US Fatal Police Shootings (2015–2024)

10,430 fatal police shootings in the United States tracked by The Washington Post, including race, armed status, state, and body camera data.
# id
date
threat_type
flee_status
armed_with
city
county
state
latitude
longitude
location_precision
name
age
gender
race
race_source
was_mental_illness_related
body_camera
agency_ids
1 3 2015-01-02 point not gun Shelton Mason WA 47.246826 -123.121592 not_available Tim Elliot 53 male A not_available True False 73
2 4 2015-01-02 point not gun Aloha Washington OR 45.4874214 -122.8916961 not_available Lewis Lee Lembke 47 male W not_available False False 70
3 5 2015-01-03 move not unarmed Wichita Sedgwick KS 37.694766 -97.280554 not_available John Paul Quintero 23 male H not_available False False 238
4 8 2015-01-04 point not replica San Francisco San Francisco CA 37.76291 -122.422001 not_available Matthew Hoffman 32 male W not_available True False 196
5 9 2015-01-04 point not other Evans Weld CO 40.383937 -104.692261 not_available Michael Rodriguez 39 male H not_available False False 473
6 11 2015-01-04 attack not gun Guthrie Logan OK 35.876991 -97.423454 not_available Kenneth Joe Brown 18 male W not_available False False 101
7 13 2015-01-05 shoot car gun Chandler Maricopa AZ 33.327887 -111.840959 not_available Kenneth Arnold Buck 22 male H not_available False False 195
8 15 2015-01-06 point not gun Assaria Saline KS 38.703755 -97.563904 not_available Brock Nichols 35 male W not_available False False 490
9 16 2015-01-06 accident not unarmed Burlington Des Moines IA 40.80925 -91.118875 not_available Autumn Steele 34 female W not_available False True 287
10 17 2015-01-06 point not replica Knoxville Allegheny PA 40.412936 -79.991408 not_available Leslie Sapp III 47 male B not_available False False 26254
11 19 2015-01-06 attack not knife Stockton San Joaquin CA 37.929798 -121.298909 not_available Patrick Wetter 25 male W not_available False False 168
12 21 2015-01-07 point not gun Freeport Brazoria TX 28.954889 -95.368801 not_available Ron Sneed 31 male B not_available False False 246
13 22 2015-01-07 threat not knife Columbus Franklin OH 39.99874 -82.885407 not_available Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed 41 male B not_available True False 90
14 25 2015-01-07 point car gun Des Moines Polk IA 41.581526 -93.608994 not_available Nicholas Ryan Brickman 30 male W not_available False False 115
15 27 2015-01-07 shoot foot gun New Orleans Orleans LA 30.021509 -90.012433 not_available Omarr Julian Maximillian Jackson 37 male B not_available False True 145
16 29 2015-01-08 undetermined not Huntley Yellowstone MT 45.85939 -108.315018 not_available Loren Simpson 28 male W not_available False False 254
17 32 2015-01-08 attack not blunt_object Salt Lake City Salt Lake UT 40.771699 -111.871568 not_available James Dudley Barker 42 male W not_available False True 250
18 36 2015-01-08 attack not unarmed Strong Union AR 33.111333 -92.358981 not_available Artago Damon Howard 36 male B not_available False False 249
19 37 2015-01-08 shoot not gun Syracuse Davis UT 41.083187 -112.083141 not_available Thomas Hamby 49 male W not_available False True 491;492
20 38 2015-01-09 shoot not gun England Lonoke AR 34.542149 -91.965797 not_available Jimmy Foreman 71 male W not_available False False 289
21 325 2015-01-09 point not gun El Paso El Paso TX 31.857692 -106.438816 not_available Andy Martinez 33 male H not_available False False 110
22 42 2015-01-11 point not gun Arcola Douglas IL 39.691905 -88.30361 not_available Tommy Smith 39 male W not_available True False 290
23 43 2015-01-11 point not gun South Gate Los Angeles CA 33.950769 -118.18265 not_available Brian Barbosa 23 male H not_available False False 494
24 45 2015-01-11 point foot gun North Las Vegas Clark NV 36.185136 -115.116317 not_available Salvador Figueroa 29 male H not_available False False 493
25 46 2015-01-13 shoot foot gun Albuquerque Bernalillo NM 35.094656 -106.586248 not_available John Edward O'Keefe 34 male W not_available False True 508
26 48 2015-01-13 threat not knife Jourdanton Atascosa TX 28.911926 -98.542476 not_available Richard McClendon 43 male W not_available True False 292
27 49 2015-01-14 attack not St. Paul Ramsey MN 44.957673 -93.094123 not_available Marcus Golden 24 male B not_available False False 63
28 50 2015-01-14 attack not Franklin County Franklin MO 38.31704 -90.794297 not_available Michael Goebel 29 male W not_available False False 278
29 51 2015-01-14 shoot not gun Chesapeake Chesapeake City VA 36.782704 -76.347536 not_available Mario Jordan 34 male B not_available True False 1237
30 52 2015-01-14 attack not knife Old Bridge Middlesex NJ 40.405205 -74.301213 not_available Talbot Schroeder 75 male W not_available False False 293
31 54 2015-01-14 point not gun Lake Jackson Brazoria TX 29.031478 -95.427894 not_available Robert Edwards 68 male W not_available False False 227
32 55 2015-01-14 attack not knife Draper Salt Lake UT 40.539832 -111.88737 not_available Jeffrey R. Nielson 34 male W not_available False True 228;229
33 56 2015-01-15 shoot foot gun Indianapolis Marion IN 39.826282 -85.99107 not_available Donte Sowell 27 male B not_available False False 77
34 57 2015-01-15 point not gun Aurora Arapahoe CO 39.725675 -104.772395 not_available Kavonda Earl Payton 39 male B not_available False False 21
35 60 2015-01-15 point not gun Bloomington Hennepin MN 44.825491 -93.357998 not_available Quincy Reed Reindl 24 male W not_available True False 139
36 63 2015-01-15 threat not knife Fairfield Solano CA 38.265646 -121.997297 not_available Jose Ceja 36 male H not_available True False 114
37 64 2015-01-15 point not gun Evangeline Parish Evangeline LA 30.748486 -92.440665 not_available Nathan Massey 33 male W not_available False False 509
38 67 2015-01-16 shoot car gun Mabank Van Zandt TX 32.407111 -96.068594 not_available Scott Hall 41 male W not_available False False 119
39 68 2015-01-16 threat not knife Fremont Alameda CA 37.588029 -122.05951 not_available Zaki Shinwary 48 male O not_available False False 120
40 74 2015-01-17 point foot gun Muskogee Muskogee OK 35.766225 -95.394405 not_available Terence Walker 21 male B not_available False True 125
41 75 2015-01-17 point not gun Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 34.038256 -118.232686 not_available Pablo Meza 24 male H not_available False False 38
42 78 2015-01-17 attack not knife Fort Worth Tarrant TX 32.810519 -97.333804 not_available Daniel Brumley 27 male H not_available False False 116
43 80 2015-01-18 point not gun Maricopa Pinal AZ 33.084657 -112.041995 not_available Jonathan Guillory 32 male W not_available True False 127
44 83 2015-01-18 point not gun Gunlock Magoffin KY 37.565241 -82.920878 not_available Carter Castle 67 male W not_available True False 130
45 84 2015-01-19 attack not knife Weymouth Norfolk MA 42.256717 -70.931608 not_available Paul Campbell 49 male W not_available False False 108
46 85 2015-01-20 threat car Scottsdale Maricopa AZ 33.509395 -111.908609 not_available Dewayne Carr 42 male B not_available False False 510
47 86 2015-01-21 shoot not gun Hemet Riverside CA 33.741702 -116.958179 not_available Todd Allen Hodge 36 male W not_available False False 267
48 88 2015-01-21 shoot foot gun Chapeno Starr TX 26.558696 -99.123302 not_available Miguel Angel de Santos-Rodriguez 36 male H not_available False False 2195
49 90 2015-01-21 point not gun St. Louis St. Louis City MO 38.664913 -90.250128 not_available Isaac Holmes 19 male B not_available False False 134
50 98 2015-01-21 shoot not gun Derry Rockingham NH 42.908098 -71.336722 not_available Andrew Toto 54 male W not_available True False 133
51 99 2015-01-22 point car replica Sierra Blanca Hudspeth TX 31.080258 -105.028485 not_available Tiano Meton 25 male B not_available False False 2195
52 100 2015-01-22 threat not knife Longview Gregg TX 32.495318 -94.746459 not_available Kristiana Coignard 17 female W not_available True False 111
53 101 2015-01-23 threat not Fort Lauderdale Broward FL 26.149665 -80.212207 not_available Demaris Turner 29 male B not_available False False 148
54 102 2015-01-23 threat not knife Levelland Hockley TX 33.577557 -102.369147 not_available Jose Antonio Espinoza Ruiz 56 male H not_available False False 147
55 336 2015-01-23 point not gun Austin Travis TX 30.167126 -97.788524 not_available Robert Francis Mesch 61 male W not_available True False 141
56 105 2015-01-24 shoot not gun Rexburg Madison ID 43.825778 -111.780411 not_available Daryl Myler 45 male W not_available False False 150
57 107 2015-01-24 threat not knife Baltimore Baltimore City MD 39.284239 -76.647576 not_available Darin Hutchins 26 male B not_available True False 149
58 341 2015-01-24 shoot not gun Fort Worth Tarrant TX 32.67783 -97.380045 not_available Wendell King 40 male W not_available False False 116
59 108 2015-01-25 shoot car gun Pueblo Pueblo CO 38.285393 -104.573574 not_available Orlando Jude Lopez 26 male H not_available False False 151
60 110 2015-01-25 point not gun Winslow Camden NJ 39.749036 -74.928751 not_available William Campbell 59 male False False 52
61 20 2015-01-26 threat not vehicle Denver Denver CO 39.754033 -104.909385 not_available Jessie Hernandez 17 female H not_available False False 106
62 324 2015-01-26 shoot not gun New Hope Hennepin MN 45.035723 -93.385761 not_available Raymond Kmetz 68 male W not_available True False 1953;109
63 352 2015-01-26 flee car unarmed Tahoka Lynn TX 33.16618 -101.666311 not_available Joshua Omar Garcia 24 male H not_available False False 179
64 353 2015-01-26 threat not knife Wasco Kern CA 35.589237 -119.335135 not_available David Garcia 34 male H not_available True False 180
65 111 2015-01-27 attack not knife Omaha Douglas NE 41.242784 -95.990449 not_available Tiffany Terry 39 female W not_available True False 158
66 348 2015-01-27 threat not Phoenix Maricopa AZ 33.494985 -112.112983 not_available Nicolas Leland Tewa 26 male N not_available False False 80
67 349 2015-01-27 shoot not gun Morenci Greenlee AZ 33.053857 -109.32633 not_available Chris Ingram 29 male W not_available False False 174;175
68 350 2015-01-27 shoot not gun Columbus Franklin OH 39.87932 -82.996643 not_available Jermonte Fletcher 33 male B not_available False False 3084
69 345 2015-01-28 shoot not gun Sunset Montague TX 33.470281 -97.827708 not_available Alan Lance Alverson 45 male W not_available False False 166
70 346 2015-01-28 attack not blunt_object Stockton San Joaquin CA 38.02921 -121.315657 not_available Matautu Nuu 35 male A not_available True False 168
71 347 2015-01-28 shoot not gun Rosenberg Fort Bend TX 29.557915 -95.784456 not_available Cody Karasek 26 male W not_available False False 171
72 112 2015-01-29 shoot not gun Wyoming Kent MI 42.89423 -85.659753 not_available Alan James 31 male W not_available True False 512;511
73 342 2015-01-29 move foot unarmed Stillwater Payne OK 36.121177 -97.050127 not_available Ralph Willis 42 male W not_available False False 164
74 113 2015-01-30 point foot gun Billings Yellowstone MT 45.789929 -108.51273 not_available John Barry Marshall 48 male W not_available False False 105
75 338 2015-01-31 point not gun Houston Harris TX 29.86129 -95.720377 not_available Victor Manuel Reyes 31 male H not_available False False 160
76 339 2015-01-31 threat not knife Randallstown Baltimore MD 39.380084 -76.820805 not_available Edward Donnell Bright Sr. 54 male B not_available True False 128
77 114 2015-02-02 flee foot unarmed Hummelstown Dauphin PA 40.273404 -76.712841 not_available David Kassick 59 male W not_available False False 303
78 115 2015-02-02 shoot not gun Apple Valley San Bernardino CA 34.417432 -117.176872 not_available Francis Murphy Rose III 42 male W not_available True False 236
79 528 2015-02-02 shoot not gun Bay City Bay MI 43.598911 -83.872836 not_available Jacob Haglund 17 male W not_available False False 569
80 117 2015-02-03 point foot gun St. Louis St. Louis MO 38.74984 -90.209533 not_available Ledarius D. Williams 23 male B not_available False False 134
81 118 2015-02-03 point car gun Emeryville Alameda CA 37.826664 -122.28415 not_available Yuvette Henderson 38 female B not_available False False 307
82 119 2015-02-03 threat not knife Antioch Contra Costa CA 37.999348 -121.818442 not_available Dewayne Deshawn Ward Jr. 29 male B not_available True False 204
83 120 2015-02-03 point not gun Douglas Coffee GA 31.523448 -82.845223 not_available Anthony Purvis 45 male W not_available True False 305
84 116 2015-02-04 attack not unarmed Tallahassee Leon FL 30.465764 -84.330427 not_available Jeremy Lett 28 male B not_available False False 311
85 123 2015-02-04 point not gun Orlando Orange FL 28.499573 -81.305522 not_available Izzy Colon 37 male H not_available False False 482
86 124 2015-02-04 point car gun Tempe Maricopa AZ 33.378178 -111.978345 not_available Salvador Muna 28 male H not_available False False 247;195;2267;319
87 125 2015-02-04 accident not unarmed Tempe Maricopa AZ 33.378178 -111.978345 not_available Joaquin Hernandez 28 male H not_available False False 247;195;2267;319
88 126 2015-02-04 point car gun Lorena McLennan TX 31.397087 -97.207888 not_available Jimmy Ray Robinson Jr. Jr. 51 male B not_available False False 521
89 127 2015-02-04 threat not knife Memphis Shelby TN 35.164432 -89.932323 not_available Markell Atkins 36 male B not_available False False 1409
90 128 2015-02-05 flee car replica Chino San Bernardino CA 33.953297 -117.650399 not_available Paul Alfred Eugene Johnson 59 male W not_available False False 315
91 129 2015-02-06 shoot not gun Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 35.404233 -97.515092 not_available Herbert Hill 25 male B not_available False False 23
92 532 2015-02-07 point not replica Calimesa Riverside CA 33.993874 -117.057442 not_available John Sawyer 26 male W not_available False False 267
93 554 2015-02-07 point not gun Gastonia Gaston NC 35.265999 -81.227419 not_available James Allen 74 male B not_available False False 317
94 131 2015-02-08 shoot car gun Anchorage Anchorage AK 61.207695 -149.858767 not_available John Martin Whittaker 33 male W not_available False False 208
95 132 2015-02-08 shoot not gun Austin Travis TX 30.243993 -97.89063 not_available Sawyer Flache 27 male W not_available False False 141
96 133 2015-02-08 shoot not gun New City Rockland NY 41.152031 -74.00091 not_available Vincent Cordaro 57 male W not_available True False 325
97 134 2015-02-08 shoot not gun Orange County Orange FL 28.482014 -81.329358 not_available Joseph Paffen 46 male W not_available False False 326
98 135 2015-02-08 point not gun Nocona Montague TX 33.787111 -97.712082 not_available Larry Hostetter 41 male W not_available False False 328
99 136 2015-02-09 point not gun Smyrna Aroostook ME 46.159452 -68.103745 not_available Kenneth Kreyssig 61 male W not_available True False 513;514
100 137 2015-02-09 shoot not gun Dallas Dallas TX 32.655099 -96.750514 not_available Desmond Luster 45 male B not_available False False 330

US Fatal Police Shootings (2015–2024) — Analysis

Fatal police shootings rose 18% over a decade — from 995 in 2015 to 1,175 in 2024

Black Americans account for 24% of those fatally shot despite comprising ~13% of the US population

Key Findings

  • Fatal police shootings have risen steadily from 995 in 2015 to 1,175 in 2024, with no year-over-year decline since 2016
  • 58% of victims were armed with a gun or knife; 5.4% (565 people) were unarmed
  • California leads all states with 1,405 fatal shootings — nearly 40% more than second-place Texas (1,010)
  • Body camera usage jumped from 5% in 2015 to 27% in 2024, yet the shooting rate has continued climbing
  • 20% of fatal shootings involved a person experiencing a mental health crisis

Visualizations

Body Camera Usage Over Time
What Victims Were Armed With
Fatal Shootings by Race
Top 10 States by Fatal Shootings

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