# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, May 2022

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 2022, 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 59 people.

## May 2022

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | City/state | Description |
| 2022-05-31 | Michael Angelo Gales (37) | Black | Locust, NC | |
| 2022-05-31 | Andy Brock (46) | White | London, KY | |
| 2022-05-31 | Victor Thomas Torres Jr (42) | Hispanic | Spring Hill, FL | |
| 2022-05-30 | Yosef Bekermus (31) | Unknown race | Cape Coral, FL | |
| 2022-05-30 | Michael Morado (19) | White | Billings, MT | |
| 2022-05-30 | Mark Anthony Diaz (21) | Hispanic | Siler City, NC | |
| 2022-05-30 | Matthew Todhunter (33) | White | Marysville, OH | |
| 2022-05-30 | Datwuan Catchings (22) | Black | Cleveland, OH | |
| 2022-05-29 | Masen T. Moore (22) | White | Sedalia, MO | |
| 2022-05-29 | Tony Brown (52) | Unknown race | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2022-05-29 | Jeffery Moctezuma Noyola (19) | Black | King, NC | |
| 2022-05-29 | Stephen Paul John (51) | White | Safford, AZ | |
| 2022-05-29 | Michael Wade McKee (50) | White | Tulsa, OK | |
| 2022-05-28 | Davin Darayle Saunders (38) | Black | Cheyenne, WY | |
| 2022-05-28 | Davonnte McKnight (29) | Black | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 2022-05-28 | Bradley Thompkins (51) | White | Rockford, IL | |
| 2022-05-27 | Dustin Vance (42) | White | Salina, KS | |
| 2022-05-27 | Miguel Angel Rodriguez (39) | Hispanic | Pomona, CA | |
| 2022-05-26 | Robert Hammitt (48) | Unknown race | Austin, TX | |
| 2022-05-26 | Douglas Weishaupl (53) | White | Mead, CO | |
| 2022-05-26 | Robert Earl Williams (24) | Unknown race | Lakehead, CA | |
| 2022-05-26 | Houston Tipping (32) | White | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2022-05-25 | Abe Banks (53) | Unknown race | Winn Parish, LA | |
| 2022-05-25 | Spencer Cassanova Heckathorne (60) | White | Myrtle Creek, OR | |
| 2022-05-25 | Gregorio Banuelos (39) | Hispanic | Wichita, KS | |
| 2022-05-25 | Toure Jones (23) | Unknown race | Canton, GA | |
| 2022-05-24 | Salvador Ramos (18) | Latino | Uvalde, Texas | After non-fatally shooting his grandmother, Ramos shot and killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School, including 19 students. Ramos was killed by a Border Patrol agent. |
| 2022-05-21 | Arthur Page II (58) | White | Aiken County, South Carolina | Police chased Page, who was riding a motorcycle. After losing control and crashing, Page fled and fell over. When he turned over, a deputy shot him, stating he mistook an object in Page's hand for a firearm. |
| 2022-05-20 | Omari Cryer (25) | Black | Louisville, Kentucky | U.S. Marshals shot and killed Cryer in the Chickasaw neighborhood while attempting to serve an arrest warrant for domestic violence, strangulation and assault. |
| 2022-05-20 | Da'Shontay King Sr. (37) | Black | Racine, Wisconsin | After refusing to pull over, King Sr. fled the vehicle and was pursued by the officer on foot. When King Sr. attempted to retrieve a handgun he dropped, the officer opened fire, fatally injuring him. The officer was not charged. |
| 2022-05-19 | Devon Lee Taylor (19) | White | Beverly, OH | |
| 2022-05-19 | Tavis Latimore Carithers (23) | Black | Mableton, GA | |
| 2022-05-19 | Samuel Frias (35) | Hispanic | Seabrook, TX | |
| 2022-05-19 | Michael MacFhionghain (57) | Unknown | San Francisco, California | Police responded to reports of a fight and encountered two homeless men, MacFhionghain and Mendoza, with MacFhiongain on top of Mendoza holding a knife. After MacFhionghain began to move aggressively towards Mendoza police opened fire, killing both men. |
| 2022-05-19 | Rafael Mendoza (49) | Unknown | San Francisco, California | Police responded to reports of a fight and encountered two homeless men, MacFhionghain and Mendoza, with MacFhiongain on top of Mendoza holding a knife. After MacFhionghain began to move aggressively towards Mendoza police opened fire, killing both men. |
| 2022-05-19 | Austin Flores (29) | Hispanic | Fresno, California | Flores pointed a replica handgun at officers who were responding to a call of a man who violated a restraining order. |
| 2022-05-19 | Dave Walker (45) | White | LaPlace, LA | |
| 2022-05-19 | Rickey Looney (40) | White | Mena, AR | |
| 2022-05-19 | Maddie Hofmann (47) | Asian | Malvern, Pennsylvania | Police were called to Hofmann's home for a wellness check. Less than a minute after entering the home, police shot and killed Hofmann, who was a transgender woman and parent of two children. |
| 2022-05-16 | Justin Moore (31) | White | Palmyra, Indiana | After running out of gas, Moore pulled over on the side of the road, where a reserve officer and an off-duty firefighter stopped to help him. After being asked to put a knife in his car, Moore grabbed a shotgun and shot at the officer and firefighter, killing the firefighter. The reserve officer then shot and killed Moore. |
| 2022-05-13 | Michael Foley (33) | Unknown | New Boston, New Hampshire | Foley was shot and killed by a police officer and a security guard near the New Boston Space Force Station. |
| 2022-05-13 | Unknown | Unknown | Memphis, Tennessee | A police vehicle hit a pedestrian crossing an interstate. |
| 2022-05-08 | Edward Wilkins (20) | Unknown | Wallkill, New York | An officer from the New York City Police Department shot and killed Wilkins in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings before shooting himself. |
| 2022-05-08 | Stephanie Dantzler (53) | Black | Ravenel, South Carolina | An officer sped past a stop sign, hitting a car carrying a mother and her two daughters. The officer was charged in their deaths. |
| 2022-05-08 | Shanice Dantzler-Williams (28) | Black | Ravenel, South Carolina | An officer sped past a stop sign, hitting a car carrying a mother and her two daughters. The officer was charged in their deaths. |
| 2022-05-08 | Miranda Dantzler-Williams (22) | Black | Ravenel, South Carolina | An officer sped past a stop sign, hitting a car carrying a mother and her two daughters. The officer was charged in their deaths. |
| 2022-05-05 | Larry Chadwick (68) | Unknown | Albertville, Alabama | Police responded to a domestic dispute and shot Chadwick. Police say Chadwick was holding a gun and refused to drop it, although he did not fire it. |
| 2022-05-05 | Prince Gurley | Black | Marion, South Carolina | Police responded to reports of a disturbance and shot Gurley. Body camera footage shows Gurley lunge at an officer with a knife before he was shot. |
| 2022-05-04 | Cicero Sanchez (31) | Hispanic | Federal Way, WA | Deputies were looking for a person wanted for felony assault. Deputies located Sanchez and attempted to arrest him. Sanchez fled the scene in an SUV after he intentionally struck several patrol cars. Police eventually stopped the vehicle and attempted to arrest Sanchez again, but encountered a lethal threat and fired their weapons. Sanchez died at the scene after lifesaving measures were performed, according to investigators. |
| 2022-05-03 | Mekiah D. Harris (26) | Black | Platte City, MO | |
| 2022-05-03 | Kenneth Lee Sykes (47) | White | Prichard, AL | |
| 2022-05-03 | Leron James (54) | Unknown race | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2022-05-02 | Samuel Ed Farnam Jr (44) | White | Ozark, AL | |
| 2022-05-01 | Lorenzo Molina (41) | Hispanic | Ducor, CA | |
| 2022-05-01 | David Deaton (60) | Unknown race | Midland, TX | |
| 2022-05-01 | Adam Shreve (39) | White | Waukegan, IL | |
| 2022-05-01 | George J. Gordon II (28) | White | Azle, TX | |
| 2022-05-01 | William “Jerry” Crosby (55) | White | Jacksonboro, SC | |
| 2022-05-01 | Scott Osborn (47) | White | Hooker, OK | |