July 2014
Date Name (Age) of DeceasedRace State (City) Description2014-07-31Donn Eastman (50)WhiteTexas (San Antonio)2014-07-30David A. Mendoza (32)BlackVirginia (Bedford)2014-07-30Andrew J. Michaelis (41)WhiteNorth Carolina (Fayetteville)2014-07-30Larry Andrew Flynn (42)Unknown raceWashington (Seattle)2014-07-30 Richard Lee Nelson (52) Unknown race Hawaii (Waikiki) After rear-ending a bus Nelson was seen drinking in his car by a nearby police officer. The police officer gave pursuit and Nelson began to drive erratically. According to Hawaii News Now, witnesses were said to have seen him make U-turns, put his car in reverse, and drive on sidewalks. The pursuing officer then shot Nelson to prevent injuries to others nearby.Victim identified as HPD defends Waikiki shooting, Hawaii News Now, July 30, 2014.2014-07-29Brad David Jensen (34)WhiteWashington (Pasco)2014-07-29Jesse Vigil (51)HispanicNevada (Henderson)2014-07-29Emilio Solis (36)HispanicTexas (Hedwig)2014-07-29Justin Phillip Steele (26)WhiteWyoming (Ethete)2014-07-29Cody David Winters (27)WhiteNevada (Las Vegas) 2014-07-29 Josh A. Edwards (25) White Illinois (Pana) Edwards was killed in a police shoot out in a meth house. Three others were arrested.Dickson woman arrested after fatal Illinois shooting, The Tennessean, August 20, 2014. 2014-07-28 Charles Mozdir (32) White New York (New York) A suspected sex offender, Charles Mozdir, was fatally shot at a smoke shop in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where he was employed. Two U.S. marshals and a New York police officer were also wounded during the attempted arrest, and may have been wounded by Mozdir's gun. Mozdir was featured on The Hunt With John Walsh.Man featured on CNN's 'The Hunt' killed during attempted arrest, CNN, July 28, 2014. 2014-07-28 Steven Isby (53) Black Illinois (Chicago) A burglary suspect was shot and killed by a 20-year veteran police officer in the Bucktown neighborhood at 3:30 am. The officer and the suspect got into a struggle with the officer's firearm, and the officer was shot in the arm with his own weapon. The officer claimed he was in fear for his life and fired at the suspect, killing him.Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Bucktown, CBS News, July 28, 2014.2014-07-28Patrick Small (27)BlackSouth Carolina (Florence)2014-07-27Charles Alver Jones Jr. (33)WhiteTexas (Bloomburg)2014-07-27Ronald Carden (45) WhiteTennessee (Knoxville)Ron Carden was shot in the back by Knoxville Police Department Officer David Gerlach. The incident occurred just off to the side of the view of the cruiser mounted camera. 2014-07-27 Robert Henderson (37) Black West Virginia (Huntington) An armed man, Robert Henderson, was shot and killed at the El Ranchito Mexican Bar. According to officers, Henderson did not comply with the officer's demands and made a threatening gesture.Man fatally shot by police in Huntington bar, Associated Press, July 28, 2014.2014-07-26John Wrana (95)WhiteIllinois (Park Forest) 2014-07-25 Nicholas Lister (31) White Utah (Millcreek) Lister was killed by police after he fired one round at them in his apartment complex, according to investigators. The officers came there to investigate a domestic dispute involving Lister.McFall, Michael. Millcreek man killed in police shooting, Salt Lake City Tribune, July 25, 2014. 2014-07-25 Luis Jobel (33) Hispanic California (Los Angeles) Police received a call at 3:30 am of a man causing a disturbance in the Van Nuys neighborhood, throwing rocks and vandalizing property. Police arrived at the scene and shot and killed Luis Jobel.Khan, Samia. Brother Mourns Loss of Man Killed by Police, NBC Los Angeles, July 25, 2014. 2014-07-24 Lori Knowles (37) White Georgia (Henry County) Knowles was shot and killed by police at her home. According to police, she was armed with an unspecified weapon.Visser, Steve; Shaw, Michelle.Woman killed by Henry police called ‘loving person’, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 25, 2014.2014-07-23Harrison Carter (29)BlackFlorida (Belle Isle)2014-07-23David Newmeyer (17)WhiteFlorida (Cross City)2014-07-22Jay Donald Stankovitch (25)WhiteFlorida (Bell) 2014-07-22 Joaquin Cibrian (29) Hispanic Texas (La Joya) Standoff.2014-07-22Charles Leon Johnson II (29)BlackGeorgia (Adairsville)2014-07-22Briatay McDuffie (19)BlackMaryland (White Marsh)2014-07-22Vamond Arqui Elmore (37)BlackSouth Carolina (St. George)2014-07-22Jeremy Robertson (33)WhiteNew Mexico (Albuquerque)2014-07-21Donovan Bayton (54)BlackMaryland (Silver Spring)2014-07-20Jeffrey Carter McMillan (52)WhiteAlabama (Spanish Fort) 2014-07-20 Richard Duncalf (28) White Washington (Kent) According to police, Duncalf fired at several officers, and officers returned fire, killing Duncalf.Man fatally shot by Kent police had lengthy criminal record, Seattle Times, July 22, 2014.2014-07-19Francisco Rocha (41)HispanicIllinois (Chicago) 2014-07-18 Kenneth Alan Johnson (34) White Nevada (North Las Vegas) According to Public Information Officer Aaron Patty, about 1:30 a.m., officers were attempting to pull over the man for a routine traffic stop near Ann Road and Camino Al Norte. The rider refused to stop for officers and led them on a pursuit, Patty said. The suspect ditched his vehicle at a home's front yard in the 700 block of Rio Royal Way and ran away. Police caught up with him in the 6000 block of Revere Street near Tropical Avenue, where an officer fired his gun, striking the man several times. According to NLV police, the man turned at officers at the time, confronted them and drew what looked like a black semi-automatic handgun.2014-07-18Jonathan L. Williams (25)BlackArizona (Tempe)2014-07-18Cadence Harris (5)WhiteKansas (Leavenworth) 2014-07-17 Eric Garner (43) Black New York (Staten Island, New York City) Garner had just allegedly broken up a fight between several other men in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, when he was approached by two plainclothes police officers who questioned him about illegal cigarette sales. Garner got angry and the officers proceeded to arrest him. He resisted arrest and officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in an apparent chokehold and slammed his head against the ground. Three more officers showed up and tried to arrest Garner. Garner began saying "I can't breathe" which he did eleven times. He went into cardiac arrest while he was in an ambulance. He was pronounced dead 1 hour later at a hospital. Use of the chokehold tactic by NYPD officers is prohibited. On August 1, 2014, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office ruled Garner's death to be a homicide. On December 2, 2014, the grand jury chose to not indict Pantaleo on charges relating to Garner's death, which ranged from murder to reckless endangerment. Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Justice opened up an investigation in Garner's death.2014-07-17Glenn Ray Glancey (71)WhiteOregon (Reedsport)2014-07-17Allen Jay Foste (49)Unknown raceTexas (Belton)2014-07-17Andre Milton (36)BlackCalifornia (San Leandro) 2014-07-17 Justin Neil Davis (24) White Maryland (Germantown) Three officers returned fire on Justin Davis, a Kentucky Army National Guard private, who fired on the officers at Cameron Brown Park on Farmington Boulevard. Davis had been sitting in his car with a rifle at the park and was believed to be suicidal and suffering from PTSD.2014-07-16Dominique Charon Lewis (23)BlackMichigan (Flint Township) 2014-07-16 Misty Holt-Singh (41)White California (Stockton) 2014 Stockton bank robbery. Two bank robbers and a hostage, 41-year-old Misty Holt-Singh, were shot and killed by police in an exchange of gunfire after a vehicular chase. Holt-Singh was abducted by the bank robbers and forced into a stolen SUV. A third bank robber, 19-year-old Jaime Ramos, and two other hostages (who were shot and ejected from the stolen vehicle during the chase) survived. Ramos was charged with murder in connection with the shooting.Prosecutor says California bank robbers intended to take hostages, Associated Press, July 17, 2014.Nirappil, Fenit. Names of Bank Robbers Killed in Shootout Released, Associated Press, July 18, 2014. Gilbert Renteria Jr. (30)Hispanic Alex Gregory Martinez (27)Hispanic 2014-07-14 Michael Reams (47) Black California (Fresno) Michael Reams was shot and killed by a Fresno Police officer who had been called by neighbors. Reams had stabbed his girlfriend multiple times during an argument. Both she and Reams died.2014-07-14Armando Noah Aleman (34)WhiteTexas (Wichita Falls)2014-07-14Timothy Mitchell (46)WhiteMichigan (Munising Township) 2014-07-13 Ronald Singleton (45) New York (Manhattan, New York City) After a taxi driver flagged police, officers restrained Singleton. His death was ruled a homicide. His death occurred several days before the death of Eric Garner, who also died after NYPD officers restrained him. 2014-07-13 David Brandstetter (26) White Arizona (Maricopa County) An army veteran was reported walking naked in traffic. Police arrived, but when he opened the patrol car door and jumped on the officer inside, punching him and demanding his weapon, the officer shot him. 2014-07-13 Lawrence Campbell (27) Black New Jersey (Jersey City) Lawrence Campbell entered a Walgreens at 4 a.m. and assaulted a security guard there, and then took his handgun. Officer Melvin Santiago arrived at the scene, and was then fatally shot by Campbell. Campbell was shot by other police officers.911 call released in fatal shooting of Jersey City Det. Melvin Santiago, NJ.com, July 24, 2014.2014-07-13Adrian Eugene King (46)WhiteNorth Carolina (Hendersonville)2014-07-13Edward Lee Farlow (55)WhiteWyoming (Basin)2014-07-13Ja Ma Lo Day (21)AsianCalifornia (San Diego)2014-07-12Harold F. Roudebush (54)WhiteFlorida (Lady Lake)2014-07-12Valerie Abbott Harrington (36)WhiteSouth Carolina (Pawleys Island)2014-07-12Coty Champagne (33)WhiteLouisiana (New Iberia)2014-07-11Joseph Kevin Greer (41)WhiteTexas (Vidor)2014-07-11James E. Hamm (67)WhiteKentucky (Princeton)2014-07-11Ira James Arquette (42)Native AmericanWashington (Wapato)2014-07-10Frank Alvarado (40)HispanicCalifornia (Salinas)2014-07-09Luis Monroig (37)WhiteFlorida (Estero) 2014-07-09 Stephen S. Minch (45) White Illinois (Granite City) A St. Charles man who called 911 early this morning insisting police show up at a Granite City gas station was fatally shot by the arriving officers who say the man pointed a gun at them.2014-07-09Richard Robert Howard (49)WhiteWashington (Pasco)2014-07-09Charles K. Goodridge (53)BlackTexas (Cypress)2014-07-09Christopher Alexander Stone (26)WhiteTexas (Sugar Land)2014-07-08Dennis Dean Morrell (55)Unknown raceVirginia (Bristol)2014-07-08Stanley, Cedric (35)Florida (Miami Springs) 2014-07-08 James McKinney (29) Black California (Hayward) McKinney was shot by officers at the Phoenix Lodge motel when they came there to investigate an incident involving McKinney at 4:00 am. According to police, McKinney was involved in a scuffle with people inside a motel room, and a woman suffered a cut to her mouth and scrapes and bruises to her arm and chest caused by McKinney. When police arrived at the scene, McKinney lunged at them and attempted to disarm them of their guns. McKinney was shot three times in the upper body by two officers and died at the scene.Alund, Natalie. Man fatally shot by police at motel ID'd as Hayward resident, Contra Costa Times, July 9, 2014. 2014-07-08 Jeanetta Marie Riley (35) Native American Idaho (Sandpoint) Riley was acting erratic and armed with a knife outside of Bonner General Hospital. After police were called to the scene and Riley refused to stop approaching the officers she was shot and pronounced dead minutes later inside the emergency room.Maben, Scott. Woman shot by Sandpoint police was acting ‘erratic, aggressive,’ husband said, Spokesman-Review, July 17, 2014.2014-07-07Shane Lucan Griffin (36)WhiteOregon (Molalla)2014-07-06Rajko Utvic (37)WhiteWisconsin (Racine)2014-07-05Christopher Jones (30)BlackMissouri (Pine Lawn)2014-07-05Nicholas Popplewel