August 2021 DateName (age) of deceasedRaceLocationDescription2021-08-31George Watson (34)BlackWashington, D.C.Police attended Watson's apartment following a 911 call for a man on his balcony with a rifle. When Watson answered his apartment door, he repeatedly said to police, "Where that bitch in pink at?", before returning inside. When Watson emerged a second time holding what appeared to be a gun, he was shot dead. The gun was later identified as a pellet gun.2021-08-31Jeremy Michael Berg (45)WhiteMartelle, Iowa2021-08-31Robert Nelson (55)WhiteAnaheim, California2021-08-30Paris Wilder (38)BlackWest Melbourne, Florida2021-08-30Martin Luther Bowman (80)BlackPearlington, Mississippi2021-08-30Etianna Planellas (48)HispanicMiami Shores, Florida2021-08-30Brittni Muldrew (36)WhiteCoconut Creek, Florida2021-08-30Ronald J. Reiner (66)WhiteNormal, Illinois2021-08-29Name WithheldUnknown raceAtlanta, Georgia2021-08-29Grey Bell (40)WhiteAtlanta, Georgia2021-08-29Michael Rosado (24)HispanicBronx, New York2021-08-29Jorge "Cury" Alberto Perez (48)HispanicMorrisville, Pennsylvania2021-08-29Albert "AJ" Ruiz Perez (32)HispanicVictorville, California2021-08-29Imran Ali Rasheed (32)Middle Eastern Plano, TexasAfter shooting and killing a Lyft driver in Garland, Rasheed stole her car and drove to Plano Police headquarters, where he shot at people inside. Two Plano officers heard the gunshots and fired back, killing Rasheed.2021-08-29Johnny Lee Perry II (31)Black Missoula County, MontanaSheriff's deputies responded to reports of a man with a machete on a bridge. After non-lethal foam bullets failed to work, a deputy shot Perry in the back with a rifle.2021-08-28Ingmar Von Strandberg (30)WhiteTonopah, Nevada2021-08-28Name WithheldUnknown raceArkoma, Oklahoma2021-08-27Fanta Bility (8)Black Sharon Hill, PennsylvaniaAfter a high school football game, a person was wounded in a drive-by shooting, and three officers fired back. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says there is a "high probability" that the shots fired by the officers accidentally struck four civilians, including Fanta Bility. In November 2021 two teenagers were charged with murder for exchanging gunfire, resulting in police opening fire and killing Bility and wounding three others. In January 2022, charges against the teenagers were dropped and a grand jury recommended that charges against three police officers be filed. Each officer was charged with ten counts of reckless endangerment and one count of manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.2021-08-27Lonnel Cephas (19)BlackElkhart, Indiana2021-08-27Brandon Ventura (33)Native Hawaiian and Pacific IslanderHonolulu, Hawaii2021-08-27Alexander Tadros (30)WhitePortland, Oregon2021-08-27David G. Wandell (53)WhiteElmira, New York2021-08-27Christopher Corey Moore (41)BlackGreensboro, North Carolina 2021-08-26Samuel Kirk (26)Unknown raceSanford, Florida 2021-08-26Earl Lawhorn (33)Black Milwaukee, WisconsinLawhorn was fatally shot by Milwaukee Police officers after refusing to drop a gun during a foot pursuit.2021-08-26Zaqua Radle-Maxson (27)Native AmericanWasilla, Arkansas 2021-08-25Robert Anderson (38)BlackCrescent City, CaliforniaDistraught over a dispute with his spouse, police found Anderson walking in the road with a knife, and shot him dead after he advanced on them. "He was just at my house," said his friend, "and then I had to go over to the morgue and see him in a plastic bag."2021-08-25An'Twan Gilmore (27)BlackWashington, D.C.Police were called after a man was reported unconscious in his car at a stoplight. After noticing the man, An'Twan Gilmore, had a gun in his waistband, officers called for backup and a ballistic shield. According to body cam footage, police woke Gilmore up, and his car began to move. Gilmore stopped the car after being asked to. The footage then shows police shoot at Gilmore when the car began to move again. In 2023 the officer who shot Gilmore was charged with second-degree murder.2021-08-25Jonathan Daniel Mansilla (33)UnknownRutland, VermontA corporal attempted to arrest Mansilla after a chase ended in a McDonald's bathroom. The corporal says he shot Mansilla after seeing him hold an object "he perceived to be an unknown weapon". Mansilla was holding a cellphone.2021-08-22Tyran C. Lamb (31)BlackMilwaukee, Wisconsin Lamb was shot and killed by police at 27th and Becher after a shootout with the Greenfield Police Department in which he wounded a 36-year-old police officer shortly before collapsing on a lawn and dying.2021-08-21Juan Luis Olvera-Preciado (59)HispanicGuadalupe, CaliforniaAfter a group of officers recognized a man with an arrest warrant at an intersection, they opened fire, accidentally shooting and killing a civilian, Juan Luis Olvera-Preciado.2021-08-21Daryl Jay Carr (45)WhiteAllenhurst, Georgia 2021-08-21Shannon Trevor McKinley (28)WhiteFlorence, Mississippi 2021-08-20Brandon Lee Schlichting (28)WhiteChanute, Kansas 2021-08-20George Michael Mireles (34)HispanicAmarillo, Texas 2021-08-19Name Withheld ()Unknown raceEl Cajon, California 2021-08-19Douglas Brown Jr (26)Unknown raceSelawik, Alaska 2021-08-18Lucas Antonio Salas (33)HispanicThornton, Colorado2021-08-18Ronald Zavaglia (72)WhitePflugerville, Texas2021-08-18James Matalice Smith (41)BlackSomerville, Texas2021-08-18Kevin Eugene Norris (50)WhiteBeckley, West Virginia 2021-08-18Devonte Dawayne Brown (28)BlackMarietta, Georgia 2021-08-18Terrence Bey (29)BlackPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 2021-08-18Ervin Olikong (34)HispanicHighland, California 2021-08-17Alex Domina (19)Unknown Loveland, Colorado Police were called by Domina's family during a mental health crisis. According to body cam footage, an officer shot Domina several times after he walked towards the officer with a knife. Domina was hospitalized and died on September 7.2021-08-17Destinee Thompson (27)Native AmericanWheat Ridge, Colorado Thompson was pregnant when shot by police.2021-08-16Antonio Jackson (27)BlackMemphis, Tennessee 2021-08-16Brodrick Shelton (42)Unknown Milwaukee, Wisconsin Shelton was shot by police near a gas station. Police and witnesses say Shelton had a gun and fired at police.2021-08-15Katelyn L. Harris (29)WhiteChuckey, Tennessee 2021-08-15Phillip John Walden (40)WhiteChapin, South Carolina 2021-08-15Eric Padilla (34)HispanicAlbuquerque, New Mexico2021-08-15Name Withheld ()Unknown raceBarstow, California 2021-08-14Robert D. BaileyUnknown raceMorton, Mississippi 2021-08-14John Vogel (80)WhiteSt. Paul, Nebraska 2021-08-14Stephanie Gerardi (38)WhiteSaugus, Massachusetts 2021-08-14Kyle Anthony Goidosik (35)WhiteClimax, MichiganAuthorities say Goidosik shot and killed a Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputy before dying in an exchange of gunfire with other deputies.2021-08-13Mauricio Luna (27)UnknownKnoxville, TennesseeWhile responding to a burglary call an officer's cruiser struck Luna's vehicle driving 90 miles per hour. Luna and his dog Ceci both died. In 2022 the officer involved resigned from the Knoxville Police Department.2021-08-13Steven D. Primm (35)WhiteSan Antonio, Texas2021-08-13Name Withheld Unknown raceBakersfield, California 2021-08-12Dextor Trevor Attaway (35)WhiteWinnie, Texas2021-08-12William Sellers (73)WhiteOrlando, Florida 2021-08-11Name WithheldUnknown raceDenver, Colorado 2021-08-11Adrian Joel Sanchez (34)HispanicCastaic, California 2021-08-11Rodney Coleman (50)Unknown raceVictorville, California 2021-08-11Daniel Turney Crowley (31)WhiteNashville, Tennessee 2021-08-11Elia S. Laeli (41)Native Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderHonolulu, Hawaii 2021-08-11Brooks Hacker (35)WhiteJuniata, Nebraska 2021-08-10James "Jim" Robert Wiesner Sr. (51)WhiteNorth Aurora, Illinois 2021-08-10Johan Alexis Salazar (21)HispanicEl Mirage, Arizona 2021-08-10Marvin Richard Hitchcock (71)WhiteGrantsboro, North Carolina 2021-08-09Steven Ray Bailey (63)WhiteRocky Face, Georgia 2021-08-09Luis Manuel Garcia-Arias (39)HispanicTustin, California 2021-08-09Christopher Robinson (48)BlackSeguin, Texas 2021-08-08Marcus Martin (40)BlackBaltimore, Maryland 2021-08-08Randal Boyd Burton (62)WhiteSpring, Texas2021-08-08Michael Contrell Adams III (19)BlackDetroit, Michigan 2021-08-08Dashawn "Big Top" Batiste (22)BlackLafayette, Louisiana 2021-08-07Ryan Pederson (43)WhiteBismarck, North Dakota 2021-08-07Che Noe Zuniga Jr. (21)HispanicBakersfield, California 2021-08-06Hayden Charles McIlvain (34)WhiteCoeur d'Alene, Idaho2021-08-06Roger Peter Lynch (59)WhiteDelancey, New York2021-08-06Nathan Larry Parsons (49)WhiteCullman, Alabama 2021-08-06Matthew-Tuan Anh Tran (22)AsianLa Habra, CaliforniaA woman called police to report that an unknown man was following her before pulling in front of the police station. When officers questioned Tran, he denied following the woman, but when an officer began walking away Tran pulled out a gun and shot him before being shot and killed by the other officer.2021-08-05Isaiah Hinds (22)WhiteSeattle, WashingtonSeattle police shot and killed a 22-year-old man after he allegedly fired shots at officers in a White Center neighborhood Thursday evening. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. near the intersection of 21st Ave. Southwest and Southwest 100th St., near North Shorewood Park. Nollette said officers used a loudspeaker to tell the suspect to come out of the house so they could take him into custody. When the suspect came out, he allegedly fired a gun at officers. Three officers returned fire, hitting and killing the suspect, Nollette said in a press conference Thursday evening. Seattle police and SWAT officers were at a home serving a warrant for a suspect they believed was involved in a homicide case that happened earlier this year, according to Seattle Police Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette.2021-08-05Chad Fiscus (35)WhiteRockville, Indiana 2021-08-05Aler Ronald Escobar-Velasquez (36)HispanicJoplin, Missouri 2021-08-05Joseph John Howard (35)WhiteHartford, Vermont2021-08-04Dylan Christopher Harmer (21)WhiteGlendora, California 2021-08-04Sean Rowe (38)WhiteMansfield, Ohio2021-08-04Terrance Dominic Knight (19)WhiteBlackfoot, Idaho2021-08-03Antonio King (22)BlackNashville, TennesseeIn the Antioch neighborhood, King entered a SmileDirectClub production facility and opened fire, non-fatally shooting a manager and two security guards. King was then shot and killed by responding police officers.2021-08-03Michael Tristian Paone (22)WhiteConshohocken, Pennsylvania 2021-08-03Ent Wright (76)WhiteWaco, Texas 2021-08-02Name Withheld HispanicEagle Pass, Texas
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