List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, June 2021

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in June 2021, 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 127 people.

June 2021

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Date Name (age) of deceased Race of deceased Location Description
2021-06-30 Faler Fabian (49) Pacific Islander Tamuning, Guam An off duty officer shot Fabian after a confrontation outside his apartment. According to investigators, a different man ran at a Guam Police Department officer's car with a pair of machetes, while Fabian threw a beer can and banged on the vehicle. The officer then exited his car and fired, shooting Fabian. A pocketknife was recovered from the scene.[1][2][3]
2021-06-30 Joseph Lee Humbles (29) Black Atlanta, Georgia [4]
2021-06-30 Jeremy Nelson (33) White Florence, Kentucky [5]
2021-06-30 John Hayden Inabinet (51) White St. Matthews, South Carolina [6]
2021-06-29 Larry Hunt (58) White Bayard, Nebraska [7]
2021-06-29 Philip Sanders (32) White Corpus Christi, Texas [8]
2021-06-28 Soobleej Kaub Hawj (35) Asian Siskiyou County, California Hawj, from Kansas City, Kansas, was shot and killed after he allegedly fired at police while attempting to enter an area evacuated due to wildfires. It is unknown if there is bodycam footage of the shooting.[9][10]
2021-06-28 Jerome Barber (59) Black Azusa, California [11]
2021-06-28 Robert Alire Hispanic Commerce City, Colorado [12]
2021-06-28 Christopher Garcia (26) Hispanic Los Angeles, California [13]
2021-06-28 Name Withheld Unknown race Hemet, California [14]
2021-06-28 Tristan Trevino (24) Black Corpus Christi, Texas [15]
2021-06-27 Oscar Najera (25) Hispanic Roswell, New Mexico [16]
2021-06-27 Stephen Winder (39) White Graham, Texas [17]
2021-06-27 Nicole Dechant (29) White Plainville, Kansas [18]
2021-06-26 Roberto Acosta-Reyes (61) Hispanic Abilene, Texas [19]
2021-06-26 Don Crowson (37) Unknown race Texarkana, Arkansas [20]
2021-06-25 Dwayne Michael Fields (34) White Fife, Washington [21]
2021-06-25 Reginald Ray Hansen (75) Unknown race Grand Junction, Colorado [22]
2021-06-25 Michael Anthony Frederick (54) White McDonald, Tennessee [23]
2021-06-25 David Leon Fann (24) White Lander, Wyoming [24]
2021-06-25 Dennis Delgado (60) White Kansas City, Kansas [25]
2021-06-25 Albert Wayne Finnie Jr. (22) Black College Station, Texas [26]
2021-06-25 Dimitri Lanahan (23) White Fairbanks, Alaska [27]
2021-06-24 Chad Necessary (48) White Washington, North Carolina [28]
2021-06-24 Michael Ray Townsend (40) White Portland, Oregon [29][30]
2021-06-24 Gary Deering (74) White Greenfield, Missouri [31]
2021-06-24 Ted Frank Tippy (52) White Monroe, Georgia [32]
2021-06-24 Steven Jesse Dylan Thompson (29) White Auburn, Georgia [33]
2021-06-24 Abraham Torres Meza (30) Hispanic Bakersfield, California [34]
2021-06-24 David Ronald Bridgette (45) White Iron River, Michigan [35][36]
2021-06-24 Yonatan Aguilera (40) Hispanic Cumming, Georgia [37]
2021-06-24 William Dean Hewitt (54) White Whiteville, North Carolina [38]
2021-06-24 David Bridgette (45) White Iron River, Michigan [39][40]
2021-06-23 Earl Fitzgerald Hunter (40) Black Greenville, South Carolina Wanted for a 2020 shooting, a warrant task force entered Hunter's home and shot him dead when he allegedly pulled a gun during a struggle.[41]
2021-06-23 Hunter Brittain (17) White Cabot, Arkansas Brittain was shot by a sheriff's deputy after being pulled over. Police have released few details of the shooting, but a witness says Brittain was shot when he went to grab a blue oil jug to put behind his truck's tires to prevent it from hitting the deputy's vehicle.[42]
2021-06-23 Frederick Virgil Holder Black Norwalk, California A police helicopter observed Holder driving erratically in a stolen utility van. When police ground units attempted to pull Holder's vehicle over, he continued to drive "less than a mile" before stopping. Holder was shot dead when he allegedly pointed an L-shaped object at police—later identified as a butane lighter with a handle—as they approached his vehicle.[43][44][45]
2021-06-23 Name Withheld Unknown race Fontana, California [46]
2021-06-23 Robert Alan Blackburn (39) White Walnut, Mississippi [47]
2021-06-23 Francisco Javier Lino-Gutierrez (29) Hispanic Santa Fe, New Mexico [48]
2021-06-23 Michael Lee Gerhart (22) White Surprise, Arizona [49]
2021-06-23 Jason Roybal (32) White Santa Fe, New Mexico [50][51]
2021-06-22 De'Shon Hill (39) Black Luray, Virginia Hill held hostages at gunpoint at a convenience store, and refused to comply with repeated commands to drop his weapon and leave the building. Hill was shot dead when he allegedly emerged through the store's front doors with a long gun pointed at police.[52]
2021-06-22 Michael Wolski (57) White New Berlin, Wisconsin [53]
2021-06-22 Willie T. Salazar (33) Hispanic Murray, Utah [54]
2021-06-22 Noah Sharp (26) White De Soto, Missouri [55]
2021-06-21 Virgil Lee Taylor (31) White Hamilton, Michigan [56]
2021-06-21 Alexander Matthew Collins (27) White Covington, Georgia [57]
2021-06-21 Travis Parham Jr. (19) Black Memphis, Tennessee [58]
2021-06-21 Wallace Morris (42) Black Memphis, Tennessee [59][60]
2021-06-20 Mickey Ray Rice (31) White Robbinsville, North Carolina [61]
2021-06-20 Dario Dominguez (25) Hispanic Kansas City, Kansas [62]
2021-06-26 Nathan Allen (28) White Winthrop, Massachusetts Allen was killed by police after crashing a truck into an unoccupied home and killing two Black civilians. According to investigators, Allen was a suspected White supremacist who had written about White people being "apex predators".[63]
2021-06-21 Johnny Hurley (40) White Arvada, Colorado An officer responded to a report of a suspicious person and was shot and killed by a gunman. A civilian, Johnny Hurley, shot the suspect with a handgun and took his shotgun. Hurley was then killed by a responding police officer.[64]
2021-06-19 Brianna Sykes (19) Black Flint, Michigan Sykes drove up to an officer directing traffic at Flint's Juneteenth celebration and allegedly fired her gun at the officer, who returned fire at Sykes.[65]
2021-06-19 Tyler Hodge (28) White Wichita, Kansas Wichita police responded to a call on a welfare check for a mother and her daughter. When they arrived police found the mother's boyfriend Tyler Hodge in a detached shed in the backyard armed with a rifle. Hodge began firing at officers, injuring one. Officers returned fire and struck Hodge. Life-saving measures were performed, but Hodge died at the scene.[66]
2021-06-19 Jeff Melvin (20) Black Salem, Alabama [67]
2021-06-19 Darrell Vincent (57) Black Bonner Springs, Kansas [68]
2021-06-18 Daniel Buckingham (31) White Hilo, Hawaii [69]
2021-06-18 Carlos Jackson (43) Black Lithia Springs, Georgia [70]
2021-06-18 Eric Scott Anderson (40) Unknown race Encinitas, California [71]
2021-06-17 Ansy Dolce (29) Black Holly Springs, Georgia [72]
2021-06-17 Daniel Ray (35) Unknown race Covington, Kentucky [73]
2021-06-17 Max Jaramillo (29) Unknown race Veguita, New Mexico [74]
2021-06-16 Jermaine Sonnier (19) Black Houston, Texas [75][76]
2021-06-16 David Aaron King (40) White Harrison, Arkansas [77]
2021-06-16 Billy Barker (44) White Bessemer City, North Carolina [78]
2021-06-16 John Earle Barnes White Alford, Florida [79]
2021-06-16 Zachary Minissale (34) White Eureka, Nevada [80]
2021-06-16 Kendall A. Jamerson (35) White Vesuvius, Virginia [81]
2021-06-16 Name Withheld Unknown race Leonia, New Jersey [82]
2021-06-15 Perry Boyd (56) White Wolcott, Indiana [83]
2021-06-15 Solomon Jamison (28) Black Jackson, Mississippi [84][85]
2021-06-15 Juan Miguel Bejar (37) Hispanic Perris, California [86][87]
2021-06-15 Nathaniel Damien Raabe (48) White Westmoreland, Tennessee [88]
2021-06-14 Manuel Rojas Barajas (65) Hispanic Calexico, California [89]
2021-06-14 Armonda Contreras (43) Hispanic Birmingham, Alabama [90]
2021-06-14 Evin Kimberly Payne (54) Unknown race Abbeville, South Carolina [91]
2021-06-14 Adam Michael Green (40) White Hermitage, Tennessee [92][93]
2021-06-14 Anthony Hannon (52) White Pittsfield, New Hampshire [94]
2021-06-14 Kevin Giesel (64) White Parma, Ohio [95][96]
2021-06-13 Eric Cole (42) Black Springfield, Ohio Police were responding to a call after Cole was shot in the shoulder and arm by an unknown party when an officer accidentally ran over Cole. Police say the officer was looking for an address to direct first responders to.[97]
2021-06-10 Calvin Elmore (53) Unknown Fulshear, Texas An officer pulled over Elmore after he ran a stop sign and attempted to arrest him for a drug warrant out of Virginia. The police reported that Elmore shoved the officer, went back into his vehicle, and attempted to drive away. The officer tried to grab Elmore out of the vehicle and then shot him, later reporting that he was afraid of being dragged by the vehicle.[98]
2021-06-13 Ryan Santos (34) Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Hilo, Hawaii [99]
2021-06-13 Joe Ruiz (25) Hispanic Bakersfield, California [100]
2021-06-13 Luis Rey Ruiz (20) Hispanic Acworth, Georgia [101]
2021-06-13 Duane Manzanares Jr. (30) Hispanic Denver, Colorado [102]
2021-06-12 Kenneth Earl Mackey (44) Unknown race Barstow, California [103][104]
2021-06-12 Christopher VanKleeck (31) White Wallkill, New York [105][106]
2021-06-11 William Kradlak (70) White Watsontown, Pennsylvania [107]
2021-06-10 Gregory Hambric (64) White Jasper, Alamaba [108]
2021-06-10 Josiah L. Byard (21) Black Willcox, Arizona [109]
2021-06-10 Rezek Yaqub Yahya (39) Black Salt Lake City, Utah [110]
2021-06-09 Juan DeLeCruz Rodriguez (58) Hispanic Yucca Valley, California [111]
2021-06-09 Michael Lee Ross Jr, (32) Black Forest Hill, Texas Ross was wanted for stabbing a woman to death in a convenience store parking lot. He was found by police in a creek north of the parking lot, holding a knife. The Texas Rangers, who investigated the shooting, say that after several less-than-lethal shots failed to work, a sergeant instructed officer Logan Barr to retrieve his less-than-lethal shotgun. The rangers say that Barr instead grabbed a regular shotgun and shot Ross, who was standing at the bottom of an embankment with his hands at his side. Police initially stated that Ross was shot after he attempted to harm himself, but rangers disputed this. Barr was arrested for aggravated assault by a public servant on July 28.[112]
2021-06-09 Terrell Gas (36) Black College Park, Georgia [113]
2021-06-09 Zandra Baez (66) Unknown race Camden, New Jersey [114][115]
2021-06-08 Louis Nathan Leyba (38) White Espanola, New Mexico [116]
2021-06-08 Kevin Christopher Caldwell (33) White Columbus, Georgia [117]
2021-06-07 Daniel Ojeda (47) Hispanic Scottsbluff, Nebraska [118][119]
2021-06-07 Jeremiah Lee Wright (44) White Happy Valley, Oregon [120]
2021-06-07 Lee Waskiewicz (47) White Bayonne, New Jersey [121]
2021-06-07 Antonio Diaz (39) Hispanic Round Rock, Texas [122]
2021-06-07 Crystal Renee Guhr (42) White Garden City, Missouri [123]
2021-06-07 Clay Willingham (32) White Jefferson City, Missouri [124]
2021-06-06 Johnathan Steve Cooper (27) White Lufkin, Texas [125]
2021-06-06 Name Withheld Hispanic Tulsa, Oklahoma [126]
2021-06-05 Stephen Neil Weigand (29) White Griffin, Georgia [127]
2021-06-05 Jose Angel Ibarra Ruiz (24) Hispanic Needville, Texas [128]
2021-06-04 Name Withheld Unknown race Whittier, California [129]
2021-06-05 Maung Tway (34) Asian Green Forest, Arkansas Green Forest police officers went to Tway's apartment after three of his roommates reported he was causing a disturbance and that they wanted him removed from the premises. Tway allegedly charged at the officer with a machete-type knife. Officer Pedraza shot twice, striking Tway in the chest and the hand. Tway was taken to Mercy Hospital in Berryville, where he was pronounced dead.[130]
2021-06-04 Raymond Edwards (45) White Tucson, Arizona [131]
2021-06-04 Timothy Flowers (29) Black Rochester, New York [132]
2021-06-04 Colton Frederic Wagner (31) White Denver, Colorado [133][134]
2021-06-04 Andrew Homen (34) Black Braintree, Massachusetts [135]
2021-06-04 Jerry Henley (42) White Hilham, Tennessee [136]
2021-06-03 Winston Boogie Smith (32) Black Minneapolis, Minnesota Smith was wanted on a warrant for probation violation when a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force that included local deputies stopped his car in a parking lot. Smith was shot dead when he allegedly fired at police.[137][138]
2021-06-03 Kolton Mitchell Chavez (18) Hispanic San Antonio, Texas [139][140]
2021-06-03 William Brookins Sr. (39) Black Phoenix, Arizona [141]
2021-06-02 Clayton Wayne Barbee (28) White Cartwright, Oklahoma [142]
2021-06-02 Timothy Andrew Kemp (34) White Royal, Arkansas [143][144]
2021-06-02 Eugene Matthews (24) Hispanic Arvada, Colorado [145]
2021-06-01 Christopher Dyess (43) White Sumrall, Mississippi [146]
2021-06-01 Donald Myers (48) White Ray City, Georgia [147]
2021-06-01 Jonathan Craig Thompson (29) Unknown race Independence, Kentucky [148]
2021-06-01 Robert Pearce (37) White Berwick, Louisiana [149]
2021-06-01 Renardo Green (51) Black Annapolis, Maryland [150]
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