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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 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 97 people.

## August 2016

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2016-08-31 | Michael Ferguson (21) | White | Colorado (Denver) | Ferguson was shot to death as three officers tried to arrest him on a felony warrant. He had allegedly tried to grab an officer's gun. |
| 2016-08-31 | Thomas E. Sekscinski (38) | White | Missouri (Verona) | An officer fatally shot Sekscinski after a high-speed pursuit. The pursuit began because the license plate did not match the type of car it was registered to. The officer chased him outside city limits and killed the unarmed man. The officer had to pay $150,000 in damages to Sekscinski's family in a wrongful death suit. |
| 2016-08-30 | Justin Christopher Baker (36) | White | Washington (Graham) | Baker's mother called police to say her son was attempting to break into her home while armed with a chainsaw. Deputies unsuccessfully attempt to subdue him with a stun gun, then shot him after he charged at them with the chainsaw. |
| 2016-08-30 | James Robert Richards (28) | Native American | Alaska (Fairbanks) | Richards allegedly threatened people with a gun, fled from police, and took a hostage before being fatally shot by police. |
| 2016-08-30 | Levonia Riggins (22) | Black | Florida (Tampa) | Riggins, an unarmed Black man, was shot and killed in his home by a white deputy. He was asleep when a SWAT team entered his home looking for two grams of marijuana. His death was ruled justified by police, which caused protests in the Tampa area. |
| 2016-08-30 | Lyle Patrick Blanchard (59) | White | Texas (Harker Heights) | |
| 2016-08-30 | Gregory Mathis (36) | White | Texas (Weatherford) | |
| 2016-08-29 | Paula Phillips (35) | White | Arizona (Kingman) | |
| 2016-08-29 | Michael Peacor (56) | White | California (San Bernardino) | |
| 2016-08-29 | Jaqwan Julius Terry (24) | Black | North Carolina (Raleigh) | |
| 2016-08-28 | Justin Kulhanek-Derks (37) | White | Minnesota (Eagan) | |
| 2016-08-27 | Angel Torres Jr. (26) | Hispanic | Arizona (Pnoenix) | |
| 2016-08-27 | Terry Lee Salazar (49) | Hispanic | Colorado (Denver) | |
| 2016-08-27 | Alfred Toe (34) | Black | New Jersey (Trenton) | |
| 2016-08-27 | Darrel Hetrick (82) | White | West Virginia (Morgantown) | |
| 2016-08-26 | Matthew Gibbon (41) | White | Nevada (Las Vegas) | |
| 2016-08-25 | David Coborubio (32) | Hispanic | California (Compton) | |
| 2016-08-25 | Michael W. Gaskill (63) | White | Oregon (Redmond) | |
| 2016-08-25 | Donta Taylor (31) | Black | California (Compton) | |
| 2016-08-25 | Jerry Lee Jackson (63) | Unknown race | Colorado (Fort Collins) | |
| 2016-08-24 | William Charbonneau (43) | White | Florida (Orlando) | |
| 2016-08-24 | Jeffrey Darren Hosea (53) | White | Tennessee (Shelbyville) | |
| 2016-08-24 | Elias Portillo (36) | Hispanic | Texas (Dallas) | |
| 2016-08-23 | Bobby Lyn Buck (49) | White | Texas (Myra) | |
| 2016-08-22 | Kelley Brandon Forte (34) | Black | Ohio (Hamilton) | |
| 2016-08-21 | Bernie Porche (37) | Black | Louisiana (New Orleans) | |
| 2016-08-21 | Juan Gabriel Torres (36) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Las Cruces) | |
| 2016-08-21 | Brandon Coles (25) | Black | Virginia (Dinwiddie) | |
| 2016-08-20 | Pedro Montanez (71) | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-08-19 | Marcelo Luna (47) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2016-08-19 | Kyle Zimbelman (29) | White | Nevada (Reno) | |
| 2016-08-19 | Todd P. Browning (54) | White | Tennessee (Chattanooga) | |
| 2016-08-19 | Kole B. Knight (31) | White | Wisconsin (New Londom) | |
| 2016-08-19 | Daniel Kevin Harris (29) | White | North Carolina (Charlotte) | Harris was shot upon exiting his vehicle after an officer followed him for 10 miles for speeding. Harris was deaf. |
| 2016-08-19 | Jorge Ceniceros (22) | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-08-18 | Silivenusi Pacelli Namato Ravono (46) | Asian | California (Greenbrae) | |
| 2016-08-18 | Chad Irwin (40) | White | California (Citrus Heights) | |
| 2016-08-18 | David Alan Fulton (59) | White | California (McKinleyville) | |
| 2016-08-18 | Francisco Villarreal (37) | Hispanic | California (Bakersfield) | |
| 2016-08-18 | Trenton Lohman (38) | White | California (Poway) | |
| 2016-08-18 | David Klassen (29) | White | New Mexico (Ruidoso) | |
| 2016-08-18 | Joseph Nathaniel Weber (36) | White | Kansas (Hays) | |
| 2016-08-17 | Omer Ismail Ali (27) | Black | Washington (Kelso) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Larry Eugene Kurtley Jr. (53) | White | Arizona (Apache Junction) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Marcos Antonio Gastelum (25) | Hispanic | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Colby Friday (30) | Black | California (Stockton) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Kenney Watkins (18) | Black | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Carl Nivins (32) | White | North Carolina (Lenoir) | |
| 2016-08-16 | Michael Scott Martin (36) | White | Ohio (Rome) | |
| 2016-08-16 | John O'Handley (55) | White | West Virginia (Augusta) | |
| 2016-08-15 | Danny Pirtle (42) | White | Tennessee (Counce) | |
| 2016-08-15 | Jovany Martinez (29) | Hispanic | Virginia (Falls Church) | |
| 2016-08-13 | Ruben Horacio Strand (38) | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-08-13 | Eric Ortega Soto (36) | Hispanic | California (Hayward) | |
| 2016-08-13 | Perry Lee Heitman (53) | White | Colorado (Lakewood) | |
| 2016-08-13 | Neal, Dominic (30) | | New Jersey (Hamilton) | |
| 2016-08-13 | Smith, Sylville (23) | Black | Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | Smith was shot by a police officer while fleeing and armed with a handgun. The shooting sparked riots that left several people injured and buildings and cars damaged.Dominique Heaggan-Brown, an ex-Milwaukee police officer, was charged with reckless homicide in the shooting death of Smith. |
| 2016-08-13 | Kendrick Brown (18) | Black | Arkansas (Monticello) | |
| 2016-08-12 | Mistie Reynolds (33) | White | Florida (Kissimmee) | |
| 2016-08-12 | Dominic Fontana Rollice (49) | White | Oklahoma (Tahlequah) | Rollice was shot after lunging at police with a hammer while they were responding to a call for disturbing the peace. |
| 2016-08-12 | Jesus Armando Carillo (22) | Hispanic | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2016-08-11 | Sergio Weick (33) | Hispanic | California (Vista) | |
| 2016-08-11 | Mark Sawaf (39) | White | Kentucky (Harlan) | |
| 2016-08-11 | Jeffrey J. Martelli (59) | White | Washington (Tukwila) | |
| 2016-08-11 | Tommy Seneca (54) | White | Louisiana (Plaquemine) | |
| 2016-08-10 | Timpa, Tony (32) | White | Dallas, Texas | Dallas Police killed Tony Timpa, a white, 32-year-old resident. Timpa, suffering a mental health crisis, was already handcuffed while a group of officers pressed his prone body into the ground for 14 minutes, while he squirmed. The grand jury indicted the officers but the district attorney declined to prosecute. |
| 2016-08-09 | Mary Knowlton (73) | White | Florida (Punta Gorda) | Accidentally shot during a role-playing demonstration. An officer was playing the role of a criminal and shot Knowlton with a gun that was thought to only contain blanks, but instead contained live rounds. |
| 2016-08-09 | Jesse James Romero (14) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2016-08-09 | Camara, Wally | | New York (Bronx) | |
| 2016-08-09 | Ronald Smith (45) | White | Ohio (Mt. Sterling) | |
| 2016-08-09 | Jeffrey Allen Morris (44) | White | South Carolina (Piedmont) | |
| 2016-08-08 | Michael McClurg (56) | White | California (Citrus Heights) | |
| 2016-08-08 | Juan J. Godines (34) | Hispanic | Kentucky (Georgetown) | |
| 2016-08-08 | Darnell Wicker (57) | Black | Kentucky (Louisville) | |
| 2016-08-08 | James Eugene Burgess (64) | White | North Carolina (Wilkesboro) | |
| 2016-08-08 | James Jennings Jr. (69) | White | South Carolina (Little Mountain) | |
| 2016-08-07 | Jawari Porter (25) | Black | Ohio (Cincinnati) | |
| 2016-08-07 | Earl "Shaleek" Pinckney (20) | Black | Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) | |
| 2016-08-05 | Jamarion Robinson (26) | Black | Georgia (East Point) | Robinson's mother called for a mental health check on Robinson after an incident in the family home. Officers attempted to arrest Robinson via a no-knock-warrant and opened fire when they believed they saw Robinson approach with a gun in hand. After Robinson was declared deceased officers handcuffed his hands behind his back, though no officers were injured during the arrest. The incident was filmed by a neighbor. |
| 2016-08-05 | David Michael Moya (31) | Hispanic | California (Sauntee) | |
| 2016-08-05 | Ronald Robbibaro (30) | White | Florida (Spring Hill) | |
| 2016-08-05 | Johannes M. Wood (58) | White | Virginia (Aldie) | |
| 2016-08-05 | James A. Quealy (59) | White | Wisconsin (Beaver Dam) | |
| 2016-08-04 | Marcus Sexton (22) | Hispanic | Arkansas (Little Rock) | |
| 2016-08-04 | E.J. Walters Jr. (69) | White | Virginia (Gate City) | |
| 2016-08-03 | Bradley Carey (54) | White | Michigan (Detroit) | |
| 2016-08-03 | Benjamin William Heaton (31) | White | Utah (Clearfield) | |
| 2016-08-02 | Demarco Newman (43) | Black | Florida (Palm Bay) | |
| 2016-08-02 | Matthew David Conrad (34) | White | Idaho (Hammett) | |
| 2016-08-02 | William Bowers (51) | White | California (Castaic) | A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy fatally shot William Bowers, an unarmed homeless man, after deputies tried to stop and question him. |
| 2016-08-02 | Adam Jo Klimek (31) | White | Minnesota (Alexandria) | |
| 2016-08-02 | Richard Lance London (22) | White | South Carolina (Lake City) | |
| 2016-08-01 | Richard Gene Swihart (32) | Black | California (Santa Ana) | |
| 2016-08-01 | Korryn Gaines (23) | Black | Maryland (Randallstown) | Gaines was shot dead after an hours-long standoff during which Gaines threatened police with a shotgun. Police had attempted to serve Gaines an outstanding warrant issued for an earlier traffic violation. |
| 2016-08-01 | Bryan N. Byrd (43) | White | South Carolina (Lexington) | |
| 2016-08-01 | Kenneth Eugene Bonanno (67) | White | Virginia (Fredericksburg) | |
| 2016-08-01 | Manuel De La Cruz (26) | Hispanic | Texas (Port Arthur) | |