| Unique ID | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Date | City | State | Latitude | Longitude | Agency involved | Cause of death | Intended use of force | Brief description | Supporting document link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11483 | Elizabeth DeMaria | 46 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 06/26/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1022507 | -115.1699679 | Nevada Secretary of State |
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| Secretary of State's office/Securities Division investigators had tracked DeMaria to the MGM Grand. She jumped of the 35th floor to avoid escape. | nydailynews.com |
| 11481 | Deshone Lamar Travis | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/26/2012 | Port Wentworth | GA | 32.191735 | -81.2086999 | Port Wentworth Police Department |
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| Shot after police said he backed a car in the direction of officers in the driveway of a friend's home. Officers had sought to question him about an armed robbery the day before at a local Wendy's. A grand jury declined to indict the officers on charges including murder. Source: Police reports | wsav.com |
| 11486 | Julian Rivera Begay | 27 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 06/27/2012 | Lubbock | TX | 33.5506227 | -101.8553729 | Lubbock Police Department |
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| Officer Curtis Fish tried to arrest Begay, suspected of attempted burglary. Begay ran away. Officer Fish tried to shoot him with a stun gun as he fled. Begay drew a gun and pointed it at Officer Fish, who fatally shot him. At the time, Fish was involved in a lawsuit filed by Willie Williams. They shot at each other weeks earlier when officers trying to intervene in a burglary went to the wrong address. | lubbockonline.com |
| 11485 | Christopher Calhoun | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/27/2012 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7390938 | -84.4147756 | Atlanta Police Department |
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| Christopher Calhoun was wanted for drug and car theft charges. Police said that Atlanta police got a tip that the fugitive they were looking for was parked in a Chevrolet Suburban at the Mall West End. During officers' attempt to arrest, the fugitive was shot and killed, police said. | ajc.com |
| 11489 | Hernandez Dowdy | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/27/2012 | Memphis | TN | 35.0544882 | -89.9096386 | Memphis Police Department |
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| Shot to death. Police say Dowdy, who was black, was a carjacking suspect whom they chased, and that they killed him because they mistakenly thought he had a gun. The owner of the car, a white woman, had filed a false report. | commercialappeal.com |
| 11487 | Patrick O'Neal Spurlock | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/27/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.8478662 | -95.5015507 | Houston Police Department |
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| Spurlock shot four people non-fatally near his apartment, then stole a car and drove away. In the process, he rammed several patrol cars and shot at officers, who shot back. He died after crashing into other vehicles, injuring five. | houstonpress.com |
| 11488 | Trevion Davis | 13 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/27/2012 | Bonanza | GA | 33.4697228 | -84.339462 | Clayton County Sheriff's Office |
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| Clayton County police were responding to a burglary in progress when they shot and killed Davis. | news-daily.com |
| 11501 | Benjamin David Whiteshield | 34 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 06/28/2012 | Clinton | OK | 35.5157972 | -98.9648757 | Clinton Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed Whiteshield outside of their police station. According to the Oklahoman, Whiteshield's family took him to the police station to get help for an alleged delusional episode. The report said that Whiteshield was armed with a crescent wrench, but nothing in the news report stated whether or not he threatened or attacked any police officers. | newsok.com |
| 11498 | Carlos Joseph Charles | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/28/2012 | North Fort Myers | FL | 26.6824252 | -81.88032 | Lee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Charles was pulled over on the interstate for speeding and for an illegal window tint. When a large amount of cocaine was found in the car, some kind of violent altercation ensued. The outcome: a female passenger and a child in the car were unhurt, a deputy was slightly wounded, and Charles had been shot dead. | abc-7.com |
| 11491 | Adrian Jermaine Perales-Ramos | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/28/2012 | Greeley | CO | 40.3881248 | -104.7082097 | Greeley Police Department |
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| Perales was wanted on several gang-related issues, including a drive-by, he took a hostage and was killed by a police sniper. | weld.co.us |
| 11494 | Dilton Richard Myers aka "Fallacy" Myers | 43 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/28/2012 | Dayton | OH | 39.7572854 | -84.1681937 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| Long-term, repeat, registered sex offender and self-described pagan priest Myers was shot to death by federal agents as they executed a search warrant on his residence, and he resisted. They'd been on site for several hours when he produced a knife, started stabbing himself, then turned the knife on the agents when they attempted to use a Taser on him. | daytondailynews.com |
| 11495 | Christopher Jerome Thomas | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/28/2012 | Dothan | AL | 31.2593524 | -85.4355716 | Dothan Police Department |
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| He was shot to death after a short police pursuit where he crashed into an occupied parked vehicle, when officers suspected he was attempting to run over an officer. | dothaneagle.com |
| 11499 | David Lee Foreman | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 06/28/2012 | Dekalb | GA | 33.860907 | -84.310304 | DeKalb County Police Department |
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| Officers responded to the home after receiving a call about an argument between a woman and an armed man, officials said. Once inside the apartment the subject appeared with a weapon initially pointed at his head. The officers then attempted to negotiate with the armed man. The subject supposedly pointed the weapon at officers,an officer discharged his weapon, striking the subject multiple times in the chest. | examiner.com |
| 11500 | Aaron Hunter | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/28/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.1846281 | -110.8285915 | Tucson Police Department |
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| Hunter was shot to death by an officer after reaching for a gun that he had dropped while attempting to flee officers. | kvoa.com |
| 11493 | Denny Gonzales | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/28/2012 | Antioch | CA | 37.968147 | -121.758669 | Antioch Police Department |
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| Gonzales was shot by seven different officers when he walked out of his house with a gun and allegedly fired at least one round at the police and SWAT team surrounding his home. He had reportedly called 911 claiming to be suicidal and making statements about killing police officers. | mercurynews.com |
| 11492 | Bobby E. King | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 06/28/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6228958 | -90.3079595 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| An officer shot Bobby E. King when King allegedly shot at him. Police had responded to a domestic disturbance after 7 p.m. King reportedly drew a gun and aimed it at the officers. According to police, both King and an officer fired their guns at each other. King was mortally wounded in the exchange; the officer was hit in the arm. | riverfronttimes.com |
| 11496 | Charles Herbert O'Hara | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 06/28/2012 | Cedar Park | TX | 30.514255 | -97.822692 | Cedar Park Police Department |
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| Police were called O'Hara's home by his mother, who said he was destroying things in her home. Officers arrived to find O'Hara armed. Five officers and O'Hara exchanged fire and O'Hara was shot to death. | statesman.com |
| 11497 | Ross Edward Lambert | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 06/28/2012 | DeLeon Springs | FL | 29.2136905 | -81.3154877 | Volusia County Sheriff's Office |
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| A coodinated SWAT raid at 5:45 a.m. entered Lambert's residence with a warrant seaching for goods stolen by an extensive property theft ring. During the room-by-room sweep Lambert appeared armed with a rifle, and was fatally shot. | wesh.com |
| 11490 | Jose Luis Ortega | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/28/2012 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.9632452 | -120.4357158 | Santa Maria Police Department, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |
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| Two officers shot Jose Luis Ortega three times when he pulled a gun from his waistband and turned it toward officers during a foot chase. | countyofsb.org |
| 11502 | James Russell Moore | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 06/29/2012 | Roanoke Rapids | NC | 36.452675 | -77.78705 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
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| Pillar of the community Moore had just collected rent from a strip-club owner when a state trooper pulled him over and detected alcohol on his breath. After an ambiguous altercation between the two, the trooper fatally shot Moore and said the elderly man had pulled a concealed handgun. | wral.com |
| 23443 | Name withheld by police | 28 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 06/29/2012 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.7043156 | -73.9212858 | City of New York Police Department |
|
| A sergeant and a police officer conducting routine patrol were approached by a victim who stated that a man with a firearm was trying to break into his house. The officers asked the man to get into their vehicle to let them know if he saw the man with the firearm. The officers took the man back to his home, where the attempted break-in had occurred, to complete their report. On the way back to the location, the victim spotted the subject and pointed him out to the officers. When the officers tried to approach the subject, he pointed a gun toward the officers while fleeing on foot. Two additional officers and a lieutenant responded to the area and began looking for the subject, who had carjacked a second victim. While approaching the vehicle, the lieutenant observed the subject again point the firearm at the officers and flee on foot. During the foot pursuit, an officer shot and killed him. | google.com |
| 11507 | Adam R. Bergseth | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 06/30/2012 | Marionville | MO | 36.9897755 | -93.6410924 | Springfield Police Department |
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| Officer responded to a call from someone reporting a woman was being held against her will. Officer encountered the subject, Adam R. Bergseth, who approached the officer in a threatening manner while wielding scissors. The officer shot and killed Bergseth. | monett-times.com |
| 11508 | Jared Huey | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 06/30/2012 | Vallejo | CA | 38.0890644 | -122.2404314 | Vallejo Police Department |
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| Police were pursuing a suspected robber of a convenience store. The vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant. Officers pursued and shot when, they claim, the boy pointed a gun at them. Witnesses dispute this story, and a federal lawsuit was filed in Sacramento District Court. | timesheraldonline.com |
| 11505 | Jonathan "Lil John" Stearns | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/30/2012 | Valley | AL | 32.8017149 | -85.1785118 | Lee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers shot and killed Jonathan Stearns after he allegedly threatened them with a gun. | wsfa.com |
| 11512 | Bryant Michael Weiford | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 07/01/2012 | Hampton | VA | 37.0302304 | -76.345556 | Hampton Police Department |
|
| Because of his history with the local police, they were well aware of Weiford's psychiatric mental illness and bipolar disorder—one example was his crashing his Pontiac into a KMart to try on womens' shoes. This evening, after midnight, when police encountered him with a baseball bat, he beat on the police car. When he charged at the police with the bat, he was shot to death. | dailypress.com |
| 18914 | Michael McKay | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 07/01/2012 | Hermon | ME | 44.7846755 | -68.9590302 | Maine State Police |
|
| Michael McKay, 24, died during an exchange of gunfire with police at his home on Buck Lane in Hermon. Police determined that he shot himself. The incident began when man at a house in Kenduskeag called police to say McKay was upset and shot his wife's vehicle three times as he left. | bangordailynews.com |
| 11514 | Milton Hall | 49 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/01/2012 | Saginaw | MI | 43.4352241 | -83.9454174 | Saginaw Police Department |
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| After refusing to pay for coffee, police were called and he was shot 46 times after refusing to put down a knife | newsone.com |
| 11515 | Harry "Beany" Smith | 59 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/01/2012 | Anchorage | AK | 61.137626 | -149.9472125 | Anchorage Police Department |
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| Smith was shot to death by two officers after reportedly pointing an air gun at them. Police say he had threatened to kill family members and himself, and that the air gun was designed to look like a pistol. | adn.com |
| 11513 | Charles Aaron Brousard | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/01/2012 | Greencastle | IN | 39.6342416 | -86.8566977 | Greencastle Police Department |
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| Brousard was shot after aggressively pursuing Reserve Officer Jeremiah Jackson. Jackson had been called to the house of Brousard's father after Brousard had attacked his father, Charles Brousard Sr., and his cousin Krista Brousard. | bannergraphic.com |
| 11511 | Jesus Antonio Castillo | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/01/2012 | Moreno Valley | CA | 33.9271795 | -117.261153 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department |
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| Jesus Antonio Castillo, 31, was killed, the Sheriff's Department said, after he put Deputy Fred Martinez in a leg lock, choked him and reached for Martinez's gun at Moreno Valley Community Park. Martinez freed himself from Castillo and shot him. | www.pe.com |
| 21826 | Michael Omar Wudtee | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/01/2012 | Gwynn Oak | MD | 39.3314251 | -76.6957108 | Baltimore Police Department |
|
| Police tried to arrest Michael Omar Wudtee when they saw him assaulting a woman in a car. He ran and then fought with police when they caught up to him. He was shot and killed. | google.com |
| 11516 | Matthew Lyell Berg | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 07/02/2012 | Buellton | CA | 34.6132786 | -120.1900717 | Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Berg was shot to death on Hwy 101 following a pursuit down Hwy 246 that began with a 911 call about a burglary. After officers attempted to cut him off, Berg allegedly rammed into a deputy's car, and Deputy Jeremy Rogers opened fire and killed Berg. | lompocrecord.com |
| 21347 | Mark Jason Valentine | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 07/02/2012 | Coldwater | MI | 41.9562535 | -85.1010975 | Michigan State Police |
|
| Troopers responded to a reported shooting around 5 p.m. and found a woman and her young son had been shot and injured. The woman said Mark Jason Valentine had shot them and that he was still inside the house. Police surrounded the home. According to police, a negotiator tried unsuccessfully to contact Valentine before officers made a tactical entry into the residence and found Valentine dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. | mlive.com |
| 11517 | Michael Deangelo Laney | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/02/2012 | Charlotte | NC | 35.2493832 | -80.8593818 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department |
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| Police pursued Laney on a red scooter, on suspicion that it was the same vehicle seen in an earlier robbery and shooting. Laney fled to the porch of his house and reportedly pulled a weapon, causing officers to fatally shoot him. Witnesses disputed the police account. | qcitymetro.com |
| 11521 | Kyle Quackenbush | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 07/03/2012 | Belfield | ND | 47.0000022 | -103.2020781 | Dickinson Police Department |
|
| To avoid an arrest warrant stemming from a domestic assault charge, Quackenbush fled to the house of an acquaintance on a rural road, broke in, and armed himself with a .223 caliber weapon. The Dickenson tactical force arrived and set up a standoff lasting twelve hours with an exchange of fire. When Quackenbush stepped onto the porch he was fatally shot. | bismarcktribune.com |
| 11519 | Alex Alaya | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/03/2012 | Orange Cove | CA | 36.6215731 | -119.3097428 | Orange Cove Police Department |
|
| Police shot and killed Alex Ayala in Orange Cove. Police responded to a call just after 4 p.m. from someone inside the home who said their family member had been acting weird. Family members at the scene said Ayala was schizophrenic and had a knife. | crimevoice.com |
| 19290 | Josiah Antwon "Joe" Tate | 2 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/03/2012 | Anderson | SC | 34.473931 | -82.666076 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Josiah shot himself in the head with a .38-caliber handgun in the bedroom of a home he and his mother shared with Anderson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jahwaun Blair. | wyff4.com |
| 21348 | Larry Crawford | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/03/2012 | Detroit | MI | 42.3874753 | -83.184912 | Southfield Police Department, Detroit Police Department |
|
| Larry Crawford reportedly fatally shot Shawanda Spratling, 33, on July 2, then robbed three restaurants. Police said Crawford fled from officers in Southfield. Police pursued Crawford into Detroit. The chase ended on Freeland Street, where Crawford reportedly shot and killed himself while driving. | google.com |
| 11520 | Jesus Rivera | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/03/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.7604267 | -95.3698028 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputies J. Suazo, C. Waller and T. Robinson fatally shot Rivera in relation to a disturbance call involving a man armed with a revolver. | google.com |
| 11531 | Marshall Tobin | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/04/2012 | Vallejo | CA | 38.0990627 | -122.2305799 | Vallejo Police Department |
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| Police were called on a domestic disturbance, caught up with Tobin in a grocery store parking lot. They tasered him, but he pulled a gun, at which point he was shot and killed. | abc7news.com |
| 11529 | Edgar Owens | 46 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/04/2012 | Jamaica | NY | 40.7005878 | -73.8077342 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police |
|
| An obviously mentally disturbed Owens attacked a uniformed MTA officer with a knife, without provocation, stabbing the officer in the left eye and nearly cutting it in half. The officer ordered Owens to stop, Owens lunged again, and he was fatally shot four times. | nypost.com |
| 11530 | Kent Brewer | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 07/04/2012 | Show Low | AZ | 34.2531729 | -110.042623 | Show Low Police Department |
|
| Brewer was shot to death in the chest by officers after he allegedly refused to drop the sword he was "wielding." Officers were responding to a call about a family fight in the apartment. Brewer was pronounced dead on the scene. | azcentral.com |
| 22566 | Michael Lee Lane | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 07/04/2012 | Owensburg | IN | 38.9227039 | -86.752399 | Greene County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Police were investigating a domestic dispute at Michael Lane's home. Greene County deputies James O'Malley and Brad Deckard were both wounded by shotgun fire during the shoot-out. Lane died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, police said. | gcdailyworld.com |
| 11523 | Stephanie Hicks | 20 | Female | African-American/Black | 07/04/2012 | Hazelwood | MO | 38.7720563 | -90.2952012 | Alton Police Department |
|
| Stephanie Hicks allegedly took an officer's gun and shot herself inside a police car on the way to a St. Louis hospital. Hicks' ex-boyfriend had called police and said that Hicks was walking 9.5 miles to a hospital in St. Louis in 105-degree weather. At around 9 a.m., the officer saw Hicks on a bridge and contacted EMS, who reportedly determined that Hicks wasn't suicidal. "She was adamant about going to St. Louis," Alton Police Chief David Hayes said. "So [instead of] allowing her to walk nine-and-a-half miles, our officer asked permission to provide her courtesy transportation to Christian Hospital, which we don't normally do." According to the officer, Hicks "never said a word" while in the car. Hicks sat in the front as the officer drove into St. Louis County. Then, on the service road to MO-367 near Dunn Road, the officer claimed Hicks grabbed his gun, they struggled, and she shot herself in the head. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11527 | William Nazar | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 07/04/2012 | Turlock | CA | 37.4933379 | -120.8070096 | Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Police were responding to a report of an armed suicidal man when Nazar allegedly walked out of his home shooting at officers. Deputy Steve Gerhardt returned fire, killing him. | kcra.com |
| 11528 | Vincent Alvarez | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/04/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2221341 | -110.8941242 | Tucson Police Department |
|
| Vincent Alvarez who advanced on an officer with a large edged weapon was shot and killed by the officer overnight. | kvoa.com |
| 11524 | Clifford R. Karst | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/04/2012 | Vichy | MO | 38.1132615 | -91.7733566 | Missouri State Highway Patrol |
|
| The former boyfriend of a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper killed himself after taking her hostage briefly at gunpoint inside her home, police said. The ex-boyfriend who died has been identified as Clifford R. Karst, 42, of Warrenton. Karst had been with the Missouri Highway Patrol from 1994 to 2007. | stltoday.com |
| 11526 | Fritz Otto Naecker | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 07/04/2012 | Ashton-Sandy Spring | MD | 39.1497526 | -77.0257154 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Police confronted Naecker in the outdoor seating area of a barbecue restaurant because he was armed. He refused to pay any attention to their verbal commands to surrender his weapon, and they fatally shot him. One of three local police shootings within five days, two of them fatal. | washingtonexaminer.com |
| 11536 | Cesar Munive | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/05/2012 | Cicero | IL | 41.8637271 | -87.7667023 | Cicero Police Department |
|
| Officer Donald Garrity shot Cesar Munive in the back after he allegedly pointed a gun at police during a foot chase. According to police, Garrity and other officers responded to a gang fight at about 7 p.m., and said the people there "scattered." Munive ran about a block before allegedly drawing a gun and pointing it at officers. Garrity then shot Munive, killing him. Munive's family filed a lawsuit claiming Munive was unarmed when he was killed, and that police planted a gun on him after the shooting. | suntimes.com |
| 11533 | Peter James Thomas | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 07/05/2012 | San Rafael | CA | 37.948264 | -122.4919218 | San Rafael Police Department |
|
| Peter James Thomas reportedly shot himself inside a San Rafael hotel room during a lengthy police standoff. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11534 | Preston Lawrence Orlando | 3 | Male | European-American/White | 07/05/2012 | Gilroy | CA | 37.0052673 | -121.5952017 | San Jose Police Department |
|
| Three-year-old Preston Orlando reportedly found a .45 caliber handgun forgotten in a wicker drawer by his father, SJPD officer Brandon Orlando, and accidentally shot himself in the head. | mercurynews.com |
| 19289 | Keith Jamarcus Durham | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/05/2012 | Columbia | SC | 34.0383734 | -81.0885537 | Richland County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputy Reginald Grant, while on routine patrol, spotted what he believed to be a domestic situation near the Quality Inn. Lott said Grant approached Keith Durham, 30, to ask him some questions and pat him down, but he ran away. Grant caught up with Durham about 75 yards away. The deputy tried to use his Taser, but a fight started. Durham gained control of the taser and used it on Grant, but the deputy was able to get his Taser back. During the struggle, Grant suffered a knee injury and was bitten. At that point, the deputy shot Durham multiple times, killing him. | wistv.com |
| 19958 | Paul Edward Capps | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 07/06/2012 | Knoxville | TN | 36.0031913 | -83.949111 | Knoxville Police Department |
|
| The E-911 Center received an assault call from a wheelchair-bound woman who said her son was assaulting her. The first officer to arrive on the scene, Brian Leatherwood, was attacked by Paul Capps, 47, when he entered the residence, police said. Capps got Leatherwood's flashlight and was beating him with it when he was shot and killed. | knoxnews.com |
| 11540 | Joshua Salvato | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 07/06/2012 | Summerfield | FL | 28.987385 | -81.9789726 | Marion County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Salvato was stopped while walking alone on country road. Federal judge determined the female deputy had no cause to detain him, but she did and called for backup. After backup arrived, the deputies put Salvato face-down in grass, tried to handcuff him. He struggled, got loose and back-pedaled into road. Female deputy, not in danger, shot him. He was handcuffed and then tasered repeatedly until he bled to death. Grand jury sided with deputies. A civil wrongful death suit led to $2.3 million judgment against the Sheriff's office and deputies. Case number: 5:12-cv-635 | mynews13.com |
| 11539 | James Kirkland Jr. | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/06/2012 | Brent | FL | 30.4842431 | -87.2325936 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Kirkland's mother called his mental health facility for help—he'd had a history of schizophrenia and other mental health issues. They in turn called 911. Responding officers found the legally blind Kirkland distraught and in the front yard with a rifle in hand. He was shot dead. | wkrg.com |
| 11537 | Robert Brazzon | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 07/06/2012 | Newton Falls | OH | 41.1937581 | -80.9785378 | Newton Falls Police Department |
|
| Three people were found dead in a house and another person was shot to death in the town of Newton Falls. The victims included the suspect's girlfriend and a child. Police say they surrounded the suspect, identified as 55-year-old Robert Brazzon of Newton Falls, in a cemetery where he killed himself. | yourohiovalley.com |
| 11541 | Ascension Herrera Jr. | 17 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/07/2012 | Sacramento | CA | 38.4767669 | -121.4774844 | Sacramento Police Department |
|
| An officer shot Ascension Herrera Jr. when he appeared to point a rifle at another officer. | abc10.com |
| 11542 | Juan Pablo Perez Santillan | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/07/2012 | Brownsville | TX | 25.8926643 | -97.5056542 | U.S. Border Patrol |
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| A Border Patrol agent fatally shot Santillan with a scoped rifle as he stood in Matamoros as Santillan gave instructions to people swimming the Rio Grande north to Brownsville. | azcentral.com |
| 11543 | Jeffery Anderson | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 07/07/2012 | Aloha | OR | 45.4683323 | -122.8756448 | Washington County Sheriff's Office |
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| Jeffery David Anderson, 56, of Aloha, was fatally shot by Washington County sheriff's deputies on July 7 after he pointed a loaded rifle at them. Jeffery's wife stated that he was a "severely depressed alchoholic." | oregonlive.com |
| 11544 | Bryan Reyes Havard | 27 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 07/07/2012 | Plentywood | MT | 48.766339 | -104.5280609 | Sheridan County Sheriff's Office |
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| Filipino-born oil field worker Havard, in the middle of Plentywood's civic centennial celebration, led police on an early-morning high-speed chase that ended in the parking lot of a nightclub and casino. Havard emerged from his vehicle with a weapon and engaged officers several times. They fatally shot him. | willistonherald.com |
| 23166 | Stephen Lawrence Knight Jr. | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 07/07/2012 | Bluefield | WV | 37.3017043 | -81.144632 | West Virginia State Police, Bluefield Police Department |
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| Bluefield officers J.W. Murray and R.F. Gibson arrested Steven Lawrence Knight during a traffic stop around 11:47 p.m. They handcuffed Knight, and put him inside a cruiser. According to police, Knight moved his hands in front of him, climbed into the driver's seat and fled. The officers chased Knight until he wrecked the cruiser. Police said Knight fled on foot, then struggled with Murray and Gibson. Trooper JR Coleman reportedly arrived during the struggle, and shot Knight when he allegedly grabbed Murray's gun. Knight was the second person Coburn killed in six months. (He shot Jackie Spaulding Jr. in January 2012.) | wsaz.com |
| 11555 | Adaisha Miller | 24 | Female | African-American/Black | 07/08/2012 | Detroit | MI | 42.374576 | -83.215295 | Detroit Police Department |
|
| Parrish was off-duty, but wearing his gun. While Miller was dancing with him that night, the weapon accidentally discharged, puncturing her lung and striking her in the heart. She died after she was taken to a hospital. | freep.com |
| 11553 | Jamie Renée Fitzgerald | 35 | Female | European-American/White | 07/08/2012 | El Cajon | CA | 32.7937833 | -116.9358913 | El Cajon Police Department |
|
| Police shot and killed Fitzgerald after she pointed a shotgun at them. She had called 911 saying she wanted to turn over the gun. Her sister told reporters she had recently been released from the hospital because of emotional problems. Fitzgerald died in a hospital nearly one week after the shooting. | cbs8.com |
| 11549 | Justin Efrain Beltran | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/08/2012 | Denton | TX | 33.26265 | -97.094713 | Denton Police Department |
|
| Beltran fired his AK-47 into the air during the celebration of his 26th birthday. A neighbor called 911. Beltran, on probation, fled officers by vehicle for several miles. When he stopped and exited his vehicle, he took his rifle with him. Officers fatally shot him after warning him to put it down. | dentonrc.com |
| 11552 | Marquise Sampson | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/08/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7516309 | -87.6387276 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Victim was shot while fleeing the scene of a robbery. He and another man had robbed a Gyros stand. He fled when police attempted to question him. He pulled a gun and was shot by police. His family alleges that he was shot in the back. The other man (his accomplice) was charged with his murder. | suntimes.com |
| 11551 | Robert Elias Aho | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 07/08/2012 | North Branch | MN | 45.500065 | -92.972385 | Chisago County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance at Aho's home. When officers arrived, they learned Aho was inside the house with a gun, and that he had fired shots before they arrived. A garage door opened, and Aho came out, carrying a rifle and a shotgun. Aho had the gun barrels pointed up and "ignored repeated instructions to put the weapons down, and then lowered the barrel of one of the weapons to point at the officers," according to the BCA investigation into the incident. That's when Hussmann fired. | twincities.com |
| 11550 | Nicholas Allen Kaelber | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 07/08/2012 | Alexandria | VA | 38.7286375 | -77.1124245 | Fairfax County Sheriff's Office |
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| Kaelber was one of two young men acting suspiciously near a convenience store near midnight on a Sunday night. Confronted by police, Kaelber is said to have pulled a weapon, and he was shot to death by Officer Edward Carpenter. The family disputed the police narrative. One of three local police shootings within five days, two of them fatal. | washingtonexaminer.com |
| 11557 | Jason Lagueux | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 07/09/2012 | Litchfield | NH | 42.8145068 | -71.4330593 | Litchfield Police Department, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office |
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| Five officers from local and county departments responded to reports of gunshots at a trailer park. On arrival they were confronted with Lagueux standing on his porch with a pistol in his hand, openly challenging officers. He was shot once and killed. | doj.nh.gov |
| 11556 | Rufino Lara | 54 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/09/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.6891652 | -95.5051525 | Houston Police Department |
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| Two officers were responding to a call about assault outside an abandoned store and began to question a group of men there. Florida Rubio, a witness, said she made the call at Lara's request because he feared the other men were going to hurt him. Lara attempted to leave the scene, refusing an officer's commands to turn around or show his hands. The officer claims she gave commands both in English and Spanish (Lara did not speak English). Rubio said she attempted to tell the officers that Lara needed help, but that she was ignored. When Lara did turn around, one hand was in his pocket, and the officer shot him to death. Lara was unarmed. | chron.com |
| 11554 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 07/09/2012 | Highland Park | MI | 42.4175848 | -83.1164266 | Detroit Police Department |
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| At Highland Park, a man began shooting at another man across Hamilton Street. The other man returned fire as Detriot police officers gave at least one shooter an order to drop his gun. One shooter pointed a gun at an officer. He was fatally shot. | myfoxdetroit.com | |
| 11558 | Brandon Jones | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/10/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6196603 | -90.2907122 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a home burglary by three individuals when two of them began shooting at police. In their return fire officers shot Jones to death, while the other two suspects fled and were captured. A SWAT team was also present. | circuitattorney.org |
| 11559 | Karen Day Jackson | 45 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 07/10/2012 | Wichita | KS | 37.6970145 | -97.3090521 | Wichita Police Department |
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| Karen was visiting her husband and seeking reconciliation after an order of protection had been sought. Her husband, Derek Jackson called 911 saying not an emergency but needed clarification about how to void the order. The police came, Derek told them she had mental issues and they arrived at the house and shot Karen in 40 seconds. They claimed she was stabbing herself with a knife and had an empty liquor bottle and beer can in her hands. Karen was disabled and used a hoverround and couldn't pick up her small grandkids. | kansas.com |
| 11562 | Gilberto Roman-Rivera | 57 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/11/2012 | Eustis | FL | 28.876444 | -81.688468 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Roman-Rivera had stalked and killed a female auto parts store clerk for refusing his advances, then returned to a stand of woods near the murder scene. Police spotted him, sitting by a tree with a revolver pointed at himself. When ordered to drop the gun Roman-Rivera instead leveled it at police, and he was fatally shot. | orlandosentinel.com |
| 11561 | Joseph Brooks | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/11/2012 | Stockton | CA | 37.958048 | -121.3385846 | Stockton Police Department, California Highway Patrol |
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| Sgt. Matthew Garlick and patrol officers Gary Donaldson, Anabel Morris, Jared McCall, John Hernandez, James Manor and Bernie Tapia were involved in the shooting death of Joseph Brooks during a gunbattle with Brooks and several other men after a late night pursuit on I-5. Brooks and the other men were suspected of shooting a woman in north Stockton. | kcra.com |
| 11563 | Ernesto Morales | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/11/2012 | Hartford | CT | 41.7591482 | -72.6786243 | Hartford Police Department |
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| Four officers approached three men inside a parked car at an apartment complex around 1 a.m. because of suspicious activity. They ordered the men to show their hands, and Morales (the driver) rammed his car into the police cruiser and then allegedly drove at the officers who were on foot. One officer then shot at the vehicle, which crashed into the apartment building. Morales was killed and the other two men were injured. | nbcconnecticut.com |
| 11560 | Tremayne Marshawn Williams | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/11/2012 | Rialto | CA | 34.0922943 | -117.3485256 | Colton Police Department |
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| Officers Guillermo Bermudez and Michael Farcas shot Tremayne Marshawn Williams after he rammed patrol cars and drove toward the officers with a stolen car. | www.pe.com |
| 11566 | Ronald Melvin Cox | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/12/2012 | Reisterstown | MD | 39.4590149 | -76.8114221 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| Police were serving a search warrant in relation to the attempted murder of a 15-year-old when they encountered Cox at his home, shortly before midnight. Cox's niece was arrested in that house. As a separate matter Cox is said to have confronted police in his upstairs bedroom with a 3-foot sword, and he was shot to death. | baltimoresun.com |
| 11569 | Victor Davila | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/12/2012 | Worcester | MA | 42.260149 | -71.8066923 | Massachusetts State Police |
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| A state trooper found Davila in a stolen Honda Accord after running the license plates. Boxed into a dead-end parking lot, Davila attempted to drive out and apparently threatened to run the trooper down. He was killed with a single shot. Eyewitness account vary as to whether the trooper was actually in danger or not. | bostonglobe.com |
| 11570 | Frank Escribano | 78 | Male | European-American/White | 07/12/2012 | Torrington | CT | 41.8070481 | -73.1105813 | Connecticut State Police |
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| An officer responded to a report of an armed man on the highway. Escribano "charged at the trooper armed with a knife." The officer initially retreated, but eventually felt the needed to shoot him. Escribano was pronounced dead at a local hospital. | ctpost.com |
| 11564 | David Mendez | 68 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/12/2012 | Modesto | CA | 37.6596539 | -120.9618519 | Modesto Police Department |
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| Detective Steve Anderson shot David Mendez when he raised a knife in a threatening manner. | kcra.com |
| 11567 | Steven Wayne Thompson | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 07/12/2012 | Groesbeck | TX | 31.5245947 | -96.5340471 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy served a warrant for Thompson's arrest at a tire shop owned by his family. Thompson resisted arrest, and continued to fight after the deputy shot him with a stun gun. The deputy shot him with a pistol. He died at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. | kxxv.com |
| 21349 | Christopher Charles Burroughs | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 07/12/2012 | Norton Shores | MI | 43.1550514 | -86.2304905 | Norton Shores Police Department |
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| Sgt. Matthew Rhyndress and officers Sara Petrucha and Michael Wasilewski responded shortly after 5 p.m. to a reported assault on Christopher Charles Burroughs' girlfriend, who had run from the home to a neighbors'. The officers set up a perimeter around Burroughs' house and called for backup. Police said Burroughs exited a door near the back of the house carrying a four-foot sword and walked down a handicap-accessible ramp toward Petrucha and Rhyndress while telling them to shoot him. Rhyndress shot Burroughs in his back right shoulder, but he reportedly kept advancing. Rhyndress shot Burroughs twice in the head, and he collapsed. Burroughs died the next day at a hospital without regaining consciousness. | mlive.com |
| 11568 | Nathan Gene Pierce | 32 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 07/12/2012 | Henrietta | TX | 33.8326782 | -98.2613915 | Grayson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Pierce, suffering hallucinations and suicidal, asked to be committed. Corporal Steven Robert Sloan drove him to a hospital. Pierce asked to go to the bathroom at a rest stop. According to authorities, Pierce attacked Corporal Stone, who fatally shot him in the chest. Pierce died after three hours at United Regional Health Care Center. His mother was not notified of his death until a blunt exchange with an officer about five hours later. | texasobserver.org |
| 11574 | Matthew Henderson | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/13/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.017456 | -75.128511 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Henderson was shot to death by officers after getting out of his car with a gun and pointing it at a police sergeant. | philly.com |
| 11571 | Raul Alaniz Jr. | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/13/2012 | Greeley | CO | 40.4166781 | -104.7078582 | Greeley Police Department |
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| After escaping while getting medical attention at a hospital and stealing the officer's gun, Alaniz attempted a carjacking, then a home invasion before shooting and killing himself. | cbslocal.com |
| 11572 | Wayne North | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/13/2012 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7430086 | -84.3940015 | Atlanta Police Department |
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| Shot after police said he pointed a 9mm pistol at officers during a home invasion robbery. Another man taking part in the break-in was also wounded, police said. | myajc.com |
| 11576 | Derick D. Alexander Sr. | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/14/2012 | Columbus | OH | 39.9516486 | -83.0547202 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| Officer Timothy Davis was attempting to arrest Derick Alexander, 51, on domestic-violence charges after Alexander's wife called police from Doctors Hospital to say he had beaten her. Davis confronted Alexander in a garage. Alexander stabbed Davis twice before he was shot and killed. | dispatch.com |
| 11575 | Alex V. Ayala | 53 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/14/2012 | Jurupa Valley | CA | 34.0072103 | -117.4199202 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department |
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| An officer shot Alex Ayala when he made threats during a foot chase. | inlandnewstoday.com |
| 21350 | Jamie Lynn Wilson Dennis | 42 | Female | European-American/White | 07/14/2012 | Ionia | MI | 43.0341735 | -84.9758535 | Michigan Department of Corrections |
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| Jaimie Lynn Wilson Dennis was shot and killed by her husband, Michigan Department of Corrections Officer Robbie Dennis, who then reportedly shot himself in the driveway after calling a family member to say what he had done. Police responded to the scene at around 4:52 p.m. and said both died of single gunshot wounds. | mlive.com |
| 21351 | Rob Dennis | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 07/14/2012 | Ionia | MI | 43.0341735 | -84.9758535 | Michigan Department of Corrections |
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| Jaimie Lynn Wilson Dennis was shot and killed by her husband, Michigan Department of Corrections Officer Robbie Dennis, who then reportedly shot himself in the driveway after calling a family member to say what he had done. Police responded to the scene at around 4:52 p.m. and said both died of single gunshot wounds. | mlive.com |
| 19288 | Devin Taylor | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/14/2012 | Sumter | SC | 33.9721516 | -80.393446 | South Carolina Highway Patrol |
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| Trooper pulled over Devin Taylor for speeding. Taylor failed a field sobriety test but resisted arrest. Trooper used a Taser but was unable to subdue him, so he fired two shots and killed Taylor. | wistv.com |
| 21827 | Devonte' Lezander Jamall Bowman | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/14/2012 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3432427 | -76.6811732 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Devonte Bowman fled from police investigating a report of an armed person. He allegedly showed the gun to Officer Sharod Molock, who shot and killed him. | google.com |
| 11581 | Timmie Williams | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/15/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.908278 | -80.1702484 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| Local police responding to an early-morning fight call at a large party discovered Williams with a knife and another man with knife wounds. Ordered to put down the knife, Williams refused and was shot to death. He'd been out on parole for second-degree murder. | cbslocal.com |
| 11577 | George M. Hall | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 07/15/2012 | Columbus | OH | 39.9526109 | -83.0238956 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| An employee of Mort's Bar stopped officers around 3 a.m. in front of the bar and pointed out a man with a gun, police said. Officers confronted the man, who pointed a gun at them. The officers shot the man multiple times, killing him. | dispatch.com |
| 11582 | Andrew Lee Scott | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 07/15/2012 | Leesburg | FL | 28.833344 | -81.8190808 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Lake County Sheriff's Office deputies shot and killed a man they assumed was an attempted murder suspect on Sunday, but they now know they shot the wrong man. In the early-morning hours, deputies knocked on 26-year-old Andrew Lee Scott's door without identifying themselves as law enforcement officers. | myfoxtampabay.com |
| 11583 | Vanna "Tiny" Sok | 25 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 07/15/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0403621 | -75.124169 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| An SUV pulled up to a street corner and, after a short confrontation, began shooting. Sok, who had a registered gun, fired back at the vehicle. A nearby officer then shot Sok, who had his back turned, without warning from inside a police car, according to several witnesses. Police say the officers stepped out of the car and Sok turned around and pointed the gun at them before they shot him in the head. | policemag.com |
| 11578 | Rex Michael Sherwood | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 07/15/2012 | Dulce | NM | 36.9339142 | -106.9876453 | Jicarilla Apache Tribe Police Department |
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| Rex Michael Sherwood fired about 40 shots at tribal officers after a traffic stop and then fled into the surrounding countryside. Jicarilla Tribal Police then responded to the 64-Express Gas Station in Dulce in reference to a break-in. A witness described the suspect as a tall, thin man, in a blue jacket and backpack carrying a rifle. Jicarilla Tribal Police, New Mexico State Police responded and surrounded the building. Shots were fired from within the building at officers, and two State Police officers and one Jicarilla officer returned fire. A short time later, police sent a robot in and found Sherwood dead of a gunshot. | abqjournal.com |
| 19322 | Manuel Sanchez Jr. | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/16/2012 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1550185 | -95.9637434 | Tulsa Police Department |
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| Tulsa Police say Sanchez first tried to rob a man at a Taco Mayo, but the man drove off. Then Sanchez confronted a woman at the car wash and ran off into the neighborhood, where he attempted a couple of carjackings. Within just a couple of minutes, he was confronted and shot and killed by police. | news9.com |
| 11584 | Jacob Vanderbeek | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 07/16/2012 | Villa Grove | CO | 38.248454 | -105.9490085 | Buena Vista Police Department |
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| After a chase covered about eighty miles across three counties—Lake, Chaffee and Saguache—and engaged six different law enforcement organizations, VanderBeek was stopped and got out of the car with a gun. He was shot and killed. | westword.com |
| 11588 | Name withheld by police | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/17/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.6612956 | -87.6404817 | Chicago Police Department |
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| A three-hour stand-off at a West Pullman home ended when officers reportedly discovered the unidentified 41-year-old resident dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to police, officers arrived to perform a well-being check at around 8:42 p.m. and were shot at. Police said they set up a perimeter and tried to communicate with the person inside. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11589 | Destin A. Thomas | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/17/2012 | Reynoldsburg | OH | 39.9296236 | -82.806431 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| Destin Thomas called 911 when David O'Neal broke into his apartment and confronted him with a gun. Thomas wrestled the gun away from O'Neal and both men ran out of the building. Police arrived and saw Thomas with the gun trained, "dead on him," and shot Thomas (the victim of the break-in, who had summoned police). | dispatch.com |
| 19321 | Shalwan Leshore | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/18/2012 | Del City | OK | 35.4460604 | -97.4423795 | Del City Police Department |
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| Del City police officers responded to reports a man had taken his 6-year-old daughter hostage. About three hours later, the child walked out of the house, and police found the man dead inside of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. | newsok.com |
| 11592 | Joanna Ann Mojica | 26 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 07/18/2012 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4236987 | -82.571444 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| County deputies responding to a reported burglary found Mojica waiting in a getaway car, with an accomplice obviously burglarizing a house. Officers called for her to stop and she did not, reportedly threatening officers with the car. She was fatally shot and her accomplice charged with her killing. | baynews9.com |
| 11593 | Pralith Pralourng | 32 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 07/18/2012 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7961927 | -122.3981898 | San Francisco Police Department |
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| Police called after Pralith attacked a coworker with a box cutter. The police found him on the street, still holding the box cutter. Pralith lunged at an officer who shot him twice in the chest. | sfexaminer.com |
| 11591 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 07/18/2012 | Dacula | GA | 34.0040755 | -83.8793984 | Gwinnett County Police Department |
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| A SWAT standoff with a domestic violence suspect ended after the man shot and killed himself inside his Gwinnett County home, police said. Police have not released the name of the man or his victim, who they said was his estranged wife. | google.com | |
| 11594 | David Miguel Ventura | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/19/2012 | Corona | CA | 33.8828214 | -117.5785664 | Corona Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a report of domestic abuse and a shooting arrived to see a man driving away from the area at high speed. The pursued the man, who eventually jumped out of the moving vehicle holding a handgun, police said. They shot and killed Ventura, who was 34. | abc7.com |
| 11595 | Alfred Dobson | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/19/2012 | Welaka | FL | 29.489845 | -81.6643362 | Putnam County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dobson's aunt called 911 for a welfare check, as he was "acting crazy". He'd recently been given a new medication for his schizophrenia. Three responding county deputies could not get the unarmed Dobson to cooperate, after using Tasers and a baton, and so ended up shooting him nine times. The killing was deemed justified. | jacksonville.com |
| 22192 | Mark Tanouye | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 07/19/2012 | Beachwood | NJ | 39.9408721 | -74.191348 | Beachwood Police Department |
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| Police Sgt. Bruce Harris was on patrol when he spotted Mark Tanouye making a disturbance in the High Velocity Sports Bar parking lot. Tanouye was armed with a small-caliber handgun. Harris shot and killed Tanouye after he ignored orders to drop the weapon. | www.nj.com |
| 19314 | Davano Pouncil | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/19/2012 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1426063 | -95.851123 | Tulsa Police Department |
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| Police were attempting to apprehend Pouncil after an armed robbery at Julia Ann Donut. Officers shot at Pouncil as Pouncil pointed a weapon at them near 14th Street and Garnett Road. His death was ruled a suicide. | tulsaworld.com |
| 11503 | William Henry Long | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 07/20/2012 | Woodstock | VA | 38.8813072 | -78.5125328 | Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office, Woodstock Police Department |
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| Police were called to a house for a domestic disturbance. William Henry Long got into a struggle with police, slashing an officer on the throat with a knife. Long was shot and killed by police. The officer needed stitches but survived. | nvdaily.com |
| 23167 | Craig M. Keith | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 07/20/2012 | Ripley | WV | 38.7609675 | -81.6844433 | West Virginia State Police |
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| Police responded around 2 a.m. to the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro, where Craig M. Keith was drunk and causing problems, then refused to leave when asked. When police arrived, Keith reportedly ran to an SUV and led officers on a chase to Lincoln County, through Kanawha County and into Jackson County. According to police, Keith tried to ram their cruisers during the pursuit, which eventually included officers from multiple agencies. Police deployed spike strips on I-77, stopping the SUV. Keith got out and allegedly refused to obey the officers' commands. Multiple officers shot Keith several times. Keith died en route to the hospital. Police said they believed Keith wanted to die, and called his death "suicide by cop." They didn't say whether or not he was armed. | wsaz.com |
| 11597 | Jose Torres | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/21/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0093637 | -75.0786045 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| An officer shot and killed an armed man during a chase. The officer fired one shot and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. | philly.com |
| 11598 | Michael Leach Jr. | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 07/21/2012 | Old Forge | NY | 43.711226 | -74.970325 | Perry Police Department |
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| Leach was shot by his own father, a police officer retired from the Rochester force as a captain and currently part time in the Perry police force. Leach Sr. mistook his son for a prowler in their shared room at a beach motel. Leach Sr. was noted in Rochester for his 1975 shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old victim of domestic abuse. | copblock.org |
| 11596 | Manuel Angel Diaz | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/21/2012 | Anaheim | CA | 33.845535 | -117.8963662 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| Officers saw Diaz talking to two men in a vehicle and, thinking the activity suspicious, approached the car. The car drove off and the officers pursued Diaz on foot, eventually shooting him. Diaz was unarmed. This incident sparked several days of unrest and conflict between police and protesters in the city. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11607 | Joel Acevedo | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/22/2012 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8140971 | -117.9124109 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| Officers were pursuing a stolen car when three suspects ran from the vehicle. They shot Acevedo to death after he allegedly fired at them while they chased him on foot. This incident marked the second police killing in Anaheim in under 48 hours, continuing the protesting and unrest sparked by the first killing. | ocweekly.com |
| 11605 | Javon Neal | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/22/2012 | Tampa | FL | 27.9666984 | -82.4557541 | Tampa Police Department |
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| Local undercover police responding to a man-with-a-gun call observed Neal, who they say matched their description, in the outdoor stairwells of the apartment building. Neal refused to comply with their orders, appeared to have a weapon, and was fatally shot. The incident became controversial with police reluctant to release video evidence. | cltampa.com |
| 11602 | Danny L. Walsh | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 07/22/2012 | Kansas City | MO | 38.9199379 | -94.593008 | Kansas City (MO) Police Department |
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| Walsh was shot to death by officers after aiming a rifle at them. Police were responding to a report of shots fired. | fox4kc.com |
| 11601 | Tracy Mays | 29 | Female | European-American/White | 07/22/2012 | Westchester | IL | 41.8424551 | -87.8946414 | Illinois State Police |
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| Off-duty trooper Brian Himber, 31, reportedly killed former girlfriend Tracy Mays at a graduation party shortly after midnight. Himber then attempted to kill himself, but wasn't successful. Himber was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison. | patch.com |
| 11606 | Brandon Payne | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/22/2012 | Lynn | MA | 42.4730955 | -70.9359647 | Lynn Police Department, Massachusetts State Police |
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| Payne had an extensive criminal record of felonies and was among a group of men observed exchanging firearms in public. Police chased his vehicle, he was said to ram a police car with his car, and he was struck by two bullets. | boston.com |
| 11600 | Richard Andrew Glanzman | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 07/22/2012 | Santa Cruz | CA | 36.9671687 | -122.0100839 | Santa Cruz Police Department |
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| Richard Andrew Glanzman reportedly killed himself after he attacked a neighbor and prompted a standoff with police. | ksbw.com |
| 11603 | Abraham Mesino Benitez | 42 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/22/2012 | Cason | TX | 33.038736 | -94.8149313 | Titus County Sheriff's Office |
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| Benitez, drunk, threatened family members with a gun, then left the residence. A family member called 911. Deputies found a safe place for the family, then confronted Benitez when he returned home. He returned home from a wooded area and refused deputies' orders to drop his gun. He was fatally shot. | news-journal.com |
| 19781 | Craig Douglas Vilsack | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 07/22/2012 | Tampa | FL | 27.9894972 | -82.3445502 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a 911 call about a man shooting a gun and threatening to commit suicide. They arrived at 6:13 p.m. at the Paradise Village Mobile Home Park to find Craig Douglas Vilsack sitting on his porch holding a handgun and drinking. While Deputy Teddy Lynn talked with Vilsack he began pacing and waving the gun. He came within 10 feet of the deputy and pointed the weapon. Lynn and Deputies Katherine Gabel, Jeremy Goff and William Irvin opened fire striking him four times and killing him. | tampabay.com |
| 11610 | Edward J. Mehlberger Jr. | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 07/23/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.067497 | -75.2339578 | Warminster Township Police Department |
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| An off-duty officer shot and killed one of two burglars in his home | philly.com |
| 11611 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 07/23/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0403621 | -75.124169 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Officers in a marked squad car witnessed a man shooting at a vehicle. When the officers announced themselves the man pointed his gun at them. One officer fired once, striking the man in the head. He was taken to a hospital where he died of his injury. | cbslocal.com | |
| 23243 | Charles Scooter McCraven | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 07/23/2012 | Drummonds | TN | 35.461841 | -89.955278 | Tipton County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies Ryan Magee and Tyler Huesling responded to a domestic disturbance call at 1653 Pryor Road, in Drummonds. On the scene, deputies were advised by Krystle Henry of a verbal altercation between her and her boyfriend, Charles Scooter McRaven. Henry requested that the deputies escort her to their residence. McCraven met police at the door with a shotgun and was shot and killed. | wreg.com |
| 11608 | Lonnie Badgett | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 07/23/2012 | Dobson | NC | 36.3906432 | -80.7227726 | Dobson Police Department |
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| A 1 a.m. 911 from Badgett's wife brought local police to their house. She'd complained of a man with a gun inside the house, and she'd met officers at the door, bleeding from a head wound, just before Badgett himself appeared and fired on the police. He managed to shoot and wound one of them before being shot to death. | journalpatriot.com |
| 11612 | Henry Patterson | 55 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/23/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.7381258 | -80.3226822 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| Patterson, former civilian police employee, was "well-known in the neighborhood and regarded as disagreeable." Local police visited his residence to serve him a warrant for aggravated stalking. He met them at the door with a gun, which he refused to put down. He was fatally shot. | nbcmiami.com |
| 11609 | Andy Puente Soto | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/23/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.0504708 | -114.9944864 | Henderson Police Department |
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| The Criminal Apprehension Team was trying to arrest Andy Puente Soto in a murder case when he sped away in his car. After his car became disabled at Boulder Highway and Warm Springs Road, Soto tried to carjack another motorist before she drove away. When officers ordered Soto to show his hands, he turned with his hand in his waistband as if he had a weapon, prompting Henderson police officers to fire. Soto was unarmed. | google.com |
| 11613 | Tracy L Dear | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/24/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.8424478 | -95.2063778 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 3 |
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| Deputy constables served a warrant on Dear at his home. They were surprised by the suspect, holding a flashlight, in his garage. One deputy constable fatally shot him. | khou.com |
| 11614 | James Germon Harper | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/24/2012 | Dallas | TX | 32.763469 | -96.733596 | Dallas Police Department |
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| Three officers surrounded a house where a kidnapping had falsely been alleged. They chased four people who left the building. Officer Brian Rowden chased James Harper, trying to subdue him three times as they jumped over three fences. Rowden lost his handcuffs when Harper escaped during the second fight. The two jumped a third fence and grappled at a corral, where Harper said, "You're gonna have to kill me." Rowden broke away, drew his weapon and fatally shot Harper, who was unarmed. | myfoxdfw.com |
| 28544 | Timothy Patrick Devine | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 07/24/2012 | Groton | CT | 41.3175768 | -72.0637518 | Connecticut State Police, Groton Police Department |
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| After being notified police wished to interview him regarding sexual contact with teenage boys, Timothy Devine withdrew money for his funeral and went to the sea where he held off police. When they shot him with rubber bullets, he shot and killed himself. | theday.com |
| 11617 | Eric Burbank | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/25/2012 | Corona | CA | 33.893279 | -117.522767 | Corona Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a report of a man threatening neighbors at an apartment complex and began to chase Burbank, who matched the caller's description. Police say they saw Burbank pull a handgun from his waistband, and they shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 22193 | Steven McCrae | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/25/2012 | Newark | NJ | 40.7535125 | -74.185733 | Essex County Department of Corrections |
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| An unidentified off-duty corrections officer fatally shot Steven McCrae who the officer said tried to carjack him in Newark. The two exchanged gunfire, and both suffered gunshot wounds. | nj1015.com |
| 11618 | Julius Richard Larrance | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/25/2012 | Clearwater | FL | 27.9758744 | -82.7917747 | Clearwater Police Department |
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| Ex-con Larrance with outstanding warrants for a variety of offenses reportedly opened fire on local police unprompted. They returned fire. Larrance retreated to his unit of an apartment complex. He was found dead there later. | patch.com |
| 11615 | Mark A. Peter | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/25/2012 | Salina | KS | 38.8343756 | -97.6200098 | Salina Police Department |
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| Mark A. Peter reportedly committed suicide in his bathtub during a four-hour standoff with police who'd responded to a report of a suicidal person. Police said a negotiator spoke with Peter briefly after officers arrived, but that officers weren't able to establish meaningful communication with him. At about 8 a.m., sent a robot with a camera inside and found Peter in his tub dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. | hutchpost.com |
| 11616 | Richard Heeter | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 07/25/2012 | O'Fallon | MO | 38.7583953 | -90.7755809 | St. Charles County Sheriff's Office, St. Louis County Police Department |
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| Officers shot Richard Heeter after a manhunt that began after he reportedly shot two deputies and ended when he stabbed another officer. According to police, Heeter had gone to a residence near to collect a debt at around 1 a.m. Neighbors called police to report gunfire and screams coming from the home. Deputies were reportedly ambushed by Heeter as they approached. One deputy was shot in the wrist and a second officer was hit in the arm. Heeter fled and a manhunt began that lasted the rest of the night. After 5 a.m., officers encountered Heeter back on Circle Drive. Heeter allegedly lunged at them with a knife hidden behind his back, stabbing one officer in the shoulder. The officers opened fire, killing Heeter. | riverfronttimes.com |
| 11619 | Jamie Lee Seeger | 27 | Female | European-American/White | 07/25/2012 | Crystal River | FL | 28.9044563 | -82.5470788 | Citrus County Sheriff's Office |
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| Similar to the better-known case of Rachel Hoffman, police pressed Seeger into service as a drug "informant" (actually undercover agent) to avoid her own narcotics charges. After her name became public record, she began to be suspected by narcotics figures and received threats. Turning to the sheriff's case managers for some kind of protection, she was turned down, and was shot dead in her car about a month later. Her family filed a wrongful death suit against the county. | tampabay.com |
| 11621 | Jim Kenneth Bailey | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 07/26/2012 | Pendleton | IN | 40.0037337 | -85.7354548 | Pendleton Police Department |
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| Jim Kenneth Bailey showed up at his estranged wife's house heavily armed, with a gas mask and flak jacket, and began shooting. One of his shots killed John Neal Shull simply driving by in his pickup. A local SWAT force contained Bailey and later found him with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two officers were also wounded and a police dog killed (by friendly fire). | nbcnews.com |
| 11622 | John Neal Shull | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 07/26/2012 | Pendleton | IN | 40.0037168 | -85.7323578 | Pendleton Police Department |
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| Jim Kenneth Bailey showed up at his estranged wife's house heavily armed, with a gas mask and flak jacket, and began shooting. One of his shots killed John Neal Shull simply driving by in his pickup. A local SWAT force contained Bailey and later found him with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two officers were also wounded and a police dog killed (by friendly fire). | nbcnews.com |
| 11624 | Mitchell Allen Trivette | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 07/26/2012 | Boone | NC | 36.258865 | -81.575169 | Watauga County Sheriff's Office |
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| Open 911 call received, officers responded. Trivette shot and killed one officer, Deputy William Mast. Trivette in turn was killed by Mast's partner, Preston Russell. | hcpress.com |
| 11623 | Dawayne Lavar Grant Sr. | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/26/2012 | Akron | OH | 41.0434441 | -81.5094145 | Akron Police Department |
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| An Akron man was shot and killed by police early Thursday after leading officers on a short chase and drawing a pistol on them in a Firestone Park neighborhood, authorities said. | wkyc.com |
| 11620 | Steven W. Sanchez | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 07/26/2012 | Baton Rouge | LA | 30.4185798 | -91.0972089 | Louisiana State University Police Department, Baton Rouge Police Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Steven W. Sanchez reportedly shot himself following a high-speed police chase. The chase began at around 4 p.m. on the LSU campus when a black Ford Ranger pickup driven by Sanchez crashed through barricades, according to LSU police. City police and sheriff's deputies pursued Sanchez as he left the campus and followed him onto the interstate. Sanchez crashed at the Essen Lane exit, after police deployed spike strips. Police said Sanchez then shot himself in the head at the scene. | google.com |
| 11629 | James Lockhart III | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 07/27/2012 | Lawrence | IN | 39.8977223 | -85.9406162 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Lawrence Police Department |
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| An officer was pursuing a car that refused to stop for a traffic stop when the driver, Lockhart, reportedly shot at the officer through his windshield, striking him. Lockhart fled and allegedly shot at other officers who pursued him and eventually shot him to death. | lawofficer.com |
| 11627 | Alfredo Hector Aragon | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/27/2012 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4585552 | -98.6527681 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Aragon was fatally shot in front of his house at 3 a.m. by an undercover officer. Aragon's ex-girlfriend had appealed to the officer for help; she'd been wounded in a rolling firefight as she rode in the officer's car chasing Aragon. It later emerged that the officer was the woman's lover, he was drinking on duty that night, and he'd lied about all this under oath. The officer was suspended with no criminal charges. Aragon's family sued. | mysanantonio.com |
| 11630 | Edgar Garcia | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/28/2012 | Santa Paula | CA | 34.3537296 | -119.0575216 | Santa Paula Police Department |
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| Officer Hector Ramirez shot and killed Edgar Garcia after he shot at Ramirez and reserve officer Chad Peplinski. | santapaulatimes.com |
| 11636 | Chavis Chacobie Carter | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/28/2012 | Jonesboro | AR | 35.8316156 | -90.6959479 | Jonesboro Police Department |
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| Police claim that he pulled the trigger even though he was handcuffed and shot on the right side of the head. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11633 | Joseph Davis | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 07/28/2012 | Turlock | CA | 37.4492869 | -120.7910405 | Turlock Police Department |
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| Pazin says Turlock police ended the life of 29-year-old Joseph Davis after they say he led them on a chase. Eventually he tried to carjack another driver on Bradbury Road and Highway 99. | mercedsunstar.com |
| 11635 | Billy Wayne Simms | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 07/28/2012 | Portland | OR | 45.5928601 | -122.7326856 | Portland Police Bureau |
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| In a high-risk traffic stop following a "shots fired" call, a Portland Police Bureau officer shot and killed Billy Wayne Simms, 28. | portlandmercury.com |
| 11637 | Kenneth Girardot | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 07/28/2012 | Glendale | AZ | 33.5128427 | -112.1863168 | Glendale Police Department |
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| Officer Justin Penrose spotted a stolen vehicle occupied by two men in a fast food parking lot and called for backup. As backup arrived, the driver began to try and drive out of the parking lot. When the car came toward him, Penrose shot and killed the driver, Girardot. | glendaleaz.com |
| 20774 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 07/29/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9175841 | -75.1675794 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Police said a woman fired several shots then went inside a residence. Police declared a barricade situation. After police gained entry, they found the woman inside, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. | metro.us | |
| 11640 | Charles Ronald Conner | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 07/29/2012 | Early | TX | 31.807237 | -98.936515 | Early Police Department |
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| Connor fatally shot two people at a trailer park after an argument. Sergeant Steven Means arrived on the scene. Connor shot at him, using an oak tree for cover and as a rest for his scoped .30-30 rifle. Vic Stacy, a welder, saw Connor shooting at Sergeant Means, who hid behind his vehicle, looking for his shooter. Stacy shot Connor in the thigh with a .357 magnum Colt Python at a distance of 150 feet. Connor fell, exposing himself as he turned to face Stacy. Sergeant Means fatally shot Connor. | policemag.com |
| 11641 | Gregory Martinez Hughes | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/30/2012 | Tupelo | MS | 34.2036683 | -88.7211743 | Tupelo Police Department |
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| Two officers responded to a report of shots fired. Hughes reportedly fired a shot at an officer, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. | djournal.com |
| 11643 | Jose Naveja | 71 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/30/2012 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.9829031 | -120.4352536 | Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |
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| Jose Naveja allegedly told the sergeant he was armed and had guns in his vehicle, and ultimately led deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and Santa Maria police officers on a slow pursuit. Jose Naveja stopped his car at the north end of Preisker Lane and threw several guns out of his car, Then he allegedly got out of his vehicle, picked up a gun and confronted officers, who fired multiple shots and killed the man.` | santamariatimes.com |
| 19935 | Eugene Ray Holder | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/30/2012 | Paris | KY | 38.2155615 | -84.2592481 | Paris Police Department |
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| Holder was the subject of a domestic violence complaint. A woman who had been inside the home was injured, police said. Officer Kevin Anderson was the first officer to respond. He found Holder standing in the doorway with a weapon. Holder and Anderson apparently got into a fight, and Anderson shot and killed him. | kentucky.com |
| 11642 | Neil Newcomb | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 07/30/2012 | Laurel | MS | 31.7824161 | -89.1486515 | Flagler County Sheriff's Office |
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| Newcomb died during a 14-hour standoff at his home that began when deputies following up on an earlier domestic disturbance report discovered that Newcomb had shot his son-in-law (he survived). Newcomb also shot his wife (she survived) and daughter (she was killed) at some point during the standoff. A deputy was also critically injured by a blast of buckshot during the first attempt to enter the house. | wapt.com |
| 11646 | Jonathan Blankenship | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 07/31/2012 | Baltimore | MD | 39.337524 | -76.641323 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| The officer was responding to a 911 call about a violent fight at a Weldon Place home. Inside, he encountered a man and woman struggling. Neighbors say the woman is pregnant. The man turned on the officer and attacked him. A knife was nearby. | cbslocal.com |
| 11647 | Kevin C. Ryberg | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 07/31/2012 | Denver | CO | 39.770631 | -104.9148267 | Denver Police Department |
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| Officers had arrested a man for weapons and drug charges and were transporting him handcuffed inside a vehicle. The man allegedly was able to remove the cuffs and began to attack the officer driving the car. An officer driving behind them stopped to help, and Ryberg was shot to death. | westword.com |
| 11649 | Gerardo Delgado | 56 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/31/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.7482239 | -80.2933897 | Miami-Dade Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| As officers approach a suspected marijuana grow house, Delgado gets out of the car and starts shooting, wounding an officer before getting shot and killed. | miamiherald.com |
| 11650 | Hector Lara | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/31/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4657807 | -112.0248354 | Surprise Police Department |
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| Officers from a "multi-agency task force" were executing a search warrant when a suspect allegedly opened fire. Officers fired back and the man was shot to death. | myfoxphoenix.com |
| 11644 | Rudy L. Arias | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/31/2012 | Hemet | CA | 33.7457119 | -116.9716691 | Hemet Police Department |
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| Officers Timothy McGinnis and Susana Barron shot Rudy L. Arias, who pointed a gun at them following a carjacking and foot chase. | www.pe.com |
| 11648 | Trevor Michael Taylor | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/31/2012 | Highland | CA | 34.1285669 | -117.2235281 | Colton Police Department |
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| After a high-speed chase through three towns, officers blocked the car in. Taylor first raised his hands then ducked for something. Officers shot him to death, but he didn't have a weapon. | sbcountyda.org |
| 11652 | Charlene McNally Fears | 38 | Female | European-American/White | 08/01/2012 | Buffalo | NY | 42.9575008 | -78.9036936 | Buffalo Police Department |
|
| Fears was discovered with a bloodstained butcher knife in each hand which she refused to drop. She'd just stabbed and seriously wounded her own 4-year-old grandson. Police shot her twice in the midsection, which killed her. The boy died in the hospital shortly afterward. | buffalonews.com |
| 11651 | Marcus Wade Madison | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 08/01/2012 | Big Lake | TX | 31.2004028 | -101.4615623 | Reagan County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputy Josh Mitchell spoke to Madison about a complaint. Madison fatally shot Deputy Mitchell and barricaded himself into his house. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded during a 17-hour standoff that ended when Madison shot himself in the face, walked out the front door of the house and turned himself in. He died days later. | dallasnews.com |
| 11654 | Robert "Robby" McMurtry | 50 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 08/01/2012 | Morris | OK | 35.552624 | -95.883577 | Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office |
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| An officer spotted McMurtry in the yard; he had a machete with him. Deputies attempted to talk with him, but McMurtry became more agitated and ran at the deputies. One deputy attempted to Taser McMurtry, but apparently he didn't make a good connection. The other deputy had his gun drawn and shot McMurtry. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | duncanbanner.com |
| 11653 | Robert Anthony Day | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/01/2012 | Warren | MI | 42.4634914 | -83.0320014 | Warren Police Department |
|
| Five officers responded to a 911 call that Day held a .380-caliber pistol to the head of a man who refused to pay for the services of a prostitute. Day was told to drop his weapon, but shot at officers as he left the building, hitting one. He was killed by gunfire. | wxyz.com |
| 11657 | Michael Craig Berger | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/02/2012 | Fair Oaks | CA | 38.6545475 | -121.2876462 | Sacramento County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers executing an arrest warrant shot and killed Berger when he exited his garage holding a long-barreled shotgun. | sacbee.com |
| 11656 | Joshua Burchell | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 08/02/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1241305 | -115.0757425 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
|
| An FBI agent with the Criminal Apprehension Team shot Joshua Burchell while trying to arrest him on a murder warrant at Arizona Charlie's. Burchell had brandished a weapon before he was shot. He died at the hospital. | reviewjournal.com |
| 11655 | Robert Padilla Reyes | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/02/2012 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.8813935 | -120.4974279 | Santa Maria Police Department |
|
| Police shot and killed Robert Padilla Reyes when he brandished a fake pistol after a high-speed chase through Santa Maria, Nipomo and Guadalupe. | countyofsb.org |
| 11661 | Justin Lloyd Abrahamson | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/03/2012 | Anchorage | AK | 61.277583 | -149.631584 | Anchorage Police Department |
|
| Suspect led police on car chase when officers attempted to pull his vehicle over for failing to signal a turn. Suspect allegedly advanced on officers with a raised baseball bat. Suspect was shot and killed after a taser did not stop him. | ktuu.com |
| 11659 | Javier Ortiz | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/03/2012 | Palmdale | CA | 34.5826227 | -118.121868 | Los Angeles Police Department |
|
| Deputies reported that they responded to a call from Ortiz' family that he was acting violently and seemed to be on drugs. Concurrently, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and his fiancee reported being attacked by Ortiz with a pipe. When deputies confronted Ortiz, they said he fought with them, grabbed one of their guns and shot in the air, at which point the deputy whose gun Ortiz had, fired shots at Ortiz with his backup gun, killing him. Several people were treated at the hospital for injuries. | latimes.com |
| 11660 | Kenneth Roedig | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 08/03/2012 | Green Township | OH | 39.1793452 | -84.6573826 | Green Township Police Department |
|
| Officers responded to a report that Roedig was intoxicated, had been asked to leave a neighbor's party, and had subsequently fired shots at the neighbor's house. When officers arrived at Roedig's home he threatened suicide. A special response team was called to assist. Roedig was fatally shot when he stepped out of his home and pointed a rifle at officers. | wlwt.com |
| 11662 | Joseph Evitts | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 08/04/2012 | Fayetteville | GA | 33.510943 | -84.525173 | Fayette County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Shot when he refused deputies' orders to drop the knife he was holding to a friend's neck in his front yard. The friend had called 911 to say Evitts was threatening him. The two men had been drinking beer and bourbon after rain curtailed their plans to go fishing. | myajc.com |
| 11663 | Deborah Jo Day | 55 | Female | Race unspecified | 08/04/2012 | Madison | AL | 34.7245938 | -86.7507631 | Madison County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Officers were responding to calls from neighbors who said that Day had threatened to shoot them with a handgun. Officers said they found Day armed, and they shot her to death after she refused to drop the weapon. Day had a long history of mental illness, according to the forensic examiner. | waff.com |
| 20773 | Lagene Lawson | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/04/2012 | Cranberry Township | PA | 40.6882941 | -80.08086 | Adams Township Police Department, Cranberry Township Police Department |
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| Driving a stolen car, Lagene Lawson was fleeing from a domestic dispute when he sped through Adams Township and into Cranberry. There, using a stolen handgun, he fired a single bullet into his head, killing himself. The car crashed through the glass front entrance of the Lane Bryant, causing extensive damage. | patch.com |
| 20731 | Wade Michael Page | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 08/05/2012 | Oak Creek | WI | 42.9079802 | -87.9084347 | Oak Creek Police Department |
|
| Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others in a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Page committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after he was shot in the stomach by a responding police officer. | jsonline.com |
| 11665 | Jimmy Dean Cash | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/05/2012 | Catawba | NC | 35.696259 | -81.055404 | Catawba County Sheriff's Office |
|
| With his wife at home, Cash threatened suicide and also threatened to shoot any police officers who came to stop him. His wife called the police. Responding officers found Cash armed, uncooperative and menacing. He was fatally shot. | wxii12.com |
| 11664 | Ralph Robles | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/05/2012 | Brawley | CA | 32.9752968 | -115.5199066 | Brawley Police Department |
|
| Police shot Ralph Robles when he shot at them. | wordpress.com |
| 11667 | Taurus Santonio Brooks | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/06/2012 | Athens | GA | 33.9400658 | -83.4491278 | Athens-Clarke County Police Department |
|
| Officers responded to an apartment complex, formerly called The Park on West Broad, on a woman's complaint that Brooks was bothering her and that he was armed, according to police. Brooks left the apartment and got into a car driven by a woman who drove him there. The driver refused to stop after the officers activated their blue lights and sirens, but the woman abruptly stopped near Omega Bar when she realized Brooks had a gun. She jumped out of the car just before Brooks shot himself in the head and was immediately killed. | onlineathens.com |
| 11669 | Monta Cordell Fizer | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/07/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.6496294 | -95.5468888 | Houston Police Department |
|
| A woman called police, saying that her husband, Fizer, was threatening her at her workplace. Officers responded, confronting Fizer as he gave up entering his wife's locked workplace and returned to his cab. Officer J.M. McPhail fatally shot Fizer when he refused an order to leave the cab, then sprang out with his hand behind his back. A gun was recovered at the scene. | khou.com |
| 11675 | Billy Ray Retherford | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 08/08/2012 | North Fort Myers | FL | 26.7041412 | -81.8878326 | U.S. Marshals Service |
|
| Multiple murder suspect Retherford was sought and found at his duplex by multiple police agencies, led by Lee County Sheriff's Department. He was killed in an early-morning shootout. | naplesnews.com |
| 11674 | Jonte Loven House | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/08/2012 | Long Beach | CA | 33.8378509 | -118.1770248 | Long Beach Police Department |
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| It was reported that House was a part of a robbery of a Rite-Aid, and that officers shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11673 | DeVante Brown | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/08/2012 | Lafayette | LA | 30.1788469 | -92.0160563 | Lafayette City Marshal's Office, Lafayette Police Department |
|
| DeVante Brown was fatally shot by deputy marshal Phil Conrad when he allegedly exchanged shots with Conrad following a foot pursuit that began with a suspected narcotics transaction. Just before 3 p.m., Conrad responded to a call for assistance from Lafayette police, who involved in a foot pursuit with Brown. Brown was reportedly a suspect in a narcotics transaction that had just taken place. The officers chased Brown to the 100 block Shamrock Drive. When Conrad arrived, he located Brown, who allegedly produced a handgun and exchanged shots with the deputy. Brown was struck multiple times, and transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. | crowleypostsignal.com |
| 11671 | Miguel Martinez | 49 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2012 | Abilene | TX | 32.4690243 | -99.7367711 | Abilene Police Department |
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| Martinez broke into his estranged wife's house and confronted her, armed with a handgun. She called 911. Officers Gabe Thompson and Sterling Riddle responded. According to the officers, Martinez pointed the handgun at them. They shot at Martinez, striking him a total of six times. According to an autopsy, alcohol and drugs were in his system. | gosanangelo.com |
| 11672 | Elijah Haggerty | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/08/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4145899 | -93.7565149 | Shreveport Police Department |
|
| Police shot and killed Elijah Haggerty after they reportedly encountered him with a shotgun. Haggerty allegedly shot Jolette Frazier, 28. Police said when they arrived at the home, they found Frazier outside suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso. Police said they shot Haggerty after they encountered him with a shotgun inside the house. | ksla.com |
| 11670 | Dennis Allen Clore | 54 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/08/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1287748 | -117.3160338 | San Bernardino Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed Dennis Allen Clore after he threatened them with a baseball bat. | sandiegouniontribune.com |
| 23244 | Joseph Allan Weeks | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 08/08/2012 | Morristown | TN | 36.225861 | -83.306769 | Morristown Police Department |
|
| Joseph Allan Weeks was killed in the driveway of a home where officers found him struggling over a gun with his girlfriend, police said. Officers went to the house after the girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter called E-911 to report her mother's boyfriend was threatening suicide. He was told to stop struggling and was shot and killed. | google.com |
| 11681 | James Lamont Green | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/09/2012 | New Castle | DE | 39.7073607 | -75.5608773 | New Castle County Police Department |
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| After a traffic stop, police said that Green both reached for a weapon and accelerated toward an officer. He was shot to death. Green's family, witnesses to the event, disputed the police account and denied any traffic stop. | delawareonline.com |
| 11676 | Gustavo Pedro Moreno | 57 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/09/2012 | Vacaville | CA | 38.3504636 | -121.9953267 | Vacaville Police Department |
|
| An officer shot Gustavo Pedro Moreno when he charged at him with a knife in front of the Vacaville Police Department. | cbslocal.com |
| 11679 | Damaris Jaramillo | 22 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 08/09/2012 | Homestead | FL | 25.471056 | -80.4624888 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
|
| Jaramillo was one of a group of five amateur kidnappers, ranging in age from 26 to 17, who took two 17- and 19—year-old boys hostage in a trailer park for a $250K ransom. The family went to the police, the police staged a raid, Jaramillo appeared with a gun in her hand, and she was fatally shot. The two boys reported that they'd been beaten and tortured. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11678 | David James Hogan | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/09/2012 | Ackley | IA | 42.545368 | -93.0533389 | Ackley Police Department, Hardin County Sheriff's Office |
|
| At about 8 a.m. APD officers and HCSO deputies went to arrest David James Hogan for domestic abuse and violation of a no-contact order. Police said Hogan was armed when he met the officers at the door, so they retreated and called for backup and negotiators. About four hours later, the officers reportedly heard a single gunshot and found Hogan dead inside the home with an apparent self-inflicted head wound. | news8000.com |
| 11680 | Hassan Pratt | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/09/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9504619 | -75.235062 | Philadelphia Police Department |
|
| Police were attempting a traffic stop when two men fled on foot and the driver fled in the vehicle. After a foot chase, an officer caught up to one suspect and a struggle ensued. The suspect allegedly reached for the officer's taser, and the officer shot the man two times, killing him. | philly.com |
| 11677 | Noel Japel Heard | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/09/2012 | Conyers | GA | 33.6953015 | -84.0414662 | Rockdale County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A deputy was serving a search warrant on a business on General Arts when he noticed a suspicious vehicle. When the deputy turned around his patrol car to observe the other vehicle, the driver quickly sped off, overturning on Farmer Road near Rockbridge Road. According to police, the deputy rounded a bend in the road in time to see Heard crawl out of the vehicle and run behind a house. The deputy heard a shot and found him dead with a gunshot wound to the head. | google.com |
| 21828 | Percy Holland | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/09/2012 | Columbia | MD | 39.176611 | -76.823834 | Howard County Police Department |
|
| Police wanted Percy Holland with regard to a domestic dispute. He refused to show police his hands when they tried to arrest him at a friend's house, and he was shot and killed. | google.com |
| 20732 | Keith Allen Gabriel | 61 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/10/2012 | Appleton | WI | 44.2712918 | -88.4049877 | Appleton Police Department |
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| Sgt. Greg Pieper shot and killed Keith Gabriel after he refused to follow the officer's orders to drop his gun. Police said Gabriel had a Colt .45 handgun in his hand and started turning toward Pieper when he was killed. The officer was investigating a report of illegal fireworks, police said. | jsonline.com |
| 11685 | Divonte Young | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/10/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7793512 | -87.6702871 | Chicago Police Department |
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| A narcotics officer doing neighborhood surveillance saw Young open fire on two other people, without result. Confronted, Young refused to drop his weapon, and was fatally shot. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11684 | Dennis Riley | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/10/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2780837 | -110.9610461 | Tucson Police Department |
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| A man was shot and killed by officers responding to reports of him assaulting a woman and pointing a gun at someone in their car. | azstarnet.com |
| 11683 | James Edwin Hattersley | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 08/10/2012 | Columbus | OH | 40.0938133 | -82.9880705 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| Hattersley, 28, threatened his wife and a hotel worker before police arrived. Police said that Hattersley pointed a gun at them as they exited an elevator, and they shot and killed him. | 10tv.com |
| 11686 | Donald Keith O'Fallon | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 08/10/2012 | Little Rock | AR | 34.762518 | -92.368242 | Little Rock Police Department |
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| Shot and killed by officers responding to a domestic dispute call. | arktimes.com |
| 11688 | Christopher Middleton | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/11/2012 | Maywood | IL | 41.8781259 | -87.8339629 | Chicago Police Department |
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| An off-duty Chicago police officer on a motorcycle laid down his bike to avoid hitting a 4-year-old girl who'd darted out into the street. The sliding bike struck the girl anyway. The girl's father, Middleton, approached the officer angrily, and the officer shot Middleton dead. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11690 | Darrius H. Kennedy | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/11/2012 | New York City | NY | 40.7572529 | -73.9867678 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Times Square performer Kennedy typically dressed as a ninja and would do backflips for tourist tips. Mid-afternoon on a Saturday Kennedy was engaged by officers for publically smoking marijuana. Pepper-sprayed six times on a slow-walk pursuit he pulled an 11-inch IKEA kitchen knife, reportedly threatened officers with it, and was shot to death. | dailymail.co.uk |
| 11687 | Cjavar "Dee-Jay" Galmon | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/11/2012 | Tangipahoa | LA | 30.8747749 | -90.5120284 | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy William Phebus reportedly shot and killed Cjavar "Dee-Jay" Galmon by accident. At around 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a fight outside Club 81 (Galmon wasn't involved in the fight). Phebus and other deputies were apparently attempting to arrest someone else for illegally carrying a concealed weapon in the parking lot when Galmon was shot. "He [Galmon] was approaching the police to help them. He was telling them you've got the wrong person. You've got the wrong person. He had his hands in the air when the officer turned and shot him point blank, and he fell. When he hit the ground, he still had his hands above his head," said Galmon's family attorney Donna Grodner. Sheriff Edwards said, "We have no reason at this time to believe that this 18-year-old did anything wrong and certainly, I want to make that clear. He was unarmed. I'm not saying he violated any laws whatsoever." Galmon was pronounced dead at the scene. | fox8live.com |
| 11694 | Bobby Joe Moore III | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/12/2012 | Little Rock | AR | 34.7522017 | -92.4214868 | Little Rock Police Department |
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| Moore and two other teens were in a stolen vehicle when they allegedly attempted to run down a police officer. The officer shot into the car, striking and killing Moore. The investigation determined that the vehicle was either stopped or moving in reverse, away from the officer. Officer Josh Hastings has been charged with manslaughter and is currently awaiting trial. | arktimes.com |
| 11692 | Gregory Hall Harrison | 46 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/12/2012 | Bowling Green | KY | 36.9947822 | -86.4503871 | Bowling Green Police Department |
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| Around 2 a.m., Harrison called police to inform them that he was armed and would kill his brother. They confronted him walking drunkenly around the 1100 block of Clay street, concealing one hand and telling them to shoot him. Officers told him to stop, and officer Keith Casada Jr. shot Harrison with a rifle as he approached, allegedly at a distance of about 73 feet. | kentucky.com |
| 11693 | Darryl C. Wiggins | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/12/2012 | Smithfield | NC | 35.5160428 | -78.344023 | Smithfield Police Department |
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| Wiggins, from Baltimore and visiting his cousin, shot and wounded his cousin on a Sunday night. Police alerted by several 911 calls found an angry Wiggins still standing over the wounded man, gun in hand, threatening him and the officers too. He was fatally shot. | wral.com |
| 11695 | Michael Perryman | 52 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/12/2012 | Decatur | GA | 33.737681 | -84.234622 | DeKalb County Police Department |
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| Perrymanj entered a gas station with a knife. He threatened several people with it. Police told him to drop it, but when he did not, they feared for their lives and killed him. | wsbradio.com |
| 23444 | Name withheld by police | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 08/12/2012 | Kingsville | MD | 39.457611 | -76.418571 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| Police received four calls for the same suicidal person. The man was found with a handgun. Officers were attempting to get the suspect to drop his handgun when he raised the gun at the officers. One officer fired his weapon but did not strike the suspect. Shortly afterwards, the man shot and killed himself. | patch.com |
| 11700 | Patrick O'Neal Starks | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/13/2012 | Greenville | SC | 34.771825 | -82.393505 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responding to an early Monday morning domestic disturbance call discovered an uncooperative Starks handling a rifle. After escorting a woman from the house, and after he went for his rifle even after being wounded the first time, they fatally shot him. | greenvillejournal.com |
| 11703 | Mister Bobby Lowe | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/13/2012 | Decatur | AL | 34.5558817 | -86.9855631 | Decatur Police Department |
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| An officer-involved shooting occurred at Summerplace Apartments. Lowe allegedly fought an officer for the officer's rifle. When the officer was knocked to the ground, he drew his handgun and shot Lowe twice. | whnt.com |
| 11699 | Stephen Ray Wilson Jr. | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/13/2012 | Alvin | TX | 29.408706 | -95.235667 | Alvin Police Department |
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| A man identified only as Steven entered his ex-girlfriend Kelly's apartment, argued with her current boyfriend and shot him. A neighbor, Wade, called 911. Steven shot at Wade, then forced Kelly into his car. SWAT officers arrived, then negotiated with Steven for five hours. An officer fatally shot Steven when he moved in a way that the officer though he would shoot Kelly. | click2houston.com |
| 11702 | Thomas "Tres" Caffall | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 08/13/2012 | College Station | TX | 30.6025051 | -96.3354967 | College Station Police Department |
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| Caffall was shot and killed during gunfight with officers, after killing a Brazos County Constable who was serving an eviction notice. | nydailynews.com |
| 11696 | Theodore Wann | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 08/13/2012 | Yucaipa | CA | 34.0122788 | -117.0625066 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Marc Beitler shot Theodore Wann when he threatened him with a shovel. | www.pe.com |
| 11701 | Anthony Lee Lamboy | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 08/13/2012 | Greenville | SC | 34.813517 | -82.333219 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies confronted Lamboy in the parking lot of a Red Roof Inn. The immediate cause was a sexual assault report, later proved false, but Lamboy had other warrants as well. He violently resisted arrest and was fatally shot. | wistv.com |
| 11705 | David Jerome Trauger | 67 | Male | European-American/White | 08/14/2012 | Kingsland | GA | 30.7907834 | -81.6420508 | Camden County Sheriff's Office, Kingsland Police Department |
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| Shot during a manhunt while wanted on charges of killing his ex-wife and a male companion on Trauger's boat and burning the boat while it was docked near St. Mary's. Friends of the couple said Trauger had been abusive and was angry he had lost his custom-built boat to her. Source: Police, media reports | myajc.com |
| 11709 | Charles William Collins | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 08/14/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.8433762 | -80.2090031 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| Collins was stopped by officers inside a pawn shop. Excusing himself to get his identification, he attempted to escape in his vehicle, a stolen Volkswagen GTI with a 27-year-old female passenger. Officers claimed Collins tried to run them over as he reversed out of the parking lot, and fired. The passenger was unharmed. | cbslocal.com |
| 11704 | Randy Lynn Sheffield | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 08/14/2012 | Modesto | CA | 37.6571404 | -120.9615472 | Modesto Police Department |
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| Officer John Moss and Bobby Meredith shot and killed Randy Lynn Sheffield, who rammed a SUV into a Modesto home as officers investigated a stabbing. | cbslocal.com |
| 11708 | Joseph Carmelo Riso | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/14/2012 | Folsom | CA | 38.6731362 | -121.1543397 | Sacramento County Sheriff's Office |
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| Riso fled to a residence after allegedly robbing a bank. A Folsom police officer and a Sacramento deputy followed him. The deputy shot Riso in the back as he tried to follow a resident into a room. Efforts were made to revive Riso, but he died at the scene. | kcra.com |
| 11706 | Michael Justin Evans | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 08/14/2012 | Gladstone | OR | 45.3804766 | -122.5993207 | Gladstone Police Department |
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| Police offered few details of their encounter with Evans. They were called in the evening to the house he shared with his grandmother, he was violent and unstable, they'd been called there 10 times in the last 2 years for domestic disturbances and suicide attempts, and that they'd "fired multiple rounds and Mr. Evans died at the scene." | oregonlive.com |
| 11707 | Michael "Mike" Mahoney | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 08/14/2012 | Ventura | CA | 34.199582 | -119.187526 | Oxnard Police Department |
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| Mahoney, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was standing in the middle of a street with a gun to his head. Police tried to resolve the situation but opened fire when Mahoney challenged them. | vcstar.com |
| 11710 | David William Mack | 70 | Male | European-American/White | 08/15/2012 | Olympia | WA | 46.9018319 | -123.016911 | Thurston County Sheriff's Office, Tenino Police Department |
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| Deputies responded to a report of a man shooting at traffic with a rifle. They chased him to his home and began firing from his porch. All three police involved fired and killed the retired corrections department guard, who was known to be in acute stress having just lost his wife. | seattletimes.com |
| 11711 | Ivan Carl Hardemon | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/16/2012 | Iowa City | IA | 41.606163 | -91.461185 | Iowa Department of Public Safety, Johnson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Undercover DNE agent Daniel Stepleton arranged to buy narcotics at Breckenridge Estates mobile home park and arrived with another agent shortly before 7 p.m. Ivan Carl Hardemon let them inside the trailer, drew a handgun from his backpack and directed two masked men to pat the officers down. Stepleton said he leaned against the wall to prevent the removal of a handgun tucked into his waistband. Hardemon allegedly aimed his gun at Stepleton's head. Stepleton tried to push the gun away, drew his own gun and fired four shots, striking Hardemon twice and hitting Demarco Dudley, 22, twice in the arm. Hardemon fled the trailer and died at the back of a vacant lot across the street. | archive.org |
| 19957 | Paul D. Demaree | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 08/17/2012 | Frankfort | KY | 38.1833836 | -84.8323124 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at a residence. Police said that when they arrived they found an injured woman in the driveway. The victim's boyfriend, Paul Demaree, had two outstanding warrants. When they went into the house to arrest him, Demaree was holding a gun. Demaree pointed the gun at troopers, and they shot and killed him. | wkyt.com |
| 11716 | Kevin Willingham | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/17/2012 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1171464 | -84.5270867 | Cincinnati Police Department |
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| Shot by an officer after he pointed a gun at the officer and a social worker. The officer and social worker were at his house to take guardianship of Willingham's disabled sister. | wlwt.com |
| 11715 | Dallas Antwan Connor | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/17/2012 | Winston-Salem | NC | 36.1729783 | -80.2769206 | Winston-Salem Police Department |
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| In the early afternoon Connor took a pistol-grip shotgun into a motorcycle shop and demanded the keys to one. An undercover local detective who happened to be in the store shot Connor dead. | wxii12.com |
| 11717 | De'Eric Bailey | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/18/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4963531 | -93.7597896 | Shreveport Police Department |
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| DeEric Bailey was shot when he allegedly drove his vehicle at officers following a police chase that began with a traffic stop. Cpl. Jennifer Monereau reportedly activated her emergency lights and siren, but Bailey refused to stop and instead drove in the opposing lanes of travel before entering I-20. Cpl. Hai Phan joined the pursuit as it passed the Fairfield exit ramp. The chase proceeded on I-20 with speeds reportedly reaching nearly 100 mph. Bailey's vehicle ran over the right shoulder of I-20 onto a grassy embankment, then drove back onto I-20, spun out, crossed all lanes of travel and crashed into the center concrete barrier. As the two passengers in the vehicle attempted to quickly exit, Bailey allegedly drove forward again into the concrete barrier while spinning and smoking the tires. As Monereau and Phan arrived, they began giving directions to the passengers. Phan yelled at Bailey to stop the vehicle, but Bailey reportedly reversed the vehicle. Phan fired five shots at Bailey when Phan was allegedly struck by the open car door. Bailey was again ordered to stop, but allegedly shifted into drive and accelerated while appearing to turn the wheel toward Phan and a passenger in an effort to re-enter traffic. Phan fired approximately 11 shots as Bailey re-entered the travel lanes of I-20. The vehicle again crossed all lanes of travel and crashed a short distance away. Bailey was transported to LSUHSC, where he was pronounced dead. | louisianaweekly.com |
| 21829 | Rudolph Bell | 63 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/18/2012 | Baltimore | MD | 39.290729 | -76.6424985 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Police received a call for a burglary on the 1600 block of West Lexington Street at about 12:30 p.m. Two officers responded and found Bell on the third floor of an abandoned building. Bell lunged at one of the officers with either a broken bottle or a knife, cutting the officer's face. The other officer opened fire, killing Bell. | google.com |
| 11718 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 08/19/2012 | Topeka | KS | 39.040689 | -95.639841 | Topeka Police Department |
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| An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a standoff with police. At around 8:30 p.m., the Topeka Police Department's special response team was called to an east side home, where police police said an armed man was making suicidal threats and refusing to come outside. When officers arrived, the man allegedly fired shots from inside the house through the window. According to police, the man later shot himself and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said that no shots were fired by officers during the standoff. | cjonline.com | |
| 11722 | Julio Cesar Lopez | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/19/2012 | San Angelo | TX | 31.4486534 | -100.442247 | San Angelo Police Department |
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| SAPD called for domestic disturbance. Suspect was in bedroom, asleep, and roused awake by SAPD officer. SAPD officer states suspect began choking the officer and fired in self defense. | gosanangelo.com |
| 11719 | Benjamin Selgado | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/19/2012 | Clovis | NM | 34.397978 | -103.186738 | New Mexico State Police |
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| Benjamin Selgado had outstanding warrants for felony possession of a firearm and trafficking of a controlled substance, which may have been why he fled being pulled over for speeding. He jumped out of his vehicle and continued to flee on foot. After jumping a fence into a motel parking lot, police said Selgado ran behind a corner and approached officer Bryan Conner with a handgun. He was shot and killed. | newschannel10.com |
| 11720 | Kelly Denette Davis | 44 | Female | European-American/White | 08/19/2012 | Bentonville | AR | 36.3639656 | -94.2416872 | Bentonville Police Department |
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| Kelly Davis was killed and her husband, Perry Dennis Davis Jr., was in a local hospital recovering from a gunshot wound. Police received a 911 call, and Bentonville officers responded to a disturbance call. Officers heard gunshots inside the residence when they arrived, police said. Witnesses described hearing three gunshots. Police alleged Perry shot and killed Kelly then shot and wounded himself. He received a 35-year sentence. | google.com |
| 11725 | Joseph Paul Oregero | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 08/20/2012 | Placentia | CA | 33.8752659 | -117.8695783 | Fullerton Police Department, Brea Police Department |
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| Oregero was being followed by a car-theft squad. Officers spoke to him, he gave a wrong name, and ran into a trailer. He pointed a shotgun at officers, and fearing for their lives, they shot and killed him. | ocregister.com |
| 11724 | Damion Lavent Street | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 08/20/2012 | Starkville | MS | 33.48105 | -88.7503907 | Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office |
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| Street was shot and killed when he allegedly attacked two deputies responding to a report of a man standing in the road wielding a knife. A Taser and pepper spray reportedly weren't effective, and Street allegedly stabbed one of the deputies multiple times before they opened fire. | starkvilledailynews.com |
| 19969 | Ted Newsome | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/20/2012 | Farmington | KY | 36.613746 | -88.505685 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Kentucky State Police received a 911 call from a residence complaining that there was a fight in progress near the residence involving firearms, and shots had been fired. State Police and sheriff's deputies arrived and as the trooper walked toward the area where the incident had taken place, a man armed with a handgun appeared. As Ted Newsome approached, he raised the handgun at the trooper. The trooper, who was armed with his patrol rifle, shot and killed Newsome. | westkentuckystar.com |
| 22070 | Ronald Lovell Wright | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/20/2012 | Chattanooga | TN | 35.024577 | -85.1889319 | Chattanooga Police Department |
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| A neighbor called 911 when she saw a home invasion. The police surrounded the house—thought to be a dealer's house—and ordered everyone out. Wright exited through the rear window. Some reports say he was "armed" with a rifle or shotgun, some say he "brandished" it, some say he "confronted officers" and some say he pointed it at officers. Officers David Allen, Justin Mitchell, Bryan Moody and Jeremiah Cook of Wright shot him. | wordpress.com |
| 11731 | Terrance Lamar Abrams | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/21/2012 | Pensacola | FL | 30.421319 | -87.232819 | Pensacola Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a call about a shooting. They spotted the suspect a few blocks away and ordered him to the ground. The suspect failed to comply, and shot at officers, who fatally shot him. | pensacolapolice.com |
| 11732 | Burrell Ramsey-White | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/21/2012 | Boston | MA | 42.3458766 | -71.0752538 | Boston Police Department |
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| Bo was pulled over during a traffic stop. Police officers said he ran on foot and refused to drop a gun, Witnesses say Bo didn't have a gun and was shot while confined by two dumpsters. Police still have not released full details. | live4bo.com |
| 11730 | Jeramey Sweeny | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 08/21/2012 | Lake City | FL | 30.1721916 | -82.6781528 | Lake City Police Department |
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| Police responding to a 911 disturbance call at Sweeny's apartment complex at 2:30 a.m. were confronted by Sweeney, who pointed a handgun at them. He was fatally shot. He'd moved in only a week prior, and had no arrest record beyond traffic citations. | wcjb.com |
| 11734 | Calvin Lee Robinson | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/22/2012 | Brighton | AL | 33.4392387 | -86.9359001 | Birmingham Police Department |
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| One person was killed and another injured as narcotics officers interacted with suspects in an ongoing investigation. | blog.al.com |
| 11733 | Windell Tessler | 29 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 08/22/2012 | White River | AZ | 33.8369944 | -109.9642664 | White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department |
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| White Mountain Apache Tribe Police Department responded to a domestic violence call in which Tessler was threatening his girlfriend with a gun. Law enforcment shot and killed Tessler. | azcadv.org |
| 21830 | Michael Joseph Schluderberg | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 08/22/2012 | Centreville | MD | 39.046783 | -76.008463 | Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies from the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of breaking, entering and theft on Carville Place Road. Someone stole a gun and knife from the home. Michael J. Schluderberg, 25, who had been serving a three-year sentence at Eastern Pre-Release Unit in Church Hill, had escaped. Police found him and he allegedly pointed the gun at an officer and was shot and killed. | wboc.com |
| 11736 | Waulter Santos-Moreno | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/23/2012 | Dallas | TX | 32.7891139 | -96.872643 | Dallas Police Department |
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| An officer went to Moreno's residence to serve a warrant on him. According to authorities, Moreno fatally shot himself. | dallasnews.com |
| 11737 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 08/23/2012 | Midnight | MS | 33.0495712 | -90.5734261 | Humphreys County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a call about a strange man in the Harriston cornfield in the Midnight community Thursday afternoon. When deputies arrived, an unidentified man fired on law enforcement. Deputies returned fire, wounding the gunman. The man was apprehended and airlifted to University Medical Center in Jackson where he was pronounced dead. | msnewsnow.com | |
| 11738 | Efrem Carr | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/23/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.970857 | -75.2491808 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| An officer stopped a vehicle for driving recklessly. The driver fled, dragging the officer who fired multiple times. The driver was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. | philly.com |
| 11741 | Thomas Austin Jr. | Male | African-American/Black | 08/24/2012 | Goldsboro | NC | 35.371478 | -77.987029 | Wayne County Sheriff's Office |
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| A cooperative city-county narcotics raid on a Friday night developed into armed resistance and gunfire from the three target suspects. One unidentified suspect was shot to death; suspects William Darryl Braswell and Thomas Arthur Austin Jr. were also apprehended and were charged later. | abclocal.go.com | |
| 11743 | Jeffrey T. Johnson | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 08/24/2012 | New York City | NY | 40.7485411 | -73.9857629 | City of New York Police Department |
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| On August 24, 2012, a gunman shot and killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building in New York City. Following the initial shooting, the gunman, 58-year-old Jeffrey T. Johnson, was fatally shot by police officers after raising his weapon at them. Nine bystanders were wounded by stray bullets fired by the officers and ricocheting debris, but none suffered life-threatening injuries. | wikipedia.org |
| 11755 | Tony Louis Francis | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/24/2012 | Bellflower | CA | 33.8893427 | -118.1275497 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| A deputy said he saw Francis punch a man in the face, rob him, and flee. The deputy followed Francis into a driveway and ended up shooting and killing while still inside his vehicle. The deputy said Francis reached for his waistband, but no gun was found. | laweekly.com |
| 11739 | Craig Frye Sr. | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/24/2012 | Dayton | OH | 39.730262 | -84.269568 | Springfield Police Division |
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| Officers responding to a domestic violence call found Frye pointing a gun at his wife. A 38-second shootout ensued in which Frye was shot and killed. | mydaytondailynews.com |
| 11742 | Albert Jermaine Payton | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/24/2012 | Washington | DC | 38.8291879 | -77.0005538 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department |
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| A police spokesman claimed that Metro officers "asked the gentleman to put down his knife several times, he failed to comply and went toward the officers at which time they shot him," during a domestic dispute call. Witnesses asserted that Payton had complied, and the police fatally shot him anyway. | wjla.com |
| 11744 | Aaron Palmer | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 08/25/2012 | Seminole | OK | 35.233488 | -96.692959 | Seminole Police Department |
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| Palmer died after he confronted the deputy with a knife, police said. The deputy was trying to serve a drug court warrant on his father, Randall Palmer. A judge ruled that the deputy was untrained, but the shooting was justified. | news9.com |
| 19775 | Brent Lee Blevins | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 08/26/2012 | Live Oak | FL | 30.2836496 | -82.9540571 | Florida Highway Patrol |
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| Around 2 p.m. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Derek MacLaren tried to pull over Brent Blevins' maroon Dodge truck. Blevins had struck a vehicle and had been driving erratically on U.S. 90. According to a later grand jury report, he refused to stop until a Suwannee County Sheriff's Office car pulled in front of the truck east of Live Oak. Blevins got out of the pickup holding a handgun over his head refused to drop it and walked toward Trooper MacLaren. MacLaren fired six rounds hitting Blevins five times in the chest, killing him. | tampabay.com |
| 11749 | Pedro Ruiz III | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/27/2012 | Antioch | CA | 37.9947242 | -121.8185586 | Antioch Police Department |
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| Four officers shot and killed Pedro Ruiz III when he pointed a gun at them as he stood on a rooftop after a chase through Antioch. Police responded to a domestic violence call at about 11:15 p.m. on Sycamore Drive. Ruiz reportedly fled the scene armed with a gun and rammed two patrol cars. Ruiz drove more than a mile to Wainfleet Court, where a police helicopter apparently spotted him on a rooftop. Ruiz pointed a gun at police and four officers—two in one location and two in another—opened fire, killing him. Ruiz's 3-year-old niece was reportedly found in his vehicle, though police said they didn't know a child was present during the chase. She was physically unharmed. | mercurynews.com |
| 11750 | Michael Berry | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 08/27/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0205846 | -75.1164859 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| On a steamy August night last year, Michael Berry, 40, who had just stabbed a man, was shot and killed by a plainclothes Philadelphia Police officer. A surveillance video camera recorded the incident. | philly.com |
| 11748 | Edwardo De Las Nieves | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/27/2012 | Acampo | CA | 38.1602032 | -121.2633728 | Stockton Police Department, California Highway Patrol |
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| Officer Houston Sensabaugh and other officers shot Edwardo De Las Nieves, an Honor Farm escapee, when he reversed toward officers during a police chase. | wordpress.com |
| 11753 | Christopher Shull | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/28/2012 | Bellflower | CA | 33.8708902 | -118.1085277 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| A police chase began in Fullerton after Shull refused to pull over for a traffic violation. Eventually a collision occurred between at least one police car and the man's vehicle. Police exited their cars, and shot Shull to death after he allegedly tried to run them over. | ocweekly.com |
| 11757 | Gary Haney | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 08/28/2012 | Wheat Ridge | CO | 39.7819384 | -105.1096268 | Wheat Ridge Police Department |
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| Ex-convict and methamphetamine addict Haney barricaded himself in a motel room when police tried to arrest him on two federal warrants. The SWAT team was called. Haney said he wouldn't be taken alive. He brandished a makeshift simulated gun and three officers fired five shots killing him. | denverpost.com |
| 15008 | Luke Baber | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 08/28/2012 | Wallback | WV | 38.5681341 | -81.1327949 | Roane County Sheriff's Office |
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| Baber was handcuffed and apparently shot two state troopers with a gun State Police said may have been hidden in his pants. Both troopers died (one on scene and one two weeks later). Baber was killed in a shootout with deputies from Clay and Roane counties. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 21353 | Douglas Norton | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 08/28/2012 | Norton Shores | MI | 43.1333278 | -86.2100435 | Grand Haven Police Department |
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| Police said they got a call around 2 p.m. from a woman in Grand Haven who said she was following a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a Douglas Norton, who had her 15-year-old daughter (who was reportedly the man's girlfiren) with him. The girl's mother said Norton had a handgun and was threatening suicide. Police said they tried to stop the truck on US-31, but Norton fled. The pursuit entered Muskegon County at 2:23 p.m. Officers attempted evasive measures to stop the truck, but weren't successful. Norton eventually pulled over on the ramp to Pontaluna Road, where he reportedly shot himself in the head and died at the scene. | mlive.com |
| 11751 | Deborah Prine | 42 | Female | European-American/White | 08/28/2012 | Reserve | LA | 30.0766277 | -90.5487963 | St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Deborah and Robert Prine were shot and killed at around 8 p.m. by 14 deputies responding to a disturbance call at a residence. According to the Sheriff's Department, when deputies arrived, they found that both Prines were armed and refused to put their weapons down. Deputies allege that one at a time, the Pines approached the officers, prompting them to open fire. The Prines later died at the hospital. The lawsuit filed by Deborah's mother, Patricia Doyle, presented a different version of events. Doyle said she called the police to report that her daughter and son-in-law were fighting, and that her daughter was going to purposefully try to get the deputies to shoot her. After deputies arrived, Prine walked out of the house with a rifle strapped to her shoulder. Deputies told her to drop her weapon, but Deputy Christopher Powell and Sergeant Richard Dubus shot her before she had time to comply. When Deborah hit the ground, Dubus and deputies Turner Barran and Bailey Newsom "fired a second round into her." After witnessing his wife being shot, Robert Prine ran from the house toward his wife's body. He was reportedly screaming and unarmed when deputies shot him. The deputies identified as being involved in the death of Robert Prine are Dubus, Powell, and Deputy Mark Ceravolo. | nola.com |
| 11752 | Robert Prine | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 08/28/2012 | Reserve | LA | 30.0766277 | -90.5487963 | St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Deborah and Robert Prine were shot and killed at around 8 p.m. by 14 deputies responding to a disturbance call at a residence. According to the Sheriff's Department, when deputies arrived, they found that both Prines were armed and refused to put their weapons down. Deputies allege that one at a time, the Pines approached the officers, prompting them to open fire. The Prines later died at the hospital. The lawsuit filed by Deborah's mother, Patricia Doyle, presented a different version of events. Doyle said she called the police to report that her daughter and son-in-law were fighting, and that her daughter was going to purposefully try to get the deputies to shoot her. After deputies arrived, Prine walked out of the house with a rifle strapped to her shoulder. Deputies told her to drop her weapon, but Deputy Christopher Powell and Sergeant Richard Dubus shot her before she had time to comply. When Deborah hit the ground, Dubus and deputies Turner Barran and Bailey Newsom "fired a second round into her." After witnessing his wife being shot, Robert Prine ran from the house toward his wife's body. He was reportedly screaming and unarmed when deputies shot him. The deputies identified as being involved in the death of Robert Prine are Dubus, Powell, and Deputy Mark Ceravolo. | nola.com |
| 11754 | Victor Morales | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/28/2012 | Marianna | FL | 30.769094 | -85.2040862 | Marianna Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff's Office |
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| A four-hour manhunt for a suspect on foot who'd attempted an armed robbery at a CVS Pharmacy drive-through, a hunt that included bloodhounds and helicopters, ended in the woods with deputies shooting the man to death. His identity was unknown. | wjhg.com |
| 11759 | Myron Pollard | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/29/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5651013 | -90.257043 | U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| An ATF agent shot Myron Pollard when a car he was in allegedly drove at the officer. Agents and SLMPD officers were reportedly trying to arrest four people inside a car at around 11:15 a.m., after police said they'd met with an undercover officer to commit an armed robbery. When an agent told the four to get out of their car, the driver allegedly put it in reverse and tried to run over an agent, who then shot Pollard and another man. Pollard died at a hospital. | stlpublicradio.org |
| 11760 | Anthony Michael Axe | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/29/2012 | Carson | CA | 33.8410606 | -118.2857633 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Deputies reported that they tried to confront Axe, a wanted parolee, and he tried to drive his RV away from them, while injuring one deputy and endangering another with his vehicle. One deputy fearing for his partner's life, shot Axe to death. | dailybreeze.com |
| 11758 | Edward Valdez III | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/29/2012 | Pueblo | CO | 38.2297617 | -104.6637612 | Pueblo Police Department |
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| The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office received a report of a man on a bicycle who was firing shots at car windows. A responding Pueblo Police officer found Edward Valdez III at a local business. Police said Valdez fired at the officer with a BB gun multiple times. Valdez reportedly hit the officer twice. The officer then returned fire and killed Valdez. Mary Valdez, Edward's grandmother, said he was shot 8 times in the torso. | krdo.com |
| 11761 | Julio Cesar Perez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/30/2012 | Calexico | CA | 32.6664758 | -115.4821169 | Calexico Police Department |
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| Officers Miguel Carbajal and Carlos Ramirez shot and killed Julio Cesar Perez when he ran at them with knives. | orlandosentinel.com |
| 11762 | David Leroy Phillips | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/30/2012 | Ava | MO | 36.7978051 | -92.7663079 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase shot and killed David Leroy Phillips during a struggle. At about 8:30 a.m., Degase responded to a call from a homeowner who was worried about a man and a woman working on a disabled car in front of his home. Degase recognized the woman as having a warrant for her arrest and tried to take her into custody, but she reportedly resisted. During an ensuing struggle, Degase alleged that Phillips threatened him and moved toward him with an unspecified weapon, so Degase shot him. | orlandosentinel.com |
| 11764 | Paul Leatherwood | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 08/30/2012 | Anderson | SC | 34.5493616 | -82.6548652 | Anderson Police Department |
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| Police were frequent visitors to the Leatherwood residence for domestic disturbances. This time, at three in the morning, Leatherwood drew a gun on the three officers in his house and was shot to death in return. | independentmail.com |
| 11763 | James L. Hemphill | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 08/30/2012 | Choudrant | LA | 32.5385122 | -92.5124327 | Monroe Police Department, Louisiana State Police, Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| James Hemphill was shot and killed after leading police on a chase into Lincoln Parish in the midst of Hurricane Isaac. At around 2:30 a.m., an officer reportedly saw Hemphill speeding in South Monroe and tried to pull him over. Hemphill didn't stop and a chase ensued that was soon joined by State police and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office. Troopers deployed spikes just inside Lincoln Parish on I-20 westbound near Calhoun, and Hemphill's vehicle came to a stop in the westbound lanes of travel near Choudrant. Hemphill allegedly rammed police vehicles, so police shot and killed him, saying they feared for their own safety. | myarklamiss.com |
| 11765 | Willie Anderson | 54 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/30/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.7123458 | -90.2534052 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Shot by officers after allegedly advancing on them with a machete. | stltoday.com |
| 11766 | Prince Jamel Gavin | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/31/2012 | Tacoma | WA | 47.2547787 | -122.4552866 | Tacoma Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a domestic violence call from Gavin's girlfriend, officers arrived at an apartment complex and saw him running from his truck with a gun. After ignoring their demands to stop, officers said they "felt threatened" and shot and killed Gavin in the parking lot. | patch.com |
| 11767 | Michael Vincent Allen | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 08/31/2012 | Mesquite | TX | 32.7198107 | -96.5428224 | Garland Police Department |
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| A local officer shot at Allen 41 times, reloading twice, during and after a 30-minute early-morning car pursuit. Three of those bullets fatally struck the unarmed Allen in the back. The aftermath included a dramatic change in the police narrative after the release of a video, and the deliberate destruction of evidence. One of the rare cases where an officer was indicted for a line-of-duty killing. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11768 | Mark Eric Henderson Jr. | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/31/2012 | Woodbury | MN | 44.92362 | -92.968294 | Woodbury Police Department |
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| In the early stages of a four-hour hostage standoff at a Woodbury Red Roof Inn, police shot and killed Henderson, who they mistakenly believed had fired at them as he fled the motel room at the center of the standoff. The shots, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, had been fired at Henderson by Demetrius Ballinger, the Maplewood man who had been holding Henderson and 10 others hostage in the room. | twincities.com |
| 20772 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 08/31/2012 | Meadville | PA | 41.6937483 | -80.228708 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Police were called after a man barricaded himself inside a residence. Police said the man had been distraught and was alone in the apartment during the standoff. He committed suicide after a six-hour standoff with state police in Meadville. | google.com | |
| 22195 | Salvador Del Rosario | 46 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/01/2012 | Paterson | NJ | 40.9202694 | -74.1822615 | Paterson Police Department |
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| Officer Marj Kush shot Del Rosario as the man waved a hammer and charged toward five police officers. | thealternativepress.com |
| 11773 | Elder Josue Alfaro-Zelaya | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/01/2012 | Atlanta | GA | 33.8797489 | -84.2910229 | DeKalb County Police Department |
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| Zelaya opened fire in a bar wounding 4 patrons. An off-duty officer who was working security called for back-up. When a uniformed on-duty officer arrived, they engaged Zelaya. Zelaya ended up fatally wounded. | examiner.com |
| 22196 | Daniel Plato-Jacobo | 47 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/01/2012 | North Bergen | NJ | 40.8062497 | -74.0096749 | North Bergen Police Department |
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| Police responded to a report of a man threatening to harm himself and others at the building, police said. Police officers located Plato-Jacobo inside an apartment holding a knife. He had cut his own throat before they arrived. The officers tried unsuccessfully to disarm him using pepper spray and a baton and when he lunged at them, an officer fatally shot him in the chest. | www.nj.com |
| 11772 | Gregory J. Johns | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/01/2012 | Treasure Island | FL | 27.7737267 | -82.7742435 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| When Johns' live-in girlfriend and her 11-year-old daughter went to the hospital, the daughter complaining of stomach upset and headaches, medical staff discovered that she was pregnant. Johns excused himself for a cigarette and never came back, reverting to his previous criminal pattern of armed robberies. County officers tracked him to a Treasure Island motel, Johns resisted with a knife, and was fatally shot. | tampabay.com |
| 22567 | Robert Lee Thompson | 61 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/01/2012 | Marion | IN | 40.5516598 | -85.6752323 | Marion Police Department |
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| Police surrounded a Dollar General Store after they received a 911 call. Robert Thompson reportedly went out the back of the store as officers entered the front, and he fired at officers who were waiting behind the store. Police said two officers returned fire, killing him. | wlky.com |
| 11774 | Randall Justin Roberts | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 09/02/2012 | Coker | AL | 33.2539195 | -87.7005017 | Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Tuscaloosa Police Department, Northport Police Department |
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| Randall Justin Roberts reportedly shot and killed himself at some point during a standoff. | blog.al.com |
| 11775 | Robert Edward Endrizzi | 60 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/02/2012 | Arlington | WA | 48.2317446 | -122.0440945 | Snohomish County Sheriff's Office |
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| The incident began when a man in his 20s was shot in his calf in his driveway. Reports followed of bullets hitting cars. More than 100 officers including a SWAT team responded and Endrizzi was killed in a shootout that was described as an intense few minutes in which a lot of shots were fired on both sides. | columbian.com |
| 11776 | Mario "Papaya" Demeekus Romero | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/02/2012 | Vallejo | CA | 38.1411324 | -122.2508146 | Vallejo Police Department |
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| Officers were in an area known for its gang activity, around 4:30 a.m. when they saw a car with two men inside, police shined their lights and approached. Police said Romero reached for a gun, and officers then fired 31 rounds. Romero's weapon turned out to be a non-lethal pellet gun. | sfgate.com |
| 11780 | Jovan Rivera | 26 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/03/2012 | Azusa | CA | 34.1141155 | -117.8901952 | Azusa Police Department |
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| Shot while running from an officer. Officer was chasing the suspect after being alerted to an attempted robbery of an adult store. The officer believed that Rivera was armed due to information from the store clerk, it was later determined that he was unarmed. | latimes.com |
| 11778 | Mark Pineda | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/03/2012 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5100978 | -98.5228122 | Poteet Police Department |
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| Officer Alfredo Isaac Gonzalez responded to the shattering of a window at his residence. He identified himself, told the intruder to surrender, then shot at intruder through the blinds of the broken window. The bullet fatally struck the intruder, Pineda, in the head. He died on the officer's patio. According to authorities, Pineda had tools and wore black socks on his hands. | mysanantonio.com |
| 11779 | Luis Stephan Flores | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/03/2012 | Carrollton | TX | 32.9678449 | -96.8887202 | Highland Village Police Department |
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| Officer Luis Flores was found deceased at his Carrollton residence. Officer Flores had been with the Highland Village Police Department since November 2008 and was a member of the HVPD Bike Unit. He received the Life Saving Award in December 2009 and was awarded an HVPD Certificate of Merit. | ancestry.com |
| 11782 | Christopher Boone Lacy | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 09/04/2012 | Alamo | CA | 37.86305 | -122.0344566 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Investigators seeking answers about Lacy's mental state discovered that he'd become withdrawn, unpredictable, and had started researching the sovereign citizens' movement. Whatever the cause, Lacy shot and killed a trooper during an interstate traffic stop. He was immediately shot and killed by the trooper's partner. | contracostatimes.com |
| 19313 | Clinton Craig Blakely | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 09/04/2012 | Perkins | OK | 35.9858784 | -97.1406843 | Payne County Sheriff's Office, Perkins Police Department |
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| Clinton Craig Blakely was found with a gunshot wound to the head after officers shot out his tires following a pursuit. Police said the death was possibly a suicide, and officers found a gun in the pickup's cab. | stwnewspress.com |
| 11784 | Omarri Williams | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/05/2012 | Orlando | FL | 28.5046267 | -81.3159325 | Orlando Police Department |
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| As a suspect in an armed robbery earlier in the day at his own apartment complex, Williams was identified and approached by three officers in an unmarked Impala. They report that Williams shot at them once; they returned more than 100 shots back at him. Some 22 struck him with fatal results. | orlandosentinel.com |
| 20733 | Douglas G. Natzke | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 09/05/2012 | Friendship | WI | 43.9919451 | -89.8157137 | Adams County Sheriff's Office |
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| Douglas Natzke was shot and killed outside his home after deputies responded to a report of gunfire at the home and had a confrontation with Natzke. | madison.com |
| 11786 | James A. Sweatman Jr. | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 09/05/2012 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7655021 | -84.3539224 | Atlanta Police Department |
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| Police responded to a car break-in call and an officer got into a struggle with a man, who he shot to death. Police say they recovered a gun and a screwdriver at the scene. | examiner.com |
| 11783 | Edward Stanley Gover | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 09/05/2012 | Spokane Valley | WA | 47.6692508 | -117.254382 | Spokane County Sheriff's Office |
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| Gover's girlfriend reported a case of domestic abuse against Gover. Deputies show up to the scene where they were interviewing her when Gover popped his eyes in the fence. Deputies asked him to stop and he climbed a six-foot fence where he told the police that he had a gun. Deputies shot him 6 times. | spokesman.com |
| 11789 | Eduardo Prieto | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/06/2012 | Hallandale Beach | FL | 25.9839465 | -80.1426545 | Hallandale Beach Police Department |
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| Hallandale Beach Police were called after Eduardo Prieto fled a Wal-Mart store where he had been suspected of shoplifting. It was reported he had a knife and a gun. Police caught up to Prieto and ordered him to get out of his car. A witness said Prieto put his hands out with something in them. The police then shot him. | sun-sentinel.com |
| 11788 | Larry Russell Hall | 59 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/06/2012 | Blue Ridge | TX | 33.337296 | -96.373524 | Collin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Collin county deputies tried to serve a warrant on Hall. Hall fatally shot his mother and himself. | dallasnews.com |
| 11787 | Donna Lynn Martinez | 39 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 09/06/2012 | Lakewood | CO | 39.7403591 | -105.0719586 | Lakewood Police Department |
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| The officer pulled the car over after determining that the license plate on the vehicle had been stolen. Police would later confirm that the car had been stolen earlier in the week. The Lakewood police officer's arm was pinned inside the car when Martinez suddenly drove away. At that point, the officer shot and killed her. | denverpost.com |
| 19286 | William Frazier | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 09/06/2012 | Newberry | SC | 34.2869282 | -81.6262913 | Newberry Police Department |
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| Police arrived to a domestic violence call. Frazier threatened officers with a shotgun. One officer fired, and Frazier retreated into the home where he committed suicide. | foxcarolina.com |
| 11790 | Rasheem Wright | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/07/2012 | Cochran | GA | 32.3809888 | -83.3560667 | Brantley County Sheriff's Office |
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| Shot after police said he pulled a .32-caliber revolver on officers after being Tasered and handcuffed on one arm. Police sought to arrest him for stealing a baseball bat and other sporting goods and trying to sell them back to the owner. An officer was accidentally shocked by the Taser. | myajc.com |
| 11794 | Reynaldo Cuevas | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/07/2012 | Bronx | NY | 40.8299389 | -73.9022517 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Cuevas was a deli employee working when his bodega was taken over by three armed men. The robbers barricaded themselves in but Cuevas was somehow, whether released or escaped, he was able to walk out. He was then immediately shot to death by police. | nbcnews.com |
| 11791 | James Devoter Arrington Jr. | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 09/07/2012 | Flomaton | AL | 31.0167049 | -87.248117 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office, Brewton Police Department, Flomaton Police Department |
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| James Arrington Jr. allegedly shot and killed himself during a standoff that began when deputies arrived with commitment papers. | brewtonstandard.com |
| 11793 | Walwyn Jackson | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/07/2012 | Queens | NY | 40.6644157 | -73.7754328 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Jackson's family, worried about his depression and his removing a knife from the kitchen, first called in cousins for help, and then an ambulance. Jackson's mother opened the door to two police officers. According to those officers he approached them with the knife in a threatening way. He was shot to death. | timesledger.com |
| 11795 | Carleton J. Wallace | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/08/2012 | Alexander | AR | 34.6127006 | -92.4627843 | Alexander Police Department |
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| An officer allegedly spotted Wallace walking with a pistol in the waist of his pants. Police say Wallace threw the weapon down along the road, and that an officer was searching him when her pistol reportedly discharged on accident, killing him. | katv.com |
| 11799 | Jerome George "Jerry" Cundy | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 09/09/2012 | Marietta | GA | 33.9412735 | -84.506297 | Woodstock Police Department, Cobb County Sheriff's Office |
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| At eight on a Sunday morning Cundy robbed a Walgreens at gunpoint. At 9:30 he robbed a Marathon gas station in another county. He was spotted on the interstate, which developed into a multi-agency chase for less than ten minutes. Officers executed a PIT maneuver, stopping his car. He emerged with gun drawn and was shot to death. | myfoxatlanta.com |
| 11797 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 09/09/2012 | Sun City | AZ | 33.713794 | -112.306295 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies shot and killed a man after a two-hour standoff that started as domestic violence call. The suspect's wife called 911, telling the dispatcher her husband was drunk and had tried to choke her. The woman also gave the dispatcher an essential piece of information—there were several weapons inside the home.Deputies heard a gunshot as they arrived on the scene and immediately called SWAT and started trying to negotiate with the suspect. Those negotiations went on for two hours. At that point, according to MCSO, things went south.the suspect, armed with what "appeared to be" an assault rifle," started firing at deputies. The deputies returned fire, killing the man. | google.com | |
| 21355 | Ricky Nelson Coley | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 09/10/2012 | West Bloomfield Township | MI | 42.5704818 | -83.4004754 | West Bloomfield Police Department, Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police |
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| Police responded around 10 p.m. to a report of shots fired at the home of former auto and financial executive Ricky Nelson Coley. Coley reportedly shot through the bedroom door and wall, fatally wounding officer Patrick O'Rourke in the neck. Police retreated with O'Rourke and a 20-hour standoff began. West Bloomfield police were joined by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office and SWAT team, as well as officers from several other departments. Construction equipment was brought in to tear into part of the house, then a robotic device was sent inside, but police said Coley shot at it. A special response team entered the home around 5:30 p.m. and found Coley dead in his bed. | patch.com |
| 11802 | David Jordan | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 09/11/2012 | Long Beach | CA | 33.8505275 | -118.1704159 | Long Beach Police Department |
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| Long Beach Police Department reported that they responded to a call from Jordan's family member that he was threatening violence, and that he wanted the police to end his life. When officers arrived, Jordan tried to attack them with a knife, and they shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11801 | Wayne Renner | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/11/2012 | Chico | CA | 39.7684532 | -121.8474139 | Chico Police Department |
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| Wayne Renner was apparently having a mental breakdown, firing a gun inside his home and shooting into neighbors' homes. Details around his killing by Chico Officers Greg Rogers, Will Clark, Ben Love and Mike Caldwell were not reported. | chicoer.com |
| 11805 | Victor Vinh Charles Le | 20 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 09/12/2012 | Lilburn | GA | 33.8807495 | -84.091971 | Gwinnett County Police Department |
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| Family members called the police because their son was threatening to commit robbery. When an officer approached the house the man came outside. After a conversation with the officer, Le allegedly pointed a BB gun at the officer, who fired one shot. Le was fatally wounded. | ajc.com |
| 11804 | Guillermo Arevalo Pedroza | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/12/2012 | Laredo | TX | 27.477665 | -99.4743477 | U.S. Border Patrol |
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| Pedroza was at a birthday party on the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande when a Border Patrol boat tried to stop a man swimming to the United States. Partygoers mocked the agents. The agents shot at the partygoers, killing Pedroza. According to the Border Patrol, partygoers threw rocks at agents as they mocked them. The incident occurred days after agents in a boat had been shot at from Mexico. | azcentral.com |
| 20771 | James H. Burns | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/12/2012 | Erie | PA | 42.1306727 | -80.0753598 | Erie Police Department |
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| Police said James Burns ignored two officers' demands to drop his weapon, and instead pointed the gun at the officers, and he was shot and killed. An internal affairs investigation, within the police department, found that the officer was justified in using deadly force. | erietvnews.com |
| 11807 | Michael Brothers | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/13/2012 | Kansas City | KS | 39.0604655 | -94.6305157 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Michael Brothers reportedly committed suicide during a police standoff. At around 3:40 a.m., officers responded to a reported homicide and found the body of Gabriel Valedivia, 27, on the front lawn of a residence. According to witnesses, the men had been drinking and Brothers shot Valedivia following an argument over a sweater. Police said they were told Brothers was inside a nearby home and tactical officers surrounded the building. After a standoff of more than seven hours, police went inside and found Brothers dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. | cjonline.com |
| 11808 | Labaran Idakoji | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/13/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.7444216 | -95.3533219 | Houston Police Department |
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| Idakoji hit his sister at a family party. Hours later, he attacked other members of the family with a knife, and was beaten with a piece of lumber and multiple pipes by family members trying to defend each other. Idakoji advanced toward two responding officers with the knife, which he refused to drop. An officer fatally shot him. | cbslocal.com |
| 11810 | Joel Edward Smith III | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/13/2012 | Guadalupe | AZ | 33.3692269 | -111.958034 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Tempe Police officers watched across the Highline Canalas a Maricopa County Deputy and Smith, holding a knife, approached each other in Guadalupe, the neighboring jurisdiction. Smith told the deputy to shoot him. The deputy told Smith to drop the knife. According to the officers, the deputy shot Smith at a distance of 20 to 30 feet, and shot again as Smith continued to advance at the same pace. Smith later died. | azcentral.com |
| 11809 | Andrew Charles Thomas | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 09/13/2012 | Norristown | PA | 40.1195231 | -75.3882224 | Plymouth Township Police Department |
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| Thomas was chased by officers on Schuylkill River Trail. He shot at the officer and dog. Shortly after Thomas appeared to have shot himself. | mainlinemedianews.com |
| 11806 | Dustin Lee "Dusty" Shirrel | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 09/13/2012 | Pryor | OK | 36.2577531 | -95.3250633 | Mayes County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
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| Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a chase started after a Grand River Dam Authority Police officer ran the tag of a Hyundai Sonata and discovered it was stolen. The officer tried to stop the car and the driver fled. The chase went on for about five miles before the driver crashed near a pond. The female driver, Claudia Taylor, was arrested by a Mayes County deputy. Her passenger, Shirrel, ran into the woods. A dog team found the scent and Shirrel came out of the woods. He had a handgun when he stepped out of the woods and when he brandished it, officers from the three different agencies all opened fire, killing Shirrel. | newson6.com |
| 11813 | Clay Crawford McCall | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 09/14/2012 | Charlotte | NC | 35.0678993 | -80.7864189 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department |
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| McCall's grandmother called police to report that McCall, recently released from prison, was frightening her. Police arrived to find McCall on the lawn with a pair of garden shears. He threatened them; they tasered him to no effect, then fatally shot him. | twcnews.com |
| 11811 | Christopher McGowan | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/14/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.6934361 | -87.6279508 | Chicago Police Department |
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| An officer shot Christopher McGowan after he allegedly pointed a gun at him. At around 9:30 p.m., police responded to reports of shots fired near a Roseland neighborhood block party. Police said McGowan and two other men, who weren't invited to the party, had apparently brought guns. Partygoers pointed the men out to officers, who gave chase on foot after two of the men fled. One of officers shot and missed after the man he was chasing turned toward him with a gun. The man dropped the gun and was arrested. McGowan allegedly began to point a weapon at the second officer, who opened fire, killing McGowan. The third man was arrested at the scene. | cbslocal.com |
| 11812 | Daniel Roger Schuck | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 09/14/2012 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4053089 | -98.5110558 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Patrons of a Days Inn called authorities, saying that Schuck threatened his girlfriend. When officers arrived, Schuck threatened to kill his girlfriend if they entered the room he occupied. Officers opened the door to the room. Schuck shot at them. They fatally shot Schuck. | mysanantonio.com |
| 11814 | Billy Alexander | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/15/2012 | Lorain | OH | 41.43291 | -82.1582624 | Lorain County Sheriff's Office |
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| Alexander was killed in a standoff in his backyard. He'd assaulted his wife, fired a shot as police responded, and held a gun to his own head while talking to a sniper. "You're going to have to kill me," he said. He was fatally shot. | northcoastnow.com |
| 11816 | Johnny Castillo-Romero | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/15/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.134658 | -110.970366 | Tucson Police Department |
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| An officer responding to a call about a man with a gun spotted Romero, and ordered him to show his hands. Romero, who was in a wheelchair, allegedly turned and pointed a weapon at the officer, who then fatally shot him. | abc15.com |
| 11815 | Angel A. Feliciano | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/15/2012 | Harrington | DE | 38.9396961 | -75.536069 | Delaware State Police |
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| Feliciano called 911 stating he was armed and suicidal. Responding police found him in his SUV parked outside his house. He rolled away as police approached. They followed, setting up a short pursuit. When Feliciano rammed the patrol car head on, officers fired on him and killed him. | doverpost.com |
| 20770 | Daniel Gregg Jobson Sr. | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 09/15/2012 | Perkiomenville | PA | 40.324044 | -75.5403369 | New Hanover Township Police Department |
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| New Hanover Township Police were told of a problem at Daniel Jobson's home. When police arrived at the residence, they saw a Mercedes SUV leaving, and although they attempted to stop it, the vehicle fled. An officer followed the SUV as it drove "erratically" around several roads before returning to 2327 Colflesh Road. Jobson fled from the vehicle, and an officer pursued on foot. Jobson allegedly ran into the residence through a garage and up a stairway to the second floor. As the officer approached the top of the stairway, Jobson fired a single gunshot toward the stairway. Jobson then barricaded himself in a bedroom, and the officer took cover on the stairway. The officer heard a second gunshot, and Jobson was found dead inside the bedroom of a self-inflicted gunshot. | montgomerynews.com |
| 11817 | Jermaine Lucas | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/16/2012 | Omaha | NE | 41.2923154 | -95.956549 | Omaha Police Department |
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| Jermaine Lucas was on a furlough from the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Officers Alvin Lugod and Joseph Koenig responded to gunshots near 30th and Pratt Streets and said they saw Lucas running "toward them with his hands in his waistband." Both officers fired their guns, killing Lucas. | wowt.com |
| 22198 | Jason T. Bunnell | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 09/17/2012 | Burlington | NJ | 40.0837752 | -74.8360275 | Burlington City Police Department |
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| An unidentified officer was on patrol just before midnight when he stopped and tried to talk with a suspicious man, Jason Bunnell, walking near a car dealership, police said. Bunnell fled on foot, and the officer went after him. The foot chase went into an overgrown lot near the car dealership, where the man allegedly fired a shot at the officer. The patrolman, who was not hit, shot and killed Bunnell. | www.nj.com |
| 11819 | Gerald Stowell Jr. | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 09/17/2012 | The Dalles | OR | 45.6230763 | -121.2133723 | The Dalles Police Department |
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| Stowell was being questioned in his house, with his wife present, about allegations of sexual abuse with another woman. Told that he would be taken in, Stowell went to the bathroom and returned with a knife, which he refused to drop. He was fatally shot. | oregonlive.com |
| 11818 | Vincent Param | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/17/2012 | Paramount | CA | 33.8839844 | -118.1493967 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| The reporting party told the deputy that his grandson was acting "crazy. The suspect started a fight with the Sheriff's deputy and attempted to take away the deputy's gun. The deputy was able to regain control of his gun and, fearing for his life, he was able to shoot the suspect. | presstelegram.com |
| 19285 | Richard Sease Cathcart III | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 09/18/2012 | Mount Pleasant | SC | 32.8168859 | -79.856283 | Mount Pleasant Police Department |
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| Mount Pleasant police received a 911 call from Cathcart's wife stating he was threatening people with a gun. When officers arrived he walked outside and fired one shot. Officers shot and killed him. | abcnews4.com |
| 19312 | Name withheld by police | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 09/18/2012 | El Reno | OK | 35.5419866 | -97.9810845 |
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| A 23-year-old El Reno died following a domestic violence incident. The decedent was driving erratically and hit another vehicle, which caused his vehicle to stop. As officers approached the vehicle, the suspect shot himself. The manner of death was ruled suicide. | google.com | |
| 11820 | Juan Eulogio Rodriguez | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/18/2012 | Schulenburg | TX | 29.6928911 | -96.9053524 | Flatonia Police Department |
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| Law enforcement disabled Rodriguez's 1992 Buick Century with spike strips. Rodriguez put a revolver to his right temple and shot himself. | google.com |
| 11827 | Elias "Eli" Monge | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/19/2012 | Fresno | CA | 36.819624 | -119.7618439 | Fresno Police Department |
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| Six officers showed up and formed a perimeter around the neighborhood. They spoke with the man for about ten minutes while they waited for a negotiator to arrive. But, before that happened, police say Monge pointed the shotgun at them. All six officers opened fire, killing him in front of the home. Witnesses describe the incident as "suicide-by-cop." Monge's roommates say he had been depressed over the last couple of days. | kmph-kfre.com |
| 11821 | Christopher Hannowsky | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 09/19/2012 | Vista | CA | 33.222649 | -117.2192652 | San Diego County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Carlos Canela shot Christopher Hannowsky after he removed the deputy's Taser from its holster during a scuffle. | nbcsandiego.com |
| 11824 | Delma Towler | 83 | Female | European-American/White | 09/19/2012 | Altavista | VA | 37.115949 | -79.28863 | Altavista Police Department |
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| 83-year-old woman believe prowlers were outside her home. She left by the back door, and when police approached, raised her gun. She was shot and killed. | newsadvance.com |
| 11826 | Thomas Lars Domagala | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 09/19/2012 | North Las Vegas | NV | 36.2176287 | -115.1611251 | U.S. Marshals Service |
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| A multi-jurisdictional task force was trying to arrest fugitive Thomas Lars Domagala on a warrant in the beating of an elderly man in Arizona when he and two accomplices led authorities on a high-speed chase. Their car hit at least one other vehicle before coming to a stop. Domagala got out and ran. A federal marshal gave chase and shot and killed Domagala, who had a handgun. The driver of the vehicle 26-year-old Tabitha Alvarez of Tucson, Ariz., and the 22-year-old passenger, Meggan Lecroy, were arrested. | reviewjournal.com |
| 11822 | Benjamin David Corson | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 09/19/2012 | Colorado Springs | CO | 38.8354637 | -104.7461648 | Colorado Springs Police Department |
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| Corson, an AWOL Fort Carson soldier, was wanted in a string of robberies. During a chase with police, he shot himself in the head. | wordpress.com |
| 11832 | Danny David Ferguson | 60 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/20/2012 | High Point | NC | 35.960399 | -80.007374 | High Point Police Department |
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| Police responded to a 911 call about a stabbing. Two officers encountered the suspect, Ferguson, in the lobby. He ignored commands to drop the weapon and approached quickly, knife in hand, and both officers shot him. Officer attempts at CPR after he was down failed. | myfox8.com |
| 11833 | Tyjuan Hill | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/20/2012 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.6755762 | -74.0007075 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Hill was one of four people in a car approached by NYPD during a prostitution sting. Hill bolted; there was a brief foot chase and then a physical struggle. According to police Hill pulled a weapon and was shot to death. | nydailynews.com |
| 11834 | Steven L. Watson | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/21/2012 | Riverdale | IL | 41.6425814 | -87.6184131 | Riverdale Police Department |
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| Police shot Steven L. Watson after they responded to a report of a man firing a gun. At about 6:25 p.m., the man apparently fled into an apartment and witnesses directed police to the building. Watson allegedly pointed his gun at officers. An officer shot at Watson, killing him. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11835 | Jeremiah Lee Kelly | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 09/21/2012 | Hollywood | FL | 26.0096871 | -80.123801 | Hollywood Police Department |
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| Local police caught Kelly burglarizing a home, and shot him after he charged an officer. He was armed, and he'd been arrested at least 17 times before. | sun-sentinel.com |
| 11836 | Atom Ziniewicz | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/21/2012 | Healy | AK | 63.8474741 | -149.0164518 | Alaska State Troopers |
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| Officers were searching a wooded area for Ziniewicz in connection with an earlier shooting. During the manhunt, Ziniewicz was fatally shot. | newsminer.com |
| 11838 | Brian Charles Claunch | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 09/22/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.739387 | -95.336193 | Houston Police Department |
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| In a controversial and well-publicized incident, police were called to the "Healing Hands Assisted Home Care" facility to help calm down Claunch, a schizophrenic double amputee confined to a wheelchair. Claunch threatened one of the officers with a ballpoint pen. Another officer shot him to death. One of six excessive force cases in Houston investigated by the DOJ; the shooter had killed another unidentified suspect on Oct 10, 2009. | bigstory.ap.org |
| 20734 | Patrick J. McDonnell | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/22/2012 | Woodville | WI | 44.866917 | -92.266729 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office |
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| Patrick McDonnell's wife called police, saying her husband was suicidal, drunk and armed. He ordered his wife and two teenage children out of the residence and fired a shot into the air as they left. Officers wearing night-vision goggles saw McDonnell walking down his driveway while armed. He fired at least two rounds at the officers before being shot and killed. | libercus.net |
| 11839 | Samuel William Barnes | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 09/22/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6532662 | -112.130143 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a domestic dispute call when they encountered Barnes pointing an AK-47 at his wife. Officers shot him when he refused to lower the weapon. After being hit, Barnes pointed the weapon toward one of the officers, and the officer fired a second time. Barnes died later at the hospital. | abc15.com |
| 11837 | Paul Lawson Storey | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 09/22/2012 | Roseville | CA | 38.7413553 | -121.2583873 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Roseville police were called to Paul Storey's home after one witness reported Storey was intoxicated, he had pushed a woman and that he was armed with a baseball bat. Another witness reported seeing a gun in Storey's possession when he was fleeing the scene. Storey was shot close to his neighborhood after getting into a physical altercation with the officer. Police said a second officer, fearing for the safety of the officer involved in the struggle, shot the man he was attempting to arrest. | kcra.com |
| 11840 | Henry Frankie Lee Sr. | 77 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/23/2012 | Seattle | WA | 47.506355 | -122.254524 | Seattle Police Department |
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| Police say Henry Lee Sr. pointed a handgun at three officers who responded to a 911 call he reportedly placed, prompting them to fatally shoot the retired construction worker. Two officers opened fire on Lee, and shot him to death. | seattletimes.com |
| 11841 | Joshua Michael Lopez | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/23/2012 | Dundalk | MD | 39.2563313 | -76.5066825 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| Officers were called to check on a suspicious man. While interviewing him, he became combative. One officer and the suspect began to struggle on the ground, according to a statement from Batton. The officer felt the suspect pulling on his gun belt, attempting to take his weapon. A second officer used pepper spray on the suspect, but that did not stop him. The second officer then shot and killed him. | baltimoresun.com |
| 11842 | Edgar Alvarez | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/24/2012 | Hayward | CA | 37.6363372 | -122.0542153 | Hayward Police Department |
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| Alvarez was a suspect in a shooting in a bar. He apparently tried to hit police with his vehicle when he was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com |
| 11843 | Justin Thompson | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/24/2012 | Memphis | TN | 35.0535835 | -89.9056493 | Memphis Police Department |
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| Shot to death by off-duty police officer Terrance Shaw, who claimed Thompson tried to rob him. Shaw, who admitted that he knew Thompson prior to killing him, resigned when questioned about his relationship with the boy. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11846 | Dennis Ray Murray Jr. | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 09/25/2012 | Woodville | TX | 30.7635109 | -94.4271561 | Tyler County Sheriff's Office |
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| Murray threatened to kill a woman, saying he had two guns in the car. Authorities were called and ended up in a high speed chase with Murray. Murray stopped at his residence after deputies used road spikes to flatten his tires. Once Murray stopped at his residence, deputies ordered him out of his vehicle. Instead, Murray pointed a gun at them, prompting two deputies to shoot at him. One of the bullets hit Murray, knocking him unconscious. A Woodville Police officer assisting in the case then approached Murray to disarm him and Murray then woke up and fired a shot at the officer and missed him. The officer then removed the gun from Murray and Murray grabbed a second rifle out of the vehicle. The officer struggled with Murray and a third deputy then fired two shots at Murray. | ktre.com |
| 11845 | Mohamed Bah | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/25/2012 | New York City | NY | 40.8107002 | -73.954512 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Police say Mohamed Bah, an immigrant from Africa, lunged at the officers with a 13-inch knife and he was shot after a stun gun and rubber bullet failed to stop him. | nytimes.com |
| 11847 | Maurice Chad Paladino | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 09/25/2012 | Austin | TX | 30.3361714 | -97.7035505 | Austin Police Department |
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| Paladino stole an SUV from a car dealership earlier in the day. When police found the vehicle in a hotel parking lot, they attempted to arrest Paladino. Paladino got in the vehicle and allegedly drove at an officer. The officer shot Paladino, who died the following day from his wounds. | statesman.com |
| 11850 | Kevin Worley | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 09/26/2012 | Rock Hill | MO | 38.6091948 | -90.3658361 | Rock Hill Police Department |
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| Worley was a suspect in recent home invasions. An officer spotted him sitting in a car at a gas station. When the officer approached and ordered Worley to show his hands, Worley pulled out a gun. Worley was fatally shot when he allegedly pointed the weapon at the officer. | cbslocal.com |
| 11848 | George Louis Garrett | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 09/26/2012 | Clair-Mel | FL | 27.9407125 | -82.3742101 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office |
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| Garrett was reported on a 3 a.m. 911 as suicidal. A responding deputy met Garrett coming out of his house, handgun in hand. He refused to drop it and was shot to death. The same deputy had shot and killed Margaret Marko in very similar circumstances 10 years prior. | googleusercontent.com |
| 11849 | Derrick Vaccianna | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/26/2012 | Inverness | FL | 28.8240041 | -82.315067 | Citrus County Sheriff's Office |
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| Vaccianna was fatally shot in the chest by an off-duty county deputy as they both stood in the home of a woman they were both linked with. The incident was variously reported as a home invasion on Vaccianna's part, or a romantic triangle. The deputy was ultimately exonerated. | baynews9.com |
| 11851 | Earl Brown | 73 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/27/2012 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.1484147 | -80.187165 | Lauderhill Police Department |
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| Brown was the longtime security guard in a recycling plant who called police to report an intruder in the early morning hours. Arriving officers saw a man with a weapon in plainclothes, Brown, and shot him without warning. He died a few days later of his injuries and two heart attacks. | sun-sentinel.com |
| 11852 | Anthony Mayhew | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 09/27/2012 | Salt Lake City | UT | 40.7637431 | -111.8915254 | Salt Lake City Police Department |
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| Mayhew was shot by police after threatening to detonate a bomb at a downtown Salt Lake City TRAX station. A backpack he was carrying was later found to contain a bomb. | sltrib.com |
| 11854 | Marijan Gadson | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/28/2012 | Salina | KS | 38.8456 | -97.616996 | Salina Police Department |
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| Marijan Gadson reportedly committed suicide after hiding in a basement for several hours while police tried to negotiate with him. According to police, Gadson fired four shots by when five officers went to the home to investigate a possible stolen car or domestic case. One shot reportedly hit officer Chuck Huen in the eye and police retreated. Officers entered the house hours later and found Gadson dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. | 1350kman.com |
| 11859 | Valeria Munique Alvarado | 32 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 09/28/2012 | Chula Vista | CA | 32.6133167 | -117.0855225 | Chula Vista Police Department |
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| Alvarado allegedly struck a plainclothes Border Patrol agent with her car. The agent was allegedly on the hood of the car when he shot Alvarado. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11860 | Thomas Helvic | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 09/28/2012 | Lafayette | LA | 30.1785902 | -91.9998013 | Lafayette Police Department |
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| Thomas Helvic of Port Allen led police on a chase after he allegedly tried to rob a Home Bank branch on Ambassador Caffery Parkway in October. That chase ended in a field where Helvic was killed. He is also a suspect in a string of bank robberies across Lafayette, Alexandria, Broussard, and Opelousas. | katc.com |
| 11853 | Richard L. Chacon Jr. | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/28/2012 | Salinas | CA | 36.7037543 | -121.6053904 | Salinas Police Department |
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| Officers Mas Yoneda and Robert Zuniga shot Richard L. Chacon Jr. after he opened fire on them. | montereyherald.com |
| 11856 | Jodon F. Romero | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/28/2012 | Tonopah | AZ | 33.46461 | -113.135799 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix police officers and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television | nydailynews.com |
| 19311 | Name withheld by police | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 09/28/2012 | Yale | OK | 36.0725195 | -96.7669855 | Payne County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a mobile home after a caller indicated a man had held his girlfriend hostage all day and through the night. The girlfriend had managed to escape. The caller told police the man was suicidal and wanted to harm police with a handgun. As police approached the home they heard a single gunshot. They found the man alone with a gunshot wound to the head next to a handgun. | stwnewspress.com |
| 11855 | Darrell James Parnell | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/28/2012 | Toledo | OH | 41.664461 | -83.52478 | Toledo Police Department |
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| Police said a 911 call was made reporting a person breaking into a Jeep parked on the street. Thirteen minutes later, Officers Cousino and Cordero arrived and reported seeing someone standing near the Jeep, which had a broken driver's side window. He fled, they caught him and there was a fight. Parnell was shot and killed. | toledoblade.com |
| 11857 | Alton Davis Jr. | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/28/2012 | Henderson | LA | 30.3130129 | -91.7902645 | St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| At around 10 p.m., deputies with St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division were conducting an investigation. Deputies approached Alton Davis Jr.'s vehicle, which they believed was involved in a narcotics transaction, in the parking lot of a grocery store. Deputies shot when he allegedly placed his vehicle in reverse and hit one of the deputies. Davis was taken to a hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries. The deputy who was hit by the car was treated for minor injuries. | wafb.com |
| 11862 | Christian Nicholas Buquet aka Christian Nicholas Mallon | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 09/29/2012 | Coeur d'Alene | ID | 47.6312261 | -116.7096082 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office |
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| Right after Buquet had shot acquaintance Frank James, 29, he led police on a five mile car chase, during which he allegedly fired a semi-automatic pistol at three bystanders and the police vehicles. Police state that while his car was sliding out of control on a curve near Osprey Point, they saw him raise his hand "in a fashion that is indicative of his taking aim back at them with a handgun". After his car hit a barrier cable and stopped, officers Mario Rios, Eric Johnson, Bryan Alexander, and Brady Reed fired 77 rounds at the car, killing him. | cdapress.com |
| 11864 | Eugene Leroy Arnold Jr. | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/30/2012 | Shamrock | TX | 35.2844892 | -100.0763246 | Beckham County Sheriff's Office |
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| Authorities from Beckham county Oklahoma chased Arnold, named in a warrant, into Texas after he fled a traffic stop. Oklahoma and Texas authorities chased Arnold's vehicle until he crashed in a rural area. A Beckham deputy shot at Arnold with a stun gun. Arnold continued to resist arrest. The deputy fatally shot him with a pistol. | amarillo.com |
| 11863 | Willard "Butch" Forrest Hargrove Jr. | 70 | Male | European-American/White | 09/30/2012 | Harlingen | TX | 26.223223 | -97.7599287 | Primera Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a domestic violence call involving Hargrove. They told him, armed with a rifle and a pistol, to drop his weapons. He shot at them once with a .22-caliber rifle. He was shot in the leg, then died four weeks later. | valleycentral.com |
| 11871 | Claire Fleming | 67 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/01/2012 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4791769 | -82.6066172 | Bradenton Police Department |
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| Fleming's husband was a local police captain, once third in command in his jurisdiction, who had been fired for whistleblowing, successfully sued to get his job back, then finished his police career ostracized. He was charged and convicted for fatally shooting her in the head in a domestic violence incident. | bradenton.com |
| 11866 | Eric Mandel | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/01/2012 | Hayward | CA | 37.6772286 | -122.0918089 | Hayward Police Department |
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| Eric Mandel reportedly shot himself in the head while running from police. Officers responded to reports of shots fired just before 4 p.m. According to police, an officer tried to contact Mandel, who instead ran away down Montgomery Street before rounding a turn and going out of officers' sight. Mandel then reportedly pulled a gun and shot himself. Mandel died at a hospital. | mercurynews.com |
| 11874 | Nicholas J. Ivie | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 10/02/2012 | Bisbee | AZ | 31.500047 | -110.003341 | U.S. Border Patrol |
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| Ivie was on duty as a Border Patrol agent and responded to a report of a tripped ground sensor. Gunfire erupted, killing Ivie and injuring another agent. An FBI investigation determined that there "are strong preliminary indications" that Ivie was unintentionally killed by gunfire from a third agent. | foxnews.com |
| 11873 | David Nathan Alexis | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/02/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.877931 | -80.2232975 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| Detectives of a Robbery Intervention Detail conducting a surveillance saw Alexis pull up in his car, park near them, and approach their car with one hand held behind his back. Words were exchanged, shots were fired, and Alexis was fatally wounded. | miamidade.gov |
| 11872 | Terry Newhouse | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/02/2012 | Newport Beach | CA | 33.6211355 | -117.9330176 | Newport Beach Police Department |
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| Terry Newhouse committed suicide after a long standoff with police in the exclusive Balboa Coves gated community. | ocweekly.com |
| 11875 | Sam Alexie Jr. | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/02/2012 | Bethel | AK | 60.7920203 | -161.7432392 | Bethel Police Department |
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| Bethel Police Department responded to a disturbance. When BPD officers arrived at the scene, witnesses told them that one person had a gun, and there were still people in the house. As officers were evacuating two people from the residence, they were confronted by Sam Alexie Jr., 24, who was holding a rifle. Officers told Alexi to drop the weapon. Instead, Alexi pointed the weapon at the police and was shot and killed. Samuel Symmes wasn't the shooting officer, but was assisting at the scene. The state charged him with three misdemeanors: two counts of DUI and one count of misconduct involving a weapon. | google.com |
| 11880 | Michael Camberdella | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2012 | Boynton Beach | FL | 26.5569849 | -80.18933 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office |
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| Autistic, bipolar, low-IQ, ADHD Camberdella had gone outside to "cool off" after a partly violent confrontation with his mother. Police arrived and Camberdella, although unarmed, began to throw whatever came to hand at them. He was fatally shot with 11 bullets from a distance of more than 20 feet away. | sun-sentinel.com |
| 11881 | David Arraiol | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2012 | Taunton | MA | 41.8994946 | -71.101669 | Taunton Police Department |
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| Arraiol, who had outstanding warrants, was recognized by Taunton officers walking along the railroad tracks. Arraiol fled. When cornered he produced a handgun, refused police commands to surrender, remained defiant even after a police dog bit him on the leg, then pointed the gun at officers. He was shot twice in the chest and was pronounced death in a nearby hospital. | commonwealthmagazine.org |
| 11883 | Noel Polanco | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/04/2012 | Flushing | NY | 40.722976 | -73.8377256 | City of New York Police Department |
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| After being stopped for reckless driving, it is reported that the suspect failed to keep his hands in plain view and was reaching for the floor which led to the detective to fire a single shot in "self defense" | dnainfo.com |
| 11879 | Frederick Wayne Grayson | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/04/2012 | Baytown | TX | 29.7476465 | -94.9889877 | Baytown Police Department |
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| Grayson learned that his significant other cheated on him. He shot at her, threatened suicide and drove away. She called authorities. Officers chased Grayson, holding a gun to his head, until he crashed into another driver. Grayson shot out the glass of his driver's side window and shot at officers. Three officers fatally shot him. | khou.com |
| 22072 | William Curlin "Curley" Baynes | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/04/2012 | Newburgh | NY | 41.5519293 | -74.0634494 | New York State Police |
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| After a traffic stop, Baynes got into a scuffle with Trooper David Ruderfer and, "fearing for his life" Ruderfer shot him. | recordonline.com |
| 11882 | George Demarais | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2012 | Middlebury | VT | 44.046974 | -73.090347 | Middlebury Police Department |
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| The incident began when George Demarais called 911 and stated that he intended to commit "suicide by cop." He did not answer repeated telephone calls to his home, and when police responded to his home, he did not answer the door. He was then seen walking out of his house carrying a long gun. He refused to communicate with the police, and walked into a heavily wooded area behind his house. Four Middlebury Police Department officers attempted to set up a perimeter around the house by entering the woods behind it. Two of the officers made contact with Demarais. Covey ordered him to show his hands, and Demarais fired a weapon at Covey. Both officers returned fire, and Demarais was killed. | google.com |
| 11884 | Mohammed Ibraham Shah | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/05/2012 | Hayward | CA | 37.625425 | -122.0400928 | Hayward Police Department |
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| Officer Allen Neula shot Mohammed Shah six times when he reached for some kind of weapon (later revealed to be a pocketknife) while sitting in a parked car. | cbslocal.com |
| 20768 | Robert Montgomery III | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/05/2012 | Wilkes-Barre | PA | 41.2384394 | -75.86342 | U.S. Marshals Service, Wilkes-Barre City Police Department |
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| Wilkes-Barre police and U.S. Marshals fatally shot a wanted man, Robert Montgomery, in a gunfight at the Sherman Hills Apartments as they closed in to arrest him on attempted murder charges out of Philadelphia, police said. | thetimes-tribune.com |
| 11890 | Walter Hirsch | 54 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/05/2012 | Russellville | AR | 35.286822 | -93.136794 | Russellville Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a call about a suicidal person. An officer-involved shooting occurred, and the person was killed. | couriernews.com |
| 11886 | Michael A. Lloyd | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/05/2012 | Columbus | OH | 40.0827409 | -82.9448098 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| SWAT officers were following Lloyd because they suspected he had participated in several other armed robberies. At the Donatos, they saw him leave his vehicle wearing a mask and carrying a gun, but were unable to stop him from entering the shop. Instead, they surrounded the building. As Lloyd was fleeing from the rear of the building, two SWAT officers shot and killed him. | dispatch.com |
| 11888 | Kenneth Glaze | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/05/2012 | Gastonia | NC | 35.2512956 | -81.1673743 | Gastonia Police Department |
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| Glaze was described as choking and assaulting family members in an evening domestic violence incident. Although he was unarmed police said he fought to get control of one of their guns when they responded to the call. He was fatally shot. | gastongazette.com |
| 11887 | Nathan Benton | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 10/05/2012 | Henderson | TX | 32.1601454 | -94.7914208 | Henderson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Benton shot three people during a domestic dispute, then fled by vehicle. Deputies pursued him. He wrecked his vehicle and shot himself in the head. Benton died at Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. | kltv.com |
| 11889 | Jeffrey Michael O'Connor | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 10/05/2012 | Richfield | MN | 44.8832796 | -93.2654221 | Richfield Police Department |
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| Police responded to reports of a man with a knife at the Richfield house O'Connor shared with his aunt. When officers arrived, police said, they encountered O'Connor, holding his aunt at knifepoint. The officers were able to subdue O'Connor briefly with a Taser, but a struggle soon followed, as O'Connor fought the officers with his knife. An officer freed the aunt from the situation as it escalated, and one of the officers fired at O'Connor. According to the investigative report, O'Connor's family members described a history of mental illness that had intensified shortly before his death. | myfoxtwincities.com |
| 20735 | Christian A.N. Peterson | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 10/05/2012 | Eau Claire | WI | 44.7996621 | -91.4722421 | Eau Claire Police Department |
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| Police said Christian Peterson was shot and killed by Eau Claire Officer Jason Ruppert as Peterson tried to carjack a truck at gunpoint in the drive-through at the Culver's restaurant. He allegedly refused several commands to drop his gun and started coming toward the officer when he was killed. | wqow.com |
| 11894 | Wilfredo Fu | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 10/06/2012 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0326825 | -118.3100972 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Los Angeles Police Department reported that officers responded to a call that Fu was holding his wife hostage in an apartment with a knife. When officers arrived, they ordered Fu to drop the knife, he moved toward his wife who was on the floor, and officers shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11891 | Carl Langford | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 10/06/2012 | Canton | GA | 34.220901 | -84.448948 | Cherokee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Shot at officers who responded to a 911 call that he was suicidal. Pointed at his chest and told officers to "make it count." Family members said he was getting divorced | myajc.com |
| 11897 | Gil Collar | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 10/06/2012 | Mobile | AL | 30.6942962 | -88.1838985 | University of South Alabama Police Department |
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| Shot outside university police department. Said to have been on drugs. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 11896 | Cameron King | 15 | Male | European-American/White | 10/06/2012 | Tombstone | AZ | 31.7279173 | -110.0451566 | Tombstone Marshal's Office |
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| A Tombstone Marshal's Deputy and two Border Patrol agents responded to an alleged burglary before 5:00 am, finding several broken windows and the homeowner hiding in a bathroom. The deputy then opened a closet door to find King, holding a gun, and fired multiple shots into the closet. King was pronounced dead at the scene. King's parents filed a lawsuit against the city in 2013. | jrn.com |
| 22073 | Tracy Woodfork Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/08/2012 | Silver Spring | MD | 39.0106942 | -77.0399779 | Montgomery County Police Department |
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| Woodfork himself called police and said he wanted to harm himself. Police found him outside where his girlfriend was a live-in nanny. They tried to talk to him but when he moved from the stairwell of the backyard, they shot him. | washingtonpost.com |
| 11904 | Phillip Gilman | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 10/10/2012 | Delbarton | WV | 37.7341674 | -82.1599967 | Delbarton Police Department |
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| Gilman had just killed another man and charged officers while waving a claw hammer. | williamsondailynews.com |
| 11903 | Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/10/2012 | Nogales | AZ | 31.3407507 | -110.9359148 | U.S. Border Patrol |
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| Nogales police officers and a Border Patrol agent told two suspected drug smugglers to climb down on a border fence as Mexican citizens on the other side allegedly pelted them with rocks. A Border Patrol officer, Lonnie Swartz gave a verbal warning then fired into Mexico, hitting Rodriguez in the head and back. | nogalesinternational.com |
| 11912 | Kenneth Bryon Releford | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/11/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.7283751 | -95.3535818 | Houston Police Department |
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| Releford kicked in the door of his neighbor's home on Francis Street where a 61-year-old man, his 87-year-old father, and two nephews, ages 12 and 14, were sleeping. Releford sexually assaulted one of the boys, the 87-year-old wheelchair-bound man confronted Releford; after the two men fought, Releford walked out of the house and into the street toward his home. When police arrived, Releford aggressively approached one of the officers with one of his hands behind his back. As the officer retreated and called for additional police assistance, Releford charged toward the officer, which forced the officer to fire his gun. | houstonpress.com |
| 11907 | Logan Bell | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/11/2012 | Rockford | IL | 42.2545397 | -89.1161711 | Rockford Police Department |
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| Bell, who had stopped taking his medicine for bipolar disorder—actually wanted police to kill him. Medical experts who looked into the case call it suicide by a cop, getting police to kill you so you don't have to do it yourself. Police say Bell shouted "Shoot me. Shoot me. You're going to have to shoot me. I'm not going to drop the gun." | wrex.com |
| 11908 | Wayne Edward Craddock | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 10/12/2012 | Roy | WA | 46.937806 | -122.5152712 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office |
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| An officer pulled over the victim since he looked suspicious, he asked the suspect to stay outside of the truck and he did but abruptly got back into the truck and got access to a gun. The officer went back to the car finding protection and the suspect pointed his gun at him. The deputy shot him several times. | piercecountywa.org |
| 11915 | Nicholas Leo Frazier | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 10/13/2012 | Palmer | AK | 61.561639 | -149.267613 | Alaska State Troopers |
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| A man facing two arrest warrants shot an Alaska State Trooper during a traffic stop, police said. The shooter stole the wounded trooper's patrol car and was later found about a mile away, dead inside the vehicle. The trooper was not seriously injured and returned fire. Investigators have not said whether the trooper's shots killed the man, if his fatal wound was self-inflicted, or if he died some other way. | adn.com |
| 11913 | Erica Collins | 26 | Female | African-American/Black | 10/13/2012 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1786975 | -84.5625628 | Cincinnati Police Department |
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| The incident occurred after an officer responded to a 911 call made by Collins to her residence. Police believe there was a dispute was over gas money between Collins and her sister. Collins had a knife and moved toward the tire of the red SUV she was sitting in. The officer tried to stop Collins from slicing the tires of the car. Collins refused and the officer shot her. | fox19.com |
| 11914 | Randall Kyle Wilcox | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/13/2012 | Clinton | TN | 36.05641 | -84.256038 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Wilcox at the time had three outstanding warrants against him; two for contempt of court and one for failure to appear. An officer tried to pull him over, but Wilcox kept driving eventually pulling into a driveway, jumped from his vehicle and ran into nearby woods where the struggle ensued. The officer shot Wilcox during the struggle. | knoxnews.com |
| 11909 | Jose Zepeda Jr. | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/13/2012 | Oxnard | CA | 34.2045441 | -119.1737583 | Oxnard Police Department |
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| Officer Ryan Lockner shot and killed bystander, Alfonso Limon Jr., when he was unknowingly caught in the middle of a running gun battle reportedly initiated by Jose Zepeda Jr., who was also shot and killed by Lockner and officer Rocky Marquez. | vcstar.com |
| 11911 | Alfonso Limon Jr. | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/13/2012 | Oxnard | CA | 34.2045441 | -119.1737583 | Oxnard Police Department |
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| Two officers shot Limon by accident, and another three officers shot Limon in error, leaving the bystander dead from 16 gunshot wounds. He'd gotten caught in the crossfire of a gang-related police shooting. All shots were deemed justified by authorities. | vcstar.com |
| 11918 | David Lee Fish Jr. | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 10/14/2012 | Crossville | TN | 36.0283983 | -85.2093912 | Cumberland County Sheriff's Office |
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| Authorities responded to a trespassing call at 102 Spooner Drive in the Mayland community. When an officer got there,he tried to arrest Fish. Fish attacked the officer forcing the deputy to open fire. | local8now.com |
| 11917 | Jose Alberto Guerra | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/14/2012 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5057464 | -98.7227368 | Bexar County Sheriff's Office |
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| An officer saw Guerra walking partially in the street, apparently intoxicated. The officer activated his emergency lights and approached the man, whose behavior was erratic. After putting his hands on the vehicle so the officer could pat him down for weapons, Guerra became violent. Guerra attacked the sergeant and tried to shove him into oncoming traffic.The officer then shot Guerra multiple times before summoning EMS. | mysanantonio.com |
| 11919 | Chaz Isaiah Sherron | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/14/2012 | Riverside | CA | 33.917058 | -117.450151 | Riverside Police Department |
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| Sherron apparently called police saying he wanted to commit suicide. He greeted them with a gun. | google.com |
| 11921 | George Scoville | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/15/2012 | Addison | IL | 41.933025 | -88.027951 | Addison Police Department |
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| An officer shot George Scoville after he allegedly shot at the officer. According to police, the officer had gone to Scoville's home in unincorporated DuPage County at about 6:30 p.m. to question him in a hit-and-run crash. The encounter escalated, police said, and Scoville allegedly fired several shots at the officer, ran back into his home, and then reemerged, shooting. The officer returned fire, killing Scoville. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11923 | Scott William Muntz | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 10/15/2012 | Thomasville | NC | 35.8423654 | -80.095049 | Thomasville Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a home after receiving reports of gunshots and a man threatening to harm himself. A negotiator unsuccessfully tried to speak with Muntz and contacted other family members in an effort to resolve the situation. After hearing a shot fired from inside the mobile home, officers saw Muntz open the front door with a pistol in his hand. Muntz then walked into the front yard where officers repeatedly told him to drop the weapon and show his hands. Muntz continued loading the gun before aiming it at officers, who opened fire, striking him once. | myfox8.com |
| 11922 | Roberto Carlos Hernandez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/15/2012 | Krum | TX | 33.2888577 | -97.2841802 | Denton County Sheriff's Office |
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| Roberto Carlos Hernandez and Michael Chadwick Fry were in the car. Hernandez was in the driver's seat when he allegedly put the car into reverse and rammed into the officer's patrol vehicle according to the sheriff's office. The deputy opened fire and shot Hernandez several times. | nbcdfw.com |
| 11924 | Corey Kanosh | 35 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 10/15/2012 | Kanosh | UT | 38.8013558 | -112.4374387 | Millard County Sheriff's Office |
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| Investigators say Kanosh's mother called police to report her son was drunk and had taken her car. Kanosh was shot and killed during a confrontation at the end of a car chase. Kanosh and another man fled on foot; Josse deployed a Taser at Kanosh, but he recovered and a struggle allegedly ensued when Josie tried to handcuff him. At some point during the confrontation, investigators say Josse was "going to the ground" with Kanosh on top of him. He shot Kanosh in the arm and torso. Josse was treated for injuries after the shooting, police said. | sltrib.com |
| 11926 | Jorge Duran Jr. | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 10/16/2012 | Lake Township | OH | 41.596876 | -83.447777 | Lake Township Police Department |
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| Police responded to a 911 call that a man had shot multiple people.Three officers initially responded to the scene and found an injured 26-year-old male outside a building in the complex. One officer stayed with that victim and two others approached the building, where they were met by the armed suspect. There was an exchange of gunfire and the suspect was killed but police officials today did not know who fired first or how many total shots were fired. | toledoblade.com |
| 11929 | Gerrit Alan Perkins | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 10/17/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.877363 | -95.6662963 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
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| Investigators said the deputy was serving a warrant on Gerrit Perkins, who was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. The deputies searched a house. One of the deputies found the suspect hiding in a closet and said he asked Perkins to show his hands, but the suspect made a sudden move while carrying a shiny object. The deputy then shot him. The shiny object turned out to be a telephone. Perkins died at North Cypress Medical Center a short time later. | abc13.com |
| 11928 | Steve Rombeau | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 10/17/2012 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.193925 | -118.472571 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Officers said that they tried to stop Rombeau for a red light violation, that he led them on a chase, and that when he was stopped began shooting at officers. Officers returned fire and shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11927 | Danny Hammett | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 10/17/2012 | Hiram | GA | 33.864377 | -84.771162 | Paulding County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers attempted to serve a narcotics search warrant. Officers claim Hammet "brandished some type of weapon" and fatally shot him. Family members claim Hammett was unarmed and that police did not recover a gun or anything that could be considered a weapon. Narcotics were not found at the scene. | wsbtv.com |
| 11933 | Alexander Nestoiter | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 10/18/2012 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.1794038 | -118.4348875 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Officers said they responded to a call that Nestoiter was wielding a knife or machete. When they arrived, they said he had a gun, and they shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11932 | Jilberto Gutierrez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/18/2012 | Inglewood | CA | 33.9490954 | -118.3481873 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| A deputy reported that while detained, Gutierrez developed an illness and was taken to the hospital. He allegedly reached for the deputy's gun even though one of his hands was handcuffed to the hospital bed, and the deputy shot him to death. | latimes.com |
| 11931 | Theodore Sazzmann | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/18/2012 | San Jacinto | CA | 33.7667077 | -116.944516 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department |
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| Sazzmann was spotted by a deputy responding to a "suspicious person." The officer found a vehicle that looked like it had been broken into, and heard another vehicle starting nearby. The deputy, thinking the vehicle may have been involved in the suspected burglary, went to the vehicle and saw a man inside. The officer identified himself and instructed the male to show him his hands. The male failed to comply with the officer's instructions; instead he reached and grabbed a dark object from the center console. The officer, believing the object to be a weapon and fearing for his safety shot the man. | patch.com |
| 11930 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 10/18/2012 | Monclova | OH | 41.5746658 | -83.7866377 | Lucas County Sheriff's Office |
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| The man who reportedly shot and killed himself during a standoff with Lucas County sheriff's deputies might have been depressed over a breakup with his girlfriend. | toledoblade.com | |
| 11934 | John E. Peterson | 65 | Male | European-American/White | 10/19/2012 | Valley | WA | 48.1143393 | -117.7737164 | Stevens County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a call to 911, when they arrive to the address pointed they found out that the suspect who was a veteran had the phone in one hand and a gun in the other one. They tried to give commands to the Peterson, but officer who shot him says he pointed his gun at him, and he shot him in defense. | spokesman.com |
| 19309 | Eliborio Rosalio Carrillo-Perez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/19/2012 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1613175 | -95.9045568 | Tulsa Police Department |
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| A 35-year-old Tulsa man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a standoff with law enforcement. The man was a suspect in a murder. The manner of death was ruled suicide. | google.com |
| 11939 | Forenzo Tyree McKeithen Walker | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/20/2012 | Birmingham | AL | 33.476258 | -86.8972579 | Birmingham Police Department |
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| Forenzo Tyree McKeithen Walker was a bystander shot and killed in a parking lot after multiple shots were fired, including one from a Birmingham police officer. The media reports don't specify whose bullet killed Walker, although two men were charged because it happened while they were committing a felony. | abc3340.com |
| 11940 | Inga Swanson | 42 | Female | European-American/White | 10/20/2012 | Spring Hill | FL | 28.4442382 | -82.5729615 | Tampa Police Department, Hernando County Sheriff's Office |
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| Initial reports described Swanson approaching two off-duty officers at a party, "armed, naked, and irrational," armed in fact with an inoperable antique pistol. It later emerged that the two of them had taken photographs of her about 15 minutes previously, walking naked through the woods and admitting to being "a little confused." | dailymail.co.uk |
| 11938 | James D. Smith III | 65 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/20/2012 | Glacier View | CO | 40.7182663 | -105.4263061 | Larimer County Sheriff's Office |
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| Larimer County Sheriff's Office deputies were called when an adult female called 911 to report that her former boyfriend had arrived at her residence. Deputies arrived on scene and made contact with Smith who pointed a handgun at deputies. Two shots were fired, one from Smith and one shot from a deputy. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. | northfortynews.com |
| 11942 | Jeremiah Moore | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 10/21/2012 | Vallejo | CA | 38.122914 | -122.248277 | Vallejo Police Department |
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| Two naked men were destroying property, including their home and cars. They claimed one of the men—who was on the autism spectrum—pointed a rifle at them. Witnesses dispute this claim. | kqed.org |
| 11941 | Chase Hammer | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/21/2012 | Salem | OR | 44.9022146 | -123.0420109 | Salem Police Department |
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| Local police responded to a call from Hammer's girlfriend that he was armed, depressed and possibly suicidal. On arriving at the scene Hammer refused to drop his weapon and was fatally shot. | oregonlive.com |
| 11943 | Dru Garrett Larson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 10/22/2012 | Salem | OR | 44.9606517 | -123.0314382 | Salem Police Department |
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| Larson led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car through the streets of Salem before crashing the vehicle. As officers approached he was initially cooperative but then attempted to escape, nearly striking police. They fatally shot him. | oregonlive.com |
| 11947 | Leon Tilden | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 10/23/2012 | Lamoine | ME | 44.5151192 | -68.3247821 | Maine State Police |
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| After killing his father and his uncle, an armed Tilden tried to flank investigating officers, and they shot and killed him. | maine.gov |
| 11944 | Victor Terrance Gaddy Sr. | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/23/2012 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9628054 | -93.0737576 | St. Paul Police Department |
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| Officers stopped Gaddy at the request of Minneapolis police, who said he was a suspect in a narcotics investigation. When Gaddy used his car to ram unmarked squad cars, officers shot and killed him, officials said in a statement. | startribune.com |
| 11945 | Chue Xiong | 22 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 10/23/2012 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9629998 | -93.0736053 | St. Paul Police Department |
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| Xiong's family reported a shotgun and compound bow and arrows stolen from their home shortly before police spotted Xiong in a parking lot. Xiong raised the shotgun as officers arrived in a marked squad car and gunfire was exchanged, police said. Xiong was killed and officer King was wounded. | startribune.com |
| 11948 | Patrick Don Durnford | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Sumner | WA | 47.1931038 | -122.2402471 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office |
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| The victim was shot right to the head after the SWAT team ordered him to drop his weapon several times. He was presumed to have a hostage and attempted to shoot one officer. The SWAT team find several suicide notes inside of the house and he was under the influence of alcohol. | thenewstribune.com |
| 11951 | Phillip Haynes | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Silsbee | TX | 30.3999386 | -94.1783105 | Hardin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Responding to a suicide-related call, paramedics and Deputies Jason Griffin and Scott Delacerda approached a residence. Haynes laid face down on a bed. They tapped on the bedroom window. He did not respond. The deputies entered the house. When the deputies entered the bedroom, Haynes jumped up and stabbed Deputy Griffin in the arm with a knife. Deputy Delacerda shot at Haynes twice and struck him twice. Haynes was pronounced dead at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth. | 12newsnow.com |
| 11953 | Cindy Johnson West | 34 | Female | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.5650429 | -93.7680412 | Shreveport Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed Donnie Ray Plater following a police chase; Plater's estranged wife (who Plater allegedly kidnapped, prompting the chase), Cindy Johnson West, was also found shot to death in Plater's vehicle. The initial call at 8:28 a.m. reported that a man was threatening a woman with a shotgun and had pulled her inside a vehicle. Officers spotted the car on Grimmett Drive in Shreveport and began to pursue the vehicle. Witnesses said it appeared that the woman attempted to get out of the car near Ute Trail and Grimmett. Officers behind Plater's vehicle then reported hearing shots fired. The chase continued onto Dixie Shreveport Road (Hwy 3049), turning on to George Road, when Plater reportedly got out of the car and started shooting at officers, striking a police car. Plater was then shot by police and died at the scene. The woman, Cindy Johnson West, was found shot to death inside the car, reportedly by Plater. | cbs46.com |
| 11952 | Donnie Ray Plater | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.5650429 | -93.7680412 | Shreveport Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed Donnie Ray Plater following a police chase; Plater's estranged wife (who Plater allegedly kidnapped, prompting the chase), Cindy Johnson West, was also found shot to death in Plater's vehicle. The initial call at 8:28 a.m. reported that a man was threatening a woman with a shotgun and had pulled her inside a vehicle. Officers spotted the car on Grimmett Drive in Shreveport and began to pursue the vehicle. Witnesses said it appeared that the woman attempted to get out of the car near Ute Trail and Grimmett. Officers behind Plater's vehicle then reported hearing shots fired. The chase continued onto Dixie Shreveport Road (Hwy 3049), turning on to George Road, when Plater reportedly got out of the car and started shooting at officers, striking a police car. Plater was then shot by police and died at the scene. The woman, Cindy Johnson West, was found shot to death inside the car, reportedly by Plater. | ksla.com |
| 11949 | Ronald Walter Ossenberg | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Lower Lake | CA | 38.8802616 | -122.6130049 | California Highway Patrol |
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| CHP officer Erica Coddington shot Ronald Walter Ossenberg after he attacked her when she stopped to check on a car on the side of the highway. | lakeconews.com |
| 11954 | Roger Preston Hamill | 31 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 10/24/2012 | Lewisville | TX | 33.0026243 | -96.9718355 | Lewisville Police Department |
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| Officers responded to an accusation that a man used a gun to threaten someone at a McDonald's. Hamill's vehicle, near the McDonald's, matched the description of the suspect's vehicle. According to authorities, Hamill exited his vehicle and pointed a gun at officers. Three officers told him to drop it. They fatally shot him when he did not. | nbcdfw.com |
| 11955 | Prince James | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Bronx | NY | 40.8544837 | -73.9100857 | City of New York Police Department |
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| James and two accomplices robbed a 60-year-old cabdriver at gunpoint—netting $80—but were interrupted by an off-duty NYPD officer. The officer was shot in the chest, and the three escaped in a white Mustang. Although seriously wounded the officer gave chase. The Mustang crashed, the officer opened fire with one hand while applying pressure to his own wound with the other, fatally shot James, then flagged down an ambulance for himself. | nydailynews.com |
| 22920 | Hurley E. Underwood | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/24/2012 | Pennington Gap | VA | 36.7310425 | -83.0888057 | Lee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Hurley E. Underwood shot and killed himself in a Lee High parking lot when Lee County deputies attempted to apprehend him following a shooting in a nearby wooded area. | google.com |
| 11958 | Mark Anthony Brooks | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 10/25/2012 | Keller | TX | 32.8983899 | -97.2573015 | Keller Police Department |
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| Police said they were called to a Kohls store, where security had detained the man.When the officer tried to take the suspect into custody he began to struggle.The officer ordered the man to stop, police said, but he threatened to kill the officer and grabbed for his gun several times. The officer shot the man. | dallasnews.com |
| 19284 | Lacey Denise Lamb | 28 | Female | European-American/White | 10/25/2012 | Woodruff | SC | 34.7485581 | -82.0423873 | Woodruff Police Department |
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| Police officer initiated a traffic stop. The driver fled the vehicle, Lacey Denise Lamb moved to the driver's seat and attempted to run over the officer with the vehicle. He shot and killed her. | goupstate.com |
| 11956 | Marcos Antonio Castro Estrada | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/25/2012 | La Joya | TX | 26.3440169 | -98.5087274 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| Game wardens tried to pull over a red truck suspected of carrying a drug load. The truck sped away. The wardens called DPS. A DPS helicopter pursued. The vehicle continued to speed as it headed toward three schools around dismissal time. Officer Miguel Avila shot at the vehicle from the helicopter. Marco Antonio Castro and Jose Leonardo Cuj Cumar, two of nine Guatemalan migrants hiding in the truck, died. | mysanantonio.com |
| 11957 | Jose Leonardo Coj Cumar | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/25/2012 | Penitas | TX | 26.3428026 | -98.5002052 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| Game wardens tried to pull over a red truck suspected of carrying a drug load. The truck sped away. The wardens called DPS. A DPS helicopter pursued. The vehicle continued to speed as it headed toward three schools around dismissal time. Officer Miguel Avila shot at the vehicle from the helicopter. Marco Antonio Castro and Jose Leonardo Cuj Cumar, two of nine Guatemalan migrants hiding in the truck, died | mysanantonio.com |
| 11962 | Troy Clark Burkinshaw | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/26/2012 | Corinne | UT | 41.5498502 | -112.1106735 | Box Elder County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy sheriff saw Burkinshaw urinating on the side of the highway. After an initial stop, Burkinshaw drove off. After chasing Burkinshaw down a dead end road, the deputy eventually got out of his car, cutting off Burkinshaw's exit, and shot him to death. | fox13now.com |
| 11959 | Edwardo Maduena | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/26/2012 | Visalia | CA | 36.3416901 | -119.421163 | Visalia Police Department |
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| Edwardo Maduena and Ruben Molina were killed after pursuit and shootout with police in Visalia. | mydeathspace.com |
| 11960 | Ruben Molina | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/26/2012 | Visalia | CA | 36.3416901 | -119.421163 | Visalia Police Department |
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| Edwardo Maduena and Ruben Molina were killed after pursuit and shootout with police in Visalia. | mydeathspace.com |
| 11964 | Laurie Wetzle | 58 | Female | European-American/White | 10/27/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6402417 | -112.091479 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed Wetzle after she told police that she had hostages and refused to lower a weapon. Interviews with neighbors indicated that Wetzle may have suffered from depression and was looking to commit "suicide by cop." | kfvs12.com |
| 11968 | Michael Eugene Spohn | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 10/28/2012 | Binghamton | NY | 42.0968769 | -75.9184365 | Binghamton Police Department |
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| At 2 a.m. police responded to multiple disturbance reports from a motel. They found Spohn, an oil industry worker from Oklahoma, drunk, armed and uncooperative. Tasing Spohn didn't work. More than a dozen officers from multiple agencies fired over 100 bullets at him within six seconds. | pressconnects.com |
| 11965 | Ricky Childs | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/28/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7456429 | -87.6027935 | Chicago Police Department |
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| An officer shot Ricky Childs when he allegedly fired at him during a foot chase on the South Side. Shortly after 11:15 p.m., police said they were alerted to a robbery, and that Childs matched a preliminary description of the suspect. When officers approached Childs, he ran and two officers gave chase. Childs allegedly fired a gun at an officer, and the officer fired back, striking Childs in the head. Childs died the following night. | chicagotribune.com |
| 11966 | Name withheld by police | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/28/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4803419 | -112.2119121 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| The decedent was believed to have been involved in a domestic fight with a man and woman near 71st Avenue and Thomas Road and was seen by the officer running across Thomas Road, according to the Phoenix Police Department. The officer pulled over and almost immediately got into a fight with the suspect. The officer said the decedent tried to grab the officer's sidearm with both hands, but the officer regained control and fired at the 34-year-old man., killing him. | cbs5az.com |
| 11967 | Name withheld by police | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/28/2012 | New Orleans | LA | 29.9687124 | -90.0983511 | New Orleans Police Department |
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| A chase in which an officer tasered a man led to a standoff with the man inside a Mid-City house and ended with the man's suicide, police said. The incident began before 1 a.m., when an officer on patrol pulled the man over for driving at a high rate of speed on Banks St. The driver turned onto the 400 block of S. Genois and stopped in a driveway, before allegedly pushing the officer and fleeing on foot. The officer caught up and a struggle reportedly followed. The officer used his Taser on the man, who got away and ran to the rear of a house in which he apparently lived. The man's roommate came outside of the house and tried to talk the man out of the house. The roommate also reportedly told police that there were several guns and ammunition inside. The SWAT team was called and a short time later, police said they heard one gunshot. Later, the man was found inside with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene. | wafb.com |
| 11970 | William Charles Lipscombe | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 10/29/2012 | Buchanan Dam | TX | 30.7427407 | -98.4447448 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| Lipscombe's mother called police to report that he was armed and behaving erratically. DPS arrived, learning over the phone that Buchanan, a Coast Guard veteran, feared a terrorist attack in the vicinity. An active layman in the Episcopal Church, he calmed down after a private prayer service. Troopers confronted him an unknown amount of time later and fatally shot him. According to Wee-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, Lipscombe's family asked for donations to PTSD-related research instead of flowers for his grave. | smalltownnews.com |
| 11972 | Ronald James Morrison | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/29/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1308667 | -115.1179125 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Las Vegas police responding to a shooting at a shopping center confronted gunman Ronald James Morrison behind a store. When he brandished a handgun, officers opened fire and killed him. | google.com |
| 11973 | Jonathan Lopez | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/30/2012 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3797898 | -118.9817877 | Bakersfield Police Department |
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| Officer Keith Cason shot Jonathan Lopez in an alley after he'd fired at him, then threw away his gun during a foot chase. | bakersfield.com |
| 11976 | Phillip Hernandez | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/31/2012 | San Diego | CA | 32.6983163 | -117.1473404 | San Diego Police Department |
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| Hernandez was suspected of series of robberies and assaults. After being pulled over Hernandez jumped out of the vehicle and allegedly began shooting at the patrol personnel with a rifle, prompting them to return fire. Struck by at least one round, the suspect turned, walked in front of the van, collapsed and died. | nbcsandiego.com |
| 11975 | Marvin Donald Wilkerson | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 10/31/2012 | Odessa | TX | 31.860148 | -102.471163 | Ector County Sheriff's Office |
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| A man called authorities to report that Wilkinson threatened people with a firearm. Deputy Johnny Joe Valderaz responded, fatally shooting Wilkerson. Wilkerson's family said that Wilkerson, disabled by Parkinson's disease, would not have drawn a gun on a deputy, though he was guilty of multiple misdemeanors. Deputy Valderaz was earlier acquitted of aggravated assault, though District Attorney Bobby Bland expressed personal dislike for the defendant. | oaoa.com |
| 29275 | Marty Maiden | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/31/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.1146791 | -111.1025984 | Pima County Sheriff's Office |
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| Marty Maiden shot himself on Halloween during a prolonged standoff with deputies. | tucson.com |
| 11977 | Gregory S. Kaufman | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 11/01/2012 | Pe Ell | WA | 46.5703783 | -123.2976153 | Lewis County Sheriff's Office |
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| The deputy found a car in the right line of the Road 6, got near to it trying to help. In the car was only Kaufman, with some wounds in his wrist and neck done by himself after he had some issues with his girlfriend. Kaufman abandoned the car but he didn't want to drop the knife and he started walking toward the road. The sheriff asked him to stop, but he didn't. Deputy shot him in the head and stomach. | tdn.com |
| 11979 | Corey Rashad Hayes | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/01/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.6417146 | -95.4009419 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 7 |
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| Hayes argued with his mother and grandmother. They hid in a deputy constable's apartment. Hayes tried to confront them. The deputy constable, her own son present in her apartment, fatally shot him. It is unclear whether Hayes was armed. | kwtx.com |
| 11980 | Demetrius Bennett | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/01/2012 | Rockford | IL | 42.2586259 | -89.1233532 | Rockford Police Department |
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| Police went to the residence to investigate a domestic violence report. Bennett rush police armed with a steak knife. | rrstar.com |
| 11984 | Michael J. Webb | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Pompano Beach | FL | 26.2624923 | -80.1308274 | Broward County Sheriff's Office |
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| Bank robber Webb had developed a technique of jumping the counter. In the third crime at the same branch he was thwarted, and dismayed, by a new bulletproof glass panel. His flight from police on local interstates at lunchtime tied up thousands of motorists. Police tried a PIT maneuver, which was partly successful; when Webb emerged from his wrecked vehicle weapon in hand, he was shot dead. | sun-sentinel.com |
| 11982 | Danielle Misha Willard | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | West Valley City | UT | 40.6919382 | -111.950075 | West Valley City Police Department |
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| Willard was shot and killed by undercover officers in the parking lot of an apartment complex. They stated that they saw Willard "involved in drug activity" in her car at the apartments. WVC Police Detective Shaun Cowley was charged with manslaughter. | fox13now.com |
| 11986 | Matt Daniels | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Battle Creek | MI | 42.3922741 | -85.2797694 | Battle Creek Police Department |
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| On November 2nd, 2012, Police were called to Matt Daniels mother's house, where he was reportedly attacking his step father. Daniels' mother told police he had been acting strange and paranoid all day, and had smoked marijuana. Officer Chuck Pelfrey arrived and tried to arrest Daniels, who attacked him. Daniels choked Pelfrey and struck him several times in the face. The two fell to the ground where a single shot was fired, killing Daniels. | fox17online.com |
| 11987 | Evan Newsom | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Stafford | VA | 38.5002318 | -77.5648284 | Stafford County Sheriff's Office |
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| Distraught Teen, Evan had assaulted Mom and Neighbor and took mothers car without permission. Evan was contained in his residence when Stafford Deputies entered and shot Evan after unnecessarily escalating the situation through taunts and failure to coordinate with other responders. Deputies fired shots despite others being present in other residences within same structure. | potomaclocal.com |
| 11981 | Keith Edward Miles | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Littlerock | WA | 46.9271111 | -123.0575814 | Thurston County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies had tracked a suspect from an attempted break-in at the Littlerock Grocery Store, he went inside of the house were his mother was and came out with a pool cue, hit an agent with it in the head and one of the deputies shot his gun declaring that the Taser wasn't effective. | heraldnet.com |
| 11983 | Justin Lionel Turner | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/02/2012 | Washington | DC | 38.933452 | -76.980878 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Turner woke up his grandparents' household before 7 in the morning, coming in to use a punching bag. His grandfather complained; Turner assaulted him. Responding police were speaking to the grandfather when Turner surprised them with a knife, wounding the officer in the face, neck and hands. The officer shot once and killed Turner. | nbcwashington.com |
| 19283 | Anthony A. Walker | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/02/2012 | Columbia | SC | 34.0152853 | -81.0215286 | Columbia Police Department |
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| When Columbia Officer Michael Bailey arrived at an apartment where a domestic assault had been reported in progress, a child in the home asked him to "save my mommy," according to a solicitor's summary. Bailey saw Anthony Walker punching a naked woman while kneeling on her throat. Bailey drew his gun and ordered Walker to stop. Walker instead advanced on Bailey and tried to grab his gun. Bailey "placed his finder on the trigger of the gun in order to get a stronger grip on the weapon" and unintentionally shot Walker, fatally wounding him. | wistv.com |
| 11985 | Daniel Taiwan Hathorne | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/02/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.119801 | -115.143007 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Las Vegas police officers went to the Siegel Suites after Daniel Taiwan Hathorne refused to vacate his room and threatened to take hostages if management tried to evict him. Hathorne ran when police arrived and grabbed an elderly woman along Cambridge Street. He held two knives to the woman's neck, prompting officers to shoot. He died at the hospital. | google.com |
| 11989 | David Dale Rivera | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/03/2012 | Snyder | TX | 32.7151394 | -100.9018313 | Snyder Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a call about Rivera, suicidal, threatening to kill himself, his girlfriend and a baby. Rivera stood outside his residence with the baby and a knife. Rivera retreated back into his residence as officers tried to reason with him. He put the baby down and ran at officers with a knife in each hand. Lieutenant Brian Haggard fatally shot him. The baby was unharmed. | kcbd.com |
| 11990 | Daniel Ross Fuller | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 11/03/2012 | Port St. Lucie | FL | 27.2607309 | -80.3354667 | Port St. Lucie Police Department |
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| Fuller's parents called police from their home saying their son was armed and suicidal. Fuller reportedly said, "Good, I'll shoot them, too." A SWAT response and a lengthy standoff ended with Fuller dead and one of the officers wounded, perhaps from friendly fire. | tcpalm.com |
| 11988 | Richard Fontenot | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/03/2012 | Florence | AL | 34.8643967 | -87.7002588 | Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office |
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| Two deputies shot and killed Richard Fontenot when he allegedly pointed a gun at them. | timesdaily.com |
| 11992 | Brandon Todd Obermiller | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 11/04/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.73133 | -95.6136439 | Houston Police Department |
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| A man called police saying that his dog had been stolen by Obermiller, his armed neighbor. Officers responded. Officer J.R. D'Eugenio shot at Obermiller when he tried to draw his gun. Obermiller retreated to his residence, and a SWAT team was called to negotiate with him. The team used its armored vehicle to force entry into the residence, as Obermiller shot at officers with a rifle. Officer S.J. Hamala fatally shot him. | chron.com |
| 11991 | Dejuan Eaton | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/04/2012 | Fremont | CA | 37.5497431 | -122.008802 | Fremont Police Department |
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| Two officers shot and killed Dejuan Eaton, who was reportedly naked, chasing his estranged wife with a knife, and distraught over the sudden death of his younger brother earlier that same evening. | mercurynews.com |
| 11993 | George William Stokes | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 11/05/2012 | Cedar Park | TX | 30.4801041 | -97.8370129 | Williamson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Stokes broke into a house where a woman and her 12-year-old daughter lived. The woman and her daughter ran out of the house. Stokes dragged the woman back into the house. SWAT responded. Negotiators manipulated Stokes into letting the woman escape. Stokes shot at her. SWAT deputies ran to the woman, shielded her with their ballistic vests and retreated, shooting back at Stokes. One deputy was grazed by a bullet. Stokes fatally shot himself. | statesman.com |
| 11996 | Lamont J. Burgess | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/06/2012 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.828152 | -82.6378749 | St. Petersburg Police Department |
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| With a female accomplice Burgess robbed a convenience store with a shotgun and a knife held against the throat of the clerk. Undercover officers were already waiting for them outside. They fatally shot Burgess when he held up the shotgun toward them. The accomplice would be charged for his murder. | tampabay.com |
| 11998 | Brian Williams | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Overfield Township | PA | 41.5091752 | -75.8445589 | Tunkhannock Township Police Department |
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| Tunkhannock Township police officer who fatally shot a Lake Winola man, Brian Williams, while serving a mental health warrant. Williams reportedly refused to drop a fireplace poker. | citizensvoice.com |
| 11997 | Jonathan Silver Love | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Mount Vernon | TX | 33.1243818 | -95.2274491 | Franklin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Franklin County deputies pursued a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle used by a suspect to flee the scene of a home invasion in Wood County. The vehicle stopped at Wooden Acres Tool Rental. Love stepped out of the vehicle with a weapon. He was fatally shot. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. | kltv.com |
| 11999 | Justin Hoey | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Henderson | NV | 36.0072088 | -115.1140879 | Henderson Police Department |
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| After assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Justin Hoey was confronted by Henderson police on a sidewalk near St. Rose Parkway and Eastern Avenue. During a standoff, Hoey held a handgun to his head and made suicidal statements. After about two hours, SWAT officers shot and killed Hoey when he pointed the gun at police. | google.com |
| 12008 | Dakota Bright | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7726346 | -87.6207495 | Chicago Police Department |
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| A 15-year-old who allegedly pointed a gun at officers was shot in the head by police in the South Side's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, authorities said. Officers said they saw Dakota Bright with a handgun The police state that officers approached, Dakota fled on foot, the officers chased him. During the pursuit, the officers shot Dakota. A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said. Bright, of the 7600 block South Emerald, was declared dead on the scene at 4:11 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Officials at the morgue said Saturday that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and they could not provide further details. | suntimes.com |
| 19942 | James William Hay | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2012 | Flemingsburg | KY | 38.4405074 | -83.6714561 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Kentucky State Police arrived after the Fleming County Sheriff's department called them in to assist with a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, Hay confronted them with a gun, and they asked him for about an hour to put it down. Hay threatened them with the gun, and a trooper shot and killed him. | wkyt.com |
| 22074 | Xavier McCord | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2012 | Maywood | IL | 41.8705792 | -87.8557495 | Maywood Police Department |
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| Police responded to a call for unspecified reasons to an apartment building and tried to question McCord outside the building. He ran, the officer chased him through the back door into the building and allegedly noticed he had a gun. Reports are vague whether McCord raised his arm or pointed the gun before the officer shot and killed him. | thevillagefreepress.org |
| 12003 | James Davies | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Denver | CO | 39.7464383 | -105.0590816 | Lakewood Police Department |
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| Davies was killed early at an active crime scene when a fellow officer fired a round and accidentally killed him. The two officers were only feet away from each other at the time but were separated by a fence.Davis was seen and mistaken for an assailant with a gun. | cbslocal.com |
| 12002 | Steven Bowman | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Lancaster | CA | 34.7178726 | -118.1477818 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Deputies reported that they suspected Bowman of having robbed a bank, and that after chasing him in his SUV he got trapped in a cul-de-sac. He left his vehicle as if to surrender and dropped his jacket, then reached back into the SUV and began firing a gun at deputies. They returned fire, killing him. | latimes.com |
| 12001 | Paul Heenan | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Madison | WI | 43.0848166 | -89.3629571 | Madison Police Department |
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| Heenan, intoxicated, entered his neighbors' home early that morning. Mistaking him for a burglar, the neighbors called the police. The husband then recognized Heenan as their friend and walked him toward Heenan's home. When police arrived, Heenan and the husband were grappling on the sidewalk. Heenen turned and approached Officer Heimsness, at which time Officer Heimsness fatally shot Heenan. | madison.com |
| 19282 | Ramel P. Wright | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/09/2012 | Columbia | SC | 34.066285 | -80.980866 | Richland County Sheriff's Office, Columbia Police Department |
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| Wright was involved in a bank robbery and fled the scene with other suspects. They stopped their vehicle and fled on foot. A RCSD investigator and several other officers confronted Ramel Wright who threatened to fire with a weapon in his pocket. The investigator shot and killed him. | examiner.com |
| 12006 | Jose de la Trinidad | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/10/2012 | Compton | CA | 33.921701 | -118.2390028 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which De la Trinidad was a passenger. After a brief chase, he got out of the car and deputies shot him five times in the back, according to an autopsy. Police maintain that the man was reaching for his waistband when deputies shot at him. He was unarmed. | raniakhalek.com |
| 12004 | Jeffrey Albert Musick | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 11/10/2012 | Denver | CO | 39.7455425 | -105.0068651 | Denver Police Department |
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| A man was spotted running across campus carrying the three-foot long sword. When the officer came in contact with the man, he nearly severed the officer's finger. Jeffrey Albert Musick, 38, died from multiple gunshot wounds. | denverda.org |
| 12005 | Allan DeVillena II | 22 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/10/2012 | Palm Springs | CA | 33.819857 | -116.545871 | Palm Springs Police Department |
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| Officers fatally shot DeVillena after the 22-year-old unarmed Marine allegedly drunkenly drove his car at the officers. Despite conflicting witness statements, the county District Attorney declined to file charges against the officers in 2014. | desertsun.com |
| 23251 | Richard Todd Hansrote | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 11/10/2012 | Clarksville | TN | 36.5380067 | -87.275597 | Clarksville Police Department |
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| Officers responded to Todd Hansrote's home after receiving a 911 call about a man threatening to kill himself, his wife or anyone who tried to enter the residence. Police set up a perimeter around the home and started negotiations with Hansrote. Officers could hear shots being fired inside the house. An officer shot and killed Hansrote after he came outside and fired several shots. | wsmv.com |
| 12010 | Harold Joseph Collins | 64 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/11/2012 | Southfield | MI | 42.481366 | -83.2376289 | Southfield Police Department |
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| Collins entered a police department lobby and pointed a handgun at an officer, without saying a word. Officers ordered Collins to drop the weapon. When he did not, gunfire was exchanged, injuring one officer and killing Collins. Neighbors believe Collins could not speak because of throat cancer, and that he was very ill. | huffingtonpost.com |
| 12009 | Aaron Matthew Collier | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2012 | Ogden | UT | 41.2565927 | -111.9778921 | Weber County Sheriff's Office |
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| Barricaded himself inside a home after allegedly shooting at police, who returned fire. When SWAT eventually entered the home, the man was dead. Police were responding to a domestic violence incident. Declared a suicide. | sltrib.com |
| 12011 | Derrick "Browny" Flynn | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/11/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9637822 | -75.2424102 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Officers stopped a suspicious man riding a bike. The man was holding a gun, which the officers ordered him to drop. He refused and resisted it being taken away. When he pointed the gun at an officer, an officer opened fire. The man was shot once in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. | google.com |
| 19308 | Name withheld by police | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2012 | El Reno | OK | 35.5419866 | -97.9810845 |
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| A 32-year-old El Reno man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently separated from his wife. The manner of death was ruled suicide. | google.com | |
| 12014 | Name withheld by police | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/12/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9622507 | -75.2427284 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Man shot after pointing a gun at police. | myfoxatlanta.com |
| 12015 | Cecil Ray "Tiger" Elkins Jr. | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2012 | Pixley | CA | 35.9645389 | -119.2913969 | California Highway Patrol |
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| CHP officer Hipolito Pelayo shot Cecil Ray "Tiger" Elkins Jr. several times after he rammed a patrol car and tried to punch an officer while fleeing on foot behind a mini mart. | visaliatimesdelta.com |
| 12020 | Name withheld by police | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/14/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.99622 | -75.1062179 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Officers responding to report of domestic violence arrived to find a woman with multiple gunshot wounds in front of the home. When a man at the scene pointed a gun at officers, they shot him. He died at the scene from a single gunshot wound. | philly.com |
| 12019 | José Toloza | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/14/2012 | Compton | CA | 33.9060811 | -118.1948296 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Deputies approached Toloza for an unspecified reason and he fled on foot. A struggle ensued, and and at least one deputy shot and killed the man after he allegedly tried to grab one of their guns. | scpr.org |
| 12024 | Michael Wilson | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/15/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7935489 | -87.5804185 | Chicago Police Department |
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| A Chicago police officer was grazed in the leg as officers opened fire and killed a man who lunged at them with a hammer after stabbing another man, police said. The officers first used a Taser on the man when they arrived and saw him stabbing the other man. The Taser had "no effect," police said, and the man pulled out a hammer and ran toward the officers. He was shot and killed. | chicagotribune.com |
| 12022 | Gloria Jean Murray | 66 | Female | European-American/White | 11/15/2012 | Cartersville | GA | 34.2203052 | -84.8164309 | Bartow County Sheriff's Office |
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| Shot eight times after pointing a revolver at officers who burst into her home with a no-knock" warrant following tips that Murray was selling marijuana. An officer who fired told the GBI he had accidentally set his weapon to fire multiple rounds with one trigger pull. """ | rssing.com |
| 12023 | Bryce Coutinho | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/15/2012 | Marlborough | MA | 42.368456 | -71.5297939 | Marlborough Police Department |
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| Coutinho threatened suicide with a knife in an upstairs bedroom at his ex-girlfriend's house. Police arrived with knowledge of Coutinho's mental condition and his previous suicide attempts. They entered the confined space, found the victim with a fresh bloody wound on his arm, and demanded that he surrender his weapon. He did not. He was shot twice. | boston.com |
| 12021 | Johnny Louis Gonzalez | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/15/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1375926 | -117.3418692 | San Bernardino Police Department |
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| Two officers shot Johnny Louis Gonzalez when he reached toward his waistband and threw a wooden stick at them. | www.pe.com |
| 12026 | Vladimir Cardenas | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/16/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.271965 | -110.9780579 | Pima County Sheriff's Department |
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| Cardenas was being investigated for selling heroin and/or methamphetamine. When pulled over, he pulled a gun on the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him. | tucson.com |
| 12027 | Stephen Crawley | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/17/2012 | Hanford | CA | 36.2111227 | -119.6907141 | Kings County Sheriff's Office |
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| Senior deputy Marius Barsteceanu shot Stephen Crawley when he charged at officers with a golf club. | kmph.com |
| 12028 | Inzer Allen "A.J." Johnson | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 11/17/2012 | Rainbow City | AL | 33.9616916 | -86.0410169 | Rainbow City Police Department |
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| Capt. Chase Jenkins shot and killed Inzer Allen "A.J." Johnson when Johnson allegedly threatened officers. | gadsdentimes.com |
| 12030 | Senovio "Novi" Maldonado | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/18/2012 | Greenville | SC | 34.8518684 | -82.3976826 | Greenville Police Department |
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| According to police, they halted an assault by Maldonado on another man at about 12:45 a.m. in downtown Greenville. Maldonado was using a baseball bat. With the interruption Maldonado charged at the officers with the bat. They shot him to death. | patch.com |
| 22201 | Michael John Elekes | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/18/2012 | Franklin | NJ | 41.116101 | -74.581929 | Franklin Borough Police Department |
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| Franklin Borough police responded to a 911 call around 8:15 p.m., from a woman who said her 53-year-old son was threatening her with a shotgun in their house. When police arrived at the ranch-style home, the caller, Anne Elekes, ran outside and was shot and wounded by her son, Michael, as she tried to flee, police said. A hostage negotiator was able to talk Michael Elekes into releasing his father, James Elekes Sr. At about 4 a.m., police rushed into the house, and found Michael Elekes dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | www.nj.com |
| 12029 | Derrick Ambrose Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/18/2012 | Waterloo | IA | 42.5131344 | -92.3454489 | Waterloo Police Department |
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| Officer Kyle Law was reportedly in the area at around 1:40 a.m. when police got a call about a disturbance outside New World Sports Bar and Grill. Law said he saw Derrick Ambrose Jr. pointing a gun at a crowd of people. Ambrose ran, and Law chased him on foot. Ambrose stepped out from behind a tree, and Law shot him in the back of his head and the back of his leg. A witness reportedly asked Law why he shot Ambrose since he never turned toward the officer or pointed anything at him. The family's lawsuit said that before he was shot, Ambrose had dropped a handgun for which he had a permit. Under the settlement agreement, Ambrose's parents received $2.5 million in what was believed to be the largest city settlement of a police-shooting lawsuit in Iowa history. | prnewswire.com |
| 12032 | Cecil Cochran | 55 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/20/2012 | Aurora | CO | 39.686749 | -104.789699 | Aurora Police Department |
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| Two of the three Aurora police officers involved in the deadly shooting of a naked, machete-wielding man had been specially trained on how to defuse potentially violent interactions between police and mentally disturbed people, police said Wednesday. But it was unclear whether that training came into play Tuesday, when one of the three officers fatally shot Cecil Cochran, 55, after police said he lunged at them with the machete and a carving knife inside his home. | da18.org |
| 12031 | Marvin Coleman | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/20/2012 | Newark | NJ | 40.6975081 | -74.1983912 | Newark Police Department |
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| Marvin Coleman, 19, was shot by at least two officers after he brandished a weapon and used it to hit one of the officers in the face following a brief foot chase | www.nj.com |
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