October 2014
Date Name (Age) of DeceasedRaceState (City)Description2014-10-31 Jaime Garcia (35) Hispanic California (Salinas) When officers arrived, they contacted Jaime Garcia, 35, who became combative. During the struggle, one officer used his Taser on Garcia who continued to resist. It became apparent to officers Garcia was going into medical distress and paramedics, who were staged nearby, were summoned. Garcia was taken to a local hospital with CPR in progress but was pronounced dead at the hospital. 2014-10-31 Kolata, John (75) Arkansas (Leslie) The gunman involved in a Leslie shooting earlier this month died on Friday. 2014-10-29 Chauvin, Jennifer (33) New York (Au Sable) Thirty-three-year-old Jennifer Chauvin was traveling North on Grove Street around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning when a State Police SUV collided with her car. 2014-10-29 Roger Shipton (49) White California (Suisun City) Suisun City police officers shot and killed a man who threatened them with a gun at his home, agency officials said Wednesday. 2014-10-29 Robert Vercher (26) White Louisiana (Natchitoches) Around 3 p.m. officers were alerted to a shooting at the Holy Cross Catholic Church on Second St. According to Natchitoches City Police, the initial investigation revealed that two Natchitoches Parish Sheriffs Deputies were at the location to serve a protective order on a subject there. Police said shortly after the deputies located the subject, gunshots were exchanged, and the subject was hit several times. 2014-10-28 William Chad Mattingly (38) White Kentucky (Louisville) The suspect was identified as 38-year-old William Chad Mattingly. The coroner, Rita Taylor, said Mattingly's cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. 2014-10-28 Angel Frescas (22) Hispanic Arizona (Phoenix) Inmate Angel Frescas, 22, died hours after being shot in the head by a Maricopa County detention officer, according to the Sheriff's Office. 2014-10-28 Jeremy Martin (29) White New Mexico (Las Cruces) Sheriff's deputy Jeremy Martin was allegedly shot in the back and arms several times and killed by a fellow deputy at a hotel room. The shooting apparently occurred after a heated argument. Deputy Tai Chan was booked in jail and charged with murder, and is being held without bail.New Mexico Deputy Charged With Shooting Colleague, Associated Press, October 28, 2014.2014-10-28Kaldrick Donald (24)BlackFlorida (Gretna)2013-10-27John Wesley Helvie (44)WhiteFlorida (Hialeah) 2014-10-26 Shaun Wilson Ramo (36) White Louisiana (Bayou Pigeon) A man was fatally shot by at least one Iberville Parish deputy Friday (Oct. 24) evening in Bayou Pigeon after a team of up to 14 officers swarmed a house at the scene of rape investigation, according to Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi. 2014-10-26 Jeffrey Holden Jr. (18) White Kansas (Wichita) An 18-year-old gang associate is dead after getting into a shootout with police 2014-10-25 Craig Hall (29) Black Illinois (Maywood) A West Side man was shot to death by police in west suburban Maywood after officers allegedly witnessed a drug deal early Saturday. 2014-10-25 Daniel Walsh (27) White California (Huntington Beach) A man armed with a handgun was fatally shot by a police officer in Huntington Beach on Saturday, officials said. 2014-10-24 Richard Scheuermann III (39) White Pennsylvania (Easton) Drunk, Scheuermann wrecked his truck on a utility pole, then backed it "multiple times" into a Palmer Township police cruiser, authorities said. Initially police believed Scheuermann then committed suicide by cutting his throat prior to being shot at six times, but in December, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli announced that a police bullet was the cause of death.2014-10-24Trevor Silvia (34)WhiteFlorida (Edgewater) 2014-10-23 Cesar Javier Cepeda (27) Hispanic Texas (Brownsville) During a pursuit, Cepeda charged at law enforcement officers with an axe that led them to fatally shoot him, according to authorities. 2014-10-23 Luis Roman (25) HispanicMassachusetts (Dartmouth) A fatal police-involved shooting in Dartmouth Thursday night is under investigation, Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said. 2014-10-23 Jeremy Bustos (43) Hispanic Arizona (Avondale) Avondale police fatally shot a man Thursday morning after he rammed a patrol car while driving a stolen truck then got out of the vehicle with a machete. 2014-10-23 Zale Thompson (32) Black New York (Jamaica, Queens) Police in New York say an axe attack on two officers was a terrorist act carried out by a radicalised Muslim convert.