# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2011

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 2011, 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 48 people.

## August 2011

| Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | | State (city) | Description |
| 2011-08-31 | Ernest Vassell (56) | Black | Florida (North Miami Beach) | |
| 2011-08-31 | Michael Ray Rosser (45) | White | West Virginia (Fairmont) | |
| 2011-08-30 | Nicholas A. Koscielniak (27) | Race unspecified | New York (Lancaster) | Nine officers hogtied Koscielniak, pinned him to the ground and tasered him twelve times in a row in an attempted to subdue him. The coroner attributed his death to cocaine use, heart disease, and "excited delirium". |
| 2011-08-30 | Michael Marquez (31) | Hispanic/Latino | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2011-08-29 | Kurt Doerbecker (23) | White | New York (Point Lookout) | Shot after refusing to drop his knife and approaching police in a threatening manner. Police were responding to reports of a disturbance at a bar. |
| 2011-08-28 | William Paul Hill (45) | White | Florida (DeLand) | |
| 2011-08-28 | Brian Cayce Butala (31) | White | Minnesota (Duluth) | |
| 2011-08-27 | Laura J. Pettey (50) | White | New York (Watertown) | |
| 2011-08-26 | Samuel Dohn Boyd (51) | Race unspecified | California (Bakersfield) | |
| 2011-08-26 | Obbie Lee Shepard Jr. (21) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | |
| 2011-08-26 | Ismael Lopez (29) | Hispanic/Latino | California (Long Beach) | |
| 2011-08-26 | Maurice Shephard (55) | Black | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2011-08-25 | Keith Thomas Shumway (20) | White | New York (Ithaca) | Shot after attacking and grabbing an officer's gun. Another officer told the assailant to drop the gun. Shumway instead pointed the gun at the other officer who then shot him. |
| 2011-08-25 | Jeffrey Ferrigan (50) | White | Illinois (Lockport) | |
| 2011-08-25 | Cleodus Castleberry (23) | Black | Arkansas (Sherwood) | |
| 2011-08-25 | Jonathan David Hess (31) | White | Minnesota (Mankato) | |
| 2011-08-24 | Carlos Roberto Laboy (26) | Hispanic/Latino | Florida (Tampa) | |
| 2011-08-24 | Michael Wade Evans (56) | Race unspecified | North Carolina (Fayetteville) | |
| 2011-08-24 | Francis Owens (21) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | |
| 2011-08-23 | Reginald E. Miller (47) | White | Texas (Fort Worth) | |
| 2011-08-22 | David Gardner (50) | Race unspecified | California (Costa Mesa) | |
| 2011-08-21 | Drew Randolph Pozdol (26) | White | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2011-08-21 | Montaleto McKissick (37) | Black | Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) | |
| 2011-08-21 | Wyatt Earp Robinson (33) | Black | District of Columbia (Washington) | |
| 2011-08-20 | Gabriel Carlos Jaramillo (21) | Hispanic/Latino | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2011-08-20 | Peter Ray Bassett (41) | Race unspecified | California (Garden Grove) | |
| 2011-08-18 | Phillip A. Trimble (38) | Race unspecified | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2011-08-12 | Ronald Delonte Royal (20) | Black | Maryland (Clinton) | |
| 2011-08-12 | Wesley Sylvester Moore (49) | Black | Florida (Orlando) | |
| 2011-08-12 | Catawaba Tequila Howard (32) | Black | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2011-08-12 | Ray Glass (68) | Black | Georgia (DeKalb County) | Shot by SWAT team during standoff. The man had shot at a neighbor who called police. As the police arrived, the man shot at them, then barricaded himself inside his home. |
| 2011-08-11 | Boone, Jacob (30) | | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2011-08-11 | Arthur Hayse (40) | Black | Georgia (Conyers) | Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Officers were chasing Hayse and another person as prime suspects in a recent bank robbery. |
| 2011-08-10 | David Gary Albrecht (22) | White | Washington (Shoreline) | Shot after refusing to drop knife and shotgun. Police were responding to report of suicidal person. |
| 2011-08-10 | Jimmy Edgar Allen (31) | Black | Georgia (Atlanta) | Shot after turning toward police officer during armed robbery of restaurant. After being wounded, Allen fled outside the restaurant were the officer fired at least seven more times. |
| 2011-08-08 | Dennis Glenn (47) | White | Texas (Spring) | |
| 2011-08-06 | David Jerome Maestas (33) | Hispanic/Latino | Colorado (Denver) | Shot while fleeing in stolen vehicle the scene of Home Invasion. Maestas had tied up and beat the occupants, before stealing their Jeep. Police tracked the vehicle and attempted to stop it. When Maestas attempted to drive towards one of the officers, the police shot and killed him. |
| 2011-08-05 | Francis Howard Morrell (71) | White | Florida (Cape Canaveral) | |
| 2011-08-03 | Vivian Elmo (41) | Black | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | Died in auto accident when off-duty sheriff's deputy ran a red light striking Elmo's vehicle. The deputy had two prior reckless driving convictions and was fired on September 23, 2011. |
| 2011-08-01 | Richard Lee Shafer (60) | Race unspecified | Oregon (Elgin) | Shot while holding a rifle. Police were responding to a report of domestic violence. |
| 2011-08-01 | Johntwa E. Bosley (21) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | Shot after having a said shootout with police while holding a pistol and attempting to escape in a car. Swat team shot and killed the wanted felon. |
| 2011-08-01 | Carl Maggiorini Jr. (39) | White | California (Fresno) | Shot by a Fresno Police officer when the officer saw him running down the street waving a knife and chasing a man. |
| 2011-08-01 | Robert Sean "Bobby" Clifford (33) | White | California (Granite Bay) | |
| 2011-08-01 | Earl Joseph Prater (42) | White | Kentucky (Jackson) | |
| 2011-08-01 | Johntwa E. Bosley (21) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | |
| 2011-08-01 | Jamal Joseph Freeman (19) | Black | Texas (Kilgore) | |
| 2011-08-01 | Richard W. North (50) | White | Indiana (Bloomington) | |
| 2011-08-01 | Fallon Rae Blanchette Frederick (30) | White | Arkansas (Rogers) | |