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 11,501 - 12,000 of 22,236

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
13444Jerry F. Lewis60MaleRace unspecified09/24/2013ParkersburgWV39.2329673-81.5706109Wood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jerry F. Lewis was set to be sentenced to prison for shooting his wife and trying to make it look like a suicide attempt. Lewis allegedly shot and killed himself when officers arrived at his home to serve an arrest warrant.

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13453Eric William Allen Poore27MaleEuropean-American/White09/24/2013PlainfieldIN39.7019579-86.4148876Plainfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived to a burglary call, and shot and killed Eric Poore after he allegedly pointed a gun at an officer. Poore's accomplice was arrested and charged with multiple robbery counts.

indystar.com
13449Arciano Corona34MaleHispanic/Latino09/24/2013San Tan ValleyAZ33.2544202-111.5349059Pinal County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Arciano Corona died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound after he shot at Pinal County sheriff's deputies and led them on a pursuit, authorities said.

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13454Connor Zion21MaleEuropean-American/White09/24/2013Laguna NiguelCA33.5229163-117.6895582Orange County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies reportedly saw 21-year-old Connor Zion stab his mother and roommate with a knife. One of the deputies was stabbed by Zion. Another deputy wounded Zion with six bullets, then stood over him and opened fire again "execution style" before "stomping" on the young man's head three times. Zion died.

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13455Tracy Daquan Bost22MaleAfrican-American/Black09/24/2013DurhamNC35.9747369-78.8981013North Carolina Central University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bost had been tracked to North Carolina Central University by Durham police, prompting university officials to lock down the school for several hours. The university said that campus police approached Bost, but he fired a shotgun at an officer, and NCCU police returned fire. Bost ran into a wooded area. Authorities found him and told him to surrender, leading to a second exchange of gunfire and the man's death.

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22150Henry A. Yip Sr.66MaleEuropean-American/White09/25/2013MagnoliaNJ39.8526259-75.0275943Magnolia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Henry Yip, 66, shot his wife, 54-year-old Vicki Yip, then shot himself. Police responded to the home after receiving a call from a relative of the family to check on the couple. A responding officer saw a person in the home then heard a gunshot. Almost at the same time, police received a call from the home from an individual who stated he had killed his wife and was going to kill himself. They were both found dead when police entered the home.

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22151Victoria M. "Vicki" Yip54FemaleRace unspecified09/25/2013MagnoliaNJ39.8526259-75.0275943Magnolia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Henry Yip, 66, shot his wife, 54-year-old Vicki Yip, then shot himself. Police responded to the home after receiving a call from a relative of the family to check on the couple. A responding officer saw a person in the home then heard a gunshot. Almost at the same time, police received a call from the home from an individual who stated he had killed his wife and was going to kill himself. They were both found dead when police entered the home.

6abc.com
13460Jose Luis Millan21MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2013WaelderTX29.734419-97.300997Gonzales County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a multi-agency raid on a marijuana farm, sheriff deputies reported that when they identified themselves to Jose Millan and Daniel Ramirez, Millan opened fire on them. Deputies returned fire, killing Millan. Ramirez was taken into custody.

gonzalesinquirer.com
13459Erick Balint32MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2013CarsonCA33.8503633-118.2453744Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Long Beach Police officers investigated Erick balint who reportedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and her family in Long Beach. Balint was shot to death during a gunbattle fleeing on foot from police officers in Carson. A handgun was recovered.

presstelegram.com
13461Luke Daniel Castello22MaleEuropean-American/White09/25/2013Port OrangeFL29.1062641-81.0278869Port Orange Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Luke Castello allegedly robbed a couple at a Daytona Beach motel. Police caught up with him in a Walmart parking lot. Castello fled. Port Orange police officers—six in all—opened fire after Castello reportedly pulled a revolver on them from the driver's seat of a stolen minivan he wrecked on I-95 in Volusia County.

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13457Ponciano Montemayor55MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2013HoustonTX29.882648-95.362034Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers served a narcotics warrant at a residence. Knowing that Montemayor, in the residence, was armed, they called SWAT. SWAT officers arrived, announced themselves with a loudspeaker and tried to enter the residence through the front and side. As officers broke a window on the side of the house, Montemayor pointed a pistol at them. They shot him. He was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, but was dead when he arrived.

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13464William Keith Hall57MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2013DallasTX32.8376653-96.655956Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a man reportedly broke into his home attempting burglarize it, William Hall shot the intruder and then threatened arriving officers with a handgun. Hall was fatally shot after refusing to lower his weapon.

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20071Matthew Michael Malavite37MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2013PittsburghPA40.4981475-79.9983637Ross Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Matthew Malavite's wife reportedly called police because he threatened to kill himself. A police SWAT unit surrounded the house and attempted to contact Malavite for several hours. Officers forced their way into the home and found Malavite dead in the basement of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot..

triblive.com
13466Tavaris Lokeco Gulley34MaleAfrican-American/Black09/26/2013CitronelleAL31.0888023-88.2014284Mobile County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tavaris Gulley, holed up in a car near his mother's grave at Pine Crest Cemetery, refused several orders to surrender.After several hours, he got out of his car armed with a pistol, and deputies shot and killed him.

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13463Michael Bernard Smith50MaleAfrican-American/Black09/26/2013HoustonTX30.1145677-95.6355852Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sergeant McCray and Officers Chaison, Crawford and Gibson tried to serve a warrant on Michael Smith. Just after police arrived, Smith reportedly shot and killed himself with a handgun in a bathroom.

google.com
13465John Del Real39MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2013Long BeachCA33.7880466-118.1633163Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John DelReal was shot and killed by a plainclothes narcotics officer after approaching the officer in a threatening and aggressive manner, police officials said. DelReal reached for an unknown object in his waistband, leading to the officer shooting.

cbslocal.com
20072Donald Ray Brown53MaleRace unspecified09/27/2013UniontownPA39.9143269-79.7067341Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Donald Ray Brown, 53, and Jessica Lynn Phillips, 28, were suspected of manufacturing meth at a campsite along the river, near the Yough River Trail. They fled when they heard police were on the way, setting in motion a chase with an exchange of gunfire. The duo's pickup crashed into a home. Brown then broke into a nearby Center Avenue home, beginning a nine-hour standoff with state police. Brown was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

triblive.com
13469Caleb Shearer Hector19MaleEuropean-American/White09/27/2013Big SpringTX32.1610836-101.4515442Howard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy reportedly encountered Caleb Hector armed with a handgun and shot Hector when Hector pointed the weapon at him. Hector died at the Scenic Mountain Medical Center.

google.com
20073Harold E. "Junior" McCutcheon56MaleEuropean-American/White09/27/2013WashingtonPA40.2074755-80.205254South Strabane Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Harold E. "Junior" McCutcheon, 56, shot and killed his ex-wife, Terry L. McCutcheon, at her South Strabane Township home and shot her boyfriend in the face before turning the gun on himself during a police standoff.

observer-reporter.com
13474Austin Francis Jones35MaleEuropean-American/White09/28/2013Havre de GraceMD39.5551439-76.0954118Harford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Austin Jones apparently had an altercation with his girlfriend, then barricaded himself in the bedroom of the house once the police arrived. Jones then pointed "a black plastic object" Jones had allegedly "fashioned into the shape of a handgun" at officers. Police shot and killed Jones.

baltimoresun.com
13480Alexander Jamar "A.J." Marion19MaleAfrican-American/Black09/29/2013AshevilleNC35.5965543-82.6097348Asheville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers reportedly saw AJ Marion with a gun during a chase that lasted nearly an hour. Officers heard a gun discharged and one officer said Marion pointed a gun at him at one point. Marion did not have the gun when he was shot and killed by police. He had reportedly just run out of the woods and was approaching a female officer when another officer shot him in the face. The handgun was later found back in the woods along the chase path.

citizen-times.com
13479Travis Claye Davis37MaleEuropean-American/White09/29/2013GrantsvilleUT40.6023196-112.4620143Grantsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Travis Davis, reported to be suicidal, was barricaded inside his home. He posted on Facebook that he would "have to go out like Billy The Kid" and took a handgun and extra magazine outside. He allegedly pointed a gun at police and screamed, "I'll do it! I'll [expletive] do it!" Police shot and killed Davis.

sltrib.com
13481Frank Thompson50MaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2013DoverNH43.2135901-70.8901888Dover Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Frank Thompson allegedly attacked his neighbor with a hammer when she knocked on his door to ask for some sugar. Police were called and exchanged fire with Thompson, hitting him in the abdomen. A tactical team found him dead in his apartment later, apparently having shot and killed himself with a handgun in the chest.

fosters.com
11865Wendy Lawrence45FemaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2013ManchesterNH43.0085252-71.4375258New Hampshire State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wendy Lawrence, a new grandmother, was driving on a suspended license and fled from a traffic stop with a state trooper. After a high-speed chase on an interstate and on surface streets, several troopers attempted to box Lawrence's vehicle in. She drove in the general direction of officers and allegedly rammed police cruisers. One trooper reportedly felt in danger of his life. He fired 11 shots, four of which struck Lawrence, killing her. Family won a $750,000 wrongful death settlement in 2017.

concordmonitor.com
13486Joel Ledezma Ramos35MaleHispanic/Latino10/01/2013FreeportTX28.947574-95.359128Freeport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Witnesses to recent street "gunfire" pointed out the suspect to police as he drove by. Police followed the man for about two blocks. They report that he refused to show his hands and when they opened his car door, he fired a gun at them. At least three officers shot back, killing him.

abc13.com
13485Juddson Daniel Fanning31MaleEuropean-American/White10/01/2013NormanOK35.2185277-97.4765926Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police chased Fanning on the interstate at speeds exceeding 100 MPH from Oklahoma City through Moore then to Norman, justifying the chase because he was considered an armed and dangerous felon. He had outstanding warrants for domestic strangulation and robbery. Off the interstate in Norman, he collided with another car, then fatally shot himself as police moved in.

kfor.com
13482Max Ruben Zeller22MaleRace unspecified10/01/2013CantonGA34.19168-84.4986155Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An Alabama sheriff's office notified the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office about a missing woman who authorities believed may be in the Canton area, police said. While deputies were searching for the missing woman, they identified the missing woman's vehicle. After being allowed in to the home, a bedroom door slammed and a gun was fired from inside the room. Deputies opened the door and found Zeller alone in the room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his mouth. He died a short time later.

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13487Maria Rita Zarate31FemaleHispanic/Latino10/01/2013BakersfieldCA35.3588018-118.946287Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call on a "woman walking in the street with a handgun" or an "armed, suicidal woman." A "mental health professional" and officers reportedly tried to get her to unarm herself for approx. 30 minutes. She then allegedly raised the gun and "pointed it at officers in a threatening manner." Officers Matt Roy, Chris Dalton, Richard Robles, Louie Arviso, Jaime Getz, and Senior Officer Andrea Pflugh shot her. It was later determined that she was armed with an Airsoft pellet pistol.

bakersfield.com
13489Elijah Glay39MaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2013CalvertonMD39.0519272-76.9382067Prince George's County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic disturbance call found Glay, who then led police on a quarter mile chase. After Glay apparently reached in to a dark bag, an officer fatally shot Glay. No weapon was found.

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22142Dawud Alexander24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/03/2013IrvingtonNJ40.725368-74.22092New Jersey State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers approached Dawud Alexander at about 6 p.m. in Irvington after learning he was in possession of two weapons, police said, adding that when the troopers identified themselves, Alexander allegedly ran away and a foot chase ensued. One trooper shot and killed him.

www.nj.com
13497Miriam Iris Carey34FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/03/2013WashingtonDC38.8886408-77.0136264U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Secret Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carey was shot and killed after she allegedly rammed into barricades near the White House and then led police on a chase toward the U.S. Capitol building.

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13495Timmy Dewayne Myrick37MaleEuropean-American/White10/03/2013ParagouldAR36.0445776-90.494722Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a woman reported a domestic disturbance involving Myrick at her home, an officer, who was already aware of Myrick's previous "bizarre, violent behavior" reports that Myrick was aggressive through the door when he went to his home. Backup arrived, and Myrick opened the door allegedly wielding a large knife. Police report that witnesses state that Cpl. Jason Boling fell and Myrick "continued to come at" him. Boling shot him twice and Cpl. Max Adams shot him once.

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13500Jack Lamar Roberson43MaleAfrican-American/Black10/04/2013WaycrossGA31.2089199-82.3463043Waycross Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jack Roberson's family called 911 after he took a handful of diabetes medicine with alcohol and expressed that he wanted to die; two officers arrived, and classified Jack as "combative" and shot him dead as he approached them with a knife, in front of his family.

jacksonville.com
13501John Bartholomew21MaleEuropean-American/White10/04/2013SpartaWI43.9521082-90.7968009Sparta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Bartholomew, mentally unstable, wielding knives outside of his parents house. After his parents called the police he went outside and told officers to kill him while refusing to drop the knivesas he advanced toward them.

lacrossetribune.com
13506Chris "Steady" Samples39MaleEuropean-American/White10/05/2013Lake HamiltonAR34.4662792-92.9691053Garland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home. They report that they heard "what sounded like the action of a firearm being operated" behind the door and saw Samples exit the house with a firearm. They report that he ignored commands to drop his weapon and pointed it at them. They then shot him multiple times.

arkansasonline.com
13507Jared Harris25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/05/2013St. LouisMO38.660188-90.2463657St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police Chief Sam Dotson said police observed what they thought was a hand-to-hand drug deal on McMillan Avenue and tried to stop the vehicle.The fleeing car crashed a few blocks away, at North Taylor and Garfield avenues, and the driver began shooting at police, hitting one officer in the left foot, police said. Two officers returned fire, killing the driver, Jared Harris

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13505Jeffery Allen Sutherland24MaleEuropean-American/White10/05/2013WenatcheeWA47.4150343-120.3164474Wenatchee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers came to Sutherland's home to serve a warrant. They report that while attempting to handcuff him face down on his sofa, he pulled a gun and fired at one of the officers. Officer Kissel shot him twice in the side, killing him.

mansontribune.com
13504Sherman T. Threets28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/05/2013PosenIL41.6316076-87.6814789Blue Island Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jenna Sammons, 21, was recuperating from an alleged attack by Threets and he reportedly returned to her home, shot her and killed Tristan Hart, 27. Police responded and reportedly "found and killed him" in a nearby garage.

theepochtimes.com
13509Bruce Douglas Graham53MaleEuropean-American/White10/06/2013CastaicCA34.4856363-118.6362102Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When deputies responded to a "suicidal man with a gun" call at a home, Graham reportedly emerged from a garage area holding a rifle. He reportedly refused to follow commands, and would not drop the rifle. When he reportedly pointed the rifle at deputies, they shot him.

latimes.com
13510Darrell Atkinson49MaleAfrican-American/Black10/06/2013Los AngelesCA34.0373879-118.373983Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Transit Services Bureau deputies "came into contact" with Atkinson, a combat veteran with PTSD, who then allegedly grabbed a wooden stick from a shopping cart and "advanced toward the deputies with the wooden stick overhead, prompting deputies to open fire." The family sued and was awarded $375,000

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13512Winford Raynard Watkins44MaleEuropean-American/White10/08/2013WeatherfordTX32.9127194-97.6333429Parker County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With various felony convictions already behind him Watkins had failed to appear for a recent 45-year prison sentence, then attacked a county officer with a tire iron during a traffic stop, then escaped. After a standoff of several hours at his residence, including tear gas, Watkins was fatally shot.

cbslocal.com
23452Marcus Young28MaleRace unspecified10/08/2013WashingtonDC38.8705737-76.9787511Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said that Marcus Young confronted an off-duty officer, who was in civilian clothes, about 6:50 a.m. Young had his hand tucked underneath his sweatshirt and was acting as if he was holding a gun. As he approached the officer, he allegedly told her, "Don't make me pull this out on you." The off-duty officer, who was in the area on personal business, shot Young once. He died seven months later.

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13515Thomas J. Piccard55MaleEuropean-American/White10/09/2013WheelingWV40.0684476-80.7218285Wheeling Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Piccarrd was a former police officer who was diagnosed with cancer. He had a hatred for the federal government and decided to fire shots at a federal building. Officers arrived and were shot at by Piccarrd. Officers shot and killed Piccarrd.

cbsnews.com
13514Max Cocheta Martin43MaleEuropean-American/White10/09/2013LeicesterNC35.6003405-82.687928Buncombe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers serving a warrant on Martin, a registered sex offender, fatally shot the 43-year-old after he fired an arrow at officers.

wyff4.com
13516Christopher Ouellette28MaleEuropean-American/White10/09/2013Old TownME44.9360103-68.646475Maine State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ouellette, with a record of domestic violence, called police to confess that he'd stabbed his girlfriend to death. She'd been pregnant with their child. State troopers responded around 6 p.m., and within about 40 minutes Ouellette had been shot to death from outside his apartment.

maine.gov
13518Timothy Joseph Ghormley64MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2013Fort WorthTX32.738831-97.42125Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers served a warrant on Ghormley for aggravated sexual assault of a child. He shot himself.

force.com
13523Shawn Keith Nims40MaleEuropean-American/White10/11/2013Cedar HillMO38.3298745-90.6539967Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were searching for Nims. They found him in a home at Cedar Drive. He tried to flee from the home, but was stopped. He refused to drop his gun and shot and wounded two deputies. Deputies then shot and killed Nims.

stltoday.com
13525Kenneth Ray Clark47MaleEuropean-American/White10/11/2013BristolTN36.590522-82.20902Sullivan County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clark drove in the general direction of two policemen Friday evening while fleeing the scene of an active meth lab on Bay Street. He was shot by the officers and died of his injuries.

tricities.com
13519Maurice Andropolius Jeter25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/11/2013ChesterSC34.7406287-81.1621627Chester County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputy initiated a traffic stop but Jeter pulled into a driveway and fled the vehicle. He entered a building outside the home and obtained a hidden firearm. He attempted to fire multiple shots at the deputy, but the gun malfunctioned. Deputy returned fire but missed. Subject committed suicide with the gun.

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13522Sheldon C. Norman21MaleEuropean-American/White10/11/2013LakelandFL28.0545718-81.9448785Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Norman's sister called authorities about his brother because he said he was going to kill himself. When officers found him in his car, he had a gun and refused to drop it. He was shot and killed by authorities.

theledger.com
13526Darryl Lee Drayton51MaleAfrican-American/Black10/12/2013James IslandSC32.7330495-79.9398224Charleston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Drayton was suicidal when he threatened his sister, himself and deputies with a knife. He fought with officers and was tasered multiple times. Drayton then jabbed at deputies prompting them to shoot him in the back as he ran away. The family was awarded $900K

live5news.com
13531Hayden Blackman43MaleAfrican-American/Black10/13/2013RochesterNY43.1415609-77.6254458Rochester Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Blackman's house twice within 40 minutes, the first time because of a dispute between a 16-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister, the second time because Blackman was reportedly holding a knife to threaten his 16-year-old stepson. Police ordered him to drop the knife. He did not and was shot multiple times.

indymedia.org
13536Benjamin Henry Burba59MaleEuropean-American/White10/13/2013HodgenvilleKY37.5588835-85.7344122Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police serving a warrant at 2 a.m. on Burba fatally shot the 59-year-old after he grabbed a B.B. gun and pointed it at officers.

wlky.com
13537Shaqur McNair16MaleAfrican-American/Black10/13/2013FayettevilleNC35.065354-78.9997063Fayetteville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to a domestic dispute fatally shot McNair after the 16-year-old allegedly pulled a gun on the officer. After a year-long investigation, the officer was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

abc11.com
13533Jonathan Kane Garay26MaleHispanic/Latino10/13/2013HazletonPA40.9601034-75.9778657Hazleton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police report that while responding to a nearby fight, they pursued a man into Garay's backyard, and that they saw Garay with a gun in his waistband. They report that during a struggle on the porch, they allege that Garay pointed his gun at Officer Michael Colasardo, who shot him twice. The family claims that Garay was shot inside the home and did not point his gun at the police, and that a family member was tasered. The tasered family member and Garay's family were awarded financial damages in 2016

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13532Monica Ritchey45FemaleEuropean-American/White10/13/2013SparksNV39.546917-119.722754Sparks Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Called to a report of a woman threatening suicide and shooting into the air, police shot Ritchie after shooting her 20-year-old daughter. Police believed her daughter, who was holding a cell phone, was the threat and shot her. Another officer heard the shots and thought it was Ritchey who fired, and he shot and killed Ritchey.

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13539Brandon Devone Smith30MaleAfrican-American/Black10/13/2013WilmingtonNC34.2816649-77.925334New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

County and BATF officers chased Smith by car and on foot into a wooded area. Cornered, he was ordered to show his hands, and he reportedly kept moving as if to produce a handgun. They fired 24 rounds. Nine fatally struck him. He'd been unarmed.

portcitydaily.com
19093Name withheld by police29MaleHispanic/Latino10/14/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.436258-97.5214795Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A caller reporting a rape at a home in the 500 block of SW 28. Police went to the home and heard a gunshot while they were walking up to the front door, police said. An unidentified person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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19094Name withheld by police25MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.4256739-97.5479245Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police got a call that a suspect wanted by another agency possibly was suicidal. The man was in a car, and police were able to block his car at a church at SW 39 and Pennsylvania Avenue. Before police could get into the car, the man shot and killed himself, police said.

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13540Shannon R. Spencer39MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2013Huber HeightsOH39.8318673-84.1381479Huber Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shannon R. Spencer made "suicide by cop" threats before exiting the home carrying a gun and refusing to disarm himself at the urging of officers. Officers subsequently shot and killed him.

daytondailynews.com
13541Andrew William Aldrich24MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2013AndersonSC34.4711083-82.6479776Anderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Aldrich's home on a domestic call, and fatally shot the 24-year-old after he picked up a dropped taser and aimed it at officers.

independentmail.com
13543Jacob Daniel Westberg22MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2013Sioux FallsSD43.5415036-96.806948Sioux Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed a Sioux Falls man after he came out of a house and pointed a gun at officers Monday evening. Police were called to the scene because the man was suicidal, and there were reports of gunshots in the house.

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13542Earl Glenn Morrow83MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2013OzarkAL31.4563742-85.6378858Ozark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Morrow, who suffered from dementia, was fatally shot by police after threatening a neighbor with a gun and then refusing to lower the weapon when police arrived.

wsfa.com
13544Demarco S. Hines40MaleRace unspecified10/15/2013Kansas CityMO38.9584798-94.4884551Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Demarco S. Hines reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police. At about 9:15 a.m., officers responded to a woman who reported that her boyfriend had assaulted her, then fired the gun into the pillow while she was on the bed. She escaped. According to police, Hines refused to come out of the home or talk to officers. Officers later found Hines dead inside the home.

kansascity.com
13545Myron Dewayne "Big Mo" Meador44MaleAfrican-American/Black10/15/2013OelweinIA42.6805186-91.9291028Oelwein Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

At about 7 a.m. police responded to a report of shots fired inside Myron Dewayne "Big Mo" Meador's home. When officers arrived, police said they heard gunshots coming from inside the home. Meador, who had reportedly shot himself, exited the home and was taken into custody. Police then went inside and found Meador's wife suffering from several gunshot wounds. Meador died the following night at a hospital. His wife was hospitalized for more than a month.

radioiowa.com
13547William Shepherd58MaleEuropean-American/White10/15/2013ShreveportLA32.448505-93.7043916Shreveport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called after a woman reported Shepard acting erratically. The 58-year-old attempted to attack EMS personnel with a kitchen knife, and was then fatally shot by responding officers after advancing toward them armed with a knife.

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13546Cameron Massey26MaleAfrican-American/Black10/15/2013EufaulaAL31.8912684-85.1456259Barbour County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Bartholomew, mentally unstable, was wielding knives outside of his parents' house. After his parents called police, he went outside and told officers to kill him while refusing to drop the knives as he adnved toward them.

nydailynews.com
13555Adrian Suarez Marin22MaleHispanic/Latino10/16/2013WishramWA45.6604343-120.9597462The Dalles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rape suspect Suarez from The Dalles, Oregon, died in a shootout with officers from both Washington and Oregon. He'd been spotted through the open window of a house and appeared armed. Suarez fled from the back door, ran for about a block, turned and wounded one officer with a gunshot, then was shot down.

oregonlive.com
13556Shawn Dewayne Dean40MaleAfrican-American/Black10/16/2013BaltimoreMD39.3233433-76.565084Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Baltimore City police say 40-year-old Shawn Dean was pulled over for running through a stop sign. "When an officer on the driver side stepped away from the car, the suspect started the vehicle and drove off," said Commissioner Anthony Batts, Baltimore City Police Department.Baltimore City police say the officer was dragged from Mannasota and Dudley Avenue two blocks away to Shannon Drive before the officer shot and killed Dean. The suspect's vehicle actually jumped the curb after he was shot.

baltimoresun.com
13554Kevin Robert Welsh35MaleEuropean-American/White10/16/2013EurekaKS37.8263076-96.3009737Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Welsch was the subject of a triple-shooting manhunt. Local police led Kansas Bureau of Investigation officers to an abandoned house, where they encountered him. He reportedly pointed a gun at them, and they shot at him multiple times, killing him.

cjonline.com
13557Jose Zamora-Guerrero36MaleHispanic/Latino10/17/2013IndianapolisIN39.7757446-86.2637999Carmel Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a multi-agency drug task force "sting", two officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment. Guerrero reportedly "emerged from a closet pointing a gun" at the officers and ignored their commands to drop the gun. They shot and killed him.

stopthedrugwar.org
13558Jason Michael Kerr31MaleEuropean-American/White10/17/2013St PetersburgFL27.7523927-82.6469031St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Restaurant employees called 911 to report that Kerr was "sweaty and nervous" and had a gun. Officers followed his vehicle to a nearby parking lot, where they allege that he shot three times into their cruisers. Officers Matthew Laliberte, Scott Kirpan, Mark Kruzell and Matthew Stringfellow returned fire, killing him.

baynews9.com
13560Felix Valdez44MaleHispanic/Latino10/18/2013ChicagoIL41.8348414-87.6462013Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at which they report that Valdez had a knife. When officers reportedly told him to drop the knife he approached them or lunged with the knife. "An officer then fatally shot the man in self-defense."

nbcchicago.com
13561Eddie Hollins43MaleAfrican-American/Black10/18/2013ColumbiaSC34.0567999-80.9738567Richland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a robbery in progress at a retail store and encountered Hollins and his alleged partner James Branch, 43. They apprehended and handcuffed Branch as Hollins got into the truck. While backing up to flee, Hollins reportedly hit or ran over Branch twice (reported in critical condition 10/19) and drove in the general direction of officers. Police fired multiple times, hitting Hollins in the upper body. He drove a mile before he crashed the truck into the wall of a bar and died.

wistv.com
13559Robby Joe Wolff42MaleEuropean-American/White10/18/2013Rio LindaCA38.7150729-121.432893Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robby Joe Wolff reportedly shot a K-9 named Drago befire turning the gun on himself in a field in Rio Linda.

fox40.com
13562James McNabb Allen25MaleEuropean-American/White10/18/2013VisaliaCA36.3061042-119.353994Visalia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Visalia police encountered James outside the family home after he threatened his mother with a knife. They shot and killed him after he allegedly charged toward them with the knife.

visaliatimesdelta.com
13563Ernesto Gutierrez Cortez38MaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2013Otay MesaCA32.5516558-116.9408013U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carjacking suspect made a U-turn and allegedly drove in the general direction of border agents, who fired at him and killed him.

nbcsandiego.com
13564Taemarr Walker24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/19/2013WarrenOH41.2235699-80.844646Warren Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Taemarr Walker, 24, was shot and killed by Officer Michael Krafcik after allegedly pulling a gun and refusing to obey the officer's orders to drop the weapon, according to WFMJ. One officer said, "I saw the rifle, he was in the backseat. All this time he was in the backseat and then he dove over the front seat and pulled a handgun from under the front seat. When I saw the gun, I told him if he grabbed the rifle I would shoot him."

policeone.com
13565Abayomi Afolabi44MaleAfrican-American/Black10/20/2013St. LouisMO38.753056-90.264288Florissant Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police report that they went to Afolabi's home after his ex-wife reported a domestic disturbance at her home, and saw him pulling his van into his driveway. They initially reported that he rammed their van, and that he "showed a handgun and they fired one shot striking the suspect in the head, killing him". They later reported that Afolabi shot himself in the head. A neighbor witness said "I observed the officer telling the guy to stop he was backing up real slow in his driveway and the one officer just opened fire on him."

stltoday.com
13567David D. Long42MaleAfrican-American/Black10/20/2013CoffeevilleMS33.9814489-89.6786505Coffeeville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Investigators say that Savage was responding alone, to a domestic incident. There was a shootout and Savage was shot four times. His return fire, killing the assailant, David Long.

wmcactionnews5.com
13566Mariano Joseph Mauro53MaleEuropean-American/White10/20/2013PortolaCA39.8056386-120.4623189Plumas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mauro had checked himself into the Eastern Plumas Health Care Center in Portola Saturday night for an unspecified ailment and later began exhibiting "menacing" behavior, according to Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood. Hagwood said nursing staff called 911 just before 1 a.m. Sunday and the arriving deputy found Mauro barricaded in his room.At various points in the struggle, Mauro reportedly got control of the deputy's taser and baton and fired a shot from the deputy's handgun while it was still holstered.The deputy managed to regain control of the handgun and killed Mauro with multiple shots in the lobby.

plumascounty.us
13568Ian Burlakoff42MaleEuropean-American/White10/20/2013Boca RatonFL26.3358261-80.0736706Boca Raton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Burlakoff, who suffered from bipolar disorder, after failing to comply with officers' orders and tried to reach for a handgun. Witnesses said that Burlakoff had just earlier shot and killed his wife. Her body was found in an empty lot. Burlakoff's death was ruled suicide-by-cop because witnesses say he asked for police to shoot him as he reached for his gun.

wxyz.com
13572Timothy Lopez47MaleHispanic/Latino10/21/2013Union CityCA37.585666-122.07001Union City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed a man wielding a pipe.

patch.com
13571Christoval Quintana30MaleHispanic/Latino10/21/2013RoswellNM33.3942673-104.5227565New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Quintana was in a pursuit with officers. The pursuit ended in shots being fired. Quintana was shot and killed. Witness claims officer walked up to car and started shooting.

koat.com
13570Tracy Clyde42MaleAfrican-American/Black10/21/2013LeesburgGA31.7341704-84.1595872Leesburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clyde was wanted for assault and robbery. Police found him in an vacant house. Clyde fought with an officer. When he reached for the officer's gun, he was shot and killed.

walb.com
13574Terrance Harris40MaleAfrican-American/Black10/22/2013ChicagoIL41.70021-87.618266Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers received a call of a woman being threatened by a man with a knife, according to a statement from police. Police arrived at the home and heard loud screams from inside the home, police said. After police sergeant and two officers forced their way inside, the 40-year-old Harris attacked the sergeant with a butcher knife, stabbing him in the face, police said. Harris was shot and killed.

dnainfo.com
13575James "J.D" David Duttman57MaleEuropean-American/White10/22/2013North PortFL27.0975387-82.1557475North Port Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The department says Officer Aaron Nick was checking a report of a suspicious vehicle on Toledo Blade Boulevard, about a half mile north of I-75. The department says a man inside the suspicious vehicle, which was a white minivan, brandished a weapon during the incident and was shot.The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

heraldtribune.com
13576Ryan Salonga25MaleHispanic/Latino10/22/2013San BrunoCA37.6222987-122.4141908San Bruno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a short police chase, Salonga pulled in to a dead end street. When he made a U-turn, the officer felt threatened and fatally shot him.

sfgate.com
13577Andy Lopez13MaleHispanic/Latino10/22/2013Santa RosaCA38.3944467-122.7185966Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a replica assault rifle they mistook for the real thing after he allegedly started to raise the weapon toward them.

sfgate.com
13583Matthew Scott Lofaro28MaleEuropean-American/White10/23/2013MilfordCT41.2320915-73.0588525Connecticut State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lofaro was shot and killed by a state trooper after refusing to drop his weapon while committing an armed robbery at a convenience store.

www.ct.gov
13584Michael Regner Tray27MaleEuropean-American/White10/23/2013MinnetonkaMN44.9046027-93.4160583Minnetonka Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tray, appearing intoxicated, was shot by police after reaching toward a visible gun tucked in to his waist after officers told him not to.

startribune.com
13579Joseph T. Consiglio66MaleRace unspecified10/23/2013St. LouisMO38.56696-90.3351075St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Joseph T. Consiglio reportedly shot himself inside his apartment following a chase and standoff. It began at about 8:15 p.m. when a sergeant stopped Consiglio's motorcycle for a traffic violation in the 4000 block of Germania Avenue in St. Louis. Consiglio gave his ID to the sergeant, who went to his patrol car to enter the information. Consiglio allegedly pulled a handgun, pointed it at the sergeant and sped off. The sergeant chased Consiglio, then lost sight of him near Gravois Road and Seibert Avenue. Police went to Consiglio's apartment and contacted him by phone. According to police, Consiglio said he wasn't coming out and that he had a gun. Officers with the St. Louis County police tactical operations arrived, went inside and found that Consiglio had killed himself, police said.

stltoday.com
13582John Robert Dellafiora46MaleRace unspecified10/23/2013GolcondaNV40.950566-117.496323Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop, Dellafiora suddenly drove away and law enforcement pursued him for 28 miles on Interstate 80. Dellafiora drove the wrong way up the ramp into Golconda, then stopped the car and reportedly began firing on law enforcement.Officers returned fire and killed Dellafiora.

ktvn.com
13585Casey R. Kimble18MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2013FindlayOH41.057823-83.6380736Findlay Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said they were asked to check on Kimble because of a reported suicide threat, and pulled him over. They heard gunshots and found him dead with two bullet wounds in his chest.

google.com
13589Steven Hughes Henning32MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2013WeedCA41.4054098-122.3799695Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called after an act of arson was committed by a man in front of a bus station. When police made contact with the suspect, Steven Henning, he refused to extinguish the fire acted aggressively and violently resisted arrest. Henning attempted to steal the officers' police car, and was subdued by pepper spray. Afterward, he violently resisted arrest again, grabbed an officer's Taser, and then fled on foot. The Weed Police, Siskiyou Sheriff's office and California Highway Patrol searched for Henning and found him near a freeway overpass. After an attempt to subdue him with a law enforcement canine unit, Henning continued to violently resist arrest and attempted to injure the canine. The officer and deputy discharged their firearms and Henning was killed.[18][19]

nbcmontana.com
13587Michael Clifford Garmon47MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2013AtlantaGA33.6413014-84.3996672Clayton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer reports that while on his way to work, he saw Garmon attempting to break into an abandoned car. Garmon fled on foot when he approached. When he caught up to him, Garmon tried to take his gun. During a struggle, "the gun discharged," killing Garmon.

wordpress.com
13590Matthew Deshune Swiney22MaleAfrican-American/Black10/24/2013HoustonTX29.6497814-95.3668159Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Swiney was fatally shot by police after holding a large knife dragging his mother down the hallway and making a motion to stab her again. His mother was treated at a hospital for stab wounds.

chron.com
13588Angelique Styles60FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/24/2013ChicagoIL41.69627-87.611379Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman was shot to death in a home she shared with her brother after refusing to drop a knife while lunging at officers.

nbcchicago.com
13591Rogelio Cisneros-Chavez22MaleHispanic/Latino10/24/2013EspañolaNM35.996864-106.0623612New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Agents with the State Police Investigations Bureau were looking for Cisneros-Chavez, who was a suspect in a $7,600 larceny case and had a warrant out for his arrest. They found Cisneros-Chavez in apartment 323 just before 9 p.m. Multiple gunshots were fired. Cisneros-Chavez received fatal gunshot wounds and died of his injuries in the apartment

santafenewmexican.com
13594Damon Cortez Hall34MaleRace unspecified10/25/2013St. LouisMO38.663342-90.2698968St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hall ignored orders from officers to drop his weapon. Officers then opened fire on Hall after he pointed the handgun at them, killing him.

stltoday.com
13593Julie Ann Caudill43FemaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2013DublinOH40.0870112-83.0989331Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Caudill's husband had called police from out of town to ask for a well-being check. Neighbors reported seeing the woman in her yard, bleeding with cuts to her wrists. When police arrived, they say Caudill opened the front door, holding a handgun and pointed it at an officer..A veteran police sergeant fired multiple rounds, hitting the woman in the chest.

ohio.gov
13597Robert Eugene Parlette Jr.73MaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2013IslamoradaFL24.962784-80.5910882Monroe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Parlette was shot and killed by police after he fired his gun at deputies.

local10.com
13596Victor Torres-Elizondo30MaleHispanic/Latino10/25/2013HillsboroOR45.5148793-122.9689997Hillsboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Torres-Elizondo fired a shot at an officer during a traffic stop. The officer returned six shots, killing him. His criminal record had included a number of drug convictions and outstanding warrants but no violent crimes.

oregonlive.com
13595Sergio Munoz39MaleHispanic/Latino10/25/2013RidgecrestCA35.6224561-117.6708966Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Munoz, suspected of murdering a woman and wounding a man in Ridgecrest, was shot and killed by seven police officers during a car chase in the Mojave Desert. He fired on vehicles and held hostages in his car. The hostages were flown to a hospital in critical condition after being shot by Munoz.

ridgecrestca.com
13592Vincent L. Young68MaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2013St. PetersburgFL27.8143973-82.7801344U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Young claimed he had a bomb and lunged a knife toward VA police. The officer shot and killed Young. Young did not have a bomb.

theledger.com
13598Ronald Roland18MaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2013WilmingtonNC34.198718-77.922616Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three men robbed a pizza hut. Police had been in the area after being tipped off that a robbery was planned. After robbing the employees, Ronald Roland and Tevin Robinson exited the store and were shot and killed by awaiting police. A BB gun gun and starter pistol were recovered from the scene, but it is not clear who was in possession of these items.

wwaytv3.com
13599Tevin Robinson20MaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2013WilmingtonNC34.198718-77.922616Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three men robbed a pizza hut. Police had been in the area after being tipped off that a robbery was planned. After robbing the employees, Ronald Roland and Tevin Robinson exited the store and were shot and killed by awaiting police. A BB gun gun and starter pistol were recovered from the scene, but it is not clear who was in possession of these items.

wwaytv3.com
13603Richard Rodriguez32MaleHispanic/Latino10/26/2013BanningCA33.9256335-116.9095884Banning Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police officer responded to a call about a man who was knocking on motel room doors looking for a woman.The man brandished a pistol and the officer shot him.

patch.com
13605David R. DiRoma69MaleEuropean-American/White10/26/2013ClearwaterFL27.9718489-82.7118889Clearwater Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DiRoma told a friend he was suicidal. The friend called authorities for help. DiRoma pointed a gun at officers. An officer fearing for his life shot and killed DiRoma.

baynews9.com
13602Christopher Chase35MaleEuropean-American/White10/26/2013AlbuquerqueNM35.1386691-106.6412423Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chase led dozens of police officers on a 16-mile police chase after stealing an APD cruiser and firing at police with an assault rifle. He shot and wounded four law enforcement officers, one badly, before being shot and killed by police at Fourth and Montano.

koat.com
13606Jonathan V. Robertson32MaleRace unspecified10/26/2013PearisburgVA37.33471-80.7516459Giles County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police, Pearisburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robertson had stopped his Chevrolet S-10 pickup across the roadway forcing the law enforcement officers to stop. When the special agent and deputy identified themselves as law enforcement, Robertson displayed a weapon and began shooting at the law enforcement officers. The special agent and deputy returned fire

roanoke.com
13604Dimetri Polen24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/26/2013West Palm BeachFL26.719043-80.061865West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Polen pointed an AK-47 at an officer after getting pulled over. The officer shot and killed Polen.

wpbf.com
13607Josh Matthew Collins29MaleEuropean-American/White10/26/2013YumaAZ32.7063291-114.6394673Yuma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police chief was at the home of Collins' girlfriend when Collins entered he attacked both of them. He repeatedly stabbed the police chief before being shot and killed, but it is not clear who fired the shot.

yumasun.com
13610William Alfred Harvey III57MaleAfrican-American/Black10/27/2013BellflowerCA33.8851457-118.1170223Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two female deputies were called to the scene at an assisted living home where a man was disturbing residents. The man was incoherent and foaming at the mouth. He hit one deputy in the head and knocked the other into a stone fountain. He reached for one of the deputy's guns, at which point she shot and killed him.

nbclosangeles.com
13615Amy Reyna35FemaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2013HobbsNM32.725611-103.1277005Denver City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a multi-state high-speed pursuit involving several jurisdictions, Reyna ran off the road. Denver City officer Ryan Taylor shot her three times in the head and twice in the torso, with indications that her hands had been raised, according to an autopsy. She was unarmed.

abcnews.go.com
13611Marie Leanne Edith Hartman26FemaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2013BaltimoreMD39.2092877-76.53368Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hoffman and Hartman were murdered by officer Robinson who committed suicide after he killed the two victims.

baltimoresun.com
13613Andrew Scott Hoffman27MaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2013BaltimoreMD39.2092877-76.53368Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hoffman and Hartman were murdered by officer Robinson who committed suicide after he killed the two victims.

baltimoresun.com
13614Christopher Lee Robinson37MaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2013BaltimoreMD39.2092877-76.53368Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anne Arundel County police say Baltimore Police Officer Christopher Lee Robinson, 37, shot his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before turning the gun on himself

baltimoresun.com
13612Jarmel Anthony Cosby28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/27/2013JacksonvilleFL30.4234828-81.6809403Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer M.W. Crawford reportedly ordered the suspect to surrender, instead the suspect allegedly ignored commands and attempted to jump a fence. Officers said they spotted a gun near the suspect's hand. When Cosby reached for the gun, Crawford fired several shots, striking the suspect an undetermined amount of times. The suspect was shot and killed on scene and a gun was recovered by JSO investigators.

jacksonville.com
13609Arturo Jorge Guzman51MaleHispanic/Latino10/27/2013HialeahFL25.8646895-80.2654266Hialeah Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hialeah police were called by woman about a domestic dispute where she claimed her husband had a gun. Police alleged that Arturo Guzman brandished a gun, when they shot and killed him.

miamiherald.com
13616Jake Ramsey Maese-Murphy26MaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2013DrummondsTN35.433689-89.896817Tipton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were at a home searching for a man wanted on probation violation. The man's son, Jake, suddenly came toward police with a knife. Officers attempted to use a taser to subdue Murphy but he continued approaching them saying he had a gun. Officers then shot and killed Murphy.

wmcactionnews5.com
13620Clinton Eugene Peterson28MaleEuropean-American/White10/28/2013DuncanvilleTX32.6410988-96.9014404Duncanville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers approached Peterson during a disturbance call. He led them on a foot chase before being shot and killed after pointing an Airsoft gun at them.

google.com
13622George Pryor61MaleAfrican-American/Black10/28/2013StatesboroGA32.441346-81.789904Statesboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived at Pryor's house to enforce a code violation. Pryor came out of house with a shotgun and fired at officers. Officers returned fire, killing Pryor.

statesboroherald.com
13621Wilmon L. Hutto Jr.71MaleEuropean-American/White10/28/2013LexingtonSC33.9936759-81.1604695Lexington County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at Hutto's home. Upon arrival, offficer say Hutto threatened him and pointed a gun at the officer. Officer shot and killed Hutto.

wistv.com
19124Chandra Fields26FemaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

dailymail.co.uk
19125Richard Allan Fields51MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

dailymail.co.uk
19126Melissa Maroney Fields49FemaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

dailymail.co.uk
19127Tariq Kenyon Robinson11MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

dailymail.co.uk
19128William Asa Robinson9MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

dailymail.co.uk
13625Michael A. Sica57MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013SyracuseNY43.0136183-76.2827668Onondaga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sica's parents called authorities to say their son was suicidal and threatening to kill police. When police responded, he locked himself in a garage and fired a shot. When police entered the garage, Sica pointed a pistol at them and they fired on him.

syracuse.com
19123Bryan E. Sweatt27MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2013GreenwoodSC34.0804402-82.1368517Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Bryan E. Sweatt, 27, shot and killed Chandra Fields, 26, Richard Allan Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, during a standoff with deputies from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. It's possible one of these deaths occurred before deputies arrived.

google.com
13623Dominique Jean51MaleAfrican-American/Black10/29/2013MiamiFL25.7988128-80.2638657Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jean was observed by a police officer at a gas station near Miami International Airport, stuffing newspapers under a tank and trying to light them.The officer quickly reached the station's emergency shut-off valves, preventing an explosion. When caught, Jean attacked the officer with a knife after a taser failed to work, and (by some reports) trying to bite off the officer's thumb. Jean then attacked the officer with a screwdriver at which point the officer shot and killed him.

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13624Cortdalro Damarcel Brown25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/29/2013HoustonTX29.962639-95.424606Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brown approached the off duty deputy's unmarked car and tried to rob him at gunpoint. The deputy shot and killed Brown.

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13627Quentin Eric Hicks49MaleAfrican-American/Black10/29/2013InglewoodCA33.9454702-118.3435462Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled over a car without plates, two men and one woman were inside the vehicle, Hicks got out of the car and was confronting the police officers, he was armed and fired at the police, then he was shot and killed.

nbclosangeles.com
13629Shawn Schuett19MaleEuropean-American/White10/30/2013WillardOH41.042175-82.7187987Willard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Shawn Schuett killed Kimberly A. Kelley, an employee of Family Dollar, before turning the gun on himself. Police say he had no connection to the store or the hostages.

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13630Kimberly A. Kelley48FemaleRace unspecified10/30/2013WillardOH41.042175-82.7187987Willard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Shawn Schuett killed Kimberly A. Kelley, an employee of Family Dollar, before turning the gun on himself. Police say he had no connection to the store or the hostages.

mydeathspace.com
13636James Bryant28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/30/2013Fort BelvoirVA38.7079157-77.1597051Fairfax County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bryant assaulted an officer, took his baton and hit the officer with it. The officer then shot and killed Bryant.

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13634Alfred Ferrell III28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/30/2013IndianapolisIN39.8390216-86.1209673Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ferrell was in process of robbing an adult store when he encountered the responding officer outside on the sidewalk. The officer ordered him to the ground and tasered him twice when he did not comply. From the ground, Ferrell then pointed his gun at the officer and fired shots, at which point the officered shot and killed him.

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13633John Curtis "JC" Garreaux24MaleNative American/Alaskan10/30/2013Fort ThompsonSD44.0772663-99.4379559U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were attempting to serve a warrant to a man and followed a vehicle, driven by Jason Garreau, known to belong to the man. Garreau calls cousin, John Garreaux, who arrives on scene and begins to fire shots at USMS and BIA officers and was killed in return fire as Jason Garreau fled.

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13637Dionne L. Jordan30MaleAfrican-American/Black10/30/2013EriePA42.1157746-80.0300038Erie Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jordan was killed by Erie police on the afternoon of Oct. 30, shortly after investigators said he entered the Widget Financial branch on East 38th Street with a gun and threatened to shoot employees while robbing the branch of a significant amount of cash. As he was getting in to getaway car, police encountered him at which point he reach for his waist and police shot him 19 times.

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13635Shane Whitworth30MaleRace unspecified10/30/2013Virginia BeachVA36.8574013-76.1522115Virginia Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say they were dispatched to the residence after a woman called to report that her husband had locked himself in the bathroom and threatened to harm himself. Whitworth eventually left the house through the back door, armed with a handgun. He fired the gun once before hiding under a trampoline. He then got a ladder and climbed over the back fence. Once he got over the fence, still armed with a gun, officers fired at him.

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13641John Wayne Howell57MaleAfrican-American/Black10/31/2013ButlerGA32.6527269-84.2001424Taylor County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Residents called 911 to report a man, who they knew, was walking around the neighborhood holding a machete and a pipe, and acting erratic. The man didn't recognize any of the people he was talking to, and residents told investigators he was threatening them. When deputies arrived on the scene, one tried to use a taser. He was continuing to act aggressive toward the three deputies on the scene. Smith says that's when two fired shots at the man, killing him in a front yard on Old Wire Road

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13639Eric C. Auxier28MaleEuropean-American/White10/31/2013GowerMO39.6671956-94.5439642Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Auxier was shot and killed after a two-county chase that ended with him ramming his vehicle into a deputy before being shot. A county official found that the deputy acted appropriately in using lethal force.

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13638Name withheld by police26MaleRace unspecified10/31/2013BronxNY40.8205414-73.8515392City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to calls of shots fired were fired upon by a 26-year-old man. After attempting to flee, a total of six officers fired 17 times at the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

cbslocal.com
13640Arthur PageMaleRace unspecified10/31/2013BeaufortNC34.737559-76.643596Beaufort Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Page shot his sister and her neighbor with a shotgun before police arrived and demanded that he drop his gun. Two officers fired and killed Page, who apparently suffered from a mental illness. The two responding deputies were cleared of any wrongdoing.

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13646Carlos Saenz27MaleHispanic/Latino11/01/2013ParamountCA33.885505-118.1691422Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After brandishing a gun at a deputy during a traffic stop, Saenz led police on a short chase that ended when he crashed his SUV into a tree. After a two-hour long standoff, Saenz left his car and pointed a gun at deputies, leading them to shoot and kill him.

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13645Rosa Elvira Flores-Lopez50FemaleHispanic/Latino11/01/2013Port ArthurTX29.9167538-93.9312335Port Arthur Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a family disturbance at the home of Flores-Lopez, who allegedly threatened the officers with a knife. After using a taser to no effect, an officer shot Flores-Lopez and killed her. She apparently suffered from mental health issues.

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13647Thomas Ardd44MaleAfrican-American/Black11/01/2013EnterpriseMS32.2037695-88.8452872Meridian Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas Ardd led police on a high speed chase that started in Meridian and ended in Clarke County. Police said Ardd refused to stop, lost control and hit a police vehicle head on. He then got out of his vehicle, pointed a gun at officers and refused to drop it before two officers opened fire. Ardd was pronounced dead at the scene.

meridianstar.com
13649Eric Dickerson33MaleEuropean-American/White11/02/2013PapillionNE41.1388841-96.0045203Papillion Police Department, La Vista Police Department, Bellevue Police Department, Sarpy County Sheriff's Office, Nebraska State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Eric Dickerson was reportedly suspected of robbing the First National Bank branch at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion at around 12:30 p.m. Police from Papillion, La Vista and Bellevue, Sarpy County deputies, state troopers and the NSP helicopter chased Dickerson for about 30 minutes before they said he abandoned the Chevrolet Impala he was driving and fled on foot into a cornfield. As he ran, Dickerson allegedly fired one shot, then ran to a pile of brush and shot himself in the head with a .22-caliber rifle. Dickerson died the next morning at a hospital.

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13650Salvador Munoz22MaleHispanic/Latino11/02/2013DallasTX32.7180217-96.8031665Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance at the home of Munoz's ex-girlfriend, and arrived to find him sitting on the home's front porch. After a short struggle, Munoz disarmed an officer's taser and refused to drop the weapon, leading police to shoot him.

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13656Alfred San Antonio51MaleHispanic/Latino11/03/2013PhoenixAZ33.6691889-112.0827868Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After his girlfriend told him that she was leaving him, San Antonio allegedly took a knife and attempted to attack her. Responding officers shot San Antonio after he allegedly lunged at them with a knife.

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13655Lawrence Cambra88MaleEuropean-American/White11/03/2013Oregon CityOR45.3431266-122.6044232Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After getting in an argument with his girlfriend, Cambra set his house on fire and shot a responding officer. After members of a SWAT team arrived, Cambra shot himself once in the chest. Though he wasn't diagnosed with a mental condition, Cambra's girlfriend mentioned several strange behaviors and actions that the 88-year-old engaged in.The officer shot died of his wounds.

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13654Nattela Ruth Blackwell64FemaleEuropean-American/White11/03/2013CovingtonTN35.5458244-89.6654664Tipton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After Blackwell's husband called to warn police that she had a handgun, officers found her in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart where she had fired the gun. After refusing to drop the weapon, officers shot her. The county sheriff stated that he believed Blackwell intended to commit "suicide by cop."

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13657Robert Desir23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/04/2013Miami GardensFL25.9648228-80.2436546Miami Gardens Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Desir was suspected of murdering his stepfather, and allegedly began shooting at police who were waiting at his home, who then returned fire and killed him.

cbslocal.com
13659Michael Blair26MaleAfrican-American/Black11/04/2013RichmondTX29.5030043-95.7620415Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On instructions from a hospital, Blair's family called the county police to assist when the 26-year-old paranoid schizophrenic had locked himself in a bathroom and had threatened suicide with a knife. Officers tasered Blair without effect, then killed him with "almost a dozen" gunshots fired into his body at point-blank range as he advanced toward them.

chron.com
13660Tyler James Comstock19MaleEuropean-American/White11/04/2013AmesIA42.0266187-93.6464654Ames Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tyler Comstock's father refused to buy him cigarettes. Tyler took his father's lawn care truck and trailer and his father called the police on him. Tyler fled through a red light, rammed two police cars and was fired upon six times by the police. He was hit twice in the head and chest by Officer Adam McPherson. Comstock's family reached a financial settlement in April, 2015.

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13664Deonte Traylor24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/05/2013FairfieldCA38.2436933-122.0499178Fairfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Traylor, a parolee suspected of stabbing his girlfriend more than 30 times, was shot and killed by multiple Fairfield police officers on Highway 12 after he lunged at officers with a knife.

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13662Jerry Vue27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/05/2013FresnoCA36.7301959-119.7173108Fresno County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a group of law-enforcement agents entered Vue's apartment looking to arrest him from a 2012 kidnapping, Vue ambushed the officers from a hiding place, injuring three officers. After exchanging gunfire, Vue was killed.

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13669Jose "Menace" Quinonez22MaleAfrican-American/Black11/06/2013NewarkNJ40.7601881-74.1904104Essex County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies shot Quinonez, the target of a drug investigation, after he allegedly approached them with a loaded gun. Eyewitnesses and friends of Quinonez said he was hit by a police car and shot on the ground.

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13670Wayne Brunette49MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2013BurlingtonVT44.517913-73.246385Burlington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mentally ill man causing a ruckus at mother's home. Mother called police. Man allegedly confronted officers with a shovel. As he approached the officers, he was shot.

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13671Jeanette "Jen" Lisa Anaya39FemaleHispanic/Latino11/07/2013Santa FeNM35.648019-105.984393New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

New Mexico State Police say an officer shot and killed a woman after a high speed chase because she backed up her vehicle in his general direction. According to the latest police report, 39-year-old Jeanette Anaya fled from a state police officer as he attempted to pull her over in Santa Fe just after 1 a.m. State police said the chase reached speeds of 87 mph in a residential neighborhood. The officer bumped Anaya's vehicle using a pursuit intervention technique and the chase ended near Camino Carlos Rey and Las Casitas. As the officer approached the vehicle, state police said Anaya "aggressively" backed up toward the officer and struck the police car. Anaya's family later sued and was awarded $3 million dollars.

santafenewmexican.com
13673Don White24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/08/2013KennerLA30.0196462-90.2365924Kenner Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

White was shot and killed after an officer found him hiding in a stolen car. White refused to leave the car, and the officer fired into the car when it appeared White was accelerating the car in his general direction.

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13680Donte Lamonte Jordan39MaleAfrican-American/Black11/10/2013Long BeachCA33.7826062-118.1963655Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jordan allegedly fired multiple rounds at a driver of a dark-colored vehicle near a gas station. The driver, who later reported that he did not know Jordan nor what provoked the attack, fled. When officers arrived, they saw Jordan walking along the sidewalk of West Anaheim Street near Chestnut Avenue with an object in each hand. He matched the description that callers provided, the department said. According to the release, when officers "made contact" with Jordan, he dropped an object from his right hand, which turned out to be a handgun. He fled with an object in his left hand when he was shot and killed by police. The object was a cell phone.

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13679Christopher James Ryckeart31MaleEuropean-American/White11/10/2013ElkhartIN41.681665-85.9757132Elkhart Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After an attempted traffic stop, Ryckeart led police on a 40-minute chase. Police on foot surrounded vehicle after crash and claim suspect tried to back over them with vehicle. The officers who shot and killed Ryckeart were cleared of any wrongdoing by a grand jury in January 2014.

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13685David Andrew Gaston56MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2013CrestlineCA34.24523-117.303134San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies called to support fire department at a small house fire. Gaston yelled at the firefighters and deputies and ran into the woods wearing only sweatpants. When he came out he "made a movement simulating drawing a firearm and the deputies fired, striking Gaston several times." He was unarmed.

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13682Jonathan D. Clark III25MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2013FountainCO38.6760665-104.7064528Fountain Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clark, a decorated soldier, exchanged gunfire and threatened suicide when police responded to where he had crashed into a house. Officers fired at Clark and hit him in the wrist and chest, killing him. The local district attorney's officer cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.

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13681Shawn M. Rieves17MaleAfrican-American/Black11/11/2013MilwaukeeWI43.0368484-87.9117537Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a failed robbery attempt, officers found Rieves on the second floor of Milwaukee's downtown Transit Center and attempted to negotiate with him. Rieves became threatening, and the officers shot and killed the 17-year-old known for having mental problems.

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13684Abdul Kamal30MaleAfrican-American/Black11/11/2013IrvingtonNJ40.7299455-74.2272944Irvington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After breaking into his estranged wife's apartment, Kamal was confronted by police who demanded him to take his hands out of his pockets. Officers first pepper-sprayed the unarmed Kamal before shooting him. A grand jury is still investigating the shooting, and Kamal's mother has lead several protests and demands for legal action.

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13683John W. Montgomery59MaleRace unspecified11/11/2013ColumbusOH40.1442892-82.965424Westerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Westerville officer pulled over Montgomery's car for a routine traffic stop, and as he approached the car saw Montgomery holding a handgun. After he refused commands to drop the weapon, the officer opened fire, fatally shooting Montgomery.

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13686Zachary Ryan Day22MaleEuropean-American/White11/12/2013LufkinTX31.1060763-94.6346688Angelina County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Day threatened suicide to his mother. Deputies found Day near Grimes Cemetery Road. Day was seated, with the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth. One of the deputies, a negotiator, tried to talk to Day. Day fatally shot himself.

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13690Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/13/2013HawthorneCA33.9053877-118.3330059Hawthorne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a spousal abuse call arrived to find the suspect barricaded in the storage room of an apartment complex's parking garage. The man left the room holding a handgun, leading officers to shoot and kill the man.

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13691Jonathen Santellana17MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2013HoustonTX29.9072337-95.6358753Navasota Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Santellana and a young female companion were sitting in a parked car in an apartment parking lot when approached by an off-duty Navasota officer and ordered to leave the vehicle. When Santellana did not immediately comply, the officer discharged his weapon multiple times. One bullet fatally wounded the victim. Witnesses say the officer did not identify himself, and tried to confiscate video evidence after the fact.

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13689Willie James Williams27MaleAfrican-American/Black11/13/2013ColumbusGA32.4166982-84.9409058Columbus Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams and another man were stopped by police who matched their descriptions to a pair that had recently committed a nearby armed robbery. The officer shot Williams after he refused to put down what appeared to be a gun, but was actually a BB gun.

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13693Bill Larry Jones53MaleAfrican-American/Black11/14/2013San AntonioTX29.364493-98.451491San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones allegedly threatened and yelled at officers responding to calls of family violence from Jones's apartment. One officer shot Jones, who was carrying three large knives and advanced toward the officers. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

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13692John Williams49MaleRace unspecified11/14/2013MabelvaleAR34.6571798-92.3935858Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a call from William's girlfriend, who said that he had taken 50 Xanax and was trying to kill himself, found Williams holding a long-barrel gun. After he refused to drop the weapon, officers shot Williams twice, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

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13697Paul Aguilar21MaleHispanic/Latino11/15/2013RosemeadCA34.0553859-118.0850433Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies initially responded to a call that Aguilar was drunk and acting violent but left after determining the family could take care of the situation. After receiving another call, deputies returned to find Aguilar had cut the neck of his aunt with a steak knife. As he moved to attack her again, officers shot and killed him.

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13694Ohave Whitfield40MaleAfrican-American/Black11/15/2013DecaturGA33.7149949-84.2159322U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Whitfield was wanted in connection to the murder of a Lawrenceville woman at a child's birthday party. Gwinnett County Police say Whitfield was tracked down by U.S. Marshals in DeKalb County. The marshals were about to take Whitfield into custody when Whitfield took off in a car driven by another person. The driver made off for a short distance before stopping at a parking lot. According to GCPD Cpl. Jake Smith, that's when Whitfield pulled out a handgun and fatally shot himself in the head.

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13695Steven W. Core59MaleRace unspecified11/15/2013GypsumKS38.478383-97.47208McPherson County Sheriff's Office, McPherson Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism, Canton Police Department, Harvey County Sheriff's Office, Newton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Steven W. Core reportedly committed suicide during an eight-hour standoff. Deputies had responded to a report of a possibly suicidal person with a revolver and located Core just before 3 p.m. at Maxwell State Fishing Lake. The area was secured and multiple officers from various agencies arrived. Officers tried contact Core, but were mostly unsuccessful. According to reports, a gunshot was heard from inside Core's vehicle shortly after 11 p.m. Core died at the scene.

mcphersonsentinel.com
13698Gary K. Boyd Sr.42MaleAfrican-American/Black11/15/2013Hamilton TownshipNJ40.213002-74.7238534Hamilton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boyd allegedly appeared at the home of his estranged wife and began following her, stabbing himself several times in the process. Arriving officers shot Boyd after he refused to drop the knife and brandished it at the officers.

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13701Ted Christopher Hoffstrom30MaleEuropean-American/White11/15/2013WayzataMN44.960554-93.56874Orono Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chase led dozens of police officers on a 16-mile police chase after stealing an APD cruiser and firing at police with an assault rifle. He shot and wounded four police officers, one badly, before beung shot and killed by police at Fourth and Montano.

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22379Devin Paul Killebrew Johnson32MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2013IndianapolisIN39.7966741-86.0102983Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was shot and killed by police as he was robbing a CVS store, police said. He allegedly brandished a handgun.

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13703Andrea Naharro-Gionet61FemaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2013San JoseCA37.3256022-121.9296316Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to calls of a woman making excess noise to find Gionet armed with a steak knife. A deputy shot and killed Gionet, who had multiple sclerosis and cancer, after she allegedly cornered an officer with the knife.

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13702Nicholas "Nick" Lyndon Simonitch22MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2013Kansas CityKS39.075364-94.671656Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Simonitch was allegedly wielding a baseball bat when officers arrived on a disturbance call. He was shot after police say he lunged at them with the bat.

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13706Bob Bandler78MaleEuropean-American/White11/17/2013Los AngelesCA34.0973479-118.4499014Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bandler allegedly threatened a gas company employee with a handgun, and was later found by police wielding a shotgun. Officers then shot Bandler, who apparently suffered from mental problems and "demons."

cbslocal.com
13704Jonathan Wilcher26MaleAfrican-American/Black11/17/2013TitusvilleFL28.5559576-80.7979477Titusville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a 911 call of shots fired at a Titusville sports bar found Wilcher and two other men inside a car. Wilcher allegedly ignored an officer's orders and approached them while holding a handgun, leading officers to shoot Wilcher.

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13705Jason D. White31MaleAfrican-American/Black11/17/2013HilliardOH39.9978789-83.1498066Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

White was initially shot at by police after he entered an unlocked apartment and was brandishing a knife. Police later found White, who was apparently suffering from a mental illness, holding a knife to his throat and shot him after he failed to put the knife down.

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13708James Steven Fay55MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2013Boynton BeachFL26.4962485-80.1520292Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After police were called to Fay's home on a domestic disturbance call, the 55-year-old allegedly came out of his house holding a handgun. Officers shot and killed Fay after he allegedly raised his gun at them.

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13711Rexford Dasrath22MaleAfrican-American/Black11/18/2013BrooklynNY40.7032802-73.921112City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

NYPD were called when a man wielding a knife threatened to kill someone. When NYPD arrived, the man banged on the patrol car with the blade. Before they exit, he flings a bottle at a taxi. The cops got out of the car and split up to approach Dasrath, whom a source said weighed about 300 pounds. The cop fired at Dasrath from a distance of about five or six feet after he lunged at him with the knife. An NYPD press release said Dasrath was shot in the chest and one of his hands, but a cop source said he had five bullet wounds, though some may have been exit wounds. Dasrath, who was said to have had learning disabilities, was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he died. The city successfully defended against a wrongful death lawsuit.

nydailynews.com
13707Steven J. Bell38MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2013BerlinNY42.6895789-73.3307679New York State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a domestic disturbance call discovered that Bell had taken a rifle and fled into a nearby forest. After a short search, officers shot the unarmed Bell after he approached a group of officers and made threatening hand motions.

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20074Brian Anthony Costley53MaleRace unspecified11/18/2013HanoverPA39.7421578-76.9437064West Manheim Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Two township police officers tried to serve an arrest warrant on Costley, who was wanted in Carroll County, Maryland, for violation of pretrial conditions on a drunken driving charge. Police said he began shooting at the officers, one of whom returned fire. Authorities later entered the home and found Costley dead. Police said he shot himself twice in the torso.

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13709Antoine Duane Goodrum27MaleHispanic/Latino11/18/2013GermantownMD39.168269-77.26751Montgomery County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Goodrum initially called police and told them that he shot his roommate and grandmother, and was later found a few blocks away carrying an assault rifle and a tactical vest. After a short negotiation, police shot and killed Goodrum. The roommate and grandmother were unharmed.

patch.com
13718Joshua Hathaway19MaleEuropean-American/White11/19/2013LynchburgVA37.3799567-79.1584645Liberty University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer was attacked by Hathaway with a wooden mallet. A fight ensued and as Hathaway struggled for the officer's gun, the officer shot him twice.

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13717Jesus Huerta17MaleHispanic/Latino11/19/2013DurhamNC35.9966429-78.9092997Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Samuel Duncan was transporting Jesus Huerta to police headquarters shortly before 3 a.m. to pick up a warrant charging the teen with second-degree trespassing. When the officer got to the parking lot, he heard a loud noise in the car and jumped from the vehicle, police said. The patrol car rolled into a van and came to rest with Huerta in the back seat. Based on the preliminary investigation, it does not appear that any Durham police officer fired a weapon during this incident. Police say shot himself in the head while he was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car.

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13713Wayne A. Courtright58MaleRace unspecified11/19/2013GuernevilleCA38.5230096-122.9743029Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Courtright's wife phoned police to tell them that her husband had a rifle and was intoxicated and suicidal. Responding deputies and Courtright exchanged gunfire before Courtright was fatally shot, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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13715Tyler Damon Woods19MaleAfrican-American/Black11/19/2013Long BeachCA33.772707-118.173651Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Woods stopped in a traffic stop and fled on foot. He ran to a rooftop, where police confronted him and shot him 19 times, killing him. A jury awarded the family $2.95 million in 2016.

latimes.com
13714Peter John Oien47MaleEuropean-American/White11/19/2013Chino HillsCA33.96796-117.7301507San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to the home on report of a stabbing, where they found Oien armed with a knife. He allegedly tried to attack deputies with the knife, forcing them to fire. Oien later died at a nearby hospital.

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13716Larry Clay44MaleEuropean-American/White11/19/2013PrescottAZ34.553417-112.402434Prescott Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Jared Willis responded to a report of a suicidal man in the 4800 block Hornet Drive at about 8:45 p.m. and ultimately shot and killed Clay, whom he said had a knife in each hand and charged him with them.

washingtontimes.com
13724Christopher Lee Koziatek44MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2013EugeneOR44.0393542-123.1507908Eugene Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Aaron Johns, age 40 and a 15-year veteran of the Eugene Police Department, stopped a red Honda mini-bike at the Fire Station driveway on Bailey Hill Road. During the initial encounter, the officer removed a large knife and a hatchet from the mini-bike's rider, Christopher Lee Koziatek, age 44, of Eugene. During the officer's initial contact with the suspect, the suspect ran from the officer and the officer gave chase on foot to the southeast side of Churchill High School. The officer called for emergency back-up and a lockdown of Churchill High School. The officer caught the suspect, who physically resisted and assaulted the officer while also armed with a handgun. The suspect was shot by the officer. Responding officers provided emergency medical aid, and Fire/EMS arrived. The suspect died on scene.

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13722Marty Maiden II20MaleAfrican-American/Black11/20/2013TucsonAZ32.1146717-111.1025986Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maiden or his family called 911 to report that he was suicidal at the home of his late father, who reportedly committed suicide during a SWAT standoff a month earlier. A SWAT team was called to the home and "was attempting to diffuse the situation." When Maiden reportedly stepped outside with a rifle and shotgun, he ignored commands to drop his weapons. Deputy Gilbert Caudillo shot him once, killing him.

tucson.com
13725Timothy Mahoney58MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2013San MateoFL29.6115563-81.5815484Putnam County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office responded to calls following reports of shots fired. When deputies arrived on scene, Mahoney was on his back porch with a handgun. Negotiators worked with Mahoney for an hour in an attempt to get him to put the gun down. Mahoney allegedly refused and deputies deployed a taser, but it was not effective. Mahoney then fired his gun hitting a deputy in the arm. Deputies returned fire, striking Mahoney who was transported to the hospital. He died on the way.

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13850Andrew John Beard46MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2013San AntonioTX29.5265461-98.6779644San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beard was standing in his mother's backyard and told officers he wanted to be shot by police. During the negotiation with investigators fired and brandished a handgun, and two SAPD officers shot Beard. Paramedics were called, but Beard died at the scene.

google.com
13723Lennord Whittle25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/20/2013MiddletownNY41.440815-74.419329Middletown Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to reports of two men in a dispute in and around a Sam's Food Store. One of those two was Whittle, armed with a knife, who refused police commands to drop his weapon. Police fatally shot him and their actions were upheld by a grand jury.

dailyfreeman.com
13726Jessie A. Gordon22MaleEuropean-American/White11/21/2013Baton RougeLA30.4279686-91.0759277East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, Denham Springs Police Department, Louisiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jesse Gordon reportedly killed himself when officers from several agencies arrived at his hotel room to serve a warrant for burglary and drug-related crimes at around 1:15 a.m. After entering the room at the Magnuson hotel, officers reported hearing Gordon fire a shot, and a deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office returned fire. A state trooper and a deputy received minor injuries from "bullet shrapnel", according to officials. The shrapnel was from a bullet fired by another deputy's gun. EBRSO SWAT later entered the hotel room and found Gordon dead. Investigators said they believe he shot and killed himself. Gordon had been suspected of pawning $2,000 worth of silverware stolen from a friend's parents home in October 2013, police said.

wafb.com
13727Andrew B. Murnieks28MaleEuropean-American/White11/21/2013South BrunswickNJ40.3797866-74.5249557Middlesex County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Victim was schizophrenic, and per his mother, not taking his medications. His mother called the police. Murnieks had a knife and after a crisis negotiator failed in trying to get Murnieks to disarm, the special operations team shot Murnieks.

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13733Tyler Keinonen31MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2013BendOR44.0595845-121.2606512Bend Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 10:30 in the evening, police knocked on the front door of a house that had been the target of a drugs, guns, and vehicle theft investigation earlier in the day. Tyler Keinonen, who wes unarmed, exited the back door and then a back gate, when he was suddenly fatally shot once in the chest by police. Keinonen and his brother had been arrested earlier in the year for a drug operation said to be county-wide.

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13731Jose Jovanny Mendoza18MaleHispanic/Latino11/22/2013Los AngelesCA34.1721636-118.3659431Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Responding to a "man with gun" call in an intersection, police reportedly spotted Mendoza walking in the street. They report that when they approached him in their vehicle, he produced a gun. They shot and killed him.

lapdonline.org
13729Thomas Bradley Garza26MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2013Fort WorthTX32.8836032-97.3006094Euless Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A narcotics officer who fatally shot a suspect after he pointed a shotgun at officers executing a search warrant at a north Fort Worth house.

google.com
13732Danny Thornton47MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2013ColumbusOH40.0577698-82.9123648Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thornton shot and killed two people, one of which was a 9-year old boy. Afterwards he was in a standoff between SWAT. Thornton was ultimately shot and killed.

dispatch.com
13734Adolfo Ramirez37MaleHispanic/Latino11/22/2013RiversideCA33.9864083-117.3622794Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Riverside Police Department patrol officer was checking on an occupied vehicle parked near a closed gas station. As the officer exited his vehicle, Ramirez produced a handgun and there was an exchange of gunfire between Ramirez and the officer. Ramirez was shot and killed.

riversideca.gov
13730Shane David Cataline30MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2013Rock FallsIL41.7594283-89.6344305Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An ISP trooper conducted a traffic stop. The driver of the stopped car aggressively pinned the trooper between his (car) and another while the trooper was on foot. Shots were fired and an (Illinois) DNR officer who responded in fear for his life and the life of the trooper discharged his weapon and killed Cataline. The subject's family has since sued and lost.

shawlocal.com
13743Jeremy Tyler McGee24MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2013Fort WorthTX32.726917-97.46882Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Uniformed police officers were attempting to arrest McGeer on 3 outstanding felony warrants. He attempted to evade arrest in a vehicle, and then drove in the general direction of three police officers. Another officer fired his handgun at the deceased, who was struck twice and died as a result of the gunshot wound.

google.com
13742Jimmy Cruz24MaleRace unspecified11/23/2013South GateCA33.9504891-118.2009944South Gate Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a 911 domestic disturbance call with a man possibly armed, the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau said. They say he did not cooperate and tried to flee "while continually grasping at his waistband area." When he reportedly turned back toward them, an officer feared he had armed himself and shot and killed him.

nixle.com
13744O'Tavis Septian Hall35MaleAfrican-American/Black11/24/2013WInchesterCA33.622164-117.0875136Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot O'Tavis Hall after he allegely pointed a rifle at them

villagenews.com
13748Michael W. Habay42MaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2013BoulderCO40.006219-105.252722Boulder Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call about a man with a knife and machete. Officers report that they knocked on Habay's door and when he didn't answer, they forced the door open, believing a woman was inside. They report that they saw him with a knife and machete, and that he did not follow commands to get down and/or drop the knife. When he swung the knives at them as he ran out the door, Officer Vincent Gallerani shot him twice.

westword.com
13755Robert Brown26MaleRace unspecified11/25/2013WashingtonDC38.8814942-76.9330314Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers investigating a previous homicide encountered Brown with a handgun. Commanded to drop his weapon, Brown did not, and was fatally shot.

homicidewatch.org
13752Robert Reagh Gillon72MaleHispanic/Latino11/25/2013Granada HillsCA34.3028725-118.4985649Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Neighbors called 911 about shots fired in Gillon's yard. When police arrived, they report, Gillon was "going in and out of his house" with a rifle and handgun via his backyard and that they commanded him to drop his weapons. When he exited his rear door, an officer shot and killed him. Police report that he may have suffered from mental illness.

ktla.com
13754Clarence Dorris53MaleAfrican-American/Black11/25/2013MabletonGA33.841901-84.60034Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dorris raised a weapon at officers after Dorris had an argument with his wife. Officers shot and killed Dorris after he raised his weapon.

ajc.com
13749Heping Sheng61MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/25/2013LawrencevilleGA33.8945598-84.103418Gwinnett County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police reported to the couple's home in reference to a silent panic alarm. The responding officer rang the doorbell twice before Sheng answered. The man did not say anything, but gave a slight nod; he then pulled a silver handgun from behind his back and placed it in his mouth and shot and killed himself.

ajc.com
13753Carnell "Nay Nay" Lanair Williams23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/25/2013BridgeportCT41.2018544-73.1858129Bridgeport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Members of the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force on a "gun-running" stakeout reportedly approached a car in which Williams was a passenger. Police state that driver Kiara Davis and/or Williams pointed guns at them in an attempt to escape. Four officers including Det. Christopher Barona, who had killed Bryan Stukes 04/13, opened fire, shooting possibly more than 40 rounds into the car. Williams was hit "numerous times" and Davis was wounded in the face. The estate of Carnell "Nay Nay" Williams, which had accused the police department of excessive force and violating Williams' civil rights, will be paid $45,000.

ctpost.com
13757Brian Christopher Leggitt31MaleEuropean-American/White11/26/2013OrlandoFL28.6022722-81.4060635Orlando Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer pulled over Leggitt on suspicion of having fled an earlier traffic stop. As the officer approached on foot, Leggitt allegedly put his car in reverse, "tried to run him down," and hit the patrol car. The officer then shot Leggitt.

cityoforlando.net
13759Jason Akeem Lewis28MaleAfrican-American/Black11/27/2013HuntsvilleAL34.7430073-86.6494736Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jason Akeem Lewis encountered off-duty corrections officer Jeremy Primus on the night before Thanksgiving. Primus shot and killed Lewis, fled the scene, but later turned himself in to police. Madison County DA recommended releasing Primus because shooting was in self defense. Grand Jury investigated shooting. Results unknown at this time.

whnt.com
13758Simon Pascual Ramirez30MaleHispanic/Latino11/27/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.4203116-97.3349184Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers report they were randomly searching for stolen cars and spotted Ramirez with a woman inside a stolen vehicle. The two ran. Police state Ramirez had a gun and crossed into a freeway. When he allegedly pointed the gun at traffic and at police, Detective Sgt. Tony Foreman and Officer Samuel Pagel shot him.

koco.com
20075Craig D. Snyder60MaleRace unspecified11/27/2013WernersvillePA40.3293814-76.0799789Berks County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Berks County deputy sheriffs went to arrest a man on a misdemeanor warrant in his Wernersville home. The standoff ended with Craig Snyder apparently taking his own life, police said.

readingeagle.com
13765Scott Alan Pfeffer48MaleEuropean-American/White11/28/2013StrasburgCO39.7354232-104.3217972Adams County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Tim Phillips and Andrew McCormick responded to a 911 call about a man who had been "acting weird" with a gun outside a bar. They report they arrived and saw Pfeffer pointing a shotgun at the bar door and that he ignored their commands to drop his weapon. Pfeffer walked away from them, and when he turned or spun around, they fired multiple shots, hitting him in the back and leg.

cbslocal.com
13766Troy D. Harden44MaleEuropean-American/White11/28/2013NashvilleIN39.2173615-86.2660254Brown County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Indiana State Police released details on the shooting Monday night. ISP said authorities entered the home in which Harden lived and found him there. Officers on the scene said he resisted arrest and told them to "kill him." They said they then saw he had a black handgun in his possession, at which point a stun gun was deployed, but Harden escaped through a window.officers chased him through nearby woods and were able to make contact with Harden with a stun gun. ISP said he fell, but then "distinctly" pointed his gun at them. ISP said that's when authorities fired twice at Harden. Harden later died from his wounds.

nixle.com
13764Albert Manuel Vasquez42MaleHispanic/Latino11/28/2013San JoseCA37.383305-121.8430823San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police allege that Vasquez stabbed three people and then carjacked a van. Officer Kevin Peters states that he spotted and pursued the van into a cul-de-sac, and that after he blocked the van, Vasquez rammed his vehicle. Peters shot and killed him.

sccgov.org
13773Jerry Paul Stovall III22MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2013KyleTX29.9883951-97.872284Hays County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Stovall kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at her job in Bulverde early Friday morning. He then stole a police car and led several law enforcement agencies on a lengthy pursuit through Comal and Hays counties. The car came to stop about 10 miles away near the Caldwell County line. Stovall threatened to kill his hostage and aimed his weapon at officers, prompting two of the SWAT members—both officers with the San Marcos Police Department—to fire one shot each, killing him.

haysfreepress.com
13772Lorenzo Cesar Aguilar23MaleHispanic/Latino11/29/2013AzusaCA34.1322728-117.8962131Azusa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Azusa Police Department officers tried to pull over a person suspected of drunk driving. The driver, later identified as Aguilar, didn't stop the car, and "evaded officers for a brief time." Officers were able to find the car again and the driver stopped. Right after Aguilar pulled over, he exited the car, allegedly armed with a handgun and began to walk away from the officers. Aguilar allegedly "failed to comply with orders," and turned toward the officers with the gun in hand, at which time, they shot and killed him.

latimes.com
13768Shawn David Weissenborn33MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2013La CrescentaCA34.2230455-118.2362502Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

On Black Friday, Shawn David Weissenborn allegedly robbed a Rite-Aid, attempted to rob a Verizon store, then barricaded himself inside, which prompted a standoff with deputies until he shot himself.

cbslocal.com
13771Leonid Grigoryevich Kalyuzhnyy51MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2013SeattleWA47.6196302-122.302865Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a 911 call on a man with a gun at an apartment complex. Kalyuzhnyy reportedly pointed and fired his rifle at police from an upstairs window. Officer Brad Devore fired back, killing him.

seattletimes.com
13780Anthony Bruno26MaleEuropean-American/White12/01/2013Kansas CityMO39.0999753-94.5843115Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off duty officer who was running security at a downtown hotel, chased down off duty fireman who was accused of an battery. Officer didn't call for back up and escalated the situation. The victim fought the officer, and was punching him, the officer who wasn't carrying mace, or a taser shot him twice in the chest.

kansascity.com
13779Joshua D. Ford33MaleEuropean-American/White12/01/2013Bois D'ArcMO37.1880931-93.550885Greene County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a man with a weapon outside a residence. Ford's hands were covered by a shirt, and he positioned his arms as if ready to shoot the officers, and told them he would. After several verbal warnings, he was shot and later died at a hospital. He was unarmed.

news-leader.com
13783Scott Mitchell46MaleRace unspecified12/02/2013TucsonAZ32.3019374-111.0199697Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mitchell barricaded himself in his home. He was firing his gun toward SWAT. SGT. Derek Tyra fired back, killing Mitchell. Mitchell was brought in a week earlier for evaluation, but mental health order was not signed.

tucson.com
13784Jonathan D. Rodgers22MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2013ColumbusOH40.0195976-83.0262694Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rodgers got in altercation with unidentified man at night club around 2 a.m. He went to the parking lot retrieved a handgun from his car then shot at man as he exited night club. Two police officers on special duty at the night club confronted Rodgers and shot him multiple times. Grand Jury found shooting was justified.

thelantern.com
13785David Greenwood49MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2013EtowahTN35.34725-84.5206378Etowah Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled Greenwood's car over for a traffic violation. He fled the scene, hitting a cruiser. Shortly after, he exited the vehicle with a gun and was shot to death. He was a person of interest for a recent house fire which killed his girlfriend. It's not clear if the officers were aware of this connection at the time of the shooting.

timesfreepress.com
13788Darius Jamal Murphy19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/03/2013WashingtonDC38.90588-76.984393Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gun Recovery Unit were investigating a shooting the previous night, they approached Murphy, who ran from them. Officers chased Murphy, who pulled a handgun and fired at them, striking one. That officer returned fire, striking Murphy.

nbcwashington.com
13787Steven Jon Vogel38MaleEuropean-American/White12/03/2013Des MoinesIA41.5601647-93.6281988Des Moines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vogel was firing rounds off at cars and houses with a rifle.. Officers ultimately shot and killed him.

wordpress.com
13790Ananias Shaw73MaleAfrican-American/Black12/04/2013SelmaAL32.4175787-87.0239204Selma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a disturbance call found Shaw in a nearby abandoned building. A responding officer fired and killed Shaw after he allegedly produced a hatchet and charged the officers.

selmatimesjournal.com
13791Christopher Teter20MaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2013TulsaOK36.1026195-95.9223529Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Teter, wanted for a variety of narcotics and kidnapping charges, was spotted by police at a QuikTrip. He took off and waged a thirty-minute running gun battle with police. At the end, as officers closed in, he killed himself with a shotgun to the head.

tulsaworld.com
13793Dixon Rodriguez31MaleHispanic/Latino12/04/2013Perth AmboyNJ40.5196001-74.2666249Perth Amboy Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rodriguez's mother made mental assistance call to 911 for her son. When officers arrived, Rodriguez attacked officers with a knife and was shot and killed. Mother claims in lawsuit that officers entered her home, removed knife, and placed at Rodriguez's body. Video available from across street is inconclusive.

www.nj.com
13795Robert Craig Perry43MaleRace unspecified12/05/2013StocktonCA37.9735204-121.3393346Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Perry lead officers on a high speed chase. He blew a tire and officers approached Perry, who had a knife. An officers shot him to death.

kcra.com
13794George D. Reynolds49MaleRace unspecified12/05/2013IndependenceMO39.0915034-94.3670189Independence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a domestic dispute entered a home to find Reynolds emerging from a back bedroom and holding a handgun. After Reynolds ignored demands to drop his weapon, officers opened fire on Reynolds, who died at the scene.

fox4kc.com
13796Isaac Lankisch42MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2013PhoenixAZ33.4250642-112.1179015Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lankisch approached officers with an axe in an aggressive manner - he was subsequently shot and died.

azcentral.com
13797Robert Cameron Redus23MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2013Alamo HeightsTX29.4766812-98.4616725University of the Incarnate Word Campus Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by campus police after grabbing officer's baton and hitting him with it during attempted handcuffed by officer.

today.com
19380Samuel Freeman23MaleAfrican-American/Black12/06/2013Pine BluffAR34.201462-92.0348154Pine Bluff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Freeman, a 23-year-old black man, had just robbed a dollar store at gunpoint when Pine Bluff police officer William Ablondi confronted him. Freeman, according to Ablondi, refused to drop his gun, prompting Freeman to shoot him once with a shotgun.

thv11.com
13801Sasha Nicole Tarvin26FemaleRace unspecified12/07/2013GadsdenAL33.984864-85.9631603Glencoe Police Department, Etowah County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local and county officers went to serve three felony drugs warrants to Sasha Nicole Tarvin in a motel room where she was staying with her boyfriend. While "attempting to make verbal contact" at the door they heard a shot. They set up a perimeter then heard another pop about 10 minutes later. Both Tarvin and her boyfriend, Justin Scott Colvin, had killed themselves.

blog.al.com
13802Justin Scott Colvin36MaleRace unspecified12/07/2013GadsdenAL33.984864-85.9631603Glencoe Police Department, Etowah County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local and county officers went to serve three felony drugs warrants to Sasha Nicole Tarvin in a motel room where she was staying with her boyfriend. While "attempting to make verbal contact" at the door they heard a shot. They set up a perimeter then heard another pop about 10 minutes later. Both Tarvin and her boyfriend, Justin Scott Colvin, had killed themselves.

blog.al.com
13804Darryl Dookhran20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2013DorchesterMA42.3010051-71.0673838Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dookhran, with a significant criminal record, was one of two people detained by "two plainclothes officers of a youth violence strike force". According to police Dookhran turned and ran, then pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and fired at officers, wounding one in the arm. Officers returned fire and shot him dead.

bostonglobe.com
13803Patrick Heki26MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2013Las VegasNV36.116446-115.0726111Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a 911 call from Heki's mother stating her son was suicidal. Heki had previously attempted suicide by rifle to face. Officers heard shots fired in apartment, and Heki continued to fire upon leaving using handgun. Heki had two rifles slung over shoulders. Officers ordered Heki to drop weapons. Heki pointed handgun at officers at which point they shot and killed him. Heki's father disputes the account, stating that Heki had gone to the ground and pushed the handgun away before officers shot him.

clarkcountynv.gov
13799James P. "Jay" Brookman47MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2013WaterlooIA42.512414-92.343941Waterloo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers were called to check on a man who was making threats shortly after 10 p.m. When police arrived, they found James P. "Jay" Brookman inside his home with a firearm. Police said they attempted to talk him into surrendering, but he reportedly took his own life.

wcfcourier.com
13798Scott M. Williford33MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2013IndependenceMO39.0463038-94.4151225Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A state trooper shot unarmed Scott M. Williford after he allegedly said he had a gun and stuck his hands in his waistband. At about 3 a.m., Williford was walking in the middle of the Noland Road overpass, carrying a bag. The trooper stopped and asked Williford what he was in the bag. Williford reportedly replied "drugs" and said he also had a 9-mm handgun. Williford then allegedly put his hands in his waistband in what the trooper claimed looked like a move to retrieve a gun. The trooper shot Williford, who died at the scene.

kansascity.com
13800D'Angelo Davis23MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2013TukwilaWA47.4567373-122.2492972Tukwila Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Davis was allegedly robbing a grocery store when officers responded and surrounded the store. After emerging from the store, Davis exchanged gunfire with police before being shot and killed.

q13fox.com
13806Lindsey Scott Carter44MaleEuropean-American/White12/08/2013OzarkAR35.5131008-93.8140383Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police in Alabama were seeking Lindsey Scott Carter, 44, for questioning in the murder of 34-year-old Amy Murphy, who was found shot to death in her home in Madison Co., Alabama. Arkansas state police spotted him on I-40, and after letting a woman out, he sped off. When they caught up with him, he shot and killed himself.

arktimes.com
13812Jesus Valdes54MaleHispanic/Latino12/08/2013MiamiFL25.7521405-80.3858534Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance involving a gun. Two victims escaped from the apartment, one of them with a gunshot wound, while Valdes opened fire on the officers and barricaded himself in. He was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire and raid of the SWAT-like Special Response Team.

local10.com
13810Jared Brown-Garnham21MaleAfrican-American/Black12/08/2013MoonPA40.4983943-80.2144696Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Garnham kidnapped his baby. He plowed his car through a police barricade. He threatened himself and his baby with a knife; an officer fired at him and he died.

post-gazette.com
13807Ruben Pupo57MaleHispanic/Latino12/08/2013MiamiFL25.8249458-80.1917722Miami Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Miami Police Officer attempting to break up a dispute between a security guard and barbershop employee shot and killed the guard after he shot the barbershop worker.

cbsnews.com
13811Andy Jack Snider37MaleEuropean-American/White12/08/2013AlbuquerqueNM35.080186-106.625733Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Hector Marquez shot and killed 37-year-old Andy Snider, who was armed with a hammer, after officers responded to an assault call at the 7-Eleven on University and Central.

krqe.com
13815Paul Slimick26MaleRace unspecified12/09/2013MonroevillePA40.4245311-79.7347003Monroeville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to reports of a home invasion found Slimick leaving the home and armed with a handgun. Police and Slimick exchanged gunfire, and a wounded Slimick allegedly took his own life shortly after.

wtae.com
13816Adrian Montesano27MaleHispanic/Latino12/10/2013MiamiFL25.8335248-80.2413299Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Montesano's attempted robbery of a Walgreen's turned into a multi-hour manhunt with numerous officers injured before ending in a fatal shootout. Montesano and Corsini Valdes, who were both unarmed, were hit dozens of times as around 23 police officers fired hundreds of rounds into the car.

cbslocal.com
13818Corsini Valdes50MaleHispanic/Latino12/10/2013MiamiFL25.8335248-80.2413299Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Adrian Montesano's attempted robbery of a Walgreen's turned into a multi-hour manhunt with numerous officers injured before ending in a fatal shootout. Montesano and Corsini Valdes, Valdes blameless and both unarmed, were hit dozens of times as around 23 police officers fired hundreds of rounds into the car.

cbslocal.com
13819Brandon Marshall43MaleEuropean-American/White12/10/2013SaratogaCA37.27163-122.0256Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While leaving his workplace Marshall, with a history of mental illness and some notoriety as a Silicon Valley whistleblower, ingested medication at a furious pace and began to act erratically. Two deputies approached him from behind. His reaction was to twirl and brandish an object that police described as a "5-1/2 inch metal spike" and others describe as a short, rounded aluminum key fob. Fearing for her life, one of the deputies fatally shot Marshall in the stomach. His family has filed a wrongful-death suit.

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13822Krystal Marie Barrows35FemaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2013ChillicotheOH39.1518405-82.9094319Ross County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a drug task force raid on a trailer near Chillicothe, Ohio, police detonated a flash-bang grenade then entered the residence to find Krystal Barrows on a couch with a fatal gunshot wound in the head. The shot came from the rifle of Sgt. Brett McKnight, reportedly unaware his weapon had discharged. McKnight was put on leave. The county police refused to release an incident report, in defiance of rulings from the state supreme court. Barrows had no criminal history and was the mother of three small children.

chillicothegazette.com
13821Rodney Wayne Stevens64MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2013St. AugustineFL30.009525-81.377346St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stevens, who had a number of outstanding warrants, told family members that he wouldn't turn himself in. After police responded to his home on a call of a domestic disturbance and confronted Stevens in a back bedroom, they shot and killed him.

staugustine.com
13823John Knudsen61MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2013HollisME43.598345-70.5966284Maine State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Knudsen, who suffered from alcohol addiction, was shot after briefly exchanging gunfire with officers responding to a domestic dispute. Maine's Attorney General found the use of force was justified.

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13825Kenneth "Kenny" R. Herring50MaleAfrican-American/Black12/12/2013ColumbusOH39.9495422-82.9790074Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After shooting his girlfriend in the mouth, Herring fled the scene and was later found by five plainclothes officers. Dixon was shot multiple times and pronounced dead on the scene. The five officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by a Franklin County grand jury in April 2014.

10tv.com
13824Robert "Jeff" Jeffrey Harris43MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2013WenatcheeWA47.4097406-120.2901387Wenatchee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In what police described as an undercover drug deal gone bad, police shot and killed Harris after he hit an officer with his vehicle and began dragging him around a Taco Bell parking lot. Harris was a former informant, and the officer who shot him was cleared of any wrongdoing in June 2014.

wenatcheeworld.com
13828Eric M. Anderson41MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2013Arlington HeightsIL42.110636-87.9832929Arlington Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anderson, who had faced previous legal trouble for the harassment of an ex-girlfriend, took the woman hostage in her mother's home and shot an officer during a multi-hour standoff. After leaving the residence, Anderson confronted police officers who shot him multiple times.

chicagotribune.com
13826Brian Newt Beaird51MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2013Los AngelesCA34.0395837-118.2558785Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beaird, a National Guard veteran, was pursued by LAPD and other officers during a lengthy high-speed chase that ended in a collision near downtown Los Angeles. The unarmed Beaird stumbled out of the car and was later shot by pursuing officers. Beaird's family won a $5 million civil suit against the city for Beaird's death.

latimes.com
13827Ricky Taylor23MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2013NeillsvilleWI44.5645824-90.5982133Clark County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Taylor's mother initially called police to help defuse a domestic situation, as Taylor had been drinking. An officer fired and killed Taylor after the 23-year-old refused to put down a knife he had pointed at the officer as he advanced toward him. The Clark County District Attorney found that the officer's use of force was justified, though "regrettable."

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13829Gregory Bendas43MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2013FarmingtonCT41.7327193-72.8991036Farmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to reports of a domestic dispute arrived to find Bendas standing in the street, holding a handgun. After failing to drop the weapon, officers fired on Bendas, who was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation showed that Bendas had a replica gun that fires Airsoft BBs.

portal.ct.gov
13831Roy D. Rhodes58MaleRace unspecified12/14/2013MilfordDE38.9222636-75.4526257Milford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a near car-collision, Rhodes and another driver began arguing and fighting when a Milford police officer arrived. Rhodes allegedly pulled a gun from his car, and after ignoring demands to put it down was shot several times by the officer.

milfordbeacon.com
13832Lawrence Gilbert Sanchez49MaleHispanic/Latino12/14/2013Grand JunctionCO39.0412616-108.4594821Mesa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sanchez, who was wanted for escaping a halfway house at the time of his death, was shot and killed as he brandished a rifle, after an hours-long standoff with Mesa County Sheriff's deputies. The county's DA found no wrongdoing on the part of the sheriff's office.

mesacounty.us
13833Victor Rivera43MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/14/2013WaipahuHI21.3927327-158.0105165Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Rivera, who suffered from a mental illness, after he threatened them with a blade attached to a long metal pole. Officers first attempted to taser Rivera and then shot him five times after it was deemed ineffective.

hawaiinewsnow.com
13843Kevin Ross29MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2013EvanstonIL42.0470486-87.6849669Evanston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to bank robbery, and found a man (Kevin) that matched the description a couple of blocks away from the bank. When the police asked him to drop his gun, he refused and the officers opened fire. An investigation done after the death tied the deceased to a double murder in the same block a few months earlier.

chicagotribune.com
13842Darold Vadenheuvel63MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2013Green BayWI44.5242697-88.0600075Green Bay Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vadenheuvel's ex-wife called police to report that he was in her apartment complex and had a gun, violating her restraining order. Officers responding to the scene found Vadenheuvel, and shot him after he pulled a gun. The officer was cleared by the county District Attorney in January 2014.

twincities.com
13846Duane Slentz49MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2013IndianapolisIN39.7111957-86.0176876Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Slentz was initially approached by a park ranger at a local park for smelling like alcohol, but later ran off and lead police on a chase that ended after he crashed his car near his home. Officers fired and killed Slentz after hearing him cock a gun through an open window.

indystar.com
13847Joel Bravard26MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2013Kansas CityMO39.1179103-94.5150564Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Joel Bravard reportedly killed himself following a shootout with police. Officers had arrived at a home to serve an arrest warrant. Someone in the home opened fire, striking a tactical officer in the leg and police returned fire. When the tactical team entered the home, they found Bravard suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. He died several days later at a hospital. The Jackson County medical examiner said Bravard shot himself.

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13848Cimarron Lamar Lamb33MaleAfrican-American/Black12/19/2013Phenix CityAL32.5051234-85.0169467Phenix City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lamb, along with an accomplice, lead police on a brief chase before fleeing on foot after police received reports of an armed robbery. Lamb was found hiding under a vehicle and was shot after refusing to surrender.

wtvm.com
13849Sharon Rebecca McDowell49FemaleAfrican-American/Black12/20/2013AndersonSC34.5032491-82.6687249Anderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McDowell was shot and killed after officers pursued her car from the site of an alleged shoplifting. After being cornered on a dirt road, McDowell rammed a police car and appeared poised to hit two officers on foot, which is when police opened fire. McDowell was pronounced dead at the scene.

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13853David P. Giliberti22MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2013LititzPA40.1643504-76.3107447Lititz Borough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to a number of 911 calls from Giliberti's grandmother's home found the 22-year-old in the middle of a "psychotic episode," and tasered him to little effect. The officer shot Giliberti six times after he approached the officer with a kitchen knife. The county DA cleared the officer of any wrongdoing.

lancasteronline.com
13852Caleb John Anderson25MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2013PerryIA41.8385964-94.1071797Perry Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said Caleb Anderson was suspected of robbing a Raccoon Valley Bank branch in Minburn at about 3:45 p.m. on December 20. DCSD deputies and PPD officers surrounded Anderson's home in Perry shortly after 10 p.m. after his vehicle was seen outside. After hours of negotiation, police said Anderson stopped talking to them. Officers entered the house, where they reportedly found Anderson dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

kcci.com
19096Michael Scott Pena26MaleRace unspecified12/21/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.654546-97.560875Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers received a call regarding a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, they found a man beating his wife in their front yard with a high-powered rifle. After a five-hour standoff, they found he had shot and killed himself.

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13854Mah-hi-vist Touching Cloud Goodblanket18MaleNative American/Alaskan12/21/2013ClintonOK35.4949191-98.9932331Custer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The family called emergency services because Mah-hi-vist was suffering an ODD episode. Several police agencies showed up, allegedly did not ask questions of the family, obtain any information, or try to assess the situation as a mental health crisis. Several officers stormed into the house with weapons drawn and fired on Mah-hi-vist, shooting him multiple times. The same officer was convicted of manslaughter in July, 2020 shooting.

oklahoman.com
13855James Lewis Brown24MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2013WintervilleNC35.5374582-77.414664Greenville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to calls of a suicidal man found Brown on a small bridge on Forlines Road. After the officers approached him, Brown raised his gun, leading the officers to fire at Brown. North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation found the shooting to be justified.

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13857Matthew Clowers32MaleEuropean-American/White12/23/2013EloyAZ32.7486384-111.5158725Pinal County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clowers and an accomplice were being chased by police after allegedly robbing a sex shop, when the two abandoned their vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. Though the sheriff's office initially said gunfire was exchanged before Clowers was killed, but later media reports found that the pair was unarmed and Clowers was shot in the back as he fled.

azcentral.com
13859William "Cody" Alvin Goodman III17MaleEuropean-American/White12/24/2013PensacolaFL30.4179836-87.1946883Pensacola Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After Goodman was boxed in by police following a high-speed chase, he repeatedly rammed into police vehicles and ran over one officer's leg. An officer fired into Goodman's car, hitting him twice in the chest. Goodman was found to have a BAC over the legal limit, and was facing vehicular manslaughter charges from an earlier incident.

northescambia.com
13860Michael Rosales44MaleHispanic/Latino12/24/2013Corpus ChristiTX27.7390529-97.3915241Corpus Christi Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rosales allegedly had been drinking heavily on Christmas Eve, and brandishing two handguns, took shots at his girlfriend and other family members. No one was injured. Neighbors called police, and when they arrived, Rosales began firing at them. Police returned fire and killed Rosales. Police video footage confirms police account of this fatal encounter. Police Chief declared shooting justified.

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13862Peyton Cole Barbour16MaleEuropean-American/White12/25/2013Grand PrairieTX32.5852688-97.0403351Grand Prairie Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barbour, a white high school sophomore, was parked in a stolen car early Christmas morning when police attempted to question him. He sped away and after a short chase, ditched the car and fled on foot, firing shots at the officer from a 9 mm Glock stolen in a residential burglary. The officer returned fire. No one was hit. Later that afternoon, police cornered Barbour and pleaded with him to give up. He refused, shooting at and injuring two officers. Police then shot and killed Barbour. The injured police recovered and a grand jury declined to indict the officers involved in the shooting.

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13864Felix Montelongo-Velasquez44MaleHispanic/Latino12/26/2013San AntonioTX29.3196186-98.5036325San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Montelongo shot at the Clovis Street residence of his ex-girlfriend and drove away in a van. Officers J. Carillo and Azua pursued. Montelongo pulled off of Loop 410 onto Moursund Road and stopped the van. Officer Carillo stepped out of his patrol vehicle. Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Montelongo leaned out of the van and fired one round at Officer Carillo. The open driver's door protected him. Montelongo ducked back into the van and shot himself in the head with a .44-caliber revolver.

mysanantonio.com
13865James Torres44MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2013BronxNY40.8523707-73.9098279City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police began pursuing Torres after he allegedly robbed a man at an ATM at gunpoint. Torres fled into a nearby apartment building, and was shot after grappling with an officer.

nytimes.com
13866Asa James Dolak19MaleEuropean-American/White12/26/2013TorranceCA33.8346174-118.3442997Torrance Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dolak, who had previously set fire to his girlfriend and mother's home, was found in the bathroom of a local middle school holding a knife. After escaping to a school field, Dolak was shot in the back and killed. A jury later awarded $900,000 to the family.

dailybreeze.com
13877Mitchell Allen Street51MaleEuropean-American/White12/26/2013SpartaNC36.4568269-81.0907749Alleghany County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of domestic dispute, went to Street's house and saw Street with a high-powered rifle. The officers identified themselves and ordered Street to put down his weapon. He refused and then pointed the gun at the officers who fired in response.

journalpatriot.com
13873John Allen Massey30MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2013MariettaGA33.9001673-84.4452592Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers initiated an investigation involving a stolen motorcycle parked in the parking lot of an Extended Stay Hotel.During the investigation, officers came into contact with Massey in one of the hotel rooms. A physical altercation began between Massey and officers, and Massey produced a handgun. An officer fired his weapon, killing Massey.

ajc.com
13868Jaycob Joel Gabaldon36MaleRace unspecified12/27/2013PlacitasNM35.3095798-106.4257403Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Albuquerque Police Department officers started to chase a stolen vehicle with three passengers who were suspected of shoplifting from the Wal-Mart. The chase ended on the NM-165 near Mile Marker 10. The three passengers fled on foot, and one of them fired at officers. No officer returned fire, and no officer was injured, the spokesman said. The APD helicopter spotted a suspect on the ground. A State Police team discovered the suspect was dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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28662Anthony Darnell King22MaleAfrican-American/Black12/27/2013Oklahoma CityOK35.4694431-97.5069574Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anthony Darnell King, of Tulsa, was shot and killed by an off-duty highway patrol trooper as King was trying to break in to the officer's home. Police identified the trooper as John Marion. Police said officers responded to a first-degree burglary call with shots fired around 6:45 p.m.

koco.com
13872John Lincoln49MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2013ColleyvilleTX32.8701157-97.113134North Richland Hills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lincoln was shot and killed by police after a several-hour standoff, where he took his own daughter hostage. Lincoln's family claimed he suffered from bipolar disorder, and was "talking crazy" before the shooting.

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13874Mario Edward Garnett40MaleHispanic/Latino12/28/2013PhoenixAZ33.4804914-112.1326691Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were involved in a shooting near the scene of a bank robbery. When the first responding officer arrived at the scene, he noticed a peculiarly-parked white vehicle in the branch parking lot. Moments later, a Hispanic male with a bandanna covering his face was seen exiting the building with a bag in one hand and a gun in the other. Following a shoot out, the suspect was killed.

ktar.com
30165Dante ChavfulMaleAfrican-American/Black12/28/2013HoustonTX29.9610571-95.4780106Prairie View A&M University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 9 p.m., an off-duty Prairie View A&M police officer was working an extra security job at Walgreens when a known theft suspect walked inside. The officer confronted the man in the parking lot, but the man fought with him. The officer discharged his Taser, which was ineffective. At that point, a man -- who has unofficially been identified as Dante Chavful, reportedly got into his car and tried to drive away, allegedly nearly hitting the officer. The officer shot and killed him. The vehicle crashed into a flower bed on the other side of the parking lot. While reportedly off-duty, the officer was wearing a jacket that had police patches on both sides.

abc13.com
13875Somourian Jamal Wingo24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/28/2013PalatkaFL29.6449173-81.6304179Florida Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trooper Lawrence Andrew Litzell was trying to stop Wingo following a traffic stop and foot chase in Palatka when Wingo fired a .25-caliber handgun at the officer. Litzell fired back, killing Wingo.

jacksonville.com
13878Kendall Alexander34MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2013Breaux BridgeLA30.2832677-91.907027St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kendall Alexander was a former police officer married to Chrystal Alexander, a St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office deputy. They had a rocky relationship which included several restraining orders against Kendall. In circumstances that remain unclear, Chrystal shot and killed Kendall in their apartment. She was off duty at the time. Chrystal no longer works at the Sheriff's Office and was indicted on second-degree murder charge in July, 2014. Chrytal pled to manslaughter charge in 2018 but has not yet been sentenced.

theadvocate.com
13880Joseph Glenn22MaleRace unspecified12/29/2013RustonLA32.5418884-92.6401244Ruston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Glenn was identified as a suspect in the armed robbery and kidnapping. Officers were responding to a telephone tip when they found him at Hampton Inn. Glenn didn't comply with the officers' commands to show his hands before confronting them with a replica firearm. He was shot and taken to Northern Louisiana Medical Center where he died.

magnoliareporter.com
13881Jaspal Singh45MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/29/2013BakersfieldCA35.3494658-118.9469689Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call about a domestic dispute. When two police officers arrived, Singh was outside and holding a firearm. He pointed the firearm at the police, and one of the officers fired five shots at him. Singh was pronounced dead at Kern Medical Center.

sikhsiyasat.net
13883Bethany Christine Lytle Simmons31FemaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2013TaftCA35.1629744-119.4611727Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lytle was shot and killed after she failed to drop a dagger and advanced toward officers. She was threatening Kern County Sheriff's Department deputies. Lytle had an active no bail arrest warrant for a Sheriff's parole violation. Deputies were sent to her home in response to a call indicating Lytle was brandishing a knife, breaking picture frames and other household items. Deputies found Lytle sitting inside and speaking incoherently.

bakersfield.com
13879Franklin D. Jones III30MaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2013TroyOH40.0407013-84.2087868Troy Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones allegedly shot Sammy Butler who suffered two gunshot wounds. The initial shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute. Police responded to multiple 911 calls indicating a shooting had occurred in the area. An officer spotted the alleged shooter and that's when gunfire was exchanged between police and Jones. County prosecutor ruled death a "suicide by cop".

daytondailynews.com
13884William Jackson43MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2013HarrisburgPA40.2864505-76.8952716Harrisburg Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle and discovered Jackson inside the truck. He allegedly drove in the general direction of the officers. They opened fire and killed him. Jackson was found to have cocaine and marijuana in his system.

pennlive.com
13882Christopher Alan George44MaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2013LongmontCO40.1256235-105.1311596Boulder County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Christopher George's mother called deputies reporting he had been locked in his room for several days. She told deputies that the man did not have access to weapons. Two deputies arrived about 10 minutes later to speak with him. George pulled a gun during the conversation, and Deputy Brandon Bussard shot and killed him.

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13885James Matthew Eshelman54MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2013Moses LakeWA47.1079733-119.2785611Moses Lake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eshelman was shot after officers responded to a disturbance call. He was armed with a large knife when officers contacted him. At some point, the police shot Eshelman who was transported to Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake where he was pronounced dead.

ifiberone.com
13890Dontae Daveon Lewis Hayes20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/31/2013RiversideCA33.921571-117.4475789Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers from the Riverside Police Department Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Team were conducting a pedestrian check on two individuals at Arlington Park. While speaking with these individuals, it was determined that Hayes would be handcuffed because he had a felony warrant for his arrest for receiving stolen property. As one of the officers attempted to make contact with Hayes, he pulled a handgun from the waistband of his pants. The officer shot and killed him.

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13889Ricky Junior Toney34MaleAfrican-American/Black12/31/2013HendersonNC36.2652045-78.2909676Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities engaged Toney, who was accused of gunning down his estranged wife and her daughter at their rural Franklin County home. A preliminary autopsy report suggests that Toney, died of a self-inflicted wound.

warrenrecord.com
13895Shane Bridges33MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2014ChelseaOK36.415308-95.4367231Mayes County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy was called to rural location on report of suicidal man. Man was standing on porch with a gun when deputy arrived, and fired at deputy. Deputy returned fire, killing man. Shooting was referred to Oklahoma State Board of Investigation. Results of investigation unknown.

kjrh.com
13896Julias Michael Reese20MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2014Redford Charter TownshipMI42.4285666-83.2881586Redford Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reece was suspected of two carjackings in which two people had been shot and injured. When stopped, Reece attempted to flee on foot and was shot by police. Very few details are available about this shooting.

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13906Wesley Maldonado35MaleHispanic/Latino01/02/2014ThorntonCO39.8562343-104.984054Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maldonado showed up at his ex-girlfriend's apartment, who had a restraining order against him, with a sawed-off 410 shotgun. He got in a confrontation with a man there, and fired off a shot. Police were called, and Maldonado fled in a stolen SUV. He led police on a high speed chase to Denver and back to the apartment in Thornton. There, police cornered him, and when Maldonado raised his gun, three police unloaded on him, firing 21 times and striking him 17. He died on the spot. The Thornton County DA found officers justified. An autopsy found methamphetamine and alcohol in Maldonado's system.

adamsbroomfieldda.org
13899Michael Edward Schmidt47MaleEuropean-American/White01/02/2014DallasTX32.7946052-96.8069335Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Schmidt was a prominent attorney who lived in the Glass House at Windsor apartment tower. He called police and reported a burglary, then barricaded himself in a hallway with a gun. When police arrived, he started shooting. Police returned fire, hitting him nine times and killing him. Autopsy revealed large amount of cocaine mixed with other drugs in Schmidt's system.

dallasnews.com
13897Keith Jason Martin35MaleEuropean-American/White01/02/2014HondoTX29.556232-99.14017U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Martin was shot and killed by a fellow U.S. Border Patrol agent, Adam S. Garibay. Garibay discovered that his wife and Martin had had an affair, assaulted and handcuffed his wife in Corpus Christi, then drove to Hondo to kill Martin. Garibay has been charged with murder.

expressnews.com
13898Rasheik Calhoun33MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2014CrestviewFL30.758577-86.574781Crestview Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had obtained a search warrant for the house in connection to an investigation. When officers went to the house to execute the warrant, gunfire was exchanged.

nwfdailynews.com
13900William Ware68MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2014Kansas CityMO38.892489-94.589371Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

William Ware died after exchanging gunfire with police during a standoff. Shortly before 11 p.m., officers went to Ware's home after he'd reportedly called 911 and threatened to shoot officers. Ware allegedly fired at officers while standing outside, barricaded himself inside, and continued to fire throughout the standoff. A police sniper shot at Ware after he said he saw him point a gun at officers preparing to launch a pepper spray grenade. After releasing tear gas, police sent in a camera which found Ware dead. Shirley Ware said her husband suffered from Parkinson's Disease, dementia and depression. She said she'd gotten conflicting information about what ultimately killed Ware. Shirley Ware says his death certificate lists cause of death as suicide, but that "The information I got from the M.E. was that he was shot in the back of the head. I find it hard to think that it's suicide."

fox4kc.com
13901Sarah Jo Johnson30FemaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2014Lincoln CityOR44.9814638-124.0073605Oregon State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Johnson and a male accomplice pulled off an armed robbery in Butte Montana that netted them cash and five weapons. Police tracked their location via cell phone to this seaside Oregon town and laid a trap. After a five-hour armed standoff Johnson killed herself, and Wallace was injured after a deliberate collision with a police vehicle.

mtstandard.com
13902Patrick L. Jones47MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2014ColumbusOH40.000746-83.0951041Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A caseworker at the Association for the Developmentally Disabled of Worthington called 911, saying she had been threatened by a resident. When officers arrived, a man came at them with a knife and an officer shot him. The caseworker locked herself in a bathroom.

dispatch.com
13905Jesse Jay Humphrey30MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2014SelahWA46.6504213-120.516769Yakima Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies went to Humphrey's home with a search warrant after two theft investigations were linked to the address. When the deputies searching the property asked him to get out of it, he opened fire. The deputies returned fire and called for backup. More than 50 officers from several law enforcement agencies assisted at the scene. Humphrey called 911 from inside the motor home during the standoff. He spent nearly an hour talking with a Yakima police negotiator, but they were unable to reach a solution. Humphrey was killed by officers returning fire. He was a convicted sex offender who had failed to register.

yakimaherald.com
13904Joeshawn Edward Williams21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/03/2014Oklahoma CityOK35.5803781-97.5309178Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers were patrolling looking for criminal activity when they spotted Williams standing near a 7-Eleven store. When the officers approached Williams, he ran into traffic, crossing a four-lane intersection. During the pursuit, one officer approached Williams on foot, and the other pursued Williams in his patrol car. Williams fired at Cortez as he approached him on foot. Cortez returned fire striking Williams several times. He died at the scene.

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13903Brandon Lee Melton25MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2014WataugaTX32.8630906-97.2562727Watauga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Lee Melton's girlfriend was pregnant and leaving him. A friend was helping her move her stuff out of the house. The police officer who responded to the domestic violence call found the friend stabbed and bleeding and Melton astride his pregnant wife on the front lawn, stabbing her repeatedly. The officer fired one shot, hitting Melton in the head. He died several days later. Both women survived the attack. A Grand Jury declined to indict the officer.

star-telegram.com
13909Igor Skorev23MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2014ArvadaCO39.8106014-105.0931935Arvada Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Skorev was involved in an attempted homicide after an argument over a pool game. Officers tried to stop his car as he drove toward officers. Officers opened fire. Skorev got away but died not long after.

9news.com
13911John Murray31MaleRace unspecified01/04/2014PatersonNJ40.9262024-74.1587072Paterson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police encountered John Murray, who fit the description of a man wanted in connection with a home invasion. A struggle ensued, Murray brandished a knife, and an officer shot and killed him.

patersontimes.com
13908Michael Estrada49MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2014Sierra VistaAZ31.5417222-110.252228Sierra Vista Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two patrol units were dispatched to 1200 block Paseo San Luis where Estrada was in the front yard of the residence brandishing a machete. Estrada began making aggressive statements and started walking toward one of the officers. Officer Michael Rathmann fired his department-issue weapon at Estrada, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Personnel were contacted and quickly responded to provide life-saving measures. Estrada was transported to the Emergency Department at the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

tucsonnewsnow.com
13910Frankie Martinez66MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2014PuebloCO38.2395676-104.6425653Pueblo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Martinez shot a relative during an argument at his home. The relative escaped and called police. The SWAT team went to Martinez' home, where they found him violent, suicidal and pressing a gun to his head. Police tried to talk Martinez down, but instead he pointed the gun at them. They opened fire, killing him on the spot. The 10th Judicial District Attorney's Office declared the shooting justified.

pueblo.org
13914Rocendo Arias23MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2014YakimaWA46.5855062-120.4898797Yakima Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rocendo Arias slept in his vehicle, parked in a stall at a Classic Auto Wash. Officer Casey Gillette shined his flashlight into the vehicle, told Arias not to move, and fatally shot him. Officer Gillette claimed that a firearm was pointed at him. The weapon was a replica handgun. The city of Yakima later settled a lawsuit with a $500,000 payout to Arias's sister.

kimatv.com
13912Robert Coleman30MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2014LawrencevilleGA33.9338904-84.1271302Gwinnett County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers received a call about a burglary in progress. Two officers encountered Coleman while checking the residence and shots were fired. Coleman died at the scene. One of the two officers was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.

patch.com
13913Noah Scott29MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2014MetairieLA30.0152449-90.135348Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Noah Scott had a long history of drug abuse, including heroin. When his girlfriend backed out on marriage plans, he stabbed her seven times. Deputies found her bleeding to death on the lawn across the street from Scott's house. Scott confronted them in the doorway with a knife, asking the officers to shoot and kill him. When they didn't, he lunged at them, and three deputies shot him 29 times. His girlfriend succumbed to her injuries. The sheriff called it a case of "suicide by cop."

nola.com
13919Deacon James Clark30MaleEuropean-American/White01/05/2014SarasotaFL27.3708194-82.5508659Sarasota Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A pair of officers on bicycle patrol encountered Clark in a park known for drug sales and prostitution. Clark was pushing a bicycle and holding a weapon. Police ordered him to drop it, but instead he aimed and fired at them. Both officers returned fire killing Clark. State Attorney declared shooting justified. Clark had long history of drug abuse and criminal convictions.

heraldtribune.com
13915Victor Salazar Ramirez30MaleRace unspecified01/05/2014ModestoCA37.615864-121.012348Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Victor Salazar Ramirez reportedly killed himself during a six-hour police standoff that started after he shot two people.

kcra.com
13917David Crawford53MaleEuropean-American/White01/05/2014PasadenaTX29.6602881-95.1166535Pasadena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers who learned that Crawford was suicidal conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle he was driving. Crawford shot himself.

google.com
13918Keith Vidal18MaleEuropean-American/White01/05/2014Boiling Spring LakesNC34.0204389-78.0451558Southport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Keith Vidal was an 18-year-old schizophrenic whose parents called police because he was having a violent episode, as they had done on many previous occasions. Two officers arrived and attempted to calm Vidal, who was holding a small screwdriver. A third officer, Detective Bryon Vassey arrived and allegedly ordered the officers to tase Vidal. Then Vassey shot Vidal in the chest. A grand jury indicted Vassey for voluntary manslaughter in February 2015.

starnewsonline.com
13921Shon Aaron Spencer49MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2014AnmooreWV39.260145-80.288667Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two women called police and reported that Spencer was stalking them. When police arrived, Spencer fled in his pickup, leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase. Deputies cornered Spencer, who then attempted to ram them with his vehicle. Deputies shot and killed Spencer because they feared for their own safety. Spencer had recently been arrested and was reportedly having family problems.

connect-bridgeport.com
13923Ernest Attebery40MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2014MoriartyNM34.95351-106.120735New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Attebery may have fired his rifle at officers. SWAT responded and fired on Attebery, killing him.

koat.com
13922Vernum "Guy" Blunk Jr.47MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2014LeesburgFL28.8222672-81.8305696Eustis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police allege Blunk sexually abused a minor and was in possession of child pornography. An officer and a detective visited Blunk to interrogate him. During the interrogation, Blunk pulled a gun he had hidden and threatened them. The detective warned him to put the gun down and when Blunk didn't comply he shot and killed him. Florida Department of Law Enforcement found shooting justified.

tampabay.com
13927Michael Anthony Ware35MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2014JonesboroAR35.8428036-90.6442352Jonesboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were investigating the theft of a vehicle on Aggie Road. During the investigation, Ware who was a suspect was in trailer #33 with a woman and several children. He fired at officers, and Corporal John Eidson fired back. The Jonesboro Police Department's Tactical Unit arrived and was able to pull the children to safety from a rear window. Ware was found dead in the trailer.

kait8.com
13929Jerry De La Garza51MaleHispanic/Latino01/09/2014BeevilleTX28.3922946-97.7722063Bee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pursued De La Garza in a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was stopped, but De La Garza then drove in the general direction of officers, who shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

kiiitv.com
13928Jose Luis Navarro40MaleHispanic/Latino01/09/2014San DiegoCA32.715125-117.1065434San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Luis Navarro was critically injured when officers shot him following a car chase. The pursuit began when a sergeant tried to stop him for talking on his cellphone while driving. Navarro died two days later in the hospital.

sandiegouniontribune.com
21836Robert Hopkins28MaleRace unspecified01/10/2014BaltimoreMD39.3135606-76.6167105Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Hopkins allegedly enjoyed a small crime spree before fatally shooting himself when police caught up to him.

google.com
13932Jeffrey Ragland50MaleAfrican-American/Black01/10/2014Queens VillageNY40.70731-73.729363New York City Department of Correction
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A love triangle involving three city correction officers ended with one of them dead. Jeffrey Ragland was fatally shot by a younger rival after he allegedly slugged the woman both men had coveted

correctionsone.com
13933Donald L. Tolbert III23MaleEuropean-American/White01/11/2014HarrisburgPA40.3089343-76.8997664Pennsylvania State Police, Dauphin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tolbert had posted a $50K bail related to felony charges just a few days prior, then went on an apparent crime spree including the unexplained gun murder of a 56-year-old female motorist, the sexual assault of another woman, an armed robbery of a convenience store and a car theft. After an interstate chase police caught him in a residential cul-de-sac. Tolbert died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

pennlive.com
13936Anthony Mascarino35MaleRace unspecified01/12/2014ScottsdaleAZ33.4801762-111.9080247Scottsdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mascarino had been arguing with a relative inside a condo unit when he fired his shotgun. He then went outside and fired the shotgun multiple times. Police arrived on the scene, Mascarino pointed the shotgun at officers and three officers fired their weapons, striking Mascarino and fatally injuring him.

azcentral.com
13937Enrique Carlos Rodarte32MaleHispanic/Latino01/12/2014VictorvilleCA34.52546-117.299555San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After reports of a shooting, sheriff's deputies followed and engaged in a standoff with Rodarte for several hours. Rodarte was shot after he went to his front door and motioned as if he was pulling out a weapon.

sbsun.com
19066Robert Martin78MaleRace unspecified01/13/2014ColumbiaSC34.0062799-81.005652Columbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Martin was being kicked out of his condemned home. After a three-hour standoff, he shot and killed himself.

thestate.com
13939Perry Webb24MaleRace unspecified01/13/2014BaltimoreMD39.3098564-76.5924808Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The suspect was pulled over. Officers saw that he had a gun and shot him to death.

baltimoresun.com
13942Blas Leroux34MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2014DenverCO39.740134-105.0390427Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leroux held customers hostage in a 7-11. He tried to use a hostage as a human shield, but was gunned down. He died 3 days later from a gunshot wound to the neck.

kdvr.com
13941Steven Lewis Pfalzgraf24MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2014ViennaWV39.29981-81.552637Parkersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pfalzgraf was driving the getaway car after a purse-snatching at a nearby mall when he allegedly swerved toward a police officer. The officer shot and killed Pfalzgraf, and was later cleared of any wrongdoing.

wvmetronews.com
13944William Jackson Marble68MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2014LudingtonMI43.9778083-86.3714887Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marble, drunk, pointed his pistol in officers' direction - prompting officers to shoot and kill Marble.

mlive.com
13946Manuel Oscar Longoria40MaleHispanic/Latino01/14/2014EloyAZ32.7594362-111.5505019Pinal County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Manuel Longoria led officers in a car chase. His vehicle was rammed. Longoria later got out turned around with his hands up when an officer fired a shot, killing him. Deputy Heath Rankin testified he thought the rosary Longoria was holding was a gun.

findlaw.com
13945Paul Smith58MaleAfrican-American/Black01/14/2014Los AngelesCA33.9832429-118.29352Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paul Smith was wanted in connection wit a robbery. He barricaded himself in a home and, while brandishing a gun, was shot and killed by police

latimes.com
13943Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr.30MaleAfrican-American/Black01/14/2014Fort PierceFL27.465541-80.3388503St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies arrived at Hill's residence. Hill manually opened the garage and raised a gun toward deputies prompting them to shoot and kill Hill.

palmbeachpost.com
13947Bernard Adams75MaleRace unspecified01/15/2014Houghton LakeMI44.33199-84.8017349Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived to a domestic violence situation.A 75-year-old resident came out on the porch with a handgun. Officers told him to put it down, he refused and was shot and killed.

mlive.com
13948Shawn Walter Bair22MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2014ElkhartIN41.7042086-85.9157086Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bair walked in a Martin's Grocery and shot and killed two people. Police were n the area and responded within 3 minutes. they shot and killed Bair when they arrived.

nydailynews.com
13951Jordan Baker26MaleAfrican-American/Black01/16/2014HoustonTX29.800177-95.4572871Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer saw Baker riding his bike through Northwest Houston strip mall parking lot and looking into local businesses. The officer approached Jordan and asked to see his identification. Jordan began to scuffle with the officer and ran away. A foot chase ensued, before the officer caught up with Jordan and cornered him in an alley behind the strip mall. Jordan attached the officer prompting him to discharge his weapon and kill the young man.

forwardtimesonline.com
13957Raymond Roberts28MaleRace unspecified01/16/2014Lake ElsinoreCA33.692633-117.3354402Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer matched Roberts' vehicle to one connected in an earlier assault, and moved to surround the car. Roberts refused to exit the car and backed over an officer's foot, leading four officers to fire into the car and kill Roberts.

patch.com
13950Gabriel Sanchez Velazquez31MaleHispanic/Latino01/16/2014ApacheAZ31.675698-109.101259U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Found in the hills with two other men, the subject allegedly struggled with the Border Patrol Agent who fearing for his life shot and killed the man.

bensonnews-sun.com
13958Henry James Lee Jackson19MaleAfrican-American/Black01/16/2014ArdmoreOK34.1763148-97.1177499Ardmore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jackson was responsible for a string of robberies. Police were on his tail when Jackson shot at them, prompting them to fire back, killing Jackson

cbsnews.com
13952Marie King55FemaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2014Spanish ForkUT40.1103569-111.6654008Lindon City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boren, a police officer who suffered from a number of mental illnesses and depression, shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself.

deseretnews.com
13953Haley Boren5FemaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2014Spanish ForkUT40.1103569-111.6654008Lindon City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boren, a police officer who suffered from a number of mental illnesses and depression, shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself.

deseretnews.com
13954Joshua "Jaden" Boren Jr.7MaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2014Spanish ForkUT40.1103569-111.6654008Lindon City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boren, a police officer who suffered from a number of mental illnesses and depression, shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself.

deseretnews.com
13955Kelly Boren32FemaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2014Spanish ForkUT40.1103569-111.6654008Lindon City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Borden, a police officer who suffered from a number of mental illnesses and depression, shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself.

deseretnews.com
13956Joshua Boren34MaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2014Spanish ForkUT40.1103569-111.6654008Lindon City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boren, a police officer who suffered from a number of mental illnesses and depression, shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself.

deseretnews.com
13959Joshua Lewis21MaleRace unspecified01/17/2014FresnoCA36.808069-119.8894952California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty CDCR Correctional Sergeant Benny Diaz shot Joshua Lewis, who was reportedly randomly shooting and carjacking motorists, killing Nhia Lee and injuring others.

google.com
13965Caleb Surface23MaleEuropean-American/White01/18/2014FairfieldOH39.3088158-84.5522495Fairfield Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After getting into a fight with his father and suffering from depression, Surface was found by police and ordered to stop. Surface allegedly threatened the officer and was shot after reaching into his pocket. The officer was later cleared of any wrongdoing.

worldnow.com
13966Rodney Golden41MaleEuropean-American/White01/19/2014GreensburgPA40.2696789-79.559128Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Golden was shot to death by a state trooper after he slashed a woman's throat.

post-gazette.com
13971Earl Douglas BraddyMaleRace unspecified01/20/2014LoxleyAL30.6700382-87.7586862Loxley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to a domestic disturbance call found Braddy struggling with his wife over a handgun, after he had shot her through the hand. Braddy refused to drop the gun and was subsequently shot by police.

blog.al.com
13970Andrew Joseph Law36MaleEuropean-American/White01/20/2014SeattleWA47.5755776-122.3341946Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Law was allegedly drunk, fighting a homeless man and pointing a gun at passing cars when officers arrived to his location. Law was shot after pointing the gun, later revealed as fake, at the officers.

seattlepi.com
19784Diana Crockett Conner61FemaleEuropean-American/White01/20/2014InterlachenFL29.62338-81.855058Putnam County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sixty-one-year-old Diana Crockett Conner, who had lost her husband a year before and her mother three years earlier, called 911 to report prowlers on her property. On the phone with a dispatcher, she said she didn't believe the men who showed up at her house were Putnam County Sheriff's deputies. Neighbors told the Florida Times-Union that Conner was paranoid lately saying odd things and complaining that her phone was bugged. In the early morning hours, police say she barged outside firing a rifle at deputies. Deputy Thomas Burger shot her four times with his pistol, killing her.

tampabay.com
13969Keith Ronald Koster54MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2014IndianapolisIN39.9032769-86.1935037Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a welfare check, Koster and police engaged in a short standoff after Koster began acting strangely and pointing a gun at officers. Police shot Koster after he waved his gun at responding paramedics.

indystar.com
13978Thomas A. Smith Jr.42MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2014DublinCA37.7102243-121.9105828Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a search of a robbery suspect's apartment, Smith was accidentally shot in the chest by an accompanying police officer. No criminal charges were toward by the firing office.

mercurynews.com
13975Eldrin Smart31MaleAfrican-American/Black01/21/2014KennerLA29.981356-90.2417159Kenner Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were speaking with Smart and a passenger as part of a narcotics investigation when Smart suddenly accelerated, pulling an officer into the car and punching him. The officer fired and hit Smart several times, forcing the car to crash. Smart was pronounced dead at the scene.

nola.com
13979Joshua Seth Layne35MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2014DunlapTN35.3535211-85.3620185Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Layne opened fire on officers serving him a warrant. Officers retaliated by shooting and killing Layne.

reedfamilyfh.com
13976Antonio V. Mestas19MaleAfrican-American/Black01/21/2014OaklandCA37.7669072-122.2000677California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mestas led officers on a chase in a stolen SUV through east Oakland after they attempted to pull him over. Officers fired and hit Mestas after he fled the vehicle while holding a loaded handgun.

cbslocal.com
13977Jose Munguia21MaleHispanic/Latino01/21/2014OaklandCA37.7621588-122.1904743California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers pulled over Munguia's SUV for not having license plates, leading the 21-year-old to flee with a loaded handgun. Officers with a police dog were able to catch up to Munguia, and shot him after he pointed his gun at them.

mercurynews.com
20076John R. Snyder24MaleEuropean-American/White01/22/2014Red LionPA39.8869571-76.6126572York Area Regional Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jessica Mellinger tried to flee John Snyder's home after a domestic dispute. She got into a car with Snyder's stepmother and stepbrother, but could not start the vehicle. Snyder then came out of the house with a shotgun, shot his girlfriend while she was in the vehicle, and dragged her into the home. Police arrived and came under gunfire. During a period of more than an hour, numerous shots were fired from the residence and at one point, one of the officers returned fire, police said. After several hours, officers were able to enter the home and found Mellinger and Snyder dead.

wgal.com
13981Harold Powers43MaleEuropean-American/White01/22/2014HawesvilleKY37.8828911-86.7697722Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Powers attempted to kill off-duty deputy Eubanks. Eubanks fired his weapon in self-defense, killing Powers.

wlky.com
13986Chris Provost24MaleAfrican-American/Black01/23/2014HoustonTX29.9522538-95.4101377Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Provost crashed a stolen vehicle as he fled from officers. He exited the vehicle, shot at officers and hid in the backyard of a nearby residence. As they approached the backyard, Provost shot at them again. Officers Sonja Saunders and Tino Cruz fatally shot him.

chron.com
13992Kevin Shane McCoshum29MaleEuropean-American/White01/24/2014Yuba CityCA39.1273963-121.6123206Yuba City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McCoshum had a rifle and was not listen to the police. Police say he moved the rifle in a threatening manner and responded by shooting and killing McCoshum.

appeal-democrat.com
13993Clint Evans McKinney53MaleEuropean-American/White01/24/2014GaffneySC35.0699619-81.740384South Carolina Highway Patrol, Gaffney Police department, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McKinney was in his trailer firing rounds toward Police. Police returned fire, killing McKinney

goupstate.com
13997Ramesh Dwayne Sweeney27MaleAfrican-American/Black01/25/2014HartfordCT41.7911888-72.6867845Hartford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sweeney fired at officers while being chased on foot. Sweeney shot himself in the head during the pursuit.

courant.com
13995Praminder Singh Shergill43MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/25/2014LodiCA38.134766-121.310685Lodi Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Victim suffered from PTSD. Family called police, and Cpl. Scott Bratton and Officer Adam Lockie shot him 12 times, killing him.

cbslocal.com
13996Zachary James Sumner35MaleEuropean-American/White01/25/2014Del CityOK35.45396-97.441907Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers began pursuing Sumner after he ran a stop sign, ending several miles later. Sumner exchanged gunfire with troopers and injured two before being shot and killed.

news9.com
13999Pierree DavisMaleAfrican-American/Black01/26/2014Federal HeightsCO39.8517483-105.0060287Federal Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Davis was in the middle of robbing a Family Dollar store when officers arrived and ordered him to surrender. Davis attempted to flee and was shot several times. The officer involved in the shooting was cleared of any wrongdoing.

denverpost.com
14000Aaron Lee Devenere27MaleEuropean-American/White01/26/2014EscondidoCA33.0813044-117.071692San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DeVenere led police on a high-speed chase while holding the female driver of the car hostage. After being slowed with spike strips, the vehicle came to a stop and an officer fired and killed DeVenere.

sandiegouniontribune.com
14005Charles Hull56MaleAfrican-American/Black01/27/2014Penn HillsPA40.4640966-79.8558504Penn Hills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers arrived at Hull's home after his girlfriend called police worried that the 56-year-old was going to kill himself. Officers shot and killed Hull after he became agitated and pointed a rifle at responding officers.

triblive.com
14002Elias Guadarrama22MaleHispanic/Latino01/27/2014BradentonFL27.451857-82.580988Manatee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Guadarrama ran from the scene after allegedly being found with drugs, after police were there for an unrelated crime, car theft. He fired at the police three times while fleeing. At the scene a single gunshot was heard. Police claim he shot himself rather than give himself up to police. A search of his vehicle uncovered crack cocaine, prescription pills and marijuana.

bradenton.com
14003Julius Cecil Freeman45MaleEuropean-American/White01/27/2014ChesterfieldSC34.7288306-80.0541712South Carolina Department of Probation Parole and Pardon Services
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A South Carolina probation officer shot and killed a patient at a Chesterfield mental health clinic after the patient attacked a receptionist. Freeman was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

ebwiki.org
14004Luis Carlos Morin Jr.39MaleHispanic/Latino01/27/2014CoachellaCA33.6962452-116.209262Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Morin was wanted on two two nonviolent felony warrants. He was visiting relatives and a deputy staked out the relative's house in order to serve arrest Morin. When Morin and his relatives returned home from dinner, the deputy attempted to arrest the unarmed Morin, a scuffle ensued, ending with the deputy shooting and killing Morin in front of his family. A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against Riverside County on Aug. 26. Riverside County Sheriff's deputy Oscar Rodriguez was arrested for murder when the fact of a lovers' triangle with Morin's girlfriend came to light.

www.pe.com
14008Cameron Lupton28MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2014DeKalbIL41.91885-88.7769579DeKalb Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lupton was an Afghanistan War veteran with a history of mental illness. Police were in the process of conducting a well-being check on Lupton when they received a call he was attacking his father and step-mother with a knife at their residence. Upon their arrival, one officer tasered Lupton, to no effect, after which the second officer shot and killed him. Lupton's father and step-mother survived the attack.

northernstar.info
14010Grace Louise Denk21FemaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2014WilmingtonNC34.2503843-77.8903366Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Denk was a 21-year-old Marine suffering from depression since her return from Afghanistan. After an alcohol-fueled argument with her boyfriend, she got in her car with a handgun and began texting suicidal messages to him. Her boyfriend called 911. Police encountered Denk parked outside. Both officers claim Denk raised her gun, so they shot her four times in self defense. District Attorney said shooting justified. Denk family considering legal action.

wwaytv3.com
14006Jason Aaron Pisio32MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2014KatyTX29.770157-95.754235Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

As a deputy drove to the apartment complex named in a suicide call, he saw Pisio driving away. The deputy turned on his overhead lights and shouted at Pisio. Pisio shot himself in the head.

google.com
14009Felix Navarette29MaleHispanic/Latino01/28/2014Sioux CityIA42.460807-96.370641Sioux City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Navarette was a homicide suspect with a criminal history who vowed not to not go down without a fight. In a raid led by Sioux City Police Department's SWAT team, police broke down Navarette's door and used a flash bang grenade to disable the suspect, who fled to the second floor. He was leaning out an upstairs window when a police sniper shot and killed him after he appeared to threaten officers on the street below. A handgun was found in Navarette's waistband.

siouxcityjournal.com
14007Michael Gabriele46MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2014PassaicNJ40.851576-74.1293117Passaic Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a senior citizen home where Gabriele was arguing with his mother. When police arrived at the apartment, Gabriele grabbed a kitchen knife and charged them. One officer fired one shot, killing Gabriele. Gabriele had a criminal history, including burglary and drug possession charges. More information needed about this encounter.

www.nj.com
14015Lawrence D. Chavez29MaleHispanic/Latino01/29/2014DeRidderLA30.8489619-93.2944793DeRidder Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chavez was an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Police received a call from family members that Chavez was armed and suicidal. Chavez was outside but went inside when the police arrived. Three officers cornered Chavez in a bedroom. Chavez attempted to shoot himself, but the gun misfired. As he cycled the weapon, one of the officers shot him. Then Chavez shot himself in the chest. Louisiana State Patrol investigated, results unknown.

beauregarddailynews.net
14014Cornelius Turner19MaleAfrican-American/Black01/29/2014MilwaukeeWI43.1139231-87.9849395Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Turner and a friend had conspired to rob a beer delivery truck but ran after police arrived. An officer caught Turner and struggled with him before fatally shooting him.

jsonline.com
14016Curley Edward Spry42MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2014ChapmanvilleWV37.9118549-82.1374819West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Spry had been battling depression for more than a year. His wife called 911 to report he was armed and threatening the family. State troopers found Spry laying on the couch with a handgun. He pointed the gun at one of the troopers and the trooper, sensing an imminent threat, shot and killed him. Spry's wife said her husband had stopped taking his medication.

loganbanner.com
14017Christopher Stirkens25MaleAfrican-American/Black01/29/2014GaithersburgMD39.17761-77.15479Montgomery County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Christopher Stirkens, 25, lived with his mother and father, Denise and James Stirkens. James, a 27-year police veteran, was off-duty at home when he heard Christopher arguing with his mother. James went to investigate, and found Christopher stabbing his mother. James shot his son with his service handgun, killing him. Denise died later in the hospital. No charges have been filed against James Stirkens.

washingtonpost.com
14020Steven Burke Pettersen47MaleEuropean-American/White01/30/2014Santa ClaritaCA34.4164-118.4560123Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call that a man with a spear, Pettersen, was running wildly in and out of freeway traffic. Police first shot Pettersen after he struck a car with the "spear." Pettersen then approached them with a knife and police shot and killed him. Petersen, a veteran diagnosed with PTSD, was in his underwear and the "spear" turned out to be a hockey stick. In May 2014, Pettersen's son filed a civil rights lawsuit against Los Angeles County.

dailynews.com
14019Mark Anthony Ayala36MaleHispanic/Latino01/30/2014El CentroCA32.7992893-115.5550035U.S. Customs and Border Protection, California Highway Patrol, El Centro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ayala was parolee with a misdemeanor warrant. When police made contact, a shootout occurred. Ayala was shot and killed.

google.com
14022Jose Angel Garcia Jauregui27MaleHispanic/Latino01/31/2014NephiUT39.679729-111.841626Juab County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Garcia Juargeui was a parolee who shot a Utah County Sheriff in a traffic stop in Eagle Mountain, a multi-county chase ensued, Juargeui was shot after his car was disabled on I-15 the same day

fox13now.com
14026Zachary Andrews28MaleEuropean-American/White01/31/2014LaughlinNV35.1308694-114.6259005Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zachary Andrews had been approached for robbing a convenience store. He placed a gun to his head and told officers to "kill him." Officer opened fire after Andrews approached him, gun in hand.

fox5vegas.com
14021Michael Paul Napier33MaleHispanic/Latino01/31/2014VistaCA33.1561353-117.2398329San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Paul Napier was confronted in his parents garage about a drug-related arrest warrant. Two deputies opened fire after he reached for his waistband. He was unarmed.

utsandiego.com
14023Alton Reaves31MaleAfrican-American/Black01/31/2014KingstreeSC33.6642153-79.8285726Kingstree Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reaves was waving a gun near a building on Railroad Avenue. Police received a call and responded. When an officer approached him, he pointed the gun toward the officer who shot Reaves. He died on Friday night at the Medical University of Charleston.

kingstreenews.com
14028Kevin Dejon Grissett25MaleAfrican-American/Black02/01/2014FayettevilleNC34.975244-78.899758Hope Mills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Grissett was shot by a police officer after crashing his car into law enforcement vehicles. The high-speed chase started after authorities tried to pull him over in connection with a drug investigation. It ended when Grissett rammed his car into two law enforcement vehicles. Officers fired at the car, hitting Grissett.

wral.com
14027Michael Lee Bourquin-Burch21MaleEuropean-American/White02/01/2014SpanawayWA47.099309-122.4349124Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Burch was shot in a traffic stop when police "knew" he was wanted for a federal drug charge and identity theft warrant. Shot after macing officers, who punched him first.

kiro7.com
14033Mark Garcia56MaleHispanic/Latino02/03/2014ChicagoIL41.9746439-87.7668047Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot a robbery suspect at a Walgreens store. The officer walked into the store to use the ATM machine. The officer became suspicious when he saw a female employee frantically stashing money in a bag behind the counter while a large man stood in front of the register. The officer walked toward the man, identified himself as an officer and asked the man to get down. There was a struggle, and the officer discharged his weapon. Police recovered a semi-automatic handgun from the scene.

chicagotribune.com
14039Name withheld by police45MaleRace unspecified02/04/2014PhiladelphiaPA40.0410616-75.0762897Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer witnessed a strong armed robbery in action. When he intervened, the suspect punched him several times in the face. The officer pulled his tasered the suspect two times, but it had no effect. The suspect ran off with a stolen phone and a wad of cash. The officer gave chase. The suspect picked up the officer and slammed him violently onto the concrete. The officer took out his gun and told the suspect to get on the ground. He refused, and the officer shot him.

6abc.com
14035Courtney McKinney23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2014SylacaugaAL33.1576359-86.2524493Alexander City Police Department, Sylacauga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Courtney McKinney reportedly took his own life following a police chase.

blog.al.com
14040Anesson Joseph28MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2014Delray BeachFL26.4825554-80.1226662Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies in Florida shot Anesson Joseph after he beat several victims including biting a teen's face in a random street attack. Deputies tasered Joseph, but he continued ranting and raving. Joseph was naked. One cop opened fire and shot Joseph in the torso and twice on his lower body. He was taken to Delray Medical Center where he later died.

nydailynews.com
14036Ariel Levy62FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2014HaywardCA37.6825531-122.087977Hayward Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ariel Levy was killed in an officer-involved shooting in after she reportedly threatened an officer with what later turned out to be a replica handgun.

sfgate.com
14038Don Pooley34MaleEuropean-American/White02/04/2014ArvadaCO39.8091868-105.061459Arvada Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were initially called to the neighborhood on a domestic disturbance call. When police arrived, Pooley fled the house, ran into another home and took a 13-year-old hostage. The situation was resolved when Pooley went to the front door to retrieve some items. The SWAT team shot him.

westword.com
14045James L. Norris25MaleAfrican-American/Black02/05/2014SalisburyMD38.3726579-75.5933714Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Norris was a fugitive and a passenger in a car stopped at a traffic light. A member of the Maryland State Apprehension Team that takes violent fugitives into custody shot him. Norris was armed with two revolvers.

wboc.com
14043Earl Edward Clauge Jr.51MaleEuropean-American/White02/05/2014PerryFL30.0911814-83.5760827Taylor County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An employee of a local Ford dealership, Clauge crashed his own vehicle into the front of the dealership, emerged from the car, and started shooting. A deputy having his car serviced was able to respond immediately. Clauge managed to wound two people before being fatally shot himself. The deputy emerged in critical but stable condition.

tallahassee.com
14046Stephen Wayne Ross43MaleEuropean-American/White02/06/2014GlendaleAZ33.6107508-112.1859078Glendale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ross was shot multiple times as he tried to escape from authorities who were serving warrants for his arrest. Ross had outstanding felony warrants for dangerous drugs and aggravated identity theft and forgery, and had a history of fleeing from police.

azcentral.com
14053Johnny Rico Richardson27FemaleRace unspecified02/07/2014RustonLA32.5199163-92.6308026Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were on routine duty around a Mini-Mart in Ruston. They came into contact with a group of individuals in the parking lot of the convenience store. One of those individuals was Richardson. He immediately began running from the deputy who pursuit him on foot. A deputy identified himself and ordered the suspect to stop. As the pursuit continued, Richardson suddenly stopped and pointed a weapon at police. A deputy fired multiple shots. Richardson was taken to North Louisiana Medical Center for treatment and was later pronounced dead.

knoe.com
14047Robert W. Bloodworth39MaleRace unspecified02/07/2014Baton RougeLA30.36842-91.007215St. Gabriel Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Bloodworth reportedly shot and killed himself at his home after police had questioned him about a traffic incident. Police said they stopped Bloodworth after he rear-ended a woman's car on Highway 30. Officers said he seemed nervous, and took off on foot when they asked him about his registration. Investigators said a stolen Mercedes was seen leaving a nearby subdivision soon after the incident, and the same car was found at Bloodworth's home on Crepemyrtle Drive. Police said when they approached the home they heard shots, and found Bloodworth dead inside. Neighbors said they were shocked to see all the police in their area, and even more shocked to find out what happened. "There were 30 police cars in the driveway, this is a really quiet quaint neighborhood there's only one way in and one way out so you don't have any traffic so if you see anything like that it's obviously something going on," said neighbor Eric Woolbright. "They're good people, I thought. I mean, did he just have an accident and panic? I really don't know."

theadvocate.com
14051Keith Walker49MaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2014BrookshireTX29.7852291-95.9512863Brookshire Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After robbing a bank with a gun, Walker was stopped by an off-duty officer working as private security. Walker was shot and killed when he turned on the officer, gun in hand.

click2houston.com
14048Dawn Marie Pfister34FemaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2014Eden PrairieMN44.863359-93.4449445Chaska Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

"The incident began with a hit-and-run report at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 7 in Chaska. According to police, the suspect vehicle—a red Saab—was located and led police on a high-speed chase on U.S. 212, at times reaching 90 mph and with its hood popped open against the windshield. The chase ended in Eden Prairie when the Saab veered to the shoulder and hit a retaining wall. Police said the driver, Matthew Vincent Serbus, 36, had a knife and refused to put it down. He was shot and killed. The passenger, Dawn Marie Pfister, 34, then allegedly picked the knife up. She also was shot and died." http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25898660/eden-prairie-police-shooting-reviewed-by-hennepin-county?source=pkg

twincities.com
14049Matthew Vincent Serbus36MaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2014Eden PrairieMN44.863359-93.4449445Chaska Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, Carver County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

"The incident began with a hit-and-run report at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 7 in Chaska. According to police, the suspect vehicle—a red Saab—was located and led police on a high-speed chase on U.S. 212, at times reaching 90 mph and with its hood popped open against the windshield. The chase ended in Eden Prairie when the Saab veered to the shoulder and hit a retaining wall. Police said the driver, Matthew Vincent Serbus, 36, had a knife and refused to put it down. He was shot and killed. The passenger, Dawn Marie Pfister, 34, then allegedly picked the knife up. She also was shot and died. Four officers fired their weapons and were placed on leave: Sgt. Brady Juell and officer Trent Wurtz of the Chaska Police Department; trooper Mark Lund of the Minnesota State Patrol; and Corp. Nathan Mueller of the Carver County sheriff's office."

twincities.com
14052Brad Allen Mason42MaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2014KalamazooMI42.2853066-85.584388Kalamazoo Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mason was shot and killed by Public Safety Officers during an ongoing sexual assault investigation. The Michigan Sex Offender Registry show Mason was a registered sex offender.

westernherald.com
14056Donald Haynes45MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2014StocktonCA37.9412902-121.2686374Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to the scene of a domestic dispute. After stopping Haynes in a traffic stop, he refused to drop a 20-inch bayonet and was shot by police.

cbslocal.com
14058Anthony Jamal Bartley21MaleAfrican-American/Black02/10/2014YuleeFL30.6299406-81.4719594Nassau County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Several neighbors called the police on Anthony after he had gotten in a fight with someone whose house he spent the night at. One officer came, they got in an argument, the officer used a Taser gun on him but did not have the desired effect. The officer then proceeded to shoot him once, when Anthony did not go to the ground the officer shot him 4-5 more times until he was pronounced dead.

fernandinaobserver.com
14060Deonta Dewight Mackey16MaleAfrican-American/Black02/10/2014ChicagoIL41.707446-87.6065131Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A sergeant was filling his car at the Citgo station when Mackey and two other individuals tried to rob him. Mackey was shot in the head and died at the scene.

chicagotribune.com
14061Robert Miguel Gutierrez Villa23MaleNative American/Alaskan02/10/2014TustinCA33.7327545-117.8161788Tustin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to the area of Red Hill Avenue and Nisson Road for a domestic disturbance. At the apartment building, officers confronted the man, who appeared to be holding a weapon. The man was armed with a knife. Multiple officers fired their weapons. Paramedics took him to Western Medical Center Santa Ana where he died from his injuries.

ocregister.com
14057Leroy Turner III19MaleAfrican-American/Black02/10/2014HoustonTX29.6985473-95.419203University of Texas at Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer M Krawczak was dressed for duty at University of Texas at Houston Police Department. He was employed when he was off duty as a security officer at an apartment complex. He was called to a break-in and when he arrived, a suspicious person left the apartment, and refused to follow orders. A fight ensued, and the officer shot and killed Turner.

google.com
14059Ernest Satterwhite68MaleAfrican-American/Black02/10/2014North AugustaSC33.6282125-81.9268475North Augusta Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Satterwhite was shot in his driveway after driving away during a traffic stop outside a North Augusta Wal-Mart. He was suspected of driving under the influence. Officer Justin Craven, 27, was convicted and sentenced to 1 year, which was suspended in lieu of 3 months probation and community service.

latimes.com
14062Jeffrey Adam Beckworth34MaleEuropean-American/White02/10/2014PoolerGA32.0582328-81.2737073Chatham County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Beckworth was being sought by the Chatham county Sheriff's Fugitive Squad for failure to appear in court on a charge of Aggravated Battery, Violation of Parole and felony probation violations. When deputies arrived at his residence, he fled from the front yard on foot and then turned and aimed a handgun at the deputy pursuing him. The deputy fired one round at Beckworth but missed. Beckworth then killed himself.

wtoc.com
14065Jedadiah Dean Zillmer23MaleEuropean-American/White02/11/2014Spokane ValleyWA47.6730599-117.2063317Spokane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A motorist described as despondent and possibly suicidal was shot and killed following a police chase that ended near Spokane Valley Mall.

spokesman.com
14064Pamela Hutcherson52FemaleEuropean-American/White02/11/2014NashvilleTN36.0651584-86.6453518Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers arrived at Hutcherson's residence with gun making suicidal threats. She closed door of her home on officers who then made a forced entry into home. She allegedly pointed gun at officers who then shot her. She died from her wounds at hospital.

tennessean.com
14066Bernard Lofton22MaleAfrican-American/Black02/12/2014BaltimoreMD39.2689269-76.6516382Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers walked into a southwest Baltimore home to investigate a report of a burglary and found two men inside wearing clothing bearing the word "police." One of the men was armed with a handgun, police said, and two officers fatally shot him after he did not follow orders to drop his weapon. The man who was killed was identified as Bernard Lofton, 22, of Parkville.

baltimoresun.com
14067Dennis Grohn32MaleEuropean-American/White02/12/2014MenomonieWI44.9361015-91.8861649Eau Claire Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After SWAT entered the home, Grohn charged two officers and wrestled one to the ground. Shot once by both officers.

dewittmedia.com
14068Stephon Averyhart27MaleAfrican-American/Black02/12/2014St. LouisMO38.6918053-90.2443865St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detectives were in pursuit of the deceased and were able to disable his vehicle. After a brief foot chase, police say the suspect pointed a gun at their direction at which time the officers opened fire multiple times causing death.

riverfronttimes.com
14071Jose Manuel Meza Avendano21MaleHispanic/Latino02/13/2014PhoenixAZ33.465785-112.0411668Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers approached suspicious looking vehicle. Avendano was shot after swinging a sword at officers, who were unable to use a Taser.

azcentral.com
14072Joseph Rodney Wharton Sr.48MaleEuropean-American/White02/13/2014CentraliaWA46.711411-122.9717783Centralia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wharton was running from an officer after he approached him outside Fiddler's Coffee shop. He turned and showed a knife halfway through the chase and was shot when he attempted to scale a fence.

chronline.com
14070Javier Mendez35MaleHispanic/Latino02/13/2014West CovinaCA34.0095033-117.8846058Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sheriff's Homicide Bureau Lt. Steve Jauch told reporters at the scene a man in the home reported the suspect had been inside the residence, demanding money from his mother. Jauch said that as deputies arrived at the scene, a black compact sedan driven by the suspect sped toward them. Jauch said the pursuit led deputies to the parking lot of the Bestway Supermarket in the 19000 block La Puente Road and ran through the market. Jauch said the suspect ran east through neighborhood backyards before encountering deputies at a residence on the corner of Elberland Street and Abelian Avenue.

sgvtribune.com
14074D'Andre Berghardt Jr.20MaleAfrican-American/Black02/14/2014Las VegasNV36.1416386-115.3994955U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A pedestrian in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area got in an argument with two bicyclists. Upon arrival of NHP a struggle ensued, and the pedestrian was killed.

lasvegassun.com
14075Christopher Roupe17MaleEuropean-American/White02/14/2014EuharleeGA34.1479104-84.9168894Euharlee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Euharlee police said 17-year-old Christopher Roupe pointed a gun at one of their officers on Feb. 14, when officers knocked on the door of the family's home to serve a probation warrant for Roupe's father. Family members, however, said the teen was holding a Nintendo Wii controller.

patch.com
14079Jeffrey M. Harris45MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2014AuburnNY42.9338767-76.5787842Auburn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers were involved in the killing of an estranged husband who had broken into his wife's home and attacked with a meat cleaver, Auburn police said.

syracuse.com
14080Brandon Keeler18MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2014HamiltonOH39.3836369-84.5526168Hamilton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Keeler was openly firing an AK-47 in a residential area. He struck an officer who returned fire and killed Keeler.

wlwt.com
14084Riley Leif Ottersen34MaleEuropean-American/White02/16/2014MukilteoWA47.9153845-122.3066838Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police began pursuing Ottersen after an earlier double shooting, and engaged in a high-speed pursuit that ended when he crashed his car into a ditch. Police shot Otterson after he went for his gun, and he died a month later.

heraldnet.com
14086Timothy Oakes47MaleEuropean-American/White02/16/2014OrlandoFL28.5570418-81.1622099Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Man was reported to have been threatening his family with shotgun. After standoff, was shot once by deputy after refusing to lower shotgun.

wesh.com
14087Oscar Gaspar17MaleHispanic/Latino02/16/2014HoustonTX29.8891253-95.4124765Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty officer witnessed two suspects beating a pedestrian outside of a convenience store. Officer told them to stop and was approached by one suspect who apparently brandished a gun. Officer fired from his truck.

google.com
14085Keith Atkinson31MaleAfrican-American/Black02/16/2014New OrleansLA29.962019-90.1232234New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say that Atkinson was a perceived threat when officers encountered him for allegedly shoplifting juice from a convenient store. Police say a gun was found near his body.

nola.com
14083Yvette Smith47FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/16/2014BastropTX30.1905742-97.3045129Bastrop County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bastrop deputies responded to a 911 call regarding gunshots. Reports are unclear as to what exactly happened. Yvette was shot when coming out the door at the direction of the police. They may have believed she had a gun, though she did not. The Sheriff's department initially claimed that she was disregarding officer commands, but later retracted that statement

theguardian.com
14089John E. Brown II44MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2014HammondIN41.5935656-87.4361687Hammond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic disturbance fatally shot brown after he stabbed his wife and brandished two knives at police.

nwitimes.com
14092Jesus Flores-Cruz42MaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2014San DiegoCA32.5835109-116.922462U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Border Patrol agent followed Flores-Cruz through a ravine and up a hillside when he began throwing fist-sized rocks. Officials said the agent ordered Flores-Cruz to stop in English and in Spanish and used his hands to deflect some of the rocks. He was struck in the face. The agent, fearing for his safety, fired his duty weapon at the suspect, striking him. Investigators said the agent fired his weapon at least twice. The suspect died at the scene.

nbcsandiego.com
14093David Goins60MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2014San LorenzoCA37.6828293-122.1213917Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responding to a paramedic dispute fatally shot Goins after he became combative with a baseball bat after they entered his home for a welfare check. Goins was apparently suffering a seizure at the time of the response.

cbslocal.com
14091Randy Ray Vinson37MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2014KilgoreTX32.4110686-94.890381Gregg County Sheriff's Office, Kilgore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Elizabeth Ann Vinson was shot and killed in a vehicle outside a residence. When officers arrived at the home, her brother-in-law 37-year-old Randy Ray Vinson, armed with a rifle, was on the bridge over Rabbit Creek. When Randy fired his weapon, he was shot and killed by officers from the Kilgore Police Department and the Gregg County Sheriff's Department.

news-journal.com
14094Alonzo Shackleford Hood Sr.63MaleAfrican-American/Black02/19/2014RinggoldGA34.9522904-85.1637128Catoosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Hood was wanted by his office for aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child molestation. He shot and killed himself during a standoff with police that was precipitated by his shooting at animal control personnel who were investigating an abandoned dog.

northwestgeorgianews.com
14096Jason Adrian Wells36MaleEuropean-American/White02/19/2014Oyster CreekTX29.0045736-95.3316289Oyster Creek Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Oyster Creek officers responded to a report that Wells was suicidal. Officers asked the Department of Public Safety and Brazoria County Sheriff's Office to secure the area. Wells, drunk, shot himself in the chest. He died at Brazosport Memorial Hospital. DPS filed the Custodial Death Report.

google.com
14097James Marlowe Ness70MaleRace unspecified02/20/2014BrowningMT48.3605566-113.0136435Glacier County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ness left his home with a shotgun and no indication of where he was going. His wife called police to conduct a welfare check. After a multi-county car chase, deputies fatally shot Ness who allegedly fired upon law enforcement with the shotgun. Ness was described as suicidal.

cutbankpioneerpress.com
14098Antonio Guzman Lopez38MaleHispanic/Latino02/21/2014San JoseCA37.3335517-121.8785649San Jose State University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers responded to a call about a man carrying a knife. Lopez was carrying a drywall saw he used for his job. After approaching one officer and refusing to drop the saw, he was shot twice in the back.

cbslocal.com
14101Armando Alvarez44MaleHispanic/Latino02/22/2014TucsonAZ32.2234783-110.8725887Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alvarez was suspected of bank robbery and was apprehended by police after fleeing the scene. He allegedly pointed something, later found to be a wrench-like tool, at the officers who then opened fire.

tucson.com
14102Joseph Ma18MaleHispanic/Latino02/23/2014FresnoCA36.7196162-119.7975741Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled over a car for not having plates. Three suspects ran and officers pursued, fatally shooting one who was armed.

abclocal.go.com
14103Gregory Sanders37MaleAfrican-American/Black02/24/2014CincinnatiOH39.132479-84.4836747Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sanders called 911 to report that he had just stabbed his mother to death. When police arrived, he approached with a rifle in his hands. Three officers opened fire when he refused to drop the weapon.

fox19.com
14109Harold Lynn Phelps57MaleEuropean-American/White02/25/2014MesaAZ33.4080425-111.6179484Gilbert Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After being identified as a bank robbery suspect, Phelps led law enforcement on an extended chase before being shot to death after threatening officers.

azcentral.com
14106Morris Ray Bonnette64MaleEuropean-American/White02/25/2014VidorTX30.1909688-94.0329329U.S. Marshals Service, Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When county and federal officials serving a felony warrant at Bonnette's rural East Texas residence were confronted with his armed resistance and an exchange of gunfire, they shot him to death.

burlesonstar.net
14108Billie Joe Woolford48MaleRace unspecified02/25/2014EcorseMI42.245555-83.158345Taylor Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Woolford was acting agitated in his trailer park neighborhood and a park employee called the police. SWAT was called, who Woolford fired on. SWAT shot him.

thenewsherald.com
14112John Edward Chesney62MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014San DiegoCA32.7157549-117.1565013San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Edward Chesney, 62, was shot and killed by police in his apartment after an hour long standoff. Chesney was said to be suicidal at the time of his death.

utsandiego.com
14111Del Aukerman57MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014ShelbyvilleKY38.203435-85.2330161Shelbyville Police Department, Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police came to Aukerman's residence to serve a warrant, and were greeted with Aukerman holding a long gun. They called in state troopers and a SWAT force. This developed into a standoff from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, when officers raided the house. Aukerman fired on them and was killed by return fire.

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14113Vanessa Pitofsky42FemaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014DallasTX32.7689483-96.788858Crandall Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Sgt. Nick Pitofsky, a Crandall police officer is said to be the only suspect in the apparent murder-suicide.

nbcdfw.com
14114Nick Pitofsky47MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014DallasTX32.7689483-96.788858Crandall Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Sgt. Nick Pitofsky, a Crandall police officer is said to be the only suspect in the apparent murder-suicide.

nbcdfw.com
14116Scott Islam33MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014DanvilleIL40.1322714-87.644857Danville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Islam was shot after a car chase with police that ended in a shootout.

wandtv.com
22173Tanner Ray Dennis19MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2014ArcolaIN41.1040443-85.2934538Allen County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A masked man, Tanner Ray Dennis, allegedly robbed S&V Liquors with a long gun. After a four-hour SWAT standoff at apartment, police found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

wowo.com
14124Robert Charles Striffler51MaleEuropean-American/White02/28/2014MelbourneFL28.246287-80.739441Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Striffler was shot after brandishing a gun in the traffic circle outside courthouse after law enforcement failed to taser him and he attempted to flee the shootout. Records state he'd threatened to bomb the courthouse two weeks prior.

clickorlando.com
14122Marquise Edward Jones23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/28/2014San AntonioTX29.518063-98.410085San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones was the passenger in a car involved in a minor accident in a drive-through restaurant, exited the vehicle, and attempted to run away. Off-duty but uniformed SAPD Officer Robert Encina working security shot him in the back on the claim that Jones had a weapon. Many witnesses disputed the officer's account.

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14120Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/28/2014IndependenceMO39.0491834-94.428978Independence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a standoff with police at his home. At about 3:30 a.m., police responded after the man had threatened suicide during an argument with his wife. The woman fled the house with two kids and their grandmother. The couple's 15-year-old daughter, who had Down syndrome, remained inside. Officers unsuccessfully tried to reach the man. At about 7:30 a.m., SWAT team members went inside to rescue the girl and found the man dead.

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14126Anthony Kovac21MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2014O'FallonMO38.8372306-90.696325St. Charles County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kovac was shot in a home after threatening to hurt himself and then pointing the gun at a responding officer.

stltoday.com
14133Ryan Matthew Shannon41MaleEuropean-American/White03/02/2014AntelopeCA38.7037118-121.3459399Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were responding to a report of shots fired. When they approached Shannon, he fired on them. They shot and killed him.

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14130Michael Douglas Yates24MaleAfrican-American/Black03/02/2014HoustonTX29.8745086-95.5373097Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies responding to a weapons disturbance saw Yates put a handgun to his right temple and shoot himself.

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14132Gabriella Monique Nevarez22FemaleHispanic/Latino03/02/2014Fair OaksCA38.6528853-121.2923572Citrus Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Citrus Heights police spokesman Bryan Fritsch said officers had pulled over a suspected stolen vehicle at about 11:30 a.m. on the 7000 block Madison Avenue. The woman rammed one police vehicle and then drove away, and police pursued at up to 70 mph. She subsequently rammed a second police vehicle on the 7500 block Sunset Avenue just east of San Juan Avenue. At that point, Officers Jason Baldwin and Alexi Fanopoulos shot and killed her.

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14135William Ray Thornton28MaleEuropean-American/White03/03/2014PhoenixAZ33.5239213-112.1515321Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers on fugitive apprehension detail were pursuing a suspect wanted on a felony warrant at about 3:20 p.m. William Thornton, realizing he was being followed, collided with several other vehicles at 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road. Two people were injured in the crash - a 50-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman. Thornton fled on foot around a building. The officers got out of their car and chased Thornton. Thorton started shooting at the two officers, killing Officer John Hobbs. A third undercover officer with the fugitive apprehension squad appeared on the scene and heard gunshots. The officer saw Thornton shooting at the two other officers. The third officer shot and killed Thornton.

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14134Clay Spotted Bear19MaleNative American/Alaskan03/03/2014BrowningMT48.5569174-113.0134175Blackfoot Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Blackfeet police officers were responding to reports of a man with a gun. According to the FBI, Spotted Bear was armed during the incident and shots were exchanged, and Spotted Bear was hit during the exchange and died upon arrival at the hospital.

krtv.com
14136Michael Cravey28MaleEuropean-American/White03/03/2014GainesvilleFL29.6223586-82.3811493Gainesville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cravey was being chased after he allegedly stabbed a stranger on University of Florida campus. After wrecking his vehicle, he allegedly approached officers with a raised hatchet.

huffpost.com
14167Victor White III22MaleAfrican-American/Black03/03/2014New IberiaLA30.014682-91.8912008Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

White was apprehended for fighting and for possession of illegal drugs. Transported to the parish sheriff's office, he refused to exit the vehicle. According to officers and a report from the State Police, while handcuffed White produced a pistol and fatally shot himself in the back. An autopsy from the parish coroner's office released in August 2014 contradicts the initial report and describes White's gunshot wound as a chest wound. Only the first page of the autopsy report was released to the public.

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14142Lew G. Tyree II41MaleAfrican-American/Black03/04/2014BrandonFL27.8942062-82.2831603Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to calls that Tyree was threatening passersby with a knife and 20-pound dumbbell. Officers attempted to subdue Tyree with a tazer to no effect, and shot him when he charged them.

baynews9.com
14138Charles Muse III44MaleEuropean-American/White03/04/2014ClawsonMI42.5377274-83.1530533Oakland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call that Muse was armed and threatening his wife and three children. By the time they arrived, his family had escaped and Muse, armed with a shotgun, had barricaded himself in the house. Deputies attempted to get Muse to surrender, but he refused. When a deputy approached the front of the house, Muse shot at him and the deputy fired back, killing Muse. Muse's wife said her husband was intoxicated.

dailytribune.com
14141Federico Osorio20MaleHispanic/Latino03/04/2014KendallFL25.671215-80.368906Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Osorio's mother called 911 after he threatened to kill her and his sister with knives. Police attempted to use a tazer, which malfunctioned, to subdue Osorio. Armed with knives, he charged at officers who then fatally shot him. Osorio was reported as being bipolar.

local10.com
14140Rebecca Lynn Oliver24FemaleEuropean-American/White03/04/2014DuncanSC34.9170005-82.1090862Duncan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After an officer responded to a couple causing a disturbance and allegedly tampering with a vehicle, the officer shot and killed Oliver when she got behind the wheel of his patrol car and put it in drive.

goupstate.com
14149Robert J. Storay52MaleAfrican-American/Black03/05/2014Little RockAR34.7484568-92.3142973North Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call that Storay was causing a disturbance on a city bus. As the officer escorted Storay off the bus, Storay allegedly hit him with a cane. The officer responded by shooting and killing Storay. Storay was a disabled Army veteran who required the cane to walk. In 2011, Storay filed a lawsuit against the North Little Rock Police Department after three officers allegedly assaulted him.

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14144Andrew Sizemore27MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2014IndianapolisIN39.7462146-86.1305541Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The officers from Special Weapons and Tactics came under fire from a suspect, Andrew Sizemore, 27, of Indianapolis, who was killed in the gunbattle about 7:41 p.m. in the home in the 1600 block South State Avenue, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Indy Star

indystar.com
14146Robert James Gonzales23MaleHispanic/Latino03/05/2014PuebloCO38.2404702-104.6322469Pueblo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call that Gonzales was threatening two women at gunpoint in a home. Gonzales fired a shot above one woman's head just as police arrived. Gonzales ignored commands to drop his weapon and instead turned it on police. Police opened fire, killing Gonzales. Pueblo County District Attorney found shooting justified.

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14148Gary E. Wenzel50MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2014BourbonMO38.1962162-91.2831243Bourbon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wenzel spent ten years in prison on drug-related charges and was well known to local police. Police attempted to pull him over for warrants, but Wenzel eluded them. He was later spotted by another patrol car, and a high-speed chase ensued. Wenzel, who was unarmed, crashed his car. He then approached the first officer at the scene, who shot and killed Wenzel because he felt threatened.

emissourian.com
14147Eddy Barrios23MaleHispanic/Latino03/05/2014LaBelleFL26.6792058-81.4270552Hendry County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barrios was suspected of battery and police went to his home to interrogate him. They found Barrios in the road outside his home holding a sawed-off shotgun and another firearm. Barrios pointed the firearms in the direction of the deputies, and three out of four of the officers opened fire, killing him. The four officers were placed on leave pending an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

nbc-2.com
14151Kenny Clinton Walker23MaleAfrican-American/Black03/06/2014Los AngelesCA33.948612-118.26981Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Walker was shot and killed by LAPD after officers were investigating a drive-by shooting. Officers were unsure if Walker was involved in the previous shooting.

latimes.com
14154Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified03/06/2014HoustonTX29.9129612-95.4291856Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Houston Police officer awoke to find three men breaking into his house, and began firing toward them and then chasing the three. One of the burglars pointed a handgun at the officer, and the officer fatally shot the man.

chron.com
14155James Stutchman28MaleNative American/Alaskan03/06/2014OkmulgeeOK35.627206-95.9521597Okmulgee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to stop Stutchman for a traffic violation at 2 a.m. Stutchman sped off and a pursuit ensued. Stutchman crashed his SUV and got out of the vehicle brandishing a handgun. Officers opened fire, hitting Stutchman multiple times and killing him. Stutchman's sister told reporters that her brother had several warrants out for his arrest. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation found shooting justified.

news9.com
14153Clifford Crowe55MaleEuropean-American/White03/06/2014KnoxvilleTN36.040635-83.9108229Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Crowe's sister initially called police and told them that her brother was acting suicidal, and was threatening to shoot anyone who came into his house. Arriving officers found Crowe, who was bipolar, hiding under a bed and began shooting toward the officers, leading them to exchange gunfire at fatally hit Crowe.

wate.com
14152Lonnie Gene Roberts47MaleEuropean-American/White03/06/2014HamiltonMT46.196481-114.09948Ravalli County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A sheriff's deputy was called to Roberts' home for a domestic disturbance, where he found Roberts acting agitated and accusing the deputy of not being an actual officer. Roberts was shot after picking up a weapon and pointing it at the deputy.

missoulian.com
14158Veronica Lynn Canter48FemaleEuropean-American/White03/07/2014FresnoCA36.813129-119.7654627Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called after Carter entered an apartment of an acquaintance and started acting strange. The 49-year-old allegedly approached officers while holding a kitchen knife, and was fatally tasered before being shot.

csufresno.edu
14157JoAnna Miller34FemaleEuropean-American/White03/07/2014NorristownPA40.151412-75.322205Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Miller's husband accidentally shot her in the head when he was cleaning his gun. She was 22 weeks pregnant, and the child died after an emergency c-section. The killing was ruled accidental.

rawstory.com
14156Jack Ryan Kelley29MaleEuropean-American/White03/07/2014HiawathaKS39.8525033-95.5358156Hiawatha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jack Ryan Kelley reportedly committed suicide after a police chase. According to police, Kelley fled from officers in Hiawatha, crashed his vehicle, ran from the scene and then shot himself. Kelley died later at a hospital.

kansascity.com
14161John Harmon50MaleRace unspecified03/08/2014SacramentoCA38.5703613-121.4930342Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Harmon was allegedly threatening to commit suicide on a light-rail train in downtown Sacramento, then brandished a knife and implored responding officers to shoot him. Harmon was fatally shot by Officers Karl Chan and Steven Fontana after being tasered twice to little effect.

abc10.com
14160Thomas Hawes45MaleEuropean-American/White03/08/2014ScottsdaleAZ33.513019-111.90237Scottsdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were trying to contact Hawes for questioning about past sex crimes and were following him southbound on 83rd St. Hawes pulled over his vehicle and police said he had a gun pointed at himself. Hawes then exited the vehicle and fired at officers, who returned fire and killed him.

phoenixnewtimes.com
14162Emerson Crayton Jr.21MaleAfrican-American/Black03/08/2014Alexander CityAL32.9167857-85.9527611Alexander City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to calls of a fight at a local restaurant found Clayton in his car and revving the engine. The officer fatally shot Clayton, and was later cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury despite significant protests.

wsfa.com
14168Herbert Wayne Morehead60MaleEuropean-American/White03/09/2014LyerlyGA34.3770282-85.3943514Chattooga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer responding to a domestic disturbance call was shot at by Morehead, who was equipped with a high-power rifle. The officer returned fire and fatally shot Morehead, and was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the county District Attorney.

timesfreepress.com
14169Floyd Gene Hodge31MaleEuropean-American/White03/09/2014SebringFL27.4207084-81.3741639Highlands County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hodge's wife frantically called police to report issues with her husband, who was equipped with a high-powered rifle. Police arrived and engaged in a short gun battle with Hodge, fatally shooting him.

ufl.edu
14165Gordon E. Samel52MaleEuropean-American/White03/09/2014WasillaAK61.5753307-149.3598656Alaska State Troopers
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A drunk driver was reported in Wasilla, Ak, leading troopers to pursue the driver and eventually corner him in an intersection. Cornered, the Samel's truck quickly reversed in the general direction of the officers, prompting them to fire into the cab of the truck, killing Samel and wounding a passenger. Samel suffered from bipolar disorder and was one of the hunters who discovered the body of Chris McCandless, whose death was captured in the book and movie "Into The Wild." Police alleged vehicular assault.

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14170Erdenebileg Sambuunyam40MaleAsian/Pacific Islander03/09/2014Buffalo GroveIL42.168659-87.9322628Sleepy Hollow Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arriving on a call of a domestic disturbance found an injured woman along with Sambuunyam chasing another person. The officers shot Sambuunyam, who was under investigation for stalking, after he brandished a knife at them.

chicagotribune.com
14166Justin Michael Aguilar15MaleHispanic/Latino03/09/2014LongviewTX32.4752554-94.7453592Longview Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Justin Aguilar was shot by police after he opened fire against them following an attempted robbery at the New-Way convenience store in the 1300 block South Green Street.

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