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January 2020
Date Name (age) of deceasedRaceState (city)Description2020-01-30 Keith Dutree Collins (52) Black North Carolina (Raleigh)Collins was shot and killed by police.2020-01-30 Richard Davis (29) Unknown Missouri (Kansas City)Davis was shot and killed by police.2020-01-30 Chad E. Nicolia (41) White Ohio (Hockingport)Nicolia was shot and killed by police.2020-01-30 Abdirahman Salad (15) Black Ohio (Columbus)Salad was shot and killed by police.2020-01-29 Justin Leman (32) White Alaska (Kasilof) Leman was shot and killed by police.2020-01-29 Jaquyn Oneill Light (20) Black North Carolina (Graham)Light was shot and killed by police.2020-01-29 Clint Stevens (34) White New York (Deposit)Stevens was shot and killed by police.2020-01-28 Jonathan Bentley (37) Kentucky (Pike County)Bentley was shot and killed by police.2020-01-28 Robert Cocio (39) Hispanic Arizona (Tuscson)Cocio was shot and killed by police.2020-01-28 Joshua Greenleaf (27) White Arizona (Scottsdale)Greenleaf was shot and killed by police.2020-01-28Eric Lurry (37)BlackIllinois (Joliet)2020-01-27Aaron T. Booker (22)BlackSouth Carolina (Aiken)2020-01-27 William Howard Green (43) Black Maryland (Temple Hills)Green was shot and killed by police while he was handcuffed and sitting against the police cruiser.2020-01-27 Kevin Alan Smallman (32) White Arizona (Chandler)Smallman was shot and killed by police.2020-01-27 John Francis Tippett Jr. (43) White Maryland (Lexington Park)Tippett was shot and killed by police.2020-01-25 Joshua James Brown (34) Black Ohio (Columbus) Brown was shot and killed by police.2020-01-25 D'ovion Semaj Perkins (19) Black Colorado (Aurora)Perkins was shot and killed by police.2020-01-24 Rebecca Angel Alexander (35) White Alabama (Mobile)Alexander was shot and killed by police.2020-01-24 Toby Diller (31) Hispanic California (Oak Park)Diller was shot and killed by police.2020-01-24 Scott Joseph Weber Jr. (27) White Texas (San Angelo) Weber was shot and killed by police.2020-01-23 Marquis Golden (29) Black Florida (St. Petersburg) Golden was shot and killed by police.2020-01-23 James Lewis Mathis III (30) White Texas (Paris) Mathis was shot and killed by police.2020-01-23 Michael J. Rivera (32) Black New Jersey (Bloomingdale) Rivera was shot and killed by police.2020-01-23 Deandre Lee Seaborough-Patterson (22) Black Georgia (Savannah)Seaborough-Patterson was shot and killed by police.2020-01-23 Andrew Smyrna (32) Black Georgia (Atlanta)Smyra was driving an allegedly stolen car when he hit a patrol car. An officer shot him and he drove away but later crashed. His cause of death was gunshot wounds.2020-01-23 Gage Southard (26) White Alaska (Wasilla)Southard was shot and killed by police.2020-01-22 Jon Phillip Bryant (40) White Colorado (Arvada)Bryant was shot and killed by police.2020-01-22 Armando Moreno Garcia (37) Hispanic Arizona (Mesa) Garcia was shot and killed by police.2020-01-22 Adam Ray Hernandez (34) Hispanic Oklahoma (Moore)Hernandez was shot and killed by police.2020-01-22Jon Phillip Bryant (40)WhiteColorado (Arvada)2020-01-21Gamel Antonio Brown (30)BlackMaryland (Owings Mills)2020-01-21 Rory Behling (32) White Wisconsin (Fox Crossing)Behling was shot and killed by police.2020-01-21 Reginald Leon Boston (20) Black Florida (Jacksonville)Boston was shot and killed by police.2020-01-21 Anthony Langley (24) White Arkansas (Atkins) Langley was shot and killed by police.2020-01-21 Sok Chin Son (60) Asian Washington (Lacey)Son was shot and killed by police.2020-01-21 Darius J. Tarver (23) Black Texas (Denton) Tarver was shot and killed by police.2020-01-20 Dustin Furr (39) White Indiana (Lafayette)Furr was shot and killed by police.2020-01-20 Edward Gendron (57) White Connecticut (Waterbury)Gendron was shot and killed by police.2020-01-20 Jonathan David Messare (41) White Arizona (Sedona)Messare was shot and killed by police.2020-01-20 Miguel Mercado Segura (31) Hispanic California (Fountain Valley) Segura was shot and killed by police.2020-01-19 Dustin Alexander Nealis (43) White Florida (Sebring)Nealis was shot and killed by police who were responding to a possible domestic dispute. Nealis allegedly opened fire first; no officers were injured.2020-01-19 Eric Parsa (16) White Louisiana (Metairie)Police responded to a business for a report of a man attacking another man, and located the victim in the parking lot "suffering from multiple bite wounds, including some to his face, and abrasions". Police arrested the victim's 16-year-old son, Eric Parsa, who "remained violent while deputies attempted to arrest him". According to a police statement, "once deputies arrived, they tried to control the violent teenager's outbursts to prevent him from again attacking his parents and first responders". Parsa was severely autistic and "suffered an apparent medical emergency during the arrest and became unresponsive". An autopsy determined Parsa's death was accidental, with morbid obesity, an enlarged heart, and being restrained in the prone position as contributing factors.2020-01-19Kelvin White (42)BlackVirginia (Chesapeake)2020-01-19Dustin Alexander Nealis (43)WhiteFlorida (Sebring)2020-01-19Charles Schauer (33)WhiteIllinois (Plainfield)2020-01-17 Samuel David Mallard (19) Black Georgia (Powder Springs)Mallard was shot and killed by police.2020-01-17 Thomas Valva (8) White New York (Center Moriches) NYPD Officer Michael Valva and his fiancée forced his eight-year-old son Thomas and his ten-year-old brother to sleep in their garage, leading to Thomas's death by hypothermia. Valva was convicted of second-degree murder.2020-01-16 Owen Earl Barton (66) White Nevada (Yerington)Barton was shot and killed by police while holding a gun. Later in the year, Barton's son was non-fatally shot by police in Salt Lake City.2020-01-16 Jack D. Bolinger (35) White Wisconsin (Wausau) Bolinger was shot and killed by police.2020-01-16 Murbarak Soulemane (19) Black Connecticut (West Haven) Soulemane was shot and killed by police.2020-01-15 Albert Lee Hughes (47) Blck Georgia (Lawrenceville)Hughes was shot and killed by police.2020-01-15 Landwell Vance McCall (50) White North Carolina (Fleetwood)McCall was shot and killed by police.2020-01-15 Aaron Phillips (31) White Florida (Mulberry) Phillips was shot and killed by police.2020-01-14 Frank Cogar (35) White Montana (Missoula)Cogar was shot and killed by police.2020-01-14 Renard Antonio Daniels (55) Black Florida (Cocoa)Daniels was shot and killed by police.2020-01-14 Eliezer Perez (51) Hispanic Florida (The Villages)Perez was shot and killed by police.2020-01-13 Randy Glen Goodale (45) White Texas (San Antonio) Goodale had a federal felony warrant for felon in possession of a handgun, and US Marshall and SAPD officers in marked and unmarked vehicles surrounded Goodale for an arrest while he was in his pickup truck on his driveway. Officers shot and fatally wounded Goodale, which caused him to collide his truck into an unoccupied police van. SAPD police chief William McManus reported that Goodale was shot attempting to ram his way past an occupied police vehicle to evade his arrest warrant, and refused to recant after security footage from Goodale's residence was released that contradicted their narrative., In 2022, Goodale's widow and their daughter sued the city and two officers involved for his wrongful death.2020-01-13 Keenan McCain (29) Black Indiana (Gary)McCain was shot and killed by police.2020-01-12 Thomas Charles Snyder (52) White Colorado (Lakewood)Snyder was shot and killed by police.2020-01-12 Brad Stirewalt (47) White Missouri (Carthage) Stirewalt was shot and killed by police.2020-01-12 Victor Valencia (31) Hispanic California (Los Angeles) Valencia was shot and killed by police.2020-01-11 Henry Isaac Jones (47) Black Georgia (Bainbridge)Jones was shot and killed by police.2020-01-11 Eric Reynolds (43) White Colorado (Glenwood Springs)Reynolds was shot and killed by police.2020-01-11 Ryan O. Simms (49) Black Florida (Miami Beach) Simms was shot and killed by police.2020-01-10 Clando Anitok (25) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Washington (Spokane)Anitok was shot and killed by a deputy after a chase that ended in a crash. The deputy shot Anitok after he allegedly reached into his pocket. Anitok did not have a weapon.2020-01-10 Juan Ayon-Ruiz (24) Hispanic California (Muscoy) Ayon-Ruiz was shot and killed by police.2020-01-09 Cody Carnes (30) White North Dakota (Bismarck)Carnes was shot and killed by police. It was determined Carnes did not fire at officers as authorities initially reported, though he did point a handgun at them.2020-01-09 Earl Facey (37) Black New York (New York City)Facey was shot and killed by police responding to the sight of Facey shooting another man. According to police statements, officers heard gunshots and saw Facey shoot another man. The officers ordered Facey to get onto the ground; when Facey refused, the officers shot him. Facey and the man he shot were both taken to the hospital, where both were pronounced dead.2020-01-09 Claude Fain (47) Black Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)Fain was shot and killed by police. Authorities said the officers spotted Fain on the block, and he ran into his house, telling them, “I’m going to kill all three of you (expletive).” He slammed the door and began firing at the officers.2020-01-09 Bernie Wade Johnson (34) White Alabama (Semmes)Johnson was shot and killed by police. His Grandmother believed his paranoid schizophrenia may have led him to attempt suicide by cop.2020-01-09 Joshua Franklin Roberts (41) Unknown Ohio (Powhatan Point)Roberts was shot and killed by police.2020-01-08 Madison Adams (27) Unknown California (Nipton)Adams was shot and killed by police pursuing Adams for the alleged murder of his mother. According to police statements, officers located Adams and conducted a "high-risk" traffic stop on a freeway; during the traffic stop officers shot at Adams. Police say Adams appeared to have shot himself and was declared dead at the scene.2020-01-08 Dustin M. Eaton (35) White Missouri (Bismarck)Eaton was shot and killed by police responding to reports of a domestic assault. According to police statements, officers arrived at the scene, Eaton pointed a gun at an officer, and the officer shot him in response. Eaton died at the scene.2020-01-08Donald Ashcraft (51)Unknown raceTexas (Dallas)2020-01-07 Daniel Duane Jensen (59) White Alaska (North Pole)Jensen was shot and killed by police attempting to arrest him. According to police statements, officers searched door-to-door for Jensen, and found Jensen with another individual in a structure. Jensen then allegedly grabbed a high-power rifle, which prompted officers to shoot Jensen. Jensen died at the scene.2020-01-06 Orlando Abeyta (28) Hispanic New Mexico (Albuquerque)Abeyta was shot and killed by police responding to reports that Abeyta was threatening people with a gun. According to police statements, officers confronted Abeyta at a bus stop and ordered Abeyta to drop what appeared to be a handgun. Abeyta refused to drop his gun and pointed the gun at the officers instead, at which point the officers opened fire and killed him. Abeyta's gun later turned out to be a BB gun.2020-01-06 Troy Chase Caster (21) White North Carolina (Asheboro)Caster was shot and killed by police attempting to arrest him for an armed robbery incident. According to police statements, officers spotted Caster in a vehicle and chased him. Caster allegedly fired at officers during the chase. Police forcibly ended the chase on a gravel road, and more shots were allegedly fired. Caster died at the scene.2020-01-06 Nico Descheenie (25) Native American Colorado (Aurora) Descheenie was shot and killed by police pursuing Descheenie about a stolen vehicle. According to police statements, officers followed Descheenie, until Descheenie pulled over. Descheenie then got out of the vehicle, and he allegedly engaged officers with a gun, at which point officers shot