Death by Cop- 2024
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Taylor Bowden
Case # :34
Age :25
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : State Highway 9
City : Norman
County : Cleveland
State : Oklahoma
Agency : Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Cleveland County deputies stopped a vehicle and determined that the driver was not licensed. They chased the driver at high speed until he crashed into a creek bed. He was injured. The female passenger was killed by the police chase crash.
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Kevin Lemus Davila 2 of 3
Case # :33
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Morrissey Boulevard
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Boston PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed. Two teenage boys were killed and 2 more injured. The youngest of the deceased was 14.
Police exchanged comments via the radio that they were “not pursuing” the vehicle before the crash while eyewitnesses confirmed that moments after the crash, several police cruisers appeared who had been pursuing the vehicle.
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Rickey Powell 1 of 2
Case # :32
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Dollar General on Highway 98
City : Lucedale
County : Perry
State : Mississippi
Agency : George County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Jeremy Malone
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after shooting deputy
Open records summary :
A George County deputy stopped a man who shot and killed him and fled. The man fled to Perry County and died in a shootout with more police.
Source links :
https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/update-george-county-sheriffs-deputy-suspect-killed/
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :31
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Davis Park Drive
City : Newport News
County : Warwick
State : Virginia
Agency : Newport News Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
Open records summary :
Newport News Police were sent to an altercation between a man and a woman in a mobile home park. They saw the two fight and claim the man had a gun. Police entered forcibly and shot and killed him.
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Name Not Disclosed 3 of 3
Case # :30
Age :14
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Morrissey Boulevard
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Boston PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed. Two teenage boys were killed and 2 more injured. The youngest of the deceased was 14.
Police exchanged comments via the radio that they were “not pursuing” the vehicle before the crash while eyewitnesses confirmed that moments after the crash, several police cruisers appeared who had been pursuing the vehicle.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :29
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Austin City Lights, 501 E Stassney Ln
City : Austin
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Austin Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Austin PD were called to a domestic violence incident. SWAT arrived and bore down on the apartment until the man was found dead from suicide under police duress.
Source links :
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/swat-called-out-in-south-austin/
Junior Reyes
Case # :28
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/04/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Peoria
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Peoria Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police in shootout
Open records summary :
A man was shot and killed Junior Reyes in a shootout while the Fugitive Apprehension Team targeted him for arrest for an open warrant. Eyewitnesses say they heard 15 gunshots.
Source links :
https://www.azfamily.com/video/2024/01/05/police-id-suspect-killed-shootout-with-phoenix-detectives/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/officer-hurt-suspect-killed-in-peoria-shooting-police
Rakim A. Tillery
Case # :27
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/03/2024
Location : Exit 15B on the New York State Thruway
City : Hillburn
County : Rockland
State : New York
Agency : New York State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
Open records summary :
New York State Police traffic-stopped a vehicle they allege may have been involved in a previous drive-by shooting. The driver stopped and police claim that he fired shots at them. They shot and killed him.
Source links :
https://abc7ny.com/hillburn-ny-police-involved-shooting-one-person-shot-custody/14267455/
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :26
Age :56
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/03/2024
Location : Beverly Parkway
City : Pensacola
County : Escambia
State : Florida
Agency : Escambia County SO
Officer(s) : O'Brian Hill
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
An Escambia deputy with his lights activated ran a red light and collided with a 56-year-old man, killing him.
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Kenneth Taylor
Case # :25
Age :63
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/03/2024
Location : 6388 S. Redwood Drive
City : Taylorsville
County : Sale Lake
State : Utah
Agency : Taylorsville Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
A man in mental health crisis needing help was barraged by SWAT pressure and committed suicide under police duress.
Source links :
https://news.yahoo.com/standoff-taylorsville-business-ends-man-000922809.html
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :24
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/03/2024
Location : 1000 block of Urban Street
City : Rothschild
County : Marathon
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Rothschild Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Rothschild PD received a call for a mental health welfare check and arrived. The man they targeted locked himself in a bathroom. He committed suicide under police distress
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Alphonso Duke Carroll 2 of 2
Case # :23
Age :60
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : I-435
City : Northland
County : Platte
State : Kansas
Agency : Kansas City Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Kansas City police chased a vehicle they said matched a description of a car seen at the site of convenience store robberies and chased the car until it crashed, killing 2 people. Nothing more is known so far.
Source links :
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article283732323.html
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :22
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Hatfield
County : Spencer
State : Kentucky
Agency : Newburgh Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Died after police chase crash during arrest
Open records summary :
A vehicle fled from police who escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle hit a police car head-on. Two people were arrested. The man died at the scene after arrest from unknown causes. Police allege that the two had thrown some presumed methamphetamine from the car window while fleeing.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :21
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Minneapolis
County : Hennepin
State : Minnesota
Agency : Minneapolis Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
Open records summary :
Minneapolis Police engaged a man wanted for a shooting in Duluth. He was shot and killed. No more detail is available at this time.
Source links :
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-shooting-suspect-killed-in-minneapolis
Aajayah Ray 3 of 3
Case # :20
Age :15
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Femrite Drive and Buckeye Road
City : Menona
County : Dane
State : Wisconsin
Agency : MPD Menona Police Department
Officer(s) : Sergeant Adam Nachreiner
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Menona Police chased a vehicle until it crashed and all 3 occupants died. Police gave no reason for the chase other that an officer found the vehicle “suspicious.”
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Aaron Willis 2 of 3
Case # :19
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Femrite Drive and Buckeye Road
City : Menona
County : Dane
State : Wisconsin
Agency : MPD Menona Police Department
Officer(s) : Sergeant Adam Nachreiner
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
Menona Police chased a vehicle until it crashed and all 3 occupants died. Police gave no reason for the chase other that an officer found the vehicle “suspicious.” Aaron Willis left behind a wife who was pregnant with their first child.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :18
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Kalamazoo River
City : Kalamazoo
County : Kalamazoo
State : Michigan
Agency : Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Drowned
Event : Drowned during police foot chase
Open records summary :
A man on a motorcycle was chased by police for a traffic stop by DPS. He ran on foot and jumped into the Kalamazoo River to escape. It is unknown whether K9 or other threats against him were present during this fatal chase.
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Aaron Travis Watson
Case # :17
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Walmart
City : Little Rock
County : Pulaski
State : Arkansas
Agency : LRPD Little Rock Police Department
Officer(s) : Kreshun King Sr.
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Off-duty officer killed alleged shoplifter
Open records summary :
A Little Rock officer moonlighting as Walmart security tried to apprehend a shoplifter. The man defended himself and cut the officer’s hand with a knife he was allegedly hooding. The officer shot and killed him. No bodycam exists because the officer was off-duty. Store security video has not been released so far.
Source links :
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/jan/03/state-police-identify-man-killed-in-an-officer/
Name Not Disclosed 1 of 2
Case # :16
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : I-435
City : Northland
County : Platte
State : Kansas
Agency : Kansas City Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
| Kansas City police chased a vehicle they said matched a description of a car seen at the site of convenience store robberies and chased the car until it crashed, killing 2 people. Nothing more is known so far. |
Source links :
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article283732323.html
Rashad Nelson 1 of 3
Case # :15
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : Femrite Drive and Buckeye Road
City : Menona
County : Dane
State : Wisconsin
Agency : MPD Menona Police Department
Officer(s) : Sergeant Adam Nachreiner
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
| Menona Police chased a vehicle until it crashed and all 3 occupants died. Police gave no reason for the chase other that an officer found the vehicle “suspicious.” |
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Ollie Lane Coldiron
Case # :14
Age :29
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/02/2024
Location : 7300 block of Camby Crossing Circle
City : Indianapolis
County : Marion
State : Indiana
Agency : Indianapolis Metro PD (IMPD)
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Open records summary :
A third party motorist died because IMPD allegedly responded to a call about a stolen vehicle and as they “arrived nearby”, the teenage driver crashed the allegedly stolen Kia into the bystander who died.
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article283739338.html
Michael Griffin
Case # :13
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : 400 block of Longwood Drive NE
City : Cedar Rapids
County : Linn
State : Iowa
Agency : CRPD Cedar Rapids Police Department
Officer(s) : Graham Campshure, Christopher Hettinger, Jonathan McDowell, Loren Culver, Dylan Hall
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after chase
Open records summary :
CRPD chased a vehicle with 2 white men who allegedly fired shots at them. After a lengthy chase, the vehicle crashed. Police allege that the driver shot at them. Police shot and killed him.
Source links :
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/01/01/law-enforcement-presence-closed-mount-vernon-road/
Sydney Tafokitau
Case # :12
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Indigenous Hawaiian
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : University Avenue
City : Honolulu
County :
State :
Agency : HPD Honolulu Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
Open records summary :
HPD chased a man who was wanted for a homicide with the man being chased ending in a shootout with police. Sydney Tafokitau was killed by police.
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Victor Figueroa Roblero
Case # :11
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : Methodist campus
City : Spartanburg
County : Spartanburg
State : South Carolina
Agency : SPD Spartanburg Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police under unknown circumstances
Open records summary :
| Police shot and killed a person on Spartanburg Methodist College on New Year’s Day. The campus is empty and no students were present. |
Source links :
https://www.wyff4.com/article/spartanburg-methodist-deadly-shooting-police/46259949#
Katelynn Rose Smith
Case # :10
Age :29
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : Columbia Heights Road
City : Longview
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Longview Police Department, Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Elijah Heston, Caitlyn Woolcott-Rose, Dylan Fletcher
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
Open records summary :
Police shot and killed Katelynn Rose Smith on New Year’s morning. No details are released yet.
Source links :
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/longview-police-involved-in-new-years-morning-shooting/
Aaron T. Watson
Case # :9
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : I-30
City : Little Rock
County : Pulaski
State : Arkansas
Agency : Arkansas State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police by gunshot after high-speed chase, PIT maneuver
Open records summary :
US Marshals were looking for a man who was allegedly driving with fake plates. Arkansas State Police hunted him at high speed and attacked him with a PIT maneuver, causing a crash. Police allege that the man then fired a shot at them. They shot and killed him.
Source links :
https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/news/asp-identifies-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/
Ciji Graham
Case # :8
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 11/21/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Greensboro
County : Guilford
State : North Carolina
Agency : Greensboro Police Department
Officer(s) : Ciji Graham
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died suddenly of natural causes”
Open records summary :
Officer Ciji Graham died suddenly at home from allegedly “natural causes.”
Source links :
https://www.wxii12.com/article/greensboro-police-department-officer-dies-north-carolina/45908039
Tim Wheeler
Case # :7
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/11/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Phoenix
County : Maricopa
State : Florida
Agency : Phoenix Police Department
Officer(s) : Tim Wheeler
Cause of death : Medical Emergency
Event : Don't suddenly from unknown medical emergency
Open records summary :
Sergeant Tim Wheeler of the Phoenix PD died suddenly from a medical emergency on May 11, 2023 at his home.
Source links :
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/05/11/phoenix-police-mourn-loss-two-officers-single-week/
Mark Aker
Case # :6
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/11/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Phoenix
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Phoenix Police Department
Officer(s) : Mark Aker yes
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died suddenly unexpectedly from undisclosed causes
Open records summary :
Officer Mark Aker of the Phoenix PD died suddenly from a medical emergency on May 11, 2023.
Source links :
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/05/11/phoenix-police-mourn-loss-two-officers-single-week/
Rickey Thompson
Case # :5
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 05/11/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Johnson City
County : Stanton
State : Kansas
Agency : Stanton County Sheriff’s Office, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol S
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Stanton County deputies were sent to a location where an altercation had taken place. A juvenile who had been involved in the confrontation that had ended when police arrived emerged from a trailer home while the alleged assailant, Ricky Thompson, 45, was locked inside. Stanton County deputies, Grant County deputies and Kansas Highway Patrol Special Response Team escalated a SWAT standoff and breached the home with armored vehicles, sent in drones and fired less-lethal munitions until the man committed suicide under police duress.
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Michael Evans
Case # :4
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/24/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Germantown Police Department
Officer(s) : Michael Evans
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died suddenly and unexpectedly from undisclosed causes
Open records summary :
Officer Michael Evans of the Germantown PD died suddenly unexpectedly from undisclosed causes on February 24, 2023 in Memphis.
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Nickolas Tilliman
Case # :3
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 02/16/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Gainesville
County : Alachua
State : Florida
Agency : Alachua County Sheriffs’ Office
Officer(s) : Nickolas Tilliman
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer suicide
Open records summary :
Alachua County deputy Nickolas Tilliman died from suicide on February 16, 2023.
Source links :
https://www.wcjb.com/2023/02/16/alachua-county-sheriffs-office-mourns-death-deputy/
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :2
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date :
Location : I-55 in the area of Church Road
City : Hernando
County : DeSoto
State : Missouri
Agency : Hernando Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Police tried to traffic-stop a vehicle. The car stopped and a woman exited. A man drove away. Police escalated a chase and stopped the vehicle on the I-55. The man committed suicide under police duress.
Source links :
https://wreg.com/news/local/desoto-county-man-dead-following-police-chase/
Donavan Favors
Case # :1
Age :42
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date :
Location : Legacy Drive and Lakehill Boulevard
City : Frisco
County : Collin
State : Texas
Agency : Frisco Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after burglary
Open records summary :
A couple were moving into a new home and found a man sitting in a car in their garage. He had taken some of their electronics and loaded them in his car. He ran away and police found him, engaged in a shootout with him and shot and killed Donavan Favors.
Source links :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/frisco-police-shooting-donavan-favors