The study, prepared by the Department of Interior at the request of the Comuns party, analyzes the police reports case by case. Of the 32 registered deaths, 15 occurred in contexts where a firearm was used. This figure includes the six terrorists shot down during the 2017 attacks in La Rambla de Barcelona and Cambrils, as well as the man who assaulted a police station in Cornellà in 2018.
The Interior report indicates that all victims were men, aged between 17 and 61. Of the 32 deceased, 19 were Spanish nationals and 13 were foreign. Furthermore, 19 of the victims were involved in situations of psychotic episodes, drug consumption, or pre-existing health problems that led to cardiorespiratory arrest.
Of the 32 deaths in police actions since 2004, 15 were due to the use of firearms and 17 in other types of episodes, often related to mental health issues or drug use.
Among the firearm incidents, the death of a 34-year-old man in Santa Coloma de Gramenet in 2004 due to an accidental shot during a struggle is included. The report also details the case of a man with mental health issues who died in Olot (Girona) in 2012, and a fugitive who was shot down in Ripoll (Girona) in 2013 after ramming and shooting at officers.
More recently, in 2023, a driver of a stolen vehicle died in Vandellòs after an officer fired to prevent being run over, a case that was dismissed by the court. The most recent case is from July 2025 in Calldetenes, where the GEI (Special Intervention Group) shot down a barricaded man who had killed his brother.
Regarding non-firearm deaths, the report includes cases of people who suffered a heart attack after being restrained, including the use of a Taser gun. Notable among these is the reduction of Juan Andrés Benítez in Raval in 2013, where six officers were convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
