Title: Police shootings database 2015-2021 - Washington Post
Headings: 985
people have been shot and killed by police in the past year

985 people have been shot and killed by police in the past year
Rate of shootings remains steady
Black Americans are killed at a much higher rate than White Americans
Most victims are young, male
Shootings happen across the country
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Content: Victims by age
Victims by gender
Shootings happen across the country
Police shootings have taken place in every state and have occurred more frequently in cities where populations are concentrated. States with the highest rates of shootings are New Mexico, Alaska and Oklahoma. Each circle on the map below marks the location of a deadly shooting. Shootings per million people
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This database contains records of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since Jan. 1, 2015. It is updated regularly as fatal shootings are reported and as facts emerge about individual cases. Note: When filtering by weapon, victims armed with multiple weapons will appear in multiple categories. of
The Post's reporting on fatal police shootings
Months after a fatal police shooting, a young officer turns his gun on himself Dec. 19, 2018 Fatal police shootings of unarmed people have significantly declined, experts say May 7, 2018 Nationwide, police shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in 2017 Jan. 6, 2018 In two years, police killed 86 people brandishing guns that look real — but aren’t Dec. 18, 2016 In fatal shootings by police, 1 in 5 officers’ names go undisclosed April 1, 2016
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The Washington Post's database contains records of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since Jan. 1, 2015. In 2015, The Post began tracking more than a dozen details about each killing — including the race of the deceased, the circumstances of the shooting, whether the person was armed and whether the person was experiencing a mental-health crisis — by culling local news reports, law enforcement websites and social media, and by monitoring independent databases such as Killed by Police and Fatal Encounters.