June 2014
Date Name (age) of deceasedRaceState (city)Description2014-06-30Oscar Perez Giron (23)HispanicWashington (Seattle)2014-06-29 John Omar DelValle (44) Hispanic New Jersey (Elizabeth) DelValle was allegedly threatening a woman with a knife outside an apartment building and shot dead by officers.2014-06-29Paul Matthew Edmundson (43)WhiteWashington (Centralia)Edmunson suspected of stealing from restaurant nearby attempted to pull gun on officer with his K-9 partner, K-9 subdued Edmunson allowing the officer to draw first on him, eventually Edmunson was able to pull a pistol from his coat and was fatally shot by the officer.2014-06-27Michael Huffman (56)WhiteVirginia (Damascus)2014-06-27Nyocomus Garnett (35)BlackTexas (Midland)2014-06-27Aaron Wright (32)WhiteWashington (Kennewick)2014-06-27 Paul Ray Kemp Jr. (40) Black California (Inglewood) An unarmed black man was fatally shot and/or tasered several times in the back. A lawsuit alleges he was not a threat to officers.2014-06-27 Andres Morales (27) Black New York (Bay Shore) Jumped out of a stopped car from the passenger side in a traffic stop. Initiated a foot pursuit with officers, and was later shot after pulling out a revolver.2014-06-26David J. Kingsbury (34)WhiteMassachusetts (Springfield)2014-06-26Dominic Graffeo (56)WhiteMassachusetts (Chelsea) 2014-06-26 Michael Berry (50) White Texas (Sweetwater) Police were attempting to serve a warrant on Berry for allegedly stealing a loader from a scrap recycling business. Berry locked himself in his mobile home, and waved a firearm in a threatening manner from the back door. A SWAT team and bomb squad from Abilene were called in to assist. Tear gas was launched into the trailer, but Berry opened fire. The SWAT officers returned fire, killing him. 2014-06-26 Rodney Hodge (33) Black Texas (Dallas) Police responded to numerous 911 calls about a man firing a gun in a neighborhood. Hodge was ordered to drop the weapon, but he kept walking forward and pointed the gun at officers. 2014-06-25 Mimi Diane Goldberg (49) White Nevada (Las Vegas) LVMPD officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a hotel. Police found Goldberg stabbing another woman She was ordered to drop the knife, but she slashed one of the police car's windows. Several shots were fired. 2014-06-25 Samuel Lee Johnson (45) Black California (Los Angeles)Johnson was approached by a security guard who accused him of shoplifting. Johnson then pulled out a pistol, and fired at the guard. LAPD began searching around the neighborhood for Johnson. They eventually found him, but he ran to a home. Johnson died of a gunshot wound as the officers attempted to take him into custody. The circumstances of the shooting are unknown.2014-06-25Dennis Hicks (29)BlackDelaware (Magnolia)2014-06-25James Jaimez (29)WhiteCalifornia (Apple Valley)2014-06-24Stanley Leger (80)WhiteTexas (Beaumont) 2014-06-24 Lavon King (20) Black New Jersey (Jersey City) King started an altercation with a police officer and the officer shot him. The circumstances of this struggle are unknown. 2014-06-24 Antoine Dominique Hunter (24) Black California (Compton) LASD deputies attempted to pull over a vehicle that was driving recklessly. A short pursuit ensued, and the driver attempted to run over one of the deputies while they were both out of their patrol car. The other deputy opened fire after witnessing the driver pull out a handgun.2014-06-22Juan May (45)BlackTexas (Duncanville) 2014-06-22 Marcus Rael (24) Idaho (Post Falls) Shot at a dozen officers, who fired back at him.2014-06-22Ray Junior Barber (45)WhiteNorth Carolina (Greensboro)2014-06-21Timothy Ray Bowling (31)WhiteNorth Dakota (Dickinson) 2014-06-21 John Kapeluch (54) White Michigan (Sterling Heights) Police responded to a 911 call of an assault at a residence. The man was holding his wife hostage with a rifle. Officers ordered him to drop the gun, but he turned around and pointed it at an officer. 2014-06-21 Douglas M. Seaton (35) White Kentucky (Madisonville) Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Seaton drove away, and a vehicle pursuit followed. Seaton then exited the car with a gun in his hand. He was ordered to drop the gun, but refused. He was shot as he was approaching the officers. 2014-06-21 Jose Cardenas Beltran (22) Hispanic California (Sacramento)Police responded to a 911 call about Cardenas threatening his brother with a knife. Officers ordered him to drop the knife, but he refused. A taser was initially deployed with no avail. Officers opened fire after being threatened with the knife. 2014-06-21 James Moala Kofu (22) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander California (San Bernardino) Went up with another armed man to a police vehicle with four officers inside of it, and allegedly pointed a rifle at them.2014-06-20Ismael Sadiq (30)BlackTexas (Garland) 2014-06-20 Jason T. Van Buskirk (32) White Nebraska (Columbus) Columbus Police Department officers and Nebraska state troopers responded to a domestic disturbance. The officers spotted a Dodge RAM that matched the description of the suspect's vehicle. As a felony stop was being performed, Buskirk shot at a trooper as he was approaching the passenger's side. Although shots were fired, the pickup initially sped away. The pursuit ended in Colfax County after Buskirk was shot due to him ramming three police vehicles. 2014-06-20 Ray Dakota Scholfield (23) Native American California (Redding) Redding Police Department officers Jason Rhoads, Josh Tracy and Russ Veilleaux shot and killed Ray Dakota Scholfield, when he brandished a butcher's knife at them. Scholfield had just killed his cousin, Christen Clark.Suspect identified in fatal officer-involved shooting, krcrtv.com, August 8, 2014.Redding police identify officers involved in fatal shooting, Redding Record-Searchlight, July 1, 2014. 2014-06-20 Royce Flournoy (50) Black Georgia (Atlanta) Police responded to reports of a man banging on various doors of an apartment and yelling. As the officers were about to confront him, he pulled out a fake gun and pointed it at the officers.2014-06-20Denzel Curnell (19)BlackSouth Carolina (Charleston)2014-06-20Ernest Wayne Rials (70)WhiteTexas (Hamilton)2014-06-19Paul Westbrook (37)WhiteCalifornia (Sacramento) 2014-06-19 Darrell Haymon (53) Black North Carolina (Hope Mills) Police responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon at a bank. Officers confronted Haymon, who had a knife. His wife appeared bloody and had wounds on her body. Haymon was ordered to drop the knife and to release his wife. He then raised the knife, which caused officers to open fire. 2014-06-19 Carlos Hernandez (45) Hispanic Texas (San Antonio) Hernandez, a wheelchair-using man, allegedly pointed a gun at officers who were responding to a call of a 39 year old man being shot. 2014-06-19 Thomas D. Rogers (36) White Washington (Port Orchard)Rogers was reportedly armed with a knife and lunged at officers, injuring two of them. 2014-06-19 William Lee Workman Jr. (32) White South Carolina (Horry County) Officers were dispatched to 4365 Bayberry Drive to serve an arrest warrant to William Lee Workman, Jr., for third degree criminal sexual conduct. Investigators say the officer-involved shooting was reported to dispatch at 10:39 a.m. There are no other details at this time. 2014-06-19 Jason Carulla (17) Hispanic Florida (Coral Gables)Police opened fire on Carulla, a 17-year-old runaway, when he rammed the stolen SUV he was picking up into an unmarked police car. 2014-06-16 Devaron Ricardo Wilburn (21) Black North Carolina (Charlotte)Police say 21-year-old Wilburn, who was being sought as a suspect in a previous night's shooting at police officers, refused to surrender and presented a weapon before being shot. 2014-06-16 Jonathan K. Whitehead (33) White Washington (Seattle)Whitehead was shot by Washington State Patrol troopers after apparently setting his truck on fire and brandishing a knife on I-5.2014-06-16Joshua Stand (35)WhiteOklahoma (Delaware)2014-06-16John Schneider (24)BlackGeorgia (Lawrenceville)2014-06-15Gregory Johnson (67)Unknown raceCalifornia (Bakersfield) 2014-06-15 Anthony Skyles Jr. (34) White Florida (Altamonte Springs)Skyles' wife called 911 because she was worried Skyles was suicidal. When police arrived, he held a knife to his own throat and was shot by the first officer at the scene after police claimed he approached them. Skyles' wife disputed the officer's account and claimed her husband was complying with police and was not acting aggressively. Skyles was disabled.2014-06-15Eric Harris (30)BlackMaryland (Baltimore)2014-06-14Jason A. Moore (40)WhiteIllinois (East Peoria) 2014-06-14 Jason Harrison (38) Black Texas (Oak Cliff) Police say Jason Harrison walked out of the door Saturday armed with a screwdriver. The two responding officers said they fired at the 38-year-old mentally ill man when he refused to drop the screwdriver despite orders to do so and then charged at them. The family filed a lawsuit which was dismissed which claimed Harrison's civil rights were violated and he posed no threat to police, and a grand jury declined to charge the police with a crime. 2014-06-14 Victor Hernandez (21) Hispanic Colorado (Greeley)Victor Daniel Hernandez pointed a handgun at the officers as they responded to a report of a "crazy guy with a gun" at a Greeley hotel in the early morning hours of June 14. Hernandez was shot three times by the officers. Hernandez earlier that morning had fled a disturbance at a Greeley bar before police arrived. Just before he was shot, the office says Hernandez assaulted his girlfriend. Before he was shot, Hernandez told one of the officers, "I am out on bond and I am not going back to jail." 2014-06-13 Frank Rhodes (61) Black Mississippi (Gulfport)Gulfport Police officers were responding to a shots fired call in the 12400 block of Holliman Circle in Gulfport just after 10 p.m. when they found