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May 2026
DateName (age) of deceasedRace Location Description2026-05-31Christian Wallace (38)UnknownOak Park, IllinoisAn Oak Park deputy pulled over a black unidentified SUV driven by a man. The officer performed a pat-down after asking the driver to get out of the vehicle who found a concealed gun. The driver swiped the weapon after a struggle for control of it. The officer fatally shot him.2026-05-30Martin Nitzken Jr. (27)WhiteLouisville, KentuckyLMPD officers responded to an assault in the Klondike neighborhood. While responding, officers were informed that Nitzken was running through the streets naked. Officers found him sitting on the street. He refused to follow officers' commands to show his hands. Instead, he stood up and began to approach towards the officers. One officer told Nitzken to stop, before shooting him. Police said the officer waited three minutes after shooting Nitzken to render aid. The officer who shot Nitzken, Officer Nathan A. Stotts, was indicted by grand jury on a charge of reckless homicide. LMPD also fired Scotts posterior the homicide of Nitzken. The footage was released by LMPD.2026-05-30Kevin Jay Lamar Huguley Jr. (36)UnknownSan Bernardino, CaliforniaOfficers responded to a report of a sexual assault involving a minor at the New Zion Manor apartments. As officers attempted to detain Huguley, officers got into a struggle with him, but he managed to break free and grab a large kitchen knife before charging towards them while wielding the knife. Officers struggled with Huguley in an attempt to prevent him from stabbing law enforcement. While one officer fell backwards, Huguley continued to advance at officers before the officer opened fire on Huguley, killing him.2026-05-30Robert Salas (35)UnknownAlbuquerque, New Mexico Police confronted Salas after he was reported for trespassing, and he fled behind a pillar outside a Walgreens pharmacy. Two officers shot Salas after he allegedly charged at them.2026-05-30Eddie Deans Jr. (46)BlackGrand Rapids, MichiganPolice were called to a home for a report of a man threatening relatives with a knife. When officers arrived, the man threw a Molotov cocktail at a cruiser, setting it on fire. After a confrontation, in which the man reportedly pulled out a second Molotov, the man fled on foot. A police dog was sent in, and the man stabbed it several times. After attempting to break into a home, the man allegedly charged at officers with the knife, and officers shot him.2026-05-29unidentified maleUnknownVeguita, New MexicoNew Mexico State Police responded to a report of a man armed with a gun in his property. Officers saw the man and told him to walk toward them with his hands up and empty, but the man refused and went back toward his house. Officers petitioned for search and arrest warrants before calling the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team and Crisis Negotiations Team to respond. They made multiple attempts to get the man to surrender safely. The man later walked toward NMSP officers while armed with a gun. Officers ordered him to drop the gun and then fired their weapons, striking him.2026-05-29Kenneth Ardagna (57)UnknownFlathead County, MontanaOfficers fatally shot a Kalispell man who was armed with a gun during an assault response at a campground in the Emery Bay area of the Hungry Horse Reservoir.2026-05-29James Bolter III (38)UnknownPapillion, NebraskaPolice shot Bolter in the parking lot of a Home Depot after he allegedly fired at them.2026-05-28Christian Blanco Rodriguez (35)UnknownGrandfield, OklahomaTillman County deputies received a notification about a man's gun being stolen by Rodriguez and drove away with the gun in a black unidentified pickup truck. Meanwhile, Grandfield officers were able to locate Rodriguez within the town and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, which turned into a short pursuit after Rodriguez failed to pull over. He stopped the vehicle in the middle of a roadway and pulled out a weapon in a standoff before being fatally shot by Grandfield police.2026-05-28Abdulhafedh Abdulhafedh (25)Middle EasternChicago, IllinoisAn FBI "agent-involved shooting" left a robbery suspect (former leader of '100K Gang') dead while sitting in his unidentified SUV at Homan Square near Garfield Park. Three other people are also in the vehicle. Authorities confirmed that CPD officers were executing a search warrant to the suspect, who was tied to a bank robbery, and had been released from prison less than six months earlier after serving time for a robbery in Will County.2026-05-28Christie Lynn Adkins (43)WhiteVance, AlabamaDeputies arrived at a home to serve a warrant on a man, and Adkins, his sister, answered the door of a tent behind the home. Adkins's brother allegedly pointed a BB gun at deputies, and they opened fire, hitting him and Christie.2026-05-27David William Potts (53)WhiteIndianapolis, IndianaAn ISP trooper stopped a wanted man on his bicycle before he resisted, leading to a foot chase. The trooper chased the man and tased him. The man, Potts, fell, became unresponsive, and was transported to a local hospital. He succumbed to his injuries a few days later.2026-05-27Cortez Eatmon (25)BlackKennesaw, GeorgiaOfficers respond to Town Center Mall for a report of shoplifting. Eatmon, an Alabama native, took off on foot from the mall's parking lot after arrival. An officer tried to tase Eatmon multiple times but was unsuccessful. During the pursuit, Eatmon pulled out a firearm leading the officer to fire his gun, killing him.2026-05-27unidentifiedUnknownNorman, OklahomaA vehicle pursuit on Interstate 35 that started in the neighboring town of Moore ended in officers executing a PIT maneuver on the car, before shooting and killing the driver.2026-05-26Jose Armas (23)HispanicAlbuquerque, New MexicoOfficers responded to a report of a man with suicidal thoughts, with the 911 call delivered by a family member in the Wells Park neighborhood. After arrival, officers heard someone yelling from a group of people, including the man. After getting the family out of the home, the man stayed inside. Police tried getting him to come out, saying they wanted to help him. When he exited the home, they used “less lethal” force, but he went back inside when it didn’t work. The man fired a gunshot from inside the home, hitting an officer’s vehicle and injuring two officers after shattered glass fell on them. The man came back outside with the gun, causing a shootout, before being fatally shot by police.2026-05-26Matthew Garrett (31)WhiteRoland, ArkansasPulaski County deputies respond to a medical emergency involving a man with a large laceration on his head near Pinnacle Mountain State Park. As they began to treat the man, they noticed another man, later identified as Judsonia native Matthew Garrett, nearby wielding a large machete. After a request for backup, three Arkansas State Park Rangers responded to the scene. After arrival, Garrett advanced towards the rangers with his machete. The rangers then fired at Garrett, killing him. The man with the laceration was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.2026-05-26Jonathan Simmons (38)UnknownWilkinsburg, PennsylvaniaA Wilkinsburg officer was patrolling through a neighborhood during the evening hours when he encountered a man armed with a gun who was approaching the officer's unmarked Ford Explorer. The officer exited his vehicle, ordered him to drop the weapon several times, but refused. The officer fatally shot him in the chest.2026-05-26Aaron Barnes (34)UnknownHammond, IndianaJust after midnight, an Indiana State Police K-9 trooper pulled over a gray 2019 Hyundai Elantra on Interstate 80/94 near mile marker 2 and the Illinois border driven by a 34-year-old Gary man. During the traffic stop, the man took out a handgun and fired at the trooper, wounding him, before the officer fired back, shooting him in the chest, killing him. A female passenger, also 34, was immediately taken into custody afterward.2026-05-25Rajon Gunter (42)UnknownNorfolk, VirginiaDuring a traffic stop, a NPD officer found the driver had misdemeanor warrants out of Virginia Beach (for stalking and violating a protective order), and ordered the driver to get out of his white 2014 Nissan Rogue. The driver fled and dragged the officer with the vehicle before pulling into the Wedgewood Plaza Shopping Center. The officer fired one shot, killing the suspect, in defense near the Big Lots.2026-05-25Berkleigh Jade Bond (39)WhiteBenson, ArizonaA woman was fatally shot by law enforcement for unknown reasons during a traffic stop on Interstate 10.2026-05-25Brian Branagin (51)WhiteDanville, IndianaHendricks deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence. They attempted to contact the people inside the home before a man came out of the home and went back inside afterward. When the deputies tried to contact the man again, police said he came back outside, showed a rifle, then continued to go back in and out of the house. Deputies sent officers from Avon, Brownsburg, Danville and Plainfield to the scene. The man came back outside the house and pointed the rifle toward the officers, before being fatally shot by officers. Officers began searching the area for the woman who was reportedly involved in the initial report and found her in a grassy area in the back of the property with an undisclosed type of trauma. Medics arrived but the individual was also dead on-scene.2026-05-24Matthew Metzger (36)UnknownSteubenville, OhioMetzger was senn pointing rifles at passing vehicles and placing firearms inside his truck at a dealership property. Officers arrived and ordered him to drop the weapons. He ran toward the dealership while shooting at officers instead. He was killed in the shootout. The footage was released.2026-05-24unidentified maleUnknownRalls, TexasA pursuit that started in neighboring Floyd County ended with an exchange of gunfire with the suspect in Crosby County. During the pursuit, the suspect dropped off a passenger on the side of the highway before crossing into Crosby. The pursuit ended between both Ralls and Cone, when he got out of the vehicle with a firearm and opened fire, before officers killed him.2026-05-23Qiam K. Ahmadi (36)UnknownWichita, KansasWichita officers received multiple reports of a man pointing a gun at workers and vehicles, causing several disturbances at businesses, including a Topgolf and a Bass Pro Shops. Officers located the man in the Wilson Estates neighborhood, where a large police response, including SWAT, drones and helicopters set up a perimeter. The man pointed a gun at officers who were on the platform of an armored vehicle. One Wichita officer fatally shot the suspect.2026-05-23unidentified maleUnknownNashville, WisconsinCrandon Police and DNR conservation wardens responded to reports of an active shooter on the tribal lands of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community. As they arrived, the suspect fired at them. They subsequently shot and killed him.2026-05-23Gordon Killbear Jr. (46)Native AmericanUtqiagvik, AlaskaNorth Slope Borough Police fatally shot a person for reasons unknown.2026-05-23Nesire Best (21)BlackWashington, District of ColumbiaThe United States Secret Service fatally shot Best, a resident from Dundalk, Maryland, after he approached a White House checkpoint gate armed with a gun and opened fire on officers. A bystander was also injured in the gunfire.2026-05-22Sgt. Joseph Apodaca (36)HispanicTaos County, New MexicoPolice Sergeant Joseph Apodaca, a motorcycle deputy, and other Taos County deputies were pursuing a reckless driver. Apodaca was struck and killed by a sheriff's office pickup truck between Ranchos de Taos and Talpa during the pursuit when he tried to turn into a driveway. The initial suspect is still at large.2026-05-22unidentified maleUnknownIdaho County, IdahoA woman reported to police that a man threatened to shoot her with a gun. When Idaho County deputies encountered the su