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

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June 2021

DateName (age) of deceasedRace of deceased Location Description 2021-06-30 Faler Fabian (49) Pacific Islander Tamuning, Guam An off duty officer shot Fabian after a confrontation outside his apartment. According to investigators, a different man ran at a Guam Police Department officer's car with a pair of machetes, while Fabian threw a beer can and banged on the vehicle. The officer then exited his car and fired, shooting Fabian. A pocketknife was recovered from the scene.2021-06-30Joseph Lee Humbles (29)BlackAtlanta, Georgia2021-06-30Jeremy Nelson (33)WhiteFlorence, Kentucky2021-06-30John Hayden Inabinet (51)WhiteSt. Matthews, South Carolina2021-06-29Larry Hunt (58)WhiteBayard, Nebraska2021-06-29Philip Sanders (32)WhiteCorpus Christi, Texas 2021-06-28 Soobleej Kaub Hawj (35) Asian Siskiyou County, California Hawj, from Kansas City, Kansas, was shot and killed after he allegedly fired at police while attempting to enter an area evacuated due to wildfires. It is unknown if there is bodycam footage of the shooting.2021-06-28Jerome Barber (59)BlackAzusa, California2021-06-28Robert AlireHispanicCommerce City, Colorado2021-06-28Christopher Garcia (26)HispanicLos Angeles, California2021-06-28Name WithheldUnknown raceHemet, California2021-06-28Tristan Trevino (24)BlackCorpus Christi, Texas2021-06-27Oscar Najera (25)HispanicRoswell, New Mexico2021-06-27Stephen Winder (39)WhiteGraham, Texas2021-06-27Nicole Dechant (29)WhitePlainville, Kansas2021-06-26Roberto Acosta-Reyes (61)HispanicAbilene, Texas2021-06-26Don Crowson (37)Unknown raceTexarkana, Arkansas2021-06-25Dwayne Michael Fields (34)WhiteFife, Washington2021-06-25Reginald Ray Hansen (75)Unknown raceGrand Junction, Colorado2021-06-25Michael Anthony Frederick (54)WhiteMcDonald, Tennessee2021-06-25David Leon Fann (24)WhiteLander, Wyoming2021-06-25Dennis Delgado (60)WhiteKansas City, Kansas2021-06-25Albert Wayne Finnie Jr. (22)BlackCollege Station, Texas2021-06-25Dimitri Lanahan (23)WhiteFairbanks, Alaska2021-06-24Chad Necessary (48)WhiteWashington, North Carolina2021-06-24Michael Ray Townsend (40)WhitePortland, Oregon2021-06-24Gary Deering (74)WhiteGreenfield, Missouri2021-06-24Ted Frank Tippy (52)WhiteMonroe, Georgia2021-06-24Steven Jesse Dylan Thompson (29)WhiteAuburn, Georgia2021-06-24Abraham Torres Meza (30)HispanicBakersfield, California2021-06-24David Ronald Bridgette (45)WhiteIron River, Michigan2021-06-24Yonatan Aguilera (40)HispanicCumming, Georgia2021-06-24William Dean Hewitt (54)WhiteWhiteville, North Carolina2021-06-24David Bridgette (45)WhiteIron River, Michigan2021-06-23Earl Fitzgerald Hunter (40)BlackGreenville, South CarolinaWanted for a 2020 shooting, a warrant task force entered Hunter's home and shot him dead when he allegedly pulled a gun during a struggle.2021-06-23Hunter Brittain (17)WhiteCabot, ArkansasBrittain was shot by a sheriff's deputy after being pulled over. Police have released few details of the shooting, but a witness says Brittain was shot when he went to grab a blue oil jug to put behind his truck's tires to prevent it from hitting the deputy's vehicle.2021-06-23Frederick Virgil HolderBlackNorwalk, CaliforniaA police helicopter observed Holder driving erratically in a stolen utility van. When police ground units attempted to pull Holder's vehicle over, he continued to drive "less than a mile" before stopping. Holder was shot dead when he allegedly pointed an L-shaped object at police—later identified as a butane lighter with a handle—as they approached his vehicle.2021-06-23Raymond Loftin (36)Unknown raceFontana, California2021-06-23Robert Alan Blackburn (39)WhiteWalnut, Mississippi2021-06-23Francisco Javier Lino-Gutierrez (29)HispanicSanta Fe, New Mexico2021-06-23Michael Lee Gerhart (22)WhiteSurprise, Arizona2021-06-23Jason Roybal (32)WhiteSanta Fe, New Mexico2021-06-22De'Shon Hill (39)BlackLuray, VirginiaHill held hostages at gunpoint at a convenience store, and refused to comply with repeated commands to drop his weapon and leave the building. Hill was shot dead when he allegedly emerged through the store's front doors with a long gun pointed at police.2021-06-22Michael Wolski (57)WhiteNew Berlin, Wisconsin2021-06-22Willie T. Salazar (33)HispanicMurray, Utah2021-06-22Noah Sharp (26)WhiteDe Soto, Missouri2021-06-21Virgil Lee Taylor (31)WhiteHamilton, Michigan2021-06-21Alexander Matthew Collins (27)WhiteCovington, Georgia2021-06-21Travis Parham Jr. (19)BlackMemphis, Tennessee2021-06-21Wallace Morris (42)BlackMemphis, Tennessee2021-06-20Mickey Ray Rice (31)WhiteRobbinsville, North Carolina2021-06-20Dario Dominguez (25)HispanicKansas City, Kansas2021-06-26Nathan Allen (28)WhiteWinthrop, MassachusettsAllen was killed by police after crashing a truck into an unoccupied home and killing two Black civilians. According to investigators, Allen was a suspected White supremacist who had written about White people being "apex predators".2021-06-21Johnny Hurley (40)WhiteArvada, ColoradoAn officer responded to a report of a suspicious person and was shot and killed by a gunman. A civilian, Johnny Hurley, shot the suspect with a handgun and took his shotgun. Hurley was then killed by a responding police officer.2021-06-19Brianna Sykes (19)BlackFlint, MichiganSykes drove up to an officer directing traffic at Flint's Juneteenth celebration and allegedly fired her gun at the officer, who returned fire at Sykes.2021-06-19Tyler Hodge (28)WhiteWichita, KansasWichita police responded to a call on a welfare check for a mother and her daughter. When they arrived police found the mother's boyfriend Tyler Hodge in a detached shed in the backyard armed with a rifle. Hodge began firing at officers, injuring one. Officers returned fire and struck Hodge. Life-saving measures were performed, but Hodge died at the scene.2021-06-19Jeff Melvin (20)BlackSalem, Alabama2021-06-19Darrell Vincent (57)BlackBonner Springs, Kansas2021-06-18Daniel Buckingham (31)WhiteHilo, Hawaii2021-06-18Carlos Jackson (43)BlackLithia Springs, Georgia2021-06-18Eric Scott Anderson (40)Unknown raceEncinitas, California2021-06-17Ansy Dolce (29)BlackHolly Springs, Georgia2021-06-17Daniel Ray (35)Unknown raceCovington, Kentucky2021-06-17Max Jaramillo (29)Unknown raceVeguita, New Mexico2021-06-16Jermaine Sonnier (19)BlackHouston, Texas2021-06-16David Aaron King (40)WhiteHarrison, Arkansas2021-06-16Billy Barker (44)WhiteBessemer City, North Carolina2021-06-16John Earle BarnesWhiteAlford, Florida2021-06-16Zachary Minissale (34)WhiteEureka, Nevada2021-06-16Kendall A. Jamerson (35)WhiteVesuvius, Virginia2021-06-16Name WithheldUnknown raceLeonia, New Jersey2021-06-15Perry Boyd (56)WhiteWolcott, Indiana2021-06-15Solomon Jamison (28)BlackJackson, Mississippi2021-06-15Juan Miguel Bejar (37)HispanicPerris, California2021-06-15Nathaniel Damien Raabe (48)WhiteWestmoreland, Tennessee2021-06-14Manuel Rojas Barajas (65)HispanicCalexico, California2021-06-14Armonda Contreras (43)HispanicBirmingham, Alabama2021-06-14Evin Kimberly Payne (54)Unknown raceAbbeville, South Carolina2021-06-14Adam Michael Green (40)WhiteHermitage, Tennessee2021-06-14Anthony Hannon (52)WhitePittsfield, New Hampshire2021-06-14Kevin Giesel (64)WhiteParma, Ohio2021-06-13Eric Cole (42)BlackSpringfield, OhioPolice were responding to a call after Cole was shot in the shoulder and arm by an unknown party when an officer accidentally ran over Cole. Police say the officer was looking for an address to direct first responders to.2021-06-10Calvin Elmore (53)UnknownFulshear, TexasAn officer pulled over Elmore after he ran a stop sign and attempted to arrest him for a drug warrant out of Virginia. The police reported that Elmore shoved the officer, went back into his vehicle, and attempted to drive away. The officer tried to grab Elmore out of the vehicle and then shot him, later reporting that he was afraid of being dragged by the vehicle.2021-06-13Ryan Santos (34)Native Hawaiian and Pacific IslanderHilo, Hawaii2021-06-13Joe Ruiz (25)HispanicBakersfield, California2021-06-13Luis Rey Ruiz (20)HispanicAcworth, Georgia2021-06-13Duane Manzanares Jr. (30)HispanicDenver, Colorado2021-06-12Kenneth Earl Mackey (44)Unknown raceBarstow, California2021-06-12Christopher VanKleeck (31)WhiteWallkill, New York2021-06-11William Kradlak (70)WhiteWatsontown, Pennsylvania2021-06-10Gregory Hambric (64)WhiteJasper, Alamaba2021-06-10Josiah L. Byard (21)BlackWillcox, Arizona2021-06-10Rezek Yaqub Yahya (39)BlackSalt Lake City, Utah2021-06-09Juan DeLeCruz Rodriguez (58)HispanicYucca Valley, California2021-06-09Michael Lee Ross Jr, (32)BlackForest Hill, TexasRoss was wanted for stabbing a woman to death in a convenience store parking lot. He was found by police in a creek north of the parking lot, holding a knife. The Texas Rangers, who investigated the shooting, say that after several less-than-lethal shots failed to work, a sergeant instructed officer Logan Barr to retrieve his less-than-lethal shotgun. The rangers say that Barr instead grabbed a regular shotgun and shot Ross, who was standing at the bottom of an embankment with his hands at his side. Police initially stated that Ross was shot after he attempted to harm himself, but rangers disputed this. Barr was arrested for aggravated assault by a public servant on July 28.2021-06-09Terrell Gas (36)BlackCollege Park, Georgia2021-06-09Zandra Baez (66)Unknown raceCamden, New Jersey2021-06-08Louis Nathan Leyba (38)WhiteEspanola, New Mexico2021-06-08Kevin Christopher Caldwell (33)WhiteColumbus, Georgia2021-06-07Daniel Ojeda (47)HispanicScottsbluff, Nebraska2021-06-07Jeremiah Lee Wright (44)WhiteHappy Valley, Oregon2021-06-07Lee Waskiewicz (47)WhiteBayonne, New Jersey2021-06-07Antonio Diaz (39)HispanicRound Rock, Texas2021-06-07Crystal Renee Guhr (42)WhiteGarden City, Missouri2021-06-07Clay Willingham (32)WhiteJefferson City, Missouri2021-06-06Johnathan Steve Cooper (27)WhiteLufkin, Texas2021-06-06Name WithheldHispanicTulsa, Oklahoma2021-06-05Stephen Neil Weigand (29)WhiteGriffin, Georgia2021-06-05Jose Angel Ibarra Ruiz (24)HispanicNeedville, Texas2021-06-04Name WithheldUnknown raceWhittier, California2021-06-05Maung Tway (34)AsianGreen Forest, ArkansasGreen Forest police officers went to Tway's apartment after three of his roommates reported he was causing a disturbance and that they wanted him removed from the premises. Tway allegedly charged at the officer with a machete-type knife. Officer Pedraza shot twice, striking Tway in the chest and the hand. Tway was taken to Mercy Hospital in Berryville, where he was pronounced dead.2021-06-04Raymond Edwards (45)WhiteTucson, Arizona2021-06-04Timothy Flowers (29)BlackRochester, New York2021-06-04Colton Frederic Wagner (31)WhiteDenver, Colorado2021-06-04Andrew Homen (34)BlackBraintree, Massachusetts2021-06-04Jerry Henley (42)WhiteHilham, Tennessee2021-06-03Winston Boogie Smith (32)BlackMinneapolis, MinnesotaSmith was wanted on a warrant for probation violation when a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force that included local deputies stopped his car in a parking lot. Smith was shot dead when he allegedly fired at police.2021-06-03Kolton Mitchell Chavez (18)HispanicSan Antonio, Texas2021-06-03William Brookins Sr. (39)BlackPhoenix, Arizona2021-06-02Clayton Wayne Barbee (28)WhiteCartwright, Oklahoma2021-06-02Timothy Andrew Kemp (34)WhiteRoyal, Arkansas2021-06-02Eugene Matthews (24)HispanicArvada, Colorado2021-06-01Christopher Dyess (43)WhiteSumrall, Mississippi2021-06-01Donald Myers (48)WhiteRay City, Georgia2021-06-01Jonathan Craig Thompson (29)Unknown raceIndependence, Kentucky2021-06-01Robert Pearce (37)WhiteBerwick, Louisiana2021-06-01Renardo Green (51)BlackAnnapolis, Maryland

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