry Pence (35)	Ohio (Troy)	[445]
1979-01-04	Sammy Stewart (42)	Texas (Fort Worth)	[446]
1979-01-03	Love, Eula (39)	California (Los Angeles)	[447]
1979-01-02	Larry Wayne Alexander (40)	California (Ceres)	[448]
1978-06-20	Donald Wiggins (41)	New York (Brooklyn)	[449]
1978-06-14	Miller, Arthur	Brooklyn, New York	Crown Heights community leader and businessman Arthur Miller was killed by police chokehold.[450]
1978-05-30	Louis De Falco (27)	New York (Queens)	[451]
1978-05-23	Unnamed man	Indiana (Indianapolis)	[320]
1978-02-02	Maggiore, Brian	California (Rancho Cordova)	Shot by off-duty police officer and serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo.
	Maggiore, Katie
1977-11-22	Timothy Mayers (16)	Vermont (Shaftsbury)	[70]
1977-11-05	Daniel M. Cronin (29)	New Jersey (Collingswood)	[452]
1977-10-11	League, Jimmy	Georgia (Monroe)	Shot after leading City officers on a high-speed chase during which he killed two Monroe police officerd, until he was killed by Officer Mike Head.[453]
1977-06-14	Unnamed man	California (Baker)	[454]
1977-05-08	Daniel Rotter (28)	California (San Jose)	[455]
1977-05-07	Unnamed man	New Jersey (Wayne)	[456]
1977-05-05	Torres, Joe Campos	Texas	Joe Campos Torres
1977-02-10	Henry Hill (25)	California (San Francisco)	[457]
1977-02-05	Maurice Kelly (46)	California (Los Angeles)	[458]
1976-10-17	Unnamed man (20s)	California (Riverside)	[459]
1976-09-28	Blanca Lee (26)	New York (Manhattan)	[460]
1976-08-22	Johnny Howard (17)	California (San Francisco)	[461]
1976-07-25	Plummer, Chester	Washington, D.C.	Plummer was shot and killed by a Secret Service officer at the White House after ignoring the orders to drop a piece of pipe.
1976-02-08	Edwards, Larry (19)	Michigan (Ann Arbor)	Shot fleeing scene of convenience-store robbery.[462] City Council voted not to dismiss two shooting officers but department paid Edwards's mother $15,000 in 1978.[463]
1976-01-12	Eugene Brooks	Arizona (Tucson)	[464]
1976-01-05	Evans, Mal	California (Los Angeles)	The former road manager and personal assistant for The Beatles, Evans was shot by police at his home in Los Angeles. Officers were called when his girlfriend phoned the police and told them that Evans was confused and had a gun. The police mistook the air rifle Evans was holding for a rifle and shot him dead.[465]
1975-12-26	Unnamed man	California (Marysville)	[466]
1975-12-12 (?)	O'Leary, Michael (26)	Florida (Jacksonville)	[467]
1975-12-02	Whitehurst, Bernard	Alabama (Montgomery)	Bernard Whitehurst was shot in the back and killed on December 2, 1975, by Donald Foster, a Montgomery, Alabama police officer who mistakenly thought Whitehurst was the suspect in the robbery of a neighborhood grocery store.[468] There was a police cover-up that included police officers planting a gun on him from the police evidence room.[468][469]
1975-11-30	Milton Bobo (27)	Michigan (Detroit)	[470]
1975-09-11	Snelling, Claude	California (Visalia)	Shot by off-duty police officer and serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo.
1975-06-19	Robert Johnson (23)	Texas (Houston)	[471]
1975-06-18	Frank Pope (25)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[472]
1975-06-13	Jerry Pedigo (24)	Indiana (Indianapolis)	Police killed Pedigo and Barger during an alleged robbery. They also wounded Larry Barger, David's brother.[473]
	David Barger (28)
1975-05-26	Fitzgerald, Patrick William	Illinois (Crystal Lake)	Fitzgerald and two other teenagers in McHenry County, Illinois initiated a foot pursuit after police were responding to a report of them attempting to break into a bowling alley. Fitzgerald charged at an officer after he fired a warning shot over his head, and a knife with a stiletto blade was found near Fitzgerald's body after he was shot.[474]
1975-05-04	Willie McGrath (31)	Missouri (St. Louis)	[475]
1975-02-28	Darrell Doiron (27)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[476]
1975-02-02	Thomas Vodicka	New York (Manhattan)	[477]
	Frank Bugdin
1975-02-26	Benjamin Davis (16)	Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)	[478]
1975-02-12	Stephen Williams (15)	New York (Bronx)	[479]
1975-02-09	Michael Car	California (Los Angeles)	[480]
1974-12-24	William Connell (30)	New York (Manhattan)	[481]
1974-12-18	William Walker (43)	New York (Queens)	[482]
1974-11-02	Unnamed woman	Maryland (Baltimore)	[483]
1974-10-25	Larry Winstead (21)	Michigan (Detroit)	[484]
1974-09-22	Leon Roberts (27)	Texas (Forth Worth)	[485]
1974-08-29	Avery, Gregory (16)	Florida (Tampa)	[486]
1974-08-22	Davin "Red" Mehard (39)	Texas (Amarillo)	[487]
1974-08-18	Unnamed man (20s)	California (San Francisco)	[488]
1974-08-08	Clyde Renfro	Oklahoma (Vian)	[489]
1974-08-07	Warren Hardy Brown (28)	Maryland (Parkville)	[490]
1974-07-28	Darell T. Toohey (63)	Florida (Jacksonville)	[491]
1974-07-24	Haskell Eugene Brown (47)	Oregon (Springfield)	[492]
1974-07-08	Metz, Dan M.	Louisiana (Covington)	COVINGTON, La. (AP) – The father of a 17-year-old youth shot to death by a Covington policeman after an automobile chase on July 8 says 'his attorney will file a suit for the "honor and memory of my son". Clyde Metz of Covington, whose son Dan was lulled by a shotgun blast, announced his plans to sue in the wake of a grand jury report exonerating the policeman of any criminal' wrongdoing. Asst. Dist. Atty. Julian Rodrigue of St. Tammany Parish said the jury heard from about 18 witnesses before making its report. Covington police said the Metz youth's car crashed into a roadblock in a Covington subdivision after a chase through back roads of two parishes.[493]
1974-05-30	William Norman (43)	California (Los Angeles)	[494]
1974-05-27	Hillian Ellbert (23)	Michigan (Detroit)	[495]
1974-02-16	Walter Hebert (54)	California (Costa Mesa)	[496]
1974-02-15	Edward Rettis (28)	California (Costa Mesa)	[496]
1974-01-08	Michael Woods (22)	Ohio (Junction City)	[497]
1974-01-07	Unnamed man (30)	Mississippi (Natchez)	[498]
1973-11-25	Unnamed man	Minnesota (St. Paul)	[499]
1973-11-12	Robert Kocok (18)	Florida (Miami)	[500]
1973-11-08	George Lenton Whitfield (32)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[501]
1973-11-05	Patricia Rovansek (32)	Ohio (Cleveland)	[502]
	Kimberly Rovansek (7)
	Cyril Rovansek III (8)
	Jerry Diloreto (46)
	Shirley Diloreto (39)
	Linda Diloreto (5)
	Michael Diloreto (5)
1973-10-17	Redro Bissonette	South Dakota (Pine Ridge)	[503]
1973-10-07	Craig Krumbah (24)	Washington (Tacoma)	[504]
1973-07-24	Santos Rodriguez (11)	Texas (Dallas)	Murder of Santos Rodriguez
1973-06-28	James Mathieson (27)	Virginia (Alexandria)	[505]
1973-05-16	Kelley Anderson (60s)	South Carolina (Greenwood)	[506]
1973-05-15	William H. Abernathy (25)	Oregon (Portland)	[507]
1973-04-22	Johnnie Thomas	Georgia (Atlanta)	[508]
1973-04-22	William Bonner	California (Los Angeles)	[509]
1973-03-	Robert Hoyt (24)	Michigan (Detroit)	[510]
1973-01-30	James Collier (56)	Texas (Texarkana)	[511]
1973-01-07	Mark Essex	Louisiana (New Orleans)	Essex was fatally shot over 200 times by policeman abroad a CH-46 helicopter and police sharpshooters after he killed multiple people at a Howard Johnson's hotel in Downtown New Orleans.
1972-12-13	Donald Denver Denton (21)	Kansas (Olathe)	[512]
1972-12-06	Larry Lee Minerd (31)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[513]
1972-12-03	Marketia Fouse (16)	California (Compton)	[514]
1972-11-26	Richard Lee Disckill (22)	California (Corona)	[515]
1972-11-09	George Whitfield (31)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[516]
1972-11-08	Fred Emanuel (46)	Illinois (Chicago)	[517]
1972-11-07	William Bailey (22)	Illinois (Chicago)	[518]
1972-08-28	Luther Williams (33)	Ohio (Dayton)	[519]
1972-06-20	Raymond Galliam (49)	Florida (Jacksonville)	[520]
1972-05-29	John R. Mosely (41)	New York (Buffalo)	[521]
1972-05-06	Don Rickets (19)	California (Modesto)	[522]
1972-05-01	Mary Lou Hawkins (57)	Mississippi (Shaw)	[523]
1972-03-07	Sam Torres	California (El Monte)	[524]
1971-11-20	Rosario, Filemino	New York (Manhattan)	Two foot patrolmen met Rosario near Lexington Avenue and East 122nd Street running and waving a gun. After they identified themselves as police officers, Rosario pointed his gun at them and pulled the trigger twice. The gun misfired both times. One of the officers then shot Rosario five times in the chest.[525]
1971-09-19	John H. Smith (37)	California (San Jose)	[526]
1971-06-22	Ernest Williams (19)	Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)	[527]
1971-06-21	Willie J. Osborne (20)	Georgia (Columbus)	[528]
1971-05-24	Leon Anderson (22)	Tennessee (Chattanooga)	[529]
1971-05-18	Rudy Simms	New York (Brooklyn)	[530]
1971-05-14	William Nagy	Ohio (Cleveland)	[531]
	Sidney Means (21)
1971-04-30	Ronald Legault (15)	California (Newark)	[532]
1971-04-03	Thoman Hakaim (35)	Ohio (Cleveland)	[533]
1971-01-18	Jerry Taylor (22)	Texas (Dallas)	[534]
1970-11-27	Donald Perry (32)	Ohio (Greene)	[535]
1970-11-12	Yeoman Lyles (43)	New York (Buffalo)	[536]
1970-10-19	Ronald Boddie (22)	Michigan (Detroit)	[537]
1970-07-06	Emmie Mosley (28)	Florida (Miami)	[538]
1970-05-27	Maurice O'Neal (31)	Texas (Houston)	[539]
1970-05-14	Gibbs, Phillip Lafayette (21)	Mississippi (Jackson)	Jackson State killings
	Green, James Earl (17)
1970-03-17	Alfred McKnight (32)	Illinois (Park Forest)	[540]

1960s

The table below lists 167 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State/Territory (city)	Description
1969-12-29	Andrew Alvin Chaney (35)	Connecticut (Hartford)	[541]
1969-12-25	James C. Buckner (27)	Ohio (Cleveland)	[542]
1969-12-21	Billy Parker (22)	New Jersey (Millburn)	[543]
1969-12-20	Howard Rowe (54)	Indiana (South Bend)	[544]
1969-12-19	Samuel W. Herston (27)	Delaware (Wilmington)	[545]
1969-12-18	Unnamed person		[545]
1969-12-16	David Eugene Williams (30)	Virginia (Martinsville)	[546]
1969-12-15	Charles L. Crawford (20)	Kentucky (Covington)	[547]
1969-12-14	L. D. Johnson (21)	Michigan (Detroit)	[548]
1969-12-04	Hampton, Fred (21)	Illinois (Chicago)	Deputy Chairman of the Black Panther Party killed while sleeping in a raid by Chicago policemen
	Clark, Mark (22)		Member of the Black Panther Party killed with Fred Hampton by Chicago policemen
1969-11-30	Raymond C. Bryant (16)	North Carolina (Jacksonville)	[549]
1969-11-28	James B. Sherbondy (49)	Colorado (Denver)	[550]
1969-11-28	Joseph R. Hurley (24)	California (Burbank)	[551]
1969-11-28	Gerardo Brewster	New York (Queens)	[552]
	Unnamed man
1969-11-22	Billy Joe New (21)	Texas (Dallas)	[553]
1969-11-21	David Martin (33)	California (San Francisco)	[554]
1969-11-19	John Super	New York (Brooklyn)	[555]
	Joe [surname unknown]
1969-11-16	Harrison Ward Jr. (27)	Michigan (Detroit)	[556]
1969-11-15	Riley Towns (20)	Ohio (Columbus)	[557]
1969-11-11	Elmer Howard (28)	Indiana (Logansport)	[558]
1969-11-08	David Anders (31)	Alabama (Huntsville)	[559]
1969-11-07	Joseph H. Amberson (48)	California (Concord)	[560]
1969-11-02	Daniel P. Anderson (39)	California (Los Angeles)	[561]
1969-10-30	Anthony Bullard (17)	Michigan (Detroit)	[562]
1969-10-29	Emery W. Scheideloffer (40)	Ohio (Madison)	[563]
1969-10-22	Unnamed man	New York (Queens)	[564]
1969-10-21	Richard Broucek (19)	Illinois (Carthage)	[565]
1969-09-30	Thomas, Johnny Lee (26)	Texas (Dallas)	Thomas opened fire from his home on pedestrians, killing one person and wounding seven others, including four police officers. He was shot dead by police.[566]
1969-07-23	John R. Schimke (32)	Michigan (Grand Rapids)	[567]
1969-06-12	Donald Oughton (29)	California (Los Angeles)	[568]
1969-05-19	Rector, James	California (Berkeley)	Police shot and killed Rector, a bystander at the People's Park protest.[569]
1969-05-17	Gary Lockwood	Michigan (Detroit)	[570]
1968-12-29	Eloy Vidal (17)	Texas (San Antonio)	[571]
1968-12-28	Frederick Stinson (20)	New Jersey (Mount Holly)	[572]
1968-12-24	Robert Charles Osby (21)	California (Los Angeles)	[573]
1968-12-22	Jerry Dean Cloud (24)	Texas (Waco)	[574]
1968-12-22	Joe Spates (20)	California (Oroville)	[575]
1968-12-21	Marilyn Parker (30)	Massachusetts (Boston)	[576]
	Unidentified man
1968-12-21	Theodore Xanthis (35)	California (Hermosa Beach)	[577]
1968-12-21	Walter Alfonso Spann (25)	Florida (Gainesville)	[578]
1968-12-21	Unnamed man	Georgia (Twin City)	The man, a former mental patient, had allegedly killed a police chief earlier in the year. According to a radio dispatcher, "they cornered him and killed him."[579]
1968-12-12	Thomas Evan Jackson (19)	Arizona (Phoenix)	Jackson was shot to death by police while he and his friends tried to steal a Christmas tree. He was unarmed, but holding a piece of wood.[580]
1968-12-08	Rueben Magana Espinoza (51)	California (Long Beach)	[581]
1968-12-08	John William Van Huystee (30)	California (San Jose)	[582]
1968-12-06	Joseph J. Lawdanski (28)	New Jersey (Hudson City)	[583]
1968-12-05	Lee Andrew Givan (44)	Kansas (Kansas City)	[584]
1968-12-01	Dennis Lucero (20)	California (San Jose)	Lucero was unarmed and running away from a suspected burglary.[585]
1968-11-30	Melvin Earl Jr. (32)	California (Los Angeles)	[586]
1968-09-13	Gary McGivern (23)	New York (Plattekill)	[587]
1968-07-20	Weninger, Jack (28)	Florida (Miami)	[588]
1968-07-03	Angelof, Angel	New York (Manhattan)	[589]
1968-05-23	Dumas, Henry (33)	New York (Manhattan)	Dumas, a writer, allegedly assaulted a police officer with a knife and was shot and killed.[590]
1968-04-06	Hutton, Bobby (17)	California (Oakland)	Hutton, a member of the Black Panthers, was shot dead by officers in unclear circumstances.[591]
1968-02-9	Unidentified male	California (Los Angeles)	A male aged 15–20 was allegedly involved in a robbery and confronted by police. Upon an attempt to escape, two officers opened fire, killing him.[592]
1968-02-08	Hammond Jr., Samuel (18)	South Carolina (Orangeburg)	Orangeburg massacre
	Middleton, Delano Herman (17)
	Smith, Henry Ezekial (19)
1968-01-29	Christopher Booker (32)	New York (Brooklyn)	[593]
1967-07-29	Roquemore, Ernest (19)	Michigan (Detroit)	Police and paratroopers opened fire on a crowd of people while searching for looters, killing Roquemore and wounding three others. Police said they fired because of a person holding a gun, but it was a transistor radio.[594]
1967-07-28	Gray, Palmer (21)		Police were called to Palmer Gray Jr.'s home after he threatened to kill his father at their home. Officer David Senak shot him after he refused to drop his weapon. Senak had previously killed Joseph Chandler on July 24 and was suspected of killing Carl Cooper on July 26.[594]
1967-07-28	Dalton, William (19)		Dalton was shot by police who detained him for a curfew violation. Police said he was shot when he was fleeing, but witnesses said officers took him to an alley and shot him.[594]
1967-07-26	LeRoy, John (30)		LeRoy and four friends went to check on the pregnant wife of one of the friends. They passed a National Guard checkpoint and received permission to proceed. Later in the route, they passed a National Guard Jeep, where Guardsmen opened fire, hitting LeRoy and two of his friends, including the one whose wife they were visiting. LeRoy died in the hospital three days later.[594]
1967-07-26	Cooper, Carl (17)		Algiers Motel incident: Police shot three people during the 1967 Detroit riots in the Algiers Motel. The officers who shot Pollard and Temple were prosecuted for murder, but their charges were either dismissed or they were acquitted. The officer believed to have shot Cooper was prosecuted for conspiracy, but his case was dismissed.[594]
	Pollard, Aubrey (19)
	Temple, Fred (18)
1967-07-26	Hall, Helen (51)		Hall, a white woman from Connecticut on a business trip in Detroit, was looking out a hotel window with other guests when she was killed by a National Guard bullet fired through the window.[594]
1967-07-26	Post, Larry (30)		Post, a white National Guard member, was mistakenly shot by other Guardsmen after a vehicle drove through a roadblock. There were no weapons in the vehicle. The three men in the vehicle were charged with assault with intent to murder, but the prosecutor reduced their charges to a curfew violation.[594]
1967-07-26	Talbert, George (20)		Talbert and a friend were shot by a National Guard Specialist. The specialist claimed Talbert had charged at him and threatened to cut his throat, but a Detroit Free Press investigation determined Talbert was unarmed. He died of his injuries ten days after the shooting.[594]
1967-07-26	Lust, Julius (26)		Police shot Lust at a junkyard after he made "some sort of motion" with his left hand.[594]
1967-07-26	Robinson, Albert (38)		Robinson was taking out the trash when National Guardsmen hit him with a bayonette and shot him. Police stated Robinson was a sniper who was trying to escape, but no weapons were found in Robinson's apartment.[594]
1967-07-25	Jose Rodriguez	New York (Bronx)	[595]
1967-07-25	Denson, Henry (27)	Michigan (Detroit)	National Guardsmen shot at a car driving around five miles per hour near a checkpoint, killing Denson, a passenger. Two Newsweek reporters on the scene stated that one of the Guardsmen has yelled "Get 'em" as the vehicle neared. The driver of the vehicle was charged with assault but was acquitted. The Guardsmen were not charged.[594]
1967-07-25	Dorsey, Julius (55)		Dorsey, a black security guard, was guarding a store from looters. After firing his pistol to frighten off looters, Dorsey was shot by either Detroit Police or National Guardsmen firing at a group of fleeing looters.[594]
1967-07-25	Cosbey, Emanuel (26)		Officers responding to a looting called fired at a group of fleeing suspects, killing Cosbey.[594]
1967-07-25	Evans, Ronald (24)		Police arrested Evans and Jones for stealing beer from a corner store. At some point Evans started to run, and officers shot at him 14 times. Witnesses claimed officers had forced Evans to run before they shot at him. Police then shot Jones as he also attempted to run.[594]
	Jones, William (23)
1967-07-25	Banks, Roy (46)		National Guardsmen shot Banks, a deaf man, as he walked to catch a bus to his job. He died of his wounds on August 14. Police stated Banks was a suspected looter, but the owner of the tavern he was suspected of looting disputed this.[594]
1967-07-25	Johnson, Arthur (36)		Police shot Johnson and Williams inside a looted pawn shop. The officers claimed they shot the men after Johnson wielded a club, although officers did not produce it.[594]
	Williams, Perry (33)
1967-07-25	Sydnor, Jack (38)		Police were called after Sydnor fired a .32 caliber pistol out of his apartment window. When police and National Guardsmen entered, Sydnor shot and wounded one of them. Police fired back and launched tear gas; Sydnor jumped out of his window, dying from either the fall or his gunshot wounds.[594]
1967-07-25	Blanding, Tonia (4)		Following false reports of snipers, a National Guard tank was sent to Blanding's neighborhood. When someone lit a cigarette in her apartment building, National Guardsmen opened fired, hitting Blanding.[594]
1967-07-24	Pryor, Clifton (23)		During the 1967 Detroit riot, Pryor, a white man, climbed onto the roof of his apartment building with some neighbors to watch the riots and look for arson. Their apartment manager advised them to get down, as they could be mistaken for snipers since one of them had a shotgun. As the men went down, a National Guardsman shot Pryor on a landing. The Guardsmen said that Pryor was holding the shotgun, but another man present insisted that he was the one with the shotgun.[594]
1967-07-24	Beal, Robert (49)		A patrolman shot Beal inside a looted drug store. The initial report said that Beal had been shot from a vehicle while fleeing, but the later report said he was shot after he "made a sudden move" towards the officers.[594]
1967-07-24	Chandler, Joseph (34)		Two police officers chased Chandler for looting and shot him as he ran down an alley and climbed a fence. The officers left the scene, believing they had missed.[594]
1967-07-24	Canty, Herman (46)		A police officer shot Canty as he drove away from a supermarket, which a witness said he had looted.[594]
1967-07-24	Peachlum, Alfred (36)		Police saw Peachlum and another man inside a grocery store and opened fired after seeing something shiny in his hand. Peachlum was holding beef wrapped in tin foil. Police bullets also wounded two women across the street from the store.[594]
1967-07-24	Smith, Alphonso (35)		A patrolman shot Smith inside a looted supermarket. The officer claimed he had slipped on debris and accidentally shot Smith, who had thrown a can at him, while witnesses said that the officer fired through a window.[594]
1967-07-24	Williams, Mike (16)		A state trooper shot two black men who had looted a warehouse because they did not stop on command. Williams died on the scene, while the other man was hospitalized.[594]
1967-07-24	Kemp, Edward (35)		A patrolman shot Kemp from a car as he fled holding stolen cigars.[594]
1967-07-24	Sims, Richard (35)		Four police officers chased Sims after he allegedly tried to break into a bar. After surrounding him in front of a locked door, several officers shot him.[594]
1967-07-24	Tanner, Frank (19)		Police and National Guardsmen fired at a group of youths stealing alcohol from a store, hitting Tanner, who was holding a cardboard box.[594]
1967-07-24	Smith, Carl (30)		Smith, a frefighter, was working when he was shot in the head. A police investigation and media investigations concluded that Smith was most likely shot by a National Guardsman, as the shot came from ground level, whereas snipers were located on roofs.[594]
1967-07-24	New York (Rochester)	New York (Rochester)	[596]
1967-07-17	Gilmer, Raymond (20)	New Jersey (Newark)	A detective in a vehicle shot Gilmer as he ran away.[597][598]
1967-07-16	Pugh, Michael (12)		National Guardsmen shot Pugh as he took out his family's garbage.[597][599]
1967-07-16	Rutledge, James (19)		State police encountered Rutledge in a vandalized liquor store. When he got up to surrender, officers shot him 39 times.[597]
1967-07-15	Spellman, Eloise (42)		During the 1967 Newark riots National Guardsmen and state troopers fired at Spellman as she closed her apartment's window after she was mistaken for a sniper. Brown, 29, and Gainer, 53, were also shot.[597][600]
	Brown, Rebecca (29)
	Gainer, Hattie (53)
1967-07-15	Furr, William (25)		Police shot Furr as he fled a burglarized liquor store.[597]
1967-07-15	Hawk, Raymond (24)		Police shot Hawk after he ran towards them holding a pipe.[597]
1967-07-14	Abraham, Rose (45)		Police shot Abraham as they cleared a crowd. Abraham was the first person to be killed during the 1967 Newark riots.[597]
1967-07-14	Moss, Eddie (10)		National Guardsmen fired at a vehicle as it slowly approached a checkpoint. After the vehicle drove through several more checkpoints, other Guardsmen fired, killing 10-year-old Moss sitting in the backseat.[597]
1967-07-14	Martin, Robert Lee (23)		Police shot Martin as he walked home from the grocery store.[597][601]
1967-07-14	Harrison, Isaac (73)		Police fired at a crowd following reported sniper fire, which may have actually been from other officers shooting Robert Lee Martin nearby. Harrison, a 73-year-old man from Jamaica, was shot and killed.[597][602]
1967-07-14	Mersier, Albert (20)		Police shot Mersier in the back as he fled an electric motor store.[597][603]
1967-07-14	Council, Rufus (35)		Police shot Council from a vehicle as he stood in the doorframe of a restaurant.[597][604]
1967-07-14	Bell, Tedock (28)		Bell and his family were walking to the tavern Bell worked at to check on it when an unidentified officer shot him.[597]
1967-07-14	Boyd, Leroy (34)		Boyd died after an officer shot him in the back. A grand jury report said the officer mistakenly fired his gun.[597]
1967-07-14	Murray, Cornelius (29)		Murray was shot by police while standing with friends.[597]
1967-07-14	Hill, Oscar (50)		Hill was shot while walking to work. According to a witness and friend of Hill, a police officer shot Hill.[597]
1967-07-14	Taliaferro, Richard (25)		Police shot Taliaferro as he fled.[597][605]
1967-07-14	Sanders, James (16)		Police shot Sanders as he fled a looted liquor store.[597]
1967-01-28	Barry Allen (17)	New York (Queens)	[606]
1967-01-28	Unnamed girl (10)	Illinois (Chicago)	[607]
1966-09-27	Johnson, Matthew 'Peanut' (16)	California (San Francisco)	16 year-old shot in the back by patrolman Alvin Johnson (no relation); his death led to the Hunters Point social uprising (1966)
1966-09-12	Booker T. Washington (38)	New York (Manhattan)	[608]
1966-08-19	Frank Buffamante (23)	New York (Queens)	[609]
1966-08-19	Michael McBrien (23)		[610]
1966-08-09	Michael Bell (14)	New York (Long Island)	[611]
1966-08-02	Charles Whitman (25)	Texas (Austin)	University of Texas tower shooting[612][613][614][615]
1966-05-25	Albert Bunn (33)	Connecticut (Bristol)	[616]
1966-03-19	Harvey LeRoy Baker (33)	Oregon (Eugene)	[617]
1965-12-05	Willie Tucker (28)	South Carolina (Liberty)	[618]
1965-04-09	Frank Cardinale (32)	New York (Long Island)	[619]
1964-11-03	Charles Palagonia (18)	New York (Brooklyn)	[620]
1964-06-28	William Westbrook (18)	New York (Queens)	[621]
1964-01-30	Moses Ward (20)	New York (Staten Island)	[622]
1963-09-03	Harry Potak (24)	New York (Bronx)	[623]
1963-06-06	Morris Lewis (18)	New York (Brooklyn)	[624]
1963-04-08	Frank Sperduto (30)	New York (Manhattan)	[625]
1962-02-02	Unnamed man	New York (East New York)	[626]
1961-09-10	Terry Pinchook (18)	Minnesota (St. Paul)	[627]
1961-07-25	Lawrence Williams (26)	New York (New York)	[628]
1961-07-20	Shackleford, Robert (26)	Missouri (St. Louis, Missouri)	Shackleford, a former mental patient, opened fire with a revolver in the receiving room of a hospital. Two police officers were shot and wounded before Shackleford was shot dead by police.[629]
1961-07-01	Raymond Eugene Jones (29)	Virginia (Tappahannock)	[630]
1961-05-29	Clewiston Jones (19)	Missouri (St. Louis)	[631]
1961-05-28	Clifford Thompson (45)	Illinois (Centralia)	[632]
1961-05-22	Jimmie Lee Hopper (36)	Georgia (Valdosta)	[633]
1961-04-29	Elmer Hunter (46)	Illinois (Alton)	[634]
1961-04-18	Joe Love (46)	California (Oakland)	[635]
1961-04-03	Harris Dobbs (26)	Ohio (Cleveland)	[636]
1961-03-20	Chester "Slim" Tatum (43)	Texas (Slaton)	[637]
1961-03-17	Charles Black (35)	Nevada (Reno)	[638]
1961-03-13	Gerald Timothy O'Hern (24)	Michigan (Glendale)	[639]
1961-03-13	Bedell Beavers (39)	Ohio (Warren)	[640]
1961-03-03	Willie "Eagle Eye" Gray (48)	North Carolina (Southern Pines)	[641]
1961-02-18	Joseph Albert Carmichael (25)	Tennessee (Nashville)	[642]
1961-02-12	Jared Vasey (8)	Florida (Fort Lauderdale)	[643]
1961-02-08	Manuel Ray Tackett (27)	Ohio (Mansfield)	[644]
1961-02-04	Carmin Fuscelaro Jr. (38)	New Jersey (Camden)	[645]
1961-01-24	Ralph H. Wilson (42)	Florida (Pompano Beach)	[646]
1961-01-08	Robert "Rocky" W. Herring (30)	California (San Bruno)	[647]
1960-12-26	Daniel O. Otts Jr (39)	Arkansas (Ozark)	[648]
1960-12-24	Jackie Michael Prough (23)	California (Ontario)	[649]
1960-12-21	Paul James Sonnefield (41)	Kansas (Kansas City)	[650]
1960-12-08	Lonnie Anderson (25)	New York (Brooklyn)	[651][652]
1960-12-03	Raymond McAvoy (31)		[653]
1960-11-02	Robert Brammer (30)	Indiana (New Castle)	[654]
1960-09-15	Joe Ray Marris (22)	California (Reseda)	[655]
1960-09-03	Lloyd "Tex" Whaley (35)	Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)	[656]
1960-04-02	Raymond Gannaway (17)	New York (Brooklyn)	[657]
1960-02-?	Unnamed man	Pennsylvania (Chalk Hill)	A man killed four people and wounded five others before being killed by police.[658]

1950s

The table below lists 111 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1959-07-06	Milton Graniela (22)	New York (Manhattan)	[659]
1959-06-22	Earl Vincent Burton (39)	Kentucky (Louisville)	[660]
1958-11-09	Angelo Aviles (18)	New York (Manhattan)	[661]
1957-12-23	Pickett, Clarence Horatious	Columbus (Georgia)	Pickett was beaten by a police officer while in a jail cell and died from his injuries two days later.[662]
1957-12-25	Allen Hecht	California (Oakland)	[663]
1957-12-19	Unnamed man (30s)	New York (Manhattan)	[664]
1957-10-01	Taylor, Ralph Walker (36)	Indiana	Taylor and his compatriot, Victor Wayne Whitley, ran a police roadblock and were fired on by police. Taylor was killed by officer Lester Kenan. Whitley escaped and was captured the next day.[665]
1957-04-25	George Kern (29)	New York (Manhattan)	[666]
1957-02-23	Nader, Nickey (49)	Ohio (Forestville)	Nader was killed with Michael Burke during a police ambush of a supermarket burglary. Burke and Nader, whom police had suspected of "safecracking" in the area, broke into the supermarket, encountered police, and ran. Police opened fire and killed Burke immediately. Nader returned police fire and was shot to death by police. Over 100 shots were fired in the exchange.[667]
1957-02-23	Burke, Michael (33)	Ohio (Forestville)	Burke was shot to death while running from police during an ambush of a supermarket burglary.[667]
1956-07-02	Wilson, Alfred	Ohio (Leavittsburg)	Wilson killed his two sisters-in-law and another woman in June 1956. He was sought by police for 11 days until a tip alerted them to his location. He refused to surrender when ordered to by police and was subsequently shot twice in the head by patrolman Russell Duffy.[668]
1956-02-17	Armand0 Ibanez (40)	New York (Manhattan)	[669]
1956-01-02	Leander Bennett (52)	Kansas City	[670]
1955-08-28	Rollins, Charles Luther (44)	Michigan (Detroit)	Rollins was held under siege by over 200 police officers in the home of his nephew, Bernard Smith. After a tear gas bomb set the house on fire Rollins ran out firing a shotgun and was killed as ten officers fired over 40 shots at him. Smith later said of Rollins that "He read the Bible some, but mostly he rode a bicycle up and down the sidewalk when he wasn't working. He never talked to adults in the family. He only smiled."[671]
1955-07-17	Charles Edward Porter (33)	Florida (Miami)	[672]
1954-12-22	Cook, Robert (18)	Georgia (Albany)	[673]
1954-12-12	Samuels, James (19)	Alabama (Tuscaloosa)	[674]
1954-10-02	Woods, Tommie (78)	Texas (Columbus)	Tommie Woods, a Black elderly farmer, was killed by Sheriff J. O. Walker and Deputy Sheriff Ed Potter. While federal authorities concluded the killing of Woods was "wanton and unnecessary", the case was closed because the variation between eyewitness accounts "would prove to be too difficult to overcome if they prosecuted."[675]
1954-09-07	Johnson, Ivey (47)	Georgia (Albany)	[676]
1954-08-20	Rush, Eleanor	North Carolina (Raleigh)	[677]
1954-08-01	Fullwood, Moses (54)	South Carolina (Lynchburg)	[678]
1954-05-15	George Evans (35)	New York (Manhattan)	[679]
	Willie Robinson (28)
1954-04-24	Morrison, Leonard (28)	Texas (Fort Worth)	Leonard Morisson, a Black veteran, was killed by Fort Worth police after the police were called to settle a disturbance outside his home. Morrison was shot in the back and died in hospital three days later.[680]
1954-04-18	Campbell, Canary	Florida (Tavares)	[681]
1954-02-03	Warren, Shang (32)	Glorida (Coral Gables)	[682]
1953-12-28	Jones, Moses	Alabama (Grove Hill)	[683]
1953-12-16	Brice, Riley (54)	Georgia (Columbus)	[684]
1953-12-09	Dunn, Johnny Gibbs (20)	Georgia (Jesup)	[685]
1953-11-10	Bland, Sammie Lee	Mississippi (Grenada)	[686]
1953-10-31	Carter, Memphis (35)	Texas (Longview)	[687]
1953-10-31	Johnson, Robert	South Carolina (Florence)	[688]
1953-10-17	Adams, Alfred (47)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[689]
1953-10-02	Fullilove, Creddie (26)	Mississippi (Yazoo City)	[690]
1953-09-29	Mays, John	Georgia (Leslie)	[691]
1953-08-01	Jones, Henry (22)	Georgia (Douglas)	[692]
1953-06-14	Garrett, David (27)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[693]
1053-05-25	Simmons, Rudolph	North Carolina (Coats)	[694]
1953-05-21	Thomas, Henry	Florida (Lakeland)	[695]
1953-04-29	Hobdy, Sylvester	Alabama (Selma)	[696]
1953-04-25	McDuffie, Della (66)	Alabama (Alberta)	Della McDuffie, a Black housewife, was beaten to death by police in a cafe she owned with her husband. She was wheelchair-bound and unable to escape. A year later, her husband was found dead under suspicious circumstances.[697]
1953-04-11	Johnson, Earl	Tennessee (Memphis)	[698]
1953-03-14	Donald "King" Werner (19)	New Jersey (Jersey City)	[699]
1953-03-05	Holloway, Carlton	Alabama (Lafayette)	[700]
1953-01-02	Chudick, Martin	North Carolina (Three Mile)	[701]
1952-12-25	Jefferson, Emmett	Florida (Homestead)	[702]
1952-11-12	Walton, Arthur Lee	Alabama (Bessemer)	[703]
1952-11-06	Washington, Willie (54)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[704]
1952-11-03	Noel, Carlyle (30)	Ohio (Columbus)	Noel was one of 1,600 prisoners rioting in an Ohio penitentiary. Twenty-one Ohio highway patrolmen were trapped inside the prison and opened fire with shotguns on a crowd of prisoners. Four, including Noel, were wounded, and Noel died of his wounds.[705]
1952-10-30	Copeland, Esau	Georgia (Warm Springs)	[706]
1952-10-25	Turner, Frank James	Mississippi (Clarksdale)	[707]
1952-10-05	Gilder, Archie	Alabama (Birmingham)	[708]
1952-08-23	Baldwin, Fred (37)	Florida (Chipley)	[709]
1952-08-21	Thomas Murphy (22)	New York (Manhattan)	[710]
1952-08-07	Tucker, John Henry (29)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[711]
1952-07-21	Nelson, Eddie	Mississippi (Cleveland)	[712]
1952-07-05	Carter, Rosa	South Carolina (Piedmont)	[713]
1952-06-28	Kauffman, Gary F. (30)	California (Costa Mesa)	Kauffman abducted his own two-year-old son, another man, and the man's two-year-old son after shooting his estranged wife in the arm. He drove himself and his three hostages to his own house. When he was forced outside by tear gas, he attempted to flee in his car but was fired on by officers. When Kauffman returned fire he was shot to death by police, whose gunfire also wounded Kauffman's son in the head.[714]
1952-05-17	Williams, Wallace (36)	Louisiana (Lake Charles)	[715]
1952-04-11	Cousins, Howard	North Carolina (Henderson)	[716]
1952-03-23	Vann, John Lester	Alabama (Birmingham)	[717]
1952-03-05	White, John Watkin	Florida (Jacksonville)	[718]
1952-03-02	Small, James	North Carolina (Washington)	[719]
1952-02-26	Cobb, Robert Lee (32)	Mississippi (Billups)	[720]
1952-02-20	Falkner, Tobe	Mississippi (Lawrence)	[721]
1952-01-26	Smith, Earnest (36)	Alabama (Selma)	[722]
1952-01-25	Thomas, William (54)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[723]
1951-12-05	Johnson, Rufus	Georgia (Bainbridge)	[724]
1951-11-18	Mitchell, John	Louisiana (Opelousas)	[725]
1951-11-13	Roberto Carrasquillo (22)	New York (Manhattan)	[726]
	Antonio Jose Soria (26)
1951-11-06	Shepherd, Samuel (22)	Florida (Lake County)	Shot and killed by county sheriff Willis V. McCall while being transported from the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Shepherd was handcuffed to Walter Irvin. McCall claimed that the prisoners attacked him when he had to stop the car to change a flat tire, although Irvin's testimony and voluminous evidence made McCall's version implausible.[727]
1951-07-04	Patterson, Tom	Alabama (Birmingham)	[728]
1951-05-30	Goins, Dan (34)	Alabama (Russellville)	[729]
1951-05-28	Kidd, Vernon (26)	Alabama (Binghamton)	[730]
1951-05-04	Watson, Willie James (30)	Georgia (Valdosta)	[731]
1951-04-29	Mosley, Willie Ruth (17)	Alabama (Gadsden)	Willie Ruth Moseley, a Black pregnant 17-year-old, was killed by police officer Floyd Vinyard, who was not prosecuted.[732]
1951-03-26	Ford, Edward (43)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[733]
1951-02-17	Jackson, Clifford	Florida (Riviera Beach)	[734]
1951-02-11	Carter, Alfred	Alabama (Birmingham)	[735]
1951-02-07	Dorsey, Levi (27)	Texas (Orange)	[736]
1951-01-10	Jackson, Eddie	Alabama (Birmingham)	[737]
1951-01-09	Joyner, Bobby Lee	North Carolina (La Grange)	[738]
1951-01-08	Hood, Jessie	Alabama (Oakman)	[739]
1950-12-24	Albert di Cristofano (30)	Ohio (Youngstown)	[740]
1950-12-19	Perryman, Freddie (28)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[741]
1950-12-09	Holmes, James (19)	Georgia (Brunswick)	[742]
1950-11-05	Gregory, Joseph (26)	North Carolina (Oxford)	[743]
1950-10-15	Harris, Eddie B. (41)	Alabama (Tallapoosa County)	[744]
1950-09-30	Wynns, Moses (42)	South Carolina (Summerville)	[745]
1950-09-15	Bendolph, Collin (27)	Alabama (Mobile)	[746]
1950-09-09	Thompson, Solomon (22)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[747]
1950-08-12	Brooks, Hilliard (22)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[748]
1950-08-05	Robinson, James William (39)	Virginia (Wakefield)	[749]
1950-07-26	Lawrence Feeney (19)	New York (Bronx)	[750]
1950-07-23	Unnamed man (20)	New York (Manhattan)	[751]
1950-07-01	Stinnett, John (40)	Tennessee (Dyer)	[752]
1950-06-22	Langston, Robert (55)	Alabama (Pickensville)	[753]
1950-06-22	Nash, Frank (22)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[754]
1950-06-14	Best, Lorenza (35)	Alabama (Anniston)	[755]
1950-05-14	Walker, Newt (41)	Louisiana (Mansfield)	[756]
1950-03-24	Smith, Raymond (22)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[757]
1950-03-18	Howard, Charlie Louis (26)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[758]
1950-03-11	Collins, Arthur (37)	Alabama (Dothan)	Arthur Collins, a Black WWII veteran, was killed by Highway Patrol Sergeant W. A. Norris during a standoff with multiple police officers. Collins was possibly suffering from a mental illness and was allegedly threatening his family and neighborhood with a rifle.[759]
1950-03-11	Boyd, Carter (35)	Texas (Houston)	[760]
1950-02-21	Morgan, John (26)	Arkansas (Huttig)	[761]
1950-02-18	Carlisle, Willie (18)	Alabama (Lafayette)	Willie Carlisle, a Black service station employee, was beaten to death by two police officers who accused him of letting the air out of a police car tire.[762]
1950-02-13	Grier, Jessie (25)	Georgia (Reidsville)	[763]
1950-02-09	Burt, Eugene (46)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[764]
1950-02-04	Lewis, Charles Milton (34)	Florida (Auburndale)	[765]
1950-01-22	Aaron, Buck (43)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[766]

1940s

The table below lists 268 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1949-12-08	Johnson, Paul (24)	Florida (Key West)	Johnson, a Black man serving a four-year sentence at a state prison camp, was shot by prison guard Owen H. Sherrouse during a prison riot.[767]
1949-12-03	Hawthorne, Willie (26)	Florida (Miami)	Hawthorne, a Black Navy veteran, was killed by off-duty police officer Andres Almoina, who claimed it was an accident.[768]
1949-11-24	Brown, Stephen (52)	Alabama (Montgomery)	Brown, a Black laborer, was killed by two police officers who claimed they say a gun in his belt.[769]
1949-11-19	Martin, Eugene (22)	Alabama (Tuscaloosa)	Martin, a Black man, was killed by police officer George Snyder. Snyder claimed he was trying to arrest Martin when he allegedly pulled a pistol.[770]
1949-11-11	Edwards, John (21)	Alabama (Brighton)	[771]
1949-11-05	Jones, Eugene	Louisiana (Gretna)	[772]
1949-10-29	Nelson, Richard	Georgia (Alma)	[773]
1949-10-18	Shuford, Willie (40)	North Carolina (Rolesville)	[774]
1949-10-15	Lewis, Charlie (40)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[775]
1949-08-06	Culver, L. C.	Georgia (Sparta)	[776]
1949-08-04	Glasper, John (25)	Georgia (Buford)	[777]
1949-07-29	Gordon, Henry (20)	Alabama (Springville)	[778]
1949-07-28	Dandridge, Walter (32)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[779]
	Dandridge, Susie (60)
1949-07-26	Thomas, Ernest	Florida (Madison)	[780]
1949-07-23	Cobb, Lonnie (22)	Alabama (Tarrant)	[781]
1949-07-08	Brown, Edgar	Mississippi (Cleveland)	[782]
1949-07-04	RObinson, Wilbert (24)	Louisiana (East Feliciana Parish)	[783]
1949-07-04	Charles, Chrispon	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[784]
1949-07-02	Wilson, John	Alabama (Anniston)	[785]
1949-07-01	Green, James	Florida (Center Hill)	[786]
1949-06-27	Sterling, Willie (42)	Alabama (Toulminville)	[787]
1949-06-25	Ingram, Samson (25)	Florida (Tampa)	[788]
1949-05-31	Hunter, Daniel	Alabama (Birmingham)	[789]
1949-05-30	Hill, Caleb (28)	Georgia (Irwinton)	[790]
1949-05-23	Cooks, Frank	Mississippi (Cleveland)	[791]
1949-05-18	Bradley, Jim (21)	North Carolina (Taylorsville)	[792]
1949-05-17	Thomas, John (22)	Texas (Carthage)	[793]
1949-05-08	Lee, Henry	Alabama (Montgomery)	[794]
1949-05-03	Johnson, William (55)	Georgia (Brunswick)	[795]
1949-04-23	Thomas, James (31)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[796]
1949-04-22	Jones, William (24)	Florida (West Palm Beach)	[797]
1949-04-17	McIntyre, George (25)	Washington (Pullman)	McIntyre was wanted for questioning by Pullman police concerning an assault. He shot and killed officer Ross Klaar when Klaar attempted to arrest him. McIntyre ran away from the scene but was later found by other officers. A gun battle ensued, during which three law enforcement officers and McIntyre died.[798]
1949-04-13	Sylvester Burrell	New York (Manhattan)	[799]
1949-04-07	Jones, James (26)	Florida (Broward County)	[800]
1949-04-04	Kinney, Hayes (43)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[801]
1949-04-03	Young, Johnnie (40)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[802]
1949-04-01	Craig, Ed (71)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[803]
1949-03-26	Knox, Ocie (33)	Alabama (Troy)	[804]
1949-03-05	Bradby, Robert	Virginia (Roxbury)	[805]
1949-02-26	Terry, Sam (37)	Georgia (Manchester)	[806]
1949-02-26	Burris, Frank	North Carolina (Kings Mountain)	[807]
1949-02-24	Williams, Ulmer (22)	Mississippi (Forest)	[808]
1948-12-31	Hudgins, William (16)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[809]
1948-12-29	James, Robert (20)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[810]
1948-12-10	Wood, Theris (19)	Alabama (Birmingham)	Wood, a Black 19-year-old man, was shot to death by three police officers who claimed he was trying to enter an East Lake home through a window.[811]
1948-12-03	Johnson, Simon	Florida (Greenville)	[812]
1948-11-13	Smith, Miles	Florida (Greenville)	[813]
1948-10-10	Bryant, Danny	Louisiana (Covington)	[814]
1948-09-27	Charles Menaker (21)	New York (Bronx)	[815]
1948-09-05	Wright, Charlie (35)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[816]
1948-08-29	Miller, George	Arkansas (Lake Village)	[817]
1948-08-11	Perkins, Joe Webster (33)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[818]
1948-08-09	Ford, Vinson (15)	Louisiana (Weyanoke)	[819]
1948-07-10	Burts, James (23)	South Carolina (Greenville)	[820]
1948-07-04	Gladney, Joe Lee	Mississippi (Louisville)	[821]
1948-06-27	Richardson, C. D.	Louisiana (Baton Rouge)	[822]
1948-06-05	Banks, Solomon	Virginia (Emporia)	[823]
1948-06-05	Butler, Leonard (53)	Alabama (Edgewater)	[824]
1948-05-29	Walker, James	Alabama (Montgomery)	[825]
1948-05-29	Weston, Walter (36)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[826]
1948-05-18	Unnamed man	New York (Brooklyn)	[827]
1948-05-08	Wilson, Dave (48)	Alabama (Flat Creek)	[828]
1948-05-02	Carter, Hosea (32)	Mississippi (Sandy Hook)	[829]
1948-04-30	Ward, Eugene	Alabama (Bessemer)	[830]
1948-04-27	Noble, Marion (19)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[831]
1948-04-17	Shaw, Atmos (42)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[832]
1948-04-14	Vergess, Lott	Alabama (Morris)	[833]
1948-04-10	Curry, Theodore Roosevelt (26)	Arkansas (North Little Rock)	[834]
1948-04-08	Fleming, Fred	North Carolina (Fayetteville)	[835]
1948-03-29	Johnson, John	Alabama (Birmingham)	[836]
1948-03-28	Smith, Roosevelt	Florida (Tallahassee)	[837]
1948-03-27	Madden, Ike	Alabama (Birmingham)	[838]
1948-03-24	Williams, Ernest (22)	Texas (Sugar Land)	[839]
1948-03-13	Hutson, Ellis	Texas (Nacogdoches)	[840]
1948-03-15	Bacon, Samuel (51)	Mississippi (Fayette)	[841]
1948-02-27	Brooks, Roy	Louisiana (Gretna)	[842]
1948-02-12	Bell, Jack	Georgia (Atlanta)	[843]
1948-02-08	Hughes, Wade	Mississippi (Kosciusko)	[844]
1948-02-06	Tolliver, James	Arkansas (Little Rock)	[845]
1948-02-02	Thomas, Georgia	Mississippi (Kosciusko)	[846]
1948-03-20	Ray, Edward	North Carolina (Carthage)	[847]
1947-12-17	Curry, Charley	Texas (Dallas)	[848]
1947-11-22	Cowart, Bill	Mississippi (Tylertown)	[849]
1947-11-15	Palmer, Walter	Mississippi (Edwards)	[850]
1947-11-04	McCowin, Leonard	Texas (Center)	[851]
1947-10-25	Starr, Amos (38)	Alabama (Tallassee)	Starr, a Black brick mason, was killed by police officer Cecil Thrash. Starr had testified against Thrash in a federal prosecution for bootlegging. Thrash arrested Starr and killed him.[852]
1947-10-17	Robertson, Noverta (26)	Mississippi (Walnut)	Robertson, a Black section hand, was beaten unconscious by the town marshal. Witnesses said Robertson didn't resist and did nothing to provoke the assault. He died shortly after of brain injury.[853]
1947-09-07	Baity, Lieutenant	Florida (South Miami)	Baity, a Black laborer, was shot and killed by patrolman William Bailey. Bailey claimed that Baity had been drunk driving and had a knife.[854]
1947-09-07	A. C. Hopkins (40)	Florida (Miami-Dade County)	A. C. Hopkins, a Black WWII veteran, was killed by police officer Richard O. Wiegand after the officer went into a Black neighborhood and claimed Hopkins was causing a disturbance. Hopkins allegedly struck the officer with his fist and the officer fatally shot him. Wiegand was charged with second degree murder but acquitted.[855]
1947-09-06	Thomas, Randolph (25)	Louisiana (Ponchatoula)	[856]
1947-08-17	Vines, Meb	North Carolina (Farmville)	[857]
1947-08-17	Robinson, Detroit	Florida (Miami)	[858]
1947-08-07	Phelts, Eva Mae	Florida (Raiford)	[859]
1947-08-01	Johnson, Versie (30)	Mississippi (Prentiss)	[860]
1947-07-16	Brown, William	Louisiana (Torras)	[861]
1947-07-13	Tucker, Morris	Florida (Palatka)	[862]
1947-07-12	Smith, Ball	Georgia (Georgetown)	[863]
1947-07-11	Chambers, Willie	Georgia (Brunswick)	[864]
	Mason, Henry
	Neal, Edward
	Patterson, George
	Smith, Jonah
	Smith, James
	Stephens, Dan
	Wright, Willie
1947-06-29	Wade, Jimmie	Tennessee (Covington)	[865]
1947-06-07	Andrews, Henry	North Carolina (Warrenton)	[866]
1947-05-29	Roberts, Joe (23)	Georgia (Sardis)	[867]
1947-05-22	Gilbert, Henry (42)	Georgia (LaGrange)	[868]
	Davidson, Gus
1947-04-21	Crook, Willie	Tennessee (Ripley)	[869]
1947-04-20	Seldon, Benjamin Franklin (35)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[870]
1947-04-05	Joseph, Charles	Louisiana (Hammond)	[871]
1947-02-19	Pierce, Elmer Henry (37)	Illinois (Chicago)	Nine Chicago policemen ambushed Pierce, whom they described as "a dangerous maniac". According to detective Joseph McCabe, Pierce ignored an order to surrender and reached for a gun, at which point McCabe killed him with ten shots from a machine gun.[872]
1947-01-18	Teague, George	Alabama (Birmingham)	[873]
1947-01-11	Williams, Ike	Alabama (Birmingham)	[874]
1947-01-05	McWilliams, Matt	Mississippi (Blackwater)	[875]
1947-01-01	Rocco, Alphonse	New York (Gilboa)	Rocco's ex-wife Olga was shot with a shotgun by a woman who had been duped into thinking that she was merely taking a photograph. Rocco was wanted by the NYPD for questioning in connection with the shooting. Detectives tracked him to Gilboa, where he was shot nine times.[876]
1946-12-16	Milton, Allen (38)	Alabama (Eufaula)	[877]
1946-11-24	Perkins, George (25)	Tennessee (Winchester)	[878]
1946-11-09	Pointer, Casey (35)	Mississippi (Cleveland)	[879]
1946-11-01	Trujillo Seijas, Jose Adrian (20)	Florida (Bunnell)	Police shot Seijas after he and a friend were refused cafe service because of the color of their skin under Jim Crow laws. Seijas was the nephew of then-president of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo.[880]
1946-10-29	Watson, Samuel (41)	Alabama (Selma)	[881]
1946-10-08	Johnson, Stephen	Louisiana (Crown Point)	Johnson was likely shot in the woods by four men including game warden Joseph Builliot. His body was later found floating in the bayou.[882]
1946-09-22	Willis, Walter (20)	Virginia (Richmond)	A police officer arrested Willis on a misdemeanor charge and fatally shot Willis when he allegedly tried to flee. [883]
1946-09-15	Dockins, Clifton (63)	Louisiana (Bunkie)	[884]
1946-08-26	Clark, William	Arkansas (Jennie)	[885]
1946-08-05	Lee, Harrison (40)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[886]
1946-08-05	Edwards, JD (26)	Mississippi (Gatesville)	[887]
1946-08-03	Farmer, JC (20)	North Carolina (Sims)	[888]
1946-07-31	Henry, Willie (39)	Arkansas (Helena)	[889]
1946-07-27	Wolf, Edgar (38)	Mississippi (Collins)	[890]
1946-07-13	Smith, Bedford	Tennessee (Bell Buckle)	Police officers attempted to search Smith's wife's luggage. Smith objected to the search and was fatally shot by police.[891]
1946-06-23	Williams, John P. (33)	Florida (Panama City)	[892]
1946-06-21	Williams, Willie Malachi (45)	Alabama (Coalburg)	[893]
1946-05-31	Singleton, Billy (33)	Texas (Beaumont)	[894]
1946-05-09	Brooks, Elliott (34)	Louisiana (Gretna)	Police Chief Beauregard Miller arrested Brooks for "prowling" and then fatally shot him. According to the NAACP, Brooks might have had information about Miller's role in the disappearance of a prisoner. [895]
1946-05-02	Lockwood, William Pim (59)	Alabama (Tuskegee)	[896]
1946-04-27	Keels, Arthur (24)	Louisiana (Winnfield)	[897]
1946-02-28	Johnson, James	Tennessee (Columbia)	[898]
	Gordon, William
1946-02-25	Long, Kenney R	Texas (El Campo)	[899]
1946-02-19	Little, Willie J. (23)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[900]
1946-02-09	Baker Allen, Frank (26)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[901]
1946-02-08	Hood, Timothy (23)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[902]
1946-02-05	Charles Ferguson	New York (Freeport)	On February 5, 1946, Charles and Alphonso Ferguson, two African-American men in their 20s, were killed by Joseph Romeika, a 26-year-old white police officer.[903][904][905]
	Alphonso Ferguson
1946-02-02	Fuller, James	Florida (Pierson)	Three deputy sheriffs raiding a jukejoint shot Fuller, claiming he was attempting to flee and that he had a gun, which eyewitnesses disputed.[906]
1946-01-07	Bradwell, Leroy (26)	Florida (Midway)	[907]
1946-01-05	Spearman, Booker	Georgia (Hawkinsville)	[908]
1945-12-15	Bailey, Henry	Arkansas (Arkadelphia)	[909]
	Wilson, Herman
1945-12-01	Hightower, Jessie (38)	Alabama (Union Springs)	[910]
1945-11-10	Pressley, St. Clair	South Carolina (Johnsonville)	[911]
1945-10-20	Floyd, George	Florida (Saint Augustine)	[912]
1945-10-13	Thomas, Edgar (63)	Alabama (Union Springs)	[913]
1945-09-21	McFadden, Sam (40)	Florida (Suwannee County)	[914]
1945-09-08	Greene, Moses	South Carolina (Ellenton)	[915]
1945-09-08	Jones, Tom	Mississippi (Woodville)	[916]
1945-07-07	McCann, Prinest	Alabama (Mobile)	[917]
1945-06-26	Smith, Charlie (50)	Georgia (Folkston)	[918]
1945-06-23	Doherty, Margaret (32)	New Jersey (Jersey City)	Doherty was shot and killed by her partner, 42-year-old Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officer Paul Rickli, in a murder-suicide.[919][920]
1945-06-19	Rigsby, David A. (26)	Missouri (St. Louis County)	During a traffic stop two miles west of Kirkwood, Rigsby allegedly attacked an officer with his fists, prompting the officer to shoot Rigsby once and kill him.[921]
1945-06-16	Edmundson, Marvin	North Carolina (Fremont)	[922]
1945-06-11	Price, Charlie (20)	Georgia (Cooktown)	[923]
1945-06-10	Brown, Niece	Alabama (Summerfield)	[924]
1945-06-02	Toliver, Walter	Texas (Houston)	[925]
1945-05-12	Griffin, William (65)	North Carolina (Elizabeth City)	Griffin fired shots at passing cars along a highway and then reportedly shot at responding police, wounding an officer. He was shot and killed by the officers as he apparently aimed the rifle at a bus.[926]
1945-05-12	Kinnebrew, Robert	Texas (Jasper County)	[927]
1945-05-11	Harris, Denice (22)	Georgia (College Park)	[928]
1945-04-27	Johnson, George (22)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[929]
1945-04-23	Green, Adam (33)	Arkansas (Dumas)	[930]
1945-04-02	Hickman, Clark (17)	Ohio (Cleveland)	Hickman, a burglary suspect, was shot and killed by a temporary policeman after he allegedly disobeyed the officer's commands to halt.[931]
1945-03-23	Debardelaben, Hattie (46)	Alabama (Mulberry)	[932]
1945-03-18	Hansen, Harold (40)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Patrolman Onnie Seago shot and killed Hansen in a hotel room as Hansen had a liaison with Seago's wife.[933]
1945-03-16	Oliver, James	Georgia (Savannah)	[934]
1945-01-15	Leslie, John	Texas (Beeville)	[935]
1945-01-13	Reed, Thomas (25)	Virginia (Petersburg)	Reed, a soldier stationed at Camp Lee, was shot and killed by a Petersburg civilian officer after he allegedly attacked two military policemen with a knife.[936]
1945-01-07	Williams, Russell (30)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[937]
1944-11-02	Hairston, Curtis	Georgia (LaGrange)	[938]
1944-10-16	Osborn, Willie	Louisiana (Lake Providence)	[939]
1944-09-17	McClure, Woodrow Wilson	Mississippi (Canton)	[940]
1944-08-12	Amos, Eddie (37)	Florida (South Miami)	[941]
1944-08-01	Rainey, Joe	Florida (Conway)	[942]
1944-07-25	Collins, Joshua (32)	Mississippi (Jackson)	[943]
1944-07-04	Dunklin, Mitchell	Alabama (Pleasant Hill)	[944]
1944-05-17	Hardy, Joseph	Louisiana (New Iberia)	[945]
1944-05-01	Goins, Anthony (37)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[946]
1944-04-16	Dixon, Aaron (17)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[947]
1944-04-15	Samuels, Theodore	Alabama (Mobile)	[948]
1944-04-09	Milton, Matthew	Georgia (Blackshear)	[949]
1944-03-22	Hauser, Henry	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[950]
1944-03-11	McMurray, Raymond (20)	Alabama (Pell City)	[951]
1944-02-21	Whitehorn, William	Tennessee (Whiteville)	[952]
1944-01-25	Franks, George	Georgia (Atlanta)	[953]
1943-12-28	Fail, Knox	Alabama (Birmingham)	[954]
1943-11-07	Price, Clarence (20)	Louisiana (Shreveport)	[955]
1943-11-02	McCormick, John (22)	North Carolina (Sanford)	[956]
1943-09-10	Hammer, Lester (28)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[957]
1943-08-28	Alfonzo Merritt (39)	Alabama (Tuscumbia)	Merritt was visiting a friend's home when police searched the house for whiskey. Officer John Patrick fatally shot Merritt in the course of the search.[958]
1943-08-14	Davis, William (38)	Alabama (Marion Junction)	[959]
1943-08-09	Cooper, Willie	Alabama (Monroeville)	[960]
1943-07-28	Bell, Ennis	Alabama (Mobile)	[961]
1943-07-03	Davis, Willie	Georgia (Twin City)	[962]
1943-06-30	Simms, Edward	Mississippi (Columbus)	[963]
1943-06-27	Wilson, Woodrow	North Carolina (Greenville)	[964]
1943-06-19	Howard, R.D. (33)	Louisiana (West Carroll)	[965]
1943-06-17	Robinson, Felton (32)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[966]
1943-05-30	Leatherman, George (20)	Tennessee (Rosser)	[967]
1943-05-30	Walker, William (29)	Mississippi (Centreville)	[968]
1943-05-02	White, Lamar	Florida (Chattahoochee)	[969]
1943-05-01	Bolds, Joseph	Georgia (Palmetto)	[970]
1943-03-20	Lewis, Jessie	Alabama (Conecuh County)	[971]
1943-02-04	Crosier, Gladstone	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[972]
1943-01-30	Hall, Bobbie (31)	Georgia (Newton)	[973]
1943-01-23	Hall, Robert	Georgia (Newton)	Robert Hall, a black man, was beaten to death by Baker County Sheriff M. Claude Screws, Policeman Jones, and Special Deputy Kelley (all white). The officers arrested Hall late at night at his home for the theft of a tire, handcuffed him, drove him to the courthouse, and beat him (still handcuffed) on the courthouse steps with their fists and an eight-inch solid-bar blackjack for between 15 and 30 minutes until he reached unconsciousness. They then dragged his body to the jail and called an ambulance. Hall was taken to a hospital where he died within the hour. The officers claimed Hall had reached for a gun and used insulting language when arriving at the courthouse. Screws was indicted on federal charges of violating Hall's civil rights, but Supreme Court case Screws v. United States was decided in Screws' favor.[974][975]
1942-11-04	Stroud, Larry	South Carolina (Columbia)	[976]
1942-11-01	Carr, Raymond	Louisiana (Alexandria)	[977]
1942-10-17	Wash, Howard (49)	Mississippi (Laurel)	[978]
1942-09-18	McDaniel, Levi (23)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[979]
1942-08-31	Fields, Calvin	Florida (Jacksonville)	[980]
1942-08-11	Bloodworth, Jack	Alabama (Docena)	[981]
1942-07-24	Jones, Herman (26)	Virginia (Suffolk)	[982]
1942-06-27	Gunn, Walter (34)	Alabama (Tuskegee)	[983]
1942-06-27	Brown, Charles (43)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[984]
1942-04-08	Mathews, Henry (37)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[985]
1942-03-28	Martin, James	Virginia (Prince George County)	[986]
1942-03-22	Foster, Thomas	Arkansas (Little Rock)	[987]
1942-03-21	Williams, Haif	Arkansas (Hampton)	[988]
1942-02-21	Wilpitz, Howard (32)	Texas (Brookshire)	[989]
1942-02-08	Johnson, Grant	Florida (Perrine)	[990]
1942-01-24	Pless, Willie (21)	Georgia (Hawkinsville)	[991]
1941-10-16	Smith, George	Virginia (Virginia Beach)	[992]
1941-09-13	Knighton, Thomas (22)	Louisiana (Pineville)	Knighton, a Black school bus driver, was killed by a highway officer in a manner that involved "significant head injuries."[993]
1941-08-19	Covington, Jessie (42)	Mississippi (Clarksdale)	[994]
1941-08-17	Thompson, Clarence (36)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[995]
1941-08-12	Gordon, Lewis (22)	Georgia (Trenton)	[996]
1941-08-10	Revis, Chester (21)	North Carolina (Eureka)	[997]
1941-08-01	Cobb, Jesse (24)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[998]
1941-07-29	Belle, Flam (22)	Georiga (Sparta)	Prison guards beat Belle to death with a pipe.[999]
1941-07-26	Ware, Harrison (49)	Missouri (Kansas City)	Two white police officers, Charles LaBaugh and Dewey Ellis, shot and killed Ware, a Black man, at a club, before taking money from his pockets. The officers were indicted for second-degree murder but were found not guilty in 1942.[1000]
1941-07-13	Fowler, William	South Carolina (Startanburg)	[1001]
1941-05-31	Theodule, Roosevelt (27)	Louisiana (Olivier)	[1002]
1941-05-24	Johnson, Arthur (35)	Georgia (Cordele)	[1003]
1941-05-23	Whitfield, Eugene (20)	Alabama (Birmingham)	[1004]
1941-05-13	McCrae, Clifton	South Carolina (Clio)	[1005]
1941-04-26	Jackson, John	Alabama (Fairfield)	[1006]
1941-04-16	Joseph Staver (23)	New Jersey (Elizabeth)	[1007]
1941-03-24	King, Albert (22)	Georgia (Fort Benning)	[1008]
1941-03-23	Hambrick, Oscar (42)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1009]
1941-03-14	Nobles, James (23)	Georgia (Rome)	[1010]
1941-02-23	Welcher, Silas (35)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1011]
1941-01-27	Denham, John	Mississippi (Louisville)	[1012]
1941-01-15	Smith, Wilmer (39)	Louisiana (Metairie)	[1013]
1940-11-14	Murray "Red Murray" Fershing (40)	New York (Manhattan)	[1014]
1940-11-13	Garrett, Eddie (24)	Louisiana (Hammond)	[1015]
1940-10-19	Lovejoy, Sylvester	Alabama (Andalusia)	[1016]
1940-09-21	Adams, E.J. Adams	Mississippi (Rankin County)	[1017]
1940-08-26	Ricks, Willie B. (19)	Mississippi (Washington County)	[1018]
1940-07-25	Lee, Doyle (28)	Georgia (DeKalb County)	Doyle Lee, a Black laborer in prison for a misdemeanor charge, died in a prison work camp. While the death certificate lists the cause of death as sunstroke, witnesses said that Lee had been beaten by prison guards and run over by a truck to make it look like an accidental death.[1019]
1940-06-21	Thornton, Jesse (26)	Alabama (Luverne)	[1020]
1940-05-24	Botts, Boisey (45)	Florida (Tallahassee)	[1021]
1940-05-08	Henderson, O.D. (25)	Alabama (Fairfield)	[1022]
1940-04-16	Roland, Nep (21)	Alabama (Montgomery)	[1023]
1940-03-31	Gildersleeve, Eddie	Alabama (Pine Hill)	[1024]
1940-03-24	Manning, Frank (30)	North Carolina (Chadbourn)	[1025]
1940-02-19	Joseph "Pat" Ryan	New York (Manhattan)	[1026]

1930s

The table below lists 159 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1939-12-10	Virgil, Childers (38)	North Carolina (Shelby)	Childers was shot and killed while trying to escape from an officer.
1939-11-15	Edwards, Louis F. (47)	New York (Long Beach)	Edwards, the mayor of Long Beach, was assassinated by an officer who was the former head of the police union and a member of his own security detail.[1027]
1938-12-07	Harris, Leslie	Florida (Eureka)	[1028]
1938-10-15	Hodnett, Joe (24)	Virginia (Chatham)	Hodnett was killed by a state police officer while fleeing. He had been accused of stealing automobile licenses and a trailer.[1029]
1938-09-24	Foots, Dave (34)	Arkansas (West Memphis)	Foots was beaten and shot by deputy sheriff Culp, but four other officers and a judge may have been involved. According to Foote's wife, Foote was targeted because he and Culp were interested in the same Black woman.[1030]
1938-08-09	Davis, Henry	Georgia (Valdosta)	Davis was fatally shot by a police officer. He had been accused of wounding a white man.[1031]
1938-08-06	Davis, Fred (22)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Davis was killed by a patrolman after allegedly throwing bricks at people and property.[1032]
1938-07-20	McDonald, Willie (26)	Mississippi (Newton)	McDonald had allegedly attempted to enter a white family's home in only his underwear. Officers shot him while they were transporting him to jail after the event.[1033]
1939-07-08 (?)	Mays, Robert (48)	Georgia (Brunswick)	[1034]
1938-06-17	Boyd, Aaron (38)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	Boyd was killed in a police custody. While it's unclear exactly what happened, police claimed he had injured himself from "falling multiple times."[1035]
1938-05-13	Modleiski, Antoinette (27)	New York (New York)	Patrolman Anthony Modieski shot and killed his wife and two of his children before fatally shooting himself. Another child was wounded, but survived.[1036]
	Modleiski, Joseph (3)
	Modleiski, William (1)
1938-05-11	Josey, Mack	Georgia (Macon)	[1037]
1938-02-27	Johnson, Leroy (24)	Florida (Miami)	Johnson drowned after being chased by two policemen into a canal.[1038]
1938-02-06	Jackson, Wilbert (22)	Florida (Liberty Point)	Jackson was shot by a drunk sheriff.[1039]
1938-01-03	Brooks, George (26)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[1040]
1937-12-04	Johnson, John (33)	Florida (Miami)	Police officer Simpson fatally shot Johnson inside his apartment building, claiming he had a gun.[1041]
1937-11-25	Anderson, Charles (17)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[1042]
1937-11-10	Turner, Jesse (25)	Mississippi (Coahoma)	[1043]
1937-10-17	Moses, J.O.	Florida (St. Petersburg)	[1044]
1937-10-10	Muse, Archie (39)	Virginia (Pocahontas)	[1045]
1937-09-08	Santiel, Melvin (20)	Mississippi (Leflore County)	[1046]
1937-09-03	Kirby, William	Georgia (Cedar Grove)	[1047]
1937-07-27	Dames, Stafford (19)	Florida (Miami)	[1048]
1937-07-18	Chinn, Edward (33)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[1049]
1937-07-11	O'Neale, Frederick (16)	Florida (Jacksonville)	O'Neale, a student and Sunday school teacher, was killed by an officer on a golf course. He may have been tortured before being killed.[1050]
1937-05-30	Anderson, Hilding (27)	Illinois (Chicago)	1937 Memorial Day massacre. 10 unarmed demonstrators were shot and killed by members of the Chicago Police Department. 67 or more were injured.
	Causey, Alfred (43)
	Francisco, Leo (17)
	Handley, Earl (37)
	Jones, Otis (33)
	Popovich, Sam (45)
	Reed, Kenneth (23)
	Rothmund, Joseph (48)
	Tagliori, Anthony (26)
	Tisdale, Lee (50)
1937-05-25	Reed, Willie (24)	Georgia (Albany)	[1051]
1937-05-06	Brown, John (37)	Texas (Otey)	[1052]
1937-05-03	Helen Burkhard (20)	California (San Francisco)	[1053]
	Marion Burkhard (20)
	Mrs. Burkhard (45)
1937-05-01	Hamilton, Earley Bird	Arkansas (Hazen)	[1054]
1937-03-21	Cotal Nieves, Juan Delgado	Puerto Rico (Ponce)	About 18 unarmed civilians peacefully protesting the U.S. government were killed by police in the Ponce massacre.[1055][1056] Two policemen were killed by friendly fire, and hundreds of civilians were wounded in this terrorist attack.[1057][1058]
	Hernández del Rosario, Maria
	Jimenez Morales, Luis
	Loyola Pérez, Ceferino
	Maldonado, Georgina
	Márquez Telechea, Bolivar
	Ortiz Toro, Ramon
	Perea, Ulpiano
	Pietrantoni, Juan Antonio
	Reyes Rivera, Juan
	Rivera Lopez, Conrado
	Rodriguez Figueras, Iván G.
	Rodriguez Mendez, Jenaro
	Rodriguez Rivera, Pedro Juan
	Rosario, Obdulio
	Sánchez Pérez, Eusebio
	Santos Ortiz, Juan
	Torres Gregory, Juan
	Velez Torres, Teodoro
1937-02-01	Johnson, Wesley (19)	Alabama (Tumbleton)	[1059]
1936-12-26	Jiles, Mack (28)	Louisiana (Gretna)	Mack Jiles, a Black laborer, was killed by Chief of Police Beauregard Miller. Miller claimed that Jiles robbed his home and, upon arrest, tried to escape. Miller fatally shot Jiles in the head.[1060]
1936-10-04	Thrower, Dennie	North Carolina (Bertie County)	Dennie Thrower, a Black public worker, was killed by police after a six-hour siege at Thrower's home.[1061]
1936-09-12	Finch, Thomas (28)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Thomas Finch, a Black hospital orderly, was killed by Detective S. W. Roper at a police station.[1062]
1936-08-18	Qualteri, Joseph (46)	Colorado (Englewood)	Joseph Qualteri, an ex-convict who had escaped from a state hospital for the insane, was killed by deputy police chief L. A. Jordan. Qualteri had opened fire on Jordan while resisting a search.[1063]
1936-07-14	Boblovich, Nick (60)	California (Los Angeles)	[1064]
1936-07-01	Evans, Charles (50)	Arkansas (Sebastian County)	Charles Evans, a Black preacher, was killed by a mob of police officers and citizens for having "too much religious zeal."[1065]
1936-05-15	Wales, Cora (50)	Virginia (Madison)	Cora Wales, a Black woman, was killed by a police-backed mob. She and her brother William were shot and burned in their home.[1066]
1936-05-15	Wales, William (43)	Virginia (Madison)	William Wales, a Black man, was killed by a police-backed mob. He and his sister Cora were shot and burned in their home.[1066]
1936-04-14	Teel, Charles (23)	Texas (Brazoria County)	Charles Teel, a Black man, was killed by prison guards at Texas State prison while allegedly attempting to escape from custody.[1067]
1936-02-10	Dick Taylor (35)	Florida (Seminole)	[1068]
1936-01-17	Grace, Mayse (42)	Texas (Panola County)	Mayse Grey, a Black farmer, was killed by police while on parole for a DUI. He had barricaded himself inside his home and allegedly fired at officers. His father was also killed by police years earlier.[1069]
1935-11-01	Hart, Dave (22)	Louisiana (Gretna)	Dave Hart, a Black man, was shot and killed by deputy sheriffs while in jail.[1070]
1935-11-01	Freeman, Henry Buddy (24)	Louisiana (Gretna)	Henry Buddy Freeman, a Black man, was shot and killed by deputy sheriffs while in jail.[1070]
1935-09-14	Timothy Curran (26)	New York (New York)	[1071]
1935-04-10	Jackson, Willie (25)	South Carolina (Kershaw County)	Willie Jackson, a Black laborer, was killed by a police posse after a group of prisoners, including Jackson, escaped from the state prison.[1072]
1935-04-10	Lyle, Frasier	South Carolina (Kershaw County)	Frasier Lyle, a Black laborer, was killed by a police posse after a group of prisoners, including Lyle, escaped from the state prison.[1072]
1935-04-10	Williams, Carnell (25)	South Carolina (Kershaw County)	Carnell Williams, a Black laborer, was killed by a police posse after a group of prisoners, including Williams, escaped from the state prison.[1072]
1934-07-21	Dillinger, John (31)	Illinois (Chicago)	Infamous bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by Bureau of Investigation agents as he attempted to flee the Biograph Theater in Chicago.
1934-07-21	Wilson, Moise (27)	Louisiana (Franklinton)	Moise Wilson, a Black farmer, was shot by Deputy Sheriff Delos C. Wood. Wilson died in police custody from his injuries after being refused medical attention.[1073]
1934-07-08	Randolph, Melvin (23)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Melvin Randolph, a Black farmer, was fatally shot by Sheriff W.C. Hayes while in police custody.[1074]
1934-05-23	Bonnie Parker (23)	Louisiana (Shreveport)	Bonnie and Clyde
	Clyde Barrow (25)
1934-05-11	Sylve, Pierre (67)	Louisiana (Plaquemines)	Pierre E Sylve, a Black farmer, was killed by a heavily armed posse of police and citizens. He died "in a hailstorm of bullets."[1075]
1934-05-08	Pojman, Frank (55)	Ohio (Cleveland)	Pojman was arrested by two Cleveland Police patrolmen for alleged intoxication (which the coroner later disproved). En route to the police station, the patrolmen assaulted Pojman and he suffered a fractured skull and later died from his injuries.[1076]
1934-04-27	Wanda Stewart	California (Victorville)	[1077]
	Walter Wyeth
1933-12-07	Gregory, David (25)	Texas (Kountze)	David Gregory, a Black man, was killed by a law enforcement posse for allegedly resisting arrest. His body was mutilated and burned.[1078]
1933-11-19	Walker, Will (55)	Georgia (Jefferson County)	Will Walker, a Black farmer, was shot to death by a police officer after he allegedly resisted arrest.[1079]
1933-11-14	Lesley, Mack (30)	Louisiana (Farmville)	Mack Lesley, a Black farmer, was killed by Deputies O. McElroy and Raymond Meeks. Lesley had been accused of involvement with a "secret organization that was planning the uprising of Black citizens."[1080]
1933-11-13	Hughes, Russel (35)	Illinois (Peoria)	[1081]
1933-11-09	Koen, Ralph (29)	Tennessee (Memphis)	[1082]
1933-08-23	Davis, Glover (40)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Glover Davis, a blind Black man, was shot and killed by police officer O. W. Allen. Allen claimed Davis advanced on him with an ice pick.[1083]
1933-08-13	Pruitt, James	Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)	James Pruitt, a Black farm worker, was shot to death by police officers Harley Holeman and R. M. Pate.[1084]
1933-06-18	Shelton West (21)	Michigan (Detroit)	[1085]
1933-06-14	Bray, Jesse (42)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Jesse Bray, a Black painter, was shot and killed by police officers M.V. Moss and E.P. Roberts.[1086]
1933-05-23	Lovell, W. S. (17)	Texas (Panola County)	Lovell, a Black teenage boy, was cornered and killed by police officers and a large mob for allegedly attacking a white woman.[1087]
1933-05-22	Barksdale, Duffy	South Carolina (Clinton)	Duffy Barksdale, a Black tenant farmer, was fatally shot by officer Caldwell Weir and another man in front of Barksdale's two sons.[1088]
1933-03-17	Horton, Cleve (29)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Horton, a Black bus boy, was beaten, shot, and killed by patrolman Roy Eddleman in the restaurant bathroom.[1089]
1933-03-16	Fox Bates (55)	Tennessee (Smithville)	[1090]
1933-02-25	Carlock, Levon (19)	Tennessee (Memphis)	Carlock, a Black man, was beaten, tortured, and shot to death by six police officers.[1091]
1933-02-15	John West (26)	Oklahoma (Malester)	[1092]
1933-02-09	Mills, Walter (25)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Walter Mills, a Black laborer, was killed by patrolmen E.D. Ellison and M.V. Mose, who claimed Mills and another Black man were robbing a grocery store.[1093]
1933-01-26	Richardson, Robert (19)	Louisiana (Baton Rouge)	Richardson, a Black man, allegedly "annoyed a white woman" and was shot to death in his home by a mob led by the sheriff.[1094]
1932-12-31	Davis, Edna (21)	Alabama (Birmingham)	Edna Davis, a Black woman, was shot and killed by police officers Charles Norell and John W. Allen and detective J. T. Moser. Police were investigating a burglary and claimed they shot Davis as she was "resisting arrest."[1095]
1932-12-25	Glymph, Toby (32)	Florida (Oakland)	Glymph was handcuffed and taken from his home, then shot by a police officer[1096]
1932-10-17	Strickling, Estella (25)	Georgia (Moreland)	[1097]
	Strickling, Denna (52)
1932-10-08	Wright, Willie	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1098]
1932-09-05	Brawner, William	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1099]
1932-09-04	Battle, Luther	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1100]
1932-08-20	Ward, Leonard	Alabama (Birmingham)	[1101]
1932-07-16	Wray, Ernest (19)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1102]
1932-04-24	Goodwell, Lawrance (15)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1103]
1932-04-16	Jess Whittinghill (40)	Kentucky (Princeton)	[1104]
1932-04-15	Allen Humble (34)	Oklahoma (Earlsboro)	[1105]
1932-03-16	White, Harold (16)	Georgia (Atlanta)	Harold White, a Black laborer, was killed by detective Frank C. Foster during the hold-up of a delicatessen.[1106]
1932-02-10	Smith, Robert (35)	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1107]
1932-01-18	Alexander, George (36)	Georgia (Decatur)	[1108]
1932-01-16	Jackson, Charlie	Georgia (Atlanta)	Jackson was killed in his home by a police posse led by officer H.H. Ramsaur.[1109]
1931-12-27	Cook, Wiley	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1110]
1931-12-26	Lee, Robert	Georgia (Atlanta)	Lee was shot by a police officer after allegedly pulling a knife.[1111]
1931-12-13	Nelson, Robert	Georgia (Atlanta)	Nelson was shot by police when fleeing his car after a crash.[1112]
1931-12-01	Stokes, John	Georgia (East Point)	Stokes was killed by a posse of police.[1113]
1931-11-25	Raymond Morris (21)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[1114]
1931-11-17	Price, George	Florida (McDavid)	After being arrested, Price allegedly shot and wounded an officer, who then shot and killed him[1115]
1931-10-05	Lawrence Reid (20)	Alabama (Bessemer)	[1114]
1931-07-16	Gray, Ralph	Alabama (Camp Hill)	Sheriff Kyle Young shot into a union strike, where Gray was picketing. Gray escaped and went home, but a police posse broke into his house and shot him to death.[1116]
1931-06-24	Pitts, M. C.	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1117]
1931-04-15	Butler, Randell (32)	Florida (Jacksonville)	[1118]
1931-03-01	Hill, Robert	Florida (Live Oak)	[1119]
1931-02-16	Noah Lamb (25)	Kentucky (Lexington)	[1120]
	John Martin (25)
1931-02-13	Spann, George (30)	Mississippi (Blaine)	[1121]
1931-02-12	Titsworth, David	Arkansas (Pine Bluff)	[1122]
1931-02-04	Hunter, Garfield	North Carolina (Henderson)	[1123]
1931-01-17	McDaniel, Leman	Louisiana (Shreveport)	[1124]
1930-11-26	Unnamed man	Ohio (Columbus)	[1125]
1930-10-23	Joseph Piteo (32)	Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	[1126]
1930-09-08	Bryant, William Henry (25)	Georgia (Darien)	[1127]
1930-08-07	Robinson, George (28)	Mississippi (Raymond)	[1128]
1930-08-06	Richardson, Herbert	Texas (Texarkana)	[1129]
1930-08-05	Strickland, Milton (37)	Tennessee (Chattanooga)	[1130]
1930-08-04	Aivia Carter a.k.a. Frank Scott (34)	Iowa (Sac City)	[1131]
1930-06-27	Sol H. Barnett (24)	Ohio (Middletown)	[1132]
1930-06-21	Unnamed Black man	Illinois (Chicago)	[1133]
1930-05-22	William Carps (16)	Michigan (Detroit)	[1134]
1930-05-16	Johnson, George (30)	Texas (Honey Grove)	[1135]
1930-05-08	Barrow, George (25)	North Carolina (Belhaven)	[1136]
1930-03-23	Henry Pistrowski	New York (Buffalo)	[1137]
	John Dzazdzynsku
	Edward Domkiewicz
	Walter Krajewski
1930-02-10	McCray, Hattie (14)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[1138]
1930-01-14	Unnamed man	Illinois (Chicago)	[1139]
	Unnamed man
1930-01-06	Simpson, Robert	Texas (Beaumont)	[1140]

1920s

The table below lists 100 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1929-12-28	William "Dinky" Quan (28)	Illinois (Chicago)	[1141]
	William Wilson (33)
	William Ryan
1929-12-18	Julian Rachel	Illinois (Bloomington)	[1142]
1929-08-07	Joseph Mair (20)	Minnesota (Minneapolis)	[1143]
1928-05-07	O.A. Morrisey	California (San Diego)	[1144]
1929-05-07	Stephen Koriwcerc (35)	Illinois (Chicago)	[1145]
1929-04-24	Ottmer Herman Fleming (21)	Washington, DC	[1146]
1928-12-26	Joseph "Frank" Orlando (28)	Illinois (Chicago)	[1147]
1928-04-06	Emmett Winfrey (20)	Missouri (St. Louis)	[1148]
1928-03-28	Mrs. Deking	Illinois (Aurora)	[1149]
1928-02-28	John Jackman (19)	Michigan (Detroit)	[1150]
1928-01-09	John "Jack Rabbit" Bunk	Illinois (Chicago)	[1151]
	Unnamed man (alias "Punk")
1927-11-22	Frank Herbert	Illinois (Chicago)	[1152]
1927-09-07	Unnamed man	Texas (Breckenridge)	[1153]
1927-08-28	Lester Wright (29)	Connecticut (Hartford)	[1154]
1927-08-13	Harry Booth (32)	Florida (Miami)	[1155]
1927-04-07	Anton "Tony Van Oosbree (24)	Iowa (Sioux City)	[1156]
1927-03-30	Joseph Clemente	Illinois (Chicago)	[1157]
1927-03-06	Unnamed man (possibly G. Ricca)[1158]	California (San Francisco)	[1159]
1927-02-12	Unnamed man	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1160]
1927-01-05	Oscar Brooks (45)	Alabama (Brantley)	Policemen entered Brooks' house on his farm searching for liquor after he had asked them for a warrant, which they refused. After they obtained a gallon of alcohol, they confronted him on his yard, opening fire upon him. He was unarmed.[1161]
1926-10-28	John "Bum" Rogers	New York (Manhattan)	[1162]
1926-10-22	Lawrence Bolton (25)	Ohio (Athens)	[1163]
1926-10-22	Lloyd Hunder a.k.a. Mike Bartley	Virginia (Staunton)	[1163]
1926-10-02	Walter Dunn	Tennessee (Johnson City)	[1164]
1926-09-13	James Monroe (26)	Florida (Miami)	[1165]
1926-06-16	Eddie "Black Cat" Jones	Texas (Dallas)	[1166]
1926-06-09	Lee Hurney	Oklahoma (Picher)	[1167]
	Charles Mays
1926-06-08	Unnamed man	Texas (Brownsville)	[1168]
1926-04-30	Louis Burns (20)	Iowa (Cedar Rapids)	[1169]
	Floyd Laston (18)
1926-04-13	Wiley Flowers	Oklahoma (Sapuplpa)	[1170]
1926-03-24	Walter Boyd (35)	Indiana (Indianapolis)	[1171]
1925-11-16	Minnie Schleissler (21)	New Jersey (Jersey City)	[1172]
1925-10-06	C. R. Thompson	New Hampshire (Concord)	[1173]
1925-09-25	John Eden (66)	Oklahoma (Broken Bow)	[1174]
1925-09-23	Earl Williams	Nebraska (Omaha)	[1175]
1925-09-10	Claud Combs	Oklahoma (Altus)	[1176]
1925-08-24	Robert Elliott (25)	Tennessee (Spring City)	[1177]
1925-08-21	Walter Derosier (20)	Massachusetts (Worcester)	[1178]
1925-07-29	Unnamed man	Illinois (Chicago)	[1179]
	Unnamed man
1925-04-13	Leo Spence (20)	Illinois (Marion)	[1180]
1925-03-09	Unnamed man	New Jersey (Jersey City)	[1181]
1924-12-18	Franklin Myler	Nebraska (Omaha)	[1182]
1924-11-20	J. H. Sims	Missouri (Kansas City)	[1183]
1924-09-16	George Rae (34)	Pennsylvania (West Newton)	Chief George Rae was shot and killed by a man he admonished along with other people at a street party for disturbing the peace.
1924-08-15	Jack Jones	Georgia (Savannah)	[1184]
1924-08-04	John Tripioni	Louisiana (New Orleans)	[1185]
1924-02-27	Roy McLeroy	Texas (Lufkin)	[1186]
1924-02-05	Robert Wood	West Virginia (Charleston)	[1187]
1923-10-17	B.B. Rogers (50+)	Texas (Marshall)	Sheriff Rodgers and Constable Proctor shot each other to death in a fight.[1188]
	W. B. Procter (50+)
1923-09-13	Unnamed man	West Virginia (Huntington)	[1189]
1923-07-30	John Etter	Oklahoma (Ponca City)	[1190]
1923-06-25	Melvine Bayles	California (Los Angeles)	[1191]
	Ed Frohn
1923-01-21	William Sprague	Texas (El Paso)	[1192]
1922-12-06	Unnamed man	California (Oakland)	[1193]
1922-11-27	Allen Marrs (31)	California (Los Angeles)	[1194]
	C. Willets (25)
1922-11-11	Unnamed Black man	Texas (Abilene)	[1195]
1922-11-03	Jack Kennedy	Missouri (Wittenburg)	[1196]
	Harvey Logan
1922-10-23	William McMahon	California (Oakland)	[1197]
	Henry Schafffer
1922-10-12	Lou Trider	Missouri (St. Louis)	[1198]
1922-09-27	George Price (40)	Arkansas (Eureka Springs)	[1199]
	Si Wilson (40)
	Charles Price (25)
1922-08-05	John Kalman (40)	Ohio (Newark)	[1200]
1922-07-17	Oliver Frazier	Minnesota (St. Paul)	[1201]
1922-06-26	Seif [Unknown Last Name]	Georgia (Augusta)	[1202]
1922-06-05	Magnum Hicks	Georgia (Atlanta)	[1203]
1922-05-13	Unnamed man	Illinois (Chicago)	[1204]
	Unnamed man
1922-05-07	Henry Andrews	Louisiana (Shreveport)	[1205]
1922-05-05	Bud Ballew	Texas (Wichita Falls)	[1206]
1922-04-26	Joe Holiday	Alabama (Anniston)	[1207]
	C.B. Hurst
1922-04-22	James Huey	Arkansas (Fort Smith)	[1208]
1922-02-21	Juan d'Assumpeau	Rhode Island (Pawtucket)	[1209]
1922-01-21	Robert Hooker	Illinois (Chicago)	[1210]
1922-01-06	John J. Doyle	Missouri (St. Louis)	[1211]
1921-09-30	Unnamed man	California (Visalia)	[1212]
	Unnamed man
1921-09-16	Ace Ford (20)	Oklahoma (Ardmore)	[1213]
1921-06-09	Thomas Kelly (48)	Ohio (Toledo)	[1214]
1921-06-09	John Janeck	Illinois (Chicago)	[1215]
1921-02-08	Tom Burns (30)	Utah (Salt Lake City)	[1216]
1921-01-28	Eugene Wiley (14)	Oklahoma (Muskogee)	[1217]
1921-01-15	G. N. Burkhart	Arkansas (Hot Springs)	[1218]
1920-12-15	Unnamed man	Connecticut (South Norwalk)	[1219]
1920-05-14	Horace Walton (32)	Illinois (Chicago)	[1220]
1920-04-09	Unnamed hispanic man	Texas (Laredo)	[1221]
	Unnamed hispanic man
	Unnamed hispanic man

1900-1919

The table below lists 93 people.

Date	Name (age) of deceased	State (city)	Description
1919-09-26	John Bandzak[1222]	Pennsylvania (Farrell)	[1223]
1919-08-09	Unidentified male	Massachusetts (Greenfield)	A suspected burglar was killed by a patrolman after the burglar pretended to surrender and allegedly struck the officer.[1224]
1919-07-27	William L. Doherty (23)	Rhode Island (Providence)	Doherty reportedly robbed a store along with an accomplice. When he refused to stop after verbal commands were given, an officer fired three shots at the fleeing Doherty, fatally wounding him in the back.[1225]
1919-06-30	David Kelly	Massachusetts (Boston)	Kelly was among several men who allegedly assaulted an officer, causing severe injuries. The officer shot Kelly, who died on July 3.[1226]
1918-09-26	Gus Kansas	Montana (Butte)	[1227]
1918-07-18	Lecil Hilley	Georgia (Danielsville)	[1228]
1918-05-27	Unnamed Black man	Virginia (Norfolk)	[1229]
1918-05-08	James. Tilden Mullins	Kentucky (Whitesburg)	[1230]
1918-03-24	Stephe Ivenoff	Oklahoma (Tulsa)	[1231]
	Joseph Sring
1917-10-15	John A. Scott (40)	South Carolina (Columbia)	[1232]
1915-09-03	James Harman	Massachusetts (Hingham)	[1233]
1915-08-14	George Kloskowski (18)	Nebraska (Lincoln)	[1234]
1915-07-06	Peter Goodmiller (18)	New York (Brooklyn)	[1235]
1915-12-18	Frank Hohl	Ohio (Cincinnati)	[1236]
1914-03-09	Bradley Wilson	Indiana (Evansville)	[1237]
1913-12-02	Claud Lewis	Indiana (Indianapolis)	[1238]
	Unnamed man
1913-11-19	Gaines, John (50)	Texas (Austin)	Gaines, the only Black officer in the Austin Police Department, was shot and killed by a deputy constable while calling for other officers. The constable had been reported for making a disturbance, and at the time Black officers were not allowed to arrest White subjects.[1239]
1913-11-29	Unnamed man	New York (New York City)	A policeman killed a gunman after a foot chase.[1240]
1913-11-06	Albert Preston (30)	Colorado (Denver)	[1241]
1913-10-23	Antonio Dusmaska	Pennsylvania (Kittanning)	[1242]
1913-06-17	Ralph Shea (25)	Massachusetts (Boston)	Shea, who was under arrest for public intoxication, allegedly broke free from Patrolman Charles W. Miller's grip and assaulted the officer, also stealing his club. Miller fired one shot at Shea, fatally wounding him.[1243] Miller was charged with manslaughter, but was acquitted after a 1914 trial.[1244][1245]
1913-04-06	Leonard Smith (17)	South Carolina (Greeneville)	[1246]
	Rowley Martin (20)
1912-12-31	Unnamed man	Kentucky (Kuttawa)	A man went on a shooting spree in the towns of Fredonia and Kuttawa before he was killed by marshal William McCullom while resisting arrest.[1247]
1912-03-26	Unnamed man	Illinois (Rock Island)	[1248]
	Unnamed man
	Unnamed man
1911-10-07	Elmer McCurdy (31)	Osage Hills, Oklahoma	McCurdy, suspected of robbing a train three days before, was fatally shot in the chest during a shootout with three sheriff's deputies on a ranch.
1911-07-20	Martinus	Oregon (Lakeview)	[1249]
1910-07-31	Jim Ross	Mississippi (Biloxi)	[1250]
1910-07-10	William F. Deegan (22)	Massachusetts (Boston)	A patrolman arrested Deegan for public intoxication before several people allegedly assaulted him in an attempt to free Deegan. After the officer said he brandished his revolver and gave a warning, he fired several shots into the crowd, wounding four people, including Deegan, who died the following day. The three other wounded were arrested for attempting to free a detainee.[1251]
1910-05-20	Dubinski, John	Illinois	Dubinski was shot and killed while running away from four men who commanded him to stop walking. The men were later revealed to be plainclothes officers who thought he could be a robber.[1252]
1910-01-05	Jack Jackson	South Carolina (Sumter)	[1253]
1910-01-04	Unnamed man	Illinois (Chicago)	[1254]
1910-01-01	Frank Quigg	Oklahoma (Guthrie)	[1255]
	Frank Carpenter
1909-12-26	Leonardo Cota (24)	California (Santa Barbara)	[1256]
1909-12-26	McCormack, Andrew (44)	California (San Francisco)	McCormack shot at a bartender and wounded a patron while drinking at a saloon. He fled and shot and wounded a pursuing patrolman before the officer returned fire, killing him.[1257]
1909-12-25	Cota, Alonzo	California (Santa Barbara)	Cota allegedly assaulted an officer at a Christmas Eve dance. The officer fired a warning shot, then shot Cota in the abdomen. He died at hospital.[1258]
1909-11-22	Unnamed Black man	Louisiana (Leesville)	[1259]
1909-10-14	Henry Jones	Georgia (Toccoa)	[1260]
1909-09-24	Unnamed man	Missouri (Rushville)	[1261]
1909-06-05	Adolph Topf	Arkansas (Little Rock)	[1262]
1909-05-30	Menard, Joseph	Illinois (Chicago)	Menard was shot in an instance of mistaken identity by a policeman who was pursuing two suspects. The suspects had shot and wounded another officer.[1263]
1909-04-04	Gresham, Robert	Georgia (Fitzgerald)	[1264]
1909-03-08	Isabella T. Spillane (46)	Massachusetts (Boston)	Patrolman Daniel D. Spillane shot and killed his wife at their home in East Boston before fatally shooting himself.[1265][1266]
1908-12-08	John Sharp	Missouri (Kansas City)	[1267]
	Lola Pratt (child)
1908-11-01	Dalaney, J.V.	Oregon (Portland)	Dalaney was shot by a policeman as he brandished a revolver while attempting to escape arrest.[1268]
1908-08-06	Pounds, Scott (21)	California (San Francisco)	Pounds and 18-year-old Ray Baird were pursued by police officers after they robbed a saloon. Pounds was shot once as he fled, while Baird was apprehended.[1269]
1908-01-20	Frank Connelly	Missouri (Charleston)	[1270]
1907-11-10	Joseph Vaclena	Illinois (Chicago)	[1271]
	Unnamed man
1907-11-08	unidentified male	Nevada (Reno)	Policeman Charles Brown attempted to apprehend three men complicit in an armed robbery. One of the men was shot dead by Brown when the suspect attempted to shoot the policeman. Brown and a bystander were also injured during the resulting gunfight.[1272]
1907-08-19	Noel Bounds	Tennessee (Nashville)	[1273]
1906-11-07	Bob Hackworth	Alabama (Linden)	[1274]
1906-03-19	Murphy, Thomas	Missouri (Springfield)	Murphy and his companion, M.J. Curtis, were pursued by police. Murphy attempted to shoot a policeman and was shot, while Curtis surrendered.[1275]
1905-05-13	Nevills, Andrew (23)	California (Stockton)	Nevills, a suspect in an armed robbery, was shot in the leg by a detective as he fled arrest. He died of his injury on May 24.[1276]
1905-01-31	Edward Bannon	Massachusetts (Boston)	Bannon, a burglar, allegedly assaulted a police officer while fleeing the scene of a burglary, causing serious injuries. He was shot and killed by the officer during a pursuit when he reportedly turned around and brandished a revolver.[1277]
1904-11-11	Unnamed man	Washington (Chattaroy)	[1278]
1904-09-28	Meyers, Alexander G. (18)	California (Bakersfield)	Meyers shot at a policeman who encountered him burglarizing a saloon. The policeman shot him to death.[1279]
1904-04-24	Thorndyke, Albert	California (San Jose)	Thorndyke committed an armed robbery and was chased by officers, who shot him three times.[1280]
1903-12-31	Joseph Choisser (50)	Illinois (Equality)	[1281]
	Louis Choisser (25)
1903-12-17	Unnamed man	Massachusetts (Boston)	[1282]
1903-10-08	Unnamed man (45)	Illinois (Aurora)	[1283]
1903-10-07	Dodson, Charles A.	California (San Francisco)	Dodson was shot in the back as he fled from Officer John Smithson, who attempted to arrest him after a street fight. He died of his injuries on October 8. Smithson said that the shooting was accidental and that he fired shots to scare Dodson.[1284]
1903-08-10	Unnamed person	Oklahoma (Pawhuska)	[1285]
	Unnamed person
1903-04-20	Frank Redmond	Georgia (Gainesville)	[1286]
1903-04-12	Ed Porter	Louisiana (Shreveport)	[1287]
1903-03-12	Burke Carroll	Mississippi (Meridian)	[1288]
1902-09-05	Govan Sneede	Massachusetts (Boston)	While escaping the site of an attempted burglary, Sneede allegedly fired a shot at a police officer, who returned fire and fatally shot the suspect.[1289][1290]
1902-07-01	Antonio Guissepe	Pennsylvania (Wilkesbarre)	[1291]
1902-05-23	Walter White	New York (Harlem)	[1292]
1901-10-06	Unnamed Black man	New Jersey (Camden)	[1293]
	Unnamed Black man
	Unnamed Black man
1901-06-04	Unnamed man	Colorado (Denver)	[1294]
1901-05-03	Hugh Masterson	Colorado (Denver)	[1295]
1900-12-21	Edward Donovan	Illinois (Chicago)	[1296]
1900-12-01	Thos. White	Minnesota (Minneapolis)	[1297]
1900-11-26	John Hubbard	Kentucky (Middlesboro)	[1298]
1900-10-15	Bernal, Francisco	Arizona (Phoenix)	Bernal was shot and killed and his brother wounded by a policeman when they fired guns at him.[1299]
1900-09-23	Brown, Myron (28)	California (Alameda)	Brown was shot by Policeman George N. MacRae as he fled arrest with two accomplices.[1300] Brown died of pneumonia resulting from his wounds on September 27.[1301] MacRae was charged with manslaughter.[1302]
1900-09-16	Morse, Edward (37)	Washington (Seattle)	Morse and two accomplices exchanged gunfire with police after an attempted burglary. Morse was killed, and another robber, Harry Austin, was wounded.[1303]
1900-07-27	Charles, Robert (34–35)	Louisiana (New Orleans)	Charles was shot by a special policeman and riddled with the bullets by a white mob. The mob then mutilated Charles' body.
1900-06-16	Farley, Patrick	New York (New York City)	Farley was shot by police as he attempted to escape arrest after he assaulted his wife.[1304]
1900-05-31	Koenig, Albert	Missouri (St. Louis)	Koenig was shot by an officer after he shot another policeman with a shotgun.[1305]
1900-01-27	Dennis, Charles	Illinois (Quincy)	Dennis and Monaghan, two bank robbers, brandished firearms during a police raid and were shot. Another suspect was wounded by police gunfire and arrested.[1306]
	Monaghan, Thomas

See also

This section is transcluded from List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States. (edit | history)

• 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