# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, October 2017

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in October 2017, 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 94 people.

## October 2017

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2017-10-31 | Vincent Jewan Hall (22) | Black | Texas (Arlington) | |
| 2017-10-31 | Jesus Birelas-Contreras (25) | Hispanic | California (Sunnyvale) | |
| 2017-10-31 | Luvelle Kennon (27) | Black | California (Riverside) | |
| 2017-10-31 | Heather Denean Bubrig (37) | White | New Mexico (Las Cruces) | |
| 2017-10-31 | Paul Landis Gorden (39) | White | Tennessee (Livingston) | |
| 2017-10-30 | Robert James Lightfeather (33) | Native American | Washington (Federal Way) | Police were called after reports of a man threatening two others with a gun. Lightfeather reportedly raised his gun at police when the responded. Police fired on his, killing him. |
| 2017-10-30 | Dante Holden (19) | Black | New Jersey (Newark) | |
| 2017-10-30 | Tymyr Wilson (21) | Black | New Jersey (Newark) | |
| 2017-10-29 | Brandon Lee Flowers (41) | White | Indiana (New Castle) | |
| 2017-10-29 | Kalin Jackson (23) | Black | Pennsylvania (King of Prussia) | |
| 2017-10-29 | Eric Higgs (46) | Black | Mississippi (Senatobia) | |
| 2017-10-29 | Mark Bidon (50) | White | Colorado (Englewood) | |
| 2017-10-28 | Danny Sanchez (40) | Hispanic | Colorado (Greeley) | |
| 2017-10-28 | Lucas De Ford (27) | Native American | Wisconsin (Black River Falls) | |
| 2017-10-28 | Baltazar Escaloma-Baez (17) | Hispanic | Oregon (Grand Ronde) | |
| 2017-10-27 | Charles L. Wallace (46) | White | Pennsylvania (Erie) | |
| 2017-10-27 | Jerry Richardson (47) | Black | Florida (Indiantown) | |
| 2017-10-26 | James M. Davis (34) | White | New York (Horseheads) | |
| 2017-10-26 | Sanders Surber (32) | White | Alabama (Fairhope) | |
| 2017-10-25 | Timothy Earl Jackson (33) | Black | Florida (St. Petersburg) | |
| 2017-10-25 | Antonio Levison (33) | Black | Ohio (Cleveland) | |
| 2017-10-24 | Sean Bohinski (37) | White | Pennsylvania (Nanticoke) | |
| 2017-10-24 | David Campos (34) | Hispanic | Texas (Bellaire) | |
| 2017-10-23 | Matthew David Palaita (35) | Hispanic | California (Lodi) | |
| 2017-10-23 | George Gipp (35) | Native American | North Dakota (Fort Yates) | |
| 2017-10-23 | Ashleigh Bertucci (31) | White | Kentucky (Shelbyville) | |
| 2017-10-23 | Darius Miller Jr. (20) | Black | Maryland (Baltimore) | |
| 2017-10-22 | Johnny Bonta (43) | Native American | Nevada (Sparks) | |
| 2017-10-22 | Dexter David Anthony Baxter (30) | Native American | Wisconsin (Crandon) | |
| 2017-10-22 | Nicholas Adam Pimentel (27) | Hispanic | California (Modesto) | |
| 2017-10-22 | Samantha “Baby Girl” Hennard (25) | White | Missouri (St. Joseph) | Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle and pursued two suspects on foot. One of them, Hennard, turned and shot at officers, who returned fire. |
| 2017-10-21 | Jason Daniel Marble (37) | White | Ohio (Girard) | |
| 2017-10-21 | Victor Gonzalez Gonzalez (44) | Hispanic | California (Cloverdale) | |
| 2017-10-20 | Jamarco McShann (23) | Black | Ohio (Moraine) | |
| 2017-10-20 | Armando Frank (44) | Black | Louisiana (Markville) | Frank was sitting on his tractor in a parking lot when sheriff’s deputies came to him and ordered him off, saying they had a warrant for his arrest (on trespassing). Frank asked to see the warrant, which the deputies did not have with them. They continued to demand, he continued to refuse. The deputies then dragged Frank off the tractor. One put him in a chokehold for several minutes, asphyxiating Frank. (One of the deputies shot a Taser at the other during the arrest.) |
| 2017-10-20 | Dewboy Lister (55) | Black | Texas (Corpus Christi) | |
| 2017-10-20 | Phillip Joel Trammell (30) | White | Oklahoma (Muldrow) | |
| 2017-10-20 | Jorge Cabrera (54) | Hispanic | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2017-10-20 | Dusharn Weems (23) | Black | Florida (Tampa) | |
| 2017-10-19 | Matthew Alan Whitley (26) | White | North Carolina (Kings Mountain) | |
| 2017-10-19 | Steven Wayne Truex (38) | White | Alabama (Birmingham) | |
| 2017-10-19 | Mitchell Fox (34) | White | Florida (Clearwater) | |
| 2017-10-18 | Daniel Spear (35) | White | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2017-10-17 | Ezekiel Juan Duran (18) | Hispanic | California (Atwater) | |
| 2017-10-17 | DeAndre Bethea (24) | Black | Virginia (Hampton) | |
| 2017-10-16 | James Michael Chappell (32) | White | South Carolina (Simpsonville) | |
| 2017-10-16 | Eric Garrison (20) | Black | Maryland (Baltimore) | Garrison robbed a 7-11 gas station with a shotgun. As he exited the store he was confronted by an officer who just arrived to the scene, and was shot and killed. |
| 2017-10-16 | Luis David Flores (34) | Hispanic | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2017-10-16 | Joshua Clayton Johnson (31) | White | Texas (Kingwood) | |
| 2017-10-14 | Kristopher Birtcher | White | California (San Marcos) | |
| 2017-10-14 | Michael David Lopez (44) | Hispanic | California (Torrance) | |
| 2017-10-14 | Paul Eric Dolen (57) | White | Kentucky (Monticello) | |
| 2017-10-13 | Eddie Sanders (25) | White | California (Olivehurst) | |
| 2017-10-13 | J.C. Hawkins Jr. (42) | Black | Virginia (Charlottesville) | |
| 2017-10-12 | John Robert Payne (35) | Black | Alabama (Birmingham) | |
| 2017-10-12 | Sean D. Brady (29) | White | Arizona (Flagstaff) | |
| 2017-10-11 | Brandon Wade Rucker (43) | Hispanic | Arizona (Marana) | |
| 2017-10-11 | Kristian Martinez (44) | Hispanic | Colorado (Trinidad) | |
| 2017-10-11 | Vincent J. Dronet (61) | White | Mississippi (Biloxi) | |
| 2017-10-10 | Daniel James (55) | Unknown | Washington (Rochester) | James was shot after exiting his vehicle with a weapon and approaching police. Police were responding to reports of a man acting erratically and armed with a pistol. |
| 2017-10-08 | Roberto Avendano | Hispanic | Virginia (Abingdon) | |
| 2017-10-08 | Glenn Southwood Jr. (46) | White | Arizona (Lakeside) | |
| 2017-10-08 | Albert Garcia | Hispanic | California (San Fernando) | |
| 2017-10-08 | Regina Twist (36) | White | Arkansas (Springfield) | |
| 2017-10-08 | Cariann Denise Hithon (22) | Black | Florida (Miami Beach) | |
| 2017-10-08 | Corey Antonio Boykin Jr. (24) | Black | Kentucky (Louisville) | |
| 2017-10-07 | Samuel David Lanham (25) | White | West Virginia (Charleston) | |
| 2017-10-07 | James Hartsfield (28) | Black | Arkansas (Little Rock) | |
| 2017-10-07 | Sabrina Ann Garcia (34) | Hispanic | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2017-10-07 | Scott Anello (61) | Unknown race | Missouri (St. Louis) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Robert Callejas (35) | Hispanic | Florida (Orlando) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Ernesto Padron (52) | Hispanic | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Garrett Hoose (47) | White | Pennsylvania (Perryopolis) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Matthew Jonathan Luis Hurtado (28) | Hispanic | California (Duarte) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Dale Sisson (51) | White | Colorado (Golden) | |
| 2017-10-06 | Steven P. Myers (42) | White | Kansas (Sun City) | |
| 2017-10-05 | Brandon Lee Bohanan (35) | White | Georgia (Hiram) | |
| 2017-10-05 | Johnny Roy Stokes Jr. (40) | White | Alabama (Leeds) | |
| 2017-10-05 | German Ornelas (31) | Hispanic | Texas (Brownsville) | |
| 2017-10-05 | Phumee Lee (28) | Asian | Minnesota (St. Paul) | |
| 2017-10-05 | Cristino Umana-Garcia (29) | Hispanic | Kansas (Garden City) | |
| 2017-10-04 | Chad W. Cochell (34) | White | Washington (Spokane) | |
| 2017-10-04 | Jomekia Turner (37) | Black | Georgia (Thomasville) | |
| 2017-10-04 | Michael Ferrell (67) | White | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2017-10-04 | Sandra "Sandy" Guardiola (48) | Black | New York (Canandaigua) | Guardiola, an off-duty parole officer, was killed by police performing a wellness check on her. |
| 2017-10-03 | John Loaiza (40) | White | Missouri (Jefferson City) | |
| 2017-10-02 | Marquinton T. Brooks (22) | Black | Louisiana (West Monroe) | |
| 2017-10-01 | Joshua Lanflisi (38) | White | Missouri (St. Louis) | |
| 2017-10-01 | Lester Machado (24) | Hispanic | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2017-10-01 | Micah McComas (41) | White | Alaska (Seward) | McComas was stopped for a traffic violation that turned into a drug investigation. Police put McComas in the back of a patrol car; he got into the front and attempted to drive away, when police shot him. |
| 2017-10-01 | Kevin Anthony Battaglia (33) | White | North Carolina (Parkton) | |
| 2017-10-01 | George Randall Newman (26) | White | Colorado (Fort Collins) | |
| 2017-10-01 | Anthony Edward Gallo (34) | White | Pennsylvania (Washington) | |
| 2017-10-01 | Marquis "Bubba" Jones (27) | Black | Iowa (Burlington) | |