X

Find a shooting

There were 772 cases of police shootings between 2009 and 2014. Use the filters below to find cases that match a certain set of criteria.

Read more on how we defined these filters

Or start with these randomly selected cases:

WHY COPS SHOOT

Search all cases

Dec. 4, 2009 — Pensacola

Derrick Cox, 39, called in a false report, hoping police would locate his ex-girlfriend by claiming that she had threatened him with a knife.

Police were pulling up to his apartment when they saw him leaving. They followed and pulled him over around 9:20 p.m. Officer Shawn Thompson was at the driver's window asking to see his driver's license when Cox tried to pull away.

Thompson was dragged several feet as he clung to Cox. Cox then reversed, narrowly missing Officer Erik Goss, who fired at his tires. Cox then accelerated toward Thompson, who also fired, hitting him three times in the arm. Read more

2 ways this case compares to others

  1. Officer Thompson was involved in one other shooting from 2009 to 2014. Eighty-five officers were involved in more than one shooting during that time period.
  2. Cox and 94 other people who police shot reportedly drove at an officer.

More cases

2009. PORT CHARLOTTE — Reserve Deputy Ed Jaques and Deputy Abimael Renta responded to Kande Lafferty's 911 call about her husband, who had found her revolver and threatened to kill himself and... 1 injured
2011. LANTANA — William Dabbs pulled up next to the car of Lawrence Modena, his employer, in a parking lot near the Home Depot on SW Eighth Street. He shot Modena in the torso and... 1 injured
2013. DANIA BEACH — Brian Henderson, 49, walked into a Chase Bank just before... 1 injured