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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, January 2023

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in January 2023, 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, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 116 people.

January 2023

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Date Name (age) of deceased Race Location Description
2023-01-31 Daemen Perea (23) White Rio Rancho, New Mexico [1]
2023-01-31 William Beach (31) Unknown Jackson, Ohio [2]
2023-01-31 Brian McCourry Jr. (37) White White Marsh, Maryland Died 3/3/2023.[3]
2023-01-31 unidentified male Unknown Edwards, Colorado [4]
2023-01-31 Joseph Jones (32) White Omaha, Nebraska Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Target store and killed Jones, who was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. Aside from Jones no casualties were reported, although shell casings indicated he had fired inside the store. Jones had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had bought the rifle four days earlier.[5][6]
2023-01-30 Robert Bigney (63) Unknown Pompano Beach, Florida [7]
2023-01-30 James Dopson (29) White Goodyear, Arizona [8]
2023-01-30 Steven Docken (38) White Omaha, Nebraska [9]
2023-01-30 Gleise Firmiano (30) Hispanic Big Bear, California [10]
2023-01-30 Craig Byl (48) Unknown Virginia Beach, Virginia [11]
2023-01-30 Joe Frasure (28) White Wyoming, Ohio Police responded to a report of a burglary at a home where Frasure was cleaning out his late grandmother's belongings. When officers arrived, Frasure allegedly refused commands to exit his minivan and drove towards officers, who shot him. He was placed on life-support and died two days later on February 1.[12]
2023-01-29 Hendrix Washington (39) Black Surfside Beach, South Carolina [13][14]
2023-01-29 Obob Ochan (47) Black Nashville, Tennessee [15]
2023-01-29 Terry L. Noel (50) White Dyersburg, Tennessee [16]
2023-01-28 Brandon Duvall (32) White Mineola, Texas [17]
2023-01-27 Matthew Planer (52) White Pocatello, Idaho [18]
2023-01-26 Elbert Miller (31) White Little Rock, Arkansas [19]
2023-01-26 Miguel Lopez (70) Hispanic Maywood, California [20]
2023-01-26 Anthony Mitchell (33) White Jasper, Alabama Mitchell was arrested on January 12 after allegedly firing a gun during a mental health check. While in jail, correctional officers kept Mitchell in a cell with no sink, toilet, mat, or blanket. He froze to death on January 26, and his death was ruled a homicide. Multiple correctional officers were charged with depriving his rights.[21]
2023-01-25 Anthony Lowe Jr. (36) Black Huntington Park, California Police responded to reports that a man in a wheelchair stabbed another man and encountered Lowe, a double amputee whose legs were amputated below the knees after a previous police encounter.[22][23] Lowe got off his wheelchair and attempted to flee using his arms while holding a knife, and officers attempted to use a taser twice, which failed.[22] Police then shot Lowe as he brandished the knife.[22] Police said Lowe was shot after he "attempted to throw the butcher knife at the officers again".[23]
2023-01-25 Kyle Mills (22) White New Castle, Virginia [24]
2023-01-25 Jason Means (47) White Toledo, Ohio [25]
2023-01-25 Kenneth Lassiter (59) White Melbourne Beach, Florida [26]
2023-01-25 Joey Cesar Fraire (18) Hispanic Dallas, Texas [27]
2023-01-24 Shane Cousins (33) White Detroit, Michigan [28]
2023-01-24 Billy Couch (51) White Sugar Valley, Georgia [29]
2023-01-24 Edward E. Gant (43) Black Gary, Indiana [30]
2023-01-23 Daniel Pentkowski (53) White San Antonio, Texas Pentkowski was arrested on charges of public intoxication, retaliation and resisting arrest, with a Ring camera allegedly recording the arresting officer pinning Pentkowski to the ground with his knee. Two days later, he was found dead in his cell. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said that he had died of self-inflicted injuries, but a medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by the officer's restraint.[31]
2023-01-23 Jaahnavi Kandula (23) Indian Seattle, Washington Kandula was killed when crossing at a crosswalk by Seattle Police officer Kevin Dave going 74 mph without a siren while responding to a "priority-one" call in a marked SPD police cruiser.[32][33] Kandula's death spurred protests in September when body camera footage surfaced of the Seattle Police Officers Guild's vice president Daniel Auderer laughing over her death and calling her "of limited value".[34][35]
2023-01-23 Leroy Malone (39) Hispanic Dodge City, Kansas [36]
2023-01-23 Eli Nash (32) Unknown Meridian, Idaho [36]
2023-01-23 Edward Nandin White San Antonio, Texas [37]
2023-01-23 Michael Compton Unknown Salem, Oregon [38]
2023-01-22 unidentified male Unknown Clinton, Mississippi [39]
2023-01-22 Daniel Nevius Sr (55) White Sewell, New Jersey [40]
2023-01-22 Charles Towns (47) Black Altadena, California [41]
2023-01-22 Patrick J Boatwright (44) Hispanic Cuero, Texas [42]
2023-01-21 Harley Bagby (30) White Wellington, Kansas [43]
2023-01-21 Nicholas Ciccarelli (45) White Menomonie, Wisconsin [44]
2023-01-21 unidentified male Unknown Homestead, Florida [45]
2023-01-20 Donald Brady (69) Unknown Clermont, Florida [46]
2023-01-20 Christopher Dearman (37) Unknown San Diego, California [47]
2023-01-20 Leon Burroughs (39) Black Jacksonville, Florida Burroughs was asleep in his car—with a loaded gun on the roof—when officers approached him regarding a burglary. Police removed the gun and woke Burroughs, and he did not comply when instructed multiple times to show his hands and exit the vehicle. Burroughs then fired a shot which grazed one of the officers, and he was shot dead when five officers returned fire.[48]
2023-01-19 Eric Nathaniel Thornton (37) White Jacksonville, Florida [49]
2023-01-19 unidentified person Unknown Rapid City, South Dakota [50]
2023-01-19 unidentified male Unknown Laveen, Arizona [51]
2023-01-19 Ronald Ray Mosley II (25) Black Evansville, Indiana Mosley shot a former coworker at the Walmart he was fired from in May 2022. After chasing another employee, Mosley was shot and killed by police.[52]
2023-01-18 Jackson Lieber (21) White Liberty Hill, Texas According to police Lieber crashed his car on RM 1869 before trespassing on someone's property. Few details were released about the shooting, other than that Lieber was unarmed.[53]
2023-01-18 Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán (26) Hispanic Atlanta, Georgia During the Stop Cop City protest, where demonstrators protested the construction of a police training center, Georgia State Troopers attempted to clear the forest. According to police, Terán, a protester, shot a state trooper and was killed by other officers.[54][55] According to other protestors who witnessed the shooting, Teran was unarmed.[56] An independent autopsy ordered and released by Terán's family stated they were sitting cross-legged with their hands raised when they were shot 57 times.[57] An official autopsy found that Terán did not have gunpowder residue on their hands.[58]
2023-01-18 Joseph Smith (39) Black North Little Rock, Arkansas Smith was found dead in his residence after a standoff in the 4700 block of Locust St. It's unclear if police shot Smith or he committed suicide.[59]
2023-01-17 Darryl Tyree Williams (32) Black Raleigh, North Carolina Police observed marijuana and open alcohol in Williams' car and ordered him out, where suspected cocaine was found while searching him. Williams physically resisted four officers trying to arrest him, and was told he would be tased. Williams told officers he had a heart problem after being tased and then fled with police in chase, tasering the combative Williams twice more while attempting to arrest him. Drugs and two stolen guns were found in his car. Williams died in hospital an hour later.[60] The county's district attorney did not seek any charges. On March 18, 2024, Williams's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police office.[61]
2023-01-17 Unknown (40s) Latino Houston, Texas An officer responding to a double shooting call without lights or sirens struck a woman who had stepped off the curb. The woman was not identified, although the Houston Police's Assistant Chief stated she may have been homeless.[62]
2023-01-11 Donna Dale (47) White Hilliard, Florida Deputies responded to reports of a woman threatening to harm herself. When police found her, she was in thick brush and allegedly holding a BB gun modified to look like a rifle. According to deputies Dale then pointed the BB gun at herself, and a deputy fired.[63]
2023-01-17 Sonny Vincent (36) White Wentzville, Missouri [64][65]
2023-01-17 Frank Brower (77) Unknown El Cajon, California [66]
2023-01-17 Frederick Lee Fonner Jr (47) White McDonald, Pennsylvania [67]
2023-01-16 Hunter Hanson (24) White Union Grove, Wisconsin [68]
2023-01-16 Michael Bernard Emch Jr (47) White Seal Beach, California [69][70]
2023-01-15 Anthony Marquis Franklin (31) Black Austin, Texas [71][72]
2023-01-14 James Klembara Unknown Mcalester, Oklahoma [73]
2023-01-13 Penisimani Halai Unknown Salt Lake City, Utah [74]
2023-01-13 unidentified person Unknown Lamar County, Alabama [75]
2023-01-13 unidentified male Unknown Dos Palos, California [76]
2023-01-13 unidentified male Unknown Lake Stevens, Washington [77][78]
2023-01-11 William Henry Jr. (43) White Charleston, West Virginia [79]
2023-01-11 Jordan Pruyn (28) White Columbia, Missouri [80][81]
2023-01-11 Lamont Lee Lewis (46) Black Hampton, Virginia [82]
2023-01-11 Lamont Lee Lewis (46) Black Hampton, Virginia [82]
2023-01-11 unidentified male Unknown Joshua Tree, California [83]
2023-01-11 Donna Dale White Hilliard, Florida [84]
2023-01-10 Daylen Oatts Black Lawrence, Indiana [85][86]
2023-01-10 Christopher Torres (34) Unknown Southeast, New York [87][88]
2023-01-10 Christopher Lee Mercurio (50) Unknown Santa Clarita, California Deputies responded to reports of a man refusing to leave a bank near the Valencia Town Center. When deputies arrived, the man allegedly started punching one of them, and police shot him.[89][90]
2023-01-10 Rico Ruiz-Altamirano (33) White Stockton, California [91]
2023-01-10 Christopher Temple (40) White Auburn, California [92]
2023-01-10 Joseph Francis White Pompano Beach, Florida [93]
2023-01-09 Chiewelthap Mariar (26) Black Guymon, Oklahoma The Guymon Police Department responded to a call about a disgruntled employee at a pork processing plant.[94][95] Police began talking to Mariar, who allegedly produced a knife or band-cutter, and advanced toward officers.[94][95] Police tried to de-escalate the situation before deploying a taser.[95] Mariar continued advancing on officers and was shot dead.[95]
2023-01-09 Jackie Haynes (52) Unknown Newnan, Georgia The Coweta County Sheriff's Office and the Whitesburg Police Department engaged in a high-speed chase when Hayes was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The police successfully stopped him and attempted to take Hayes into custody. Hayes was tasered and pepper sprayed when he refused to leave his vehicle. When he attempted to drive away again, he was shot multiple times by a deputy. Hayes later died in the hospital, and no officers were injured.[96]
2023-01-09 unidentified male Unknown Sanger, Texas [97]
2023-01-09 Christopher Sallee (50) Unknown Sanger, Texas [98]
2023-01-09 Douglas Price (61) Black Richmond, Virginia [99][100]
2023-01-08 Scott Kennedy Native American Reno, Nevada [101]
2023-01-08 Alon Foster (44) Hispanic Santa Clarita, California [102]
2023-01-08 Scotty Helton (53) White Mayflower, Arkansas [103]
2023-01-08 unidentified male Unknown Tustin, California [104]
2023-01-07 Tyre Nichols (29) Black Memphis, Tennessee On January 7, Nichols was stopped by police for alleged reckless driving.[a] Officers pulled Nichols from his car and used pepper spray and a taser on him, after which he attempted to run away. When officers caught up with Nichols they punched and kicked him in the head and struck him on the back with a baton while restraining him; the beating continued for about three minutes.[107] Afterwards, Nichols was taken to St. Francis Hospital where he died from his injuries on January 10. A preliminary autopsy commissioned by his family found that he had suffered "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating".[108]
2023-01-07 Jules Robert Lee (32) Unknown Statesboro, Georgia Two deputies responded to a 911 call alleging that Lee assaulted his father. The officers deployed tasers in an attempt to arrest Lee, which did not work. Lee pulled a firearm and the deputies fired shots at him. Both officers were uninjured, while Lee later died at the hospital.[109]
2023-01-07 Kenneth Hearne (37) Black Phoenix, Arizona [110]
2023-01-07 Robert Bradshaw (37) Unknown Fort Worth, Texas [111]
2023-01-07 Clinton Eli Burkhalter (42) Unknown Athens, Georgia While investigating a stolen car, two ACCPD officers encountered two men in a shed. One of the men, Burkhalter, put a gun to his own head, then fired shots into the ceiling of the shed. When he began to exit the building, his gun was allegedly pointed at the officers, who then shot and killed him.[112]
2023-01-06 Aaron Schwartz Unknown Watauga, Texas [113]
2023-01-06 Ray Dean King (50) White Hazel Green, Alabama [114][115][116]
2023-01-06 Nikolas Acosta (20) Hispanic Roswell, New Mexico [117]
2023-01-05 Christopher Walker (37) Black Fresno, California Walker, a pedestrian, was struck and killed by a Fresno police vehicle as he crossed the street.[118]
2023-01-05 Mark Capps (54) White Hermitage, Tennessee Capps woke his wife and stepdaughter up and held them at gunpoint, threatening to kill them. After he fell asleep, the two escaped and called police. After a SWAT team arrived on his front porch, Capps opened the front door with a gun, and an officer shot him. Capps was a sound engineer who had previously won four Grammy Awards.[119]
2023-01-05 Nicolas Micko (35) Unknown Lansing, Michigan [120]
2023-01-05 Brian Mummert (44) Unknown Laurie, Missouri [121]
2023-01-05 Jeremy Russell Stumpf (59) Unknown Frederick, Colorado [122]
2023-01-04 Sayed Faisal (20) South Asian Cambridge, Massachusetts Police were called after Faisal, a junior at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was reported jumping out an apartment window with a knife, later determined to be a kukri. After being confronted by police while holding the kukri to his neck, Faisal allegedly moved towards officers with the kukri, leading an officer to shoot.[123]
2023-01-04 Jose Iruegas (44) Hispanic San Antonio, Texas [124]
2023-01-04 Caleb Swafford (24) Black Houston, Texas Swafford was standing in the street when he was struck by an officer responding to a non-emergency call.[62][125]
2023-01-03 unidentified male Hispanic Phoenix, Arizona [126]
2023-01-03 Oscar Sanchez (35) Hispanic Los Angeles, California Officers responded after Sanchez was reported throwing a knife and other objects at cars. Officers found Sanchez, holding a chain and makeshift spear, and spoke to him in English and Spanish. He entered an abandoned residence, and after following him up a flight of stairs, officers confronted and shot him. A utility knife was recovered from the scene.[127]
2023-01-03 Keenan Anderson (31) Black Los Angeles, California Anderson was restrained due to suspicion of a hit-and-run following a traffic collision and due to a witness testimony of an individual attempting to get in their car without their permission. Police ordered Anderson to sit down, which he initially did, but later Anderson ran away on a road, leading to police holding him down and tasing him six times in 42 seconds.[128]
2023-01-03 Kenneth Dexter Watkins White Ridgecrest, California [129][130]
2023-01-03 unidentified male Unknown San Jacinto, California [131]
2023-01-02 Randy Tadlock (43) White Sulphur Springs, Texas [132]
2023-01-02 Lucas Gainforth (24) White East Lansing, Michigan [133]
2023-01-02 Jerry Preston (49) White Hazard, Kentucky [134]
2023-01-02 Aaron Swan Jr (28) Black Brackenridge, Pennsylvania [135]
2023-01-02 Lee Dawson Jr (68) White Lillington, North Carolina [136]
2023-01-02 Baltazar Rubio (43) Unknown Gridley, California [137]
2023-01-02 Takar Smith (45) Black Los Angeles, California Police were called after Smith was reported to be in a woman's home, off his medication for schizophrenia, and holding a knife. After speaking to Smith for several minutes, Smith grabbed a knife from a counter but put it down when an officer pointed his gun at Smith. Smith then grabbed one of two bicycles placed between him and police, leading an officer to fire a stun gun. Smith then picked up the knife again. Police stunned Smith, then shot him when he briefly raised it above his head. LAPD Chief Michel Moore raised concerns over the officers and dispatcher not contacting a mental evaluation unit or mental assessment response team.[127]
2023-01-01 unidentified male (32) Unknown Redlands, California [138]
2023-01-01 Mischa Fay (17) White Gilford, New Hampshire [139]
2023-01-01 Juan Nikely Avalo (33) Unknown Ranlo, North Carolina Police responded to reports of a stabbing and shooting and found that an off-duty officer had shot a man, Avalo, after the officer was stabbed multiple times. The officer was later charged with first-degree murder.[140]
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See also

This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[edit]

Notes

  1. [a]
    On January 8, the Memphis Police Department said Nichols had been pulled over for reckless driving, but its chief later said that video recordings showed no evidence of probable cause for Nichols to be stopped (but stressed that cause may nonetheless have existed).[105][106]

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