# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2024

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in August 2024, 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 127 people.

## August 2024

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
| 2024-08-31 | Khasi Nikole Chrisley (33) | White | Christiansburg, Virginia | During a pursuit of a suspected armed robber, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deployed spike strips which caused the suspect's vehicle to lose control and crashed into other vehicles. She later died in a hospital. |
| 2024-08-30 | Barbara Williams (78) | White | Plainfield, Indiana | During a pursuit, a Plainfield police officer struck an unrelated vehicle at an intersection. Two people in the vehicle died and the officer was injured. The suspect was arrested on September 16. |
| 2024-08-30 | Bennie Williams (79) | White | Plainfield, Indiana | During a pursuit, a Plainfield police officer struck an unrelated vehicle at an intersection. Two people in the vehicle died and the officer was injured. The suspect was arrested on September 16. |
| 2024-08-30 | Victoria Meza (43) | Hispanic | Beaumont, Texas | Meza reportedly fired shots at Beaumont Police officers while they were serving an arrest and search warrant on her. They returned fire, killing Meza. A dog was also killed during the incident. |
| 2024-08-30 | James Tighe Cushman (31) | White | Orchard Park, New York | Orchard Park Police received a report of a man with a knife and gun. Two officers shot and killed him as he advanced toward them with a knife. |
| 2024-08-30 | Douglas L. Plott (54) | Unknown | Alexandria, Ohio | Licking County Sheriff Deputies responded to a call and found the house on fire. They went in and fatally shot the suspect who attempted to stab his sister. |
| 2024-08-29 | Amir Jordan (19) | Black | Cincinnati, Ohio | While a Cincinnati police officer was responding to a serious injury crash with activated lights and sirens, he struck and killed Jordan, who was crossing the street. |
| 2024-08-29 | Brandon Evans (32) | Unknown | Chandler, Arizona | A suspect who was making suicidal statements fired a round with a gun in an alleyway. When the Chandler police officers came to investigate, he reportedly pulled out a gun and was shot. |
| 2024-08-29 | Christian Alexander Tyson Thomas (18) | Black | Cleveland Heights, Ohio | Cleveland Heights officers responded to a domestic dispute. They allegedly shot a man came out of the home through a screened porch window and also carrying a gun. |
| 2024-08-29 | Wallace Gonzales (41) | Unknown | Alamogordo, New Mexico | A New Mexico State Police officer stopped Gonzales during a traffic stop. He threatened to shoot the officer then fled the scene, which led to a pursuit that ended at White Sands Mall parking lot. A shootout occurred between Gonzales and LCPD SWAT team during the standoff which left him dead. |
| 2024-08-29 | unidentified male (26) | Unknown | Roanoke, Virginia | Roanoke Police responded to a call and found a woman with a serious cut. The woman directed officers to an apartment and they encountered a suspect armed with a knife. Officers shot and killed the suspect as he advanced toward them. |
| 2024-08-29 | Jennifer Provence (40) | White | Glenwood, Arkansas | A Pike County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a woman who refused to drop a knife. |
| 2024-08-29 | Derik J. Trotter (33) | White | Coffeyville, Kansas | Coffeyville Police Department performed a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Trotter to serve a search warrant. As they attempted to handcuff him, a physical altercation ensued and two officers deployed tasers and an officer shot him. |
| 2024-08-29 | Corey Cobb-Bey (30) | Black | Lewisville, Texas | A man wanted for shooting three police officers in Dallas, killing Officer Darron Burks, was shot and killed by Dallas Police officers following a chase. Police shot the man after he allegedly pointed a rifle at officers. |
| 2024-08-29 | Trent Weston (37) | White | Kittery, Maine/Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Weston, suspected of killing his wife in Troy, New Hampshire, was shot and killed by Maine and New Hampshire State Police on the Piscataqua River Bridge connecting New Hampshire to Maine. An 8-year-old boy, their son, was found shot to death in Weston's car. |
| 2024-08-28 | Juan Herrea Mejorado (43) | Hispanic | Carson City, Nevada | A teenager reported that his father stabbed his mother multiple times and cut himself severely. Upon arrival, Carson City Sheriff Deputies encountered two juveniles and the mother at a safe place. When they contacted with the father, a fight ensued and 2 deputies fatally shot him. The mother was listed in serious but stable condition. |
| 2024-08-28 | Andre Deon Haggray (30) | Black | Liberty County, Georgia | Liberty County Sheriff deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call. Upon arrival, a shootout occurred between Haggray and deputies in the woods. He then made his way to a dirt road and reportedly pointed his gun in the direction of the deputies before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-27 | Derrick Rankins (33) | Black | Stockbridge, GA | |
| 2024-08-27 | Cameron Ford (37) | Black | Omaha, Nebraska | Omaha Police SWAT team officers served a no-knock warrant at a home and fatally shot Ford when he ran towards them. Ford was unarmed when he was shot. |
| 2024-08-28 | Christian Demetri Moshofsky (33) | Black | Kent, Washington | Kent Police responded after a caller reported sounds of six to seven gunshots being fired. Upon arrival, officers believed the gunman was firing at them from an apartment complex. One officer returned fire. The suspected shooter, Moshofsky, was found dead inside the complex. Kent Police later confirmed that he died from a Kent Police shooting. |
| 2024-08-27 | Kenneth Grimm (77) | Unknown | Seguin, Texas | A Guadalupe County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a suspect who was suffering mental health crisis. Details are limited. |
| 2024-08-27 | Sina Chohili Sobby (22) | Asian | San Antonio, Texas | While ATF agents were serving a federal arrest warrant, one of them fatally shot Sobby, who was armed with a gun and reportedly pointed at them. |
| 2024-08-27 | Chad Owen Herman (58) | White | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| 2024-08-27 | Kim Lawong Crocker (58) | Black | Eastman, Georgia | Police received a report regarding livestock/animals in the roadway. Upon arrival, they encountered Crocker at the corner of the home with a gun. A shootout occurred which a deputy was shot and injured and Crocker was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| 2024-08-26 | unidentified male | Unknown | Panama City Beach, Florida | A fleeing suspect was tased and handcuffed by Panama City Beach Police. The suspect became unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased at a hospital. |
| 2024-08-26 | Rustin Lee Burke (39) | White | Follett, Texas | |
| 2024-08-26 | Jacob Daniel Bundy (39) | White | Beaverton, Oregon | Two Beaverton Police officers attempted to detain Bundy in a store. A struggle ensued and Bundy fired a gun. He was then shot by the police. The gun and the motorcycle he had driven were previously reported stolen in Vancouver, Washington. |
| 2024-08-26 | unidentified male | Unknown | San Diego, California | Officer Austin Machitar and a fleeing suspect was killed while another police officer Zachary Martinez, is in very serious condition after a crash. While officers were pursuing a fleeing vehicle, the suspect T-boned the officer's cruiser at a high rate of speed, which caused a multi-vehicle crash. |
| 2024-08-25 | Emmanuel Blanco Cruz (37) | Hispanic | Richardson, Texas | Officers reportedly shot and killed a man wielding a large knife after responding to a domestic disturbance call. |
| 2024-08-25 | Mark Francis Kelly (62) | White | New York City, New York | In East Harlem, Manhattan, the NYPD received a report of a man with a gun. They responded and encountered the man. The man refused to drop the gun and was fatally shot by two officers. |
| 2024-08-24 | unidentified male | Unknown | Valley County, Montana | A McCone County deputy saw two individuals arguing outside their vehicle. As he got out of the vehicle, one of them opened fire at him, prompting him to return fire, killing the shooter. Another individual was tased after he approached the deputy. |
| 2024-08-24 | Naimmikal Wayne Sanders (38) | Black | Huntsville, Alabama | Huntsville Police responded to a domestic disturbance call. Upon arrival, officers witnessed a man shooting at a fleeing woman. One officer discharged his weapon, killing him. The man was later identified as Sanders. |
| 2024-08-24 | Manuel Arteaga (42) | Hispanic | Beaumont, Texas | A man was fatally shot by an unknown number of Beaumont police officers after the he reported approached the officers with a chainsaw. |
| 2024-08-24 | Ricardo ‘Ricky’ Resendez Jr. (28) | Hispanic | Houston, Texas | An off-duty Harris County Deputy Constable involved in a car crash, which left a man dead. |
| 2024-08-23 | Billy Ray Factor (25) | White | Edmond, Oklahoma | Officers responded after the caller reported that an unknown person was in their backyard. Upon arrival, officers located the suspect on the caller's balcony. When they tried to talk with him, he pulled out a gun and shot at them before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-23 | James Dehart | White | Sacramento, California | Sacramento subdued and handcuffed Dehart before placing him inside a cruiser. He was later pronounced dead by paramedics on scene. |
| 2024-08-23 | Brayden Hemphill (17) | Unknown | Sugar Hill, Georgia | |
| 2024-08-23 | Kentrail Small (40) | Black | Lawrence, Indiana | |
| 2024-08-23 | Michael Hobbs (39) | Unknown | El Paso, Texas | |
| 2024-08-23 | Richard Phillip Randall Jr. (41) | Unknown | Altamonte Springs, Florida | Police shot and killed Randall, suspected of a felony, after he allegedly ran towards officers while holding an unspecified object. |
| 2024-08-22 | Kevin James Kennedy (44) | Unknown | Colquitt County, Georgia | |
| 2024-08-22 | Unnamed child | Unknown race | Science Hill, KY | |
| 2024-08-22 | Juan Diego Contreras (22) | Hispanic | Weslaco, Texas | Weslaco Police shot and killed Contreras, who turned around and reached for a shotgun while officers were making contact with him. |
| 2024-08-22 | Vernon Randle Jr. (27) | Black | Alton, Illinois | Randle Jr. was a suspect who shot and injured a woman on August 21. During the confrontation, he shot and injured an officer and killed police dog Odin before being fatally shot by returned fire. |
| 2024-08-22 | Juan Barbosa (41) | Hispanic | Mustang, Oklahoma | |
| 2024-08-22 | Julio Cordero (56) | Hispanic | El Paso, Texas | A El Paso Independent School District police officer shot and killed Cordero, a retired FBI agent, outside Franklin High School, where Cordero's son was a student. Few details were released, other than that the officer confronted Cordero for breaking windows at the school. |
| 2024-08-21 | Alex Gonzalez Jr. (30) | Hispanic | Hialeah, Florida | |
| 2024-08-21 | Michael Davies (59) | White | Layton, Utah | |
| 2024-08-20 | Angel Rojas (39) | Hispanic | Fresno, California | When CHP officers were investigating a stolen truck, they found Rojas sitting inside. When they tried to talk with him, he put the vehicle into reverse and rammed two of their unmarked patrol cars. He was then shot by them. A loaded gun was found in the truck. He died at the hospital 10 days later. |
| 2024-08-19 | Gerald Rahier II (42) | White | Grainfield, Kansas | |
| 2024-08-18 | Chris Cochran (60) | White | Bartow County, Georgia | |
| 2024-08-18 | Tias Dequan Cobb (25) | Black | Opelika, Alabama | Deputies responded to a call for service. Upon arrival, they encountered Cobb armed with a gun. An altercation ensued which led to the shooting. |
| 2024-08-18 | Alex Angel Cortez (16) | Hispanic | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2024-08-17 | Denis L. Redondo-Zelaya (27) | Hispanic | Saint Clair, Missouri | |
| 2024-08-17 | Jeremy Lundgreen (47) | White | Roy, Utah | After a pursuit, Lundgreen reportedly confronted officers with a gun and fired at them. He was then killed after a shootout with police. |
| 2024-08-17 | unidentified juvenile | Unknown | Pulaski County, Kentucky | An off-duty officer collided with an off-road motorcycle, operated by a juvenile, who was not wearing a helmet. The juvenile was pronounced deceased at the scene. |
| 2024-08-17 | unidentified male | Unknown | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| 2024-08-17 | Michael Donnell Jones (54) | Black | Akron, Ohio | Two police officers approached a stolen U-Haul at a gas station, and demanded the suspect get out of the van. Suddenly, the suspect accelerated his vehicle while officers attempted to gain control. One of the officers fired two shots, killing the suspect. |
| 2024-08-16 | unidentified male | Unknown | Cibola County, New Mexico | Officers shot and killed a man who reportedly presented a threat. |
| 2024-08-16 | unidentified female (26) | Unknown | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| 2024-08-15 | unidentified male | Unknown | Mayfield, Kentucky | |
| 2024-08-15 | Curtis "CJ" Glen Purvis Jr. (31) | Unknown | Laurens County, Georgia | |
| 2024-08-14 | Timothy J. King (58) | White | Bonne Terre, Missouri | |
| 2024-08-14 | Alston Kaipo Awong (60) | Pacific Islander | Waianae, Hawaii | |
| 2024-08-14 | Robert Miller (61) | White | Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| 2024-08-13 | Tyshawn Demmoris Barnes (28) | Black | Bertie County, North Carolina | Deputies attempted to serve an involuntary commitment order on Barnes. Barnes allegedly came out of the home and pointed a gun at officers and attempted to shoot. He then went back into the home and came back pointing a gun at them again, at which point officers fired at him, killing him. Barnes also fired shots at police during an incident in 2019. |
| 2024-08-13 | unidentified male | Unknown | Houston, Texas | |
| 2024-08-13 | Daniel McClelland (47) | Unknown | Palmetto, Florida | A man who was making suicidal statements was shot and killed by an officer after he pointed a rifle at them. |
| 2024-08-13 | Easter Leafa (16) | Pacific Islander | Anchorage, Alaska | Police were called to a home where a resident had reported her sister threatening her with a knife. Police encountered the girl, allegedly armed with a knife, and fatally shot her. |
| 2024-08-12 | R.J. Snodgrass (42) | Unknown | Summersville, West Virginia | Officers deployed spikes during a high speed pursuit, which led the suspect's vehicle to lose control, resulting 2 deaths. |
| 2024-08-12 | Adam Matthew Frazier (32) | Unknown | Summersville, West Virginia | Officers deployed spikes during a high speed pursuit, which led the suspect's vehicle to lose control, resulting 2 deaths. |
| 2024-08-12 | Kevin D. Price (28) | White | Fitchburg, Wisconsin | Fitchburg Police Department officers responded to a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, the suspect approached officers with a knife. One of the officers then shot him. He succumbed to his injuries on August 15. |
| 2024-08-12 | Mikhal Anthony Concepcion (20) | Hispanic | Warner Robins, Georgia | Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun. Upon arrival, they encountered Concepcion. He was shot to death after shooting at officers and tried to enter a home forcefully. |
| 2024-08-12 | Paul G. Behan Jr. (61) | White | Alexandria, Virginia | Upon responding to the Alexandria Overlook apartments, police were met in the stairwell by a man armed with a gun. After police demanded him to drop the weapon, the man open fired, leading officers to return fire and kill him. |
| 2024-08-11 | Pedro Noe Sotelo (46) | Unknown | Thornton, Colorado | |
| 2024-08-11 | Asante Taaj Omar Miller (21) | Black | Columbus, Ohio | Police were dispatched to a home on a burglary in progress. The suspect then fled the scene. Officers located the suspect nearby, who was armed. Officers gave the suspect multiple verbal commands to drop his firearm. The suspect refused, which resulted in officers discharging their firearms. The suspect attempted to elude officers by forcing entry into another residence. While searching the residence, officers encountered the suspect hiding in a room, which resulted in additional shots being fired, killing him. |
| 2024-08-11 | Justin Brown (43) | Black | Long Beach, Mississippi | After an hours-long standoff and shootout with LBPD officers, Brown was found dead in the residence. |
| 2024-08-11 | Rodrick Edmond (47) | Black | Delhi, Louisiana | Officials stated that Edmond was operating a vehicle suspiciously in a police parking lot when officers approached him to investigate. A pursuit then ensued after he refused to stop. When he stopped on LA Highway 17. He allegedly got out the vehicle with a knife before officers shot and killed him. |
| 2024-08-11 | Marquavious Sims (26) | Black | Athens, Georgia | Officers responded to a report of a man with a machine gun and was waving it around. Upon arrival, they ordered Sims to drop it, however, he reportedly fired at them. Officers then returned fire, killing him. |
| 2024-08-11 | Dwayne Earl Johnson (18) | Black | Corpus Christi, Texas | Police were dispatched to an assault in progress. They encountered the suspect who then produced a handgun. One officer then fatally shot him. |
| 2024-08-11 | Sarah Jackson (85) | Unknown | Lowndes County, Mississippi | Jackson was killed in a collision with a Lowndes County Sheriff's Deputy. |
| 2024-08-10 | Albert William Park (54) | White | San Bernardino, California | An armed motorcyclist was shot and killed in a shooting during a pursuit. |
| 2024-08-10 | Garrett Ryan (30) | White | Sullivan, Missouri | The suspect allegedly walked toward the officers with a knife before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-10 | Imani Jackson (46) | Black | Phoenix, Arizona | Jackson reportedly fired a gun upon a group of people. Officers then conducted a traffic stop on him about a mile away. Jackson fled an reached towards his waistband for a handgun before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-10 | unidentified male | Unknown | Kaufman County, Texas | A deputy and an officer responded to a silent alarm at a convenience store. Upon arrival, the suspect fired at them, wounding them both. Then they returned fire, killing him. Both officers are expected to recover. |
| 2024-08-09 | Victor Delgadillo (18) | Hispanic | Anaheim, California | An Anaheim officer and other members of the Task Force shot and killed Delgadillo, who was wanted for a murder in Iowa. It is still unclear what led to the shooting. |
| 2024-08-09 | Timothy Wayne Goodman (65) | White | Smyth County, Virginia | A Marion officer attempted to make a routine traffic stop but Goodman did not immediately stop. He drove a mile and a half before pulling over at an intersection. When Deputy Hunter Reedy approached the vehicle, Goodman fatally shot him. A shootout then occurred which wounded another deputy and Goodman. Goodman died on August 16 and the wounded deputy is expected to recover. |
| 2024-08-09 | Nathan Jenkins (32) | Black | Cobb County, Georgia | Officers went to arrest a wanted suspect. Jenkins, who was allegedly armed with a firearm, was fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-08 | Joseph Fleming (29) | White | Palm Bay, Florida | Officers responded to an armed domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, gunshots was heard and the suspect came out of the residence and fired at police. Police then returned fire, striking him. A woman was found dead inside the residence. The suspect was transported to a hospital in critical condition and later died. |
| 2024-08-08 | unidentified male | Unknown | Dunklin County, Missouri | Multiple agencies were serving an arrest warrant on the suspect. During the encounter, the suspect pointed a gun at them before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-08 | Usher Leonard (25) | Black | Summit, Mississippi | At a checkpoint in Summit, a vehicle approached and the passenger fatally shot Officer Troy Floyd. Another two officers responded to the scene, a shootout occurred left the suspect dead and wounded both responding officers at a nearby grocery store. Details are limited about the driver. |
| 2024-08-08 | Jamie Lynn Still (45) | Unknown | Sumter County, Georgia | Still's family member called the police after he fired a gun at his home. Deputies arrived and Still reportedly pointed a rifle at them. He was then fatally shot by one of the deputies. |
| 2024-08-08 | Jacob Nathaniel Grebbien (40) | Unknown | Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania | The suspect had charges of terroristic threats filed against him. He was shot and killed after a standoff. It is unclear what led to the shooting. |
| 2024-08-08 | Tyrel Richter Cutchie (42) | Unknown | Colfax County, New Mexico | Officers responded after Cutchie allegedly ran someone off the road. When the State police arrived, Cutchie reversed his car into a parol vehicle before fleeing. His vehicle then stopped on the highway. When he wanted to leave, he collided with another state police cruiser, at which point, two deputies opened fire, killing him. |
| 2024-08-08 | Paul Parvea Montazer (37) | Asian | Irvine, California | Officers responded to a call about someone actively attacking a woman with a knife. Upon arrival, they shot and killed Montazer as he reportedly advanced toward them with the knife. The victim succumbed to her wounds, identified as Parvin Montazer, the suspect's mother. |
| 2024-08-08 | Tomas Ramirez (25) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, California | An off-duty officer witness a fight and tried to break it up. Two males involved the fight armed with a gun and a pipe respectively. Ramirez, who was the male armed with a gun, was shot and killed under unknown circumstances. |
| 2024-08-07 | Alexandria Gerard (43) | White | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Gerard died in a crash involving a BCSO unit. |
| 2024-08-07 | Austin Springer (25) | Unknown | Onyx, California | Deputies responded to investigate a restraining order violation. When they attempted to make contact with the suspect, an officer-involved shooting occurred which left the suspect dead. The suspect was reportedly armed with a firearm. |
| 2024-08-07 | Brandon Franklin Kizer (35) | White | Mesa, Arizona | Kizer allegedly stabbed a woman with a large knife. He was shot by the police after he moved back to the apartment with the knife. Less-lethal rounds were discharged but they were not effective. The woman sustained life-threatening injuries. |
| 2024-08-07 | Bo William Aurell (41) | White | Fort Worth, Texas | Aurell shot a deputy three times after deputies attempted to arrest them on child sex charges. Aurell then barricaded himself inside the home. At some point, SWAT officers entered the home and a shootout occurred, which left Aurell dead. The wounded deputy is expected to recover. |
| 2024-08-07 | Edmundo Meza (42) | Hispanic | Houston, Texas | HPD officers spotted two man near a gas station and learned one of them, Meza, had a warrant on him. While attempting to arrest him. They found that he was armed with a gun. A fight ensued for the gun and one officer opened fire, fatally striking Meza. |
| 2024-08-06 | Dennis Thornton (43) | Unknown | San Marcos, Texas | Officers received a report of a man acting erratically on top of the overpass. During the encounter, Thornton reportedly moved forward towards them and didn't follow their commands. Officers then tased him and put him into custody. When they attempted to speak with Thornton, he did not respond. He was then pronounced dead at a hospital. |
| 2024-08-06 | Floyd D. Caudill (40) | White | Golconda, Illinois | Illinois Department of Natural Resources were attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Caudill refused to exit his tent and a shot was fired. An officer then returned fire. Caudill was later found deceased. |
| 2024-08-05 | Aresly Anahi Jaramillo (20) | Hispanic | Dallas, Texas | Jaramillo was struck and killed by a squad car which was responding to a service call. |
| 2024-08-05 | Mychal Tanner Montalvo (31) | Hispanic | Tahoka, Texas | During a barricade situation, Montalvo shot at several SWAT vehicles and a K9 unit. At some point, he came out of the home and reportedly reached for a gun. He was then fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-05 | unidentified male | Unknown | West Haven, Utah | Officers responded to a call about a man was threatening self-harm. Upon arrival, they encountered a man holding two children hostage with a bladed weapon. When the man reportedly made statements to harm one of the children, Weber County Sheriff's Deputies fatally shot him. |
| 2024-08-04 | Christopher Baeza Morales (55) | Hispanic | Wright, Wyoming | A Campbell County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man allegedly wielding a shotgun. |
| 2024-08-05 | William Gardner (17) | Black | Baltimore, Maryland | Baltimore Police Department officers noticed an armed man, later identified as William Gardner. Gardner then began running away from the officers. As they were running after him, he displayed a gun at which point multiple officers opened fire, killing him. |
| 2024-08-05 | Aaron Matthew Shindle (47) | White | Irvine, California | Irvine Police shot and killed Shindle, suspected of driving a van into a home and stabbing a wheelchair-bound man to death. According to the victim's family, Shindle was his former caretaker. |
| 2024-08-05 | Devon Anderson (38) | Black | South Fulton, Georgia | An off-duty Atlanta Police officer was arrested for shooting a man, Anderson, outside a bar where the officer was attending a birthday party. Witnesses said Anderson was attempting to diffuse an argument when the officer shot him. |
| 2024-08-04 | Julio Palomares (30) | Hispanic | Paramount, California | Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies responded to a report of a family disturbance and battery. Upon arrival, they encountered Palomares with a pair of scissors. Palomares allegedly aggressively advanced toward them with the scissors, causing the officers to shoot him. A taser was deployed but it was not effective. |
| 2024-08-04 | Francisco Vasquez (57) | Hispanic | Stanton, Delaware | Vasquez forcibly entered a home and shot a man and a woman, the woman was killed and the man fled to a nearby gas station and reported the incident to the police. Vasquez then set the home on fire and fled the scene. Police later tracked him and found him on an electrical tower. He was shot and killed by Delaware State Troopers after firing a weapon at them. The male was uninjured. |
| 2024-08-03 | Jonathan Schutte (33) | Unknown | Hardin County, Tennessee | Hardin County Sheriff's Deputies encountered Schutte, a robbery suspect from Alabama. As they approached, Schutte allegedly fired a gun at them and was fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-03 | Angeleno Davonte Sykes (31) | Unknown | Rancho Cucamonga, California | After responding to a report of a man with a gun, a "lethal force encounter" occurred and Sykes was killed by San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputies. |
| 2024-08-03 | Peter Christensen (51) | White | Martinsburg, West Virginia | Berkley County Sheriff's Deputies were called to assist the fire department with a large disturbance. While on the way to the scene, they collided with a Toyota Camry, which left Christensen dead. A deputy and another passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries and serious injuries respectively. |
| 2024-08-03 | Christian Felix Gonzales (35) | Hispanic | Bastrop County, Texas | Bastrop County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting incident. Upon arrival, Gonzales allegedly fired at them before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-02 | Henry Sanders (41) | Black | Wyandanch, New York | Sanders died after being subdued and handcuffed by Suffolk County Police. |
| 2024-08-02 | William Ritchie (67) | Unknown | Pasadena, Texas | Pasadena Police shot a domestic violence suspect after he allegedly fired at officers approaching his home. He died from his injuries on August 4. |
| 2024-08-02 | Ladarius Walls | Black | Clarksdale, Mississippi | Clarksdale police officers were called to a traffic accident. Upon arrival, an altercation ensued and the suspect shot one of the responding officers, the wounded officer then returned fire, killing the suspect. |
| 2024-08-02 | Jerry Garcia (29) | Hispanic | Elk City, Oklahoma | Elk City police officers responded to a disturbance at approximately 7:00 p.m. When they arrived, they encountered Garcia brandishing a knife. Despite law enforcement's commands for Garcia to drop the weapon, Garcia refused, leading officers to shoot and kill him. |
| 2024-08-02 | Brandon Lena (47) | Native American | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Around 3 a.m., Oklahoma City Police responded to a disturbance call and they found a man having a mental health episode walking in the road with a weapon. Less-lethal rounds were discharged but they were ineffective. The suspect then reportedly pointed a gun at them, leading the officers to shoot. |
| 2024-08-02 | David Resmondo (49) | White | Madisonville, Tennessee | Madisonville Police responded to “an active shooter event”. According to officials, Resmondo fired shots in the parking lot and the building at Monroe County Justice Center. A deputy then shot and killed him. |
| 2024-08-02 | Rantavious Johnson (22) | Black | Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis police officer Demetrice Johnson and a driver was killed while another police officer Bobby Fields, is in very serious condition after a crash. According to new reports, Rantavious Johnson coming from the opposite direction on Danny Thomas veered into the officers lane before the fatal crash, also, he was shot during a previous incident unrelated. No one involved in the crash were wearing a seatbelt. |
| 2024-08-01 | Benjamin Wheeler (40) | White | Columbus, Ohio | Wheeler barricaded himself after Columbus police officers responded to a domestic violence situation. He allegedly stabbed and injured three officers before being fatally shot. |
| 2024-08-01 | Gabriel Rene Ramirez (22) | Hispanic | Prince William County, Virginia | Prince William County Police were called for reports of a suicidal person. Upon arrival, they found Ramirez at the backyard armed with a gun. The Crisis Negotiation Unite and an on-site Community Services clinician attempted to make him surrender peacefully but they failed. At some point, a SWAT member shot and killed Ramirez as he reportedly pointed the gun in the direction of officers. |
| 2024-08-01 | Lorie Martha O'Neal (49) | White | Chandler, Arizona | A Chandler police officer fatally shot O'Neal after she reportedly exited an apartment complex holding a firearm. |
| 2024-08-01 | Cris Steenblock (39) | White | Abilene, Texas | A person called 911 and reported to them that Steenblock was causing havoc with his parents at a house. When Abilene police officers approached the home, Steenblock purportedly approached with "weapons in both hands" and was fatally shot. |