List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, February 2022

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February 2022

DateName (age) of deceasedRace City/state Description2022-02-28Kourtney Sherwood (37)WhiteTopsham, ME2022-02-28Unnamed personUnknown raceWellington, NV2022-02-27John Charles Moreida (34)HispanicShelley, ID2022-02-27Marcelo Alfredo Suarez (24)HispanicHouston, TX2022-02-26Derek Stortzum (29)WhiteNorton, KS2022-02-26Jacob Huerta (37)HispanicRosenberg, TX2022-02-26David Cottes Jr (69)HispanicHollywood, FL2022-02-25UnknownUnknownDetroit, MichiganPolice shot a man suspected of armed home invasion while he fled from a vehicle with a firearm after crashed into a taxi, with the accident killing a passenger.2022-02-25Gregory Lasselle (27)WhitePittsfield, ME2022-02-25Raphael Marquez (31)HispanicBelen, NM2022-02-25Brian Dangerfield (65)WhiteBealoton, VAMary Dangerfield (65)White2022-02-24Andrew Castellano (34)HispanicEdgewood, NM2022-02-24Steven Wohlwend (31)UnknownTacoma, WashingtonPolice responded to reports of a person with a gun in a Marriott Hotel. Upon arrival, police reportedly determined they had probable cause to arrest Wohlwend for armed robbery. Police eventually found Wohlwend and claimed he refused to show officers his hands. Police then shot and killed him. A gun was recovered from the scene.2022-02-23Jacori Shaw (23)BlackReno, NV2022-02-23Daniel Ramirez (27)HispanicHobbs, NM2022-02-23Steven Lewis Finfrock (63)WhiteMacon, GA2022-02-23Keleen RaShad Connell (27)BlackBirmingham, AL2022-02-23Joey Gilbert Gauthreaux (55)WhiteCrowley, LA2022-02-23Czyz Harrison (35)BlackHouston, TX2022-02-22Matthew Allen Deese (32)WhitePerry, GA2022-02-22Tracy Gaeta (54)BlackStockton, CaliforniaA canine officer pursued Gaeta after she was suspected of hitting a police vehicle at a red light. When the pursuit ended at a dead-end Gaeta drove backwards into the officer's vehicle, and the officer fired eighteen times. When Gaeta pulled forward and reversed away from the officer, the officer fired more than a dozen times.2022-02-22Robert Lee Pilkey (28)WhiteMaryville, TN2022-02-22Lawrence LeJames Rodgers (21)BlackAkron, OH2022-02-22Richard Ward (32)WhitePueblo West, ColoradoPolice were called to a middle school where Ward and his mother were picking his younger brother up after Ward was reported trying to enter a vehicle, which he mistook as his own. When questioned by a deputy, Ward said that he might have had a pocketknife in his pocket. After Ward took a pill for anxiety, a struggle broke out between him and a deputy, who police say believed Ward was reaching for a weapon. The two struggled, the deputy yelled "gun," and the deputy shot Ward three times. Ward was not armed.2022-02-21David Liles (54)WhiteRogers, AR2022-02-19Joel Arevalo (30)HispanicPortland, Oregon2022-02-19Donnell Rochester (18)BlackBaltimore, MarylandRochester was wanted on a warrant for carjacking. When police tried to stop his vehicle he fled, and was later found parked. Police approached and Rochester ran from his vehicle, and then returned and tried to drive away as police surrounded his vehicle and ordered him out. Rochester was shot dead when he accelerated forwards. Police stated on a search and seizure warrant that Rochester struck an officer with his car, but bodycam footage showed the officer in question tell another officer he didn't think the vehicle hit him.2022-02-19Daniel Knight (39)UnknownWinter Park, FloridaPolice responded to reports of an assault at a wedding and encountered Knight, the bride's uncle. Knight, who police say was not armed, got into a fight with a responding officer before a second officer shot him.2022-02-19Mizael Corrales (31)HispanicSan Diego, CaliforniaDeputies responded to a stolen SUV at a strip mall. Police say Corrales attempted to drive away and hit two deputies, and another deputy shot and killed him.2022-02-17Michael Freigang (47)WhiteDothan, AL2022-02-17Cody Brandon Chavez (33)HispanicPleasanton, CA2022-02-17John Michael Humphries (45)WhiteOdessa, TX2022-02-17Ringo Van Winkle (32)WhiteMesa, AZ2022-02-17Zachary Tyler Alvarenga (25)HispanicSouth Jordan, UT2022-02-17Oscar Alcantara (30)HispanicBever Dam, AZ2022-02-17Pedro Morales Lopez (67)HispanicNorwalk, CA2022-02-16Daniel Vallee (34)UnknownMarrero, LouisianaTwo sheriff's deputies responded to a noise complaint at a known crack house and encountered Vallee, a homeless man, sleeping in an SUV. After 12 minutes police say deputies shot Vallee after he honked the horn of the SUV. Vallee was unarmed at the time. The two deputies involved were later fired and charged with manslaughter.2022-02-15Stephanie Lorraine Browne (40)WhiteLancaster, CA2022-02-14Ronald Gene Ingram (60)WhiteMiami-Dade County, FloridaSeveral correctional officers beat Ingram, serving a life-sentence for murder, in a cell before he was transferred to another correctional institution. When the transport van stopped in Ocala, Ingram was found dead. Four of the officers involved were later charged with murder.2022-02-14Travis Boawn (37)WhiteEdgewood, NM2022-02-14Alexander Kade Lanier (26)WhiteOxford, AL2022-02-14Lazaro Vargas-Yera (70)HispanicMiami, FL2022-02-13Andrew Stratton (34)WhiteAlvo, NE2022-02-13Brandon Combs (29)WhiteConcord, North CarolinaAn officer shot Combs after he got into the officer's patrol vehicle. Police initially stated the officer shot Combs after a physical altercation, but body camera footage showed the officer shot Combs after he got into the vehicle, which was not moving. Combs was unarmed during the shooting.2022-02-13Terry Edwin Moser (42)Unknown raceMadisonville, TN2022-02-13Blain Johnson (37)WhiteColumbia, MO2022-02-13Name WithheldUnknown raceSalyersville, KY2022-02-12Brendan Reilly (35)WhiteLexington, MA2022-02-12James Huber (38)WhiteBuffalo, New YorkA state trooper shot and killed Huber after an earlier police chase. Bodycam footage shows the trooper shoot Huber moments after he drives his car in reverse. The car then flipped over the side of a nearby ramp.2022-02-12Ahmed Taqi (27)UnknownDearborn, MichiganTaqi, who may have been experiencing a mental health crisis, was shot after allegedly lighting a mosque on fire and shooting at responding officers.2022-02-11Luis Enrique Parra-Ramirez (31)HispanicAurora, CO2022-02-11Dustin Booth (35)WhiteMonroe, OH2022-02-11Joseph Sanchez (36)Unknown racePuyallup, WA2022-02-10Terrell Russell (22)BlackNew Orleans, LA2022-02-10Hunter Tice (23)WhiteLake Forest, CA2022-02-10Aian Thomas Tracy (32)Native AmericanEllis Township, MichiganWhen Michigan State Police responded to a domestic violence call, Tracy attacked police with a hatchet, injuring an officer, and was shot by police.2022-02-09Makari Smith (23)BlackStovall, NC2022-02-09Deven Karl Moore (25)WhiteOildale, CA2022-02-09Jose De Jesus Montoya Villa (31)HispanicCentennial, ColoradoMontoya Villa was suspected in a shooting at an Aurora church that killed his ex-girlfriend. Police say that as they were searching for Montoya Villa, he shot a man in a parking lot, carjacked two vehicles, got into a hit-and-run, robbed a liquor store and led police on a chase before being shot by police.2022-02-09Randy Lansang (36)AsianDaytona Beach, FL2022-02-09Jayden Prunty (22)BlackJonesboro, AR2022-02-09Richard Malone (41)BlackLake Charles, LA2022-02-08Brian W. Schneider (36)WhiteMesa, AZ2022-02-08Steve Neff (50)WhiteCorpus Christi, TX2022-02-08Daniel Joseph Spisso Jr (55)WhiteRoan Mountain, TN2022-02-08Unnamed person (38)Unknown raceMabank, TX2022-02-07Troy Eames (21)WhiteClay, NY2022-02-07Emilio Chamizo (30)HispanicPhoenix, AZ2022-02-07Richard Meyers (40)WhiteSalem, OR2022-02-07Shawn W. Wilson (36)BlackKansas City, MO2022-02-07James David Fanning (49)WhiteGreenville, TX2022-02-07Anthony Parker (48)WhiteTucson, AZ2022-02-07Charion Lockett (27)BlackHouston, TX 2022-02-06 Robert Junior Langley (46) Black Georgetown County, South Carolina A Hemingway officer attempted to pull over Langley after he allegedly ran a stop sign. According to police, after Langley crashed into a ditch he attempted to exit his vehicle when the officer shot him in the chest. The officer was later charged with voluntary manslaughter. Police say the officer did not have authority to arrest Langley outside Williamsburg County, where Hemingway is located.2022-02-06Jason D. Ickler (38)WhiteTopeka, KS2022-02-06Unnamed personUnknown raceStanton, KY2022-02-06Troy Allen Bain (58)WhiteWillis, VA2022-02-04Phillip Dill (34)WhiteEvansville, IN2022-02-05Michael Shane Carver (38)WhiteLincolnton, NC2022-02-04Andrew John Jr. (34)Native AmericanAniak, AK 2022-02-04 Isaiah Perez (16) Hispanic Tulsa, Oklahoma Shortly before midnight police officers confronted a masked individual suspected of armed robbery. When the individual reached for a firearm at his waistband he was fatally shot. The individual was later identified to be 16-year-old Isaiah Perez.2022-02-04Nicholas Rodin (35)WhitePrineville, OR 2022-02-02 Amir Locke (22) Black Minneapolis, Minnesota An officer with the Minneapolis Police Department fatally shot Locke during a search warrant at an apartment in downtown Minneapolis. Bodycam footage shows Locke was sleeping on a couch until an officer woke him up, upon which Locke rose wrapped in blankets and holding a gun. Locke was not the target of the warrant. 2022-02-01 Devin Morris (31) Hispanic Albuquerque, New Mexico Police responding to reports of a stolen vehicle pursued Morris to a hotel. Police say Morris had a gun and was shot after police tried to use a taser.2022-02-01Dustin Davidson (29)WhiteWichita Falls, TX2022-02-01Isaiah Payne (31)BlackOrlando, FL2022-02-01Jonathan Murillo-Nix (23)HispanicLos Angeles, CA

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