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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 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 84 people.

## September 2016

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2016-09-30 | Richard Parent (37) | White | Michigan (Belleville) | |
| 2016-09-30 | Najier Salaam (18) | Black | New Jersey (Newark) | |
| 2016-09-30 | George Richards-Meyers (18) | Black | New Jersey (Newark) | |
| 2016-09-30 | Clayton Eugene Baker (38) | White | Texas (Groveton) | |
| 2016-09-30 | Jacquarius Robinson (20) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | |
| 2016-09-30 | Douglas Marrickus Rainey (32) | Black | South Carolina (Campobello) | |
| 2016-09-30 | Hyer, Cheyenne (3) | | Mississippi (Kiln) | Off-duty Long Beach police officer Cassie Barker (27) left her 3-year-old daughter alone in a patrol car while visiting her shift supervisor Sgt. Clark Ladner (36) in his home off Standard-Dedeaux Road. Hyer was found unresponsive in the vehicle after being strapped in a baby seat for four hours and was later pronounced dead at Hancock Medical Center in Bay St. Louis. |
| 2016-09-30 | Reginald Thomas Jr. (36) | Black | California (Pasadena) | Beaten and tasered which caused his death by Pasadena Police after Mr. Thomas called 911 for assistance due to his mental illness issues. |
| 2016-09-29 | Jeffrey Clair Cave (53) | White | Arizona (Kingman) | |
| 2016-09-28 | Johnathan Lozano-Murillo (28) | Hispanic | Georgia (Valdosta) | |
| 2016-09-28 | Christopher Sowell (32) | Black | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | |
| 2016-09-27 | John Ethan Carpentier (26) | White | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-09-27 | Olango, Alfred (38) | Black | California (El Cajon) | Police were responding to a report of a man acting erratically when he pulled an electronic cigarette from his pocket and took "a shooting stance," prompting officers to fatally shoot him. |
| 2016-09-26 | Leeland White (32) | White | Arkansas (Little Rock) | |
| 2016-09-26 | Nathan DeSai (46) | Asian | Texas (Houston | Shot by police after committing a mass shooting on a residential street where he injured ten people. |
| 2016-09-26 | Anthony Bauer (52) | White | Idaho (Garden City) | |
| 2016-09-26 | Jamie Lewis (48) | White | Minnesota (Burnsville) | |
| 2016-09-25 | Cody Lafont (25) | White | New Hampshire (Claremont) | |
| 2016-09-23 | Oddis Colvin (33) | Black | Maryland (Pikesville) | |
| 2016-09-23 | Christopher Contreras (30) | Hispanic | Texas (San Antonio) | |
| 2016-09-23 | Jesse Attaway (41) | White | California (Fair Oaks) | |
| 2016-09-21 | Austin Baier (23) | White | Nebraska (Louisville) | |
| 2016-09-20 | Michael Goodale (23) | White | Connecticut (Mashantucket) | |
| 2016-09-20 | Joshua Scott (22) | White | Florida (Port St Lucie) | |
| 2016-09-20 | Keith Lamont Scott (43) | Black | North Carolina (Charlotte) | Police officers were looking for an individual (not Scott) with warrants out for his arrest. Keith Lamont Scott was said by his daughter to be unarmed, sitting in a car, reading. Police stated that they saw a man (Scott) with a gun leave his vehicle. Scott ended up being shot by officer Brentley Vinson. |
| 2016-09-20 | Sandy Duke (43) | White | Tennessee (Nashville) | Duke was shot by police officer Wesley McClelland outside a local recycling business. He was wanted for a robbery and home invasion committed earlier in the day. |
| 2016-09-20 | Charles Dove (35) | White | Tennessee (Route 641) | Police responding to reports of an armed robbery identified a car driven by Dove on Highway 641 as the car used in the robbery. Dove veered onto an embankment to avoid a roadblock before exiting the vehicle, at which point he was shot by police deputies. |
| 2016-09-19 | Thomas Tucker Jr (49) | White | Colorado (Westminster) | Shot by police after allegedly brandishing a weapon at officers. |
| 2016-09-19 | Michelle Miller (46) | White | Texas (Spring) | |
| 2016-09-19 | Gary Don Lafon (56) | White | Texas (Hawkins) | |
| 2016-09-19 | Jeremy Swenson (30) | White | Utah (Logan) | |
| 2016-09-18 | Philip Hasan (61) | Black | Ohio (Akron) | |
| 2016-09-17 | William Ryan (55) | White | North Carolina (Rutherfordton) | |
| 2016-09-17 | Robert Young (45) | White | Alabama (Huntsville) | |
| 2016-09-17 | Dahir Adan (22) | Black | Minnesota (St. Cloud) | |
| 2016-09-17 | Robert Duh (42) | White | California (Beaumont) | |
| 2016-09-17 | Tawon Boyd (21) | Black | Maryland (Middle River) | |
| 2016-09-16 | Lucas Anderson (29) | White | Kentucky (Owensboro) | |
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse Beshaw (29) | Native American | Vermont (Winooski) | Beshaw, who was wanted for burglaries and known to carry a weapon, was observed entering a residence by a city police officer. When he exited, he began running from the police and refused to adhere to commands to stop. He then aggressively advanced on sheriff Nicholas Palmier and was shot. Emergency medical aid was administered but Beshaw died at the scene. Beshaw was found to be unarmed. |
| 2016-09-16 | Terence Crutcher (40) | Black | Oklahoma (Tulsa) | Crutcher was shot once near his vehicle, as police demanded for him to raise his hands. No weapon was found on the scene. |
| 2016-09-16 | Nicholas Glenn (25) | Black | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Glenn shot and killed a woman and wounded five other people, including two police officers, and was shot by police. |
| 2016-09-16 | Thomas Mone III (46) | White | Missouri (Hollister) | |
| 2016-09-15 | Joseph Schlosser (69) | White | Florida (Weeki Wachee) | |
| 2016-09-15 | Robert Carrillo (32) | Hispanic | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-09-15 | Morgan Crocker (34) | White | Texas (Austin) | |
| 2016-09-14 | Adan, Dahir (22) | | Minnesota (St. Cloud) | Adan went on a stabbing rampage at the Crossroads Center, wounding ten people. He was shot by an off-duty officer. |
| 2016-09-14 | Tyre King (13) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | King was shot by an officer as police responded to a report of a robbery taking place in a neighborhood. King allegedly pulled out a BB gun from his waistband, and the officer shot him. |
| 2016-09-12 | Markell Lamarr Bivins (25) | Black | Iowa (Cedar Rapids) | Bivins was shot to death by officers while attacking an ex with a knife. |
| 2016-09-12 | Christian Vargas (25) | Hispanic | California (Colton) | |
| 2016-09-11 | Terrence Sterling (31) | Black | DC (Washington) | Based on a report of a motorcyclist driving erratically, two MPD officers pursued Sterling who was riding home on his motorcycle after attending a bachelor party. Police stated that upon overtaking Sterling, he rammed their cruiser with his motorcycle. Officer Brian Trainer, sitting in the passenger seat, fatally shot Sterling in the neck and back. Body cameras were only turned on after the shooting had taken place. |
| 2016-09-12 | Eugene Craig (86) | Unknown race | California (Saratoga) | |
| 2016-09-10 | Adrian Joseph Shaffer (37) | White | Colorado (Longmont) | |
| 2016-09-10 | Dennis Claude Stanley (69) | White | West Virginia (Montcalm) | |
| 2016-09-09 | Travis Ell (64) | White | Auburn, Washington | Officers were reporting reports of vandalism when Ell approached them with a lead pipe. When Ell approached the officers with pipe raised and did not respond to commands to lower it, he was shot. |
| 2016-09-09 | Ricardo Tenorio (32) | Hispanic | Arkansas (West Memphis) | |
| 2016-09-09 | Gregory Frazier (55) | Black | Florida (Pompano Beach) | |
| 2016-09-08 | Juan Manuel Barajas Torres aka Jose Torres (38) | Hispanic | California (Delhi) | Merced County Sheriff Deputies were investigating a domestic disturbance report. Torres came out of the home with an assault-type rifle and shot Deputy Alejandro "Alex" Barba, striking him at least once. Deputy Adam Leuchner returned fire, killing Torres. |
| 2016-09-07 | Francis Perry (32) | White | Florida (Lakeland) | |
| 2016-09-07 | Jessie Daniel Joynt (35) | White | Florida (Titusville) | |
| 2016-09-07 | Robert Lee Brown (55) | Black | Georgia (Albany) | |
| 2016-09-07 | Donald Degraw (58) | White | Florida (Oldsmar) | |
| 2016-09-07 | Sadiq Bishara-Abaker Idris (25) | Black | Michigan (Wyoming) | |
| 2016-09-06 | Dylan Papa (25) | Black | Arizona (Phoenix) | |
| 2016-09-06 | Steven Del Rio (31) | Hispanic | Arizona (Tempe) | |
| 2016-09-06 | David L. Anderson (25) | White | Nebraska (Omaha) | |
| 2016-09-06 | Larry Grant Whitehead (70) | White | Tennessee (Gray) | |
| 2016-09-06 | Bernard Cottrell (65) | White | West Virginia (Spencer) | |
| 2016-09-05 | Napier, Michael (33) | | California (Oceanside) | Napier was working on his bicycle when police arrived to arrest him for drug possession. Napier was shot five times after reaching for his waistband, but he did not have a weapon. |
| 2016-09-05 | Moses Ruben (36) | Black | Texas (Ennis) | |
| 2016-09-05 | Cesar Garcia (35) | Hispanic | Texas (Austin) | |
| 2016-09-04 | Simon Gomez (44) | Hispanic | Colorado (Grand Junction) | |
| 2016-09-03 | Jose Romero | Hispanic | California (Long Beach) | |
| 2016-09-03 | Donny Max Daugherty (36) | White | Illinois (Brookport) | |
| 2016-09-03 | Cameron Ayers (25) | White | East Wenatchee, Washington | After stopping a vehicle he was in, officers recognized Ayers, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. While attempting to detain Ayers, an officer fired three shots at Ayers, killing him. |
| 2016-09-03 | Jerome Damon (25) | Black | New Jersey (Atlantic City) | |
| 2016-09-03 | Jeremiah "Jeremy" Richard Ramirez (27) | Hispanic | Texas (Temple) | |
| 2016-09-02 | Randall Rodick (40) | White | Colorado (Parker) | |
| 2016-09-02 | Michael Robert Musson Jr. (22) | White | Illinois (Round Lake) | |
| 2016-09-02 | Michael Thompson Jr. (38) | Black | Missouri (St. Louis) | |
| 2016-09-02 | Joseph Moreno (38) | Hispanic | New Mexico (Alamogordo) | |
| 2016-09-01 | Joshua Quintero (23) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2016-09-01 | Vicente Gonzalez | Hispanic | California (Huntington Park) | |
| 2016-09-01 | Douglas, Caleb (18) | | Kansas (Wichita) | |
| 2016-09-01 | Ed Holup (60) | White | Ohio (Toledo) | |