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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 2016, 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 14 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 2016

Date Name (age) of deceased State (city) Description
2016-05-29 Garza, Dionisio (25) Texas (Houston) Army veteran Dionisio Garza III from Rancho Cucamonga started to shoot randomly at a Conoco gas station at the corner of Wycliffe and Memorial Drive around 10:15 a.m., [1] [2] killing 56-year-old Eugene Linscomb who sat in his Mercedes and injuring six people, among them two responding officers, before being fatally shot by a SWAT officer. [3] [4]
2016-05-23 Zambrano, Jorge (35) Massachusetts (Auburn) After killing 42-year-old officer Ronald Tarentino during a traffic stop at 00:30 a.m. on May 22 in Auburn, Zambrano fled into a duplex apartment in Oxford, about 7 miles south of Auburn, where he was killed in the early hours of May 23 by members of a STOP team raiding the apartment. [5]
2016-05-19 Williams, Jessica (29) California (San Francisco) Williams was shot once after a car chase. [6] [7]
2016-05-18 Garry Conrad (46) New York ( New York City) "According to accounts from police, witnesses and video footage, once outside the supermarket Conrad lunged at an officer with an 8-inch knife. That's when two cops fired a combined nine shots, killing Conrad." [8]
2016-05-17 Sanders, Luke L. (36) California (Siskiyou County) On May 17 Sanders cut off his hand with an axe and was found acting in an irrational and threatening manner along the A-12 Road in rural Siskiyou County. Passersby were unable to assist Sanders, and alerted law enforcement. A California Highway Patrol officer and two county sheriff deputies responded. Sanders, armed with an axe, failed to follow commands and acted in a threatening manner. A confrontation ensued and the deputies shot Sanders multiple times. Despite life-saving efforts, Sanders died at the scene. [9]
2016-05-06 Johnson, Burt (38) Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Police Department officers saw an armed robbery suspect after he robbed an auto parts store, and a foot chase ensued. The suspect turned around and fired at police, striking one officer in the chest. The 38-year-old wounded officer, who was wearing body armor, was taken to the hospital with "significant contusions." The officer was released from the hospital Friday morning. In the return fire, Johnson was killed. [10]
2016-05-06 Williams, R.J. (23) West Virginia (Reirton) Suicide by cop. Notable for the police department firing the officer who recognized that the distressed African-American man, who was pleading with the white officer to "Just shoot me", did not pose an immediate threat, and therefore refused to shoot him. [11] The man was killed after another police officer arrived, came to a different conclusion, and shot him dead within seconds of arriving on the scene. [11]
2016-05-05 and 2016-05-06 Tordil, Gladys (44) Maryland (Beltsville) Eulalio Tordil shootings: Over the course of two days, Eulalio Tordil, a Federal Protective Service officer, shot six people, killing three of them. The first victim was his estranged wife, Gladys, who was shot outside their daughter's high school. The second, on May 6, was Winfell, who was shot outside the Westfield Montgomery after trying to stop Tordil from carjacking a vehicle. The last was Molina, who was carjacked and shot by Tordil. Tordil was arrested, charged, and found guilty. [12]
Winfell, Malcom (45) Maryland (Bethesda)
Molina, Claudina (65) Maryland (Aspen Hill)
2016-05-05 DiGiovanni, Corey (36) Louisiana (Gretna) The shooting occurred as members of the West Bank Major Crimes Task Force pursued DiGiovanni, who fled as officers served a warrant as part of an investigation into heroin distribution in the New Orleans area. The department did not identify the officer who fired his gun. [13]
2016-05-04 Ferretti, Richard (52) Pennsylvania (Overbrook) College students called police when they saw a man circling the neighborhood in a minivan and thought he was casing homes. A marked unit turned on its emergency lights behind the minivan while an unmarked police car stopped in front of the minivan. Police say both officers exited their vehicle and ordered the driver of the minivan to turn off the engine. The driver allegedly drove toward one of the officers, who fired four shots, hitting Ferretti in the chest. No weapons were found on him or in the minivan. [14]
2016-05-04 DiTullio, Cayce (39) Burien, Washington After a report of gunshots, a deputy began following DiTullio's truck. DiTullio pulled into a driveway and opened his truck door. A deputy stated that he could see an "AR-15 style rifle" pointed at him. DiTullio was struck and killed when a deputy opened fire at him. [15]
2016-05-03 Hopper, Raymond (59) California (Visalia) A Visalia Police officer, called to the scene of a domestic disturbance, shot and killed Raymond Hopper about 7:30 AM Tuesday. Hopper was carrying a knife as he approached the officer in front of the residence. When Hopper did not drop the knife as ordered, the officer shot three times, striking him in the chest and killing him. [16]

See also

This section is transcluded from List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States. ( | history)

References

  1. ^ Daniel S. Levine (May 31, 2016). "Dionisio Garza III: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Lomi Kriel (May 31, 2016). "Police ID gunman in west Houston shooting spree as military vet". chron.com. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Anthony Kurzweil (May 31, 2016). "Gunman in Deadly Houston Shooting Rampage ID'd As Army Veteran From Rancho Cucamonga". ktla.com. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Michael Graczyk (May 30, 2016). "Shootings at Houston auto shop leave gunman, customer dead". msn.com. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Manhunt in police officer's slaying comes to violent end". msn.com. May 23, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  6. ^ Kimberly Veklerov (May 22, 2016). "Friends describe woman shot by police as 'mellow'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Apollonia Jordan (May 31, 2016). "Long live Jessica Williams-Nelson". San Francisco Bay View. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Marsh, Julia (May 18, 2017). "Brother of knife-wielding man fatally shot by cops sues for wrongful death". New York Post. The brother of a 46-year-old man fatally shot by cops in Midtown a year ago is suing the city for wrongful death, claiming he was a victim of police brutality – even though video surveillance caught him lunging at an NYPD officer with a knife.
  9. ^ "Man in officer involved shooting identified". Siskiyou Daily News. May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  10. ^ ""A whole round of shots:" Police ID man killed in officer-involved shooting near 76th & Mill". WITI. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  11. ^ a b Sexton, Joe (2018-11-29). "What Happened When A White Cop Decided Not to Shoot a Black Man". ProPublica. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  12. ^ Bui, Lynh (July 10, 2017). "Former federal officer Eulalio Tordil gets four life prison terms for Maryland shooting rampage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  13. ^ "Suspect in Gretna officer-involved shooting has died". The Times-Picayune. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  14. ^ "Police identify driver killed in officer-involved shooting in Overbrook". WPVI-TV. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  15. ^ "King County deputy shoots, kills armed man in Burien". The Seattle Times. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  16. ^ Griswold, Lewis (May 3, 2016). "Visalia police officer shoots, kills man carrying a knife". Fresno Bee. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
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