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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 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 94 people.

## August 2021

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
| 2021-08-31 | George Watson (34) | Black | Washington, D.C. | Police attended Watson's apartment following a 911 call for a man on his balcony with a rifle. When Watson answered his apartment door, he repeatedly said to police, "Where that bitch in pink at?", before returning inside. When Watson emerged a second time holding what appeared to be a gun, he was shot dead. The gun was later identified as a pellet gun. |
| 2021-08-31 | Jeremy Michael Berg (45) | White | Martelle, IA | |
| 2021-08-31 | Robert Nelson (55) | White | Anaheim, CA | |
| 2021-08-30 | Paris Wilder (38) | Black | West Melbourne, FL | |
| 2021-08-30 | Martin Luther Bowman (80) | Black | Pearlington, MS | |
| 2021-08-30 | Etianna Planellas (48) | Hispanic | Miami Shores, FL | |
| 2021-08-30 | Brittni Muldrew (36) | White | Coconut Creek, FL | |
| 2021-08-30 | Ronald J. Reiner (66) | White | Normal, IL | |
| 2021-08-29 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2021-08-29 | Grey Bell (40) | White | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2021-08-29 | Michael Rosado (24) | Hispanic | Bronx, NY | |
| 2021-08-29 | Jorge "Cury" Alberto Perez (48) | Hispanic | Morrisville, PA | |
| 2021-08-29 | Albert "AJ" Ruiz Perez (32) | Hispanic | Victorville, CA | |
| 2021-08-29 | Imran Ali Rasheed (32) | Middle Eastern | Plano, Texas | After shooting and killing a Lyft driver in Garland, Rasheed stole her car and drove to Plano Police headquarters, where he shot at people inside. Two Plano officers heard the gunshots and fired back, killing Rasheed. |
| 2021-08-29 | Johnny Lee Perry II (31) | Black | Missoula County, Montana | Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a man with a machete on a bridge. After non-lethal foam bullets failed to work, a deputy shot Perry in the back with a rifle. |
| 2021-08-28 | Ingmar Von Strandberg (30) | White | Tonopah, NV | |
| 2021-08-28 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Arkoma, OK | |
| 2021-08-27 | Fanta Bility (8) | Black | Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania | After a high school football game, a person was wounded in a drive-by shooting, and three officers fired back. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says there is a "high probability" that the shots fired by the officers accidentally struck four civilians, including Fanta Bility. In November 2021 two teenagers were charged with murder for exchanging gunfire, resulting in police opening fire and killing Bility and wounding three others. In January 2022, charges against the teenagers were dropped and a grand jury recommended that charges against three police officers be filed. Each officer was charged with ten counts of reckless endangerment and one count of manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. |
| 2021-08-27 | Lonnel Cephas (19) | Black | Elkhart, IN | |
| 2021-08-27 | Brandon Ventura (33) | Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | Honolulu, HI | |
| 2021-08-27 | Alexander Tadros (30) | White | Portland, OR | |
| 2021-08-27 | David G. Wandell (53) | White | Elmira, NY | |
| 2021-08-27 | Christopher Corey Moore (41) | Black | Greensboro, NC | |
| 2021-08-26 | Samuel Kirk (26) | Unknown race | Sanford, FL | |
| 2021-08-26 | Earl Lawhorn (33) | Black | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Lawhorn was fatally shot by Milwaukee Police officers after refusing to drop a gun during a foot pursuit. |
| 2021-08-26 | Zaqua Radle-Maxson (27) | Native American | Wasilla, AK | |
| 2021-08-25 | Robert Anderson (38) | Black | Crescent City, California | Distraught over a dispute with his spouse, police found Anderson walking in the road with a knife, and shot him dead after he advanced on them. "He was just at my house," said his friend, "and then I had to go over to the morgue and see him in a plastic bag." |
| 2021-08-25 | An'Twan Gilmore (27) | Black | Washington, D.C. | Police were called after a man was reported unconscious in his car at a stoplight. After noticing the man, An'Twan Gilmore, had a gun in his waistband, officers called for backup and a ballistic shield. According to body cam footage, police woke Gilmore up, and his car began to move. Gilmore stopped the car after being asked to. The footage then shows police shoot at Gilmore when the car began to move again. In 2023 the officer who shot Gilmore was charged with second-degree murder. |
| 2021-08-25 | Jonathan Daniel Mansilla (33) | Unknown | Rutland, Vermont | A corporal attempted to arrest Mansilla after a chase ended in a McDonald's bathroom. The corporal says he shot Mansilla after seeing him hold an object "he perceived to be an unknown weapon". Mansilla was holding a cellphone. |
| 2021-08-22 | Tyran C. Lamb (31) | Black | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Lamb was shot and killed by police at 27th and Becher after a shootout with the Greenfield Police Department in which he wounded a 36-year-old police officer shortly before collapsing on a lawn and dying. |
| 2021-08-21 | Juan Luis Olvera-Preciado (59) | Hispanic | Guadalupe, California | After a group of officers recognized a man with an arrest warrant at an intersection, they opened fire, accidentally shooting and killing a civilian, Juan Luis Olvera-Preciado. |
| 2021-08-21 | Daryl Jay Carr (45) | White | Allenhurst, GA | |
| 2021-08-21 | Shannon Trevor McKinley (28) | White | Florence, MS | |
| 2021-08-20 | Brandon Lee Schlichting (28) | White | Chanute, KS | |
| 2021-08-20 | George Michael Mireles (34) | Hispanic | Amarillo, TX | |
| 2021-08-19 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | El Cajon, CA | |
| 2021-08-19 | Douglas Brown Jr (26) | Unknown race | Selawik, AK | |
| 2021-08-18 | Lucas Antonio Salas (33) | Hispanic | Thornton, CO | |
| 2021-08-18 | Ronald Zavaglia (72) | White | Pflugerville, TX | |
| 2021-08-18 | James Matalice Smith (41) | Black | Somerville, TX | |
| 2021-08-18 | Kevin Eugene Norris (50) | White | Beckley, WV | |
| 2021-08-18 | Devonte Dawayne Brown (28) | Black | Marietta, GA | |
| 2021-08-18 | Terrence Bey (29) | Black | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2021-08-18 | Ervin Olikong (34) | Hispanic | Highland, CA | |
| 2021-08-17 | Alex Domina (19) | Unknown | Loveland, Colorado | Police were called by Domina's family during a mental health crisis. According to body cam footage, an officer shot Domina several times after he walked towards the officer with a knife. Domina was hospitalized and died on September 7. |
| 2021-08-17 | Destinee Thompson (27) | Native American | Wheat Ridge, CO | Thompson was pregnant when shot by police. |
| 2021-08-16 | Antonio Jackson (27) | Black | Memphis, TN | |
| 2021-08-16 | Brodrick Shelton (42) | Unknown | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Shelton was shot by police near a gas station. Police and witnesses say Shelton had a gun and fired at police. |
| 2021-08-15 | Katelyn L. Harris (29) | White | Chuckey, TN | |
| 2021-08-15 | Phillip John Walden (40) | White | Chapin, SC | |
| 2021-08-15 | Eric Padilla (34) | Hispanic | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2021-08-15 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Barstow, CA | |
| 2021-08-14 | Robert D. Bailey | Unknown race | Morton, MS | |
| 2021-08-14 | John Vogel (80) | White | St. Paul, NE | |
| 2021-08-14 | Stephanie Gerardi (38) | White | Saugus, MA | |
| 2021-08-14 | Kyle Anthony Goidosik (35) | White | Climax, Michigan | Authorities say Goidosik shot and killed a Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputy before dying in an exchange of gunfire with other deputies. |
| 2021-08-13 | Mauricio Luna (27) | Unknown | Knoxville, Tennessee | While responding to a burglary call an officer's cruiser struck Luna's vehicle driving 90 miles per hour. Luna and his dog Ceci both died. In 2022 the officer involved resigned from the Knoxville Police Department. |
| 2021-08-13 | Steven D. Primm (35) | White | San Antonio, TX | |
| 2021-08-13 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Bakersfield, CA | |
| 2021-08-12 | Dextor Trevor Attaway (35) | White | Winnie, TX | |
| 2021-08-12 | William Sellers (73) | White | Orlando, FL | |
| 2021-08-11 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Denver, CO | |
| 2021-08-11 | Adrian Joel Sanchez (34) | Hispanic | Castaic, CA | |
| 2021-08-11 | Rodney Coleman (50) | Unknown race | Victorville, CA | |
| 2021-08-11 | Daniel Turney Crowley (31) | White | Nashville, TN | |
| 2021-08-11 | Elia S. Laeli (41) | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Honolulu, HI | |
| 2021-08-11 | Brooks Hacker (35) | White | Juniata, NE | |
| 2021-08-10 | James "Jim" Robert Wiesner Sr. (51) | White | North Aurora, IL | |
| 2021-08-10 | Johan Alexis Salazar (21) | Hispanic | El Mirage, AZ | |
| 2021-08-10 | Marvin Richard Hitchcock (71) | White | Grantsboro, NC | |
| 2021-08-09 | Steven Ray Bailey (63) | White | Rocky Face, GA | |
| 2021-08-09 | Luis Manuel Garcia-Arias (39) | Hispanic | Tustin, CA | |
| 2021-08-09 | Christopher Robinson (48) | Black | Seguin, TX | |
| 2021-08-08 | Marcus Martin (40) | Black | Baltimore, MD | |
| 2021-08-08 | Randal Boyd Burton (62) | White | Spring, TX | |
| 2021-08-08 | Michael Contrell Adams III (19) | Black | Detroit, MI | |
| 2021-08-08 | Dashawn "Big Top" Batiste (22) | Black | Lafayette, LA | |
| 2021-08-07 | Ryan Pederson (43) | White | Bismarck, ND | |
| 2021-08-07 | Che Noe Zuniga Jr. (21) | Hispanic | Bakersfield, CA | |
| 2021-08-06 | Hayden Charles McIlvain (34) | White | Coeur d'Alene, ID | |
| 2021-08-06 | Roger Peter Lynch (59) | White | Delancey, NY | |
| 2021-08-06 | Nathan Larry Parsons (49) | White | Cullman, AL | |
| 2021-08-06 | Matthew-Tuan Anh Tran (22) | Asian | La Habra, California | A woman called police to report that an unknown man was following her before pulling in front of the police station. When officers questioned Tran, he denied following the woman, but when an officer began walking away Tran pulled out a gun and shot him before being shot and killed by the other officer. |
| 2021-08-05 | Isaiah Hinds (22) | White | Seattle, Washington | Seattle police shot and killed a 22-year-old man after he allegedly fired shots at officers in a White Center neighborhood Thursday evening. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. near the intersection of 21st Ave. Southwest and Southwest 100th St., near North Shorewood Park. Nollette said officers used a loudspeaker to tell the suspect to come out of the house so they could take him into custody. When the suspect came out, he allegedly fired a gun at officers. Three officers returned fire, hitting and killing the suspect, Nollette said in a press conference Thursday evening. Seattle police and SWAT officers were at a home serving a warrant for a suspect they believed was involved in a homicide case that happened earlier this year, according to Seattle Police Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette. |
| 2021-08-05 | Chad Fiscus (35) | White | Rockville, IN | |
| 2021-08-05 | Aler Ronald Escobar-Velasquez (36) | Hispanic | Joplin, MO | |
| 2021-08-05 | Joseph John Howard (35) | White | Hartford, VT | |
| 2021-08-04 | Dylan Christopher Harmer (21) | White | Glendora, CA | |
| 2021-08-04 | Sean Rowe (38) | White | Mansfield, OH | |
| 2021-08-04 | Terrance Dominic Knight (19) | White | Blackfoot, ID | |
| 2021-08-03 | Antonio King (22) | Black | Nashville, Tennessee | In the Antioch neighborhood, King entered a SmileDirectClub production facility and opened fire, non-fatally shooting a manager and two security guards. King was then shot and killed by responding police officers. |
| 2021-08-03 | Michael Tristian Paone (22) | White | Conshohocken, PA | |
| 2021-08-03 | Ent Wright (76) | White | Waco, TX | |
| 2021-08-02 | Name Withheld | Hispanic | Eagle Pass, TX | |