List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2015
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 2015, 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 are, if known, noted in the description.
For lists of killings from other years, see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States.
The table below lists 38 individuals. (This number should update automatically when changes are saved.)
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August 2015
| Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
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| 2015-08-30 | Rippley, William (45) | Colorado (Loveland) | Police arrived at Pizza Ranch, 3451 Mountain Lion Drive for a report of a man throwing his bicycle into traffic in the 3400 block of Eisenhower Boulevard. William Ripley, 45 of Loveland, ran inside the Pizza Ranch on Mountain Lion Drive and held a patron hostage. Loveland police officer, Jennifer Hines, shot and killed Rippley inide the restaurant. She was cleared of charges in September 2015.[1] |
| 2015-08-28 | Flores, Gilbert (41) | Texas (San Antonio) | Police arrived to Flores' home, where he was involved in a domestic disturbance with his wife and child, which led to his wife being slashed. Flores had his hands in the air when he was shot by police. In one video, Flores appears to be unarmed, although police stated in another video he as a knife in one hand while his hands were raised.[2] |
| 2015-08-21 | Rushton, Alan (38) | North Carolina (Wake Forest) | Rushton was shot by police who responded to a domestic disturbance at his home. According to officers, he was charging at officers with a kitchen knife.[3] |
| 2015-08-21 | Hall, Charles (30) | Maryland (North East) | Hall was shot in the torso during an altercation with a police trooper near a Wal-Mart store. There was allegedly an arrest warrant for Hall.[4] |
| 2015-08-20 | Allen, Wade | North Carolina (Waynesville) | Shot during an exchange of gunfire with police at a church. |
| 2015-08-20 | unnamed (17) | California (Ontario) | The boy allegedly robbed a fast food restaurant and fled on a skateboard. He brandished a handgun at officers who responded to the scene. He left a suicide note.[5] |
| 2015-08-20 | unnamed (50) | Alabama (Tuscaloosa) | A man allegedly tried to assault an officer, who responded by shooting him.[6] |
| 2015-08-19 | Ball-Bey, Mansur (18) | Missouri (St. Louis) | Ball-Bey was shot in the back by police,[7] who alleged he was aiming a gun at them.[8] |
| 2015-08-17 | unnamed | California (San Jose) | A man was shot dead by police. Circumstances have not yet been released.[9] |
| 2015-08-16 | unnamed | Texas (Kerrville) | Police responded to a domestic disturbance, and a man armed with a rifle stepped out to his porch and allegedly brandished it at officers. At least one officer fired.[10] |
| 2015-08-16 | unnamed | California (San Jose) | A homicide suspect was shot by police after he allegedly brandished a handgun at them.[9] |
| 2015-08-15 | Baker, Allen Matthew, III (23) | California (Sunnyvale) | Two men ran away from police near a motel. One men, Allen Baker, was shot by police. Baker, a San Diego resident, ran away from a hotel where prostitution activity was reported, and was spotted near the hotel armed with a handgun. Police said that they demanded Baker to drop his weapon, and then shot him.[11] |
| 2015-08-15 | Unsworth, John | Indiana (Hansworth) | Shot by police four times after charging at an officer. He was Tasered prior to being shot. |
| 2015-08-14 | Manley, Asshams | Maryland (Prince George's County) | shot during struggle with an officer's gun.[12] |
| 2015-08-14 | Tyree, Garland | New York (New York) | Garland exchanged gunfire with police from his Staten Island house. He also shot and wounded a firefighter.[13] |
| 2015-08-14 | unnamed | Texas (Boerne) | Shot after allegedly brandishing a gun.[14] |
| 2015-08-13 | Anderson, Christopher (53) | Connecticut (Manchester) | A bank robbery suspect was shot dead by police during a high speed chase. Anderson crashed his car, and walked out of the car with a handgun in his hand, and officers fired. Anderson died from his injuries at a Hartford hospital on August 16.[15] |
| 2015-08-13 | Smith, William | New Mexico (Hobbs) | shot by police while a passenger in a car.[16] |
| 2015-08-12 | Hughs-Lance, Randal | Texas (Waco) | Shoplifting suspect shot by police after wielding a knife.[17] |
| 2015-08-12 | unnamed (21) | California (Los Angeles) | Woman allegedly advanced towards officers with a knife, after a robbery was reported in Baldwin Hills.[18] |
| 2015-08-12 | Wilks, Nathaniel | California (Oakland) | An armed robbery suspect was shot by three police officers near downtown. The suspect was attempting a carjacking, and was holding a pistol when confronted by police.[19] |
| 2015-08-12 | Marshall, Reginald | Ohio (Toledo) | [20] |
| 2015-08-11 | Alacorn, Casey (34) | Idaho (Sandpoint) | A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in a house.[21] |
| 2015-08-10 | Green, Andre (15) | Indiana (Indianapolis) | Green was shot by police during a carjacking.[22] |
| 2015-08-09 | Quinn, Patrick (77) | Pennsylvania (Pittston) | shot by police in apartment complex.[23] |
| 2015-08-09 | unnamed | California (San Jose) | A man stabbed and seriously wounded a man, and the suspect was found a mile away from the scene in a tract housing complex. Officers tried to confront the suspect, who tried to run away but eventually raised his arm with the knife towards officers while shouting obscenities. At least one officer opened fire on the man, who later died in a hospital from his injuries.[24] |
| 2015-08-08 | McDaniel, Kevin (49) | Washington (Spokane) | McDaniel, an auto parts theft suspect, was shot by police during an exchange of gunfire. [25] |
| 2015-08-08 | Palmer, Shamir (24) | South Carolina (Summerville) | Shot by police after raising a gun. |
| 2015-08-08 | Keckhaser, Mark (53) | Montana (Superior) | Keckhaser allegedly swerved his vehicle towards a deputy's car, and was shot by him. |
| 2015-08-08 | Wilkes, Jeffrey Clyde | North Carolina (Gastonia) | Accused of shooting a neighbor to death, killed by officers in a shootout.[26] |
| 2015-08-06 | Ponce, Gustavo | Kentucky (Elsmere) | A suspect in the fatal stabbing of a person in his home was shot by police.[27] |
| 2015-08-05 | Montano, Vincente David (29) | Tennessee (Antioch) | 29-year-old homeless man Vincente Montano attacked three people in a movie theater with an axe and pepper spray while carrying a gun. He was shot and killed by a SWAT team 41 minutes after the attack began. Montano had a history of mental illness.[28] |
| 2015-08-05 | Hargrove, Kesawhn Dominique (20) | Virginia (Richmond) | 20-year old convicted felon Keshawn Hargrove was killed in a shootout with the police after a 911 call about a man with a gun. One police officer was injured in the exchange of gunfire. Hargrove had recently been released from jail for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. He had previously shot his girlfriend in the leg when he was 15.[29] |
| 2015-08-07 | Taylor, Christian (19) | Texas (Arlington) | 19-year-old college football player Christian Taylor broke the front windshield of a car, then drove a vehicle through the glass doors of a car dealership at 1:00 AM (CST), setting off the burglar alarm. In the course of being apprehended, Taylor was shot dead by a police officer.[30] |
| 2015-08-05 | Hodge, Raymond | Hawaii (Maui) | Hodge was shot by police at a park, after reports of suspicious behavior.[31] |
| 2015-08-05 | Galvaiz, Jason (40) | Washington (Tacoma) | Galvaiz, a robbery suspect, was shot by an off-duty officer.[32] |
| 2015-08-03 | Malave, Joseph (18) | Pennsylvania (Campbelltown) | Malave burglarized a gun store and was shot by police during an altercation.[33] |
| 2015-08-03 | Clements, Antonio (49) | California (Oakland) | Clements, a sexual assault suspect, fired at police with an assault rifle, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. A sergeant was wounded in the shootout.[34] |
See also
- Death in custody
- Encounter killings by police (India)
- List of American police officers killed in the line of duty
- List of cases of police brutality
- List of journalists killed in the United States
- Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
- Police brutality in the United States
References
- ↑ http://kdvr.com/2015/08/31/one-person-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-at-pizza-ranch-in-loveland/
- ↑ Berlinger, Joshuahttp://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/us/san-antonio-bexar-county-texas-police-shooting/, CNN, September 2, 2015
- ↑ "Police: Wake Forest man charged at officers with knife before being shot".
- ↑ "Police shooting in North East".
- ↑ "Police: Gun-wielding teen fatally shot; suicide note found". SFGate.
- ↑ "Ala. cop shoots, kills man who tried to assault him". PoliceOne.
- ↑ Booker, Brakkton (22 August 2015). "Autopsy Reveals St. Louis Police Shot Mansur Ball-Bey In The Back". NPR. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ "Tensions flare up in St. Louis amid black teenager death".
- 1 2 "San Jose police fatally shoot suspect".
- ↑ "Police shoot, kill armed man in Kerrville".
- ↑ "Police shoot and kill man outside Motel 6".
- ↑ "Suspect shot by police after struggle with officer's gun".
- ↑ "Gang member killed by NYPD".
- ↑ "Man brandishes gun at Boerne police is shot and killed".
- ↑ "Robbery suspect shot by Connecticut police dies".
- ↑ "State police investigate Hobbs police shooting".
- ↑ "Shoplifting suspect dies after supermarket police shooting".
- ↑ "LAPD shooting".
- ↑ "Oakland police involved in shooting near downtown". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "Toledo Police ID slain man who killed K-9 after chase". Toledo Blade.
- ↑ "Man killed in Sandpoint shooting identified".
- ↑ "Andre Green fatal police encounter".
- ↑ "Pittsfon police investigate reported shooting".
- ↑ "Two men dead in two separate clashes with San Jose police". San Jose Mercury.
- ↑ "Suspected auto thief dies in police shootout".
- ↑ "Police kill slaying suspect in shootout in N.C.".
- ↑ "police investigate stabbing in Elsmere".
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/vincente-david-montano-antioch-tennessee-theater-gunman-360355
- ↑ "Man killed in shootout with Richmond Police shot girlfriend at age 15". WTVR.com.
- ↑ Owens, Marjorie (8 August 2015). "Texas officer on burglary call shoots unarmed black teen". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Reported shooting at Keopuolani Park".
- ↑ "Robbery suspect shot by Tacoma officer".
- ↑ "Campbelltown shooting probe".
- ↑ Henry K. Lee (August 4, 2015). "Sex-assault suspect with rifle killed, Oakland cop hurt". San Francisco Chronicle.
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