# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2022

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 2022, 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 98 people.

## August 2022

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race of deceased | Location | Description |
| 2022-08-31 | Jacob M. Jamrozy (39) | White | Omaha, NE | |
| 2022-08-31 | Dominic Jeter (23) | Black | Concord Mills, NC | |
| 2022-08-31 | Agustin Flores (41) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2022-08-30 | Donovan Lewis (20) | $_{Black}$ | Columbus, Ohio | Police arrived at Lewis's apartment to serve a warrant for improperly handling a firearm, assault, and domestic violence. When police entered Lewis's bedroom he sat up with an object in his hand, and officers shot him. No weapons were found on Lewis but a vape pen was found nearby. |
| 2022-08-30 | William Isaac Rich (22) | Black | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Cedar Rapids police arrived at an affordable housing center to respond to a domestic disturbance call. Police detained William Isaac Rich on scene. While being detained on scene, Rich pulled out a weapon, prompting officers to shoot. Rich died on scene. |
| 2022-08-30 | Derrick Harrell (59) | Black | Hayti, MO | |
| 2022-08-30 | Jack E. McGlothlin (37) | White | Powell, WY | |
| 2022-08-29 | Brian Simmons (38) | White | Maricopa, AZ | |
| 2022-08-29 | Andrew Todd Ainsworth (60) | Asian | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 2022-08-28 | Doreen Jacius (48) | White | East Granby, Connecticut | An Avon police officer shot and killed his wife, the director of the East Granby Public Library, before shooting himself. |
| 2022-08-28 | Brian Underwood (47) | Unknown race | Sarasota, FL | |
| 2022-08-28 | Lamar A. Davis (18) | Black | Bangor Charter Township, MI | |
| 2022-08-28 | Peter T. Collins (40) | Unknown race | Tacoma, WA | |
| 2022-08-28 | Roy Cravin (54) | Black | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-08-28 | J’Quinton D. Hopson (38) | Black | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 2022-08-28 | Keshawn Thomas (27) | Black/Hispanic | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Police were called to a gas station for a car that had been parked there for several hours. 3 police officers found Thomas passed out in the drivers seat, and when awakened appeared intoxicated. Thomas initially cooperated with police, telling them he had weapons in the car and handing over a loaded firearm magazine. Thomas said that he would call for a ride, but when twisting around the officers claimed they saw him pull out a gun and opened fire, striking and fatally injuring him. |
| 2022-08-27 | Samuel Paul Ranson (50) | White | Charleston, WV | |
| 2022-08-27 | Brandi Simpson (43) | Black | Sacramento, CA | |
| 2022-08-27 | Christopher Rudolph (39) | White | Richwoods, MO | |
| 2022-08-27 | George Maxie (69) | Unknown race | Coushatta, LA | |
| 2022-08-27 | Vance Ledeau (34) | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Missoula, MT | |
| 2022-08-26 | Vance Ledeau (34) | Native American | Missoula, Montana | Police shot a robbery suspect. Few details were released, but officers from the Missoula Police, Missoula County Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, Airport Police, Rivalli County Sheriff's Office and Montana Highway Patrol were involved in the response. A county attorney later stated that Ledeau had been holding an air pistol that resembled a handgun. |
| 2022-08-26 | Joshua David Amodeo (29) | Black | Blacksburg, VA | |
| 2022-08-26 | Frank Anthony Correa (58) | Unknown race | Oakley, CA | |
| 2022-08-26 | Caleb Tussey (24) | White | Buhl, ID | |
| 2022-08-25 | Richard Skinner (45) | White | Muncie, IN | |
| 2022-08-25 | Francisco Javier Galarza (49) | Hispanic | Tucson, AZ | |
| 2022-08-24 | Jesus Angel Manjarrez (26) | Hispanic | Waukegan, IL | |
| 2022-08-24 | Jason Owens (37) | White | Nutter Fort, West Virginia | Police attempted to arrest Owens for a parole violation after his father's funeral. The United States Marshals Service stated Owens drew a gun on officers, though several witnesses disputed this. |
| 2022-08-24 | Ryan Marzi (37) | White | Canterbury, Connecticut | Two troopers responded to a domestic violence call and encountered Marzi. One trooper got into a physical altercation with Marzi, after which the other tased him for a minute. Marzi died at his home in Hebron four days later. A medical examiner determined that the physical altercation with the first trooper had caused a blood clot in Marzi's leg that led to his death. His death was ruled a homicide. |
| 2022-08-23 | Geraldo Reyes (32) | Hispanic | Cut Off, LA | |
| 2022-08-23 | Jose Velazquez (24) | Hispanic | Splendora, TX | |
| 2022-08-23 | Michael Saunders (28) | Unknown race | Blue Springs, MO | |
| 2022-08-23 | Melvin Porter (52) | Black | Splendora, TX | |
| 2022-08-23 | Name Withheld (32) | Unknown race | Pryor, MT | |
| 2022-08-23 | Laurence Dickson (69) | White | McMinnville, OR | |
| 2022-08-23 | Scholar Wang (48) | Asian | San Diego, CA | |
| 2022-08-22 | Timothy Green (37) | Black | Olympia, WA | |
| 2022-08-22 | Mable Arrington (42) | Black | Biloxi, MS | |
| 2022-08-22 | Elizabeth Delano (41) | White | Butler Township, OH | |
| 2022-08-22 | Francisco Pena (59) | Hispanic | Sparks, NV | |
| 2022-08-21 | Ricardo Dorado Jr. (33) | Hispanic | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2022-08-21 | Terry Starkweather (36) | White | Spokane, Washington | Two deputies arrived at a self storage unit after learning that a man with outstanding felony warrants (Starkweather) was there. The deputies discovered Starkweather in his truck with one deputy parking his police vehicle in front of the truck while the other approached by foot. Starkweather acknowledged the deputies presence then quickly reversed the truck toward the officer on foot who fired his gun. Starkweather then drove his truck forward toward the same deputy who shot again and killed him. |
| 2022-08-21 | Nasanto Crenshaw (17) | Black | Greensboro, North Carolina | Crenshaw was shot and killed as he was fleeing a traffic stop. |
| 2022-08-20 | Randy Wilhelm (56) | White | Mount Vernon, OH | |
| 2022-08-20 | Bradley Wilhelm (53) | White | Mount Vernon, OH | |
| 2022-08-20 | Otis French, Jr. (32) | Black | Bay Minette, Alabama | Bay Minette City officer conducts traffic stop in the Douglasville community of Bay Minette for a faulty taillight. After approaching the vehicle and conversing with Mr. French for several minutes, the officer asks French to exit his vehicle without cause. French had no warrants or criminal history, and was described as quiet and -mannered. For unknown reasons, once outside of his vehicle for another several minutes, French flees on foot. The officer pursued French, and the two engaged in a tussle, where according to the officer, French attempted to remove the taser from the officer's belt. The officer responded by pulling his firearm and shooting French an undisclosed number of times, resulting in his death. The officer involved, as well as the Bay Minette City Police Department, are still under investigation and have released no information in regards to the events of that morning, despite community outcry. |
| 2022-08-20 | Adum Mahamat (25) | Black | Tucson, Arizona | Authorities responded to a call about a fight at a lounge located on Tucson's south side. Officers came upon Mahamat, who was holding a handgun. Mahamat allegedly ignored several commands to drop the weapon so two officers opened fire. Mahamat later died at a local hospital. |
| 2022-08-19 | Brenda Donahue (60) | Unknown race | Charlotte, NC | |
| 2022-08-19 | Lorena Suarez (31) | Hispanic | Tulare, CA | |
| 2022-08-18 | Tyler Sweeney (29) | Unknown race | Sarasota, FL | |
| 2022-08-18 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-08-17 | Christian Arriola Gomez (24) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2022-08-16 | Jamie Ezequiel Robles (34) | Unknown race | Miami Springs, FL | |
| 2022-08-15 | Jeremy Willie Horton (32) | Black | Miami Springs, FL | |
| 2022-08-15 | Michael Mills (36) | White | Ludlow, VT | |
| 2022-08-15 | Mercedes Martinez (26) | Hispanic | Norman, OK | |
| 2022-08-15 | Ethan Mestes (22) | Hispanic | Norman, OK | |
| 2022-08-14 | Divinity Cureton (30) | Black | Coconut Creek, FL | |
| 2022-08-14 | Melanie Garcia (36) | Hispanic | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2022-08-14 | Nykon Brandon (35) | White | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 2022-08-13 | Michael Ahrens (33) | White | Waterloo, IA | |
| 2022-08-12 | Darrel Hood (32) | Black | Richland Hills, TX | |
| 2022-08-12 | Daniel Pesavento (33) | White | Appleton, WI | |
| 2022-08-11 | Tyler Mendez (27) | Unknown race | Eutawville, SC | |
| 2022-08-11 | Byron Hayes (33) | Unknown race | Victorville, CA | |
| 2022-08-11 | Ricky Shiffer (42) | White | Clinton County, Ohio | Police pursued Shiffer after he attempted to break into the FBI field office in Cincinnati with a rifle. Following a standoff police shot Shiffer when he allegedly raised the gun towards police. |
| 2022-08-11 | Terrance Skye Posey | Native American | Ethete, Wyoming | |
| 2022-08-11 | Gabriel Mesa (48) | Unknown race | Carlsbad, NM | |
| 2022-08-10 | Lane Morgan Caviness (48) | White | Key Largo, Florida | Police responded to reports of a suicidal man and shot Caviness after he allegedly pointed a gun at deputies in what police called a suicide by cop. Police initially stated Caviness was an off-duty federal law enforcement officer but later clarified he was a member of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, a Federal Air Marshal Service-run program that deputizes trained pilots and allows them to carry weapons on aircraft. |
| 2022-08-10 | Jordan Urenovitch (23) | White | Hazleton, PA | |
| 2022-08-09 | Jacob Michael James (21) | White | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 2022-08-08 | William Chad Newman (40) | White | Hoxie, AR | |
| 2022-08-08 | Edris Marrero (75) | Hispanic | Kingsport, TN | |
| 2022-08-08 | Javier Alanis (23) | Hispanic | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-08-07 | Zachary James Garrard (31) | Unknown race | Kansas CIty, MO | |
| 2022-08-07 | Jordyn Hansen (21) | White | Otsego, Minnesota | Wright County deputies shot and killed Hansen at about 1 a.m. after he called 9-1-1 to report a threat of physical harm to himself and his family. When police arrived, he agree to go to the hospital for an evaluation, but he grabbed a knife from the kitchen and was unsuccessfully demobilized with a taser. An officer opened fire, killing Hansen. |
| 2022-08-06 | Ezequiel Ayala (26) | Hispanic | Yakima County, Washington | Police officers responded to shots fired at a gathering where one person suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Police determined the suspect's name and possible location and later encountered Ayala near his mother's home. When deputies tried to stop Ayala, he fled in his vehicle and officers pursued him to the vineyards. Ayala fled on foot into the vineyards and engaged police in a shootout. Ayala was shot and died at the scene. Deputies said they were shot at multiple times and recovered a 9mm pistol from the suspect with a partially expended magazine. |
| 2022-08-06 | Douglas Stanton (59) | White | Rouseville, PA | |
| 2022-08-06 | Marty Robin Hutto (50) | White | Moulton, AL | |
| 2022-08-06 | Bryan Matthew Richardson (28) | White | Orlando, Florida | Richardson and his brother, 21-year-old Dylan Michael Jimenez, got into a confrontation with a man outside a hotel, which ended with Jimenez and the other man shooting each other. As an off-duty paramedic tended to Jimenez, police arrived. After a bystander told police Richardson had a gun, an officer attempted to take it from him, at which point a second officer fired. Both Jimenez and Richardson were pronounced dead at the hospital. The man who shot Jimenez survived. |
| 2022-08-05 | Alexander Dekontee Weah (23) | Black | Clemmons, NC | |
| 2022-08-05 | Wallace Sims Wainwright (81) | White | Clermont, FL | |
| 2022-08-05 | Derrick Lee Aranda Jr. (25) | White | Northglenn, CO | |
| 2022-08-04 | Tony Dehart (40) | White | Wadsworth, NV | |
| 2022-08-04 | Matthew Wayne Vaughn (29) | Unknown race | Klamath Falls, OR | |
| 2022-08-03 | Earnest Borders (57) | Black | Lake Wales, FL | |
| 2022-08-03 | Dominic Spears (39) | Unknown | Spokane, Washington | Officers spotted a van they believed was connected to a robbery. Two of the van's three occupants exited the van and were arrested, Spears, the third occupant, sped off and crashed a short distance away. Spears barricaded himself in the van and ended up in a shootout with police. Spears was shot and killed during the shootout. |
| 2022-08-03 | Raymond Derek Gladman (83) | White | St George, UT | |
| 2022-08-03 | Charles Ricky Graham (63) | White | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 2022-08-02 | Thang Duc Doan (51) | Asian | Buford, GA | |
| 2022-08-02 | Presley Eze (36) | Black | Las Cruces, New Mexico | Police responded to a report that Eze had stolen a beer from a gas station. The officer pulled Eze out of his vehicle, causing a struggle, during which the officer shot Eze. In 2023 the officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter. |
| 2022-08-01 | Andrew Martinez (35) | Hispanic | Mapleton, North Dakota | The sheriff's office responded to a report of shots fired at Martinez residence. Martinez's neighbor said they saw the man outside with a handgun, appearing intoxicated. Four officers fired their weapons when Martinez, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, appeared in the doorway of a residence and pointed the weapon at them following a four-hour standoff. |
| 2022-08-01 | Julius Filep (55) | White | East Brunswick, NJ | www.njoag.gov/update-state-grand-jury-declines-to-criminally-charge-officer-who-struck-a-motorist-outside-of-a-disabled-vehicle-while-responding-to-a-multiple-car-accident-and-fire-in-east-brunswick/ www.nj.com/middlesex/2023/04/for-mourning-family-questions-swirl-20-months-after-nj-dad-killed-in-police-car-accident.html |
| 2022-08-01 | Walter Lee Osborne, Jr. (26) | Black | Calhoun, Georgia | |
| 2022-08-01 | Norma Hartman (74) | White | Barbourville, Kentucky | |
| 2022-08-01 | Travis Caleb Woody (24) | White | Green Mountain, North Carolina | |
| 2022-08-01 | Darin Gray (56) | White | Tallassee, Alabama | |