This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United Statesin December 2018, 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 8 people.
December 2018
| Date | Name (and age) of deceased | State (city) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | Rony Parras-Mendez (18) | California (Los Angeles) | Two LAPD officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a woman screaming for help during an argument in the street. When law enforcement arrived at the scene they were approached by the woman as well as a neighbor who had been injured while trying to intervene. The witnesses directed the officers to the apartment, where they were greeted by a teenager holding a knife. After refusing to drop his weapon and approaching the officers, Rony Parras-Mendez was shot and killed by one of the officers.[1][2] |
| 2018-12-29 | Paul Arbitelle (45) | Connecticut (Danbury) | Police attempted to use a stun gun, but it was ineffective. He was shot and killed after charging at police with a knife. Arbitelle's mother was wounded, but survived.[3] |
| 2018-12-27 | Erich Stelzer (25) | Massachusetts (Cohasset) | Youtube bodybuilder Stelzer was tased four times during arrest and later died.[4] |
| 2018-12-26 | Wayne Falana Jr. (26) | Florida (Clearwater) | Falana allegedly told his girlfriend that both she and him were going to die, and started beating her, in which she called police through the facebook messenger app on her phone. Police responding where fired upon from inside the house by Falana, to which police returned fire. In the ensuing gun battle Falana broke through the window and continued to shoot at police, the police officers ended up shooting Falana 16 times, eventually killing him. None of the officers were seriously hurt. Falana was iliegaly living in Clearwater and was also in unlawful possession of marijuana and firarms.[5] |
| 2018-12-16 | April Webster (47) | South Carolina (Darlington County) | Deputies responded to a 911 call from Elizabeth Gainey about her wife, who was trying to harm herself. Officers were met by a woman holding a knife and proceeded to shoot her three times. She later died at a hospital and was identified as 47-year-old April Webster.[6] Gainey later told a local news outlet that, prior to the shooting, law enforcement told her they would defuse the situation using non-lethal methods. According to family members, Webster had bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia.[7] |
| 2018-12-10 | Faustino Dioso (50) | New York (Staten Island) | Two officers responded to a domestic disturbance where they were confronted by a drunk man wielding a knife. The man refused to drop the knife and goaded the police to shoot him.[8] After charging at the officers the individual was shot 10-12 times, killing him. One of the officers was shot in the stomach in what appeared to be friendly fire, but was expected to recover. The individual killed was later identified as 50-year-old Faustino Dioso.[9] |
| 2018-12-1 | Demontry Floytra Boyd (43) | Nevada (Las Vegas) | A driver was shot and killed after disobeying an officer's orders and reaching towards his waist during a traffic stop.[10] The deceased individual was later identified as 43-year-old Demontry Floytra Boyd.[11] |
| 2018-12-28 | Glenn Rightsell (57) | Indiana (Montgomery County) | Rightsell was working on his truck when he was confronted by Indiana State deputies. Police claim he reached for his gun, but no bodycam footage has been provided as of December 2020. The ISP deputies fatally shot Rightsell, who died hours later in the hospital.[12][13] |
See also
- Death in custody § United States
- Henry A. Wallace Police Crime Public Database
- List of cases of police brutality
- List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers
- List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States
- List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States
- List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests
- List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States
- Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
- Police brutality in the United States
- Police misconduct § United States
- Police riot § United States
- Police use of deadly force in the United States
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