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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 2013, 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 33 people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.


May 2013

Date Name (Age) of Deceased State (City) Description
2013-05-30 unnamed male California (Santa Ana) Officers suspected four men of suspicious activity and approached them. A fight ensued between an officer and one man, and the officer shot and killed the man. The other three men fled, and officers pursued them by vehicle. The chase ended when the men crashed, killing a pedestrian. [1]
2013-05-29 Harper, Douglas (62) Montana (Helena) 62-year-old Douglas Harper was shot and killed by a deputy who was conducting a welfare check. Harper pointed a handgun at the deputy and failed to comply with orders to drop his weapon, and the deputy fired his handgun as a result. [2]
2013-05-29 Peters, Bernard Jr. California (Oakland) An unarmed man was shot multiple times by officers in an incident that began as a vehicle chase. [3]
2013-05-29 Scott, Mhai (38) Virginia (Sterling) Two deputies were responding to a disorderly conduct complaint in a Costco store. Officers say Mhai advanced on them with a knife and scissors. They first used a stun gun and then fired several shots, killing her. [4]
2013-05-29 McRae, Nathaniel (34) Washington D.C. McRae was killed in an alleged exchange of gunfire with officers who were pursuing him as a suspect in a carjacking. [5]
2013-05-28 Waller, Jerry (72) Texas (Fort Worth) Officers were responding to a burglary alarm when they encountered Waller armed with a gun in his garage across the street from where the alarm was sounding. Feeling threatened, at least one officer shot Waller multiple times, killing him. [6]
2013-05-26 unnamed male Colorado (Salida) A man was killed after allegedly firing at officers who arrived at a home in response to a disturbance call. [7]
2013-05-26 Cruz, Samuel New York (New Rochelle) Police responded to a report of an emotionally disturbed man who wouldn't let a relative into his apartment. When the man refused officers' attempts to talk him out, they first tasered him and then shot him when he allegedly lunged at officers with a knife. [8]
2013-05-25 Toretti, John (42) California (Sacramento) Police were called when a man frightened a Metro PCS employee with "intelligible(sic) statements." A struggle ensued with the officers, and the man was pepper-sprayed, kicked, and repeatedly beaten with batons. Officers noticed he had stopped breathing once he was in police custody. [9] [10]
2013-05-25 unnamed male (23) Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Police were responding to a report of a man in the middle of the street holding a knife. They used their vehicle to knock him down and then pepper-sprayed him. He then ran toward them, and they shot and killed him. [11]
2013-05-25 Mitchell, Ajani (21) South Carolina (Columbia) Mitchell was shot by officers who felt threatened when he refused to drop a gun he was holding. Police had been called by Mitchell's grandmother. [12]
2013-05-25 Foote, Jeff (39) Utah (Washington Terrace) Foote was killed by officers after allegedly firing a shot at them with a small handgun he was brandishing in his parents' front yard. He was threatening to shoot himself. [13]
2013-05-24 Tovar, Adolpho Vargas (47) California (San Diego) Tovar was fatally shot by officers after he drove a car in reverse towards them. He had allegedly robbed a nearby gas station. [14]
2013-05-24 Valluzzo, John (75) Connecticut (Ridgefield) Police were responding to a domestic incident when an officer shot and killed Valluzzo, head of the Military Museum in Southern New England. Police say an officer fired on Valluzzo after he allegedly refused to drop a weapon and raised the weapon at police. [15]
2013-05-24 Hilger, Thomas (49) Montana (Worden) Hilger was killed by sheriff's deputies Martin Stuart and Tony Watson behind the bar he owned. Police were responding to a report of suspicious activity and questioned Hilger, who allegedly pulled out a gun. Investigators later found Hilger's girlfriend's body in a vehicle. [16]
2013-05-24 Thomas, Leonard (30) Washington (Fife) Mr. Thomas was drunk and despondent due to the recent death of a close friend. His mother called police, who summoned a SWAT team when Thomas refused to come out of the house. After a four-hour standoff, Thomas agreed to send his 4-year-old son home with his mother, and he and the boy were standing on the front porch getting ready to send the boy down the sidewalk to his grandmother. Around the same time as this pending resolution, the SWAT team used explosives to blow open the back door and Thomas reacted by grabbing the boy. Sniper Brian Markert then fatally shot Thomas from across the street. [17] Other SWAT team members also fatally shot a dog. [18]
2013-05-22 Todashev, Ibragim (27) Florida (Orlando) Ibragim Todashev interview and death
2013-05-19 Labaki, Naim "Keith" (43) Wyoming (Evanston) Labaki was shot after allegedly pointing a rifle at an officer from inside a vehicle. Labaki had allegedly fired one shot outside a home and another into a store earlier that day and was fleeing in an SUV when he lost control and was rear-ended by an unmarked police vehicle. [19]
2013-05-18 Laffitte, Terry (50) California (Los Angeles) Police say officers saw Laffitte riding a bicycle while intoxicated and holding a handgun. They confronted him, and a struggle ensued in a driveway. Officers shot and killed Laffitte when he allegedly pulled a gun from his waistband. Multiple witnesses say that Laffitte was unarmed. Police say they recovered a revolver at the scene. [20]
2013-05-17 Smith, Dalton (30) New York (Mineola) Andrea Robello was at home with three other people when Dalton Smith, wearing a ski mask, entered and demanded valuables. He allowed one woman to leave to withdraw money from an ATM, and she called the police. Officers arrived and found Smith with Robello in a headlock, holding a gun to her head. Smith allegedly threatened the officers who fired eight shots, hitting Smith seven times and Robello once in the head. Both were killed. [21]
2013-05-17 Robello, Andrea (21) New York (Mineola) Andrea Robello was at home with three other people when Dalton Smith, wearing a ski mask, entered and demanded valuables. He allowed one woman to leave to withdraw money from an ATM, and she called the police. Officers arrived and found Smith with Robello in a headlock, holding a gun to her head. Smith allegedly threatened the officers who fired eight shots, hitting Smith seven times and Robello once in the head. Both were killed. [21]
2013-05-17 Brozek, Brent E. (43) Wisconsin (Madison) Brozek was shot and killed by Officers Ryan Finnegan, Ryan Orvis, and Scott Templeton after allegedly charging at them with a sword. Police say bean bag rounds were fired first. The shooting concluded a day-long standoff that began when sheriff's deputies tried to evict Brozek from his condo. [22]
2013-05-16 Cairns, Justin (21) Washington (Nine Mile Falls) Mr. Cairns was a suspect in the killing of another man earlier in the day when officers tracked him to a house, confronted him, and he allegedly ignored their unspecified commands. [23] [24]
2013-05-16 Darden, Jermaine (34) Texas (Fort Worth) Darden, a 300-pound man with breathing problems, died after being tased multiple times during a drug raid. Police say he resisted them, while his mother, who witnessed the incident, said he was trying to lie on his side because lying on his stomach made him unable to breathe. [25]
2013-05-16 Blackburn, Caleb Wade (33) California (Oildale) Kern County Sheriff deputies, investigating a stabbing, were directed to Blackburn inside an apartment in Oildale. When they entered the apartment and confronted Blackburn, he was shot at least once by a deputy. Blackburn died at a local hospital. [26] [27]
2013-05-14 unnamed male Colorado (Denver) Police say a suicidal man was holding a gun to his head in the middle of a street. Officers killed him after he allegedly threatened a firefighter. [28]
2013-05-11 Arceo, Rigoberto (34) California (Cudahy) Shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy L Mendoza while returning home from a Mother's Day party. Mendoza had ordered Arceo to the ground, who, with his hands raised in the air, was telling Deputy Mendoza that he did not have to do anything, when the deputy shot him once in the chest. In an attempt to justify the shooting, Deputy Mendoza claimed that Arceo was trying to grab his gun. However, eyewitnesses who saw the shooting describe Arceo as having his hands raised over his head when he was shot and that he was approximately 10 feet away from the deputy when the deputy shot and killed him.[ citation needed]
2013-05-10 Romero, Ivan (24) Minnesota (Minneapolis) An officer, responding to the shooting involving Terrance Franklin, ran a red light and struck Romero's motorcycle, killing him and injuring his passenger. [29]
2013-05-10 Franklin, Terrance (22) Minnesota (Minneapolis) Franklin, a burglary suspect, was cornered in a basement by officers after fleeing police. A struggle ensued between Franklin and at least five officers and one K9, during which Franklin allegedly pulled the trigger on Officer Mark Durand's gun, shooting Officers Michael Meath and Ricardo Muro in the leg. An unidentified undercover officer shot Franklin multiple times, killing him. [29] [30]
2013-05-09 unnamed male (21) Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Police killed a man when he allegedly pulled out a gun while they were pursuing him for an unspecified reason. [31]
2013-05-08 Silva, David Sal (33) California (Bakersfield) Silva was repeatedly beaten by several officers with batons as well as bitten by a K9 dog in front of multiple witnesses. He was intoxicated, and officers say they were attempting to subdue him after he resisted arrest. A coroner listed the primary cause of death as hypertensive heart disease and ruled the killing as accidental. [32] [33] Kern County, in May 2016, agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit by Silva's family [34]
2013-05-06 Saeteurn, Saan Pao (32) California (Suisun City) Saan Pao Saeteurn was shot and killed by police after brandishing a pellet gun at them. The pellet gun was designed to look like an authentic rifle. [35]
2013-05-08 Armstrong, Clifton (38) Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) Armstrong died after being restrained by police in front of his mother's home. Armstrong, who suffered from drug abuse, according to family, had called the police to report that his family was trying to kill him. [36]

See also

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