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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in 2004, 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 26 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.

2004

Date Name (age) of deceased State (city) Description
12-24-2004 Miller, Rodney Allen (45) Minnesota (Beauford) Shot by State patrolman while unarmed. Officer stated vehicle was in motion and shooting deemed justified.[1]
2004‑12‑28 Madonna, Michael Idaho (Hayden) Shot after shooting a policeman. Officers were questioning Madonna about an earlier hit-and-run accident when he fled into his house and retrieved a gun.[2]
2004-12-23 Herrera, Juan California (Buena Park) Herrera and another person were pulled over for a traffic violation. Herrera then drove away from the officers as they were going towards the driver's-side window, initiating a vehicle pursuit. After his Oldsmobile was blocked by a patrol car, Buena Park police officer, Ron Furtado, ran up to the driver's-side window and ordered Herrera to put his hands up. Furtado then shot Herrera in the head as he was allegedly leaning over the seat to grab a weapon.[3]
2004-11-24 O'Connor, Brian (42) Ilion, New York Ilion and Herkimer police were attempting to execute warrants for weapon possession. O'Connor opened fire on the police, and was shot to death in the ensuing shootout.[4]
2004-11-22 Feliciano, Jose (44) New York (Brooklyn) Shot when he didn't drop the metal casing of a light fixture he was holding.[5]
2004-11-11 Crawford, Dennis Michigan (Detroit) Crawford was unarmed and was killed by Laron York and Barron Townsend. According to reports "York shot him four times, once in the back, once in the head, and twice in the leg." The mother of Crawford's son claims that Crawford was shot 15 times in an online report.[6] In addition, the federal lawsuit was settled with the Crawford family for an undisclosed amount.[6]
2004-11-09 Bell, Michael E. (21) Wisconsin (Kenosha) Bell was tased four times and then shot in the head by officer Albert Gonzalez after a traffic stop. Four officers were involved. Gonzalez killed Bell after officer Erich Strausbaugh called out "He's got my gun!", referring to Bell, but his gun was actually caught on a car's side mirror. Bell was unarmed. The incident occurred in Bell's driveway while his mother and sister watched. Bell's family received a $1.75 million settlement in a civil suit in March 2010, and used the money to raise awareness about the case. Officer Strausbaugh killed himself in October 2010.[7] As of May 2013, the state of Wisconsin has filed no charges against the officers involved.[8]
2004-11-01 Walters, James Alan (40) California (Bakersfield) Walters was shot by Kern County Sheriffs deputies after a standoff outside his home.[9]
2004-10-21 Snelgrove, Victoria (21) Massachusetts (Boston) Shooting of Victoria Snelgrove: Following Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, in which the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, police officer used crowd-control projectiles on a crowd. One projectile accidentally hit Snelgrove, who was not a part of the crowd, in the eye.
2004-10-09 Badovinac, David Michael Colorado (Colorado Springs) Shot after shooting at police.[10]
2004-10-09 Chavis, Gregory (19) New York (Bronx) While leaving a movie theater Chavis and his friends got into a verbal altercation with another group, and Chavis was shot by an unknown person. He was left bleeding on the sidewalk. His family and a witness contended that NYPD deliberately delayed medical attention for half an hour, with Lincoln Hospital only a block away, and caused Chavis's death. In a wrongful death proceeding the state's defense included the assertion that "Chavis had no constitutional right to medical treatment".
2004-09-27 Mota, Boangeres (37) New York (Manhattan) Shot and killed after pulling out a derringer pistol.[11]
2004-08-30 Moody, Rashawn (18) New York (Brooklyn) Officers in an unmarked car were parked at a car wash when a robbery unfolded. The officers were allegedly shot at. They then returned 26 rounds. At least five rounds struck and killed Moody. Three suspects were taken into custody.[12]
2004-07-07 Moulton, Thomas (41) Maine (Westbrook) [13]
2004-07 LaRue, James Colorado (Colorado Springs) Shot after pointing gun at police and using officer's Taser on two officers.[10]
2004-06-20 Huerta, Juan (47) New York (Manhattan) Shot and killed in the subway system after robbing a 66-year-old man. No weapon was recovered from Huerta's body.[14]
2004-06-04 Kissel, Dennis (60) Connecticut (Seymour) Kissel, an Oxford-based optometrist, made an appointment at another optometrist's office under a fake name. When he met the other optometrist, Kissel shot him with a revolver. After the victim and his assistant wrestled the gun away from Kissel, they shut him in an exam room. When officers arrived, Kissel lunged at them holding a screwdriver, and officers fatally shot him.[15]
2004-04-14 Bochat, Donald (31) California (Farmersville) Wanted for shooting and wounding a California Highway Patrol Officer on April 10, Bochat was found in a Farmersville residence but he fled in a vehicle. Officers shot at the vehicle, disabling it. When he emerged from the vehicle, rifle in hand, he was shot and killed by officers.[16]
2004-03-28 Perez, James Jahar Akbar Oregon (Portland) Perez was pulled over for failure to signal a turn.[17]: 1669  After some kind of altercation (witnesses say he did not even take off his seatbelt, and he was unarmed), officer Jason Sery fired three rounds into his vehicle.[18] A grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of the officer.[19]
2004-03-10 Smalls, Leroy (41) New York (Manhattan) Shot to death in a housing project by two plainclothes detectives.[20]
2004-02-20 Jackson, Herman Georgia (Sylvester) Died from broken larynx suffered as a police officer wrapped his arm around Jackson's neck to subdue him during an arrest.[21]
2004-02-17 Cardenas, Rodolfo (43) California (San Jose) Cardenas was shot and killed by California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agent Michael Walker in downtown San Jose. Walker mistook Cardenas for a wanted fugitive, and shot him during a foot chase. Cardenas engaged in a car chase with Walker before the foot chase, and Walker claimed Cardenas had a weapon on him and was pulling it out before he shot him. Walker was charged with voluntary manslaughter but was found not guilty.[22] In 2006, Cardenas' family received $1 million from a federal civil rights lawsuit.[23]
2004-02-08 Alba, Wilson (31) New York (Brooklyn) Shot & killed by off-duty Customs Service inspector Martin Carrington.[24]
2004-01-13 Chaney, Terry James Georgia (Lilburn) Shot after shooting at deputies. Officers were responding to a report of a home invasion where two people were killed. Officers chased the suspect into the woods where he shot at them.[25][26]
2004-01-09 Duncan, Joshua (27) California (Bakersfield) Two Bakersfield police officers were investigating a report of attempted burglary in a mobile home park. The officers said they fired their weapons when the suspect drove a car toward them. The passenger in the car was wounded by police gunfire.[27]
2004-01-04 Stansbury, Timothy New York Timothy Stansbury

See also

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References

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  24. ^ Polgreen, Lydia (February 9, 2004). "Customs Agent Shoots Man on Brooklyn Street". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2023 – via NYTimes.com.
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  27. ^ "Joshua Duncan – 2005". Fatal Encounters. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
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