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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 2017, 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 8 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.


September 2017

Date Name (age) of deceased State (city) Description
2017-09-22 Scott Farnsworth (28) Arizona ( Mesa) Three Mesa Police officers shot and killed Farnsworth, an Army veteran who had PTSD and was holding a firearm. After the shooting, one of the officers that shot Farnsworth and another officer shot bean bag rounds at him, and a K9 officer released his dog to bite him. [1]
2017-09-22 Dillan Tabares (27) California ( Huntington Beach) Man shot dead after physical altercation with an officer. Possible "suicide by cop" case. [2] [3]
2017-09-19 Madgiel Sanchez (35) Oklahoma ( Oklahoma City) An Oklahoma City police officer fatally shot a deaf, developmentally disabled man. The Oklahoma County District Attorney determined that the officer acted in self-defense and brought no charges, saying that Sanchez was "shot after failing to comply with officers' commands to drop a 2-foot metal pipe he was aggressively swinging while approaching the officers." [4] Sanchez's family described the pipe as Sanchez's "trusted walking stick"; [5] neighbors said that Sanchez used the pipe to communicate. [6] During the confrontation, at least nine neighbors shouted that Sanchez was deaf and was unable to understand the officer, trying to get the officer's attention, "but less than a minute after the episode began, a second officer arrived and immediately pulled out his handgun." [6] In front of the crowd, one officer fired his Taser at Sanchez and the second officer fired multiple shots with his handgun at Sanchez, who died at the scene. [6] A neighbor who witnessed the shooting said, "'They seemed like they just came to shoot him. It happened so quickly." [6]
2017-09-16 Scout Schultz (21) Georgia ( Atlanta) Shooting of Scout Schultz: Schultz, an engineering student from Lilburn, Georgia, was fatally shot by a police officer outside a dormitory on the campus of Georgia Tech. [7] [8] "At least two students shared cellphone video showing the tense interaction between Schultz and Georgia Tech police officers" in which Schultz, who is holding a multipurpose tool with a knife (but without the blade extended), "yells at police to shoot and officers respond, 'Drop the knife! Drop the knife!' more than a dozen times" before the fatal shooting. [7] Schultz left three suicide notes. [9] The Fulton County District Attorney's Office "determined that there was no criminal conduct related to the actions of the officer." [9]
2017-09-15 Jacob Dominguez (33) California ( San Jose) Suspect in drive-by-shooting and seven day subsequent armed robbery, as well as a known gang member, was finally stopped by police who had been tracking him for over a week, after his second same day attempt to flee by running stop signs and driving into oncoming traffic. Once stopped, he at first showed his hands, then reached down into his car's floorboards at which point he was shot and killed. [10]
2017-09-10 James Charles Cook (76) North Carolina

( Huntersville)

A medical patient at a hospital in Huntersville was shot dead after pointing a gun at officers who were called because he had fired a shot into a wall at the hospital. He was at the hospital for unknown reasons but he had recently been evacuated from Hurricane Irma. The shooting was ruled as justified after body-camera footage was released. The shooting occurred at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center. [1] [11] [12]
2017-09-10 Spencer James Hight (32) Texas ( Plano) An officer responding to a report of shots fired encountered several dead victims in the backyard, and saw an active shooter inside the house. Upon entering the house and confronting the armed man, the officer shot and killed Hight, who had killed a total of eight individuals at that location. [13] [14]
2017-09-07 Eric Arnold (41) California ( Sacramento) Police pulled over Arnold, who was wanted for the murder of Erica Wallace and her teenage daughter Kiara LaSalle a week earlier. Police ordered Arnold to exit his truck, but after a brief hesitation Arnold opened fire. Officers shot back and hit him multiple times, killing him. Two officers were injured and treated for non-life-threatening-injuries afterwards. [15]


See also

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

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Uriel J. (5 March 2018). "Mesa police cleared in September fatal shooting of Army veteran". AZ Central. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Man killed by police was vet with history of mental illness - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  3. ^ Schwebke, Scott (25 September 2017). "Man, 27, shot and killed by Huntington Beach officer battled drugs, failed Navy career, his brother says". Orange County Register. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ Kyle Schwab, [DA clears OKC police officer in fatal shooting of deaf man], The Oklahoman (December 9, 2017).
  5. ^ Josh Wallace, Family of deaf man shot by police call for arrest, investigation, The Oklahoman (September 23, 2017).
  6. ^ a b c d Matthew Haag (September 20, 2017). "Deaf Man Is Fatally Shot by Oklahoma City Police, Despite Pleas". New York Times.
  7. ^ a b Ellen Eldridge & Stephanie Lamm, Ga. Tech student shot by officer, killed on campus Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (September 17, 2017).
  8. ^ "Lawyer: Georgia Tech police overreacted by killing student". Associated Press. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Georgia Tech officer won't be charged for shooting, killing student, WSB-TV (March 13, 2020).
  10. ^ Salonga, Robert (September 18, 2017). "San Jose: Fatal police shooting capped lengthy cat-and-mouse pursuit Man killed by officer Friday was under surveillance after drive-by shooting and separate robbery, and eluded several attempts at capture". Bay Area News Group. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  11. ^ "Active Hospital Shooter: Bodycam Video Shows Police Shooting Armed Patient". Nurse.org. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  12. ^ Boroff, David. "Video shows police shooting of 76-year-old hospital patient who refused to drop his weapon". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  13. ^ "Plano, Texas shooting victims ID'd as mom of gunman's slain ex-wife speaks out". CBS Interactive Inc. 2017-09-13.
  14. ^ "Details revealed about victims of mass shooting at football party in Texas". CBS Interactive Inc. 11 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Sacramento police release dramatic video of fatal encounter with double homicide suspect". The Sacramento Bee. September 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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