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2023-01-31. Joseph Jones (32) White. Omaha, Nebraska. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Target store and killed Jones, who was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. Aside from Jones no casualties were reported, although shell casings indicated he had fired inside the store.
Map of per capita police killings in the United States in 2018. [1]Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. . Although Congress instructed the Attorney General in 1994 to compile and publish annual statistics on police use of excessive force, this was never carried out, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not collect the
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Grant and several other ...
A suicidal man allegedly brandished a handgun at officers, causing an officer to fire one round, fatally wounding the suspect. [ 6] 2024-01-30. Artell Cunningham (28) Black. New Carrollton, Maryland. Two officers shot and killed a man suspected of multiple carjackings and two homicides. [ 7][ 8] 2024-01-29.
2020-06-15. Nicholas Hirsh (31) Caucasian/White. Kansas (Lawrence) Hirsh was shot and killed by Kansas Highway Patrol officers pursuing Hirsh for a first-degree murder arrest warrant. According to police statements, Hirsh stole a car and pointed a gun at officers during pursuit, at which point he was shot and killed.
In the United States, use of deadly force by police has been a high-profile and contentious issue. [ 1] In 2022, 1,096 people were killed by police shootings according to The Washington Post, [ 2] while according to the "Mapping Police Violence" (MPV) project, 1,176 people were killed by police in total. [ 3][ 4] MPV documented 1,213 killings ...
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in February 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 ...
Aurora, Colorado. Richardson was shot by Aurora police officer Roch Gruszeczka after he, along with other teenagers, robbed a smoke shop. [58] [59] 2023-06-24. Jarveon Hudspeth (21) Black. Memphis, Tennessee. Hudspeth was shot and killed by a deputy during a traffic stop June 24 on Rosswood Avenue in Raleigh. The deputy was injured.