Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

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Displaying 7,501 - 8,000 of 22,236

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
8674Julian Dekeuninck54MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2009DavenportIA41.5945205-90.5738849Davenport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dekeuninck was a resident of a mental health center in Rock Island, and trailed a long history of mental issues and contact with police. An officer confronted him in the lobby of a roadside motel in the pre-dawn hours. For unknown reasons he'd attacked an employee there with a knife. He refused to drop the knife, and was fatally shot.

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20393Dennis Dooley24MaleRace unspecified12/12/2009PittsburghPA40.4370699-79.9740243Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dennis Dooley was one of two men attempting to rob a bar when an off-duty officer shot and killed him.

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8673Jarod Michael Brown21MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2009VictorvilleCA34.5067173-117.41696San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sergeant Van Putnam and Deputy Steven Spagon shot Jarod Michael Brown after he allegedly drove away from a traffic stop while dragging Putnam along on the road in a remote area of Adelanto.

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8679Troy James Lake24MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2009PhoenixAZ33.4985749-112.1670811U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lake fired on U.S. Marshals as they attempted to serve him with a murder warrant. They shot and killed him.

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19772Andreas Mumm49MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2009MiamiFL25.8515592-80.1875894Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 11 p.m. two officers responded to an aggravated battery at a duplex. When they arrived they found that two men had been fighting. One was standing with injuries to his head. Andreas Mumm was nearby. Police say that Mumm, 49, was acting strangely and armed himself with a metal trowel. He refused commands to put it down and when he made a sudden move with the trowel Officers Michael Brajdic and Jeffrey Gruendel fired, killing him.

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8680Nicholas Alvarado Morales29MaleHispanic/Latino12/13/2009DenverCO39.6931143-105.0390576Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer responding to "shots fired" call spotted Morales with the spotlight on his patrol call. Morales turned and pointed his gun at the officer The officer fired five shots, fatally wounding Morales.

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8678Keith Phillip Strickland32MaleRace unspecified12/13/2009Rio RanchoNM35.2606775-106.6920218Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rio Rancho Police officer Charles Weaver shot and killed Keith Strickland after Strickland threatened the officer with a shotgun, police said. Weaver was responding to a domestic dispute between Strickland and his estranged wife at her home.

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8682Neil Don Southerland30MaleEuropean-American/White12/14/2009JacksonvilleFL30.1599253-81.6218614Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In the middle of the night police were called out to a report of a vandalized car. The vandal was Southerland, driving a pickup towing a trailer for a riding lawn mower. Twice he backed up toward police vehicles; the second time, that trailer mounted the hood of a cruiser. Southerland engaged in a physical fight with officers that escalated. Although evidently unarmed he was shot to death.

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8681Linda Hicks62FemaleAfrican-American/Black12/14/2009ToledoOH41.6545307-83.5763095Toledo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hicks, one of two residents staying in the state-licensed Marria's Adult Family Home was shot in the head and killed by one of the two police officers dispatched to the central Toledo address because she was threatening people with scissors.

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21731Michael Sidney Guest Jr.32MaleRace unspecified12/14/2009BaltimoreMD39.236255-76.59944Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Sidney Guest Jr. allegedly shot and wounded two people before he was shot and killed.

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8683Gregorio Arguetta Estrada47MaleHispanic/Latino12/15/2009BurneyCA40.8818245-121.6645656Shasta County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SWAT team deputy Jason Gassaway and Detective Troy Clegg shot and killed Gregorio Arguetta Estrada, who reportedly fired at officers after he'd shot two bank customers and held tellers hostage for three hours in a Main Street bank.

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8685Elizabeth Catherine Kropp43FemaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2009ModestoCA37.6769234-121.0177954Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kropp suffered from mental illness for more than 20 years and endured a painful adult life until it ended suddenly when she walked onto a Modesto elementary school campus carrying a meat cleaver and was shot by police. She was reported to have been cutting herself.

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8684Samuel Craft48MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2009East PeoriaIL40.671011-89.552259East Peoria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Neither McElyea and Anthony Fisher shot Samuel Craft when he allegedly refused to drop a knife and sword in the parking lot outside his apartment. According to police, the officers had responded to the Sun Valley Apartments at around 6 p.m. and found Craft, waving a three-foot sword and a seven-inch knife. Police said Craft backed the officers into a parking lot, and that they waited until Craft was within 10 feet before opening fire. Craft was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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22806Raheen Alexander Alleyne19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/15/2009RoanokeVA37.2847306-79.9948189Roanoke Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raheen Alexander Alleyne was shot and killed after fleeing a set-up drug bust that police implied was somehow connected to a home invasion.

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21732Name withheld by police39MaleRace unspecified12/15/2009BaltimoreMD39.3465109-76.7076896Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unidentified man was shot and killed by police as he left a parole and probation center. He was suspected of being involved in an armed robbery.

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8686Daniel Heidt60MaleRace unspecified12/16/2009PāhoaHI19.393023-154.931577Hawaii Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Puna patrol officers responded to a report of shots being fired from within a home. As they approached the house, responding officers confirmed numerous additional shots being fired. They secured the perimeter of the property, where the man had barricaded himself inside the house. The barricaded man, Heidt, exited the house brandishing a machete. As officers attempted to get him to peacefully surrender, he pulled out a concealed firearm. During a struggle for control of the weapon, shots were fired, including one from the man's gun. Heidt was shot and killed.

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8689Emmanuel Alvarez27MaleHispanic/Latino12/17/2009West CovinaCA34.055018-117.9078593West Covina Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

West Covina police pulled over a car containing three men for possible vehicle code violations. The officers ordered Alvarez out of the back seat and were patting him down when the driver and front seat passenger got out of the car with handguns and ran down the street. Alvarez then reached ino his waistband and pulled out a handgun. One officer shoved Alvarez away to create distance, pulled his handgun and then shot Alvarez twice in the upper torso.

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8690John Calhoun Ward IV38MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2009DumasTX35.8719354-101.9573089Dumas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sergeant Jason Wilkins, responding to a domestic assault call, saw Ward choking his girlfriend. Ward drew a gun and threatened to kill her, then pointed the gun at Sergeant Wilkins. Sergeant Wilkins fatally shot Ward. The Texas Ranger Division investigated the shooting. Ward's girlfriend said that Sergeant Wilkins saved her life.

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8687Hitesh "Sam" Patel44MaleRace unspecified12/17/2009StockbridgeGA33.5679215-84.1737569Henry County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patel had reportedly threatened to shoot police and himself when he pointed his gun at police and was shot and killed.

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8688Jose Molina76MaleHispanic/Latino12/17/2009EdinburgTX26.2993212-98.1601885Edinburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Molina fatally shot Eugenio de los Santos. Officers David Boyd and D. Miranda responded. Molina approached the officers, gun in hand, from a distance of about 40 feet. When Molina closed about half that distance, yelling, "Orale, vamonos" and "Tirame," the officers fatally shot him. Molina's outburst may have been related to a relationship with a nurse. Born in Mexico, Molina was incarcerated in Tamaulipas for killing a police officer. Family characterized him as a child molester.

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8691Darrin Hogg22MaleAfrican-American/Black12/18/2009BakersfieldCA35.3839527-119.0027763Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Daniel McAfee, Robert Pair and Michael Johns shot Darrin Hogg when he allegedly fired at them.

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8692Michael Richard Olsen20MaleRace unspecified12/19/2009StocktonCA38.0357661-121.2689733Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Ken Brown and officers Jesus Gonzales, Georgette Brown, David Hiland, Eric Morrison, Kevin Smith, Track Keo, Nick Sepulveda, Kevin Knall and John Afanasiev shot Michael Richard Olsen multiple times when he allegedly came outside with his gun raised after he had fired at officers and retreated into his home during a standoff.

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8694John Thuan Chinh Vu41MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/19/2009LaceyWA47.0587137-122.8177421Thurston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vu was shot in the rear torso while attempting to flee a house surrounded by Thurston County deputies. The deputies were attempting to effect a warrant for Mr. Vu's arrest on second-degree murder charges.

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8693Emil Jose Estrada40MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/19/2009Federal WayWA47.3579445-122.309247Federal Way Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Des Moines police responded when a woman reported she'd been assaulted by her boyfriend, who pointed a gun at her, police said. Officers located the suspect walking, got out of their cars and attempted to "confront him and take him into custody safely" when he pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

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8698Tyson Richardson21MaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2009Cape CoralFL26.6676985-81.9409671Cape Coral Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richardson was the driver of a crew of four armed home invaders. Two of the four said the midnight invasion targeted a cache of money and drugs, which the owner of the modest house denied. They netted nothing. Richardson attempted to drive a Kia away from the scene, reportedly exchanged fire with the police near a Steak n Shake, and was shot to death.

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22807Donald Allen Whitley Jr.37MaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2009FranklinVA36.6905547-76.9385932Franklin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Donald Whitley was shot and killed after a standoff when he allegedly pointed a gun at police. The standoff began as a domestic disturbance.

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8703Krzysztof Kaczor24MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2009Des PlainesIL42.0489247-87.910599Des Plaines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kaczor ran through a residential neighborhood at 1 a.m. wielding an axe. Found and ordered by local police to stop, he did not, and was fatally shot.

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8704David Edward Crable35MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2009EatonvilleWA46.9484546-122.2750953Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Crable came uninvited and unwelcome, drunk, belligerent, to the rural house of his brother. His own mother had taken out a restraining order against him. Two county deputies arrived and at the threshold of the house Crable pulled a handgun from his shirt and wounded both at close range, one fatally. He was killed by return fire.

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8700Randy Collins22MaleRace unspecified12/21/2009RiverdaleIL41.638843-87.629694Riverdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Randy Collins when he alleged refused to drop a weapon. Police said officers were responding to a call about someone with a gun in the area about 1:30 p.m. According to police, the officers saw three men and pursued them on foot. Collins, who allegedly had a weapon, refused to drop it, police said. An officer shot Collins.

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8702Cornelius Pierre Harrison25MaleAfrican-American/Black12/21/2009ZebulonNC35.8193373-78.3628505Wake County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a 4 a.m. attempted break-in at a convenience store, Harrison was shot dead by deputies searching for the suspects miles away and about four hours later. Harrison "fought with" deputies but reports were unclear about whether he was armed.

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8701Victor Hugo Pineda16MaleHispanic/Latino12/21/2009HoustonTX29.8174803-95.3572168Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, an individual fleeing the scene of a burglary pointed a 9mm pistol at an officer. The officer fatally shot him.

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8706Kenneth Muse28MaleAfrican-American/Black12/22/2009FlintMI43.0235557-83.7072497Flint Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A multi-agency "Safe Streets Task Force" sought Muse at his apartment building as the suspect in a five-year-old murder. Apparently unarmed, Muse is said to have fought officers "in a struggle for (the officer's) life." He was fatally shot by a federal agent.

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8711Mauro Bartolo Segovia26MaleHispanic/Latino12/23/2009San AntonioTX29.4484978-98.5366769San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Segovia and four other robbery suspects stepped out of a stolen Oldsmobile and ran away from police. Officers Randy Alvarez and Bart Vasquez cornered Segovia. Segovia claimed to have a gun and reached for his waistband. One or both officers fatally shot him. He was the seventh person killed by law enforcement in San Antonio in 2009. Note: Existing news coverage does not mention whether Segovia was armed.

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8712Name withheld by police29MaleRace unspecified12/23/2009ClevelandOH41.471784-81.593315Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Aaron Petitt, coming to the aid of bounty hunters, shot and killed a 29-year-old Cleveland man during a struggle on Signet Avenue. The bounty hunters were trying to capture the man, who was wanted on a domestic violence charge. The shooting victim had entered a home and barricaded himself in a second-floor room. Petitt and a bounty hunter tried to use a board to force open the door. Petitt was stabbed in the foot and struck in the head with a board during the struggle.

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8707Silas Carpenter Jr.46MaleAfrican-American/Black12/23/2009OxnardCA34.1990438-119.1948355Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Bill Swisher, Terry Dobrosky, Ed Baldwin, Mike Johnson, Rocky Marquez and Kevin Gormley shot Silas Carpenter Jr. when he allegedly rammed vehicles in a crowded McDonald's parking lot with his propane truck after a 15-minute pursuit.

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8713Alvin Nash44MaleAfrican-American/Black12/24/2009ChicagoIL41.8013164-87.6746969Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Alvin Nash multiple times.when he allegedly lunged at police with a knife in Back of the Yards. According to police, officers responded to a domestic dispute and found Nash holding a knife against his own throat throat before moving it to his wife's neck. Police said they used a Taser twice without success before shooting Nash. Nash was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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19812Richard Longstreet34MaleAfrican-American/Black12/24/2009RiverviewFL27.8350897-82.3284998Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The day before Christmas Aisha Warren called authorities from Publix supermarket about a argument she was having with boyfriend Richard Longstreet, 34. However she declined help when Cpl. Mark Clark arrived around 12:30 p.m. According to the sheriff's office she and Longstreet drove off with three small children in the back seat. Cpl. Clark followed at a distance. The pair soon pulled over and were violently arguing by the time Clark walked up to the vehicle. Longstreet got out to talk to Clark then got back in the car and pulled a handgun from under the seat. Warren tried to grab the gun from her boyfriend as Clark deployed his Taser to Longstreet's leg. Longstreet kicked it away and continued to wave the handgun at Clark and Warren. Clark shot and killed him.

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8714Miguel Jimenez31MaleHispanic/Latino12/25/2009PoteetTX29.0353288-98.5749681Atascosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jimenez stabbed his stepfather and stabbed himself. Poteet officers and Atascosa deputies confronted Jimenez. He ran away. A deputy found Jimenez in a dry riverbed. Jimenez attacked the deputy with a knife. The deputy shot Jimenez once in the chest at a range of about eight feet, killing him. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. The deputy had been a peace officer for a total of 20 years.

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19951Marshall Ray Brown59MaleRace unspecified12/25/2009Kings MountainKY37.3232701-84.7324752Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Marshall Ray Brown, 59, shot himself in the chest in the middle of Ky. 837 in the Walltown community as Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger was closing in to make an arrest after he shot two women.

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19973Thomas Everett39MaleRace unspecified12/25/2009ElizabethtownKY37.7544891-85.9027512Radcliff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Teresa Hardin and Thomas Everett were fleeing police who were trying to collect a bar tab when Everett was shot and killed. Everett brandished a toy pistol from a police cruiser he stole. Radcliff officers Jody Ennis and Steve Lowry fired multiple shots each, killing Everett.

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8716Allen Bryant31MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2009Fort LauderdaleFL26.1292737-80.1637066Fort Lauderdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

About three in the morning local officers responded to a call about a man with a gun in the nightclub district. They found ex-convict Bryant, chased him, fired on him, and fatally shot him.

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8718Jason Dewayne Turner27MaleEuropean-American/White12/26/2009HoustonTX30.0195889-95.6027673Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman called authorities and complained that her ex-boyfriend, Turner, smashed her windows and drove away in a white Ford F-250. A deputy responded, chasing the speeding Ford until it stopped at the woman's residence. Turner stepped out of the vehicle and shot at the front door of the house, wounding the woman. A second woman, the first woman's guest, ran into the street. Turner threatened to kill her and the deputy. The deputy fatally shot him. Turner was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

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8715Tremaine Flythe32MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2009WashingtonDC38.9300341-77.02154Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Flythe purportedly came at officers with a knife as he was being questioned in connection with a prior offense. He was shot to death. Witness accounts differed dramatically from the police version, Flythe was not the man police had been looking for, and Flythe's mother pursued a case against Metro.

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8717John A. "Smokey" Johnson49MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2009St. PetersburgFL27.7513399-82.6853377St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Well-regarded city stormwater employee Johnson shot and wounded another man he'd been arguing with. As officers approached he simply walked away, refused to drop the weapon, reportedly saying he wasn't going back to prison and they'd have to shoot him.

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8720Faustino Osuna-Tapia53MaleRace unspecified12/27/2009PhoenixAZ33.4514014-112.1345393Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty officer was working securityat a grocery store. He cited Osuna-Tapia for shoplifting. When Osuna-Tapia returned and tried to run the officer over, there was a fight and Osuna-Tapia was shot and killed.

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8721Dontell Mitchell Terrell19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/27/2009DallasTX32.7388414-96.6516394Dallas Police Department, Mesquite Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to DPD, Dallas officers joined Mesquite officers as they chased Terrell, a robbery suspect, into Dallas. In Dallas, Terrell abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot to the front porch of a residence, where he threatened himself with a 9mm pistol. Officers shot Terrell "as he manipulated his weapon back and forth." Mesquite and Dallas officers fired a total of 42 shots, striking Terrell 11 times. He was pronounced dead at Baylor Hospital.

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8719Brock Tanner Mai25MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2009BridgeportNE41.6652507-103.1018755Nebraska State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Just after 12:30 p.m., a trooper tried to stop a 2004 GMC Sierra pickup truck matching the description of one possibly linked to a shooting in Alliance. The driver, Brock Tanner Mai, fled. The ensuing 1.5 hour pursuit covered about 80 miles, winding through Box Butte, Scotts Bluff and Morrill Counties. Mai evaded two sets of stop-strips before a third set flattened his tires and forced him to a stop. Mai reportedly shot himself in the temple as officers approached his truck, and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.

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8722Ronald Dewey Anderson45MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2009CreedmoorNC36.1473779-78.7246741U.S. Bureau of Prisons
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two off-duty federal correctional officers got into an argument with Anderson and another person in the parking lot of the Taste of Fiji restaurant shortly after midnight. Anderson died with twelve gunshot wounds. The local DA pursued voluntary manslaughter charges against the shooter but a grand jury declined to indict him.

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8724Andriy Zayzev30MaleRace unspecified12/28/2009ChicagoIL41.9415465-87.7643512Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Andriy Zayzev when he allegedly pointed a gun at them. Shortly before 11 p.m., police responded to a call regarding a person with a gun at a residence on the Northwest Side. Police said officers were confronted by Zayzev, who allegedly aimed a handgun in their direction. The officers opened fire.

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8723Antonio "No No" Hogans40MaleAfrican-American/Black12/28/2009St. LouisMO38.6607551-90.2003609St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot burglary victim Antonio "No No" Hogans in a case of what police called mistaken identity. At about 7:30 p.m. police responded to a report of shots fired. The officers knocked at the door (which was apparently closed despite 911 calls saying that it had been kicked in) and announced themselves, but there was no answer. One of the officers said he looked around a corner and saw a muzzle flash and heard a gunshot. The officers then saw Hogans running from the gangway and shot him six times in the neck, side and back. Hogans died at a hospital. Investigators believed that whoever had kicked in the door fled and Hogans secured the door with a propped chair. It's believed that Hogans then used a door on the other side of the residence to exit through the basement and out to the gangway at which point he fired a shot at the officers investigating the call. According to police, Hogans apparently mistook the officers for intruders.

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8725Roger Tyrone James38MaleAfrican-American/Black12/28/2009AustinTX30.1513517-97.8432755Travis County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman complained to 911 that her boyfriend struck her at her house. Deputy Theodore Ramsey and Austin Police Department Officer Justin Berry responded. Officer Berry knocked on the door of the house. James stepped out of the house and pointed a pistol at him. Officer Berry shot at James with a pistol and missed. Deputy Ramsey shot James fatally with a shotgun. James was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

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8729Michael McIntyre20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2009TallasseeAL32.5353002-85.8986567Tallassee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local officers looking to serve a warrant on another individual at a public housing complex had their attention drawn to McIntyre, who answered the door then bolted. He'd been out of jail for only a matter of hours, and his mother had won a $30K settlement against the police for a previous run-in with him. They chased him, shot him to death, and a firearm was found near his body.

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22808Michael Eugene Potts35MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2009ChristiansburgVA37.1685401-80.3797704Christiansburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Michael Potts had driven off with his 2-year-old daughter in his pickup truck. After a pursuit, a crash and a half-hour standoff, Potts was shot and killed.

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8732Adam Jay Smith26MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2009BothellWA47.8149255-122.2038611Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Smith was shot after refusing to drop a screwdriver that was recently used to stab another man in the face. Police were responding to report of domestic violence.

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8733Theodore Steven Kowalzek70MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2009Ham LakeMN45.2959201-93.2480817Anoka County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When officers escorted former tenants onto Kowalzek's land to retrieve a car, they heard gunfire, which prompted a standoff with Kowalzek that involved multiple police departments. After more than 15 hours, a SWAT team entered the house. Kowalzek began to shoot, and officers returned fire. At first, police weren't sure whether Kowalzek had killed himself or had been struck by officers' gunfire. An autopsy later confirmed that Kowalzed had been fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy. A police dog was also killed in the incident.

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8735Dennis Gene Cox50MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2010Fort CollinsCO40.5897989-105.0775156Fort Collins Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cox was shot while armed with a handgun after he moved to point the gun at officers. Police had approached Cox as a suspect wanted by the FBI for suspicion of involvement in a kidnapping and assault.

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8734Colby W. Eppard18MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2010CharlottesvilleVA37.916498-78.548526Albemarle County Police Department, Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eppard swiped a deputy's vehicle by smashing the window with a rock after the officer left the car locked but running. Police say that he died after firing multiple shots at law enforcement officers who surrounded the vehicle on Route 20 in Albemarle.

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8736Tevita Talano Fisiitalia22MaleRace unspecified01/01/2010MurrayUT40.6474841-111.8735745Cottonwood Heights Police, Midvale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police chased Fisiitalia and three others from the scene of a botched home burglary in Midvale. When Koda, a police dog, cornered Fisiitalia, he shot the dog to death. As police continued to chase him, he allegedly pointed a gun at officers, who opened fire. A round fired by Midvale officer Brian Todd struck Fisiitalia in the head, killing him.

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8738Raymond "Thane" Davis36MaleEuropean-American/White01/02/2010HamiltonMT46.2550963-114.1567617Hamilton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Davis died of a single gunshot wound to the head after pulling a gun on an officer during a traffic stop.

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8739Aaron Jay Harvey47MaleEuropean-American/White01/02/2010WacoTX31.5393864-97.1972998Waco Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Joel Hesterman and Chase McAninch pursued Harvey by vehicle in relation to a burglary call. Harvey crashed the vehicle into a light pole, opened the driver's side door and pointed a handgun at officers. Officers shot at him. Harvey ran away, pointing the handgun at officers. Officers shot at Harvey until he fell down, killing him.

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8740George R. Ruby Jr.61MaleRace unspecified01/03/2010Mt. OrabOH39.0279021-83.91982Mt. Orab Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

George Ruby, 61, went to the Mt. Orab Police Station and fired shots at Patrolman Justin Conley before being shot and killed. He was apparently angry about receiving a DUI.

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8744Prince Alim Bantu Akbar32MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2010Calumet CityIL41.5860506-87.5296855Calumet City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer George Jones shot killed Prince Alim Bantu Akbar when he allegedly attacked Jones and officer Donielle Redwanc outside the Thornton Fractional High School District Board of Education office. The officers responded to a disturbance at the building and encountered Akbar, who reportedly started beating them without apparent cause. According to police, Tasers were ineffective, and Akbar knocked both officers to the ground before Jones shot him twice.

dailyherald.com
8745Jorge Alfredo Solis-Palma28MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2010DouglasAZ31.4004401-109.1877893U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Subject allegedly threw a rock at an agent, injuring the agent and his dog. The agent fired on the subject killing him.

douglasdispatch.com
8742Anthony Martin Del Castillo47MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2010Santa AnaCA33.7197856-117.9133545Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Anthony Martin Del Castillo and wounded Elpidio Gerald Antolin after an alleged burglary.

ocregister.com
8746Johnny Lee Wicks66MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2010Las VegasNV36.1651061-115.14242U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man upset at lost Social Security benefits guns down security guard Stan Cooper in the lobby of the federal courthouse in Las Vegas. He then engages several private security officers, U.S. marshals, and a federal corrections officer in a gun battle outside the building. Johnny Lee Wicks, 66, is killed in the shootout with six officers.

reviewjournal.com
19779Clifford Sheldon McLean24MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2010Pembroke PinesFL26.030997-80.2486916Pembroke Pines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At around 12:15 p.m., Clifford McLean 24 doused his mother with a flammable liquid and set her on fire. He then committed a home-invasion robbery stealing a white pickup truck. As he fled McLean struck a number of vehicles and ran a red light. Pembroke Pines K-9 Officer Heath Wagner tried to pull him over. Finally slowed down by traffic McLean got out of the vehicle and started to punch the window of another car. Wagner ordered McLean to get on the ground but he refused. The driver of the other car was able to escape. McLean walked toward Wagner with his hands in his jacket pocket as if he were armed. Wagner fired two shots at McLean who continued to approach. Wagner fired three more shots, killing him.

tampabay.com
8743Daron M. Page22MaleRace unspecified01/04/2010AdaOH40.7769008-83.8229117Ada Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ohio State Highway patrol were seeking Page for erratic driving. He shot and killed himself at a gas station in Ada when a local police officer pulled up behind him.

google.com
8747Torey Breedlove27MaleAfrican-American/Black01/05/2010OrlandoFL28.574903-81.473556Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ten county deputies followed Breedlove, whom they suspect of car theft, and confronted him in an apartment complex parking lot. When he got into his vehicle, started the engine, reversed and then hit several cars, they fired an estimated 137 shots, hitting him 22 times.

orlandosentinel.com
22848Thomas Lee Waller Jr.21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/05/2010DanvilleVA36.5714182-79.4107591Danville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas Waller ran from Danville police onto Paul Street while officers were responding to a reported shooting, police said. A Danville police officer pursued Waller on foot and fired his weapon after Waller pointed a handgun at the officer. It was apparently never reported for certain that an officer fired the fatal bullet.

richmond.com
22464Stewart K. Wolfe39MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2010PeruIN40.7599247-86.0487055Peru Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Peru police officers responded to a domestic dispute call at a home. When they got there, one of the officers went inside to speak with Stuart Wolfe. Police said Wolfe pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the officer and was shot and killed.

wndu.com
20541Altariq Hutchinson23MaleRace unspecified01/06/2010PhiladelphiaPA39.9586905-75.150336Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Altariq Hutchinson and a female accomplice attempted to carjack off-duty officer Roy Lincoln, who shot and killed Hutchinson.

google.com
19243Name withheld by police55MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.4675602-97.5164276Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A 55-year-old male committed suicide after a seven hour standoff with Oklahoma City police. Officers were responding to a disturbance call. Another person was in the home but was released unharmed. We couldn't find a news media source to this death.

google.com
8749Timothy G. Hendron51MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2010St. LouisMO38.6883083-90.2564219St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Hendron of ABB, Inc., killed three co-workers and wounded five at the north side electric transformer plant before shooting and killing himself.

stltoday.com
21261Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified01/08/2010DetroitMI42.4262857-82.9539756Wayne County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At about 2:30 p.m., an off-duty Wayne County deputy was at his east side home when an unnamed man allegedly tried to break in through a back door. Police said the deputy shot the man, killing him.

google.com
8752Louis Kimbro66MaleAfrican-American/Black01/09/2010WhitehavenTN35.0463367-90.0189425Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The police were called by Ms. Jones, Kimbro's sister as he was trying to enter her house using a butcher knife. Allegedly, Kimbro charged the police with the knife and was shot 30 times.

operation-nation.com
8751Tremall Lavar Anderson28MaleAfrican-American/Black01/09/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.493454-97.478112Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anderson (AKA Tremall Lavar Crandell) was driving a when he didn't stop for an officer who tried to pull him over. Anderson shot the officer during the subsequent chase and was gunned down by another officer when he got out of his car.

newsok.com
8750Aaron Renfro32MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1470149-106.5542922Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Aaron Renfro, 32, was fatally shot by officer Andrew Cook after Renfro pulled a gun from his waistband during a foot chase that resulted from a traffic stop, according to police.

abqjournal.com
19212Jason Kastelhun28MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2010SummervilleSC33.036456-80.216491Dorchester County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Andy Martin shot and killed a drunk and reportedly suicidal man who ignored commands to drop a pistol and instead pointed it at the deputy. He died from wounds to the throat, chest and abdomen.

postandcourier.com
19211Billy Leonard Gowan Jr.51MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2010SpartanburgSC34.9463022-81.9315415Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Jeffrey Strickland shot and killed Jason Kastelhun, a robbery suspect, who allegedly pointed a rifle at officers at the conclusion of a car chase.

goupstate.com
8754Vincent Cody Steen26MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2010PortervilleCA36.078793-119.032562Porterville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Isaiah Scaggs and Brian Nix shot unarmed Vincent Cody Steen inside his home following a foot chase and struggle that began on a street corner after Nix stopped him for not having a light on a bicycle.

portervillepost.com
8757Dan Mojziszek52MaleRace unspecified01/11/2010NorthlakeIL41.9008932-87.899497Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police attempted a traffic stop on Mojziszek for erratic driving. His history included multiple DUIs, two charges of fleeing police, and driving on a permanently revoked license that evening. Police claim he endangered other drivers by steering into incoming traffic and that he attempted to run them over, causing them to fatally shoot him. Witnesses described the victim being given no time to comply.

chicagotribune.com
8756Luis Montoya58MaleRace unspecified01/11/2010CordovaNM36.0072472-105.8605749New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Montoya had been at the Ohkay Casino the night of Jan. 9 with his son James Montoya, 36, police said. The two men were removed by security guards and cited by Ohkay Owingeh Police for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, police said. Later that night, Luis Montoya started calling relatives and friends, apparently because he wanted medical attention for arm and rib injuries from the casino incident. Dispatchers received a call from Albuquerque Police advising that Luis Montoya had called 911 in that city, saying he "was going to the San Juan casino to kill a bunch of people cuz earlier there someone hurt his arm," and warned that he had guns and grenades, according to dispatch logs. When State Police arrived, Luis Montoya came out of his house, unarmed at first except for a bowie knife strapped to his belt, according to the affidavit. When officers asked him for identification, Luis Montoya stepped back inside his porch and came out with what appeared to be a "high-powered rifle" with a scope pointed toward the ground. Montoya fired a shot into the ground and was shot and killed.

riograndesun.com
8755Henry Lawrence Brooks31MaleAfrican-American/Black01/11/2010HoustonTX29.6579826-95.3317168Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Brooks ran into a shed in the backyard of a residence. Constable's Deputy Carl Smith of Precinct 5 called authorities. Officers M.B. Parker, G. Ortiz and Arny responded. Brooks shot himself in the head with a .380-caliber pistol. Earlier that day, Officers Parker and Ortiz had responded to a complaint in which a man, possibly Brooks, had run away from authorities.

google.com
8758Colby Joshua Koenig25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/12/2010Laguna BeachCA33.5368097-117.7789722Laguna Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Rod MacDonald, Sgt. George Ramos and Cpl. Paul Bixby shot and killed Colby Joshua Koenig when he drove in reverse toward a crowd of pedestrians after a car accident.

coastlinepilot.com
20544Michael J. Smith44MaleRace unspecified01/13/2010FranklinPA41.394419-79.763825Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael J. Smith shot and killed Trooper Paul Richey before he shot and killed his wife, Nancy Frey-Smith, and later himself. Because it was not disclosed whether the trooper was on premises when the wife was killed, her death has not been included individually in the Fatal Encounters dataset.

dailycaller.com
8761Kenneth Ellis III25MaleEuropean-American/White01/13/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.0944915-106.5327915Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Bret Lampiris-Tremba shot and killed Ellis outside a 7-Eleven after Ellis refused to drop the gun he was holding to his head. Ellis had recently returned from Iraq and suffered from PTSD. Ellis' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, and in March 2013, a judge ruled that the shooting violated his Fourth Amendment rights.

krqe.com
8760Andrew James Reichwein65MaleEuropean-American/White01/13/2010HoustonTX29.807151-95.5602628Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Andrew sent a suicide note to his cousin. Sergeant O'Neill and Officers H.C. Tran and T. Huynh conducted a welfare check on him. Andrew shot himself with a .25-caliber Sterling pistol as officers approached. His mother Lucile lay dead in a bed, rotting and covered in bedsores. Neighbors knew the two as recluses. Andrew only left the residence for food, which was sent to the residence by mail.

google.com
8759Santos G. Sanchez19MaleHispanic/Latino01/14/2010San AntonioTX29.355901-98.5235931San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sanchez and Gino Cantu held a man hostage for not paying a drug-related debt. During a confrontation, officers fatally shot Sanchez, arrested Cantu and freed the hostage.

expressnews.com
8762Louis Edward Atkinson30MaleAfrican-American/Black01/14/2010MaconGA32.7851519-83.715496Macon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after police said he pulled a .32-caliber pistol on officers who pulled him over for driving slowly on the wrong side of a Macon street. His girlfriend told police he'd called the gun his baby.

myajc.com
8766Derek McKinnon21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/15/2010ValdostaGA30.8597685-83.2686557Lowndes County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were pursuing McKinnon when he ran into a house in Valdosta and held a woman at knifepoint. Deputies told McKinnon repeatedly to put down the knife. When he refused, a deputy fired one shot.

augusta.com
8764Alfonso Perez Mora24MaleHispanic/Latino01/15/2010SalinasCA36.7067121-121.6404444Salinas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alfonso Perea Mora reportedly killed himself after breaking into a home to elude officers chasing him.

salinaspd.com
8765Louis Guidry69MaleAfrican-American/Black01/15/2010HoustonTX29.8234524-95.2831754Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Narcotics officers tried to serve a search warrant for Guidry at his residence. Guidry dared officers and pointed a shotgun at them. Officer R. Massey and Guidry shot at each other. Guidry died.

chron.com
8767Daniel E Adams Sr.25MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2010OmahaNE41.3122773-95.9469232Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Suspect robbed a driver at gunpoint. After a chase by police Adams threatened to shoot himself and then pointed his gun at an officer. Adams was shot by Officer Zach Petrick and Officer Chad Frodyma.

wowt.com
8770Antonio Medrano Jr.25MaleHispanic/Latino01/17/2010Las CrucesNM32.2963831-106.7626106Las Cruces Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Medrano was shot by Las Cruces police after he allegedly advanced to within six yards of officers - responding to a report Medrano had battered the mother of his children - with a butcher knife with an 8-inch blade and a bat. The city settled with the family for $180,000.

lcsun-news.com
8772Fernando Lopez34MaleRace unspecified01/18/2010OntarioCA34.0514167-117.6558637Ontario Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Fernando Lopez reportedly shot himself in the attic of an Ontario home following a 10-hour standoff with police.

abc7.com
8777Donald Michael Humphries57MaleEuropean-American/White01/19/2010Sedro-WoolleyWA48.496728-122.2691956Sedro-Woolley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Musgrove tried to pull over Humphries for erratic driving. After a chase, Humphries pulled over, got out of his car and began approaching Officer Musgrove. Musgrove ordered Humphries to stop but Humphries pulled out a handgun, forcing Musgrove to fire.

seattletimes.com
8775Zachary C. Mathes22MaleEuropean-American/White01/19/2010SarasotaFL27.3667588-82.552086Sarasota Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mathes was fatally shot by police as he tried to hold up a Walgreen's at gunpoint. He wanted OxyContin and Dilaudid. Officers responded quickly, met Mathes in an empty aisle, and shot him with an assault rifle before other customers knew the robbery was happening.

heraldtribune.com
8776Joe Wheeler13MaleEuropean-American/White01/19/2010CameronNC35.3218188-79.2422195Harnett County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies discovered Wheeler lying in a ditch in front of a convenience store. A nearby book bag contained two handguns and 250 rounds of ammunition. Wheeler fired on and wounded one of the deputies, and was killed by return fire.

wral.com
22845Steven Edward Conklin43MaleRace unspecified01/19/2010AltavistaVA37.164099-79.264518Campbell County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Steven Conklin allegedly took a hostage and committed suicide during a police standoff during which he started his home on fire. The hostage had gotten away hours before.

google.com
8796Dannie Young27MaleAfrican-American/Black01/20/2010Lauderdale LakesFL26.1503017-80.1994111Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Undercover detectives arranged to meet Young in a warehouse district; he was a suspect in a string of robberies, and had been arrested some 27 times previously. Young emerged from his car with a weapon drawn and was shot to death. Questions remained about how the detectives could have identified themselves as police during the incident.

sun-sentinel.com
8780Maurice Evans Shavers Jr.21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/20/2010OaklandCA37.8368646-122.2623926Oakland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maurice Evans Shavers Jr., 21, was killed during a shootout following a robbery at Walgreens.

wordpress.com
8779James Patrick Ahern41MaleEuropean-American/White01/20/2010Bella VistaAR36.4615177-94.2790587Bella Vista Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A local officer shot Ahern five times when he felt threatened during a traffic stop, and a sixth time when he observed the reverse lights come on. Video evidence disproved his story. The officer was fired, criminally prosecuted and sentenced to 30 days, and Ahern's family won a $20K settlement with the city. The officer later became police chief in a nearby town.

google.com
8782Timothy Wall46MaleAfrican-American/Black01/21/2010NewarkNJ40.7221469-74.2167525Irvington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Township police officials said Herne Lacoste, 38, who is assigned to the department's patrol division, fired a single shot from his .40 caliber service revolver, mortally wounding Timothy Wall, a 46-year-old burglary suspect, after a violent struggle in a Newark back yard.

www.nj.com
8784Wade Carlton Southerland36MaleAfrican-American/Black01/22/2010HoustonTX29.5963547-95.4731535Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Southerland's wife confronted him about an affair. She called his mistress, their pastor, and 911 as he increasingly lost his self-control. When Officers M.E. Carrion and M.A. Rios responded, Southerland shot himself. SWAT found his body.

google.com
8786Edward Lamarr Smith65MaleEuropean-American/White01/23/2010San FranciscoCA37.7292754-122.4285934San Francisco Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Roderick Suguitan shot Edward Lamarr Smith when he came at him with a machete after he'd called his doctor minutes before to say he was going to "try to take them (police) out when they come to take me."

sfgate.com
8790Richard Allen Dodds62MaleEuropean-American/White01/25/2010PeoriaAZ33.6864133-112.2877036Peoria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Allen Dodds, reportedly charged officers inside his Peoria home while wielding a baseball bat, forcing three responding officers to shot and kill him, said police. They were called because of a report of a family fight.

azcentral.com
8789Arturas Kolgavas39MaleRace unspecified01/25/2010NorthbrookIL42.0941224-87.876172Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Arturas Kolgavas when he allegedly came at them with a sword during a domestic dispute that escalated to a barricade situation in unincorporated Glenview.

nbcchicago.com
21267William L. Cook II23MaleEuropean-American/White01/25/2010Battle CreekMI42.3363797-85.1524976Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, deputy Luis Rivera stopped a car he saw abruptly change lanes and then turn without signaling at about 3 a.m. The driver, William Cook, told Rivera that his license was suspended. As they talked, Rivera claimed he smelled marijuana and that Cook admitted he'd smoked pot just before he'd been pulled over and had tossed it from the car when he realized he was about to be stopped. Cook got out of his car for a field sobriety test and allegedly pulled a handgun. Rivera said he shoved Cook to gain distance and distract him, but he lost his footing and fell. Rivera got up and Cook allegedly pointed the gun at him. Rivera said he told Cook to drop his gun, but Cook said he was going to kill himself. Rivera pulled his weapon, backed up several feet and called for backup. Cook reportedly pulled the trigger twice, but the gun failed to fire both times. Cook pulled the trigger a third time and crumpled to the ground, dead.

policeone.com
8791George Sorrell Jr.51MaleRace unspecified01/26/2010PhoenixAZ33.6401523-112.1040337Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The incident started with a call regarding a man named George Sorrell Jr. Sorrell allegedly kidnapped a woman in Oklahoma and then came to Phoenix. According to the call police received, that victim had just escaped. Officers encountered the suspect walking along Bell Road. The officers asked the man if he was Sorrell. The man said he was. The officers, Andrew Barciz and James Sink, ordered Sorrell to keep his hands in sight, but he didn't.Police said Sorrell pulled a .45 from the waist of his pants and leveled it at Barciz and Sink. The officers shot and killed him.

azfamily.com
8794Gerald Rice54MaleRace unspecified01/27/2010WalkerLA30.5180328-90.8685803Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In the late afternoon somebody from Rice's house called deputies reporting that he was armed and suicidal. Two deputies came out and met Rice sitting in his garage. According to a lawsuit later filed by the family, one of the five officers shot Rice to death as he turned to reach for a beer, unnecessarily, and that deputy had a "documented history of unprovoked violence."

courthousenews.com
8793Matthew "Matt" Lucas Herrera30MaleRace unspecified01/27/2010PlattevilleCO40.2172035-104.8303412Platteville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Platteville police officer caught with Herrera after a 20-minute chase, police said. Police said the officer got out of his cruiser and told Herrera to get out of his car. Herrera refused and then drove at the officer, who shot Herrera numerous times, killing him.

denverpost.com
8797Travis Paul Johnson39MaleRace unspecified01/27/2010West Valley CityUT40.6969421-111.9396195West Valley City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Alton Jue and another officer, both in plainclothes, approached Johnson after he allegedly bought heroin in a Burger King parking lot. Police said Johnson backed up the car after they identified themselves as officers. When Jue's partner put his hands on the car hood to stop him, he allegedly accelerated, running over the officer's foot and knocking him down. Jue fired on Johnson, who died at a hospital.

sltrib.com
19209Terrence Dale Williams Jr.27MaleAfrican-American/Black01/28/2010TaylorsSC34.9071547-82.2905682Greenville County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Terrence Dale Williams Jr. was accused of holding up three pizza delivery drivers in South Carolina when he shot and killed himself as Greenville County sheriff's deputies closed in on his car.

greenvilledragnet.com
8799Michael Stringer38MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2010GriffinGA33.28875-84.207179Spalding County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after using two AK-47s to wound a Spalding County sheriff's deputy who responded to a relative's 911 call that Stringer was suicidal. Neighbors and in-laws told police Stringer, a painter on full disability, had a history of combative and paranoid behavior.

myajc.com
19814Rocky Allen Watson60MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2010Lake PlacidFL27.254749-81.320598Highlands County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rocky Allen Watson who worked for FDOT had been acting strangely for four months ever since he started taking Vicodin for a work injury. He told his son that he saw spirits and thought rocks were gold nuggets. On Jan. 29, 2010, he allegedly shot a neighbor who was sitting in his car then told his son to grab a gun because he was at war. Watson fled into the woods. His son called police and the Highland County Sheriff's Special Response Team came to try to find Watson. He soon emerged from the woods and threatened cops with a Samurai sword saying, "Come get me," and, "Who wants to be the first to die?" When he threw his sword several deputies opened fire. Watson died at the scene.

tampabay.com
21268Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified01/29/2010DetroitMI42.376114-83.1412523Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

About 10 p.m. on Jan 28, two men allegedly carjacked a Ford Windstar minivan at a gas station near Puritan and Livernois. Police said one of the men fired a shot before taking off in the van. Officers stopped a van at around 1:30 a.m. to see if it was the one reported stolen. Two men got out, police said, and the passenger allegedly fired a Kalashnikov AK-47 at the officers, who returned fire. The driver was fatally struck during the shootout, though police said they weren't sure if he was hit by officers' bullets or the passenger's. The passenger reportedly ran away.

google.com
8801Aaron Marcell Campbell25MaleAfrican-American/Black01/29/2010PortlandOR45.555468-122.530816Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Collins was making suicidal statements and came out of his apartment. Police shot him with a beanbag then claimed he went for a gun.

portlandoregon.gov
8802Patrick Donovan Trevino23MaleNative American/Alaskan02/01/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.5228314-97.575516Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were sent to a disturbance at Human Performance Centers after a 911 caller reported a fight between two patients, police said. A training officer and a recruit tried to handcuff Trevino, who witnesses said was the aggressor, but Trevino resisted and the struggle spilled into the parking lot. Stewart said Trevino tried to pull the younger officer's gun out of its holster in the parking lot, and the veteran officer then shot and killed Trevino.

newsok.com
8803Mycol French29MaleAfrican-American/Black02/01/2010North ChicagoIL42.3158283-87.8647319Illinois State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mycol French was shot by Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG) drug task force agents Charles Smith, Bernard Fapso, Jeremy Gaughan, Jeffrey Padilla and Patrick Gara. According to police, the officers shot French because he allegedly drove at them when they tried to "take enforcement action" after pulling him over at about 1 p.m. According to a lawsuit, French was waiting for a friend to return from shopping when the officers approached with guns drawn, then shot into the vehicle, striking French. French tried to flee, but crashed his car into the side of a building, according to the suit. The lawsuit also contended French died after officers prevented paramedics from providing emergency medical treatment.

courthousenews.com
8804Christian Welland Rook17MaleRace unspecified02/01/2010GreensboroNC36.1426806-79.9526113Guilford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Following a fight with his brother, Rook's family locked him outside their house and called for the police. Rook attacked the responding deputy with a knife and he was shot once in the chest, fatally.

journalnow.com
19208Frank Palazzo71MaleEuropean-American/White02/01/2010Myrtle BeachSC33.753126-78.8533951Myrtle Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Frank Palazzo, 71, was allegedly robbing banks in his silver Jaguar. He was on his fourth bank when police were chasing the car down a state highway, and Palazzo shot and killed himself.

nola.com
8805Eric "J-J" Ocasio III27MaleRace unspecified02/01/2010BuffaloNY42.895178-78.8777229Buffalo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ocasio, a sheet-metal worker in the midst of divorce proceedings, barricaded himself inside his house and drew a SWAT team and police negotiators. After hours of talks, shootings and a standoff Ocasio was killed by gunfire and an officer suffered pellet wounds.

buffalonews.com
8807Charles Turcotte39MaleEuropean-American/White02/02/2010KeeneNH42.9431906-72.2795516Keene Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Keene police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call found Turcotte holding his ex-girlfriend hostage with a 14-inch knife. When a third officer, a trained hostage negotiator, entered the small space of the bedroom, Turcotte was momentarily distracted, and he was fatally shot with a single bullet.

doj.nh.gov
8809Juan Carrizoza22MaleEuropean-American/White02/04/2010South GateCA33.9645938-118.2212619Bell Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bell PD Sgt. Art Jimenez and Maywood PD officer Luis Vargas shot and killed Juan Carrizoza when he shot at them in South Gate.

latimes.com
8808Danny Thomas24MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2010San AntonioTX29.5232574-98.418432San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detectives Bryan Baldwin and Eddie Gonzales entered an apartment to serve a firearms-related warrant. Detective Baldwin ordered Thomas and Larry Miller to get down. Miller laid down. Thomas went down to his knees and started looking around. Detective Baldwin turned around, asked for help, then turned to face Thomas again. Thomas jumped up and approached Detective Baldwin. Detective Baldwin shot him fatally in the belly. A knife was later found on Detective Baldwin's side of the room.

uscourts.gov
8810Jose Octaviano de la Rosa18MaleHispanic/Latino02/04/2010HoustonTX29.886719-95.3388308Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a home invasion, De la Rosa and another man shot four people, killing three. De la Rosa drove away in a Toyota 4Runner. Deputies pursued him. The Toyota crashed. De la Rosa shot at the deputies. The deputies fatally shot him.

houstonpress.com
8811Darrell Swain38MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2010WilmingtonDE39.7456883-75.5662169Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Swain and another person were held at gunpoint by an armed robber in early-morning downtown Wilmington. Responding local police shot and wounded the robber but killed Swain. The robber was charged with his murder.

newarkpostonline.com
21811Dennis Gregory41MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2010BaltimoreMD39.3425382-76.677801Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dennis Gregory was unarmed and working for police when Officers Chris Funk and Matthew Ryckman shot and killed him when the man they were looking for shot at them.

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8812Reymundo Pedraza Perez23MaleHispanic/Latino02/05/2010MissionTX26.3004209-98.3589704Mission Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers served a warrant at Mendez's residence. Mendez threatened them with a handgun. Sergeant Catarino Sanchez fatally shot him. Mendez, of Reynosa, Mexico, was an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He was being investigated for burglary. Some items in his apartment had been reported stolen from nearby residences. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

themonitor.com
8813Abdel Aziz Alakhras42MaleMiddle Eastern02/05/2010DallasTX32.7206676-96.8746648Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alakhras stole the handgun his manager kept under the counter at a Shell gas station. Officers Dominique Rhymes and Adam Reinhart confronted Alakhras, still armed, at the station. Officers Christopher Deleon and Kevin Williams, armed with rifles, entered the building to cover Officers Rhymes and Rheinhart. Alakhras disappeared behind a corner, then reappeared with the gun raised. Office Deleon shot Alakhras once. Alakhras collapsed and shot himself.

google.com
8814Ion Ungureanu23MaleEuropean-American/White02/06/2010Lake TappsWA47.2404675-122.1806625Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of a trio of burglars attempting to open a safe in someone's house shot at the supect as he was fleeing in his car, killing him at the scene.

thenewstribune.com
8815James Scarcella44MaleEuropean-American/White02/06/2010Long BeachCA33.780254-118.1010422Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

James Scarcella reportedly shot and wounded a family member before turning the gun on himself during a police standoff.

presstelegram.com
19933Donnie E. Miles48MaleAfrican-American/Black02/06/2010LouisvilleKY38.1853943-85.7906059Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police officer said Donnie Miles was wielding a hammer in a threatening way. He was shot and killed when he didn't follow police orders to drop the hammer.

wdrb.com
8818Lawrence David Richardson49MaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2010SarahMS34.5381643-90.1749265Crenshaw Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At around 10:15 p.m., Patrolman Sean Shelton entered a home on Polland Road after a woman, returning home, feared Richardson was inside. The woman said had been threatened by Richardson, an ex-boyfriend, in the past. "The lights in the house were turned off and she knew something was wrong," the sheriff said. "So she called the officer and asked him to check out the house." Richardson shot Shelton twice; Shelton returned fire, shooting as many as a dozen times at Richardson, who was armed with a .22 caliber pistol, said Sheriff Otis Griffin. Richardson died on the scene.

myfoxmemphis.com
8819Darnell McNeil19MaleAfrican-American/Black02/07/2010NewarkNJ40.7391125-74.2351774Essex County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McNeil, of Somerset, was denied entry to a Newark go-go bar, returned with a gun, firing into the lounge, critically injuring an off-duty Essex County Sheriff's Officer who chased the youth down a city street, firing his service revolver and killing him.

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8820Jose Jesus Ruiz31MaleHispanic/Latino02/08/2010Moreno ValleyCA33.8804585-117.2201303Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Jose Jesus Ruiz when he "became combative with a gun" at his own home when the officers thought he was a burglar.

latimes.com
8823Horace Mitchell24MaleAfrican-American/Black02/08/2010Stone MountainGA33.8051309-84.1937486Stone Mountain Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Horace shot a woman and an officer in the leg nearNorth Hairston Roadbefore the officer shot him to death.

cbs46.com
19207William Joseph Klenotiz40MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2010SimpsonvilleSC34.7625557-82.2500562Simpsonville Police Department, Greenville County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A five-hour police standoff that started with a domestic dispute ended in suicide.

greenvilledragnet.com
8821Russell Thomas McCann40MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2010ShawneeOK35.335406-96.927729Shawnee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to an attempted home invasion. McCann attacked officers with a knife and was shot and killed.

google.com
8824Daniel Dixon24MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2010PahrumpNV36.199369-116.0760711Nye County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dixon fled from a traffic stop. Police had him cornered in a shed, and he shot himself in the head.

google.com
8825Warren Lawrence29MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2010Lake CharlesLA30.215817-93.221024Lake Charles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Warren Lawrence was shot and killed inside a home by officer Dustin Fontenot, who was investigating a possible burglary, when Lawrence allegedly walked up behind police with a gun.

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8826Tahir Adams21MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2010ElizabethNJ40.6789556-74.2008054Elizabeth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of men breaking into cars and found suspects when their vehicle crashed into a responding police car before suddenly accelerating in reverse in the direction of officers who were on foot, approaching the vehicle. At that point officers shot Adams to death.

tapinto.net
8828Raymond Ice48MaleRace unspecified02/10/2010ClevelandOH41.5580387-81.5751259Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raymond Ice killed shelter director Rita Ciofani in her office with an ax and a knife, police said. Ice ignored orders to drop the weapons, charged at officers and was hit with a stun gun and shot to death, police said.

dispatch.com
8827Donald Sanchez53MaleHispanic/Latino02/10/2010AdelantoCA34.581876-117.4217354San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Casey Jiles shot Donald Sanchez when he moved toward deputies with his hands in his pockets following a car chase.

sbsun.com
8829Sambo Sim42MaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/10/2010TacomaWA47.204737-122.458552Tacoma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mr. Sim was shot by officers after he fired at least four rounds from his pistol at the officers after a low-speed car chase in the city. Sim was hit multiple times and died.

thenewstribune.com
8833Anthony D. Clemons18MaleAfrican-American/Black02/11/2010Kansas CityKS39.1289162-94.6351908Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kansas City Police and federal agents working in a task force together, saw a gun battle between two cars. They gave chase. Police say Clemons got out of a car and pointed a gun at task force members. It is unclear if Clemons was killed by a police officer or a federal agent.

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8832Hans Gerhard Harrer54MaleEuropean-American/White02/11/2010Camp SpringsMD38.7980845-76.9129692Prince George's County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While investigating a homeless man found dead in a Ford box truck, police sought information from neighbors on the block, including Harrer. For reasons unknown Harrer produced a shotgun and barricaded himself inside his house. One SWAT assembly, one established perimeter, one failed negotiation and one armed assault later, Harrer was shot dead.

stardem.com
8831Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/11/2010Fort SmithAR35.3865444-94.4183981U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Marshals went to the Inn Towne Lodge to serve a nationwide extradition warrant out of Alabama for enticement of a minor for indecent purposes, police said. Marshals believed the man to be suicidal before the incident. The man brandished a semiautomatic pistol and shot himself in the head during a struggle.

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8834Juan Castellanos29MaleHispanic/Latino02/12/2010FresnoCA36.7583526-119.8355545Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An undercover officer shot Juan Castellanos when he aimed a shotgun at him.

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8836Kathleen Hoffmeister53FemaleEuropean-American/White02/12/2010GreshamOR45.4988529-122.4312091Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charlotte Grahn and her husband, a county sergeant, had started but not completed divorce proceedings on the Friday evening when Sgt. Grahn confronted his wife in the parking lot of a Gresham lounge. He shot her to death, returned inside to fatally shoot her friends Kathleen Hoffmeistre and Victoria Schulmerich, then stepped back outside to fatally shoot himself.

oregonlive.com
8837Charlotte Grahn47FemaleEuropean-American/White02/12/2010GreshamOR45.4988529-122.4312091Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charlotte Grahn and her husband, a county sergeant, had started but not completed divorce proceedings on the Friday evening when Sgt. Grahn confronted his wife in the parking lot of a Gresham lounge. He shot her to death, returned inside to fatally shoot her friends Kathleen Hoffmeistre and Victoria Schulmerich, then stepped back outside to fatally shoot himself.

oregonlive.com
8835Victoria Schulmerich53FemaleEuropean-American/White02/12/2010GreshamOR45.4988529-122.4312091Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charlotte Grahn and her husband, a county sergeant, had started but not completed divorce proceedings on the Friday evening when Sgt. Grahn confronted his wife in the parking lot of a Gresham lounge. He shot her to death, returned inside to fatally shoot her friends Kathleen Hoffmeistre and Victoria Schulmerich, then stepped back outside to fatally shoot himself.

oregonlive.com
8838Perry Long40MaleAfrican-American/Black02/13/2010KingsportTN36.5262821-82.5282877Kingsport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Long was fatally shot during a domestic violence call. Police said Long pointed a handgun at an officer, who then shot him. The woman had been beaten.

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8843John Aguilera35MaleHispanic/Latino02/14/2010West CovinaCA34.0871758-117.9422324West Covina Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic dispute where they found Aguilera holding a gun to a hostage's head. After a standoff, police shot and killed Aguilera.

latimes.com
8841James Martin Smith52MaleRace unspecified02/14/2010FremontCA37.5151852-121.9473997Fremont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed James Martin Smith when he pointed a gun at them.

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8842Patrick John Fischer II27MaleEuropean-American/White02/14/2010FrederickMD39.4071206-77.4378088Frederick Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to an early-morning domestic disturbance call also heard multiple reports of a man firing on passing vehicles. This was Fischer, who indeed had shot passing motorists although with no life-threatening injuries. He refused to drop his shotgun when police arrived and told him to. He was fatally shot.

nbcwashington.com
20691Curtis M. Gerard34MaleRace unspecified02/15/2010GlendaleWI43.161202-87.9143488Fox Point Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Curtis Gerard became suspected of several robberies after he was killed. He was killed by police in a shootout after robbing a Gamestop store, police said. Gerard shot at police, who shot and killed him.

google.com
22465Stephen Reynolds24MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2010IndianapolisIN39.8807809-86.0357577Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The parents of 24-year-old Stephen Reynolds called police and said their son was suicidal. Two officers found Reynolds in upstairs bedroom holding two knives. Police said Reynolds charged officers. One officer fired a stun gun. It was ineffective. The other fired his handgun, striking Reynolds in the chest, killing him.

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20692Alex Gregory21MaleRace unspecified02/16/2010MilwaukeeWI43.0679666-87.9736978Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alex Gregory fired shots at a daycare center where his girlfriend worked and later shot his girlfriend's sister. He killed himself as Milwaukee police tried to arrest him, police said.

blogspot.com
8848Howard Tucker37MaleAfrican-American/Black02/16/2010AlbanyNY42.663221-73.775783Albany Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tucker, who is from Albany, sped away from Officers Kevin Moynihan and Christopher Pageau as they attempted to conduct a traffic stop. He lost control of his car, hit a telephone, "The suspect then ran over one of our officers and dragged him along the roadway underneath the vehicle," said Krokoff.

huffingtonpost.com
8847Paul William Gilfoyle37MaleRace unspecified02/16/2010AlamogordoNM32.9510029-106.0213594Otero County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot Gilfoyle while he held 23-year-old Megan Mays at gunpoint.

koat.com
8846Jeremy Eugene Hedges26MaleEuropean-American/White02/16/2010CirclevilleOH39.6706-82.8554248Pickaway County Sheriff's Office, Circleville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pickaway County Sheriff's office said a man robbed the Starfire Express gas station on Main Street, that led to deputies and officers from the Circleville Police Department chasing a car carrying people thought to be involved in the robbery. Police located the man's car about six miles away and took three people into custody, but one man refused to get out of the car. After short a standoff, Hedges pointed his gun at police and was shot and killed.

10tv.com
8851Phillipe Louis27MaleAfrican-American/Black02/17/2010OrlandoFL28.4827814-81.4641822Orlando Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Outside the entrance of Universal Studios, Louis is said to have engaged a local police officer in some way at 2 a.m., an incident which left him shot dead in his red pickup truck.

orlandosentinel.com
8849Jimmy Hammack Jr.46MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2010PhoenixAZ33.4877953-112.1820876Scottsdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hammack was tracked by police as the suspect in five armed robberies of branch banks in the valley. Confronted, Hammack is said to have threatened the officers with a truck, and he was shot to death. One of six suspects shot to death by the same Scottsdale officer, Officer James Peters, within nine years.

azcentral.com
8850Ryan Rashawn Davis20MaleAfrican-American/Black02/17/2010PittsburghPA40.4565347-79.9177679Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Davis was involved in an armed robbery and when confronted by an officer he attacked the officer, who shot him to death.

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8852Gary M. Wheeler44MaleRace unspecified02/17/2010RooseveltUT40.289638-109.9848143Roosevelt Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wheeler, driving a stolen pickup, allegedly rammed Officer T.J. Bird's cruiser after Bird cut him off. When Wheeler reversed the truck to continue, Bird got out of his cruiser and approached the truck with his gun drawn. Bird got into the passenger side while the tires were spinning on ice and ordered Wheeler out of the truck. Wheeler complied initially, but as Bird began to walk around the front of the truck, Wheeler jumped back in and hit the accelerator. Bird fired through the windshield from the side of the truck and again through the open passenger door, killing Wheeler.

sltrib.com
8857Eric Frias24MaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2010Fort WorthTX32.8391392-97.2279124Haltom City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Frias got into an argument with his girlfriend, Martha Martinez, after losing his job. He fatally shot her, put her body in the backseat of a silver Lincoln Town Car, then drove away. Officers caught up to Frias on Loop 820 due to slow traffic. Near the Holiday Lane exit, he stepped out of his vehicle and pointed a handgun at officers. Officers fatally shot him. Frias was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

mydeathspace.com
8853Blake Bowman18MaleAfrican-American/Black02/18/2010Kansas CityMO39.029623-94.451625Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police sniper shot and killed Blake Bowman who was allegedly holding his mother hostage at knife-point. Police said Bowman was suspected in a carjacking at a convenience store. Officers located Bowman, but he ran into his house, pulling his mother inside with him. Tactical officers arrived and negotiations began. About 90 minutes later, Bowman reportedly came out the back door holding a knife to his mother's throat. According to police, Bowman was acting aggressively and refused to drop the knife. A police sniper fired one shot. Bowman's mother disputes the police version. She said her son had dropped the knife and agreed to surrender to police before he was shot.

pitch.com
8854Robert Lankford20MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2010Broken BowNE41.4020455-99.6296268Broken Bow Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Lankford reportedly kidnapped his ex-wife and the couple's 1-year-old child. He drove to the Broken Bow McDonald's, and told the woman to get food. The woman indicated that she needed help and someone inside called police. According to police, Lankford shot himself when an officer confronted him in the parking lot at about 5:30 a.m. He was was pronounced dead at a hospital.

theindependent.com
8855Troy D. McQueen42MaleRace unspecified02/18/2010Apple GroveWV38.644977-82.0893139West Virginia State Police, Mason County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An armed McQueen held his estranged wife at gunpoint and shot her in the stomach with a shotgun before being fatally shot by a state trooper. She survived the attack.

wsaz.com
8858Nicholas Eugene Scott23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/19/2010SanfordFL28.7986154-81.2731096Sanford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police found Scott, wanted on warrants for a parole violation, in his car in the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie. Two officers approached to apprehend him, Scott moved his 2009 Civic forward, the officers felt threatened, and shot him once fatally. A witness standing about 30 feet away disputed the police account.

orlandosentinel.com
8859Vincent Arnell Thomas49MaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2010QuinlanTX32.9103988-96.1279767Hunt County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas and two others tried to rob Bonnie Lou's Game Room. A deputy responded. A vehicle left the establishment and travelled east on Highway 276. A second deputy saw the vehicle near the intersection with Highway 34. He tried to stop the vehicle. The vehicle slowed down. Thomas stepped out of the vehicle and shot at the deputy no less than four times. They deputy stepped out of his patrol vehicle and fatally shot Thomas. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

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8860Edward Markeist Wheaton39MaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2010GreenvilleTX33.12511-96.1092109Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wheaton said he wanted to go get something to drink. While driving his girlfriend's truck on Interstate 30, investigators claim he was recklessly weaving in and out of traffic when they tried to pull him over. Instead, Wheaton took off and in the chase rammed two vehicles. That's when authorities opened fire, according to witnesses, shooting 30 to 40 bullets into the truck.

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8862Satnam Singh27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/21/2010BronxNY40.8204968-73.9130865City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Singh fatally three times as he refusing to stop assaulting his mother, beating her over the head with a frying pan and causing critical injuries.

nytimes.com
8863Name withheld by police53MaleRace unspecified02/22/2010ChicoCA39.7538831-121.7913789Chico Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly shot himself when police arrived to conduct a welfare check.

chicoer.com
8864Rashid Jihad Jones25MaleAfrican-American/Black02/22/2010VinelandNJ39.4772267-75.0055192Vineland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers responding to 911 call by Jones telling them he had to kill his grandmother because she was possessed by the devil. They arrived to find Jones in hallway holding a baseball bat. Officers claim he did not drop bat when asked and instead stepped toward them at which point two officers fired, killing Jones.

www.nj.com
19206Travis Keyone Quick26MaleAfrican-American/Black02/22/2010CherawSC34.690591-79.8837316Cheraw Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Maurice Merritt was shot three times - once in the shoulder, once in the toros and once in his protective vest - during a struggle with the driver of a car he chased after an attempted traffic stop for registration issues. Travis Quick fled and later turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the temple in front of other officers.

scnow.com
8866Jessica Jones18FemaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2010Kansas CityMO39.0678395-94.6020997Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The officers exited their vehicles, and Jones turned around and began to drive at the officers. The officers shot at Jones and killed her.

blogspot.com
8867Shawn Greenwood29MaleAfrican-American/Black02/23/2010IthacaNY42.440538-76.5130135Ithaca Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shawn Greenwood was approached by police on suspicion of drug trafficking. Officers state that he attempted to flee the scene in his vehicle and had already hit one officer and intended to hit another. Officer Bryan Bangs shot and killed Shawn.

cnycentral.com
9902Jaime Padilla21MaleHispanic/Latino02/23/2010Las VegasNV36.3066381-115.3085237Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Las Vegas police were called to the Broadstone Montecito apartments over a gun-wielding man, later identified as Jaime Padilla, trying to break into apartments. After an hour-long standoff, police said Padilla fired at officers and officers shot and killed him.

google.com
8868Ricky Ray Liles51MaleEuropean-American/White02/25/2010MinklerCA36.7275616-119.4629596Fresno County Sheriff's Office, Reedley Police Department, Parlier Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ricky Ray Liles reportedly committed suicide after shooting and killing FCSD deputy Joel Wahlenmaier and Reedley police officer Javier Beja, and wounding deputy Mark Harris.

latimes.com
8872Brian Macias17MaleHispanic/Latino02/25/2010MonroviaCA34.1208425-118.002903Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Macias was shot by his father, a reserve LAPD officer, in self-defense.

latimes.com
8871Andy "Jip" Hammond43MaleRace unspecified02/25/2010Ash ForkAZ35.221341-112.474301Yavapai County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hammond pulled a gun on employees and left in a 2 1/2 ton water truck. A responding deputy located Hammond at a nearby gas station, where a brief physical confrontation ensued. Hammond pulled a revolver and pointed it at the deputy, who shot him to death.

azfamily.com
8870Daniel John Enos32MaleNative American/Alaskan02/25/2010Casa GrandeAZ32.9010586-111.7419756Casa Grande Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a report of a burglary in progress. The owner of a home reported that a window was broken. The victim reported seeing a man carrying a bat or a stick leaving the rear of the home. The victim saw the man fleeing the area and notified police of where the man was headed and gave his description. Enos was found a few blocks away and reportedly confronted the officer with a sledgehammer. He advanced on the officer after being given commands to drop the weapon. Tracy then shot the man to stop him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

trivalleycentral.com
8876Jed Waits30MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2010FredericksonWA47.1054566-122.3576795Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Waits was shot after shooting at deputy. Officers had pulled over Waits' vehicle as the prime suspect in a recent murder.

seattletimes.com
8874Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino02/26/2010CA37.6805086-121.2732167Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself after a high-speed chase through Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.

mercedsunstar.com
8875Nathaniel Rowe26MaleAfrican-American/Black02/26/2010TulsaOK36.1698272-95.9436689Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call in which Rowe confronted his ex-girlfriend at her house, and when Rowe reached for an officers weapon, an officer shot him to death.

newson6.com
8873Mark Alan Smith35MaleRace unspecified02/26/2010FontanaCA34.091975-117.4887943Fontana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Kevin Goltara, Mark Wyrick, Jorge Velasquez, Christopher Macias, Daryl Avila, Robert Miller, Richard Guerrero, Jacinto Deleon and Sgt. Keith Zagorin fired 120 shots at Mark Alan Smith when he pointed a pistol at them after a high-speed pursuit.

whittierdailynews.com
8879Kent Kramer29MaleEuropean-American/White02/27/2010SanduskyMI43.4210317-82.8401391Sandusky Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Traffic stop for drunk driving ended in officer shooting suspect.

sanduskytribune.com
8877Jose Banuelos22MaleRace unspecified02/27/2010DenverCO39.8017077-104.9873315Westminster Police Department, Adams County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Banuelos and Juan Arteaga were shot and killed after a high-speed chase. After they were surrounded by police, they rammed police cars and were shot and killed.

denverpost.com
8878Juan Arteaga21MaleRace unspecified02/27/2010DenverCO39.8017077-104.9873315Westminster Police Department, Adams County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Banuelos and Juan Arteaga were shot and killed after a high-speed chase. After they were surrounded by police, they rammed police cars and were shot and killed.

denverpost.com
8882Brent Ingram39MaleEuropean-American/White02/28/2010Grand JunctionCO39.0777156-108.5435089Grand Junction Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic dispute at the motel. After talking to Nancy Ingram, the police went to the room to arrest her husband, Brent. When they got to the room, Brent Ingram was holding a knife and then ran at officers. The officers shot Ingram.

denverpost.com
8883Douglas Pilcher47MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2010DallasGA34.024249-84.780675Paulding County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said the construction firm co-owner fired an AR-15 and a 9mm pistol at deputies who arrived in response to a 911 call that Pilcher had been threatening suicide and drinking heavily. Left a suicide note. Relatives and friends said he had struggled with back problems.

ajc.com
8884Frederick Jones45MaleRace unspecified03/01/2010AnchorageAK61.1925584-149.935439Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The shooting happened outside an apartment building. Police were responding to a 911 call from a woman who said she had been assaulted by her husband and had fled to a neighbor's apartment. The call came just after 4:30 a.m. When police arrived, they found Jones had barricaded himself inside the home. Officers tried to get in, and soon he came out with a shotgun, and he was shot and killed.

google.com
8886Ryan Clayton26MaleAfrican-American/Black03/02/2010ColumbusOH40.0895069-82.9596151Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was shot in the leg by Clayton when police responded to a report of a domestic dispute. Officers had knocked on the door, were fired on and returned fire. Whether Clayton was shot by police or himself was not immediately determined.

10tv.com
8885Brian Komarek28MaleEuropean-American/White03/02/2010HaysKS38.8816336-99.3203084Hays Police Department, Ellis County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Brian Komarek reportedly killed himself during a nine-hour standoff. Police said that at about 2 a.m., Komarek's sister reported that he'd threatened suicide. Komarek allegedly brandished a rifle when officers arrived, and went back inside. Police set up a perimeter and notified the HPD Special Situation Response Team. At about 6;30 a.m., the KBI's High Risk Entry Team arrived and officers tried to contact Komarek through a loudspeaker in an armor-paneled truck, but got no response. Officers broke a window and sent in a mobile camera device. Seeing no movement, police went inside at about 11:25 a.m., and found Komarek dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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8888Antonio Johnson34MaleAfrican-American/Black03/03/2010Newport NewsVA37.1691879-76.5629147Newport News Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Members of the local department's "High Impact Patrol" approached a suspicious vehicle, Johnson's, which triggered gunfire from him. Police took cover, and they exchanged fire. Johnson took off and was found in his vehicle not far away with a single fatal wound to the head, self-inflicted.

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8889Joseph Amaktoolik38MaleNative American/Alaskan03/03/2010GolovinAK64.5613069-163.0132119Alaska State Troopers
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Upon arriving at a residence where Amaktoolik was believed to be, Amaktoolik confronted the trooper at the door brandishing a firearm. The trooper then fatally shot Amaktoolik.

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8891David Melgoza25MaleRace unspecified03/04/2010WaukeganIL42.3446738-87.8449275Waukegan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed David Melgoza during an alleged exchange of gunfire. At about 1:15 p.m., the officer responded to a report that a man had yelled at passing cars and pedestrians, fired a shot at a random person, walked into an alley and fired two more shots at people. The officer drove through the alley and encountered Melgoza. Police believed Melgoza shot first at the officer, who returned fire.

dailyherald.com
8892Shawn Lee Gordon24MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2010GreensboroNC36.1069542-79.7741016Greensboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At 4 a.m. on a Friday morning Gordon barricaded himself in an American Legion hall, suicidal. Gordon fired about six shots from a gun. Police negotiators made no headway with him, and refused to allow family into any conversation. He was shot and pronounced dead before noon.

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8893Alberta Ray Brooks40MaleRace unspecified03/05/2010ShreveportLA32.5251516-93.7501789Shreveport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shreveport police say an officer shot and killed Alberta Brooks, 40, who attacked him with a screwdriver and was unaffected by a stun gun. Brooks' girlfriend had called early Friday to say he was causing problems and she wanted him out of their house. He says Brooks was gone when police arrived, but apparently forced the door open later.[

shreveporttimes.com
19924Brandon Green31MaleRace unspecified03/05/2010LeitchfieldKY37.4776211-86.2936312Leitchfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Green shot at police with a rifle before he was shot and killed by officers Brandon Brooks, Brandon Cook and Sgt. Jack Holland.

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8894Lloyd Long33MaleEuropean-American/White03/06/2010ColumbusOH39.9299084-83.032713Franklin Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Franklin Township police responded to a call about a theft from a department store. Police reported that they saw Long flee the scene as someone else drove the getaway car. Police pursued the car until they came to a dead end. An officer approached the car, and Long got out. The police representative said that Long struck the officer and pulled out a gun, and the officer fired in self-defense.

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8897Dirk Smith38MaleAfrican-American/Black03/07/2010LithoniaGA33.721643-84.148852DeKalb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Broke into his own Lithonia home after his wife told a babysitter and police by phone not to let the keyless Smith in following an argument they'd just had in Las Vegas. Police tried to tase Smith but then shot him when they said he charged at officers with a butcher knife. His family sued.

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8895Sonny Valenzuela Lopez49MaleHispanic/Latino03/07/2010CupertinoCA37.3228834-122.0141673Fremont Police Department, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fremont police Sgts. Pat Epps and John Harnett and officer Kelly Snow shot Sonny Valenzuela Lopez after he put his hands near his waist while running from police trying to arrest him.

mercurynews.com
8896Artenio Rodriguez29MaleHispanic/Latino03/07/2010CommerceTX33.234984-95.9147608Delta County Sheriff's Office, Commerce Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Commerce PD Lieutenant Terry Miller and Officer James Hildebrand confronted Rodriguez in response to a shots fired call. Rodriguez shot at them and drove away. Armed with an AK-47 and a pistol, he entered a Wal-Mart. Delta County Sergeant Paul Robertson, a shopper, sent his family away and confronted Rodriguez. They shot each other. Rodriguez left the store. Officer Hildebrand shot Rodriguez. Rodriguez died. Deputy Robertson lived.

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8898Anthony Michael Barrow22MaleEuropean-American/White03/07/2010CovingtonGA33.5290109-83.915189Covington Police Department, Newton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barrow walked into Liberty Food Mart and shot and killed his girlfriend. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a four-hour stand-off with Covington/Newton County SWAT after he barricaded himself in his home.

newtoncitizen.com
8899William Scott Hines27MaleRace unspecified03/07/2010FlorenceAL34.8166583-87.6694774Florence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

William Scott Hines reportedly died after shooting himself in a vehicle following a police chase.

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8900Robert Randall Mustard Jr.60MaleEuropean-American/White03/08/2010DallasTX32.9140111-96.771525Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Armed with a .45-caliber handgun, Mustard went to the third floor of Four Forest Plaza and shot Robert Smith, of Smith Financial Group, and Christopher Smith, the advisor's son. Responding officers shot at Mustard, but missed. Mustard fatally shot himself. The Smiths survived. Mustard, a reclusive former judge who had served jail time for bribery, believed that Robert Smith had caused him to lose all of his money.

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8901George D'Amato Jr.22MaleEuropean-American/White03/08/2010BrooklynNY40.5973213-73.9338686City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a "man with a gun" call to discover D'Amato on a schoolyard playground waving a toy gun. He'd pointed it at two adults; no children were around. D'Amato leveled the toy at officers as soon as they arrived. He was duly shot to death.

nytimes.com
19205Jonathan Myron Stokes35MaleAfrican-American/Black03/08/2010OrangeburgSC33.4810058-80.8953628Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Kevin Smith told investigators he shot and killed Johnathan Stokes during a struggle with the suspect, who had bumped into him outside a nightclub and cursed him out. Smith said he shot Stokes because the man had assaulted him with a flashlight and was trying to get hold of his gun.

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8904Patrick L. Greer29MaleEuropean-American/White03/09/2010St. JamesMO38.028999-91.5362157Crawford County Sheriff's Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Patrick L. Greer when he allegedly shot at them after a chase. The Secret Service had reportedly notified Cuba police that Greer might be in the area and that felony warrants had been issued from Texas for assault, a drug violation and engaging in organized crime. Cuba police officers and Crawford County deputies found Greer at a business in Cuba. When officers approached, Greer reportedly fled in his truck, dragging a Cuba police officer for a short distance. After a pursuit on I-44, Greer allegedly stopped his truck, got out and started shooting. Officers returned fire.

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8902Damon Keith Hill48MaleRace unspecified03/09/2010GardenaCA33.8986082-118.3086704Gardena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Mike Sargent shot Damon Keith Hill at approximately the same moment Hill reportedly pointed a gun at police, then shot himself in the head after critically injuring his estranged wife.

contracostatimes.com
8905Richard Arlan Napper53MaleRace unspecified03/09/2010WhitehallOH39.971602-82.882888Whitehall Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call about a man with a shotgun at Norton Field Park. When officers arrived, they saw the man standing by a children's slide. They ordered him to put the gun down, but he said he wouldn't. He stood up and leveled the gun at officers, two of whom shot and killed him.

dispatch.com
21271Elvin D. Potts63MaleAfrican-American/Black03/09/2010JacksonMI42.2383745-84.4011687Blackman Township Department of Public Safety, Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Blackman Township officer Darin McIntosh responded around 12:20 a.m. after Elvin D. Potts' wife reported he'd threatened her over the phone and then pounded on her apartment door. Police said Potts left before McIntosh arrived, but called several times while he was there. According to police, McIntosh answered one call, telling Potts they needed to talk, and Potts said to come to his home. McIntosh did so. Jackson officer James Bonneau, called to assist, arrived a few minutes later, as McIntosh was trying to handcuff Potts, police said. Potts reportedly charged at them and the three men wrestled in the living room. McIntosh had one cuff on Potts' right wrist when Potts allegedly reached into the sofa, pulled out .357-caliber magnum revolver with his left hand and fired four shots. One round hit McIntosh in the thigh. Another hit Bonneau, who died from his wound. McIntosh then shot Potts twice in the back of the head, killing him, police said. The total time elapsed from when Bonneau entered the house to the final shot was about 28 seconds, according to reports.

mlive.com
8903Rickey Juneau49FemaleEuropean-American/White03/09/2010DaytonTX30.109639-94.8904803Liberty County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies Jeremy Marcantel and Rex Evans responded to a disturbance involving Juneau. Juneau shot them both. They shot back at him and retreated to their patrol vehicle. Baytown SWAT later found Juneau dead of what was characterized as self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Juneau's family said that he was mentally ill and on medication after a construction accident that ended his career.

yourhoustonnews.com
8910Gaylon Castalono Alexander31MaleAfrican-American/Black03/10/2010DallasTX32.6945163-96.8067851Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call of shots fired, and followed Alexander, who got out of his vehicle shooting at them, at which point the officers shot him to death.

dallasnews.com
8907Clint Mason45MaleRace unspecified03/10/2010ThorntonCO39.907658-104.949071Thornton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mason was bipolar. Police were called by his roommate because Mason was trashing the apartment. The roommate, who had been asleep, didn't realize that it was Mason tearing the place up. Mason put his hand on a knife when police arrived and was shot and killed.

denverpost.com
8914Matthew C. Dillingham21MaleEuropean-American/White03/10/2010FairbanksAK64.8346328-147.7255552Fairbanks Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Alex Wells, a 15-year veteran of the Fairbanks Police Department, shot and killed 21-year-old Matthew Dillingham when he pulled a gun on her and fired once. Wells had stopped a suspected stolen vehicle, in which Dillingham was a passenger. The two occupants attempted to flee the scene. When Dillingham attempted to run around the vehicle, he fell and aimed a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol at the officer.

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8917Malcolm Shaw43MaleAfrican-American/Black03/11/2010MemphisTN35.172669-89.9716289Bartlett Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bartlett narcotics squad serving a search warrant for drug possession shot and killed Shaw after entering his home. Police said they knocked on Shaw's door several times and identified themselves as police before entering the home. Shaw emerged from a room and pointed a gun at plainclothes officer Patrick Cicci. Cicci fired once, killing Shaw.

commercialappeal.com
8916Tyler Wayne Hayes22MaleEuropean-American/White03/11/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.3771042-97.5434109Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hayes escaped from a center in Oklahoma City contracted by the state Corrections Department. Officers Clifford Damon, 29, and Timothy Campbell, 30, responded to a call about a car stolen from the 1600 block of SW 68. A few minutes later they spotted a vehicle matching that description on Kentucky Avenue near SW 89.. When the officers tried to stop the car, the driver accelerated south on Kentucky, plowing through a fence and a yard. The driver turned around and began to drive north, but lost control of the car and ran over the curb. Damon and Campbell approached the car on foot—one from the front and one from the back—and the driver reversed quickly, swinging the vehicle in a half-circle. Both officers fired on the driver, killing him.

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8918Reginald Dewayne Wallace40MaleAfrican-American/Black03/12/2010NashvilleTN36.1447243-86.7916369Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Wallace was fleeing from the scene of a robbery and the officer thought Wallace had a weapon, and shot Wallace to death. Wallace had a silver iPod instead of a weapon.

timesnews.net
8920Brenda Van Zwieten52FemaleEuropean-American/White03/13/2010Pompano BeachFL26.207745-80.1278258Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Van Zweiten was shot to death in a military-style drug raid conducted by a county SWAT team. According to officers the grandmother, who had lived in her home for 24 years, produced a handgun and refused to drop it.

sun-sentinel.com
8919Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey25MaleRace unspecified03/13/2010DurhamNC36.0070978-78.9371233Duke University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Duke hospital officials asked Dorsey to stop panhandling in front of their ICU entrance and leave. He refused. In the resulting 1 a.m. scuffle with two university officers Dorsey is said to have reached for one of their guns. He was shot to death. Duke police are sworn officers but serve under the authority of no public official, a controversial situation.

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8923Gerald Black51MaleAfrican-American/Black03/14/2010DallasTX32.8284052-96.6664749Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers responded to a family violence call involving a gun in the 2800 block of Materhorn Drive. When officers entered the home they encountered Black, who attempted to grab one of the officer's weapons. The second officer discharged a patrol rifle, fatally striking Black.

dallaspolice.net
8921Charles Allen Barrera39MaleEuropean-American/White03/14/2010AnaheimCA33.8370474-117.8716914Gardena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Gardena police officer shot and killed Charles Allen Barrera, who reportedly assaulted him at a busy Del Taco in Anaheim.

ocregister.com
8924Meng Xiong32MaleAsian/Pacific Islander03/15/2010SacramentoCA38.4880374-121.4935338Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four officers shot and killed Meng Xiong who reportedly shot a police dog while holding a teenage girl and her younger brother captive in their Meadowview home during a home invasion.

sacbee.com
8925Ronald W. "Ronnie" Palmer58MaleAfrican-American/Black03/15/2010ElyriaOH41.3501804-82.109771Elyria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because Palmer had exposed his genitalia to a child. During interaction with police, Palmer shot and killed Officer James Kerstetter, and a short time later was shot and killed by Officers Jay Loesch and Donald Moss.

northcoastnow.com
8927Edward Thomas Frey57MaleEuropean-American/White03/15/2010GainesvilleFL29.642856-82.185225Alachua County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Frey's wife called 911 reporting that Frey was violent, had a history of domestic violence, had threatened to kill both of them, and had been drinking all day. Seven or eight deputies responded, including hostage negotiators. Frey emerged from his double-wide with a handgun under his chin. After eventually pointing it at deputies, he was fatally shot.

gainesville.com
8926Larry Edward Wall Jr.30MaleAfrican-American/Black03/15/2010SavannahGA32.0711634-81.1241085Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Savannah-Chatham police officer fatally shot a Wall, whom authorities said had stabbed the patrolman with a knife. The officer was taken to an area hospital with wounds described as not life-threatening.

savannahnow.com
8928Warren Collins35MaleAfrican-American/Black03/16/2010IndianapolisIN39.8188737-86.0299628Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wanted for a number of minor violations like traffic tickets and marijuana possession, Collins fled from an attempted stop but drove down a dead end street. He struggled and fought with the officer, reportedly with the upper hand at one point, but was then shot dead. He'd been unarmed. Collins was the suspect whose flight caused the death of motorist Earl Jamison in a May 2004 police chase.

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8929Shari Bethel Cartmell24FemaleAfrican-American/Black03/16/2010NashvilleTN36.217646-86.736488Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Responders found Cartmell already dead on the couch, with a bullet wound in her head, in the house she shared with her active-duty Nashville police department husband. His story of her supposed accidental suicide fell apart very quickly. Prosecuted for second-degree murder he was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison. He appealed and lost.

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20695Douglas J. Fairbanks40MaleRace unspecified03/17/2010CudahyWI42.9300534-87.8608083South Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Douglas J. Fairbanks had been under surveillance at his home after police received a child pornography complaint. Officers tried to pull over Fairbanks when he left his home. He refused to stop and led officers on a chase that ended when his car struck a vehicle. A gun went off in the car at the time of the crash, police said, when he shot and killed himself.

jsonline.com
8934Isaac Ornelas30MaleHispanic/Latino03/17/2010Panorama CityCA34.2223408-118.4442998Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were responding to a call at a residence. When officers arrived, they were directed to a detached structure in the back of the house where they encountered Ornelas armed with a semi-automatic handgun. When Ornelas reached for his weapon, officers opened fire. Ornelas was struck in the upper torso.

latimes.com
21272Tracy Renee Wilhelm-Hiltz41FemaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2010Grosse Ile TownshipMI42.176287-83.151586Gibraltar Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they responded at 3:18 a.m. after an anonymous caller said someone had been shot at Tracy Renee Wilhelm-Hiltz' home on the north end of the island. According to police, officers didn't find anyone injured, but did discover Wilhelm-Hiltz in the backyard with a shotgun. Police said they negotiated with Wilhelm-Hilts for about 30 minutes, and that she asked officers to shoot her. A Gibraltar officer fatally shot Wilhelm-Hiltz after she allegedly pointed the gun at police and came toward them.

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23210David Christopher Cotton20MaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2010GallatinTN36.4045117-86.4937764Gallatin Police Department, Sumner County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Two bank robbery suspects—David Christopher Cotton, 20, and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, 20, died when police caught up to them. Police said Cotton committed suicide, and Skinner was shot and killed by police.

sandiegouniontribune.com
23211Jonathan Ryan Skinner20MaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2010GallatinTN36.4045117-86.4937764Gallatin Police Department, Sumner County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two bank robbery suspects—David Christopher Cotton, 20, and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, 20, died when police caught up to them. Police said Cotton committed suicide, and Skinner was shot and killed by police.

sandiegouniontribune.com
8933Mahir S. Al-Hakim29MaleMiddle Eastern03/18/2010RiversideMO39.1776381-94.6132557Riverside Police Department, Kansas City Police Department, Gladstone Police Department, North Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to call of man in woods with what appeared to be a "gun." Several Depts responded surrounded and shot Alhakim claiming aggressive move. Video ruled "hindsight" and not allowed in court.

clipsyndicate.com
21273Gabriel Desean Hood33MaleAfrican-American/Black03/18/2010Grand RapidsMI42.9954923-85.6673364Grand Rapids Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said officer Donald Lake stopped Gabriel Desean Hood around 4:30 p.m. for driving a moped with a passenger. According to police, Hood resisted arrest and tried to flee. Lake shot and killed Hood after he allegedly pulled a 9 mm handgun.

mlive.com
8932David Sequoia aka David Gabriel Barger25MaleEuropean-American/White03/18/2010EurekaCA40.7906652-124.1740486Eureka Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Patrick Bishop and Sgt. Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez shot and killed David Sequoia as he reportedly struggled with civilian Kris Coon over a gun in an alley off of Summer Street.

times-standard.com
8935Kenneth Hershal DeShields37MaleAfrican-American/Black03/19/2010PhiladelphiaPA39.9975348-75.2348033Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that after the officer identified himself, DeShields tucked his own gun into his waistband and ran. He had not gotten into the cash register and escaped with only some merchandise. Josey ran after, shouting, "Police, stop" and "Don't pull it out" when DeShields reached toward his waistband. DeShields' "aggressive movements" continued, according to the statement from prosecutors, and Josey fired six times.

philly.com
20696Jonathan Rodriguez-Muniz21MaleHispanic/Latino03/19/2010MilwaukeeWI43.0159514-87.922566Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jonathan Rodriguez-Muniz was fatally shot by Milwaukee police after he pointed a gun at them as they attempted to arrest him for outstanding warrants, according to police.

blogspot.com
8936David Renauld Rogers Jr.21MaleAfrican-American/Black03/19/2010HoustonTX29.712487-95.5106646Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While Rogers and an accomplice allegedly attempted a robbery he was fatally shot by one of the responding officers as Hill and Rogers ran out of the store. Rogers had pointed a gun at the officers. One of the officers warned Rogers to put his weapon down, but when Rogers refused to do so, the officer shot Rogers.

myfoxhouston.com
22846Tedlee Hargrove49MaleAfrican-American/Black03/19/2010SuffolkVA36.7318187-76.576277Suffolk Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded after receiving reports of a fight in progress. Officers heard a gunshot and found Tedlee Hargrove on his porch with a shotgun. He allegedly put the gun down then picked it back up and was shot. He died a week later.

google.com
8938Barys Radchuk35MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2010Citrus HeightsCA38.6794475-121.3161372Citrus Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Barys Radchuk during a struggle.

sacbee.com
8942Stephen Bours30MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2010DowneyCA33.9236562-118.1527997Downey Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bours was walking down the street carrying a hatchet when officers ordered him several times to stop and drop the weapon. Bours refused and advanced toward officers with the ax raised over his head. The officers opened fire, striking Bours.

latimes.com
8944Steve Eugene Washington27MaleAfrican-American/Black03/20/2010Los AngelesCA34.0575703-118.291318Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Los Angeles police officials said officers shot Washington early Saturday morning after he reached into his waistband for what they believed was a weapon.

latimes.com
8943Alexander Blaine Epstein19MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2010Clearwater BeachFL27.9881325-82.8254112Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Epstein was sought as the probable shooter at a 2:30 a.m. party who killed two and left another with critical injuries. County deputies found him after a manhunt that included federal agencies. Bottled up for hours in a house surrounded by watching police, Epstein then approached an undercover deputy's car with gun in hand and was shot dead.

findagrave.com
20545Michael Miller37MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2010SunburyPA40.8641536-76.7805655Sunbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sunbury police corporal Michael Miller shot and killed his wife, Robin L. Prentice-Miller, before fatally shooting himself in the head outside their home.

google.com
20546Robin Lee Prentice Miller38FemaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2010SunburyPA40.8641536-76.7805655Sunbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sunbury police corporal Michael Miller shot and killed his wife, Robin L. Prentice-Miller, before fatally shooting himself in the head outside their home.

google.com
8945Quentin Green25MaleAfrican-American/Black03/21/2010ChicagoIL41.776137-87.640763Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Quentin Green as he allegedly held a knife to the throat of a 6-year-old boy. Police responded at around 8 p.m. after Green's estranged girlfriend reported he'd come to her apartment in defiance of a court order and locked himself inside an upstairs room with her son and two other young boys. Officers tried to negotiate with Green, but said he dangled the boy of the window. Police forced their way inside through a window and found Green sitting on the floor, holding a serrated knife to the boy's neck. An officer fired two shots after Green allegedly refused to drop the knife and threatened to harm the child.

chicagotribune.com
8946Thomas Tavon Miller30MaleAfrican-American/Black03/21/2010BaltimoreMD39.2979685-76.5806536Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer and Miller got into an altercation during a traffic stop on McElderry Street Miller was able to break free and get back to his vehicle, where he drew a gun and opened fire. One of the officers was struck in the right cheek, and another was hit in the hand. Miller was hit several times and died at the scene.

baltimoresun.com
8952Santiago Urena57MaleHispanic/Latino03/22/2010BronxNY40.8245054-73.9170288City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police Urena became upset because his mother's home health care worker refused his advances. He died in a hail of 21 police bullets, three of which struck him. His return fire wounded an NYPD officer.

gothamist.com
8949Miguel Alvarado Mendoza19MaleHispanic/Latino03/22/2010DallasTX32.7780709-96.9163362Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to DPD, officers tried to arrest Mendoza "for possession of illegal narcotics." Mendoza fled, then fought officers, taking a stun gun from one of them. Officers Otoniel Boudet, Jason Crow and Timothy Payovich shot at Mendoza 15 times, hitting him six times. He was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital.

dallaspolice.net
8950Jack Dale Collins58MaleEuropean-American/White03/22/2010PortlandOR45.515619-122.7157373Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oregonian: Collins suddenly emerged from a restroom holding an razor knife, surprising the officer, who shot him when Collins failed to drop the knife and continued to advance.

oregonlive.com
8951William Cary Gordon41MaleEuropean-American/White03/22/2010MidwayGA31.7968274-81.4073981Midway Police Department, Liberty County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Susepect wanted for burglary, threatened to kill family, stopped while driving, pulled over, shot at officers, officers returned fire and killed him.

policemag.com
8953Allen Hunter44MaleAfrican-American/Black03/23/2010Lake WorthFL26.566408-80.0655928Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies went to Hunter's residence to serve him a warrant for a probation violation. A violent struggled ensued; Hunter successfully grabbed one of their batons and began beating the officer with it. The other deputy attempted to Taser Hunter, which didn't work, then fatally shot him.

sun-sentinel.com
8955Israel Leija Jr.24MaleHispanic/Latino03/23/2010CanyonTX34.940965-101.848469Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DPS Sergeant Robert Byrd and Trooper Chadrin Lee Mullenix stood over Interstate 37 as Leija, fleeing arrest, drove by them. Trooper Mullenix asked Sergeant Byrd for permission to shoot at the vehicle. Because spike strips had been laid for the vehicle, Sergeant Byrd told Trooper Mullenix to stand down. Trooper Mullenix ignored Sergeant Byrd, and used an M-4 rifle to shoot into Leija's windshield six times, striking him four times and killing him.

lubbockonline.com
8954Damon Edward Beal26MaleAfrican-American/Black03/23/2010Las VegasNV36.180698-115.240445Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Las Vegas police officer was shot while chasing a robbery suspect through the backyards of a northwest Las Vegas neighborhood. A fellow officer fatally shot Damon Edward Beal, 26.

google.com
22467Amy J. Nose39FemaleEuropean-American/White03/25/2010UplandIN40.473353-85.5023803Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • No

Paul Bryon Nose shot and killed his wife, Amy Nose, during a police standoff that started when it was reported he was holding his wife hostage.

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22468Paul Bryon Nose II42MaleEuropean-American/White03/25/2010UplandIN40.473353-85.5023803Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Paul Bryon Nose shot and killed his wife, Amy Nose, during a police standoff that started when it was reported he was holding his wife hostage.

theindychannel.com
20548Heath James Moffatt31MaleRace unspecified03/25/2010New CastlePA40.9750028-80.3708014U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Heath James Moffatt shot and killed himself as marshals closed in to arrest him on multiple counts of theft and receiving stolen property.

google.com
8960Jeremiah Mathis31MaleAfrican-American/Black03/26/2010JacksonvilleFL30.2157593-81.519329Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mathis had just robbed a bank as he carjacked a vehicle with a mother and her two children. Police took 42 shots at the car, killing Mathis, wounding the mother and seriously wounding her 2-year-old boy.

jacksonville.com
8961Todd Ely White46MaleEuropean-American/White03/26/2010SpokaneWA47.622018-117.35012Spokane Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Trevor Nollmeyer and Dion Mason responded to a neighborhood call about an armed man. When they arrived, White was in front of his brother-in-law's house, allegedly to dispute an inheritance. He shot at the officers 3-4 times. The officers retreated back and Nollmeyer shot at White 3-4 times, killing him.

seattletimes.com
8959Aaron McCausland42MaleEuropean-American/White03/26/2010White PigeonMI41.7979447-85.6420619St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that McCausland was armed with a shotgun and surrounded by police. He was fatally shot by two St. Joseph County sheriff's deputies. McCausland fired three shots.

mlive.com
8957Wayne E. King38MaleEuropean-American/White03/26/2010WaterlooIN41.431515-84.998783Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

King held officers at bay for hours after wounding his estranged wife and holding her hostage in her northeastern Indiana home before being killed by a state police sniper.

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8958Irma Rogers42FemaleRace unspecified03/26/2010Little RockAR34.728091-92.292245Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rogers was killed during an exchange of gunfire between officers and someone inside an upstairs apartment, where police were serving a no-knock drug warrant.

google.com
8965Mario Jaramillo43MaleHispanic/Latino03/27/2010InglewoodCA33.938198-118.3438952Inglewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to a supermarket because a man was going around the store threatening people with a knife. When police arrived, they were told that the man was stabbing himself. They followed a trail of blood to a walk in refrigerator. Jaramillo walked out of the refrigerator holding an ax and walked toward one of the officers. Police shot and killed him.

latimes.com
8964Rosalio Ledesma28MaleHispanic/Latino03/27/2010HoustonTX29.6899927-95.2447881Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Given a tip about a planned robbery, officers staked out the building where they were told the robbery would take place. Five armed men crossed a field to the officers' location. Four fled. The fifth, Ledesma, approached officers with a revolver. Officers S.J. Hamala and A.R. Pisaro fatally shot him.

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8962James Christopher Robertson32MaleRace unspecified03/27/2010LexingtonAL34.9555785-87.4254185Alabama Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

James Christopher Robertson reportedly shot and killed himself at a relative's home following a police pursuit.

waff.com
8963Harvey Lee Fenderson38MaleAfrican-American/Black03/27/2010LaurelMS31.7095928-89.1262678Laurel Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Laurel police officers shot and killed Harvey Fenderson. Authorities said the altercation with Fenderson started after Fenderson was kicked out of Club Lexus in Laurel. Police said once he was outside the club Fenderson opened fire with a handgun, shooting a woman in the back. Police said Fenderson also took a woman hostage at gunpoint and forced her into a car shortly before being stopped by police on First Avenue and allegedly pulling a gun on police. Police then fired, shooting Fenderson in the head, killing him.

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8970Linda Carol Clark38FemaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2010PlacervilleCA38.7279046-120.7950839Placerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clark, a patient at Marshall Medical Center, stole an ambulance and led officers on a chase. The ambulance struck a patrol car and the impact pushed it into two additional patrol units. Fearing for his life and trying to stop the ambulance, an officer fired his service weapon, firing five shots. One of the shots hit Clark, killing him.

news10.net
8971Wesley Alan Doyle27MaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2010CartersvilleGA34.1216296-84.8697844Bartow County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after turning on police with pistol in hand. Police were responding to report of man urinating in public. Doyle fled when approached and was chased.

ajc.com
8969Bobby Lee Manseill Jr.37MaleRace unspecified03/28/2010MS31.5359248-90.5257823Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At around 3 a.m., Mansell was shot and killed during an alleged home invasion at an off-duty deputy's home. Mansell was inside the home when shot, but reportedly escaped and collapsed in the yard.

dailyleader.com
8968Bobby L. Stacy26MaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2010Southwest CityMO36.506504-94.595132Southwest City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stacy drove a Suburban too fast on a rural road at 2 a.m. A local policeman attempted to pull him over, leaving Stacy with a fatal bullet wound to the head. The officer's description was at wild variance with the evidence, and he was eventually sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter. One of the rare cases where an officer was indicted for a line-of-duty killing.

joplinglobe.com
8974William Hardy27MaleAfrican-American/Black03/29/2010ChicagoIL41.905651-87.7730414Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they shot Hardy after he turned and pointed a gun at them when he was told to stop during an incident.

chicagotribune.com
8973Mickey Owings26MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1127615-106.7019931Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Armed robbery suspect Mickey Owings, 26, was shot and killed by Kevin Sanchez after fleeing from the Wal-Mart parking lot on Coors NW when police attempted to surround the car he was in.

abqjournal.com
8972Miguel Angel Martinez46MaleRace unspecified03/29/2010AdelantoCA34.5866565-117.4294162San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Johnnie Mamon, Roosevelt Dutra and David Harding shot Miguel Angel Martinez when he revved his engine and drove toward them after a car chase.

www.pe.com
8975Robert Thomas "Bobby" Wilson27MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2010Cottage GroveMN44.8314198-92.9668515Cottage Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Peterson pulled Wilson over because the car he was driving—with his wife and infant inside—had been connected to recent counterfeit-currency incidents. Peterson approached the car and Wilson sped away, with Peterson caught in the car. Wilson dragged the officer almost 200 yards. In an effort to stop the car, police said, Peterson fired his weapon, fatally wounding Wilson.

startribune.com
8977Nick Cody Dominguez17MaleHispanic/Latino03/30/2010MesquiteNM32.1652318-106.6969815Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dominguez was shot by a Dona Ana sheriff's deputy after allegedly trying to get the officer's gun, being Tasered, getting into the officer's cruiser, putting it in gear and seemingly readying to run over the deputy, who was responding to a report of a business theft in Mesquite, N.M.

findlaw.com
8978Randy Wayne Mullins25MaleEuropean-American/White03/30/2010EscondidoCA33.1121836-117.0784742Escondido Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at the duplex where Mullins lived with his wife had arrived to hear a woman crying and a man yelling inside the residence. After the officers knocked on the door, Mullins appeared with a shotgun in his hand, and one of the officers grabbed it and tried to wrestle it away.During the struggle, the resident appeared to be trying to point the weapon at the second officer, who responded by firing multiple shots

sandiegouniontribune.com
8976David L. Koertner55MaleEuropean-American/White03/30/2010FreeportIL42.280971-89.6184109Freeport Police Department, Stephenson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

David L. Koertner reportedly committed suicide after officer Sean Patridge fired at him when he allegedly shot at the officer. Patridge went to Koertner's home at 5:25 p.m., after the SCSD asked the FPD to pick him up for a domestic dispute that happened earlier in their jurisdiction. Koertner allegedly approached Patridge in the driveway with a handgun and fired one round at him. According to police, Patridge fired once in return and Koertner ran. Patridge called for back-up. Officers said they found Koertner dead by his garage.

wrex.com
20549Chester L. Guyton67MaleEuropean-American/White03/30/2010HopewellPA40.1326584-78.3299265Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers shot and killed Chester Guyton when he threatened them with a gun. They'd gone to the home to check on Guyton's welfare.

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8980Christopher Solorzano26MaleHispanic/Latino03/31/2010Long BeachCA33.8531104-118.1935001Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Christopher Solorzano reportedly shot himself after he fled from a routine traffic stop and was chased by police in Long Beach.

lbpost.com
8981Nyl R. Oday27MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2010ColumbusOH40.0582226-82.9499417Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a domestic dispute call shot and killed Oday after he made a threatening move toward them with a gun, police said.

10tv.com
8982Susan L. Stuckey47FemaleRace unspecified03/31/2010Prairie VillageKS38.9579823-94.6330674Prairie Village Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said the woman made "suicidal and threatening comments," and barricaded herself in her apartment. She was shot by officers after allegedly threatening the officers with a weapon.

pitch.com
8984Albert Demetrius Davis27MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2010LakelandFL28.0496012-81.9357246Lakeland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Davis's home to investigate after his girlfriend called at 8 a.m. to complain that she'd been attacked. While officers attempted to search the house, they found Davis, according to their narrative, hiding in a closet and threatening them with a steak knife. He was shot to death.

theledger.com
8983Victor Hugo Santillan-De la Cruz36MaleHispanic/Latino03/31/2010LaredoTX27.4584065-99.4830608U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The subject was killed during a struggle with a patrol agent.

amazonaws.com
8987Reshird Lyles28MaleAfrican-American/Black04/01/2010ChicagoIL41.893201-87.754661Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said plainclothes officers were patrolling when they heard gunshots. Officers said they saw several people running away, one of them with a gun in his hand. The officers ordered him to stop, but he ran through a gangway and into an alley. An officer approached the man and ordered him to drop the gun, The department said a gun was recovered at the scene.

chicagotribune.com
8986Thomas Alonza Parker43MaleEuropean-American/White04/01/2010HuntsvilleAL34.6063707-86.5249917Madison County Sheriff's Office, Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Thomas Alonza Parker when he allegedly jumped out of his truck and made threatening motions toward officers with his weapon following a chase, kidnapping and shooting.

blog.al.com
8989Michael Romero32MaleHispanic/Latino04/01/2010BrooklynNY40.6546269-74.0004068City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Romero, with 34 prior arrests, was called over to an undercover police vehicle car because he resembled another suspect. He drew a snub-nose .357 Rossi revolver, threatened the plainclothes driver, pulled the trigger. It was a misfire. The other officer leapt out and shot Romero in the heart.

brooklynpaper.com
8985Zackery Wayland Welch22MaleEuropean-American/White04/01/2010George WestTX28.4043598-98.1699023Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trooper Hosking tried to pull Welch over for speeding. Welch ignored him. Trooper Hosking pursued. Trooper Mata took over the pursuit. Sergeant Lorberau and Troopers C.J. Villarreal, M. Castro and D. Hinojosa laid spike strips about five miles south of George West, stopping Welch's vehicle. Welch stepped out of the vehicle with a pistol. Trooper Mata told Welch to drop it. Welch chambered a round. Trooper Mata shot Welch. Welch fatally shot himself. Texas Ranger Sergeant Andy Lopez investigated.

mysoutex.com
8988Timothy Baum54MaleEuropean-American/White04/01/2010Bonita SpringsFL26.332303-81.7838947Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a shots-fired call fell into an armed confrontation with Baum and fatally shot him. This was the second such call within a week. Reporting suggested that Baum had been a threat to his entire neighborhood.

nbc-2.com
26492Andres Elias Cortez25MaleHispanic/Latino04/01/2010El PasoTX31.7528938-106.3451631El Paso Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Andres Cortez was shot by off-duty Officer Jorge Gonzalez, paralyzing him. He died from the wound nearly five years later.

tmcnet.com
8993Willie Miller25MaleAfrican-American/Black04/02/2010ChicagoIL41.8918378-87.7113187Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers allege that they chased Miller from a party and that he pointed a pistol at them before they shot him to death. His family members, who were at the party, said that Miller was unarmed.

abc7chicago.com
8994Ronald Hale33MaleEuropean-American/White04/02/2010AtlantaGA33.756877-84.3743283Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after pulling out a gun. Police were approaching Hale for questioning regarding a report of domestic violence.

ajc.com
22831Alvin Lester Pleasants45MaleAfrican-American/Black04/02/2010RichmondVA37.5379812-77.4070162Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alvin Pleasants killed himself while being pursued by officers after killing Charles Jackson, 56. Pleasants was being sought in the slaying of Tarchelle Nicole Daniel, found shot multiple times in a car behind her residence.

richmond.com
20550Vincent Parsons26MaleRace unspecified04/02/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.0245593-75.1661479Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a foot chase, officers James Allan, Bryan Outterbridge and Oronde Watson shot and killed Vincent Parsons when he aimed a gun at them, police said.

google.com
8995Dwight Jones50MaleAfrican-American/Black04/03/2010ChicagoIL41.686281-87.6180819Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Dwight Jones after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at them. At around 11:15 a.m., police said they responded to a report of a man with a gun and found Jones standing near the doorway of a health clinic with a shotgun. Jones reportedly pointed the shotgun at his own chest and refused to drop it. An officer tried to take the gun away from Jones, who then allegedly pointed it at the officers, who shot him.

chicagobreakingnews.com
8997Manuel DaVeiga19MaleAfrican-American/Black04/03/2010DorchesterMA42.3101194-71.0625633Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers patrolling a known center of gang activity saw DaVeiga separate himself from two others on their approach, walking away with hands in pockets. Two officers pursued him on foot. When about 10 feet away, DaVeiga opened fire with a handgun, starting a firefight that pulled in seven officers taking cover among parked cars. Hemmed in and with three bullet wounds, DaVeiga shot himself in the head.

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9001Anthony Lucas14MaleRace unspecified04/04/2010Sierra BlancaTX31.432753-105.447281Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lucas, who had ADD, ran away from home. He had not taken his medication for two days when deputies and wardens found him in a hunting camp at Gunsight Ranch. Armed with three small-bore pistols, Lucas shot at the peace officers and fled to two different locations, finally making a stand on top of a barn. Deputies, wardens and his mother, Kay, tried to reason with him. He shot at her. The peace officers fatally shot Lucas from a horse trailer at a distance of about 30 yards. Lucas was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

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8998Jessie Alexander Smith Raponi34FemaleEuropean-American/White04/04/2010FlagstaffAZ35.1604072-111.6726711U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Raponi, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives apparently shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself at their home in Flagstaff.

azcentral.com
9000Armando D. Gallegos29MaleRace unspecified04/04/2010WalsenburgCO37.632821-104.7706115Walsenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to a Walsenburg Police Department Press Release, around 9:30 p.m. two officers arrived at 45 Stacy drive. One officer went to the front of the home, the other to the back. The officer-involved in shooting says he saw Armando Gallegos, 29, about to kill his girlfriend. He then opened fire to, "protect the woman from a deadly attack."

kktv.com
8999Robert Clifford Reed59MaleRace unspecified04/04/2010PowayCA32.9644828-117.0408779San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Poway man said to have opened fire on his neighbor's house on Easter Sunday, killing a husband and wife inside before he was shot dead by deputies, was described by neighbors Monday as a quarrelsome misanthrope with a long history of terrorizing the block.

sandiegouniontribune.com
9008James Scott Carringer42MaleEuropean-American/White04/08/2010BuckheadGA33.802657-84.3928933Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carringer shot and killed himself following a standoff with Atlanta police was being investigated in the disappearance of a Georgia woman who police believe was abducted in August.

onlineathens.com
9007Brian Michael Marino24MaleRace unspecified04/08/2010San DiegoCA32.7558979-117.2167929San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Brian Michael Marino reportedly killed himself after exchanging gunfire with a motorcycle officer during a chase that ended near the Sports Arena.

10news.com
9009Ravinder Nijjar41MaleAsian/Pacific Islander04/08/2010BedfordOH41.392302-81.53485Bedford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Bedford police officer was flagged down by two men at the Sikh temple in suburban Cleveland and was told a man was inside with a meat cleaver. Officers entered, and police say Nijjar approached them and was shot when he kept moving toward them with the cleaver.

cbsnews.com
9013Bernard King47MaleAfrican-American/Black04/09/2010Winter ParkFL28.5970351-81.291886Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy struck up a conversation with transient King at a Citgo station in the early morning hours, a conversation police described as "consensual in nature". While talking, though, King revealed that he was carrying drug paraphernalia and a knife. The deputy tried to confiscate those, got punched in the face, tried to Taser King without success, chased him about 300 feet across the parking lot, and shot him to death.

orlandosentinel.com
9014Richard Montero44MaleHispanic/Latino04/09/2010West Palm BeachFL26.663578-80.1451424Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At 6:30 on a Friday morning two sheriff's deputies pounded on the side of a Ford Explorer, trying to wake the passed-out occupant, Montero. Once awake they decided to release him to his girlfriend rather than take him in. But when Montero realized his vehicle was to be towed, he became enraged, and violently struggled with the two. Tasers reportedly had no effect on him. The deputies, physically bested, fired five quick shots that killed the unarmed construction worker.

sun-sentinel.com
9015Christopher Lee Brooks26MaleEuropean-American/White04/09/2010HumbleTX29.9695268-95.2143058Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy went to Brooks's residence and tried to arrest him in relation to a beating that had occurred at a bar hours earlier. Brooks resisted. The deputy stunned Brooks with a stun gun. Brooks gained control of the stun gun and sicced a pit bull on the deputy. The deputy fatally shot them both.

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9010Russell Doza49MaleEuropean-American/White04/09/2010TulsaOK36.1813898-95.9099229Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The SWAT Team had a warrant to serve at the Tulsa Rogues Motorcycle Club for marijuana and methamphetamine. Police say when they entered the building, one man was lying face down on the floor with his hands tucked underneath him. Deputies told the man to show his hands but, they say, instead he reached for a gun on a nearby bookshelf. Police say he pointed it at officers and was shot and killed.

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9011DeWayne DeShawn Steward26MaleAfrican-American/Black04/09/2010DarrowLA30.1345356-90.9549875Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

DeWayne DeShawn Steward reportedly took his life during a standoff after a crisis response team vehicle with a battering ram broke down the door to the trailer in which he was hiding. Steward was suspected in the shooting of an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy. The five-hour standoff began at around 10:30 a.m., when deputies tracked Steward down to a rental trailer. Sheriff's negotiators said they tried to convince Steward, who was alone in the trailer, to surrender. Instead, he reportedly killed himself.

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9012Brian Harris39MaleAfrican-American/Black04/09/2010New OrleansLA30.0351701-90.0087184New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call that Harris had taken too many sleeping pills, then barricaded himself in a bedroom with a knife. The whole exchange between Harris and police took just 10 minutes. It ended with officers unsuccessfully tasering Harris, then officers opened fire, killing him.

wwltv.com
9017Sandra Silcox48FemaleEuropean-American/White04/11/2010Floral CityFL28.6948842-82.3580112Florida Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Silcox was shot and killed by her husband, a state trooper, at 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning. They'd been married 29 years. He then shot and gravely wounded himself, dying of those wounds hours later.

tbo.com
19799Larry Bowling64MaleEuropean-American/White04/11/2010CocoaFL28.4708386-80.8097377Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At 6 a.m., four deputies arrived at the residence of Larry Bowling. Bowling was said to have been suicidal and injured himself with a knife or handgun before confronting the officers. When the deputies approached Bowling came outside the house and fired at them. Deputies Thomas Case, Jason West, Brian Regan, and Michael Hriciso returned fire killing him.

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19932David Lee Slone51MaleRace unspecified04/12/2010BevinsvilleKY37.3346642-82.7387759Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

David L. Slone, 51, gunned down his ex-wife, Tonja M. Slone, 44, outside a beauty shop and then killed himself soon afterward as a state trooper approached, police said.

defensivecarry.com
19244Daniel Leroy Nichols57MaleRace unspecified04/12/2010TulsaOK36.2030052-95.8958633Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Nichols called police and said he was going to kill himself, police said. Officers arrived at the business and found Nichols armed with a semiautomatic pistol. He paced through the parking lot for several hours while holding the gun to his head.When Nichols aimed his gun at officers just after midnight, sniper Officer Phil Whitehead fired a single shot, killing him.

tulsaworld.com
22470Alfred Shawn Grice39MaleAfrican-American/Black04/13/2010IndianapolisIN39.7955878-86.2707851Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were attempting to serve a warrant for four counts of child molestation to Alfred Grice at his home. He shot through the door, not hitting any police. A standoff began and ended when police sent in a robot and found Grice dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

flyergroup.com
19245Andrew James Lamborn24MaleEuropean-American/White04/14/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.5005442-97.5994098Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers tried to serve a warrant at a home, police said. When police arrived at the house to serve the warrant, Lamborn ran into the garage and apparently shot himself in the head.

newsok.com
9022Joseph Patrick Gannon III48MaleEuropean-American/White04/14/2010AnchorageAK61.1909974-149.8602509Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said officers felt threatened by Joseph Gannon, 48, who refused to let in authorities responding to a call that a woman in the apartment was not breathing. Officials declined to say how many officers fired on Gannon, but dozens of officers had surrounded the apartment at the time. He had an Airsoft pistol.

adn.com
9021Zak Edward Robert Reeves35MaleEuropean-American/White04/14/2010DenverCO39.7554697-104.8939053Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a 911 call from Reeves' wife and encountered him on his porch with a knife. Reeves charged officers and was hit with a sponge bullet from a less than lethal weapon. Reeves continued to advance on officers. A Denver PD officer then fired one shot at Reeves. He died less than an hour later.

denverda.org
23212Daniel Glen Dickerson40MaleEuropean-American/White04/14/2010PinsonTN35.493925-88.7321816Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Dickerson was killed after a chase as he struggled to get Deputy Kyle Singleton's gun. He was being chased because he made suspicious purchases of Sudafed, police said.

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9023Timothy Scott Hanson55MaleEuropean-American/White04/15/2010WoodburyMN44.9243949-92.9595257Woodbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, officers were called to a domestic dispute at Hanson's Woodbury home. As Maklad approached the house, Hanson shot at him. The two men exchanged gunfire. Maklad was injured, Hanson killed.

mprnews.org
9025Tyler Spann20MaleEuropean-American/White04/16/2010VeniceFL27.0961421-82.4523331Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Apparently playful, and with a high blood-alcohol-level, Spann knocked on the door of an off-duty deputy and ran off through a residential area. The deputy gave chase and caught up to him. Spann is said to have then tackled the officer and went for control of his weapon. The deputy shot him twice, fatally.

heraldtribune.com
9024David Elcock28MaleAfrican-American/Black04/16/2010PatersonNJ40.9265105-74.1483847Paterson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers and a negotiation team gathered outside Elcock's home. They spent four hours trying to coerce Elcock into surrendering. At approximately 7 p.m., Elcock fled and refused warnings from police to drop his weapon. He fired at the police officers, who returned fire, killing Elcock.

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9028Donald Frank "Smitty" Smith54MaleEuropean-American/White04/17/2010Prescott ValleyAZ34.6181131-112.319838Prescott Valley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Donald Smith was shot by Prescott Valley Police Officers Jake Jackson and Tyrane Payne. Police were called to Smith's home for a report of a physical domestic violence incident. Smith confronted officers with a knife. A TASER was used, but was ineffective, and Jackson and Payne shot him.

dcourier.com
9027Cixto Rodriguez aka Sixto Rodriguez57MaleRace unspecified04/17/2010WestcliffeCO38.1372012-105.4673571Custer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a short chase, Rodriguez pulled a knife and threatened the deputy, who shot and killed him.

gjsentinel.com
23213Elmer Isrrael Raymos Sanchez28MaleHispanic/Latino04/17/2010KittrellTN35.7780337-86.2917058Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrol Deputies Trey Nunley and Nathan Devers responded to a complaint about an armed suspect at 11:11 a.m. Elmer Isrrael Raymos Sanchez was shot and killed by Devers when he allegedly attempted to stab Nunley with one or both of the two long metal spikes he carried.

murfreesboropost.com
9029Joseph Cameron Pence44MaleRace unspecified04/17/2010DurhamNC36.0033045-78.885525Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local officers responding to a call about a suicidal man confronted Pence at his home. Police subsequently shot Pence for reasons left unexplained and he was declared dead at the scene.

raleightelegram.com
9031Gene Mason Bagley59MaleEuropean-American/White04/17/2010LawrencevilleGA33.9673073-84.0641893Gwinnett County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a call reporting a man damaging a parked vehicle with a large knife. When Officer Tait arrived, he confronted Bagley and commanded him several times to drop the knife. Bagley did not comply and lunged toward Officer Tait with the weapon. Officer Tait shot and killed Bagley.

gwinnettcounty.com
9033Jason Lee Earls28MaleRace unspecified04/18/2010Hazel GreenAL34.910783-86.5688Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Telisha Earls was shot and killed by deputy George Malone, who also shot and killed her husband, corrections officer Jason Earls, as he reportedly held a gun to his wife's head.

huntsvillenewswire.com
9034Telisha Earls28FemaleEuropean-American/White04/18/2010Hazel GreenAL34.910783-86.5688Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Telisha Earls was shot and killed by deputy George Malone, who also shot and killed her husband, corrections officer Jason Earls, as he reportedly held a gun to his wife's head.

huntsvillenewswire.com
20553Steven F. Peck37MaleRace unspecified04/18/2010EnolaPA40.3015584-76.9287868East Pennsboro Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Steven F. Peck was robbing a Kmart department store when he killed himself after firing at police who tried to stop him.

google.com
9036Clevonta "Tae" Reynolds18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/19/2010ArlingtonTX32.6619744-97.1057989Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

High school-aged youths, reportedly gang members, bludgeoned one another with bats. Officer Rafael Baez, in plain clothes and visiting family, responded. He told Reynolds to pull his hands out of his pockets. Reynolds refused. Officer Baez shot at Reynolds, striking him three times. A pistol was found in his pants. Officer Baez had served HPD for 16 years.

cnn.com
9038Ross William Muehlberger22MaleEuropean-American/White04/20/2010Wichita FallsTX33.8894238-98.5104872Wichita Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Muehlberger went to Northwest Texas Field and Stream Association Gun Club and took a cocktail of drugs. Shouting racial slurs, he shot and wounded three black women and a Hispanic woman at Hastings Hardback Cafe, then killed a white man at Toby's Bar. Muehlberger went to a house. Officers were trying to enter the house when he fatally shot himself. Muehlberger had no known affiliations with white supremacist groups. It was the anniversary of Hitler's birthday.

examiner.com
9037Marcus Sulusi Tagatauli19MaleRace unspecified04/20/2010Santa AnaCA33.7239139-117.8874702Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Enrique Ruvalcaba shot Marcus Sulusi Tagatauli, who stole a purse while carrying a BB gun and ran from police.

ocregister.com
9039Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/20/2010ColumbusOH39.9861936-82.9533898Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police pulled over a Chevy sport-utility vehicle on Leonard Avenue for a routine traffic violation. The officer talked briefly to the man and had returned to his cruiser when he heard what he thought was a car backfiring. When the officer returned to the car, the man was dead of a gunshot wound.

google.com
22035Ralph "Butch" Johnson60MaleRace unspecified04/21/2010Ewing TownshipNJ40.26877-74.8000145Ewing Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ralph Johnson was a suspect in the fatal shooting of a New Jersey corrections officer and wounding of his wife. Police found Johnson in a Ewing Township cemetery, and he shot and killed himself, police said.

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9043Ray A. Hernandez26MaleRace unspecified04/22/2010PhoenixAZ33.6100742-112.0932153Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ray Hernandez was shot during a foiled burglary attempt. Apparently, he held his accomplice, an unnamed 15-year-old, as a hostage when police shot and killed him.

azcentral.com
9044Julio Garcia aka Julio Corletto46MaleHispanic/Latino04/22/2010CudahyCA33.9586764-118.1855854Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The LA Times reported that Julio Garcia, a 46-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by a Maywood police officer Thursday, April 22, in the 8300 block Atlantic Avenue in Cudahy.

latimes.com
9045Eric Jason Thatcher38MaleEuropean-American/White04/22/2010HendersonNV35.9286793-115.104553Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Family and friends noticed that Eric Jason Thatcher, 38, a former Nevada Highway Patrol trooper, seemed to be slipping deeper into depression and paranoia before he became involved in a shootout with Henderson police officers at his home. Thatcher's estranged wife called police after receiving a suicidal email from him saying, "I worked my (expletive) off to protect the public. It ruined my soul." When police arrived, Thatcher began shooting at officers. One SWAT officer returned fire twice, striking Thatcher in the shoulder. He later committed suicide.

google.com
9046Gary Costa37MaleEuropean-American/White04/23/2010PittsburgCA38.0182303-121.8959055Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detective Garrett Schiro and Lt. Jeff Moule shot Gary Costa when he charged at them with a knife.

abc7news.com
9049Reuben Hollis29MaleAfrican-American/Black04/23/2010College ParkGA33.6309533-84.492006Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that after an officer pulled a vehicle over Hollis got out with a weapon and was shot by the officer. A weapon was recovered from the Hollis, and two other people inside the vehicle were arrested. The suspects were believed to have been involved an overnight carjacking.

ajc.com
9047Jesse Michael Shipley31MaleEuropean-American/White04/23/2010NormanOK35.1998753-97.4296298Norman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were summoned to check on an intoxicated individual threatening suicide. When officers arrived, they found Shipley seated in a chair on the patio outside his apartment, police said. Officers Jeremy Sterling, Sean McKenna and Steven Norton approached Shipley. Shipley almost immediately picked up a handgun that was lying nearby. Despite repeated commands from Sterling, McKenna and Norton, Shipley pointed the gun at them and was shot and killed.

normantranscript.com
9048Seth Ryan Thompson24MaleAfrican-American/Black04/23/2010Overland ParkKS38.9569733-94.7228976Overland Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thompson attempted to drive away after being stopped, dragging officer. Thompson was then shot, killing him.

pitch.com
9050Neil Begin54MaleEuropean-American/White04/23/2010Van BurenME47.09246-67.980736Maine State Police, U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Following complaints of a family dispute in which Begin pointed a gun at family members, police intervened. Begin was drunk and refused to put down his rifle. As he pointed it at officers, he was shot five times and killed.

pressherald.com
22471Paul E. Sherfick29MaleEuropean-American/White04/23/2010IndianapolisIN39.6824134-86.1533444Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paul E. Sherfick allegedly robbed a bank and shot at police when he was shot and killed. He also apparently shot himself in the face.

wthr.com
9054David Matthew Mason Jr.20MaleEuropean-American/White04/24/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.487122-97.500683Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mason fled after crashing a vehicle when a University of Oklahoma police officer tried to make a traffic stop, police said. Two Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed him after he shot one officer. He had been hiding in a large blue residential trash container.

newsok.com
9057Arnold Alfonso40MaleHispanic/Latino04/24/2010Lehigh AcresFL26.5537597-81.6403686Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alfonso confronted responding deputies with an Uzi after shooting his brother to death, in the presence of his elderly infirm mother. He'd said something about wanting the police to kill him. The two shooting deputies were later awarded the Congressional Badge of Bravery for their killing of Alfonso.

naplesnews.com
9056Izael Jackson18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/24/2010ChicagoIL41.7838174-87.618951Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chicago Police say they shot Izael Jackson after he jumped out of a vehicle and opened fire on officers following a traffic stop.

nbcchicago.com
9060Joseph Jacobo44MaleRace unspecified04/25/2010OrangeCA33.814929-117.826991Orange Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Joseph Jacobo reportedly committed suicide during a police standoff in Orange.

abc7.com
9064Lejoy Grissom27MaleAfrican-American/Black04/25/2010Los AngelesCA34.0203743-118.4038906Culver City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled Grissom as a suspect in an electronics store robbery. They said he made furtive movements and shot and killed him. A jury awarded the family $8.8 million, despite the fact he robbed the store.

lawyers.com
9061Eli Torres15MaleHispanic/Latino04/25/2010TulareCA36.207662-119.3614341Tulare Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Eli Torres when he shot at them with a .30-caliber M1 carbine rifle.

kmph-kfre.com
9063Joshua Michael Berkheimer25MaleEuropean-American/White04/25/2010DaytonOH39.7221634-84.1571266Hamilton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Berkheimer was beating his girlfriend with a hammer when he was shot and killed.

mydaytondailynews.com
9066Johnny Harris48MaleAfrican-American/Black04/26/2010RacineWI42.8277641-87.8394434Oak Creek Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Harris had just led Oak Creek officers on a chase into Caledonia and crashed into a vacant building. He then used the vehicle to hit one of the officers multiple times in an attempt to run him over. Another officer shot Harris.

journaltimes.com
9067Donald Hoffman27MaleEuropean-American/White04/26/2010HammontonNJ39.637558-74.812427Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hoffman suffered from schizophrenia and was fatally shot by detectives after he allegedly pointed a handgun at an officer and refused to obey repeated commands to drop the weapon after a standoff at his home on 13th Street.

newjerseynewsroom.com
9065Bradford Sarten55MaleEuropean-American/White04/26/2010San DiegoCA32.7422737-117.1422559San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Family members called the police about Sarten, an oft-committed man with longstanding mental issues. As police arrived Sarten ducked into the house from a side door. Said to be uncooperative, he refused to drop what was described as a knife, and was duly shot to death.

utsandiego.com
9068Jessie James Jones53MaleRace unspecified04/27/2010CarthageMS32.6531768-89.5345365Leake County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At around 11 a.m., Jessie James Jones was shot and killed after he allegedly threatened three deputies with a pistol. One deputy fired a single shot, which struck Jones in the abdomen. Jones died at an area hospital. Deputies were there to serve Jones with "lunacy papers."

thecarthaginian.com
9071Dominique Smith20MaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2010San AntonioTX29.4193212-98.400393San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Smith drove to his grandmother's house in a reportedly-stolen 1986 Cadillac. Emanuel Keith and Christopher Hetrick followed Smith to the house by patrol car without lights or sirens. Smith parked in front of the house. The officers parked behind the Cadillac, turned on their lights and confronted Smith, who had his hands in the pockets of his sweatshirt. They told him to put his hands up. Smith approached them instead. The officers fatally shot him. Officer Keith had served for 15 years. Officer Hetrick had served for 13 weeks.

expressnews.com
9070Greg Thompson Jr.22MaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2010LebanonTN36.2312087-86.2012052Lebanon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thompson was shot and killed by Lebanon police following a pursuit along Carthage Highway just outside the city limits.Investigators said as two officers exited their vehicles and approached Thompson, one of the officers slipped and fell, causing his weapon to fire. Thinking the gunshot came from the suspect, the second officer fired his weapon at Thompson.

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9069Rickey Walker36MaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2010MontgomeryAL32.300876-86.2389896Montgomery Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot and killed Rickey Walker when he allegedly drove toward them after police had blocked Walker's car in the front and back.

wsfa.com
20697Eddie Lee Jones48MaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2010MilwaukeeWI43.0159514-87.922566Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones Jones allegedly was threatening a woman with a knife when officers responded to a complaint that a man had violated the restraining order the woman had obtained against him, police said. Two officers confronted Jones, who did not obey their orders to drop the knife, and he was shot and killed.

google.com
22838Donald Barry Minter61MaleRace unspecified04/29/2010MartinsvilleVA36.7014389-79.9050832Martinsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Martinsville Police Department officers received a call for a man that pulled a knife on a clerk at a Kroger store. Upon arrival, officers encountered Donald Barry Minter in the parking lot. He tried to stab an officer who was in his patrol car. Minter was tasered. He got in his car and closed the door. An officer broke the window and tasered him again. Minter fled after backing over a shopping cart. A pursuit followed into Henry County lasting approximately two miles. Minter lost control of his vehicle, crashing into a fence. Officers blocked him in with their vehicles and ordered him to stay in the car. He got out and fled on foot. Officers gave chase, and the suspect pulled a knife on them. The Taser was used twice again. He then drew back the knife and advanced at Officer Anita Sowers and was shot and killed.

martinsville-va.gov
9073Adam Wehinger34MaleEuropean-American/White04/30/2010Eagle PointOR42.4732947-122.8001419Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local officers were called out to Wehinger's apartment complex for "shots fired". Veteran Wehinger answered the door holding a handgun then retreated inside. County SWAT and state troopers were called out and surrounded the location. Shots were fired inside the residence, Wehinger stepped out, and he was shot to death.

urindependent.com
9074Jeanette Areia38FemaleEuropean-American/White05/01/2010NatomasCA38.6244422-121.5237343Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jeanette Areia, a former Sacramento police officer, reportedly shot and killed herself Saturday following an all-night standoff in Natomas.

sacbee.com
9075Dumone D. Starks22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2010SpringfieldMO37.1839796-93.2617652Springfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say an officer arrested the a driver during a DWI stop and asked three other passengers to get out of the car, including Starks. Starks ran and an officer chased him. Starks then loaded and pointed a gun at police. When Starks refused to drop the weapon, the officer shot and killed the suspect.

ozarksfirst.com
9077Favian Martinez20MaleHispanic/Latino05/01/2010Salt Lake CityUT40.7694336-111.8837927Salt Lake City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Martinez was fighting with a woman when a witness tried to intervene, investigators said. Martinez allegedly pointed a gun at the witness who called 911. Officers Bradley Shupe and Kory Olsen found him at an apartment building. They told him to put his hands up, but he allegedly pointed a gun at one of the officers, who opened fire.

sltrib.com
9076Jason John Jones21MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2010St. PaulMN44.9811697-93.0405562St. Paul Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones allegedly stole a car at gunpoint and later shot and killed Sgt. Bergeron. He later was stopped by Longbehn while carrying a tool box. Jones hit Longbehn with a bolt, breaking his nose and several facial bones. A fight ensued, and Longbehn shot Jones several times, killing him.

startribune.com
9078James Dylan Gonzales22MaleNative American/Alaskan05/01/2010PawneeOK36.335045-96.810473Pawnee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Pawnee Police, J.D. Gonzalez, a burglary suspect, attacked officers inside an abandoned nursing home, stabbing assistant chief Calvin Brown in the face. Brown then shot and killed him.

tulsaworld.com
28634Peter Franz46MaleRace unspecified05/01/2010Lake Havasu CityAZ34.461353-114.263842Lake Havasu City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Peter Franz was shot and killed after he came out of a home with an AR 15 rifle at about 11 p.m. He was reportedly acting delusional, disoriented and armed when police responded to the residence about 7:51 p.m. that night at the request of a family member. A report also stated since the first shot fired by Sniper Sgt. Jerry Burns by itself would have caused the death, none of the subsequent shots could be the cause of death for purpose of the legal homicide analysis.

havasunews.com
20555Howard Williams22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/02/2010PhiladelphiaPA39.9271192-75.1758087Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty Philadelphia police officer Rudolph Gary shot and killed their relative, Howard Williams, over a water gun fight. Gary's girlfriend claimed her $600 cell phone got squirted during the water fight and that's what set off the deadly incident.

nbcphiladelphia.com
9079Christopher Capps22MaleNative American/Alaskan05/02/2010Rapid CitySD44.1362029-103.2984567Pennington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Argus Leader: Multiple witnesses saw 22-year-old Capps push 15-year-old Blaze Davidson off a bike and assault him. An adult witness, Darrell Scribner, chased Capps into a nearby field. When Pennington County Deputy David Olson arrived he saw Scribner yelling at Capps and watched Capps turn around and start walking toward Scribner. Capps bent and picked something up. Olson yelled "Sheriff's Office!" to identify himself. Capps turned and started running toward Olson. Capps was holding was Olson thought was a knife. Olson tells Capps to stop and get to the ground, but he doesn't. Olson fired five rounds and hit Capps with all five. Investigators find a sharpened piece of driftwood next to Capps' body.

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9080Jason Medina26MaleHispanic/Latino05/03/2010San AntonioTX29.4875838-98.4479605San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mucho shot Medina once during an arrest attempt after he allegedly refused to turn off a car and attempted to put the car in gear.

mysanantonio.com
19777Carlos Sierra41MaleHispanic/Latino05/03/2010HialeahFL25.847062-80.299244Hialeah Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carlos Sierra, 41, had robbed a Farm Store at gunpoint. Around 10 p.m., an officer found his blue Nissan Altima nearby at Walker Park. Police surrounded the car and ordered him to surrender. Officers said that Sierra yelled that someone was going to die and started to back the car toward them. Officers Nick Lopez and Robert Iglesias Det. Fernando Carvajal and Sgt. Ruben Miguel opened fire killing Sierra. A black BB pistol was found in the Nissan.

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9085Burnette Taylor52MaleRace unspecified05/04/2010DurhamNC36.0352879-78.9100187Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Taylor, with a long criminal record and some skill in evading probation supervision, appeared at his ex-girlfriend's workplace, a university health center where she was well-liked, and shot her to death. He fled on foot. Local police found him in a wooded area nearby. He opened fire when cornered, and was killed by return fire.

abclocal.go.com
9081John Paul Hurd41MaleAfrican-American/Black05/04/2010Fort WorthTX32.7680403-97.2137669Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

An officer conducted a traffic stop on Hurd for speeding. Hurd pulled over and shot himself. Hurd's wife, JaPriese Pratt, had just been fatally shot. The officer did not witness Pratt's death.

blogspot.com
9087Phillip V. Ware Jr.18MaleRace unspecified05/05/2010Shaker HeightsOH41.4698024-81.5666834Shaker Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a complaint that a man was breaking into cars. When police arrived, Ware ran. He cut through yards and ran toward Fernway Road. Police said he pulled out a gun during the chase. An officer shot Ware.

cleveland.com
19246James L. Shockley71MaleEuropean-American/White05/05/2010ShawneeOK35.336895-96.932989Shawnee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to a call of shots fired at a garage on Dewey Street. They were met by a man pointing a gun at them and yelling obscenities. After repeated unsuccessful attempts to negotiate or communicate with the man, police fired tear gas into the garage, and James L. Shockley shot and killed himself.

google.com
9088Phillip Michael Boldin42MaleEuropean-American/White05/06/2010Commerce CityCO39.8221733-104.9200687Commerce City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boldin had been wanted since September on an escape warrant after he walked away from a court-ordered halfway house in Boulder County. When police caught up with him, he rammed police cars and homes trying to escape. He was shot and killed.

dailycamera.com
9089Genaro Mercado36MaleRace unspecified05/07/2010PhoenixAZ33.4612126-112.2629005Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers reported that when they chased Mercado in his car, and when he stopped, he left the car and came toward officers, shooting at them with a handgun. Four officers fired back and killed Mercado. He was suspected of killing his sister's boyfriend—and an order of protection is shedding some light on what led to that domestic fight.

blogspot.com
9090Rasheed Cherry18MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2010BloomfieldNJ40.7844842-74.1842231Bloomfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cherry, a suspect who allegedly fired several rounds into a crowd of 1,500 carnival attendees, was shot by a police officer and later died from his wound, authorities said.

www.nj.com
9092Terry Lewis Brown41MaleAfrican-American/Black05/08/2010ConyersGA33.595766-84.027185Rockdale County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot and killed Rockdale County Sheriff's Investigator Brian Mahaffey as Mahaffey and other officers attempted to arrest Brown on charges that he had raped and kidnapped a woman the day before.

ajc.com
9091Isai Villatoro20MaleRace unspecified05/08/2010PittsburgCA38.0365248-121.8852062Pittsburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police snipers shot and killed Isai Villatoro as he reportedly held a gun to his mother's head nearly 30 hours into a standoff.

mercurynews.com
9095Ronald Ethington35MaleRace unspecified05/08/2010ProvoUT40.2386725-111.6613493Provo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ethington allegedly tried to steal beer from a grocery store. Employees tried to subdue and restrain him in a break room, but when police arrived, Ethington and two other men were fighting for control of a handgun. They fired a Taser at him, but instead struck a store employee, who lunged at Ethington and became tangled in the leads and wires. Officers told Ethington to drop the gun, but he allegedly pointed the gun at officers. Chambers alternated gunfire and commands, but Ethington kept pointing the gun. He died after being shot seven times.

sltrib.com
9096Beth Q. Jia53FemaleRace unspecified05/09/2010El MonteCA34.0585639-118.0298103Brea Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Beth Q. Jia reportedly shot herself after detectives stopped her car.

ocweekly.com
19202Adrian Devon Pressley30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/09/2010Lake CitySC33.8554943-79.7695635Florence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Dane Keefe chased and exchanged gunfire with a man wanted in connection with the shooting of two people at a nearby home. Keefe was not wounded, but one of four rounds he fired killed the suspect with a wound to the head.

wmbfnews.com
9099Darryl Ellis44MaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2010ChicagoIL41.7584934-87.6090376Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot Ellis several times and killed him. Authorities said Ellis tried breaking into the apartment building owned by the officer. Police say Ellis swung a tire iron at the officer after the officer caught him trying to force his way inside.

chicagotribune.com
9100Donovan Morris34MaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2010Los AngelesCA34.1883665-118.5906349Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Morris was shot after pointing a handgun at officers.

latimes.com
9098Durward R. Ulfers68MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2010OgallalaNE41.0319466-101.574646Nebraska State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trooper Kevin Horst stopped Durward R. Ulfers' 2007 Ford Focus near Ogallala for speeding and suspicion of drunken driving. As Horst approached the driver's side window, Ulfers reportedly put a revolver against the right side of his head and pulled the trigger. Ulfers was killed instantly. Horst, 42, was struck in the left shoulder after the bullet traveled through Ulfers. Horst underwent surgery and survived the shooting.

northplattebulletin.com
9101Joshua James Walker34MaleEuropean-American/White05/11/2010ShakopeeMN44.7908989-93.5307933Shakopee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said two officers were responding to reports of a stabbing when their squad car was rammed by another vehicle. They said that car was being driven by the suspect in the stabbing, who was also a suspect in a burglary and carjacking in the area. After a traffic pursuit, officers cornered Walker, who was holding 'a dark object' and refused their orders to surrender. He was shot and killed by the officers. Walker's victim, the girlfriend of his brother, later died.

mprnews.org
9103Richard A. Wiley55MaleRace unspecified05/12/2010Port WentworthGA32.1904652-81.196256Bloomingdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Wiley had been sought by authorities on child molestation charges, according to police. A Bloomingdale officer driving an unmarked vehicle spotted Wiley in a black Chevrolet pickup in Port Wentworth. The officer summoned marked Port Wentworth police units; the truck pulled over on Ga. 21 at the busy Interstate 95 interchange. As officers approached, Wiley put a gun to his head, and for about two minutes, the police tried to persuade Wiley to put the gun down. He shot and killed himself.

savannahnow.com
9104Keaton Dupree Otis25MaleAfrican-American/Black05/12/2010PortlandOR45.5336472-122.6596272Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police tried to pull Otis over near Northeast Grand Avenue and Holladay Street for traffic infractions. Otis kept driving. Two police cars boxed in his car, officers approached, and Otis started shouting profanities at them. Officers shot him twice with a Taser, and they said he then shot an officer. Otis, who never got out of the car, died from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.

oregonlive.com
9106William Keith White51MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2010BrashearTX33.0489494-95.7175838Sulphur Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities from multiple jurisdictions responded to a call about White, who was threatening suicide after three days of drinking and taking prescription medication. He shot at officers with a percussion revolver and fled. A DPS helicopter used White's heat signature to direct a SWAT team toward him. White tried to shoot at authorities again. Authorities fatally shot him.

google.com
9112Sue Multanen68FemaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2010VancouverWA45.6644567-122.6824414Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by off-duty deputy Allen Myron who then killed himself. Deputy Myron was Multanen's son-in-law.

seattletimes.com
9113Monty Edward Multanen70MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2010VancouverWA45.6644567-122.6824414Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by off-duty deputy Allen Myron who then killed himself. Deputy Myron was Multanen's son-in-law.

seattletimes.com
9109Vincent Matthew Yzaguirre20MaleHispanic/Latino05/14/2010BakersfieldCA35.3890821-118.9775442Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Timothy Berchtold and Jason Felgenhauer shot and killed Vincent Matthew Yzaguirre when he backed into their patrol car and dragged Berchtold in an alley.

onebakersfield.com
9111Melvin Williams33MaleAfrican-American/Black05/14/2010East DublinGA32.5554891-82.8754817East Dublin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after fighting with police officer. Williams' vehicle was pulled over for unspecified reasons.

theroot.com
21276Christopher James Grundy20MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2010Lowell Charter TownshipMI42.8799026-85.4273273Kent County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police,deputies tried to stop Christopher James Grundy's Honda around 1:30 a.m. after he ran a stop sign at 36th and Buttrick going over 100 mph. Grundy went south on Snow Avenue, but had to stop at the dead-end with I-96. Police said the deputies tried to contact Grundy near the dead-end turn-around on a dirt road, but he allegedly rammed deputy Joel Siemen's cruiser, then drove at deputy Daniel Bishop, 24, as he stood outside. Bishop fired four shots, striking Grundy's left shoulder. Police said Grundy continued north on Snow, then stopped just north of Cascade Road. Grundy reportedly tried to flee on foot, but collapsed and died.

mlive.com
9115Brian Edward Shelton45MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2010Las VegasNV36.176602-115.221185Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brian Edward Shelton, 45, made a false 911 call about a stabbing in his neighborhood near Washington Avenue and Jones Boulevard. When Las Vegas police arrived, it was Shelton who had the knife. He charged officers, prompting one to shoot and kill him.

google.com
9117Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones7FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/16/2010DetroitMI42.372011-82.9768249Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In a raid looking for a murder suspect, Detroit police fired a flash bang grenade into a room where Aiyana was sleeping on a couch. An officer, Joseph Weekley, fired a single shot, hitting Aiyana in the head. He was tried for involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment with a gun. The jury hung and did not return a verdict.

motherjones.com
9116Kenneth B. Yeager Sr.60MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2010EvansCO40.385122-104.689506Greeley Police Department, Firestone Police Department, Weld County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After several hours of interactions with police, a standoff and a gunfire fight, Yeager was shot and killed.

weld.co.us
28264Stephen Craig Spitz42MaleRace unspecified05/17/2010Bonita SpringsFL26.3527912-81.7509036Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Craig Spitz fled the shooting of a former co-worker at the Inn at the Springs in Bonita Springs where he had been fired in 2008. Hours later, a deputy spotted him driving. Spitz fled, and deputies forced his car off the road and into a ditch. Spitz pulled out a revolver and reportedly pointed it at the deputies. Deputies Rush Brewton, John Gordon, Bradley Weich and Jarrod Heyse shot and killed him. Spitz had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but it's not clear whether the deputies were aware of it.

naplesnews.com
9118Craig Spitz42MaleEuropean-American/White05/17/2010Bonita SpringsFL26.3532811-81.750922Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With reported mental health issues, ex-hotel employee Spitz targeted and took a hostage from his former workplace, bound him, and shot him, with plans to conduct a mock trial and torture him to death. Spitz fled the hotel before deputies arrived. They found his car and fatally shot him as he handled a weapon. His victim survived the incident although paralyzed.

naplesnews.com
19201Garrick Heckstall29MaleAfrican-American/Black05/17/2010SummervilleSC32.9899596-80.2228031Summerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Michael Dixon and Matthew Strickland shot and killed a robbery suspect in front of Summerville High School after Garrick Heckstall reportedly turned on them with a gun in his hand.

postandcourier.com
9119Jose Vieira21MaleHispanic/Latino05/17/2010Richland HillsTX32.8106425-97.2366549Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vieira called 911 from his vehicle at 5 a.m., suicidal, speaking to the dispatcher for about half-an-hour and claiming to have a handgun. Officers located him and tried to pull him over. He eventually pulled to in a residential area and exited his Pathfinder but did not comply with police commands. They perceived that he was reaching for a weapon, they fatally shot him multiple times, and found no gun.

star-telegram.com
9121Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/18/2010Rio Grande CityTX26.3757818-98.8420466Rio Grande City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot a masked man who attempted to rob a jewelry store, taking hostage a 64-year-old woman who had been shopping there. He was killed as he tried to exit the building.

valleymorningstar.com
9120Fernando Melgoza47MaleHispanic/Latino05/18/2010San BernardinoCA34.1008362-117.3099984San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Brad Grantz shot Fernando Melgoza after he struck him over the head with an unknown object.

whittierdailynews.com
9129Timothy ColtonMaleRace unspecified05/19/2010HoustonTX29.7806135-95.7035381Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 5
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a suspected burglary, arresting two of three suspects at the scene. The third, Colton, fled. Forty minutes later, Sergeant Jason McDaniel walked up a driveway between two brick houses in search of Colton. Colton shot at Sergeant McDaniels from ambush. Sergeant McDaniel and other deputies fatally shot him. Sergeant McDaniels had served Precinct 5 for 18 years. Colton was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 17, 2016.

abclocal.go.com
9125Brian Floyd20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/19/2010ChicagoIL41.7403741-87.615686Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Thomas Wortham IV and Brian Floyd died during a shootout after an alleged attempt to steal Wortham's new Yamaha motorcycle. Police said Wortham was leaving his parents' house at around 11:30 p.m., when Brian Floyd and Marcus Floyd, 19, approached. Wortham's father, retired police Sgt. Thomas Wortham III, yelled at them and Brian Floyd allegedly shot at him. Wortham IV identified himself and exchanged gunfire with Floyd. Wortham was shot in the abdomen. Wortham III then opened fire. Paris McGee, 20, and Toyious Taylor, 29, who were reportedly in a getaway car, fled, striking Wortham's body and dragging him roughly a quarter-mile. Marcus Floyd, McGee and Taylor were each convicted of murder and sentenced to life.

chicagotribune.com
9128Ronald J. Bullock61MaleEuropean-American/White05/19/2010TampaFL27.8642367-82.4975823U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Disabled veteran Bullock lived in an RV camp on MacDill AFB and became involved in some kind of domestic dispute. Evading attempts of base security to stop him, Bullock rode his motorcycle north within the base to a gate, coincidentally crossing paths with an off-duty FBI liaison. Reportedly Bullock threatened the agent with a knife and was shot to death.

tbo.com
9124Anthony Higareda43MaleRace unspecified05/19/2010RatonNM36.9048727-104.4408002Raton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were investigating a domestic violence call at a home. Juanita Armijo-Gallegos called Raton police to report a domestic dispute between her and Higareda. Investigators learned at the scene that Higareda was a felon, and he was in the house in possession of firearms. Police said Higareda refused to cooperate with officers. Authorities tried to communicate with him for several hours, asking him to leave the premises, before deciding to enter the house. The police said that upon entry, Higareda fired shots striking an officer, and Higareda was shot and killed.

abqjournal.com
9122Miriam "Mary" Olivo30FemaleHispanic/Latino05/19/2010San JoseCA37.3615576-121.8331051San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Shon Box reportedly went to his ex-girlfriend Miriam "Mary" Olivo's townhouse holding a Bible and a gun, and said he wanted to talk to Olivo before he shot her, then turned the gun on himself as police tried to convince him not to.

mercurynews.com
9123Shon Box40MaleRace unspecified05/19/2010San JoseCA37.3615576-121.8331051San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Shon Box reportedly went to his ex-girlfriend Miriam "Mary" Olivo's townhouse holding a Bible and a gun, and said he wanted to talk to Olivo before he shot her, then turned the gun on himself as police tried to convince him not to.

mercurynews.com
9127Andrew Meade23MaleEuropean-American/White05/19/2010Happy ValleyOR45.4403202-122.5745131Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alerted by a security guard, county officers responded to a 2:30 a.m. domestic dispute between Meade and his wife. They found Meade with a knife in the apartment hallway threatening officers. They fatally shot him, and found his wife wounded in the rear of the apartment.

oregonlive.com
9133Richard R. Whidby41MaleRace unspecified05/20/2010PetersburgAK56.8125-132.9555556Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor who witnessed the shooting told the Petersburg Pilot the man charged two officers on a street in a trailer court. Mark Sturgeon said one officer used a stun gun on the man, but it didn't slow him. Sturgeon says the man then charged the other officer, who fired a single round.

juneauempire.com
9130Nathan Manning31MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010San DiegoCA32.7633601-117.119484San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Manning died after he and a roommate engaged in a violent fight. A San Diego police detective was unable to calm Manning down and the two ended up wrestling on the ground, witnesses said. The detective pulled out his gun and fired once. Noah Manning said his brother was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

utsandiego.com
9131Joseph T. Kane16MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010West MemphisAR35.1675192-90.2004925Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Father Jerry R. Kane Jr. and son Joseph Kane killed two West Memphis police officers during a narcotics traffic stop (partly due to their Ohio plates). A manhunt involving many agencies tracked the two, with reported sovereign-citizen beliefs, to the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Supercenter. There they again wounded two officers before being shot dead.

wikipedia.org
9132Jerry R. Kane Jr.45MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010West MemphisAR35.1675192-90.2004925Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Father Jerry R. Kane Jr. and son Joseph Kane killed two West Memphis police officers during a narcotics traffic stop (partly due to their Ohio plates). A manhunt involving many agencies tracked the two, with reported sovereign-citizen beliefs, to the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Supercenter. There they again wounded two officers before being shot dead.

wikipedia.org
9134Keith John Mitts46MaleEuropean-American/White05/21/2010MadisonMS32.545574-90.14792Madison Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Pine Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mitts died during a 10-hour standoff/shootout with police following a report that Mitts had threatened a mental health worker at Pine Grove Outreach Center. Mitts allegedly said he'd kill her if he (Mitts) returned to the clinic.

hattiesburgamerican.com
9135Victoria Helen Roger-Vasselin67FemaleEuropean-American/White05/21/2010Yuba CityCA39.1039238-121.6212494Yuba City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to the Mariner Loop home after receiving a call that a U.S. Census worker had been confronted by residents who pointed a firearm at the worker and said they would not answer any questions. When two officers arrived, Lionel Craig Patterson answered the door, armed with a handgun. As officers were dealing with him, Victoria Helen Roger-Vasselin approached the door with a shotgun and ignored officers' orders to release the weapon. As she advanced on officers, she continued to point the shotgun at them and they shot and killed her.

appeal-democrat.com
20556Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/21/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.006196-75.153721Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men were fighting over a handgun when police arrived. They were shot and killed.

google.com
20557Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/21/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.006196-75.153721Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men were fighting over a handgun when police arrived. They were shot and killed.

google.com
9136John Jessie Soliz III19MaleHispanic/Latino05/22/2010BakersfieldCA35.2979567-119.0237153Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Timothy Berchtold shot John Jessie Soliz III when he pointed a rifle at him.

turnto23.com
9137Reginald Jones42MaleAfrican-American/Black05/22/2010LeavenworthKS39.3111333-94.9497833Leavenworth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones fired at officer responding to report of a threatening armed individual. Officer returned fire, killing him.

ljworld.com
9139Agim Beqiraj53MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2010SeymourCT41.3994691-73.0888863Seymour Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beqiraj, reportedly despondent, was located by police in his Mitsubishi SUV parked in a Mobil gas station parking lot. Three officers approached the car. According to police descriptions, Beqiraj had shot himself in the face or mouth before they arrived with a .22 caliber pistol. When his car was blocked and he was instructed to surrender his weapon, he shot himself twice more in the face or mouth without losing consciousness. He then pointed his pistol at officers, who then shot him once in the chest in self-defense.

www.ct.gov
9142Andrew Caprio42MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2010Sherman OaksCA34.1576909-118.4498008Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Caprio led police on a chase. After crashing his vehicle, Caprio exited his vehicle holding a knife. Caprio allegedly began to throw the knife at one of the officers when Officers Ayala and Wagner opened fire.

latimes.com
9140Timothy Chacon31MaleHispanic/Latino05/24/2010OxnardCA34.1975967-119.2175479Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Zachary Stiles shot and killed Timothy Chacon when he charged at him.

vcstar.com
9141Matthew David Inmon38MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2010North Little RockAR34.8005194-92.2572962North Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrolmen Paul Hampton, Brian Kilgore and Rick Beaston shot and killed Matthew David Inmon, 38, when he made an aggressive move toward them in the woods between North Vine and North Locust streets. Police had gone to 4901 N. Cedar St. looking for a man Pulaski County sheriff's office investigators wanted to speak with in a missing-persons case. He was not the person they were looking for, but he was a parole absconder.

google.com
9144Ashword Clifford Codd39MaleHispanic/Latino05/25/2010Lake ElsinoreCA33.6586352-117.2612937Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Ashword Clifford Codd and his pit bull after Codd came out of his house behaving aggressively and holding a long lighter as if it were a gun.

abc11.com
20558Scott A. Mackelvey41MaleRace unspecified05/25/2010TamaquaPA40.764646-75.985679Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a vehicle being driven erratically. Scott Mackelvey rammed a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

republicanherald.com
9145Jim Heard60MaleRace unspecified05/25/2010GreenvilleAL31.8258515-86.6277956Greenville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Jim Heard when he allegedly confronted them with a pistol after he'd shot his wife and sister-in-law.

wsfa.com
19950Leon Johnson66MaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2010WinchesterKY37.9375488-84.2061342Clark County Sheriff's Office, Winchester Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Johnson was pursuing his wife, waving a gun and hitting her car with his. Winchester Police Officer Mike Perkins stopped the woman near Dan's Discount Pawn on Lexington Avenue, while Johnson continued through Winchester. He shot and killed himself during a chase.

google.com
9146Christ Constantine Chipain51MaleRace unspecified05/26/2010Elk GroveCA38.4193816-121.4495373Elk Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Christ Constantine Chipain reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with police.

sacbee.com
9149Alfred Pouliot27MaleHispanic/Latino05/26/2010Monterey ParkCA34.0351609-118.117243Covina Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pouliot was shot after he rammed his truck into a police vehicle and then stepped out of his truck and pointed a handgun at the two officers.

latimes.com
9147Michael J. Craft33MaleEuropean-American/White05/26/2010Cuyahoga FallsOH41.1229434-81.4806084Cuyahoga Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After taking his ex-girlfriend hostage and a police standoff, Craft shot and killed himself.

ohio.com
9148Randall D. Kimsey50MaleRace unspecified05/26/2010OgdenIA42.0413427-94.0221216Boone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were aware of Kimsey's history of suicide attempts. In their second contact within a day, a team of six officers in a "Special Response Team" was sent for a "welfare check" on Kimsey, allowed the situation to develop into a six-hour standoff. 33 bullets were fired. 14 struck Kimsey. His family brought a wrongful-death suit, uncovered basic inconsistencies in the police version of events, and settled for $130K.

google.com
9154Jose Flores19MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2010Los AngelesCA34.0639303-118.276628Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two gang unit officers tried to stop Flores, who was running. The officers saw a handgun in Flores's hand he refused to drop the weapon, so the officers shot and killed him.

latimes.com
9153Oscar Morales21MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2010Los AngelesCA34.222203-118.4633517Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were responding to "a call for service involving a man with a history of suicide threats." When officers arrived, Morales grabbed a fireplace poker and came at the officers, allegedly refusing to drop the poker. At that point Officer Giron shot Morales several times.

latimes.com
9152Anthony Bernard Bass24MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2010BeaufortSC32.3960419-80.6915912Beaufort Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

It's reported that officers approached Bass to question him when he suddenly pulled a weapon and opened fire on the officers. The officers returned fire and continued to exchange fire with the suspect as they chased him down the street into a yard.

blufftontoday.com
9150Belinda Kay Bair47FemaleEuropean-American/White05/27/2010StrongAR33.1497556-92.1278828Arkansas State Police, Ashley County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joseph Mitchell had escaped police custody at a medical facility. He fled and his girlfriend Belinda Bair was with him. Police disabled his car and shot and killed Bair.

magnoliareporter.com
9151Abraham Dickan79MaleEuropean-American/White05/27/2010New HartfordNY43.0955293-75.3096531Rome Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dickan carried a list of six AT&T employees in his pocket as he walked into its retail outlet, where he'd been previously banned. He shot his first victim in the stomach, then an off-duty officer from a nearby city coincidentally in the store fatally shot him.

uticaod.com
19200Deangelo Eugene James Foxworth20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/28/2010FlorenceSC34.1614728-79.7670947Florence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Dane Keefe ran behind a nightclub where a melee had broken out after hearing shots fired. Keefe told investigators he encountered the gunman and ordered him to drop his weapon. When Foxworth instead allegedly pointed the gun at Keefe, the deputy shot him once, killing him.

scnow.com
9156Michael Ray "Mickey" Welch20MaleRace unspecified05/28/2010PinoleCA38.0037873-122.2881621Pinole Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Zachary Blume and Cpl. Chris Fodor shot and killed Mickey Ray Welch when he reached into his waistband and pulled out a black cell phone.

sfgate.com
9160Jessie Nathan Cooper28MaleAfrican-American/Black05/29/2010JacksonvilleFL30.313442-81.5727572Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers on stake-out at a Gate service station observed Cooper and a female accomplice position a getaway vehicle and rob the store at gunpoint. They closed in so Cooper could not leave. He backed up at a high rate of speed, threatening the officers, and held up his weapon. He was fatally shot by police and his accomplice charged with his murder.

jacksonville.com
22029Richard A. Nordstrom43MaleAfrican-American/Black05/30/2010ManchesterNJ40.032351-74.279635Manchester Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Nordstrom was threatening to set himself on fire and pointing what turned out to a fake gun at police who arrived at his home to investigate a domestic violence report when he was shot and killed, police said.

www.nj.com
9161Devin Walker37MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2010Fort WorthTX32.7581256-97.1574973Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Responding to a burglary call, Officer G.K. Williams approached an open apartment door. Through it, he saw a floor covered in sheetrock and splinters. Officer Williams walked closer and saw Walker, Brian Davis and a stack of property. Officer Williams told them to get on the ground. Davis lay down. Walker tried to punch Officer Williams and reached for his gun. Officer Williams shot Walker once in the chest.

google.com
9163Albert Leday Jr.49MaleEuropean-American/White06/01/2010Santa RosaCA38.4599666-122.7289275Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Leday was unarmed and shot three times by a deputy after a high-speed chase with deputies.

pressdemocrat.net
9162Brian Neal Ellison32MaleRace unspecified06/01/2010LaGrangeGA33.030588-85.026644Troup County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a car chase and a crash and a foot chase, Ellison pulled a gun and killed himself.

google.com
9165Millis E. Farnam55MaleRace unspecified06/02/2010Little RockAR34.7902836-92.4545947Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Farnam was fatally shot by officer Arthur McDaniel, 40, after Farnam rammed McDaniel's police cruiser at the dead end of LaMarche Drive. McDaniel also shot Farnam's son Jason Farnam, 29, who was in the passenger seat of the 2005 beige Mercury Marquis.

google.com
9166Alfonso Louis "Funny Man" Villarreal19MaleHispanic/Latino06/03/2010CueroTX29.0919867-97.2929621Cuero Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Jeffery Thompson responded to a report that Villareal, bipolar, was threatening suicide with a pistol. Officer Thompson shot at Villareal twice, killing him. Villareal's sister, Bethany, said that she saw the shooting and claimed that her brother did not point the pistol at the officer. Officer Thompson, a 15-year veteran of multiple law enforcement agencies, quit his job.

victoriaadvocate.com
9170Tyrone Brown32MaleAfrican-American/Black06/04/2010BaltimoreMD39.3006531-76.6162469Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brown, a former U.S. Marine, was shot to death by an off-duty Baltimore police officer outside a lounge following an argument over the officer's girlfriend. Brown was unarmed and was shot 12 times. The officer, Gahiji Tshamba, was subsequently given a 15-year prison sentence and ordered into mental health and substance abuse assessments upon release.

baltimoresun.com
9168Benjamin Shane Tellez29MaleRace unspecified06/04/2010BelenNM34.6655842-106.7709849Belen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a party where two men were fighting. Police said the men wouldn't stop even after officers showed up. Tk brandished a sawed-off rifle. Police ordered him to drop the weapon, and he did not. Supervisor Sgt. Gerald Espinosa shot hand killed him.

koat.com
9167Gregory Taylor "Greg" Burns27MaleEuropean-American/White06/04/2010Colorado SpringsCO38.8823602-104.7569279Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police wanted to question alleged drug dealer Burns, when he pulled a gun, and was shot and killed by Sgt. Ron Sheppard.

google.com
22833Billy Ray Smith Jr.49MaleRace unspecified06/04/2010BlacksburgVA37.1775619-80.4205386Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

no charges will be filed against David Light.Deputy Light and sheriff's department sergeant responded to the call of a suicidal man on Bee Lane the night of June 4th. They found Billy Ray Smith, Jr. in the yard. Smith was holding one knife to his throat and another by his side

google.com
9174Dwayne M. Williams30MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010ElktonMD39.6167433-75.8382038Elkton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams called 911 just before 1 a.m. to report a man with a gun outside a pharmacy. When officers arrived, Williams got out of his pickup truck and raised and pointed his gun at the officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire. Delaware and Maryland police have said they later found a suicide note at his home.

cecildaily.com
9176Audy Faulkner18MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010RollaMO37.9601793-91.7549937Rolla Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Faulkner after the teen repeatedly pointed a gun at the officer following a traffic stop. Police said the incident started when an officer stopped a vehicle after seeing it run a stop sign.

connectmidmissouri.com
9179Name withheld by police45MaleRace unspecified06/07/2010HuntsvilleAL34.7356306-86.6407099Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unnamed man reportedly shot and killed himself during an eight-hour standoff at a hotel.

huntsvillenewswire.com
9177Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca15MaleHispanic/Latino06/07/2010El Paso, Ciudad JuárezTX31.6635517-106.2803695U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. fatally shot Guereca while arresting a man who tried to cross the border into the U.S. Guereca stood in Mexico, near the bridge Puente Negro. A voice in video of the shooting said, "Estan tirando piedras," or "They're throwing rocks." The distance of the shooting was slightly greater than the distance between two pillars that support the weight of the bridge. Agent Mesa had worked at the Border Patrol for seven years.

usatoday.com
9180Kelly DuPriest39FemaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2010HendersonNV36.0032903-115.0412564Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Six Henderson police officers fire at Kelly DuPriest, 39, after she drives a stolen car toward them. DuPriest is killed and a passenger in the car is wounded.

google.com
9186Michael William Ballou34MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010Sedro-WoolleyWA48.510499-122.221837Sedro-Woolley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ballou was approached by Deputy Duhaime and Officer Lazaron after he robbed an espresso stand. Ballou ignored the officers' repeated commands to surrender and attempted to hide his hands behind his back as if to grab a weapon. Deputy Duhaime and Officer Lazaron then shot and killed Ballou.

skyvalleychronicle.com
9181Reno Velleses36MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/08/2010WaiʻanaeHI21.4402569-158.1857464Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Velleses was wielding a machete in a busy shopping plaza when two Honolulu police officers shot and killed him after he swung the blade at and nearly struck an officer.

staradvertiser.com
9184Keith Newton55MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010BelfieldND46.876275-103.200491Stark County Sheriff's Office, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Belfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Newton and another man got into a shooting altercation at the other man's property. Newton fired six times and one bullet grazed his adversary's head. Police arrived and flushed Newton out onto the street south of town. Police said they saw him trace an X across his own chest before he was hit with three shotgun rounds and three rifle rounds, killing him.

thedickinsonpress.com
9183Ezra L. Richard48MaleRace unspecified06/08/2010MonroeLA32.5046621-92.0825006Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pursued Ezra Richard, who allegedly shot a postal worker, fired at police suspect, as he fled the scene, shot himself and died after he drove into a ditch. Richard had chased and shot the postal worker in the downtown Monroe at around 2:15 p.m. near the Ouachita Parish School Board office. The postal worker was reportedly shot in the backside and taken to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment. Police pursued Richard, who allegedly fired at them as he fled the scene. Richard then crashed into a ditch and was killed.

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9185Christina Yoryea Michailidis28FemaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010Indian TrailNC35.0492092-80.6455685Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With depression and addiction issues, Micailidis robbed a drugstore and called her mother to say she was going to kill herself with the stolen pills. Her mother called police, describing the situation, emphasizing that Micailidis might flourish a realistic-looking BB gun, to please detain her and prevent the suicide. Police surrounded her at a shopping center parking lot and shot her to death.

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9182Richard M. Kollar61MaleRace unspecified06/08/2010CirclevilleOH39.564995-82.954834Pickaway County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After making an arrest in Kollar's room at the Relax Inn for a probation violation, deputies allowed Kollar to turn off his television before leaving. However, he picked up a 9mm handgun, turned to the deputies, and shot and killed himself.

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9189Anthony Aguilar25MaleHispanic/Latino06/09/2010AzusaCA34.156629-117.910844Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty sheriff's deputy was driving by when he noticed a Aguilar and a woman near some parked cars acting suspicously. The deputy pulled up in his vehicle beside the two and identified himself as a deputy sheriff. When Aguilar allegedly reached for his waistband, the deputy feared he was arming himself and fired one round at Aguilar.

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9191Kenneth Alonzo Santos Robinson24MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2010AnchorageAK61.184133-149.9167359Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man just released from prison last month shot and killed himself just before midnight as police closed in to arrest him in the shooting of an Anchorage police officer. Robinson shot himself in the head when confronted by police as he walked out of a Spenard apartment, police say.

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22472Terrell B. Spires20MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2010GaryIN41.5923274-87.3564201Gary Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men carjacked a car and forced the owner to drive to an ATM to withdraw money. After two attempts at different ATMs, the men took the car, crashed it during a police chase, and Terrell Spires was shot and killed during a gunbattle with police.

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9194Chris Hinz43MaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1438464-106.5143796Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chris Hinz was drinking and walking around outside his house, firing his gun in the air. Officers arrived at the house and found the garage door open with gun casings inside with a bottle of liquor. They heard more gunshots being fired from inside the house. Hinz. was shot and killed when an officers tried to make contact with him, and he refused to come outside left his garage carrying a rifle and walked toward officers.

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9192Andres Paul Perez-Fraga60MaleRace unspecified06/10/2010AltadenaCA34.1931384-118.134066Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A deputy fired at least two shots at Andres Paul Perez-Fraga when he pointed a gun, but officials claimed the deputy's shots missed and that the fatal wound was self-inflicted.

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9196Thomas E. Hennessey Jr.54MaleRace unspecified06/11/2010IrontonMO37.62597-90.6462287Ironton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Thomas E. Hennessey Jr. after Hennessey's vehicle allegedly struck the officer's vehicle. Hennessey had reportedly shot and killed Carl M. Jones in the parking lot of Town and Country Supermarket in Ironton before he was shot by the officer.

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9195Anthony Ronald Alvarez25MaleHispanic/Latino06/11/2010SacramentoCA38.5960549-121.406094Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Concord Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SWAT officers shot and killed Anthony Ronald Alvarez after a 56-hour standoff that began when he barricaded himself inside a downstairs apartment with his cousin's 16-month-old son.

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9197Carroll Joe Eubanks44MaleEuropean-American/White06/11/2010PerryvilleAR34.996881-92.836886Perry County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were attempting to question Eubanks regarding a domestic violence complaint. He brandished his gun and was shot and killed.

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9199Trevon Cole21MaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2010Las VegasNV36.1749037-115.1101117Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A rifle shot to the head takes the life of Trevon Cole, 21, a small-time marijuana dealer who is unarmed in his apartment on East Bonanza Road when Las Vegas narcotics officers storm in.

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9201Donnie Joe Lira66MaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2010Cherry TownshipMN47.412752-92.741924Minnesota State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pearson arrived at Lira's Cherry Township house after reports that he had opened fire on the Great Scott Township home where his estranged wife and two small children were staying. During a short standoff between the two, Lira reached into his nearby Chevrolet Cavalier and pulled out a rifle. He ignored Pearson's orders to drop the weapon, and instead loaded and pointed it at the officer. Pearson fired.

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9202Juan Mosso30MaleRace unspecified06/13/2010FremontCA37.557808-121.9944207Fremont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Jeff Lawrence, Timothy Ferrara and John Kennedy shot and killed Juan Mosso when he threatened them with a knife.

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9205Julian Calbert42MaleRace unspecified06/15/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.0787524-106.7442377Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Albuquerque officers responded to a 911 call from a woman who said she was locked inside a trunk by Calbert and would not let her out, according to reports. When officers arrived, Calbert was asked to step out of his car, he lunged at an officer with a large knife. A struggle ensued resulting in the officer discharging his firearm. Calbert died at the scene.

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9207Thomas P. Mayne58MaleEuropean-American/White06/15/2010Old Orchard BeachME43.542826-70.3726468U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after firing at federal agents who were attempting to arrest him.

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9211Michael H. Pagan40MaleHispanic/Latino06/16/2010MelbourneFL28.1208389-80.7053387West Melbourne Police Department, Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers conducted a traffic stop with Pagan, who'd been observed driving recklessly around 2:30 a.m., and who emerged from his automobile waving a knife and yelling that he wouldn't go back to prison. He was on probation after being imprisoned 12 years on burglary charges. He continued to threaten officers and was shot to death.

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9210Dexter Luckett23MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2010BellflowerCA33.8876434-118.1220186Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were responding to a call of shots fired. When deputies arrived at the location, an informant directed them to the rear of an apartment complex where they located Luckett, who matched the description of the shooter given by the informant. The deputies ordered Luckett to walk to the car and place his hands on the hood. As he reached the hood of the car, Luckett quickly dropped his left hand to his rear waistband area. Believing Luckett had retrieved a weapon, a deputy fired one round from his firearm, hitting Luckett. The coroner found that Luckett had been shot twice. No weapon was recovered at the scene.

latimes.com
9208Matthew Scott Colbert23MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2010LubbockTX33.567857-101.9125977Lubbock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers went to Colbert's residence after learning that he had threatened suicide. After about an hour of talking with police negotiators and family members, he fatally shot himself.

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9209John Noble Evans68MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2010San DiegoCA32.7549429-117.0879242San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Evans, 68, was shot and killed June 16 after he fatally wounded a man at an apartment on Winona Avenue in City Heights and fired at two police officers.

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9213Veronica Harding-Perkins46FemaleEuropean-American/White06/17/2010LibertytownMD39.44889-77.0610097Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harding-Perkins was killed by a trooper who fired several shots early in the morning after she pointed a gun at him from inside her doorway, police said.

washingtonpost.com
9214Diosdado Pabingwit51MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/17/2010HillsboroOR45.5080008-122.9633224Hillsboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a late-evening 911 call to a closed restaurant found Pabingwit had stabbed his wife and restaurant co-owner. He threatened the officers with a knife and was shot to death. She later died of her wounds. Police described Pabingwit as being "within a complete lunging zone" to describe the threat he posed.

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9212William R. Broyles39MaleRace unspecified06/17/2010TrementinaNM35.4850787-104.5422225New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

New Mexico State Police officers shot and killed Broyles inside his home after he charged officers with a knife after a domestic violence dispute, according police.

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9217Caroline McGehee Small35FemaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2010BrunswickGA31.2266965-81.4743069Glynn County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Small was shot to death with eight bullets by two county deputies after an "erratic four-mile chase at speeds of 20 to 30 MPH." She was under the influence of cocaine and had a half-empty bottle of vodka in her 1991 Buick. Deputies were caught on tape bragging about their marksmanship. Small died seven days later. The shooting was only justified by a grand jury in a rare split decision, and the case attracted the attention of the FBI.

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9216Robert Wickson King64MaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2010BooneNC36.2568723-81.61613Watauga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Details were initially scarce but the fatal shooting of King by county deputies reportedly began with King threatening suicide. King's wife had called 911 reporting him missing; officers located him driving around in the early morning hours.

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20560Kayre Gene Snyder45MaleRace unspecified06/18/2010MiddleburgPA40.8362-76.971663Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kayre Snyder held three people hostage in a rural Snyder County home for about 14 hours before he was shot and killed by a state police sniper.

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9220Jesus Borrel Vazquez49MaleHispanic/Latino06/19/2010Southwest RanchesFL26.0477816-80.3305916Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three patrol cars blocked the getaway van Vazquez and his accomplice was using to burglarize a house. They'd already loaded a Maytag washing machine in it. Vazquez tried to bulldoze his way out, striking the cruisers and menacing a deputy who'd fallen almost under the van. He was stopped dead with 43 rounds. His accomplice was charged with his killing.

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9219Max Joe Gutierrez32MaleRace unspecified06/19/2010BayardNM32.752939-108.1385506Bayard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gutierrez shot and killed himself after Bayard Police arrived at his residence in response to a call reporting a domestic battery, police said.

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9226Daniel Garcia32MaleHispanic/Latino06/20/2010MontebelloCA34.010643-118.105427Montebello Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Garcia confronted officers with a knife and refused commands to lie down on the ground. Two officers used their Tasers on Garcia, but that did not stop him and he continued to after the officers. The two officers then shot and killed him.

latimes.com
9221Domingo Berlanga54MaleHispanic/Latino06/20/2010San AntonioTX29.4215256-98.5121889San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Berlanga attacked his daughter's boyfriend, Enrique Castillo, with a knife. Castillo hid in a bathroom. Berlanga attacked his daughter, Valerie, with a knife. Officer Brad Westmorland, who had served SAPD for 16 years, told Berlanga several times to drop his weapon, then shot him once, fatally, in the head.

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9229David O'Neil Brown Jr.27MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2010LancasterTX32.603155-96.778699Lancaster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sweating profusely and wearing only boxers, Brown approached a white Mitsubishi Galant and shot the driver, Jeremy Jontae McMillan, fatally in the head with a pistol. Officers responded. Brown, trying to drive away in a Dodge Stratus, pointed a semiautomatic rifle at the officers. He and Officer Craig Shaw fatally shot each other. Brown was bipolar, using PCP and marijuana, and had not been taking his medications. His father had just become Chief of the Dallas Police Department.

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9228Bryan Guerrero31MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2010PortlandOR45.5301492-122.767925Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Through the bedroom window of a residence, a county officer witnessed Guerrero in an alcohol-fueled fight with another man at 3:30 a.m. Shirtless Guerrero, with blood smeared on his chest and face, ignored three commands to drop the blade he was holding. The officer fatally shot him through the window.

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9223Marko Antonio Panduro28MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2010SidneyNE41.1369044-102.9763442Sidney Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marko Antonio Panduro allegedly confronted officers responding to a domestic violence call with a handgun. According to police, they told Panduro to drop his gun several times before officer Randy VerMaas shot and killed him.

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9227Jamyrin Points17MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2010New OrleansLA29.9832755-90.048847New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three New Orleans police officers shot and killed a 17-year-old youth after he allegedly pointed and leveled an assault rifle at the officers. The coroner's office determined that Jamyrin Points was shot 12 times, all in the back of his body.

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9222Thuan Binh Pham29MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/20/2010HoustonTX29.609204-95.1948178Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Pham, armed with a 9mm pistol, broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, threatened to kill her family and challenged them to call police. His ex-girlfriend's father left the house and did so. Officers B. Graham and J. Scott tried to reason with Pham. They heard a gunshot come from inside the house. A SWAT team lead by Officer G. Heath found Pham dead of a gunshot wound to the head.

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9231Richard Counsil40MaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2010NeodeshaKS37.3854789-95.6421803Neosho County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Richard Counsil reportedly committed suicide during a 10-hour standoff at a cemetery. According to police, Counsil died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 1 a.m. Counsil was suspected in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife's boyfriend, Clayton Wright, 54, in neighboring Neosho County on Sunday afternoon. A manhunt led officers from three counties to Grandview Cemetery in Wilson County, where a standoff ensued that ended when Counsil reportedly shot himself.

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9230Robert Edward Barrera41MaleRace unspecified06/21/2010PrunedaleCA36.7886564-121.6907036Monterey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Edward Barrera reportedly shot himself and burned the house down during a police standoff near Prunedale.

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9233Jahad Phillips19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/22/2010NewarkNJ40.732398-74.206616Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Phillips was fatally shot by an officer as he was being pursued as a robbery suspect. Newark police said Phillips was shot after he charged toward a police cruiser with a gun drawn.

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