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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in October 2020, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 14 people.

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


October 2020

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Date Name (age) of deceased Race State (city) Description
2020-10-31 John Pacheaco Jr. (36) White Colorado (Glendale) Police were called to perform a wellness check on Pacheaco, who was asleep in a pick-up truck that was reported stolen. When officers arrived, the truck move forwards and hit a police vehicle, before moving backwards and hitting several other vehicles, causing police to open fire. No firearms were found in the truck.[1]
2020-10-29 Kevin Peterson Jr. (21) African American Washington (Hazel Dell) A narcotics task force chased Peterson into a bank parking lot after a drug sting involving Xanax. Peterson ran away from the police while armed with a handgun, and it is uncertain if he fired his weapon. The officers fired a total of 34 shots at Peterson, four of which hit and killed him.[2] Protests occurred in the nearby cities of Portland and Vancouver.[3]
2020-10-26 Walter Wallace Jr. (27) African American Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Wallace was shot as he approached officers holding a knife which he refused to drop. Video shows Wallace's mother running over to him after he was shot. Protests were held in response to the shooting, and witnesses say that the police should have used less deadly force.[4]
2020-10-26 Karon Hylton-Brown (20) African American Washington, D.C. Karon Hylton-Brown was riding an electric scooter when police attempted to pull him over for not wearing a helmet. Over the course of the next few minutes they pursue him into an alleyway, whereupon he is hit by a vehicle.[5][6]
2020-10-22 Keith Beecroft (43) Unknown Alaska (Anchorage) Beecroft, who was armed with a shotgun, was shot and killed by a SWAT team. Five SWAT officers fired their weapons.[7]
2020-10-22 Mark Bender (35) African American California (San Bernardino) Police responded to a call of a man with a gun jumping on cars. Bender refused to follow verbal commands from the officer, and engaged in a physical confrontation with him. Bender was shot when he pulled a gun from his pocket and turned toward the officer.[8]
2020-10-20 Dominique Mulkey (26) African American Florida (Tampa) Mulkey was confronted by two officers on suspicion of armed robbery of a Dollar General store. The officers told Mulkey to drop his gun, at which point he turned toward the officers, leading them to open fire.[9]
2020-10-20 Marcellis Stinnette (19) African American Illinois (Waukegan) At 11:55 p.m., Waukegan police stopped a car in which the passenger, Marcellis Stinnette, was wanted on a warrant. The driver fled and her vehicle was chased.[10] When the car stopped a second time, the vehicle reversed toward the officers, and one officer fired his pistol in fear for his safety. Both the driver and passenger were struck by gunfire. The driver, a Black woman in her 20s from Waukegan, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and is expected to recover, police said. The male passenger, Marcellis Stinnette, 19, was taken to an area hospital and died.[11][12]
2020-10-19 Bryan Selmer (38) Unknown Maryland (Emmitsburg) Selmer was fleeing with another man, who was wanted for attempted murder in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Police attempted to arrest Selmer at a gas station and say they shot him when he turned around in a "shooting stance". Selmer was not armed at the time, although deputies say they believed he could have been due to police being fired upon earlier.[13]
2020-10-19 Ethan Freeman (37) White New Hampshire (Thornton) Freeman had a history of mental illness, and charged at an officer multiple times holding a piece of broken furniture, and threatened to kill the officer. The officer repeatedly yelled at Freeman to back up, and shot him dead on one of his charges.[14]
2020-10-16 Fred Williams III (25) African American California (Willowbrook) At about 5:30 p.m., deputies saw a group of about 10 to 15 people in the parking lot, according to a news release from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The deputies said one of the people in the group was holding a firearm and when he saw the deputies, he ran out of the parking lot. One of the deputies chased the man, identified as Williams, down a driveway and into a strangers backyard. Authorities said that Williams pointed his gun at a deputy, "at which point a deputy involved shooting occurred." Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. The department said it recovered a semiautomatic handgun from the scene. The bodycam footage appears to show Williams climbing the fence when he was shot, and that he did not have his gun pointed at the officer who shot him.[15]
2020-10-12 Julie Fandino (58) White Vermont (Barre Town) An on-duty Berlin police officer, Jeffrey Strock, shot and killed his ex girlfriend, Julie Fandino, before killing himself.[16]
2020-10-08 Shayne Sutherland (29) White California (Stockton) Police responded to a call that Sutherland was threatening people with a bottle at a gas station. Sutherland told officers he was "high on cocaine" and tried to flee. Several officers held Sutherland down, where he fell unconscious, and later died in hospital.[17]
2020-10-03 Jonathan Price (31) African American Texas (Wolfe City) Price was killed by Officer Shaun Lucas after breaking up a fight at a gas station. Lucas tasered Price, before shooting him. Officer Lucas was arrested for the murder on October 5, 2020.[18][19] Lucas was acquitted of all charges in September 2022.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maass, Brian (2020-11-13). "New Video Emerges of Deadly Glendale Police Shooting; 2 Officers Still Have Not Given Statements". Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  2. ^ Shedlock, Jerzy (November 25, 2020). "Kevin Peterson Jr. shooting investigation: Clark County deputies fired 34 times". The Columbian.
  3. ^ "Kevin Peterson Jr: protesters decry police shooting in Washington state". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Chang, David; DeLucia, Matt. "VIDEO: Woman Tries to Restrain Son Moments Before Deadly Police Shooting". WCAU.
  5. ^ Smith, Cory. "Father of Man Killed During DC Police Pursuit Hires Attorney to Investigate". NBC Washington. NBC. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ NBC Washington Staff. "4 DC Officers on Leave After Karon Hylton-Brown's Fatal Scooter Crash; Body Cam Video Released". NBC Washington. NBC. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ Williams, Tess. "Anchorage SWAT officers fatally shoot man in standoff at Eagle River home". Anchorage Daily News.
  8. ^ "'Man with a gun' 911 call leads to fatal officer-involved shooting". highlandnews.net.
  9. ^ "Police: Officers fatally shoot armed robbery suspect". Associated Press. October 20, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  10. ^ McLaughlin, Elliott C. (October 29, 2020). "Car Chase Preceded Police Shooting that Killed Marcellis Stinnette in Waukegan, Illinois, Video Shows". CNN.
  11. ^ Ward, Clifford. "Waukegan police say officer fatally shot teen as suspects' vehicle began moving; Mama, they just shot us for nothing". www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.]
  12. ^ Ward, Clifford. "Protesters call for federal investigation into Waukegan police fatal shooting of suspect: 'We don't want the police investigating the police'". www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-10-22.]
  13. ^ Moore, Jack. "Prosecutor: 2 Frederick Co. deputies who fired on suspect during chase 'justified'". WTOP. Retrieved 2021-06-01.]
  14. ^ Matthews, David. "New Hampshire police shooting of unarmed, naked man deemed justified, state's attorney general's office says". Nydailynews. Retrieved 2022-10-06.]
  15. ^ Sahagun, Louis. "Fred Williams III, 25 - The Homicide Report". homicide.latimes.com. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  16. ^ Bendavid, Ike (October 13, 2020). "Police: Berlin officer involved in murder-suicide tried to rekindle relationship with ex". WCAX. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  17. ^ "Stockton Police Release Video Of Moments Leading Up To In-Custody Death Of Shayne Sutherland". CBS 13 San Francisco. November 3, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  18. ^ "Man killed in Wolfe City police shooting was 'pillar of the community,' witness says". WFAA. October 4, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  19. ^ "Texas police officer charged in death of Black man who family says was trying to break up dispute". ABC News.
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