This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in December 2021, 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 11 people.
Date | Name (age) of deceased | Race | Location | Description |
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2021-12-27 | Alex Clukey (15) | Unknown | Onslow County, North Carolina | A Jacksonville police officer called police to report accidentally shooting his teenage son in the head while playing with toy guns. The teenager was hospitalized until his death on January 4, 2022. [1] [2] |
2021-12-27 | Lyndon McLeod (47) | White | Lakewood, Colorado | McLeod (aka Roman McClay) committed several shootings in Denver and Lakewood, killing five civilians, before being killed by police during a shootout. Police say McLeod was targeting the people he shot. [3] |
2021-12-26 | James Lowery (40) | Black | Titusville, Florida | Police chased Lowery following an assault. As Lowery climbed up a fence, an officer fired both his gun and taser, killing Lowery. Lowery was unarmed when he was shot. The officer was later charged with manslaughter. [4] |
2021-12-23 | Daniel Elena Lopez (24) | Latino | Los Angeles, California | Police responded to reports of assault with a deadly weapon and a possible shooting at a Burlington store in North Hollywood. Police say that when officers arrived, a male suspect was in the process of assaulting a victim with a bike lock and they fired, fatally wounding him. A 14-year-old girl who was hiding with her mother in a nearby dressing room was struck by police gunfire and killed. Police say no gun was found on the assault suspect. [5] [6] [7] |
Valentina Orellana-Peralta (14) | Latino | |||
2021-12-13 | Harry Welter (84) | White | St. Michael, Minnesota | Welter, a former mayor of St. Michael, was fatally struck by a Wright County Sheriff's Department vehicle in a driveway. [8] |
2021-12-07 | Ronald Ehrich (88) | White | Riverview, Florida | A deputy responded to Ehrich's home after a neighbor reported not seeing him for two days. According to police, the deputy shot and killed Ehrich after he walked towards her with a firearm. Ehrich was a veteran of the Tampa Police Department. [9] |
2021-12-05 | Quadry Sanders (29) | Black | Lawton, Oklahoma | Police responded to reports of a man with a gun. Two officers shot Sanders 15 times. Sanders was unarmed and was holding a ball cap. The two officers were later fired and charged with manslaughter. [10] |
2021-12-04 | Michael Wayne Jackson (62) | Black | Houston, Texas | A Houston Police officer was responding to a call from another officer to assist in apprehending a group of suspected carjackers. When his vehicle neared an intersection, the officer turned to avoid hitting other cars and jumped the sidewalk, striking Jackson, who died. [11] |
2021-12-03 | Alhaji M. Sow (18) | Black [12] | Melbourne, Florida | Sow had reportedly assaulted multiple fellow Florida Institute of Technology students with a knife, and injured a law enforcement officer before being fatally shot by officers. [13] [12] |
2021-12-02 | Arlin Bordeaux (29) | Native American | Rosebud County, Montana | A man was killed in a shooting involving a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer. Few details were released. The FBI is investigating. [14] [15] |