Cumberland County's district attorney ruled a state police trooper was justified in fatally shooting a fleeing bank robber who led police on a 20-mile chase from York to Lemoyne in October. District Attorney David Freed defended the actions of Sgt. Charles Mory, a 25-year trooper with the state police who has served on the force's Special Emergency Response team for 22 years. Mory shot and killed Robert Lee, 44, of Harrisburg on Oct. 24

Brothers Dwayne David and Kayshawn Forde lived across the street from the club where they ran afoul of police addressing a large street disturbance at 3:30 am. Two officers responded, and in a firefight one of them fired his weapon 16 times. The other fired once. Some question remained about if the brothers had been armed.

An off-duty officer shot and killed Gerald Dukes with Dukes' own gun in an alleged attempted carjacking in front of the officer's Florissant home. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., police said Dukes approached the officer, who'd just exited his car in his driveway, and demanded the keys. A struggle reportedly ensued and the officer shot Dukes.

The LA Times reported that Joshua Maravilla, a 20-year-old white male, died after being shot in Compton.

Investigators found a gun under the front seat of the pickup Matthew P. Romero was driving when he allegedly refused to stop for narcotics agents, then drove at some of them and was shot and killed. They were pursuing him after an alleged drug deal.

Bucknor was wanted for questioning about a shooting. He pulled a gun as police approached and was shot and killed.

According to HPD, Green pointed a rifle at officer responding to a family disturbance. They fatally shot him.

Newlywed Alexander stepped outside his house to investigate an early-morning commotion and was shot twice in the chest by officers of the Anaheim Police Department, who challenged him without identifying themselves. The city quieted settled with the family in 2010 for $1.55 million.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Isaac Whitaker and Martin police Sgt. Brian Ratliff were responding to a disturbance call at Petry Apartments on Main Street in Martin. When they arrived, they found James Anthony Rederick, 38, standing by his door armed with a knife. Rederick attacked Ratliff and both officers shot and killed him.

Officers Jeremy Layman and Sean Johnston shot and killed Demetric Mobley after he allegedly shot a squad car and fired several shots at police. According to police, officer John Rodgers was patrolling the area of Trewyn Park at about 12:45 a.m. when a bullet hit his tire. Several officers responded to the scene, where Johnston reportedly encountered Mobley and told him to put his hands up and drop the rifle. Mobley allegedly raised the gun toward Johnston and opened fire. Johnston ducked behind his squad car and fired once at Mobley. Langley, who police said was across the street, fired twice.

Gallegos was denied entry to Susana's Place, a nightclub. He shot and wounded a security guard, then ran down Bellfort Street, shooting at oncoming traffic. Officer Glover drove a patrol vehicle toward Gallegos. Gallegos shot at the vehicle. Officer Glover stepped out of the vehicle and shot Gallegos fatally in the back as he turned away to continue shooting into traffic. Officer Glover was awarded the Medal of Valor.

The officer was sent to check on a man seen lying on the ground in the desert near there, police said. For some reason the man got up and started fighting with the officer. The officer shot the man.

Harrington tried to hit a Columbus police officer with his van when he was fatally shot early yesterday morning, police said.

Eric Basuino reportedly shot his wife, Laura Sweat, as she tried to escape when police came to the door, then retreated to the back of the house and killed himself.

Police shot and killed Roderick Johnson when he allegedly shot at officers.

Five men left a card game in a backyard, then returned armed with handguns and long guns, robbing and beating the other players. Officers responded. The men left the scene by vehicle, then abandoned it after a nine-minute chase. One of the men, Mondragon, wearing a ballistic vest and carrying an AK-47-style rifle, shot at officers. Officer Will Ray, who had served APD for 11 months, fatally shot Mondragon.

With a history of bipolar disorder and paranoia, a distraught Kerstetter was confronted by two Metro police in his apartment on a welfare-check gone bad. Reportedly he tried to defend himself with a knife, refused to drop it on police orders, and was shot to death.

An officer shot and killed Ahmad Hicks during a confrontation on the South Side at about 8:40 p.m. Hicks was shot multiple times, according to the medical examiner's office.

Police responding to a report of a burglary opened fire and killed a guy who kicked his own door in because he was drunk and locked out of his house.

Police received a complaint from a Mequon resident who said she and a live-in boyfriend, Carey, were involved in a physical altercation at her home. Carey allegedly fired at officers and was shot and killed.

In a case of mistaken identity, officers responded to a shooting call thought Storey had a phone in his hand, but witnesses say his hands were empty, and he was running away. Storey was with his fiance filling a prescription. Storey shot was in the back of the neck when he was lying down. A court paid the family $750,000 for unreasonable force.

Robbery suspect Escamilla, carrying a gun, approached Officer Marc Valero. Officer Valero told Escamilla to drop the gun. Escamilla said he would not. Officer Valero shot at Escamilla repeatedly, striking him fatally in the belly and grazing his head.

Dispatcher Ida Villareal sent officers to the wrong house in search of a stabbing suspect. Officers told Moreno, the owner, to let them in. Neighbors told the officers that Moreno was mentally ill. Moreno told the officers that they were postal workers and asked them to leave his mail. Officers forced entry and cleared the house room-by-room until they came to the bedroom. Moreno, possibly armed with a knife, resisted arrest. Officers shot at him with six less-lethal rounds. Moreno continued to resist arrest. Officers fatally shot him. Moreno's family filed suit.

Cumby and Anando Robert drove away from the scene of a reported burglary in a silver Cadillac. Anderson county deputies pursued. The Cadillac, crashed into a tree in Frankston. Cumby and Robert left the vehicle. Robert was arrested. Cumby left the scene. Frankston Officer Jason Ward approached him. Cumby struck Officer Ward in the head, took his pistol, then returned to the area where the crash occurred. Constable Rick Stewart and Deputy Buzz Sides told Cumby to drop the gun. Cumby shot at them at least once. Constable Stewart fatally shot Cumby.

SWAT officers shot Gary Lee Sheets after he shot his ex-girlfriend during a standoff at St. John's Mercy Urgent Care Center. Police said Sheets entered the building at 4:30 p.m. and went to the second floor, where Jenenne Meadows, 47, worked as a lab technician. Sheets reportedly brandished a gun, took Meadows hostage, told everyone else to leave and locked himself in a room with Meadows. As SWAT team members waited outside the door, Sheets let Meadows call her son, then took the phone and said derogatory things. Meadows broke away from Sheets and unlocked the door, but Sheets shot her twice before the SWAT team ran into the room and surrounded Meadows. Sheets was reportedly still shooting when officers returned fire. Sheets and Meadows later died at hospitals.

SWAT officers shot Gary Lee Sheets after he shot his ex-girlfriend during a standoff at St. John's Mercy Urgent Care Center. Police said Sheets entered the building at 4:30 p.m. and went to the second floor, where Jenenne Meadows, 47, worked as a lab technician. Sheets reportedly brandished a gun, took Meadows hostage, told everyone else to leave and locked himself in a room with Meadows. As SWAT team members waited outside the door, Sheets let Meadows call her son, then took the phone and said derogatory things. Meadows broke away from Sheets and unlocked the door, but Sheets shot her twice before the SWAT team ran into the room and surrounded Meadows. Sheets was reportedly still shooting when officers returned fire. Sheets and Meadows later died at hospitals.

A local officer spotted White, a suspect in an armed carjacking, just a short distance from the gas station where the car had been taken. The officer shot White to death and "a handgun was recovered at the scene."

An off-duty Detroit officer reportedly got into an argument with Omari Dixson at about 3:30 a.m. while the two were sitting in cars next to each other at a stoplight. Dixson allegedly pointed a gun at the officer, leading him to open fire. Dixson was struck four times in the back and later died. A witness said Dixson never pointed a gun. The city paid $1.5 million to Dixson's family to settle the lawsuit.

Giles, armed with a .45-caliber pistol, shot at three people as they fixed a car, wounding all of them. Seated in a tan Ford Ranger, he later shot the windshield of a patrol vehicle driven by responding deputies and drove away. Deputies pursued him to the parking lot of Woodforest National Bank, where deputies hemmed him in with their vehicles. He shot at the deputies. The deputies fatally shot him. Giles was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 6, 2016.

Olympia police officers Mike Hovda and Paul Bakala attempted to stop a borrowed Honda Del Sol that Jose Ramirez-Jimenez was driving in the early morning hours of Nov. 18 because it matched a witness description of a vehicle seen fleeing the scene of a drive-by shooting earlier in the evening. The chase ended at 26th Avenue and College Street in Lacey. Ramirez-Jimenez refused to obey commands to show his hands after the Honda was disabled at the end of the chase. The officers believed Jimenez had a gun in the car; that he refused to comply with the officers' requests to show his hands; and that he continued to reach with his left hand toward the console when they opened fire. Ramirez-Jimenez was under the influence of methamphetamine when he was killed.

Police responded to reports that Sanders was threatening to commit suicide in the alley by Norwood Village Shopping Plaza. Police said they were trying to talk with Sanders when he fired at them and the officers fired back. The grand jury investigation found that the actions of the officers were appropriate.

Witcher and his wife were having a party when somebody called 911 about a woman who'd fallen. Responding officers found Witcher very drunk, uncooperative, and reportedly unwilling to have the woman tended to. Police claim that Witcher held and fired a shotgun at officers. He was killed by return fire. Family and witnesses found the police account impossible to believe.

BPD captain John Sloter and officer Dave Powers, and BCSD deputy Cole Hoffman responded to a report of a man with a gun at the Eastside Hideaway Lounge around 10:30 p.m. and confronted Seth Miller in an alley. All three officers opened fire when Miller allegedly pointed an air pistol at them. Seth Miller died the following afternoon at a hospital. A relative said Miller had been diagnosed with borderline schizophrenia and sometimes failed to take his medication.

Vizcarrundo died after a gun battle with police while running from the scene of his armed robbery of a convenience store. One of two people shot dead by Jacksonville police in unrelated incidents within the same hour.

Gooden attempted an armed robbery of a Captain D's restaurant. He was fatally shot several times in the chest by an off-duty county officer working security. Gooden's weapon was a BB gun.

Officer Donald Hummons shot Sterling Oliver, who allegedly pointed a gun at officer Jemeka Sherrod when police responded to a domestic violence call on the South Side. According to police, the officers arrived at about 11 a.m. to find Oliver wielding a gun and chased him into a gangway, where the shooting took place.

According to court documents, Kolski pointed a shotgun at officers who had responded to a domestic-dispute call from Kolski's girlfriend, who had locked herself in the bathroom and called 911. Police say that, after negotiations with Kolski, the officers forced their way into Kolski's home, after which two of the officers fired.

Officers Stephen Delgadillo and Enrique Macias shot Omar Francisco Garcia 15 times when he picked up Delgadillo's baton and tried to hit the officer with it during a scuffle in a Target parking lot.

Smith went to a family party and fatally shot his ex-wife, Myrtle. He was armed with a shotgun, two handguns and two fanny packs of ammunition. Deputies responded five minutes later, and tried to reason with Smith. Smith told them that he knew his life was already over. He seems to have swung the muzzle of his shotgun forward as he pointed it at his head and shot himself. Because Smith seems to have flagged a deputy with the muzzle as he did so, the deputy shot at Smith as well. Smith was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 6, 2016.

Richardson drove home from a bar in his red 2007 Dodge Ram. He struck a chain-link fence. William Lord, who believed Richardson would drive the truck into his house, called 911. Officers Jason Holt and Scott Gabriel responded. Richardson did not respond to their orders. Officer Gabriel fired three shots at the wheels of the truck. His pistol jammed. Officer Holt said that Richardson reached for a .22-caliber rifle. He shot Richardson fatally near the right ear. Texas Ranger Sergeant Shane Morrow investigated. Though both officers were no-billed, Officer Holt was fired. He had worked for five different law enforcement agencies in as many years.

Deputies Hugo Ramos and Joseph Manfree shot and killed Salvador Zepeda Alarcon when he pulled an air pistol on them.

David P. Krieg reportedly shot himself to death in Pocopson Township in a standoff with police after killing another man and abducting a woman in Philadelphia, according to police.

Police were called to deal with a suicidal woman. She fired on them, and they shot and killed her.

An Aurora police officer shot and killed an unidentified robbery suspect after the man pointed a gun at officers trying to arrest him.

Pea Ridge police officer Claude "John" Langham shot Ty Smith "multiple times" after Smith pointed a gun at the officer and threatened to shoot him. Two neighbors had called 911 after hearing gunshots at Smith's home.

State DOC officials went to Leverette's apartment to serve him a warrant. He refused to come out, which set up a six-hour armed standoff and a SWAT response. Finally, police shot tear gas in and forced an entry to find Leverette already dead.

A sheriff's deputy investigating a series of thefts and burglaries shot and killed a man Friday as he allegedly raced toward him in a stolen pickup.

Deputies Kevin Mullnix, Ron Hansen, Elena Transue and Fletcher Skerritt shot Craig Von Dohlen 10 times after he confronted them with a rifle and threatened to shoot them.

Bexley police responded to a domestic disturbance call. A resident told them that Marcum was upset with his girlfriend and had several weapons. Police found Marcum locked inside a bedroom with his girlfriend. He told officers he would shoot them and kill himself, and police could hear him loading a gun. Columbus SWAT officers were preparing to negotiate with Marcum when he walked out of the home carrying the loaded rifle, police said. A SWAT officer shot and killed Marcum as he walked toward the front gate.

Donald Frederick Robinson reportedly died from a self-inflicted wound during a shootout with Deputy Kelli Maness.

Deputies Michael Richardson and Arturo Alvarado shot Shawn Fox five times when he ran past them firing a handgun.

SLMPD officer Vladimir Vujica reportedly fled from a police car and committed suicide while under investigation. County police went to Vujica's home to serve a search warrant related to child pornography. Later that day, SLMPD Internal Affairs officers were driving Vujica to police headquarters for questioning when he reportedly jumped out of the car a few blocks from their destination and ran. Police said that Vujica wasn't technically in custody so he wasn't handcuffed or restrained. According to police, officers searched the area, but couldn't find him. At about 11:30 p.m., someone called 911 after finding Vujica behind Lasalle Park Baptist Church.

In December, 2008, Fairfax County police officers chased 19-year-old Hailu Brook across the county line into Arlington and shot him dead. Brook, a senior at Yorktown High School, had reportedly robbed a BB&T in McLean. The autopsy report, shows that the teen was shot 20-25 times by three officers with large caliber handguns.

Max Bishop killed himself after a five-hour standoff with police at his wife's Fredonia home. He was going through a divorce and, along with his wife, had just been foreclosed on the day before, police said.

A standoff began at around 9 a.m. after U.S. Marshals arrived at Matthew Krause's home to serve an arrest warrant for cocaine possession. Krause reportedly holed up in a bedroom closet with a .38 revolver, and the Marshals called local police. The Redford SWAT team took up positions in the house, and Sgt. Duane Gregg negotiated with Krause from the hallway outside the open bedroom door. Around 6:30 p.m., police said a a pole camera showed that Krause seemed to be sleeping in the closet, so they decided to enter the bedroom. Sgt. Nick Lentine rolled a flash bang into the room at the same time officer Brian D. Jones entered. Officer Butler and Lt. Eric Gillman followed. Krause allegedly fired a shot toward the doorway. Jones shot Krause 20 times (the gun was set to automatic), killing him.

Gatewood was one of three people in a vehicle stopped by local police. Wanted on a probation violation, Gatewood emerged from the car shooting. In the resulting firefight Gatewood was killed and the other occupants were seriously wounded.

Investigator Luis Valladares and another deputy served a felony warrant on Hunter at a traffic stop. Hunter reached for the console of the vehicle. Investigator Valladares shot at Hunter once, striking him fatally in the chest. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. A 9mm handgun was found in the console. Investigator Valladares had served for 10 years.

Cody Christopher Nifong, who was awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, was returning from psychological evaluation in Midlothian when he attempted to choke Officer Roger Wayne Walden, who shot and killed him. The fight occurred about a block from the Pittsylvania County Jail.

A multi-jurisdictional Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force arrived at Gordon's residence at 7:20 a.m. to serve a felony warrant. Five officers cornered Gordon on the second story and discovered him with a gun to his own temple. An FBI agent, a state trooper and Gordon fired more-or-less simultaneously. Two others were also wounded. The D.A. held that Gordon had committed suicide.See page 311 of http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/706058-fbi-shooting-incident-reviews.html.

Police from Saginaw, Buena Vista Township and state troopers responded around 10 p.m. to 911 calls from neighbors who reported seeing Delaney R. Williams chasing a woman with a shotgun in his hand. Police reportedly found a badly beaten victim and her mother in an apartment, with Williams armed and reloading in his van. Police said they surrounded the van and told Williams to throw out his weapons and surrender. Williams allegedly refused, got out of the van and pointed a shotgun at the officers. At least six officers opened fire, killing Williams.

Deputies and a warrant officer of the 118th District Court went to a residence to serve a warrant. Rawls, the owner of the residence, fled the officers and shot himself in the chest with a .38-caliber revolver. The man named in the warrant was Rawls's tenant. Rawls was mentally-ill and believed that he was under surveillance. Texas Ranger Michael Parker investigated.

A man stole a motorcycle at gunpoint from the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store on Ga. 138. He wrecked the bike a short distance away on Ga. 42 and was chased by officers into a wooded area where he was shot and killed.

Police say George and another man kidnapped a pedestrian at gunpoint and demanded money. The shooting followed a short chase by officers dispatched after the kidnap victim called 911, police said.

Stringer was fatally shot while he and another man were running from a robbery at a Dollar General Store. An officer confronted the men and ordered them to freeze, police said. Shots were exchanged, Stringer was shot in the head and the other man escaped.

Christian was killed after he lunged at a local officer with a knife during a 2 a.m. call at his parents' residence. He was said to be suicidal.

Kevin Lamont Sneed and a partner allegedly robbed a Wendy's. Later, Sneed stole a police car, led police on a chase and was shot and killed. Police believed Sneed and partner had robbed more than 55 stores over several years.

Police shot Manuel Benitez, a former child actor, when he reportedly shot at them after taking his 6-year-old son, Benjamin, hostage inside a restaurant's restroom, ending a four-year FBI fugitive manhunt.

Jackson's longtime girlfriend called police for help when he'd locked himself in the bathroom, apparently suicidal on Christmas Eve. Jackson had some history of mental health issues and substance abuse. Two local officers confronted Jackson in the house, commanded him to drop his knife, and fatally shot him when he refused to comply.

Police said James Duncan, 64, shot and killed his stepson, Adam Mills, 33, also killed himself when police arrived and confronted him

Officers stopped Moore, driving a 1998 Chevrolet Astro, for ignoring a stop sign. Moore shot himself with a .38-caliber Rossi revolver. He was a suspect in the sexual assault of his ex-wife and the burglary of her house, during which a handgun was stolen. In his possession were three goodbye letters, addressed to his wife and two children.

Colbert was shot after attempting to use vehicle to run over state trooper. Colbert had been pulled over on suspicion of driving a stolen van.

According to police, a short pursuit began after officers tried to stop Melvin Elandt on suspicion of traffic violations at about 9:30 p.m. Two officers shot Elandt when he allegedly struck one of them with his truck. Elandt was pronounced dead at a hospital. The officers were reportedly treated for minor injuries.

State police say Deputy Scotty Hill, who was off duty at the time, showed up at the farm to buy a horse from Pollitt's nephew. Police say Pollitt came out of the home and was angry, waving a pistol and threatening Hill. Police say that's when Hill fired several shots at Pollitt, killing her.

Bonestroo attacked co-workers at a ski resort, killing one. After a pursuit, he was shot and killed by Deputy John Seifert. Bonestroo's death was ruled a suicide because he also shot himself.

Dionisio Saucedo Jr. drove a 2005 Dodge Stratus into the western edge of Eden, Texas. A trooper stopped the Stratus. Alcantar, in the passenger seat, shot at the trooper with a 12-gauge shotgun. The trooper drew a handgun and fatally shot Alcantar. Alcantar was wanted in the shooting death of Lynda Fairchild and the wounding of her daughter, Heather Flores, the mother of Alcantar's child. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

Police were called to a residence on Terra Bella Street where a man was threatening his family with a gun and firing shots in the air. When police arrived, Soriano escaped to an attic space. Police found him there two hours later and police shot him.

Murphy was outside of his apartment with two other men, dressed in a WW2 costume. The men were firing rounds over the buildings (discovered to be blanks after Murphy's death). A neighbor heard the noise and based on what he saw out his window, called police. Police arrived on scene and told the men to put the rifles down. The officers fired at Murphy, saying that he had pointed the rifle at them.

State troopers responded to Lady Godiva Bar in the Showgirl Galleria at 1:25 a.m. after Chucky Lee Jackson reportedly shot a patron and nightclub employee. Jackson allegedly shot in the direction of police who confronted him inside the club. Troopers Roberto Anaya and Chris Bommarito shot Jackson four times, killing him.

Michael D. Black shot and killed himself in Hopkins County after being pulled over by the Kentucky State Police. According to state police, Black, 28, was stopped by Trooper Mitch Hampton for suspicion of DUI.

Bernal threatened his estranged wife. Later, officers helped her to retrieve property from their house. Bernal appeared at the house with a gun to his head. Officers tried to reason with Bernal, retreated with Bernal's wife and called SWAT. Bernal shot himself.

Randolph John Martin was found dead inside a Woodland apartment after exchanging gunfire with police during a standoff.

Police shot Robert E. Sylvester multiple times when he reportedly got out of his car with a a gun after a chase. At around 1:30 p.m., Sylvester allegedly robbed the Check 'n Go on West Market Street in Bloomington and fled into rural McLean County. Officers from multiple agencies chased Sylvester to I-55, where he ran from his vehicle and jumped over a median with a gun in his hand. Police shot Sylvester in the northbound lane, and he died several hours later at a hospital.

Lorenzo Jones was reportedly killed in a police-involved shooting in North Chicago at about 4:20 a.m.

Stephen T. Thompson called the city's police desk—not 911—at 3:05 a.m. from his home at 1704 Kenwood Ave., threatening suicide and to blow up the neighborhood. When officers approached the home, they heard two gunshots, which prompted them to retreat and call for the Emergency Services Team and a Crisis Intervention Team negotiator. The negotiator contacted Thompson—whom police said was dealing with medical issues—and talked for an hour. At 5:26 a.m., Thompson emerged from the home armed with a pump-action shotgun. He threatened police, loaded a shell into the shotgun, cocked it and aimed it at police. At that point, Sgt. Jon Noll shot and killed him.

An anonymous tip pointed police toward Brewster, in a stolen car, at a local gas station. He had outstanding warrants for evading a five-year probation for armed robbery. As officers tried to apprehend him, one officer grabbed the steering wheel through the open driver's door as Brewster was trying to drive off. Brewster was then fatally shot.

After an armed robbery and a getaway in a red Mustang, Skipper and an accomplice wrecked the Mustang on a freeway. When a local officer unwittingly stopped to help, they carjacked a white SWAT SUV from that officer, and were fatally shot and wrecked the SUV almost simultaneously.

Portsmouth police pursued a vehicle driven by Kenji Lee Danzy from Interstate 264 to the Ballentine Boulevard exit about 7 p.m. The pursuit led to the 3500 block of Westminster Ave., a dead-end street. Portsmouth officers got out of their vehicles and approached Danzy. A fight happened, an officer was injured, and officers Timothy McAndrew, Clarence Pearson Jr. and Cory J. Petty shot and killed Danzy.

Brown was the passenger in a taxi pulled over on I-90 for speeding. During questioning Brown became restive and pulled an assault weapon out of a duffel bag and shot at least 28 rounds toward the state police car. He held off for about an hour but was shot in the head, lapsed into a coma, then died in the hospital days later.

Police were called because a man was threatening to kill his wife at a Cabot gas station. Robert Wesley Holley, 40, then fled the gas station, and two officers spotted him and chased him until he stopped at a house. When Holley got out of his car, he pointed a gun at the two officers, Randle Tharpe and Mike Reeves, who shot and killed him.

Officers reported that Robles, a mentally ill man, was wielding a Samurai sword, and they shot him to death.

Cole was killed by her husband, a 19-year NYPD lieutenant, who then shot himself in the head. Their 18-year-old at the scene daughter had tried to intervene.

An off-duty officer saw a shooting in which a man was shot in the leg. Two men took off in a car and the off-duty officer chased them. Police say Smith and another suspect, 18-year old Marcus Powell, got out of their car. Powell was arrested, but Smith fled on foot, and the off-duty officer followed him. There was a confrontation, and the off-duty officer shot and killed Smith.

Three county officers and a state trooper found Lumia behind the wheel of his vehicle, having rammed the house of his stepfather. The stepfather informed the police that Lumia was bipolar and off his medication. Partly cooperative, Lumia refused to unlock his door and finally rammed police vehicles with his Ford Explorer. He was fatally shot.

Police shot unarmed Mario Rodriguez when he revved the engine as officers walked toward him after a car chase.

City police saw Reed with a duffel bag and gave chase when he ran through a series of alleys and sidestreets. According to the police narrative, Reed produced an SRA assault rifle from the bag. Police shot him to death. The same officer chased (against orders) and ran down a motorcyclist in July 2010.

Officers Isaac White, 28, and Jessica Woodard, 26, shot and killed Rodney Boddie after they said he struggled with them then ran into a house, grabbed a knife, and lunged at them. Boddie had been pulled over for driving with an expired tag, police said.

The officers are being honored for their response to a Jan. 17, 2009 sniper-like shooting in Glasgow that killed Melissa Greenhagen, 37, and injured Scott and Suzanrn Billingsley outside the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. After the shooting, officers tracked Roger Sellers, 42, to his house, where he was shot to death after pulling a knife on the officers. A coroner's inquest found Bureau of Land Management Ranger Alexandra Burke was justified in killing Sellers.

Patrolman Peter Mooney shot and killed suspected bank robber, Anthony Taylor, when he pointed a pellet gun at police.

Trooper Chad Foster conducted a traffic stop on Sabino Gardea. Gardea stepped out of the vehicle and shot Trooper Foster at least once in the left calf. Trooper Foster shot Gardea. Gardea collapsed. Trooper Foster told him to drop the gun. Gardea raised the gun a second time. Trooper Foster shot Gardea again, striking him a total of nine times. Trooper Foster won the DPS Officer's Association Trooper of the Year Award.

Anthony Bialecki fatally shot Domonick Washington, who was the passenger in a car that was pulled over for signaling left but turning right. Bialecki told investigators that as he and his partner approached the car, Washington's movements led them to believe he was trying to hide drugs. As they searched Washington, he struggled and tried to run away. Washington, 26, punched and kicked the officers, police said. Bialecki told investigators he shot Washington at close range in the chest because he appeared to be reaching for a gun. Washington was unarmed.

Clayton Lewis was under indictment in Dougherty County, and awaiting trial on two counts of felony theft by taking. Lewis was killed in a shootout with Deputy Mark Farley in a moving car on the Albany Bypass. Farley also shot himself, and another agent was allegedly hit by a car when Lewis sped away from a traffic stop.

Deputies responded to the house on a report that a man was firing assault rifles inside. The gunfire continued for about an hour. When it ended, a SWAT team entered the house and found Applegate dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Police said they spotted narcotics in Jamaar Morton's car when they pulled him over for a traffic violation. He allegedly grabbed an officer's gun and was shot and killed.

At 4:30 a.m. Hamilton lay in wait for a convenience store clerk to open the doors, then took her hostage at gunpoint. One of the two responding deputies emerged from the resulting firefight with life-threatening wounds. The clerk was unhurt. Hamilton was shot dead.

North Las Vegas police officer tried to stop two teens for jaywalking but they ran from him. He chose to pursue Tyrise M. Bell, and the foot pursuit led to a desert lot just east of a PT's Pub. Bell tripped and the officer tackled him. During the struggle the officer hit Bell twice with a baton. He dropped the weapon and reached around to get control of Bell's arms. He felt Bell gripping a handgun and the officer pulled out a gun and told him to drop it. While wrestling with the weapon, the officer fired several times, killing Bell. An investigation found Bell's gun was the property of the U.S. Air Force. It's unclear how it came into Bell's possession.

Ricardo Badillo, 22, died after being shot by police in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

On the morning of the 24th Babler had been arrested for fighting with another woman. Later in the day police responded to a medical call because Babler had fallen, or jumped, off her balcony. She emerged with a gun in hand and refused to drop it, so was fatally shot. Her gun had been unloaded.

Local officers trying to serve an arrest warrant on Kennedy used pepper spray and a Taser when he did not cooperate. He was described as fighting with the police and trying to take one of their service weapons. He was fatally shot. The family disputed the police version of events; police pointed to Kennedy's five prison sentences

Ex-convict and reputed gang member Williams was shot three times after he reportedly threatened officers with a gun. He'd been approached while loitering on a city street with another man at 5 p.m. on a Sunday evening. While initial reports said he was 'expected to survive' Williams died of his wounds.

An unidentified 21-year-old man reportedly shot himself after a police chase. According to police, the man got into a fight with his girlfriend at a gas station and stole her 2008 Pontiac. A Braidwood officer spotted the car and a chase ensued. Wilmington police took over on I-55 until Darien, where Darien police took over. Police said they discontinued the chase at Harlem Avenue at 11:07 p.m. Minutes later, the ISP said they received a report of an accident, and troopers found the man dead inside the car from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Abdullahi was a Somali immigrant and resident of a poorly-maintained group home for the mentally ill, unsupervised and off his medication. One morning he began articulating paranoid fantasies then took another resident hostage with a knife. Police arrived, could not communicate with him, and shot him once fatally.

James Robert Wells Jr. was found dead at the end of a lengthy standoff.

Justin Lane Kelley's body was found in a bedroom at his father's mobile home after an officer fired into the room after hearing a gunshot.

Gutierrez was being evicted when he fired on officers, but later shot and killed himself behind the house.

Cpl. Claudia Lisner shot and killed bystander Daniel Balandran when she mistook him for a robbery suspect as he ran toward her holding a cheeseburger while trying to take cover from gunfire.

Paul Palmer, 31, was fatally shot in the head, chest and leg by a Pittsburgh police officer at his residence when he pulled a gun out during an altercation. Palmer allegedly fainted, nearly causing a fire, was removed from the property and then re-entered. Authorities were called after he left through a window armed and encountered another officer. When he refused to drop his weapon and pointed it at the officer, he was shot and killed.

James Estes, a depressed carpet installer, stole the money tray from the cash register of a gas station. When Estes drive away the store clerk called the sheriff's office. Capt. Eddie Broatwright, 47, saw a vehicle matching the description and pursued. Estes drove through traffic recklessly and at high speeds. When Boatwright got close enough to the car he fired a few shots at a tire, but it had no effect. He took two shots at Estes and then two more. Estes' vehicle veered off the road into a ditch and eventually hit an embankment sending the vehicle 20 to 25 feet into the air before landing on its side. Estes died at the scene of a gunshot wound to the head.

Officers were checking the welfare of a 7-year-old girl after her father called police on Saturday, worried about the behavior of the grandmother, who was the child's legal guardian.

Five police detectives were running a surveillance operation in a Best Buy parking lot in Kendall where there had been car break-ins. According to police, Junior Carrales broke into an unmarked van that was actually a police vehicle to steal a computer. Police confronted him, and he jumped into the car of Christian Estrada Morales, 25, who then drove toward an officer and hit several cars in an attempt to escape. Officers Elton Matthis Frank Reynolds and Alex Rizo opened fire killing Morales and critically wounding Carrales.

Brenner was killed as he tried to rob two undercover narcotics agents at gunpoint. They both returned fire, resulting in one of two fatal Jacksonville police shootings on that same day—the other was Rachel Lynette Etheridge—and a third suspect, Michael Devaughn Felder, was killed three days later.

A call came into paramedics to respond to a home for a male with a medical condition. The caller stated the man at the residence was slurring his words and was bumping into things and that she feared he was having a stroke. When EMS arrived, 72-year-old Richard Sabo was combative and said he was armed with a gun. Paramedics left the house and when police arrived on scene, they say Sabo exited the house with a shotgun and pointed it at police. After a brief standoff, Sabo was shot and killed by an officer.

Police said they got several calls just before 7:45 a.m. reporting a reckless driver near a school. Inkster police chased the Jeep Liberty, driven by Willie Allan Thomas, but abandoned the pursuit after he left town. Soon afterward, Thomas reportedly nearly struck students near a Dearborn Heights high school. Sgt. Alfred Nason and officer Nicholas Szopko, in separate cars, followed Thomas east along Van Born Road. After about two miles, police said the officers realized Thomas was headed for the Southfield Freeway and decided to box the Jeep in between their cars on the entrance ramp. Szopko overtook the Jeep, as Nason positioned his car directly behind it. Szopko got out and approached Thomas, who allegedly reversed and hit Nason's car, then drove at Szopko. Szopko fired four shots through the Jeep's windshield. Two shots hit Williams, whose foot jammed down on the gas pedal, sending the Jeep down the embankment, across three traffic lanes and into the center wall. According to police, Williams had been in court the week before for allegedly trying to run over an officer in a neighboring city.

Police shot and killed Okie Lutcher Jr. in a standoff and hostage situation when he allegedly assaulted officers with a firearm.

Police shot and killed Eric Walters when he allegedly aimed a gun at officers who'd responded to a suicidal call.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, in the crowded parking lot of a popular nightclub, Felder produced a 9mm handgun and began shooting it into the air, not at anything or anyone. Police commanded him to drop the weapon and Felder simply ran away. He was killed with a single shot.

Fleeing the scene of a robbery at Wachovia Bank on High Point Road around 5:00pm Monday 9 February 2009, Majors and alleged accomplice Christopher O'Neal-Patterson led police on a two-minute chase. Following the exchange of gunfire with police, Majors and Patterson were transported to the hospital. Majors was pronounced dead at 11:24 p.m. Monday, according to a spokesperson for Moses Cone Hospital. The cause of death was not released.

Michael Harper reportedly committed suicide during a standoff with police after he killed Bradley Clubb. Just before 10 a.m. police were called to Anything for Money, Harper's handyman business. Harper claimed Clubb was holding him hostage, but police were never able to make contact with Clubb. A fire broke out in the building. After firefighters put the blaze out, investigators entered and found both men dead with gunshot wounds. The next day, police said there may never have been a hostage situation.

Mustafa "Moe" Mustafa reportedly shot himself as more than a dozen police cruisers surrounded his Bentley after a five-hour, low-speed chase.

Deputies surrounded a house because of a 911 call. A woman came out distraught saying a man was threatening to hurt himself. Negotiators tried to talk to him, but he shot and killed himself.

Steven Vierra walked up to undercover police and pulled out a gun in an apparent attempt to rob one of the officers, police said. The officers ordered the man to surrender his weapon, but he failed to do so, instead raising the handgun and aiming it at one of the officers. Two officers shot and killed Vierra.

Police shot Harold Bobbitt after he allegedly pointed a gun at them. At about 3:40 p.m., three undercover officers saw Bobbitt, who was reportedly wanted on assault and unlawful use of weapon charges, in a Ford Crown Victoria near Labadie and Lambdin avenues. The officers threw down spike strips to stop the car, but Bobbitt drove over the strips and continued on four flat tires. Bobbitt got out of the car at Marcus and St. Louis, ran through a gangway, and then allegedly turned and pointed a gun at the officers, who shot him several times. He died at the scene.

Courtney McGowan was shot and killed after officers conducted a "suspicious vehicle stop" while he was visiting his cousin in the Raleigh area. McGowan was shot when the 1999 Mercedes he was driving struck a 24-year-old probationary officer, police said.

Officers shot and killed Ryan R. Spears, who was allegedly randomly firing his gun in the street. Spears had been diagnosed several years before with a severe mental illness, close family friends and neighbors said.

Darnell Russell was shot and killed in an alleged "drug-related incident gone bad," according to police.

Bystander Willie Neal Jr. was reportedly struck by a bullet fired by Ross A. Williams, who police said shot at officers a quarter of a mile away from Neal following a chase. The chase began after Williams robbed the Bank of America in Coffeyville just before 5 p.m. Williams fled to the outskirts of town where he drove through a wire cable and hit a tree. According to police, Williams exited his SUV and fired a handgun at officers, then pulled out an SKS rifle and fired about 30 rounds. Police returned fire as Williams ran into a wooded area. One of Williams' shots reportedly traveled about a quarter mile down Grant Street, hitting Neal in the left thigh and through his right thigh, severing both femoral arteries. Neal and his brother had gone outside when Williams passed their house during the chase. Neal died on the way to the hospital.

Officer Matthew Betancourt responded to a call about a fire at Cortez's residence. He told Cortez, standing near the front door, to leave the burning house. Instead, Cortez approached the officer with a knife. The officer backed away, tripped on a fire department water line, then drew his pistol as he righted himself. He offered to holster his pistol if Cortez dropped his knife. Cortez took an axe from a nearby fire engine, approached the officer and raised it. The officer shot him in the chest. Cortez died at Valley Baptist Hospital. Texas Rangers Ricardo Rivera and Victor Escalon investigated.

Hobart's mother called authorities when her schizoaffective son refused to go to a counseling session. Officer Jesus Estrada, who did not have necessary training, responded. Hobart's mother invited Officer Estrada into the home. Hobart punched Officer Estrada in the head. Officer Estrada claimed that he saw spots, and shot at Hobart fearing he would lose consciousness. Hobart's family filed a lawsuit, receiving a $150,000 settlement.

Pasadena Police Department officials said two officers fired at Barnes, of Pasadena, after he pulled a .32-caliber Colt handgun from a backpack and pointed it at them.

Juawan Otis was sitting in the back of a car parked in an apartment building parking lot at around 4 a.m. when two patrol officers pulled in behind the vehicle to investigate. One of the officers shot and killed Otis after he allegedly pulled out a pistol and refused to drop it.

Police shot and killed Bernard Monroe Sr. on his front porch when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers in a foot chase with two suspected drug dealers (not Monroe).

Police set up a dawn raid on Hudson's residence, suspecting him of running a drug house. Hudson was a 350-lb ex-con with a history of shooting at police. He did here again, firing on and wounding one of the officers before being fatally shot himself.

Robert Datillo shot and wounded Corporal Dan Lawhorn and Patrolman Keith Broady in a motel in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He later committed suicide during a standoff with police in Louisville, Kentucky.

Six officers shot Sean Paul Burns when he pointed a gun at them and slowly drove his pickup truck at them after a pursuit across Contra Costa County.

Passenger Glenn hopped out of a car during a traffic stop and fled, on foot, into an alley. The pursuing local officer shot him to death apparently without specific provocation. Glenn was on his hands and knees. The officer was indicted, convicted of reckless homicide, and sentenced to two years in prison, one of the rare cases where an officer has been indicted for a line-of-duty killing. He served merely six months.

Fugitive murder suspect Davis started an overnight manhunt when he crashed through a window to evade police. He held a family at knifepoint for several hours. Spotted briefly at a motel he again escaped the dragnet and forced his way into a third-story apartment. The occupant jumped off the balcony, which alerted police to his presence. He was shot to death in the complex's courtyard.

Ayala crashed his girlfriend's vehicle while drunk, then returned to their apartment . Sergeants Jonathan Lamb and Martin Morris entered the apartment, and were informed that Ayala was armed with a knife and in a rage. The sergeants sent Ayala's girlfriend and a young girl out of the room and closed the door behind them. Ayala ranted at the sergeants and approached them with a knife. They shot him four times and disarmed him. Ayala died.

Reagor failed to yield during a traffic stop and raced his engine when the officer was walking back to his car. The officer thought Reagor was going to run him over, so he fired shots at Reagor.

Police went to Marshall Franklin's home to check on his mental state. After a five-hour standoff during which he shot at police, he was shot and killed.

Aaron C. Hemingway reportedly shot himself in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun as police closed in. Hemingway had allegedly shot and injured two Ameren linemen repaired a substation and fled the scene in an S-10 truck. Officer Larry Miller spotted Hemingway and turned his squad car around to get behind the truck, which stopped in the middle of the road. Sgt. James Barker and Captain Robert Hull were in a squad car about 100 feet in front of Hemingway's truck. Miller said Hemingway was leaned over in his seat. Miller said he pulled his pistol and pointed it at Hemingway as he approached, then saw Hemingway with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right temple. Hull and Barker also said they saw Hemingway slumped in his seat with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Hemingway's mother, crime scene photographs showed the shotgun lying across Hemingway's lap with the action open, which was "a task impossible for Aaron Hemingway to perform subsequent to receiving the mortal gunshot wound to his right temple region."

A man wanted in California for murder shot his girlfriend and then himself in his northwest valley home. Before the murder-suicide, Allen Meister exchanged gunfire with Las Vegas police sergeant. During the incident, police rescued a young child from the residence.

Exhibiting "profuse sweating, incredible strength, agitation and skin that was hot to the touch", Earnhardt drew police to a mobile home park at 6 a.m. for his erratic irrational behavior. Nearly naked, he wouldn't come off the roadway. Deputies noticed steam coming off his body. He was Tased twice, stopped breathing, and died.

Neighbors called police on Vietnam veteran Adkins for being armed and talking about suicide. When police arrived, he pointed a rifle, and he was shot to death. Initial police descriptions of the incident had him firing a round, which was untrue. Adkins died after lingering in a coma for days.

Belanger was a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Wal-Mart in eastern Arizona when killed himself after being pulled over by an officer.

Detective Eric Bradley shot and killed David Paradiso when he reportedly attacked Judge Cinda Fox with a shank in a Stockton courtroom.

Officers forced open the door of Alfaro's residence to serve a drug-related warrant. Alfaro shot Officer Richard Salter, the first through the door, in the face. Officers behind him entered the residence and fatally shot Alfaro. Officer Salter was paralyzed. Alfaro was an undocumented immigrant.

Baltimore police officers were driving past an alley when they saw Cannady with his "hands in his waist area," according to board documents. Suspecting that Cannady could be carrying a weapon, the officers pulled their vehicle into the alley and saw Cannady and another individual sitting in the front of a cream-colored Lexus. The officers got out of their car, with badges hanging from their necks, and shined a flashlight into the vehicle. Police said Cannady began to drive the Lexus toward the officers, and an officer fired one bullet into the vehicle, killing Cannady. The city eventually gave $100,000 to the family.

Police said Crawford shot himself in the head while holed up in a bathroom at a house believed to be the home of a relative. Police surrounded the home and forced their way through the front door. Crawford was suspected in the slayings of his wife, sister-in-law and three children.

Juan Delgado was on top of the PGW building where he worked, contemplating suicide when he was shot and killed by police when he pointed a gun at them.

Ramos was suspected in an armed robbery shot at county SWAT officers serving a search warrant at the house he shared with his mother in Middleton hours after the robbery. Officers pulled back and evacuated neighboring homes before going in again. Ramos fled out the back door and over a fence, where he shot at deputies. One deputy returned fire. Ramos was shot, but police said the killing shot was self-inflicted.

Army specialist Christopher Lanum was wanted as a suspect over the stabbing of a fellow soldier at Fort Eustis. Lanum and his girlfriend, Patsy Ann Marie Montowski, fled in her van, which was later spotted around 200 miles away inside Shenandoah national park. Police pursued the pair, who crashed the van after running over a spiked strip laid in the road. Lanum pointed a gun at police, refused orders to drop it, and was shot and killed.

Holliday had just robbed a Circle K of $110 at 2:30 a.m. when two county officers arrived in the parking lot. Holliday turned his painted-black BB gun toward them, and he was fatally shot.

Officers Irshad Mohammed, Gabriel Guerrero, Richard Buckley and Bradley Burrell shot Dennis Charles Hickman when he drove at them in a stolen pickup truck in a residential neighborhood south of the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

Plainclothes officers Henry Thomas and Patrick Kane shot Matthias Mayhorn when he allegedly aimed a gun at them while hanging out of his window. At around 5:30 p.m., the officers went to Mayhorn's home because he was wanted on an investigative alert for a domestic incident. Mayhorn fled to his second-floor bedroom and tried to escape through the window when the officers grabbed his legs, attorneys for Mayhorn's estate said. The officers then shot Mayhorn in the head and leg while he hung out the window, dropped him onto the pavement and waited to summon medical assistance, according to the lawsuit. Mayhorn died at the scene. In May 2015, a Cook County jury awarded $1.5 million to Mayhorn's family.

Police received a tip about Wiggs' location, who was wanted for sexual assault charges. An officer found him and tried to talk to him, but Wiggs kept walking away from him. Wiggs pointed a gun out from under his arm as he was walking away. The officer shot Wiggs.

Police responded to the Country Terrace mobile home park at 11:14 p.m. after receiving a report that Daniel J. Myers had a gun, was suicidal and had his family inside the trailer with him. After about an hour, police convinced Myers to let his wife and two children leave. According to police, officers spoke with Myers by phone for two more hours, until they heard a gunshot. They entered the trailer and found Myers dead.

After a carjacking, robbery, chase, foot chase and gunfire exchange, Ramirez was shot and killed.

Fontana Cpl. Keith Zagorin shot and killed unarmed Enrique Castenada Isiordia when he reached behind his back during a narcotics sting outside an Ontario Albertsons.

Near midnight on a Saturday night, Crisp fired on deputies responding to reports of a small fire on his residential property. Crisp managed to wound two of the officers before being killed by return fire. His motivation was unknown.

Castaneda's father had called police because he thought his son was under the influence of drugs and had armed himself with a machete, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. When deputies arrived Castaneda was in the backyard of a home with a baseball bat and the knife. Castaneda approached the deputies with the weapons, and they shot him, officials said.

A Pittsburgh officer and a state trooper in an unmarked car during DUI patrols happened upon an SUV, lights off, travelling the wrong way down a one way street. Haniotakis ended up ramming the police's car and lead them on a brief but wild chase with multiple crashes. Haniotakis, unarmed, was shot to death.

In a puzzling incident, Massachusetts tourist Burdett excused himself from his girlfriend and motel room, is said to have demanded money from an off-duty sheriff's deputy at knifepoint, and was shot to death by that deputy. Despite questions about where Burdett might have gotten the knife, and the apparent lack of any robbery motive, the shooting was found justified.

Sontosh Clarke was allegedly driving a stolen car when he was pulled over. He fought with officers and was allegedly choking one with his own baton when the officer shot and killed Clarke.

K-9 Officer Dan Lesser and Sgt. Brent Austin attempted to pull Longest over for reckless driving. After Longest's Honda high-centered on a concrete divider, he fled and there was a foot chase into an alley several blocks away. The police then released the K-9, Var. Longest shot the dog twice with a .22 handgun then turned to flee again. Officer Lesser shot Longest once in the spine. Longest died in a hospital the next day. The County Prosecutor justified the shooting , and Var was given the Purple Heart.

Officer Johnathan Manly shot and killed Penimina Sue when he threatened him with a piece of lumber.

Police were called out to Traub's residence and found Traub, inside, with a weapon. Few other details were made available other than "deputies were forced to open fire."

A bicycle patrol officer responded to shots fired. He confronted two men, and there was apparently shots exchanged, and Marlon Sanders was killed.

Maldonado broke into the home of a county sheriff's major as the officer was getting ready for work and attacked him. The major responded by shooting the unarmed Maldonado to death. While his motive was unclear, the major's home had been the target of a burglary just months before. A police review held that the major was off-duty and the state's castle doctrine justified the killing.

Lovelle Mixon shot and killed two Oakland police officers during a traffic stop, then killed two more when SWAT team officers attempted to apprehend him two hours later. Mixon was killed in a barrage of gunfire as the officers returned fire.

Giacobbe's family had sent him off from a nearby county with a ticket to New Mexico, but he exited the bus at Crystal River. Consistent with his history of mental issues and criminal activity he visited several local business for two days, directing traffic, talking about angels, and making a nuisance of himself. At a Sonic drive-in in the early morning hours, though, this developed into Giacobbe stabbing a K-9 and charging a deputy. He was fatally shot six times.