# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, October 2016

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in October 2016, 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 86 people.

## October 2016

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2016-10-31 | Michelle Lee Shirley (39) | Black | California (Torrance) | Shirley was shot and killed by officers after allegedly ramming her car into a police cruiser following a short chase. Officers had used a PIT maneuver to block Shirley's vehicle when they suspected her of driving under the influence. |
| 2016-10-31 | Ashley Sides (31) | White | Ohio (Brookville) | |
| 2016-10-31 | Rod Lucas (46) | White | California (Fresno) | |
| 2016-10-31 | Jose Armando Cueva (55) | Hispanic | California (Chatsworth) | |
| 2016-10-30 | Kenneth Jack Kennedy (34) | White | Arizona (Kingman) | |
| 2016-10-30 | Terrence Coleman (31) | Black | Massachusetts (Boston) | |
| 2016-10-30 | Michael Dale Vance Jr. (38) | Native American | Oklahoma (Butler) | |
| 2016-10-30 | Jordan Gonzales (23) | Hispanic | Texas (Corpus Christi) | |
| 2016-10-29 | Luis Armando Lopez (21) | Hispanic | Texas (Van Horn) | |
| 2016-10-28 | Jason King (38) | Black | California (Sacramento) | |
| 2016-10-28 | Jay Johannes Holmgren (37) | White | Minnesota (Herman) | |
| 2016-10-28 | Jun Wang (45) | Asian | Ohio (North Royalton) | |
| 2016-10-27 | Edwin Amaya Maldonado (24) | Hispanic | Georgia (Elberton) | |
| 2016-10-27 | Lammont Darryl Perry (32) | Black | North Carolina (Wadesboro) | |
| 2016-10-27 | Thad Hale (33) | Black | Texas (San Antonio) | |
| 2016-10-27 | Kyle W. Killough (32) | White | Montana (Billings) | |
| 2016-10-26 | Malcolm Loren Hickson (25) | Black | Texas (Carrollton) | |
| 2016-10-26 | William Clifford Cole (36) | White | Oklahoma (Bartlesville) | |
| 2016-10-25 | Brandon Jones (25) | White | Maryland (Elkton) | One or more officers shot and killed Brandon Jones and Chelsea Porter while attempting to serve warrants at a motel room. Jones and Porter reportedly pointed pellet guns at the officers, who responded by shooting both people. |
| 2016-10-25 | Brandon Wayne Millard (37) | White | California (Lincoln) | |
| 2016-10-25 | Roy Lee Richards (46) | Black | Arkansas (Little Rock) | |
| 2016-10-25 | Chelsea M. Porter (25) | White | Maryland (Elkton) | One or more officers shot and killed Brandon Jones and Chelsea Porter while attempting to serve warrants at a motel room. Jones and Porter reportedly pointed pellet guns at the officers, who responded by shooting both people. |
| 2016-10-24 | Kristofer Daniel Youngquist (45) | White | Minnesota (Lanesboro) | |
| 2016-10-24 | Aaron Ballard (19) | Black | Missouri (St. Louis) | |
| 2016-10-23 | Kenny Tomblin (38) | White | Kentucky (Edmonton) | |
| 2016-10-23 | Demetrious Mac Moore (40) | Black | Colorado (Colorado Springs) | |
| 2016-10-22 | Junef Monzon (31) | Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | California (Lake Elsinore) | |
| 2016-10-22 | Nathaniel B. Dorough (21) | White | Alabama (Sterrett) | |
| 2016-10-21 | Renee Davis (23) | Native American | Washington (King County) | King County sheriff's deputies fatally shot Renee Davis after they went to perform a welfare check on her. She was five months pregnant and had a history of depression. According to the sheriff's office, deputies found a young woman with a handgun when they checked on a report of someone suicidal. |
| 2016-10-21 | William H. Frost Jr. (58) | White | Oklahoma (Tulsa) | |
| 2016-10-20 | Jacob DePetris (29) | White | Florida (Jacksonville) | |
| 2016-10-19 | Anthony Garcia (24) | Hispanic | Texas (Dallas) | |
| 2016-10-19 | Frank Sandor (38) | White | Ohio (Willoughby) | |
| 2016-10-19 | Javier Munoz (28) | Hispanic | Nevada (Henderson) | |
| 2016-10-18 | Darius Wimberly (28) | Black | Michigan (Benton Harbor) | |
| 2016-10-18 | Salvador Reyes Sanchez (42) | Hispanic | Oklahoma (Tulsa) | |
| 2016-10-18 | Charles Stidham (34) | White | Kentucky (Paris) | |
| 2016-10-18 | Terrell "Al" Clark (47) | Black | Georgia (Sylvester) | |
| 2016-10-18 | Danner, Deborah (66) | Black | New York (New York) | Police were responding to a noise complaint regarding Danner's apartment; she was naked inside the apartment. Police report that they convinced her to drop a pair of scissors and that she then picked up a bat and approached NYPD Sergeant Hugh Barry. Barry shot Danner twice in the torso. Numerous sources have noted parallels to the Eleanor Bumpurs case and questioned why Barry used a firearm instead of the Taser he was also carrying at the time. On the evening of the shooting Barry was placed on modified duty and stripped of his gun and badge. |
| 2016-10-17 | Rolando Roman Delgado (50) | Hispanic | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2016-10-17 | Keagan Schweikle (17) | White | Arkansas (Benton) | |
| 2016-10-17 | Eric St. Germain (39) | White | Florida (Holiday) | |
| 2016-10-16 | Sean Arlt (32) | White | California (Santa Cruz) | Arlt, with a history of mental illness, was shot by police after allegedly threatening officers with a metal rake. |
| 2016-10-16 | Nicholas McWherter (26) | White | California (San Francisco) | On October 13, a man was confronted by police in a market area in the Sunset District after reports were made of a person causing a disturbance, and the man shot and wounded a San Francisco police officer in the head, critically wounding him. The man was shot by other police officers, and died in a hospital on October 16. |
| 2016-10-16 | Micah Dsheigh Jester (26) | White | Texas (Austin) | A woman, allegedly armed with a gun, was shot and killed by police in a South Austin apartment complex. |
| 2016-10-15 | Daniel Richard Murphy (38) | White | Alabama (Phenix City) | |
| 2016-10-14 | Chaz Logan York (23) | White | Texas (Beaumont) | |
| 2016-10-14 | George Zapata (24) | Hispanic | Texas (Dallas) | |
| 2016-10-13 | Shawn Pappe (46) | White | Oregon (Grants Pass) | |
| 2016-10-13 | Rex Vance Wilson (50) | White | Nevada (Las Vegas) | |
| 2016-10-12 | Matthew Brewer (22) | White | Kentucky (Morehead) | |
| 2016-10-12 | Blaine Justin Beason (31) | White | Louisiana (Denham Springs) | |
| 2016-10-12 | Patrick Reddeck (38) | White | Washington (Kent) | Officers were executing a search warrant at Reddeck's home when they say he brandished a weapon. Reddeck was shot 13 times by officers. |
| 2016-10-12 | Kirk Figueroa (33) | Black | Massachusetts (Boston) | Figueroa shot and critically wounded two Boston officers, and was shot in an exchange of gunfire. |
| 2016-10-11 | Michael L. Taylor (44) | Asian | Washington (Seattle) | While attempting to clear a homeless camp, officers discovered two men involved in a fight. While trying to separate them, they noticed one of the men, Taylor, had a knife. An officer opened fire, killing him. |
| 2016-10-11 | Dominick Musulman (30) | White | California (Concord) | |
| 2016-10-10 | Mauricio Barron (27) | Hispanic | California (Irvine) | |
| 2016-10-10 | Kheyanev Littledog (19) | Native American | Texas (Midland) | |
| 2016-10-10 | Dennis Hunt (50) | Native American | North Carolina (Lumberton) | |
| 2016-10-10 | Devan Desnoyers (26) | White | Ohio (Westlake) | |
| 2016-10-09 | Deric Brown (41) | Black | New York (Syracuse) | |
| 2016-10-09 | Luis Michael Hoff (40) | White | Arizona (Scottsdale) | |
| 2016-10-08 | Ricardo Hernandez (21) | Hispanic | Federal Way, Washington | Officers responding to a reported domestic violence situation encountered Hernandez armed with two knives. He told officers he wanted to die, then charged at them. Two officers opened fire, killing him. |
| 2016-10-08 | Charles E. Antrup (62) | White | Indiana (Fort Wayne) | |
| 2016-10-08 | Kim Jackson (53) | White | California (Modesto) | |
| 2016-10-08 | Dylan Rogers (39) | White | Oklahoma (Wetumka) | |
| 2016-10-07 | Thomas Burns (49) | White | Arkansas (Benton) | |
| 2016-10-07 | Larry Daniel Matthews (57) | Black | Georgia (Macon) | |
| 2016-10-07 | Joseph S. Schroeder (36) | White | Indiana (Fort Wayne) | |
| 2016-10-07 | Christopher Darnell Shackleford (28) | Black | Louisiana (Alexandria) | |
| 2016-10-07 | Eddie Collins (42) | White | Alabama (Killen) | |
| 2016-10-06 | Ricky Hall (46) | White | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2016-10-05 | Lucas Felkel (35) | White | South Carolina (Moncks Corner) | |
| 2016-10-05 | Brandon Simmons (28) | White | Colorado (Boulder) | |
| 2016-10-05 | Robert Solberg (32) | Unknown race | Tennessee (Humboldt) | |
| 2016-10-04 | Isaias Salgado (31) | Hispanic | Florida (Riverview) | |
| 2016-10-04 | Zachary Sutton (26) | White | Arkansas (Springdale) | |
| 2016-10-04 | Thomas Wayne Binkley (66) | White | California (Burbank) | |
| 2016-10-04 | Dean Allen Bruning (51) | White | Michigan (Hessel) | |
| 2016-10-03 | John H. Fetter III (49) | White | New Jersey (Ventnor) | |
| 2016-10-03 | Robert "Bobby" Dapkus (57) | White | Massachusetts (Lynn) | Dapkus was a suspect in an armed robbery and was shot and killed outside of his fifth floor apartment after confronting police officers who executed a search warrant. |
| 2016-10-02 | Donte Jones (36) | Black | Illinois (Markham) | |
| 2016-10-02 | Jose Cesar Viloria (63) | Hispanic | California (Bakersfield) | |
| 2016-10-02 | Daniel Enrique Perez (16) | Hispanic | California (South Los Angeles) | With suicidal intentions Perez made a 911 call about a man with a gun and gave a description of himself. After the arrival of officers 20 minutes later he pointed a replica gun, the orange tip of which he had colored black to make it look more real, at them and was shot immediately. He left a farewell note to his family. |
| 2016-10-01 | Carnell Snell Jr (18) | Black | California (Los Angeles) | Snell sat in the back seat of a car with invalid plates pulled over by police. After jumping out of the car a chase of several hundred yards ensued. At one point Snell took a fully loaded semi-automatic gun out of his waistband and pointed it at the police officers, who shot and killed him. |
| 2016-10-01 | Joshua Perry (28) | White | West Virginia (Hometown) | |