Say Their Names - DC
The people murdered by police forces in DC must be remembered.
We know this list is far from complete. If you would like us to honor and add your loved one, please email info@sptdc.com.
Murdered by the DC Metropolitan Police Department
Kevin Hargraves-Shird — age 31, shot and killed by an MPD officer while trying to run away, July 2022
Lazarus David Wilson — age 23, shot and killed by an off-duty MPD officer, July 2022
Erica Graham — age 42, shot and killed by an MPD officer while experiencing a mental health crisis, April 2022
DeAndre Johnson — age 30, shot and killed by an MPD officer, October 2021
George Watson — age 34, killed by MPD while experiencing a mental health crisis. MPD claimed he was armed with what turned out to be an airsoft rifle, September 2021
An’Twan Gilmore — age 27, shot and killed by DC police after being surrounded by MPD as he slept in his car, August 2021
Vedo Hall — age 26, killed during a standoff with MPD while experiencing a mental health crisis, May 2021
Terrance Parker — age 36, shot and killed by MPD, April 2021
Karon Hylton-Brown — age 20, chased and killed by MPD, October 2020
Deon Kay — age 18, shot and killed by MPD, August 2020
Devonne Harris — July 2020
Jamaal Byrd — age 33, died in custody October 2019
Eric Carter — June 2019
D’Quan Young — age 24, shot by an off-duty MPD officer, May 2018
Marqueese Alston — age 22, shot by MPD, June 2018
Jeffrey Price — age 22, chased and run down by MPD, June 2018
Isabelle Duval — May 2017
Timothy Williams — February 2017
Gerald Hall — December 2016
Terrence Sterling — age 31, chased and shot by MPD, September 2016
Sherman Evans — June 2016
Ralphael Briscoe — age 18, chased and shot by MPD, April 26, 2011
Murdered by the numerous other police forces in DC
Dalaneo Martin — age 17, shot in the back and killed by a US Park Police officer, March 2023
Alaunte Scott — age 22, shot and killed by deputy US marshals, February 2023
Lamiko Wheeler — age 19, shot and killed by Secret Service officers, April 2022
Noah Green — age 25, shot and killed by Capitol Police, April 2021
Alonzo Smith — age 27, choked, assaulted and killed by Special Police, Marbury Plaza, November 2015
Miriam Carey — age 34, shot and killed by Secret Service and Capitol Police, October 2013
Trey Joyner — age 25, shot and killed by US Park Police, June 2009
Murdered by other police forces in the DC/DMV region
Timothy McCree Johnson — age 37, chased and shot to death by Fairfax County police over suspected theft of a pair of sunglasses, February 2023
Dominique Williams and James Lionel Johnson — age 32 and 38, shot and killed by an off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer, April 2021
Anthony Louis — age 35, chased, tased, and killed by U.S. Park Police and Alexandria Police, April 2021
Danny Washington — age 36, chased nine miles into DC by Prince George’s County police causing a crash that killed him, December 2019
Bijan Ghaisar — age 25, chased down and shot by U.S. Park Police while sitting in his car, November 2017
Korryn Gaines — age 23, killed by Baltimore County Police Department for a traffic ticket, August 2016
Natasha Mckenna — age 37, tasered to death in jail by Fairfax County deputies, February 2015
Freddie Gray — age 25, died after being beaten and given a ‘rough ride’ by Baltimore police, April 2015
India Kager and Angelo Perry, gunned down by Virginia Beach police as they sat in their car with their 4-month old, September 2015
Amir Brooks — age 17, chased and run down by MPD, August 2014
Kevin Cooper — age 14, shot by Baltimore police, August 2006
Gary Hopkins Jr — age 19, gunned down by a Prince George’s County police officer who he was scheduled to testify against, November 1999
Archie Elliot III— age 24, shot 14 times and killed while handcuffed in the back of a Prince George’s County Police car, June 1993