This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United Statesin December 2022, 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 26 people.
December 2022
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race of deceased | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | Margaret Dunn (17) | White | Addis, Louisiana | Police pursued a 24-year-old man for breaking into a home and stealing a vehicle. During the chase, a police car T-boned an uninvolved vehicle, killing two teenagers and injuring a man in the backseat. The 24-year-old man was charged with two counts of manslaughter.[1][2] David Cauthron, the officer involved, was charged with negligent homicide.[3] |
| Carolina Gill (15) | ||||
| 2022-12-31 | Keith Murriel (41) | Black | Jackson, Mississippi | Police attempted to arrest Murriel for trespassing at a hotel on New Year's Eve. Police tased Murriel several times before placing him in a patrol vehicle, where he died. Two of the three officers involved were later charged with murder, and the third with manslaughter.[4] |
| 2022-12-30 | Jacquline "Laney" Hudson (13) | White | Huntington, West Virginia | An off-duty deputy in a police cruiser drove through an intersection with a green light, striking Hudson. The deputy passed a field sobriety test at the scene.[5] |
| 2022-12-30 | Unknown (30s) | Unknown | Houston, Texas | An officer struck a pedestrian crossing a freeway while responding to a non-emergency call.[6] |
| 2022-12-30 | Dillion Pugsley (29) | White | Tacoma, Washington | Law enforcement responded to reports of shots fired, then engaged in a chase that ended with a police shooting. Police shot and killed Pugsley who they allege shot at them during the pursuit.[7] |
| 2022-12-29 | William Shae McKay (44) | White | Norco, California | McKay killed a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in the city of Jurupa Valley, east of Los Angeles. He escaped with a truck which became disabled on the Interstate 15 in Norco, and was shot and killed in the back by police.[8] |
| 2022-12-29 | Reynaldo Ricarde (29) | Unknown | Kahului, Hawaii | Police responded to reports of a suicidal man and encountered Ricarde, who had stabbed himself. An officer shot Ricarde after he charged at the officer holding a knife sharpener.[9][10] |
| 2022-12-25 | Kyle Lobo (36) | Latino | San Marcos, Texas | Police responded to reports of an assault at an apartment and encountered Lobo, holding a child and a gun. Lobo handed the child to the woman who called, then allegedly pulled his gun, leading officers to shoot. Lobo was a former San Marcos Police officer who had resigned earlier in the year after he was charged with continuous violence against the family and injury to a child.[11][12] |
| 2022-12-21 | Brendan Pinkston (23) | White | Genesee County, Michigan | Pinkston was shot and killed by Genesee County Sheriff's Deputy as the two exchanged gunshots during an on-foot chase after Pinkston fell while climbing a fence. Initial reporting and police press releases suggested a second officer was shot by Pinkston, but later body camera footage showed that the second officer was actually shot by friendly fire from a third officer after the initial shooting had taken place.[13] |
| 2022-12-18 | Ali Naji (33) | Unknown | Dearborn, Michigan | Naji entered the Dearborn police station with a loaded gun and attempted to shoot an officer in the lobby. He was then shot and killed by the officer.[14] |
| 2022-12-18 | Guillermo Medina (39) | Latino | Culver City, California | Police responded to a call that a man had threatened his wife with a handgun. Police pursued Medina through several neighborhoods before he crashed in Culver City and fled on foot, after which police shot him. According to body camera video, officers shot Medina after mistaking a cellphone for a gun. A replica handgun was found in the crashed vehicle.[15][16][17] |
| 2022-12-16 | Mauricio Cisneros (47) | Latino | Evansville, Indiana | Police responded to a 911 hang-up call and encountered Cisneros holding a knife. After six minutes and 25 seconds of speaking with Cisneros, he stood up with the knife, and an officer tased him. He moved into a corner on the floor, and an officer shot him.[18][19] |
| 2022-12-15 | Brent Alsleben (34) | White | New Auburn, Minnesota | Overnight, Alsleben was fatally shot during an encounter with Sibley County law enforcement.[20] |
| 2022-12-15 | Brent Lee Kopacka (35) | White | Pullman, Washington | Officers responded to Kopacka threatening to kill his two roommates. After the roommates were removed, Kopacka barricaded himself inside and fired several shots. At some point, he was shot and killed by a SWAT officer.[21] |
| 2022-12-14 | Amy Anderson (43) | White | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi | Police were called to a motel parking lot, where Anderson said she and her child were being followed. After the officers spoke with Anderson for around 40 minutes, she shot at them, killing Sergeant Steven Robin. She and Officer Branden Estorffe then shot at each other, with both being fatally shot. Anderson's child was not physically harmed.[22] |
| 2022-12-12 | Joshua Leon Wright (36) | Black | Kyle, Texas | A correctional officer shot an inmate, Wright, at a hospital after he allegedly assaulted the officer and fled. Few details were released, but Wright had been in jail for charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, bail jumping, failure to appear, reckless driving, criminal mischief and evading arrest.[23][24] |
| 2022-12-12 | Unknown (60) | Unknown | Orange City, Florida | A police vehicle struck a woman crossing a road outside a crosswalk.[25] |
| 2022-12-10 | Isaiah Winkley (21) | White | Kiln, Mississippi | Police responded to reports of a burglary and shot Winkley. Few details were released.[26] |
| 2022-12-08 | John Ray Romero (58) | Unknown | San Diego, California | Police responded to reports of a man holding a gun to his head in the City Heights neighborhood. When police approached Romero, he ran, and held what appeared to be a gun to his head and told officers to shoot him, according to police. He then ran, and police shot him with less-lethal beanbags when he allegedly produced the item again. Romero fell, and three officers shot him as he got up with the item, later determined to be a pellet or BB gun, still in hand.[27][28] |
| 2022-12-07 | Troy Bullock (28) | Black | Washington, D.C. | An off-duty FBI agent shot a man, Bullock, during a fight at the Metro Center station. Surveillance video showed the two men fighting before falling over a railing, with the agent shooting Bullock about sixteen seconds afterwards. Police stated a gun was found on Bullock.[29][30] |
| 2022-12-06 | Juan Carlos Enriquez Rodriguez (33) | Latino | Sacramento, California | A pickup truck pulled over on the side of the freeway after it ran out of gas. As brothers Juan and Lionel Enriquez Rodriguez worked on putting gas in the vehicle, they were struck by an on-duty police detective driving an unmarked vehicle that had crossed the white line. Both Juan and Lionel died, one at the scene and the other at the hospital. The detective had previously been sued for a separate crash that occurred in April 2021.[31] |
| Lionel Enriquez Rodriguez (32) | ||||
| 2022-12-05 | Howard Johnson (24) | Black | Saint Paul, Minnesota | In the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood, police responded to a domestic assault allegedly involving Johnson and they set up a perimeter to apprehend him. A video surveillance camera captured Johnson attempt a carjacking of an uninvolved vehicle while displaying a gun. Police drove up to him and struck him with a squad car, knocking him to the ground. Johnson got up as an officer exited the police car and the two exchanged gunshots. Johnson was struck multiple times. He was transported to a hospital and later died.[32][33] |
| 2022-12-03 | Austin Walsh (23) | White | Palm Bay, Florida | An off-duty Brevard County Sheriff's deputy and Walsh, his roommate and a fellow deputy, were standing and talking after taking a break from playing an online game with friends. According to the deputy, he jokingly pointed a gun at Walsh, wrongly believing it was unloaded, and pulled the trigger, shooting Walsh. The deputy was arrested by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents and charged with manslaughter.[34] |
| 2022-12-03 | Tiyzair Ahmad Huddleston (22) | Black | Norcross, Georgia | Police responded to a suspicious person call from a security guard. Police found the man and shot him after he allegedly ran towards them with a knife.[35][36] |
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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