January 2013
Date Name (Age) of Deceased RaceState (City)Description2013-01-31Dexter Lee Fair (20)BlackAlabama (Harvest) 2013-01-30 Ronette Morales (30) Hispanic Colorado (Denver) Two plain clothes officers attempted to arrest Morales for charges of burglary, assault and harassment. Morales shot one officer in the hand and was subsequently fatally shot.2013-01-30Josue Jimenez (33)HispanicCalifornia (Fillmore) 2013-01-29 Cody Loron (31) White Texas (Fort Worth) Officers responded to a police report that a fugitive was behind a building they happened to be at. Upon discovering the suspect, he opened fire wounding an officer. The officers returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect.2013-01-29Jeremy Gregory (31)UnknownAlabama (Jackson County)2013-01-29Angie Hall (32)WhiteNorth Carolina (Hickory)2013-01-29William Perneau (29)WhiteOklahoma (Pryor Creek)2013-01-28Randall Davis (51)WhiteCalifornia (Fresno) 2013-01-28 Ishmael Muhammad (29) Black Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) Officers responded to a report that Muhammed had assaulted his girlfriend. He barricaded himself inside the apartment and using a machete kept a 2-year-old and a disabled 26-year-old as hostages. Officials report that Muhammad "was obviously under the influence of some drugs." After a standoff of a few hours he was fatally shot twice when his waving of the machete prompted officers to fear for the lives of the hostages. 2013-01-28 Schroeder, Thomas E (50) White Missouri (Craig) Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on Interstate 29 for speed. After noticing an odor of alcohol, Trooper began asking about DUI and the driver tried to flee. During a struggle, subject was pepper sprayed and when not subdued and still struggling, he was shot fatally. 2013-01-28 Harris, Anthony (38) Black Florida (Jacksonville) Responding to a call for a domestic dispute, officers encountered the subject who tried to take one officer's weapon. During the struggle, he was killed by the second officer. 2013-01-27 Anderson, James D (32) Black Washington (Seattle) Subject was ejected from a club, after which he returned and shot two people, including his girlfriend. When responding officers contacted him as he was leaving, shots were exchanged and subject was killed. 2013-01-27 Culpepper, Brandon (30) Black Illinois (Homewood) Police were called to an apartment building for a disturbance. On arrival, there was a confrontation with the subject who was shot by officers.2013-01-27Thayer, Paul Gordon (49)WhiteFlorida (Pensacola) 2013-01-25 Combs, Douglas (16) White Washington (Vancouver) Authorities with Vancouver Police and Clark County Sheriff's Office were investigating a home invasion shooting that injured one and two armed robberies from earlier that day when they confronted Douglas E. Combs and another 16-year-old near East 19th Street and E Street in Vancouver. Officers believe Combs is the primary suspect in the three crimes.
After attempting contact with the two 16-year-olds, police say an officer shot Combs. Officers said Combs had been armed at the time of the shooting, and was pronounced dead at the scene. 2013-01-25 Brown, James (41) Black Maryland (Baltimore) Authorities said two officers who are part of a gun and drug enforcement group in that area approached a group of people. One of those men started walking in the opposite direction, and when one of the officers tried to approach him, the man turned and started shooting at the officer, police said.
Investigators said the officer chased the man on foot for six blocks while the man continued to fire shots at the officer. Officials said the officer eventually returned fire and shot the man, who later died at a hospital. 2013-01-25 Davis, Willie Jr (23) Black Arizona (Tucson) An officer responded to a report of an armed robbery. A suspect matching the description was chased in a vehicle until the suspect crashed. An altercation ensued during which the officer fatally shot the suspect.2013-01-25Isidoro Resendez (32)HispanicTexas (Houston)2013-01-24Nijza Lamar Hagans (22)BlackNorth Carolina (Fayetteville)2013-01-24Barbara Lassere (60)BlackLouisiana (LaPlace) 2013-01-24 Grassley, Jabob (34) White Michigan (Kalamazoo) Grassley was killed when Sergeant Sean Gordon shot him twice in the back at a Best Western hotel. Police had lodged his girlfriend and daughter there after a domestic abuse complaint, but the girlfriend told him where they were. Grassley had a handgun in the car, but was not armed when Gordon shot him. This shooting was ruled justified on May 24, 2013. 2013-01-24 Hatcher, Jordan (22) White Texas (Grand Prairie) Grand Prairie, Texas, police responded to a felony theft call around 3:50 p.m. at the Target store at Camp Wisdom Road and State Highway 360, police said. One of the suspects fled on foot and crossed city lines into Arlington, according to Arlington police spokesman Sgt. Christopher Cook.