Officer Les Galer shot Timothy Wayne Mitchell Jr. when he grabbed the officer's arm during a marijuana sting that also involved officers Phil Galer (Galer's identical twin), Sean Dexter, Norman Wielsch and Louis Lombardi.

Sergio Rojas was on his bicycle and refused to be detained. Officers were called to the scene and Rojas pointed a gun at them. Rojas was shot and killed at the scene.

Police were investigating a murder, and when they arrived to question Moore, he shot a state trooper and was shot and killed.

Police went to check on Carl Bryan's welfare and to deliver a warrant. They had permission from Bryan's mother to go in the house, which she owned. Police found him upstairs, and he fired on them, starting a seven-hour standoff, which ended when he shot and killed himself.

A state trooper transporting suspect Cole (not under arrest) for an alcohol test was attacked by Cole with a box-cutter knife or razor blade. The trooper suffered extensive cuts to his hands and face, and shot Cole to death.

Undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Ramos was the passenger in a Ford minivan. The driver was arrested without incident, but the deputy and Ramos got into a confrontation that left the deputy with a slashed hand and Ramos dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Police were tight-lipped about details until announcing manslaughter charges against the deputy five weeks later. The deputy torched his own house and car, then fatally shot himself.

Officer Robert Lankford shot and killed Heather Kathleen Smith (Billings), who moved toward him with a razor blade after he responded to a mental health crisis call at her home.

Arkansas State Police and sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. Several were superficially shot with buckshot. They shot and killed Carol when he pointed a shotgun at them.

Baughman threatened to blow himself up with a homemade bomb inside Boulder Community Hospital's emergency-room entrance. He was shot and killed by police sniper Cpl. Matt DeLaria.

Rajohn Fuller was wanted in a shooting and led police on a high-speed chase, but was killed when he drove through a stop sign and crashed into a Newark police vehicle and an apartment building, police said.

Thomas Joseph Loewe was shot and killed while attempting to flee police.

Police were called to a barn on a dead end street at about 1:40 a.m. after Daniel "Dan" Livingston threatened to shoot himself. According to his family members, Livingston suffered from depression. Officers from several area agencies and an Oakland County special response team surrounded the barn while negotiators unsuccessfully tried to convince Livingston to come out. Livingston reportedly committed suicide at about 10:30 a.m.

Officers Bryce Devey, Gabriel Gutierrez and Guillermo Rivera shot and killed Robert Anthony Serrano when he made a threatening motion.

David Price allegedly pulled a gun and opened fire at police who stopped to find out why he was throwing rocks at them. He was shot and killed by Detectives George Satler and Timothy Rush.

Dunkle reportedly made a video of himself raping a woman at gunpoint. She reported the rape later that morning. Deputies tracked Dunkle to a relative's apartment around 11 p.m. Dunkle armed himself with a pistol and barricaded himself into a bathroom. Deputies forced the bathroom door open. Dunkle pointed the pistol at them. They deputies fatally shot him.

An unnamed man reportedly shot two of his housemates before turning the gun on himself at some point during a 6-hour police standoff.

Police responded to an assault. McMoran was shot and killed when he tried to take an officer's gun.

Two officers shot and killed Haslin Rosales-Carreto during an alleged confrontation in an alley.

Shot to death after brandishing a shotgun at officers executing a narcotics warrant.

Police responded to a call about a man with a gun. When they arrived, two men were fighting for the gun. Ricky Howard allegedly pointed it at police and was shot and killed.

Mohammad Usman Chaudhry, a Pakistani-American, was found in a bush near a Hollywood apartment complex. When police approached him, he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the officers in the hand. One of the officers then shot Chaudhry to death. Chaudhry was autistic.

Police were called to investigate a domestic complaint. Boudreaux was reportedly fighting with his wife and suicidal. He pulled a gun on the police and would not drop it, alternating between pointing it at his own head and at the police. He was shot and killed.

Julio Calderon fought with John Martinez while holding John's son, Calderon's nephew. Martinez regained control of his son and chased Calderon into a market. According to officers, Martinez shot and wounded Calderon at the market. Officers Edwin Mayorga and Rodolfo Moreno ordered him to put the gun down. They fatally shot him when he did not. According to Lucia Martinez, John was unarmed when he was shot.

Arturo Saldana, 62, died after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Four deputies were confronted with a naked and mentally unstable Williams in front of his mother's house. Despite evident opportunities to take him in peacefully, as shown on a dashboard video, they felt threatened when he gestured with a baton. They fatally shot him six times in the back, which was deemed justified and proper.

Sergio Sedillo was killed during a gun battle with the LAPD officers on the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Eubank Avenue. Sedillo was recently released from prison prior to this shootout.

Aguillard responded to a no-knock warrant for drugs with a gun. He was shot and killed.

Deputy Scott Winthers shot and killed Eduardo Vega-Munoz when Munoz allegedly tried to stab him with a pair of pruning shears.

Sgt. Rich Rider shot and killed John Savalin when he drove his car at the officer.

Two officers shot and killed Antonio F. Stewart after he allegedly pointed a gun at them. Police responded at 1:30 a.m. to a man who said his 1997 Buick Riviera was stolen at a gas pump outside Jiffy Jims. Officers located the Buick and attempted to stop it, but the driver kept going. Police pursued the Buick to the 900 block of Adams Street, where Stewart skidded to a stop in front of apartment 932, then got out and tried to flee on foot. The officers attempted to use a Taser, but missed. Stewart then allegedly aimed a gun at the officers, who shot Stewart several times.

Police confronted Hawkins in the late-evening parking lot of a Winn-Dixie grocery when responding to reports of a robbery. An altercation developed, leaving the unarmed Hawkins shot dead.

A robbery was under way when Irvington Detective Roman Melenka strolled into P&P Tobacco and Grocery at 5:05 p.m. for a soda. Two men had guns trained on the cashier. Five or six patrons watched, some lying on the ground, some with their hands in the air. One of the armed men, Jerrell Jeter, pushed him toward a refrigerator unit. The gunman fired at Melenka, hitting him in his upper left arm. The detective shot and killed Jeter.

An officer fatally shot Carlos Diaz, who'd allegedly cut his ex-girlfriend with a knife and was threatening to kill her. At around 3 p.m., the officer responded to a domestic dispute, but Diaz was gone when he arrived. The officer took a report and went to a nearby parking area to do paperwork, police said. About half an hour later, Diaz returned and reportedly dragged his ex-girlfriend outside. She fled to Columbia Street, where police said Diaz caught up to her and cut her face. According to police, the officer confronted Diaz and told him to drop the knife before shooting him.

Officers responded to a domestic dispute at around 5:45 p.m. Lee Romine allegedly shot at an officer and missed, then fired a second shot at a woman and an infant; that shot also missed. According to police, Romine then shot himself.

Officers Jonathan MacKay and Alejandro Canchola shot and killed Rudy Javier Valiente when they came under attack while responding to reports of shots fired.

Police say that Cortez was reported to have had a gun inside of a store, and when they searched him, he reached for his gun, and the police shot him to death.

Police tracked Lowry in his Honda Civic down a single-lane dead-end logging road in the deep woods at 2 o'clock in the morning. He'd been at the fairgrounds property, very nervous, with a handgun and a rifle. A four-hour standoff ended around dawn when Lowry emerged from his Civic, armed, and was shot to death.

The shooting officer and armed robbery suspect Trice knew each other as they faced each other, guns drawn, 15 feet apart. The officer said Trice shot first and two round struck his bulletproof vest. Trice was killed. After the shooting police had to keep an angry crowd away at gunpoint. The officer received numerous bravery, valor, courage and heroism awards.

Police were responding to call of a person with a gun at an apartment complex. When they arrived, they saw Christian and several friends outside one of the buildings. According to police, Christian ran behind a building, with police running behind him. Christian was holding what officers believed to be a handgun, but turned out to be a pellet gun. He was shot and killed.

Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Lincolnshire Drive for a stabbing. When sheriff's deputies arrived, reportedly they were met by a man with a knife who was approaching them and refused to stop. Luke Gamble was shot and killed.

Officers responded to a call about loud music, but the music was off when they arrived at the home of the deceased, the officers came back for a second call, and say they were confronted by Dale pointing a handgun at them, and the officers shot him to death.

Officer Jerry Alkire shot and killed Tremendous Davis outside an east-side business after allegedly being hit by Davis' car.

Curtney Gayten was holding his 3-week old daughter under water in a pond when authorities arrived. Witnesses said a deputy ordered Gayten to release the child, but Gayten pointed a gun at the deputy, who opened fire. Gayten died at the scene. The baby was taken to the hospital in critical condition; she died in November 2008 from injuries sustained in the incident.

Police said a US Marshals Service agent learned from an informant that Bradley Edward Behmer, who was wanted for a parole violation related to a marijuana charge, might be en route to the Deer Ridge Apartments. Members of a fugitive task force surrounded the complex at about 7:30 p.m. Police said Behmer was unarmed, but that a "violent struggle" ensued when officers tried to arrest him outside the building. Officer Joe Emberlin, 42, shot and killed Behmer.

Donald Rice shot himself after a six-hour standoff that began when his family's farmhouse in Bath County was set on fire, possibly by him.

Skeith was a suspect in a pair of Oklahoma City bank robberies and was shot after being confronted by Sgt. Gary Carter, a 24-year veteran of the department. After Carter confronted Skeith in the parking lot of an Oklahoma City motel, police say Skeith drew a handgun from a concealed holster and turned toward Carter. The officer then shot and killed him. He also apparently shot himself.

Neighbors called 911 about after hearing gunfire at the Las Alegres patio home complex. Police found a man and a woman wounded in a street toward the back of the property and used squad cars as shields to retrieve them, police said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the man was pronounced dead at a hospital. Back at the complex, a SWAT team waited outside as a man who police said was agitated and armed walked in and out of a unit as he spoke to officers. They shot and killed him.

Authorities chased Tucker by vehicle, then on foot, after he robbed two businesses. Authorities tried to subdue him by less-lethal means. Tucker, armed with a pistol, shot at Bell County deputies and Temple officers as he fled. A deputy and an officer shot at Tucker. One shot Tucker in the thigh. Tucker fell, then put his handgun under his chin and shot himself.

By reports Dellisanti was angered over his condo association fees. At 3 p.m. he entered the condo office, pistol in hand, and held two women there more or less hostage. Forty minutes later he released the women and left the building. Seen reaching for his waistband, he was fatally shot by SWAT.

State troopers shot prison guard Lernard Grigsby at Stateville's on-site dormitory. At about 4 a.m., state police responded to a domestic dispute at the dorms. Grigsby allegedly attacked a sergeant, and then began striking trooper Kristine Quick in the face. According to police, the sergeant moved to protect Quick, then shot Grigsby twice when he allegedly attempted to grab his gun. Grigsby died from his wounds on April 28, 2008.

Clark was shot after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. Police were responding to a report of disorderly conduct. The gun was found to be a toy.

Police shot and killed Rigoberto Lopez after he allegedly shot at them during a hostage standoff at an auto shop on the Southeast Side. Police said they got a call at about 7:50 p.m. regarding a possible robbery. Lopez reportedly refused to come out of the store and took three people hostage. At about 9:30 p.m, Lopez allegedly fired several shots at officers, who fired back. Lopez died at the scene. The hostages were physically unharmed.

Deputies were dispatched to a home in the Thrift community where an accidental shooting had been reported, police said. When the deputies arrived, the man assaulted the officer, who then shot and killed him.

Shoplifting suspect Lumpkin was chased away from a major shopping mall and into a residential neighborhood. The officer and Lumpkin reportedly struggled for the officer's weapon, and Lumpkin was fatally shot. His death remained an open investigation for over three years because the lead detective retired before he finished the relevant paperwork.

A Taft police officer shot Richard Salcido when he fired at officers.

SWAT officer Timothy Nichols shot Stan Musial, who held two guns and shot at officers during a three-hour standoff in Landers.

Local police found Vang in a shopping center parking lot in a 10 p.m. confrontation with his wife and her male friend. Vang had been married for 22 years and had five children. Vang shot the friend in the head and stood threateningly over his wife as police approached. He was shot to death. The friend emerged in serious condition; Vang's wife had leg wounds only.

Robertson, a meth-dealer, was released on bond from Cherokee County Jail for drug possession and being a felon in possession of a concealed weapon. Trooper James Burns conducted a traffic stop on Robertson's vehicle. Robertson fatally shot Trooper Burns, then drove away. As law enforcement closed in, Robertson fatally shot himself in rural Cass County. He was a former peace officer.

Officers responded to a call regarding gun shots. They say that Gomez confronted them with a gun when they came inside his house without his permission, and shot him to death. They couldn't confirm whether he had shot his weapon.

Cain was one of three suspects, described as cold career criminals, sought in the armed robbery of a branch bank. As police closed in, ringleader Cain murdered one of them with an assault rifle. The three switched vehicles and were quickly re-discovered. Cain's weapon jammed and he was shot to death. The other two were caught before the policeman's funeral.

Deputy Troy Brown and a second deputy went to the Circle S Lodge at about 2:30 p.m. to arrest William C. "Curt" Gibb for criminal mischief and violating a protection order. They also had a search warrant, police said, and entered the room. Shots were reportedly fired, and Brown was struck in the arm. The deputies retreated and called other agencies to assist. When additional officers arrived, they went into the room and found Gibb with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Gibb died at a hospital a day later. Gibb's girlfriend, who was in the room, was arrested for obstruction of justice and harboring a fugitive, though the charges were later dropped.

Police were called to Peachtree Road, where officers confirmed reports of a man walking down the street waving a gun, according to police. When officers ordered the man to drop the weapon, he instead turned and pointed the handgun at them, shot they shot and killed him.

An officer shot and killed Aaren Gwinn when he allegedly drove a car at police. Two unmarked police cars stopped a 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix at about 1:55 p.m. after police got a tip that the car contained drugs. Gwinn, a passenger, allegedly got into the driver's seat and began driving off after the officers ordered the driver out. Witnesses said police shot Gwinn seven or eight times. The city later paid $1 million to Gwinn's estate.

Labensky is said to have threatened officers by putting his car into reverse after fleeing from a traffic stop. A brief chase ended in a residential back yard. He was otherwise unarmed. Police initially named him as a robbery suspect but found and charged someone else for those crimes.

Corry police surrounded the house after Michelle Bromley called 911 and said Tony Bromley had forced his way in and held a knife to her neck. Michelle Bromley fled the house. Tony Bromley refused to exit when Corry police and members of the Erie SWAT team arrived, and after police fired tear gas into the house. Bromley's body was found in a bedroom, with a shotgun beside him, police said.

Police were called by a family member who feared Bacome was going to kill himself. When officers arrived at an apartment at the Westwind Apartments, someone told them Bacome was locked inside a bathroom, and there was a lot of blood on the floor, police said. When police tried to get inside the bathroom, Bacome came out with a knife. He allegedly lunged at an officer with the knife and was shot and killed.

Davis was the passenger in a stolen car when police officers approached the vehicle. The driver drove off and Davis jumped out the car to make a flee-attempt on foot. A police officer caught up with him in a field near East 26th Street and Jackson Avenue. The officer testified that Terry pointed a gun at him, and he had no choice but to shoot and kill him.

James Isaac Rittenburg met his ex-girlfriend at Ruby Tuesday in Willingboro about 10:30 p.m. The woman agreed to leave the restaurant with Rittenburg and got into his car, but then Rittenburg allegedly pulled out a gun and drove away with the woman in the car against her will. She eventually convinced Rittenburg to return, got out of the car and called police. Police found Rittenburg behind the restaurant and as police approached, he shot and killed himself.

Officers allege that they heard gunshots and Byoune getting into a car that then drove toward them, when officers shot the deceased who was unarmed. No weapons were found.

According to police, Marshall University and city officers followed Rashuwn Jerelle Harless from a gas station at 6th Avenue and Hal Greer Boulevard after customers reported he was carrying a handgun at 4:43 p.m. Police said the officers chased Harless south on 15th Street toward the railroad tracks, where Harless hid behind a dumpster at the dead end. Harless allegedly shot at police, and Marshall University officers Aaron Nida and Greg Slone shot and killed him.

Tamara Angela Hurtado and Joseph Arres, members of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, Soboba Reservation, California, were killed in a shootout with police. The two were killed during a gun battle that began when deputies responded to reports that they were firing at a checkpoint at the reservations main entrance.

Drunk, angry and suicidal, Kelley went to his ex-girlfriend's house, and pulled a gun on her. He left but parked nearby and fired the weapon. Police responded, Kelley pointed his gun at officers and they shot and killed him.

Officers allege that Rose and his girlfriend had stolen a car and were fleeing in the vehicle, then found a truck and stole it, then drove it toward officers hiding behind another vehicle, who shot him to death.

A parole officer went check on a residence occupied by several parolees. When he arrived, he saw Stewart, who was wanted for several crimes. Stewart did not cooperate and eventually pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

Shot himself as Portland and federal officers raided his house.

After Jones failed to stop, Del Norte Sheriff's deputies pursued and pulled Jones over with their guns drawn. Jones and two dogs got out of the car. One of the deputies shot one of the dogs. Jones charged this deputy, and the deputy shot Jones twice, killing him. Later, it was revealed that Jones had bipolar disorder.

Officers say they responded to a call regarding a man with a gun, and when they arrived at the scene, Rivera pointed a gun at them, and the officers shot him to death.

El Paso County sheriff's deputies were checking the man's home after the children's mother told authorities she was worried he might hurt their children, police said. Deputies looked through a window to see two boys laying on the bed with a "significant of blood on or around them." The sight of so much blood in the bedroom forced deputies to act quickly. Deputies burst into the home and were confronted by the father, who was wielding a knife, so they shot and killed him.

Christopher John Tuttle, 31, who shot at his brother, is fatally shot by Las Vegas officers after he pointed the weapon at them near Washington Avenue and Jones Boulevard.

A heavily armed special weapons and tactics team charged into a small ranch home in Easton—guns drawn and flash grenades exploding—and killed a Norwalk man who was quietly watching porn on TV in the den. Now five towns will pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the victim's family. Rumors said a First Selectman was pissed off at his neighbor so he sent the police.

Officers say they responded to a call regarding shots fired, chased Alejo who turned to shoot at officers, and the officers shot him to death.

At least one witness saw Winchester running away from police when he was shot four times in the back. Officers had responded to a domestic dispute and went to question Winchester, who tried to bolt and purportedly reached for something, perhaps a silver handgun, in his back pocket.

Paul Sakalauskas, who'd reportedly been charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography, missed a federal court appearance. The next morning, Metro Fugitive Task Force members tried to serve an arrest warrant issued through the US Marshal Service at Sakalauskas' home. The marshals knocked on the door and heard a gunshot from inside the house, police said. According to police, they secured the scene, knocked again and announced themselves. Someone let the officers inside and they found the Sakalauskas dead.

Nang T. Nguyen threatened his landlord with a meat cleaver. He was shot and killed when he refused to drop the cleaver.

Police interrupted a pair of teen burglars around lunchtime. Armed with a handgun and a steel crowbar, both suspects violently resisted officers, firing toward one and shooting a police dog. Thermindor was killed by return fire. His accomplice was ultimately charged with his murder.

Terry Galmore reportedly killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police during a nearly 19-hour standoff. According to police, Galmore was one of three men suspected in a home invasion. Galmore had barricaded himself in his apartment at around 3 a.m., and police tried to persuade him to surrender, but he allegedly threatened to shoot anyone who entered the home. Shots were reportedly heard several times during the standoff, and Galmore fired at an armored truck at one point. At about 6 p.m., police fired tear gas and flash grenades. At about 8:30 p.m., officers went inside and found Galmore on the floor with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Wilson M. Bering IV reportedly committed suicide after being tasered twice while fleeing from officers on foot. An order of protection had been filed against Behring after he was arrested three days earlier for allegedly preventing his girlfriend from leaving for work. Bering was released from the Tazewell County Jail on May 28. Just before 7 p.m. on May 29, deputy Larry Steele arrived at Behring's apartment to serve the order of protection, but Bering refused to open the door. Bering jumped from a window and Steele shot Behring in the back with a Taser as he fell to the ground. Behring got up and tried to run away. A Fondulac Park District officer, arriving as back up, shocked Bering in the back with his Taser. According to police, Bering ran into a field behind the apartments, drew a handgun from his waistband, held it to his chest and pulled the trigger.

Sheriff's Deputy David Cressell encountered John Harvey Collins after responding to a call of a disturbance at a mobile home park. Collins had allegedly assaulted two people. Collins allegedly attacked Cressell with a knife and a blunt object and was shot and killed.

CHP officers shot Alexis Melendrez-Acosta when he shot at them during during a pursuit in Desert Hot Springs.

Officer Javier Carranza shot and killed James Culley after he pointed a BB gun at him.

Rios followed a woman and her 3-year-old daughter out of their apartment house elevator and threatened them with a gun. In response the woman's husband, an NYPD officer in his boxer shorts, emerged from the apartment. As the officer chased Rios downstairs they exchanged gunfire, and Rios was found fatally wounded on the street shortly thereafter.

According to police, officers Barron Townsend and Steven Kopp. saw Tommie Staples Jr. lingering in an alley at about 10:30 p.m. and walked over to him. Staples allegedly put his hands under his shirt, which made officers think he was armed. Staples allegedly attempted to threaten the officers with a gun, so they shot him in the back, killing him. The gun police said was found near Staples' body didn't have his fingerprints on it, and there were other inconsistencies between the police version and the evidence. The city settled a lawsuit with Staples estate in 2010 for $2.5. million. Townsend also shot and killed Dennis/Stephen Crawford in 2004.

Police shot and killed Eric Minshew after a nearly 10-hour standoff that began when FEMA workers showed up to inspect his government-issue trailer.

Jose Ruiz reportedly committed suicide after shooting and wounding an officer during a narcotics raid.

Responding to reports of a shooting at the Penthouse nightclub near Interstate 15 and Russell Road, Las Vegas officer pursued a car driven by Dominic Ian Nieto, 30. After Nieto crashed his car in a desert area, he shot the officer in the leg. The officer shot and killed Nieto.

Fredericksburg Officer Todd Allen Bahr, 40, was killed while searching for an armed suspect, Gregory Berryman, who was accused of threatening his ex-girlfriend. Police shot Berryman several times, but the fatal shot came from his own gun, police said.

A caller told emergency dispatchers Kaskaske was drunk, disorderly and suicidal. Kaskaske fired multiple shots at the officers who arrived on the scene, police said. Officers returned fire, killing him.

Questions remained about what exactly drove Bello Garcia to murder his estranged wife and two of her friends. After the murders police caught up with him about a half-mile south of the murder scene. He initially cooperated, then emerged from his vehicle shooting, apparently fearless, "like a crazed maniac," fired 15 shots and wounded two officers before being fatally shot.

Deputies stopped Trujillo for erratic driving, just before he led them on a car chase in the East Mountains. Deputies said he was acting aggressively, ignoring commands to show his hands and approaching deputies in a "threatening manner" before he was shot and killed. No weapons were found on Trujillo, but deputies reported that he had one hand wrapped with a cloth that may have appeared to be a weapon.

Deputy James Doty shot Shawn D. Evans after he allegedly pointed a handgun at him following a chase. Doty had pursued Evans, who was driving a van, into Pettis County because he believed Evans was a burglary suspect. After he fired the fatal shot, Doty fell into a culvert on the side of the highway while pursuing Evans on foot. Evans was found about 70 yards away and later pronounced dead. Earlier reports that Evans had fired at Doty turned out to be inaccurate, investigators said.

Devine's wife went to the police at 8 a.m. to report her husband was drunk, had beat her, and threatened to kill himself and burn their trailer down. Responding tribal officers saw Devine outside the trailer with a container of gasoline, the strong smell of gas in the air, and Devine with a cigarette lighter. They fatally shot him.

Yancey was shot by a sheriff's deputy who staged a murder-robbery of his wife and claimed to have killed the robber. Instead, the deputy was himself found guilty of murdering both his wife Yancey and the day laborer Cax-Puluc.

Police responding to a shots-fired call found Garrett, who'd been menacing the mother of his children at an apartment complex. Garrett stood off with the police for a couple of hours before suddenly appearing in a ground-level doorway, knife in hand. He was fatally shot.

Police received a 911 call reporting a suicidal individual. They arrived on the scene as Jackson shot and killed himself.

Avrin reportedly committed two robberies, then led Officer Cougan Highnight and Chief Paul Lilly on a chase. He struck a tree. Officer Highnight rammed Avrin's vehicle. Avrin shot Officer Highnight in the arm, then tried to manipulate the slide and magazine of his pistol. Officer Highnight fired ten rounds at Avrin. Chief Lilly fired four rounds. Avrin died of a shot to the neck. He had accidentally released the magazine from his pistol. Avrin was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Jan. 30, 2016. CPD released dash cam video to the public after it was shown to a grand jury.

Hodgkiss was fatally shot during an early-morning drug raid at his home of 14 years. Friends and family said that the police story of him defending the property with a shotgun was completely out of character, and the drug search netted a small amount of marijuana belonging to his son's girlfriend.

David Lee Stout reportedly shot himself in the chest and temple during a standoff in a Save-A-Lot parking lot. Police responded to the parking lot after a caller indicated Stout was armed and threatening to harm himself. According to police, Stout fired the shots as he sat inside his GMC pickup truck after a Morgan County SWAT unit tossed a flash bang grenade inside.

Police shot and killed Devon "D-Mack" Young. At about 2:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired on the South Side. Neighbors said that Young was shot in the back execution style, while kneeling with his hands in the air shouting "don't shoot, don't shoot—I ain't got nothing." Witnesses said that officers "slapped palms" after killing Young and told each other "Good job."

Manriquez had been drinking and had brought a pistol to the graveside service for a 17-year-old friend killed in a car accident. At some point he stepped away from the ceremony to fire shots at a green car as it passed by, said by some to contain "rivals." He did not obey police commands to drop the weapon, and he was fatally shot.

Crosby was found behaving erratically by officers responding to a 911 call. A 45-minute standoff unfolded while officers reportedly waited for a state police crisis situation negotiator to arrive. Crosby threatened the police with a knife, and was fatally shot.

Fitchburg police received a report of a disturbance. The first Fitchburg police officer to arrive, Eric Disch, was confronted by an uncooperative and combative individual who was holding a length of coaxial cable. The officer told him to calm down and drew his Taser. The man knocked the Taser out of the officer's hand. He fought and tried to disarm the officer. The officer shot and killed him.

Bryant Worrell was apparently developmentally disabled. He was attacked in his home by several young men. Police wanted to take him away from the home, searched him and found a gun. Worrell allegedly refused to give up the gun and was shot and killed.

A TVA officer investigating reports of a meth lab set up in a county/TVA recreational area flushed out Shaw and his cousin. Shaw left but returned with a rifle. He aimed the rifle at the 20-year veteran officer, and he was fatally shot.

Lima reportedly broke into his ex-wife's home and fired multiple shots inside. Police said the woman and her new husband fled to separate houses and called police. Police established a perimeter and called out a SWAT team. Lima fled through the backyard to a neighbor's yard and onto the corner of 217th Lane and Hess Avenue, where he opened fire. He either dropped or placed his gun on the ground. He then picked it up and again pointed it at an officer. He was shot and killed.

Rupley was involved in a dispute with neighbors before authorities arrived, according to police. The reporting party told police Rupley struck his neighbors with a cane several times before officers arrived. After speaking with witnesses, officer Jeffery Frazier located Rupley who by then was armed with a knife. Rupley pulled the knife back in a threatening manner as to throw it at the officer, and he was shot and killed.

Detectives shot Shapell "Pell" Turner 14 times in the back after he allegedly confronted them with a gun. According to police, the officers responded to a report of shots fired, but neighbors said all they heard were fireworks. According to witnesses, Terrell turned to go back inside his home at 1 a.m. Witness said the officers shined a spotlight on Terrell, told him to turn around and then opened fire when he didn't.

Police said Meints invaded an Air Park Drive home with a pistol, took cash and cellphones from the victims and drove off in the homeowner's car. Police found the car at 660 Dean Road, where the man and a 3-year-old boy were inside. Shortly after arriving at the mobile home, officers heard a gunshot, and the bullet went through an exterior wall. Police entered the home, found the unhurt 3-year-old and Meints' body in a separate bedroom.

Having lost his job and an important relationship, broken his legs three times within a year and a half, and said to be off his medication, Bryant was suicidal. He confronted police with a knife outside his former girlfriend's mobile home. He took a .40 caliber bullet just below the right eye after asking officers to shoot him, and died after two weeks on life support.

DeBose was involved in the armed robbery of a Game Stop, and fled police at speeds of up to 130 MPH. Crashing his car, he fled on foot into residential back yards and was said by police to be reaching for a gun when they fatally shot him. DeBose was unarmed.

Wark, who had a history of mental illness, had moved from Washington state to Provo to attend massage therapy school. Capt. Harold Terry stopped Wark's car because a witness said she might be driving under the influence. Police said Wark and Terry spoke briefly when some kind of struggle broke out between them. Terry was shot twice in the head; two other officers shot and killed Wark as she got out of the car.

Officers shot and killed Michael L. Rodgers when he allegedly pointed a gun at them. Police had responded to an alarm at Illinois Vehicle Insurance at around 2:20 p.m., where Rodgers reportedly confronted them with a handgun, said he had a hostage, and demanded $5,000 and a car. Police learned Rodgers had called a relative stating he'd tried to rob the store and killed Jeniel Morgan, 42, a salesperson. Rodgers came outside at around 4 p.m. and allegedly pointed his gun at SWAT officers, who shot him three times. Officers went inside and found Morgan's body.

Marty Workman, 30, had failed to appear for a court hearing where he was supposed to enter a plea in a drug case, police said. After a standoff, he ran toward police with a gun.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Berressem shot at them and was shot and killed.

Officers allege they approached Moore and he ran, jumped over a fence holding his waist, and when officers ordered him to raise his hands, he looked at an officer who feared for his life, and the officers shot him to death.

Martinez was stopped after a brief chase and spinout for going 32 miles over the speed limit. Officer approached with gun drawn, Martinez tried to restart car, officer smelled alcohol, holstered gun and hit Martinez's head against the car door. Martinez floors the gas and officer is stuck. He draws his gun and shoots Martinez 5 times, the car reaching 89mph in 7.5 seconds before crashing through a fence into the side of a pool.

Ranger Joshua Updegraff shot Randolph Scott Jr. several times after Updegraff was allegedly dragged by Scott's car door near the Gateway Arch. Scott's family contended that Scott was watching the flooded Mississippi River with others at about 5:35 a.m. Updegraff claimed he was responding to yelling he heard while at the ranger station inside the parking garage. Updegraff said he fired his Taser when he feared Scott was trying to get a weapon from his car and continued using the Taser as Scott struggled. Updegraff claimed he tried unsuccessfully to handcuff Scott while Scott's friends jeered. Scott allegedly got to his car and told Updegraff he was going to run him over. Updegraff said he fired as many shots as he could, and alleged that Scott dragged him about 100 feet. Scott's family said Updegraff improperly used force, had a history of incidents involving force and was not properly trained or supervised. Updegraff was transferred to Yellowstone National Park effective July 13, 2008. In 2013, the federal government agreed to pay $520,000 to settle a lawsuit with Scott's relatives.

Four officers responded to a call for assistance at David Gandy's residence, police said. Gandy, who had been drinking, was allegedly in the process of raising his handgun when he was shot and killed. Witnesses disputed the police description of the encounter.

Walter S. Lewis reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police. According to police, the man had abducted his former girlfriend at gunpoint from the Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant at around 11:10 p.m., and shot her in the leg. Witnesses to the abduction gave police a description of Lewis and his vehicle. Police went to the house and a wounded woman ran outside. Tactical officers later found Lewis dead inside the home.

Torres was shot and killed near Bloomfield Cemetery, Highway H, after a high-speed chase involving several local law enforcement agencies. Torres was being pursued by law enforcement after he reportedly abducted his 22-month old daughter. The abduction triggered an Amber Alert and Torres was shot after making "life-threatening gestures" toward the girl.

William M. Ozment reportedly shot himself during a standoff with police at his Raytown home. Police responded to the house at about 9:10 p.m. to investigate a domestic disturbance in which a man had struck three vehicles on his street. When police arrived, Ozment allegedly shot toward an officer and ran into the house. During the standoff, Ozment allegedly fired toward officers at least two more times. At about 1:20 a.m., police were still trying to contact with Ozment. They later sent a robot inside the house that found Ozment dead.

Officers say that they responded to a loitering call, Ortega ran and when he refused to raise his hands and keeping a hand at his waist, the officer(s) thought he was armed, and shot him to death. A different account says he was unarmed and shot in the back.

Tran allegedly held up a jewelry store at gunpoint when the store owner's son called police. Tran tried to leave the store with a case of jewelry, but when police arrived he forced the owner to leave with him. She broke free and ran toward the parking lot. Tran turned toward the officers and fired one round. Officers fired back, hitting Tran in the torso.

About 8 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a burglary at a home. Michael Ward died about 9:20 a.m. when shots were fired as Greeneville-Greene County Special Response Team officers entered the house. Ward had been living for some time at the residence where he died. The deputies had been pinned down by gunfire from the house until they were rescued by SRT officers about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

Ketner, armed with a gun, was at the back door of a residence. Someone in the residence called 911. Officers responded. Ketner fatally shot himself.

Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Salvation Army store about 8:54 p.m. According to police, an officer confronted Sean Samuel Coats when he stepped out of a Buick Rendezvous outside the store. The officer shot Coats, killing him. A second man reportedly fled on foot and tried to carjack a vehicle parked by the Clinton River Trail before he was arrested in a nearby wooded area.

Stephens was killed when police were responding to a 911 call about a fight with "weapons involved" at a Celina Avenue home. The call was made by Stephens' wife, Seata. Police said they shot Stephens after he reached for a gun in the waistband of his shorts and refused repeated commands to hit the ground.

Two men were shot and killed, and a third was wounded as they fired shots in the air at an Independence Day party. They allegedly refused to give up their guns outside a union hall.

Idaho State Police say Mark Betts robbed the Ponderay Wal-Mart 20 minutes before robbing the State Liquor Store at knife-point. During an ensuing chase, the Betts tried to ram his car into police vehicles. The Bonner County Sheriff's Office says the suspect was stopped about one mile off Highway 95 on Colburn Culver Road where he was shot and killed.

McGee crashed his car into a tree. He got out of the car holding a rifle. Officers ordered him to drop the rifle. He began firing at passing cars, then pointed the rifle at the police. Police shot him several times.

Andres Seals reportedly killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police on the Near South Side. According to police, officers responded at about 2:20 p.m. to reports of a suspicious person pacing in front of a business with a gun in his hand. Seals was pronounced dead at a hospital from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

According to DPD, Officers Jocelyn Jenkins and Daniel Cole responded to a burglary in process at a residence. When Robles, inside the residence, saw the officers, he tried to flee through a window. He pointed a .40-caliber pistol at the officers. The officers shot at Robles three times, striking him once. He died at the scene.

Officers M. Mayes, A. Vaughn, J. Gordon and J. Tapscott responded to a complaint that Forester, who was mentally ill, had beaten his father at a residence. Forester approached the officers as soon as they opened the front door. An officer pepper-sprayed Forester. Forester slashed Officer Mayes's face with a knife. Officer Mayes shot at Forester twice, striking him twice. At Methodist Central Hospital, Officer Mayes received 20 stitches and Forester underwent surgery. Forester died the next day.

When police were called to a domestic dispute at a home in Hastings, Rodriguez fled on foot to the nearby Elizabeth Ann Seton Cemetery. Rodriguez, wielding a 3-foot Samurai-style sword, refused to heed officers' commands to drop the weapon. Police fired a Taser stun gun in an attempt to subdue Rodriguez, but he continued toward the officers, one of whom shot him with his gun.

SCCSD deputies Cregg Dibert and Marc Lehman shot and killed Artemio Calderon Maldonado, who began raising a gun and refused to freeze during what officials said was expected to be a routine pot farm eradication.

Police responded to a domestic incident at the Durham Apartments around 6:45 p.m. Two officers opened fire on Roy Lee Long after Long allegedly refused to relinquish his 12-gauge shotgun while advancing upon them.

Danny William Schmitz reportedly shot himself after a high-speed chase. Schmitz was allegedly seen taking part in a car-to-car drug transaction behind a building on Highway 22 in Centralia at about 5:40 p.m. Police pursued Schmitz's Honda onto the highway and Boone County sheriff's deputies joined the chase. According to police, Schmitz drove out of town on Route Z at more than 100 mph before losing control of the car and crashing into a front yard about 4 miles south of the city. Police said Schmitz got out of his car and ran behind the houses, where officers lost sight of him. A highway patrol canine unit arrived and indicated a person was in the area. According to police, officers announced themselves, then heard a shot. Officers found Schmitz unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head, apparently self-inflicted. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police shot and killed a man they claim emerged from a house at Indiandale and 14th streets, pointing a gun at them. Police alleged that the man and three others were involved in an earlier drive-by shooting and carjacking. Police said they arrested the three other men, and tracked the fourth man with a K-9 to the house where they killed him.

Sanchez used a four-door Toyota Avalon to ram a patrol vehicle head on, pinning the patrol vehicle between the Avalon and a pillar. Sanchez backed up the Avalon, then tried to ram the patrol vehicle again. Officer Robert Ingram shot at Sanchez through the windshield of the patrol vehicle, killing Sanchez. A crack pipe was found in Sanchez's vehicle. Officer Ingram had served for 12 years.

Shot after shooting at police. Officers approached three burglary suspects in front of a home when one began shooting at them.

Two NYPD officers were flagged down by a woman in a taxi, then accompanied her to a nearby apartment to retrieve her possessions from a bad domestic situation. Inside Parris shouted that he wouldn't open the door, then emerged wielding a large knife. Parris explicitly threatened the officers and advanced to within three feet before being fatally shot.

Investigators say Gonzalez beat to death his father-in-law and then died from a gunshot wound when officers confronted him at his El Cerrito home yesterday. It was unclear whether Gonzalez, who was armed with a gun during the police encounter, shot himself or was killed by an officer's gunshot.

Police say Dean Christopher Sapon, a Kentucky motorcycle rider, suspected of DUI killed himself during a traffic stop.

Police shot and killed him after a chase into San Leandro.

Officer Clyde Williams shot Steven Paul Hirschfield in the back when he fought with officer Wayne Schmidt on a rescue boat and tried to grab his gun after jumping off a ship into San Diego Bay.

According to police, a party was winding down around 4:30 a.m. at a house on Detroit's southwest side when two armed masked men interrupted. Homeowner Victor Akrawi said the men broke in his front door, told everyone to get down and started firing. An off-duty Wayne County deputy who was at the party, shot on man in the head, killing him. Akrawi said he removed the mask on the dead man, but did not know who he was. The second man was shot but managed to escape the house, police said. A man then called EMS from McDougal and Woodridge a few blocks from the house, claiming to have been shot down by the river, but police identified him as the second masked man and arrested him at a local hospital. No one at the party was physically hurt. Police said they didn't know the motive behind the shooting.

Officers say they responded to a domestic disturbance, and Wicks answered the door raising a gun at the officers, and one shot him to death. Others say this was the wrong apartment, and Wicks, a postal worker with two daughters, came to the door with a gun for protection against robbers.

Within a three-hour span police had been called to Bauman's apartment three times, the last time by a number of 911 hang-up calls. When they arrived at three in the morning, local police were confronted with Bauman on the sidewalk wielding a claw hammer, which he refused to drop. In the end he was fatally shot.

An unidentified man fatally shot himself inside his Lincoln Avenue home as police, responding to an undisclosed call, stood outside.

Officers say approached a man in a parked car and he was startled, agitated, and reached under his seat and one of the officers shot him to death. No drugs or weapons were found, but the police say Portillo had a suspended license.

Sgts. John Hall and Jeff Dowling shot Eusebio Jobie Prieto who fled from police and tried to enter the Foster Farms factory break room while holding a screwdriver.

Officer Jeff Ferneau shot Donald Gaches when he allegedly came at him with a knife. Ferneau, along with officers Terry Tauai and Dak Henning of the Missouri State substation, responded to an alleged assault at Gaches apartment. Gaches was allegedly wielding a knife and stepped toward Ferneau, who fired his weapon once, killing Gaches instantly.

Mack "Jody" Woodfox, 27, was shot and killed after an attempted traffic stop

Police arrived at an in-progress bank robbery. When Brian Szuflita came out, he allegedly threatened officers with a knife and was shot and killed.

Officer Michael Milazzo shot and killed Shane Damond when Damond allegedly dragged Milazzo in a vehicle that had been reported stolen.

An unnamed man reportedly shot and killed himself following a short pursuit that began after the man had allegedly fled a shooting scene.

Tony Hayes reportedly shot and killed Lacrissa Davis, 27, at Casey's General Store in Ames. Officer Kailen Fitzgerald saw Hayes riding a bicycle toward Nevada. A gun battle allegedly ensued and Hayes climbed in the passenger side of Fitzgerald's police car and drove off, leading officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed chase. Hayes crashed into a ditch after running over stop sticks east of State Center. Police reportedly discovered Hayes had shot himself. According to police, dashcam video didn't show officers finding Hayes dead because the officer recording had to go tell onlookers to get back in their vehicles.

White shot at an officer during a traffic shot. He was shot and killed.

Officers executed a coordinated multi-jurisdictional dawn anti-cocaine raid, "Operation Third Strike", with 150 police who fanned out through Buffalo, detained 23 suspects, and confiscated $100,000. At Sullivan's residence, officers entering a second-story bedroom were confronted with Sullivan and a bolt-action shotgun. They fatally shot him three times.

A man reportedly called 911 early in the morning, threatening to shoot himself. When deputies arrived, they found the man sitting on a chair outside his home with a gun. According to a police report, the man spoke to officers but would not lay down his gun or comply with orders to keep his hands in plain sight. When police tried to negotiate with him, he declined to comply and tried to go inside his house. Deputies then fired "a less-lethal direct impact round" in an attempt to keep the man outside, but the projectile did not incapacitate him, and he shot and killed himself.

Driving a stolen Kia, Debrosse tried to elude a county deputy, then tried to run over the deputy during a traffic stop in a movie theatre parking lot. With no criminal record, and no driver's license, he was fatally shot in the head. Debrosse's family filed a lawsuit that was settled for $200K.

Trivett was wanted in connection with attempted first-degree murder and other crimes. Police were alerted by somebody who recognized him from news reports. Encountering police, Trivett ran, then reached into a backpack, and was fatally shot. Reports were unclear about whether he'd been armed.

Las Vegas sergeant, investigating gang activity at an apartment complex off Las Vegas Boulevard North, fatally shot Anthony Antwan Davis, 24, after Davis struggled with him and tried to grab another officer's gun.

Thomas John Dick had kidnapped his girlfriend's son and after a two-hour standoff was shot and killed by deputies. The boy was unharmed.

SWAT officers shot and killed Brandon Teague after he allegedly shot at police on the South Side. Police said they'd approached Teague at about 10:30 p.m. because they thought he looked suspicious. According to police, Teague opened fire, hitting an officer's shoe. Teague then ran into a nearby gangway, and SWAT was summoned. Teague allegedly fired at officers and at a police helicopter. Police said a SWAT officer was hit in his protective vest. At about 12:30 a.m., the officers shot Teague.

Officers say they responded to a call regarding shots fired, were directed to a different street, at which point Liebowitz came out of a house with a shotgun and fired at them, and the officers shot him to death.

Walter Ward Davis reportedly shot himself after a deputy arrived to serve an arrest warrant at the nine-room Sunrise Motel.

Quinn was found dead by a SWAT robot from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, concluding a standoff that was sparked when Quinn allegedly shot his next door neighbor several times while the man mowed his lawn around 12:45 p.m.

Officers reportedly found Richard Allen Medeiros II with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he'd crashed while the CHP chased him.

Police responded to a call that a girl was barricaded inside her home, police said. Police said they had received a report that an armed person had threatened to kill a family member. Police set up a perimeter around the apartment building and called crisis negotiators. Negotiations went on for six hours but then broke down. Police decided to enter the apartment and were confronted by the girl aiming a gun at them, and they shot and killed her.

The county sent a five-man undercover team shortly before 2 a.m. to deliver a warrant to Fontanez at his parents' house. The teen resisted with a baseball ball, starting an ugly melee where Fontanez was beaten, tasered multiple times, and fatally shot in the chest. The parents filed suit saying the police were indistinguishable from home invaders.