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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States
in October 2019, 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 4 people.
Date | Name (age) of deceased | State (city) | Description |
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October 12, 2019 | Atatiana Jefferson (28) | Texas (Fort Worth) | Police arrived at her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency number, stating that Jefferson's front door was open.[1] Police body camera footage showed that when she came to her window to observe police outside her home, Officer Aaron Dean shot through it and killed her.[1] Police stated that they found a handgun near her body, which according to her nephew, she was pointing out the window before being shot.[2][1][3] On October 14, 2019, Dean resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department and was arrested and charged with murder.[4][5][6][1] He was subsequently convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to more than 10 years in custody. |
October 14, 2019 | Bonny Thomas (54) | Georgia (Athens) | Police were called about a woman holding a knife and gun at around 10:15 a.m. in 100 block of Chalfont Drive near Westchester Drive. When an officer arrived, he told her to drop the knife but refused and ran towards him with the knife raised above her head in her left hand and her right hand under her shirt.[7] The officer fired a single shot from his service revolver that hit her torso. After additional officers arrived, ACCPD administered first aid to Thomas until EMS arrived. Thomas was transported to a local hospital where she later died.[8] |
October 15, 2019 | Cameron Ely (30) | California (Santa Barbara) | Cameron Ely, son of actor Ron Ely stabbed his mother to death at the Hope Ranch residential community along the Santa Barbara coast where the couple lived,[9] and called 9-1-1 telling the operator that his father attacked her. When the officers arrived on the scene, Ron who was unharmed told the officers that his son left. The officers found him later outside the home holding a knife, and the officers shot and killed him.[10] |
October 21, 2019 | Claudia Nadia Rodriguez (37) | Nevada (Henderson) | Claudia Nadia Rodriguez was heard sounding agitated on a 9-1-1 call while her seven-year-old son could be heard pleading to the 911 operator by yelling, "911 please help," and "My mom is trying to kill me."[11] When police arrived on scene, Body Cam footage shows a bloody child appear from the door and an agitated Claudia approached the first officer as he entered the apartment. The officer and Claudia began to struggle before Claudia got possession of the first officer's firearm. The first shot was from the gun Claudia had possession of before the second officer fired two shots at Claudia. Claudia later died from her injuries.[12] The boy was transported to Sunrise Hospital in critical condition. He received emergency surgery for 25 stab wounds, all allegedly inflicted by Claudia and is expected to survive.[13] |