List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, January 2023

January 2023

Date	Name of deceased	Race	Location	Description
2023-01-31	Daemen Perea	White	Rio Rancho, New Mexico
2023-01-31	William Beach	Unknown	Jackson, Ohio
2023-01-31	Brian McCourry Jr.	White	White Marsh, Maryland	Died 3/3/2023.
2023-01-31	unidentified male	Unknown	Edwards, Colorado
2023-01-31	Joseph Jones	White	Omaha, Nebraska	Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Target store and killed Jones, who was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. Aside from Jones no casualties were reported, although shell casings indicated he had fired inside the store. Jones had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had bought the rifle four days earlier.
2023-01-30	Robert Bigney	Unknown	Pompano Beach, Florida
2023-01-30	James Dopson	White	Goodyear, Arizona
2023-01-30	Steven Docken	White	Omaha, Nebraska
2023-01-30	Gleise Firmiano	Hispanic	Big Bear, California
2023-01-30	Craig Byl	Unknown	Virginia Beach, Virginia
2023-01-30	Joe Frasure	White	Wyoming, Ohio	Police responded to a report of a burglary at a home where Frasure was cleaning out his late grandmother's belongings. When officers arrived, Frasure allegedly refused commands to exit his minivan and drove towards officers, who shot him. He was placed on life-support and died two days later on February 1.
2023-01-29	Hendrix Washington	Black	Surfside Beach, South Carolina
2023-01-29	Obob Ochan	Black	Nashville, Tennessee
2023-01-29	Terry L. Noel	White	Dyersburg, Tennessee
2023-01-28	Brandon Duvall	White	Mineola, Texas
2023-01-27	Matthew Planer	White	Pocatello, Idaho
2023-01-26	Elbert Miller	White	Little Rock, Arkansas
2023-01-26	Miguel Lopez	Hispanic	Maywood, California
2023-01-26	Anthony Mitchell	White	Jasper, Alabama	Mitchell was arrested on January 12 after allegedly firing a gun during a mental health check. While in jail, correctional officers kept Mitchell in a cell with no sink, toilet, mat, or blanket. He froze to death on January 26, and his death was ruled a homicide. Multiple correctional officers were charged with depriving his rights.
2023-01-25	Anthony Lowe Jr.	Black	Huntington Park, California	Police responded to reports that a man in a wheelchair stabbed another man and encountered Lowe, a double amputee whose legs were amputated below the knees after a previous police encounter. Lowe got off his wheelchair and attempted to flee using his arms while holding a knife, and officers attempted to use a taser twice, which failed. Police then shot Lowe as he brandished the knife. Police said Lowe was shot after he "attempted to throw the butcher knife at the officers again".
2023-01-25	Kyle Mills	White	New Castle, Virginia
2023-01-25	Jason Means	White	Toledo, Ohio
2023-01-25	Kenneth Lassiter	White	Melbourne Beach, Florida
2023-01-25	Joey Cesar Fraire	Hispanic	Dallas, Texas
2023-01-24	Shane Cousins	White	Detroit, Michigan
2023-01-24	Billy Couch	White	Sugar Valley, Georgia
2023-01-24	Edward E. Gant	Black	Gary, Indiana
2023-01-23	Daniel Pentkowski	White	San Antonio, Texas	Pentkowski was arrested on charges of public intoxication, retaliation and resisting arrest, with a Ring camera allegedly recording the arresting officer pinning Pentkowski to the ground with his knee. Two days later, he was found dead in his cell. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said that he had died of self-inflicted injuries, but a medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by the officer's restraint.
2023-01-23	Jaahnavi Kandula	Indian	Seattle, Washington	Kandula was killed when crossing at a crosswalk by Seattle Police officer Kevin Dave going 74 mph without a siren while responding to a "priority-one" call in a marked SPD police cruiser. Kandula's death spurred protests in September when body camera footage surfaced of the Seattle Police Officers Guild's vice president Daniel Auderer laughing over her death and calling her "of limited value".
2023-01-23	Leroy Malone	Hispanic	Dodge City, Kansas
2023-01-23	Eli Nash	Unknown	Meridian, Idaho
2023-01-23	Edward Nandin	White	San Antonio, Texas
2023-01-23	Michael Compton	Unknown	Salem, Oregon
2023-01-22	unidentified male	Unknown	Clinton, Mississippi
2023-01-22	Daniel Nevius Sr	White	Sewell, New Jersey
2023-01-22	Charles Towns	Black	Altadena, California
2023-01-22	Patrick J Boatwright	Hispanic	Cuero, Texas
2023-01-21	Harley Bagby	White	Wellington, Kansas
2023-01-21	Nicholas Ciccarelli	White	Menomonie, Wisconsin
2023-01-21	unidentified male	Unknown	Homestead, Florida
2023-01-20	Donald Brady	Unknown	Clermont, Florida
2023-01-20	Christopher Dearman	Unknown	San Diego, California
2023-01-20	Leon Burroughs	Black	Jacksonville, Florida	Burroughs was asleep in his car—with a loaded gun on the roof—when officers approached him regarding a burglary. Police removed the gun and woke Burroughs, and he did not comply when instructed multiple times to show his hands and exit the vehicle. Burroughs then fired a shot which grazed one of the officers, and he was shot dead when five officers returned fire.
2023-01-19	Eric Nathaniel Thornton	White	Jacksonville, Florida
2023-01-19	unidentified person	Unknown	Rapid City, South Dakota
2023-01-19	unidentified male	Unknown	Laveen, Arizona
2023-01-19	Ronald Ray Mosley II	Black	Evansville, Indiana	Mosley shot a former coworker at the Walmart he was fired from in May 2022. After chasing another employee, Mosley was shot and killed by police.
2023-01-18	Jackson Lieber	White	Liberty Hill, Texas	According to police Lieber crashed his car on RM 1869 before trespassing on someone's property. Few details were released about the shooting, other than that Lieber was unarmed.
2023-01-18	Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán	Hispanic	Atlanta, Georgia	During the Stop Cop City protest, where demonstrators protested the construction of a police training center, Georgia State Troopers attempted to clear the forest. According to police, Terán, a protester, shot a state trooper and was killed by other officers. According to other protestors who witnessed the shooting, Teran was unarmed. An independent autopsy ordered and released by Terán's family stated they were sitting cross-legged with their hands raised when they were shot 57 times. An official autopsy found that Terán did not have gunpowder residue on their hands.
2023-01-18	Joseph Smith	Black	North Little Rock, Arkansas	Smith was found dead in his residence after a standoff in the 4700 block of Locust St. It's unclear if police shot Smith or he committed suicide.
2023-01-17	Darryl Tyree Williams	Black	Raleigh, North Carolina	Police observed marijuana and open alcohol in Williams' car and ordered him out, where suspected cocaine was found while searching him. Williams physically resisted four officers trying to arrest him, and was told he would be tased. Williams told officers he had a heart problem after being tased and then fled with police in chase, tasering the combative Williams twice more while attempting to arrest him. Drugs and two stolen guns were found in his car. Williams died in hospital an hour later. The county's district attorney did not seek any charges. On March 18, 2024, Williams's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police office.
2023-01-17	Unknown	Latino	Houston, Texas	An officer responding to a double shooting call without lights or sirens struck a woman who had stepped off the curb. The woman was not identified, although the Houston Police's Assistant Chief stated she may have been homeless.
2023-01-11	Donna Dale	White	Hilliard, Florida	Deputies responded to reports of a woman threatening to harm herself. When police found her, she was in thick brush and allegedly holding a BB gun modified to look like a rifle. According to deputies Dale then pointed the BB gun at herself, and a deputy fired.
2023-01-17	Sonny Vincent	White	Wentzville, Missouri
2023-01-17	Frank Brower	Unknown	El Cajon, California
2023-01-17	Frederick Lee Fonner Jr	White	McDonald, Pennsylvania
2023-01-16	Hunter Hanson	White	Union Grove, Wisconsin
2023-01-16	Michael Bernard Emch Jr	White	Seal Beach, California
2023-01-15	Anthony Marquis Franklin	Black	Austin, Texas
2023-01-14	James Klembara	Unknown	Mcalester, Oklahoma
2023-01-13	Penisimani Halai	Unknown	Salt Lake City, Utah
2023-01-13	unidentified person	Unknown	Lamar County, Alabama
2023-01-13	unidentified male	Unknown	Dos Palos, California
2023-01-13	unidentified male	Unknown	Lake Stevens, Washington
2023-01-11	William Henry Jr.	White	Charleston, West Virginia
2023-01-11	Jordan Pruyn	White	Columbia, Missouri
2023-01-11	Lamont Lee Lewis	Black	Hampton, Virginia
2023-01-11	Lamont Lee Lewis	Black	Hampton, Virginia
2023-01-11	unidentified male	Unknown	Joshua Tree, California
2023-01-11	Donna Dale	White	Hilliard, Florida
2023-01-10	Daylen Oatts	Black	Lawrence, Indiana
2023-01-10	Christopher Torres	Unknown	Southeast, New York
2023-01-10	Christopher Lee Mercurio	Unknown	Santa Clarita, California	Deputies responded to reports of a man refusing to leave a bank near the Valencia Town Center. When deputies arrived, the man allegedly started punching one of them, and police shot him.
2023-01-10	Rico Ruiz-Altamirano	White	Stockton, California
2023-01-10	Christopher Temple	White	Auburn, California
2023-01-10	Joseph Francis	White	Pompano Beach, Florida
2023-01-09	Chiewelthap Mariar	Black	Guymon, Oklahoma	The Guymon Police Department responded to a call about a disgruntled employee at a pork processing plant. Police began talking to Mariar, who allegedly produced a knife or band-cutter, and advanced toward officers. Police tried to de-escalate the situation before deploying a taser. Mariar continued advancing on officers and was shot dead.
2023-01-09	Jackie Haynes	Unknown	Newnan, Georgia	The Coweta County Sheriff's Office and the Whitesburg Police Department engaged in a high-speed chase when Hayes was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The police successfully stopped him and attempted to take Hayes into custody. Hayes was tasered and pepper sprayed when he refused to leave his vehicle. When he attempted to drive away again, he was shot multiple times by a deputy. Hayes later died in the hospital, and no officers were injured.
2023-01-09	unidentified male	Unknown	Sanger, Texas
2023-01-09	Christopher Sallee	Unknown	Sanger, Texas
2023-01-09	Douglas Price	Black	Richmond, Virginia
2023-01-08	Scott Kennedy	Native American	Reno, Nevada
2023-01-08	Alon Foster	Hispanic	Santa Clarita, California
2023-01-08	Scotty Helton	White	Mayflower, Arkansas
2023-01-08	unidentified male	Unknown	Tustin, California
2023-01-07	Tyre Nichols	Black	Memphis, Tennessee	On January 7, Nichols was stopped by police for alleged reckless driving. Officers pulled Nichols from his car and used pepper spray and a taser on him, after which he attempted to run away. When officers caught up with Nichols they punched and kicked him in the head and struck him on the back with a baton while restraining him; the beating continued for about three minutes. Afterwards, Nichols was taken to St. Francis Hospital where he died from his injuries on January 10. A preliminary autopsy commissioned by his family found that he had suffered "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating".
2023-01-07	Jules Robert Lee	Unknown	Statesboro, Georgia	Two deputies responded to a 911 call alleging that Lee assaulted his father. The officers deployed tasers in an attempt to arrest Lee, which did not work. Lee pulled a firearm and the deputies fired shots at him. Both officers were uninjured, while Lee later died at the hospital.
2023-01-07	Kenneth Hearne	Black	Phoenix, Arizona
2023-01-07	Robert Bradshaw	Unknown	Fort Worth, Texas
2023-01-07	Clinton Eli Burkhalter	Unknown	Athens, Georgia	While investigating a stolen car, two ACCPD officers encountered two men in a shed. One of the men, Burkhalter, put a gun to his own head, then fired shots into the ceiling of the shed. When he began to exit the building, his gun was allegedly pointed at the officers, who then shot and killed him.
2023-01-06	Aaron Schwartz	Unknown	Watauga, Texas
2023-01-06	Ray Dean King	White	Hazel Green, Alabama
2023-01-06	Nikolas Acosta	Hispanic	Roswell, New Mexico
2023-01-05	Christopher Walker	Black	Fresno, California	Walker, a pedestrian, was struck and killed by a Fresno police vehicle as he crossed the street.
2023-01-05	Mark Capps	White	Hermitage, Tennessee	Capps woke his wife and stepdaughter up and held them at gunpoint, threatening to kill them. After he fell asleep, the two escaped and called police. After a SWAT team arrived on his front porch, Capps opened the front door with a gun, and an officer shot him. Capps was a sound engineer who had previously won four Grammy Awards.
2023-01-05	Nicolas Micko	Unknown	Lansing, Michigan
2023-01-05	Brian Mummert	Unknown	Laurie, Missouri
2023-01-05	Jeremy Russell Stumpf	Unknown	Frederick, Colorado
2023-01-04	Sayed Faisal	South Asian	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Police were called after Faisal, a junior at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was reported jumping out an apartment window with a knife, later determined to be a kukri. After being confronted by police while holding the kukri to his neck, Faisal allegedly moved towards officers with the kukri, leading an officer to shoot.
2023-01-04	Jose Iruegas	Hispanic	San Antonio, Texas
2023-01-04	Caleb Swafford	Black	Houston, Texas	Swafford was standing in the street when he was struck by an officer responding to a non-emergency call.
2023-01-03	unidentified male	Hispanic	Phoenix, Arizona
2023-01-03	Oscar Sanchez	Hispanic	Los Angeles, California	Officers responded after Sanchez was reported throwing a knife and other objects at cars. Officers found Sanchez, holding a chain and makeshift spear, and spoke to him in English and Spanish. He entered an abandoned residence, and after following him up a flight of stairs, officers confronted and shot him. A utility knife was recovered from the scene.
2023-01-03	Keenan Anderson	Black	Los Angeles, California	Anderson was restrained due to suspicion of a hit-and-run following a traffic collision and due to a witness testimony of an individual attempting to get in their car without their permission. Police ordered Anderson to sit down, which he initially did, but later Anderson ran away on a road, leading to police holding him down and tasing him six times in 42 seconds.
2023-01-03	Kenneth Dexter Watkins	White	Ridgecrest, California
2023-01-03	unidentified male	Unknown	San Jacinto, California
2023-01-02	Randy Tadlock	White	Sulphur Springs, Texas
2023-01-02	Lucas Gainforth	White	East Lansing, Michigan
2023-01-02	Jerry Preston	White	Hazard, Kentucky
2023-01-02	Aaron Swan Jr	Black	Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
2023-01-02	Lee Dawson Jr	White	Lillington, North Carolina
2023-01-02	Baltazar Rubio	Unknown	Gridley, California
2023-01-02	Takar Smith	Black	Los Angeles, California	Police were called after Smith was reported to be in a woman's home, off his medication for schizophrenia, and holding a knife. After speaking to Smith for several minutes, Smith grabbed a knife from a counter but put it down when an officer pointed his gun at Smith. Smith then grabbed one of two bicycles placed between him and police, leading an officer to fire a stun gun. Smith then picked up the knife again. Police stunned Smith, then shot him when he briefly raised it above his head. LAPD Chief Michel Moore raised concerns over the officers and dispatcher not contacting a mental evaluation unit or mental assessment response team.
2023-01-01	unidentified male	Unknown	Redlands, California
2023-01-01	Mischa Fay	White	Gilford, New Hampshire
2023-01-01	Juan Nikely Avalo	Unknown	Ranlo, North Carolina	Police responded to reports of a stabbing and shooting and found that an off-duty officer had shot a man, Avalo, after the officer was stabbed multiple times. The officer was later charged with first-degree murder.