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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, June 2024

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in June 2024, 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 19 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.


June 2024[edit]

Date Name (age) of deceased Race Location Description
2024-06-07 unidentified male Unknown St. Augustine, Florida [1]
2024-06-07 Steven Nelson (39) Unknown Hiram, Maine [2]
2024-06-06 Gabriel Gelpi Rodriguez (33) Hispanic Miami-Dade County, Florida [3]
2024-06-06 Tyquarius Armstrong (21) Unknown Baton Rouge, Louisiana When DEA Task Force and EBR sheriff’s deputies were conducting a search warrant, Armstrong opened fired on the deputies in the bedroom. One of the deputies was seriously injured. The deputies then returned fire, fatally striking Armstrong.[4]
2024-06-06 unidentified male Unknown Casper, Wyoming A man was shot and killed by Casper police while trying to gain control of an officer’s firearm during an arrest.[5]
2024-06-05 Craig McGrath (37) Unknown Brentwood, Pennsylvania An Allegheny County police attempted to pull over McGrath, who was driving a stolen Nissan Rogue, but McGrath sped away. Minutes later, McGrath was spotted by Brentwood Police, commencing a vehicle pursuit. Eventually, the chase ended on a residential street. When McGrath attempted to flee, a fight reportedly broke out between McGrath and a Brentwood police officer. During the fight, the officer shot McGrath multiple times. McGrath was later pronounced dead at a hospital. McGrath was allegedly armed with a firearm.[6]
2024-06-05 Arnold Azamar (51) Unknown Dover, Delaware [7]
2024-06-05 Jamme Mitchell (39) Black Jacksonville, North Carolina [8]
2024-06-04 unidentified female Unknown Coloma, Michigan [9]
2024-06-04 Robby Jay Hernandez (19) Hispanic San Antonio, Texas Hernandez was fatally shot by San Antonio police officer Officer Anthony Lane inside an apartment unit after Lane allegedly witnessed Hernandez pointing a firearm at his girlfriend inside the unit.[10]
2024-06-04 Jason Lee McDuffy (44) Unknown Montgomery County, Virginia Officers found a pickup truck which was stolen the previous day. When they pulled the truck over, McDuffy refused to exit and a pursuit ensued. McDuffy was shot and killed when he showed a gun after the pursuit.[11]
2024-06-04 Preston Banks (27) Unknown Flowood, Mississippi Flowood police officers were given a description of a suspicious man. When Officers found Banks, a foot chase ensued. Banks was then shot and killed after pointing a gun at them.[12]
2024-06-04 Elvin Dean Land (67) Black Jasper, Texas When officers were serving a warrant, Land fired shots at them. One of them was struck and they returned fire, killing him.[13]
2024-06-03 Roy Chadwick (48) Unknown Lubbock, Texas Chadwick was fatally shot after charging a knife at the police.[14][15]
2024-06-03 Tyler May (21) Unknown Anchorage, Alaska Police shot and killed May after responding to a report of shots fired.[16]
2024-06-02 Joshua Main (27) Unknown Phoenix, Arizona According to the police, they were told that a man with a gun was attempting to rob someone of their motorcycle. Officers located the man on the motorcycle, then the man raised his gun and was shot and killed.[17]
2024-06-02 Nicholas Daniel Austin Papala (25) Unknown Spartanburg County, South Carolina After a crash on I-85, Papalar ran into a nearby wooden area. When four Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies encountered Papalar, he reportedly reached for an object in his waistband. The four Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies then fatally shot Papala.[18]
2024-06-02 Ryan Prudhomme (41) Unknown Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua Police arrived at a Lowe’s store after police in Pelham, New Hampshire told them that Prudhomme was armed and had left his residence. Nashua Police encountered Prudhomme and two officer fired non-lethal weapons at Prudhomme, while a third shot Prudhomme in the chest. Prudhomme died from his gunshot wound.[19][20]
2024-06-01 Lataurus Harrison (44) Unknown Anderson, Indiana When deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant, they encountered Harrison inside a car in the driveway. The deputies gave him several commands to show his hands but he refused to comply. Then one of the deputies shot him. A firearm was recovered from the scene.[21]

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This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[edit]

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  1. ^ "St. Johns County deputies gun down man after he rammed patrol vehicle on US-1". NEWS 4 JAX. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Man shot, killed by police during domestic violence investigation in Hiram". WGME. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "'Apartment is filled with blood': Family describes scene of deadly police shooting in Homestead". NBC Miami. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "2 EBR deputies hit by gunfire; suspect dead". WAFB. June 8, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Officer involved shooting leaves one civilian dead in Casper". Wyoming News Now. June 8, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "Police shoot, kill armed man in Brentwood after chase". CBS. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Police Investigating Homicide and Officer-Involved Shooting in Dover Senior Center Parking Lot". wboc. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Jacksonville officer-involved shooting leaves man dead, suspect named". wnct. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "Woman dead in officer involved shooting in Coloma". wsbt. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  10. ^ "Authorities ID man shot, killed by SAPD officer during domestic dispute in Medical Center area". ksat. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "West Virginia man killed in officer involved shooting in Virginia". wvnstv. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "One dead after officer-involved shooting at Flowood apartment. Victim identified". clarionledger. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  13. ^ "DPS: Man fired at officers before being fatally shot by Jasper officers". 12newsnow. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Officer-involved shooting leaves one dead in Lubbock Monday night". everythinglubbock. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "New details after deadly officer-involved shooting in Lubbock". everythinglubbock. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "Anchorage police identify the man fatally shot by officers on Monday as a 21-year-old". everythinglubbock. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  17. ^ "Man dead after police shooting in Phoenix; no officers injured". AZFamily. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  18. ^ "One dead in officer involved shooting after single car wreck in Spartanburg County". WYFF4. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  19. ^ "Authorities investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in Nashua, NH". WHDH. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  20. ^ "Authorities identify man killed in police-involved shooting outside Lowe's in New Hampshire". Yahoo. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  21. ^ "ISP investigating deadly OIS in Anderson". fox59. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
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