List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States prior to 2009
This is a list of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers in the United States occurring before 2009, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death. Killings are arranged by date of incident which caused death. Different death dates are, if possible, noted in the description.
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For lists of killings from other years, see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States.
The tables below list a total of 212 individuals.
2008
The table below lists 24 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2008-12-27 | Colbert, Ferlando | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after attempting to use vehicle to run over state trooper. Colbert had been pulled over on suspicion of driving a stolen van.[1] |
2008-12-17 | unnamed male | Georgia (Stockbridge) | Shot after shooting at police. The suspect had stolen a motorcycle at gunpoint, crashed it and ran into nearby woods pursued by officers.[2] |
2008-12 | George, Pierre | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot while attempting to run. Police were responding to citizen report of armed kidnapping by George. An officer cornered George in his vehicle at which point George attempted to flee on foot. George was not armed and the person making the report was jailed, accused of causing the killing by making a false report.[3] |
2008‑11‑17 | Allen, Lawrence | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Allen, a teenager, was shot to death by off-duty officer Chauncey Ellison, Sr., accompanied by his ex-girlfriend, off-duty officer Robin Fortune. The officers had driven around the neighborhood looking for Allen after he stole a pizza from their son. Ellison shot Allen in the back. In 2012, Ellison was charged with voluntary manslaughter.[4] |
2008‑11‑08 | unnamed male | Washington (Everett) | Shot after refusing to put down firearm. Police were responding to report of a burglary-in-progress.[5] |
2008-10-29 | Alexander, Julian C | California (Anaheim) | Shot after mistaken identity. Police were chasing four burglary suspects in the neighborhood, Alexander came out of his home holding a broomstick to investigate a noise. Mistaken for one of the juvenile suspects and shot twice in the chest. Shootintg officer was Kevin Flanagan.[6] |
2008-09-20 | Roe, Shawn M | Washington (Blyn) | Shot during shootout with deputies. Roe was prime suspect in recent murder of a Forest Service officer and a civilian.[7] |
2008-09-19 | Bitterman, Gabriel | Nebraska (Lincoln) | Died shortly after being tasered after officers responded to a domestic disturbance. Incidentally, an MTV camera crew was present during the incident.[8] |
2008-08-04 | unnamed male | Maine (Albion) | Shot while wielding a shotgun during confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of domestic violence disturbance.[9] |
2008-07-30 | unnamed male | Washington (Mountlake Terrace) | Shot after leaning out a window with a firearm. Officers were responding to report of gunshots.[10] |
2008-07-16 | Spradling, William (24) | Arkansas (Little Rock) | Shot by officers after allegedly pointing a gun at them. They were investigating a burglary.[11] |
2008-07-15 | Clark, Montellis | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers approached three burglary suspects in front of a home when one began shooting at them.[12][13] |
2008-06-24 | Wark, Kelly | Utah (Lehi) | Shot after shooting officer twice in head. Police had pulled her vehicle over after gas station attendant reported that she seemed generally impaired.[14] |
2008-06-14 | Crosby, John R. | Massachusetts (Dedham) | Was shot by two police officers when, after a 45 minute standoff, he charged them with a knife.[15] |
2008-06-09 | Gonzalez, Leonel Maldonado | Washington (Othello) | Died after being struck by vehicle driven by deputy. The deputy was following two cars when one car swerved sharply to left into the lane of an oncoming vehicle. The deputy saw something dark in his lane but could not avoid hitting Gonzalez.[16] |
2008-06-09 | Yancey, Linda Cax-Puluc, Marcial |
Georgia (Stone Mountain) | Shot by a Sheriff's deputy who staged a murder-robbery of his wife and claimed to have killed the robber. Instead, the deputy was himself found guilty of murdering both his wife Yancey and the day laborer Cax-Puluc.[17][18] |
2008-06-05 | Brown, Tyrone | Maryland | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[19][20] |
2008-04-25 | Clark, David Duncan | Washington (Bellingham) | Shot after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. Police were responding to a report of disorderly conduct. The gun was found to be a toy.[21] |
2008-03-28 | Miller, Jesse | Missouri (Marionville) | Miller had his car break down and fatally shot a man who had apparently came to his help. As a police officer arrived at the scene, Miller opened fire on him, missing him, and was shot by the officer. Miller was the son of Frazier Glenn Cross, the Neo-Nazi perpetrator of the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting.[22] |
2008-02-07 | Cantrell, Antoine | Georgia (College Park) | Shot while being arrested. Police were responding to report of man making threats. Cantrell had fled from police who caught him after a foot chase. The officer reports that he was trying to arrest Cantrell when the gun fired.[23] |
2008-02–06 | Geoffrey, Shaub | Florida | Pointed a flare gun at Deputies |
2008-02-03 | unnamed male | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after pointing gun at officers. Police were responding to report of domestic violence. During 6-hour standoff with SWAT team man threatened to shoot officers and himself.[24] |
2008-01-04 | Wilson, Tarika | Ohio | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[25][26] |
2008-01-02 | Poke, Kelvin | Maryland (Laurel) | Shot during shootout with police. Poke was an inmate who escaped from a hospital after overpowering guards and stealing two guns. He hijacked two cars and was cornered when the shootout occurred.[27] |
2008 | Lumpkin, Joseph | Florida | [28] |
2007
The table below lists 26 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2007‑12‑31 | Cho, Michael (25) | California (La Habra) | Shooting of Michael Cho. Cho was brandishing a tire iron outside a liquor store and vandalizing cars. La Habra police responded to the scene, and within 40 seconds, two officers demanded Cho to drop the tire iron and the officers then fired 11 shots at Cho, killing him. The two police officers were cleared by the Orange County district attorney. Cho's family filed a lawsuit against the city of La Habra alleging wrongful death and negligence and received $250,000. |
2007‑12‑25 | Larson, Aaron | Washington (Federal Way) | Shot after attacking trooper with fists. Larson was acting erratically, had jumped out of a moving vehicle, had exposed himself and struck vehicles with his belt. Use of Taser was ineffective.[29] |
2007-11-28 | Manuel, Donta (33) | Florida (Belle Glade) | Manuel and Jonathan Wallace were sheriff's deputies killed by a pursuing patrol car during a stolen car investigation.[30] |
2007-11-28 | Wallace, Jonathan (??) | Florida (Belle Glade) | Wallace and Donta Manuel were sheriff's deputies killed by a pursuing patrol car during a stolen car investigation.[30] |
2007-10-05 | Ramos, Frank (49) | California (Bakersfield) | Ramos was shot while holding a replica handgun while standing in a street. |
2007-10-04 | Baker, Samuel | Georgia (Quitman) | Died from a spinal cord fracture and dislocation Baker suffered when he fell to the ground after being “tased.” Police were responding to report of man with knife. Upon being confronted by police, Baker “flashed the officers his knife”, at which point the officers used the Taser on Baker.[31][32] |
2007-07-16 | Snyder, Aaron Richard | Colorado (Denver) | Shot after advancing on police while exposing revolver in holster under tuxedo jacket. Snyder was at the State Capital and had declared himself “the emperor of Colorado”.[33] |
2007-07-15 | Brandon, Ronald | Wisconsin (Madison) | Brandon had a realistic-looking pellet gun pointed at officer Matthew Kenny and another, in what investigators believe was a "suicide-by-cop." Officer Kenny shot and killed the man. His actions were later ruled justified and he received the Medal of Valor, the police department's top honor, for that shooting. Officer Kenny was later responsible for another ruled-justified police shooting of Tony Robinson.[34] |
2007-06-24 | Lopez, Cesar Wilfredo | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after pointing a gun at officers. Lopez and four other people in a group were suspects in a pair of shootings that occurred earlier that night.[35] |
2007-06-23 | Farrow, DeAunta (12) | Arkansas (West Memphis) | Farrow was carrying a replica BB handgun in his hand and was shot twice by a police officer outside an apartment complex. Prosecutors considered the shooting to be justified. |
2007-06-14 | Davis, Jessie | Ohio (Lake Township) | Davis's husband, Bobby Lee Cutts Jr., an officer with the nearby Canton police, killed her during a fight in their home, and then had a friend help him hide the body in a county park near Akron. He was convicted and sentenced to life without parole the following year |
2007-06-05 | Alvarez, Jose Ramos | Washington (Yakima) | Shot during fight with police during which Alvarez produced a pistol. Police were attempting to arrest Alvarez as the prime suspect of a recent murder.[36] |
2007-05-30 | Smashum, Anthony | Georgia (Savannah) | Shot while climbing fence to escape from police. Officers approached Smashum attempting to arrest him on a warrant. Smashum fought with officers before fleeing.[37] |
2007-05-13 | Benitez, Ricardo (47) | Idaho (Meridian) | Officer Brian Lueddeke shot and killed Benitez inside his home after he allegedly jumped toward the officer with a bread knife. Police say Benitez threatened his family and violated a court order, and the county prosecutor found the shooting justified. His wife and two sons filed a claim against the city.[38] |
2007-04-30 | Duong, Hay Nhat (25) | New Jersey (Township of Hamilton Atlantic County) | Police Officer Leo Rudolph shot Duong, after he came toward the officer and made a motion as if to reach for a gun after several warnings to drop to the ground. Duong had no weapon.[39] |
2007-04-15 | Pettaway, Ron | Georgia (Fulton County) | Shot outside a bar. Police were responding to report of a fight.[40] |
2007-04-11 | Gomez, Mario Fernando Torres (34) | Oklahoma (Tulsa) | Gomez was unarmed and fleeing from police when he was shot at the I-44 & 169 interchange. The officer who shot Gomez was cleared in the shooting, but in 2010 the city paid $85,000 to settle a lawsuit by Gomez's family.[41] |
2007-04-06 | Wong, Edmund | California (Downey) | Wong was shot several times by officers with the Downey Police Department who were responding to reports of an armed man getting into a truck on the 9000 block of Pico Vista Street. Officers arrived at the scene and tried to stop the fleeing suspect. After crashing his silver Toyota into a patrol car and exiting the vehicle with what appeared to be a gun, the Downey patrol officers opened fire, striking Wong repeatedly. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. After his death, it was learned that Mr. Wong himself was the party who contacted the police, giving them a detailed description of his vehicle, his own physical description and a description of his weapons.[42] |
2007-04-03 | Wilcox, Milton | Georgia (Candler County) | Died from injuries sustained during motor vehicle accident. Wilcox was the passenger in a vehicle struck by a police cruiser just after the officer “looked down to adjust his computer and CD player.”[43][44] |
2007-3-22 | (13) | Arkansas (Little Rock) | Boy shot with toy gun. |
2007-03-17 | German, Marlon St. Mark | Washington (Kennewick) | Shot after threatening to kill his estranged girlfriend and striking her with a knife. Police were responding to report of domestic violence.[45] |
2007-03-12 | Chass, Jeremiah (16) | California (Sebastopol) | Jeremiah Chass was holding his 6-year-old brother hostage in his family's minivan outside their home, threatening to kill him with a pocket knife with a 2-inch blade. After Chass released his brother, two Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies pepper sprayed him, and then Chass started kicking one of the deputies in the face, and waving the knife around. The deputies fired 8 shots, killing Chass. Chass's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county of Sonoma and the deputies, alleging wrongful death and excessive force. In 2009, they received a $1.75 million settlement.[46] |
2007-2-12 | Rojas, Noe (17) | California (San Diego) | Rojas was shot while having a replica handgun. |
2007-02-12 | Millsap, Berry | Washington (Tacoma) | Shot after pointing a cordless drill at police. Police were responding to report of a domestic disturbance. Millsap had met officers on porch of home and had threatened to shoot them if they went inside the house. Millsap ran into the house and hid behind couch, then stood up pointing a drill at officers.[47] |
2007-01-17 | Sullivan, Robert | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after shooting at and injuring one officer. Police had confronted Sullivan when they saw him shooting at someone else.[48] |
2007-01-04 | Cooke, Zachary | California (Eureka) | [49] |
2007 | White, Scott | Maine (Rumford) | Shot after a seven-hour standoff outside White's former wife's home.[50] |
2006
The table below lists 26 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2006‑12‑25 | Caywood, Adam | Washington (Yakima) | Shot after apparently attempting to run down officer with vehicle. Police were pursuing Caywood as a prime suspect in a recent home burglary. After crashing vehicle, and as officers were approaching on foot, Caywood reversed into police cruiser.[51] |
2006-12-15 | Sargent, Willie Allen Jr | Georgia (Snellville) | Died of injuries from motor vehicle accidents. Sargent's vehicle was hit by an officer responding to a call for backup for a suspicious person. The officer was traveling approximately 80 mph without lights or siren.[52] |
2006-12-07 | Honda, Jonni Kiyoshi | California (Eureka) | [53] |
2006-11-30 | Culosi, Salvatore | Virginia | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[54] |
2006-11-25 | Bell, Sean | New York | Sean Bell shooting incident. Sean Bell was shot to death, and two of his friends were wounded, after five NYPD undercover and plainclothes officers fired 50 shots on Bell's car. Three officers, Marc Cooper, Gescard Isnora, and Michael Olive, were charged with crimes ranging from manslaughter to reckless endangerment, and were all found not guilty. |
2006-11-21 | Johnston, Kathryn | Georgia | Kathryn Johnston shooting |
2006-11-12 | Fender, Bruce | Georgia (Savannah) | Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Witness report that Fender walked in front of the vehicle and was not using a designated crosswalk.[55] |
2006-11-16 | Banks, Willie | Georgia (Moultrie) | Shot after pulling out a pocket knife. Police were serving a bench warrant. Witness claim Banks was handing a box cutter to police.[56] |
2006-10-28 | Jolley, Isaac | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot by an off-duty jail detention officer. During an argument with Jolley's brother, the officer struck the brother in the head using the officer's personal weapon. The weapon discharged, fatally striking Jolley in stomach.[57] |
2006-10-13 | Eugene Culp | Washington (Shoreline) | Shot while attempting to hit police officer with vehicle. Officers were responding to report of man knocking at front and back doors of a house.[58][59] |
2006-10-03 | Orrin Tack Hunnicutt | Arizona (Catalina) | Orrin Tack Hunnicutt, 30 was shot by Deputy Norman Baughman, 42, Bureau Chief Richard Kastigar said.[60] |
2006-08-24 | unnamed male | Georgia (Decatur) | Shot after lunging at police officer and attempting to grab officer's service revolver. Police were responding to report of trespassing in vacant apartment.[61] |
2006-08-23 | unnamed male | Georgia (Decatur) | Died after being pepper sprayed and hit with batons.[61] |
2006-07-15 | Griffin, Alan | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot by an off-duty deputy. Griffin was the pimp for a prostitute that the deputy had attacked. The deputy shot Griffin when Griffin confronted him with a handgun. The deputy was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[62][63] |
2006-06-07 | Cabrera, Santos | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after swinging piece of metal at officer. Police were respond to report of a fatal ax attack on a child. When officers approached a man acting suspicious he threw a tire at one officer breaking his arm.[64] |
2006-04-14 | Burgess, Christopher | California (Eureka) | [65] |
2006-09-17 | Chasse, James | Oregon | James Chasse |
2006-08-04 | Wilson, Ryan | Colorado (Lafayette) | Died of an irregular heartbeat after being shocked by a Taser. Police were investigating a report of marijuana plants growing in the area.[66] |
2006-05-30 | Zehm, Otto | Washington | Otto Zehm |
2006-04-14 | Moore, Cheri Lynn | California (Eureka) | Moore, who was suicidal, was shot by SWAT after pointing a flare gun. Two police officers were indicted by a grand jury for involuntary manslaughter, but the case was dismissed by a judge.[67] |
2006-03-07 | Hamley, Joseph Erin | Arkansas | Fatal police shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley |
2006-02-28 | Andrews, Eric James | Temecula, CA) | Fatal police shooting of Eric James Andrews, 18 |
2006-02-25 | Brown, Aaron | Alexandria, VA | Killed by police officer shooting into the vehicle in which Brown was traveling with other teens who had left a restaurant without paying the bill.[69][70] |
2006-02-04 | Williams Jr., Jessie Lee | Mississippi | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[71][72] |
2006-01-20 | Walker, Clarence | Georgia (Marshallville) | Died of a sudden cardiac arrhythmia while being arrested and after being subdued with pepper spray. Officers were arresting Walker for probation and parole violations.[73][74] |
2006-01-06 | Anderson, Martin | Florida | Martin Anderson death controversy |
2005
The table below lists 10 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2005‑12-03 | Ex, Harvey (53) | Nevada (Stateline) | Ex was killed in a shootout with two sheriff's deputies outside Harrah's Lake Tahoe casino.[75] |
2005‑10‑16 | Hodell, Robert (59) | New Jersey (Galloway Township) | Hodell was shot and killed by Galloway Township Police Corporal Sean Hackney after he armed himself with scissors and charged at the officer.[76] |
2005‑09‑04 | Brissette, James | Louisiana | Danziger Bridge shootings |
2005-09-04 | Madison, Ronald | Louisiana | Danziger Bridge shootings |
2005-09-02 | Glover, Henry | Louisiana | Death of Henry Glover |
2005-08-11 | Kim, Richard; Lee, Kwang Tae | California (Dublin) | Police shot Lee as he was wielding a knife, and one of the shots pierced through a door and struck Kim, killing him.[77] |
2005-08-05 | Erwin, Rodney | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after pointing gun at police who were attempting arrest for parole violation.[78] |
2005-07-07 | Ousa, Bounmy | West Valley City, Utah | Shot outside his home while undercover police were staking out a suspected drug house[79] |
2005-06-20 | Manley, Perry | Washington (Seattle) | Shot after attempting to enter courthouse with WWII-era grenade. Police spent 20 minutes attempting to convince Manly to surrender. Was shot after making a “furtive movement with the grenade” which was later found to be defused.[80] |
2005-05-07 | Bryant, Jashon (18) | Connecticut (Hartford) | Hartford Police Department officer Robert Lawlor and an FBI agent were working for an anti-drug task force in Hartford's North End and were trying to apprehend two suspects, Jashon Bryant and 21-year-old Brandon Henry. According to Lawlor, Henry and Bryant were in their car and Henry sped towards the FBI agent. Lawlor then fired at the car, killing Bryant and wounding Henry. Lawlor was charged with manslaughter and assault, and was found not guilty in 2009.[81] |
2005-04-23 | Williams, Brandon | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after shooting and killing police officer. Williams was the driver of a vehicle that was pulled over by an anti-narcotics unit. As the officer approached the vehicle, Williams shot him through the closed window.[82] |
2004
The table below lists 9 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2004‑12‑28 | Madonna, Michael | Idaho (Hayden) | Shot after shooting a policeman. Officers were questioning Madonna about an earlier hit-and-run accident when he fled into his house and retrieved a gun.[83] |
2004-12-23 | Herrera, Juan | California | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[84] |
2004-11-09 | Bell, Michael E. (21) | Wisconsin (Kenosha) | Bell was tased four times and then shot in the head by officer Albert Gonzalez after a traffic stop. Four officers were involved. Gonzalez killed Bell after Officer Erich Strausbaugh called out "He's got my gun!", referring to Bell, but his gun was actually caught on a car's side mirror. Bell was unarmed. The incident occurred in Bell's driveway while his mother and sister watched. Bell's family received a $1.75 million settlement in a civil suit in March 2010, and used the money to raise awareness about the case. Officer Strausbaugh killed himself in October 2010.[85] As of May 2013, the state of Wisconsin has filed no charges against the officers involved.[86] |
2004-10-09 | Badovinac, David Michael | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after shooting at police.[87] |
2004-07 | LaRue, James | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Shot after pointing gun at police and using officer's Taser on two officers.[87] |
2004-03-28 | Perez, James Jahar Akbar | Oregon (Portland) | Perez was pulled over for failure to signal a turn. After some kind of altercation (witnesses say he did not even take off his seatbelt, and he was unarmed), officer Jason Sery fired three rounds into his vehicle.[88] A grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of the officer.[89] |
2004-02-20 | Jackson, Herman | Georgia (Sylvester) | Died from broken larynx suffered as a police officer wrapped his arm around Jackson's neck to subdue him during an arrest.[90] |
2004-02-17 | Cardenas, Rodolfo (43) | California (San Jose) | Cardenas was shot and killed by Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agent Michael Walker in downtown San Jose. Walker mistook Cardenas for a wanted fugitive, and shot him during a foot chase. Cardenas engaged in a car chase with Walker before the foot chase, and Walker claimed Cardenas had a weapon on him and was pulling it out before he shot him. Walker was charged with voluntary manslaughter but was found not guilty.[91] In 2006, Cardenas' family received $1 million from a federal civil rights lawsuit.[92] |
2004-01-13 | Chaney, Terry James | Georgia (Lilburn) | Shot after shooting at deputies. Officers were responding to a report of a home invasion were two people were killed. Officers chased the suspect into the woods where he shot at them.[93][94] |
2004-01-04 | Stansbury, Timothy | New York | Timothy Stansbury |
2003
The table below lists 7 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2003‑12‑12 | Walker, Kenneth | Georgia (Columbus) | Shot during traffic stop on suspicion of drug possession.[95] |
2003‑10‑11 | Venable, Billye | California (San Diego) | Shot in the head while allegedly resisting arrest.[96] |
2003-07-13 | Tran, Cau Bich (25) | California (San Jose) | Shooting of Cau Bich Tran. Tran, a woman enduring a mental health crisis, was shot once in the chest by a police officer in her apartment after a neighbor called police to report a disturbance. Tran had a vegetable peeler and was shot several seconds after officers arrived to her home. The officer involved in the shooting was not indicted by a grand jury, and Tran's family was awarded $1.8 million in a lawsuit filed against the city of San Jose. |
2003-05-22 | Zongo, Ousmane | New York | Ousmane Zongo |
2003-05-05 | James, Kendra | Oregon (Portland) | Shot as a passenger in a car while trying to flee a traffic stop |
2003-05-02 | Herring, Gregory | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Died of “sudden cardiovascular collapse” during struggle with police. The police were responding to report of a naked and bleeding man in apartment parking lot who was yelling and banging on doors. City settled for $19,500 with Herring estate.[97] |
2003-03-08 | Pleasance, Michael | Illinois (Chicago) | Shot in a subway terminal. An officer had broken up a fight involving another man and Pleasance was standing nearby when the officer shot him in the head. Pleasance's family was awarded $3 million for his death. The officer was suspended for 30 days and later promoted.[98] |
2003-02-02 | Bates, Stanley | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Shot after lunging at police with knife. Police were responding to report of a man attempting to enter his mother's home by force. The officer involved later lost a $7 million civil judgment in federal court for wrongful death in the incident.[99] |
2002
The table below lists 5 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2002‑12‑20 | Weigel, Bruce James | Wyoming (south of Cheyenne) | Died of “mechanical asphyxiation” as a result of arresting state trooper putting weight on Weigel's back while handcuffing Weigel on the ground. The state of Wyoming settled a federal lawsuit for $500,000 in the case.[100][101] |
2002-12-12 | Ham III, James Lee | Georgia (Tift County) | Died from injuries following police use of a PIT maneuver on suspect's vehicle. Police were attempting to stop suspect after having stolen $10.69 worth of gas.[102][103] |
2002-12-05 | Taylor, James E. | Kentucky (Louisville) | Fifty-year-old African-American Taylor was shot multiple times in his apartment on St. Catherine Blvd. in Old Louisville, his hands cuffed behind his back. The two arresting LMPD officers alleged that he'd tried to cut them with a box-cutter he apparently had in his back pocket. Officers were acquitted of all charges.[104] |
2002-10-11 | Nelson, Dawn Rae | Arizona (Chandler) | Nelson was shot by officer Dan Lovelace. According to Lovelace, Nelson was driving towards him with her car, but prosecutors said they believed that Lovelace's life was not in danger when he shot Nelson. Lovelace was charged with second-degree murder, and was not found not guilty. He was fired from the Chandler Police Department.[105] |
2002-8-12 | Arnold, Christopher "Winks" | Pennsylvanial (York) | Arnold died of positional asphyxiation after being beaten by police in his front yard, hogtied, and placed face down in the police wagon. Officers were responding to a reports of Arnold, a schizophrenic, walking around and talking to himself.[106] |
2002-2-22 | Hammick, Byron | Oregon (Portland) |
2001
The table below lists 4 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2001-11-06 | Hood, Timothy | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after placing a gun to officer's head.[107] |
2001-09-21 | Bostic, Stacy Rondell | Georgia (Athens) | Shot after shooting at officer. Police were responding to report of an armed robbery of a hotel. A man running from the scene matched suspects description and was commanded to stop.[108][109] |
2001-08-22 | Harris, Daniel (47) | Ohio (Cleveland) | Harris was shot while grabbing a police officer's gun and refusing to let go, after a car chase with police.[110] |
2001-08-08 | Martinez, Nelson | Washington | [111] |
2001-06-30 | Curtis, Scott Andrew | Oklahoma (Washita County) | Shot and killed after leading troopers on a car chase.[112] |
2000
The table below lists 10 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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2000-10-28 | Lee, Anthony Dwain | California (Los Angeles) | Anthony Dwain Lee was shot by police while carrying a rubber toy gun at a Halloween party. |
2000-10-19 | Graham | Colorado (Cripple Creek) | Shot after pointing a rifle at police. Graham had started a fire in the police parking lot and was spraying fuel on the fire.[113] |
2000-10-18 | Scott, Marsean (19) | Ohio (Cleveland) | Police confronted a man with a gun after responding to a call of shots being fired. Marsean Scott exchanged gunfire was police and died.[110] |
2000-10-04 | Adams, John | Tennessee (Lebanon) | Shot after shooting at police. Officers raided wrong house in drug raid. Adams' wife thought they were victims of a home invasion and called for Adams to get his gun.[114] |
2000-06-30 | Bymon, Lisa Bymon, Desiree Bymon, Juwam Williams Davis, Ponda |
Georgia (Hinesville) | Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentenced to four life sentences for the crimes.[115] |
2000-05-04 | Dieterle, Todd (37) | California (Santa Rosa) | Dieterle robbed a convenience store with a plastic squirt gun that was painted to look realistic, and was shot at least seven times by Santa Rosa Police Department and Santa Rosa Junior College Police officers. |
2000-05 | Camacho, Robert Francisco | California (Rohnert Park) | Camacho was shot in his trailer park 5 times by police after they came there to respond to a mental health crisis. Camacho had a firearm and was firing it in the trailer park before being shot by police. |
2000-04-10 | McDonald, Erin (31) | California (Windsor) | McDonald was shot by police officers after she pointed a BB gun at them. Police came to her residence in response to a psychotic episode. |
2000-03-31 | Bourne, Tysheen (19) and Fields, Andre (17) | New York (New York) | Both were shot by undercover NYPD narcotics agents after they wielded replica handguns. |
2000-03-16 | Dorismond, Patrick | New York (New York) | Patrick Dorismond |
2000-01-28 | Young, Cornel Jr. (29) | Rhode Island (Providence) | Young, an off-duty police officer, was killed by two fellow Providence police officers, when he tried to assist them during a violent arrest. The officers did not recognize Young in plainclothes and shot him after he refused to drop his weapon. Young had apparently not realized they were talking to him. The officers then realized they had shot a fellow police officer and transferred him to a hospital; Young was pronounced dead a short time later. His mother filed a civil rights suit against the city of Providence and against the police responsible for his shooting, but the suit was unsuccessful. The department posthumously promoted Young to the rank of sergeant.[116] |
20th Century
The table below lists 90 individuals.
Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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1999-12-30 | Mauro, Scott A | Georgia (Martinez) | Shot while pointing shotgun at officers while approaching them. Police were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. They found Mauro on the porch of the home with a shotgun taped to his throat. A standoff ensued.[117] |
1999-09-23 | Mena, Ismael | Colorado | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[118] |
1999-09 | Butler, Antonio (19) | Florida (Miami) | Butler, an unarmed carjacking suspect, was shot dead by a Miami police Sargeant.[119] |
1999-08-30 | Busch, Gidone | New York (Bronx) | Gidone Busch |
1999-07-26 | DuBose, Demetrius | California (San Diego) | Demetrius DuBose was shot while charging at officers while waving their nunchukas. Officers attempted to question DuBose outside a home that had been burglarized. When DuBose fled officers caught him and they scuffled during which DuBose took nunchukas from two officers.[120] |
1999-05-21 | Mitchell, Margaret LaVerne | 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. |
1999-04-13 | Salmon, Aquan (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 youths. Salmon had a cigarette lighter which the officer said he believed was a gun.[124] |
1999-02-18 | Shaw, James | Georgia (Waycross) | Shot while dragging officer with vehicle. Officers had approached Shaw to question him regarding reports of violent threats. The officer had reached inside Shaw's car to stop it.[125] |
1999-02-04 | Diallo, Amadou | 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. |
1999-01-20 | Seymour, Sheryl Sue | 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 | Bayer, Stephen | California (Simi Valley) | 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. |
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.[129] |
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. |
1998-12-27 | Reid, Franklyn (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.[131] |
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".[132] |
1998-02-14 | Montoya, Abelino (18) | New Mexico (Las Vegas) | Las Vegas Officer Joseph Mantelli shot Abelino Montoya after a car chase resulting from a traffic violation stop. Sargent 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.[133] |
1997-09-02 | Atkinson, James Justin | Idaho (Boise) | Shot while dragging police officer with car. The officer had reached into Atkinson's car to turn off ignition when Atkinson sped off.[134] |
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.[135] |
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. |
1997-02-28 | Phillips Jr, Larry | California (Los Angeles) | North Hollywood shootout |
1997-02-28 | Mătăsăreanu, Emil | California (Los Angeles) | North Hollywood shootout |
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.[136] |
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 fiance, 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.[137][138] |
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.[136] |
1996-07-04 | Gaines, Nathaniel Levi | New York | Nathaniel Levi Gaines |
1995-10-12 | Gammage, Johnny | Pennsylvania | Johnny Gammage |
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 11:02pm 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.[139] |
1995 | Huang, Yong Xin (16) | New York (New York City) | 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.[140] |
1994-12-22 | Baez, Anthony | New York (New York City) | Anthony Baez |
1994-10-10 | McCormick, Deborah (44) | Texas (Houston) | Despite locked doors, 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 6 June 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.[141][142] |
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.[143] |
1993-12-02 | Winterbourne, Alan | California (Oxnard) | [144] |
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.[145] |
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 Sugarloaf Mills) for cash hoarded by victim. Extra security was ordered in transporting Chapel due to rumors of a possible planned prison-break ambush.[146] |
1992-11-05 | Green, Malice | Michigan | Malice Green |
1992-10-02 | Scott, Donald P. | California (Malibu) | Donald P. Scott |
1992-08-25 | White, Susan (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.[147] He was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.[148] |
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 | Idaho | Ruby Ridge |
1992-07-03 | Garcia, Jose | New York | [149] |
1991-04-20 | Sevier, Gregory | Kansas (Lawrence) | Shot while lunging at officers while armed with a knife, officers called by Sevier's parents after being seen in his room holding knife and not responding to parents attempt to communicate. |
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.[150] |
1990-03-22 | Archie, Adolph | Louisiana | List of cases of police brutality in the United States.[151][152] |
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.[153] |
1990-02-19 | Booker, Anthony (19) | Florida (Miami) | Booker, a brother of Bob Marley, fired a shotgun once at an officer in a mall parking lot and an officer returned fire.[119] |
1986-02-24 | Sherri Rasmussen | 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. |
1985-06-12 | Edmund Perry | 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 | Philadelphia, PA | 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 $1.5 million civil judgment for excessive force and violation of 4th amendment protections. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE adult #2 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE adult #3 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE adult #4 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE adult #5 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE adult #6 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE child (7-13) #1 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE child (7-13) #2 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE child (7-13) #3 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE child (7-13) #4 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1985-05-13 | MOVE child (7-13) #5 | Philadelphia, PA | Killed in the police bombing of an occupied rowhouse during an armed standoff. |
1984-10-29 | Bumpurs, Eleanor | New York (New York City) | Eleanor Bumpurs |
1983-09-28 | Stewart, Michael | New York (New York City) | Death of Michael Stewart |
1982-12-28 | Johnson Jr., Nevelle | Florida | [154] |
1982-10-05 | Drumgoole, Willie Lee | California | [155] |
1981-02-15 | Wolanski, Joseph | 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.[156] |
1979-12-17 | McDuffie, Arthur | Florida | Arthur McDuffie |
1977-05-05 | Torres, Joe Campos | Texas | Joe Campos Torres |
1976-02-08 | Edwards, Larry (19) | Ann Arbor, MI | Shot fleeing scene of convenience-store robbery.[157] City Council voted not to dismiss two shooting officers but department paid Edwards's mother $15,000 in 1978.[158] |
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.[159] |
1975-05-26 | Fitzgerald, Patrick William | Crystal Lake, IL | |
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.[160] |
1970-05-14 | Gibbs, Phillip Lafayette | Mississippi | Jackson State killings |
1970-05-14 | Green, James Earl | Mississippi | Jackson State killings |
1970-05-04 | Krause, Allison B. | Ohio (Kent) | Kent State shootings |
1970-05-04 | Miller, Jeffrey Glenn | Ohio (Kent) | Kent State shootings |
1970-05-04 | Scheuer, Sandra Lee | Ohio (Kent) | Kent State shootings |
1970-05-04 | Schroeder, William Knox | Ohio (Kent) | Kent State shootings |
1969-12-04 | Hampton, Fred | Illinois (Chicago) | Deputy Chairman of the Black Panther Party killed while sleeping in a raid by Chicago policemen |
1969-12-04 | Clark, Mark | Illinois (Chicago) | Member of the Black Panther Party killed with Fred Hampton by Chicago policemen |
1968-02-08 | Hammond Jr., Samuel Middleton, Delano Herman Smith, Henry Ezekial |
South Carolina (Orangeburg) | Orangeburg massacre |
1957-10-01 | Taylor, Ralph Walker | 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.[161] |
1957-02-23 | Burke, Michael Nader Nickey |
Ohio (Forestville) | Police waited in ambush in a darkened supermarket. When Burke and Nader broke in the police turned on the lights and the two burglars started to run. 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.[162] |
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.[163] |
1955-08-28 | Rollins, Charles Luther | 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."[164] |
1952-11-03 | Noel, Carlyle | 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.[165] |
1952-06-28 | Kauffman, Gary F. | 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.[166] |
1951-11-06 | Shepherd, Samuel | 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.[167] |
1949-04-17 | McIntyre, George | 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.[168] |
1947-02-19 | Pierce, Elmer Henry | 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.[169] |
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.[170] |
1943-01-23 | Hall, Robert | Georgia | List of cases of police brutality in the United States[171][172] |
1934-05-08 | Pojman, Frank | 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.[173] |
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- See also: Category:American Old West gunfights
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1889‑08‑14 | Terry, David S. | California (Lathrop) | Chief Justice of California David S. Terry attempted to assault Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field at a train station in Lathrop, California. Field's bodyguard United States Marshal David Neagle (formerly assigned to Tombstone, Arizona) shot and killed Terry. This event led to the US Supreme Court decision In re Neagle[174] |
1858‑11‑10 | Hollis, John | New York (Manhattan) | Longshoreman Hollis allegedly threatened to kill ship captain Thomas Conway for not giving him a job on his crew. Conway called police. Officer Robert Cairnes responded and took Hollis into custody, but Hollis ran away from him. Cairnes pursued, firing into the crowd at Hollis as he ran away. Two shots missed, before a cartman grabbed Hollis's collar and held him. Cairnes ran up exclaiming, “You will get away from me, will you?,” and fatally shot directly into Mr. Hollis’s back, so close that his coat caught fire (extinguished by a second officer). A lynch mob protested violently and the shooting agitated major controversy in the city around police use of deadly force. A coroner's jury ruled the shooting not justifiable, but a grand jury declined to indict Officer Cairnes.[175] |
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