2012 Drug War Killings

A female Memphis police officer was killed in a raid on a marijuana dealer, and a Dallas man died in an altercation with police investigating a report of drug activity. They are the 63rd and 64th to be killed in the US domestic drug war so far this year.

An armed apparent marijuana dealer was shot and killed by Georgia police after he refused to put down his gun. That's drug war death #62 so far this year.

A US Coast Guard petty officer was killed trying to intercept a Mexican smuggling craft just off the Southern California coast Sunday. He becomes the 61st person to die in US drug law enforcement operations so far this year.

An undercover heroin bust gone bad in Cincinnati has left one young man dead, one wounded, and one on the run.

We log three more drug war deaths, from Arizona, Georgia, and New Mexico.

A young woman reportedly struggling with heroin addiction was shot and killed by undercover police under murky circumstances in West Valley, Utah, Friday afternoon. Her friends and family have questions.

In an incident that is raising questions about Texas use of force policies, a state trooper in a helicopter fired on a fleeing vehicle suspected of carrying drugs Thursday. It was not carrying drugs, but undocumented immigrants, two of whom were shot and killed.

A 31-year-old Louisville woman was killed when her car was hit during a high-speed pursuit in a drug investigation, and a St. Paul man was shot and killed by police as he tried to evade arrest with his vehicle.

A 60-year-old Georgia homeowner is dead after allegedly pointing a canister of pepper spray at police doing a drug raid at his home.

A Louisiana man fleeing a drug bust crashed and died. He becomes the 50th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.