List of People Killed by the Fairfax County Police Department

This is a list of people killed by officers of the Fairfax County Police Department.

Name Date Notes
Clarence A. Satterwhite January 30, 1963 Satterwhite had absconded following his parole from Alcatraz prison in December 1962, and was suspected of leading a gang responsible for a number of robberies. Confronted in bed at a boarding house at 6509 Washington Drive in Baileys Crossroads, Satterwhite was shot in the head by Detective John F. Briggman while holding a pistol concealed beneath his bedsheet. Satterwhite was taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he died about an hour later.[1]
Buddy M. Fultz July 27, 1967
Felix K. Rorls August 22, 1974
Robert A. Byers October 29, 1976
Thomas E. Hardy February 18, 1977
Harrison Snell June 11, 1977
Michael L. Owen August 1, 1977
James H. English June 4, 1978
John Jackson December 29, 1978
Stanley W. Hughes February 12, 1979
Robert W. Staudaher July 24, 1980 Shot by Sergeant Daniel Grimes when he emerged firing a .30 caliber carbine from a second floor bedroom after a six hour barricade situation in the family home at 7401 Range Road in Mount Vernon.[2]
William B. Gates August 5, 1981 Wanted for the murder of 36-year-old Lawrence Bryant in Colonial Beach, Virginia, Gates was shot by officers Michael Douglas Scott, Stephen Hardgrove, and Richard Shaffer, who confronted Gates as he left the Loyal Order of Moose lodge at 7701 Beulah Street in Alexandria, where his wife worked as a bartender. Refusing the officers' commands, Gates instead reached for a .44 magnum revolver in his belt and was fatally shot.[3][4]
Mark T. Brumsted October 10, 1986
Jose Carlos Rodriguez November 16, 1987
Maria Teresa De la Cruz October 25, 1988
Frederick D. Hayes December 3, 1988 Shot by officer Gary J. Allen when Hayes wrestled Allen's nightstick away from him and began beating him with it following a traffic stop on Route 1 at Russell Road in Alexandria.[5]
Gloria Richardson August 8, 1993
Jesus B. Arreaga October 24, 1993 Shot by officer Frank Stecco in the stairwell of the Meadow Woods Apartments in Alexandria when Arreaga reached for a knife in his belt.[6]
Tariq M. Khan October 17, 1996 Shot by Officer Troy S. Payne, Jr. after robbing the Riggs Bank in Tysons Corner Center.[7][8]
Merachew L. Fitigu July 27, 1999
Ji Young Yoo September 7, 2000 Shot once in the chest at his home at 5223 Stonington Drive in the Kings Park West neighborhood of Fairfax after being pepper-sprayed and refusing to drop the splitting maul he had been using to break up furniture in the house. Yoo was flown to the Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he died.[9][10]
Salvatore J. Culosi January 24, 2006
Michael W. Kennedy May 8, 2006
Edward R. Agurs, Jr. December 13, 2006
Randall L. Rollins May 23, 2007
Edward G. Connor October 31, 2007
Brent U. Shorter January 11, 2008
David M. Przewlocki July 5, 2008
Hailu Brook December 10, 2008
Vincent R. Jones April 13, 2009
David A. Masters November 13, 2009
Joseph A. Croft April 22, 2011
Ricardo Leon July 21, 2011 Shot by multiple officers when he confronted them with a shotgun in the garage of his townhouse at 6165 Kendra Way in Centreville and refused orders to drop the weapon.[11][12]
Gray A. Combs, Jr. May 20, 2012
Nicholas A. Kaelber July 8, 2012
John B. Geer August 29, 2013
James Bryant October 30, 2013
Mohammad Azim Doudzai January 16, 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Death Stalked Satterwhite 12 Days." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 3. Feb 01 1963. ProQuest. Web. 23 July 2016 .
  2. ↑ Bruske, Ed. "Mount Vernon Man, 19, Slain After Threatening His Family." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 25 1980. ProQuest. Web. 8 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Latimer, Leah, and Denis Collins "Fairfax Police Shoot, Kill Murder Suspect in Franconia." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Aug 06 1981. ProQuest. Web. 5 Aug. 2014 .
  4. ↑ "3 Officers on Leave After Va. Shooting." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Aug 07 1981. ProQuest. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.
  5. ↑ "Man Fatally Shot by Fairfax Officer Faced Md. Charges." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Dec 05 1988. ProQuest. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
  6. ↑ Stencel, Mark. "Man Shot by Fairfax Officer Dies After Surgery." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 26 1993. ProQuest. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
  7. ↑ Fountain, John W. "Bank Robber Killed at Tysons Corner; Officer Wounded in Shootout that Shocked Shoppers, Mall Workers." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Oct 18 1996. ProQuest. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tysons Robber Identified." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Oct 19 1996. ProQuest. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
  9. ↑ Jackman, Tom. "Fairfax Police Kill Man Carrying Splitting Maul; Officers Responded to Domestic Call." The Washington Post: 0. Sep 08 2000. ProQuest. Web. 7 Sep. 2014.
  10. ↑ Pricer, Andrea. "Burke Man Dies in Police Shooting." FairfaxTimes.com. Post-Newsweek Media, Inc./FairfaxTimes.com, 13 Sept. 2000. Web. 7 Sep. 2014.
  11. ↑ Stachyra Lopez, Mary. "Police Shoot, Kill Armed Man on Kendra Way." Centreville Patch. Patch.com, 21 July 2011. Web. 14 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Noble, Andrea. "Man Fatally Shot by Fairfax Police Was DoD Security Officer." Washington Times. The Washington Times, 22 July 2011. Web. 14 July 2014.