January 2018
Date Name (age) of deceasedState (city)Description2018-01-31 Gilberto Salas (20) St. James, Minnesota Police and sheriff's deputies chased a stolen vehicle until it drove into a snowbank. Salas got out and ran into a store, and officers heard shots from inside. They entered and confronted Salas, used Tasers on him multiple times, and finally shot him.2018-01-31 Adrian Valdez (39) Arvada, Colorado Police responding to a report of a "suspicious person" found Valdez, armed with a knife, and determined that he was wanted on a felony warrant. They ordered him to drop the knife; he did not and, when Valdez approached officers, they shot him.2018-01-30 Ricky Leon Rusche (40) Pink, Oklahoma A judge issued a warrant for Rusche's arrest for escaping from prison. U.S. marshals and sheriff’s deputies found him; they shot Rusche during his arrest.2018-01-29 Khalil Lawal (31) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania An off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot Khalil Lawal, who allegedly appeared to be intentionally trying to run down people in South Philadelphia, police said.2018-01-29 Mark Renee Flores (46) Houston, Texas Flores stabbed a man he had been arguing with, then stole his car. He was found hours later asleep in the car, but awoke when deputies approached; Flores brandished a knife at them and drove off. He was found again later, again threatened deputies with a knife, and they shot him.2018-01-29 Michael Hansford (52) Bronx, New York Hansford was arguing with his landlord and threatening him with a knife. The argument moved into the street as police arrived. When Hansford approached them and refused to drop the weapon, police shot him.2018-01-28 Paul David Johnson (38) Chamblee, Georgia Police received reports of a driver shooting at other drivers. (One driver was wounded, shot in the hand.) Eventually the reports led them to where Johnson was in a parking lot, shooting at passing cars. During a foot chase, police shot him.2018-01-28 Gregory Kocian (33) Conroe, Texas Police approached Kocian, who was sitting in his car, and Kocian drove off. Police pursued, and during the chase Kocian shot at them. An officer returned fire, killing Kocian.2018-01-28 Billy Lewis Rucker (33) Baltimore, Maryland Police pulled Rucker over for a traffic violation, but then Rucker drove off. After a car chase, Rucker and his passenger ditched the car and a foot chase ensued, during which Rucker turned and pointed a gun at officers.2018-01-28 Anthony S. McDaniel (45) London, Kentucky McDaniels was reported to be shooting a gun outside his home. When police arrived, he shot at them, and they killed him.2018-01-27 William Pollard (45) Walton, Indiana Police responded to a call that Pollard was stabbing himself. But when they arrived, they ended up shooting Pollard when he approached officers with a knife after repeated instruction to drop the weapon.2018-01-27 Kirsten Kloppe (43) San Antonio, Texas Kloppe called to report someone was stalking her. Police found her in her home, pointing a gun to her own head. As they tried to negotiate with and disarm her, Kloppe's motions brought the gun to bear on police, and they shot her.2018-01-27 Crystalline Barnes (21) Jackson, Mississippi Barnes was pulled over in a traffic stop, but when the officer approached she started to drive away. Another patrol car arrived, and Barnes drove into it. As Barnes drove toward one of the officers, they shot into her car, killing her.2018-01-26 Christopher Eric Giles (23) Austin, Texas Police received a call about a burglary in the early hours; the victims locked themselves in a closet while the burglar fired shots. When police arrived, Giles was about to drive away from the scene, and when they tried to stop him he shot at them; they returned fire, killing him. Later police determined that the pair living in the home were well-known on YouTube; Giles had become obsessed with one of them and had driven from Albuquerque to break into their home.2018-01-26 Nathaniel T. Edwards (43) Rock Falls, Illinois Edwards drove away from a traffic stop, leading police on a chase. Officers approached Edwards in his car, and Edwards drove his car backward toward them; one of the officers shot him.2018-01-26 Matthew Zimmerman (42) Alton, Illinois Marshals came to a house to execute an arrest warrant on Zimmerman. They found him inside a closet; when he threatened them with a knife, they shot him.2018-01-26 Axell Vivas (42) Las Vegas, Nevada Police received a 911 call that Vivas had shot his wife (who died at the scene) in the presence of their children and then fled their home. Police found Vivas a couple of hours later, a block away sitting in a car. He brandished a gun at them, and they shot him.2018-01-26 Ulises Valladares (47) Houston, Texas An FBI SWAT team was attempting to rescue kidnap victim Valladares. As agents entered the residence, Valladares grabbed an agent's rifle; the agent fired, killing Valladares.2018-01-25 William Charles Mackenzie (66) Little Orleans, Maryland Mackenzie's wife reported that they had fought and that Mackenzie's gun had gone off. Police arrived to find Mackenzie barricaded in their house. A state police team entered the home; Mackenzie shot at them (wounding two officers in the legs), and officers shot and killed him.2018-01-25 Steven Hutchins (27) Buford, Georgia Responding to a report of an armed man on a street, police found Hutchins with a gun in his waistband. He took it out and pointed it at them; when he did not obey orders to drop the gun, police shot him.2018-01-25 Dustin Gonzales Castillo (19) San Antonio, Texas Castillo stole a bicycle and rode onto a nearby freeway. When police finally stopped him, in the struggle Castillo pulled a knife, and officers shot him.2018-01-24 Chris McKinney (39) Gadsden, Alabama According to police, a woman entered the Etowah County Sheriff's Office around 5 p.m., saying a man was in the parking lot harassing people. Two deputies found the man about to enter the sheriff's office and began speaking with him. A fight began and a Taser was used on the man, killing him.2018-01-24 Humberto Vera-Munoz (27) Sparks, Nevada Police were making a traffic stop but the car drove away. They found it again later, chased and stopped the car, when Vera-Munoz got out of the car and fired a gun at them. Officers returned fire, killing him.2018-01-24 David Byron Kidney (62) Union Township, Branch County, Michigan State police serving a search warrant (relating to a cold-case murder) entered a home when Kidney fired a long gun at them. Two officers were shot and wounded, but they were able to return fire and kill Kidney.2018-01-23 Shane McVey (54) Idaho Falls, Idaho Police responded to a report of a "suspicious man" who turned out to be McVey. While talking with him, McVey ran off into an apartment building. When police caught up with him, McVey brandished a weapon and they shot him.2018-01-23 Ricky Jerome Boyd (24) Chatham County, Georgia Marshals and officers went to serve a warrant for Boyd's arrest on a murder charge. Boyd began shooting and officers returned fire.2018-01-23 Corey Mobley (38) Bradenton, Florida Police responded to a report of an argument between Mobley and his wife at a gas station. When they arrived, Mobley drove off with police following. After a car chase and then a foot chase, Mobley turned and confronted police saying he had a gun and reaching for his waistband; they shot him.2018-01-23 Alvaro Herrera (18) League City, Texas Police had a report of an attempted carjacking where the suspect struck the woman owning the car with a pipe. An officer investigating in the area tried to stop Herrera, who fit the suspect description; Herrera attacked him, and the officer shot him.2018-01-22 John C. Havener, Jr. (41) Oneida, New York Police arrived around 4:15 a.m. in response to a call about a man, James Havener, standing in the street, shouting at drivers, police said. Havener was allegedly being disorderly. He was tasered twice, killing him.2018-01-22 Scott Senior (38) Crescent City, California Sheriff's deputies were called to a report of a disturbance; they found Senior, who became hostile in their encounter and reportedly stabbed two deputies. The officers shot him.2018-01-22 Joshua Dale Prough (36) Battle Creek, Michigan Police trying to serve arrest warrants on Prough surrounded his apartment and demanded he come out. When he did not, they went in and found Prough pointing guns at them; four officers shot him.2018-01-22 Joseph E. Knight (40) Tulsa, Oklahoma During a traffic stop, Knight got out of the car and ran into a nearby yard, pointing a gun to his own head. He tried to break into a house but shot himself in the shoulder; he then continued to run and officers shot him during the foot chase.2018-01-22 Jonathan Duane Atchley (37) Sallisaw, Oklahoma A police officer pulled Atchley over for a minor traffic stop, but Atchley got out and began fighting with the officer, and continued to fight when a second officer arrived. The first officer shot him during the fight.2018-01-22 Joe Delira-Alires (35) Pueblo, Colorado Police responding to a report of Delira-Alires shooting a gun outside his ex-girlfriend's house. They chased Delira-Alires, first by car and then on foot, and he was shot as they tried to apprehend him.2018-01-22 Edward C. Gandy (47) Millville, New Jersey Gandy called police, claiming he was standing in an intersection with a gun. When police arrived, there was a confrontation and they shot him; however, they did not find a gun.2018-01-21 Ronald Jay Lawson (46) Rockledge, Florida A sheriff's deputy tried to pull Lawson over for a traffic stop, suspecting drunk driving; but Lawson drove away. During the car chase and after deputies tried to stop Lawson using spike strips, Lawson made some motion that prompted one of the deputies to shoot at him.2018-01-22 Aaron Olivarez Candanoza (28) Irving, Texas Candanoza was reported to be breaking into cars in the early hours. When police arrived, Candanoza tried to drive away in a pickup, colliding with a patrol car and other cars in the lot. An officer shot into the truck, killing him.2018-01-21 Ilkka Hiironen (35) Everett, Washington Hiironen called his wife to say he was suicidal and wanted police to kill him. When officers responded, they said he had what looked like a weapon and refused to drop it. Three deputies opened fire, killing him. A firearm was recovered at the scene.2018-01-20 Shannon Jason Cables (46) Lake Wales, Florida Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call; Cable had injured his wife and daughter, but when they arrived Cable had already fled the home into nearby woods; deputies searched but could not find him. When the wife and daughter returned home from the hospital a few hours later, they and the deputies saw Cable approaching the house with guns. Deputies confronted him and, when he would not disarm, shot him.2018-01-20 Nicholas Daniel Moore (23) Fairmont, Minnesota Police responded to a call about a woman being threatened, and arrived to find Moore in an apartment hallway bearing two knives. When Moore approached them, one of the officers shot him.2018-01-20 John Albers (17) Overland Park, Kansas Police were called to Albers' home with a report that someone was suicidal. As they arrived, Albers drove out of the garage and at the officers, who shot and killed him.2018-01-20 Jason Lappe (44) Dunwoody, Georgia Lappe robbed a Walmart. As he went into the parking lot and got into a car, another customer followed him and pointed him out to nearby police officers. Lappe got out of the car and approached the officers, who shot him.2018-01-20 Arther McAfee Jr. (61) Longview, Texas A relative of McAfee called sheriff's deputies, asking them to check on him because he had been unreachable. When a deputy arrived, McAfee scuffled with him; when McAfee got hold of the deputy's stun gun, the deputy shot him.2018-01-19 Marshall H. Coleman (58) Boonville, Indiana Officers were dispatched to