2001 DateName (age) of deceasedState (city)Description2001-12-28Unnamed manOklahoma (McAlester)2001-12-27Thomas AckerVirginia (Newport)2001-12-24Norris Patrick Webb (25)California (Westminster)2001-12-23Robert Clingenpeel (76)Iowa (Indianola)2011-12-23Charles Crowder (31)North Carolina (Cherryville)2001-12-23Richard Sharp (53)California (San Jose)An advocate for worker's rights and known for his friendly personality, Richard's demeanor changed suddenly after a hospital visit and then a car crash into a tree. A couple of days later, a call to 911 from his wife reported that he had attacked her and was threatening the family with a hammer. After police arrived, Richard was in his front yard staring at the sky, slowly spinning, with wife and kids watching from the door. He was holding a knife and hammer up to the sky, talking to the sky, when he was shot about 10 times from the back by several officers. Richard's wife later initiated a lawsuit for inappropriate action by the police.2001-12-22Unnamed manMichigan (Detroit)2001-12-22Unnamed man (39)Hawaii (Leilani Estates)2001-12-21Melanie Jones (22)Virginia (Newport)Shot after she allegedly ignored orders to drop the gun she was holding.2001-12-13Robert Brown (37)Florida (Orlando)2001-12-10Jake Thomas (19)Nevada (Owyhee)2001-12-08Gary Brent ClaytorVirginia (Williamsburg)2001-12-07Mark Moore (30)North Carolina (Gastonia)2001-12-07Unnamed manMissouri (St. Charles)2001-11-23Steven Michalacos (67)New York (Brooklyn)Hit and killed by a NYPD car responding to another scene.2001-11-08Bryon Swenson (36)Texas (Houston)2001-11-07Unnamed manCalifornia (Waukena)2001-11-06Timothy HoodGeorgia (Athens)Shot after placing a gun to officer's head.2001-10-29Robert Bruce Meadours (38)Texas (Houston)2001-10-24Tayvone Kinney (17)Ohio (Dayton)2001-10-09Richard Hatcher (19)New York (Brooklyn)2001-10-08Shannon Vinson (28)New York (Queens)Vinson, who was wanted for homicide, was shot in his car by police. He had been pulled over and allegedly reached for a handgun. His girlfriend and her two children were sitting in the backseat2001-10-03Rhett Carter BarringtonTexas (Houston)2001-09-28David Eric Medina Diaz U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix)Following reports of gunshots, an officer shot Medina Diaz in the chest following a fight.2001-09-28Jeremy Todd SeifertVirginia (Norfolk)2001-09-26Peter Aguon MaguadogGuam (Tamuning)Maguadog shot and killed his estranged wife and another woman and wounded four others at a clinic before being shot and killed by police.2001-09-24Elisei Borlovan (43)Vermont (Williston)2001-09-24Timothy Terry (22)Texas (Houston)2001-09-21Stacy Rondell Bostic Georgia (Athens)Shot after shooting at officer. Police were responding to report of an armed robbery of a hotel. A man running from the scene matched suspects description and was commanded to stop.2001-09-20Gwendulina Brodie (34)New York (Suffolk)NYPD detective Ezra Leslie broke into Gwendulina Brodie's home and shot her several times. Brodie was an NYPD sergeant and allegedly had disapproved of a romantic relationship between her sister and Leslie.2001-09-07Rudes Chacon Diaz (21)Texas (Houston)2001-09-04Rolland "Rollie" Rohm (28)Cass County, Michigan Shot dead by local police during the standoff at Rainbow Farm. 2001-09-03Tom Crosslin (46)Cass County, Michigan Shot dead by the FBI during the standoff at Rainbow Farm.2001-08-23Michael SchatzhuberVirginia (Chesapeake)2001-08-22Daniel Harris (47)Ohio (Cleveland)Harris was shot while grabbing a police officer's gun and refusing to let go, after a car chase with police.2001-08-13McLoren Anthony Jones (21)Texas (Houston)2001-08-08Nelson MartinezWashington (Bellevue)Mike Hetle, a Bellevue, Washington police officer, confronted Martinez as he was driving away from the scene of an alleged domestic dispute with his cousin. Hetle was given erroneous information by a dispatcher who claimed that Martinez was known for being a repeat offender for domestic violence. Hetle ordered Martinez, in English, to get out of the car and, in Spanish, to put his hands up. Martinez did not comply and began to pull something from his waistband, which was later found out to be a wallet. Hetle then shot Martinez two times, believing he was in danger2001-08-04Dilcia Pena (16)New York (Brooklyn)Hit and killed by Joseph Gray (police officer).Maria Herrera (24)Leanna Thomas (17)Andy Herrera (4)2001-08-01Haywood Louis Ogburn Jr. (32)Texas (Houston)2001-07-29Joseph Dwayne Mason (20)Texas (Houston)2001-07-28Unnamed man (81)California (San Bernardino)2001-07-27Andrea Nicole ReedyVirginia (Hampton)2001-07-27Ricky Moore (21)Ohio (Cincinnati)2001-07-26Unnamed manFlorida (Hialeah)2001-07-16Anthony Jerome DowningVirginia (Norfolk)2001-07-14Rene RomainMassachusetts (Boston)2001-07-14Tyron Johnson (30)California (Bakersfield)Johnson was killed by Bakersfield Police officers. They were investigating gunshots and chased Johnson. He fired at them several times, striking an officer and a woman. The wounded officer shot and killed Johnson.2001-07-11Jerome Walker (57)Arkansas (DeWitt)2001-06-30Scott Andrew CurtisOklahoma (Washita County)Shot and killed after leading troopers on a car chase.2001-06-17Alphaeus Dailey (30)Florida (North Miami Beach)Dailey, a paralyzed wheel chair user, was fatally shot while trying to flee police.2001-06-09Beau Blain (28)California (Oxnard)2001-06-06Richard Beatty (55)Florida (Miami)2001-06-03Asie Rogers (17)U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John)Police responded to a domestic dispute and shot Rogers after he allegedly threatened his mother and officers with a knife.2001-06-03Jose Antonio MedinaTexas (Houston)2001-05-28Herman Joseph Dartez Jr. (31)Texas (Houston)2001-05-26Jose PinedaMassachusetts (Boston)2001-05-16Thomasina Brown (44)Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)Shot by two officers after shooting and killing 37-year-old Carmen Collins.2001-05-07Rutilio Gracida Castillo (23)California (Oxnard)2001-05-07Cleophis Craver (20)Ohio (Dayton)2001-04-30Nicholas Singleton (18)Florida (Miami)2001-04-11Mi Young Blain (41)Texas (Houston)2001-04-10Michael Teklai (27)New Jersey (Kearny)Teklai returned to the post office where he formerly worked and stabbed three people with a knife. Officers shot and killed Teklai when he refused to drop his weapons, including three knives and a handgun.2001-04-07Timothy Thomas (19)Ohio (Cincinnati)2001-04-03Justin RonchettiMassachusetts (Boston)2001-03-27John Franklin Aycox (36)Oklahoma (Midwest City)2001-03-20Joseph Fields (46)New York (Ridge)Shot after a standoff.2001-03-17James Levier (60)Maine (Scarborough)2001-03-11Dante Meniefield (23)California (Moreno Valley)2001-02-27Scott Brown (37)Pennsylvania (Lindenwold)2001-02-26Unnamed manCalifornia (Sunnyvale)2001-02-26Austin Riley (87)Florida (Miami)2001-02-26Andrena Kitt (21)Florida (Pensacola)2001-02-24Mark Venuti (36)New Jersey (Elizabeth)Officers killed Venuti after he charged at them holding a "dark object" above his head, which turned out to be a bible.2011-02-23Joe Anthony Zuniga (24)Texas (Houston)2001-02-23Robert Tale (39)Ohio (Dayton)2001-02-18Jose Mendoza (21)California (Long Beach)2001-02-17Unnamed manCalifornia (San Diego)2001-02-16Gary Baker (30s)New York (Hornell)Shot after stabbing his wife to death.2001-02-14Joey Kessinger (27)Tennessee (Nashville)2001-02-09Unnamed manCalifornia (Los Angeles)2001-02-07Antwan Bryant (20)Kentucky (Louisvillle)2001-02-06Michelle King (39)California (Fountain Valley)2001-02-03Unnamed man (32)Colorado (Denver)2001-01-29Corey Paul Rice (30)Florida (Gainesville)2001-01-16Juliette Alexander (29)New York (Brooklyn)Alexander was shot in the head by NYPD Sergeant Martin Peters, the estranged father of her two children. Peters also shot Alexander's friend Nigel Callender, leaving him paralyzed.2001-01-16Unnamed man (44)Michigan (Detroit)2001-01-18Charles Valdez (22)California (Oxnard)2001-01-14David Geisler (28)Ohio (Dayton)2001-01-12William Wilkins (29)California (Oakland)2001-01-10Richard Lopez (17)California (Oxnard)2001-01-05Unnamed man (39)Louisiana (Shreveport)2001-01-04Unnamed man (21)New York (Rochester)2001-01-03Mark Guerrero (33)Arizona (Tucson)2001-01-01Juan Hernandez Anzaldua (25)Texas (Belton)2001-01-??Clifford Lewis (18)Kentucky (Louisville)
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