List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, January 2021

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January 2021

DateName (age) of deceasedRace State (city) Description2021-01-31Keith Scales (60)WhiteIndiana (Carmel)2021-01-31Chad Songer (42)WhiteTennessee (Pikeville)2021-01-31Karl Walker (29)BlackCalifornia (Dixon)2021-01-31Ezekiel Meza (41)LatinoNew Mexico (Albuquerue)2021-01-30Eric KesslerWhiteKentucky (Louisville)2021-01-30Kenneth Dallas (61)WhiteArizona (Paradise Valley)2021-01-29Javier Magdaleno (60)LatinoCalifornia (La Quinta)2021-01-29Chase Coats (34)WhiteTexas (Baylor County)2021-01-28Roger Hipskind (37)BlackIndiana (Wabash) 2021-01-27 Randy Miller (55) Black California (Los Angeles) Miller was armed with a knife and assaulting his girlfriend inside a vehicle when he was shot dead by police. 2021-01-27 Erick Mejia (26) Hispanic Texas (San Antonio) An officer inspecting 18-wheelers pulled Mejia over, and Mejia fled on foot. At a mall parking lot, video captured by a witness showed Mejia with a gun he refused to drop. He was shot when he raised the gun at officers.2021-01-27Kevin Levira Desir (43)BlackFlorida (Pompano Beach)While in custody at Broward County Jail in Pompano Beach, Desir cut himself and was placed in a restraint chair, where he "attempted to kick staff and defeat all efforts to be restrained for his own safety". Desir lost consciousness and died ten days later in hospital.2021-01-26Steven Crosby (38)WhiteCalifornia (Hemet)2021-01-26Harmony WolfgramWhiteColorado (Aurora)2021-01-26Mark Meza (61)WhiteCalifornia (Vacaville)2021-01-26Edward Bittner (37)WhiteAlabama (Mobile) 2021-01-26 Felix Santos (48) Hispanic Texas (San Antonio) Santos was shot and killed by police after a car chase. Santos allegedly exited his vehicle and fired at Bexar County Sheriff's deputies, leading them to shoot back.2021-01-25John Ostbye (50)WhiteWashington (Graham)2021-01-24Tyree Rogers (38)BlackTexas (Wichita Falls)2021-01-24Caleb McCree (43)WhiteLouisiana (Slidell)2021-01-22Steven VerdoneWhiteFlorida (Homosassa)2021-01-22Jose Lizarraga Garcia (41)LatinoCalifornia (Indio)2021-01-21Ryan Stallings (33)WhiteTexas (College Station)2021-01-21Brain Abbott (34)WhiteKentucky (Caneyville) 2021-01-21 David McFarlane (51) Black New York (New York City) In the Wakefield neighborhood of The Bronx, a police sergeant and detective observed a man later identified as 51-year old David McFarlane chasing a woman with a knife, the officers approached the individual and the individual ran at the officer with the knife. Officers fired 5-6 shots at individual.2021-01-21David Lee Tovar Jr. (27)BlackCalifornia (San Jose)Tovar Jr., allegedly connected to several violent offenses, ran from police and was given multiple commands to show his hands. He was shot by police after reaching into his waistband to pull out what looked like a gun. However, Tovar had been unarmed.2021-01-20Frank Gonzales (38)LatinoCalifornia (Fresno)2021-01-20Bradley Lewis (19)WhiteArizona (Casas Adobes)2021-01-20Eusi Kater (21)BlackAlabama (Titusville)2021-01-19Robert Bull (55)WhiteArkansas (Perryville) 2021-01-19 Christopher Austin Dockery (32) White Colorado (Greeley) Dockery eluded police attempting to pull him over. An ensuing car chase ended in a car crash; Dockery attempted a carjacking, armed with a handgun; he was fatally shot after refusing to comply with police demands to surrender. At the time of his death, Dockery was on parole (having been released from prison in September 2020) and had active felony kidnapping, menacing and robbery warrants arising from an incident on January 5.Greeley man out on parole identified as deceased in Greeley police officer-involved shooting, Greeley Tribune (January 22, 2021).2021-01-18Kevin Well (56)WhiteAlabama (Cropwell) 2021-01-18 Christopher Anderson (27) Black Ohio (Toledo) During a police standoff, Anderson came running out of a house in which he had barricaded himself, firing at police and shooting one fatally. Officers returned fire, hitting him 8 times and killing him.2021-01-18Robert Calderon (46)WhiteCalifornia (Sacramento)2021-01-17Daniel Young (25)WhiteIndiana (Marion)2021-01-17Daniel CanalesLatinoArizona (Goodyear)2021-01-17Zonterius Johnson (24)BlackOklahoma (Lawton)Police were conducting a compliance check at a lounge when they heard shots fired outside. When police encountered Johnson, he faced an officer and drew the weapon. He was ordered to drop the weapon, and was shot by police.2021-01-15Jean Paul StanleyWhiteTexas (El Paso)2021-01-15Kershawn Geiger (24)BlackCalifornia (Carmichael)2021-01-15Reginald Johnson (48)BlackMississippi (Biloxi)Police responded to a disturbance outside Harrison County Courthouse, where Johnson displayed a knife and advanced on a deputy, who then shot and killed him.2021-01-15Unnamed man (65)UnknownArizona (Prescott Valley)2021-01-15Justin PeguesWhiteTexas (Rusk)2021-01-14Jeffrey Kite (36)WhiteVirginia (South Chesterfield)2021-01-13Joshua Van Machado (43)WhiteCalifornia (Visalia)2021-01-13Vinnie Hamlet (17)WhiteOklahoma (Oklahoma City) 2021-01-13 Lymond Moses (30) Black Delaware (Wilmington) Police body cam video shows Moses driving away from police in his vehicle, making a U-turn, and then driving toward police at a high speed. Police then fired on his vehicle.2021-01-12Gary Rodriguez (54)LatinoLouisiana (Montegut)2021-01-12Antonio Carbajal (23)LatinoArizona (Phoenix)2021-01-12Ty Walvatne-Donahey (32)WhiteColorado (Lakewood)2021-01-11Junius Thomas (31)WhiteOhio (Liberty Township)2021-01-11Jesse DavilaLatinoTexas (Edinburg)2021-01-11Daryl Dye (45)WhiteSouth Carolina (Warrenville)2021-01-10Brian Williams (37)WhiteArkansas (Bentonville)2021-01-10Kenya Reed (18)BlackAlabama (Chickasaw)2021-01-10Mark Bivins (28)UnknownIndiana (Munster)2021-01-10Joseph Howell (49)WhiteKansas, Topeka 2021-01-10 Allen Mirzayan (48) White California (Altadena) Shot by law enforcement near 481 Figueroa Drive. 2021-01-10 Patrick Warren Sr. (52) Black Texas (Killeen) During a mental health call Warren exited his house waving his arms and approached an officer, who shouted for Warren to stop and stay down. The officer tasered Warren, who then charged at the officer and was shot. Warren was unarmed during the shooting.2021-01-09Paul Bolden (37)BlackArizona (Phoenix)2021-01-09Xzavier Hill (18)BlackVirginia (Ridge)2021-01-09Mathew Oxendine (46)BlackNorth Carolina (Pembroke) 2021-01-09 Jason Nightengale (32) Black Illinois (Evanston) Nightengale was shot and killed by Evanston Police after killing five and injuring two in a mass shooting in Chicago and Evanston.2021-01-09Betty Francois (91)WhiteCalifornia (Victorville)Francois, a blind and deaf 91-year-old woman, was fatally shot by police. 2021-01-08 Brian Andren (47) White Minnesota (Robbinsdale) The Robbinsdale Police Department tried to stop a vehicle that was registered to an individual with an active felony warrant. The vehicle was stopped by police using a PIT maneuver. The driver, Andren, charged at officers with a knife. After unsuccessfully attempting to tase him, one officer shot Andren as he continued to advance. 2021-01-08 Kwamena Ocran (24) Black Maryland (Gaithersburg) Four Gaithersburg Police Department plain clothes officers approached Ocran after a report of a man with a handgun. Ocran fled and was chased by police, who shot him dead when he displayed his gun.2021-01-08Charles Williams (47)UnknownTennessee (Sparta)2021-01-07John Neitling (40)WhiteMichigan (Chesaning)2021-01-06Jacob Macduff (26)WhiteOregon (Tigard) 2021-01-06 Ashli Babbitt (35) White Washington, D.C. During the storming of the United States Capitol, Babbitt, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer inside the Capitol building, as she and more than a dozen other pro-Donald Trump rioters attempted to gain access to a hallway leading to the House chamber. 2021-01-06 Benicio Vasquez (34) Hispanic Connecticut (Hartford) An FBI task force was arresting a suspect in the North End neighborhood when another man, Vasquez, allegedly opened fire on them. An FBI agent and a New Britain Police officer returned fire, killing Vasquez. The New Britain officer had been involved in a separate shooting in 2017, in which the officer was cleared of wrongdoing.2021-01-06Robert HowardBlackTennessee (Memphis)A Memphis Police officer was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering Howard while on-duty. Howard's brother said that Howard was dating a woman who used to be in a relationship with the officer.2021-01-05Jose Guzman (27)LatinoTexas (Houston)2021-01-05Vincent Belmonte (18)BlackOhio (Cleveland)2021-01-05Michael Conlon (28)WhiteMassachusetts (Newton Highlands)2021-01-05Shawn McCoy (36)WhiteWashington (Spokane)2021-01-05Alex Gonzales (27)BlackTexas (Austin)Off-duty Austin police officer Gabriel Gutierrez shot Gonzales after he claimed Gonzales cut him off in traffic and pointed a gun at him. Austin police officers yelled at Gonzales to get on the ground, but Gonzales, bleeding, ignored the calls as he moved to check on his 2-month-old child. Austin police officers then shot Gonzales 10 times. 2021-01-05 Jamal Sutherland Black South Carolina (North Charleston) While attempting to remove Sutherland from a jail cell for a bond hearing, a Charleston County Sheriff's deputy deployed a stun gun after Sutherland resisted. After being stunned multiple times, Sutherland became unresponsive and was later pronounced dead.2021-01-04Michael Romo (28)WhiteArizona (Payson)2021-01-04Amanda FaulknerWhiteAlabama (Columbiana)2021-01-03Sonny Brower (85)WhiteSouth Carolina (Mount Pleasant)A deputy was speeding while responding to a non-emergency domestic dispute call and hit the vehicle Brower and Eisner were sitting in, killing them both.Sandra Eisner (77)White2021-01-03Henry Martinez (49)WhiteOregon (Ontario)2021-01-03Tre-Kedrian White (20)BlackSouth Carolina (Richburg)2021-01-03La Garion Smith (27)BlackFlorida (Homestead) 2021-01-03 James Reising (59) White Missouri (Jefferson City) Missouri state troopers say Reising raised a large knife at them. Reising allegedly refused commands to drop it, leading the troopers to shoot. 2021-01-02 Anthony Cano (17) Latino Arizona (Chandler) An officer attempted to pull Cano over when he abandoned his bicycle and ran towards a park. According to police Cano dropped a gun but reached towards it, causing the officer to shoot. Cano died on January 23.2021-01-02David AlvaradoLatinoCalifornia (San Gabriel)2021-01-01Carl Dorsey III (39)BlackNew Jersey (Newark)2021-01-01Isaac Matheney (37)BlackOregon (Lakeview)

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