List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States

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This is a list of unarmed African Americans who have been killed by police.

This list specifically includes events involving an intentional or deliberate use of force against unarmed African Americans by law enforcement personnel. It therefore[clarification needed] does not include some deaths of unarmed African-Americans which resulted in protests against police, such as Sandra Bland, whose death while in police custody was ruled a suicide by medical examiners.

Before 2014[]

Date Name Age City Description
May 16, 2010 Aiyana Jones 7 Detroit, Michigan Aiyana Jones was a seven-year-old girl from Detroit's East Side who was shot in the head and killed by a police officer during a raid conducted by the Detroit Police Department's Special Response Team on May 16, 2010.[1] Officer Joseph Weekley was charged in connection with Jones' death, but his case was thrown out in 2015 after two mistrials.[2]
March 21, 2012 Rekia Boyd 22 Chicago, Illinois Rekia Boyd was shot by Dante Servin, an off-duty Chicago police detective, on March 21, 2012. Servin was charged with involuntary manslaughter but found not guilty in 2015.[3]
November 29, 2012 Timothy Russell & Malissa Williams 43 (Russell), 30 (Williams) East Cleveland, Ohio Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams were shot by six police officers after a 22-minute car chase, in part by police who thought they were being shot at from the vehicle. Only one police officer involved, Officer Michael Brelo, lost their job with the police department.[4] None were found guilty of a crime, either by having their charges dismissed or after being found not guilty.[5]
September 14, 2013 Jonathan Ferrell 24 Charlotte, North Carolina After his crashing his car, Ferrell went to a house and knocked on the door. The resident, Sarah McCartney, called the police and three officers came.[6][7][8] Ferrell then ran towards them, whereupon one of the officers fired a taser at Ferrell and missed. Kerrick then opened fire on Ferrell, shooting him twelve times and killing him. He was unarmed at the time he was shot.[9] A toxicology test of Ferrell's blood showed he was not illegally intoxicated.[10]

2014[]

Date Name Age City Description
April 30 Dontre Hamilton 31 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dontre Hamilton was shot and killed by police officer Christoper Manney, at Red Arrow Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. No charges were brought, but Manney was fired from the force. As a result of the shooting and subsequent protests, Milwaukee police officers were equipped with body cameras. Hamilton's family stated that Hamilton had been treated for schizophrenia but was not violent.[11][12]
July 17 Eric Garner 56 New York City, New York Eric Garner died after a New York City Police Department officer, Daniel Pantaleo, put him in a chokehold while arresting him. Garner repeated the words "I can't breathe" 11 times while lying face down on the sidewalk. The medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide. No indictment followed.[13]
August 5 John Crawford III 22 Beavercreek, Ohio Crawford was a 22-year-old man shot and killed by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams, in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while holding an un-packaged BB/pellet air rifle from inside the store's sporting goods section. A grand jury declined to indict the two officers on criminal charges.[14] Ohio is an "open carry" state, in which the open carrying of firearms is legal with or without a license, which prompted discussion of gun rights and race.[15] Following the shooting, a grand jury decided not to indict any of the officers involved on charges of either murder, reckless homicide, or negligent homicide.[16][17]
August 9 Michael Brown 18 Ferguson, Missouri After a struggle with officer Darren Wilson, Brown began to flee on foot after a struggle for the gun. Officer Wilson pursued the unarmed Brown. Brown the stopped stopped and charged Wilson, who then shot Brown six times, killing Brown.[18] Brown died on the street.[19][20] Less than 90 seconds passed from the time officer Darren Wilson encountered Brown to the time of Brown's death.[21] No charges were filed against Wilson.[22]
August 11 Ezell Ford 25 Florence, Los Angeles, California Ezell Ford died from multiple gunshot wounds after being shot by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers. After his death, his parents said their son had been diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, and that everybody in the neighborhood, as well as the police, were aware of this. They recalled that Ford had become more introverted and melancholy around the age of 18,[23] and took medication that made him less active.[24] In January 2017 Los Angeles County prosecutors said Wampler and Villegas would not face criminal charges in connection with the shooting.[25]
November 20 Akai Gurley 18 Brooklyn, NY Gurley and his girlfriend entered the stairwell in the building where they lived. Officer Liang fired his weapon; his shot ricocheted off a wall and fatally struck Gurley in the chest. Officer Peter Liang was indicted by a grand jury for manslaughter, assault, and other criminal charges (five counts total).[26]
November 22 Tamir Rice 12 Cleveland Ohio Officer Timothy Loehmann shot the 12-year old boy with toy gun despite the 911 caller indicating that the gun was “probably fake" twice and saying that "he is probably a juvenile"; however, this information was not relayed to officers Loehmann or Garmback on the initial dispatch.[27] The 911 dispatcher was suspended for 8 days.[28]
December 30 Jerame Reid 36 Bridgeton, New Jersey During a traffic stop, officers pulled over a vehicle for running through a stop sign. While questioning the two men in the car, including Jerame Reid, officer Days, who recognized Reid, removed large silver handgun from the glove compartment. Then there was a struggle and Reid then pushed the door open and exited the car with his hands at chest level. Days backed up and fired as Reid exited the vehicle. Reid reacted to the shots by moving his hands upwards. Officer Worley fired one shot, and Reid was killed.[29][30] Reid was unarmed at the time.[31] No charges were filed against the two officers involved in the shooting.[32]

2015[]

Date Name Age City Description
March 1 Charley Leundeu Keunang 43 Los Angeles, California Charley Leundeu Keunang was ordered by police to come out of his tent in Skid Row after fighting with someone inside the tent. After he refused the police order, they dragged him out of the tent. A physical altercation ensued with several police officers, during which three officers shot Keunang, resulting in his death. At least two videos captured the incident. According to police, Keunang had gotten hold of an officers gun during the struggle.[33][34][35][36] While no charges were filed against the officers, the city paid a settlement of $1.95 million to Keunang's family.[37]
March 6 Tony Robinson 19 Madison, Wisconsin Friends of Robinson were concerned by his erratic behavior and called for help. Robinson was determined post-mortem to have ingested Xanax, psilocybin mushrooms, and THC hours before the shooting.[38] Officer Matt Kenny failed to deescalate the situation and fired his weapon seven times. Robinson was unarmed.[39][40]
March 9 Anthony Hill 26 Chamblee, Georgia Hill was noted to be acting erratically when police were called; he had hung from his second-story balcony in his apartment complex, and his speech was slurred.[41] Officer Robert Olsen and found him in the parking lot of the complex.[42] After Hill approached Olsen, who had exited the vehicle, and refused to obey orders, Olsen shot Hill twice. Olsen was sentenced on November 1, 2019, to 12 years in prison, followed by eight years of probation by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson. Olsen is also banned for life from working in law enforcement, prohibited from possessing firearms or profiting from the case.[43]
April 2 Eric Harris 44 Tulsa, Oklahoma Eric Courtney Harris was fatally shot during an undercover sting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as Harris ran from authorities unarmed. While Harris was being subdued, Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Robert Charles "Bob" Bates, 73, allegedly confused his personal weapon for a taser. Bates shot Harris in the back when he was on the ground.[44] According to the Tulsa County Sheriff's office, he immediately said afterward, "Oh, I shot him! I'm sorry." Bates was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison.[45]
April 4 Walter Scott 50 North Charleston, South Carolina Walter Scott was pulled over for a non-functioning brake light by police officer Michael Slager. After Slager returned to his vehicle, Scott exited his own vehicle and fled on foot. After a brief altercation, Scott ran again and Slager fired eight shots at him from behind, hitting Scott five times.[46] Slager was convicted for second-degree murder in 2017 and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.[47]
April 12 Freddie Gray 25 Baltimore, Maryland Gray was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department and subsequently charged for possessing a knife. While being transported in a police van, Gray fell into a coma and was taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Gray died April 19, 2015; his death was ascribed to injuries to his spinal cord. Four officers were involved; all were either acquitted or did not have charges brought against them.[48][49]
April 22 William Chapman 18 Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth Police Officer Stephen D. Rankin had been responding to a report of suspected shoplifting and engaged in a physical struggle with Chapman while trying to arrest him. According to witnesses, Chapman broke free but then stepped back towards Rankin, at which point Rankin shot him twice.[50][51] Rankin was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and served 30 months in prison.[52]
July 8 Jonathan Sanders 39 Stonewall, Mississippi At the time of the incident, witnesses reported that the officer had used a racial slur during his encounter with Sanders and that Sanders' breathing had been obstructed by officer Kevin Herrington for as much as 30 minutes. Sanders died at the scene.[53]
July 19 Samuel DuBose 43 Cincinnati, Ohio Samuel DuBose was fatally shot by Ray Tensing, a University of Cincinnati police officer, during a traffic stop for a missing front license plate and a suspended driver's license. Tensing fired after DuBose started his car.[54] He was tried twice for murder and voluntary manslaughter but both trials ended in hung juries. Charges against him were later dismissed with prejudice.[55]
November 13 Tanesha Anderson 37 Cleveland, Ohio Tanesha Anderson was killed by Officer Scott Aldridge during a 911 mental health call made by Anderson's family. Anderson was restrained in a prone position - family members claimed Aldridge placed a knee on her neck - and stopped breathing, and she was pronounced dead at Cleveland Hospital.[56] Aldridge received a 10-day suspension.[57]
November 15 Jamar Clark 24 Minneapolis, Minnesota After an altercation at a birthday party, paramedics were called. An onlooker reported that both the paramedics and police who had arrived at the scene asked Clark to step away from the ambulance (in which his girlfriend was) and that police then stepped from their car, arrested Clark on the ground, and the EMS supervisor placed a knee on Clark's chest, after which point he was shot.[58] According to police during the struggle, Clark obtained the officer's gun, leading to the shooting by the other officer. [59] Other accounts have disputed the police's version of events, stating that Clark was unarmed and not resisting.[60] No charges were filed.[61]

2016[]

Date Name Age City Description
July 28 Paul O'Neal 18 Chicago, Illinois Police say that O'Neal, who was unarmed, fled from the vehicle after the chase and refused to stop. The shooting was classified by the medical examiner as a homicide. The three officers who discharged their weapons were removed from duty following a preliminary investigation. Following an investigation, no criminal charges were brought against the officers involved.
September 16 Terence Crutcher 40 Tulsa, Oklahoma Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by police officer Betty Jo Shelby in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was unarmed during the encounter, in which he was standing near his vehicle in the middle of a street. Shelby was charged with first-degree manslaughter after the shooting was labeled a homicide. On May 17, 2017, a jury found her not guilty of first-degree manslaughter.
September 27 Alfred Olango 38 El Cajon, California Olango was shot several times by police responding to a call for emergency psychiatric aid. San Diego County prosecutors declined to file charges against officers Josh McDaniel and Richard Gonsalves, who were involved in the shooting. Olango's sister noticed strange behavior from him and called police three times asking for immediate help. A 5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold) request for a psychiatric emergency response team (PERT) was placed. Fifty minutes after the first call, at least two non-PERT officers arrived on scene. In video footage released by Police Department, Olango drew an object and extended it in two hands towards police in a shooting stance before being shot. The object was an e-cigarette.[62]

2017[]

Date Name Age City Description
April 29 Jordan Edwards 15 Balch Springs, Texas Jordan Edwards, a 15-year-old boy, was fatally shot by police officer Roy Oliver.[63][64][65][66] He was struck in the back of the head while riding in the front passenger seat of a car driving away from police.[65][67] Police originally claimed the vehicle was backing toward them in an aggressive manner, but video later revealed that the car was driving away at the time Edwards was shot.[63] Oliver was found guilty of murdering Edwards at trial in 2018.[68]

2018[]

Date Name Age City Description
March 18 Stephon Clark 22 Sacramento, California Two Sacramento Police Department officers, who were investigating reports of a hooded individual breaking car windows, chased Stephon Clark from the front yard to the back yard of his grandmother's house and stopped before walking towards the officers. One or both officers yelled "show me your hands!" and "gun!" before the officers collectively fired 20 rounds. At least 7 of the 20 shots struck Clark, killing him. The county coroner found that three shots had struck Clark in the back, while an independent autopsy found Clark was struck six times in the back, and once in the front after he was already on the ground. The encounter was filmed by police video cameras and by a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department helicopter. Police stated they fired because they believed Clark pointed a gun at them. No gun was found at the scene, and police later admitted that the officers had mistaken Clark's cell phone for a gun. In 2019, the Sacramento County district attorney declined to press charges against the police officers, announcing an investigation had found the use of deadly force to be justified.
September 6 Botham Jean 26 Dallas, Texas Off-duty Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger erroneously entered Botham Jean's apartment and fatally shot him. Guyger said that she had entered the apartment believing it was her own and that she shot Jean believing he was a burglar.[69][70] On October 1, 2019, Guyger was found guilty of murder.[71] The next day, she received a sentence of ten years in prison.[72]

2020[]

Date Name Age City Description
March 3 Manuel Ellis 33 Tacoma, Washington

Manuel Ellis died during an arrest by police officers.[73] Police claimed Ellis initiated a fight,[73] while state prosecutors quoted civilian witnesses stating that police initiated physical force while Ellis did not fight back.[73] Video showed officers punching Ellis, choking him, using a Taser, and kneeling on him.[74] Ellis was recorded saying he "can't breathe".[74] Ellis was hogtied, face-down, with an officer on him, for at least six minutes, and a spit hood was placed on his head, stated prosecutors.[75][76] Ellis died at the scene while receiving medical aid.[73] Ellis's death was ruled as a homicide.[73] Two officers were charged with murder; another officer was charged with manslaughter.[73]

March 13 Breonna Taylor 26 Louisville, Kentucky Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove on March 13, 2020. According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the police by the Taylor family's attorney, the officers, who entered Taylor's home without knocking or announcing a search warrant, opened fire "with a total disregard for the value of human life".[77][78]
May 25 George Floyd 46 Minneapolis, Minnesota George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes while George Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down on the street. Two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth officer prevented onlookers from intervening.[79] During the final three minutes, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. Officers made no attempt to revive him, and Chauvin's knee remained on his neck even as emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.[80] Two autopsies found Floyd's death to be a homicide.[81][82] After a seven-week trial, on April 21, 2021, a Minnesota state jury convicted Chauvin of murdering Floyd.[83]
December 22 Andre Hill 47 Columbus, Ohio Two officers were responding to a call of a vehicle being turned off and on when one of them shot Hill, who was leaving a friend's garage. Hill was holding a phone at the time.[84][85][86]

2021[]

Date Name Age City Description
April 11 Daunte Wright 20 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota After pulling Wright over, officers attempted to arrest him for an outstanding warrant. Following a struggle, Wright got back into his car, Kimberly Potter shot him. Wright drove several blocks before hitting another vehicle.[87][88] The chief of Brooklyn Center Police said the officer who shot Wright meant to use her taser.[89]
April 14 Lindani Myeni 29 Honolulu, Hawaii Police shot and killed Myeni outside a house after a woman called to report he had broken into the building. Myeni's wife and her lawyer say Myeni mistook the house for a nearby temple. Prosecutor Steve Alm declined to file charges against the officers involved.[90][91]

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