Darren Mayfield, a DeKalb County sheriff's deputy assigned to the domestic violence unit, killed his father-in-law and shot two other relatives. He later shot and killed himself.

Officer Elias E. Mendiola shot Derrick E. Tate during a drug investigation. The shooting occurred after Task Force 6 agents set up a purchase of an ounce of crack cocaine outside a Pontiac service station. Officers converged to make an arrest at about 11 p.m., but Tate allegedly reversed the car, striking an officer in the leg. Mendiola then shot Tate, who died four days later from his injuries.

Kyle Dillon allegedly walked up to officer Jason Bardstadt's parked patrol car, held a knife to Bardstadt's neck, and demanded his gun. Bargstadt drew his gun, and Dillon reportedly grabbed it. Police said a struggle ensued during which three shots were fired; two hit Dillon, killing him. According to police, Dillon had a felony conviction related to a 1997 incident where he'd threatened an O'Neill officer. A grand jury decided that Bargstadt's actions were justified.

A 28-year -old Navy man, Willie Robinson, was wanted for the fatal shooting of a woman when he killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police chase, police said.

State troopers and county deputies had tracked Woodall in a Ford Escort he'd stolen from a pizza delivery employee. Stopped by Gastonia police, two juveniles bailed out of the vehicle and Woodall took off. Chased on the interstate, with flat tires, at last Woodall turned to confront police with his weapon and was fatally shot. His weapon was two screwdrivers taped together.

Deputy Thomas C. Land stopped Thomas Allen Figg on suspicion of drunken driving just before midnight, a few hundred feet from the Figg family's Atlee home. After attempting to do sobriety tests, Figg ran into the woods, and Land followed him. There was a fight, and Land shot and killed Figg.

State police were called to assist the Gloucester County Sheriff's Department at a home after a couple's 15-year-old daughter called and said Allen Smith forced his way into the residence. The girl was shot in the thigh as she fled the home, police said. After numerous attempts to communicate and negotiate with the man, police entered the home and found Allen and Nancy Smith dead.

Deputies shot and killed Sonny Daniel Diaz when he allegedly pointed a handgun at officers responding to a home invasion robbery call in Moreno Valley.

An Army veteran and West Chester University student, Forbes was returning home at 5 a.m. from his security guard job, in uniform, when he was stopped on City Line Avenue on the Philadelphia border. Police officer John Salkowski shot Forbes in the heart. He claims Forbes threatened him with a carved walking stick, even though the 140-pound victim was surrounded by at least five armed cops.

Jean was the suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store where he shot the immigrant clerk in the neck, a father of four, killing him. Jean was pulled over by deputies in a van a few days later. He rushed the cruiser and fired several shots. The deputy, ducking, slammed his head into his computer and got off two blind shots. One of them struck Jean. He died in an apartment complex parking lot, revolver in hand.

Parag Deshpande got into a dispute with two men at a video store, pulled a gun, then apologized. He shot and killed himself when police pulled him over.

Wanted for murder, and described as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, Compton was trapped by FBI agents at a downmarket Phoenix motel. With the cooperation of the motel manager, agents flushed Compton out. He was fatally shot as he went for a weapon. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

Longtime fugitive Robert H. Golding reportedly killed himself after a routine traffic stop next to a rented Ford Taurus carrying over $3.7 million in drug money. Police said that Justin DeBusk was driving the Taurus when an officer stopped him for making an illegal turn. According to police, Golding stuck a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger after the officer told him and DeBusk to get out of the car. A search of the car reportedly turned up $3,737,296 in bricks of cash; an additional $6 million was found in a storage locker in Colorado.

A Richmond deputy sheriff, Steven Taylor, apparently shot and killed himself after Henrico County police were called to his apartment to investigate a domestic dispute involving the deputy and his girlfriend.

A mentally ill Queens man who had slashed his mother in their apartment was fatally shot by a cop after allegedly lunging at the officer with a 15-inch knife yesterday, police said. Alan Zelencic, 28, was hit twice in the torso but kept advancing on the cop and his partner as they retreated into the hallway of the Long Island City building, police said. Afterward, Zelencic slammed the door, locked it and remained holed up inside for about 50 minutes until cops determined it was safe to go inside. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead. A police spokesman said the victim's sister, Lisa, called 911 at about 12:20 a.

Two Atlanta police officers began pursuing Mitchell after observing him selling drugs in southwest Atlanta. Mitchell first fled on a bike, then ended up jumped over a fence before turning a pointing a weapon at the officers, prompting them to fire and hit him twice. A 10-month investigation into the shooting found the officers were justified.

Officers tried to talk Bennett out of the house he shared with his mother and grandmother. When Bennett emerged, Herrick said, he fired a shotgun at officers, and they returned fire, killing him.

Hedges ate almost an ounce of cocaine before police shot him in the stomach. He died.

Police had trailed Streeter, a suspect in a string of bar robberies, to the bar. Officers watched him put on a ski mask, pull out a gun and enter the bar, police said. Witnesses in the bar said Streeter fired a shot, ordered the 10 patrons and the bartender to the floor, then robbed them. Streeter ran out of the bar with a bag of money in one hand and the gun in the other. When ordered to stop and drop the gun, he fired at an undercover officer. Officers Robert Coffman and Richard Ey fired back, killing Streeter.

According to police, Bryan J. Doyle and Debra L. Dando took part in a robbery spree across four communities. An officer saw the pair inside their truck in their driveway and confronted them. Dando reportedly got out of the truck and ran. Doyle allegedly pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the officer, who shot him seven times, killing him. Dando was caught about a half mile away a short time later.

A stolen van in which he was riding crashed after a chase by Jersey City police officers. "It appeared that Officer Corso had trouble forcing the boy to the ground to handcuff him. Mr. Theem ling said an autopsy found that the gun was directly against the boy's head when it was fired," according to the New York Times.

Young was an off-duty, out-of-uniform black officer at a 24-hour restaurant when a conflict broke out in the parking lot. Two white uniformed officers already on the scene immediately responded. Young produced his own handgun and positioned himself to assist. Stories differ about if, and how well, he identified himself. The other officers told him to drop his weapon, Young did not, and he was shot to death.

Police said two tribal police officers and a federal Bureau of Indian Affairs officer went to Jones' home to investigate an arson. As they were getting out of their vehicles, Jones came running toward them with an aluminum baseball bat in one hand and a knife in the other. He hit the BIA officer in the right thigh with the bat. He then threw snow in one tribal officer's eyes and lunged at him with the knife. The three officers drew their handguns and ordered Jones to drop the knife, but he continued his advance, and one officer shot and killed him.

Police shot and killed Christopher George Heimbigner after two separate shootouts within the span of one hour.

Hardy held a 63-year-old woman hostage at knifepoint for more than six hours. According to police he smoked crack through the ordeal, and had held other hostage in another incident only a few days previously. He was killed when SWAT members stormed the location, shooting 22 rounds at him, with the hostage untouched.

Local officers attempted a traffic stop with Lewis, recognizing him from prior vehicular incidents from November. Lewis rammed numerous cars and threatened pedestrians during a prolonged high-speed chase, notable also for police (contrary to policy) speeding the wrong way down I-95 and also striking vehicles. Lewis came to a stop on surface streets, pulled a gun on officers, and was shot to death.

Bank robbery suspect Jonathon Miller sustained 14 separate gunshot wounds when he resisted a raid on his motel room. At first still conscious and combative he died soon afterward. Suspect John Mell Camacho was also shot and killed nearby as he resisted arrest. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Officers were looking for suspects who had robbed and shot a woman. While on foot, an officer saw the vehicle driven by Fregoso speeding toward him. He fired several shots at the vehicle, killing Fregoso.

An "FBI-led fugitive-hunting team" of 30 to 40 officers found Thompson, wanted for first-degree murder and other charges, holed up in a house. Neighbors heard about 15 shots. Officials did not disclose whether Thompson was armed or why deadly force was necessary.

Sonserra Holloway was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent working on a joint undercover narcotics operation with the San Diego Police Department 30 miles from the border.

Officer Craig Klein was sitting in a house in the 1600 block of Lansing St. about 5: 30 p.m. when he saw what he thought was a man selling drugs. Klein chased the man into an alleyway, where a scuffle began, police said. The officer and the suspect wrestled in a half-foot of snow for several minutes, and the man pinned the officer to the ground and said, "Don't make me use my stuff." Fearing for his life, Klein fired once, killing Ralph Chambers.

John Charles O'Banion, 23, dies after he bails out of a stolen car and confronts Las Vegas police officers with a gun near Washington Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard. Two officers strike O'Banion with a dozen bullets.

Olsen was shot five times in the chest by the two officers after he refused repeated orders to put down a knife he'd held to his wife, Jackie, 39.

Police arrived to arrest Duckett for charges related to sexual abuse of children. He committed suicide during a standoff.

Three officers shot William Anthony "Moses" Miller seven times after he allegedly charged at them with a three-foot tree branch.

Sgt. Richard Moreno shot and killed a drunken man who attacked him with a knife after he spotted the man urinating near a utility pole.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: An officer was working routine security duty outside the Sports Arena holding a music concert. He went into the arena to use the restroom, and when he came out he saw Figueroa firing a handgun. Three people near a concession stand were wounded. The officer identified himself as police and shot at gunman. Figueroa pointed gun at officer, who shot again, killing him.

Tinsley was shot and killed by Sgt. Alex Spears, who was responding to reports of an armed robbery at a convenience store.

DeAndre Jackson reportedly committed suicide after a police marksman tried to shoot out the tires of a U-Haul rental truck Jackson was driving during a police chase that ended when Jackson crashed into the porch of a vacant house. According to police, Jackson was a murder suspect wanted in two Chicago homicides. At the end of the pursuit, Jackson allegedly rammed two police cars that tried to block his way before apparently shooting himself.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Jason Phillip Rodriguez died after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jennifer Elizabeth Lowe was shot and killed by her live-in boyfriend, INS special agent Thomas Schnaible, who then killed himself.

The estranged wife of Perez called police: he was armed and in her front yard, angry, locked out, with her and their 7-year-old child inside. He began shooting. Police arrived and Perez shot at them too. He was fatally shot in return.

An officer shot Jovan Young when he allegedly pointed a pistol at police during a chase after a robbery. Young was struck once in the leg; the bullet hit an artery, and he bled to death.

Police went to Bruce Gilbert's house to arrest him on a domestic violence complaint. He fought with police, despite being sprayed with pepper spray then attacked police with a shovel and was shot and killed.

An off-duty officer shot and killed an unidentified man who'd allegedly fired shots at a woman. Before he died, the man reportedly was able to steal a car with a child inside. He was found dead a short distance from the stopped car.

Officer Charles D. Hubbard shot Arthur G. Dobbins in the head when he allegedly tried to take another officer's gun during a traffic stop. Witnesses disputed the police account. According to an autopsy, Dobbins was high on PCP and drunk at the time of the shooting. Pagedale Police reportedly did not learn until after the shooting that Hubbard had been involved in two questionable shootings while employed as a St. Louis police officer. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to charge Hubbard, prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said. In 2001, the Kinloch Police Department hired Hubbard, which led to public outcry.

Gary Yount, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he evaded police at a restaurant drive-through window and fled into the woods near the 3300 block of S Eastern. Before the pursuit, officers approached Yount to question him about a shooting. Yount pointed a gun through the window of his vehicle, startling an officer. The officer fell and accidentally fired one shot, which struck the car.

Cooper reportedly shot and killed himself while behind the wheel of a black Camaro following a brief police pursuit that began after he allegedly shot at and waved a handgun at motorists.

According to police reports, a group of plainclothes police officers entered into a building where Ferguson was allegedly selling heroin. Chased by a patrolman, Ferguson initially tried to run before engaging in a struggle with one officer, who during the fight withdrew his weapon and fired into Ferguson's head, killing him. Despite the officer being cleared of any wrongdoing, a jury awarded Ferguson's mother $10.5 million in damages in 2007 stemming from the shooting.

Perkins threatened deputies with a shotgun and refused to relinquish it when he was shot and killed by Deputy Jeff Valentine.

According to HPD, an officer responding to a disturbance saw Santiago reach for what appeared to be a weapon. The officer fatally shot him. Santiago's weapon was a toy gun.

An unnamed driver from Baja California was shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. customs agents at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

Two officers shot and killed Johnny McDonald when he allegedly went for his gun.

Neighbors called 911 to report that a man was screaming and threatening to kill a woman at the Maple Tree Motel & RV, police said. A sheriff's deputy and sergeant arrived at the scene. They entered the room and the man displayed two firearms. He did not drop the guns when ordered and made threatening motions, Reagan said. The deputy fired a shot and both officers fell back out of the apartment. The man then shot himself, with the woman still in the apartment, although at the time of this report it was uncertain whose bullet hit and killed him.

An officer shot Emil M. Bachman when he allegedly came at the officer and a maintenance man with a knife inside Bachman's apartment. Two officers responded to Bachman's residence at 11:02 p.m. after a neighbor reported hearing thumping noises. Bachman, who was reportedly mentally unstable, lunged at an officer with a hunting knife and the officer shot him twice in his midsection, according to police. Bachman died at a hospital.

Gary Beemer allegedly robbed a Pizza Hut with a contraption that was supposed to look like a sawed-off shotgun. He was shot and killed when he raised it toward Officers Robert Vane and Steven Thomas, who shot and killed him. The county State's Attorney's Office cleared county police of any wrongdoing.

Police shot and killed Miguel Rodriguez on a San Bernardino street after he allegedly reached for a pellet gun in his waistband.

Patrick, with a friend outside of the bar after work, was approached by 3 undercover cops who asked if he could help them purchase drugs. A witness claims the men/cops did not identify themselves(until after the situation was over), were overly aggressive, and started a fight with Patrick. NYPD claims the officers did identify themselves (during the scuffle), but Patrick started it, and went for one of their guns. It was at that point the gun went off, fatally wounding Patrick Dorismond.

Sallisaw police responded to a disturbance call. Terri Harnage, 38, told a 911 dispatcher that her husband was trying to kick in their front door, police said. Terri Harnage said her husband eventually got into the house through a window. Wielding a knife, Steve Harnage had chased his wife to the front yard when police arrived. Police told Harnage to drop the knife, but he started walking toward the officers with the knife above his shoulder in a threatening manner and was shot and killed.

Carnegie police officer Russell Williams went to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. He was attacked by the woman's sister. Ybarra charged Williams with a broken shovel with a jagged blade, held in a spearing position. Williams said he feared for his life and shot and killed her.

Williams was shot and killed when he threatened police with knives inside his home. They were called because he was threatening suicide.

Ridenour was shot and killed after shooting a neighbor and then exchanging shots with police. A police dog was also killed

Ty A. Squire reportedly committed suicide after killing Denise A. White and seriously wounding John T. Montgomery at Ervin Cable Construction stealing a car, and leading officers on a chase. Police said Squire was a former employee of the company, who'd been terminated two years earlier. After the shootings, Squire reportedly demanded the car keys to a Buick from a third employee and fled. Police chased Squire for 35 miles before he apparently shot himself in the head after police shredded the car's tires with stop sticks.

Robbery suspect Timothy Hayworth was shot and killed by police after being tracked down in a south Nashville apartment complex. Police say Hayworth was driving a Ford Escort that had been taken at gunpoint in a carjacking the previous evening. Hayworth tried to run over his pursuing officers, and they shot him in self-defense, police said.

A domestic disturbance call with Cornia developed into a three-hour police standoff. Cornia, armed with knives, refused to cooperate with police and was ultimately shot to death. Afterwards it was discovered he was manic-depressive and may have taken too much medication.

Bourne and Fields were among a group of five men, three of whom appeared to wield semi-automatic handguns, who surrounded, threatened and robbed two Hispanics. The two happened to be undercover NYPD narcotics officers taking part in the "Operation Condor" drug crackdown. With weapons pressed against their heads and chests, the two officers opened fire with a barrage of 23 shots. Bourne and Fields were shot to death. The others fled. Their handguns had been toys wrapped in electrical tape.

Howard City police called Montcalm County sheriff's deputies and state police at 1:45 a.m. to help arrest Phillip Preston Williams, who was reportedly wanted for a parole violation, at Kenyon's Kolony in Howard City. Two troopers arrived at the bar and saw Williams get into a car. A short chase ensued until Williams stopped the car after about three blocks. Williams allegedly got out with a shotgun and shot at the troopers, who returned fire. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Clark and her new boyfriend went to Sears and saw (Saulsbury) following them down the road. The victim told her new boyfriend to go inside, because she didn't want him to get in an argument with former boyfriend Saulsbury. Saulsbury walked up to her in the parking lot and, in front of three of their four children —- twins age 6 and a 2-year-old boy —- he shot and killed her with a .357 Magnum revolver.

Off-duty deputy Robert Pronske shot Russell Allen Selander after Selander reportedly broke into a farmhouse near Turlock.

John L. Fowler Jr., 67, hired George Chapman to work on a house. Chapman murdered Fowler, and shot himself in the head after leading police on a slow-speed pursuit through Norfolk, police said.

State troopers responding to O'Bert's trailer park on a domestic disturbance call told him he was being arrested. He was calm. But from that point accounts vary. In the police version he disappeared inside the trailer then motioned as if he had a gun. Witnesses described him as cooperative and plainly unarmed. The state settled a $100K wrongful death suit with the family.

The sheriff's office received a call that a home had been broken into, police said. Deputies determined that Steven M. Shelton was suspected in the break-in, but by the time officers arrived, Shelton was gone. Sgt. Todd Moser was still at the home completing a report on damage and the alleged theft of money when Shelton returned with a friend. Moser went outside where he confronted Shelton, who pulled a knife. There was a scuffle. Shelton was shot once in the chest but managed to get into Moser's vehicle and drag the officer about 50 feet before being fatally shot.

Off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Joseph Kojer shot and killed Andre Craddock when Craddock tried to rob Kojer and his girlfriend outside of an IHOP.

Police were responding to a 911 call from AuBuChon's wife, Heather, who said her husband had been drinking and that they had been fighting. Officers arriving at the scene directed AuBuChon to come out of the house, but he instead turned out the lights. Officers saw two children at a bedroom window and tried unsuccessfully to get them out of the house when AuBuChon came to the window. Officer Chris Kurtzhals yelled for AuBuChon to show his hands, then tried to pull him through the window. AuBuChon pushed Kurtzhals away and pointed a gun at the officers, and they shot and killed him.

Two officers shot and killed Eric Scott Denny after he allegedly threatened them with a pistol during a traffic stop.

A man driving a car that was reported stolen was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. Details about the shooting are unavailable.

David Walker (mentally ill - but not clear whether officers knew that at the time) stole orange juice from a Safeway, firing two shots when confronted by employees. Police surrounded Walker, who was also holding a knife, waving a knife around, or lunging at police officers with a knife (different articles say different things). Officer Tommie Doran shot Walker. Another officer sprayed Walker with tear gas at the same time.

After a chase in a stolen 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, Jesse Smart crashed into a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

State troopers pursued Rodriguez's vehicle after he crashed into a state trooper's vehicle and drove away. Levelland Officers Rick Wooton and Fred Gonzalez joined the troopers in chasing Rodriguez's vehicle. They shot at Rodriguez's vehicle at least 17 times. One bullet struck him in the head, killing him. His body tested positive for alcohol intoxication and the presence of marijuana. The officers were no-billed.

Employees reported that a man was making faces and yelling obscenities at customers. When an officer asked Garness for his identification, he said it was in his car. Garness went to his car and instead of getting his ID unzipped a gun pouch and pulled out a long-barrelled gun, police said. When the officer tried to get him to put down the gun, Garness climbed into the officer's patrol car, which was left with its engine running. To keep Garness from driving away, officers shot out the rear tires of the patrol car. Garness then climbed on top of the car. When he pointed his gun in their direction, three officers shot and killed him.

Robinson offered to show undercover Officers Mark Prendergast and Jimmy Cargill where to buy crack cocaine. According to witnesses, they helped Robinson, who was drunk, into their vehicle. Five minutes later, Prendergast, in the passenger seat, drew his 9mm Glock pistol and fatally shot Robinson, sitting behind the driver. Prendergast said in court that Robinson had threatened Cargill with a knife. Cargill said he did not see it. The only knife on or near Robinson was folded and inside his pocket.

Chong Hwan An, 49, was shot in the head and leg by two officers when he ignored their orders to drop his gun. He was shooting at two young people who had just robbed his beauty salon and were driving away in a Jeep. The officers were eating in a nearby restaurant when they heard the shots and saw An in the parking lot firing at the Jeep.

After attacking his mother and slashing his wrists, the suspect charged police with a Luger pistol that may or may not have been operable (conflicting stories) as well as with a knife. Police fired 25 shots in total.

Muro was intoxicated and apparently carrying a toy gun. Police said he reached for the gun before he was shot and killed.

On April 26, 2000, Adam Boston and Darryl Lloyd Berkley allegedly robbed Jerry Comer's BP gas station. After they left the station, Comer called the police and began following after them at a distance. Boston and Berkley were detained by deputy Barbara Valor several blocks away. The deputy was handcuffing Berkley when he began struggling with Valor. According to Gregg Walker, spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office, Boston was not involved in the struggle with a sheriff's deputy. The deputy's gun went off in the struggle and Jerry Comer, who had come up right before the altercation, shot with his personal weapon as well. Adam Boston was fatally shot. The sheriff's office believes that the bullet from his body came from Jerry Comer's gun.

Gonzalez was shot and killed when he approached an off-duty officer at a restaurant trying to sell him jewelry. Sheriff's Dept. news release stated that Officer Jose Cortez Amaya called 911 before he shot Gonzalez, but that was contradicted by the recording of the 911 call in which he states that he has already shot him. Amaya's actions were ruled improper and he was suspended for two days.

A deputy sheriff in Georgetown County, South Carolina, observed Martin in a place that made her suspect he was planning to dump trash illegally. When she approached to investigate, Martin fled in his truck. A second deputy saw Martin about fifteen minutes later and began pursuing him. This vehicle chase culminated at an intersection where Dishong and another deputy set up a roadblock. The deputies assert that when Martin reached the roadblock, he rammed Dishong's vehicle, backed up, collided with the vehicle again, backed up a second time, and then drove forward toward Dishong's vehicle once more. Martin's wife alleges that Martin collided with Dishong's vehicle accidentally and then tried to turn away from the roadblock. It is undisputed that Dishong fired several shots at Martin during these events, that the other two deputies fired at his tires, and that a shot fired by Doug Dishong caused Martin's death.

Salcido threatened the officers with a metal pipe and a knife and refused to back away, police said.

According to police, patrolmen E.B. Walters and D.G. Pierson tried to stop a Geo Tracker on WV10 in Oceana on suspicion of DUI. The officers called state police and off-duty OPD officers, Christopher Spears and Jeffery Barlow, for assistance when the driver, James Harrison, allegedly refused to stop. Harrison turned onto Huff Creek Hollow and then drove into the woods. Police said they used an all-terrain vehicle to continue the pursuit, though Spears and Barlow were on foot. Around 2 a.m., Spears and Barlow saw Harrison's vehicle in the woods. The officers opened fire when Harrison allegedly attempted to ram them. Passenger Steven Rollins was killed. Harrison was wounded. Barlow and Spears were charged with second degree murder, but Logan Circuit Judge Eric O'Briant signed an order dismissing the charges in August 2001. In January 2002, Barlow was indicted for voluntary manslaughter and unlawful assault. Spears was indicted for accessory before the fact to both charges. Barlow is now listed as the chief of police in Oceana, so presumably he wasn't found guilty.

Zagar, known by the police to be mentally ill, called 911 to say there was a man with a knife on his porch. When Officers Clyde Brandenburger and William Gorman arrived, Zagar pointed a cordless drill battery pack at the ground then placed it under his chin. When he allegedly pointed it at the officers, Brandenburger, who said Zagar's action was "suicide by police', shot him 4 times and Gorman 8. Zagar's family sued. In April 2007 it took a jury 10 minutes to declare the shooting justified. In 1999 Zagar had done the same thing but the police simply persuaded him to drop the object and took him to the hospital.

Officers Steven Rodekohr and Liza Godineaux shot and killed Karen O. Chin when she allegedly ignored their orders to stop stabbing her sister.

Dieterle was attempting to rob a convenience store with a replica gun, and officers shot him to death.

Police had gone to Lewis' apartment after receiving a 911 "hang-up" call. When officers arrived and tried to talk to Lewis, he produced a handgun and opened fire on the officers, police said. During his attempt to escape from police, Lewis broke into an apartment in a neighboring building and confronted the resident at gunpoint. The pursuit returned to the third-floor landing of Lewis' building, where he refused pleas to drop his weapon and fired at officers. The officers returned fire, killing him.

Reserve officer George Carter shot and killed Willie Dunson, the father of his girlfriend's children.

Berry lunged at police with a three-foot sword when he was shot and killed.

Christopher Honrath kidnapped his former girlfriend Sohayla Massachi and murdered her before committing suicide. A Seton Hall University security guard and his supervisor refused to call 911 because the abduction didn't happen on campus grounds, losing precious moments to save the woman. They lost their jobs. Massachi died on May 12.

Off-duty Fontana Cpl. Robert Ratcliffe shot and killed Danny Marinelarena, who allegedly threatened him with a gun in the rural Sunnyslope area near the San Bernardino-Riverside County line.

Long and a friend fired on police who were staking out drug activity. He was shot and killed.

Available details are scarce, but the Portland officer who shot and seriously wounded Lamberson in an incident at Lamberson's trailer received a Medal of Valor for his actions. The victim was subsequently found inside dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Police were responding to domestic violence call when Steven Solberg threatened them with a knife and was shot and killed.

Two officers were called to a home in north Sapulpa. Jason DeLoache was first to arrive where two brothers fighting. Jamie Noe arrived second. DeLoache had checked the house and was leaving when Raymond Lewis Smith Jr. 28, one of the two brothers appeared with a machete. Officer DeLoache apparently tripped and fell on the porch. According to police, Smith was advancing with the machete, threatening DeLoache. Noe, according to reports, ordered Smith to drop the knife. When the man continued to advance, swinging the machete, Noe shot and killed him.

According to police, Jason Staton, robbed the Garden Patch store in Marine City. According to the clerk, Stanton "asked the customer [inside the store] what he did for a living, and after [the customer] said he was a janitor, he gave money to [the customer] and said to buy lunch." Staton then fled on I-94 toward Macomb County. According to police, Stanton stopped under the 23 Mile overpass in Chesterfield Township and shot at passing motorists. Chesterfield officers and Macomb County deputies chased Staton, who left the freeway at North River Road, jumped a curb, bursting his tires. Police said he got out of the car firing two shotguns. Officers returned fire, striking Staton five times and killing him.

Deputies spotted Green in his blue Cadillac. He'd been wanted in connection with an armed robbery earlier in the week. Green fled back to his apartment complex then—according to the police—jumped from the vehicle with gun in hand. A hail of police bullets blew out the Cadillac's back window, struck Green multiple times, and fatally wounded him.

Stewart was manhandled by police and ordered back into a Target store to apologize. He lost consciousness during a struggle in the store security office, was carried off in handcuffs, and died shortly after. Stewart was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Kendall Grant. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

Grant was shot eight times as a burglary suspect although witnesses asserted his appearance and behavior didn't match that narrative. Grant was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Clarence Edward Stewart. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

James Curtis Jones III police responded to a call that a mentally ill man was shooting a gun. He first fled in a car, then got out, made suicidal gestures and then pointed the gun at officers and was shot and killed.

Police were tight-lipped about the exact circumstances of suspect Pingree's death, other than in the overnight hours at a trailer park, he was apprehended then escaped from a patrol vehicle, and was then shot to death when he pointed a rifle at a local police officer.

Jones was followed after he carjacked a car in Lexington County, police said. Deputies, Columbia police and state troopers surrounded the apartment complex. Officers tried to subdue him with nonlethal force in the parking lot of an apartment complex, but he repeatedly lunged at the officers with the knife before he was shot and killed.

Local police were dispatched to Perkins' residence to help transport him to a mental health facility. He resisted, first with a (reported) knife, and then with a baseball bat. He was fatally shot.

An officer shot an unidentified man who allegedly reached for a gun. According to police, the officer noticed the man sitting in the driver's seat of a Dodge Durango at about 7:10 p.m. in a residential area. Police said the car had been reported stolen moments earlier. As the officer approached, he reportedly saw a 9mm handgun in the man's lap. Police said the officer told the man to put his hands up, but the man allegedly reached for the gun so the officer shot him.

Around 4 p.m., federal agents were serving a firearms warrant on Derrick Robinson at his rural residence. He was shot and killed by the agents during an exchange of gunfire on his front porch in an isolated area known as Sally Bull Holler.

According to the Cobb Sheriff's department, an off-duty sheriff's deputy was working security at the Krystal restaurant when he noticed Mendoza and a female engaged in some suspicious activity by a car in the parking lot. The deputy approached the couple and began to question them. When the deputy attempted to pat down Mendoza, he ran away on foot. According to a initial incident report filed by Cobb Police, Mendoza "produced a handgun and attempted to fire at [the deputy], but shot himself instead."

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call from Perry Park's wife Tamara Parks. Perry, allegedly drunk, was yelling and swearing at Tamara in the presence of their two teenage daughters. Tamara's call to 911 dispatch indicated she was afraid things would get physical. When officers Michael Pomeroy and Jeff Gottstein arrived at the house, Perry "had calmed down" and was loading the dishwasher and eating a snack. Gottstein told him they were going to take him, Perry refused claiming he had done nothing wrong and it was his house. Gottstein attempted to grab Perry, Perry lifted his arm to block him, causing Gottstein to fall back. When Gottstein regained his balance he grabbed Parks by the throat and sprayed him several times in the face with Oleoresin Capsicum spray. The two continued to struggle with Perry yelling "I can't see!" as they wrestled on the floor. Gottstein accused Perry of reaching for his gun, and Pomeroy attempted to shoot him twice, but his weapon misfired twice, each time Pomeroy struck the butt of it on the counter in a "malfunction drill." Tamara attempted to block Pomeroy's shot and screamed for him not to shoot, but on the third attempt Pomeroy shot Perry directly through the back of his right shoulder. Perry was still on his hands and knees and died within moments. Total time Pomeroy and Gottrieb were in the house before Perry was shot dead was approximately 3-4 minutes.

Officers shot and killed Cleon Allen when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers when ordered to stop.

On June 12, 2000 at approx.1213 hours, Brian Poppleton pointed a loaded pistol at officers who were in the process of trying to take him into custody for a felony warrant charging him with burglary and grand theft as well as a protection order that hadn't been served concerning Poppleton's pointing a gun at his estranged wife on two occasions. Brian Poppleton was shot by police and died as a result of his wounds.

Officer Kyle Callihan shot and killed Henry Taylor when Taylor allegedly attacked an officer with a metal pipe after several plainclothes officers entered his house looking for a rape suspect (not Taylor).

Recently fired deputy Alfredo Alvarez reportedly took a shotgun from his estranged girlfriend's patrol car and shot himself in the stomach.

Ronald Beasley accepted a ride from Earl Murray, not knowing Murray would first stop for a drug deal at a Jack in the Box restaurant. The deal was a drug sting. When 13 police converged on Murray he panicked, threw his car into reverse, locked bumpers with a DEA SUV, then tried to move forward with his tires spinning. Two officers standing in front of his car unloaded their weapons into it, a total of 21 shots, killing both unarmed men.

Police arrived at Schneider's apartment on June 12, 2000, in response to a 911 call from the building's manager. The manager told the dispatcher that Schneider was playing her music loudly and creating a "little disturbance." Officers arrived and found Schneider distraught, psychotic, and armed with a knife. When she charged at police, officers fired back and killed her. She was 49 years old.

Everett Edward Evans died after being shot in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

An officer shot and killed Pappy Lupe Chapman when he allegedly came at police with a knife. Three officers had responded at about 2:05 a.m. to a report from a neighbor concerning domestic violence at an apartment. The officers found a woman standing in the street, who said Chapman had pushed and choked her before she was able to free herself. The officers went inside and Chapman allegedly picked up two knives from several lying on the floor. According to police, the officers told Chapman to drop the knives and Chapman replied, "Go ahead and shoot me." Chapman came within 3 to 4 feet of the lead officer, who then shot him.

Harper opened fire on police after a traffic stop. He was shot and killed.

Police went to Hines' home to arrest him for not paying court fines. The situation escalated to violence and Hines was shot and killed.

Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies chased a pickup into the southeast side of Albuquerque. Two deputies opened fire after the driver allegedly rammed into a patrol cruiser and tried to run one deputy down.The driver survived his gunshot wounds, but the passenger, later identified as 19-year-old Antonio Munoz, was killed.

Police answering a 911 call discovered Stroud on his porch with a rifle in his lap. Right away Stroud aimed the rifle at officers and was fatally shot by six officers. Two murder victims were found in the house.

Matthew A. Brown allegedly broke into an ex-girlfriend's apartment and briefly held another man hostage before shooting himself when police surrounded the building. Brown died the next day at a hospital.

Police were summoned to an impound lot at a Beebe car repair shop. Beebe policeman Chris Ralston arrested Dayberry on suspicion of public intoxication and criminal trespassing. Ralston handcuffed Dayberry, placed him in the back seat of his patrol car and went inside to talk with the owners of the business. Dayberry managed to get his hands in front of him, climbed into the front seat and began to drive away, police said. As Dayberry started driving, Ralston yelled from him to stop. Dayberry accelerated toward the officer, who shot Dayberry in the forehead, killing him.

Officer Eddie Hernandez conducted a traffic stop on Milo. Milo ran away on foot. Officer Hernandez pursued. Milo turned and drew a .357 Magnum revolver. They shot each other. Officer Hernandez, wearing a ballistic vest, survived. Milo was struck fatally in the chest. Milo had resisted arrest twice in the previous year.His family characterized Conroe Police Department as racist.

Ortiz was wanted on a felony warrant for violating his parole from a previous jail sentence. An officer spotted him at a convenience store. When the officer approached Ortiz, the teen pulled a weapon and grabbed the officer, who reached for his own gun. The boy was shot and killed as the two scuffled, police said.

Police shot Juan Jose Aguilera when he allegedly waved an air pistol at them from inside a wooden outbuilding during a standoff.

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

Investigators were "baffled" by the actions of Cisco, a chef with no previous record of police contact, who jumped out of a car moving at 40 MPH on a major highway. Rolling on the pavement, accumulating some significant injuries, he then attacked two off-duty officers who had stopped to help him. Although unarmed Cisco mounted a severe assault. The officers fatally shot him four times.

Depressed over losing his treasured career, former Hudson County Sheriff's Officer Paul Bourke was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot after an eight-hour standoff with police.

Officer Darren Glanz responded to a domestic abuse when he was confronted by a man brandishing a butcher knife. Glanz shot and killed Bertoldo Lovaton-Anorade when he decided Lovaton posed a danger to his wife, police said.

Albuquerque police Officers Jeff McDonald, Eugene Etheredge and Larry Bitsoih shot Murphy who was waving a butcher knife outside a northeast Albuquerque apartment. Officers first fired nonlethal beanbag rounds, then shot and killed him.

After a robbery and a chase, Ahmed crashed and pulled a gun on deputies. He was shot and killed.

Authorities say Pleaugh exchanged gunfire with Officer Wesley Tipton, hitting Tipton in the lung and leg. Tipton had approached Pleaugh in a grocery store parking lot in a domestic violence dispute. Tipton shot and killed Pleaugh.

Clyde Scott Pruitt was wanted on a murder charge when he shot himself in the head as police officers closed in on him, police said.

In and out of jail and mental hospitals all his life, according to his own sister, Pitts seemed geared up for some kind of finale. He shot and wounded three motorists who tried to come to his aid on the roadside, then shot and wounded a state trooper in a nine-hour overnight shooting spree, before being killed in a firefight with SWAT members.

Deputies shot and killed Taylor Bradley when he allegedly he pulled a Beretta handgun after a slow-speed chase.

Paranoid schizophrenic Robert Brown was threatening Amtrak police with a metal chair when he was shot and killed by Amtrak officer Dennis Kelly.

Officer Jerad Kruse tried to stop George D. Bibins Jr. for a traffic violation at about 12:40 a.m. near 24th and Grand. Bibins, who was allegedly driving a stolen Jeep, fled, and a high-speed chase ensued. Seven minutes later, Kruse shot Bibins, who died at a hospital. Bibins was unarmed. Kruse was charged with manslaughter, but Douglas County Judge Lawrence Barrett dismissed the charge after Douglas County District Judge Mary Likes barred prosecutors from presenting evidence at a preliminary hearing. Kruse retired in 2001, citing PTSD caused by the shooting.

An officer tried to stop Bill DeBeau because the officer had determined that a license plate on the van was stolen. DeBeau drove a block off Michigan, stopped the van and got out. He allegedly sprayed Mace in the officer's face, grabbed a .25-caliber pistol from the vehicle and fired several shots at the officer. The officer returned fire, killing DeBeau.

Fired at off duty officer several times; was shot while aiming gun at officer.

John Dennis Marshall died after being shot in Carson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police found two unnamed men dead inside a shed after standoff during which the pair allegedly exchanged gunfire with officers.

Agents from a Weld County drug task force killed a man and shot a woman in the buttocks in a drug raid, after the man reportedly opened fire on officers. The raid came at the end of a series of undercover sting operations in which agents bought cocaine from the house, police said. Police say officers knocked, were invited in and then a man came around a corner with a handgun and opened fire, and police shot and killed him.

Off-duty LAPD officer Steven Ulrich went to investigate a disturbance outside his home and saw Oliver in a truck crashing into parked cars. He followed a short distance on foot and ordered Oliver from the damaged vehicle. Oliver did not exit and Ulrich, who feared he would be run over, shot and killed Oliver. While Ulrich was not discipled, Los Angeles paid $1.4 million to Oliver's son in a civil suit.

Jamie Dean Petron killed himself with a shot to the chest and was found dead in the master bedroom after a 51-hour hostage negotiation. As many as five people, four of which being children, had been held hostage inside the Meadow Woods subdivision home. Andrea Hall, a hostage, was shot and killed by police.

Shot after he allegedly rammed an officer with a stolen taxi.

A gun battle between rival black gangs erupted on the roof of the Fox Hills mall and claimed the lives of Ernest E. Dabbs, 20, Jason Dyeshaun Rowden, 20, and Richard Lloyd Brewer Jr., 19, of Los Angeles. One of the men was fatally shot in the passenger seat of a white Cadillac, while the other was killed nearby on the rooftop level of the mall's parking lot. Police did not say whether the men had been shot by rival gang members or by two plainclothes police officers who were eating in the mall's food court and joined the fray when shooting broke out. Rowden died on August 4.

Michael Platt and Eric Gooden, both 28, were leaving the Club Millennium with three white women they had met that night. Gooden, who is black, had been driving slowly down 19th Street through a crowd when Jason Pfeil staggered into the path of Gooden's car and was nearly struck. Gooden said that as he drove away, his car was pursued by Pfeil and several others, one of whom tussled with Platt, who fired a bullet into bystander Patrick Moore's head, killing him. Off-duty Pittsburgh police officers Philip Mercurio and Stephen Matakovich, stopped Gooden's car. With their weapons drawn, the uniforms in plain view, they ordered Platt to drop the weapon. Matakovich testified that Platt looked him in the eye and opened fire before both officers returned more than a dozen shots, killing him.

Michael R. Yoder was wanted on rape, abduction and gun charges when he shot and killed himself after he was stopped by a state trooper on Interstate 81 near Bristol, police said.

Officer Bobby Woolard shot and killed Alfredo Cerna Palacios when he allegedly moved toward Woolard with a pair of scissors.

Richard Porter reportedly shot himself during a two-hour standoff.

Police were called to a domestic dispute. Jackson had a knife at his girlfriend's throat, and then threatened an officer with it. He was shot and killed.

An officer shot Thomas Francis Carolan III when he allegedly threatened police with a large knife.

After a bank robbery and an attempted bank robbery with a chase, and unidentified man shot and killed himself as police closed in.

Eundra James Mabry was shot and killed after he and another man, Shuntario DeMarcus Smith, 19, allegedly robbed the Isle of Capri casino in Tunica. Two deputies spotted the car driven by Mabry and Smith, then chased and boxed the car in between their cruisers. Smith ran down the road and into a field, but Mabry reportedly pulled out a handgun and waved it toward the two deputies. The officers gave him several commands to drop his weapon, but he did not and was killed.

According to amarillo.com, Deputy Marcos Fabela fatally shot Green after a car and foot chase. Green, unarmed, had backed Fabela into an "embankment."

Terrell James Towns, a 23-year-old black male, died after being shot in Gardena.

Undercover Orange County Transportation Authority deputy Guy Pepe shot Wayne T. Eamello when he allegedly lunged at him with a large hunting knife.

McKoy was fatally shot during a firefight with local police, after McKoy had fled from a traffic stop into a wooded area near a state women's prison.

A standoff that started with a misdemeanor warrant escalated into a standoff between Howard, holed up in a condo, and an increasing number of police. Officers claimed they appealed to Howard 100 times to give himself up over eight hours. He died in an exchange of fire with a raiding SWAT force.

Strange shot and killed his estranged wife. Deputies tracked him to the edge of town, found his car, discovered him half-hiding in a field reportedly smoking crack. He picked up a shotgun and wounded one of the deputies in the leg. He was killed by return fire.

Officer was called to the Portland home of 71-year-old George Waldum, who'd threatened an AT&T employee who was disconnecting his cable TV. Officers said he met them with a shotgun.

After a several hour standoff at a homeless shelter, police broke the door down when Hildebrandt lit his mattress on fire. He was armed with two knives when he was shot and killed.

Deputies shot Mexican citizen Jesus Erasmo Figueroa-Valencia when he allegedly pulled a .45-caliber handgun during a raid at a 7,000 plant marijuana farm in Madera County.

Police had sought Young after receiving a teletype from Sharon Township police in Franklin County to be on the alert for an armed motorist who had threatened passers-by at a gas station on Rt. 23 near the Delaware and Franklin County line. Young shot himself in the head with a 9 mm handgun as Delaware County deputies were trying to talk to him.

Jeffrey Lee Long was chasing Louise Irvin. When they arrived at Watsontown Police Department, Long shot Irvin then shot and killed himself.

Tracy Travis killed her boyfriend, Michael T. Fain, during a domestic dispute. She used a police officer's gun she might have snatched out of his holster while he was trying to restrain the man, police said. Travis was then shot and died on Dec. 20, 2000..

Two Boulder County Sheriff's Office deputies fatally shot 30-year-old Eric Vantslot of Lyons when he pointed a gun-shaped cigarette lighter at them. The officers said Vantslot threatened to kill them, and they didn't know the lighter wasn't a real gun.

Officers responding to a 911 call about a domestic dispute arrived at a Tempe apartment to find Paul Edward McDaniel holding his 10-month-old baby, Damon, and a knife, police Lt. Dave Lind said. One officer opened fire when it seemed McDaniel was going to hurt the child.

North Las Vegas narcotics officers execute a search warrant in an apartment on Las Vegas Boulevard North and shoot and kill Johnnie Weatherspoon, 54, after Weatherspoon fires at them.

According to HPD, Alexander, a murder suspect, shot at officers. They fatally shot him in response.

Mathis stole a car and when an officer tried to question him, drove off with the officer hanging on. Mathis was shot once in the chest as he dragged Cincinnati Police Officer Kevin Crayon down Colerain Avenue. The officer died from a head injury after he was thrown to the pavement.

After starting a fight in a bar and pulling a knife, Michael Divigenze was shot and killed by off-duty Camden City officer Robert Borger.

An unidentified man killed himself as police surrounded his home. Police had been called because his wife said he had threatened her with a gun during a domestic dispute.

Police said Sgt. Aaron Zaltzman responded around noon to a report that Larry Collins had beaten his girlfriend's teenaged daughter during an argument. While driving to the scene, Zaltzman reportedly came upon the girl walking through woods toward the road. Zaltzman told her to get in the back of his car. According to police, Collins saw them drive up to the trailer, went inside and came out about 30 seconds later with a handgun. Zaltzman told the girl to get down in the back seat. He got out, took cover behind the car and told Collins to put the gun down. Zaltzman shot Collins twice when he allegedly aimed the gun at him. Collins was dead on arrival at the hospital.

Samuel Iverson was shot and killed by four officers when he allegedly tried to run them over following a pursuit.