List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, January 2022

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in January 2022, 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.


January 2022[]

Date Name (age) of deceased Race State (city) Description
2022-01-31 Michael Allen Haas (37) White Mishawaka, Indiana Mishawaka police were called to Village Green Mobile Home Park twice on reports of a man threatening people with a firearm. On the second call, a man later identified as Michael Allen Haas fired at police. The police returned fire and shot Haas. Haas was then taken to a South Bend hospital where he later died.[1]
2022-01-29 Abigail Bieber (30) White St. Augustine, Florida Bieber, a Hillsborough County deputy, was shot and killed by her boyfriend, a Hillsborough County detective, in a murder-suicide during a vacation in St. Augustine.[2]
2022-01-29 Donald Sahota (52) White Vancouver, Washington Sahota, an off-duty Vancouver Police officer, fought with a robbery suspect who had arrived at his home. After the suspect stabbed him, Sahota chased the suspect while holding his firearm as the suspect ran towards his house. Police say a Clark County Sheriff's Deputy arriving at the scene mistook Sahota for the suspect and shot him. The suspect was charged with the murder.[3]
2022-01-27 Landon Eastep (37) Unknown Nashville, Tennessee Nine officers shot Eastep after a standoff on a highway overpass. Body cam footage shows officers shoot Eastep after he made a swift motion with his arms. Eastep was carrying a box cutter. Of the nine officers, six were from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, two were from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and one was an off-duty Mt. Juliet officer. One of the Nashville officers was stripped of his police powers following the incident.[4]
2022-01-24 Amanda Alvarez-Calo (31) Latino Chicago, Illinois An Illinois State Trooper shot and killed his wife before killing himself.[5]
2022-01-21 Lashawn McNeil (47) Black New York City, New York McNeil fired on two officers responding to a domestic call, fatally wounding both, before a third officer shot him. McNeil died in hospital on January 24.[6]
2022-01-20 Nelson Szeto (37) Asian San Francisco, California Szeto was shot and killed by police after a standoff at San Francisco International Airport. Szeto was carrying a knife and had two replica guns. Police say after Szeto set the knife down he pulled out the second replica gun and was shot by police. At one point Szeto allegedly told officers to shoot him.[7]
2022-01-15 Malik Faisal Akram (44) South Asian Colleyville, Texas Akram, a British national, took four people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, near Dallas. After six hours, one hostage was released, and the rest escaped after eleven hours. Akram was then shot and killed by an FBI Hostage Rescue Team.[8]
2022-01-10 Isaiah Tyree Williams (19) Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada Police investigating a homicide entered an apartment on a search warrant when a shootout occurred between Williams and the police. Williams was not the suspect in the homicide, and the actual suspect was not at the apartment at the time.[9]
2022-01-08 Jason Walker (37) Black Fayetteville, North Carolina Police say an off-duty Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy shot and killed Walker after he allegedly jumped on the deputy's moving truck. Witnesses claim the deputy's truck struck Walker.[10][11]
2022-01-06 Jose Brito Lopez (37) Unknown Calhoun, Georgia Police responded to reports of a burglary and found Lopez holding a knife. An officer shot Lopez after he allegedly walked towards the officer while still carrying the knife.[12]
2022-01-05 Abdul Timmons (27) Black Florence County, South Carolina Timmons was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy at a mobile home park. Police say Timmons was armed.[13]
2022-01-03 John Sumter Horton (42) White Mooresboro, North Carolina A state trooper arriving to a traffic stop accidentally struck and killed another trooper on scene, as well as the pulled over motorcyclist. The trooper in the patrol car was the brother of the trooper who was killed.[14]
Dusty Luke Beck (26)

See also[]

This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Man dies after police shoot him at Indiana mobile home park". KMOV 4. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Florida deputy killed by boyfriend in suspected murder-suicide while on vacation". KMOV 4. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Clark County deputy shoots off-duty Vancouver police officer struggling with armed robber". KGW 8. January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  4. ^ Planas, Antonio; Stelloh, Tim (January 28, 2022). "Police release video showing 9 officers fatally shoot man on Tennessee interstate". NBC News. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "CPS teacher killed in East Side shooting ruled murder-suicide was active in violence prevention". ABC 7. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Parascandola, Rocco (January 24, 2022). "Harlem gunman Lashawn McNeil, who shot two NYPD cops, dies at hospital". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Balakrishnan, Eleni (February 1, 2022). "Police release footage of SFPD shooting man at airport". Mission Local. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. ^ Barrett, Devlin; Zapotosky, Matt; Douglas, Jack; Booth, William (January 18, 2022). "Texas synagogue attacker was fatally shot by FBI; authorities are piecing together his movements in the U.S." The Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  9. ^ Harrisom, Casey (January 13, 2022). "Metro: Man killed in shootout with police not target of warrant". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  10. ^ Norton, F.T. (January 9, 2022). "Police: Off-duty deputy shot, killed Fayetteville man on Bingham Drive; video appears to show aftermath". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  11. ^ McGee, Noah A. (January 10, 2022). "Protests Start After Black Man Shot by Off-Duty Deputy in North Carolina". The Root. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  12. ^ Caulder, Kelcey (January 7, 2022). "GBI investigating second officer-involved shooting of 2022 in Calhoun, Georgia". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  13. ^ "27-year-old Florence man armed when killed in officer-involved shooting, SLED report says". ABC 15. January 5, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  14. ^ "Visitation, funeral set for trooper killed during traffic stop in Rutherford County". WSOC-TV. January 6, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
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