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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in July 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 15 people.
Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race of deceased | Location | Description |
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2022-07-30 | Joshua Clayton Hippler (27) | White | Rochester, Minnesota | A man armed with an ax, who was a suspect in a recent business robbery, was fatally shot by police early in the morning on July 30.[1][2] |
2022-07-29 | Dante Kittrell | Black | South Bend, Indiana | Police responded to a call of a man with a gun in a field near a school. Kitrrell did not have a gun when police arrived, and during a 40 minute standoff, he told police he wanted to kill them and kill himself. Kittrell then pulled a gun and pointed it at the ground and in the air, and was shot dead when he pointed it at officers. The gun was a replica Glock.[3] |
2022-07-28 | Patrick Wayne Cater (52) | Asian[4] | Summersville, West Virginia | Cater shot and killed a pair of married coworkers at the nail salon he worked at before being killed by police.[5] |
2022-07-24 | Johnathan Worth (19) | White | Portland, Oregon | Officers responded to a call for a man and a woman fighting. While attempting to arrest the man, he fired a shot. An officer returned fire, hitting and killing the suspect.[6] |
2022-07-22 | Jay Jackson (49) | White | Moreno Valley, California | Police responded to a report that a man with a gun was threatening to shoot someone. When deputies arrived they encountered Jackson, who allegedly told them he had a gun and had a hand in his pocket. When Jackson pulled a metal object out and charged police, a deputy shot him. Jackson was holding a Gillette razor.[7] |
2022-07-21 | Raymond Chaluisant (18) | Black | New York City, New York | An off-duty corrections officer shot and killed Chaluisant in The Bronx after he fired an Orbeez gun at his back. The corrections officer did not report the shooting and was charged with murder and manslaughter.[8] |
2022-07-17 | Sofia Molina (12) | Unknown | Las Vegas, Nevada | A North Las Vegas officer shot his wife, son, and daughter before killing himself. His wife and son survived, while his daughter was killed.[9] |
2022-07-16 | Robert Marquise Adams (23) | Black | San Bernardino, California | Adams was in the parking lot outside an illegal gambling operation (he was convicted in March 2022 of robbing a similar operation on the same block). Police responding to a report of a man with a gun in the parking lot, and found Adams "pulling something from his waistband". Adams fled from police and was shot dead because police believed he was "taking cover behind parked cars to shoot at them". Police recovered a loaded gun with a bullet in the chamber.[10][11] |
2022-07-15 | Trent William Millsap | White[12] | Anaheim, California | Millsap, suspected of stabbing NASCAR driver Bobby East to death in Westminster, was shot and killed by police during his arrest. Few details were released, other than that a police dog suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and that Millsap was unarmed when he was shot.[13][14] |
2022-07-14 | Andrew Tekle Sundberg (20) | Black | Minneapolis, Minnesota | At 9:30 p.m. on July 13 at the 900 block of 21st Avenue in the Seward neighborhood, Minneapolis police responded to reports of shots being fired from one apartment unit into another. Police that arrived at the scene observed more shots being fired through interior walls and evacuated the apartment building. A six-hour standoff ensued with Sundberg, the alleged assailant, who police also claim fired at officers.[15] At about 4:30 a.m. on July 14, two police snipers fired their rifles, fatally wounding Sundberg.[16][17] Hennepin County Attorney Michael O. Freeman concluded in a report released on December 21, 2022, that the police officers' actions were legally justified and no charges would be filed against them.[18][19] |
2022-07-14 | Paul David Chavez (30) | Hispanic | Modesto, California | Police responded to a call by Chavez's father-in-law reporting Chavez was threatening him and ripping off a screen door. Officers shot and tased Chavez, who was allegedly holding a tow hitch that was never referred to as a weapon.[20] |
2022-07-08 | Shane Netterville (28) | Native American | Fargo, North Dakota | Police responded to reports of three men slumped over in a van. Two of the men fled on foot, while an officer shot Netterville after he allegedly drove towards the officer.[21][22] |
2022-07-08 | Roderick Brooks (47) | Black | Houston, Texas | A deputy responded to a report of a man shoplifting and shoving an employee at a Dollar General. The deputy encountered Brooks and restrained and tased him, before shooting him in the back of the head during the struggle. Bodycam footage shows Brooks had grabbed the dropped taser, but did not point it at the officer and had let go of it when the deputy shot him.[23] |
2022-07-07 | Jasper Aaron Lynch (26) | White | McLean, Virginia | Police responded to a report of a man in crisis. Lynch, a trans man, allegedly threw a tribal mask at officers and ran after them swinging a bottle. Police tased and shot Lynch multiple times, killing him.[24][25] |
2022-07-07 | Brett Rosenau (15) | Black | Albuquerque, New Mexico | During a standoff with 27-year-old Qiaunt Kelley, police threw a pepper spray canister into the home where the standoff occurred. A fire broke out on a mattress, which started a house fire. In the ensuing blaze, Kelley exited the house, while Rosenau, who had entered the house with him, stayed inside and died of smoke inhalation. A representative for Albuquerque Fire Rescue stated that all other possible ignition sources had been deemed impossible and that the pepper spray canister was the most likely cause of the fire.[26] |
Orange County District Attorney's office spokeswoman Kimberly Edds said the state attorney general's office will handle the investigation because it was believed the suspect was unarmed, according to the outlet.