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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, July 2023
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in July 2023, 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 95 people.
July 2023 edit
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | Ricky Cobb II (33) | Black | Minneapolis, Minnesota | According to law enforcement officials, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper shot and killed a motorist after he fled a traffic stop off Interstate 94.[1] |
| 2023-07-31 | unidentified male | Brookhaven, Georgia | Around 5:30 p.m., Brookhaven police officers got a 911 call about a man who was armed with a knife and yelling at customers at Town Brookhaven. Officers located the man and when the officers went to speak with him, he allegedly became angry and threw his drink at them. One officer fired a stun gun at the man, but it was ineffective. The man then allegedly charged at the officers, which prompt one of the officers to shoot the man. The man later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.[2] | |
| 2023-07-31 | Sistrane Edwards (64) | Black | Ville Platte, Louisiana | Ville Platte Deputy Marshal Barry Giglio and Soileau’s husband, 64-year-old Sistrane Edwards, died of their gunshot wounds.[3] |
| 2023-07-30 | Kyle Larkin (31) | White | Palm Bay, Florida | After holding his family hostage and shooting at officers during a standoff, Larkin was shot by police.[4] |
| 2023-07-30 | Ronaldo Alvarado (25) | Mcallen, Texas | Police received a call about a man being intoxicated, aggressive and armed with a gun. The caller also gave out Alvarado's vehicle description. When police located Alvarado's vehicle, he allegedly shot at them. Alvarado then drove away. At some point, an officer shot Alvarado; causing him to collide with a fence four blocks away from the original scene. Alvarado was found slumped over with a gunshot wound to his head inside the vehicle.[5] | |
| 2023-07-28 | Tracie Dorpat (42) | White | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Dorpat died after being hit by a Greenfield Police squad car.[6] |
| 2023-07-27 | unidentified male | Houston, Texas | [7] | |
| 2023-07-27 | David Guilbeau (60) | Groves, Texas | [8] | |
| 2023-07-27 | Darien Young (29) | Miami Beach, Florida | [9] | |
| 2023-07-26 | Ryant Bluford (41) | Black | San Francisco, California | [10] |
| 2023-07-26 | Tommie Jackson (69) | Black | Stamford, Connecticut | Officer Zachary Lockwood struck and killed Jackson as he crossed the street.[11] |
| 2023-07-26 | Macey Juker (28) | Boise, Idaho | [12] | |
| 2023-07-25 | unidentified female | Westminster, Colorado | [13] | |
| 2023-07-25 | Christopher Fortin (34) | Terre Haute, Indiana | [14] | |
| 2023-07-25 | Matthew Dimas (38) | Logan, New Mexico | [15] | |
| 2023-07-25 | Meyvic Arreola (44) | Los Angeles, California | Arreola was fatally shot by LAPD officers after stabbing a man inside a Denny's.[16] | |
| 2023-07-24 | John Stockton (52) | Purcell, Oklahoma | [17] | |
| 2023-07-24 | Steven Lawrence Tropia (37) | White | Franklin, Tennessee | [18][19] |
| 2023-07-24 | Dominick Hogans (27) | Black | Allentown, Pennsylvania | [20] |
| 2023-07-23 | Frank Foss Jr. (28) | Chelsea, Maine | [21] | |
| 2023-07-22 | unidentified male | Portland, Oregon | [22] | |
| 2023-07-22 | Franklin Castro Ordonez (19) | Silver Spring, Maryland | [23] | |
| 2023-07-21 | Dantonior Stalling (23) | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | [24] | |
| 2023-07-21 | Taylor Lee Richard Drew (34) | Fredericksburg, Virginia | [25] | |
| 2023-07-21 | Christopher Rodriguez | Tucson, Arizona | [26] | |
| 2023-07-20 | Emmanuel Galaviz Campos (20) | Latino | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [27] |
| 2023-07-20 | unidentified male | Los Angeles, California | Shot in the Chest by a LAPD officer. What led to the shooting is unknown.[28] | |
| 2023-07-19 | James Woodrome (60) | Austin, Texas | [29] | |
| 2023-07-19 | Justin Scott Lantz (27) | Lacey Spring, Virginia | [30] | |
| 2023-07-19 | unidentified male | Owensburg, Indiana | [31] | |
| 2023-07-19 | unidentified male | Denver, Colorado | [32] | |
| 2023-07-17 | Michael Bresnahan (33) | White | Tampa, Florida | [33] |
| 2023-07-17 | Norman Edward Dawson (56) | Jasper, Georgia | [34] | |
| 2023-07-17 | Tony Roy (44) | Detroit, Michigan | [35] | |
| 2023-07-17 | Scott Arthur O’Brien | White | Sophia, West Virginia | [36] |
| 2023-07-17 | Willis Thomas Jr. (31) | Harvey, Louisiana | [37] | |
| 2023-07-17 | unidentified male | Phoenix, Arizona | [38] | |
| 2023-07-17 | Victor Harris (29) | Joliet, Illinois | [39] | |
| 2023-07-16 | Charoyd Bell (43) | Black | Natchez, Mississippi | [40] |
| 2023-07-16 | Adrian San Martin (30) | San Antonio, Texas | [41] | |
| 2023-07-16 | Gregory Don Bratcher Jr (45) | Odenville, Alabama | [42] | |
| 2023-07-16 | unidentified male (43) | Las Cruces, New Mexico | [43] | |
| 2023-07-15 | Andre Longmore (40) | Black | Hampton, Georgia | [44] |
| 2023-07-14 | Rachael Ellis (32) | Orlando, Florida | Ellis was shot and killed by Orlando Police after she allegedly charged at them with a knife.[45] | |
| 2023-07-14 | Mohamad Barakat (37) | Fargo, North Dakota | Barakat fired a gun at officers Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas, Tyler Hawes, and Zach Robinson as they investigated a car crash. Officer Wallin died at the scene, while Officers Hawes and Dotas were critically injured. Officer Robinson then shot and killed the suspect. A civilian was also injured. [46] | |
| 2023-07-14 | unidentified male | Denver, Colorado | [47] | |
| 2023-07-13 | Daniel Sheehan (30) | Tucson, Arizona | [48] | |
| 2023-07-13 | Jeremiah Ladner (38) | Saucier, Mississippi | [49] | |
| 2023-07-13 | Jabarie Camron Bozeman (20) | Wetumpka, Alabama | [50] | |
| 2023-07-12 | Jamal Ray Brown (21) | Black | Houston, Texas | [51] |
| 2023-07-11 | Jeremiah Wise (33) | Byesville, Ohio | [52] | |
| 2023-07-11 | unidentified male | Albany, Kentucky | [53] | |
| 2023-07-11 | Sara Weideman-Ramos (40) | Converse, Texas | [54] | |
| 2023-07-09 | Andrew Scott Norton (32) | Unknown | Amarillo, Texas | Police stopped a car with a license plate that didn't match the vehicle. One of the passengers, Norton, allegedly exited the vehicle and pointed a pistol at officers. Police shot and killed him and Castillo, another passenger. The driver of the vehicle was released at the scene.[55] |
| Isidra Clara Castillo (38) | Latino | |||
| 2023-07-09 | Charlie Foster (18) | White | Dillon, Colorado | [56] |
| 2023-07-09 | unidentified person | Mescalero, New Mexico | [57] | |
| 2023-07-09 | unidentified male | Grand Haven, Michigan | [58] | |
| 2023-07-09 | Jessica Brown (35) | Los Angeles, California | [59] | |
| 2023-07-09 | Salvador Manzo Jr (44) | Latino | Odessa, Texas | [60] |
| 2023-07-09 | Garren Patty (30) | White | Covington, Kentucky | [61] |
| 2023-07-08 | unidentified male | Jersey City, New Jersey | [62] | |
| 2023-07-08 | Duterval Sejour (36) | Black | Augusta, Georgia | [63] |
| 2023-07-08 | unidentified male | Columbus, Ohio | [64] | |
| 2023-07-08 | Matthew Briggs (42) | White | Omaha, Nebraska | [65] |
| 2023-07-07 | Charles Byers (34) | Chesterfield County, Virginia | [66] | |
| 2023-07-07 | Somchan Somsanith (42) | Asian | Boiling Springs, South Carolina | Police responded to a disturbance call and found Somsanith allegedly holding a child hostage at gunpoint. Following a standoff, police shot and killed Someanith.[67][68] |
| 2023-07-07 | unidentified male | Roy, Utah | [69] | |
| 2023-07-06 | unidentified male | Columbus, Ohio | [70] | |
| 2023-07-06 | Shawn Gagne (28) | Phoenix, Arizona | [71] | |
| 2023-07-06 | Anthony Jay Rios Jr (21) | Latino | Glendale, Arizona | [72] |
| 2023-07-06 | unidentified male | Bowling Green, Kentucky | [73] | |
| 2023-07-05 | Barry Eugene Phillips (53) | Prudenville, Michigan | [74] | |
| 2023-07-05 | Billy Smith (21) | Black | Fort Worth, Texas | [75] |
| 2023-07-05 | Bronshay Minter (30) | Black | Fort Worth, Texas | [76] |
| 2023-07-05 | unidentified male | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | [77] | |
| 2023-07-04 | Frankie Cope (43) | Lexington, Tennessee | [78] | |
| 2023-07-04 | Greg Covey (24) | Santa Clarita, California | [79] | |
| 2023-07-04 | unidentified male (56) | Phoenix, Arizona | [80] | |
| 2023-07-03 | Lance Daniel Paxton (31) | Owasso, Oklahoma | [81] | |
| 2023-07-03 | John Vincent Dye (51) | White | Homer City, Pennsylvania | [82] |
| 2023-07-03 | Ahmad Abdullah (25) | Black | Huntington, West Virginia | [83][84] |
| 2023-07-03 | Randy Jackson (39) | Black | St. Joseph, Illinois | [85] |
| 2023-07-03 | Sean Hubert (34) | White | Tell City, Indiana | [86] |
| 2023-07-03 | Derek Diaz (26) | Latino | Orlando, Florida | [87] |
| 2023-07-03 | Wesley Taylor (57) | White | Asheville, North Carolina | [88] |
| 2023-07-03 | Jerrel Jerril Garris (37) | Black | New Rochelle, New York | [89] |
| 2023-07-03 | unidentified person | Ashland, California | [90] | |
| 2023-07-02 | Robbie Thomas Saunders (59) | White | Ligonier, Pennsylvania | [91] |
| 2023-07-02 | Sean Burke (34) | Anchorage, Alaska | [92] | |
| 2023-07-02 | Sam Knight (40) | Meldrim, Georgia | [93] | |
| 2023-07-01 | Wendell Dalton (58) | White | Harts, West Virginia | [94] |
| 2023-07-01 | Devon Derantez Rutherford (20) | Mixed | Gallatin, Tennessee | [95] |
| 2023-07-01 | Raul Mendez (37) | Phoenix, Arizona | [96] | |
| 2023-07-01 | Lance Aguilar (26) | Taos, New Mexico | [97] |
See also edit
- Death in custody § United States
- Henry A. Wallace Police Crime Public Database
- List of cases of police brutality
- List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers
- List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States
- List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States
- List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests
- List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States
- Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
- Police brutality in the United States
- Police misconduct § United States
- Police riot § United States
- Police use of deadly force in the United States
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