August 2011 Date Name (Age) of Deceased State (city) Description2011-08-31Ernest Vassell (56)BlackFlorida (North Miami Beach)2011-08-31Michael Ray Rosser (45)WhiteWest Virginia (Fairmont)2011-08-30Nicholas A. Koscielniak (27)Race unspecifiedNew York (Lancaster)Nine officers hogtied Koscielniak, pinned him to the ground and tasered him twelve times in a row in an attempted to subdue him. The coroner attributed his death to cocaine use, heart disease, and "excited delirium".2011-08-30Michael Marquez (31)Hispanic/LatinoNew Mexico (Albuquerque)2011-08-29Kurt Doerbecker (23)WhiteNew York (Point Lookout)Shot after refusing to drop his knife and approaching police in a threatening manner. Police were responding to reports of a disturbance at a bar.2011-08-28William Paul Hill (45)WhiteFlorida (DeLand)2011-08-28Brian Cayce Butala (31)WhiteMinnesota (Duluth)2011-08-27Laura J. Pettey (50)WhiteNew York (Watertown)2011-08-26Samuel Dohn Boyd (51)Race unspecifiedCalifornia (Bakersfield)2011-08-26Obbie Lee Shepard Jr. (21)BlackOhio (Columbus)2011-08-26Ismael Lopez (29)Hispanic/LatinoCalifornia (Long Beach)2011-08-26Maurice Shephard (55)BlackCalifornia (Los Angeles)2011-08-25Keith Thomas Shumway (20)WhiteNew York (Ithaca)Shot after attacking and grabbing an officer's gun. Another officer told the assailant to drop the gun. Shumway instead pointed the gun at the other officer who then shot him.2011-08-25Jeffrey Ferrigan (50)WhiteIllinois (Lockport)2011-08-25Cleodus Castleberry (23)BlackArkansas (Sherwood)2011-08-25Jonathan David Hess (31)WhiteMinnesota (Mankato)2011-08-24Carlos Roberto Laboy (26)Hispanic/LatinoFlorida (Tampa)2011-08-24Michael Wade Evans (56)Race unspecifiedNorth Carolina (Fayetteville)2011-08-24Francis Owens (21)BlackOhio (Columbus)2011-08-23Reginald E. Miller (47)WhiteTexas (Fort Worth)2011-08-22David Gardner (50)Race unspecifiedCalifornia (Costa Mesa)2011-08-21Drew Randolph Pozdol (26)WhiteFlorida (Miami)2011-08-21Montaleto McKissick (37)BlackOklahoma (Oklahoma City)2011-08-21Wyatt Earp Robinson (33)BlackDistrict of Columbia (Washington)2011-08-20Gabriel Carlos Jaramillo (21)Hispanic/LatinoArizona (Phoenix)2011-08-20Peter Ray Bassett (41)Race unspecifiedCalifornia (Garden Grove)2011-08-18Phillip A. Trimble (38)Race unspecifiedArizona (Mesa)2011-08-12Ronald Delonte Royal (20)BlackMaryland (Clinton)2011-08-12Wesley Sylvester Moore (49)BlackFlorida (Orlando)2011-08-12Catawaba Tequila Howard (32)BlackFlorida (Miami)2011-08-12 Ray Glass (68)Black Georgia (DeKalb County) Shot by SWAT team during standoff. The man had shot at a neighbor who called police. As the police arrived, the man shot at them, then barricaded himself inside his home.2011-08-11Boone, Jacob (30)Arizona (Mesa)2011-08-11 Arthur Hayse (40)Black Georgia (Conyers) Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Officers were chasing Hayse and another person as prime suspects in a recent bank robbery.2011-08-10David Gary Albrecht (22)WhiteWashington (Shoreline)Shot after refusing to drop knife and shotgun. Police were responding to report of suicidal person.2011-08-10 Jimmy Edgar Allen (31)Black Georgia (Atlanta) Shot after turning toward police officer during armed robbery of restaurant. After being wounded, Allen fled outside the restaurant were the officer fired at least seven more times.2011-08-08Dennis Glenn (47)WhiteTexas (Spring)2011-08-06 David Jerome Maestas (33)Hispanic/Latino Colorado (Denver) Shot while fleeing in stolen vehicle the scene of Home Invasion. Maestas had tied up and beat the occupants, before stealing their Jeep. Police tracked the vehicle and attempted to stop it. When Maestas attempted to drive towards one of the officers, the police shot and killed him.2011-08-05Francis Howard Morrell (71)WhiteFlorida (Cape Canaveral)2011-08-03 Vivian Elmo (41)Black Colorado (Colorado Springs) Died in auto accident when off-duty sheriff's deputy ran a red light striking Elmo's vehicle. The deputy had two prior reckless driving convictions and was fired on September 23, 2011.2011-08-01 Richard Lee Shafer (60)Race unspecified Oregon (Elgin) Shot while holding a rifle. Police were responding to a report of domestic violence.2011-08-01 Johntwa E. Bosley (21)Black Ohio (Columbus) Shot after having a said shootout with police while holding a pistol and attempting to escape in a car. Swat team shot and killed the wanted felon.2011-08-01 Carl Maggiorini Jr. (39)White California (Fresno) Shot by a Fresno Police officer when the officer saw him running down the street waving a knife and chasing a man.2011-08-01Robert Sean "Bobby" Clifford (33)WhiteCalifornia (Granite Bay)2011-08-01Earl Joseph Prater (42)WhiteKentucky (Jackson)2011-08-01Johntwa E. Bosley (21)BlackOhio (Columbus)2011-08-01Jamal Joseph Freeman (19)BlackTexas (Kilgore)2011-08-01Richard W. North (50)WhiteIndiana (Bloomington)2011-08-01Fallon Rae Blanchette Frederick (30)WhiteArkansas (Rogers)
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