| Date | nowrap | Name (age) of deceased | Race | State (city) | Description |
|---|
| 2019-12-31 | Malik Williams (23) | Black | Washington (Federal Way) | Officers responded to a noise disturbance and found Williams, who was in a wheelchair, and a female arguing in a car. The female exited the vehicle. Officers spoke with her and Williams. According to police, Williams made a "quick move" in the car, which resulted in gunfire. Two of seven officers on the scene were struck, but survived. Williams was killed. The Valley Independent Investigations Team alleged that Williams had initiated the gun fight.[1] Police recovered a black 9mm handgun from the car. They also recovered eighty-four shell casings from the scene, although it is unclear how many are from police weapons.[2] |
| 2019-12-31 | Eric M. Tellez (28) | White | Arizona (Globe) | [3] |
| 2019-12-31 | Terry Hudson (57) | Black | Nebraska (Omaha) | [4] |
| 2019-12-14 | Donald Young (33) | | Ohio (Bellevue) | Police attempted to arrest Young for a warrant. Police tased, restrained, and handcuffed Young, who died. His death was ruled a homicide.[5] |
| 2019-12-14 | Alejandro Betancourt-Mendoza (18) | Hispanic | Washington (Pasco) | Officers were investigating a crime when a suspect stabbed them. The suspect was shot and killed by officers.[6] |
| 2019-12-12 | Anthony Tovar (43) | White | Washington (Renton) | Police responded to a report of an armed man. Officers thought they saw the suspect with a shotgun and fired when shot at him, resulting in the suspect dropping the shotgun and fleeing. Police said he refused to follow commands to stop, then brandished a knife while approaching officers. The officer fired again, hitting the suspect, who later died at Harborview hospital.[7] |
| 2019-12-10 | David Anderson (47) | Black | New Jersey (Jersey City) | 2019 Jersey City shooting[8] |
| Francine Graham (50) | Black |
| 2019-12-05 | Lamar Alexander (41) | Black | Florida (Miramar) | 2019 Miramar shootout |
| Jerome Hill (41) | Black |
| Frank Ordonez (27) | Hispanic |
| Richard Cutshaw (70) | White |
| 2019-12-04 | John Elliott Neville (56) | | North Carolina (Winston-Salem) | Video shows that five detention officers at the Forsyth County Jail restrained a man while he said "I can't breathe" multiple times and apparently suffered a seizure.[9] |
| 2019-12-03 | Cameron Lamb (26) | | Missouri (Kansas City) | An officer responding to a nearby traffic accident noticed a red truck chasing another car. The police helicopter saw the truck split from the other vehicle and pull up to a house, which was later discovered to be Lamb's residence. Shortly thereafter, two detectives, Troy Schwalm and Eric DeValkenaere, approached the home from opposite directions. DeValkenaere shot Lamb after claiming to see him point a gun at Det. Schwalm, killing him while he was backing into his garage.[10] [11] On June 18, 2020, Detective DeValkenaere was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. |
| 2019-12-03 | Miguel Russo (31) | Black | Syracuse, NY | [12] [13] |
| 2019-12-03 | Thomas Cole Thompson (58) | White | Ada, OK | [14] |
| 2019-12-02 | Dai Phuoc Nguyen (38) | Asian | El Monte, CA | [15] |
| 2019-12-02 | Neil Lyle Chiago (18) | Native American | Mesa, AZ | [16] |
| 2019-12-02 | Jerric Harris (21) | Black | Daytona Beach, FL | [17] [18] [19] |
| 2019-12-02 | Michael Lorenzo Dean (28) | Black | Temple, TX | [20] [21] [22] |
| 2019-12-01 | Steven Kerr (25) | White | Plant City, FL | [23] |
| 2019-12-01 | Anthony Rosso (68) | White | Secaucus, NJ | [24] |
| 2019-12-01 | Jimmie Phillips (68) | Black | Morrow, GA | [25] |
| 2019-12-01 | Yemerson Melendez (16) | Hispanic | Fort Pierce, FL | [26] |
| 2019-12-01 | Donald J. Eversen (60) | White | Concord, CA | [27] |
| 2019-12-01 | Jordan Oliver (20) | White | Warrior Run, PA | [28] | |
