List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, May 2024

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 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 57 people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.


May 2024[edit]

Date Name (age) of deceased Race Location Description
2024-05-14 unidentified Unknown Pineville, North Carolina An off-duty officer shot and killed a shoplifting suspect outside a Food Lion store following a fight.[1]
2024-05-13 Ivory James Welch III Black Greenlee County, Arizona [2]
2024-05-13 unidentified male Unknown Anchorage, Alaska [3]
2024-05-12 unidentified male Unknown Alexander County, North Carolina [4]
2024-05-12 Deshawn Anthony Vaughn (24) Black Euclid, Ohio Vaughn had been found dead after a standoff between him and Euclid police officers. He shot and killed Euclid officer Jacob Derbin the day before the incident. [5]
2024-05-12 unidentified male (37) Unknown Ontario, California [6]
2024-05-12 unidentified male Unknown Brooklyn, New York [7]
2024-05-12 Nicholas Pierce (43) Unknown Louisville, Kentucky [8][9]
2024-05-11 Ali Hamsa Yusuf (22) Middle Eastern Columbus, Ohio [10][11]
2024-05-11 unidentified male Unknown Atlanta, Georgia [12]
2024-05-10 Edward Stevenson (60) Unknown Donley County, Texas [13]
Elizabeth Stevenson (51) Unknown
2024-05-10 unidentified male Unknown Kansas City, Kansas [14]
2024-05-10 unidentified male Unknown Midland, Texas [15]
2024-05-10 unidentified male Unknown Ceres, California [16]
2024-05-10 unidentified male Unknown St. Louis, Missouri [17]
2024-05-10 Freeman Sherman, Jr. (39) Unknown Memphis, Tennessee [18][19]
2024-05-09 Nicholas Robert Contreras (32) Unknown Victorville, California [20][21]
2024-05-08 unidentified male Unknown Lakewood, Colorado [22]
2024-05-08 Jason Norris (41) White North Ridgeville, Ohio Norris allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and stole her car. When police officers located and confronted with him, he opened fire at them. Police officers then returned fire, fatally striking him.[23]
2024-05-08 Ruben Felix Alejandro Lopez (45) Unknown Chandler, Arizona [24]
2024-05-08 Jesse Hartman (39) Unknown Galveston, Texas [25]
2024-05-08 Harman Davis (46) Unknown Lincoln County, West Virginia [26]
2024-05-07 unidentified male Unknown Nicholas County, West Virginia [27]
2024-05-07 Christopher Raymond Tavares (27) Unknown Phoenix, Arizona [28]
2024-05-07 Anthony Ray Gamez (40) Unknown Plant City, Florida [29][30]
2024-05-06 Justin Denver Grant Unknown Greenbrier County, West Virginia [31]
2024-05-06 Richard Shawn Perez (45) Unknown Portland, Oregon Portland Police officers fatally shot the man after he reportedly shot at them as they executed a search warrant at the man's residence.[32][33]
2024-05-06 Pepsi Lee Heinl (41) White Saint Paul, Minnesota [34][35]
2024-05-06 John Kenney Dutton (70) Unknown Abilene, Texas [36][37]
2024-05-05 Lemonte Anthony Knobelock (44) Unknown Tempe, Arizona [38][39]
2024-05-05 unidentified male Unknown Person County, North Carolina [40]
2024-05-05 Kenneth Allsen (46) Unknown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [41][42]
2024-05-05 unidentified male Unknown Turlock, California [43]
2024-05-05 Orlando Montes (39) Unknown Ontario, California Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home and encountered Montes, who was inside of a vehicle. When police learned that Montes had open warrants, they asked Montes to surrender to be arrested, but he declined and refused to exit his vehicle. At some point, Montes drove off, prompting a high speed chase. Shortly after exiting a freeway, Montes collided with multiple vehicles at an intersection. A woman in one of the cars died. Montes then attempted to carjack another vehicle, and was shot by police.[44]
2024-05-05 Steven A. Wyman (47) White Milwaukee, Wisconsin A man wanted for child abuse was shot and killed by a Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy near a dog park. The reason for the man being is shot is unclear.[45][46]
2024-05-04 Kendrall Tate (27) Unknown Gulfport, Mississippi Police were called to an apartment complex after reports of a stabbing. For reasons unknown, a fight broke out between Tate and a Gulfport Police officer and Tate was shot multiple times.[47]
2024-05-04 Jose Luis Rodriguez-Balderrama (28) Unknown Aurora, Colorado [48][49]
2024-05-04 unidentified male (33) Unknown Atlanta, Georgia An off-duty Spelman College police officer shot and killed a man near Magic City, a prominent strip club.[50]
2024-05-03 Kendall Woodward (34) Unknown Dover, Ohio [51]
2024-05-03 Roger Fortson (23) Black Fort Walton Beach, Florida United States Air Force member Fortson was shot and killed by an Okaloosa County sheriff's deputy at Fortson's home.[52]
2024-05-03 Joseph Jacob Hadden (38) Unknown Port Angeles, Washington [53][54]
2024-05-03 Blake Fleure (19) Unknown Tiffin, Ohio [55]
2024-05-02 Stephen Todd Sharp (37) White Colfax, California [56][57]
2024-05-02 James Bennett (45) Unknown Billings, Montana [58]
2024-05-02 Osbaldo Aguinaga (27) Hispanic Harris County, Texas [59]
2024-05-02 Charles David Boles (44) Unknown Skyline, Alabama [60]
2024-05-02 Isabella North (29) Unknown Hudson, Florida At a pet cemetery, North was shot by a Pasco County Sheriff deputy after she walked towards the deputy with a knife.[61]
2024-05-02 Yong Yang (40) Asian Los Angeles, California In Koreatown, an LAPD officer shot a man who was armed with a knife.[62][63]
2024-05-02 Zachariah Alexander White (32) Unknown Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania A man was fatally shot by a police officer inside of a nursing home.[64][65]
2024-05-02 Rachel Rodriguez (24) Unknown Mesa, Arizona Officers responded to a call about Rodriguez armed a knife preventing her roommate's boyfriend from leaving. When the police arrived, they tried to get Rodriguez out of the area, however, she entered the room. This is when officers shot and killed her. [66]
2024-05-02 Brandon Qualls (35) White Indianapolis, Indiana Someone called police after a man threatened to shoot neighbors in the area. When police arrived, the man was on the porch of a house and at some point he allegedly pointed a firearm in the direction of the officers and was then shot.[67]
2024-05-01 Joshua Richard (26) Unknown Beech Grove, Indiana Beech Grove officers responded to the apartment complex for a welfare check and were told there was an ongoing child custody dispute. When they arrived, they encountered a man approach them with a knife. He was shot and killed after failing to comply with officers' orders.[68]
2024-05-01 Emile Ciampichini (60) White Harris County, Texas [69]
2024-05-01 Damian Haglund (14)[70] Latino Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Following reports of a person with a rifle outside of Mount Horeb Middle School, A 14-year-boy was fatally shot by Mount Horeb police. The boy was reportedly armed with a pellet rifle.[71][72]
2024-05-01 Larry Dean Woolsey (61) White Amarillo, Texas Two Amarillo police officers fatally shot Woolsey when he raised a reciprocating saw at the officers. Initial reports said that the saw was a rifle.[73]
2024-05-01 Raymond Huddleston (46) Black Saint Francisville, Louisiana Two inmates were being transported in a van from Catahoula Correctional Center to Baton Rouge to a court hearing. Sometime during the drive, Huddleston reportedly faked a seizure, whice caused the transporting officers to pull over. Huddleston then attacked the officers when they opened the van's doors. A fight ensured and Huddleston was able to disarmed one of the officers. He then jumped into the front driver’s seat. As he attempted to drive off one officer shot into the van, causing Huddleston's death.[74]

See also[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[edit]

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