List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, May 2019

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 2019, 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 72 people.

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May 2019


DateName (age) of deceasedState (city)Description
2019-05-31DeWayne Craddock (40)Virginia (Virginia Beach)Craddock, the perpetrator of the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting, was killed in a prolonged shootout with police after he began indiscriminately shooting at workers in the Virginia Beach Municipal Center. [1]
2019-05-31Kyle Needham (32)Maine (Gorham)Needham was shot and killed by police. [2]
2019-05-31Jesse Sarey (26)Washington (Auburn)Sarey was shot and killed by police. [3]
2019-05-30Steve Huff (58)Maryland (Havre de Grace)Huff was shot and killed by police. [4]
2019-05-30Crystal Danielle Ragland (32)Alabama (Huntsville)Ragland was shot and killed by police. [5]
2019-05-29Isaac Ray Ruiz (22)Texas (Amarillo)Ruiz was shot and killed by police officers. [6]
2019-05-29Gerald Tremblay (62)North Carolina (Wilmington)Tremblay was shot and killed by police. [7]
2019-05-28Curtis Stagger (21)Illinois (Chicago)Stagger was shot and killed by police. [8] [9]
2019-05-27Robert Sabater (49)Kansas (Wichita)Sabater was shot and killed by police. [10]
2019-05-27Nakia Smith (44)Illinois (Joliet)Smith was shot and killed by police officers. [11]
2019-05-26Terrance M. Bridges Jr. (30)Missouri (Kansas City)Bridges was shot and killed by police. [12]
2019-05-26Billy Wade Webber (48)Texas (Odessa)Webber was shot and killed by police. [13]
2019-05-24Carlvon Mayo (35)Texas (Houston)Mayo was shot and killed by police. [14]
2019-05-24Hamid Ould-Rouis (59)Florida (Fort Lauderdale)Ould-Rouis was shot and killed by police. [15]
2019-05-24Ryan Brett Thomas (41)Florida (Indian River County)Thomas was shot and killed by police. [16]
2019-05-23Fred Burton (56)Kansas (Wichita)Burton was shot and killed by police. [17]
2019-05-23Adam Michael McCoy (28)Mississippi (Pearl River County)McCoy was shot and killed by police. [18] [19]
2019-05-23Luke H. Patterson (41)New York (Montgomery)Patterson was shot and killed by police. [20]
2019-05-22Myles Frazier (22)Illinois (Chicago)Frazier was shot and killed by police. [21]
2019-05-22David Marcus Reece (47)South Carolina (Inman)Reece was shot and killed by police. [22]
2019-05-22Joseph M. Tedrick (33)Wisconsin (Ashland)Tedrick was shot and killed by police. [23]
2019-05-21Christopher L. Brown (32)Kentucky (Montgomery Creek)Brown was shot and killed by police officers. [24]
2019-05-21Steven Case (29)Maine (Auburn)Case was shot and killed by police. [25]
2019-05-21Juan Antonio Sillas (21)California (Tehachapi)Sillas was shot and killed by a police officer. [26]
2019-05-20Micheal Ann Godsey (34)Oklahoma (Blackwell)Godsey was shot and killed by police officers. [27]
2019-05-20Carlos Javier Roman Santiago (46)North Carolina (Archdale)Police were dispatched to a location where they encountered Santiago, who was armed with a knife. An altercation ensued which resulted in the officer shooting and killing Santiago. [28]
2019-05-20Enosa Strickland Jr. (26)Washington (Auburn)Officers were called to an apartment complex for a possible domestic violence incident. Strickland first interacted with officers calmly, but eventually became agitated. A physical fight ensued with the officers, in which Strickland brandished a knife. Being unable to disarm him, police shot Strickland in the back of the head. [29]
2019-05-19Ronnie Churches (45)Florida (Miami Gardens)Churches was shot and killed by police. [30]
2019-05-19Lawrence Lee Lovato (46)Colorado (Trinidad)Lovato was shot and killed by police. [31]
2019-05-19Lori Markham (47)New Mexico (Carlsbad)Markham was shot and killed by police. [32]
2019-05-19Esteban Martinez (59)California (Huron)Martinez was shot and killed by police. [33]
2019-05-19Robert Rabago (17)Arizona (Phoenix)Rabago was shot and killed by police. [34]
2019-05-18Sean Michael Collins (29)Colorado (Colorado Springs)Police responded to calls of a domestic dispute when they encountered Collins, who was arguing with another resident of an apartment in the 4200 block of Forest Hill Road and then allegedly fired shots at responding officers. Officer Christopher Laabs fired shots during the hours-long standoff. [35]
2019-05-18Andrew Giovanni Meza (20)California (Garden Grove)Meza was shot and killed by police. [36]
2019-05-17Donald Davis Jr. (40)Louisiana (New Orleans)Davis was shot and killed by police. [37]
2019-05-17Luis Lomonte (39)Florida (Davie)Lomonte was shot and killed by police officers. [38]
2019-05-17Daniel Warren (36)California (Pasadena)Warren was shot and killed by police. [39]
2019-05-16Elizabeth Harris (58)Texas (New Boston)Harris was shot and killed by police. [40]
2019-05-16Michael Nieto (32)Florida (Palm Beach Gardens)Nieto was shot and killed by police officers. [41]
2019-05-15Ruben Houston III (47)Wisconsin (Appleton)Houston was shot and killed by police. [42]
2019-05-15Djuantez Anthony Mitchell (30)Kentucky (Louisville)Mitchell was shot and killed by police. [43]
2019-05-15Ronny Santana Rodriguez (43)Florida (Tamarac)Rodriguez was shot and killed by police. [44]
2019-05-14Alex Steward Underdown (54)Nevada (Las Vegas)Underdown was shot and killed by police. [45]
2019-05-13Malik Ali Gresham (36)California (Gardena)Gresham was shot and killed by police. [46]
2019-05-13James Douglas Meadows (45)Maryland (Rising Sun)Meadows was shot and killed by police. [47]
2019-05-13 Pamela Shantay Turner (45)Texas (Baytown)Turner was shot and killed by police. [48]
2019-05-11Sharell Brown (26)Illinois (Chicago)Brown was shot and killed by police. [49]
2019-05-11Edward Fuller III (49)Georgia (Savannah)Fuller was shot and killed by a police officer. [50]
2019-05-11Paul Mcvicker (43)Arizona (Parks)Mcvicker was shot and killed by police. [51]
2019-05-11Jeremy Potwin (39)Vermont (Tunbridge)Potwin was shot and killed by police. [52]
2019-05-11Luis Quinones Rosa (25)Nebraska (South Sioux City)Rosa was shot and killed by police officers. [53]
2019-05-10 Ronald Greene (49)Louisiana (Monroe)Following a high-speed chase, Greene was stunned with a taser and punched. After his hands were cuffed and his legs were shackled, he was dragged by his feet and left facedown for over nine minutes. Louisiana state troopers told his family that he died after crashing into a tree but later changed their story to say that he died on his way to the hospital. Footage from the troopers' body cameras was not released for over two years. [54]
2019-05-10Derrec Jamal Shaw (25)Oklahoma (Tulsa)Shaw was shot and killed by police. [55]
2019-05-09William R. Clark (31)Virginia (Wytheville)Clark was shot by police and died of his injuries on 2020-05-10. [56]
2019-05-09Eddie Herrera (49)California (Montebello)Herrera was shot and killed by police. [57]
2019-05-09Hector Lopez (29)Arizona (Phoenix)Lopez was shot and killed by police. [58]
2019-05-08Ryan Smith (31)Washington (Seattle)A woman called 911, saying her boyfriend had a knife and was trying to attack her. When officers arrived, they encountered a man with a knife and shot him, killing him. [59]
2019-05-07Francisco Anthony Alcaraz Jr. (32)California (Santa Barbara County)Alcaraz was shot and killed by police officers. [60]
2019-05-07Aubrey Manning (59)Mississippi (Lumberton)Manning was shot and killed by police. [61]
2019-05-07Cesar Tomix Sarmiento-Molina (34)Wisconsin (Milwaukee)Sarmiento-Molina was shot and killed by police. [62]
2019-05-06Pedro Colazo-villa (33)Arizona (Mesa)Colazo-villa was shot and killed by police. [63]
2019-05-05George Herrera (61)New Mexico (Angel Fire)As firefighters were leaving the site of a home fire that was under control, Angel Fire Police Officer Mark Fitch shot and killed the 61-year-old homeowner, who was allegedly armed with a knife. [64]
2019-05-04Jason Demarcus Larkin (35)Arizona (Gadsden)Larkin was shot and killed by police officers. [65]
2019-05-04Timothy Russell Majchrzak (37)Minnesota (Hermantown)Majchrzak was shot and killed by police. [66]
2019-05-04Ethan Austin Murray (25)Washington (Spokane)Murray was shot and killed by police. [67]
2019-05-04Saoun Pol (35)California (Stockton)Pol was shot and killed by police. [68]
2019-05-02Robert Uhl Johnson (76)Maryland (Parkville)Johnson was shot and killed by police. [69]
2019-05-02Jorge Albert Merino (37)Texas (Cedar Hill)Merino was shot and killed by police. [70]
2019-05-02David Wayne West (52)Georgia (Glenwood)West was shot and killed by police. [71]
2019-05-01Isaac Pineda (37)New Mexico (Meadow Lake)Pineda allegedly stole a gun and held his family at gun point, threatening to kill them. Police responded to the scene, Pineda let family leave the house. However when the officers ordered Pineda out of the house he exited with his rifle aimed at the police, to which they responded by opening fire, killing him. [72]
2019-05-01Reinaldo Gonzalez (51)Florida (Miami-Dade)A police officer responding to a call found 49-year-old Marays Morejon dead in her house from multiple stab wounds. The officer then encountered Morejon's partner, 51 year-old Reinaldo Gonzalez, holding a knife. The resulting encounter resulted in the police shooting and killing Gonzalez. It is believed that Gonzalez stabbed and killed Morejon in a domestic violence incident. [73]
2019-05-01Timothy Manuel (28)Virginia (Hiltons)Manuel was shot and killed by police. [74]

See also

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