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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in December 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 99 people.

## December 2018

| Date | Name (and age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2018-12-31 | Rony Parras-Mendez (18) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | Two LAPD officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a woman screaming for help during an argument in the street. When law enforcement arrived at the scene they were approached by the woman as well as a neighbor who had been injured while trying to intervene. The witnesses directed the officers to the apartment, where they were greeted by a teenager holding a knife. After refusing to drop his weapon and approaching the officers, Rony Parras-Mendez was shot and killed by one of the officers. |
| 2018-12-31 | Iosia Faletogo (30) | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Seattle, WA | |
| 2018-12-31 | Brant Hartung (62) | White | Waterville, PA | |
| 2018-12-31 | Robert Daniel Barger (26) | Unknown | Stone Mountain, GA | |
| 2018-12-31 | Jesus Ramos (34) | Hispanic | Longmont, CO | |
| 2018-12-31 | Matthew Hurley (45) | White | Dayton, IA | |
| 2018-12-30 | Kerry D. Blake (44) | Black | Rockford, IL | |
| 2018-12-30 | Warren Jay Beaubien (49) | White | Llano, TX | |
| 2018-12-29 | Mark Nicholas Farrell (33) | Unknown race | Beatty, OR | |
| 2018-12-29 | Nathan Shepard | Unknown race | Golden, MS | |
| 2018-12-29 | Christopher L. Kelley (42) | White | St. Joseph, MO | |
| 2018-12-29 | Paul Arbitelle (45) | White | Connecticut (Danbury) | Police attempted to use a stun gun, but it was ineffective. He was shot and killed after charging at police with a knife. Arbitelle's mother was wounded, but survived. |
| 2018-12-28 | Glenn Rightsell (57) | White | Indiana (Montgomery County) | Rightsell was working on his truck when he was confronted by Indiana State deputies. Police claim he reached for his gun, but no bodycam footage has been provided as of December 2020. The ISP deputies fatally shot Rightsell, who died hours later in the hospital. |
| 2018-12-28 | Shane Lyons (35) | Black | Port Arthur, TX | |
| 2018-12-28 | David McNabb (43) | White | Orcutt, CA | |
| 2018-12-28 | Mark Wade Luttrell Jr. (34) | White | Tullahoma, TN | |
| 2018-12-28 | Edwin C. Bundy (46) | White | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2018-12-27 | Erich Stelzer (25) | White | Massachusetts (Cohasset) | YouTube bodybuilder Stelzer was tased four times during arrest and later died. |
| 2018-12-26 | Wayne Falana Jr. (26 or 35) | Black | Florida (Clearwater) | Falana allegedly told his girlfriend that both she and he were going to die, and started beating her. She called police through the Facebook Messenger app on her phone. Police responding were fired upon from inside the house by Falana, and they returned fire. In the ensuing gun battle Falana broke through the window and continued to shoot at police. The officers ended up shooting Falana 16 times, eventually killing him. None of the officers were seriously hurt. Falana was iliegaly living in Clearwater and was also in unlawful possession of marijuana and firearms. |
| 2018-12-26 | Michael Jerome Taylor (17) | Black | Lakeland, FL | |
| 2018-12-26 | Gary Warbritton (21) | White | Rector, AR | |
| 2018-12-25 | Jennifer Vasquez (24) | Hispanic | San Jose, CA | |
| 2018-12-25 | Antonio A. Ramos (34) | Hispanic | Buckeye, AZ | |
| 2018-12-24 | Abdias Flores (35) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2018-12-23 | Kaulana "Toji" Reinhardt (26) | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Wailuku, HI | |
| 2018-12-23 | Jason Perez (36) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2018-12-21 | Jose Lemus (57) | Hispanic | Azusa, CA | |
| 2018-12-21 | Ronald Scott Jenkins (55) | White | Lexington, SC | |
| 2018-12-20 | David MacAdams (56) | White | Panama City, FL | |
| 2018-12-20 | Damon Barstad (23) | White | Toledo, OH | |
| 2018-12-20 | Unknown | Unknown | Lake Elsinore, CA | |
| 2018-12-19 | Angel Ocampo-Soto | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2018-12-19 | Theresa Kay Strawn (54) | White | Valrico, FL | |
| 2018-12-19 | Courtney Breanne Strawn (32) | White | Plant City, FL | |
| 2018-12-19 | Londyn Faith Strawn (6) | White | Valrico, FL | |
| 2018-12-19 | Keith A. Hawley (27) | White | Union City, PA | |
| 2018-12-19 | Daniel Geiger (32) | Unknown race | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 2018-12-18 | David Alexander Frederick (24) | White | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 2018-12-18 | Mitchell J. Hammer (27) | White | Palmyra, PA | |
| 2018-12-18 | Danny Washington (27) | Black | Franklin Township, PA | |
| 2018-12-18 | Angel Viola Decarlo (31) | Black | Hopewell, VA | |
| 2018-12-17 | Jose Manuel Cardenas Jr. (34) | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2018-12-17 | Travis York (42) | White | Sacramento, CA | |
| 2018-12-17 | David Anthony Baker (32) | Black | Aurora, CO | |
| 2018-12-16 | Edward Rudhman (50) | White | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2018-12-16 | Jacob Mohow (35) | White | Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) | |
| 2018-12-16 | Richard L. Johnson (46) | Black | Kansas City, KS | |
| 2018-12-16 | Rodney J. "Rod" Geiser (60) | White | Apple Creek, OH | |
| 2018-12-16 | April Webster (47) | Black | South Carolina (Darlington County) | Deputies responded to a 911 call from Elizabeth Gainey about her wife, who was trying to harm herself. Officers were met by a woman holding a knife and proceeded to shoot her three times. She later died at a hospital and was identified as 47-year-old April Webster. Gainey later told a local news outlet that, prior to the shooting, law enforcement told her they would defuse the situation using non-lethal methods. According to family members, Webster had bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia. |
| 2018-12-15 | Walter Kellogg (57) | White | Shirley, NY | |
| 2018-12-15 | Edgar Espinoza (35) | Hispanic | Hanford, CA | |
| 2018-12-14 | Terrance Ryan (66) | White | Yakima, WA | |
| 2018-12-14 | Sean Sharpe (54) | Unknown race | Newark, NJ | |
| 2018-12-13 | Artur Kaneev | Hispanic | Upland, CA | |
| 2018-12-13 | Andre Horton (42) | Black | Tennessee (Memphis) | |
| 2018-12-13 | Brandon Jermaine Taylor (33) | Unknown | Decatur, GA | |
| 2018-12-13 | Adam Wayne Smith (35) | White | Oregon House, CA | |
| 2018-12-13 | Salvatore Tirone (70) | Hispanic | Wildwood, FL | |
| 2018-12-12 | Demario Bass (29) | Black | St. Louis, MO | |
| 2018-12-12 | Jason Emerson Connell (43) | White | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2018-12-12 | Gabriel Romero (19) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | |
| 2018-12-12 | Dylan Parker Thomas (18) | White | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2018-12-11 | Brenda Thomas (56) | Unknown | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 2018-12-11 | Tori Mikaila Kaneshiro (30) | Native Hawaiian | Puna, HI | |
| 2018-12-11 | Haze Connor Martin (22) | White | Atkins, AR | |
| 2018-12-11 | Marcus Neal (47) | Black | Buffalo, NY | |
| 2018-12-11 | Kaley Gay (25) | White | Lizella, GA | |
| 2018-12-11 | Tameka LaShay Simpson (27) | Black | Calhoun, GA | |
| 2018-12-10 | George Penev (23) | White | Fredonia, NY | |
| 2018-12-10 | Daniel Pierce (58) | White | Rangely, CO | |
| 2018-12-10 | Faustino Dioso (50) | Unknown | New York (Staten Island) | Two officers responded to a domestic disturbance where they were confronted by a drunk man wielding a knife. The man refused to drop the knife and goaded the police to shoot him. After charging at the officers the individual was shot 10-12 times, killing him. One of the officers was shot in the stomach in what appeared to be friendly fire, but was expected to recover. The individual killed was later identified as 50-year-old Faustino Dioso. |
| 2018-12-10 | Kyle Hart (33) | White | Redwood City, CA | |
| 2018-12-09 | Christopher DeAndre Mitchell (23) | Black | Torrance, CA | |
| 2018-12-09 | Quinntin Andrew Castro (35) | Black | Tulare, CA | |
| 2018-12-09 | Shane Adair Wentling (39) | White | Perry, OK | |
| 2018-12-09 | Terry Don King (50) | White | Springdale, AR | |
| 2018-12-09 | Leslie Vaughan (51) | White | Palatine, IL | |
| 2018-12-08 | Joshua Boyd (24) | Black | Savannah, GA | |
| 2018-12-08 | James Robertson (41) | White | Wendover, NV | |
| 2018-12-07 | Ricardo Trevino lll (21) | Hispanic | San Benito, TX | |
| 2018-12-07 | Julius Ervin Tate Jr. (16) | Black | Columbus, OH | |
| 2018-12-07 | Jesus Lainez (51) | Hispanic | Fort Pierce, FL | |
| 2018-12-06 | Benjamin David Larson (42) | White | Pacheco, CA | |
| 2018-12-06 | Dimaggio McNelly (53) | Black | Mcdonough, GA | |
| 2018-12-06 | Jason Paul O'Bannon (46) | White | Pahrump, NV | |
| 2018-12-05 | Richard Posadas (26) | Hispanic | Arvin, CA | |
| 2018-12-05 | Paul Ridgeway (41) | White | Martinez, CA | |
| 2018-12-05 | De'Trell Crews (23) | Black | St. Louis, MO | |
| 2018-12-05 | Justin Smith (41) | White | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2018-12-05 | David Alejandro Molina (27) | Hispanic | Napa, CA | |
| 2018-12-05 | Anthony M. Edwards (33) | Black | Richmond, VA | |
| 2018-12-05 | Willie Earl Wright | Black | Dallas, TX | |
| 2018-12-04 | Anthony Ray Borden-Cortez (18) | Hispanic | Ogden, UT | |
| 2018-12-02 | Unknown name | Unknown race | Dallas, TX | |
| 2018-12-02 | Antonio Jaso Aguilar (28) | Hispanic | Center, TX | |
| 2018-12-01 | Demontry Floytra Boyd (43) | Black | Nevada (Las Vegas) | A driver was shot and killed after disobeying an officer's orders and reaching towards his waist during a traffic stop. The deceased individual was later identified as 43-year-old Demontry Floytra Boyd. |
| 2018-12-01 | Michael Taylor | White | Water Valley, MS | |
| 2018-12-01 | Jarvis Randall (30) | Black | Tamarac, FL | |
| 2018-12-01 | John Young (65) | Black | Pensacola, FL | |