Fatal Encounters

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

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Displaying 11,001 - 11,500 of 22,236

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
12695Chad Lee Hanchett36MaleEuropean-American/White04/25/2013Garden GroveCA33.7731531-117.9942478Garden Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chad Lee Hanchett died from injuries sustained when he was shot by Sgt. Mike Martin approximately six months earlier. Hanchett was allegedly driving in the general direction of an officer when he was shot. Hanchett was fleeing police who were questioning him in his vehicle.

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20894Edgar Martinez20MaleHispanic/Latino04/25/2013HollandMI42.8141046-86.1215316Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, officers stopped a 1994 Grand Am in the Leisure Estates mobile home park at about 11:30 a.m. Edgar Martinez was in the backseat; three teens were also in the car, police said. According to police, the teens complied when an officer said to get out and put their hands on their head. Martinez reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot himself once in the head. Martinez died the next day at a hospital. Investigators later said Martinez was likely involved in a robbery at Macatawa Bank in Holland Township on April 23.

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12697Kenzell Hobbs18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/25/2013Little RockAR34.754815-92.3389569Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kenzell Hobbs, 18, of North Little Rock, died of his injuries following a string of car burglaries and a manhunt that took place along University Avenue. An officer chased Hobbs on foot and shot and killed Hobbs after Hobbs allegedly fired back at the pursuing officer with a handgun.

arkansasonline.com
12700Brice Quintin Jefferson24MaleAfrican-American/Black04/26/2013AthensCA33.9306604-118.2919393Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brice Jefferson and his girlfriend had a fight. He reportedly kidnapped her two daughters and dropped them off at a grocery store nearby, and returned to the where his girlfriend was. Deputies were already there, and alleged that Jefferson hit one police vehicle and pinned down one deputy on the ground with his car. A deputy shot and killed Jefferson. The deputy who'd been hurt was taken to local hospital and treated.

latimes.com
12699Cody Point18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/26/2013AtascocitaTX29.9963869-95.1703622Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities said three men allegedly assaulted bank employees during a robbery and managed to pocket an undisclosed amount of cash. Their getaway was interrupted when a Houston Police officer entered the bank during his lunch break. The officer, officials said, walked straight into the barrel of a shotgun as he entered the bank building. The officer struggled with one or more of the suspects then the second officer intervened. After the robbers got into an SUV, one pointed a shotgun at the second officer, who shot and killed a man in the SUV.

yourhoustonnews.com
12704Gabriel Winzer25MaleAfrican-American/Black04/27/2013FrogTX32.7122727-96.1379537Kaufman County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a report of a man with a gun, firing the weapon and threatening citizens on County Road 316. They encountered the man at a distance. The man fired at officers who did not fire back reportedly due to the presence of civilians in the area. A few minutes later, Gabriel Winzer was riding his bicycle in the area. The officers took him to be the previous man although he did not meet the description. Winzer had a toy pistol. Officers fired on Winzer, hitting him. Winzer managed to run to his nearby home where police were obstructed in their pursuit by Gabriel Winzer's father, Henry Winzer, who reportedly threw the toy pistol in the officer's direction. Police tased Gabriel Winzer. Gabriel Winzer died. Henry Winzer served jail time for his actions during the incident.

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12705Brian Johnson38MaleEuropean-American/White04/27/2013PasadenaMD39.1277418-76.5466436Bladensburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An off-duty police officer who died following a car crash in Pasadena on Saturday morning had shot himself first, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Bladensburg Police Officer Brian Johnson, 38, was driving a marked police car on eastbound Route 100 near Catherine Avenue when it veered across the median and struck an oncoming vehicle, police said.

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12707Chris G. Nowicki46MaleEuropean-American/White04/27/2013MilwaukeeWI42.9972707-88.0009813Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police reportedly found Chris Nowicki standing outside holding two butcher knives. Nowicki allegedly ignored commands to drop the knives and began advancing on the officers, one of whom opened fire, killing Nowicki.

jsonline.com
12709Maria Zarco33FemaleHispanic/Latino04/27/2013San DiegoCA32.681698-117.044281San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maria Zarco allegedly stabbed her boyfriend and 9-year-old son with a knife. She charged at a police officer with the knife and was shot and killed by police. According to witnesses, she was screaming religious words about judgement day.

nbcsandiego.com
12706Dennis Lawrence47MaleEuropean-American/White04/27/2013MelbourneAR35.9910522-91.8758762Izard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Accused of shooting his wife, Dennis Lawrence was killed by officers during the investigation into the incident. Lawrence was found in a manhunt using dogs in a wooded area. Lawrence allegedly refused to drop his weapon and police shot and killed him.

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19552Ronald Michael Davis31MaleRace unspecified04/27/2013LexingtonKY37.9614026-84.3874378Scott County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ronald Michael Davis, 31, shot Ciji D. Barnes, 29, multiple times at a Fayette County BP gas station. Davis then led police on a chase into Scott County, where deputies used devices to deflate his tires. State police said Davis got out of the car near Exit 129 and pointed a handgun at the deputies, and Deputy Grayson Mark Isaacs shot and killed him with a rifle.

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12708Tavontae Jamar Haney19MaleAfrican-American/Black04/27/2013Fort WayneIN41.0461624-85.1238011Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tavontae Haney allegedly ran from a traffic stop carrying a handgun. Police chased him down an alley. They shot and killed him when he allegedly pointed the handgun at them.

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12712Jesse Delgadillo21MaleHispanic/Latino04/28/2013Long BeachCA33.8742137-118.1969244Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The Long Beach Police Department responded to reports of a man with a gun. After locating the a suspect matching the description, a foot pursuit began. During the chase, police said, the suspect produced a handgun, at which time police shot the man.

lbpost.com
12711Pamela Dale Kirk53FemaleEuropean-American/White04/28/2013St. PetersburgFL27.7846564-82.6699283St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers - a field training officer and a trainee - were dispatched after a person called to say she was concerned about a neighbor. After knocking on the front door and getting no response, the uniformed police officer went to the rear of the home and knocked on the back door. According to the report, a woman standing inside the home near the back door raised a curtain on a large adjacent window and pointed a silver Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver at the officer. The officer then fired three times through the window, killing her.

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12715Name withheld by police33MaleRace unspecified04/29/2013PhiladelphiaPA40.0206407-75.1311633Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Uniformed officers in a marked patrol vehicle responded to a radio call for a "Person Screaming, Person with a Weapon." Upon arrival, the officers saw a male straddling a female with a knife at her neck. The offender stood-up and came toward the officers with the knife in his hand. The officers ordered the offender to drop the knife, but he did not. One officer shot and killed the man. Philadelphia police do not identify people they kill or the officers who kill them.

phillypolice.com
12713Urie Adriel Gilchrist23MaleAfrican-American/Black04/29/2013HoustonTX29.9015475-95.4647982Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy James Strech, responding to a traffic complaint, walked in on a robbery in progress at a Stripes convenience store. Urie Gilchrist was allegedly choking a Stripes employee. Deputy Strech told Gilchrist to stop. Gilchrist threw a money bag at Deputy Strech, then reached for his pocket. Deputy Strech shot Gilchrist once, killing him. It was not reported if Gilchrist was armed.

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12717Ross Darkis42MaleRace unspecified04/29/2013VincennesIN38.6634428-87.5196057Knox County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers trying to subdue a man with a handgun shot him and killed him on his front porch. Police say Ross Darkis pointed the handgun at them. Darkis later died at the hospital.

nixle.com
12716Alexis Diaz34MaleHispanic/Latino04/29/2013OrlandoFL28.494473-81.3969133Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alexis Diaz was allegedly acting erratically and aggressively and waving a "gun" around near a motel in the early evening. Responding county deputies found Diaz walking away. They shot him to death although Diaz was armed only with a pellet gun. Officers reportedly thought the gun was real and they felt threatened.

wesh.com
12714Todd Christopher Jones41MaleEuropean-American/White04/30/2013JacksonvilleFL30.2865145-81.5343415Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers shot and killed Todd ones after police said he stabbed his stepfather, then later charged an officer while holding a pellet gun following a nearly two-hour standoff.

news4jax.com
12722Jean N. Printemps28MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2013MiramarFL25.9900212-80.2783756Miramar Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jean Printemps allegedly carjacked a car. Later, Miramar PD caught up with him and Printemps was shot and killed.

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12718Jack David "John" Kaiser II53MaleEuropean-American/White04/30/2013AlpharettaGA34.0677865-84.2613781Alpharetta Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jack David "John" Kaiser was wanted in a series of bank robberies. When police caught up with him, he led them on a slow speed chase, at the end of which, he reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot and killed himself.

thedailynews.cc
12721Jesse Vigil19MaleRace unspecified04/30/2013TularosaNM33.072719-106.014072Tularosa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tularosa police were patrolling neighborhoods during a blackout caused by a fire. A Tularosa police officer recognized Vigil while he was checking on the elementary school, believing Vigil had a warrant for his arrest, he attempted to stop him. According to police, Vigil kept walking when the officer ordered him to stop. Vigil eventually stopped, but kept digging in his pockets after the officer told him to show his hands. The report indicates the Tularosa officer first pulled his Taser gun, but when the officer saw Vigil pull out the .22 caliber Crickett, the officer drew his gun. Gunfire was exchanged, Virgil was killed.

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12723Gary Dean Carty60MaleRace unspecified04/30/2013CoeburnVA37.0750546-82.4526442Dickenson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State police say 60-year-old Gary Dean Carty of Clintwood died after being shot by a Dickenson County deputy. Police say the deputy was responding to a report of an assault early Tuesday morning when Carty pulled out a knife and charged at him. The deputy fired at the man, who died after being flown to a Bristol hospital.

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12724Edward Ramirez35MaleHispanic/Latino04/30/2013Los AngelesCA34.0533168-118.2205754Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Edward Ramirez reportedly carjacked a vehicle. About five hours later, police caught up with him. Ramirez went into an apartment building and took hostages. Ramirez emerged and shot at police a few times with a revolver before being shot and killed by SWAT.

crimevoice.com
12720Eddie Callaway26MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2013BloomingtonIN39.1505614-86.5362905Indiana State Police, Bloomington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An eight-day, two-state manhunt for a man accused of killing his girlfriend in Waukesha ended Tuesday night on a bicycle path in Indiana with a single, self-inflicted gunshot. Eddie Callaway was on the ground at gunpoint when he reportedly pulled a revolver from his waistband and shot and killed himself.

hoosiertimes.com
12725Vernon McCoy Mathis59MaleEuropean-American/White04/30/2013HomervilleGA31.0907033-82.8972145Clinch County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Clinch County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed Vernon McCoy Mathis while responding to a call at his home. The reason for the call, and the deputy's name, are being withheld by police.

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12726Omar Marchabeyoglu54MaleEuropean-American/White05/01/2013San LeonTX29.496098-94.9296833Galveston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Marina Gonzales and another deputy responded to a complaint about a man with a knife. Omar Marchabeyoglu reportedly attacked Deputy Gonzales with a pair of scissors. Deputy Gonzales shot Marchabeyoglu in the belly, killing him.

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12728Christopher Lane Nash59MaleRace unspecified05/01/2013ParisTX33.664029-95.5545279Paris Police Department, Lamar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Paris police officer shot Christopher Nash after he allegedly rammed a police vehicle with his truck as officers moved in to arrest him during a joint investigation by the Paris Police Department and Lamar County Sheriff's Office into a large amount of illicit drugs being delivered to the Paris area.

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12727Jordan West-Morson26MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2013DetroitMI42.449798-82.96822Detroit Transit Police Agency
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A scuffle apparently broke out at a gas station where a musician was selling CDs. An off-duty officer shot and killed the musician, Jordan West-Morson, during the fight.

detroitnews.com
12729Kenneth Bernard Williams55MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2013Los AngelesCA34.0449982-118.2459746Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported to the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Bernard Williams, 55, died after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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12730Lawrence Edward Graham III20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2013FayettevilleNC35.0974837-78.9090671Fayetteville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop for a window-tint violation, Lawrence Graham, who was a passenger in the vehicle, jumped out of the drivers side of the vehicle and ran displaying a handgun. An officer pursued him, and shot him in the back. Graham was paralyzed, and died July 2 from a blot-clot related to injuries.

wral.com
12734Carnell Moore29MaleAfrican-American/Black05/02/2013HoustonTX29.9902199-95.3367827U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Carnell Moore reportedly fired shots into ceiling at Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental Airport. A Department of Homeland Security officer shot him, before Moore shot himself in the head with a handgun.

chron.com
12736Ryan Koontz22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/02/2013Fort WayneIN41.1499651-85.1278268Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to a home because of a disturbance. Ryan Koontz was reportedly on drugs and suicidal, and allegedly started shooting at police with a semiautomatic pistol before they got in the house. Koontz made a break for it in a car, chasing an officer across a neighbor's lawn in the car. He got out of the car and he was shot and killed.

duboiscountyherald.com
12733Jamie Coyle35MaleEuropean-American/White05/02/2013PawtucketRI41.8659066-71.3991644Pawtucket Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jamie Coyle was shot by two police officers who say they feared for their lives when Coyle got out of his car and pulled a gun on them.

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12735Julio Colon40MaleHispanic/Latino05/02/2013SchenectadyNY42.7792158-73.8936844Schenectady Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Julio Colon reportedly held a knife to the chest of a man, whom he'd already stabbed. Police shot and killed Colon when he attacked the man again.

saratogian.com
12740Josiah M. Fischer27MaleEuropean-American/White05/03/2013WarrenOR45.830142-122.8778563Oregon State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a high-speed chase, Josiah Fischer crashed and an officer shot him and killed him after Fischer allegedly brandished a pistol when the officer ordered him to show his hands.

oregonlive.com
12743Frito Valcin38MaleAfrican-American/Black05/04/2013MiamiFL25.8781803-80.2429517Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Passengers on bus called police to report an armed man reportedly brandishing a gun. Police arrived and shot and killed Frito Valcin. Valcin was also holding novelty grenade which was found to be inoperable. Shooting occurred near college campus.

nbcmiami.com
12745Marquis James Spencer21MaleAfrican-American/Black05/04/2013OrlandoFL28.5279178-81.4594044Orlando Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle that had rammed a police vehicle multiple times and fled. Orlando Police Department spokesman said the suspects' vehicle crashed at Raleigh Street and Resource Avenue. A passenger exchanged gunfire with police officers as he fled from the vehicle. As shots were fired, the driver, Marquis James Spencer, 21, was killed.

wesh.com
12746David Adam Patrick Maher30MaleEuropean-American/White05/04/2013StringtownOK34.3297059-95.8617632Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A park ranger investigating complaints of a man acting strangely and creating a disturbance encountered David Maher. Maher fled to his vehicle in the parking lot and reportedly drove in the general direction of the ranger. The ranger shot and killed Maher. Maher turned out to be wanted on previous police-chase and narcotics charges, and had failed to show up for a sentencing hearing.

koco.com
12744Pedro Martinez Campos29MaleHispanic/Latino05/04/2013EscondidoCA33.1466629-117.0479144Escondido Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pedro Campos reportedly threatened to cut his own stomach, then walked toward the officers, who backed away hundreds of feet down nearby Trovita Court. He refused to drop the knife, and officers used a Taser, but he continued forward. They shot Campos after he came within 10 feet and charged one of them.

mcall.com
12748Tywon Jones16MaleAfrican-American/Black05/05/2013ChicagoIL41.864238-87.720524Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 16-year-old boy, Tywon Jones, was reportedly riding his bike and shooting at people and police with a handgun. Police shot and killed Jones.

chicagotribune.com
12750Saan Pao Saeteurn32MaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/06/2013Suisun CityCA38.2344384-122.039438Suisun City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Saan Pao Saeteurn was shot and killed by police after brandishing a pellet gun at them. The pellet gun was designed to look like an authentic rifle.

sfgate.com
12752Kendra Diggs37FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2013BaltimoreMD39.3011075-76.6423554Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kendra Diggs was killed by her fiance, an Baltimore City police officer, James Smith, after other officers had responded to the couple's home. Smith later committed suicide in jail.

baltimoresun.com
20895Mike Luke White45MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2013SouthfieldMI42.4794883-83.2423577Michigan State Police, Southfield Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, MSP troopers and Southfield officers working as part of the FBI's Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children Task Force were investigating a "criminal enterprise of sex trafficking" when a victim reported she'd been held against her will and forced to do sexual acts. The officers went to the condo of "known pimp" Mike Luke White to serve a search warrant at around 9:49 p.m. While police were conducting the search, White reportedly shot and killed himself in a back bedroom.

candgnews.com
12751Joshua David World29MaleEuropean-American/White05/07/2013WebsterTX29.5334991-95.1586579Harris County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force served a warrant on Joshua World after he reportedly shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend. The Task Force approached World in League City. World shot at Task Force members and drove to Webster. The Task Force approached World a second time. He fatally shot himself with a handgun.

google.com
20896Thomas Ian Matthews33MaleRace unspecified05/07/2013Royal OakMI42.4934239-83.1190039Royal Oak Police Department, Oakland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police and SWAT officers surrounded a home after Thomas Ian Matthews, who was wanted for homicide, barricaded himself inside shortly before 10 a.m. Royal Oak Police Chief Corrigan O'Donohue said Matthews was found dead on the main floor of the home, on a bed, after a nearly six-hour standoff. "We never had any contact with him," O'Donohue said, adding that police never fired any gunshots.

theoaklandpress.com
12753Carlos Domingo Oquendo23MaleHispanic/Latino05/07/2013LeesburgFL28.807128-81.881356Leesburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police reported officers gave repeated commands to Carlos Oquendo to exit his vehicle and show his hands, but he refused to comply. Oquendo then allegedly put the car in reverse and accelerated toward the officers, striking a tree and the marked patrol vehicle, Leesburg police said. Dunagan fired at Oquendo during the incident, striking and killing him.

wftv.com
12758Thomas Edward Pulst29MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2013Great FallsMT47.4792361-111.3319463Cascade County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Federal, state and local officers were attempting to serve a felony warrant on Thomas Edward Pulst. Pulst fired toward officers from a room through a closed door, agency spokesman John Barnes said. He then fled the room with two handguns and ran out a back door, where two officers were waiting. Pulst fired at the officers, who returned fire, hitting and killing him, the agency statement said.

greatfallstribune.com
12757Danny Valdes30MaleHispanic/Latino05/08/2013MiamiFL25.82812-80.2531744Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police believed Danny Valdes was driving a stolen Nissan in Liberty City when patrol officers tried pulling him over. Valdez led them on a short chase. When he stopped, Valdes reportedly reached under the seat. Police shot and killed Valdes.

miamiherald.com
12761Alberto F. Valdes58MaleHispanic/Latino05/09/2013Lake CityFL30.243943-82.706915Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to make contact with persons residing in the home as part of a narcotics investigation. Valdes exited the house armed with a shotgun. The deputies ordered him to drop the weapon several times, but Valdes ignored the commands and fired at the deputies. Police returned fire, killing Valdes.

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12759Name withheld by police52MaleRace unspecified05/09/2013North CantonOH40.8904864-81.4157231North Canton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said they got a call from a male—possibly from the man police later encountered—about gunshots being fired at the park. Patrolman Cody Dollinger was in the area and found a man sitting at a park picnic table. As the officer tried to speak to the man, the 52 y.o. Plain Township man pulled a gun and shot himself in the head.

cantonrep.com
12763Bryan Snyder Valle19MaleRace unspecified05/09/2013San BernardinoCA34.0665217-117.2752863California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a carjacking that resulted in the death of Obette Lacap, and a high speed pursuit, Bryan Snyder Valle and his accomplice crashed. Valle reportedly exited the vehicle shooting a firearm and police shot and killed him.

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12762Name withheld by police21MaleRace unspecified05/09/2013PhiladelphiaPA39.9226914-75.2304038Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed a man when he allegedly pulled out a handgun and pointed it at them while they were pursuing him for an unspecified reason.

phillypolice.com
12767Charles Burns21MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2013AntiochCA37.9999683-121.8314749Concord Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Concord police were conducting surveillance of a suspect's home. Detectives had obtained a warrant for Charles Burns for alleged drug sales, authorities said. During the stakeout, Burns came out of his home and got into a truck driven by another man. As detectives tried to contact Burns, the driver of the truck rammed an occupied police vehicle. Burns then ran from the truck and allegedly reached for his waist. Two officers shot and killed him.

patch.com
12764Tony Starnes45MaleRace unspecified05/10/2013RichmondIL42.484828-88.305344U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tony Starnes was shot and killed by agents as they interrupted a bank robbery. Agents observed two suspects drive north from Chicago across the Wisconsin border, join with Starnes in a stolen Honda Civic with stolen plates, then return across the state line to the parking lot of a branch bank in Richmond, Illinois. While being apprehended Starnes reportedly collided with an occupied police vehicle in an escape attempt and was fatally shot. Arms were reportedly recovered from the Civic..

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12770Candace Miles Jackson38FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2013LongviewTX32.5207299-94.7049417Longview Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police authorities in Longview, Texas were embroiled in a standoff with an armed suspect for several hours yesterday. Late in the day, police —according to police reports— fired on and killed Candace Jackson, 38, as she exited the house and fired upon officers nearby with an AR-15 rifle.

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12769William McKnight43MaleRace unspecified05/10/2013PlainfieldIN39.686875-86.3866U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William McKnight and two accomplices robbed a bank, but the FBI Safe Streets Task Force were nearby. Authorities went after the vehicle, resulting in a chase. The car stopped briefly to let McKnight out and then drove off. McKnight allegedly refused repeated orders to put down his gun, and was shot and killed.

duboiscountyherald.com
12766Terrance Terrell Franklin22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2013MinneapolisMN44.9531902-93.2906087Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police chased Terrance Franklin, having identified him as a burglary suspect. Franklin broke into a home. Police sent a dog into the basement, and police followed. Two police were shot, although it was unclear who shot them. Police allege Franklin shot them with a police service weapon during a struggle. Franklin was shot and killed by police. In February 2020, the city of Minneapolis settled with the family of Terrance Franklin for $795,000.

southwestjournal.com
12768Jose H. Garcia49MaleHispanic/Latino05/10/2013EurekaMO38.495995-90.6160272Illinois State Police, Missouri Highway Patrol, St. Louis County Police Department, Eureka Police Department, Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Jose Garcia fled from Illinois State Police after multiple traffic violations earlier and fled again when a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper spotted him southeast of St. Clair on Interstate 44. Garcia exited the interstate. Officers reportedly blocked Garcia's vehicle in a yard, Garcia pointed his gun at officers and allegedly drove his car in their general direction. Officers shot and killed Garcia.

stltoday.com
12772Nathan D. Brokaw28MaleEuropean-American/White05/11/2013StromsburgNE41.1169492-97.5953129Nebraska State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State Patrol was conducting surveillance on Nathan Brokaw and another man. State Patrol approached the men leading to a high speed chase. Brokaw's vehicle was rammed, ending the pursuit. Brokaw allegedly fired his gun, State Patrol retaliated with gunfire, killing Brokaw.

journalstar.com
12773Rigoberto Arceo34MaleHispanic/Latino05/11/2013CudahyCA33.970239-118.195148Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rigoberto Arceo was killed by a Sheriff deputy in the city of Cudahy, on May 11, 2013, Mothers Day. The engaged 34 year old young father was returning home from a party, celebrating Mother's Day, when a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, L Mendoza, ordered Rigo to the ground. Rigo, allegedly with his hands raised in the air, was telling Deputy Mendoza that he did not have to do anything, when the deputy shot him once in the chest. Deputy Mendoza claimed that Rigo tried to grab his gun. However, independent witnesses who saw the shooting described Rigo as having his hands raised over his head when he was shot and that he was approximately 10 feet away from the deputy when the deputy shot and killed him.

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12771Brandon Titsworth30MaleRace unspecified05/11/2013MadisonAL34.7612642-86.7726459Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Brandon Titsworth reportedly shot and killed himself during a standoff that lasted more than five hours after shooting and killing one woman and critically wounding a second woman.

www.al.com
12777Andrew P. Bush29MaleRace unspecified05/12/2013OakvilleMO38.4831894-90.3059555St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two police officers arrived at Andrew Bush's apartment to check on a reported fight. Bush opened the door and allegedly pointed an assault rifle at them. They shot and killed him.

patch.com
12776Gerald "Skip" Tyrone Murphy38MaleAfrican-American/Black05/12/2013TrentonNJ40.2049336-74.7489091Trenton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a murder/hostage standoff involving at least three children and a black handgun, SWAT officers stormed a home, shooting and killing Gerald Murphy as he threatened one of the children.

masslive.com
12780Rodney O'Neil Pike38MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2013BufordGA34.117427-84.032093Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were dispatched to the home after a caller reported Rodney Pike was in the area and had active warrants out of Forsyth County. He tried to flee, striking one officer with his car and allegedly driving in the general direction of other officers when police shot and killed him. Some articles reported that it his mother who called, trying to get her drug-addicted son some help.

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12785Bobby Earl Driggers50MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2013BrandonFL27.9740251-82.2904686Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bobby Driggers was being arrested to be questioned on charges of grand theft auto and fraudulent use of a credit card. Driggers reportedly struggled with a detective over that detective's gun and an arriving detective shot and killed Driggers.

patch.com
12784Ignacio Ochoa37MaleHispanic/Latino05/14/2013ParamountCA33.9017249-118.171808Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Witnesses reported that Ochoa was riding his bike home after buying something to drink. He reportedly had his headphones on and couldn't hear a deputy's orders. A resident reported that the deputy handcuffed Ochoa. Witnesses stated that Ochoa, once handcuffed, was shot in the back of the head and left to bleed to death.

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12786Christopher Dubois39MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2013DenverCO39.6701546-105.0250716Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers tried to talk down Christopher Dubois, who allegedly had a handgun and was standing in the middle of South Federal Boulevard with a Chihuahua following at his heels. Several times, Dubois put the handgun to his head and officers fired a less-lethal round bean-bag projectile. The gunman turned and ran toward a neighbor's house as police pursued him, eventually shooting and killing Dubois. Later it was discovered that Dubois' handgun, though real, was unloaded and missing its firing pin, rendering it inoperable.

westword.com
12790Jesus Espinosa52MaleHispanic/Latino05/15/2013HartfordCT41.7571387-72.7107157Hartford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hartford police responded to the report of a disturbance at 24 Heath Street. Officers arrived to find a trail of blood leading through the building to a doorway. Officers obtained permission and broke down the door to findJesus Espinosa wielding a box cutter. Espinosa allegedly lunged at police with the box cutter, and one of the officers shot him.

portal.ct.gov
12789Louis M. Squires44MaleAfrican-American/Black05/15/2013SpringfieldMA42.1085054-72.5547905Springfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Louis Squires reportedly fired a shotgun at an estranged girlfriend and responding police when the girlfriend allegedly vandalized Squires' rental vehicle with a cinder block. Police returned fire, shooting and killing Squires.

masslive.com
12787Kourtney Hahn21FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/15/2013ClintonvilleOH40.0541007-83.0199598Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Emmanuel Gatewood and Kourtney Hahn were shot and killed after allegedly fleeing from and shooting at Columbus police with a rifle shortly after 5 a.m. Police were seeking to speak with Gatewood about a murder.

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12788Emmanuel Gatewood24MaleAfrican-American/Black05/15/2013ClintonvilleOH40.0541007-83.0199598Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Emmanuel Gatewood and Kourtney Hahn were shot and killed after allegedly fleeing from and shooting at Columbus police with a rifle shortly after 5 a.m. Police were seeking to speak with Gatewood about a murder.

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12793Christian Leonard Eaddy25MaleAfrican-American/Black05/16/2013PacoimaCA34.2889066-118.4161821Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

LAPD officers responded and found Eaddy holding a knife and trying to stab himself with a syringe. Eaddy allegedly approached officers with two butcher knives. Officers then Tased and shot Eaddy in the torso. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

latimes.com
12958Caleb Wade Blackburn33MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2013BakersfieldCA35.4163947-119.0214754Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A sheriff's deputy shot and killed Caleb Blackburn, who was suspected of having stabbed a man shortly before. The circumstances of the shooting are uncertain but the deputy's actions were deemed justified.

bakersfield.com
12794James Genda64MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2013AkronOH41.0659091-81.5204926University of Akron Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A University of Akron PD officer pulled a car over on a routine stop because of an improper registration. As the officer approached the vehicle, James Genda produced a BB gun resembling a .45 caliber pistol. The UAPD officer shot and killed Genda.

cantonrep.com
12795Justin Anthony Cairns21MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2013Nine Mile FallsWA47.802774-117.7124753Spokane Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police tracked Justin Cairns, who was accused of killing Cyrus Jones, to a home in Nine Mile Falls. They contacted Cairns outside of the house. Police Chief Frank Straub said Cairns came outside and shut off the lights. Police said Cairns failed to follow commands and took off running. Police shot and killed him when he allegedly reached for his waistband. Cairns turned out to be unarmed.

officer.com
12799Dalton Smith30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/17/2013UniondaleNY40.7108437-73.5981883Nassau County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dalton Smith entered a home, occupied by four college students to commit a robbery. One of the students placed a 911 call to report the robbery. Numerous members of the Nassau County Police Department responded to the location. Police Officer Nikolas Budimlic was one of the first officers to arrive on the scene. As he approached the residence, Andrea Rebello's sister ran out of the front door and indicated that an intruder was upstairs and armed with a gun. Inside the residence, Officer Budimlic was confronted by the intruder, Dalton Smith, armed with a handgun and physically restraining Andrea Rebello. Smith reportedly ignored numerous commands to drop his weapon. During the confrontation, Officer Budimlic fired eight shots at Smith, killing him. One of the bullets struck Andrea Rebello in the head, killing her.

heavy.com
12798Brent E. Brozek43MaleEuropean-American/White05/17/2013MadisonWI43.1108352-89.2978244Madison Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brozek was shot and killed by Officers Ryan Finnegan, Ryan Orvis, and Scott Templeton after allegedly charging at them with a sword. Police say bean bag rounds were fired first. The shooting concluded a day-long standoff that began when sheriff's deputies tried to evict Brozek from his condo.

madison.com
12802Tony Khan Nim35MaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/17/2013AlhambraCA34.092222-118.1262045Alhambra Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tony Nim was shot and killed by officers after he reportedly brandished a 12-inch carving knife in the lobby of the police department.

pasadenastarnews.com
12801Misty Michelle Mullins33FemaleEuropean-American/White05/17/2013RaleighNC35.695951-78.689133Wake County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a trespassing call at Misty Mullins' old home. They say they tried to persuade her to come out and when she wouldn't, they entered. They report that Mullins charged them with a machete. They tasered her three times, and stated that when this failed to subdue her, Deputy Gabriel Romero shot her, killing her.

wral.com
12803Andrea Rebello21FemaleHispanic/Latino05/17/2013UniondaleNY40.7108437-73.5981883Nassau County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dalton Smith entered a home, occupied by four college students to commit a robbery. One of the students placed a 911 call to report the robbery. Numerous members of the Nassau County Police Department responded to the location. Police Officer Nikolas Budimlic was one of the first officers to arrive on the scene. As he approached the residence, Andrea Rebello's sister ran out of the front door and indicated that an intruder was upstairs and armed with a gun. Inside the residence, Officer Budimlic was confronted by the intruder, Dalton Smith, armed with a handgun and physically restraining Andrea Rebello. Smith reportedly ignored numerous commands to drop his weapon. During the confrontation, Officer Budimlic fired eight shots at Smith, killing him. One of the bullets struck Andrea Rebello in the head, killing her.

heavy.com
12810Naim Keith Labaki43MaleEuropean-American/White05/18/2013EvanstonWY41.2618794-110.9555127Evanston Police Department, Uinta County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Naim Labaki fired a shot into a sporting goods store. After a pursuit, officers ran him off the road. Labaki allegedly pointed his rifle at officers and they shot him, killing him.

fox13now.com
12811Freddy Batt Sosa22MaleHispanic/Latino05/18/2013TucsonAZ32.1632572-110.9695285Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Freddy Sosa was physically fighting with his sister, at times, holding an Airsoft gun to her head. When officers arrived, he allegedly began walking toward them, pulling the gun out of his pants. They shot and killed him.

occupiedtucsoncitizen.org
12812Terrence Dawson30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/18/2013BlythevilleAR35.9242149-89.902606Blytheville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Terrence Dawson fought with his girlfriend and took her hostage with a knife to her throat. Police tried to physically take the knife, shooting and killing Dawson during the fight.

kait8.com
12809Charles Curl46MaleAfrican-American/Black05/18/2013InglewoodCA33.9617842-118.3550338Inglewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Curl smashed the windows of eight Inglewood Police squad cars with a machete. As an officer attempted to contact the suspect, Curl charged the officer, and the officer shot and killed Curl.

nydailynews.com
12807Terry Laffitte50MaleAfrican-American/Black05/18/2013Los AngelesCA33.9847039-118.2453334Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say officers saw Terry Laffitte riding a bicycle while intoxicated at night and without headlights or taillights. Lafitte fled, they confronted him, and a struggle ensued in a driveway. Officers shot and killed Laffitte when he allegedly pulled a gun from his waistband. Multiple witnesses say that Laffitte was unarmed. Police say they recovered a revolver at the scene.

latimes.com
22612Kyle Loy Morrow52MaleRace unspecified05/19/2013KodakTN35.9426674-83.5872425Sevierville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sevierville authorities first learned of Kyle Loy Morrow when contacted by the Yancey County, N.C., Sheriff's Office, police said. North Carolina police told Sevierville police that Morrow had told a female acquaintance he had "a handgun, was going to commit suicide and if law enforcement officers became involved he would shoot them." Morrow killed himself in his car after an 80-minute standoff with Sevierville officers.

knoxnews.com
12813Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/19/2013North Little RockAR34.818928-92.25813North Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified woman called from a neighbor's house to report that she had been choked by her husband, police said. When officers arrived, they heard a single gunshot from the couple's house. A SWAT team and negotiators were called in, but they were unable to make contact with the man. They later confirmed he was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

google.com
12814Ernesto Gonzalez29MaleHispanic/Latino05/19/2013EdenTX31.2165678-99.8769708Concho County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ernesto Gonzalez, allegedly suicidal, left his residence in a red Honda, driving at a reckless speed. Lieutenant Brent Frazier and Warden Jacob Crumpton received a dispatch saying that the Honda was approaching them. They pulled Gonzalez over and told him to surrender the shotgun standing between his legs. He refused, then exited the vehicle and approached the officers. Lieutenant Frazier, who said that Gonzalez appeared to be racking a load into the shotgun, fatally shot Gonzalez.

google.com
12815Alan James Stokes22MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2013CliftonTX31.8789869-97.4115357Bosque County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a complaint that Stokes, on medication, was stabbing himself at a residence. They followed a blood trail from the porch of the residence to a dark bedroom. When Stokes saw the deputies, he revealed a handgun. The deputies told Stokes to drop it. Stokes pointed the handgun at the deputies. The deputy closest to the door fatally shot Stokes. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

wacotrib.com
20068Timothy C. Nixon32MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2013NazarethPA40.7382055-75.3119158Nazareth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Timothy C. Nixon reportedly shot and killed himself in his home when police tried to arrest him on burglary and theft charges. He had allegedly stolen a handgun and other property that morning.

google.com
12818Jose Ismael SiFuentes28MaleHispanic/Latino05/20/2013LongviewTX32.5040127-94.7101618Longview Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Longview police responded to reports of a small, blue four-door vehicle attempting to hit cars and run them off the road. Jose SiFuentes fled. Officers set up spikes on Highway 80. SiFuentes hit the spikes then turned around, driving in the general direction of officers. An officer on the scene shot at the vehicle. The officer was hit by the vehicle, sustaining non-life threatening and non-incapacitating injuries.

google.com
12817Randy Scott Moore56MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2013Three WayTX32.1437483-98.0251772Erath County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tylan Phillips reported that Randy Moore attacked him with a knife. Sergeant Weldon Wilson and Captain Bobby Harpole responded. Moore reportedly attacked them with a butcher knife when they arrived. The officers shot at him, striking him twice and killing him.

google.com
12820Joshua "Omar" Johnson22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2013NorfolkVA36.8689944-76.291873Norfolk Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to a bank for a report of someone trying to pass a bad check, a Norfolk police spokesperson said. Two officers approached a car in the parking lot. The driver put the car in reverse and struck one of them. The second officer shot and killed the driver.

13newsnow.com
12819Anthony Michael Bland26MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2013WilliamsburgVA37.2202137-76.6255782James City County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anthony Bland allegedly assaulted a staff member at a senior center. He then got in his car. When the officer got out of his vehicle, he was hit and pinned by Bland's vehicle. The officer shot at Bland. The officer reportedly shot and killed Bland when Bland returned on foot and threatened to kill the injured officer.

wydaily.com
20898Name withheld by police25MaleRace unspecified05/21/2013DetroitMI42.3394181-83.0714771Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, bail bondsmen went to serve an arrest warrant at about 9 p.m. at a home for a 25-year-old man wanted for attempted murder in Warren. The man reportedly armed himself and indicated that he was not going back to jail. Police cordoned off the area. A woman who said she was the man's aunt said he struggled with mental issues. She said she heard a single gunshot and saw police toss what she believed to be tear gas into the building. Police said SWAT officers entered the residence at about 1:20 a.m. and found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

google.com
12822William Alexander Mejia18MaleHispanic/Latino05/21/2013Los AngelesCA34.044786-118.222678Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers spotted a known gang member carrying a revolver, according to a Los Angeles Police Department official. William Mejia was riding a bicycle, and pointed the gun at police after he ditched the bicycle and fled on foot. Officers fired multiple shots. Mejia died at the scene.

nextrequest.com
12827Belton "Amir" Lomax35MaleAfrican-American/Black05/22/2013PhiladelphiaPA40.0467401-75.1600567Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police alleged Belton Lomax ran from officers who were responding to calls about a man with a gun before aiming his semi-automatic handgun at them. Officers shot and killed Lomax.

nbcphiladelphia.com
12825Julian Dawkins22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/22/2013AlexandriaVA38.8361303-77.0561249Arlington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Julian Dawkins and an off-duty deputy, Craig Patterson, argued. Patterson reportedly got his badge and his gun and attempted to arrest Dawkins, who allegedly charged at him holding what turned out to be a cell phone. Patterson shot and killed Dawkins. Patterson was sentenced to 6 years.

patch.com
12826Ibragim Todashev27MaleEuropean-American/White05/22/2013OrlandoFL28.485956-81.4606529U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ibragim Todashev allegedly attacked an FBI agent with a metal broomstick during an interview about the Boston Marathon bombings and a triple homicide that took place in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 11, 2011. The FBI agent shot and killed Todashev.

muckrock.com
12824Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/22/2013PhiladelphiaPA39.9688027-75.2322653Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to the 5600 block Wyalusing Avenue after receiving a report of a man armed with a gun. When they arrived, police say they found a gunman as well as another suspect who was with him. The responding officers began to chase after the suspects, according to investigators. The suspect allegedly ran into an SUV and then pointed his handgun at the officers. Officials say the officers opened fire, striking the suspect in the chest.

phillypolice.com
12832Rayshawn Marquis Brown27MaleAfrican-American/Black05/23/2013ComptonCA33.8985266-118.2054944Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to calls of shots fired and followed a vehicle speeding away. Upon reaching a dead end, Rayshawn Brown allegedly exited the vehicle and pointed a handgun at the deputies. They opened fire, killing Brown.

abc7.com
12831Theodule LeJeune Jr.58MaleRace unspecified05/23/2013Sutton-AlpineAK61.713133-148.899155Alaska State Troopers
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers came to serve a domestic-protective order on Theodule LeJeune at his house. LeJeune retreated further into the house and at one point raised a shotgun at officers. Officers retreated peacefully and returned the next day with new warrants, and fired a "wide variety of chemical and non-chemical irritants" into the house. LeJeune reportedly left the house and fired on officers with an unspecified weapon. Officers returned fire killing LeJeune.

adn.com
12828Terry Lee Releford34MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2013CalhounGA34.5547334-84.9363088Gordon County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Terry Lee Releford was wanted for rape and murder. When police found him at a hotel, he reportedly shot and killed himself.

timesfreepress.com
12834Thomas Bean43MaleAfrican-American/Black05/23/2013ToledoOH41.6695571-83.5349978Toledo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas Bean was allegedly holding a woman at gunpoint on the ground in front of his home. When officers arrived, he pointed the shotgun at them. One officer fired, killing Bean. The shotgun was not loaded.

toledoblade.com
12838Thomas Hilger49MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2013WordenMT45.9609787-108.1616746Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hilger was killed by sheriff's deputies Martin Stuart and Tony Watson behind the bar he owned. Police were responding to a report of suspicious activity and questioned Hilger, who allegedly pulled out a gun. Investigators later found Hilger's girlfriend's body in a vehicle.

missoulian.com
12837John Nat Torretti42MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2013SacramentoCA38.5467558-121.4014235Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called when John Nat Toretti allegedly frightened a Metro PCS employee with "intelligible(sic) statements." A struggle ensued with the officers, and the man was pepper-sprayed, kicked, and repeatedly beaten with batons. Officers noticed he had stopped breathing once he was in police custody. Coroner determined the injuries caused by the officers were not fatal, yet Tortti died shortly after suffering them.

abc10.com
12841Leonard Benjamin Thomas30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/24/2013FifeWA47.254896-122.355107Pierce County Sheriff's Office, Lakewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leonard Thomas was unarmed and with his young son when a SWAT marksman shot and killed him. $15 million wrongful death settlement was awarded.

mhb.com
12839Adolfo Vargas Tovar47MaleHispanic/Latino05/24/2013San DiegoCA32.6932037-117.0344075San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Adolfo Tovar was fatally shot by officers after he drove a car in reverse out of a garage in their general direction. He had allegedly just robbed a nearby gas station with sawed off shotgun or a rifle and also shot a neighborhood resident in the foot.

nbcsandiego.com
12840John V. Valluzzo75MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2013RidgefieldCT41.348915-73.527911Ridgefield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ridgefield police, responding to a call of a domestic dispute, reportedly saw John Valluzzo with a handgun. Officers ordered him to put down his weapon, but Valluzzo refused to comply, raised the gun toward the officers and advanced towards them. An officer shot and killed Valluzzo.

nytimes.com
23451Name withheld by policeMaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2013BaltimoreMD39.2847282-76.6318927Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating an earlier shooting when they shot and killed a man after chasing him. Few details were released, and while the attached report says the person was injured, later police reports say he was killed.

baltimoresun.com
12844Gary Hatcher26MaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2013Mt. Morris TownshipMI43.0615152-83.7357575Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hatcher was pulled over. After the trooper returned to his vehicle to check IDs, Hatcher allegedly fled. A brief foot chase ensued and Hatcher was apprehended by the trooper. Hatcher allegedly wrestled for the trooper's weapon. The trooper then shot and killed Hatcher.

mlive.com
12846Jeff Foote39MaleEuropean-American/White05/25/2013Washington TerraceUT41.1792223-111.9782298Weber County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reportedly Jeff Foote called police told a dispatcher that he planned to shoot himself. Officers from multiple police agencies responded to Foote's home. He was reportedly standing in the front yard, brandishing a small handgun. One deputy tried to calm Foote. As they spoke, however, Foote allegedly discharged his gun and an officer returned fire killing Foote.

sltrib.com
12845Ajani Mitchell21MaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2013ColumbiaSC34.058641-81.004216Columbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Investigators say officers were called to a home by Ajani Mitchell's mother. It was the second time that day she called to report Mitchell had a weapon. As Mitchell fled the officers over a backyard fence he allegedly pointed the handgun back at officers, who fired back, killing him.

islandpacket.com
12843Name withheld by police23MaleRace unspecified05/25/2013PhiladelphiaPA40.0381973-75.0786078Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to calls of a person with a knife, finding the suspect running along Robbins and Castor Avenues. One officer used his vehicle to knock the suspect to the ground, then ordered him to drop the knife. The suspect advanced toward the officers, leading them to fire at the suspect. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. A Use of Force board for the shooting was scheduled for July 2014.

phillypolice.com
12851Samuel Cruz48MaleHispanic/Latino05/26/2013New RochelleNY40.9065075-73.7788754New Rochelle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Samuel Cruz, 48, was shot dead after his estranged wife called police May 26 because she was worried about the man. Police said he would not open the door and threatened officers with a knife when they broke in. They said stun guns failed to stop Cruz and when he lunged with the knife, a police officer shot and killed him.

cbslocal.com
12849Anthony Galla32MaleEuropean-American/White05/26/2013Upper DarbyPA39.9731924-75.2834087Upper Darby Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The Upper Darby police department said Galla broke into the residence of a former girlfriend and fired seven rounds at a man, hitting him in the foot. A U.S. Marshals task force including state police troopers located him in the area of the Summit Inn in Upper Darby, where he was seen with another man and woman. Members of the task force chased the man who was with Galla to a second-floor room, where gunfire resulted in Galla's death.

abcnews.go.com
12850Esteban Jimenez Smith23MaleHispanic/Latino05/26/2013EdenTX31.2536495-99.8453249Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A marine, Esteban Jimenez Smith, went on a killing spree, killing his wife in North Carolina and allegedly shooting six randomly while driving around Concho County, Texas. Smith eventually killed himself with a pistol outside of Eden, Texas as deputies advanced on his stopped vehicle.

google.com
12848Theodore Dennis Vanosdall36MaleEuropean-American/White05/26/2013SalidaCO38.5283799-106.0029915Salida Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Theodore Vanosdall was reportedly breaking into an acquaintance's house with a chainsaw. When officers arrived, he allegedly shot multiple rounds at them with a handgun. Police returned fire, killing him.

themountainmail.com
12853William Dupree32MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2013St. LouisMO38.6608083-90.2044431Pagedale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William Dupree was shot during an altercation in front of Dupree's house. The shooting happened when off-duty Pagedale officer James Little came to the house to drop off a child he shares with Dupree's fiancée. The two men got in an argument, police said, which turned physical. Little advanced on Dupree. Little then allegedly shot Dupree multiple times in the head, according to police. Dupree died at the scene. Little was acquitted on murder charges by a jury.

stltoday.com
12855Angela Darlene Smith37FemaleEuropean-American/White05/28/2013CrossvilleTN35.9687-85.197647Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers received a call about a woman running from a carport and saw Smith running with a handgun. She broke into a home and demanded car keys at gunpoint. After a pursuit, she crashed the stolen vehicle. When officers approached, she drew her gun. Officers fired, killing her.

usatoday.com
12854Jerry Wayne Waller72MaleEuropean-American/White05/28/2013Fort WorthTX32.7724312-97.2305194Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a burglar alarm shot and killed Jerry Wayne Waller, a neighbor who checked on the situation from his own home while holding a handgun.

nydailynews.com
12860Kyree Johnson22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/29/2013PhiladelphiaPA40.0223071-75.1620294Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, an officer stopped in the city's Germantown section to check on curfew violations. While the officer sat in his car two men got out of the Nissan and began running north up Wayne Avenue. The driver of the car got out and started shooting at the fleeing men. The startled officer responded by jumping out of his vehicle and ordering the suspect to drop the gun. Police say the suspect apparently didn't know it was a police car that pulled in behind him, and continued to shoot at the men running from the car. The officer then opened fire on the gunman, killing him.

6abc.com
12859Nathaniel McRae34MaleAfrican-American/Black05/29/2013WashingtonDC38.8322896-76.9912953Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McRae carjacked a black Pontiac from a woman in the mid-afternoon. The victim flagged down a local police cruiser and her vehicle was quickly located in front of an apartment block. According to police, Nathaniel McRae allegedly exited the vehicle and turned toward police as if brandishing a weapon. Shot, fatally wounded, he collapsed on the steps of the apartment. Police reportedly recovered a gun from the area.

washingtonpost.com
12861Douglas Francis Harper62MaleEuropean-American/White05/29/2013HelenaMT46.6179304-111.8978208Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy arrived outside a residence to conduct a "welfare check" on Douglas Harper. Harper was sitting in his vehicle parked in the driveway and allegedly holding a handgun. He reportedly pointed the gun toward the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him.

helenair.com
12857Bernard Peters Jr.22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/29/2013OaklandCA37.761375-122.17362Oakland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received information that someone in a vehicle was armed with a gun. When they tried to pull the vehicle over, the driver sped away. After pursuit, the vehicle stopped and the three men inside fled in different directions. Bernard Peters was shot and killed. A handgun stolen from Georgia was discovered nearby.

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12867Mhai Scott38FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/30/2013SterlingVA39.0237854-77.4019486Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Scott reportedly became upset when she ran out of pizza, as a sample distributor at Costco. Witnesses said she was waving a knife and scissors, threatening employees. Deputies were called to the store to handle the disturbance. After they arrived, approached the officers with the sharp items, authorities said. One deputy tried to use a stun gun on Scott, but it did not work, and another deputy fatally shot her.

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12866Gerardo Diego Ayala26MaleHispanic/Latino05/30/2013Santa AnaCA33.7132887-117.8823514Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gang detectives, who were looking for someone in the area, saw two vehicles stopped in the middle of the street, and a group of men inside and outside the cars. Officers got into an altercation with one man, who police had documented as a gang member. During the altercation, police shot Gerardo Diego Ayala, who died at a hospital several hours later.

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12871Michael Neal Peters54MaleEuropean-American/White05/31/2013Broad CreekNC34.7242259-76.9429654Carteret County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to call that Peters had threatened to kill his estranged wife. While talking on the phone with deputies, he stated that he no longer wanted to live. When officers arrived, he first barricaded himself inside his apartment, then came out armed with three handguns and started firing at them. They returned fire, killing him.

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12868Richard Adam Peak31MaleEuropean-American/White05/31/2013RogersAR36.3310669-94.0089608Rogers Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Brandon Dill checked on a gray 1993 Toyota pickup at the north end of Lake Atalanta Park. Peak fled east on Arkansas 12. The pursuit continued to an area just east of the Arkansas 12 bridge near Heritage Bay Road and ended when the pickup stopped in the middle of the highway. Officers reported hearing a gunshot from inside the Toyota and returned fire. The truck rolled off the highway and came to a stop near the shoulder. Peak was found with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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12869Ernest Zaus Jaquine Barnett30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2013AtlantaGA33.7857698-84.3843487Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barnett died 21 days after being shot by two off-duty local police more than 12 times in the parking lot of a nightclub. His family admitted that he'd been armed, but the gun hadn't been fired, and he was only trying to defend himself in a confusing group fight.

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12875Justin Tyler Riedisser26MaleEuropean-American/White06/01/2013PhoenixAZ33.4947418-112.2118852Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a call of an armed possibly suicidal man encountered Justin Tyler Riedisser hiding in a concrete pipe on a greenbelt playground, brandishing a handgun. Riedisser exited the concrete pipe but refused to drop his weapon when ordered to by police. Riedisser pointed the weapon at police, and three officers shot and killed him.

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12876Eliseo Mercado-Resendiz21MaleHispanic/Latino06/01/2013CorsicanaTX32.0799804-96.474469Corsicana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police had been called to the scene because Eliseo Mercado-Resendiz was reported to have a gun and was firing into the air from the front yard of the home. Police ordered Mercado-Resendiz to drop the weapon, but he pointed it both at his own head and at officers, according to police reports. One officer fired hitting Mercado-Resendiz in the chest just as the subject shot himself in the head. The coroner said the head wound was fatal, but the chest wound could also have contributed to his death. His blood alcohol content was .203 at the time of death.

corsicanadailysun.com
12874Roy Jacobs Jr.48MaleEuropean-American/White06/01/2013SpokaneWA47.694842-117.228415Spokane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After reportedly drinking all night with family members, Roy Jacobs Jr. called law enforcement offering to turn himself in on an outstanding warrant. Three deputies responded to the apartment and encountered Jacobs sitting in a reclining chair with a female relative on top of him. She was attempting to take a large hunting knife away from Jacobs. The deputies cleared the room and Jacobs stood up out of his chair, brandished the knife and advanced toward one of the deputies. The deputy shot and killed Jacobs who was 3 feet to 6 feet away.

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12873Giacomo James Cargnoni21MaleEuropean-American/White06/01/2013San DiegoCA32.7597792-117.2328913San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to an Ocean Beach apartment complex where a man with a gun was threatening to shoot another man. Giacomo James Cargnoni had left the apartment by the time officers arrived, but his silver Volkswagen sedan was spotted minutes later and pulled over on Sea World Drive. He got out of the car but ignored commands to put up his hands. Cargnoni instead walked to the passenger side of the car, reached between the seats and pulled out a brown and silver object. He then raised the object and pointed it at police. The officer who was closest to Cargnoni opened fire, killing him. A gun was reportedly found in the car.

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12886Ross Batista aka Ross Baptista38MaleHispanic/Latino06/02/2013DorchesterMA42.283939-71.0858624Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to Willowwood Street in Dorchester, where there were reports a man had a gun and was shooting. When officers approached Ross Batista in his car, he fired at them, police said. Police returned fire and the man was shot and killed.

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12881Edward Mwaura33MaleAfrican-American/Black06/02/2013South BendIN41.6346358-86.2081384South Bend Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived at the family's apartment. They forced themselves inside after hearing a girl screaming and found the man on top of his daughter, stabbing her repeatedly. The man, Edward Mwaura, was shot and died at the scene. His 6-year-old daughter died later from stab wounds.

duboiscountyherald.com
12883Bill Jackson59MaleAfrican-American/Black06/02/2013SelmaAL32.4366278-87.0387788Selma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Selma Police Department officer Dwight Moorer Jr. was off duty when he killed his ex-girlfriend's father, Bill Jackson, and his ex-girlfriend Keoshia L. Hill before turning the gun on himself. In a civil case filed by survivors of Jackson and Hill, it was revealed that Moorer, a combat veteran, suffered from PTSD. Domestic violence between Moorer and his girlfriend had been escalating in the months before the murder/suicide and Moorer admitted to police that he had assaulted his then-girlfriend. Moorer was not charged and his ex-girlfriend did not file a protective order. Selma and the police department were cleared of any wrongdoing because Moorer was off duty at the time.

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12884Keoshia L. Hill28FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/02/2013SelmaAL32.4341042-87.0435026Selma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Selma Police Department officer Dwight Moorer Jr. was off duty when he killed his ex-girlfriend's father, Bill Jackson, and his ex-girlfriend Keoshia L. Hill before turning the gun on himself. In a civil case filed by survivors of Jackson and Hill, it was revealed that Moorer, a combat veteran, suffered from PTSD. Domestic violence between Moorer and his girlfriend had been escalating in the months before the murder/suicide and Moorer admitted to police that he had assaulted his then-girlfriend. Moorer was not charged and his ex-girlfriend did not file a protective order. Selma and the police department were cleared of any wrongdoing because Moorer was off duty at the time.

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12885Dwight Moorer Jr.28MaleAfrican-American/Black06/02/2013SelmaAL32.4341042-87.0435026Selma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Selma Police Department officer Dwight Moorer Jr. was off duty when he killed his ex-girlfriend's father, Bill Jackson, and his ex-girlfriend Keoshia L. Hill before turning the gun on himself. In a civil case filed by survivors of Jackson and Hill, it was revealed that Moorer, a combat veteran, suffered from PTSD. Domestic violence between Moorer and his girlfriend had been escalating in the months before the murder/suicide and Moorer admitted to police that he had assaulted his then-girlfriend. Moorer was not charged and his ex-girlfriend did not file a protective order. Selma and the police department were cleared of any wrongdoing because Moorer was off duty at the time.

govinfo.gov
12882Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino34MaleHispanic/Latino06/02/2013GardenaCA33.8895626-118.3058982Gardena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a bicycle robbery, and were told two Latino men were involved. As they approached the location, they saw two Latino men on bicycles were coming toward them. Police presumed they were the bicycle thieves and stopped them. Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino arrived and tried to tell police that it was his brother's bicycle that was stolen and the two Latino men were helping him look for it. In video of the incident, police order the three men to hold their hands up. Two of them did, but Diaz-Zeferino put his hands up, then back down, then back up again. He took off his ball cap and waved it around. The movement caused police to shoot and kill the unarmed Diaz-Zeferino. Although the shooting was ruled justified, Diaz-Zeferino's family received a $4.7 million settlement for wrongful death.

theguardian.com
12893Pedro Najar Murillo25MaleHispanic/Latino06/03/2013HuronCA36.1975194-120.1046666Huron Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer approached Pedro Najar Murillo, who was on a bicycle, for an unknown reason at 3am. Murillo fled on the bike and then on foot after he crashed. The officer shot and killed Murillo after he allegedly pointed a small handgun at the officer.

crimevoice.com
20899Darren James Price13MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2013DowagiacMI41.9633086-86.0877776Cass County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, a custodian saw 13-year-old Darren James Price with a handgun on the Dowagiac Middle School grounds about 6:40 a.m. and notified the principal, who tried to make contact with the teen. Darren reportedly ran into nearby woods to the east, and the principal called police. Officers set up a perimeter. A deputy on Dailey Road saw Darren come out of the woods on a trail. Darren turned and ran back up the trail when he saw the deputy. Soon after that, police said they heard a single shot and found Darren with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Darren died at a hospital. According to reports, Darren had been withdrawn from the school a year before he died to and was homeschooled for seventh grade.

southbendtribune.com
12892Louis James Skelly60MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2013Red Feather LakesCO40.852092-105.5289291Larimer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sheriff's officials say that as two deputies approached his property, Louis James Skelly fired his semi-automatic rifle. One deputy returned fire with his department-issued AR15 rifle, striking Skelly. He died of multiple gunshot wounds from the AR15.

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12887Mark E. Stokes45MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2013PataskalaOH40.0615682-82.6968362Licking County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, Stokes apparently had killed his wife days earlier, fatally shot himself as a SWAT team entered his home.

dispatch.com
12898Tyler Wilkins16MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2013Kansas CityMO39.1085498-94.5106236Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were attempting to question Tyler Wilkins, 16, about a crime. Wilkins fled on foot and reportedly reached to his waistband and brandished a gun. An officer saw the gun and shot and killed Wilkins.

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12895Shirley Jean Peeler51FemaleRace unspecified06/04/2013Mad RiverCA40.4444517-123.4951419Trinity County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A realtor was showing a property to prospective buyers when they encountered Peeler, whose parents had once owned the property, armed with a rifle. Police say Peeler had been ordered off the property when it went on the market. Peeler allegedly fired a shot at the realtor who then called the police. Officers shot and killed Peeler after they say she threatened them and fired a shot.[106]

redding.com
14599Demetrice D. Presnall22MaleAfrican-American/Black06/04/2013FlintMI43.0035165-83.6444978Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a short foot pursuit, police said Presnall pointed a gun at two Michigan State Police troopers and refused orders to put it down. Troopers then fired, killing Presnall, police and prosecutors said. The troopers were not wearing uniforms but had clearly marked police gear, police have said.

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12897Timothy John Walker40MaleRace unspecified06/04/2013VallejoCA38.1089323-122.267401Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Vallejo police officials, the incident began when officers responded to reports of a loud fight on a boat. When they arrived, they contacted Walker and shot him when he pointed a flare gun, modified to look like a shotgun, at an officer, officials said.

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12896Luiz Urdez25MaleHispanic/Latino06/04/2013San JacintoCA33.7837733-116.9719272Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they received multiple reports of a disturbance. When responding officers arrived at the scene, they found the suspect, Luiz Urdez, allegedly assaulting a woman inside a trailer. Fearing for the woman's life, one officer shot and killed Urdez.

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12899Byron "Big B" Kelley32MaleRace unspecified06/04/2013MemphisTN35.1099255-89.8434486Memphis Police Department, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Byron "Big B" Kelley was one of 22 people indicted for allegedly participating in an illegal prescription drug ring. When Memphis police and DEA agents attempted to serve Kelley with a warrant, he allegedly fired at officers. Officers returned fire and killed Kelley.

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12903David Erwin Hartman32MaleEuropean-American/White06/05/2013Highland ParkTX32.836554-96.7797807Highland Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Highland Park Police, officers responded to a 911 call from a driver saying a man on a motorcycle was following them. A motorcycle matching the description was found at a nearby shopping center. David Erwin Hartman returned to the motorcycle, but police say when they tried to question him, he ran off. He was handcuffed after a brief chase and placed into the back of a patrol car. Hartman was able to escape the handcuffs and pull a small firearm he still had on his person. Hartmann fired one shot out of the patrol car. Both officers shot, killing Hartman.

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12905Lana Morris46FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/05/2013St. AlbansNY40.7035072-73.7721856City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sherlon Smikle, an off-duty NYPD officer fatally blasted his wife, Lana Morris, with a shotgun on their Queens street, then went inside and turned the weapon on himself.

nypost.com
12906Sherlon Smikle33MaleAfrican-American/Black06/05/2013St. AlbansNY40.7035072-73.7721856City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sherlon Smikle, an off-duty NYPD officer fatally blasted his wife, Lana Morris, with a shotgun on their Queens street, then went inside and turned the weapon on himself.

nypost.com
12907Arnett Myers57MaleRace unspecified06/05/2013White MarshMD39.3866692-76.4186209Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said officers were responding to a report of an assault at the Colony Motel. A woman said a man on a motor scooter was causing a disturbance, and when she asked him to leave, he allegedly drove around her in circles and then attempted to strike her with his scooter. Officers found the suspect, Arnett Myers, at his apartment a few blocks away. Myers reportedly struggled with one officer and tried to pull his gun from the holster. Another officer shot Myers several times, killing him.

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12904William "Danny" Mayes37MaleEuropean-American/White06/05/2013EscondidoCA33.0698396-117.0712081San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mayes had been identified as a suspect in an elder abuse case two weeks earlier and was being lured by police to a Park and Ride in Escondido. Mayes reportedly spotted police following and fled in his vehicle. He crashed into a concrete wall and a police cruiser blocked him in. Mayes brandished a shotgun and five officers shot and killed him.

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12908John Mark Settlemyer67MaleEuropean-American/White06/06/2013HickoryNC35.773776-81.367779Caldwell County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When deputies arrived at the house, they found John Settlemyre was barricaded inside.Officers heard loud noises coming from the basement and went around to the back of the house. Capt. B.J. Fore said officers heard shots being fired inside. Settlemyre came out of the house with guns and exchanged fire with officers. Settlemyre was pronounced dead at the scene.

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12909Daniel Blake Compton27MaleEuropean-American/White06/06/2013BonhamTX33.5518282-96.1772574Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Blake Compton was reportedly standing on his front porch brandishing a gun. When he did not follow officers' commands, they shot and killed him.

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12911Richard Haston39MaleAfrican-American/Black06/07/2013Hobe SoundFL27.0600103-80.1344833Martin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. James Warren Sr. had his pistol out and his hand on the front of Richard Haston's Jeep. Warren, a 29-year Martin County sheriff's veteran, had just been in an altercation with Haston, and told him to stop. Instead, Haston, 39, proceeded forward in the Jeep and struck Warren. Warren fired at least two shots from his .45 caliber handgun through the windshield, striking Haston in the upper torso.

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12913Seon Rose34MaleAfrican-American/Black06/07/2013JonesboroGA33.5829932-84.3779277Clayton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was sitting at a red light when a woman crashed into his patrol unit from behind. She got out and advised the officer that the father of her children, Seon Rose, was pursuing and intended to harm her. Rose crashed into his estranged wife's vehicle, got out and began assaulting her. When the officer broke them up, Rose pulled out a gun and shot him in the shoulder. Another officer arrived and shot and killed Rose.

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12914John Zawahri23MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/07/2013Santa MonicaCA34.0152852-118.4697569Santa Monica Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mass shooter John Zawahri began his rampage by killing his father and his brother then setting the family home on fire. Then Zawahri, armed with an AR-15 rifle, carjacked a ride to the Santa Monica community college campus where he shot and killed four more people and injured four others. Police officers encountered Zawahri in the library, where they shot and killed him.

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12912Andrew Lambeth37MaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2013AcworthGA34.040912-84.730418Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cobb County Emergency Communications Center dispatched uniform officers in reference to a domestic dispute. Information was provided to the officers that the subject, Andrew Lambeth, was armed with a handgun and possibly suicidal. An officer encountered Lambeth in front of the residence armed with a firearm. Lambeth shot his gun, and the officer shot and killed him.

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12910Layne Michael Campbell40MaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2013RenoNV39.3936009-119.734349Washoe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say shortly after 4:30AM, Washoe County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of an intruder trying to get into a home on Scorpio Circle, near Geiger Grade in south Reno. When deputies got there, they found a man matching the description given by the witness. At least one deputy fired and the suspect, Layne Michael Campbell, was killed.

thisisreno.com
12916Urbano Moreno Morales48MaleHispanic/Latino06/08/2013WindsorCA38.5487024-122.8149729Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Urbano Moreno Morales stabbed and seriously wounded the mother of his adult son with a knife outside a Starbucks store in Windsor Town Green neighborhood. Morales walked away from the neighborhood, and started stabbing himself before police approached him. One officer tased Morales then to no effect. Morales charged at the officers with the knife and was then shot to death.[100]

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12922Gregory Allen Rosson Jr.21MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2013AftonVA38.0346735-78.8454265Albemarle County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer arrived to find Gregory Allen Rosson beating and choking his ex-girlfriend. He dropped the woman and rushed the officer, who shot and killed him.

dailyprogress.com
12923Rustin Wilkerson19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/08/2013PerrisCA33.805312-117.3604942Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies surrounding Rustin Wilkerson's house saw Wilkerson brandish a shotgun inside the house. Wilkerson fired the shotgun and four deputies open fired, shooting Wilkerson dozens of times, until he died.

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12920Craig Devon Rodgers40MaleAfrican-American/Black06/08/2013BradentonFL27.496274-82.5413635Bradenton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call involving a possible kidnapping. Craig Devon Rodgers appeared to have been beating his girlfriend, who was locked in a bedroom for a day and a half. Rodgers let her go onto the porch to get fresh air, where she managed to send a text message to a family member in North Carolina, who then called police. Police arrived on scene, and Rodgers fled. The chase led to a backyard three blocks away, where he confronted a detective in a backyard with a large metal pipe. The officer shot and killed him.

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12915Garrett Joshua Chruma21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/08/2013WilmerAL30.9163841-88.3137664Alabama Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alabama State Troopers attempted to pull over Garrett Joshua Chruma for not wearing a helmet on his motorcycle. A short pursuit ensued and ended when Chruma got stuck on the motorcycle. A trooper pulled the keys out of the motorcycle and knocked it over as Chruma fled on foot. Chruma reached to his waist and pulled out a gun as he ran away from the trooper. According to the trooper, he shot Churma multiple times in the back while he was brandishing the gun. According to witnesses and physical evidence, Chruma had discarded the weapon before the officer shot him.

govinfo.gov
12917Renee Witham24FemaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2013TucsonAZ32.2532305-110.9332088Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Renee Witham was suicidal and called 911 to report that she was going to kill herself. The police officers encountered her outside with a man. They reported she took a gun out of a holster, and the police officers told her to drop the weapon. After she refused police officers opened fire, killing her and injuring the man.

kold.com
12921Mohammed Naas57MaleMiddle Eastern06/08/2013VallejoCA38.1098249-122.2629449Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mohammed Naas allegedly shot and killed his wife. Police responding to shots fired encountered Naas near his computer business, in the alley where he'd killed his wife. As the officer approached, Naas pointed a handgun at him, prompting the officer to shoot and kill him.

timesheraldonline.com
12919Joseph Harvey Jr.36MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2013MillersvilleMD39.0724528-76.6339469Hudson County Prosecutor's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joseph Walker, a detective with the New Jersey Prosecutor's Officer, was driving with family members in a minivan when he cut off Joseph Harvey Jr. and his passenger. Harvey allegedly responded by hurling racial epithets, throwing a soda can at the minivan and trying to run the Walkers off the road. After both vehicles came to a stop, Walker got out and identified himself as a police officer and Harvey advanced up Walker. Walker shot and killed Harvey. He was found not guilty of homicide.

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12924Cameron Arrigoni21MaleEuropean-American/White06/09/2013HampdenME44.7200156-68.8450591Hampden Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a domestic dispute in which Cameron Arrigoni both threatened his girlfriend and to commit suicide. Officers broke into the house when the girlfriend reported he was trying to break down a bedroom door to get at her. He pointed his gun at officers so they shot and killed him.

maine.gov
12926Curtis Ray Fipps48MaleEuropean-American/White06/09/2013PadenOK35.505713-96.5664584Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy from Okfuskee County Sheriff's Department was responding to a domestic dispute call, when a man (Curtis Ray Fipps), not involved in the dispute, approached the deputy with a shotgun. The deputy repeatedly ordered Fipps to drop his weapon. Fipps was fatally shot by the deputy when he did not comply with the order. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating the justification of Fipps' death.

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12930D'Wayne Burke34MaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2013SardisGA32.9765098-81.7601039Sardis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

D'Wayne Burke, a former cop, allegedly broke into the evidence room of his old station at 2am. A night shift police officer saw what appeared to be a burglary in progress and called two deputies to help clear the building. The officer and one of the deputies encountered Burke in a file room, masked and armed with an ax. Burke advanced on the officer who shot and killed Burke.

georgia.gov
12931Joseph Paige24MaleAfrican-American/Black06/10/2013OrlandoFL28.5527265-81.3794658Orlando Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Orlando police, the incident began with an apparent armed robbery on Amelia Street near Orange Blossom Trail. A witness spotted the suspected getaway vehicle on I-4 and officers conducted a traffic stop a short time later, police said. A short distance away, however, a gunman, later identified as a 24-year-old Joseph Paige, who was not involved in the traffic stop, was sitting in the middle of the highway brandishing a handgun, according to police. Officers told Paige to drop the gun but instead he pointed it toward the four officers, who open fired and killed Paige. The handgun turned out to be pellet gun.

tampabay.com
12932Gregory Bayne35MaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2013LancasterPA40.0437519-76.3072962Lancaster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers were responding to a report of a man urinating in public. An officer talked to homeless Gregory Bayne, who was muttering and incoherent. As an officer checked the man's identification, Bayne pulled a folding knife from his pocket and charged the officer. An officer tasered Bayne to no effect. Three officers pursued Bayne on foot for a couple of blocks, then surrounded him. When Bayne lunged at one of the officers, he shot and killed Bayne.

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12934Zachary Rodney Paul Premo26MaleEuropean-American/White06/11/2013DuluthMN46.8025636-92.1402377Duluth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zachary Premo allegedly drank two pitchers of beer with his friend at the pool hall than preceded to drive home erratically. After dropping his friend off, Premo crashed and rolled his vehicle. He ran to his parents' house nearby, where police found him in the backyard brandishing a handgun. A police officer was able to convince Premo to lay face down on the ground, but he continued to hold the gun under his chest. Police ordered Premo to quit reaching for the gun but he didn't listen. Two officers shot and killed Premo.

crookstontimes.com
12935Darrius J. Lowery-Baptiste23MaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2013BeloitWI42.4997317-89.0355459Beloit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beloit police reportedly attempted to pull over Darius J. Lowery-Baptiste in a traffic stop to serve him a warrant from the state Department of Corrections. Lowery-Baptiste was also suspected in a series of shooting incidents. Lowery-Baptiste attempted to flee in his vehicle and bumped into one of the police cruisers. Two officers shot and killed him. A handgun was found in Lowery-Baptiste's vehicle.

madison.com
12936Rashad Jarrett Hopes26MaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2013RiversideCA33.9151728-117.4429846Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rashad Hopes was a passenger in a car that fled the scene of an accident then crashed. Police allege Hopes exited the car carrying a handgun and walked to a nearby gas station. Two officers cornered Hopes, who pointed his gun at one of the officers. Both officers open fired, killing Hopes. Hopes' gun had six empty shells in it that were expired before his encounter with police. Hopes had a BAC four times the legal limit for driving.

riversideca.gov
12940Simon Buckles27MaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2013FullertonCA33.8665404-117.9036561Fullerton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A caller notified the Fullerton Police Department that an employee was allegedly assaulting his boss. The suspect, Simon Buckles, was gone when the officers arrived. One officer talked to Buckles on the phone and asked him to come back to work and tell his side of the story. When Buckles returned, he pulled a handgun out of his shorts pocket. An officer shot Buckles in the chest, then Buckles put the barrel in his mouth and shot and killed himself.

orangecountyda.org
12939Joseph Thomas Brewer Jr.54MaleRace unspecified06/12/2013OrangeCA33.8230245-117.8490446Orange Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Brian Chambers responded to a "man with knife" call from the woman who owned the home at which Joseph Thomas Brewer was staying. Chambers reports that Brewer was holding a box cutter in front of the home. Chambers ordered Brewer to put his hands up and reports that he instead confronted him, walked toward him and gave him an "intense stare". Chambers shot him three times in the chest.

orangecountyda.org
12941Alexander L. Mandarino26MaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2013MullanID47.456024-115.6972519Idaho State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said the shooting occurred after Shoshone County dispatch received a call for a welfare check on an orange Scion parked peculiarly in an eastbound about a mile west of Lookout Pass. A Shoshone deputy arrived at the scene with the ISP officer as backup, and while talking Alexander L. Mandarino, the two officers discovered the driver was in possession of a handgun. A struggle to take the gun ensued, and the ISP officer shot and killed Mandarino.

billingsgazette.com
12944Jeremiah B. Krubert39MaleEuropean-American/White06/13/2013ElkhornWI42.7199196-88.6211145Walworth County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy responding to a report of a home invasion encountered Jeremiah B. Krubert, who was trying to leave the driveway in a truck. Krubert got out of the truck and "confronted the deputy with an edged weapon," and the deputy shot multiple times during this encounter. Krubert then stole the deputy's squad car, and a pursuit ensued. Krubert is alleged to have exited the squad car with the squad shotgun. He walked toward the deputies and refused commands to drop the weapon, at which time, deputies shot and killed him.

gazettextra.com
12946Quincy Williams32MaleAfrican-American/Black06/14/2013Castro ValleyCA37.6948445-122.0707434Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Quincy Williams was allegedly holding up a burger joint with a handgun. Two male employees held him down while a female employee round outside to notify two police officers who were conducting a traffic stop. Then the officers entered the burger joint, one of the male employees grabbed the arm Williams was holding the gun in, causing the weapon to discharge. The officers shot and killed Williams.

cbslocal.com
12947Wilfredo Justiniano Jr.41MaleEuropean-American/White06/14/2013RandolphMA42.2144707-71.0937039Massachusetts State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State police responded to a man, Wilfredo Justiniano Jr., who was driving erratically, possibly because of a medical emergency. The trooper tried to de-escalate the situation but Justiniano lunged at him holding a pen. The trooper shot Justiniano twice, killing him.

wickedlocal.com
12949Jorge Abraham Zarazua-Rubio25MaleHispanic/Latino06/15/2013OmahaNE41.2197213-95.9600634Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jorge Abraham Zarazua-Rubio's afternoon shooting spree killed two and injured two before he encountered police. Officer Coral Walker then exchanged gunfire with the suspect, Zarazua-Rubio, killing him.

journalstar.com
12953Alejandro De Armas Reinoso38MaleHispanic/Latino06/15/2013MiamiFL25.8356576-80.2500166Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call about a domestic dispute. Miami-Dade police said the man involved, Alejandro De Armas Reinoso, was wanted for a strong armed robbery. When officers tried to take him into custody, Reinoso reportedly violently resisted arrest, at which time the officers shot and killed him.

cbslocal.com
12951Recardio Shormon Clark33MaleAfrican-American/Black06/15/2013GainesvilleFL29.6333149-82.4155736Alachua County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to an apartment complex after receiving a complaint about an assault and battery. Upon arrival, the deputies made contact with Recardio Shormon Clark and sometime during the communication with the deputies, Clark pulled a pistol and shot one deputy in the chest. The deputy, who was wearing an armored vest, returned fire striking Clark multiple times, killing him.

gainesville.com
12952Lewis Pollard61MaleEuropean-American/White06/15/2013FruitaCO39.1447176-108.7336714Fruita Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Fruita Police Department, Pollard fled in his car after being pulled over during a routine traffic stop. Fruita Police caught up with Pollard when they found his car parked outside a trailer. Police knocked on the door and Pollard emerged brandishing a handgun. Three officers shot and killed Pollard, who may have been part of the Sovereign Citizens movement.

splcenter.org
12959Name withheld by police53MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2013FremontCA37.531134-121.9251585Fremont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers responded to a call from the man's family that he was mentally ill, that "the effectiveness of the man's medication seemed to be wearing off" and that he was breaking furniture and attacking them with a knife. After removing the family from the home, the officers report that they found the man on his bed with several knives. They report that they commanded him to disarm, that he threatened them, and that he reached for a large knife. Two officers shot him and another tasered him. He died at the scene.

mercurynews.com
12962Eliakim Tipan Shabazz48MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2013West ColumbiaSC33.9982873-81.0778918West Columbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to Kangaroo Express gas station about a man threatening a citizen with a handgun. Investigators say when two officers made contact with the suspect, Eliakim Tipan Shabazz he pulled a handgun from his waistband. One of the officers shot and killed Shabazz.

wistv.com
12961Michael Westley15MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2013ChicagoIL41.7741139-87.6486167Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to a police statement, officers in Englewood were responding to a call about shots fired when they spotted Michael Westley running down the street. They chased the teen through an alley and into the street. It was there, police said, that Westley pointed a handgun toward them, and they opened fire, killing him. Police later said they recovered two weapons at the scene. After viewing police video of the moments before Westley was killed, his mother claimed he was unarmed.

cbslocal.com
12966Antwon Johnson24MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2013ChicagoIL41.8570763-87.7223995Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Antwon Johnson ran from a car that had refused to stop for a routine traffic stop. He fell and pointed his gun at police, at which point they shot and killed him.

chicagotribune.com
12963James D. Jones60MaleRace unspecified06/16/2013MontgomeryIN38.654691-87.078344Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An armed robbery was in progress when a state trooper arrived at the gun shop, and he exchanged gunfire with the robbery suspect identified as James D. Jones, 60. The trooper was hit multiple times, and survived, Jones died at the scene. Jones suffered from Alzheimer's disease which may have affected his behavior.

duboiscountyfreepress.com
12967Joe White III48MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2013MiamiFL25.6295031-80.3735348Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joe White III allegedly stabbed three female family members before being confronted by police officers, Miami-Dade police said. As the officers tried to question him, White fled in a white Pontiac. The officers apparently open fired on the fleeing White, killing him.

nbcmiami.com
12960Eric Wayne Dunphy54MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2013OrlandoFL28.5965819-81.3986698Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Ronald Barba responded to a domestic disturbance call at Eric Wayne Dunphy's home. Dunphy reportedly put his wife in a headlock, held what looked like a tool or a weapon to her head, and threatened to kill her. Barba reports that he repeatedly told Dunphy to let his wife go and when he did not, Barba shot and killed him.

news4jax.com
12965Jonathan Mathew Demarco23MaleHispanic/Latino06/16/2013Round RockTX30.527859-97.6852641Round Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jonathan Demarco allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Sarai Alexis Valdez. Demarco then allegedly raised his handgun toward two officers and both officers fired back, killing Demarco,

statesman.com
12974Cedric Lee Howard34MaleAfrican-American/Black06/17/2013San AntonioTX29.50595-98.38791San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a report of an argument between two men. Cedric Lee Howard was apparently holding the other man against his will in a duplex apartment. After police arrived, Howard came out holding a shotgun and refused to put it down. Officers shot and killed him.

expressnews.com
12970John Mark Stevens41MaleEuropean-American/White06/17/2013NacogdochesTX31.6751733-94.5832947Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were dispatched to a disturbance at a residence around 1 a.m. and found John Mark Stevens, 41, with a pistol in his hand.Deputies negotiated with Stevens for nearly 45 minutes in his yard while Stevens held onto the gun and entered and exited an exterior shop next to his home. Stevens then started walking toward deputies who fired two bean bag rounds at Stevens to disarm him. He made it to cover and shot at them, at which point they shot and killed him.

ktre.com
12964Sammie Lamont Wallace37MaleAfrican-American/Black06/17/2013Midwest CityOK35.4625396-97.3896105Midwest City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A mentally ill man, Sammie Lamont Wallace, took a 2-year-old girl hostage, holding a knife to her throat. When he started a countdown to the girl's death, he was shot once and killed by police.

news9.com
12979Patrick Mitchell O'Meara28MaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2013LakewoodWA47.1236373-122.5535737Lakewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lakewood police were looking for O'Meara for an outstanding felony theft warrant. They found him at his mother's house. Officers knocked on his door and announced they were police. At the same time, other officers standing near the side of the house spotted O'Meara inside holding what appeared to be a handgun. Police say they repeatedly told O'Meara to drop the gun, but he refused. Two officers then opened fire, killing him. He had a cap gun.

komonews.com
12975Ricardo Lopez Castaneda36MaleHispanic/Latino06/18/2013CaldwellTX30.6267715-96.6393104Burleson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ricardo Lopez Castaneda allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend. Law enforcement in four counties cooperated to locate his vehicle. In Burleson County, Castaneda drove over law enforcement spike strips, but continued to drive. Castaneda slowed down on FM 262 to turn onto CR 205. His ex-girlfriend jumped out of the vehicle. Castaneda fatally shot himself.

theeagle.com
12973Robert Bergeson59MaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2013SalemCT41.51531-72.249639Connecticut State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Firefighters and police arrived at Robert Bergeson's home, which was burning. Bergeson was upset about a recent divorce and reportedly set fire to his own home, then stood by to watch it burn. Bergeson shouted obscenities at police, then advanced toward them carrying a large stick. When Bergeson refused commands to drop the stick, one officer shot and killed him. Although the officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, Bergeson's family was paid $950,000 in a federal wrongful death lawsuit, because Bergeson was running away from the officer when the fatal shot was fired.

theday.com
12977Jaquaz Walker17MaleAfrican-American/Black06/18/2013CharlotteNC35.268156-80.784279Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police claim they were forced to shoot Jaquaz Walker when a drug sting set up by authorities at Hidden Valley Elementary School went wrong. Police set up a marijuana drug deal between an undercover police officer, an informant and two teen suspects. During the drug deal, Walker shot the informant in the shoulder after attempting to rob him. That's when the undercover officer shot Walker in the head and killed him.

wbtv.com
12985Uriel Juarez44MaleHispanic/Latino06/19/2013IrvingTX32.8085196-96.9299719Irving Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance where Uriel Juarez was armed with a rifle and threatened to kill a family member. Juarez fled the home and officers followed him, until he reached a home in the 600 block of Balleywood. Juarez got out of his car and began shooting at the two officers, who returned fire, killing Juarez.

cbslocal.com
12983Kenneth Dewayne Cooper45MaleAfrican-American/Black06/19/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.4965743-97.4688004Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to a neighborhood disturbance encountered Kenneth Dewayne Cooper brandishing a rifle. Cooper fired at the officer who fired back and wounded Cooper. Cooper attempted to flee but was apprehended by another officer. Cooper died in transit to the hospital.

koco.com
12981Joseph Hanegan28MaleRace unspecified06/19/2013ShreveportLA32.6236388-93.8892032Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call that Joseph Hanegan locked himself inside a vehicle and threatened to harm himself. Hanegan kept screaming he had a gun but was unwilling to show his weapon. "The man jumped out of his vehicle, stood up and swung his arms over the opened door, and had an object in his hands. He pointed that object at the deputy and at that point the deputy fired." The object turned out to be a metal tool.

ksla.com
12984Matthew Scott Wiese46MaleEuropean-American/White06/19/2013LynnwoodWA47.8604594-122.2460478Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were called when Matthew Scott Wiese violated a protection order for his ex-wife. Deputies encountered Wiese at another residence, where he was setting of fireworks in the streets. He shot fireworks at the police, then entered a nearby motorhome and came out brandishing a gun. The deputies shot and killed him.

lynnwoodtoday.com
12978Thomas Robinson50MaleAfrican-American/Black06/19/2013BrooklynNY40.6656068-73.8990847City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police interrupted a mugging. The suspect, Thomas Robinson, shot at them, so they returned fire, shooting and killing him.

metro.us
12989Donnell Carter39MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2013MilwaukeeWI43.0751758-87.9672318Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Milwaukee Police were investigating a fight when they heard shots fired. They responded to where they heard the shots and were confronted by Donnell Carter. When police saw him with the gun, police told him to drop it. He did not, and they shot and killed him.

jrn.com
12987Jordan R. Camp21MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2013KnoxvilleTN35.879536-84.124107Knox County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were attempting to arrest Jordan R. Camp for assault and probation violations. Camp hid in a friend's trailer, barricaded in a bedroom, armed with a rifle and threatened to kill himself. Officers in the front of the trailer tried to talk him down, but Camp pointed the rifles at them and the officers open fired, shooting 47 rounds and killing Camp.

policeone.com
12988Jourdan Akili Wagner20MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2013GlendaleAZ33.5469457-112.231961Glendale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to investigate a report of a subject trespassing in a local business complex and making threats. When the first officer arrived on scene, he asked Jourdan Akili Wagner to step outside. Once outside, Wagner fled on foot from the officer. Eventually, officers located Wagner under a trampoline in the backyard of a home. Wagner was armed with a stolen handgun and wounded an officer and killed a police dog before officers shot and killed Wagner.

ktar.com
13534Jeffrey Allen Rayfield45MaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2013KnoxvilleTN35.95336-83.969941Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to a report of a domestic argument just before 10 p.m. As the initial officer arrived, a shot was fired. Police escorted the man's wife, who wasn't hurt, to safety, then set up a perimeter around the house and spent the next two hours trying to contact the husband, with no success. Officers finally caught a glimpse through a window of the man lying on the floor and went inside, where they found his body, police said. Jeffrey Allen Rayfield died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

knoxnews.com
12993Charles Warren Wickline46MaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2013Coal CityWV37.654514-81.192744Raleigh County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sheriff deputies were checking up on Charles Warren Wickline at his home, who was confined to his home for being convicted of running over a 13-month old boy the year before. Wickline pulled a gun on the deputies and fled on an ATV. Wickline hid behind a tree and shot at the deputies as they approached. The deputies shot and killed him.

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12994Ceaser Joe Mendoza24MaleHispanic/Latino06/22/2013La PuenteCA34.0344172-117.9465433Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ceaser Joe Mendoza was a passenger in a car that was stopped by deputies for running a stop sign, and Mendoza told his car-mate that he had to run because he had a gun on his person. Upon fleeing, he fell, and the deputy said that he saw Mendoza reach for a gun in his waistband. The deputy fired as Mendoza fled. Mendoza allegedly reached for his waistband again. The deputy took cover behind a concrete wall and fired at Mendoza again, killing him.

latimes.com
13001Cacedrick White26MaleAfrican-American/Black06/23/2013LexingtonMS33.1167905-90.0572591Lexington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The congregation of the Asia Missionary Baptist Church was having a heated disagreement about the firing of their pastor. Two police officers who were watching over the congregation were just about to leave when Cacedrick White, the son of one of the church deacons arrived at the scene carrying a shotgun. He fired it once in the parking lot. An officer fired back three times, killing White.

guardianlv.com
13000Jessica Gonzalez35FemaleHispanic/Latino06/23/2013Santa AnaCA33.7369664-117.89522Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jessica Gonzalez was wanted by police in the city of Orange in connection with the murder of her longtime partner, Jennifer Solario. Police officers spotted her sitting with three other people in a garage. As the officers approached the foursome, Gonzalez brandished a handgun. One officer open fired as Gonzalez fled. The other officer, thinking the shots came from Gonzalez, fired 12 rounds as she exited the garage, killing Gonzalez. The weapon turned out to be a gray plastic toy gun.

orangecountyda.org
12999Noah Burford Silva26MaleEuropean-American/White06/23/2013HoustonTX29.5822769-95.2101255Pearland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Noah Burford Silva evaded store employees while shoplifting at Home Depot. Police later spotted him at a Wal-Mart, where they tackled him and arrested him. Silva was injured and taken to the hospital for treatment. He slipped his handcuffs at the hospital and fled, pursued by a police officer. Silva waded through a receiving pond outside the hospital with the officer still following him. As Silva climbed out of the pond on the other side, he turned toward the pursuing officer with an aggressive stance. The officer shot and killed Silva.

chron.com
13003Sarah Elisabeth Harrington31FemaleEuropean-American/White06/23/2013Round RockTX30.5084313-97.6766696Round Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call regarding a woman spotted carrying a gun near Quinns Neighborhood Bar. Officers made contact with Sarah Elisabeth Harrington, who was sitting on a bench and told the officers she had a gun. Officers attempted to retrieve the gun from her by using a Taser and a pepper ball gun, which were ineffective, and Harrington then pointed her gun at the officers. The officers shot and killed the woman.

statesman.com
13002Damon Earl Bacy Byrd37MaleAfrican-American/Black06/23/2013Fort WorthTX32.7658365-97.2166689Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fort Worth Police were called when neighbors heard screaming and threats to throw a woman off a balcony. Officers responded and caught Damon Earl Bacy Byrd in the act of stabbing the woman. They shot and killed Byrd to stop the stabbing.

tmcnet.com
13004Kenneth John26MaleRace unspecified06/24/2013FairviewAK61.2106651-149.8689987Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop, Kenneth John reportedly got out of his Chevy Blazer and approached the officer with a machete and an ax. When John didn't stop when ordered, the officer shot and killed him.

adn.com
13005Mark Alan Chernin43MaleEuropean-American/White06/24/2013Cape CoralFL26.6251878-81.927701Cape Coral Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were dispatched after a caller reported an armed person walking in the 2200 block S.E. 15 Street. A second call advised that shots had been fired. Police made contact with Mark Alan Chernin who was armed with a rifle and two handguns. Chernin ignored orders to disarm and raised the rifle toward the officers, who shot and killed him.

capecops.com
13006Qiana Moore34FemaleRace unspecified06/25/2013BufordGA34.1623671-84.075553U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Moore apparently shot and killed herself as the ranger approached. The bullet went through her and into him.

wsbtv.com
13007Anthony Mark Thompson34MaleEuropean-American/White06/25/2013Jurupa ValleyCA33.9944004-117.4344823Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anthony Mark Thompson allegedly fired a weapon into an unoccupied home. Police alleged Thompson tried to hit and kill them with his vehicle when they encountered him in Jurupa Valley. They shot and killed Thompson, whose family was awarded a $350,000 settlement in March 2015.

www.pe.com
13008Howard Michael Carl Partee33MaleRace unspecified06/26/2013Los AngelesCA33.9268405-118.2335104Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A probation check turned into an extended armed standoff when police called out on a different matter investigated the smell of marijuana. Partee, with a relatively minor criminal record, shot and wounded a "gang officer" in the face when the officer entered Partee's attic hiding place. Police shot in tear gas and a search robot to find, 13 hours later, Partee dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

latimes.com
13012William McCullough30MaleEuropean-American/White06/26/2013HemetCA33.7403529-116.9575089Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Members of a sheriff's gang task force, along with a probation officer, tried to stop the driver of a silver Toyota for a traffic violation. Deputies said McCullough took off. Four minutes later, McCullough stopped, got out of his car, and allegedly took out a weapon. Police shot and killed him.

cbslocal.com
13011Richard Dale Kohler66MaleEuropean-American/White06/26/2013MayselWV38.4927956-81.1073563West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers shot and killed Richard Dale Kohler, 66, in his Maysel home early Wednesday after he pointed a rifle at officers attempting to serve a federal search warrant stemming from an ongoing drug investigation.

charlestondailymail.com
13009Miquell "Mike" David Deppa34MaleEuropean-American/White06/26/2013Liberty TownshipMN47.6296662-95.0133518Beltrami County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said officers responded to a report of an armed man threatening to kill himself or police. When they arrived at Miquell "Mike" David Deppa's house, officers heard gunshots and saw a man with a rifle run inside. Two women then ran out of the house to safety. Officers' arrival prompted an hours-long standoff during which the man fired several shots in the direction of police, according to reports after the incident. The Star Tribune reported that a Beltrami County SWAT team sniper fired once, fatally wounding Deppa.

startribune.com
13014Deangelo Lopez22MaleAfrican-American/Black06/27/2013ComptonCA33.8991911-118.2430602Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call reporting a burglary in progress and found Deangelo Lopez attempting to escape a house. Lopez allegedly confronted deputies and pointed a revolver at them. He was shot and killed.

latimes.com
13015Eugene Mallory80MaleEuropean-American/White06/27/2013LittlerockCA34.5478861-117.9196159Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A sheriff's narcotics team was serving a narcotics-related search warrant based on information from an informant seeking revenge against Eugene Mallory, 80. Deputies claimed they approached the rear bedroom where they found Eugene Mallory armed with a semi-automatic handgun. He pointed the handgun at the deputies and a deputy shot and killed him. But Los Angeles County settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.5 million that claimed Mallory was unarmed and asleep when the deputy shot and killed him.

theavtimes.com
13020Michael Goodman64MaleEuropean-American/White06/28/2013JacksonvilleAR34.888619-92.089239Jacksonville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Michael Goodman, 64, was in violation of a no contact order when he went to his wife's home this morning. When police tried to arrest him, he allegedly pulled a knife and rushed toward two officers. One of them shot and killed Goodman.

katv.com
13018Shawn Knight50MaleEuropean-American/White06/28/2013UniontownPA39.8978587-79.702683Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers responding to a domestic dispute encountered Shawn Knight armed with a handgun in each hand. The officers backed off but Knight followed them outside. Knight did not comply with the officer's verbal commands. The officers then opened fire, killing Knight.

heraldstandard.com
13017Christopher A. Fredette32MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/28/2013San AntonioTX29.5034276-98.3888388San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to the scene for a family disturbance, Christopher A. Fredette was allegedly being aggressive toward his parents. Fredette was taken into the yard by two officers. As they searched him, he pulled a gun and fired it, wounding one officer. An officer inside the home came out and shot and killed Fredette.

ksat.com
13019Ricky Don McCommas49MaleEuropean-American/White06/28/2013GranburyTX32.4438217-97.7885566Granbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sexual assault suspect Ricky Don McCommas ambushed a Hood County deputy and killed him. He drove into Granbury, shooting at the City Hall, wounding an officer before another officer shot and killed him.

wfaa.com
19801Marcial Martinez-Ramirez62MaleHispanic/Latino06/29/2013MiamiFL25.7616798-80.1917902Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At about 9 p.m., police were summoned to a dispute at a home where an officer confronted Marcial Martinez-Ramirez. As Martinez-Ramirez was being walked to a patrol car for an interview, he lunged at an officer with a knife. Another officer, Daniel Bernatt, fired killing him. Martinez-Ramirez rented a room at the home and worked in the fields picking okra.

tampabay.com
13023Paul M. Caruso46MaleRace unspecified06/29/2013ShirleyNY40.8050101-72.8392994Suffolk County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of an angry man and shots fired encountered Paul M. Caruso armed with a shotgun and a rifle. Caruso fired at police with the shotgun, police returned fired and Caruso fled into the house. He put on a helmet and an armored vest and began firing at police with the rifle. Caruso advanced on police still firing the rifle and was shot and killed.

facebook.com
13021Merlin Factor26MaleEuropean-American/White06/29/2013YucaipaCA34.0194179-117.0431785San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Merlin Factor had allegedly thrown a rock through someone's window and police responded. They spotted a green Chevy Malibu with Factor riding in the passenger seat and pulled it over. Factor resisted arrest, attempted to grab one officer's gun and then reached for a knife that was in his pants pocket. An officer shot and killed him.

newsmirror.net
13022Lonnie Taylor21MaleAfrican-American/Black06/29/2013VacavilleCA38.3898707-121.933262Vacaville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lonnie Taylor was suspected of allegedly stealing TV sets from WalMart. He and his partner were pulled over by police. Lonnie disobeyed orders and restarted the car, putting it in reverse and nearly hitting two officers behind him. He then went forward in an effort to escape and was shot and killed by an officer.

thereporter.com
13028Manfred M. Eisenheim76MaleRace unspecified07/01/2013Town of PoundWI45.1155524-87.9668787Marinette County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call of a suspicious person. Shortly thereafter, a vehicle crashed into a residence in the same area. Deputies and rescue personnel removed an injured male from the crash who was later determined to be suffering from a gunshot wound. The male victim, who was in his late twenties, was taken to a hospital where he died. Officers then located Manfred M. Eisenheim, armed with a shotgun and a handgun inside of another vehicle. Eventually Eisenheim pointed a weapon in their direction. Officers shot and killed him.

fox6now.com
13029Johnny Taylor33MaleEuropean-American/White07/01/2013MemphisTN35.0987045-89.8952884Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report that Johnny Taylor was armed and randomly shooting his handgun inside and outside the home he shared with his mother. Taylor shot at police when they arrived. One officer returned fire, killing Taylor.

wmcactionnews5.com
13032Fredy Suazo-Perez28MaleHispanic/Latino07/02/2013ElmendorfTX29.209189-98.467517Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Fredy Suazo-Perez kidnapped his estranged girlfriend, Yvette Ramos, and her children at gunpoint in San Antonio. He drove away in a black 2012 Toyota Camry, dropped off the children with family, and drove south with Ramos still captive. Two Bexar County deputies pulled the Camry over in Elmendorf and held Perez at gunpoint. Ramos tried to escape. Perez shot her in the side, then shot himself in the head as Deputy Ramiro Sanchez shot him. The deputy's bullet shattered against the windshield. A fragment struck Perez in the jaw.

mysanantonio.com
13033Yvette Ramos21FemaleHispanic/Latino07/02/2013ElmendorfTX29.209189-98.467517Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fredy Perez kidnapped Yvette Ramos, his estranged girlfriend, and her children at gunpoint in San Antonio. He drove away in a black 2012 Toyota Camry, dropped off the children with family, then drove south with Ramos still captive. Two Bexar County deputies pulled the Camry over in Elmendorf and held Perez at gunpoint. Ramos tried to step out of the vehicle. Perez shot her in the side.

mysanantonio.com
13038Cindy Annette Shepard54FemaleRace unspecified07/02/2013RedmondOR44.2859265-121.2513415Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cindy Annette Shepard was at first cooperative with police as they questioned her at her apartment about a possible drug shipment, then she became increasingly belligerent. Over the course of a 40-minute standoff Shepard went in and out of her front door, emerging with a different firearm each time. When she advanced on officers with a loaded shotgun, she was killed with one rifle round to the torso.

oregonlive.com
13034Sengaroune Silaphanhdeth35MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/02/2013OrovilleCA39.5045603-121.5055412Butte County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Out-of-state federal fugitive and reported gang member Sengaroune Silaphanhdeth was located by deputies in the parking lot of a casino, passed out. Silaphanhdeth allegedly pulled a handgun on the deputies, one of whom shot and killed Silaphanhdeth.

dailydemocrat.com
13035Jose Estrada37MaleHispanic/Latino07/02/2013Las CrucesNM32.2941075-106.780492Las Cruces Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When police arrived Jose Estrada was standing outside his home. Police said Estrada disobeyed commands from officers, went inside and came back out with what looked like an assault-style rifle that he pointed at the officers. Officers shot at Estrada and hit him at least once in the chest. The investigation revealed that the weapon Estrada pointed at the officers was a Crosman M-16 style pellet rifle, which strongly resembles an AR-15.

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13037Andrew Stigliano27MaleEuropean-American/White07/02/2013AshlandMA42.2548733-71.4651241Ashland Police Department.
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police officer driving his cruiser allegedly missed getting hit by a car driven by Andrew Stigliano. The officer knew Stigliano had warrants out for his arrest so he followed him home, where a standoff between Stigliano and police ensued. Stigliano hid in the attic, a police dog and his handler went up into the attic to arrest him. The dog attacked Stigliano who brandished a shotgun. Before he could shoot the dog, the police officer shot Stigliano twice in the ribs, killing him.

metrowestdailynews.com
13039Daniel Ryan Pinney26MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2013CalaisME45.1840046-67.2660328Calais Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. John Preston and two officers went to Daniel Ryan Pinney's home to look for Megan Sherrard, 21, and their baby in a possible kidnapping. Police report that as Sherrard tried to exit the home, Pinney shot her twice in the back, and that the bullets also hit the baby. Preston reportedly pulled Sherrard out of the home, was grazed by Pinney's gunfire, and shot him twice in the chest and once in the arm. Pinney then turned his gun on himself. The medical examiner reported the cause of death as suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

bangordailynews.com
13040Brandon Rennie Turner34MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2013MalvernAR34.390629-92.8327846Rockport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Rennie Turner was wanted on robbery and attempted murder charges. An officer stopped Turner's pickup in WalMart parking lot after seeing that it matched the description of one that fled a robbery. The officer reported hearing a gunshot from inside the truck and returned fire, killing Turner.

arkansasonline.com
20069Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/03/2013MillersburgPA40.5403893-76.9616322Millersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man had a gun and barricaded himself inside his living room at 310 Market St. He called a friend who alerted police that the man was suicidal, police said. The man suffered from legal, health and alcohol issues and was a longtime resident of the borough. The two-hour police standoff ended when the man committed suicide.

pennlive.com
13041Daniel A. Fitton30MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2013BoardmanOH41.0411728-80.639648Boardman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of a man threatening neighbors with a gun encountered Daniel A. Fitton barricaded in his apartment. When Fitton refused to come out, police lobbed tear gas into the apartment. Fitton fired on police and police returned fire, killing Fitton.

vindy.com
13042Corey J. Navarrete23MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2013OrangeMA42.5915593-72.3053351Massachusetts State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Corey J. Navarrete's reaction to a militarized no-knock drug raid of his apartment at 5:00 a.m. was to train a semi-automatic rifle at one of the troopers from his bed. Ordered twice to drop the weapon, he refused, and the trooper fatally shot him.

masslive.com
13047James Garcia53MaleHispanic/Latino07/04/2013Gilford TownshipMI43.4789799-83.698533Tuscola County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a 911 call about a dead woman found 53-year-old James Garcia, who they say came out of the home and started shooting. Police say they returned fire, killing Garcia.

mlive.com
13044Christian Green17MaleAfrican-American/Black07/04/2013ChicagoIL41.7926251-87.6259805Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers report that they approached Green, who allegedly was "acting suspiciously." Green ran, and according to surveillance film, attempted to dump a gun in a trash can, missed, and went back to get the gun and throw it away. According to witnesses, Green was running full speed away from the officers when they fatally shot him in the back. The city awarded Green's family $350,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit.

abc7chicago.com
13046Ernest Foster37MaleAfrican-American/Black07/04/2013IndioCA33.7152874-116.2307005Indio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ernest Foster was shot and killed by an Indio Police officer on July 4. According to authorities, Foster was armed and when police confronted him, he ran away. Then, a pursuit on foot started which led to a confrontation between the officer and Foster. When Foster turned toward the officer, the officer saw Foster brandishing a handgun. The officer shot and killed Foster. Foster's family has filed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit.

desertsun.com
13045Alex Quoc Nguyen31MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/04/2013ArlingtonTX32.7053351-97.067289Arlington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer on routine patrol was flagged down by a security guard asking for help with a disturbance outside Star Saigon Bar and Grill. When the officer got out of his patrol car he saw Alex Quoc Nguyen firing into a group of people in the parking lot. Nguyen reportedly confronted the police officer, who shot and killed Nguyen.

wfaa.com
13056Joel Douglas Reuter28MaleEuropean-American/White07/05/2013SeattleWA47.6184985-122.3267382Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joel Douglas Reuter's downward spiral began with a cancer diagnosis and bipolar disorder. It ended when police were called to investigate a man--Reuter--pointing a handgun at neighbors. After a tense eight-hour standoff, Reuter fired at officers. The officers returned fire, killing him.

thestranger.com
13055Dean Randolph Jess42MaleEuropean-American/White07/05/2013BillingsMT45.7561516-108.5793621Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Yellowstone County deputy shot and killed a man who escaped from Montana State Prison following a standoff. Dean Randolph Jess was driving a stolen Jeep when he was pinned in by patrol cars at an intersection near a Wal-Mart. It ended when Jess moved a handgun he had been holding toward one of the deputies surrounding his vehicle. The deputy opened fire and Jess was killed.

usatoday.com
13053James Wyman McGlothlin39MaleEuropean-American/White07/05/2013PensacolaFL30.404327-87.308615Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Wyman McGlothlin's vehicle was chased by police for an unknown reason, and when it got stuck in a ditch he fled on foot. He was reportedly tracked by a police dog to an apartment complex shed. After deputies pried the door of the shed open, McGlothlin reportedly drew a pistol. The deputies shot McGlothin multiple times, killing him. McGlothlin was armed with a replica firearm.

tampabay.com
13054Larry Hawkins57MaleRace unspecified07/05/2013Des MoinesIA41.5985837-93.6496879Des Moines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When officers responded to a home invasion, Larry Hawkins, refused to put his gun down and pointed the weapon at the officers. They responded by firing seven shots, of which three hit Hawkins. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

who13.com
13052Vincent Wood66MaleAfrican-American/Black07/05/2013AlbuquerqueNM35.1310542-106.5863496Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vincent Wood brandished two large knives at police officers at a North Valley gas station before being shot as many as six times by APD officers. Wood, a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, had gunshot wounds in his upper right chest, lower left chest, left stomach, penis, lower back, left buttock and upper left arm, in addition to two to his left forearm.

abqjournal.com
13064Lemuel Rufus Furr III59MaleEuropean-American/White07/06/2013CharlotteNC35.3123756-80.7877218Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

County officers and SWAT team members responded to a domestic disturbance and reportedly found Lemuel Rufus Furr III agitated, likely drunk, armed, and suicidal. Furr had already shot and wounded his son, and explicitly told officers on a phone call that he wanted to kill and be killed, "in a blaze of glory". When Furr emerged with a gun in each hand, and two more later discovered in his front pockets, he was fatally shot once by a police sniper.

charmeckda.com
13063John C. Evans84MaleRace unspecified07/06/2013CraigsvilleWV38.3337655-80.6758652Nicholas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a dispute between neighbors. John Evans shot one officer with a shotgun, and another one during the course of a five hour stand-off. Officers returned fire and killed him. Both officers survived.

upi.com
13062Kou Lee27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/06/2013FresnoCA36.7227656-119.7670059Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a domestic violence call. Kou Lee was found holding his girlfriend in a chokehold, holding a handgun in each hand—one to her head and one to his own. Perceiving the woman to be in imminent danger, the officers shot and killed Lee.

ebwiki.org
13061Todd Allan Ferguson34MaleHispanic/Latino07/06/2013PhoenixAZ33.4558265-112.0651727Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to domestic violence call. Todd Allan Ferguson threatened police with butcher knives and told the officer to kill him. After advancing on the officer and refusing to drop the knives, Ferguson was shot dead.

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13069German Mata35MaleHispanic/Latino07/07/2013AmarilloTX35.1976909-101.8435956Amarillo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic disturbance encountered German Mata outside the residence. Mata reached to his waist and pulled out a replica firearm pistol, and pointed it at officers. One officer shot and killed Mata.

amarillo.com
13067Adam Ignatz Bosch29MaleEuropean-American/White07/07/2013NorcoCA33.9340669-117.5498457Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy reportedly recognized Adam Ignatz Bosch from an arrest warrant and pulled him over. A second deputy was also at the scene when Bosch began driving away. The deputy shot and killed Bosch, claiming that Bosch drove toward him. An investigation revealed that the bullets that killed Bosch came from the side and the rear. Riverside County paid $1.5 million to Bosch's estate in a wrongful death lawsuit.

patch.com
13066Carlos D. Runyon29MaleAfrican-American/Black07/07/2013LouisvilleKY38.1475792-85.5930585Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carlos D. Runyon fled with a hostage from a KFC restaurant after an armed robbery. Runyon reportedly fired at pursuing police, who returned fire, killing Runyon. The hostage was not injured.

wave3.com
13075Gary L. Wissinger55MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2013Brush ValleyPA40.5385902-79.0652302Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State troopers investigating a rural domestic disturbance call were confronted by Gary L. Wissinger at the threshold of his own house, brandishing a rifle. This was around midnight. Troopers shot at Wissinger, who retreated back into the house. Treating it as a "barricade situation" police called in an Emergency Response Team and waited an unknown period of time before realizing that the victim had bled to death inside.

cbslocal.com
13071Luke Bulzak52MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2013Batavia TownshipIL41.819912-88.351909Kane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a report of a suicidal man encountered Luke Bulzak on his roof armed with a rifle. Bulzak, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, ignored orders to disarm and pointed the rifle at deputies. A Sheriff's sergeant shot and killed him.

cbslocal.com
13074Robert Brooks27MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2013SewickleyPA40.540909-80.184573Sewickley Borough Police Department, Allegheny County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Former Army Ranger Robert Brooks violated a restraining order by visiting his cousin's ex-wife and beating her up. Working with the ex-wife, police set the house alarm and removed her to a safe location. Brooks returned the next evening. Police responding to the alarm encountered Brooks hiding in a bedroom. An officer tasered Brooks and a struggle ensued in which Brooks attempted to take control of an officer's rifle. Multiple officers shot and killed Brooks.

patch.com
13073Glenn Llewellyn Briggs57MaleAfrican-American/Black07/08/2013Panama CityFL30.191243-85.644472Panama City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Glenn Llewellyn Briggs was suspected of killing his wife and another man at the Courtyard Marriott in Panama City. Deputies and state troopers located Briggs traveling on a highway at 2 a.m. and pulled him over. Briggs fired at them through his tinted driver's window shattering it. A deputy and a trooper returned fire, killing Briggs.

tampabay.com
13070Lance Clay50MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2013PoolerGA32.1497356-81.2584475Pooler Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of an agitated person encountered Lance Clay at his home. Clay came out the house brandishing a firearm and one of the officers shot and killed him.

savannahnow.com
13077Rafael Salas Adame42MaleHispanic/Latino07/09/2013YumaAZ32.7436936-114.5134768Yuma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rafael Salas Adame's parole officer notified sheriff's deputies that Adame was threatening to harm himself. Deputies located Adame in a dirt field; as deputies approached, Adame pulled a handgun from his waistband. Four deputies shot and killed him.

azcentral.com
13080Dante Cespedes40MaleHispanic/Latino07/09/2013BellevilleNJ40.7792431-74.1798462Belleville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers responded to an assault complaint lodged by Dante Cespedes's wife, Judy Breton, who gave police the keys to her apartment where Cespedes was located. The officers encountered Cespedes in the apartment armed with knives. Police allege Cespedes lunged toward the officers with the knives, and three officers fired a total of 30 rounds at Cespedes, killing him. Cespedes's wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

www.nj.com
13078James Ridge46MaleRace unspecified07/09/2013CabazonCA33.9199771-116.7614372Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Ridge matched the description of an armed suspect. When a deputy encountered him, Ridge brandished a knife. When the deputy told Ridge to put the weapon down, Ridge advanced on the deputy. The deputy shot and killed Ridge.

patch.com
13085Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/10/2013HoustonTX29.8794305-95.6496697Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A trooper reportedly saw a young man trying to open car doors as people drove by on a highway near a WalMart. He was reportedly armed with a small caliber handgun. As a trooper drove up to question him in the WalMart parking lot, the man allegedly advanced on the trooper with the handgun. From the front seat of his cruiser, the trooper shot him once, killing him. His name has not been released.

chron.com
13087Shawn Payne36MaleAfrican-American/Black07/10/2013LomaCO39.188321-109.033984Lakewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers received a report that a man who turned out to be Shawn Payne had allegedly attempted to commit sexual assault and had stolen the victim's pickup. Police were tracking the truck via the victim's cell phone, which was still in the truck. Multiple police and sheriff's departments were dispatched. Payne swerved and avoided "spike strips" on several occasions. The state patrol then performed a "tactical vehicle intervention," sending Payne off the road in a spin. Payne refused to leave the wreckage and was reportedly armed with a handgun. A deputy fired tear gas into the wrecked pickup, forcing Payne to exit out the back window with the black handgun allegedly in his right hand. When he pointed the gun toward the officers surrounding him, they open fired and killed Payne.

mesacounty.us
13084Dennerek Dionne Perry31MaleAfrican-American/Black07/10/2013San AntonioTX29.4241219-98.4936282Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Dennerek Dionne Perry was arrested for possessing a firearm and less than two ounces of marijuana. According to the Texas Custodial Deaths report, Perry was "booked by proxy" into the county jail at 10:35 and pronounced dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 11 a.m. His "custody date and time" on the TCD is 12:33 p.m. July 10, 2013.

google.com
13082Ronnie Lamont Robinson39MaleRace unspecified07/10/2013Los AngelesCA34.0326307-118.4493505Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ronnie Lamont Robinson reportedly shot and killed himself when he was stopped by deputies after a brief pursuit near Exposition Park. Robinson was apparently wanted in connection with an investigation conducted by the Operation Safe Streets Bureau. At around 7 a.m., deputies tried to stop Robinson's vehicle, but he allegedly accelerated, then pulled to the curb. According to officials, Robinson initially cooperated and put his hands out of the driver's window. Robinson then reportedly withdrew his hands and shot himself.

sgvtribune.com
13090Kenneth Jewell Stafford27MaleAfrican-American/Black07/11/2013RenoNV39.551474-119.781906Reno Police Department, Sparks Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a report of an armed suicidal man encountered Kenneth Jewell Stafford, an active duty military member on leave, in a backyard of the condo complex he was staying at brandishing a shotgun. Officers ordered Stafford to disarm but he refused. When Stafford made a sudden move, five officers open fired, striking Stafford 14 times and killing him.

google.com
13093Brian Donnell Simms Jr.24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/11/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.4627741-97.5331363Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two off-duty police officers working security at a rap concert encountered Brian Donnell Simms Jr. sleeping in a car in the parking lot with a gun on or near his lap. The officers startled Simms with their flashlights and he allegedly reached for the gun. One of the off-duty officers unloaded his gun through Simms's open window 9 times at point blank range. Because they were police officers, the two security guards were cleared of any wrongdoing because of qualified immunity. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma challenging qualified immunity for police officers working off-duty.

acluok.org
13092Luis Alberto Flores31MaleHispanic/Latino07/11/2013PhoenixAZ33.5094557-112.1212962Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Luis Alberto Flores and a woman knocked on an apartment door and asked if the person they were looking for lived there. The resident said no and Flores pulled a gun. The resident called the police who arrived while Flores was still on the front porch. Flores reached for the gun in his waistband and pointed it at officers. Two officers shot and killed Flores.

eastvalleytribune.com
13091Jared Woosypiti24MaleEuropean-American/White07/11/2013WichitaKS37.6207312-97.3524055Wichita Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jared Woosypiti allegedly fired a gun while robbing a Kmart then fled to an apartment where he was staying with a woman. The woman reportedly said Woosypiti consumed methamphetamine and marijuana and then asked her to leave. Police encountered Woosypiti barricaded in the apartment and a two-day long standoff ensued. Water cannons, tear gas and a police dog failed to remove Woosypiti. Woosypiti fired on the police dog and its handler and shot at officers surrounding the apartment complex. The third time Woosypiti fired on officers, multiple officers open fired and killed him.

kansas.com
13097Daniel Houfek42MaleEuropean-American/White07/12/2013Oak ViewCA34.3860892-119.2990127Ventura County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle. Daniel Houfek sped off, lead­ing offi­cers on a brief vehi­cle chase. Houfek soon stopped his vehi­cle and exited it with a hand­gun. The pur­su­ing deputies fired at Houfek after he allegedly pointed it at them, fatally wound­ing him.

vcstar.com
13098Shawn Spiros36MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2013AfftonMO38.5403908-90.328545St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shawn Spiros was shot and killed during a standoff with police. Officers had responded at around 7:40 p.m. after a 911 caller reported that Spiros was drunk, waving a handgun in his front yard and yelling "call the police." Spiros was sitting on his front porch when police arrived. According to police, the officers attempted to engage Spiros in conversation in an attempt to defuse the situation, but weren't successful. Spiros allegedly pulled his gun from his waistband and raised it in the direction of the officers before pointing it at his own head. Police said an officer fired at Spiros at the same time that Spiros shot at his own head, and that they didn't know who fired the fatal shot.

riverfronttimes.com
13103Derek J. Hobson25MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2013NeedhamIN39.5018956-85.9509348Johnson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies encountered Derek J. Hobson in a cemetery. After giving the deputies a false name he fled on foot. Both deputies tased Hobson to no effect. As he was running, Hobson allegedly turned and aimed a handgun at the deputies. The deputies shot and killed Hobson.

nixle.com
13111Jessie Lee Rose19MaleNative American/Alaskan07/14/2013UticaNY43.0997041-75.2585259Utica Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Anthony Ellis reportedly responded to Addison Miller Park at about 12:15 p.m. for a man who was firing a shotgun. The officer ordered Jessie Lee Rose to put down his weapon, but the man refused to comply, police said. Rose pointed the shotgun at the officer, then flipped the gun around and shot himself in the chest. At the same time the officer fired and wounded Rose in the hand. Rose's death was ruled a suicide.

uticaod.com
13109Dustin Cole24MaleEuropean-American/White07/14/2013KilleenTX31.0942797-97.723999Killeen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to reports that an armed man was threatening neighbors in an apartment complex encountered Dustin Billy Cole brandishing an assault rifle. SWAT was called and a perimeter was set up. A soldier from nearby Fort Hood, Cole open fired with the assault rifle, killing one officer and wounding another. Multiple officers returned fire at Cole, killing him.

kdhnews.com
13108Harold J. Bastin34MaleHispanic/Latino07/14/2013LafayetteLA30.1816103-92.0581251Lafayette Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to call about attempted suicide, encountered armed Bastin in yard, resulting in him being shot and killed.

kpel965.com
13112Deon Williams26MaleAfrican-American/Black07/15/2013Little RockAR34.7417647-92.3248626Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers on patrol spotted a black SUV they wrong thought had stolen license plates. When the officers circled back around to the parked SUV, the driver, Deon Williams, got out and ranj away. One officer pursued on foot and saw a handgun fall out of Williams's pants. Williams allegedly reached down and picked up the weapon. The officer shot and killed him.

hiphopwired.com
13117Juan Diaz Chavez37MaleEuropean-American/White07/16/2013Los AngelesCA34.0456571-118.2791683Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chavez, a reformed gang member, was leaving a funeral when he ran into police. He apparently stared at them, and then pulled a gun.

latimes.com
13116Carlos Crompton39MaleAfrican-American/Black07/16/2013St. PetersburgFL27.7563108-82.6909736St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers confronted Carlos Compton after locating him following a call that he was a suspect in the shooting of his girlfriend. Compton retrieved a gun from his car and allegedly fired a round at two officers. The two officers returned fire, killing Compton.

patch.com
13115Daryll Eugene Blair19MaleAfrican-American/Black07/16/2013San AntonioTX29.5218511-98.5654559San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call of a man acting erratically at a food mart encountered Daryll Eugene Blair in the parking lot. Blair charged at an officer then stole a police SUV. Blair drove 300 feet before crashing into another car. He jumped out of the SUV and charged at an officer again, who shot and killed Blair.

ksat.com
13118Randy Baldwin46MaleRace unspecified07/16/2013Oil SpringsKY37.810009-82.9422934Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A state trooper responding to a suspicious man at an intersection encountered an allegedly intoxicated Randy Baldwin passed out on the street. The trooper placed Baldwin in the cruiser and was transporting him to jail when Baldwin told the trooper he had a gun and to pull over and let him go or he'd kill him. The trooper pulled over and attempted to disarm Baldwin. In the ensuing struggle the trooper shot Baldwin once in the chest, killing him.

wave3.com
13119Marilyn Elizabeth Peterson68FemaleEuropean-American/White07/16/2013Oil CItyPA41.4251231-79.7101072Oil City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers responding to a reportedly suicidal woman encountered legally blind and disabled Marilyn Elizabeth Peterson, 68, in her bedroom, armed with a knife. One officer tried and failed to disarm Peterson with an "impact tool." Pepper spray also failed to deter Peterson, who advanced on officers with the knife. Unable to retreat in the confined space of the bedroom, one officer shot Peterson 3 times, killing her.

wtae.com
13123John Sebastian Snider38MaleEuropean-American/White07/17/2013AndersonCA40.4679047-122.2957717Shasta County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic disturbance encountered John Sebastian Snider who barricaded himself in an apartment. A SWAT team was called in with 7 deputies and two armored vehicles. Snider at different times brandished a handgun and a shotgun. He fired the shotgun at the SWAT team, which fired 88 rounds, hitting Snider at least 5 times, killing him.

redding.com
13122Gerardo Pinedo Jr.19MaleHispanic/Latino07/17/2013DallasTX32.739668-96.680959Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a call of possible breaking and entering encountered a reportedly intoxicated Gerardo Pinedo Jr., who had broken into his empty childhood home. Pinedo came outside when directed by police, running in circles in the backyard and curling up in a ball. Pinedo allegedly threw and object, striking one officer, and then charged the officers. He touched one officer on the arm, who shot and fatally wounded Pinedo. The other officer allegedly tasered Pinedo while he was lying handcuffed face down on the ground, according to a lawsuit filed by Pinedo's father.

leagle.com
13129Kendall Walker24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2013VacavilleCA38.3569977-121.9494924Vacaville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a man making threats encountered Kendall Walker but Walker refused to talk to them and fled in a vehicle. After Walker evaded spike strips, Police used a pursuit interruption technique to knock him off the road. Walker exited the car holding a hammer and a knife. The officers shot and killed Walker.

sfgate.com
13125Andrew Thomas23MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2013Pembroke PinesFL25.9957312-80.2802568Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detectives reportedly learned from a confidential informant that Andrew Thomas, 23, was planning on robbing an insurance office. Police evacuated the office and waited for Thomas to show up. When the armed and masked Thomas showed up, he refused to put his weapon down when ordered and the detectives opened fire and killed him.

tampabay.com
13126Laroy Brown42MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2013AlamedaCA37.7594473-122.2309855Alameda Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Laroy Brown and an accomplice were allegedly robbing a grocery store at gunpoint. An armed off-duty Alameda County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed Brown and wounded the accomplice.

sfgate.com
13127Kong Nay34MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/18/2013ColumbiaSC34.0964722-81.1605747Richland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kong Nay allegedly burglarized a house, stole a handgun and ammunition and a pickup truck, then tried to rob a gas station. He fled the scene and deputies caught up with him after he crashed at Broad River and Kennerly Road. A shootout between Nay and the officers ensued. The officers shot and killed Nay.

wltx.com
13131Robert Michael McAfee Jr.29MaleHispanic/Latino07/19/2013WhittierCA33.9811463-118.0636705Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Michael McAfee Jr. was allegedly a known gang member to police, who spotted him walking on the street with another gang member. When the officers stopped and got out of the cruiser, McAfee fled on foot into a nearby backyard. The police officers followed, and one of them alleged that when he arrived in the backyard, McAfee pointed a handgun at him. The officer shot and killed McAfee.

whittierdailynews.com
13135Howard Curtis Martin62MaleEuropean-American/White07/19/2013St. RegisMT47.304472-115.092543Montana Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mineral County Sheriff's Office received a call reporting a family disturbance involving Howard Curtis Martin, 68. While officers were searching the family home, Martin called a family member and allegedly told them he was on a ridge above the home with a high powered rifle with the officers in his crosshairs. When officers encountered Martin on the ridge, he refused to drop the rifle when ordered and aimed at the officers. He was shot and killed by a Montana Highway Patrol trooper.

missoulian.com
13133Leigh Weeden47MaleAfrican-American/Black07/19/2013FairfieldCA38.265197-122.009281Fairfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers stopped Leigh Weeden for a traffic violation, but he fled in his Hummer until he eventually got stuck in a field. When the officers approached Weeden, he grabbed a gun from the Hummer and fired several shots at the officers. The officers returned fire, killing Weeden, who had lengthy criminal record in multiple states and was on federal parole.

patch.com
13134Scott M. Murphy46MaleEuropean-American/White07/19/2013LatrobePA40.3114836-79.3917353Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Family and friends described Scott M. Murphy as depressed and addicted to drugs after the passing of his wife of 21 years. Murphy was the prime suspect in the afternoon robbery of hundreds of Oxycontin pills from a local drug store. Local police attempted to arrest him at his house around 7 p.m., starting a 18-hour armed standoff. When a SWAT team entered the house, Murphy shot one in the ballistic face shield, grazing his head. The officers open fired, killing Murphy.

cbslocal.com
13138James Robert Rogers Jr.49MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2013CockeysvilleMD39.466083-76.635167Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a call of an assault in progress. James Robert Rogers Jr. was threatening his parents with a knife. Rogers fled to the garage when police officers arrived. An officer encountered him in the garage. Rogers refused orders to drop the knife and the officer shot and killed him.

baltimoresun.com
13139Corey Thomas24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/20/2013Powder SpringsGA33.8579224-84.7260276Paulding County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paulding deputies spotted a man in a car who matched the description of a suspect involved in a home invasion. They followed Corey Thomas to his home. When they approached him, Thomas fled into a wooded area. One officer tasered Thomas to no effect. A struggle ensued and Thomas took an officer's sidearm and shot at the officer. Thomas missed, and another officer shot and killed him.

ajc.com
13140Donald Ross Rikard21MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2013ColumbiaSC33.9796924-80.9703317Columbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer initiated a vehicle and foot pursuit of an armed robbery suspect. Donald Ross Rikard committed suicide by gunshot at the conclusion of the pursuit.

patch.com
13142Garrett Nelson Brooks28MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2013WilsonNC35.7004531-78.0481917Wilson County Sheriff's Office, Johnston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to the scene of a robbery. Garrett Nelson Brooks escaped in a jeep he'd carjacked earlier that day and led the deputies on a chase. After a 10 minute chase, a police officer used a pursuit interruption technique to spin Brooks out and off the road. Brooks allegedly came out of the jeep firing, two officers shot and killed him.

wral.com
13143Matthew Hullman36MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2013Grand ForksND47.9525204-97.3824492Grand Forks Air Force Base Security
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Omaha-born Technical Sergeant Matthew Hullman reportedly was drunk and threatening military police with a handgun when he was shot to death on base. About three years away from retirement, earlier in the incident he'd held the weapon to his own head.

grandforksherald.com
13145Christopher Ashford32MaleEuropean-American/White07/22/2013San AntonioTX29.5054776-98.6599213San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to a family disturbance involving Christopher Ashford. Ashford fatally shot himself.

mysanantonio.com
13147Tevin Hammond21MaleAfrican-American/Black07/22/2013PhiladelphiaPA39.97775-75.1731117Philadelphia Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police and FBI received information that Hammond and another man wanted for robbery and homicide were in the area of Musgrave and Montana streets. Police and FBI arrived and the suspects fired on police and agents. They returned fire and killed Hammond.

philly.com
13149Southaly Ketmany35MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/23/2013Las VegasNV36.0266887-115.1666381Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Las Vegas man returning home found a stranger, Southaly Ketmany, sitting in the living room in his underwear brandishing a knife and a hammer. The man called police. When the officers encountered Ketmany, they tased him and shot him with rubber bullets to no effect. Ketmany advanced on officers with the knife and hammer, and they shot and killed him.

clarkcountynv.gov
13150John J. Wheelihan43MaleEuropean-American/White07/23/2013TempeAZ33.3978936-111.8938978Tempe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John J. Wheelihan ran a legal medical marijuana delivery service in Tempe. City and university police attempted to set up Wheelian for making an illegal sale, but failed. Two days later, narcotics detectives and a SWAT team arrived at Wheelihan's home with a search warrant. When Wheelihan didn't respond, SWAT broke down the door. Wheelihan fled to the backyard with a .22 air rifle with a scope. Two officers shot and killed Wheelihan when he allegedly pointed the rifle at them.

phoenixnewtimes.com
13152Marvin Amerson51MaleAfrican-American/Black07/23/2013MemphisTN35.1310655-89.9064278Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

At 10 a.m. a masked Marvin Amerson, armed with a handgun, robbed a bank and fled on foot and then fled in a white van. Police spotted the van and pursued. Arnerson could be seen pointing the handgun at his head. Arnerson crashed the van but refused to get out when ordered by police. Arnerson fatally shot himself in the head.

wmcactionnews5.com
13155Roger "Jeremy" Ramundo32MaleEuropean-American/White07/24/2013CincinnatiOH39.1433127-84.5197236Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roger "Jeremy" Ramundo was allegedly arguing with his mother and refusing to take his medication for bipolar disorder. She called a health care representative who called 911. Ramundo left the house and headed to his favorite bar, which is where five Cincinnati police officers caught up with him. Ramundo was armed with a gun in his waistband, when he reached for it, a struggle with the five officers ensued. Officers tasered Ramundo three times to no effect. Ramundo allegedly raised his gun and got one shot off. An officer fatal shot Ramundo two times.

citybeat.com
13156Luis Alonzo Juarez42MaleHispanic/Latino07/25/2013ComptonCA33.884336-118.206099Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a reported drunk driver stopped Luis Alonzo Juarez, 42, and placed him unhandcuffed in the back of the police car. Juarez grabbed a deputy and a struggle ensued. Juarez reportedly bit the deputy's bicep and was reaching for the deputy's gun when the deputy shot and killed him.

ebwiki.org
13157Brent Taylor Catoe49MaleRace unspecified07/25/2013MonroeNC34.9318159-80.5430177Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers went to Brent Taylor Catoe's house to arrest him on a domestic violence warrant, and Catoe ran into the woods behind his house armed with a pistol and a shotgun. Police pursued Catoe and when he aimed one of the guns at the officers they fatally shot him.

wbtv.com
13159Juan Louis Acuna30MaleHispanic/Latino07/26/2013SalinasCA36.6773815-121.6401033Salinas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Juan Louis Acuna was reportedly a known gang member, parolee and a suspect in a violent crime spree. Members of the gang task force spotted Acuna running down the street while brandishing a handgun. The officers followed Acuna into a parking lot where he displayed another handgun. Acuna fired at the officers, who rammed him with their cruiser in a failed attempt to disarm him. Acuna got back up and raised his guns and eight officers shot and killed him.

montereycountyweekly.com
13158Ralph Dexter Spruill58MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2013ClarksvilleTX33.6139749-95.0358985Red River County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies pulled Ralph Dexter Spruill over for DUI and told him that he was under arrest for violating probation. Spruill put a gun to his head and evaded the deputies, fleeing on foot. Multiple agencies pursued,. Several hours later, one deputy and a Texas Ranger were within sight of Spruill when he pointed his handgun at his head and pulled the trigger, killing himself.

google.com
13160Larry Eugene Jackson Jr.32MaleAfrican-American/Black07/26/2013AustinTX30.2835888-97.7521239Austin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Eugene Jackson Jr. reportedly tried to enter a bank that had just been robbed. A police detective at the scene asked Jackson for his ID and Jackson took off running. The officer commandeered a private car and caught up to Jackson. The officer pursued Jackson on foot. When he got close, the officer said he accidentally discharged his weapon, hitting Jackson in the neck and killing him. The officer was cleared of all criminal charges. Jackson's children received a $1.25 million settlement.

wikipedia.org
13167Pedro Alberto Vargas42MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2013HialeahFL25.8642272-80.3117666Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pedro Alberto Vargas fatally shot six people inside his Hialeah apartment complex and then took two people hostage for about three hours. Armed with a handgun, Vargas fired shots at police throughout the incident. After negotiations reportedly broke down, a SWAT team entered the building and fatally shot Vargas after a brief shootout; the two hostages escaped unharmed.

wikipedia.org
13166Jonathan David Rutkowski20MaleEuropean-American/White07/27/2013WernersvillePA40.3270911-76.0740578Western Berks Regional Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a "man with guns" call encountered Jonathan David Rutkowski walking down the street with two guns. Police report that they told him several times to put them down and that he pointed them at them twice. When Rutkowski reportedly hid behind a metal box near a railroad track and pointed the guns at them again, the officers shot him twice killing him.

policeone.com
13168Jose Adan Cruz Ocampo33MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2013DurhamNC35.9921858-78.8770488Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police dispatched to a stabbing call found a man bleeding from a cut on his face. Jose Adan Cruz Ocampo was nearby and officers approached him as a possible witness, according to the Durham police. As three police officers approached, one noticed that Ocampo had a kitchen knife in his back pocket. At least two of the officers then drew their weapons, and ordered Ocampo to throw down the knife. Ocampo did not understand English and continued brandishing the knife. One of the officers shot and killed him. A witness said Ocampo was trying to hand the knife over to police.

abc7ny.com
13165Stacy Guy Garren49MaleEuropean-American/White07/27/2013AlbanyTX32.7180006-99.2880018Albany Police Department, Shackelford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers responding to a public disturbance call encountered Stacy Guy Garren in his backyard. Officers attempted to arrest Garren, but he broke free and retrieved a .22 caliber handgun and pointed it at the officers. In response, officers fired four shots at Garren, killing him.

ktxs.com
13173Shane Allen Ryan28MaleEuropean-American/White07/28/2013MassillonOH40.7682104-81.5236709Starke County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shane Allen Ryan was reportedly upset about the break-up with his ex-girlfriend when he took one of her coworkers hostage at a hair salon. When police arrived, Ryan was holding his hostage in a small utility room in the back of the salon. Ryan traded his folding knife, a screwdriver and two pairs of scissors for the pack of cigarettes offered by police. Ryan's ex-girlfriend arrived, but she couldn't talk him out. With one arm firmly wrapped around his hostage's neck, Ryan threatened to turn on a gas valve and blow the place up with a Bic lighter. An officer used a shield separation technique to separate Ryan from his hostage. Ryan didn't release his grip on the hostage. The officer shot Ryan once in the chest and once in the temple, killing him.

indeonline.com
13174Warren G. Cipriano30MaleRace unspecified07/28/2013Gila BendAZ32.9478236-112.7168305Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Warren G. Cipriano was reportedly arguing with his girlfriend in the middle of the street and threatening her with a baseball bat. A deputy responding to the domestic disturbance call ordered Cipriano to drop the bat. Cipriano charged the deputy with the bat and the deputy shot him once in the chest, killing him.

acesdv.org
13172Guadalupe Aguilar39MaleHispanic/Latino07/28/2013ChicagoIL41.7990001-87.6954697Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a man violating a protective order had just arrived when Guadalupe Aguilar attacked his ex-wife with a large butcher knife in the breezeway outside her home. Aguilar then lunged at one of the officers with the knife. The officer shot an killed him. The ex-wife suffered minor injuries.

dnainfo.com
13177Ryan L. Stokes24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/28/2013Kansas CityMO39.098503-94.5798218Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a report of theft encountered Ryan L. Stokes in a parking garage. Stokes reportedly opened a car door, closed it then quickly turned toward a police officer approaching him on foot. The officer believed Stokes was armed and fired three shots, hitting Stokes in the back twice. An investigation found that Stokes was unarmed, but the officer was cleared of all criminal and civil charges. Stokes's family is still pursuing a federal wrongful death suit.

flatlandkc.org
13175Casey Daniel Smith31MaleEuropean-American/White07/28/2013GarlandTX32.8613861-96.6535453Garland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Casey Daniel Smith reportedly spent the last day of his life on a crime spree that included ramming a police car with a stolen car and carjacking and 82-year-old woman. An off-duty police officer working store security caught Smith allegedly shoplifting. The officer tased Smith to no effect. Smith pulled a crowbar out of his pants and brandished it. The officer shot and killed Smith.

kltv.com
13171Tyris Wilkerson32MaleAfrican-American/Black07/28/2013Baton RougeLA30.4460117-91.1604332Baton Rouge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to stop Tyris Wilkerson's 1997 Mercury Mountaineer for an expired license plate. Wilkerson refused to stop and drove through several neighborhoods at 60 mph to 70 mph as multiple police cruisers pursued him. One of the police cruisers joining the chase came around a corner and found Wilkerson driving straight toward them at 15 mph. The officer driving the cruiser, fearing Wilkerson was about to hit him, began shooting at Wilkerson through the cruiser's windshield. Wilkerson drove around the cruiser and the officer fatally shot Wilkerson in the head as passed by.

theadvocate.com
13179Donna Weaver40FemaleEuropean-American/White07/29/2013Bonita SpringsFL26.3320009-81.8242769Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Donna Weaver allegedly beat her boyfriend with a broom and potted plants. Deputies called to investigate the domestic disturbance encountered Weaver armed with a pistol on her porch. Weaver told the deputies they were going to have to kill her. She pointed the gun toward one of the deputies, who shot and killed her.

naplesnews.com
13182Michael Jermaine Lollis29MaleAfrican-American/Black07/29/2013HamiltonAL34.1423235-87.9886438Winfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Williams said Michael Jermaine Lollis, of Bloomingdale, GA, was driving a stolen car. When deputies approached Lollis, he fled on foot into the woods. Lollis was allegedly armed with a stolen gun, and fired shots at the deputies. The deputies fired back and killed Lollis.

wtoc.com
13180Daniel E. DeLong56MaleRace unspecified07/29/2013TopekaKS39.0595562-95.7019801Topeka Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police called for a welfare check encountered Daniel E. DeLong at his apartment. DeLong told officers to go away then charged out his door brandishing a knife. The officers retreated down the hallway as DeLong continued to advance upon them. An officer shot and killed DeLong.

cjonline.com
13181Charles Edward Morales38MaleHispanic/Latino07/29/2013El PasoTX31.7521299-106.3537604El Paso Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Edward Morales allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death and injured a man. Police encountered Morales at a house where he was armed with a knife. An officer tased Morales to no effect. An officer fatally shot Morales.

statesman.com
13188Hans Kevin Arellano22MaleHispanic/Latino07/30/2013Santa AnaCA33.7390191-117.9205656Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hans Kevin Arellano was reportedly a member of an illegal homeless camp behind a shopping center. Police responded to the camp when one of the restaurants in the center alleged Arellano was hastling employees and customers. When officers encountered Arellano at the encampment the next day, he was acting erratically, drinking malt liquor and refusing to leave the area. When an officer attempted to arrest Arellano, he fled across the parking lot, where he was spotted by another officer. Arellano charged the officer, who shot and killed him.

orangecountyda.org
13187Ben Ellett21MaleEuropean-American/White07/30/2013OrtingWA47.0680159-122.1690948Fife Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ben Ellett, who was known to be mentally ill, lived just down the street from an off-duty police officer. Ellett allegedly parked in the officer's driveway and knocked on his door and returned to his car. Ellett allegedly fired a rifle at the off-duty officer's house. The officer came outside and fatally shot Ellett.

q13fox.com
13186Clifford O'Neal Jones29MaleEuropean-American/White07/30/2013BentonAR34.6059331-92.5346958Benton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police conducting a felony narcotics investigation spotted alleged suspect Clifford O'Neal Jones and attempted to pull him over. Jones fled in his vehicle allegedly shooting at police as he fled. Jones ran over stop sticks placed on the highway by police, lost control of his car, and hit a concrete barrier. Jones reportedly fired at officers from the wreckage Two officers shot and killed him.

katv.com
13185Allen Desdunes37MaleAfrican-American/Black07/30/2013New OrleansLA30.0478753-89.9555629U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Allen Desdunes was reportedly an FBI informant and heroin dealer who allegedly reneged on his deal with the FBI. The FBI believed Desdunes was dealing heroin out of a Motel 6 and ran a sting operation to bust Desdunes. An agent or agents shot and killed Desdunes, but the FBI has refused to provide any details. Desdunes's family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit that claims Desdunes was unarmed when FBI agents rammed his car then shot and killed him.

nola.com
13189Shaun Nathaniel Walters19MaleRace unspecified07/30/2013AvondaleAZ33.4641019-112.3067133Avondale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shaun Nathaniel Walters was in a convenience store and told clerk he had a knife and a Taser. When police officers arrived on scene and Walters was still brandishing both weapons. There are few details, but police shot and killed Walters.

phoenixnewtimes.com
13192Jermaine McBean33MaleAfrican-American/Black07/31/2013Fort LauderdaleFL26.1920377-80.1330264Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jermaine McBean bought a pellet rifle at a store near his apartment and was walking home with the unloaded rifle slung across his shoulders. Several residents called 911 to report McBean. A deputy encountered McBean near the pool area in his apartment complex. The deputy told McBean to drop the weapon. McBean allegedly refused and the deputy shot and killed McBean. The deputy was indicted for manslaughter, and during the trial it was revealed that McBean was wearing ear buds and couldn't hear the deputy's command. The criminal charges against the deputy were dropped, but a wrongful death lawsuit is pending.

sun-sentinel.com
13193Russell Rios19MaleHispanic/Latino07/31/2013ConroeTX30.3357464-95.4691128Conroe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rios was fatally shot in the back of the head by off-duty officer Sgt. Jason Blackwelder. Officers were detaining Rios outside a Wal-Mart on suspicion of shoplifting when the teen fled into the woods. Blackwelder, who was off-duty, followed him and killed him during an alleged struggle. On September 26, 2013, Blackwelder was indicted on one count of manslaughter, one count of tampering with a government document and one count of false report to a police officer.

texasmonthly.com
13194Paul E. Schenck42MaleEuropean-American/White07/31/2013Yellow SpringsOH39.8090649-83.8956738Greene County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paul E. Schenck suffered from bipolar disorder, alcoholism and owned numerous guns. He called 911 after getting in a fight with his son. When police encountered Schenck, he refused to come out of his room. Schenck fired several shots inside the room, and police withdrew to form a perimeter. Police requested assistance from the Greene County Combined SWAT Team. They soon received aid from about 63 units from 10 jurisdictions in the area. Schenck fired hundreds of rounds from multiple guns during the hours long standoff, most of them at the inside of the dwelling. A SWAT sniper short and killed Schenck to end the standoff.

ysnews.com
13198Jon Michael Sides32MaleEuropean-American/White08/02/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.3916292-97.6890462Warr Acres Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to pull over Jon Michael Sides on a motorcycle because of expired tags and Sides fled. A chase ensued that reached speeds of 105 mph. The chase ended when Sides turned down a dead-end road. An officer shot and killed Sides. The details of why Sides was shot have not been published.

kfor.com
19062Carson Glen Keen Jr.34MaleEuropean-American/White08/03/2013SpartanburgSC34.9698812-81.930363Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, Spartanburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carson Glen Keen Jr. allegedly robbed a dollar store, deputies and state troopers encountered the armed suspect on foot in the area. Keen allegedly fired on officers, who fired back. Keen fled into a fenced area of a nearby business and shot and killed himself.

goupstate.com
13203Eric Marquez26MaleHispanic/Latino08/03/2013Huntington BeachCA33.7242964-117.9936609Huntington Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police officer saw Eric Marquez and another Latino male walking away from a pickup and initiated a "consensual encounter." As the two men sat on the curb, Marquez had his hands covered with a black jacket. The officer ordered Marquez to show his hands, Marquez fled on foot. As the officer pursued Marquez, the suspect brandished a gun wrapped in a white handkerchief and began shooting at the officer. The officer returned fire. This was repeated several times as the foot pursuit continued. After several running gunfire exchanges, the officer shot and killed Marquez.

orangecountyda.org
13201Alvin McBride41MaleEuropean-American/White08/03/2013TucsonAZ32.2866107-111.0041014Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy responding to a report of a suspicious person with a firearm encountered Alvin McBride at a convenience store. A struggle ensued during which McBride shot and wounded the deputy. The deputy shot and killed McBride.

kold.com
13208John Chavez54MaleHispanic/Latino08/04/2013Sandia ParkNM35.212898-106.365245Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were called after John Chavez was reportedly acting suicidal, and a deputy fatally shot the 54-year-old after he pointed a hunting rifle at officers.

abqjournal.com
13206Shaaliver Douse14MaleAfrican-American/Black08/04/2013BronxNY40.817977-73.918917City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two police officers on patrol encountered Shaaliver Douse, a 14-year-old black male, chasing another man down the street, firing wildly at him with a handgun. The two officers shot and killed Douse.

nydailynews.com
13209Chris Chipman49MaleEuropean-American/White08/04/2013MesaAZ33.4154552-111.7883343Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four police officers serving a felony warrant for drug dealing encountered Chris Chipman in his wheelchair, fiddling with his waistband. An officer searched Chipman and found two knives and a handgun. The officer and Chipman struggled over the gun. Another officer shot and killed Chipman.

phoenixnewtimes.com
13212Tobias J. Torres35MaleHispanic/Latino08/05/2013PhoenixAZ33.4588231-112.1864524Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a domestic disturbance between Tobias J. Torres and his girlfriend encountered Torres as charged out of the bathroom armed with a machete. Torres cut two officers with the machete. The officers shot and killed him.

abc15.com
13210Rene Benito-Amaro28MaleHispanic/Latino08/05/2013HoustonTX29.7180092-95.5195958Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a discharge of firearms encountered Rene Benito-Amaro, who fit the description of the alleged shooter. He fled on foot, firing a pistol at officers. Benito-Amaro hid at a strip mall, but was discovered by a police dog. Benito-Amaro pointed his gun at the dog and then at its handler, Officer Newman, who fatally shot him.

houstontx.gov
13213Name withheld by police33MaleRace unspecified08/06/2013ColevilleCA38.349714-119.450355Mono County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unnamed man reportedly shot himself as deputies looked for him after they'd received a report that he was suicidal.

thesheetnews.com
13214Hector Leija61MaleHispanic/Latino08/06/2013CarlsbadNM32.3743443-104.2269425Carlsbad Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic disturbance encountered an armed Hector Leija at the front door of a home. Leija's wife and daughter had previously barricaded themselves in the bathroom. Leija made growling noises and pointed his gun at police. Multiple officers fired, hitting Leija 21 times and killing him. Leija's gun was unloaded.

bing.com
13216Kevin Barrett Koonce46MaleEuropean-American/White08/07/2013HuntingtonTX31.3730052-94.4722703Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were on their way to serve a high-risk warrant to Kevin Barrett Koonce when they spotted Koonce driving a vehicle. Koonce spotted the police, stopped his vehicle and then charged at the police car firing a weapon. An officer exited his car and shot and killed Koonce.

beaumontenterprise.com
13217Roudy Hendricks21MaleAfrican-American/Black08/07/2013BostonMA42.2898469-71.0612252Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Plain clothed Boston drug control unit Officers Harry Jean and Terry Cotton observed two men behaving suspiciously. When the officers identified themselves, both men allegedly reached for weapons. Roudy Hendricks fired at the officers, injuring both. The officers returned fire, killing Hendricks. The second suspect escaped on foot.

universalhub.com
13222Michael Bitters44MaleEuropean-American/White08/08/2013Kansas CityMO39.1687226-94.4962428Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police spotted Michael Bitters, who was wanted for parole violation, and attempted to arrest him. Bitters fled on foot and made motions with his hand that led officers to believe he was armed with a gun. The officers shot and killed Bitters.

fox4kc.com
13219Montrell Moss23MaleAfrican-American/Black08/08/2013HammondIN41.694778-87.5150732Cook County (IL) Department of Corrections
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Montrell Moss was driving with a passenger when they were cut off by Edgar Singleton, an off-duty correctional officer who was in uniform and armed with a handgun. Moss reportedly threw a cup of soda at Singleton's vehicle and called him a name. The correctional officer shot and killed Moss. Singleton claimed Moss was reaching for a gun but no gun was found. Singleton, 62, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

nwitimes.com
13221Michael Nehez68MaleEuropean-American/White08/08/2013SunnyvaleCA37.3896681-122.0053318Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Nehez reportedly called police and told them he had murdered his wife two days earlier and didn't know what he would do next. Police officers, including a SWAT team, responded and formed a perimeter around the Nehez home. An hours long standoff ensued, until the SWAT team breached the front door. Dressed in a t-shirt and underwear and armed with 9-inch kitchen knife, Nehez charged at the officers. Three officers shot and killed Nehez.

sccgov.org
13227Brent Walls21MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2013IndianapolisIN39.7321052-86.1396738Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brent Walls allegedly attempted to carjack a woman who was unloading her car but she resisted. Walls shot her window out and fled. Police officers responded to the scene and a police dog found Wall hiding under a pile of garbage. Walls allegedly pointed his gun at a police officer, who shot and killed Walls.

fox59.com
13223Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified08/09/2013WatsonvilleCA36.8573384-121.7062589Monterey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy spotted a stolen car and pulled the driver over. The driver allegedly attempted to grab the deputy's gun. The deputy shot and killed the man, who has not been identified by police.

ksbw.com
13225Robert William Kaminski62MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2013New Port RicheyFL28.2957198-82.6102468Pasco County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert William Kaminski, 62, reportedly called his wife on the way home from work and said he'd kill her if she wasn't gone when he got home. She called 911, and a deputy met Kaminski when he arrived at the home. After a skirmish, Kaminski barricaded himself alone in the home. After several hours, Kaminski, armed with an AK-47 rifle, snuck out the back door and fired upon officers hiding behind a police car. Deputies fired 36 rounds in response, two of which fatally wounded Kaminski.

tampabay.com
13226James William Wallace31MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2013CarrolltonVA36.9362896-76.5247905Isle of Wight County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James William Wallace was wanted for 20 outstanding warrants. When deputies attempted to serve the warrants, Wallace advanced upon them with a knife. The deputies shot and killed Wallace.

pilotonline.com
13224Brent Egan Dotson57MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2013MadisonAL34.7493664-86.7132651Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responding to a report of a suspicious man in a trailer park encountered Brent Egan Dotson, who was wanted for failing to appear for a child sexual abuse charge. Dotson pulled a gun and fired one shot at police. An officer shot and killed Dotson.

wmbfnews.com
20070Robert Burke37MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2013AmbridgePA40.595551-80.225865Ambridge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were called to Robert Burke's home by Burke's girlfriend, who said he sent her text messages threatening to kill himself. He later sent messages threatening to kill police officers before killing himself. Burke was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after a standoff.

post-gazette.com
13228John Andrew Vassilion54MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2013OdessaTX31.8477556-102.3738099Odessa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to a complaint that John Andrew Vassilion had attacked one of his two roommates for an unspecified reason. An officer noticed Vassilion through a window and called out to him. Vassilion shot himself in the head.

google.com
13230James Lee DiMaggio40MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2013CascadeID44.579537-115.337207Ada County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On August 4, 2013, an Amber Alert was issued for 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and her 8-year-old brother, Ethan, after they were reported missing by their grandparents. Their mother was found burned to death along with Ethan Anderson at a house owned by James DiMaggio, in Boulevard, California. James DiMaggio was named a suspect in the murders and abduction of Hannah Anderson, which lead to manhunts being executed across the western U.S. On August 8, DiMaggio's car was found in central Idaho. On August 10, DiMaggio was found with Anderson at a campsite at Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. DiMaggio fired upon an FBI tactical agent when he spotted him. The tactical agent fired back, killing DiMaggio. Hannah Anderson was unharmed.

wikipedia.org
13229Mitchell Keith Campbell31MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2013FlorenceAL34.9075432-87.7797724Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a disturbance call found Mitchell Keith Campbell outside his residence, holding a rifle. Deputies fatally shot Campbell after he raised the rifle at the deputies, and were later cleared of any wrongdoing by a grand jury.

wordpress.com
13232Wayne R. Edwards II23MaleAfrican-American/Black08/11/2013SpringfieldMA42.107129-72.601425Massachusetts State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A state trooper pulled Wayne Edwards over for speeding on I-91 after midnight. A physical struggle developed between the two in which Edwards was shot. Edwards then attempted to escape but got only .2 miles until crashing into a protective barrier. He subsequently died of his injuries, and was found to have two handguns in the vehicle.

masslive.com
13231Russell Donahue44MaleAfrican-American/Black08/11/2013Poplar GroveIL42.310136-88.83999Boone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call encountered Russell Donahue holding his estranged wife and daughter hostage inside their home. Donahue was armed with a handgun and threatened to kill his estranged wife and himself. When Donahue appeared in a broken window, two deputies shot and killed him.

rrstar.com
13240Steven Michael Brill46MaleEuropean-American/White08/12/2013ManheimPA40.171426-76.436316Manheim Borough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Steven Michael Brill was fatally shot by police after pointing a gun, later revealed to be a pellet rifle, at officers responding following reports of Brill acting suicidal. A local district attorney cleared the officers of any charges.

pennlive.com
13242Lisa Taylor44FemaleRace unspecified08/12/2013HollywoodFL26.0425758-80.3071003Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lisa Taylor called police and informed deputies that she planned to shoot up her neighborhood. Arriving deputies shot Taylor after she pointed a handgun at the officers. The handgun turned out to be a BB pistol.

tampabay.com
13241Martin Anwar Duckworth31MaleAfrican-American/Black08/12/2013SeattleWA47.6077609-122.3359793Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Martin Anwar Duckworth shot a bus driver several times before boarding a second bus in downtown seattle, where officers fatally shot the 31-year-old as he brandished a handgun.

seattletimes.com
13243John David Tuck aka Jack Snyder aka J. Marie Tuck62MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2013DenverCO39.7582473-104.97335Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John David Tuck was allegedly threatening passersby with a knife. When police encountered Tuck, he advanced on them brandishing the knife. Police used pepper balls and a taser, which did not stop Tuck from advancing. An officer shot and killed Tuck.

google.com
28661John David Tuck aka Jack Snyder aka J. Marie Tuck63MaleRace unspecified08/13/2013DenverCO39.7582473-104.97335Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After allegedly threatening passengers with a knife, John Tuck was shot and killed by police after he lunged at an officer.

google.com
13250Fuaed Abdo Ahmed20MaleMiddle Eastern08/13/2013St. JosephLA31.9251973-91.2420571Louisiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fuaed Abdo Ahmed was armed with an AK-47 rifle and a handgun when he took three hostages inside a bank. Ahmed killed two of the hostages. The Louisiana State Patrol broke into the bank and shot and killed Ahmed. Ahmed had been treated for paranoid schizophrenia.

wikipedia.org
13248Allen Harvey Jr.23MaleAfrican-American/Black08/13/2013BaltimoreMD39.3216823-76.7695318Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of three men burglarizing a home encountered two men fleeing the home to a nearby van. Allen Harvey Jr. was driving the van and allegedly sped off and drug a police officer who was trying to stop them. The police officer and two other officers shot and killed Harvey. The two other men were arrested.

wbaltv.com
13249Alex Cora DeJesus35MaleHispanic/Latino08/13/2013KeeneNH42.9245074-72.2667191Weare Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Five Weare police officers lay in wait for Alex Cora DeJesus to take part in a drug sting which fell through. DeJesus attempted to flee in his vehicle. One of the officers shot him in the temple with a shotgun as he passed, despite no evidence of a crime committed, DeJesus being unarmed, and no evidence supporting the police claims of being endangered. Amid much controversy the family took a $300k settlement from the city. The Attorney General said after 8 months, he could not determine if the shooting was justified, so no charges were brought, which is de facto justification.

wmur.com
13252Donald Peter Johnson50MaleEuropean-American/White08/14/2013Fort RipleyMN46.2294739-94.2126114Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a call from a disturbed man encountered Donald Peter Johnson perched in a tree stand behind his home armed with a handgun. A standoff ensued in which deputies attempted to get Johnson to disarm and come down from the tree. After Johnson refused, deputies shot Johnson with 40mm less lethal foam rounds and deployed tear gas. An armored personnel vehicle moved in as Johnson came down from the tree. Johnson climbed back into the tree stand and shot and injured a deputy who was pursuing him. Two deputies shot Johnson, who fell from the tree stand and died.

startribune.com
13256Donny Simmons37MaleEuropean-American/White08/14/2013HaywardCA37.6316652-122.0917925Hayward Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic violence call "man with a knife" kicked down the front door of a home and encountered Donny Simmons armed with a knife. Simmons advanced upon the officers while brandishing the knife. An officer shot and killed Simmons.

eastbaytimes.com
13253Leamond Ward20MaleEuropean-American/White08/14/2013MiddlesboroKY36.6015143-83.7420212Middlesboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers responding to a gas station robbery encountered alleged robber Leamond Ward, who was being restrained by an employee and customers. The officers ordered the people to let Ward go. Ward got up brandishing a knife and advanced upon officers. Officers told Ward to stop and drop the knife. When he didn't, an officer shot and killed Ward.

kentucky.com
13257Joshua Parker Reed32MaleEuropean-American/White08/15/2013WinnetkaCA34.2200722-118.5797942Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Joshua Parker Reed reportedly killed himself following a standoff and police chase. According to police, Reed was wanted on an alleged weapons violation, but when officers tried to contact him near Burbank and Van Nuys boulevards just after 7 p.m., he rode away on a motorcycle. A helicopter followed Reed overhead during a 25-minute chase through the San Fernando Valley, until he abandoned the motorcycle and fled into an apartment. Police evacuated the building and prepared to send in a K-9 unit at around 10 p.m., after failing to convince Reed to leave the apartment. As they were about to enter, officers reportedly heard a gunshot from a back room and found Reed with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.

dailynews.com
13260Thomas McClanahan46MaleEuropean-American/White08/15/2013HillsboroKY38.288297-83.615364Fleming County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fleming County Sheriff's deputies and state troopers responded to a domestic call. Thomas McClanahan came out of the house and pointed a gun at the officers. A state trooper and a deputy shot and killed McClanahan.

kentucky.com
13259Eric McNeil23MaleAfrican-American/Black08/15/2013TrentonNJ40.220489-74.731879Trenton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two detectives responding to a domestic disturbance call were ambushed and shot at by Eric McNeil, wounding the two officers. One detective shot and killed McNeil, who had a handgun.

www.nj.com
13263Patrick Othro Sullivan74MaleAfrican-American/Black08/16/2013Los AngelesCA34.009015-118.300227Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported to the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Ortho Sullivan, 74, died after being shot in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
13264Michael Thomas Allison42MaleEuropean-American/White08/16/2013Redondo BeachCA33.834725-118.3747528Redondo Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Thomas Allison had assaulted his mother with a knife, when officers arrived they found her outside and forced their way inside the house where he was. He was armed with a knife, not obeying orders, and officers shot him to death.

dailybreeze.com
13267Blake Allen Barbour43MaleEuropean-American/White08/16/2013KingmanAZ35.2633579-114.0133295Mohave County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy responding to a domestic violence call encountered Blake Allen Barbour in the backyard of his home. Barbour advanced on the deputy and the deputy tasered him two times to no effect. Barbour threw a chair at the deputy. The deputy drew his baton, but Barbour took it from him. When Barbour continued to advance, the deputy shot and killed him. Prosecutors cleared the officer of any wrongdoing in February 2014.

mohavedailynews.com
13266Mason Saio21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/16/2013LīhuʻeHI21.9546501-159.3571378Kauai Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officers doing a criminal check of a jetty encountered Mason Saio with a group of young adults who were partying. Saio was sitting in his car with a rifle and a shotgun. When officers told Saio to disarm and get out of the car, he threw the rifle at them. Then he pointed a shotgun at the officers, who shot and killed Saio. The officers were cleared of any wrongdoing in April 2014.

thegardenisland.com
13271Seth Jacob Beckman19MaleEuropean-American/White08/17/2013Bel AirMD39.5229929-76.3577505Harford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Seth Jacob Beckham reportedly vandalized a 7-11, a McDonald's, and a gas station while displaying aggressive and bizarre behavior. Deputies responding to the call encountered Beckham in the gas station. The deputies drew their guns and ordered Beckham to come outside. Beckham charged at the deputies and one deputy shot and killed Beckham.

cbslocal.com
13268Antonio Sheffield36MaleRace unspecified08/17/2013DaltonGA34.7124793-85.0093388Georgia State Patrol, Whitfield County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Antonio Sheffield was accused of attempting to rob Tiffany Nails, according to police. Officers made contact with Sheffield at the Economy Inn. He began shooting at the officers, who returned fire. He fled on foot and pistol-whipped an officer with a handgun, cutting the officer's forehead,. Sheffield stole a patrol car and led officers on a high-speed chase where several attempts to use stop sticks were unsuccessful. Sheffield got off the interstate and crashed through a fence. When officers with the Georgia State Patrol and Whitfield County Sheriff's Office boxed him in, Sheffield fatally shot himself in the head.

daltondailycitizen.com
13272Robert Manfred Bellfleur Sr.78MaleEuropean-American/White08/17/2013Grindstone TownshipME45.7372266-68.5837204East Millinocket Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Manfred Bellfleur Sr. allegedly threatened his neighbors over their bear-hunting business. They called police. A deputy and two police officers encountered Bellfleur arguing with his neighbors on their porch. Told by officers he would be arrested for trespassing if he didn't go home, Bellfleur went home, where he turned the lights off and fired a shot. Bellfleur came out his front door brandishing a shotgun and an officer fatally shot Bellfleur.

maine.gov
13278Justo Quintero31MaleHispanic/Latino08/18/2013South PasadenaCA34.1115043-118.1760968California State University Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Justin Quintero got in an argument with an off-duty California State University, Los Angeles police officer. Quintero allegedly pulled a gun and shot at the officer. The officer pulled his gun and shot Quintero several times. Fatally wounded, Quintero got into a nearby car and tried to flee but crashed into another car.

insidesocal.com
13277Robert Edward Hart44MaleEuropean-American/White08/18/2013CedartownGA33.9680437-85.2519104Polk County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Edward Hart attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, his wife grabbed the gun as he pulled the trigger and he missed, grazing his temple. Hart's wife called 911, and gave the police Hart's gun when they arrived. An officer approached Hart, who allegedly reached for his waist. Fearing Hart was armed, the officer shot and killed Hart. Hart was unarmed at the time.

findlaw.com
13275Charles G. Carll59MaleEuropean-American/White08/18/2013MadisonWI43.0391005-89.4671575Madison Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Carll was armed with a knife and according to his wife had tried to cut himself. When police officers encountered Carll he advanced upon them with the knife. One officer tasered Carll to no effect. Carl ignored the officers' verbal commands to drop the knifed and continued to advance on the officers. They shot and killed Carll.

channel3000.com
13276Roger David Street58MaleEuropean-American/White08/18/2013Bluff CityTN36.4776917-82.2631438Sullivan County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Roger David Street, 51, was driving and allegedly struck an SUV from behind. When police officers arrived on the scene, Street allegedly got back in his car, revved the engine and tried to flee the scene. In the process he knocked one deputy down and pinned another between two cars and struck a firefighter's private vehicle. Multiple officers shot and killed Street. Police allege vehicular assault.

timesnews.net
13281Travis Miller22MaleAfrican-American/Black08/19/2013CharlestonSC32.9007602-80.012816Hanahan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled over a car with four people in it for window tinting violation. One of the passengers, Travis Miller, fled on foot. Miller was armed and shot at pursuing police over his shoulder as he fled. Police returned fire, wounding Miller, who fled into the woods, where he was later found dead from his wounds.

live5news.com
13282Tracy Lynn Daniel51MaleEuropean-American/White08/19/2013Jefferson CityTN36.1245194-83.4738904Jefferson City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a call of a man threatening another man with a knife encountered Tracy Lynn Daniel brandishing a knife. Police ordered Daniel to drop the weapon, tasered him and shot him with bean bag gun all to no effect. Daniel charged at them with the knife, and two officers shot and killed him.

knoxnews.com
13279Derrick Hudson35MaleAfrican-American/Black08/19/2013ClevelandOH41.4543132-81.7126035Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were approaching Derrick Hudson's car when he shot and killed himself. He'd kidnapped an ex-girlfriend and avoided police for two days.

google.com
13287Name withheld by police70MaleAfrican-American/Black08/20/2013Los AngelesCA34.0090586-118.3001958Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a shots fired call encountered armed 70-year-old black man brandishing a handgun. Officer shot and killed the man. A female victim who had been shot in the ear was found nearby alive.

cbslocal.com
13291Matthew Borner52MaleEuropean-American/White08/20/2013Klamath FallsOR42.2342088-121.7799584Klamath Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When police encountered Matthew Borner in a stolen car investigation he fled on foot until he was stopped by a wire fence. Borner reached in his pocket and pulled out a black object and approached a pursuing officer saying, "I'm going to shoot you." After Borner refused to disarm, an officer shot him four times, killing him. The black object was a cell phone.

mentalhealthportland.org
13286Edward John Scheboth63MaleEuropean-American/White08/20/2013HendersonNV36.0211976-114.9617832Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police officer conducting traffic control after a fatal accident heard shots then saw Edward John Scheboth walking toward her with a handgun. The officer notified the police at the accident scene who responded. Scheboth walked toward the officers firing his handgun and hitting their patrol car several times. The officers got out of the car and one officer shot Scheboth in the head, killing him instantly.

google.com
13289Al Pickett52MaleAfrican-American/Black08/20/2013TroyOH40.04385-84.191774Troy Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic violence call encountered Al Pickett brandishing a gun. Pickett's ex-girlfriend was seeking a protection order from him, so he stabbed her twice. Officers ordered Pickett to drop the gun, but he refused. The officers shot and killed Pickett. The ex-girlfriend survived her wounds.

daytondailynews.com
13290Aaron McDaniels19MaleRace unspecified08/20/2013PhiladelphiaPA39.9905413-75.1687026Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrol officers attempted to pull over a vehicle for running a stop sign. The vehicle fled but soon crashed. The driver fled on the foot and was captured. Passenger Aaron McDaniels opened his passenger door and pointed a handgun at an approaching officer. The officer shot and killed McDaniels.

inquirer.com
13292John Terzani40MaleEuropean-American/White08/20/2013Hopewell JunctionNY41.580748-73.7769723New York State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A late-evening domestic dispute in which John Terzani brandished a handgun developed into a five-hour manhunt, involving multiple jurisdictions and closure of several roads. After extended negotiations and a failed attempt to taser Terzani, the subject appeared on the threshold of his own house and pointed his gun at police. A state trooper fatally shot Terzani.

nbcnewyork.com
13293Raymond Majors37MaleEuropean-American/White08/21/2013PhoenixAZ33.4968179-112.1109966Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raymond Majors was wanted on a domestic violence charge. Acting on a tip, police detectives encountered Majors in a parked U-Haul truck. Majors attempted to escape and hit an officer and a police vehicle. The detectives shot and killed Majors.

azcentral.com
13294Henry C. Taylor Jr.68MaleEuropean-American/White08/21/2013LouisvilleTN35.8370559-83.987771Blount County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Henry C. Taylor Jr. asked the police to help keep an eye on his property after some burglaries. Deputy Ernest Kevin Ragland came to check the property and saw Taylor with a handgun. Mistaking him for a burglar, he fired 11 shots. One struck Taylor, killing him. A judge granted Deputy Ragland qualified immunity from prosecution in 2016.

knoxnews.com
13299Eulizez Rodriguez24MaleHispanic/Latino08/22/2013Desert Hot SpringsCA33.9505074-116.5046705Desert Hot Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shortly after midnight, police spotted a stolen vehicle and a chase ensued. The car crashed and two men fled on the foot. An officer caught up to Eulizez Rodriguez, who brandished a handgun, and a struggle for the gun took place. The second officer shot and killed Rodriguez to protect his partner. The officer was cleared of any charges in 2014.

desertsun.com
13295Justin Michael Linn28MaleEuropean-American/White08/22/2013BuckleyWA47.1631865-122.0315985Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Justin Michael Linn was wanted for an alleged violent home invasion and had managed to escape two previous attempts to arrest him. Deputies tracked Linn to a location outside a motel. Linn fled, sprinting about 100 yards as he reached to his waist as if was armed. A deputy shot and killed Linn, who was unarmed.

piercecountywa.gov
13297Danny Cecil Jones40MaleEuropean-American/White08/22/2013SpokaneWA47.6746132-117.4075302Spokane Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Spokane Police Officers responded to a possible road rage incident and encountered Danny Cecil Jones who fled in his truck to the Salvation Army housing where he and his family were staying. Police approached Jones as he drove toward the entrance to the complex and open fired on his truck when he didn't stop, killing Jones. Jones's family received a $103,000 wrongful death settlement from the city in 2018. No police officers were disciplined.

spokesman.com
13306Scott Kehoe37MaleRace unspecified08/23/2013DanversMA42.5805872-70.9751758Danvers Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to bring Scott Kehoe into custody for a robbery at a housing complex and for prior outstanding warrants. Kehoe lunged toward an officer with a knife and was shot to death.

boston.com
13302Edmond Demont Fair24MaleAfrican-American/Black08/23/2013Brooklyn CenterMN45.0741434-93.3055924Brooklyn Center Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop, police said Edmond Demont Fair told officers that there was a warrant out for his arrest. He told them he didn't want to go to jail. Police said Fair fought officers off as they attempted to arrest him. During the struggle, police said, Fair grabbed one of the officers' Tasers and shocked both before Soliday shot Fair in the chest, killing him.

mprnews.org
13305Jonathan Tricarico29MaleEuropean-American/White08/23/2013PhoenixAZ33.6250529-112.0133557Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers attempted to detain Jonathan Tricarico after the 29-year-old was observed driving a stolen vehicle. Police said that Tricarico opened fire first, and was fatally shot in the ensuing gun fight.

eastvalleytribune.com
13304Joseph Mavis27MaleRace unspecified08/23/2013PhoenixAZ33.3777504-112.0732673Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A multi-agency task force served Joseph Mavis a warrant for alleged domestic violence and abuse charges at his residence. Mavis reached for a weapon and one officer shot him with a less lethal round. When Mavis still brandished the gun, multiple officers shot and killed him.

phoenixnewtimes.com
13313David Lee Brown44MaleRace unspecified08/24/2013San MarcosCA33.1468145-117.1639855San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David Lee Brown was shot after allegedly lunging at a deputy with one of several knives he was armed with. A female relative said that Brown had been taking drugs and drinking the day of his death.

nbcsandiego.com
13312Ryan Carnan29MaleEuropean-American/White08/24/2013Simi ValleyCA34.2500508-118.7669784Simi Valley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ryan Carnan murdered his mother, set her home ablaze and left on a tractor attempting to shoot down passing bicyclists. Officers responding to the scene were fired upon by Carnan, and subsequently returned fire and fatally struck Carnan.

cbslocal.com
13316Joseph Crist58MaleEuropean-American/White08/25/2013GrovetownGA33.5079143-82.2388844Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After his car broke down on the interstate and shortly after the death of his father, Joseph Crist informed a family member that we was considering taking his own life, leading to multi-hour standoff on the highway. An officer shot Crist after the 58-year-old raised a firearm at police.

herald-review.com
13317Eric Byron Johnston35MaleEuropean-American/White08/25/2013Coeur d'AleneID47.669831-116.765052Coeur d'Alene Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officials said Eric Byron Johnston was killed on the scene after an apparent altercation over a hit-and-run incident. The man reportedly hit and severed a light pole with a vehicle around Dollar and Lost Avenue. Authorities said they tracked him down and an altercation ensued after officers made contact. Johnston brandished a serrated kitchen knife and refused orders to drop the weapon. Police shot and killed him.

spokesman.com
13315Dwayne Lawrence37MaleEuropean-American/White08/25/2013ImperialNE40.3642022-101.6841785Nebraska State Patrol, Imperial Police Department, Chase County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said Dwayne Lawrence kidnapped his ex-wife, Julie Hanes, 38, from a salon at gunpoint. At about 4:30 a.m. the next morning, an IPD officer saw a car matching the description of Lawrence's. The driver took off and a search began. At around 8:30 a.m., a farmer in rural Chase County reported a 1998 Gold Chrysler abandoned on a driveway at the end of a field. The car was identified as the one driven by Lawrence, so a perimeter was set up. An NSP helicopter, K-9 units, troopers, IPD officers and CCSO officers searched the surrounding area. Just before 7:30 p.m., Hanes walked out of the cornfield. Just before 9 p.m., officers found Lawrence dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head about 130 yards into the same cornfield. Hanes was reportedly physically uninjured, but was taken to a hospital for observation and treatment for dehydration.

journalstar.com
13319Name withheld by police17MaleRace unspecified08/26/2013SouthfieldMI42.4586421-83.2659044Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Detroit police officer fatally shot a suspected carjacker early Monday outside a Southfield apartment complex. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. at the Sutton Place Apartments in the 23000 block Riverside Dr., near 9 Mile Road and Lahser. Police say the officer was getting out of his Dodge Charger when he was approached by two suspects armed with handguns. "Fearing for his safety, he fired several round and struck one suspect," said Southfield Lt. Nick Louissa.

usatoday.com
13320Korey Marcel Germaine24MaleAfrican-American/Black08/27/2013AntiochCA37.987003-121.780357Antioch Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a report of man brandishing a handgun in a car encountered Korey Marcel Germaine in a Mercedes Benz. Germaine pointed the weapon at police during the pursuit. After hitting a police car and a civilian car, Germaine crashed and fled on foot. Germaine allegedly pointed the handgun at pursuing officers, who shot and killed him.

cbslocal.com
13324Dennis Hakeen Vasquez17MaleHispanic/Latino08/28/2013ComptonCA33.9088625-118.2343391Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported to the Los Angeles Times, Dennis Hakeem Vasquez, 17, died after being shot in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
13325Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino08/28/2013Los AngelesCA34.0472381-118.2986769Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man allegedly shot at Los Angeles Police, causing the department to set up a perimeter to find the unidentified man. He was later found, shot and killed.

ktla.com
13326Tevon Smith25MaleAfrican-American/Black08/28/2013CatonsvilleMD39.2820779-76.7423555Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers executing a no-knock warrant for Tevon Smith's cousin when the 25-year-old Smith opened fire and killed an officer. Officers returned fire and fatally shot Smith.

cbslocal.com
13327Henry Kiner27MaleAfrican-American/Black08/28/2013Fort LauderdaleFL26.166164-80.1622293Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were pursuing Henry Kiner as part of a murder case when he ambushed a fugitive task force from a second floor balcony, exchanging gunfire with officers until he was fatally shot.

local10.com
13321Name withheld by police27MaleRace unspecified08/28/2013OlatheKS38.9128799-94.7723607Olathe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly shot himself after being stopped by police. According to police, officers responded at about 9:50 p.m. to a report that a man possibly armed with a gun had threatened another person. Police said they found the potential suspect vehicle in a parking lot and stopped the car. According to police, the officers heard a single gunshot from inside the the man's vehicle. The man died at a hospital early the next morning.

viewfromthemidwest.com
13331John Geer46MaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2013SpringfieldVA38.7419178-77.2274525Fairfax County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Geer's girlfriend called police and told them Geer was drinking and throwing her clothes out of the house. Police responded and encountered Geer at the front door of his townhouse. Geer showed police a holstered gun and placed it on a nearby stairway. Geer was hanging off the door frame with both hands for the next 45 minutes as a hostage negotiator obtained the release of Geer's two daughters inside the townhouse. A police officer standing 15 feet away from Geer kept a gun aimed at Geer's chest for the entire time. After 45 minutes, the officer shot and killed Geer claiming Geer had lowered his hands. But witnesses including police officers testified that Geer hadn't moved his hands and the shooting officer was fired from the department and pled guilty to manslaughter for killing Geer. The county paid Geer's family $2.95 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.

wikipedia.org
13328James Daniel Guler73MaleRace unspecified08/29/2013BufordGA34.1541339-84.0381277Gwinnett County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Matthew Williamson and other officers responded to a domestic incident on Old Shadburn Ferry Road near Buford. When Williamson arrived, he witnessed 80-year-old Betty Jo Massengale run out of the house and be shot in the back and killed by 73-year-old James Daniel Guler. The officer then shot and killed Guler.

ajc.com
13332Kenneth Thompson47MaleRace unspecified08/29/2013ClevelandOH41.517408-81.616617Geneva-on-the-Lake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty police officer broke up a fight between Kenneth Thompson and a woman, when the 47-year-old Thompson pointed a gun at an off-duty officer. The officer ordered Thompson to drop the weapon and shot him after he refused.

cleveland19.com
13330John Van Allen34MaleAfrican-American/Black08/29/2013The DallesOR45.599689-121.168233Oregon State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Veteran John Van Allen had abruptly uprooted himself and his two children, and was headed eastbound on an Oregon interstate. During a state police traffic stop Van Allen began shooting at the trooper, who returned fire, as caught on a dramatic dashcam video. Van Allen made it a few hundred yards more before pulling over mortally wounded.

oregonlive.com
13329Scott Leon Holland42MaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2013Fort WorthTX32.738831-97.42125Tarrant County Constable Pct. 7
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. C. Salone went to serve outstanding warrants on Scott Leon Holland for unpaid child support. Holland opened his apartment door brandishing a handgun, and the deputy shot him to death.

star-telegram.com
13336Jaime Ceballos32MaleHispanic/Latino08/30/2013ThorntonCO39.8712579-104.951385Thornton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called on a report of a drunk man threatening people at a party with a baseball bat. When officers arrived, they encountered Jaime Ceballos standing on the front porch of a home, armed with a baseball bat and a knife. Police said Ceballos refused to put the knife and bat down, so one officer tasered him, to no effect. Ceballos advanced on the officers brandishing the knife and the bat. The second officer shot and killed Ceballos.

cbslocal.com
13335William Edward Hall34MaleEuropean-American/White08/30/2013SistersOR44.2562693-121.4961134Oregon State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two state patrol officers pulled over William Edward Hall for erratic driving. When the officers told Hall they were going to search his vehicle, he got in his car and brandished a handgun. Hall attempted to flee but a police cruiser force his vehicle to spin out. Hall pointed the handgun at the troopers, who shot Hall four times. One of those shots would have killed him, if Hall hadn't turned the gun on himself. The cause of death was self-inflicted gunshot wound.

oregonlive.com
13342Vergel Ricafrente Worrell46MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/31/2013Union CityCA37.5946825-122.0519072Union City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Residents called police when Vergel Ricafrente Worrell reportedly rambled through their neighborhood screaming profanities and shooting a handgun into the air. A police crisis negotiator attempted to calm Worrell to no avail. Worrell pointed his handgun at an officer who shot and killed him.

contracostatimes.com
13340Rickey Rozelle28MaleAfrican-American/Black08/31/2013ChicagoIL41.7837162-87.6064057Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty police officer was walking home from his family's bar at 11:30 p.m. when he encountered Rickey Rozelle allegedly trying to break into an apartment from the second story balcony. The off-duty officer announced he was a cop and told Rozelle to come down. The off-duty officer alleges that Rozelle threatened him and then turned toward him with a shiny object in his hand that might have been a weapon. The off-duty officer shot and killed Rozelle. No weapon or shiny object was found at the scene. Rozelle's family was paid $950,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in 2016.

bettergov.org
13341Mathew Charles Jackson29MaleEuropean-American/White08/31/2013San AntonioTX29.5866446-98.6298706Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mathew Charles Jackson was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy after a minor car collision escalated into a shooting. The off-duty deputy alleged Jackson walked toward him with a shiny object, but Jackson was unarmed when the deputy shot him. The deputy was acquitted of murder charges but Jackson's family received $750,000 in a wrongful death settlement.

mysanantonio.com
13347Jaime Benavidez27MaleHispanic/Latino09/01/2013ElkhartIN41.6685083-85.970275Elkhart Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor called 911 when she saw a man breaking into the house next door. When the officers arrived they witnessed Jaime Benavidez in possession of a handgun. They ordered him to put it down. Benavidez fled. Officers cornered him in front of a nearby home. They ordered him to drop his weapon, he raised it, and the officers all shot and killed him. It was later determined that it was his sisters house, and he was not breaking into the home.

elkhartcountyprosecutor.com
13348Casey Nicholas Smith34MaleEuropean-American/White09/01/2013AndersonSC34.504788-82.607637Anderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pursued a carjacked vehicle. They inquired at the door closest to the stolen vehicle. After knocking on the door, two people came outside and told the law officers that the man they wanted was under a bed. Casey Smith refused to come out but he did hand officers a gun. The officers were allegedly lifting up the bed when Smith shot at them with a second gun. Four deputies and two police officers fired back, killing Smith.

live5news.com
13343Freddy Aleysi Gutierrez28MaleHispanic/Latino09/01/2013HoustonTX29.6810478-95.552863Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man flashed a gun at another man, who called police. Two officers responded. Freddy Gutierrez was identified as the man with the gun. The officers told Gutierrez to take his hands from his pockets. As he did so, he drew a revolver. Officers told him to drop it as he pointed it at them. Officer J. Medina shot Gutierrez in the chest and belly. He died at Ben Taub Hospital.

google.com
13346Michael Troy Swatosh25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander09/01/2013TulsaOK36.1595718-95.9050408Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty OHP officer alleged that he drove past a motel early Sept. 1, saw Michael Swatosh and another man point handguns at him, then got out of his car and fired at Swatosh, striking him six times. and killing him. The officer was fired soon after the incident.

tulsaworld.com
13345Brian Phillip Tacadena46MaleHispanic/Latino09/01/2013Santa BarbaraCA34.4221719-119.7079981Santa Barbara Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man was stopped because he was walking around with a 6-inch knife. When the officer ordered the weapon be put down twice, the man walked torward the officer. The officer said, "If you do not stop I will shoot." The man replied, "I know." And then the officer fired his weapon.

noozhawk.com
13354Ronald Wesley Sexton23MaleEuropean-American/White09/02/2013St. PetersburgFL27.7815788-82.6930402St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ronald Saxton was arguing with his neighbor about their dogs barking. He had a handgun in his waistband and a neighbor called the police. When the officers arrived he reportedly pointed the handgun at the officers and they shot and killed him. His 10 year old son was a witness.

tampabay.com
13351Sonny Lam42MaleAsian/Pacific Islander09/02/2013Los BanosCA37.0813559-120.8461411Los Banos Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sonny Lam's 80-year-old father called police to report that his son was attacking him. When an officer arrived, Sonny Lam reportedly stabbed the officer in the arm with a pair of scissors . The officer shot Lam in the shin and then the officer retreated before shooting Lam again in the chest, killing him. A jury finally awarded $2.75 million to the father in a wrongful death case in 2018, stating the officer used "unreasonable force in shooting Lam a second time.

mercedsunstar.com
13352Jeffrey Scott Frump44MaleEuropean-American/White09/02/2013GrayKY36.9488812-83.9801077Knox County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Brian Hensley arrived at a home on Orleans Circle. Hensley was at the home's front door when he heard a gunshot. Hensley entered the home and Jeffery S. Frump, 44, of Gray, fired shots at Hensley. Hensley, who was struck in the leg, went out of the home seeking cover as Frump followed. Once on the front porch, Frump again aimed his weapon at Hensley, who returned fire, fatally wounding Frump.

thenewsjournal.net
13353Philip E. Rank47MaleRace unspecified09/02/2013St. ThomasPA39.9119889-77.7920939Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Philip Rank, who was armed, refused to surrender and defied a police command not to leave his residence. Police shot and killed him after he left the residence with "multiple" weapons and fled toward the perimeter of the scene, where police were stationed.

therecordherald.com
13357Henry "Hulk" Demond Montgomery31MaleAfrican-American/Black09/03/2013TupeloMS34.1824876-88.7283922Verona Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a disturbance call shot and killed Henry Montgomery after a traffic stop and altercation. A grand jury declined to charge the involved officers with a crime. Very few details available.

djournal.com
13361Juan Carlos Ruelas34MaleHispanic/Latino09/04/2013SunnyvaleCA37.3954558-122.0279457Santa Clara Police Department, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police report that during an undercover drug bust in a parking lot, Ruelas seemed to be high. While sitting in his truck, he reportedly told the undercover buyer, Det. Travis Niesen, that he had a gun and then "reached for his waist." Niesen shot him, then Dets. Cory Morgan, Justin Mead and Jake Thompson, Sgt. Greg Hill, and Deputy Sheriff Tyler Fernandes opened fire. Ruelas was unarmed and shot 29 times.

cbslocal.com
13362Dontre Bennett25MaleAfrican-American/Black09/04/2013BaltimoreMD39.2890555-76.5982288Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four undercover officers say they "had intelligence" that Dontre Bennett was about to commit a crime, spotted him, and chased him. They report that he fell after jumping a fence and during a struggle he tried to grab a handgun from his hip/belt buckle area. Multiple witnesses report that Bennett had only a cell phone, that he had his hands in the air after he was boxed in by the officers, and that they beat and shot him after they had apprehended him.

wbaltv.com
13365Kenneth Lamar Bedgood36MaleAfrican-American/Black09/05/2013MobileAL30.63156-88.134549Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a stolen car call shot and killed Kenneth Bedgood after the 36-year-old reportedly opened fire at officers during a foot pursuit.

blog.al.com
13364Kendrick Lee Amest29MaleAfrican-American/Black09/05/2013HoustonTX29.8542784-95.2587235Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies saw a van reported fleeing from a bank robbery and pursued it. Shots were reportedly fired from the van during the pursuit. When the van crashed, Kendrick Amest and four other men fled on foot. One man reportedly pointed a gun and Amest reportedly shot at the deputies, who returned fire, wounding the man and killing Amest. Amest may have been shot in the back.

houstontx.gov
13367Denis Reynoso30MaleAfrican-American/Black09/05/2013LynnMA42.4681369-70.9873302Lynn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Denis Reynoso, an Iraq war veteran, was shot and killed by a local officer in his own apartment, in front of his five-year-old son. Police had responded to a report of Reynoso acting erratically and alleged that Reynoso grabbed one of the officer's pistols and fired two shots. Subsequent investigation found grave problems with the police account, and called into question the DA's exoneration of these officers and many others.

crit.news
13366Benjamin Hickey45MaleAfrican-American/Black09/05/2013AtlantaGA33.6307754-84.4841038Fulton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Benjamin Hickey was reportedly shot and killed after he raised a .38 Special revolver at officers who stopped him in College Park and learned he was wanted for failing to appear in court. The older of the two officers was shot in the back by a bullet fired by his younger partner, but was wearing a bulletproof vest and survived.

ajc.com
13371Ray Anson Mitchell37MaleAfrican-American/Black09/06/2013MobileAL30.675262-88.231017Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a prowler call shot and killed Ray Anson Mitchell after the 37-year-old wrestled a taser from officers, used it once and attempted to use it on them a second time.

blog.al.com
13368Eric Reed25MaleNative American/Alaskan09/06/2013Window RockAZ35.662064-109.0646763Navajo Nation Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eric Reed was reportedly waving a gun at the Navajo Fairgrounds and shot at an occupied vehicle there while in the presence of Navajo police. Navajo police shot and killed Reed..

navajotimes.com
13373Domingo Soto42MaleHispanic/Latino09/06/2013DallasTX32.7201995-96.6825314Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Dallas and Garland police officers opened fire Friday afternoon on a man suspected of shooting his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend hours earlier at a Garland QuikTrip gas station. Police reported the suspect, Dallas resident Domingo Soto, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

google.com
13372Michael "The Duke" DeLuca53MaleEuropean-American/White09/06/2013Port HuenemeCA34.1426266-119.1937008Port Hueneme Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police reported Michael "The Duke" De Luca's pickup hit a palm tree on the sand near a parking lot. De Luca was allegedly uncooperative and told them he had a handgun. Officers shot and killed Deluca after using a Taser stun gun on him. DeLuca may have been suicidal and allegedly reached for his waistband as if drawing a handgun. It turned out De Luca was unarmed.

citizensjournal.us
13370Charlie Christopher Bates24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/06/2013TampaFL28.005487-82.3564757Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charlie Christopher Bates reportedly sexually assaulted several women and terrorized party-goers before police found and began pursuing his vehicle. Police and Bates exchanged gunfire until the 24-year-old crashed his vehicle and was shot and killed by police.

tampabay.com
13378Monroe Isadore107MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2013Pine BluffAR34.2134006-92.0166252Pine Bluff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived at a residence in response to reports of a disturbance. 107 y.o. Monroe Isadore allegedly confronted them with a handgun and retreated into a bedroom, firing on them when they attempted to enter. SWAT officers arrived as backup and, after failed negotiations, released gas into the room and broke down the door. Isadore fired on them as they entered, and they returned fire, killing him.

huffingtonpost.com
13376Lealann Russell Melder Cooley46MaleEuropean-American/White09/07/2013St PetersburgFL27.8021715-82.6874773St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers encountered Lealann Russell Melder Cooley when they went to check out a noise complaint. Cooley, 46, was sitting in his screened porch. Six officers approached as Cooley had a gun in his hand and a shotgun nearby. After retreating briefly to his home when officers challenged him, Cooley emerged with a rifle and pointed it at them. Several of the officers fired at Cooley, killing him.

tampabay.com
13377Moses Baeza25MaleHispanic/Latino09/07/2013PhoenixAZ33.4558085-112.0606806Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded after they received several calls about a man shooting a gun in the air. Officers reportedly saw a gun in Moses Baeza's hand as he started running southbound. Baeza ignored commands to drop the gun and pointed it at one of the officers. The officer fired at Baeza. Baeza fled and was later found dead in a yard.

ebwiki.org
13374Devon Thomas Costa21MaleRace unspecified09/07/2013VenturaCA34.3277011-119.2909043Ventura County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police deputy fatally shot Devon Costa after the 21-year-old allegedly attacked a deputy using his fists and attempted to gain control of the officer's firearm.

simivalleyacorn.com
13375John Edward Shanks29MaleEuropean-American/White09/07/2013JasperTN35.04624-85.546265Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reports on events leading up to John Edward Shanks' death are varied and include attempted robbery, assault and sleeping on a porch. A deputy confronted him for an unknown reason, and Shanks fled into the woods. The deputy alleged that when Shanks pointed a pistol at him, he ordered him several times to drop the weapon. When Shanks did not comply, he shot and killed him.

wrcbtv.com
13379Marlon Horton28MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2013ChicagoIL41.8800824-87.6717004Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A sleeping Marlon Horton was asked to leave the lobby of a building by two security guards, one of whom was an off-duty policeman. Officers alleged that Horton attacked them after leaving the building and urinating on a vehicle, and the off-duty policeman shot Horton as Horton advanced towards the officer during a short scuffle. Horton's brother filed a lawsuit against the city in August 2014, claiming the officers were overzealous in their conduct. The shooting is still under investigation by Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority.

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13382Shawn Evans56MaleEuropean-American/White09/08/2013PittsburghPA40.4648989-79.9504469Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty local officer fatally shot his long-time friend Shawn Evans during an early-morning dispute in a neighborhood tavern. The tavern was owned by the officer's wife and her family. Police investigated the incident as an officer-involved shooting, although the officer was on disability. He was charged with homicide and later acquitted by a jury. Reportedly during the struggle Evans reached for the off-duty officer's gun and the off-duty officer shot and killed Evans.

wtae.com
13383Jacob Meadows17MaleEuropean-American/White09/09/2013AshlandMO38.797732-92.198404Boone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police went to Meadows home regarding a prank text sent to a friend. He killed himself when left alone to dress prior to going to jail.

columbiamissourian.com
13387Daniel Richard Vasquez33MaleHispanic/Latino09/09/2013MabankTX32.2519642-96.0700236Henderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While executing a search warrant related to drugs, a Henderson County Sheriff's Office Investigator was reportedly involved in a shooting which killed Daniel Richard Vasquez. Very few details available.

kltv.com
13386Jerry Blaine Barnes Jr.26MaleEuropean-American/White09/09/2013HoustonTX29.7612102-95.3858151Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers stopped Jerry Barnes' vehicle for swerving through traffic. Barnes shot at officers, then drove away. The officers pursued. Barnes stopped again at an intersection, shot at officers and continued to flee, crashing the vehicle. Barnes and his girlfriend, Stephanie Ann Adams, left the vehicle and fled on foot. Officers R. Rivas, C. Frazzini, V. Zaunbrecher and R. Gilchrest fatally shot Barnes and took Adams, uninjured, into custody.

google.com
13385Dakin Burgess37MaleEuropean-American/White09/09/2013NewvillePA40.210217-77.470698Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dakin Burgess reportedly robbed an M&T branch bank of $12,000, then led police on a vehicle chase across two counties for three hours and 50 miles. Multiple jurisdictions and helicopters joined in the manhunt. Before the final confrontation Burgess allegedly shot and wounded two state troopers, then killed himself in his black minivan when cornered.

wgal.com
13391William Ranaldo Brown Jr.31MaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2013AnnapolisMD38.9694901-76.5290616Annapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William Brown attacked his ex-girlfriend with a knife. An Annapolis police officer responded quickly and shot Brown, killing him as he continued to stab the woman. Brown's ex-girlfriend died from her injuries.

baltimoresun.com
30214Ronnesha Simms29FemaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2013AnnapolisMD38.9699566-76.530102Annapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brown attacked his ex-girlfriend with a knife. An Annapolis police officer shot and killed Brown as a result. Brown's ex-girlfriend died from her injuries.

baltimoresun.com
13390Carlos Ernesto Oliva Sola23MaleHispanic/Latino09/10/2013Los AngelesCA34.052725-118.1776025Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were flagged by a bystander who reported a "man with gun" in the vicinity. Deputies reportedly saw Carlos Oliva on the street, and when they confronted him he struggled with them and began to pull out a gun. Witnesses allege police beat Oliva on the ground before shooting and killing him. He was shot in the back. On 09/11/14 the family announced they will file a $10m wrongful death lawsuit against the LASD. They are requesting that Forlano, who has shot 7 people, be fired and brought to trial.

truthout.org
13396John Schultz66MaleEuropean-American/White09/12/2013MenifeeCA33.7205748-117.1979885Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a possible suicide call shot and killed John Schultz after the 66-year-old allegedly refused orders to lower a handgun and then pointed the weapon at officers.

patch.com
13395Thomas Lee Hendren47MaleRace unspecified09/12/2013Kansas CityMO39.1899075-94.5191641Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Thomas L. Hendren reportedly killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police during a standoff. Detectives had gone to the house looking for Hendren in connection with a robbery during which Hendren's alleged accomplice was shot and killed by a homeowner. Hendren allegedly shot at the officers, who returned fire. Hendren then retreated back inside. Efforts to contact Hendren were unsuccessful. Police looked inside the windows and saw Hendren lying on the floor. Hendren reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

kansascity.com
13397Austin Del Castillo36MaleHispanic/Latino09/12/2013TempeAZ33.4219437-111.9400636Tempe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to reports of a man threatening people on Mill Ave with a box cutter and found the man in front of a Chili's restaurant. Austin Del Castillo reportedly would not comply with police demands to drop his weapon. He lunged at officers with the box cutter. A police negotiator arrived and attempted to talk with the agitated Castillo. He allegedly charged an officer who fired his weapon striking him. An eyewitness challenged the police account claiming Castillo was 10-15 feet from officers when he was shot. Castillo died days later in the hospital.

phoenixnewtimes.com
13398Anthony Jackson50MaleRace unspecified09/13/2013FresnoCA36.7340165-119.7263884Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Anthony Jackson reportedly shot and killed Cynthia Watkins, the mother of his daughter, and his neighbor Jerome Dixon before taking his own life during a standoff.

blogspot.com
13400Hector Eugene Jimenez50MaleHispanic/Latino09/13/2013RiversideCA33.9736322-117.3596496Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

RPD's Communications Bureau received a 911 call about a man, in the front yard of a residence, who had a knife and appeared to be suicidal. Patrol officers responded to the location and found Hector Jimenez frantically waving a knife and cutting himself. Officers tried to get him to drop the knife. While the officers were talking to Mr. Jimenez, he reportedly charged them with the knife still in his hand, and officers shot and killed him.

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13402Lance L. Danielson30MaleEuropean-American/White09/14/2013PhoenixAZ33.627365-112.13629Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a possible break-and-enter by 4 people at a condo. While the group allegedly talked to police, Lance Danielson reportedly said he didn't want to go back to prison and removed a handgun from his backpack. Officers "began to negotiate with him" and when he refused to put down his weapon, a SWAT team was called. They negotiated for about 3 hours until the "situation deteriorated" and they attempted to arrest him. "Gunfire was exchanged", two SWAT officers were shot, and Danielson was shot and killed.

azcentral.com
13406Jonathan A. Ferrell24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/14/2013CharlotteNC35.2539223-80.6481837Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a 911 call of a suspicious man outside a woman's home. Three officers arrived, and Jonathan Ferrell allegedly began running toward them. One officer fired a stun gun, which police say malfunctioned, and then Officer Randall Kerrick shot Ferrell several times, killing him. Ferrell was unarmed, and had apparently walked to the woman's house from his severely crashed vehicle nearby and was looking for help. Officer Kerrick has been charged with voluntary manslaughter.

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13404Samuel Frazier56MaleAfrican-American/Black09/14/2013SavannahGA31.9927285-81.1030394Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police alleged that Samuel Frazier took a .22 rifle to a nearby auto shop and fired off a round in a confrontation with the owner, whom Frazier felt had ripped him off on a repair job. Frazier then barricaded himself in his home and taunted police that he would "take one of [them] with" him. Police shot and killed Samuel Frazier.

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13403Billy "R.T." Robert McGinty27MaleAfrican-American/Black09/14/2013AvondaleAZ33.4339542-112.3463987Avondale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers stopped Billy Robert "R.T." McGinty, a bicycle rider, after he allegedly stole the tip jar from a car wash. When officers stepped out of their vehicle, McGinty allegedly pointed a handgun at them and fled on foot. Officers found McGinty in a shed and McGinty fired at officers, hitting one officer in the face. Officers then shot and killed McGinty.

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13401Courtney Andrew Holloman30MaleAfrican-American/Black09/14/2013Virginia BeachVA36.7952515-76.1642499Portsmouth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Portsmouth police officer fatally shot Courney Hollomon as the 30-year-old attempted to rob a bank in Virginia Beach with what appeared to be a black handgun. Hollomon allegedly pointed the gun at the off-duty police officer and the officer shot and killed Hollomon. The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing. Holloman had a replica handgun.

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13409Mitchell Alanda St. Clair Jr.39MaleAfrican-American/Black09/16/2013ColumbiaSC34.0582508-80.9295393Richland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mitchell St. Clair reportedly fled from sheriff's deputies during an attempted traffic stop, led them on a chase and finally pulled over and fired shots at deputies. Deputies returned fire and fatally shot St. Clair.

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13410Aaron Alexis34MaleAfrican-American/Black09/16/2013WashingtonDC38.8746083-76.9920928Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Aaron Alexis entered the Naval Sea Systems Command Center and killed 12 people and injured three others with a shotgun. He was fatally shot by police in response to the shooting.

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13408Justin Bryan Harger32MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2013BakersfieldCA35.3600491-119.0593759Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jorge Ramirez was reportedly working as an informant for the Bakersfield PD. He let them know the location that he and the WANTED suspect, Justin Harger, were going to be and when police stopped their vehicle Ramirez attempted to exit the vehicle. Police ordered him to stay, then Harger opened fire on the officers and both men were shot dead.

bakersfield.com
13411Jorge Joel Ramirez34MaleHispanic/Latino09/16/2013BakersfieldCA35.3600491-119.0593759Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jorge Ramirez was reportedly working as an informant for the Bakersfield PD. He let them know the location that he and the WANTED suspect, Justin Harger, were going to be and when police stopped their vehicle Ramirez attempted to exit the vehicle. Police ordered him to stay, then Harger opened fire on the officers and both men were shot dead.

bakersfield.com
13415Charles Adrien Martin40MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2013JudsoniaAR35.2891551-91.6238704Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Martin engaged in a prolonged standoff with a state police SWAT team after he allegedly threatened a neighbor and fired a gun at an officer. Martin and officers exchanged gunfire, killing Martin.

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13414Ronald Lee Chadwick-Sutphin32MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2013EraTX33.4948471-97.2848106Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trooper Calvin King conducted a traffic stop on Chadwick-Sutphin. After looking at his wallet, Trooper King told him to surrender. Chadwick-Sutphin ran away and shot himself with a 9mm pistol.

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13416Derek Deandre Walker26MaleAfrican-American/Black09/17/2013DurhamNC35.996654-78.901784Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 26-year-old man who was shot to death by police in downtown Durham Tuesday afternoon posted on his Facebook page before the fatal standoff that he was upset about a custody dispute over his son and that he hoped to die soon. Investigators say Derek Deandre Walker walked into downtown Durham's CCB Plaza on Corcoran Street shortly after 4 p.m., distraught, waving a handgun and shouting. WRAL News video from the scene showed what appeared to be Walker repeatedly saying "shoot me" while pointing his handgun at officers. Negotiations failed, and the standoff ended about an hour later with police Cpl. R. C. Swartz firing at Walker.

indyweek.com
30215Antonio Feliu48MaleHispanic/Latino09/18/2013Southwest RanchesFL26.0596116-80.4336327Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Medina died as her Mercedes violently collided with the Mercedes of a fleeing murder suspect, Antonio Feliu, in a high-speed police chase. Feliu killed himself with a pistol after the crash. County deputies and SWAT members set up an hour-long "standoff," filmed by news helicopters, unaware that Feliu was already dead.

nydailynews.com
13421Misraim Nathaniel Cisneros20MaleHispanic/Latino09/18/2013HoustonTX29.8991261-95.3992949Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Volunteer Reserve Deputy Lt. Jimmy Rollins responded to a call from a pawn shop that stated a man "may have been casing the place for a robbery." Rollins asked the man for ID after he left the building, then followed him to his vehicle. Misraim Cisneros allegedly "reached into the vehicle, produced a handgun from behind his waistband, pointed it at the deputy and fired twice." Rollins then shot Cisneros twice, killing him.

yourhoustonnews.com
13423Larry John Nortonsen53MaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2013Winter GardenFL28.5632671-81.5926075Winter Garden Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to a report of a stabbing reached the third floor of an apartment building and encountered Larry John Nortonsen running toward him. Nortonsen did not stop. The officer shot Nortonsen once in the chest, killing him. Nortonsen was unarmed.

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13419Ruben Ramos-Escobedo59MaleHispanic/Latino09/18/2013Los AngelesCA34.0324801-118.3626619Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ruben Ramos-Escobedo, a 59-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. Police reported to a call of a man sitting on a curb with a gun. Police arrived and took cover. Reportedly the man drew a handgun from his waistband and the man was shot and killed.

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13426Carlos Fuentes20MaleHispanic/Latino09/20/2013IvanhoeCA36.3910763-119.2167334Tulare County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carlos Fuentes, who was wanted on a homicide charge, was fatally shot by a deputy after he allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired a shot while being chased by police on foot.

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13427Steven Byrdo24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/20/2013IndianapolisIN39.8376127-86.2786075Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Steven Byrdo was holding his girlfriend hostage. An officer entered Brydos apartment. Byrdo fatally shot the officer with a handgun, but the officer was able to fire a few shots at Byrdo. Another officer encountered Byrdo at the door - they exchanged gunfire. Byrdo was killed.

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13432David James Ward66MaleEuropean-American/White09/21/2013Culver CityCA34.0207705-118.3951055Culver City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David James Ward, who has homeless, reportedly walked into the Culver City police headquarters and announcing he had a gun. He refused to drop the handgun and police shot and killed him.

thefrontpageonline.com
13433Tel Levi Rodgers33MaleEuropean-American/White09/21/2013TulsaOK36.077902-96.0291859Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tel Levi Rodgers fled on foot from a vehicle stop, and Trooper Raines pursued him for about half a mile. When Raines caught up, he and Rodgers got into another altercation and Rodgers allegedly reached for the trooper's gun. Trooper Raines fired twice, hitting Rodgers in the chest and the head, killing Rodgers.

tulsaworld.com
13431Mark Andrew Reed58MaleEuropean-American/White09/21/2013DenverCO39.740484-104.914553Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mark Reed allegedly robbed a bank teller and was leaving the bank when he pointed what appeared to be a grey revolver at the uniformed off-duty officer paid to stand guard outside the bank. That officer shot and killed him. Reed's weapon was actually a toy gun.

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13438Breanne Michelle Sharpe19FemaleEuropean-American/White09/22/2013ChicoCA39.738412-121.8175199Chico Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Breanne Sharpe allegedly reversed car toward an officer, then u-turned vehicle, striking a tree and police car. Five officers fired on car, stating fear for their lives. Chico Sgt. Scott Zuschin fired kill shot, Officer Nick Vega hit her shoulder.

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13443Jeffrey Paul Watts47MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2013East BridgewaterMA42.060952-70.97492Brockton Police Department, Massachusetts State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jeffrey Watts reportedly robbed a CVS store at gunpoint then led police on a high-speed chase through Brockton, Whitman and East Bridgewater. Witnesses described a lengthy gun battle with 30 or 40 rounds in multiple volleys, Watts firing a shotgun at pursuing officers from multiple agencies. The chase ended with Watts shot to death.

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13442Antonio Nash18MaleAfrican-American/Black09/23/2013St. LouisMO38.6416424-90.2920901St. Charles County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It was about 11:15 Monday night when police say the 36-year-old off duty deputy and a female friend, 23, were jogging near the Grand Basin in Forest Park. Police reported three men wearing hoodies with bandanas covering their mouths and noses approached, pulled at least one handgun, and threatened the lives of their would-be victims. That's when the deputy pulled his service weapon and opened fire. One of the suspects, 18-year-old Antonio Nash, was hit three times in the lower abdomen. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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13441Kenneth Robert Sprankle27MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2013St. PetersburgFL27.7711962-82.6384865St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers arrived and ordered Kenneth Sprankle, 27, to drop his weapon. But according to police, instead of dropping the ax, he ran toward one of the officers, yelling unintelligible statements. Multiple shots were fired. Sprankle was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

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