Fatal Force by Police So far 56 and Last Year 998}} What is it Wrong with This Shooting Picture in a Modern Republic?
Fatal Force
56
people have been shot and killed by police in 2019
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Updated Jan. 28 at 6:28 p.m.
(56 people shot and killed by police)
Jimmy Atchison, a 21-year-old black man, was shot on Jan. 22, 2019, in an apartment building in Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia Male Black 18 to 29 No/unknown mental illness Weapon unknown No body cam recording Fleeing by foot
Sources: ajc • WSB Radio
Horacio Ruiz-Rodriguez, a 37-year-old Hispanic man, was shot on Jan. 21, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Nevada Male Hispanic 30 to 44 No/unknown mental illness Weapon unknown No body cam recording Fleeing by car
Sources: KTNV • Las Vegas Review-Journal
1 of 56
998
people were fatally shot by police in 2018
As of a week ago, there have been 37 fewer shootings this year than at the same time last year.
Fatal police shootings by year:
2018
998
2019
56
Where the 2019 shootings took place
Each marks the location of a deadly shooting.
Shootings per million people
01.71
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HI
AL
AR
AZ
CA
CO
CT
DE
FL
GA
IA
ID
IL
IN
KS
KY
LA
MA
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MS
MT
NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NM
NV
NY
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VA
VT
WA
WI
WV
WY
AK
There are 7 shootings with unverified locations that are not shown on the map.
The Post's reporting on fatal police shootings
About this story
The Washington Post's database contains records of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since Jan. 1, 2015.
In 2015, The Post began tracking more than a dozen details about each killing — including the race of the deceased, the circumstances of the shooting, whether the person was armed and whether the person was experiencing a mental-health crisis — by culling local news reports, law enforcement websites and social media, and by monitoring independent databases such as Killed by Police and Fatal Encounters. The Post conducted additional reporting in many cases.
The Post is documenting only those shootings in which a police officer, in the line of duty, shoots and kills a civilian — the circumstances that most closely parallel the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., which began the protest movement culminating in Black Lives Matter and an increased focus on police accountability nationwide. The Post is not tracking deaths of people in police custody, fatal shootings by off-duty officers or non-shooting deaths.
The FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention log fatal shootings by police, but officials acknowledge that their data is incomplete. Since 2015, The Post has documented more than twice as many fatal shootings by police as recorded on average annually.
The Post’s database is updated regularly as fatal shootings are reported and as facts emerge about individual cases. The Post seeks to make the database as comprehensive as possible. To provide information about fatal police shootings since Jan. 1, 2015, send us an email at policeshootingsfeedback@washpost.com.
Credits
Research and Reporting: Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins and Steven Rich
Design and development by John Muyskens
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