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Police pulled Hudspeth over for a traffic violation. An officer shot him after mistaking his cell phone for a gun. [152] April 26, 2003 Charquissa Johnson: 23 Washington, D.C. The circumstances surrounding Johnson's death is disputed. Police say Johnson was shot when she allegedly didn't drop a weapon.
Map of per capita police killings in the United States in 2018. [1]Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. . Although Congress instructed the Attorney General in 1994 to compile and publish annual statistics on police use of excessive force, this was never carried out, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not collect the
2023-01-31. Joseph Jones (32) White. Omaha, Nebraska. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Target store and killed Jones, who was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. Aside from Jones no casualties were reported, although shell casings indicated he had fired inside the store.
Oscar Lee Stewart Jr. May 28, 2020. Minneapolis, MN. Montez Terrill Lee (started the fire that killed Oscar) [3] Javar Harrell. May 29, 2020. Detroit, MI. Tyjon Hites, Omono Bryant.
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. [11] 2021-01-10. Allen Mirzayan (48) White. California (Altadena) Shot by law enforcement near 481 Figueroa Drive.
A suicidal man allegedly brandished a handgun at officers, causing an officer to fire one round, fatally wounding the suspect. [ 6] 2024-01-30. Artell Cunningham (28) Black. New Carrollton, Maryland. Two officers shot and killed a man suspected of multiple carjackings and two homicides. [ 7][ 8] 2024-01-29.
Police deployed two tasers when he failed to comply with dropping the weapons but he became more agitated and charged the police. He was shot. [78] 2024-02-06 Sterling Alavache (36) Black Fort Myers, Florida: A police sniper shot and killed Alavache during a hostage situation at a bank after he allegedly held a woman at knifepoint. [79] 2024-02-06
After all the attention the Black Lives Matter-led racial justice movement generated after George Floyd’s death in 2020, new data shows that the number of Black