# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, March 2011

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in March 2011, 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 40 people.

## March 2011

| Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (city) | Description |
| 2011-03-31 | Arnold, Justin (17) | New York (Canastota) | Shot and killed by Canastota police. As part of a pre-planned suicide by cop, Arnold reported a false carjacking and pointed a pellet gun at the police when they arrived. |
| 2011-03-29 | Chad Harris (42) | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Six months after the accidental death of his 17-year-old son, former paramedic Chad Harris was known to be mentally unwell. Harris phoned emergency services claiming to have a hostage in his home, later determined to be his mother. Police arrived at the home of Harris, secured the hostage without incident, entered the home, and shot and killed Harris who was allegedly brandishing a 4" kitchen knife. |
| 2011-03-29 | Unnamed man (40s) | Illinois (Chicago) | |
| 2011-03-29 | Chabot, Richard (33) | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2011-03-29 | Cedric Telasco (21) | Florida (Lauderhill) | |
| 2011-03-27 | Runyon, James (44) | Arizona (Pima County) | |
| 2011-03-27 | Paulson, Katherine | Maine (Kennebunk) | Shot after advancing on police with knife in hand and refusing commands to drop weapon. Officers were responding to report of a domestic disturbance in which Paulson's mother reported she was afraid for her own well-being regarding daughter with history of psychiatric illness. |
| 2011-03-26 | Orlando Santos (28) | New York (Bronx) | |
| 2011-03-26 | Pulaski, Jeremiah (24) | Arizona (Glendale) | |
| 2011-03-25 | Marlon Johnson (60) | Nebraska (North Platte) | |
| 2011-03-21 | LaMadrid, Carlos (19) | Arizona | |
| 2011-03-20 | Gidenko, Oleg | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot while fleeing in vehicle from police who were investigating report of stolen vehicle. City settled with Gidenko's family for $150,000 |
| 2011-03-20 | Cortez Hamm (20) | Missouri (Centreville) | |
| 2011-03-19 | Eric Stafford (21) | Massachusetts (Fitchburg) | |
| 2011-03-19 | Sampson, Eric G. | Washington (Ravensdale) | Shot after refusing to lay down a machete Sampson had used to strike an officer's cart. Sampson was pulled over in a routine traffic stop then fled in vehicle. Sampson was found near registration address of vehicle. Use of Tasers was ineffective. |
| 2011-03-17 | Williams, Aaron | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot after firing on police, wounding officer and taking a family of four hostage. Police had chased the man into an apartment complex following a traffic stop. The police released gas into the apartment and the man climbed out of a window holding a gun. Was shot by SWAT team at that point. |
| 2011-03-17 | Gardner, Marvin | California (Fresno) | Fresno Police responded to reported burglary at a quick cash store. There were employees in the store and the two suspects were reported to be armed. An officer pursued Gardner who climbed over a fence back of the store before stopping at the officer's orders. Gardner began to lift his coat using both his hands. The officer, thinking Gardner was going for a weapon, shot and killed him. |
| 2011-03-17 | Herbert Harris (29) | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2011-03-16 | unnamed male | Idaho (Bonners Ferry-area) | Died due to an "unknown medical event" after deputy used a Taser while attempting to subdue the man. Deputy was responding to a report of a naked man and his vehicle blocking a road. |
| 2011-03-15 | Garcia, Daniel | Colorado (Aurora) | Shot in vehicle after shooting at police to include one shot to police officer's arm. Police were approaching vehicle in which Garcia had taken two hostages. |
| 2011-03-15 | Samuels, Seyoum (18) | Florida (Tamarac) | |
| 2011-03-12 | Breitkopf, Geoffrey | New York (Massapequa Park) | Nassau County Police officer, accidentally shot by MTA Police officer who mistook Breitkopf for an armed suspect. |
| 2011-03-12 | DiGeronimo, Anthony | New York (Massapequa Park) | Shot by two Nassau County Police officers when he lunged at them with knives. |
| 2011-03-12 | Robert Elliis | New Jersey (Washington Township) | |
| 2011-03-09 | Johnson, Nicholas (22) | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2011-03-09 | Hammond, Michael | Georgia (Buckhead) | Shot after producing a weapon. Police had followed Hammond in his vehicle as the prime suspect in a recent bank robbery. |
| 2011-03-09 | Terry Winston (34) | Illinois (Chicago) | |
| 2011-03-09 | Lopez, Ernesto (26) | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2011-03-08 | Rowton, William Wayne | Washington (Kelso) | Shot from a distance of about 200 ft after pointing revolver out a sliding glass door towards police. Police were responding to report of a suicidal person. |
| 2011-03-08 | Carlos Boles | Missouri (St. Louis) | |
| 2011-03-07 | Jose Venavides (54) | California (Redding) | |
| 2011-03-06 | Carlos Harris (23) | Louisiana (Baton Rouge) | |
| 2011-03-05 | Unnamed man (26) | California (San Diego) | |
| 2011-03-03 | Le, Van Dinh (47) | California (Escondido) | Le was shot once in the forehead by an Escondid Police Department officer, after police came to his home to respond to Le being suicidal and mentally unstable. According to officers, Le was in a bathroom and had a pair of 8-inch scissors, and refused to drop it when demanded to by police, and then advanced towards the officers with the scissors. |
| 2011-03-03 | Todd Wolford (34) | New Jersey (Ocean Township) | |
| 2011-03-02 | Wayne Martin (29) | New Hampshire (Concord) | |
| 2011-03-02 | Adrian, Jacob (20) | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2011-03-02 | Unnamed man | New York (Garden City) | |
| 2011-03-01 | Daniel LeCleir (44) | Wisconsin (De Pere) | |
| 2011-03-01 | Brian Dollarhide (30) | Oklahoma (Perry) | |