Topic · Washington Post data
Officer-involved shootings
Definition
An officer-involved shooting is the discharge of a firearm — accidental or intentional — by a police officer, whether on- or off-duty.
Since 2015, The Washington Post has maintained a database of every fatal officer-involved shooting in the United States. Search the raw records below, or filter by state to see the breakdown by race and ethnicity.
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Data from The Washington Post's fatal police shootings database, which records every fatal shooting by an on-duty officer since 2015.
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