# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, March 2021

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in March 2021, 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 56 people.

## March 2021

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2021-03-31 | Jeffrey Ely (40) | White | New Hampshire (Claremont) | According to the New Hampshire Attorney General office, Claremont police and New Hampshire State Police SWAT responded to a "barricaded male" and gunfire was exchanged, killing Ely and injuring no others. |
| 2021-03-31 | Ivan Cuevas (27) | Hispanic | California (Visalia) | |
| 2021-03-31 | Willie Roy Allen (57) | Black | Georgia (Lithonia) | |
| 2021-03-31 | Aaron Christopher Pouche (35) | Unknown race | Missouri (Independence) | |
| 2021-03-31 | Lance Montgomery Powell (60) | White | California (Barstow) | |
| 2021-03-31 | Anthony Alvarez (22) | Hispanic | Illinois (Chicago) | According to the Chicago Police Department, an officer shot Alvarez during a foot chase when Alvarez pulled out a gun. Alvarez needed a tourniquet and CPR on scene and was transported to the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he died. |
| 2021-03-30 | Jonathen Kohler (31) | White | Virginia (Bristol) | Responding to reports of gunshots, police arrived at a motel where they met Kohler in his car. Initially, the Virginia State Police said that Kohler had attempted to hit an officer with his vehicle, causing police to shoot. In a later news release, State Police said Kohler was actually attempting to leave the parking lot when he was shot. On May 4, Bristol Police officer Jonathan Brown was charged with murder. |
| 2021-03-29 | Adam Toledo (13) | Hispanic | Illinois (Chicago) | In the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, officers responded to a ShotSpotter report and encountered Toledo, who police say was armed and fled from police with a known gang member. Toledo was shot and police released a photo of a gun allegedly recovered from the scene. Police bodycam footage showed that Toledo was not holding a weapon when he was shot, and was raising his hands in the air. |
| 2021-03-27 | Donovon W. Lynch (25) | Black | Virginia (Virginia Beach) | Lynch was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer. According to the officers involved, Lynch had a handgun. Lynch was the cousin of Pharrell Williams. |
| 2021-03-26 | Eric Leach (36) | White | Massachusetts (Quincy) | Leach was shot and killed by police after an armed robbery, standoff, and chase. |
| 2021-03-24 | Tony Smith Jr. (35) | Unknown | Illinois (Forest Park) | After police received calls of a man who dropped a pistol on the floor of a Jimmy John's, a patrol officer and sergeant arrived at the scene and fired shots at Smith, who was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center. |
| 2021-03-24 | Joshua James Gloria (34) | Hispanic | California (Fremont) | A person was shot and killed by a Fremont police officer on SR 84. Police said the person was in possession of a firearm. |
| 2021-03-21 | Eduardo Parra (24) | Hispanic | Ohio (Sylvania Township) | Parra was unarmed when he was shot three times and killed by police. |
| 2021-03-20 | Mykel Dexter Jenkins (29) | White | Tennessee (Chattanooga) | Chattanooga Police responded to a report of a domestic disorder where Jenkins was destroying a room. Police allege Jenkins exhibited erratic and agitated behavior, and did not respond to multiple attempts at de-escalation. Jenkins was shot when he "produced a deadly weapon fashioned to look and function as a knife". |
| 2021-03-18 | Leonard Popa (79) | White | Maryland (Pasadena) | Popa was shot twice and killed by officer Tyler Brennan after police responded to a report that Popa was threatening to take his own life. |
| 2021-03-16 | Jorge Armando Cerda (36) | Hispanic | California (Los Angeles) | |
| 2021-03-16 | Joseph Spencer (22) | White | Utah (Provo) | |
| 2021-03-15 | Stephen James Hughes (62) | White | Pennsylvania (Temple) | |
| 2021-03-14 | Marvin Scott (26) | Black | Texas (McKinney) | Scott died in law enforcement custody at a corrections facility. An independent autopsy determined the cause of death as asphyxiation by physical restraint. |
| 2021-03-14 | David Ordaz Jr. (34) | Unknown | California (East Los Angeles) | Police responded to reports that Ordaz was holding a knife. After being hit with non lethal rounds, Ordaz stumbled towards family and sheriff's deputies, and deputies fired. According to the county coroner, 12 shots were fired in total, and all except two hit him in the back. In 2022 a deputy who shot Ordaz as he was lying on the ground, having already been shot by other deputies, was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and assault under color of authority. |
| 2021-03-14 | Christopher Ruffin (28) | Black | Florida (Palm Bay) | |
| 2021-03-14 | Ryan White Mountain-Soft (30) | Native American | South Dakota (McLaughlin) | |
| 2021-03-14 | Angel B. Degollado (21) | Hispanic | Texas (Laredo) | |
| 2021-03-13 | Dustin Black (24) | White | Arkansas (Austin) | |
| 2021-03-13 | Douglas Stroble (25) | White | Alaska (Wasilla) | |
| 2021-03-13 | Kelly Shannon Bowen (51) | White | Georgia (Reidsville) | |
| 2021-03-13 | Charles Ray Phillips (51) | Black | Texas (Monahans) | |
| 2021-03-12 | Timothy Jonas Johnson (33) | Unknown race | Missouri (Kimberling City) | |
| 2021-03-12 | Benjamin Price Cotton (24) | White | Ohio (Dayton) | |
| 2021-03-12 | Nika Nicole Holbert (31) | Black | Tennessee (Nashville) | |
| 2021-03-12 | Raymond Tarbox II (43) | White | Georgia (Valdosta) | |
| 2021-03-11 | Tyrell Wilson (32) | Black | California (Danville) | Wilson was being investigated for throwing rocks onto a highway. Bodycam video showed an officer repeatedly tell Wilson to "come here", and when the officer approached Wilson he walked away, holding a knife in his hand. The officer took out his gun and instructed Wilson three times to drop his knife, and when Wilson stepped toward the officer he was shot. Numerous rocks were found in Wilson's pocket. The officer involved had been involved in a separate shooting in 2018, for which he was charged with voluntary manslaughter in April 2021. |
| 2021-03-11 | William Anthony Morris II (50) | White | Texas (Galveston) | |
| 2021-03-11 | Christopher Lefande (49) | White | Florida (Cape Coral) | |
| 2021-03-10 | Martin Louis Douglas Jr. (30) | White | Indiana (Columbus) | |
| 2021-03-10 | Michael Laduca (42) | White | Louisiana (Coushatta) | |
| 2021-03-10 | Tyshon Jones (29) | Black | New York (Rochester) | |
| 2021-03-10 | Ivan Gutzalenko (47) | White | California (Richmond) | |
| 2021-03-09 | Jehlani Black (19) | Black | California (Riverside) | |
| 2021-03-09 | Jim Wright (67) | White | Kansas (Minneola) | |
| 2021-03-09 | David Robert Ruozi Jr. (30) | White | Oregon (Reedsport) | |
| 2021-03-09 | Joshua Montague (25) | White | Florida (Tampa) | |
| 2021-03-08 | David Kahler (30) | White | California (Burbank) | |
| 2021-03-07 | Howayne Gayle (35) | Black | Florida (Lakeland) | |
| 2021-03-07 | Joel R. Weldon (43) | White | Arkansas (Sparkman) | |
| 2021-03-06 | Jessie Peter (27) | White | Alaska (Fairbanks) | |
| 2021-03-06 | Anita Benz (45) | Unknown race | Kansas (Topeka) | |
| 2021-03-05 | Justin Lynn (44) | White | Texas (Midland) | |
| 2021-03-05 | Andrew Teague (43) | Black | Ohio (Columbus) | |
| 2021-03-05 | Gregory Williams (32) | Unknown race | Florida (Gainesville) | |
| 2021-03-04 | Judson Albahm (17) | White | New York (Jamesville) | Police shot and killed Albahm after he allegedly pointed an object at them. Police have not stated what the object Albahm was holding was. |
| 2021-03-03 | Dwight Brown (41) | Black | Louisiana (Abbeville) | Brown was shot and killed after firing a shotgun at police who arrived at his apartment. |
| 2021-03-03 | Broderick Woods (33) | Black | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2021-03-03 | Jonathan Levi Allen (28) | White | Indiana (Muncie) | |
| 2021-03-01 | Chandra Moore (55) | Black | Michigan (Detroit) | |
| 2021-03-01 | Adam Cunningham (46) | White | Alaska (Ozark) | |