# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, July 2018

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in July 2018, 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 102 people.

## July 2018

| Date | Name and age of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2018-07-31 | David Judge (53) | White | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2018-07-31 | Skyler Martin (23) | White | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2018-07-30 | James Edward Blackmon (35) | Black | Luxora, AR | |
| 2018-07-30 | Richard "Gary" Black (73) | White | Colorado (Aurora) | A naked stranger broke into Black's home in the early hours of the morning and attacked Black's 11-year-old grandson. Black shot and killed the intruder. When police arrived, Officer Drew Limbaugh shot and killed an armed Black, assuming him to be the intruder. Only two weeks prior Officer Limbaugh had returned from an administrative leave due to the June 27th killing of Joey Bronson. Prosecutors chose not to charge Limbaugh for either incident. |
| 2018-07-28 | Joseph Santos (44) | Hispanic | Allentown, PA | |
| 2018-07-28 | Michael Neal (32) | White | Pineville, LA | |
| 2018-07-28 | Arthur Kenzie Garner (33) | White | Aberdeen, NC | |
| 2018-07-28 | Isaiah Nathaniel Leyva | Hispanic | Denver, CO | |
| 2018-07-27 | Julian Jenkins (31) | White | Pilot Point, TX | |
| 2018-07-27 | Cynthia Fields (60) | Black | Savannah, GA | |
| 2018-07-27 | Richard Mendoza (32) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2018-07-27 | Lamar Richardson (25) | Black | Toledo, OH | |
| 2018-07-26 | Kenneth Edwin Martell (36) | White | Lakemoor, IL | |
| 2018-07-26 | Daniel Hambrick (25) | Black | Nashville, TN | |
| 2018-07-26 | William Earnest Brooks (43) | Unknown race | Social Circle, GA | |
| 2018-07-26 | Sergio Acosta (24) | Hispanic | Redondo Beach, CA | |
| 2018-07-26 | Iman Joseph Buford (30) | White | Springdale, AR | |
| 2018-07-26 | Jesus Hernandez Murillo (18) | Hispanic | Kent, WA | |
| 2018-07-26 | Gavalynn Mahuka (53) | Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | Waianae, HI | |
| 2018-07-25 | Brent Carl Bowdon (56) | White | Lake Havasu City, AZ | |
| 2018-07-25 | Richard Roosevelt Bahr (54) | White | Spokane, WA | |
| 2018-07-25 | D'Mario Perkins (29) | Black | Tennessee (Memphis) | |
| 2018-07-25 | Michael Heatherly (64) | White | La Follette, TN | |
| 2018-07-25 | Jose Luis Rodriguez (23) | Hispanic | Amarillo, TX | |
| 2018-07-24 | DeVaughdre Delsha Rogers (20) | Black | Starke, FL | |
| 2018-07-24 | Donna Lynn Allen (39) | White | Soddy Daisy, TN | |
| 2018-07-24 | Cashus Dean Case (44) | White | Seaside, OR | |
| 2018-07-24 | Gregory T. Graham (55) | White | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 2018-07-23 | Paul B. Meade (71) | White | Bristol, VA | |
| 2018-07-23 | Rosalio Hernandez Ortega (33) | Hispanic | Burlington, NC | |
| 2018-07-23 | John Carlos Natera-Perez aka Jean Perez (30) | Hispanic | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 2018-07-22 | Juan Garcia (38) | Hispanic | Riverside, CA | |
| 2018-07-22 | William Bacorn (18) | White | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 2018-07-22 | Logan Simpson (17) | White | Bixby, OK | |
| 2018-07-22 | Juan Ramon Ramos (32) | Hispanic | Highland, CA | |
| 2018-07-22 | Schuyler Lake (20) | | New York (Albany) | Responding to a domestic violence call, two police officers confronted 20-year-old Lake stabbing his mother in the face. After refusing to drop the knife one of the officers shot Lake, killing him. Lake's mother along with his uncle had been stabbed and were treated at the hospital. |
| 2018-07-21 | Melyda Corado (27) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | Ms. Corado, the Trader Joe's store manager, was killed by LAPD during a hostage situation. Authorities said Ms. Corado was exiting the grocery store just as suspect Gene Atkins, 28, crashed his car into a light post during a police chase and began exchanging gunfire with two responding officers. |
| 2018-07-21 | Vincent James Ewer II (39) | White | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2018-07-21 | Ruben Maya (37) | Hispanic | Fresno, CA | |
| 2018-07-21 | Dale Slocum (57) | White | Toledo, OH | |
| 2018-07-21 | Eliuth Penaloza Nava (50) | Hispanic | Anaheim, CA | |
| 2018-07-21 | Anthony C. Lopez (21) | Hispanic | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2018-07-20 | Justin Joshua Waiki (33) | Native Hawaiian | Naalehu, HI | |
| 2018-07-20 | Anthony Coleman (38) | White | Lady Lake, FL | |
| 2018-07-20 | Arthur C. Levario Jr. (45) | Hispanic | Riverside, CA | |
| 2018-07-20 | Javier Lopez (19) | White | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2018-07-19 | Christopher A. Roberts (32) | White | Louisville, KY | |
| 2018-07-19 | Carmelo Pizarro Jr. (22) | Hispanic | Pico Rivera, CA | |
| 2018-07-19 | Luis Cruz (19) | Hispanic | Peoria, IL | |
| 2018-07-18 | Mickey Coy (59) | White | Pattison, TX | |
| 2018-07-18 | Arthur Lee Lujan (30) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2018-07-18 | Wesley Shelton (33) | White | Fletcher, NC | |
| 2018-07-17 | Isaiah M. Hayes (25) | White | Altoona, IA | |
| 2018-07-17 | Rolando Brizuela (57) | Hispanic | Sparks, NV | |
| 2018-07-17 | Kerry Edwin Townsend (51) | White | Lenoir, NC | |
| 2018-07-17 | Juan Manuel Correa-Leyva (27) | Hispanic | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2018-07-15 | Jonathan Molina (23) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2018-07-15 | Marlin Mack (25) | Black | Kansas City, MO | |
| 2018-07-14 | Erick Aguirre (25) | Hispanic | Bloomington, CA | |
| 2018-07-14 | Isaac "Chucky" Ovidio Chapa III (34) | White | Alvin, TX | |
| 2018-07-14 | Rashuan Washington (37) | Black | New Jersey (Vineland) | Responding to a call, police officers approached Washington, who was standing shirtless in his driveway with a bundle in his right hand. Washington repeatedly claimed he had a bomb, daring officers to shot him, and did not comply with police orders to show his hands. After a 28 minute standoff, one of the officers opened fire on Washington after he did not comply with orders. After the incident, it became clear that Washington was unarmed. Protests followed the week of the shooting. |
| 2018-07-14 | Harith L. Augustus (37) | Black | Illinois (Chicago) | Police officers approached Augustus, whom they observed on a sidewalk with “a bulge on his waistline that they believed could be a gun”. Augustus pushed their hands away, resisting, and began to flee by running into the street. The gun was revealed during the scuffle. Augustus reached for the gun as he fled, and officers shot him. |
| 2018-07-14 | Jethro Benjamin (68) | Black | South Carolina (Florence) | Police were called to a Hilton Garden inn on reports of an individual in the parking lot walking around with a firearm. When officers arrived on the scene they noticed an individual who ignored orders and hid behind a car. The individual then got up and started shooting at the police. Police shot back, hitting the suspect multiple times, killing him. He was later identified as 68-year-old Jethro Benjamin. |
| 2018-07-13 | Tim Gohann Braun (60) | White | Riverview, FL | |
| 2018-07-13 | Jesse Darian Carrillo (17) | Hispanic | Dallas, TX | |
| 2018-07-13 | Juan Luna (25) | Hispanic | Dilley, TX | |
| 2018-07-13 | Archer Amorosi (17) | White | Excelsior, MN | |
| 2018-07-12 | Joey Loop (40) | White | Cottage Grove, OR | |
| 2018-07-11 | Fidel Miranda (22) | Hispanic | Nevada (Las Vegas) | A vehicle refused to stop during a tragic stop were the occupants of the vehicle were suspects in a murder of a man at a carwash. The vehicle led police on a length case where the occupants to the vehicle fired 34 shots at the officers and the officers, in turn, fired 31 shots. The case ended after the vehicle crashed into an elementary school, one of the occupants fled and was apprehended, the second continued to fire shots and was killed. The deceased individual was identified as 23-year-old Fidel Miranda, and the other occupant was identified as 30-year-old Rene Nunez. Both individuals had lengthy criminal records and wanted on multiple felonies in addition to their alleged involvement in the earlier murder. |
| 2018-07-11 | Laura Mae Bond | White | Willis, TX | |
| 2018-07-11 | Salome Ramirez (34) | Hispanic | Los Banos, CA | |
| 2018-07-10 | Shaun Leo Gates (40) | White | Garland, TX | |
| 2018-07-10 | Leonardo Cano (53) | White | Hialeah, FL | |
| 2018-07-10 | William T. McCollum (21) | White | Casper, WY | |
| 2018-07-09 | Gregory Longenecker (51) | | Pennsylvania (Penn Township, Berks County) | Police were searching for Longenecker, who was accused of growing ten marijuana plants on state game lands. Police searched using a bulldozer, and accidentally ran over Longenecker. |
| 2018-07-08 | Joseph Pettaway (51) | Black | Alabama (Montgomery) | Pettaway was killed by a K-9 while sleeping in an unoccupied home. |
| 2018-07-08 | Craig Yelton (34) | White | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2018-07-08 | Ngoc Dang Nguyen (28) | Asian | Westminster, CA | |
| 2018-07-08 | John Francis Murphy III (41) | White | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 2018-07-07 | Kelly Kenneth Sutton (27) | White | Amity, OR | |
| 2018-07-07 | Adrian Emmanuel Martinez | Hispanic | Denver, CO | |
| 2018-07-07 | Harold Eugene Kraai (52) | White | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2018-07-06 | Charles Webb (43) | Black | Overland Park, KS | |
| 2018-07-06 | Eric Hash (38) | Native American | Copper Center, AK | |
| 2018-07-05 | Raad Fakhri Salman (62) | Asian | Louisville, KY | |
| 2018-07-05 | Tracy A. Richards (55) | White | Eustis, FL | |
| 2018-07-05 | Sylvia Marie Bejarano (33) | Hispanic | Arizona (Tempe) | |
| 2018-07-05 | Daniel A. Fuller (26) | White | Devils Lake, ND | |
| 2018-07-05 | John James Corrigan (38) | White | San Andreas, CA | |
| 2018-07-04 | Frank W. "Franko" Dripps IV (52) | White | South Elgin, IL | |
| 2018-07-04 | Emmanuel Bitsuie (32) | Native American | Pueblo, CO | [110] [111] |
| 2018-07-04 | Ryan Turner Force (35) | White | Griffin, GA | |
| 2018-07-03 | Millard Clark (41) | Native American | Lawton, OK | |
| 2018-07-03 | Terrell Eason (33) | Black | Illinois (Chicago) | |
| 2018-07-03 | Christian T. Webb (24) | White | Kansas (Wichita) | |
| 2018-07-03 | Lemuel Bunn (40) | Black | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 2018-07-03 | Walter Giron (61) | White | Olathe, CO | |
| 2018-07-03 | Samuel Giron (54) | White | Olathe, CO | |
| 2018-07-01 | Larry San Nicolas (60) | Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | Grandview, MO | |
| 2018-07-01 | Daniel Isaiah Norris (33) | White | Boise, ID | |
| 2018-07-01 | Joshua Blake Reed (26) | White | Panora, IA | |
| 2018-07-01 | Donadony Blake Taylor (46) | Black | Santa Ana, CA | |