Suspect was firing at a vehicle with a pellet gun. Was shot by an off-duty police officer working security at the location.

After shooting his girlfriend and leading police on a chase across several counties, Boettcher was shot and killed. It was not immediately apparent whether police shot him or he shot himself.

An undercover DEA agent shot and killed Champommier at a San Fernando valley strip mall. Champommier had no way of knowing the agents were law enforcement, and he attempted to drive away when one of the agents stepped in front of his car, thus setting up a "deadly force" situation. A U.S. Attorney called the shooting justified. In August 2013 a judge awarded the family a $3M settlement.

Guy Sydney Erway Jr. reportedly shot himself after killing his wife, Ruth Jochum Erway, during a police standoff.

Two deputies stopped Tutt on his bicycle because it lacked lights and reflectors. Cooperative at first, Tutt resisted being searched by pulling out a .45 semi-automatic handgun and opening fire on both. They returned fire and fatally shot him.

Police received a call about a man with a gun who was threatening to harm himself, and that shots had been fired, according to police. Deputies responded and set up a perimeter, as the suspect was on foot. Bollig approached a deputy, and deputies at the scene said he fired a shot. Bollig was shot and killed.

Officers interviewed a complainant who reported a burglary of a motor vehicle. As they did so, Weaver drove past them in the vehicle and stopped at a gate. As Weaver waited for the gate to open, Officer Adam Thayer confronted him and told him to step out of the vehicle. Thayer reached for a black object in the car. Officer Thayer fatally shot Weaver. Weaver was unarmed. Officer Thayer had served for three years and seven months.

Enriquez was shot after pointing a weapon at officers responding to a "man with a gun" 911 call.

Police said six people were playing a card game in the garage of a Chester home when two masked gunmen entered. Officers called found men fleeing the garage and indicating that armed suspects were inside. Police said the arriving officers found two armed males dressed in black exiting a second-floor window, and a gun battle began. An officer was injured and two people were shot and killed, although the exact roles of the decedents, Andre M. Morales and Charlie Chambers, were not reported. Shaquille Byrd, 17, was sentenced to serve eight to 16 years behind bars to be followed three years probation for his role in the attempted robbery.

Police said six people were playing a card game in the garage of a Chester home when two masked gunmen entered. Officers called found men fleeing the garage and indicating that armed suspects were inside. Police said the arriving officers found two armed males dressed in black exiting a second-floor window, and a gun battle began. An officer was injured and two people were shot and killed, although the exact roles of the decedents, Andre M. Morales and Charlie Chambers, were not reported. Shaquille Byrd, 17, was sentenced to serve eight to 16 years behind bars to be followed three years probation for his role in the attempted robbery.

NPD officer Pete Piersig and NCSO deputy Jeremiah Bohlander shot and killed Jose Luis Chavez Martinez when he brandished a handgun at drug agents during a raid on a marijuana grow near Lake Berryessa.

Collender, an armed-robbery suspect, was shot and killed by police outside his residence.

It's reported that Worthy was suspected in an armed robbery and tried to escape his home which was under surveillance. Worthy spun out and crashed, and he fled on foot. At that time officers began firing at Worthy. The suspect was struck multiple times. It is not clear whether Worthy was armed when he tried to escape on foot.

Shot after police said he pointed a 9mm pistol at his own head and then at an officer at his home. A friend had called 911 to say Lumm was suicidal. Friends told police Lumm was depressed over his wife's death and had recently spent months in a nursing home.

According to police, officers tried to stop DeMarlo Hobbs on his bicycle in relation to a report that he'd shot at a home the day before. Hobbs allegedly fled, pulled a handgun and fired four rounds at police. Officers returned fire, killing Hobbs.

Gerald Hubert "Jerry" Kubowicz reportedly committed suicide after a police chase. Kubowicz was suspected of murdering his mother-in-law, Stephanie Regan, 65, in Ozark. Kubowicz was located in Webster County the following day. Police chase Kubowicz's truck for about 10 minutes before cornering him at a road block at about 2 p.m. Officers surrounded Kubowicz's vehicle and told him to step out, but Kubowicz reportedly shot himself.

As part of a felony weapons investigation, police stopped the car that Clausen and two others were riding in. According to police, Clausen got out of the car and repeatedly failed to follow officers' commands. Court documents say Clausen was unarmed, but 'pointed a dark object' at officers before he was shot. It later turned out to be the scope from a rifle. The rifle was in the trunk of his car.

Kelly Duane Smith fled a police stop and was shot and killed. Reportedly, Coroner S. Timothy Warco felt this was a "suicide by police," but local media reported there was little evidence to support the claim. Local media also reported this was the first time in the country that there was a "suicide by cop" ruling.

When police approached to question him, Hope sat in his Pontiac Grand Am in the parking lot of a Popeye's Chicken restaurant. He let his vehicle move forward, slowly, endangering the officers. He was fatally shot. A fully loaded 9mm handgun was found on him later, police said.

Shot after armed confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in woods near hospital.

Rodriguez, 23, was shot and killed July 9 at a Logan Heights apartment after threatening his neighbors and officers with an 11-inch butcher knife.

Franco-Ruiz was killed by police after he allegedly shot his wife twice and fired at police.

Erik Scott, a West Point graduate who Las Vegas police confronted outside the Summerlin Costco after receiving reports that Scott had been causing a disturbance inside the crowded store. Scott, who reportedly had morphine and Xanax in his system at the time of the incident, reached for a gun when officers ordered him to get on the ground outside the store. At that point, officers fired their weapons.

Officers said that they attempted to stop Hassell because he was driving erratically at 2:22 a.m. He fled on foot, and officers said they saw that he had a gun. Officers shot him in the back while he was running through a field. Officers said they ordered him to drop his gun and that he turned toward them and raised his gun.

Allen Mitchell, 62, of Palm Harbor, Fla., led police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 75 and then shot and killed himself, police said.

Jackson put a fake pipe bomb on the counter of a Chase Bank and told employees to give him money. Employees gave him cash and triggered a silent alarm. Jackson left the bank. An officer confronted Jackson as he walked toward his truck. Jackson tried to draw a gun from the pocket of his coveralls. It hung up on the pocket. The officer fatally shot him.

Police wanted to question Thomas Lewellyn about a woman whose body was found in a field in Ridgeway, Va., police said. Police knocked and identified themselves and then heard a gunshot inside. After calling for assistance, officers went in and found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police said a woman called 911 at about 6:15 p.m. reporting that her estranged husband, Whit McCormack, was threatening her at her home. Apparently, he was upset about the amount of child support he would have to pay when the couple got divorced. Deputy Byron Shelton arrived and tracked McCormack to a bedroom, where he had the woman cornered. Shelton told him to drop his gun, and McCormack fired, hitting the deputy twice and wounding him. The deputy shot and killed McCormack.

Two Newark detectives identified as members of the city's gang investigations unit shot and killed Rashaan Gilbert, 33, of Newark after he allegedly approached them on a South Ward street corner with a weapon and refused to drop it.

John Chewning was shot and killed by two Hampton police officers after he robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy, according to police. He fled into nearby trees and when police arrived, he allegedly pointed a gun at Officers Jennifer Jones and Scott Quesenberry, who killed him.

Jennifer L. Trevino's body was found in a car outside a Norman Best Western Motel after reports of her missing led police to the motel. Police said Brandon D. Hulin, 24, barricaded himself inside the motel before committing suicide.

Officer Esposito came across Mr. Gaymon, who was engaged in a sexual act, in Newark Park. When Officer Esposito tried to arrest him, "Mr. Gaymon appeared to panic, assaulted the police officer and fled." Officer Esposito cornered him near a pond. Mr. Gaymon threatened to kill Officer Esposito, then lunged at and attempted to disarm him while reaching into his own pocket. Officer Esposito fired once.

Shot in the parking lot of a Lithia Springs Motel 6 after police said he tried to use his car to ram the vehicle of officers attempting to block him in. Police said an informant had just bought methamphetamine from Hamby in his car in a controlled drug buy.

Authorities said they responded to a gunpoint robbery involving two victims about 2:30 a.m. Witnesses pointed out Stevenson as involved in the robbery, and during a chase and subsequent scuffle Stevenson shot at and missed an officer. The officer fired one shot at Stevenson. Police said a pistol was recovered at the scene, and the weapon had a spent shell casing jammed inside. Neighbours reportedly only heard one shot.

Eugene Harris, a known mentally ill man, was walking down Hillside Road preaching out loud. A neighbor called the cops who set a police dog on him and tasered him. He pulled out a knife, stabbed the dog and took the taser out. The police asked him to put down the knife and he refused. He was then shot several times and died. The family filed a lawsuit against Oak Ridge and the city officials but was then withdrawn.

On the evening of July 18, 2010, authorities received two calls about shots fired at a fifth-wheel camper trailer on Tamarind Drive. When deputies arrived around 9:15 p.m., Mark Walker was armed with a shotgun. Deputies say he fired at them. Deputies Joe Ward, Robert Holster, George Holder, Mike Donlan and David Pennell returned fire killing Walker.

From mid-afternoon into the evening hours SWAT officers engaged in a stand-off with suicidal land developer Geiserman on the grounds of his half-million-dollar house. Geiserman handled a weapon wrapped in a towel. When he finally leveled the weapon at one of the officers, he was shot dead.

Dane County Deputies Anthony Balistreri, Todd Endl, George Mayerhofer and James Plenty shot and killed Scott Stevens, who barricaded himself with a pistol in a basement bedroom of his residence and fired at deputies sent to check on him.

Tabatha Murphy Hancock and 8-month-old Logan Hancock were shot and killed by Oxford police officer Bill Hancock before he killed himself.

Police were called to investigate a prowler. When officers arrived at the scene, they saw Santa Cruz a block away matching the description of the prowler. As officers approached Cruz, he turned and began punching one of the officers and a physical altercation began. Officer Eric Johnson believed Santa Cruz was stabbing his colleague and fired his gun.

Johnson was fleeing an apartment where he tasered and sexually assaulted a woman and shot a man, authorities said. When officers tried to take him into custody, he a "made a threatening gesture" with a handgun, prompting officers to open fire, according to authorities.

Todd Getgen was shot to death at a rifle range by Raymond Peake III, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and theft by unlawful taking.

Jason Snow and Clifford Todd Reseigh locked a detention officer in the Archuleta County jail facility's visitor room and assaulted two detention officers, stealing keys from them. Snow and Reseigh used the keys to steal a jailer's pickup truck from behind the jail. Four officers from the New Mexico State Police and Jicarilla Apache Police approached a camp trailer, where they cornered the two escapees. Snow fled the RV, while Reseigh attacked officers with a knife. Reseigh was shot and killed during the confrontation.

Josh Miyagi reportedly shot himself in his vehicle as police approached after he shot and killed a woman. Shreveport police spokesperson Sgt. Bill Goodin said witnesses reported seeing Josh Miyagi shoot Kristin Renee Leonard several times in the parking lot at Element Fitness. Leonard died from her injuries. A short time after the shooting, officers spotted Miyagi's vehicle. When officers approached Miyagi in the vehicle, Goodin said, he pulled out a gun and shot himself as he sat at the intersection.

Reportedly Netter was on methamphetamine and pulled a pistol on a an officer when he was shot and killed 8 times at close range during a traffic stop during Silverdale's Whaling Days festival. The DA's report relied on audio and video evidence from the patrol car camera, along with the statement of a "ride along" observer who had exited the cruiser during the traffic stop.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office dispatched Deputy Sheriff Riley Hodges to conduct a well-being check based on a report that shots had been fired there earlier that day. Not long after his arrival, Hodges heard a fight and saw a woman with a bloody nose. Hodges entered the house and confronted Max Frye Jr., who was holding a snub-nose revolver. Rather than drop it as Hodges commanded, Frye fired a round, and Hodges fired at Frye, striking him eight times and killing him.

Police were called because Ronald Rhodes allegedly was shooting at the neighbor's house with a shotgun. Rhodes shot and killed himself during a standoff with police.

Whitehead, a Marine combat veteran diagnosed with PTSD, yelled at the manager of an auto parts store. Off-duty Captain Robert Arnold, accompanied by his daughter, told Whitehead to calm down. Whitehead used racial epithets against Captain Arnold, who was black. Captain Arnold left his daughter with a store employee, retrieved handcuffs from his truck and confronted Whitehead. Whitehead became combative and dared Captain Arnold to arrest him. Captain Arnold drew a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at Whitehead, who may have reached for it. Captain Arnold shot Whitehead once, fatally, in the chest.

Len Fuentes was killed when he pulled out a knife on police during a domestic violence call, police said.

Dane County Sheriff's Deputies Steven French, Jason Wiest, Brian McKenzie and James Myers shot and killed William Sorenson after he fired at them with a shotgun as a deputy shot him with a bean-bag round during a domestic incident at his home, police said.

Royalty was killed in a botched marijuana sales sting in which another man and an officer were killed.

After a 23-hour armed standoff between police and a fugitive ended with officers finding him dead in his room at the Homestyle Inn. Police entered the room after sending in surveillance cameras, which showed John C. Carlson motionless and face down in his room, police said.

Philadelphia police went to a dilapidated home, where they found Harold Bennett behaving erratically and, police said, wielding a knife and a "meat cleaver." Civilian Intervention Team (CIT) officers, trained to deal with the mentally ill and equipped with Tasers, were called in. They tried to talk Bennett down but were unable to reason with him. Police tasered him with little effect, and he allegedly charged the officers, prompting one to shoot and kill him. For further reading, check out "Why is Harry Bennett Dead?" by Isaiah Thompson at https://mycitypaper.com/Why-is-Harry-Bennett-Dead.

A standoff that began at about 6 p.m. Thursday reportedly ended at around noon Saturday when Charles C. Knaebel shot himself. Deputies initially responded to a mobile home park after a caller said she and her dog were shot by her neighbor. Deputies found Knaebel had barricaded himself inside his mobile home with his two children. Overnight Saturday, officers used sounds, flashing lights and conversation to keep Knaebel awake. By Sunday morning, police said Knaebel's moods were erratic ranging from conversational to threatening the lives of officers. At 12:10 p.m., the children walked out and were taken away from the scene. SWAT team officers stormed the trailer and found Knaebel inside dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

At about 9:30 p.m. deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant to John E. Dunn, who was accused of sexually assaulting a child. Dunn's family had told police that he had a gun and had expressed suicidal intentions, so the deputies had paramedics accompany them to the house. Deputies and officers from a specially trained tactical unit surrounded the house and asked Dunn to come out, and a negotiator called Dunn by cell phone. Dunn would talk to the negotiator and then hang up to call his relatives, police said. After about 15 minutes, Dunn reportedly walked out a back door with a handgun and shot himself.

Vigil called 911 and stated that he wanted to die via "suicide by cop." Officers arrived on scene to find Vigil holding a gun to his head. After ignoring repeated calls to drop the weapon, Vigil pointed the weapon at the officers. The four officers fired a total of 12 rounds, killing Vigil.

Police were informed of a missing, suicidal man who was believed to have gone into Cox's Woods. Police found Daniel Royer's motorcycle parked near the entrance to the forest. Nearly six hours later, Orleans Police Officer Alex Fugate came into contact with Royer, and Royer shot and killed himself.

Ritchie assaulted his girlfriend and left the scene before police could respond. They found him walking nearby. When approached he drew a gun and ran into a nearby backyard to hide. He then fired three rounds at a police dog wearing a bulletproof vest. The dog survived the incident and Ritchie did not.

Police officers were called to the home of Charles Butler, after he reportedly kicked in the front door and threatened to shoot himself. He made good on his threats after police arrived, shooting himself with a shotgun.

Three deputies responded to at least two domestic disturbance calls at the residence of Justice's ex-wife and her son. Justice pointed a .22 caliber rifle at Deputy Scott Mount. Deputy Mount, who had served WCSO for less than one year, shot at Justice three times, striking him three times and killing him. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. It was later learned that Mount was drunk and high on Spice.

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself during a standoff that lasted several hours. Police said they had responded to a disturbance at around 12:40 a.m. and learned that an armed man was inside the house. According to police, officers talked to the man by phone and urged him to come out, but he refused. Police entered the house at about 7:45 a.m. and found the man dead. They said he appeared to have shot himself.

Officers Sean Merriman and Clint Uselton and killed Charles Harvey after he approached them saying he had a problem and showing a weapon at his waistband. It turned out to be a pellet gun.

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself in a taxi as police closed in on him. Police said the man told the driver to wait as he entered a Bank of America branch in West Rogers Park. The man allegedly demanded cash, saying he had a bomb and a gun. Police said an officer saw a "suspicious" man exit the bank with two bags and enter the cab. After about a mile, police forced the cabbie to stop. According to police, the man shot himself in the back seat, and the officers did not fire.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. After a vehicle chase, Diamond fired on police with a shotgun and was shot and killed.

Joseph Dennis Harrison allegedly kidnapped a UPS deliveryman at gunpoint and ordered the driver to take him to the police department, saying he wanted to kill himself. At about 4:49 p.m. Cpl. Douglas P. Starcher and Sheriff D. K. Wilson Jr. were dispatched to the Elizabeth Detachment of the state police after a 911 caller reported that an individual in a UPS truck was shooting at the detachment. Starcher and Wilson approached the truck, telling Harrison to drop his weapon. Harrison allegedly pointed a rifle in Wilson's direction. Starcher shot Harrison once. According to police, Harrison yelled, fell and got up again pointing his rifle in Wilson's direction, so Starcher fired a second shot, which killed Harrison.

During a domestic disturbance call, Belizaire is said to have emerged from the passenger door of a Jaguar, assumed a firing position with gun in hand, and began shooting at police officers. Five officers expended 130 rounds to kill him. One of a string of seven or more police shootings of African-Americans that led to local protests.

According to the Argus Leader: Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputies went to the home of Webster to make an arrest for three outstanding warrants. Authorities knew Webster was carrying a concealed weapon and was telling people he wasn't going to be taken into custody without a fight. As Webster left his home, deputies arrived in an unmarked van and identified themselves as law enforcement. Webster walked away from the deputies, and when they pursued him he turned and pulled out a gun. He attempted to point the gun at Deputy Craig Butler, who fired four rounds. Deputy Joe Bosman fired two rounds. All six hit Webster, killing him.

Officers chased a truck that had been reported stolen. The driver, Flores, tried to ram Officer Jowell Bullard, who was laying spike strips in a street. Officer Bullard shot once into the windshield of the truck. The truck crashed into a Weinerschnitzel. Flores had been struck in the upper right torso.

Officer Dale Wild shot Edgar Jonathan Aristondo when he threatened police with a "large, serrated steak-type knife" outside his home.

Carrasco and his fiance were shopping at Ross on Tuesday afternoon. Police said an argument escalated in the parking lot. Casrassco walked eastbound on Montgomery and that's when he confronted police. Carrasco was armed and tried to attack an officer. Officer shot Carrasco multiple times.

Three deputies shot Mariano Lopez-Fernandez when he confronted them with a rifle in a marijuana garden raid.

Police shot Sean Coe after he allegedly tried to stab an officer. Officers had responded to a reported a break-in at a home on Armitage Avenue. Police located and pursued Coe on foot for several minutes. Coe allegedly pulled out a knife when the officers stopped him. Coe died about an hour later at a hospital.

Sunni Corona argued with her boyfriend, Sada, over his drug use. When the confrontation became physical, Corona dared Sada to shoot her. Sada shot Corona in the chest, wounding her, and left. Officers pursued Sada. When they found him, he shot himself in the head. An officer, who heard the shot but did not see where the gun was pointed, shot at Sada and missed. According to mysanantonio.com, it was the eighth fatal officer-involved San Antonio shooting in 2010.

Deputies received a report that Casey Demorest, 36, had been arguing with his wife and Demorest was suicidal. Demorest was also described as an ex-Marine with knowledge on using knives. When the deputies contacted the suspect he had a large knife in each hand and allegedly would not comply with the deputies commands to drop the knives. A taser was deployed, but it was ineffective and the suspect charged the deputies with the knives. Deputies fired their weapons at the suspect. The suspect was struck by the deputy's rounds, and Demorest died at the scene.

Police say King led officers on a car chase after an attempted traffic stop. The chase ended with a crash. Police say King then rammed his car into another squad car, pinning and injuring a third officer. The impact also caused King's car to catch fire. Officials said that's when they opened fire, killing King.

Archer drove to a Delta Air Lines employee parking lot armed and looking for someone who worked there. She shot herself in the chest with a .38-caliber handgun, when police responded. She was not shot by the Clayton County police as reported earlier.

Police say 78-year-old Kenneth Mitchell was shot and killed in his son's apartment after officers were called to the scene. After looking through a window into the home, officers believed that Mitchell was ready to shoot his 33-year-old son, and Roy Taylor shot and killed him.

Shot with handgun after approaching unmarked police car in parking lot of Creach's business around 11 pm. The family reported the Creach thought he had heard a burglar and had gone outside to investigate.

Charles Meyn was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired at officers as they attempted to serve a search warrant at his home. "At approximately 6 a.m.," said Tangipahoa sheriff's office spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto, "the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Special Response Team executed the warrant and made entry into the residence. Upon doing so, Meyn pointed and fired his weapon at deputies. Deputies returned fire resulting in the suspect's death." The search warrant was reportedly for narcotics, weapons and stolen property.

Tim Debeau called the police to tell them that he killed his girlfriend. Debeau initially refused to come outside, then later came out with a hammer and knife in hand. Officers fired after he made aggressive movements toward them.

Police say Wood was sought on a Colorado felony warrant before the 2 p.m. Friday shooting involving four Reno and University of Nevada, Reno police officers in the parking lot of the Circus Circus casino.

Officers thought that they saw Mateos beating the window of a car with two people inside, and shot him to death. Investigation showed that Mateos had a bat, not a gun.

Police shot and killed Kenneth James Ward during a shootout after Ward had reportedly killed Mormon bishop, Clay Sannar.

Officers James Mason, Matthew Blackerby, and Mark Palfalvi shot Brian Strand Casey when he came at them with a knife in an apartment building in South San Jose.

Thomas Richard Cowan held the Blountville Central High School school hostage with a .380-caliber pistol. After a standoff with the school resource officer, Cowan was shot dead by three Sullivan County deputies.

Shot while advancing a pickup truck toward officer "in an aggressive manner" after vehicle crashed following a chase. Police had pursued Young on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle.

An officer said Zevola was sitting on his front patio on Songo Street with a rifle. Zevola said, "I'm a Vietnam veteran. I have seven rounds. I won't shoot for your Kevlar. I'll shoot for your head." The officer tried to calm Zevola. Another officer approaching saw Zevola raise his rifle and point it toward the first officer.

Oklahoma City police said off-duty police who were also private security officers were trying to clear a nightclub at 2am when a man in the crowd pulled out a gun and started shooting at officers. They returned fire, hitting three people. 24-year-old suspect Lance Dawkins died from his wounds.

After a car chase Gutierrez brandished a gun at officers. An officer feared for his life and shot and killed Gutierrez.

When an officer lifted the bed skirt on a bed, Chesney fired a round from under the bed at the officer, hitting him in the torso, at which point officers shot Chesney to death. Chesney was suspected in an earlier murder.

Shot after refusing commands to put down knife and then raising knife in an overhand threatening manner. Police were responding to a report of a man waving a knife around in front of a bus stop.

Undercover officers Richard Nadeau, Brannon Kirkland and James Barnum shot Joshua Ferreira when he drove a stolen car toward an officer in central Fresno.

Jamines was an indigenous man from Guatemala, who didn't speak English or even Spanish very well. He was standing on the corner of 6th Street and Union in the community of Pico Union or Westlake. The police claim he had a knife and was intending to use it on a pregnant woman. Many eye witnesses say that this was not true, and that Manuel was murdered in cold blood.

Police claimed that Moran came at them with a knife; later it was revealed that Moran was armed only with a spatula.

Lookabill was acting erratically, when police approached him. He admitted having a gun, but would not surrender it or allow it to be taken. He reached for it, and officers shot and killed him.

William Key barricaded himself in his house and shot himself in the head after a four-hour standoff with police, police said. Police had come to his house on warrants of filing a false report and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police were called to a home to deal with a domestic situation. Armando Aponte was killed as he lunged at the officers with two swords, police said.

Capt. Ken Bonson shot and killed Richard Mendez Vasquez after he was seen reaching for a gun during a traffic stop.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance at the Omaha Housing Authority's Pine Towers Apartments at 8:22 p.m., after a caller reported her fiance, Abraham A. Dawson, was threatening to kill her and their 2-week-old infant daughter. When police arrived, they said they heard Dawson inside the apartment, breaking items and making threats toward the infant. Police tried to speak to Dawson, but he reportedly refused to talk or release the baby. After about two hours, officers forced their way inside and allegedly found Dawson holding a sword over his daughter, threatening to kill her. Officer Paul Milone then shot Dawson, who died at the scene. The baby was physically unharmed.

Police said Trevor D. Sterner was despondent after a family dispute and went with a handgun into the basement of his home. A state police Special Emergency Response Team negotiated with Sterner, police said, but he shot and killed himself.

Deputies were called because Post was threatening people in a motel, including his wife. He took her hostage. When deputies caught up with him on a rural road, he shot himself in the head.

Paquin was pulled over by Olmsted County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Wallace, who was investigating a recent bank robbery in which Paquin was a suspect. During the stop, Paquin and a companion ran away from Wallace and his dog. The deputy reported that Paquin attempted to attack him before he fired. According to the Mankato Free Press, detectives found two loaded firearms and plastic zip ties in the trunk of the car he was driving.

Immediately after a training exercise at a former elementary school, where no live fire was allowed, officer Kraai was accidentally and fatally shot in the back in the parking lot by another officer's service weapon.

According to police, a man flagged down a squad car and said he'd been robbed of $5 by an an armed man at a car wash. A second patrol car saw a man matching the description at about 6:45 p.m. The man allegedly shot at police with a .45 caliber pistol. The officers returned fire, killing the unidentified 22-year-old man.

Officers broke into the house on a drug raid. Blair came out with a golf club. He was shot twice in the chest.

Around 6:40 p.m., Deputy John Rodriguez shot Jack Butler after Butler's mother called 911 to report he had fallen down and couldn't get up. He reportedly was intoxicated and began to stab himself and attack medical personnel with a lock-blade knife. Butler's sister took away his knife and threw it in the backyard, but he broke a glass bottle and tried to further injure himself. When Rodriguez arrived, he reportedly saw Butler walking toward the driveway with a knife in his hand. The deputy ordered Butler to drop the knife, and then shot and killed him.

Police shot Frederick Washington after he allegedly shot an officer in the hand during a scuffle. According to police, Washington went to his truck and got a gun when officers responded to a domestic dispute at about 2 p.m. Officers struggled with Washington, who was reportedly able to fire multiple shots, hitting one officer in the hand. Police returned fire, killing Washington.

Randall Beard allegedly made threatening motion with a knife toward officers as they attempted to arrest him for suspicion of rape, police said.

A man identified as Justin Ryan Bradley Proctor had left a bar after possibly getting into an earlier dispute, police said. He walked into a parking lot on the southwest corner of 2nd and Washington streets about 2 a.m. Proctor turned toward the uniformed officer, pointing a handgun at him, and failed to obey commands by the officer, Crump said. The officer fired, killing Proctor, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police responded to a report of a man with a gun. Police said the officers identified themselves and the man stood up and ran toward the front door of the house. Officers said they then ordered him to drop the weapon and stop, but he instead ran back toward the end of the porch and pointed the gun at police, and he was shot and killed.

Tyree Quiah was shot after a gun battle with another man, police said. As police arrived, he allegedly refused to drop his weapon and tried to flee and was shot and killed.

There was a altercation between Elias an off-duty Stanislaus sheriff's detective whose father owned Elias' rental property, and that the detective had been trying to evict the Elias. At one point Elias brought from her home a branch and a BB gun . The detective then fired at Elias, striking her multiple times.

Officer William Caughell shot and killed Lonnie George Cockren Sr. when he pointed a gun during a narcotics investigation at his home.

A suspected bank robber, David Jernigan, shot and killed himself as police pursued him, police said.

Faith confronted his ex-girlfriend at her friend's residence, threatening to get himself killed in front of her. She called 911. He shot her cell phone with a handgun and drove away, shooting into the air as officers chased him for 45 minutes. Faith stopped the vehicle and tried to carjack another vehicle. Corporal Javier Bustos shot Faith in the shoulder. Faith fatally shot himself. Corporal Bustos had served APD for 11 years.

Michael Ritchey allegedly shot at random cars on WI-70 before shooting and wounding Deputy Ryan Bybee who shot and killed Ritchey.

After allegedly robbing a shoe store, Mark Cottman fled to a library, where he was shot and killed after threatening police with a knife.

Police responded to a burglary call and chased Jerome "Chubby" Williams and two other teenagers. Police said Jerome turned toward pursuing officers, ignored their orders to drop his gun and then fired. Police shot back, striking him in the head, killing him.

Police say Pringle, whom acquaintances said was mentally ill, shot a Statesboro officer in the chest. The bullet was stopped by the officer's bulletproof vest. Pringle's neighbors had told police he was playing music too loudly.

Fort Mill Police responded to "a suspicious person call" at 481 Munn Road. A First Citizens Bank employee called and said there was a suspicious person in the parking lot. Officers responded and encountered him walking through the parking lot. Officers called out to him and said they needed to speak to him. He produced a weapon and shot and killed himself.

Cole Ravel, 35, died from injuries he received after Mesa police shot him Sept. 30 at an apartment complex at 1840 W. Emilita Ave. as he reportedly came after the officers with a machete. Police said at the time of the shooting that Ravel's mother told them he had threatened to commit suicide earlier that day.

While on duty, in uniform and driving his marked patrol car, local officer Mark Bomia shot and killed his former girlfriend Anna Beach, strangled her with an extention cord, removed her clothes and dumped her body in the woods. In 2011 he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. The city settled a $200K wrongful death suit with Beach's family.

Officer James Bowman, responding to a burglary call, confronted Contreras at a Big Lots. Video shows Contreras jumping out the back door of the Big Lots, spinning around and facing Officer Bowman. Officer Bowman shot at Contreras 14 times and killed him. A handgun was found next to his body.

Police were investigating a home invasion and saw Heard. He allegedly pointed a gun at them and was killed.

Wnek was fatally shot by members of the Cape May County Regional SWAT team at his home on Williams St. after Wnek allegedly threatened police with firearms and failed to comply with orders to drop his weapons during a standoff at his residence. Wnek's wife said he'd been suicidal.

Calen Kawakami reportedly shot herself in the head after police stopped a car that she and her sister had carjacked with the driver still inside following an armed robbery at a mall.

Tony Chambers told a 911 operator to contact the woman he was living with and his son and tell them not to come home. Less than 45 minutes later, he pointed a gun at officers responding to the possible suicide call. Chambers was killed by multiple shots from Cpl. Kevin Smith.

Larry Dale Kirby, 43, was wanted for questioning in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. He shot himself in the face when officers arrived at his south Oklahoma City home, police said.

Richard Chrisman, 36, a nine-year veteran of the force, shot and killed the man after holding a gun to his temple and yelling at him, deploying a Taser on him, hitting him in the eyes with pepper spray, and killing his dog, according to the police report.

Deputy Jack Kimpton pursued Dalton, driving a black Honda Civic, in relation to a robbery. Dalton crashed as he turned to enter a shopping center. Deputy Kimpton stepped out of his patrol vehicle and told Dalton to surrender. Dalton put a pistol in his mouth and shot himself. The Texas Ranger Division assisted the investigation.

Peace officers working as members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Interagency Task Force met Ramquist at his rental house. Ramquist let the officers into his house. The officers told Remquist that he was named in a meth-related warrant. Ramquist went to his bedroom, then returned with a gun. He was fatally shot. Fannin County Sheriff's Office was unaware that HIDTA was operating in its jurisdiction. Texas Ranger Brad Oliver investigated.

State trooper pursued Voute, an escaped felon, onto Interstate 84 after he ditched a stolen car. A police dog was released and bit Voute. He was then ordered to drop a gun but did not. He was shot multiple times. Police found a BB gun near his body.

The LA County Sheriff's Office settled by paying the son of Cuevas $875,000 for a deputy shooting Cuevas. The deputy stopped next to men walking, Cuevas ran and fell, then the deputy shot him on the ground. The deputy alleges Cuevas had a gun, but no fingerprints were found on the gun produced by the investigation.

A long-running dispute about the property boundaries on his hunting lease sent three state game wardens and a county deputy to visit Louisiana attorney Morneau on a Sunday afternoon. Morneau is supposed to have always worn two revolvers, and supposedly drew one, but did not fire a round before he was fatally shot.

Local officers were alerted to a man riding an ATV in Westchester County and on the New England Thruway at such a high rate of speed—80 MPH—that it seemed suicidal to callers. Officers gave chase until the driver, Johnson, exited to a residential area and wiped out on a corner. Johnson and the officer physically grappled, with Johnson gaining the upper hand and reaching for the officer's gun. He was shot once in the chest.

Officers responded to a family disturbance with a weapon. There was a loud noise at the residence named in the complaint. Officer D. Solis told a woman to leave the residence. Sergeant R. Clasen called out to Carter, then tried to reach him by cell. There was no response. With SWAT approval, Sergeant Clasen and his officers cleared the building themselves. Carter had locked himself in a bathroom and shot himself.

Moore and an accomplice robbed a variety store at gunpoint then led more than 12 officers of multiple agencies on a three-hour chase, first in a Nissan Altima out of state, then on foot through the New Hampshire woods, then back to Massachusetts in a stolen Hyundai. Although otherwise unarmed Moore rammed several police cruisers with the Hyundai, so she was shot to death.

A state trooper and two Barry County deputies responded to Anthony William Thompson's Guernsey Lake Mobile Home Community residence around 6 a.m. after receiving a report of a domestic assault and a suicidal subject armed with a shotgun, police said. According to police, Thompson walked in and out of his trailer holding the shotgun and making threats toward neighbors and police. The trooper fired two shots at Thompson. He died at the scene.

Kilgore had been sought for four days as a suspect in two murders and also wounding his parents. Police responding to reports of a suspicious person on a large property found Kilgore holed up on a docked 17-foot-boat. Although armed, there's no evidence that Kilgore threatened the officers, who shot him 28 times after he refused to surrender.

An officer responded to a 911 call regarding a man outside of a house cursing and honking his car horn. The officer arrived and encountered the individual on the lawn outside his residence. One officer saw that the individual was armed with a handgun and ordered him to drop it. The man raised the weapon and fired five shots at the officer, who shot and killed David Sebaste.

According to the Mount Pleasant police, officers were trying to subdue an unruly crowd outside Finnegan's Grill, a popular student hangout in Thornwood. One of the officers approached a car that was parked in the fire lane. When the officer knocked on the window, Mr. Henry tried to speed away, striking one officer and pinning another against the hood, the police said. The officer clinging to the hood then pulled out his gun and fired into the car. Another officer also fired into the car, which crashed into a parked police car and came to a stop. Henry was killed.

A Tucson Police Department officer shot Joseph E. Molina, 34, after Molina pulled a gun on the officer, who was questioning Molina for an attempted carjacking he was involved with downtown. The officer was forced to take cover in the confrontation, and Molina, wounded, drove away in the officer's police car. Molina crashed into a bus at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. He died at University Medical Center.

Antonio Mario Rogers died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Rogers was wanted for aggravated assault and for outstanding charges with the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office. He allegedly shot himself as police surrounded the house he was inside.

Undercover detectives shot and killed Pearce Cosey when he allegedly drove forward and pinned an officer between two vehicles. According to police, officers with the department's Bureau of Drug Enforcement saw what they believed was a suspicious transaction between two men at around 7:10 p.m. in the Brighton Apartments parking lot. Cosey was reportedly in a vehicle, while the second man was on foot. As the officers approached, Cosey allegedly drove forward, striking another car and pinning a detective between the vehicles. Two other detectives then fired several shots at Posey, killing him.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired. A suspect, later identified as Anthony Wheeler, 61, barricaded himself in the residence and did not respond to police demands. They tried to break in; he shot at them, and they returned fire, killing him.

Detectives Jay Hagan, Jeffrey Toll, Robbie Debois; deputies Robert Theiss, Ryan Gutierrez; and Sgt. Gary Somerville shot Amir Mansouri when he fired at them.

A disturbance call for local police developed into a physical struggle among Burnett, a female officer and a male officer. Burnett threw the female officer down to the street and punched the male, who fatally shot Burnett as he fell backwards.

U.S. Marshals and other police went to arrest a suspect on a class A felony from Indiana. The suspect, Roger D. Pate II, locked himself in a room. A US Marshal shot and killed Pate, but withheld what precipitated the killing.

Police responded to reports of a domestic dispute. Steidley's girlfriend met them down the street saying she was afraid for her life, he'd been drinking all day. Steidley met the police on the lawn with a gun. Told several times to drop the weapon, he did not, and was fatally shot multiple times.

Shot after police say he assaulted a woman in a Stone Mountain apartment complex parking lot, grabbing her by the hair, demanding she kiss him and taking her cellphone. When two off-duty police officers pulled up, Garvin produced a handgun and threw it at the officers, and they shot him.

The coroner reported that Hyman tried to run over an officer with his truck. Hyman was then shot in the upper torso and crashed his truck and as a result he died on the scene.

Officers shot David Salas when he "produced a weapon" outside a coin laundry.

Police saw two men near Barge Road and detained them. One of the men had an outstanding warrant, police said. The other said he lived in a house right up the street, and officers escorted the man, who was handcuffed, to his home to get identification. Once there, he drew a handgun and pointed it at the officers. Atlanta police SWAT team members came to the scene of the standoff. While they were trying to talk to the man, they heard a single gunshot from the house. Officers said they then found the man had committed suicide.

Soman had robbed a GameStop store, was pursued by police, and was fatally shot at a major intersection. Initial police statements were clear that "some sort of confrontation" had taken place but less clear about whether Soman was armed, and whether or not he'd fired at police.

Officers ordered Nunn to drop his knife, and he charged at them, at which point officers shot him several times.

Casterline's exasperated sister called the police for help with him and his uninvited guests in her residence. She was horrified as he confronted police, drunk and truculent and armed with a knife, to the point where one of the four deputies shot him in the head from about six week away.

The officer involved claimed he shot Mackey because he thought he was reaching for a gun. A Dallas County grand jury cleared the officer last year of any wrongdoing. ... The suit claims that after being shot, Mackey said: "Why did you shoot me? I don't have anything." The officer then shot him again, at close range, the suit alleges. He was shot a total of nine times, according to the lawsuit.

Local and county officers pursued Chrisman when he failed to pull over for a traffic stop, which triggered a high-speed chase. When he finally crashed into a pole, officers emerged from their cars and Chrisman reportedly backed into them. The officers shot and killed him. Disputing the police account of events, the family settled with the town in May 2012 for $400,000.

Officers arrived at Hargrave Ave, at Sullivan's mother's house, and when he tried to ram a cruiser with an officer inside, he was shot to death. Officers said they also thought he was grabbing a weapon at the time. Sullivan had a restraining order not to be at his mother's house.

Officers responded to a call of a welfare check and a missing persons check at 1:15 p.m. to a mobile home. Officers discovered the man had a warrant out for his arrest for not paying $5,700 in child support. Officers were unsuccessful in getting the man out of his mobile home, and the man began threatening to harm himself with a weapon. A standoff began and ended when police heard a shot inside the home at around 6:40 p.m. On entering the house, officers found the man dead of a gunshot wound.

Police conducting narcotics surveillance saw two people approach Joshua Madison's Nissan Maxima in a South Side KFC parking lot at about 1 p.m. Officer Robert Campbell and another officer blocked Madison and his girlfriend with their unmarked car. Campbell reportedly leaned into the passenger window, gun drawn, and Madison accelerated. Campbell fired about a dozen shots. No drugs or weapons were found. Madison's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. During Campbell's deposition, he acknowledged a drinking problem that caused him to become irritable and provoke physical altercations. On July 8, 2014, about two weeks later, police and paramedics conducted a well-being check at Campbell's apartment and found him hanging from a belt. In June 2015, Campbell's family received a $1 million settlement.

An ambitious young businessman with a history of illegal weapons dealing, Krister immediately opened fire on local officers and federal BATF agents as they attempted to serve him a warrant. Krister shot one of the officers three times, seriously wounding him, before being fatally wounded himself.

Horton parked near his ex-girlfriend's apartment complex and began shooting at her balcony. Keenon Furnace stepped out of his apartment to investigate. Horton shot and wounded him. Officers Juan Rangel and Richard Whitt responded. Horton shot at them from cover as they stepped out of a patrol vehicle, striking Officer Whitt in the right leg. Officer Rangel shot at Horton once, and dragged Officer Whitt to cover. Horton fatally shot himself. He fired at least 36 rounds.

As police responded to reports of a domestic assault at a Bloomington apartment building, they found a man in the building who had been stabbed. Police say Lobahanow, a suspect in the stabbing, confronted an officer while wielding two knives. The officer then fatally shot him. Lobahanow's family called the officer's response 'unjustified,' saying the Somali man had only been holding the knives and hadn't threatened officers.

Smith had been wanted on drugs charges. At a traffic stop in front of a Georgia Pig Restaurant, he refused to leave his Accord, and Tasering him had little effect. In an attempt to get away he barrelled in reverse and totalled a cruiser behind him, threatening an officer. Police fired ten shots at him, nine hit him, and he died at the scene leaving $46K in cash and 30 lbs of marijuana.

After a domestic dispute, Berumen tried to cut his neck with a butcher knife. After officers fired Tasers unsuccessfully, Beruman threw the knife at officers, who shot him. One officer was struck by the knife but not wounded.

Police responded to a robbery report. The officers were confronted by two armed suspects and opened fire. Both suspects, Jahind Davis, 25, of Newark and Jaquil Spruill, 18, of Plainfield were struck. Davis was killed.

Officers were dispatched to a robbery at the Check 'n Go at 278 E. Lake Mead Parkway, and pulled over a Pontiac car believed to have been involved. The woman driver, Sabrina Andrews, got out of the car. Justin Mueller refused to come out of the car, and fired one round, shooting himself in the head. Officers, believing they were being fired upon, returned fire. Evidence showed Mueller was the person who had robbed the store.

Menchaca implied to a clerk that he had a gun and told the clerk to call police. According to DPD, he asked to be killed and threatened to take an officer with him if he was not. He reached behind his back for a box of cigarettes twisted into the shape of a pistol. Five officers shot at him 23 times. He was pronounced dead at Methodist hospital.

Police said Jones was shot after fleeing from officers questioning him regarding a domestic dispute. The interrogation took place inside the Kwik Cuts Barbershop, which Jones owned.

An officer pursued Goodwill on foot after suspected drug deal. Goodwill turned and shot at the officer, missing him. The officer grabbed Goodwill. They wrestled for Goodwill's gun. Officer A. Linton responded to the sound of the gunshot. Goodwill took control of the handgun and pointed it at the first officer's head. Officer Linton shot Goodwill fatally in the head. Officer Linton had served since March 2009.

A couple of days before, police had responded to a possible burglary call at a house whose owner was deployed overseas. A second call came in regarding suspicious vehicles there. While en route, police were called about shots fired. Officers found a house-sitter shot to death, identified Bradshaw as one of two suspects in the killing, and shot him while attempting to arrest him.

A deputy shot Robert "Bobby" Hatfield when he pointed a shotgun at officers during a three-hour standoff at the mobile home from which he had been evicted earlier that day.

John Carl Weldy Jr. was shot and killed by a police sniper, ending a standoff during which Weldy allegedly fired at police.

Police stopped Brian Beardsley to interrogate him regarding suspicion of sexually assaulting a child over a 10-year period, police said. Officers parked behind Beardsley's and shouted commands, police said, but found that Beardsley had already shot and killed himself.

Police were called to investigate a report of a naked man who had pointed a pistol at family members. Officer Julian Biering shot and killed the man with a rifle after he reportedly refused several requests to drop the weapon and raised the pistol toward the officers.

Brown advanced on two officers responding to a domestic dispute report with a baseball bat, the same bat he'd just knocked his father in the head with. Police called on Brown several times to drop the weapon, they said. He was fatally shot in the chest.

Two officers chased Victor Arvelo after he robbed a man of his car keys in the parking lot of the Waterway Bar & Grill, police said. One officer caught up with Arvelo and tried to subdue him, but Arvelo allegedly resisted arrest, pulling a pistol, and the officer shot and killed him.

A Las Vegas police officer responding to a report of a domestic disturbance shoots and kills Anthony Brenes, 32, after Brenes threatens officers with a cane on E. Desert Inn Road. One officer fired the single deadly shot after officers try to subdue Brenes with a Taser and a beanbag gun.

Scrivner was contacted by a Riggins Deputy for failure to appear on a felony warrant from El Paso County, Colo. At that time, Scrivner reportedly displayed a firearm and fled. Additional law enforcement backup was summoned because Scrivner had made previous threats to officers. Details about how he was killed are not available.