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Table of Officers whose deaths were used by the Violence Policy Center Report "Officer Down, Assault Weapons and the War on Law Enforcement," 2003. Return to: Briefs. 1/26/2004, rev. 11/16/2007 |
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Date |
State |
Manufacturer |
Model |
Caliber |
Victim Officer |
# Shots |
Killer Disqualified from Gun Possession |
Killer(s) |
Comment |
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1/1/98 |
AK |
Colt |
AR-15 convtd |
7.62mm |
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? |
Killer was suicidal, under influence of a drugs & alcohol |
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1/12/98 |
GA |
Iver Johnson |
M1 Carbine |
.30 |
10 |
N; Killer had no previous criminal record |
Killer behaved irrationally in traffic stop prior to shooting; & here. |
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1/27/98 |
OR |
Norinco |
SKS |
7.62mm |
Y; had extensive record in Las Vegas & prior felony |
Steven Douglas Dons |
Drug grower; illegal search |
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1/19/98 |
NY |
Unknown |
MAC-11 |
9mm |
3 |
Y; prior invol. manslaughter plea reduced from murder |
UC drug buy; no vest; killer paroled out of prison 9 days; 1 of 2 |
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4/25/98 |
CA |
AR15 home blt |
M151A |
.223 |
40 |
Y; commitment, prior violence, 2 strikes |
Marvin Patrick Sullivan |
Home made firearm |
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5/6/98 |
MS |
Colt |
AR-15 |
.223 |
6 |
N; Killer had girlfriend problems; arrested 3 times |
Clinton Byrd |
Killer reported to be a security guard |
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5/6/98 |
MS |
Colt |
AR-15 |
.223 |
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in prior year; had mental problems known to police |
Clinton Byrd |
Had threatened in public to shoot himself |
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5/13/98 |
MI |
DPMS, Inc. |
AR-15 |
.223 |
28 |
John Clark |
Clark threatened Officer Finch & others; had plastic explosive |
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5/19/98 |
FL |
Unknown |
SKS |
7.62mm |
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Y;was habitual felon |
Kills child & two Tampa LEOs (Randy Bell and Ricky Childers) to escape from custody; then kills with SKS ; child’s mother lies |
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5/29/98 |
CO |
Unknown |
SKS |
7.62mm |
80 |
Y; McVean was fugitive with prior fraud charges |
Alan Lamont Pilon, Jason McVean, Robert Mason |
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7/7/98 |
TX |
Unknown |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
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Y; drugs & mental problems |
Ernest Moore |
Stolen Police firearm; law suit |
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7/7/98 |
TX |
Unknown |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
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Y; drugs & mental problems |
Ernest Moore |
Stolen Police firearm; law suit |
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11/10/98 |
MO |
Unknown |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
200 |
N; Lattin charged with assault; was narcotics addict |
William E. Lattin Jr. |
3 others injured; arrested recently for assault and carrying a cw |
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11/27/98 |
CA |
Ruger |
Mini-14 |
.223 |
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Y; prior 2nd degree murder (FBI LEOKA) |
Oscar Zatarain |
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12/11/98 |
IN |
Norinco |
SKS |
7.62mm |
1 |
? |
Frankie Allen Salyers |
Killer was a withdrawn schizophrenic; had drug problem. |
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1/10/99 |
CA |
Ferunion/ Hungarian Arms |
SA85 |
7.62mm |
Y; convictions as a juvenile |
Chad Rhodes |
too young (19) to own regulated firearm |
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4/3/99 |
IN |
Norinco |
SKS |
7.62mm |
30 |
N; no serious prior offenses |
Mark L. Lichtenberger |
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4/8/99 |
NJ |
Intratec |
TEC-9 |
9mm |
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Y; robbery and drug charges; gun sold in 1993 in Ga. |
Condell Woodson |
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4/16/99 |
AZ |
Unknown |
AK-47(SKS) |
7.62mm |
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Y; all prior felons |
Sergio Martinez, Leroy Campbell, Arthur Lucero |
ties to prison gang known as the Mexican Mafia |
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6/12/99 |
CA |
Norinco |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
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N; Paranoid ; history of mental illness |
Maurice Gerald Steksal |
arrests for DUI, drug possession & prior assault on LEO |
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9/24/99 |
OK |
Colt |
AR-15 H-BAR |
.223 |
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N; Barrett may be innocent (1st trial was stalemated) |
Kenneth Eugene Barrett |
No knock warrent |
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10/2/99 |
TX |
Norinco |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
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Jose Gil Ramos |
gun stolen from nearby home; killer was drunk over girlfriend |
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10/12/99 |
TX |
Norinco |
MAK 90(SKS) |
7.62mm |
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Y; assault charge day before |
Jeremiah Engleton |
Started with domestic fight Engleton mad wife let cow out |
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10/12/99 |
TX |
Norinco |
MAK 90(SKS) |
7.62mm |
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Jeremiah Engleton |
Kenneth Vodochodsky aided Engleton; was sentenced to death |
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10/12/99 |
TX |
Norinco |
MAK 90(SKS) |
7.62mm |
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Jeremiah Engleton |
V. bailed E. out of jail, planned attack, and bought ammo |
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1/27/00 |
NC |
Maadi |
ARM (Shotgun) |
7.62mm |
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Christopher Lee Cooper |
1st used 12-gauge shotgun then rifle (FBI 2000 LEO KA, p50) |
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3/17/00 |
GA |
Ruger |
AR-15 |
.223 |
24 |
Y; armed robbery, incite riot.; NRA points to other crimes |
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin |
AKA H. Rap Brown: 'Violence is as American as cherry pie'; more |
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4/29/00 |
CA |
Colt |
CAR-15 |
.223 |
28 |
Y; Adolfo Ramon Bojorquez & Miguel Angel Camacho |
Ramon Sandoval |
One cop & 1 civilian wounded; gang to shoot rival gang member |
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8/3/00 |
TX |
Ruger |
Mini-14 |
.223 |
N; previously threatened state trooper with rifle |
Melvin Edison Hale |
Walked up to trooper and fired once |
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8/28/00 |
GA |
Intratec |
TEC-9 |
9mm |
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Y; prior felony |
Jason Bryant |
Had extensive prior record; was on probation; several robberies |
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10/19/00 |
MD |
Unknown |
M1 Carbine |
.30 |
John W. Stem (7/6/77) |
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Y; (Shot prior to Brady); killer was due to appear in court on several drug charges |
Albert S. Fessenden |
Killer was high on PCP ; killer also used 3 shotguns and two .30-06 military rifles (Evening Sun, 7/7/77, page C1) |
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3/29/01 |
TX |
Unknown |
M11 (M10) |
9mm |
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?; history of spousal abuse |
Frank Martinez Garcia |
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4/4/01 |
MI |
Unknown |
SKS (AK-47) |
7.62mm |
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Y; felonious assault plea instead of attempted murder |
Lamont T. Smith |
Smith was drug dealer; record of violence; (3 LEOs shot 36 hrs) |
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4/27/01 |
TX |
Norinco |
SKS (AK-47) |
7.62mm |
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Charles Anderson |
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7/6/01 |
FL |
SWD, Inc. |
MAC-11 |
9mm |
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Nester Luis DeJesus |
MAC-11 ordinary 9mm semiauto. |
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7/6/01 |
UT |
Norinco |
SKS |
7.62mm |
5 |
Y; felon was on probation; fighting with wife who did not bring back enough methamphetamine from drug buy |
Lee Roy Wood |
Michael Nelson Swett got 10 years for giving gun to Wood |
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8/31/01 |
CA |
Unknown |
AR-15 |
.223 |
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Y; prior felonies including weapons convictions; on parole at time of shootings. |
James Allen Beck |
Beck was former police officer; bad ATF raid and this; officers shooting into wrong houses and here. See article for shots fired. |
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9/6/01 |
TN |
Maadi |
MAK 90 |
7.62mm |
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Y; history of violence and mental illness |
Marlon Duane Kiser |
Bragged about killing; |
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9/17/01 |
IN |
Unknown |
AK-47 |
7.62mm |
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Y; Allen Dumperth, a felon, got Joshua Meadows to make straw purchase of 2 AK-47s |
Michael P. Shannon; Allen Dumperth |
Joshua Meadows got 40 years for straw purchase of 2 AK-47s |
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11/13/01 |
KY |
Underwood |
M1 Carbine |
.30 |
11 |
N; 75 year old man with no prior trouble with the law |
Phillip Todd Walker |
Got one gun from under bed, was told not to touch, then got the |
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11/13/01 |
KY |
Underwood |
M1 Carbine |
.30 |
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N; same 75 year old killer |
Phillip Todd Walker |
carbine out and started shooting; was high on drugs |
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