List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, September 2011

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 2011, 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 17 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.

September 2011[edit]

Date Name (Age) of Deceased State (city) Description
2011-09-29 Blackmon, Jerome Colorado (Aurora) Shot after pointing a handgun at police. Police were responding to a report of a man and woman arguing in the street. Blackmon fled from police and Taser was ineffective.[1]
2011-09-26 Rogers, James Washington (Spokane) Shot after two-hour standoff with police and pointing shotgun at police. Police were responding to report of suicidal man.[2]
2011-09-24 Fritze, Paul Maine (Farmingdale) Shot after incident that lasted several hours that began when Fritze reported began shooting at occupants of house.[3][4]
2011-09-24 Ficker, Ronald Washington (Issaquah) Shot after shooting near school and shooting at police.[5][6]
2011-09-22 Deloatch, Barry New Jersey (New Brunswick) Deloatch was shot by an officer while struggling on the ground with a second officer. The officer who fired the fatal shot was found to be in violation of the departments equipment policy by not having Oleoresin Capiscum (O.C.) spray on him. The officer resigned from the department following the internal investigation.[7]
2011-09-20 Edwards, Alnur Georgia (Norcross) Shot during shootout with police following bank robbery, car jacking and chase.[8][9]
2011-09-18 Martin, Kenneth Dwayne Georgia (Jefferson) Shot after ignoring deputy commands and setting room on fire. Police were responding to report that Martin threatened to set his wife on fire. Martin had doused her and their home with gasoline.[10]
2011-09-17 Moore, Jason (31) Missouri (Ferguson) Shot three times with a Taser and died. Family told media he had a mental illness. Civil suit was filed by his family in Federal court in 2014.[11]
2011-09-15 Neel, Dale Washington (Fircrest) Died after being struck by police cruiser. The 62-year-old man was in the center turn lane on a moped. A deputy was responding to a call for backup from another deputy who was searching for people who had fled a traffic stop. The responding deputy was traveling in the center turn lane.[12][13]
2011-09-13 Vargas, Christen Colorado (Colorado Springs) Shot after driving over a deputies foot and fleeing in vehicle. Deputies had approached vehicle in parking lot while looking for a different person with an outstanding warrant. A deputy shot at the vehicle as it sped away.[14]
2011-09-11 Wolford, William Colorado (Pueblo) Died from injuries sustained when struck by police cruiser. Officer was stopped at red light and struck Wolford as he crossed intersection at crosswalk. Officer was initially cited for careless driving causing bodily injury.[15]
2011-09-09 Hull, Marc (25) Nevada(Las Vegas) Hull was shot to death after shooting and injuring a police officer inside a Walmart store where he was trying to purchase $5000 worth of electronics with a credit card that was being declined.[16]
2011-09-07 Bruce, Jasmen Georgia (Atlanta) Shot while burglarizing the home of an Atlanta police officer.[17]
2011-09-06 Collado, John (43) New York (New York) Collado, who was unarmed, was shot when he intervened in a fight between 2 men on the street. Unknown to Collado, the fight was actually an attempted marijuana arrest by NYPD plainclothes detective James Connolly, a cop for 5 years, who had abandoned his NYPD narcotics team to attempt this arrest alone. Collado died hours later.[18] At civil trial in 2018, a jury unanimously found that Connolly used excessive force when he shot Collado and delivered a verdict against him including substantial punitive damages.[19] Collado is the second person killed by Connolly while on duty. Connolly killed another man while he was alone and in plainclothes in 2009 with 3 years on the job.[20]
2011-09-06 Tolbert, Alranhiem
Carr, Tony		 Georgia (Columbus) Shot as vehicle backed up towards officer. The officer had observed a masked man run out of a credit union. Tolbert ran to a truck in which Carr was sitting in the passenger side.[21][22]
2011-09-05 Peterson, Walter Georgia (Moultrie) Shot after attempting to stab a police officer. Police had gone to Peterson's home to investigate a report of a broken window at a local store. Police unsuccessfully used a Taser before firing the fatal shot.[23]
2011-09-01 Bishop, Tiffany Georgia (Jackson) Shot accidentally by instructor during firearms training class. Bishop was attending the class as a probation officer for the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson.[24][25]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kieran Nicholson & Carlos Illescas (September 30, 2011). "Aurora police shoot, kill man Thursday, the sixth officer-involved death in 2011". The Denver Post.
  2. ^ Anthony Gomes & Chelsea Kopta (September 29, 2011). "NEW DETAILS: Man Killed By Spokane Police Left Suicide Note". KHQ.
  3. ^ "Man Shot By Trooper In Farmingdale Identified". Bangor Daily News. September 23, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Man shot dead by police in Farmingdale after reports of firing weapon at others". Bangor Daily News. September 25, 2011.
  5. ^ Lynn Thompson (November 21, 2011). "Pedestrians apparently targeted before Issaquah shootout". The Seattle Times.
  6. ^ Sara Jean Green (November 21, 2011). "Gunman killed by Issaquah police identified". The Seattle Times.
  7. ^ Jennifer Bradshaw. "Officer Involved In Deloatch Shooting Found To Be In Violation of Police Equipment Policies, Has Resigned". New Brunswick Patch. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31.
  8. ^ Beth Sawicki (September 20, 2011). "Robbery suspect killed by Gwinnett police". WXIA-TV 11 Alive. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  9. ^ "Gwinnett Police Identify Bank Robbery Suspect". Duluth Patch. September 22, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  10. ^ Joe Johnson (September 20, 2011). "Man with gas can shot, killed by deputy". Athens Banner-Herald.
  11. ^ "In Ferguson, Scrutiny on Police Is Growing". New York Times. August 20, 2014.
  12. ^ "Scooter rider dies in crash with patrol car". KOMO-TV. 2011-09-16.
  13. ^ "UPDATED: Fircrest man killed in crash with sheriff's deputy identified". The News Tribune. September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  14. ^ Kieran Nicholson (September 16, 2011). "Colorado Springs woman killed by deputy's bullet as she fled in car". The Denver Post.
  15. ^ Gayle Perez (September 20, 2011). "Man dies from cop cruiser crash". The Pueblo Chieftain.
  16. ^ Nicole Benson (Oct 4, 2012). "Metro's Internal Review Clears Officers in 3 Shootings". KLAS.
  17. ^ Marcus K. Garner & Mike Morris (September 8, 2011). "College Park man shot, killed in alleged burglary of APD officer home". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  18. ^ Carla Zanoni & Ben Fractenberg (September 7, 2011). "Inwood Grandfather Shot by Cop During Drug Bust Dies". DNAInfo. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014.
  19. ^ "Fatal 2011 police shooting in Inwood results in $14 million jury verdict". New York Daily News.
  20. ^ "Det. who killed Inwood man in 2011 used lethal force before". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  21. ^ "Coroner releases autopsy results in officer involved shooting". WLTZ 38. September 13, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012.
  22. ^ Tim Chitwood & Alan Riquelmy (September 8, 2011). "UPDATE: Investigators still can't link firefighter, robbery suspect killed in police shooting". The Ledger Enquirer.
  23. ^ "Moultrie man tased before being shot". WALB. September 5, 2011. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  24. ^ Doug Evans (September 1, 2011). "GBI Investigates Probation Officer's Death". WAGA-TV.
  25. ^ Jennifer Emert (September 2, 2011). "Officer shooting shows importance of training safely". WALB. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
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