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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in July 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 83 people.

## July 2021

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
| 2021-07-31 | Name Withheld (39) | Unknown race | Yulee, FL | |
| 2021-07-31 | Ruben Isaac Sanchez (31) | Hispanic | Woodville, CA | |
| 2021-07-31 | Keith Wayne Homrighausen (49) | White | Centennial, CO | |
| 2021-07-30 | Luis Fernando Flores (44) | Hispanic | Celina, TX | |
| 2021-07-29 | James Haynes (31) | Black | Mansfield, OH | |
| 2021-07-28 | Jonathan Andrew Pears (32) | White | Wetumpka, AL | |
| 2021-07-27 | Robert P. Uhler (56) | White | Westfield, PA | |
| 2021-07-27 | Losardo Lucas (55) | Black | Calumet City, IL | |
| 2021-07-27 | Michael D. Whitmer (37) | White | Nelsonville, OH | |
| 2021-07-27 | Justin Damon Roberts (35) | Unknown race | Cottonwood, AL | |
| 2021-07-27 | Douglas Joseph Claiborne (60) | White | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 2021-07-27 | Lisa Hight | White | Chickasha, OK | |
| 2021-07-27 | Alexis C. Wilson (19) | Black | Dolton, Illinois | Irate that a restaurant had closed for the evening, Wilson pulled a gun at the drive-thru window. Police arrived and instructed Wilson to exit her vehicle, but she refused, and drove away with an officer—who was attempting to remove Wilson from the vehicle—hanging from her car window. Wilson was shot dead by a second officer before running him over. |
| 2021-07-26 | Samuel Soto (53) | Unknown | Los Angeles, California | Police responded to an off-duty officer who reported a man cutting himself with a knife. After Soto refused to drop the knife, police fired three times, striking him once. After an officer kicked the knife away, Soto got up and ran towards an officer. One of the officers tried to tell the others that Soto had dropped the knife, but they weren't able to hear him due to a nearby police helicopter. An officer then shot Soto, who was holding a cellphone. Soto died from his injuries five months later. |
| 2021-07-26 | Neida Tijerina (29) | Hispanic | San Antonio, TX | |
| 2021-07-26 | Hermenegildo Gonzalez Jr. (58) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2021-07-26 | Jacob Bender (39) | White | Gobles, MI | |
| 2021-07-26 | Damien Montrell Cameron (29) | Black | Braxton, MS | |
| 2021-07-25 | Name Withheld (35) | Unknown race | Crowley, LA | |
| 2021-07-25 | Gabriel "Sam" Parker (38) | Black | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2021-07-25 | Jose Manuel Ramirez Jr. (41) | Hispanic | Wasco, CA | |
| 2021-07-24 | Cody Brannan (27) | Unknown race | Dothan, AL | |
| 2021-07-24 | Forrest T. Moore (31) | White | Boise, ID | |
| 2021-07-23 | Jesus Salvado Valeta (22) | Hispanic | San Diego, CA | |
| 2021-07-22 | Cullen Condon (25) | White | Boerne, TX | |
| 2021-07-22 | Carlos Rodriguez (40) | Hispanic | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2021-07-22 | Shawn Tillison (43) | White | Duncan, OK | |
| 2021-07-21 | Michael Whitmer (37) | White | Nelsonville, Ohio | Responding to a domestic dispute, a Hocking College officer opened fire as Whitmer attempted to drive away, killing him and wounding a Nelsonville Police officer. The officer was charged with negligent homicide and later pled no contest. |
| 2021-07-20 | Miguel F. Hernandez-Rodriguez (31) | Hispanic | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2021-07-20 | Nevada "Japoy" Lee Escholt (42) | Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 2021-07-20 | Gerardo Martinez (19) | Native American | Salinas, CA | |
| 2021-07-20 | Gilberto Martinez-Nava (37) | Hispanic | Davenport, FL | |
| 2021-07-20 | Mitchell Shuller (35) | White | Harrisburg, PA | |
| 2021-07-19 | Jason Fralick (43) | White | Cairo, GA | |
| 2021-07-19 | Michael Clifton (50) | White | Toledo, OH | |
| 2021-07-18 | Leslie Stephen Scarlett (35) | Black | Tucson, AZ | |
| 2021-07-18 | Clint Dearman (35) | White | Daphne, AL | |
| 2021-07-18 | Irvin Peterson (35) | Black | Houston, TX | |
| 2021-07-17 | Jeffrey Scott (30) | Unknown race | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 2021-07-17 | Name Withheld (16) | Unknown race | Appalachia, VA | |
| 2021-07-17 | Quentin Bogard | Black | Canton, Mississippi | Wanted by police for allegedly shooting a woman the previous night, Bogard barricaded himself inside a motel room where—after a three-hour standoff—he was shot dead after firing at police. |
| 2021-07-17 | Maurice Sentel Mincey (36) | Black | Savannah, Georgia | Police stopped a car for a traffic violation, and when they observed Mincey moving around the passenger seat they instructed him to show his hands. According to bodycam video, Mincey was shot dead when he exited the vehicle pointing a gun at police. |
| 2021-07-16 | Gerardo Martinez (19) | Native American | Salinas, California | Police shot Martinez after he allegedly raised what appeared to be a gun at police. According to neighbors, police gave commands in Spanish, but Martinez spoke Zapotec. The object Martinez was holding was later revealed to be a BB gun. |
| 2021-07-16 | Ryan LeRoux (21) | Black | Gaithersburg, MD | |
| 2021-07-16 | Craig Heinzen (64) | White | Roswell, NM | |
| 2021-07-16 | Dawn Simpson (51) | White | Nampa, ID | |
| 2021-07-15 | Xavier Vern Hutt (24) | White | Essex, MT | |
| 2021-07-15 | Matthew James Sova (48) | White | Los Angeles, California | Police shot a man on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after reports of a man with a gun. Police alleged a replica handgun was recovered from the scene, but photos of the object appear to show a novelty lighter. |
| 2021-07-14 | Hershel Weinberger (9) | White | Chicago, Illinois | An off-duty officer driving accidentally struck and killed Weinberger as he was crossing the street on his bicycle. The officer's breathalyzer test came back negative for alcohol. |
| 2021-07-14 | David Salinas (32) | Hispanic | Houston, TX | |
| 2021-07-14 | Marquez Floyd (31) | Black | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2021-07-13 | Jesse Joe Carranza (21) | Hispanic | El Paso, TX | |
| 2021-07-13 | Justin Powell (32) | Black | Baltimore, MD | |
| 2021-07-12 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Ontario, CA | |
| 2021-07-12 | Johnny Ray Kirk (22) | White | Pensacola, FL | |
| 2021-07-11 | Jonathan Balchunas (24) | White | North East, MD | |
| 2021-07-11 | Shawn Thomas (36) | Native American | Waterflow, NM | |
| 2021-07-10 | Randy Lee Jenkins (37) | White | Bennington Township, MI | |
| 2021-07-10 | James Holland Sr (37) | Black | Avondale, AZ | |
| 2021-07-09 | Klevontaye White (34) | Black | Chicago, IL | |
| 2021-07-09 | Arcadio Castillo III (23) | Hispanic | Salem, OR | |
| 2021-07-09 | Mahlon Taylor (59) | White | Doyline, LA | |
| 2021-07-08 | Name Withheld (53) | Unknown race | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2021-07-08 | Stanley Howard (64) | White | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2021-07-08 | Shannon M. Wilcox (53) | Unknown race | Presque Isle, ME | |
| 2021-07-07 | Edward Daniel Santana (45) | Hispanic | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2021-07-07 | Jerry Allan Gunter (34) | White | Medford, OR | |
| 2021-07-06 | Shelby Ray Hardin (33) | White | Danville, KY | |
| 2021-07-06 | Joseph D. McGrath (52) | White | Carterville, IL | |
| 2021-07-06 | Steven Adam Calderon (32) | White | Paso Robles, CA | |
| 2021-07-06 | Jose Benitez-Vasquez (32) | Hispanic | Houston, TX | |
| 2021-07-06 | Leneal Frazier (40) | Black | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Leneal Frazier, an uninvolved bystander, was killed on July 6, 2021, by a Minneapolis police squad car that was pursuing a robbery suspect in a vehicle that was reportedly carjacked earlier. While in pursuit, the squad car struck several vehicles, including Frazier's vehicle, near the intersection of Lyndale Avenue and 41st Avenue North at approximately 12:30 a.m. CDT. Frazier was a relative of Darnella Frazier, the then-teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd her cellphone on May 25, 2020. |
| 2021-07-06 | Dasan "DJ" Jones (15) | Black | Baltimore, Maryland | Baltimore Police Officer Eric Banks killed Jones, his stepson, before stuffing his body into an attic crawlspace. When police responded, he became combative and tried to take one officer's gun. Banks was convicted of murder and attempting to disarm a police officer and sentenced to 42 years in prison. |
| 2021-07-05 | Eduardo Mendez Amezquita (28) | Hispanic | San Antonio, TX | |
| 2021-07-04 | Ricardo Torres, Jr. (32) | Latino | Olivia, Minnesota | Ricardo Torres, Jr., a 32-year old man who resided in Olivia, Minnesota, was fatally shot by Olivia police officer Arron Clouse at 2:20 a.m. on July 4, 2021, during a confrontation. Torres allegedly brandished a shotgun and failed to comply with Clouse's order. Authorities recovered a shotgun at the scene. |
| 2021-07-04 | John Reuben Turbe (30) | Black | Tampa, FL | |
| 2021-07-04 | Craig Locklear (49) | White | Salemburg, NC | |
| 2021-07-04 | Gulia Dale III (61) | Black | Newton, NJ | |
| 2021-07-04 | Matthew J. Morse (36) | White | Ravenna Township, OH | |
| 2021-07-02 | Thomas Charlie Billings (37) | White | Traphill, NC | |
| 2021-07-01 | Shannon Earl Smith (45) | Black | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 2021-07-01 | Jesus Rodriguez (23) | Hispanic | Douglasville, GA | |
| 2021-07-01 | Lisa A. Short (54) | White | Kingsport, TN | |