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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in March 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 68 people.

## March 2023

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
| 2023-03-31 | Jose Gonzales Morales (30) | Hispanic | City Terrace, California | Morales was shot to death by Monterey Park police after allegedly shooting at them while running across I-10. Morales was a robbery suspect. |
| 2023-03-31 | Christopher Rothermund (52) | Unknown | Craig, Colorado | A suspect with an outstanding warrant fled from police and was shot after allegedly pulling out a gun on officers during a foot chase. |
| 2023-03-31 | William Dunson (50) | Black | Springfield Township, Ohio | While responding to a call, Springfield Township Police Officer Nick Unwin lost control of his vehicle while changing lanes. The cruiser flipped and rolled into a southbound lane, where it hit the car driven by Dunson. Both Unwin and Dunson died in the crash. |
| 2023-03-30 | Cody Dylan Brady (27) | White | Rocky Hill, Kentucky | Brady fled from a traffic stop in Brownsville and was shot when he fired a gun in direction of pursuing state troopers. |
| 2023-03-30 | Isaiah James Rael (43) | Black | El Paso, Texas | Rael was subject to a traffic stop after threatening a woman and her daughter at gunpoint. He refused to comply with several commands, after which a taser was used on Rael. Officers then shot him for allegedly pulling out a gun. |
| 2023-03-29 | Richard Ring (39) | White | Chandler, Arizona | Police were called after Ring allegedly stole merchandise from a hardware store and ran. Police shot Richard who cut his throat while in a mental crisis. |
| 2023-03-29 | Steven Blunt (29) | Black | Douglasville, Georgia | Blunt had brought a gun to a high school event and after police confronted him, he was shot after opening fire on officers. |
| 2023-03-29 | Tiye Adam Washington II (26) | Black | Rutherford County, North Carolina | Washington, who was wanted for injuring three people in a shooting in Glen Allen, Virginia, opened fire on by deputies searching for him. He was killed after injuring an officer in the shootout. |
| 2023-03-28 | Joseph Martin (28) | White | Surprise, Arizona | Police were called to expel a man parked outside a Walmart for being intoxicated and littering after ignoring staff. Martin was shot when he informed officers he had a gun and reached towards his waistband. |
| 2023-03-28 | Brandunn Wilson (28) | White | North Fork, California | Wilson, suspecting in the fatal shooting of a man, was shot and killed following a pursuit and shootout. |
| 2023-03-28 | Paul Palafox (34) | Hispanic | San Antonio, Texas | Palafox injured a 66-year old man in a shooting and later fired an AR-15-style rifle at officers from behind parked cars. He was shot by police and died two days later. |
| 2023-03-27 | Mariana Martinez (17) | Unknown | Lakewood, Colorado | The juvenile female suspect was shot and killed while exchanging gunfire with police after robbing a postal worker. |
| 2023-03-27 | Michael Christopher Nunez (47) | White | Desoto, Texas | Police responded to a burglary and shot Nunez after he allegedly approached officers brandishing an unidentified object. |
| 2023-03-27 | Aiden Hale (28) | White | Nashville, Tennessee | Hale killed three students and three employees at a private elementary school before being killed by police. |
| 2023-03-27 | Jorge Luis Vega-Lesama | Hispanic | Raleigh, North Carolina | Police responded to reports of a man brandishing a gun near a middle school and killed a man after a shootout. |
| 2023-03-26 | Calvin Wayne Black (58) | Unknown | Gastonia, North Carolina | A man suspected of assaulting a woman and shooting a man was shot by police after allegedly firing at officers. |
| 2023-03-26 | Dylan Murphy (33) | White | Sandy, Utah | A man called police because his brother had attempted suicide. Officers found Murphy standing on the road bleeding and shot him when he charged at them. It remains unclear whether he was armed. |
| 2023-03-25 | Manuel Reyes Rios (19) | Hispanic | Santa Maria, California | A man pulled out a gun during a fight in a parking lot and was shot by an off-duty deputy. |
| 2023-03-25 | Brian Payne (54) | White | Moore, Oklahoma | Officers ran a license plate check on a car occupied by Payne, which showed it was reported as stolen. When police attempted arrest, he pulled out a knife and threatened suicide. Payne fled on foot and was shot when he approached officers. |
| 2023-03-25 | Vilene Not Afraid (35) | Native American | Billings, Montana | A woman shot a firearm in the air and then stole a vehicle. The woman then led police in a vehicle-pursuit. The suspect then collided with two uninvolved vehicles and came to a stop. Officers tried to talk Not Afraid out of the vehicle, but Not Afraid refused to comply. After SWAT officers deployed gas to get her out of the vehicle, Not Afraid exited the vehicle brandishing a firearm and pointed at the officers. The police then shot Not Afraid. Not Afraid was taken to a hospital where she later died. |
| 2023-03-25 | Spencer Jackson (31) | White | Kinston, North Carolina | A man drove away from officers conducting a traffic stop. Police followed the suspect to his home, from which he emerged wielding a rifle and was shot when he pointed the gun at them. |
| 2023-03-24 | Larry Ray Scott (66) | Unknown | Raeford, North Carolina | Police were serving a high-risk warrant at the house of two brothers, where they found the men inside armed. One complied with an order to drop the weapons, while the other did not and was shot in return. |
| 2023-03-24 | Michael Anthony Oles (46) | White | San Antonio, Texas | Oles was wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shot by federal marshals when he pointed a gun at them. |
| 2023-03-24 | Rosendo Enrique Rivero (25) | Black | Kay County, Oklahoma | Rivero robbed a bank in Wellington, Kansas and engaged police in a high-speed chase. Oklahoma Highwasy Patrol went to arrest him after entering the state after which he fled on foot and started a shootout that ended with Rivero being fatally shot. Rivero was already wanted for shooting and injuring his girlfriend's grandmother in Miami-Dade County, Florida on March 17. |
| 2023-03-24 | Mark Engele (53) | Unknown | Dickson County, Tennessee | Engele was shot by police while holding a woman hostage and firing at officers, injuring one of them. |
| 2023-03-24 | Branden Vorak (25) | White | Midland, Washington | Vorak had made threats against his former employer at a convenience store and was found by police wielding a grenade with its pin pulled. Less-than-lethal means were used to attempt to subdue Vorak, but failed. He was shot after pulling out a handgun; the explosive, did not detonate and was rendered safe by a response team. |
| 2023-03-23 | Odell Hicks Jr. (51) | Black | Karnack, Texas | Hicks was shot by police who had been called to the scene of a fight. |
| 2023-03-23 | Alberto Montes II (20) | Black | Houston, Texas | Two men allegedly kidnapped two migrants and held them for ransom at a motel in the Greenspoint neighborhood for five days. During a raid by the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team and ensuing shootout an agent shot and killed one of the kidnappers. The other was arrested, and the two migrants were rescued. Another eight individuals, including two minors, were arrested in connection to a suspected human trafficking the kidnappers were associated with. |
| 2023-03-22 | Eliobert Gonzalez-Rocha (35) | Hispanic | San Jose, California | Gonzalez-Rocha broke into an apartment he had been previously evicted from and demanded the keys from the new tenant, a mother with her two children, before holding them hostage with two machetes, a metal rod, and a replica gun. Officers shot Gonzalez-Rocha when he raised one of the machetes towards the hostages. |
| 2023-03-21 | Xavier Sanchez (18) | Hispanic | Monte Vista, Colorado | A resident reported a man with two knives inside his home. The suspect was shot after coming at officers with the weapons. |
| 2023-03-21 | Ronald Lee Winborne (53) | White | Henderson, Nevada | Police tased Winborne after he allegedly raised a butter knife at officers before restraining him. While in custody a week later his health began to decline and he died. His death was ruled a homicide due to a broken collarbone. |
| 2023-03-20 | Brendon Burns (35) | White | Rochester, New York | Burns ran away from a traffic stop after threatening deputies with a knife. He was killed after refusing to drop the shotgun he was holding. |
| 2023-03-18 | Christopher Michael Martinez (34) | Hispanic | Englewood, Colorado | Officers were called to a hotel after the 911 caller said a man, Martinez, was pointing and threatening to rob, shoot them. Officers found him shortly after he left the hotel and after a foot pursuit, shot him. |
| 2023-03-18 | Guillermo Huerta (35) | Hispanic | Bakersfield, California | A man was acting erratically on a parking lot while holding a sharp object, initially reported as a knife, but was later found to be a screwdriver. He ran away from police and was shot when he was caught after he did not comply with a command. |
| 2023-03-18 | Coy Jackson (33) | White | Fresno, California | Jackson, who was armed with a knife, was shot outside a Fresno Police station. |
| 2023-03-18 | Dalaneo Martin (17) | Black | Washington, D.C. | Police responded to reports of a stolen vehicle and found Martin sleeping in a car. After discussing how to approach the situation, officers approached the car and attempted to pull Martin out as a United States Park Police officer entered the backseat and yelled at Martin not to move. Martin began to drive away, and after ordering him to stop, the Park Police officer shot him. A gun was recovered from the vehicle. |
| 2023-03-16 | Edridge Alexis (36) | Black | North Miami Beach, Florida | Alexis, who had taken a woman hostage, was shot and killed by officers. |
| 2023-03-15 | Robert Bruce Clendenin (76) | White | Temple, Georgia | Police were called to a dispute between neighbors, during which Clendenin had made a gun threat and fired a shot. Clendenin was shot dead after allegedly aiming his gun at officers. |
| 2023-03-15 | Michael Obregon (36) | Unknown | Casa Grande, Arizona | Obregon was shot during a field interview with police over a potentially stolen bicycle after he pulled out a gun. |
| 2023-03-14 | Frank Jerry Millsapps (65) | White | Talking Rock, Georgia | Millsapps was shot dead after pointing his shotgun at deputies. Millsapps had shot a neighbor prior to the incident. |
| 2023-03-14 | Nicholas Mauro Sosa (37) | Hispanic | Tucson, Arizona | An armed robber was shot inside a restaurant when he pointed his gun at officers. |
| 2023-03-12 | Zion Bostick (23) | White | Pinellas Park, Florida | Bostick, who was breaking into cars in the neighborhood, was spotted by a police dog, when he fled until he reached a backyard. At the backyard, Bostick shot and injured a deputy, then another deputy shot him. |
| 2023-03-12 | Kyle Nicholas Sostek (34) | White | Big Bear, California | Sostek was shot by police after a vehicle pursuit stemming from an outstanding arrest warrant. |
| 2023-03-12 | Adam Barcenas (60) | Latino | Oxnard, California | Officers were conducting a DUI investigation when Barcenas, who was uninvolved in the investigation, approached officers with a steel bar. Barcenas approached the officers while shouting at them, leading police to shoot and kill him. |
| 2023-03-10 | Kainoa Kahele-Bishop (32) | Pacific Islander | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | Police searching for a shooting suspect found Kahele-Bishop with several other people and stolen vehicles. Police followed one of the cars, a Chevy Malibu, and pursued it to an intersection. After police commanded the driver to show his hands, police shot him after he allegedly reached for an object. The driver was killed, while a passenger suffered minor injuries in the resulting crash. Police say two firearms were recovered from the vehicle. |
| 2023-03-07 | Roy Streat (78) | White | Nicholls, Georgia | Streat was confronted by police for pointing a gun at a city employee with a gun and was shot for brandishing the weapon at officers; a previously deployed taser had failed. Streat's family stated that he suffered from dementia and the gun he carried was unloaded. |
| 2023-03-07 | Kordell Jones (24) | Black | Mobile, Alabama | Police shot a man with a "AR-type" gun in his hands while he was fleeing the site of a raid. |
| 2023-03-07 | Manuel Sanabria (38) | Latino | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Police pursued Sanabria, who was wanted in connection with a murder in Port St. Lucie the evening prior. Following the chase Sanabria exited his vehicle holding part of a gun, and police shot him. |
| 2023-03-06 | Andrew Edelmann (22) | White | Wilmington, Delaware | Edelmann was shot after he allegedly accelerated his vehicle in the direction of officers. His 21-year-old female passenger was also wounded. On March 20, 2024, Edelmann's shooting was deemed justified. |
| 2023-03-06 | Irvo N. Otieno (28) | Black | Dinwiddie, Virginia | Seven Henrico County deputies arrived at a mental health hospital to admit Otieno, an inmate, for treatment. Few details were released, but police stated that Otieno was combative with deputies, who restrained him. Otieno died, and the seven deputies were charged with second-degree murder eight days later. Three hospital employees were also charged a few days later. |
| 2023-03-06 | Anthony Castro (40) | Unknown | Phoenix, Arizona | Castro was shot to death after stabbing his wife to death. |
| 2023-03-06 | James Saucedo (42) | Hispanic | Phoenix, Arizona | Saucedo had shot and injured a woman, and when he pulled a gun on officers he was fatally shot. |
| 2023-03-05 | Dexter Wade (37) | Black | Jackson, Mississippi | Wade was struck and killed by a Jackson police car as he crossed the interstate. Following his death police claimed they sent a voicemail to his mother, though she denied receiving one. Wade's mother reported him missing, and she was not informed of her son's death until months later, after the county had buried Wade alongside unclaimed bodies in a pauper's field. Wade was the nephew of George Robinson, who was also killed by Jackson Police. |
| 2023-03-04 | Roberto Corchado (29) | Latino | Fresno, California | Police pursued Corchado, who was suspected of leaving a traffic stop earlier in the day. Police used a maneuver to stop his vehicle at an intersection near a Walmart parking lot. As shown in video, Corchado exited his vehicle with his hands raised. Several officers approached, with one shouting commands, and less than a minute later police fired eight to ten rounds. The California Department of Justice stated they would investigate the shooting as part of a state law requiring them to investigate all fatal police shootings where the deceased is unarmed. The Fresno Police Department reported Corchado had fired on officers, striking one in his body armor, and later released a photograph of the damaged armor. |
| 2023-03-04 | Okwan Rahmier Sims (21) | Black | Stillwater, Minnesota | Stillwater police responded to an active shooter situation at an apartment building. Police officers encountered gunfire when they arrived in the parking lot and two or three people had been shot. Several police squad cars were struck by gunfire. The officers returned fire, killing the gunman. |
| 2023-03-04 | Joseph Sherrill (44) | White | Frederick, Maryland | Police arrived to arrest Sherrill for a probation violation. Officers found Sherrill in a closet, and shot him when he allegedly approached officers with a knife. |
| 2023-03-03 | Phillip Christopher Peinado (58) | White | North Las Vegas, Nevada | Police shot Peinado during a traffic stop after he allegedly reached for a firearm. |
| 2023-03-03 | Aaron Martinka (28) | Black | Tucson, Arizona | Police pursued Martinka for a probation violation. After the chase, police shot Martinka after he allegedly shot at officers. |
| 2023-03-03 | Najee Seabrooks (31) | Black | Paterson, New Jersey | Police responded to an emotionally disturbed person at the home of local activist Seabrooks. After barricading himself for five hours, police say an officer shot Seabrooks after he approached police with a knife. |
| 2023-03-03 | Ronald Wilson (56) | White | North Fork, California | Wilson, suspected in the fatal shooting of a man, was shot and killed following a pursuit and shootout. |
| 2023-03-02 | James Pavlista (58) | White | Elsanor, Alabama | A deputy shot Pavlista after he allegedly charged at him with a knife. |
| 2023-03-02 | Brett Cameron Carter (34) | White | Liverpool, Texas | Police responded to reports of a man in a dumpster at a Lake Jackson elementary school and pursued him after he stole a truck. Following a chase the truck crashed, and police shot Carter after he charged at them with a knife. |
| 2023-03-02 | Donovan Adrian Watson (25) | Black | Miami, Florida | Watson shot and killed 38-year-old Jean Gutierrez. Watson was shot dead by police after a standoff. |
| 2023-03-01 | Tony A. Smith (64) | White | Mountain City, Tennessee | During a welfare check police shot Smith after he allegedly fired at them. |
| 2023-03-01 | Daniel Ramone Scott (25) | Black | Ashburn, Georgia | Police pulled over Scott for a suspected burglary. After he T-boned an officer's vehicle, Scott was handcuffed. According to police, Scott managed to get control of a police vehicle and began to drive off, at which point police shot him. |
| 2023-03-01 | Stormy Fuller (32) | White | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Police encountered Fuller during a burglary. After firing a shot at police, Fuller ran and was shot by police after allegedly pointing a shotgun at them. |
| 2023-03-01 | Tony Raymond Gutierrez (40) | Hispanic | Pueblo, Colorado | Police responded to reports of shots fired at a home near a school. Following an armed standoff, police shot the man after he allegedly pointed a gun at SWAT officers. |
| 2023-03-01 | Chase Allan (25) | White | Farmington, Utah | Police pulled Allan over for not having a legitimate license plate, which the Standard-Examiner reported was a placard proclaiming constitutional sovereignty instead of a license. After refusing to provide identification to the officer, police attempted to remove him from the vehicle, during which an officer shot Allan. Police stated an empty holster was found on his hip and a gun was found in the driver's side floor. |