# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, February 2022

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in February 2022, 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 88 people.

## February 2022

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | City/state | Description |
| 2022-02-28 | Kourtney Sherwood (37) | White | Topsham, ME | |
| 2022-02-28 | Unnamed person | Unknown race | Wellington, NV | |
| 2022-02-27 | John Charles Moreida (34) | Hispanic | Shelley, ID | |
| 2022-02-27 | Marcelo Alfredo Suarez (24) | Hispanic | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-02-26 | Derek Stortzum (29) | White | Norton, KS | |
| 2022-02-26 | Jacob Huerta (37) | Hispanic | Rosenberg, TX | |
| 2022-02-26 | David Cottes Jr (69) | Hispanic | Hollywood, FL | |
| 2022-02-25 | Unknown | Unknown | Detroit, Michigan | Police shot a man suspected of armed home invasion while he fled from a vehicle with a firearm after crashed into a taxi, with the accident killing a passenger. |
| 2022-02-25 | Gregory Lasselle (27) | White | Pittsfield, ME | |
| 2022-02-25 | Raphael Marquez (31) | Hispanic | Belen, NM | |
| 2022-02-25 | Brian Dangerfield (65) | White | Bealoton, VA | |
| 2022-02-25 | Mary Dangerfield (65) | White | Bealoton, VA | |
| 2022-02-24 | Andrew Castellano (34) | Hispanic | Edgewood, NM | |
| 2022-02-24 | Steven Wohlwend (31) | Unknown | Tacoma, Washington | Police responded to reports of a person with a gun in a Marriott Hotel. Upon arrival, police reportedly determined they had probable cause to arrest Wohlwend for armed robbery. Police eventually found Wohlwend and claimed he refused to show officers his hands. Police then shot and killed him. A gun was recovered from the scene. |
| 2022-02-23 | Jacori Shaw (23) | Black | Reno, NV | |
| 2022-02-23 | Daniel Ramirez (27) | Hispanic | Hobbs, NM | |
| 2022-02-23 | Steven Lewis Finfrock (63) | White | Macon, GA | |
| 2022-02-23 | Keleen RaShad Connell (27) | Black | Birmingham, AL | |
| 2022-02-23 | Joey Gilbert Gauthreaux (55) | White | Crowley, LA | |
| 2022-02-23 | Czyz Harrison (35) | Black | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-02-22 | Matthew Allen Deese (32) | White | Perry, GA | |
| 2022-02-22 | Tracy Gaeta (54) | Black | Stockton, California | A canine officer pursued Gaeta after she was suspected of hitting a police vehicle at a red light. When the pursuit ended at a dead-end Gaeta drove backwards into the officer's vehicle, and the officer fired eighteen times. When Gaeta pulled forward and reversed away from the officer, the officer fired more than a dozen times. |
| 2022-02-22 | Robert Lee Pilkey (28) | White | Maryville, TN | |
| 2022-02-22 | Lawrence LeJames Rodgers (21) | Black | Akron, OH | |
| 2022-02-22 | Richard Ward (32) | White | Pueblo West, Colorado | Police were called to a middle school where Ward and his mother were picking his younger brother up after Ward was reported trying to enter a vehicle, which he mistook as his own. When questioned by a deputy, Ward said that he might have had a pocketknife in his pocket. After Ward took a pill for anxiety, a struggle broke out between him and a deputy, who police say believed Ward was reaching for a weapon. The two struggled, the deputy yelled "gun," and the deputy shot Ward three times. Ward was not armed. |
| 2022-02-21 | David Liles (54) | White | Rogers, AR | |
| 2022-02-19 | Joel Arevalo (30) | Hispanic | Portland, Oregon | |
| 2022-02-19 | Donnell Rochester (18) | Black | Baltimore, Maryland | Rochester was wanted on a warrant for carjacking. When police tried to stop his vehicle he fled, and was later found parked. Police approached and Rochester ran from his vehicle, and then returned and tried to drive away as police surrounded his vehicle and ordered him out. Rochester was shot dead when he accelerated forwards. Police stated on a search and seizure warrant that Rochester struck an officer with his car, but bodycam footage showed the officer in question tell another officer he didn't think the vehicle hit him. |
| 2022-02-19 | Daniel Knight (39) | Unknown | Winter Park, Florida | Police responded to reports of an assault at a wedding and encountered Knight, the bride's uncle. Knight, who police say was not armed, got into a fight with a responding officer before a second officer shot him. |
| 2022-02-19 | Mizael Corrales (31) | Hispanic | San Diego, California | Deputies responded to a stolen SUV at a strip mall. Police say Corrales attempted to drive away and hit two deputies, and another deputy shot and killed him. |
| 2022-02-17 | Michael Freigang (47) | White | Dothan, AL | |
| 2022-02-17 | Cody Brandon Chavez (33) | Hispanic | Pleasanton, CA | |
| 2022-02-17 | John Michael Humphries (45) | White | Odessa, TX | |
| 2022-02-17 | Ringo Van Winkle (32) | White | Mesa, AZ | |
| 2022-02-17 | Zachary Tyler Alvarenga (25) | Hispanic | South Jordan, UT | |
| 2022-02-17 | Oscar Alcantara (30) | Hispanic | Bever Dam, AZ | |
| 2022-02-17 | Pedro Morales Lopez (67) | Hispanic | Norwalk, CA | |
| 2022-02-16 | Daniel Vallee (34) | Unknown | Marrero, Louisiana | Two sheriff's deputies responded to a noise complaint at a known crack house and encountered Vallee, a homeless man, sleeping in an SUV. After 12 minutes police say deputies shot Vallee after he honked the horn of the SUV. Vallee was unarmed at the time. The two deputies involved were later fired and charged with manslaughter. |
| 2022-02-15 | Stephanie Lorraine Browne (40) | White | Lancaster, CA | |
| 2022-02-14 | Ronald Gene Ingram (60) | White | Miami-Dade County, Florida | Several correctional officers beat Ingram, serving a life-sentence for murder, in a cell before he was transferred to another correctional institution. When the transport van stopped in Ocala, Ingram was found dead. Four of the officers involved were later charged with murder. |
| 2022-02-14 | Travis Boawn (37) | White | Edgewood, NM | |
| 2022-02-14 | Alexander Kade Lanier (26) | White | Oxford, AL | |
| 2022-02-14 | Lazaro Vargas-Yera (70) | Hispanic | Miami, FL | |
| 2022-02-13 | Andrew Stratton (34) | White | Alvo, NE | |
| 2022-02-13 | Brandon Combs (29) | White | Concord, North Carolina | An officer shot Combs after he got into the officer's patrol vehicle. Police initially stated the officer shot Combs after a physical altercation, but body camera footage showed the officer shot Combs after he got into the vehicle, which was not moving. Combs was unarmed during the shooting. |
| 2022-02-13 | Terry Edwin Moser (42) | Unknown race | Madisonville, TN | |
| 2022-02-13 | Blain Johnson (37) | White | Columbia, MO | |
| 2022-02-13 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Salyersville, KY | |
| 2022-02-12 | Brendan Reilly (35) | White | Lexington, MA | |
| 2022-02-12 | James Huber (38) | White | Buffalo, New York | A state trooper shot and killed Huber after an earlier police chase. Bodycam footage shows the trooper shoot Huber moments after he drives his car in reverse. The car then flipped over the side of a nearby ramp. |
| 2022-02-12 | Ahmed Taqi (27) | Unknown | Dearborn, Michigan | Taqi, who may have been experiencing a mental health crisis, was shot after allegedly lighting a mosque on fire and shooting at responding officers. |
| 2022-02-11 | Luis Enrique Parra-Ramirez (31) | Hispanic | Aurora, CO | |
| 2022-02-11 | Dustin Booth (35) | White | Monroe, OH | |
| 2022-02-11 | Joseph Sanchez (36) | Unknown race | Puyallup, WA | |
| 2022-02-10 | Terrell Russell (22) | Black | New Orleans, LA | |
| 2022-02-10 | Hunter Tice (23) | White | Lake Forest, CA | |
| 2022-02-10 | Aian Thomas Tracy (32) | Native American | Ellis Township, Michigan | When Michigan State Police responded to a domestic violence call, Tracy attacked police with a hatchet, injuring an officer, and was shot by police. |
| 2022-02-09 | Makari Smith (23) | Black | Stovall, NC | |
| 2022-02-09 | Deven Karl Moore (25) | White | Oildale, CA | |
| 2022-02-09 | Jose De Jesus Montoya Villa (31) | Hispanic | Centennial, Colorado | Montoya Villa was suspected in a shooting at an Aurora church that killed his ex-girlfriend. Police say that as they were searching for Montoya Villa, he shot a man in a parking lot, carjacked two vehicles, got into a hit-and-run, robbed a liquor store and led police on a chase before being shot by police. |
| 2022-02-09 | Randy Lansang (36) | Asian | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 2022-02-09 | Jayden Prunty (22) | Black | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 2022-02-09 | Richard Malone (41) | Black | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 2022-02-08 | Brian W. Schneider (36) | White | Mesa, AZ | |
| 2022-02-08 | Steve Neff (50) | White | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| 2022-02-08 | Daniel Joseph Spisso Jr (55) | White | Roan Mountain, TN | |
| 2022-02-08 | Unnamed person (38) | Unknown race | Mabank, TX | |
| 2022-02-07 | Troy Eames (21) | White | Clay, NY | |
| 2022-02-07 | Emilio Chamizo (30) | Hispanic | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2022-02-07 | Richard Meyers (40) | White | Salem, OR | |
| 2022-02-07 | Shawn W. Wilson (36) | Black | Kansas City, MO | |
| 2022-02-07 | James David Fanning (49) | White | Greenville, TX | |
| 2022-02-07 | Anthony Parker (48) | White | Tucson, AZ | |
| 2022-02-07 | Charion Lockett (27) | Black | Houston, TX | |
| 2022-02-06 | Robert Junior Langley (46) | Black | Georgetown County, South Carolina | A Hemingway officer attempted to pull over Langley after he allegedly ran a stop sign. According to police, after Langley crashed into a ditch he attempted to exit his vehicle when the officer shot him in the chest. The officer was later charged with voluntary manslaughter. Police say the officer did not have authority to arrest Langley outside Williamsburg County, where Hemingway is located. |
| 2022-02-06 | Jason D. Ickler (38) | White | Topeka, KS | |
| 2022-02-06 | Unnamed person | Unknown race | Stanton, KY | |
| 2022-02-06 | Troy Allen Bain (58) | White | Willis, VA | |
| 2022-02-04 | Phillip Dill (34) | White | Evansville, IN | |
| 2022-02-05 | Michael Shane Carver (38) | White | Lincolnton, NC | |
| 2022-02-04 | Andrew John Jr. (34) | Native American | Aniak, AK | |
| 2022-02-04 | Isaiah Perez (16) | Hispanic | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Shortly before midnight police officers confronted a masked individual suspected of armed robbery. When the individual reached for a firearm at his waistband he was fatally shot. The individual was later identified to be 16-year-old Isaiah Perez. |
| 2022-02-04 | Nicholas Rodin (35) | White | Prineville, OR | |
| 2022-02-02 | Amir Locke (22) | Black | Minneapolis, Minnesota | An officer with the Minneapolis Police Department fatally shot Locke during a search warrant at an apartment in downtown Minneapolis. Bodycam footage shows Locke was sleeping on a couch until an officer woke him up, upon which Locke rose wrapped in blankets and holding a gun. Locke was not the target of the warrant. |
| 2022-02-01 | Devin Morris (31) | Hispanic | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Police responding to reports of a stolen vehicle pursued Morris to a hotel. Police say Morris had a gun and was shot after police tried to use a taser. |
| 2022-02-01 | Dustin Davidson (29) | White | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 2022-02-01 | Isaiah Payne (31) | Black | Orlando, FL | |
| 2022-02-01 | Jonathan Murillo-Nix (23) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, CA | |