# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, September 2018

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 2018, 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 90 people.

## September 2018

| Date | Name (and age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
| 2018-09-30 | Patrick "Pat Pat'' Kimmons (27) | Black | Oregon (Portland) | |
| 2018-09-30 | Brian Lee Rogers (40) | White | Greenback, TN | |
| 2018-09-29 | Justin "Doug" Snelson (54) | White | Okmulgee, OK | |
| 2018-09-29 | Walter Welch Jr. (40) | White | Epping, NH | |
| 2018-09-29 | Thomas Howard Luedtke (58) | White | Nampa, ID | |
| 2018-09-28 | Joseph Dawson (24) | White | Johns Island, SC | |
| 2018-09-28 | Willie Earl Simmons (23) | Black | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2018-09-27 | Juan Angel Pinedo (32) | Hispanic | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 2018-09-27 | Coltin Brennan Leblanc (23) | White | Hammond, LA | |
| 2018-09-27 | Joey Nelson (19) | White | Enid, OK | |
| 2018-09-27 | Nicholas Jesus Garza (27) | Hispanic | Kennewick, WA | |
| 2018-09-27 | Datwan Keyo Lewis (41) | Black | Palatka, FL | |
| 2018-09-27 | Michael Perez (37) | Hispanic | Honolulu, HI | |
| 2018-09-26 | Paul Braswell (29) | Black | Newark, NJ | |
| 2018-09-25 | Jaime Lopez (41) | Hispanic | Stanfordville, NY | |
| 2018-09-25 | Allen Travers (37) | Black | Newark, NJ | |
| 2018-09-25 | Dravious Burch (34) | Black | Orlando, FL | |
| 2018-09-24 | Ronald Wesley Leach (29) | White | Williamsburg, KY | |
| 2018-09-24 | Ivan Pena (42) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2018-09-24 | Michael John Stout (20) | White | Peoria, AZ | |
| 2018-09-23 | Nathaniel Sassafras (29) | Black | Maryland (Baltimore) | |
| 2018-09-23 | Jeremy Allen Conn (35) | White | Harrison, TN | |
| 2018-09-23 | Richard Joseph Jackson (36) | Unknown race | Oak Harbor, WA | |
| 2018-09-23 | Phillip Ernesto Serrano (44) | White | Reno, NV | |
| 2018-09-22 | Joshua Works (26) | White | Henderson, NV | |
| 2018-09-20 | Gillie Thurby (28) | White | Longmont, CO | |
| 2018-09-20 | Alexander Carballido (40) | Hispanic | Florida (Miami) | |
| 2018-09-20 | Freddie Joe Whitmore (55) | White | Honolulu, HI | |
| 2018-09-19 | Matthew T. Graves (33) | White | Oregon (Eagle Point) | Two police officers approached Graves in a fast-food restaurant bathroom. The officers later said he had jaywalked. After a physical altercation in which Graves punched one of the officers in the face, one of the officers shot Graves twice in the back, killing him. The officers said they believed Graves had a gun, but he was unarmed; they had mistaken one of their taser on the floor as a gun. A post-mortem examination found no traces of alcohol or drugs in Graves' body. |
| 2018-09-19 | Fernando Cruz (18) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2018-09-19 | Anthony Y. Tong (43) | Asian | Middleton, WI | |
| 2018-09-19 | Rene Herrera (39) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2018-09-19 | Royce Leon Sedotal Jr. (49) | White | League City, TX | |
| 2018-09-19 | Patrick Shawn Dowdell (61) | White | Masontown, PA | |
| 2018-09-18 | Jeffrey K. Sims (37) | White | Marysville, WA | |
| 2018-09-18 | Steve Disanzo (46) | Unknown race | Garden Grove, CA | |
| 2018-09-18 | Wendy Newton (45) | | South Carolina (Nichols) | A deputy drove a police van into floodwaters after Hurricane Florence. The vehicle was swept into a rail by floodwaters, and the two women being transported drowned. |
| 2018-09-18 | Nicolette Green (43) | | South Carolina (Nichols) | A deputy drove a police van into floodwaters after Hurricane Florence. The vehicle was swept into a rail by floodwaters, and the two women being transported drowned. |
| 2018-09-18 | Walter L. "Walt" Wiemann (73) | White | Renfrew, PA | |
| 2018-09-18 | Michael James Murphy (43) | White | Virginia Beach, VA | |
| 2018-09-17 | Susan Muller (54) | White | Flushing, NY | |
| 2018-09-17 | Damon Christopher Gayheart (44) | White | Hopkinsville, KY | |
| 2018-09-17 | Jose Alvarez (23) | Hispanic | Temple Hills, MD | |
| 2018-09-16 | Bruce Smith (25) | White | Manitowoc, WI | |
| 2018-09-16 | Christopher Adam Borland (40) | Unknown race | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 2018-09-16 | Ricardo "Macho" Avenia (29) | Hispanic | Lancaster, PA | |
| 2018-09-16 | Robert C. Greeson (29) | White | Garden Plain, KS | |
| 2018-09-16 | Jerry Foster (31) | Black | Shreveport, LA | |
| 2018-09-15 | Randy J. Rausch (34) | Unknown race | Vernon Hills, IL | |
| 2018-09-15 | Stephen Dove (50) | White | Jacksonville, AR | |
| 2018-09-15 | Anton Black (19) | Black | Greensboro, MD | |
| 2018-09-15 | Christopher Leonard (31) | White | Ankeny, IA | |
| 2018-09-15 | Guiselda Alicia Hernandez Cantu (35) | Hispanic | Texas (Webb County) | Over the course of two weeks, Border Patrol Agent Juan David Ortiz killed four women, all sex workers, and attempted to kill a fifth. Cantu and Ortiz were both killed on September 15 at different times. |
| 2018-09-15 | Janelle Enriquez Ortiz (28) | Hispanic | Texas (Webb County) | Over the course of two weeks, Border Patrol Agent Juan David Ortiz killed four women, all sex workers, and attempted to kill a fifth. Cantu and Ortiz were both killed on September 15 at different times. |
| 2018-09-14 | Detric Driver (46) | Black | Michigan (Detroit) | |
| 2018-09-14 | Gary Daniel McKinney (47) | White | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 2018-09-14 | Nikki Janelle Enriquez aka Humberto Ortiz (28) | Hispanic | Laredo, TX | |
| 2018-09-14 | David Huffines Jr (40) | White | Arizona (Mesa) | |
| 2018-09-14 | Johnny Lee Lloyd (53) | Black | Dover, NC | |
| 2018-09-14 | Antonio Aguirre (52) | Hispanic | Laredo, TX | |
| 2018-09-13 | Claudine Anne Luera (42) | White | Texas (Webb County) | Over the course of two weeks, Border Patrol Agent Juan David Ortiz killed four women, all sex workers, and attempted to kill a fifth. |
| 2018-09-13 | Ryan Yamasaki (36) | Asian | Nevada (Henderson) | Ryan Yamasaki, 36, was shot and killed by officers after ignoring their orders to drop a box cutter and charging at them, according to the Henderson Police Department. |
| 2018-09-12 | Rafael "Pito" Rivera (32) | Hispanic | Buffalo, NY | |
| 2018-09-12 | Thomas Watkins (38) | Black | Gary, IN | |
| 2018-09-12 | Garrett Finley Mitchell (31) | White | Cumming, GA | |
| 2018-09-11 | Edward Reynolds (57) | White | Georgetown, KY | |
| 2018-09-10 | Joel R. Andrade (53) | Unknown race | Arizona (Tucson) | |
| 2018-09-09 | Brandon Joyner (24) | Black | Greenville, NC | |
| 2018-09-09 | Dereshia Blackwell (39) | Black | Missouri City, TX | |
| 2018-09-09 | Adam Jensen (43) | Unknown race | Stanwood, WA | |
| 2018-09-08 | Ronald Singletary (43) | Black | Texas (Houston) | |
| 2018-09-08 | Demetrius Shankling (23) | | Colorado (Boulder) | Shankling was being transported to a detox center in a transport van when he was found unconscious and not breathing. An autopsy ruled the manner of death as a homicide, as the sheriff's deputies had handcuffed Shankling and put him in a confined space of the van. |
| 2018-09-07 | Omar Santa Perez (29) | Hispanic | Ohio (Cincinnati) | See 2018 Cincinnati shooting |
| 2018-09-07 | Kendrick Lloyd (34) | Unknown race | Greenville, MS | |
| 2018-09-07 | DaShawn Cole (28) | Black | Pawtucket, RI | |
| 2018-09-07 | Ulman Jerald Roberts (63) | White | Citronelle, AL | |
| 2018-09-06 | Darell Richards (19) | Black | Sacramento, CA | |
| 2018-09-06 | Nick Warnell (30) | White | Moultrie, GA | |
| 2018-09-06 | Patty Maggiore (49) | White | Galveston, TX | |
| 2018-09-06 | Botham Jean (26) | Black | Texas (Dallas) | Off-duty police officer Amber Guyger murdered Jean, an accountant, after entering his apartment through the unlocked front door, unannounced. Guyger claims she believed she was in her own apartment at the time of the shooting. However, she was found guilty of Jean's murder by a Dallas jury. |
| 2018-09-05 | Mitchell Owen Buel (33) | White | Morris, AL | |
| 2018-09-05 | James Leatherwood (23) | Black | Hollywood, FL | |
| 2018-09-05 | Christopher Sage (45) | White | North Knobs, NC | |
| 2018-09-04 | Timmy Henley (27) | White | Westminster, CO | |
| 2018-09-03 | Aaron Demonta Fleming (21) | Black | Covington, GA | |
| 2018-09-03 | Fernand "Fred" Lete (70) | Hispanic | Bernalillo, NM | |
| 2018-09-03 | Mary Wheat (42) | White | Jackson, CA | |
| 2018-09-03 | Steve L. Anderson (40) | White | Cheney, WA | |
| 2018-09-03 | Melissa Ramirez (29) | Hispanic | Texas (Webb County) | Over the course of two weeks, Border Patrol Agent Juan David Ortiz killed four women, all sex workers, and attempted to kill a fifth. |
| 2018-09-01 | Oshae Terry (24) | Black | Texas (Arlington) | During a traffic stop for expired vehicle registration, Arlington police initiated a search of the vehicle driven by Terry, claiming to smell marijuana. As Terry started the vehicle and began rolling up the window, a nearby officer reached through the closing window, jumped onto the vehicle's running board, and fired several shots at Terry as he began to drive away. 1 pound (0.45 kg) of marijuana, MDMA pills and a handgun were subsequently found in the vehicle. |