This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United Statesin February 2020, 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 74 people.
February 2020
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | State (city) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-29 | Stephen Douris (45) | Nevada (Henderson) | Officers responded to a domestic violence call and were confronted by 45-year-old Douris who was armed with a knife. After attempts to subdue him using non-lethal weapons failed, officers shot and killed him.[1] |
| 2020-02-29 | Richard Rodriguez (45) | Texas (San Antonio) | Rodriguez was shot and killed by police.[2] |
| 2020-02-29 | Anthony Taylor (49) | Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | Taylor was shot and killed by police.[3] |
| 2020-02-29 | Antonio Valenzuela (40) | New Mexico (Las Cruces) | Officers pulled over 40-year old Valenzuela on a warrant for parole violation. Valenzuela attempted to flee, which led to a foot chase during which Tasers were twice deployed unsuccessfully. After catching up to him, a struggle ensued during which one of the officers is heard saying "I'm going to (expletive) choke you out".[4] The officer "knelt down on his neck until he became unresponsive"[5] after which paramedics were called in an attempt to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| 2020-02-28 | Jose L. Rivera (22) | Washington (Moses Lake) | Rivera was shot and killed by police.[6] |
| 2020-02-27 | Dorgel Cisnero-Mesa (39) | Florida (Jacksonville) | Cisnero-Mesa was shot and killed by police.[7] |
| 2020-02-27 | Kent Richard Kruger (36) | Minnesota (Lakeville) | Kruger was shot and killed by police.[8] |
| 2020-02-27 | Joshua David Hernandez Lord (33) | Arizona (Clarkdale) | Lord was shot and killed by police.[9] |
| 2020-02-26 | Ramiro Carrasco (30) | Colorado (Greeley) | A police officer on patrol spotted a suspicious vehicle and approached it on foot for further investigation. Upon closer inspection of the vehicle, he realized it contained two occupants, one of them armed with a handgun. The officer gave repeated warnings for Carrasco to keep his hands away from the weapon and was shot and killed when he grabbed it and began rotating it towards the officer.[10] |
| 2020-02-26 | David William Irving (35) | Missouri (Kansas City) | Irving was shot and killed by FBI agents.[11] |
| 2020-02-26 | William Resto (54) | Ohio (Sylvania Township) | Resto was shot and killed by police.[12] |
| 2020-02-26 | Justin Lee Stackhouse (30) | Florida (Bradenton) | Stackhouse was shot and killed by police.[13] |
| 2020-02-26 | James "Thomson" Thompson (30) | Oklahoma (Tahlequah) | Thomson was shot and killed by police.[14][15] |
| 2020-02-25 | Matthew Felix (19) | New York (New York) | Felix was shot and killed by police.[16] |
| 2020-02-25 | Terry Hasty (56) | South Carolina (Dalzell) | Hasty was shot and killed by police.[17] |
| 2020-02-25 | Neal Stuart Nevada (23) | Idaho (Pocatello) | Nevada was shot and killed by police.[18] |
| 2020-02-25 | Kenneth Sashington (38) | Alabama (Tuscumbia) | Sashington was shot and killed by police.[19] |
| 2020-02-25 | SanJuan Migayle Thomas (39) | Louisiana (Shreveport) | Thomas was shot and killed by police.[20] |
| 2020-02-24 | Lucas Alvarado (27) | Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | Responding to a call of shots being fired, two officers spotted an individual they believed to be the suspect walking away. Police say the man ran, ignored commands to stop, and then confronted officers with a gun, which the officers responded by shooting and killing him. The deceased man was later identified as 27-year-old Lucas Alvarado.[21] |
| 2020-02-24 | Stephen O'Brien (20) | Texas (Floresville) | O'Brien was shot and killed by police.[22] |
| 2020-02-24 | Print Zutavern (28) | Nebraska (Arnold) | Zutavern was shot and killed by police.[23] |
| 2020-02-23 | Boyce Melvin Thayer (83) | North Carolina (Jamestown) | Thayer was shot and killed by police.[24] |
| 2020-02-22 | Rodrigo Aguirre (36) | New Mexico (Deming) | Aguirre was shot and killed by police.[25] |
| 2020-02-21 | Manuel Arebalo (40) | Colorado (Arvada) | Arebalo was shot and killed by police.[26] |
| 2020-02-21 | John James Monahan Jr. (26) | Georgia (Lake Lanier) | Monahan was shot and killed by police.[27] |
| 2020-02-20 | John Daniel Dixon (75) | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Dixon was shot and killed by police.[28] |
| 2020-02-20 | Joseph Jewell (17) | Ohio (Columbus) | Jewell was shot and killed by police.[29] |
| 2020-02-19 | Alex Francisco Vazquez (38) | California (Red Bluff) | Vazquez was shot and killed by police.[30] |
| 2020-02-18 | Kevin Adolphe (22) | Florida (Orlando) | Adolphe was shot and killed by police.[31] |
| 2020-02-17 | Jeremy Dewey (27) | Arizona (Pinetop) | Dewey was shot and killed by police.[32] |
| 2020-02-17 | Travis Mullins (29) | Tennessee (Greenville) | Mullins was shot and killed by police.[33] |
| 2020-02-16 | Rudy Arenas (40) | Florida (Poinciana) | Arenas was shot and killed by police.[34] |
| 2020-02-16 | Kerry Michael Bounsom (33) | California (Long Beach) | Some officers were working as part of a violent crime task force when they tried to stop Bounsom, who was on a bicycle, and he attempted to flee. Bounsom was uncooperative so officers attempted to use a taser, to which Bounsom responded by pulling out a gun. One of the officers fired at least one shot at Bounsom. He was subdued and taken to hospital where he later died.[35] |
| 2020-02-16 | Brandon Lewis (31) | Indiana (Corydon) | Lewis was shot and killed by police.[36] |
| 2020-02-16 | Thomas Murray (31) | Massachusetts (Newbury)) | Murray was shot and killed by police.[37] |
| 2020-02-16 | Lufilufilimalelei "Daelyn" Polu (16) | Alaska (Anchorage) | Polu was shot and killed by police.[38] |
| 2020-02-14 | William Bluestone (21) | Oregon (Silverton) | Bluestone was shot and killed by police.[39] |
| 2020-02-14 | Christopher Gutierrez (44) | California (Rialto) | Gutierrez was shot and killed by police.[40] |
| 2020-02-14 | Timothy Leroy Harrington (58) | North Carolina (Polkton) | Harrington was shot and killed by police.[41] |
| 2020-02-14 | David Heeke (63) | Colorado (Commerce City) | Heeke died in an exchange of gunfire with police officers after a vehicle chase.[42] |
| 2020-02-13 | Dakota Lee Chlarson (25) | North Dakota (Dickinson) | Chlarson was shot and killed by police.[43] |
| 2020-02-13 | Brian Francis Filion (41) | Utah (Salt Lake City) | Filion was shot and killed by police.[44] |
| 2020-02-13 | Abel Lopez-Lopez (37) | Nevada (Sparks) | Lopez-Lopez was shot and killed by police.[45] |
| 2020-02-13 | Aaron Marcos Valdez (19) | Texas (Amarillo) | Valdez was shot and killed by police.[46] |
| 2020-02-12 | Jeremy Fox (42) | Louisiana (Bossier City) | Fox was shot and killed by police.[47] |
| 2020-02-12 | Hans Alejandro Huitz (51) | Virginia (Virginia Beach) | Huitz was shot and killed by police.[48] |
| 2020-02-12 | Michael Marullo (33) | Maryland (Baltimore) | Marullo was shot and killed by police.[49] |
| 2020-02-10 | Jeremy Todd Baham (40) | Louisiana (Lafayette) | Baham was shot and killed by police.[50] |
| 2020-02-10 | Thomas Ray Chamblee (34) | Alabama (Albertville) | Chamblee was shot and killed by police.[51] |
| 2020-02-10 | Bobby Gibbs (40) | Arkansas (Forrest City) | Gibbs was shot and killed by police.[52] |
| 2020-02-09 | Zane G. Blaisdell (48) | Michigan (Saginaw) | Blaisdell was shot and killed by police.[53] |
| 2020-02-09 | Jeremy Grayson (31) | Illinois (Chicago) | Grayson was shot and killed by police.[54] |
| 2020-02-09 | Michael Leatherwood (47) | Georgia (Byron) | Leatherwood was shot and killed by police.[55] |
| 2020-02-09 | Erik Robinson (23) | Florida (Orange County) | Robinson was shot and killed by police.[56] |
| 2020-02-09 | Gordon Whitaker (45) | Washington (Kennewick) | Whitaker was shot and killed by police.[57] |
| 2020-02-08 | Douglas Harold Hart (67) | Alabama (Vestavia Hills) | Hart was shot and killed by police.[58] |
| 2020-02-07 | Michael Collins (38) | Oklahoma (Sapulpa) | Collins was shot and killed by police.[59] |
| 2020-02-07 | Joshua Downing (37) | Missouri (Kansas City) | Police officers responded to a call of an armed man in a residential neighborhood, finding 37-year-old Joshua Downing when they arrived, wielding a rifle. After refusing to yield to verbal commands and bean bag rounds he was shot and killed when he pointed the rifle at officers.[60] |
| 2020-02-07 | Juston Root (41) | Massachusetts (Brookline) | Root was shot and killed by police.[61] |
| 2020-02-06 | Sean Patrick Constance (37) | Florida (Port Charlotte) | Constance was shot and killed by police.[62] |
| 2020-02-05 | Daniel Murillo (56) | Nevada (Washoe) | Murillo was shot and killed by police.[63] |
| 2020-02-05 | Gaston A. Nava-Saucedo (33) | Kansas (Topeka) | Nava-Saucedo was shot and killed by police.[64] |
| 2020-02-04 | Dominique Antwon Anderson (27) | California (Home Garden) | Anderson was shot and killed by police.[65] |
| 2020-02-04 | Thomas Barbosa (41) | California (Ono) | Barbosa was shot and killed by police.[66] |
| 2020-02-04 | Lionel Morris (39) | Arkansas (Conway) | Police were called to a store after receiving a call about two people removing a drone from its packaging. Police chased Morris through the store, before tackling him. Morris was tased "nearly 40 times" and was forced onto the ground by police. Bodycam footage shows Morris saying "I can't breathe", to which one of the officers responds "If you can talk, you can breathe."[67] |
| 2020-02-04 | Darius Tarver (23) | Texas (Denton) | Tarver was shot and killed by police.[68] |
| 2020-02-04 | Shawn Michael Taylor (33) | Oklahoma (Allen) | Taylor was shot and killed by police.[69] |
| 2020-02-03 | Marc Dominic Neal (56) | Utah (Millcreek) | Neal was shot and killed by police.[70] |
| 2020-02-02 | Chris Cadotte (63) | Arizona (Yuma) | Cadotte was shot and killed by police.[71] |
| 2020-02-02 | Alvin Cole (17) | Wisconsin (Wauwatosa) | Cole was shot and killed by police. The same officer who shot and killed Alvin Cole was involved in the fatal shooting of Antonio Gonzales in 2015.[72] |
| 2020-02-02 | Jason Gora (44) | Maine (Minot) | Gora was shot and killed by police.[73] |
| 2020-02-01 | Vincent Conti (24) | Florida (Spring Hill) | Conti was shot and killed by police.[74] |
| 2020-02-01 | Ronnell Mouzon (41) | Florida (Fort Myers) | Mouzon was shot and killed by police.[75] |
| 2020-02-01 | Leonard Parker Jr. (53) | Mississippi (Gulfport) | Parker was shot and killed by police.[76] |
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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