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

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 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 98 people.

## September 2021

| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
| 2021-09-30 | William Casselman (69) | White | Ogden, Utah | Casselman was struck and killed by a Weber State University police vehicle as he crossed the street. |
| 2021-09-30 | Chaz Nathan McGowen (28) | White | Niles Charter Township, Michigan | |
| 2021-09-30 | Nicholas Norris (38) | White | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 2021-09-29 | Kyle Anthony Veyon (26) | Black | Columbus, Ohio | |
| 2021-09-29 | Stephen Phil Franco (37) | Unknown race | Tempe, Arizona | |
| 2021-09-29 | Daniel Ledford (41) | White | Middlesboro, Kentucky | |
| 2021-09-28 | Brandon Lopez (34) | Hispanic | Santa Ana, California | Police responded to a report Lopez had taken his girlfriend's car without her permission. When Lopez exited the car holding a water bottle in a black bag, police shot him. Police stated officers believed Lopez had a gun. |
| 2021-09-28 | Patrick Chin (43) | Asian | Hillsborough, New Jersey | Police were called to Chin's home for a welfare check. An officer shot Chin, who was allegedly holding a three-foot-long sword. |
| 2021-09-28 | Leonel Tony Chavez (24) | Hispanic | Los Angeles, California | |
| 2021-09-27 | Gloria Marie Strong (27) | Black | Allen, Texas | |
| 2021-09-27 | Joseph Arbour (36) | White | Auburn, Maine | |
| 2021-09-27 | Nathan Thomas Honeycutt (26) | White | Happy Valley, Oregon | |
| 2021-09-25 | Sandra Barajas (32) | Hispanic | Delano, California | |
| 2021-09-25 | Christian Smith (33) | Unknown race | Decatur, Georgia | |
| 2021-09-25 | Ronnie Andrew Garcia (43) | Hispanic | Huntington Beach, California | |
| 2021-09-25 | Luke J. Longeretta (32) | White | Coshocton, Ohio | |
| 2021-09-24 | Jessie Leonard (36) | White | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 2021-09-24 | Cedric "C.J." Lofton (17) | Black | Wichita, Kansas | Police were called by Lofton's foster father to transport him to a mental hospital. After Lofton refused to go with them, officers took Lofton to a juvenile facility. At the facility Lofton struggled with corrections workers, who restrained him, with Lofton falling unconscious and dying. An autopsy declared Lofton's death a homicide due to being restrained. |
| 2021-09-23 | Barry Ross (34) | Unknown race | Lancaster, California | |
| 2021-09-23 | Paul Bryan Stone (40) | White | McKinney, Texas | |
| 2021-09-23 | Barry Heckard (39) | White | Newberry, Florida | |
| 2021-09-23 | Desmond Damond Louis (20) | Black | Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
| 2021-09-23 | Keith Cole (50) | Black | Senatobia, Mississippi | |
| 2021-09-22 | Daisha Vood Reynolds (19) | White | Daniel, Utah | |
| 2021-09-22 | Irlin Paz (40) | Hispanic | Chamblee, Georgia | |
| 2021-09-22 | Troy Allen Engstrom (48) | White | Mounds View, Minnesota | Engstrom was suspected of firing a gun at someone in a hotel room and then fleeing. Police located him nearby, and when Engstrom fired his handgun at approaching police cars, he was run over and killed by a police SUV "to stop the threat", according to police. |
| 2021-09-21 | Brandi Rene Baida (30) | Unknown race | Auburn, New York | |
| 2021-09-21 | Trent Leach (30) | White | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| 2021-09-21 | Jose Oyuela-Palma (49) | Hispanic | Henderson, Nevada | |
| 2021-09-21 | Brandi Baida (30) | Unknown race | Auburn, New York | |
| 2021-09-20 | Phillip Lopez (42) | Hispanic | Signal Hill, California | |
| 2021-09-20 | Deon Ledet (30) | Black | Houston, Texas | |
| 2021-09-19 | Turell Brown (28) | Black | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2021-09-18 | Jason Husted (47) | White | West Ashley, South Carolina | |
| 2021-09-18 | Christopher E. Rush (34) | White | Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania | |
| 2021-09-18 | Joshua Cooper (31) | Black | New York City, New York | |
| 2021-09-18 | Unsfored Lewis Thurmond (27) | Black | Smyrna, Georgia | |
| 2021-09-18 | Adrian Cameron (47) | Black | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 2021-09-18 | Name Withheld | Unknown race | Ghent, Kentucky | |
| 2021-09-18 | Dishawn Sanders | Black | Jackson, Mississippi | |
| 2021-09-17 | Jonathan Carroll (38) | White | Escondido, California | |
| 2021-09-17 | Matthew Joseph Wilbanks (41) | White | Marietta, Georgia | |
| 2021-09-17 | Joshua Castellano (35) | White | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| 2021-09-16 | Andrew Brandon Christian (34) | Unknown race | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 2021-09-16 | Shaine Marie Selph (21) | White | Hawkins, Texas | |
| 2021-09-16 | Gabriel Michael Varela (17) | Hispanic | Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| 2021-09-16 | Dan Ross Boyd (38) | White | Huntsville, Texas | |
| 2021-09-16 | Timothy Grayson (54) | Unknown race | Yazoo City, Mississippi | |
| 2021-09-15 | Christopher George (25) | White | Davis, Oklahoma | |
| 2021-09-15 | Cody Levi Harrison (33) | White | Independence, Missouri | |
| 2021-09-15 | Kenzie Keyes (30) | White | Phoenix, Arizona | Police attempted to arrest a man, Jacob Hernandez, when he and Keyes ran from a pair of officers. After Hernandez shot himself in the head, Keyes allegedly picked up the gun and was shot by police. |
| 2021-09-14 | Paul J. Bruner (58) | White | Waukesha, Wisconsin | |
| 2021-09-14 | Charles Sharp III (49) | White | Mantua Township, New Jersey | |
| 2021-09-13 | Tedman Werito (44) | Native American | Farmington, New Mexico | |
| 2021-09-13 | Michael Jonathan Cortez (30) | Hispanic | Oakland, California | |
| 2021-09-13 | Robert Parks (39) | Black | Smyrna, Georgia | |
| 2021-09-12 | Rodolfo Gonzales (46) | Hispanic | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 2021-09-11 | James Anderson (48) | Unknown race | Thompson, Iowa | |
| 2021-09-11 | William Frank Hull (31) | White | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 2021-09-11 | Desmond Lewis (30) | Black | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| 2021-09-11 | Tristan Vereen (33) | Black | Longs, South Carolina | |
| 2021-09-10 | Nicholas Ouellette (16) | White | Bow, New Hampshire | An off-duty officer crashed his car into the rear-end of a truck on Interstate 89, killing his two sons. |
| 2021-09-10 | Gavin Thomas Ouellette (6) | White | Bow, New Hampshire | An off-duty officer crashed his car into the rear-end of a truck on Interstate 89, killing his two sons. |
| 2021-09-10 | Le'den Boykins (12) | Black | Douglasville, Georgia | Boykins was a passenger in a car driven by a family friend, along with the family friend's son. Police attempted to pull over the vehicle for speeding, which started a chase. The chase ended when police performed a PIT maneuver, causing a crash that killed Boykins. The driver of the car was charged with murder and driving under the influence. |
| 2021-09-10 | Jesse B. Lees (33) | White | Topeka, Kansas | |
| 2021-09-10 | Cedric Williams (29) | Black | Oxon Hill, Maryland | |
| 2021-09-10 | Jessee Rickman (28) | White | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 2021-09-10 | Joseph Manard (31) | White | Farmington, Utah | |
| 2021-09-09 | David Ray Williams (37) | White | Diggins, Missouri | [80] [81] |
| 2021-09-09 | Eric H. Liao (30) | Asian | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| 2021-09-09 | Christopher Thomas Vaughan (35) | White | Roxboro, North Carolina | |
| 2021-09-09 | Charles David Chivrell (35) | White | Arcata, California | |
| 2021-09-08 | David Lopez (40) | Hispanic | Gilroy, California | |
| 2021-09-07 | Derek Scott Pearson (53) | White | Sacramento, California | |
| 2021-09-07 | Name Withheld (31) | Unknown race | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2021-09-07 | Anthony Cravo (52) | White | Lufkin, Texas | While investigating a report of an armed robbery, an officer asked for one of the alleged victims to come outside of a trailer home and speak. Cravo emerged brandishing a rifle and was shot by the officer. |
| 2021-09-07 | Cimmeron Christy (46) | White | Moriarty, New Mexico | |
| 2021-09-07 | Craig Allen Knutson (45) | White | New Salem, North Dakota | |
| 2021-09-07 | Richard Dee Woods (43) | White | Lufkin, Texas | Officers from the Lufkin Police Department, along with county deputies, attempted to execute a felony arrest warrant. Richard Woods produced a pistol and was shot by police. |
| 2021-09-07 | Josue Arias (32) | Black | Clearwater, Florida | |
| 2021-09-06 | Robert Gutierrez (59) | Hispanic | Springfield, Oregon | |
| 2021-09-06 | Christopher C. Zenittini (35) | Unknown race | Old Fields, West Virginia | |
| 2021-09-05 | Frederick Thomas (41) | Black | Miamisburg, Ohio | |
| 2021-09-04 | Spencer Allan Clayborn (25) | White | Lakewood, Washington | |
| 2021-09-04 | Jorge Calleres (39) | Hispanic | Fresno, California | |
| 2021-09-03 | Jose Angel Francisco Baca (28) | Hispanic | Los Lunas, New Mexico | |
| 2021-09-03 | Cedric Baxter (60) | Black | Buena Park, California | |
| 2021-09-03 | Mark Edward Danley (52) | White | Weston, West Virginia | |
| 2021-09-03 | Adam Nickolas Alvarez (37) | Hispanic | Las Cruces, New Mexico | |
| 2021-09-03 | David Marshall (31) | White | Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | |
| 2021-09-03 | Drew Lucero (37) | Unknown race | Denver, Colorado | |
| 2021-09-03 | Estevan Ramirez (18) | Hispanic | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 2021-09-03 | Lisa Bernadette Garcia (52) | Hispanic | Denver, Colorado | |
| 2021-09-02 | Christopher Derby (33) | White | Arvada, Colorado | |
| 2021-09-01 | James Williams (33) | Black | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 2021-09-01 | Anne Marie Schilly (65) | White | Metairie, Louisiana | |
| 2021-09-01 | Omar Hernandez (39) | Hispanic | Houston, Texas | |
| 2021-09-01 | Conor Riley McDaniel (26) | White | Peyton, Colorado | |