According to police, John Douglas Maher was suicidal and had threatened to hurt his wife and child. When two officers arrived at about 4 a.m., Maher appeared upset and was holding a kitchen knife, police said. One of the officers shot Maher when he allegedly refused to drop the knife and threatened the officers with it. Maher died at a hospital.

Sanders argued with his younger sister at their residence and began using knives to destroy household items. Officer D.S Weand confronted Sanders at the residence, then chased him into an alley and told him to put down the knives. Sanders lunged at the officer with a knife in each hand. Officer Weand shot him once and killed him.

On a Thursday evening local police responding to a domestic disturbance call were greeted by a woman with serious head wounds, then surprised by Edwards leaping out at them with a samurai-style long sword. Edwards was repeatedly ordered to put down the sword but did not. Other jurisdictions responded, including a state trooper, and Edwards was shot to death.

Robert Raymond Vegas Jr. reportedly shot and wounded his estranged girlfriend at his Hayward office, before shooting himself at some point after being wounded by police during a 5.5-hour standoff.

Richard Holtz was suspected of stabbing to death his estranged wife in her Fort Lee apartment. Homicide detectives tracked him to a Ramada Inn in East Windsor. After exiting his room naked and holding a tv remote, detectives fired 27 rounds, hitting him multiple times. Family said that he had a history of mental illness and domestic violence.

David Sensabaugh was arrested on four outstanding warrants. While handcuffed, he stole the deputy's cruiser and drove away. The car was found hours later, and Deputy Mike Stolarz shot Sensabaugh when Sensabaugh allegedly shot at deputies, but the killing shot was apparently from Sensabaugh's gun.

Luke C. Parks, 34, a Saline County sheriff's deputy, entered the Randall G. Hawkins' in Dale, and Parks and Hawkins, a guard at the Pinckneyville State Prison, fought. A third person in the house, Oscar Ganem, 21, reportedly tried to separate Parks and Hawkins, when Parks pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot both men. Hawkins died, and Ganem was wounded. After the shooting, Parks walked out into the front yard and shot himself dead.

Andrew Ross was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a gun battle with plainclothes officers inside Union Station. At about 1:15 p.m., officers became suspicious that the men might be drug couriers traveling by train, police said. The officers for Ross' identification and he unzipped his coat, exposing a weapon. One officer yelled, "He's got a gun!" Ross' companion then allegedly drew a gun. A DEA agent grabbed him, but he broke away, ran a short distance, turned and pointed the weapon at the agent. The agent shot and wounded the man. Ross allegedly put his gun to an officer's head. The officers struggled over the gun before the DEA agent shot Ross. During the struggle, a CPD officer was reportedly struck shot in the calf.

Tracy Thacker, a Marine recruiter apparently stabbed his son and daughter to death at his ex wife's home and set it on fire, then was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy, Sgt. David O'Boyle, after threatening suicide.

Police were called to assist a mentally ill man. He allegedly threatened them with a knife. Officer Jeffrey Rooks opened fire, fearing for his safety and the safety of the other officers, police said, and killed the former Roman Catholic priest.

Daios Retzepis was allegedly armed with a knife when police shot and killed him.

Off-duty officer Brian Wichman died in the back seat of a patrol car parked behind the police station from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Police said they saw an RV belonging to Fairfax Howard Carpenter, who was wanted for murder in Bradenton, Florida, parked outside a Franklin diner. Carpenter drove away from troopers and a short, slow-speed chase ensued to a rural area along US-220. According to police, troopers tried to get Carpenter to come out of the RV, but he refused. They surrounded the RV and fired four canisters of gas inside at about 4 a.m. A short time later, the troopers said they heard a gunshot and found that Carpenter had shot himself in the head with a sawed-off shotgun. According to reports, Carpenter had purchased a pre-need funeral from a Pendleton County funeral home three days earlier.

An officer stopped to talk to two men in Northeast Portland. The men reportedly tried to run over the officer, who fired one shot into their van. Jaquith was killed.

Police shot Gabriel Delgado when he allegedly advanced toward them with a kitchen knife and hatchet.

Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration's local task force served a federal warrant at Joseph Anderson's home. Anderson allegedly fired at officers, so BCSD investigator Pete Wright shot him through a bedroom door.

Baker, driving a stolen Volvo station wagon, was shot by three officers after leading police on a chase from Shawnee to Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma City, Baker lost control of the car and crashed into some trees. Police said that as Baker left the car, he began walking toward officers armed with a butterfly knife, shouting, "Shoot me - go ahead and shoot me." They shot and killed him.

Police took a pistol from McDaniel but didn't get a chance to pat him down for a second gun. Police said he broke free of the officers as they tried to frisk him, slid into the rear of the cruiser and pushed the barrel of a gun to his forehead in a parking lot. After a three-hour standoff, he pulled the trigger, killing himself.

Two officers shot and killed Cesar Mora-Zapata after he allegedly attacked them with a knife as the officers checked a residence for a suspect in a stabbing case at about 4:30 a.m. A Jackson County grand jury declined to indict the officers.

Bess was driving on a suspended license when police attempted to pull him over, and he fled. He crashed on Pioneer Street, but then ran home and got a gun, which he took back to the accident scene and used to threaten officers, who shot and killed him.

Jonathan Lynch and James Culberson attempted to rob the Two Flag Deli Grocery with a gun and knife, a bodega that happened to be owned by the mother-in-law of an NYPD detective; that detective happened to be in the store during the robbery. Lynch was holding a knife against the neck of the detective's wife when both suspects were shot to death. Both had significant criminal records.

Police found Nguyen Dao dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a Corona apartment after a nearly four-hour standoff.

Officer Billy R. Hill fatally shot Cooke. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

A deputy shot Ruben Vega Jr. when he allegedly reached for a gun under his mattress as a SWAT team forced its way into his home at 5 a.m.

A jail guard shot and killed an inmate after he climbed two fences and escaped from a recreation yard, Alaska State Troopers said. John Neil Henry Ebling, 38, was outside Ketchikan Correctional Facility on Sunday when a guard in a tower warned him to stop, said Greg Wilkinson, a spokesman for the troopers.

Officer Collin Jay Harmon apparently shot himself with another UI officer's gun while drinking with fellow officers and playing Russian Roulette just before midnight at a New Year's Eve gathering at his home. Harmon died at a hospital early the next morning. A coroner's jury ruled Harmon's death an accident. Harmon was a UI officer for three years, winning a departmental commendation and a Merit Award in May 1999.

Officer James C. Powell performed a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Anzaldua was a passenger. Wanted for probation violations related to an attempted murder, Anzaldua immediately fled the vehicle. Officer Powell pursued. According to Officer Powell's department, Anzaldua made a stand and attacked the officer, who shot him twice in the belly and killed him. Anzaldua's family sued. Ranger John Aycock vouched for Officer Powell's version of events. The outcome of the lawsuit is unclear.

Jerome Knox was shot in the back by officer Arthur Leavell as Knox ran from an illegal search of his friend's van. Knox's mother won a $2 million court settlement.

George Timothy Williams was killed by Jerome County Sheriff Jim Weaver in a brief firefight. Waver got a tip that Williams was a major drug dealer, and that evening he and two Jerome County sheriff's deputies drove to Williams' residence. Within minutes, Williams and the two deputies were dead. They found four grams of marijuana.

Police admitted that the fatal shotgun blast to Davis's chest was an accident. In the course of a drug raid a local officer tripped or stumbled, and killed him. He'd been unarmed and compliant.

Lexington Police detective Chris White was working off-duty as a security guard at a mall when James Miller, who was also in uniform from a security job, pointed a gun at him.

Police were dispatched to the home of Adam and Kathy Bender after receiving a call reporting a domestic dispute, police said. When officers arrived, Adam confronted them with a knife. When Adam charged at officers, he was shot and killed.

Bosian immigrant Rados dialed 911 in the early morning hours but hung up. He'd recently lost his job. Then again in the afternoon he dialed 911 and hung up. When police arrived Rados charged them with a knife and was fatally shot. Reporting pointed out that the state medical examiner ruled his death a suicide, with cause of death three gunshots to the chest. Furthermore the officer would be exonerated for the shooting but could theoretically be charged with felony 2nd degree manslaughter for assisting a suicide. (This entry based on a single online source.)

Troopers were called to the home of Daniel E. Delarra, 62, near Wasilla. Delarra told officers that Ball shot him as he went to get in his car. Officers found Ball's car near his ex-wife's home in Palmer and from there tracked him to woods off Third Street just north of the city limits. Officers could see Ball and shouted at him to come out; Ball didn't respond. Officers heard a gunshot, and later found him dead.

Lopez was shot to death by a SWAT member as he held a gun to the head of his hostage, a high school girl. With a history of mental health issues and a juvenile record beginning at age 5, he'd told the hostage he wanted to die, but couldn't kill himself for religious reasons.

Two rookie Oakland patrolmen, Tim Scarrott, 23, and Andrew Koponen, 29, shot and killed an undercover narcotics officer, William "Willie" Wilkins, who they didn't realize was one of their own - as he arrested a suspected car thief.

Everett was shot and killed in a gun battle with local officers at a gas station. During the fight he shot and wounded two of them. They were paralyzed by their wounds, and went on to successfully sue a West Virginia gun store for their negligent sale of Everett's weapon.

Michell Udani apparently shot Cherry Ann Domingo with a sawed-off shotgun and fired several shots at police before they fired back as many as 20 rounds, killing him.

Escaped from police custody 3 years earlier after being arrested for raping a 15-year old girl. Held his girlfriend hostage for 4 hours. She escaped and called police. He fired on police while running away. Then they shot him. (It happened at the Edgewood Apartments in West Seattle, but I didn't record an address because there seemed to be more than one with that name.)

The officer was reported to have fired upon and killed Wingfield who had lunged at another officer with a pitchfork when they responded to a domestic call to his residence on Old Lynchburg Road, according to the Daily Progress, which also reported his mother said he had a history of mental illness. Officers were cleared in the shooting.

Alexander, estranged from the husband of her two children, an NYPD sergeant, was shot and killed in her own apartment. Her male friend was wounded as well. All were immigrants from Trinidad; she was a federal immigrant agent. Ultimately the sergeant was charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder and witness intimidation. He was convicted and sentenced to 43 years in prison.

According to police, a surveillance unit followed Curtis Lewis and two others suspected of shoplifting from a Super Kmart at about 4 p.m. The officers pursued the trio's Chevrolet in two unmarked cars. After about half a mile, police said they stopped them before they could cross into Detroit. Lewis allegedly pointed a gun at police. Officers shot Lewis twice in the chest before they claimed he shot himself in the head.

An attempt in southeast Las Vegas to get a man committed to a psychiatric facility turns violent when the man comes at police with a knife. Las Vegas officers are unable to subdue David Michael Herrera, 27, with a beanbag gun and pepper spray, leading one to shoot.

Deputy Danny Luttrell shot and killed Daniel Wilford "Danny" Beck when Beck allegedly drove at Lutrell with his car after a chase down an unpaved road. The two-mile pursuit began when Luttrell attempted to stop Beck for a possible license-plate violation. According to officials, Beck's car had become stuck, and as Lutrell approached on foot, Beck began backing up and the deputy shot him.

After stabbing a woman in a grocery store parking lot, Claude Gilliam tried to flee. Surrounded, he pulled out a gun and was shot and killed.

Michael A. Woods, 42, shot and killed his ex-wife, Tina Louise Woods, 29, as police arrived.

Deputies shot and killed Gilberto Garcia aka Gustavo Roman when he drove a car at them.

Four of seven Texas desperados on the run since a December prison break were captured Monday outside Woodland Park, where they'd been holed up since Jan. 1. A fifth killed himself as officers on a bullhorn tried to convince him to surrender.

Marlin "Skip" Brougher shot and killed himself during a seven-hour standoff with police.

Deputy Mark Tramaine shot Karl Preston when he lunged at him with a butcher knife during a standoff.

Menendez was fatally shot in the upper torso by a DeKalb County Police supervisor, who was in uniform, after Menendez threatened his girlfriend at a Houston's restaurant. Menendez slashed Shannon Motiwalla in the throat, before threatening police with two large knives, according to police.

Police were called because a suicidal woman was shooting inside her home. When they entered the house, she pointed her gun at them and was shot and killed.

Three Las Vegas police officers were called to an apartment over shots fired in the area. When they arrived they found the window of a second-story apartment shot out and the door open. The entered the darkened apartment and were met with shotgun and assault rifle fire from two men inside. Two officers, along with a security guard waiting outside on the landing, were shot, and all three officers returned fire as they fled the apartment. Jose Vallejo surrendered to police, but Francisco Benitez is believed to have killed himself after the gunbattle.

Adam Wheeler was wanted on three open felony warrants when he slammed his Donahoe Avenue apartment door in the face of a police officer investigating a drug complaint. The incident touched off a shootout with Cincinnati police that ended in Wheeler's death.

Dennis Raby was suspected of murdering and robbing an elderly woman. He shot and killed himself as police invade the duplex in which he was hiding, police said.

Thomas J. Yoakum and Sue Danforth sat inside Big E's Lounge in Cozad until the bartender announced last call shortly before 1 a.m. Yoakum reportedly went to his pickup, returned with a shotgun, held up the bar, then fled with Danforth. A high-speed chase ensued, covering 30 miles over back roads and I-80 before the pickup returned to Cozad and crashed into a light pole and trash bin about five blocks from the bar. According to police, officers found Yoakum and Danforth dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the truck.

Nine officers converged on Green's house on a military-style drug raid, armed with submachine guns and a battering ram. The lead officer fatally shot Green four times with .40 caliber bullets as she stepped downstairs, unarmed. The county prosecutor later admitted that warrant for the raid was based on inaccurate information.

Officers Charles "Rick" Kyle and Moses Rodriquez were sitting in their marked patrol car, and they heard gunshots. They found Lovato carrying a gun, and after a short pursuit, when he pointed the gun at them, Rodriguez shot and killed him.

Officers responding to a disturbance call found Barbee armed with a gun and a sword. Officer Chris Myers shot Barbee once in the chest, killing him.

Dannie Wade Taylor confronted deputies with a shotgun and rifle at the door of his East Knox home. Taylor was fatally shot in the chest three times.

Michelle King, a former LAPD officer, was shot and killed by her husband, Anaheim Police officer Joseph Bailey, who then killed himself before SWAT entered their Fountain Valley home.

Evans had failed to stop at a red light 21 miles east of Columbus and headed east on Interstate 70 as a trooper pursued him. Evans, driving under the 65 mph speed limit, then stopped at the side of the highway. The trooper heard a gunshot as he approached the vehicle, police said.

Jack Harper, 78, was fatally shot by police after he fired a shotgun at them, grazing a motorcycle officer's helmet with one pellet. Harper, wearing only pajama bottoms, had fired the shotgun into the air and spray-painted disparaging remarks about police and the mayor on his garage door before shooting at the officers, police alleged.

When Kremmling police officers and State Trooper Jack Desanti went to the home of Brian Pannebaker to check on his welfare, they found him in a pickup truck with the engine running and a hose attached to the tailpipe. Pannebaker, 31, smashed a window and climbed out of the truck brandishing a butcher knife, and Desanti shot and killed him.

When an officer approached Dao after a traffic stop, he said he had a gun and would shoot. The officer called for backup. When more officers arrived, Dao exited his vehicle and threatened to shoot them. He reached into his clothing and simulated pointing a weapon. He was shot and killed. No weapon was found.

Police responded to a stabbing, police said. A woman had cut another woman during a fight, and when the officer located the suspect, she ran. The officer caught the woman and a struggle began, during which the woman picked up a chunk of concrete and struck the officer. Chambers said that when the woman tried to hit the officer a second time with the concrete, he shot and killed her.

Sgt. Bradley Moore and Cpl. Keith May shot and killed Matthew S. Marsh after he reportedly shot May in the abdomen and Moore in the shoulder during a drug search at a Cape Girardeau hotel. The officers responded at about 8:30 p.m. to reported drug activity in a room at a Super 8 off Interstate 55. The officers knocked on the door and started talking to Marsh and a woman, the room's occupants. Marsh reportedly went back into the room, got a gun and started shooting at the officers, who returned fire, killing Marsh. The woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

Watts, who had a criminal record including theft and burglary, stood in an electronics store trying to use a fraudulent credit card. The police arrived, Watts is said to have pulled a handgun, and he was shot dead.

Joey Kessinger was shot and killed by officers Michael Donaldson, Lewis Lawrence and Randy Brock when Kessinger tried to flee a drug bust and allegedly threatened officers with his vehicle.

Local officers shot and killed Baker at the residence of his estranged wife, who he had stabbed to death.

Police believe Salva called 911 and hung up as a way to summon police to the Star Motel. After repeated attempts to negotiate with the gunman failed, investigators said, Salva fired shots from his motel room's bathroom window. He then came outside and opened fire. Police shot and killed him.

Roger Lee Whitlock, 28, may have shot and killed Darlene Yoders, 30, through the door of her home as police shot and killed him on the front porch.

Police were called to Chittick Field Park with reports about a man with a gun. When they arrived, several people pointed out Mendoza as the suspect. He did not respond to the officers' verbal commands and several of them fired weapons, killing him. No weapon was found on him, however a handgun was found in his car.

Rosa Viera, a 43-year-old Latino female, and Juan De La Cruz Reyes, a 30-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Westmont.

The mentally ill Flanary, 19, was shot after fleeing police and breaking into an elderly woman's West Kelso apartment, refusing officer commands to drop weapons fashioned from two common tablespoons, and charging police.

Officers Glen Bowles, Glenn Burgess and Dave Vandenheede responded at 5:29 p.m. to the Cordova Courts Co-Op after Curry's cousin asked for help removing an "unwanted guest." Curry emerged from the basement and retreated several times until Bowles pepper sprayed him and called for backup. Officers Curt Randall, Norman Graleski and Richard "Dick" Vauris arrived, and Curry stood with his hand in his pocket as the officers sat at the kitchen table talking to him. Officer Mark Krutell arrived with his K-9. For unclear reasons, Vauris rushed Curry, grabbed him in a bear hug and backed him against the wall. Curry allegedly took Vauris' gun from its holster and fell onto his stomach with the gun under him, as Bowles grabbed Curry's wrist. Police said the gun discharged, striking Vauris, then fired again, striking Curry. The officers then shot Curry 13 times in the back, killing him. Sgt. Thomas Terzo arrived, and he and Krutell dragged Vauris to a police car and took him to a hospital, where he died. Curry's body remained on the floor for hours as an upset crowd gathered outside. About a month later, the Macomb County prosecutor said the shooting was justified. Curry's family contested the police version, asking whether Vauris was actually killed by a fellow officer. There was no gunpowder residue on Curry's hands and his fingerprints weren't on the gun. Investigators also never determined which gun the bullet that killed Vauris came from. Oakland County medical examiner Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, who was hired by Curry's family, described one of the bullet wounds as an "execution-style" wound because the gun was directly against Curry's body when fired.

Louis E. Pool, 38, was shot once in the chest as he drove away from the officers who were called to a disturbance with an "intoxicated and very violent" male. Pool continued around the corner before he crashed into a building. He was pronounced dead shortly after at John Peter Smith Hospital.

Zuniga fled from a drug deal with undercover DEA agents in a Dodge minivan. After several blocks he stopped, emerged from the car, and began firing a .45 at his pursuers. He wounded one in the shoulder before being fatally shot.

Hale allegedly tried to back over Officer Stephen Clark at a construction site. Hale was a burglary suspect.

Riley's wife called police in shortly after midnight claiming her husband had tried to set their residence on fire, then locked himself in his room. Officers arrived and forced his door open, only to be confronted with the elderly Riley aiming a shotgun at them. He'd been bedridden and dependent on an oxygen tank for more than a year. Riley, who refused or could not understand their commands to drop the gun, was fatally shot.

Police shot Daniel McGovern after he pointed a gun at them.

Billy Ray Finks, a Western High School student, and a friend were driving a stolen car when a North Las Vegas police officer noticed the vehicle and followed it to a dead-end dirt road. The officer, who had called for other officers to help him, got out of the patrol car and pointed a gun at the two occupants. Finks and his friend got out of the car, even though the officer told them to stay inside. Finks also refused orders to drop a silver-colored gun, prompting the officer to fire twice. An investigation found the gun was a toy that they found in the glove box of the stolen car, and that Finks and his friend had used it to try to rob a pedestrian.

George Adair reportedly shot and killed himself after he'd been barricaded in his ex-girlfriend's house in East Hemet for seven hours.

George Patrick James, known by many as "Crazy George," was shot and killed after he allegedly came at officers with a knife.

Mark Wenner was angry over a judge's order keeping him away from his family. Police were called because he was drunk and despondent. He shot and killed himself during a standoff.

Ryan J. Kraemer shot himself once in the head with a stolen handgun as police officers approached his car after it became stuck in snow. Kraemer killed himself after stealing two cars and leading police on a chase into the city of Reedsburg.

Mough was stopped for expired tags. He refused to turn over his gun to police, and they struggled for the gun. The officer said he felt the gun coming out of its holster so he shot and killed Mough.

After a lengthy car chase, the subject crashed his car and then pointed a weapon at police, who fired and killed him.

James Thomas Dailey fatally shot himself after a seven-hour standoff with police at a motel was identified yesterday as James Thomas Dailey. Police said they had received information that Dailey was depressed and possibly suicidal.

Just before midnight, officer Thomas LaVanway was responding to a report of a man down in the street when he hit Larry G. Chatman with his patrol car and dragged him for several yards. Prosecutor James Cherry said an autopsy showed Chatman had a high level of alcohol in his system. An investigation concluded LaVanway, 25, did not immediately inform police that he'd hit Chatman, leading officers to believe they were looking for a hit-and-run driver. LaVanway was ordered to pay a fine and costs of $209 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge for not reporting the accident for more than 30 minutes.

Officers Brian Marshall and George Nelson responded to a domestic dispute between David Atkins and his mother. Investigators say David Atkins attacked Marshall and Nelson with a hammer. Police say Marshall told Atkins to drop the hammer, while he and Nelson backed away. When Atkins continued to advance on the officers, Marshall shot him in the chest, killing him.

One of four 16- to 18-year-old suspects in a string of armed robberies, Underwood died in a shootout with an off-duty county deputy at a McDonald's restaurant after a robbery gone wrong. His three young accomplices were charged with his murder.

Officer Robert Marks shot Dante Ramon Meniefield, who was unarmed and had his hands up, because he reportedly thought a black glove was a gun.

Officers shot Robert J. Hejsak during a three-hour standoff when Hejak allegedly shot at them. The standoff began at about 6 p.m., after Hejsak reportedly appeared at the home of a longtime friend with a shotgun, five handguns and numerous rounds of ammunition, and said he wanted to settle a long-standing disagreement. Sheriff Keith Nygren said Hejsak exchanged gunfire with police early in the standoff, then fired several times throughout the standoff. Police used a megaphone to try and talk Hejsak out from behind a dirt embankment near a barn on the property. Just after 9 p.m., Hejsak raised his hands and stepped into police floodlights. Police told him to drop a handgun he had in his waistband, but Hejsak allegedly fired toward 20 tactical team officers crouched behind cars about 55 yards away. The officers returned fire and Hejsak fell, but then got on one knee and fired more shots. The officers shot back, striking Hejsak again. Hejsak died the next morning at a hospital.

Brandon Stuart was killed by officers Jimmy Bondoc and Paul Augusto during a shootout outside a Fairfield bowling alley.

Gary Lynn Holdaway died instantly when shot in the head as he and an officer struggled over a gun.

Police confronted Jason Michael Wolfe after a babysitter in the neighborhood called to complain about two people in his backyard, said police spokesman. Police said after discovering an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of fraud and drug offenses. After handcuffing Wolfe, police said, he pulled a gun out of a pocket and shot an officer twice in a leg. He was shot and killed.

Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Williams shot and killed his wife, Asia, before shooting and killing himself. Their young children were in the house and called police when they couldn't get into their parents bedroom.

James Levier, a deaf man, took a deer rifle to the Shop and Save parking lot in Scarborough. There, he initiated a stand-off with police, which ended with Levier shot dead.

At about 3 p.m., police stopped Russell D. Crowe's van on Newburg Road to question him about a criminal investigation. Crowe allegedly pointed a handgun at the officer and drove a short distance with police in pursuit. Crowe stopped near the New Lothrop Road intersection, where police surrounded the van. According to police, members of the state police emergency support team approached the van about 5:30 p.m. and found Crowe dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

Sgt. James Lanigan and officer Damian Jackson shot Sergio Gerardo Rodriguez-Almanza when he shot at police and shot a police dog.

After being chased in a stolen vehicle, Dwayne Burke claimed to have a gun and raised his hands, which were in his jacket pockets, toward Officer Stephen A. Coughlan, who shot and killed him.

Officers were called to the same building where they said Najee Brown had gunned down his friend, Ryan Travis, 19, two days prior. As they converged on Brown, he walked down Central Avenue—past a row of two-story houses—firing a semiautomatic assault weapon at them. Police demanded that he drop the high-powered weapon, but he refused, and was shot and killed.

According to police, Shayne Eric Cripps forced his way into a convenience store in Montmorency County, ordered a clerk to give him a pack of cigarettes, and left. Sgt Curtis Champers and deputy Steven Anderson saw Cripps' vehicle on a Vassar city street at about 10:30 p.m. and stopped him. Chambers was struck in the head, and Cripps was killed during an exchange of gunfire.

Mildred and Gilbert Tuepker were held hostage at their home in Edmond by Douglas Eugene Gray and William Dale Davis who broke out of Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown, where they were serving time for murder. They escaped by hiding in a mail cart that was loaded onto a pickup and hauled to the Stringtown post office. After a police standoff, Davis was found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot.

Deputy Michael Rude shot Ginenne Stover when she lunged toward him with a knife.

Damon Hilton was shot and killed as police tried to remove him from a stolen vehicle. Hilton shot and wounded Officer Anthony Molesky.

Police Cpl. Jerry Gitthens shot John Franklin Aycox, 36, twice in the shoulder when Aycox pinned him between two cars after leading law officers on a car chase through city streets, police said.

During a robbery at Advance Auto Parts, one of three robbers, Andrew Stokes, pointed a gun at an off-duty police officer, who shot and killed him. Officer James Anderson, 26, wore his police uniform while working as the store's security guard. He was able to wear the uniform as part of the Memphis Police Department's "secondary employment" program.

Officers were met at the door by a knife-wielding Evans when they responded to a domestic disturbance call. After barricading himself inside, the officers tried unsuccessfully to talk him out. Fearing he might harm himself, they forced their way inside. Evans charged with the knife, despite the use of stun bag rounds and tasers. He was shot and killed.

Officers heard shots being fired. A jeep sped by which they pursued. Demitreus Sesler got out of the vehicle in an alleyway and aimed a shotgun at officers who fired on him.

Two undercover officers responded to reports of shots fired. They found Montoya, who led them on a foot chase into somebody's backyard. Montoya leveled his weapon at both officers, and they both returned fire, killing him.

In November 2001, undercover Boston police officer Mark J. Loewen was exonerated in the fatal shooting of motorist Justin Ronchetti, 21, in Boston. The officer had climbed onto the roof of Ronchetti's moving vehicle, firing his gun into the partially open sunroof and striking Ronchetti's chest.

Police were searching for drugs, police said, when Thompson opened a door and fired at the officers. He was shot and killed. Investigator Sherry Lyons-Williams was shot and killed.

Garrett was shot and killed when he opened fire on Officer Michael S. Hunt and Officer Andrew Higgins. He was wanted on robbery, burglary and assault charges. He also was wanted for violation of probation.

Timothy Thomas was tragically shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer, who followed the young man down a dark alley and opened fire because he thought Thomas had a gun. The 19-year-old man had 14 open warrants at the time of the shooting, and, according to Officer Roach, he was given verbal commands to stop running but he did not comply. When Thomas began lowering his arms without instruction, Officer Roach opened fire and shot Thomas in the heart with a single bullet. There was no gun ever found on Thomas.

Police responded to a domestic violence call and reportedly found the man knocking on a neighbor's door, telling the victim to come out. The man started walking toward them and did not respond to warnings to stop advancing, police said. The man then reached behind his back, pulled out a gun and pointed it at one officer, at which point, the officer shot and killed him.

Police were investigating a domestic disturbance. Martinez attacked Officer Andrew Raiser with a knife. Raiser shot and killed Martinez.

When John J. Pelaccio Jr. brought his infant daughter onto the porch of his home and turned back toward his front door, a police sharpshooter ended an eight-hour hostage drama with one shot, killing Pelaccio.

Officer Anthony Vincent Aguilera shot and killed Batterson, although what exactly precipitated the killing are opaque.

Motorcycle officer Buddy Jah shot and killed Jose Pascua Ortiz after he tried to back over him during a high-speed chase.

An unidentified man described as troubled by neighbors and friends called police at about 10:30 a.m. and said he was barricading himself inside his home with a gun. Police cordoned off the street, and a negotiator talked by phone with the man, who reportedly held a gun in his hand throughout the standoff. At 12:40 p.m., police said they were trying to persuade the man to come outside, drop his weapon and lie face down on the ground when they heard a gunshot and discovered the man had shot himself.

Scales was shot by a local police officer some seven times after a midnight traffic stop for driving without headlights. The officer reported that Scales was unarmed but refused to stop, dragging the officer alongside the vehicle for more than 1,700 feet.

Police were called to Delmar Circle on a report of someone breaking into a car. When the officers approached, Macias ran and jumped into a stolen Plymouth Sundance, police said. Officer Michael McClelland grabbed the driver's-side door, and Macias drove away, dragging the officer about 200 feet. McClelland shot and killed Macias, then fell to the ground.

After hijacking a taxi, shooting at police, Malcolm Farmer shot and killed himself.

Casimire was shot by Officer Stephen O'Brien. Police said Casimire, wearing a ski mask and waving a gun, lunged at O'Brien and two employees of Eastland Lanes when he was shot and killed.

Officer Kirk Zaner shot and killed Emmanuel Frazer, who allegedly charged at Zaner behind a Bossier City convenience store.

After a chase and a crash in a stolen van, shots were exchanged. Esperas was killed.

Jake Moeller broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, police said. Nielsen said the woman, who was asleep at the time of the break-in, called police after Moeller left her home and said that he had assaulted her. He shot himself in the head after police slowed his sport utility vehicle by throwing down a tire deflation device during a chase.

Shape, of Gaston South Carolina, is said to have stolen his brother's red Harley Davidson to kill his estranged wife with a .38 pistol. He'd had a history of violent domestic abuse. Confronted by a deputy two blocks away from his wife's house at 1 a.m., he was shot to death.

Gaston pointed a gun at an officer's head during an undercover narcotics investigation. The officer ducked. Two other officers fatally shot Gaston.

Sgt. Robert "Woody" Haywood said he shot Ali when lunged at him with the knife and was in fear for his life. But Ali's father, Reha, who witnessed the shooting in his kitchen, said Ali was only a threat to himself. The boy had a history of mental illness and had underwent drug rehabilitation. Haywood had been diagnosed as suffering from a panic disorder. Parents Reha and Sande Altug received a $1.65 million settlement from the city after filing a civil complaint. Haywood left the department but was never charged with a crime.

Deputies were called to Dennis Holly's home for suicidal threats. A standoff began about 4 p.m., and deputies talked with Holly on the telephone for quite some time, police said. As it grew dark, officers fired tear gas into the house in an attempt to get Holly out, and found that he had shot and killed himself.

Police shot and killed Sergio Perez and Claro Hernandez at a busy shopping center after tailing them for hours before the men robbed an El Pollo Loco and drove a car at officers.

Antonio Daniel, a 27-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Long Beach.

Police said that Orvel Simons fired at the drivers of three tow trucks hired to impound cars and other items. One of the drivers, Charles Strong, 39, was killed by a fatal bullet to the back. Police say Simons continued to shoot at the drivers, and at the first police officer to arrive at the scene. Bullets hit the undercover police car, a Law office a half block away and the tow trucks. Police say Simons fired the shots from this window of the home. Police blocked off roads in the area and surrounded the house. After a 20 minute standoff, police fired tear gas in the house. Chief Frank McNeil of the Bay St. Louis Police Department said, "We entered the house from the rear with our K-9 officer and found the suspect inside the residence with a single gunshot bullet wound to the head. Apparently self inflicted."

Lieutenant Clay Medrano and Sergeant Chris Dotson went to Anderson's mobile home after a complaint that Anderson was again threatening a neighbor with a gun. Anderson, armed with a fully-automatic AK-47, fatally shot Lieutenant Medrano and wounded Sergeant Dotson's gun hand. Anderson drove to his parents' home, walked to a tree at the edge of a pasture and shot himself. Lieutenant Medrano had been a peace officer for 25 years.

Officers Anthony Zeljeznjak and Terrance Lee Bryan shot Gabindo Benjamin Flores Sr. after he stabbed an officer with a pair of scissors.

Las Vegas police responded to a domestic disturbance on West Desert Inn Road and were fired upon by Donald Charles Mettinger, who hits an officer in the head with a shotgun blast. While shielding Mettinger's girlfriend outside the home, another officer returned fire, killing him.

Reginald P. Morrow was wanted in the death of Shanda Renae Wilson, 18, of Kansas City. He shot and killed himself as police closed in.

Colbert had the two young daughters of his fiancee loaded up for school when a local officer tried to stop him for stolen plates. Colbert did not stop, or did not stop fast enough. He was fatally shot once in the neck. The killing sparked community protests: the same officer had a similar fatal shooting four years previous, and Irvington had been the site of the near-fatal police beating of Haitian immigrant Max Antoine in 1996.

Officer Gregory Burke and Sgt. Jack Bogema, along with two child protective services workers went to Xianqing Cao's home to investigate allegations that Cao had sexually assaulted his two stepdaughters. The officers shot and killed Cao when he allegedly shot and wounded Burke in the leg. Cao had reportedly been arrested in December during a disturbance outside the White House, after Secret Service agents found three .22-caliber handguns in the trunk of his car. Portage police said they knew nothing of the arrest before arriving at Cao's house.

John Patrick Leaf got drunk and gave his keys to a friend. He broke into his own apartment, explained to neighbors what was going on. Deputy Andrew Jacobs entered the apartment, awakened Leaf, and shot and killed him when he grabbed a knife.

During questioning about an assault that happened earlier that day, Hernandez got ahold of one of the officer's weapons, shot a round into the floor harmlessly, then pointed the gun at the officer. The other officer shot him once, fatally, in the head.

Sgt. Bill Crawford and Deputy Ricky Holland were dispatched to a domestic dispute involving a man with a gun. Gunfire was exchanged between Penny and deputies, and Penny was killed, Public Information Deputy Tom Brewster said.

Two officers shot and killed Darryl Morris after he allegedly lunged at them with a pair of scissors. At around 11:40 p.m., officers tried to stop Morris' car at 51st Street and Agnes Avenue for erratic driving, but he continued north on US 71. At Front Street and Jackson Avenue, Morris reportedly stopped, got out of his car and charged at one of the officers with scissors. The officers shot Morris when he allegedly ignored repeated warnings to put the scissors down.

Police said Craver ignored several warnings to drop his handgun, then raised it toward the officer, before he was shot and killed.

Deputies shot Joseph Pasko who was wielding a paintball gun and shouting, "I'm going to kill you."

Paul Draper reportedly hit trooper Corey Keeney with a stolen car at a roadblock. According to police, Draper died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the chase ended at Matsell State Park in Linn County. Keeney had a fractured skull, a broken shoulder and a fractured backbone.

An active-duty NYPD narcotics officer shot his estranged wife, their child, the wife's male friend Mark Van Kleeck, and then himself. The officer and Van Kleeck died.

Deputy Matt Avant shot a man once in the chest after the man pointed a semiautomatic pistol at him, said Lt. Rodney Neighbors, a sheriff's office spokesman. Neighbors, citing instructions from Sheriff Larry Selig, refused to identify the man.

Special tactics Cpl. John Dean shot and killed Alfonso Acosta Delgado Jr. after a 5-hour standoff when he advanced on police with a German-made rifle.

Michael Sanders, 26, and Kelly Sanders, 21, of Arkansas, were wanted for robbery and assault. They were killed after raising a pistol toward deputies who found them hiding in a wooded area 17 miles west of Welch, police said.

A patrol officer attempted a traffic stop when she recognized Padernal from a wanted poster as being sought for shooting at a CHP officer in a May 7 incident. After a short pursuit, he exited the vehicle and fled on foot. He was surrounded by police after he jumped into a trash bin, After an hour, he popped up and shot, wounding one officer and was killed by return fire.

Wright was killed as she struggled with her husband, Officer Richard Wright, for his gun. Richard Wright pled guilty to a misdemeanor offense and resigned from the department for his involvement.

Deputy Frederick Zanker shot Archie Burl Doty Jr. in a shopping center parking lot less than two hours after Doty— armed with a fake pistol—carjacked a woman at an elementary school, robbed two banks, and led police on a high-speed chase.

Shelden Ward Lomax , 27, was killed when two Perry police officers and three Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway special agents tried to arrest him on warrants alleging failure to appear in court and concealing stolen property. Police said one or more of the railroad agents fired a shot after Lomax pointed a gun at law officers outside a Sun Mart.

El Salvadoran immigrant Flamenco was fatally shot by a Metro officer after being warned against drinking and driving. This developed into a physical fight. The officer was assaulted with "a metal object" and a chair, and fired in self-defense.

Richard Adam Spearing attacked and beat Officer Kimberlee Hope McCord when she tried to arrest him for assaulting his girlfriend. When pepper spray had no effect on Spearing, the officer shot him as he came at her again, police said.

Sgt. Wilbur Berry, 53, was fatally shot and fellow Deputy William Black was wounded in the shoulder while trying to arrest a suspected auto thief, police said. A third deputy shot and killed Lanier.

In the early-morning incident Connelly exchanged gunfire with police while holed up in a pharmacy he'd attempted to rob, while a blaze ignited by SWAT-fired tear-gas canisters consumed the building. He'd had a record of felonies. Connelly was killed in the exchange along with a police dog.

With her considerable history of mental issues and encounters with law enforcement, a Wal-Mart clerk declined to sell Gassaway ammunition. Observed in the store afterward, she stole a wallet and sunglasses, was taken into the backroom for shoplifting, and there pulled a revolver and wounded two security guards. She was shot to death by local officers on scene.

Milo Flores was killed when his car was hit head-on by one driven by William Tanielian, a robbery suspect fleeing police whose alleged accomplice, Anthony Almendarez was shot and killed by LAPD officers later that day.

In the parking lot of a duplex apartment, SWAT forces shot a shoeless, shirtless, beltless and unarmed Scott to death as he tried to run away. Officers were acting on information that he was on a murderous 12-day meth binge, which turned out to be an exaggeration.

Rookie officer Steve Staton shot and killed Mario Merino after Merino shot at him during a traffic stop.

Reportedly Woelfle rushed out of his house on a Friday night and attacked state troopers with a 32-inch black metal rod. An eyewitness called that version "ridiculous" and said that Woelfle was only running out of the house during a heated argument, and that he hadn't even seen the police.

Daretz fasted for two days without sleeping for discernment about leaving Christianity for Islam. At around 4:30 a.m., he asked God for forgiveness and stabbed his mother-in-law Doris Basset, son Qualyan and daughter Deandrea. Quaylan died. Basset and Deandrea begged neighbors for help. Neighbors, seeing their wounds, refused. Six houses down, Earl and Jackie Guyton let them in. Earl armed himself with a revolver and called police. Officers confronted Daretz, still at his house. He charged at officers with his knife. They fatally shot him.

KHP 2nd Lt. Robert Sharp and trooper Joseph Whitam shot and killed Ronald Klein during a standoff at his home in rural Wathena. Officers had responded at around 10 a.m. after receiving a call that he was disturbed and armed. Sheriff Mike Batchelder, along with members of the WPD and the KHP arrived and found Klein allegedly threatening three men with a rifle. Batchelder reportedly convinced Klein to release the men and to put the rifle down, though Klein maintained control of the gun while Batchelder tried to get him to surrender. Batchelder requested two more troopers at about 12:20 p.m. Eleven minutes later, shooting reportedly broke out as officers tried to take Klein into custody.

In December 2000 Speranzella shot and killed his girlfriend of 13 years in a domestic argument. Months later, deputies dispatched to go retrieve him when he missed a hearing on second-degree murder charges found him in his apartment, with a steak knife sticking out of his chest. He was fatally shot when he pointed a gun at them.

Officer John Lay shot and killed a homeless man who attacked him with a knife.

Police got a call that the subject may have stolen his mother's car and was on his way to the west side of the city to buy drugs. When officer's tried to arrest him for stealing his mother's car, the subject began fighting. During a struggle for an officer's gun it was discharged three times, killing the subject.

Police were called because Robert Brockmeyer was hurting himself with a knife and taking a quantity of pills. He lunged at police with a knife and was shot and killed.

A police sharpshooter fired one .308-caliber bullet into Long's chest, killing him, after Long had already shot at police twice and earlier had sent two people to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

Police shot and killed Erik Daniels when police thought he was reaching for a weapon after he allegedly jumped from a balcony in an attempt to escape from police and bail bondsmen serving an arrest warrant.

Police said Officer Kevin Bryant was patrolling alone at about 6 p.m. when he stopped a car for a traffic violation. One of two men in the car ran into an apartment complex. Bryant chased him and shot and killed Thomas Gray in a gunfight.

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. After a standoff, and the use of less-lethal methods to subdue Sexton, he was shot and killed as he threatened police with a knife. Sexton was shot twice at the end of a standoff with police in a cemetery near the Jackhorn Old Regular Baptist Church, about one mile north of Fleming-Neon on Ky. 317

Deputy David Loe shot and killed Charles Kuyper after he allegedly brandished a rifle in the basement of his mother's home. Loe and deputy Richard Hayes were responding to a fight between Kuyper and his brother. According to Loe, he announced his presence and proceeded to the basement where he encountered Kuyper holding an SKS rifle on the landing. Loe told Kuyper to drop the gun, but he allegedly raised it to a firing position and Loe shot him. The DA later cleared Loe in the shooting.

Luke Thorpe was drunk and randomly firing a shotgun when he pointed the gun at responding police and was shot and killed.