This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United Statesin March 2024, 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 115 people.
March 2024
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | Justin Kitchen (33) | Unknown | Florence, Mississippi | After deputies responded to a report about a man threatening his family members, they arrived on the scene and encountered Kitchen. Kitchen allegedly opened fire at them before being fatally shot.[1] |
| 2024-03-31 | Alan Jenks (38) | Unknown | Spokane, Washington | Spokane Police responded to reports of a house fire and found a man began walking away from the area. When the police tried to detain him, he fired his gun and at least two police officers returned fire, striking him. The man was later identified as Alan Jenks.[2] |
| 2024-03-31 | Matthew Flynn (34) | White | New Philadelphia, Ohio | Flynn jumped into a deputy’s cruiser after he crashed a pickup truck into a house. He then struggled with the deputy who fired his service weapon. The deputy was injured and Flynn was killed by the gunfire.[3] |
| 2024-03-31 | Luis Duran-Ruano (31) | Hispanic | Indianapolis, Indiana | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police were called about a man firing shots into the air. A brief pursuit occurred to stop Duran-Ruano from driving away from his home. After the pursuit, He got out of the vehicle and pointed a gun at his head. The SWAT team arrived and began communicating with him, an hour later, he began walking away and officers fired bean bag rounds at him. He then opened fire at the officers before being fatally shot.[4] |
| 2024-03-31 | Kenneth Sharp (20) | Black | Richmond, Virginia | Richmond police officers responded to a report about a man banging on the hood of a car who seemed to be armed. They encountered Sharp exiting the car with an AR-Style Rifle when they arrived. Officers then retreated and fatally wounded Sharp.[5] |
| 2024-03-31 | Leo Dorch (59) | Black | Kansas City, Missouri | KCPD officers encountered Dorch, who was allegedly on a street in front of a house armed with a gun. Police tried to persuade Dorch for several minutes to disarm himself. Dorch was then fatally shot when he allegedly pointed his gun in the direction of the KCPD officers.[6] |
| 2024-03-30 | Andrew Farnham (60) | Unknown | San Carlos, California | [7] |
| 2024-03-30 | Adrian Agustin Pilar | Hispanic | East Los Angeles, California | [8][9] |
| 2024-03-30 | unidentified male (32) | Unknown | Gladstone, Missouri | Two Clay County deputies and one Gladstone Police officer shot and killed the man during a traffic stop during unknown circumstances. A firearm was recovered from the scene.[10][11] |
| 2024-03-30 | Leandro Francisco Ledea Chong (34) | Latino | Homestead, Florida | Chong was fatally shot by Homestead Police in a residential area during unknown circumstances.[12] |
| 2024-03-29 | Anthony Wade (34) | Black | Sparks, Nevada | Wade first shot a Sparks police officer during a traffic stop and then a foot chase occurred. He got into a resident's house and was driven out. He then got into another house and opened fire at officers, another 2 officers were shot during the shootout. He then broke into the third house and barricaded himself inside. He was shot by SWAT officers after firing at them. Officers found Wade dead several hours later.[13] |
| 2024-03-29 | Adrian Muniz (40) | Unknown | Chadron, Nebraska | Muniz, who was a suspect in a stolen car investigation, was fatally shot by Chadron Police at a gas station after he allegedly exited a vehicle with a firearm.[14] |
| 2024-03-29 | unidentified male | Unknown | Deer Park, Washington | The man was shot and killed by Stevens County Deputies after a standoff at a residence.[15] |
| 2024-03-28 | Robert Prince (38) | Unknown | College Park, Georgia | While Clayton County Police were investigating a sexual assault, someone spotted Prince's vehicle driving past the scene. After Police stopped the vehicle at a Valero gas station, Prince allegedly fired shots at the officers and was then shot himself.[16] |
| 2024-03-27 | Win Rozario (19) | South Asian | Queens, New York | Rozario died after he was fatally shot by officers from the NYPD at his Ozone Park residence. Rozario's parents called the police because their son was going through a mental health crisis inside their residence. When officers arrived, Rozario had allegedly had scissors in-hand, and was tased. Rozario's mother accidentally knocked the "tasers from Rozario's body". Rozario allegedly regained control of the scissors and was fatally shot.[17][18] |
| 2024-03-27 | Ian Tilton (28) | White | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | Tilton was shot by an off-duty Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant after lunging a knife at a Prince George’s County Police officer. He was pronounced deceased at University of Maryland Capital Regional Hospital.[19] |
| 2024-03-27 | unidentified male | Unknown | Colton, California | [20] |
| 2024-03-27 | unidentified female | Unknown | Pacifica, California | [21] |
| 2024-03-26 | Bill Osterhout (68) | White | Haysville, Kansas | [22] |
| 2024-03-26 | Eric Bennett (28) | White | Clio, Michigan | [23] |
| 2024-03-26 | Scott William Thompson (57) | Unknown | Fullerton, California | [24] |
| 2024-03-25 | Damon Stern (50) | Black | Reading, Pennsylvania | [25] |
| 2024-03-25 | Evet Michelle Tower (45) | Unknown | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | [26] |
| 2024-03-24 | John Piazza (41) | Unknown | Waterloo, Iowa | [27] |
| 2024-03-24 | Jesus Rodriguez (30) | Unknown | Amarillo, Texas | [28] |
| 2024-03-24 | Dominique Durham (37) | Black | Indianapolis, Indiana | Durham died he was fatally shot by two off-duty IMPD officers at a bar on Indianapolis's east side. Durham was allegedly armed with a gun.[29] |
| 2024-03-23 | Emmanuel Perez Becerra (19) | Latino | Sunnyvale, California | [30] |
| 2024-03-23 | Gary Allen Johnson | Unknown | Summersville, West Virginia | [31] |
| 2024-03-23 | Christopher Gilmore (38) | White | Rio Linda, California | Sacramento County deputies fatally shot man after he allegedly lunged at deputies with a knife.[32] |
| 2024-03-23 | Rashawn Johnson (36) | Unknown | Snellville, Georgia | [33] |
| 2024-03-23 | Keith Vinyard (52) | Unknown | Hesperia, California | [34] |
| 2024-03-22 | unidentified male | Unknown | Brewer, Maine | [35] |
| 2024-03-22 | unidentified male (41) | Unknown | Warren County, Pennsylvania | [36] |
| 2024-03-21 | unidentified person | Unknown | Mesa, Arizona | [37] |
| 2024-03-21 | Laquanza Young (52) | Black | Scottsdale, Arizona | Young was driving a stolen vehicle, and was shot dead after firing his gun at two officers during a traffic stop.[38] |
| 2024-03-21 | Santonio Lee (45) | Black | Norfolk, Virginia | [39][40] |
| 2024-03-21 | Zeff Rocco (39) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, California | [41] |
| 2024-03-21 | Karl Chludinsky (46) | White | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | [42] |
| 2024-03-21 | Dexter Reed (26) | Black | Chicago, Illinois | Reed died after pulling a gun and firing at Chicago Police following a traffic stop in the Garfield Park neighborhood.[43] |
| 2024-03-21 | Kadarius Smith (17) | Black | Leland, Mississippi | A Leland patrol vehicle struck and killed Smith as he was running back to his residence after police were called to a house he was in.[44] |
| 2024-03-20 | Michael P. O'Neal (39) | White | Summerville, South Carolina | Off-duty Summerville police officer Anthony DeLustro fatally shot O'Neal in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A after a fight. DeLustro was later charged with murder.[45] |
| 2024-03-20 | Gabriel Keith Platz (18) | White | Bend, Oregon | [46] |
| 2024-03-19 | Russell Q. Francis Jr. (39) | White | Lafayette, Louisiana | [47] |
| 2024-03-19 | Jose Acosta (40) | Hispanic | Long Beach, California | In Paramount, a woman called police to report that the father of her children had violated a restraining order by showing up at her residence. When LASD encountered the man in Long Beach, he allegedly backed his vehicle into a patrol car, then exited the vehicle with a knife. Deputies then fatally shot the man.[48][49] |
| 2024-03-19 | Bryan Malinowski (53) | White | Little Rock, Arkansas | ATF agents served a search warrant on the home of Malinowski, an executive at Clinton National Airport who was being investigated for selling guns without a dealer's license. During the warrant Malinowski allegedly fired at federal agents, who returned fire and shot Malinowski in the head. He was hospitalized and died two days later.[50] |
| 2024-03-19 | Mariah Voight (32) | Hispanic | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Police found a stolen vehicle occupied by Voight and a man. Voight left the car and ran, while the man stayed and was arrested. Police searched for Voight for two hours before finding her in a shed, at which point officers shot her believing she was holding a gun. Voight was carrying a smartphone.[51][52] |
| 2024-03-19 | unidentified male | Unknown | Port Orange, Florida | [53] |
| 2024-03-19 | Miguel Agustin Nava Gomez (31) | Unknown | Campbell, California | [54] |
| 2024-03-19 | Richard Wilkinson (32) | White | Coldwater, Michigan | Michigan State police emergency support team fatally shot Wilkinson while serving an arrest warrant after Wilkinson confronted them with an AR-style rifle.[55] |
| 2024-03-18 | unidentified female (15) | Unknown | Stock Island, Florida | Deputies responded to a report that a suicidal girl had stolen a gun and walked to a remote location of Stock Island. When deputies found her, the girl pointed the firearm at herself before allegedly pointing it at deputies.[56][57] |
| 2024-03-18 | unidentified male (38) | Unknown | Monticello, Kentucky | [58] |
| 2024-03-18 | unidentified male (40) | Unknown | Tacoma, Washington | [59] |
| 2024-03-18 | Rocky I. Dupin (38) | White | Decatur, Illinois | Dupin was suspected of being involved in an armed robbery at a discount store in Decatur. He was later spotted by two officers, who exited their patrol vehicle and ordered Dupin at gunpoint to get on the ground. Dupin initially complied with their orders, but then stood up and took out what appeared to be a gun. He was then shot and killed by the two officers.[60] |
| 2024-03-18 | Nathan Scott (20) | Unknown | New York City, New York | According to NYPD officers, the suspect was seen shooting at two people in Brooklyn with a handgun. Officers returned fire, shooting the suspect several times, killing him. A 19-year-old was also taken into custody for questioning regarding the incident.[61] |
| 2024-03-17 | Inyerman Jose Munoz (39) | Unknown | Spring, Texas | [62] |
| 2024-03-17 | Antwoina Carter (26) | Black | Cleveland, Ohio | While Cleveland Police officers were responding to a call, two vehicles sped by. When an unknown person fired shots from one of the vehicles, the officers returned fire, causing one of the vehicles to crash. Shortly afterwards, Carter was discovered outside the vehicle and was taken to University Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The other vehicle sped away.[63] |
| 2024-03-17 | Foueti Afeaki (33) | Pacific Islander | Taylorsville, Utah | Police responded to a domestic violence call near Taylorsville's border with Kearns and encountered Afeaki in a garage. Police shot and killed Afeaki after he allegedly drew a gun on the three officers.[64][65] |
| 2024-03-16 | Anthony T. George (57) | Unknown | Macomb, Illinois | Police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex and heard screaming from in the building, where they found a 36-year-old woman had been stabbed and injured. Officers encountered George, who was allegedly holding a knife. He disappeared around a corner and grabbed 4-year-old Miller, holding him at knifepoint. An officer fired one shot, killing both George and Miller.[66][67] |
| Terrell Miller (4) | Black | |||
| 2024-03-16 | Ray Castro (19) | Unknown | South Beloit, Illinois | [68] |
| 2024-03-16 | Martin Sebastian (28) | Unknown | Los Angeles, California | [69] |
| 2024-03-16 | Donavan Ray Favors (42) | Black | Frisco, Texas | Police shot and killed Favors during a burglary call after he allegedly fired at them.[70] |
| 2024-03-16 | Tyler Stansberry (24) | Latino | Fort Dodge, Iowa | Police responded to a distress call at Stansberry's home and shot him after he allegedly ran at offices holding two knives.[71][72] |
| 2024-03-16 | Paul Smith (40) | White | Hudson, Florida | [73] |
| 2024-03-15 | Steve Amann (39) | White | Davie, Florida | [74] |
| 2024-03-14 | Matthew Blankman | White | Eagle, Wisconsin | After receiving a 911 call about a man firing off a firearm out a residence, a Waukesha County Sheriff's deputy encountered Blankman and fatally shot him.[75] |
| 2024-03-14 | Charles Neace (34) | White | Covington, Kentucky | Police received reports about Neace beating on a door while armed with a butcher knife. Two officers arrived at the scene and held Neace at gunpoint. According to police, the Neace "came at" the officers, who then fatally shot him.[76] |
| 2024-03-13 | Clay Twyman (17) | Unknown | Louisville, Kentucky | An off-duty Louisville Metro Police Department officer struck Twyman while driving an unmarked vehicle. Twyman died in hospital.[77] |
| 2024-03-13 | Raul Portugal (47) | Latino | Jamestown, Tennessee | [78] |
| 2024-03-13 | unidentified male | Hispanic | Irving, Texas | A man drove through the President George Bush Turnpike at high speed, which resulted in a police chase. The chase went on until the suspect was stopped by traffic. He then exited his car armed with a knife and ran into a grassy area. Police commanded him to drop the knife, but the suspect did not reply and eventually moved toward the officers, which caused them to retreat back to their vehicle. An officer then fired at the suspect several times, killing him.[79] |
| 2024-03-13 | Ismael Castillo (29) | Latino | Las Vegas, Nevada | A man was shot and killed by Las Vegas Police outside of a Target store after robbing a person while armed with a knife. Police initially commanded the suspect to drop his weapon, but he refused and then charged at an officer, which was when he was shot.[80] |
| 2024-03-13 | Dylan Austin (28) | White | Niangua, Missouri | [81] |
| 2024-03-12 | Dimitri Calvert (30) | Black | Springdale, Arkansas | Police were called after reports Calvert was destroying property with a knife. A Springdale Police officer shot and killed Calvert after he allegedly held his knife to a bystander's throat.[82] |
| 2024-03-12 | Edward Brooks (43) | Black | North Las Vegas, Nevada | Police responded to calls about shots being fired at an apartment complex. When they arrived outside the apartment, they were met with Brooks, armed with gun. The officers ordered Brooks to drop his weapon, but he did not comply and walked toward them. Two of the officers then fatally shot Brooks. Police found the bodies of three women and a dog in nearby apartments, all of which were shot to death.[83] |
| 2024-03-11 | Cristhian Felipe Salinas Castillo (34) | Unknown | Montgomery County, Texas | Police responded to a call at a home in the Chapel Run subdistrict. Upon arrival, officers heard screaming from inside the home and went inside. Inside the home, they encountered a man armed with a gun holding a woman in a headlock, whom they believed he was attempting to sexually assault. The woman escaped, and the officers commanded the man to drop his gun. After he refused to comply, he was fatally shot.[84] |
| 2024-03-11 | unidentified male | Black | Oak Ridge North, Texas | The suspect was wanted for multiple robberies across the Houston area. Officers spotted the man as he was robbing a liquor store at gunpoint. The officers attempted to stop him as he left the store and commanded him to drop his gun. He did not comply with their commands, and was eventually shot and killed by the officers.[85] |
| 2024-03-11 | Jody Lyn Lewis (45) | White | Hot Springs, Arkansas | [86] |
| 2024-03-10 | unidentified male | Unknown | Pecos County, Texas | [87] |
| 2024-03-10 | Cole Jackson Hughes | White | Bakersfield, California | [88] |
| 2024-03-10 | Trinidad Ledesma (44) | Latino | Surprise, Arizona | [89] |
| 2024-03-09 | Zacariah Devore (47) | Unknown | Lakewood, Colorado | [90] |
| 2024-03-09 | Justin Strawser (39) | White | Mooresville, North Carolina | [91] |
| 2024-03-09 | Ryan Gainer (15) | Black | Apple Valley, California | Deputies responded to a call Gainer was assaulting a family member and broke a window. The deputy arrived at the front door of the home, where Gainer was standing inside holding a five-foot long garden tool with a bladed end. Gainer ran toward the deputy, who gave gainer a number of verbal warnings to stay back, and was shot dead when he failed to comply.[92] |
| 2024-03-08 | Antonio Sessions (44) | Black | Paris, Texas | Police responded to an Atwoods store after a call that Sessions, of Greenville, Texas, had barricaded himself inside a dressing room. When police arrived, Sessions allegedly ran to the exit, then grabbed an officer's taser. The officer shot Sessions when he allegedly pointed the taser at him.[93][94] |
| 2024-03-08 | Dgamshed Nematov (46) | White | New York City, New York | Police were called to an apartment building in Rego Park, Queens after Nematov stabbed his wife during their grandchild's first birthday party. Several officers shot and killed Nematov after he allegedly charged at them holding the knives. A neighbor of Nematov said he may not have understood the officers' commands, as he was from Uzbekistan and did not speak English.[95][96] |
| 2024-03-08 | Joseph Russell (36) | White | Rochester, New Hampshire | Russell was wanted for his involvement in several vehicle thefts. He was spotted by Rochester Police while driving in the city, who pursued him. He was intercepted at Route 16, before abandoning his vehicle armed with a firearm. Russell was spotted near a residential area, and was taken down by a police dog. Police then said they saw him discharge a weapon and then fatally shot him.[97] |
| 2024-03-08 | Francisco Hernandez (36) | Unknown | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [98] |
| 2024-03-08 | Joshua Watson (40) | Unknown | Riverton, Utah | [99] |
| 2024-03-08 | Vincent Correa (44) | Unknown | Hamilton Township, New Jersey | [100][101] |
| 2024-03-08 | Patrick Flores (47) | Unknown | Cheyenne, Wyoming | [102] |
| 2024-03-07 | Gregor Fleming Jr. (44) | White | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | [103] |
| 2024-03-07 | Andre Lamar Lindsey Jr. (33) | Black | Phoenix, Arizona | [104] |
| 2024-03-07 | Quinton Baker (37) | Black | Lake Charles, Louisiana | [105] |
| 2024-03-06 | Rafael Molina (59) | Unknown | Pompano Beach, Florida | [106][107] |
| 2024-03-06 | Alejandro Campos Rios (50) | White | Fullerton, California | Police responded to a McDonald's restaurant for a call of a man acting erratically, where they found him holding a belt. After a taser failed to work, police shot the man with a beanbag shotgun, resulting in his death.[108][109] |
| 2024-03-06 | Luis Alfonso Rivera (35) | Latino | Wichita, Kansas | [110] |
| 2024-03-05 | Michael Estrada (30) | Latino | El Paso, Texas | [111][112] |
| 2024-03-04 | Raymond Mireles (35) | Latino | San Antonio, Texas | A man wanted on aggravated robbery charges was shot and killed by two police officers when he allegedly brandished a firearm at them.[113] |
| 2024-03-03 | unidentified male (32) | Latino | Dulzura, California | A BORTAC sniper shot and killed a Mexican citizen in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. The Border Patrol stated the man was part of a group of Mexican bandits who were robbing migrants in the area, and that the man had pointed a gun at one victim before the sniper shot him.[114][115] |
| 2024-03-03 | unidentified person (45) | Unknown | Houston, Texas | A 45-year-old man died after he was fatally shot by a Houston Police officer near Petersen Elementary School.[116] |
| 2024-03-03 | unidentified male | Unknown | Tishomingo, Oklahoma | Johnston County Sheriff deputy fatally the man who reported pulled put out a firearm during a traffic stop. The man was wanted for violating a Protective Order.[117] |
| 2024-03-03 | Isaiah Gregory Hill (25) | Unknown | Clinton, Tennessee | [118] |
| 2024-03-03 | Antwon Booker (30) | Unknown | Collierville, Tennessee | [119] |
| 2024-03-03 | Charlie Baker (62) | White | York, South Carolina | [120] |
| 2024-03-02 | Ezekiel Savell (31) | Unknown | Galveston, Texas | [121] |
| 2024-03-02 | Jeffrey Lynn Chapman (67) | White | Saint Michael, Minnesota | A sheriff's deputy pulled Chapman over. The reason for the stop was not released, though an affidavit noted Chapman appeared to have altered his license plate to make a "C" look like an "O". During the stop, the deputy shot and killed Chapman after he allegedly refused to comply with commands. The initial report stated Chapman had a knife, but later reports stated he was holding a pipe.[122][123] |
| 2024-03-02 | Lance Wayne Bryson (42) | White | Harlan, Kentucky | [124] |
| 2024-03-02 | Cody Whiterock (39) | Native American | Riddle, Idaho | Agents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) pursued Whiterock from the Duck Valley Indian Reservation across state lines from Nevada to Idaho. Few details were immediately released, other than that Whiterock exited his vehicle and ran, and BIA agents shot him.[125] |
| 2024-03-02 | unidentified teenager | Unknown | Humble, Texas | A teenager who was suspected of vehicle theft was shot fatally shot after he allegedly pulled out a gun on Harris County deputies pursuing the teen on foot.[126] |
| 2024-03-01 | Christopher Dahl (19) | Unknown | San Antonio, Texas | [127] |
| 2024-03-01 | Christopher Vanschoick (36) | Unknown | Eureka Springs, Arkansas | [128] |
| 2024-03-01 | Andrew Zigler (52) | White | Janesville, Wisconsin | [129] |
| 2024-03-01 | unidentified male | Unknown | Meridian, Mississippi | A Lauderdale county sheriff initiated a traffic stop. During this, the passenger in the vehicle allegedly exited car and fired a shot at the deputy, who shot the man in return.[130] |
| 2024-03-01 | unidentified male | Unknown | Houston, Texas | A police officer shot and killed a gunman who allegedly fired at him during an assault investigation.[131] |
| 2024-03-01 | Christopher Cauch (43) | Unknown | Denver, Colorado | A Denver Police officer fatally shot a man who was holding hostages at a 7-Eleven. The man was allegedly armed with a sharp object.[132] |
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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