64case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 64 police shooting cases. By legal status, 9 marked unsolved, 7 marked ongoing, 47 marked solved and 1 marked overturned. Deaths at the hands of police, as investigated and reported.
Credit: Presumably Sonya MasseyEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenWoodside Township, near Springfield, Illinois · 2024
On July 6, 2024, Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson fatally shot Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed Black woman, inside her Woodside Township, Illinois home after she called 911 about a possible prowler. Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in October 2025 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Credit: Ethan RobertsonCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenBrooklyn Center, Minnesota · 2021
On April 11, 2021, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop, after Potter said she mistakenly fired her handgun instead of her Taser. Potter was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison.
SOLVEDListenAkron, Ohio · 2022
Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Akron, Ohio resident, was fatally shot by police on June 27, 2022, after a car chase and brief foot pursuit in which eight officers fired approximately 90 rounds, striking him at least 46 times. A grand jury declined to charge any officers, and the city later settled with his family for $4.85 million.
Fulton neighborhood alley, Minneapolis, Minnesota · 2017
Justine Damond, a 40-year-old Australian-American woman, was fatally shot by Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor in July 2017 after she called 911 to report a possible assault near her home. Noor was later convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter; the murder conviction was later overturned on appeal, and he was resentenced to a shorter term.
SOLVEDListenI-95 exit ramp at PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · 2015
Corey Jones, a 31-year-old drummer and housing authority employee, was fatally shot by an off-duty-dressed plainclothes police officer while waiting for roadside assistance near his disabled car in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in October 2015. Officer Nouman Raja was later convicted of manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Image recordCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenSouth Side Flats, South Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas · 2018
On September 6, 2018, off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger entered the wrong apartment and fatally shot 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean, who was unarmed in his own home. Guyger was convicted of murder in October 2019 and sentenced to 10 years; the conviction was upheld on appeal, and in 2024 a civil jury awarded Jean's family $98.65 million.
SOLVEDListenLa Quinta Inn & Suites, Mesa, Arizona · 2016
On January 18, 2016, Mesa, Arizona police officer Philip Brailsford fatally shot unarmed Daniel Shaver in a hotel hallway; a jury acquitted Brailsford of murder and manslaughter in 2017, and the city later settled civil suits with Shaver's family for millions of dollars.
Credit: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United StatesCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenFort Worth, Texas · 2019
Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot by Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean through her bedroom window during a welfare/open-structure check in the early morning of October 12, 2019. Dean was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison.
Florence, Los Angeles, California · 2014
Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed by two LAPD officers in Florence, Los Angeles on August 11, 2014. A city oversight review later found one officer had acted within policy while the other had violated Ford's civil rights, but no criminal charges were filed against either officer.
Fruitvale BART Station, Oakland, California · 2009
Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle at Oakland's Fruitvale Station in the early hours of January 1, 2009. Mehserle was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years.
The files run from 1937 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 29 files. The oldest is 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, from 1937.
They are spread across 16 countries; the most are in United States (40), India (6) and Brazil (3). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (24), mass shooting cases (2) and hate crime cases (2).
9 files of the 64 have coverage attached: 10 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 4 creators. The most covered is Murder of Sonya Massey, with 2 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, Crime Weekly and Emma Kenny have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Sonya Massey — Credit: Presumably Sonya MasseyEditorial useSource
Fire at the Portland Police Association building on April 13th, 2021 — Credit: Ethan RobertsonCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Officer Mohamed Noor Verdict - Hennepin County Government Center (40779726913) — Credit: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesCC BY 2.0Source
Justice For Adam Toledo sign at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota — Credit: Lorie ShaullCC BY-SA 2.0Source
An Atatiana "Tay" Jefferson sign at the George Floyd Memorial at East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota (51012397231) — Credit: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United StatesCC BY-SA 2.0Source
File:Cerro Maravilla Incident Memorial Stone.JPG — Credit: Ratzer1CC BY-SA 3.0Source
IWD2015 Alleycat Washington DC USA 52532 (16756889631) — Credit: Ted EytanCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Louis Heaton Pink Houses, East New York — where Akai Gurley was shot in a stairwellCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Amadou Diallo, the victimEditorial useSource
Nathan Heidelberg, the Midland police officer killedEditorial useSource
Rekia Boyd, the victimEditorial useSourceThe South Side Flats apartments, Dallas, TX, where Botham Jean was killedCC BY-SA 4.0Source
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
64. By status: 9 unsolved, 7 ongoing, 47 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1937 Memorial Day Massacre, from 1937. Open the file
Murder of Sonya Massey, with 2 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (7 cases), Crime Weekly (1 case) and Emma Kenny (1 case), among 4 creators in all.
United States (40), India (6) and Brazil (3).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
