This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in July 2017, 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 14 people.
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| Date | Name (age) of deceased | State (city) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-31 | Dwayne Jeune (32) | New York (Brooklyn) | [1] |
| 2017-07-29 | Anewki Gross Palanco (32) | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Gross Palanco was in a dispute with a food truck driver when he was shot in the face by off-duty officer Nieves Pérez Ortiz. Ortiz was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to a total of 104 years in prison.[2][3] |
| 2017-07-28 | Brian J. Skinner (32) | Glenville, New York | "Police say 32-year-old Brian Skinner exited the front of the home and came at officers with a knife. Officers from both departments then fired their weapons and killed Skinner."[4] |
| 2017-07-27 | Matthew L. Folden (31) | Wenatchee, Washington | Folden was shot by a police officer who responded to a 911 call. Dispatch describing a man who was screaming and wielding a knife while pacing back and forth in the parking lot outside a store.[5] |
| 2017-07-24 | Ismael Lopez | Southaven, Mississippi | Police accidentally went to Lopez's house while trying to arrest his neighbor for domestic assault. Police claim that he was holding a rifle and refused verbal commands to drop it, but neighbors dispute this. Lopez was shot through his front door.[6] |
| 2017-07-18 | Eric Wesley Clark (43) | Virginia (Culpeper County) | Clark was shot by Culpeper County sheriff’s deputies after a vehicle pursuit that lasted several minutes and displayed a shotgun.[7] |
| 2017-07-24 | Amy Josephine Kuehn (22) | Volusia County, Florida | Amy (who was un-armed and had committed no crime) was killed by Trooper Cameron Joseph, who drove his patrol car nearly 153 feet off of the road, and ran her over. Joseph violated the agency’s own pursuit policy, and the investigation resulted in Joseph, who was chasing her at “nearly 20 mile per hour,” being issued a traffic citation for failure to use due care toward a pedestrian. The charge (against Joseph) was dismissed by Volusia County Judge Christopher Kelly because the judge ruled that FHP did not have jurisdiction to issue a traffic citation on private property (the resident’s lawn). .[8] |
| 2017-07-15 | Justine Damond (40) | Minnesota (Minneapolis) | An Australian woman, Justine Damond, called police to report a possible sexual assault. After police arrived, Damond, wearing pajamas, approached the driver's side door. The officer in the passenger seat, Mohamed Noor, shot Damond through the driver's side door, later telling a supervisor that he and his partner "got spooked." The body cameras of both Noor and his partner were turned off. Noor was subsequently tried and convicted, in 2019, of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.[9][10] |
| 2017-07-09 | Yeiser, Robert (34) | Bainbridge Island, Washington | Yeiser was shot by a SWAT team after he used a rifle to fire towards shoreline homes from his boat.[11][12] |
| 2017-07-09 | Bryant Alvarez (24) | Illinois (Chicago) | A man was shot after holding his girlfriend and her child hostage.[13][14] |
| 2017-07-07 | Gabriel Sage Barnes (15) | Alabama (Morgan County) | Barnes was shot by police after a stolen car chase.[15] |
| 2017-07-05 | Alexander Bonds (34) | New York (Bronx) | Bonds, who had a long history of severe mental illness (including schizophrenia) and anger at the police, killed New York City Police Officer Miosotis Familia while she was posted at an "R.V.-style police command" vehicle in the Bronx. New York City police officials called the attack a deliberate assassination. Familia's wounded partner called for backup and two officers shot and killed Bonds.[16] |
| 2017-07-03 | Holden Austin Gorka (25) | Oregon (Hillsboro) | A man who attempted to steal a helicopter from Hillsboro Airport was fatally shot by police.[17][18][19] |
| 2017-07-01 | Jeremy Holmes (19) | Colorado (Fort Collins) | Police were called by Holmes' girlfriend that he was behaving violently with a knife. Responding to a home close to Colorado State University, police confronted Holmes holding the knife, and despite being told to drop it more than 40 times Holmes disobeyed, goading the police to shoot him. Eventually Holmes charged at one of the officers and was shot and killed by the other.[20] |
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
References edit
- ^ Cohen, Shawn; Celona, Larry; Golding, Bruce (July 31, 2017). "NYPD cops shoot, kill man in Brooklyn | New York Post". NYPost.com. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
A Brooklyn man with a history of mental illness charged at cops with a 10-inch bread knife and was killed Monday — by a cop who recently shot another man under similar circumstances, sources told The Post.
- ^ "Former Puerto Rico policeman found guilty of murder". Associated Press. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Sentencian a 104 años de cárcel a un policía por asesinato". Primera Hora (in Spanish). October 2, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ Ferrone, Ayla; Nahl, Lexi (July 29, 2017). "Glenville officer shot after responding to domestic dispute call | NEWS10 ABC". News10.com. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ "Wenatchee Man Identified in Fatal Police Shooting". July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house". WMC5. July 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Silverman, Ellie (July 18, 2017). "Virginia State Police investigate fatal shooting by deputies in Culpeper County". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ fernandez, Frank. (July 27, 2019). "FHP sued after trooper drove onto lawn, ran over and killed woman near DeLand". panama city news herald.
- ^ "Justine Damond: US policeman guilty of Australian's murder". BBC News. April 30, 2019.
- ^ Mitch Smith (April 13, 2019). "A 911 Call, an Unarmed Woman and a Single Shot: The Mystery of a Police Shooting". New York Times.
- ^ Staff, KIRO 7 News (2017-07-12). "Man killed on sailboat in Bainbridge Island standoff was former Amazon employee, documents say". KIRO. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Carter, Mike (July 9, 2017). "Bainbridge Island gunman killed by police | The Seattle Times". SeattleTimes.com. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
A SWAT team early Sunday shot and killed a man who for hours had fired shots from a boat in Eagle Harbor, prompting residents to shelter in place and forcing the cancellation of ferry services, according to Bainbridge Island Police Chief Matthew Hamner.
- ^ Mary, Wisniewski; Rosenberg-Douglas, Katherine (July 9, 2017). "Man shot, killed by police in confrontation on Northwest Side". ChicagoTribune.com. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Man Shot Dead By Chicago Police Officers In Belmont Cragin". CBS Chicago 2. July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "family of teen shot and killed by police chase search for answers". WHNT. July 17, 2017.
- ^ Benjamin Mueller; Al Baker (July 5, 2017). "Police Officer Is 'Murdered for Her Uniform' in the Bronx". New York Times.
- ^ Steven Dubois (July 3, 2017). "Man fatally shot by Oregon police after seizing helicopter". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017.
- ^ Kellee Azar; Reed Andrews. "Police shoot, kill suspect after he tried to steal helicopter at Hillsboro Airport". KATU.
- ^ Everton Bailey Jr. (July 5, 2017). "Police identify attempted helicopter hijacker killed by officer". The Oregonian.
- ^ "Police body camera video: Suspect told to drop knife 40 times before being shot". The Coloradoan. November 21, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2019.