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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2023

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United Statesin August 2023, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description.The table below lists 116 people.


August 2023

DateName (age) of deceasedRaceLocationDescription
2023-08-31Richard Jess Ramirez (29)UnknownCasa Grande, ArizonaShot by Casa Grande police during a domestic dispute call. The man was allegedly armed with a knife. The shooting caused McCartney Ranch Elementary to go on lockdown.[1]
2023-08-31Tremaine Jackson (28)BlackNew Castle, Delaware[2]
2023-08-31Elizandro Vargas (31)HispanicEl Centro, CaliforniaVargas died he was shot and killed on 1900 block of Ocotillo Drive by a El Centro police. Vargas allegedly stole at a business on South Imperial Avenue. Police encountered Vargas walking down Ocotillo Drive, and at one point Vargas picked up a brick. Officers ordered Vargas to drop the brick, instead Vargas threw the brick at the officer (which missed), and was shot. Vargas later succumbed to his injuries at El Centro Regional Medical Center.[3]
2023-08-30Michael Kirkland (40)WhiteSeguin, Texas[4]
2023-08-30DeMarcus Williams (34)BlackSouthaven, MississippiWilliams died after he allegedly pointed a firearm at deputies who where attempting to serve an arrest warrant. William's family members claim he was shot in the back.[5]
2023-08-30Berkley Collins Jr (74)UnknownHopewell, Virginia[6][7]
2023-08-30Victor Fernandes (21)HispanicSan Antonio, Texas[8]
2023-08-30Nathan Grice (43)WhiteShreveport, Louisiana[9]
2023-08-29Bernie Breeding (49)UnknownMarengo, Indiana[10]
2023-08-28Thomas Carney (28)WhiteLehigh Acres, Florida[11]
2023-08-28Jesse Nelson (43)UnknownSan Diego, California[12]
2023-08-28Paul Holland (47)WhitePineville, Kentucky[13]
2023-08-27Kendall Gilbert (40)BlackIndianapolis, Indiana[14]
2023-08-27Andrew Washington (52)BlackJersey City, New Jersey[15]
2023-08-27Angel Ledesma (24)UnknownLos Angeles, CaliforniaLedesma was shot outside an apartment complex after allegedly charging at LAPD officers with knife.[16]
2023-08-26unidentified maleUnknownBeeville, Texas[17]
2023-08-26Casey Barlow (29)HispanicMarion, Indiana[18]
2023-08-26unidentified male (37)UnknownAllendale, Michigan[19]
2023-08-25Anthony Fields II (27)UnknownNewnan, Georgia[20]
2023-08-25unidentified maleUnknownCharlotte, North Carolina[21]
2023-08-25Nolan Ray (33)UnknownNixon, NevadaRay hit and killed Tribal officer Anthony Francone when he tried to stop a car driven by Ray. Francone was able to fire his firearm, killing Ray.[22]
2023-08-25Nathaniel Evans (41)UnknownNorth Little Rock, Arkansas[23]
2023-08-25D’Metrius Robinson (34)BlackGladstone, Missouri[24]
2023-08-25Christapher Dodge (47)WhiteSouth Portland, MainePolice officers were called to an apartment complex in South Portland for a domestic violence call with reports of shots fired. When Officers arrived, the victim told them that Dodge fled in his pickup truck. Dodge later returned to the scene where police claimed he "engaged them in an armed confrontation". Officer Anthony Verville reportedly shot Dodge. Dodge died at the scene.[25][26]
2023-08-25Corey Andrew (24)WhiteCelina, Ohio[27][28]
2023-08-25Sandra Lopez-OchoaHispanicLas Vegas, Nevada[29]
2023-08-25Jayvion Barthel (20)BlackDeland, FloridaBarthel died after he allegedly pointed a firearm at a DeLand police officer during a traffic stop. [30]
2023-08-24Jason Boles (29)HispanicBakersfield, California[31][32]
2023-08-24Aaron Zimmerman (46)WhiteWest Jordan, Utah[33]
2023-08-24Ta’Kiya Young (21)
and her unborn child		BlackWesterville, OhioYoung died after she was shot while in her vehicle the parking lot of a Kroger store located at 5991 S. Sunbury Road. She had been accused of stealing bottles of alcohol, and the killing officer claimed she tried to run him over with her vehicle.[34][35]
2023-08-23Eric Duprey (30)HispanicThe Bronx, New YorkA plainclothes police sergeant threw a red cooler at Duprey as he fled police on a motorcycle in the Bronx. Duprey crashed into a medical barricade and car and died on the scene.[36]
2023-08-23John Snowling (59)WhiteTrabuco Canyon, CaliforniaSnowling, an ex-Ventura police officer, died after he was shot by Orange County Sheriff deputies while seated inside a pickup truck. Snowling had just committed a mass shooting.[37]
2023-08-23Jamie Overstreet (36)BlackColumbus, Ohio[38]
2023-08-23William Hardison (63)BlackPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[39][40]
2023-08-23Joan Rodriguez-Godiney (21)HispanicAurora, Colorado[41]
2023-08-23Joseph Rothka (57)UnknownUnion Dale, Pennsylvania[42]
2023-08-23Kyeiree V Myers (28)BlackGranite City, Illinois[43]
2023-08-23Andrew Marlow (34)WhiteConcord, North Carolina[44]
2023-08-22Don Astor (39)UnknownRiverview, Florida[45]
2023-08-21Larry Oden II (49)WhiteBessemer, AlabamaDied after sustaining a head injury from Bessemer police officers during an August 4th arrest.[46]
2023-08-20James Stroud (37)WhiteMarion, North Carolina[47]
2023-08-20Eugene McNeal (35)BlackMemphis, TennesseeMcNeal was found dead after a standoff with gunshot wounds. It's unknown if McNeal was shot by officers or if he committed suicide.[48]
2023-08-20Peter Cory (28)AsianCharlotte, North CarolinaShot after stabbing the officer that tried to take him into custody.[49]
2023-08-18Jaquan FletcherBlackPontiac, MichiganDeputies were called to investigate an unknown vehicle blocking a driveway. When deputies arrived they found Fletcher sleeping in the car with a gun in the seat next to him. The deputies removed the gun and placed it on the roof of the car. The police then ordered Fletcher to place his hands behind his back and Fletcher refused. The deputy on the passenger-side door partially entered the car to help. Fletcher then drove away with the officer still partially in the vehicle and hanging out of the car. Fletcher hit a police vehicle, a curb and a street sign before the deputy shot him. EMS took Fletcher to a hospital where he later died.[50][51]
2023-08-18Tahmon Wilson (20)BlackMartinez, CaliforniaPolice responded to a burglary alarm at a marijuana dispensery, though there was no indication from police or the dispensery that a burglary occurred. Tahmon Wilson and his brother attempted to drive away, and police fired several shots, hitting both Wilson and his brother. Tahmon Wilson died, while his brother was hospitalized.[52][53]
2023-08-18unidentified maleWhiteDetroit, Michigan[54]
2023-08-18Travis Ikeguchi (27)AsianCedar Glen, CaliforniaIkeguchi shot and killed a clothing store owner after confronting her for having a pride flag outside her business. Ikeguchi was found nearby by deputies, who shot and killed him.[55]
2023-08-18William Gilmore (35)WhiteWilmington, North Carolina[56]
2023-08-17Patrick Bauer (47)WhitePhoenix, ArizonaAn IRS Special Agent was accidentally shot and killed by another agent during training exercises.[57]
2023-08-17Benjamin Annaboli (37)WhiteColorado Springs, Colorado[58]
2023-08-16Adam Michael Trejo (37)HispanicNampa, Idaho[59]
2023-08-16Theodore DeschlerWhiteHenderson, Tennessee[60]
2023-08-15Xavier Benjamine Lacosta (31)HispanicSan Diego, California[61]
2023-08-15unidentified maleUnknownSacramento, California[62][63]
2023-08-15Brandon Green (31)WhiteClarksville, TennesseePolice shot and killed brothers Leonard and Brandon Green during a shootout.[64]
Leonard Green (33)
2023-08-15Jay Claremboux (44)UnknownMorse, Wisconsin[65]
2023-08-15Alejandro Diaz (45)HispanicFontana, CaliforniaPolice shot and killed Diaz, an off duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers at a golf course.[66]
2023-08-15Richard Glass (65)WhiteJeffersonville, Indiana[67]
2023-08-14Chad Pike (48)WhitePrinceton, North Carolina[68]
2023-08-14Eddie Jose Irizarry (27)HispanicPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPolice spokesmen and news media outlets first reported that Irizarry was shot and killed because he lunged at an officer with a knife after several refusals to drop the weapon.[69] However, police body camera reveal that Irizarry was still inside his car and compliant when officer Mark Dial shot him six times in the chest through the window,[70] and Dial has been charged with murder.[71]
2023-08-14Zachary Johnson (28)WhiteRavenna, Michigan[72]
2023-08-13Korey Unti (36)WhiteAtwater, CaliforniaThe Merced County Sheriff's Department attempted to initiate a traffic-stop on Unti. Unti fled in his vehicle. The police initiated a vehicle pursuit. Unti later pulled over and exited his vehicle, and led police on a foot-pursuit through an apartment complex. Authorities claimed Unti pulled out a gun and pointed at officers. An officer then shot and killed Unti.[73]
2023-08-13Olban Perdomo (27)HispanicLos Angeles, California[74]
2023-08-13Timothy Craig Setzer Jr (27)WhiteHickory, North Carolina[75]
2023-08-12Eric Blaszczyk (37)WhiteWesley Chapel, Florida[76]
2023-08-12Matthew Bigler (49)WhiteCadillac, Michigan[77]
2023-08-12Bradley Van Heeswyk (25)UnknownPleasant Hill, Iowa[78]
2023-08-12Thomas Baskin (58)BlackSaginaw, Michigan[79]
2023-08-11Roger Sylvester Heard, Jr. (34)BlackChattanooga, Tennessee[80]
2023-08-11unidentified maleUnknownDickson, Tennessee[81]
2023-08-11Louis Gordon-Hay (36)BlackChicago, Illinois[82]
2023-08-11Pablo Cato Garcia (16)HispanicMesquite, Texas[83]
2023-08-11unidentified maleUnknownSan Bernardino, California[84]
2023-08-10Kevin Withrow (60)UnknownWatertown, Tennessee[85]
2023-08-10Jonathan Heath-Taylor (25)UnknownPlatte City, Missouri[86]
2023-08-10Shawn Sheridan (34)WhiteRussell, New York[87]
2023-08-10Johnny Hollman (62)BlackAtlanta, GeorgiaPolice responded after Hollman, a local deacon, was involved in a car accident while driving home from Bible study. After police determined Hollman was at fault one officer tased him when he refused to sign a traffic ticket. Hollman fell unresponsive and died, and his death was ruled a homicide. The officer who tased Hollman was later fired.[88]
2023-08-09Keivion Jones (33)BlackOsceola, Arkansas[89][90]
2023-08-09Craig Deleeuw Robertson (74)WhiteProvo, UtahFBI agents investigated Robertson at his home for making threats against President Joe Biden on Facebook. Specific details of the shooting were not released, but officials said Robertson was armed.[91]
2023-08-09Austin Huntzinger (29)WhiteColumbus, Ohio[92]
2023-08-08Cody Kuzior (41)WhiteTacoma, WashingtonCalls were made in the week prior to the cops arriving to residents home, when swat arrived Cody was on top of his home in his boxers, making threats and was shot multiple times. Family suffers from mental illnesses, family believes he was in a manic state.
2023-08-08Charles Rice (31)UnknownConyers, Georgia[93]
2023-08-08Daryl J Socia (46)WhiteEssexville, Michigan[94]
2023-08-08Jesse Nicholls (46)WhiteRansom, Kansas[95]
2023-08-08Mike Alexander-Garcia (34)HispanicWest Hartford, ConnecticutPolice pursued Alexander-Garcia and another man in connection with a stolen vehicle. Alexander-Garcia fled to a Town Fair Tire, where he entered a customer's car. After a K-9 unit and officer entered the vehicle, Alexander-Garcia began to drive away, hitting a car, before the officer shot him. The car then crashed into a nearby pole.[96][97]
2023-08-08Daniel Mark Smith (39)WhiteAmarillo, Texas[98]
2023-08-07Corey Wayne ThomasWhiteDallas, Texas[99]
2023-08-07Arturo Cernas (34)HispanicCarson, California[100]
2023-08-07Michael Ruzycky (44)WhitePoplar Bluff, Missouri[101]
2023-08-06Daniel Legler (35)WhiteRochester, New York[102]
2023-08-06Darron Shaw (17)BlackLancaster, Pennsylvania[103]
2023-08-06Jason Hampton (41)UnknownLa Mesa, California[104]
2023-08-06Reinaldo Carballo-MoralesHispanicTucson, Arizona[105]
2023-08-06Juan JohnsonBlackJacksonville, Florida[106]
2023-08-06Shannon Wayne Marshall (40)WhiteMission, Kansas[107]
2023-08-06David Algarin, Jr. (30)WhiteSturgis, MichiganMurder suspect.[108]
2023-08-05Zachary Bryson (27)WhiteColumbus, Ohio[109]
2023-08-05Brandon Cole (36)BlackDenver, Colorado[110][111]
2023-08-05Larry Dunham (63)WhiteRowsburg, Ohio[112]
2023-08-04Tahiem Cooks-Week (22)BlackPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania[113][114]
2023-08-04unidentified male (21)UnknownManhattan, New York[115]
2023-08-04Marquis Rivera (22)BlackColumbia, Missouri[116]
2023-08-04Julio Sifuentes (43)HispanicHouston, Texas[117]
2023-08-04Daton Shimondrea Viel (28)BlackOrlando, Florida[118]
2023-08-03Elaine Helman (51)WhiteVandalia, OhioPolice shot and killed Elaine and Rodney Helman after they hijacked a semi-truck and held its driver hostage.[119][120]
Rodney Helman (54)
2023-08-03Andrew David Massey (35)WhiteHartford, Alabama[121]
2023-08-03Ny'Kendreon Pride (20)BlackMesa, Arizona[122]
2023-08-03James B. Monti (47)WhiteLouisville, Kentucky[123]
2023-08-03Gary Dwayne Harrell (49)BlackIndianapolis, IndianaPolice shot and killed Harrell during a traffic stop as he ran away. As Harrell ran away holding a revolver, an officer shot Harrell in the back.[124][125]
2023-08-03Christian Johnson (54)UnknownBoise, Idaho[126]
2023-08-03Sean Haddock (36)WhiteEdmond, OklahomaAn Edmond Police lieutenant was arrested and charged with manslaughter after she called 911 to report she had shot her brother Sean Haddock.[127]
2023-08-02Nathan Briese (37)WhiteNeenah, Wisconsin[128]
2023-08-02Alfred Shawntez Cole (19)BlackThomasville, Georgia[129]
2023-08-02Benjamin Pickens (33)UnknownSan Diego, CaliforniaShot after raising a firearm at San Diego Police officers. The man was wanted for shooting and wounding a 24-year-old man.[130]

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