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Washington Post: Police Fatally Shot 1,021 People in 2020, Highest in Years

HeadlineAug 02, 2021

The Washington Post reports police in the United States shot dead more than 1,000 people in 2020 — the highest number since the Post began an effort to track police shootings in 2015. About one in five of the fatal shootings occurred after police were called to investigate reports of domestic violence or another type of domestic disturbance. Over the past six years, the Post has documented more than 6,400 fatal police shootings, an average of almost three per day.

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