Police stopped a black Chevy Camaro for an invalid license plate, but the driver sped off. Police later noticed the car parked with its lights off at 21st and Adams streets. When they approached, the driver sped off, then lost control of his car and hit a fence, a tree, and an officer's car. When two officers on foot approached the car, it drove in their general direction and one officer fired his weapon, killing Jesus Del Toro. Police alleged vehicular assault.

A man held a woman and his 23-year-old handicapped daughter captive in a home for more than three hours, police said. The woman eventually escaped and called for help. The man was armed with a handgun and refused to talk with police. Police eventually entered the home and removed the daughter from the home. The man was found dead in a rear bedroom of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Emily Fatzinger and Eric Messick were found dead in a home they had broken into while running from police. Police entered the home after a day-long standoff. Some reports said Messick shot and killed Fatzinger before shooting himself.

Following a carjacking and a chase, Lane County officers shot and killed Cameron Ollman, who allegedly had fired upon them.

Christopher Michael Murray was driving a stolen car and tried to ram into officers' cars on Highway 45 South. Police said deputies got the truck to the side of the road. Murray resumed driving in the direction of officers, when he was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

After a shooting and a standoff with a hostage, George Tillman was shot and killed by police as he fired at police.

Police received a call about a man who was armed and homicidal near Griego's Market in Pecos. Officers came across the suspect's car, a red Ford Fusion. When they tried to approach the car, the driver took off down State Road 63. Officers later found the car and as officers approached the area, shots were fired from the car. Rip Huntington was eventually shot and killed.

Michael Lloyd's step-son called police, saying Lloyd was threatening to harm him and his mother, as well as himself. After an eight-hour standoff, Lloyd shot and killed himself.

After shooting a suicidal man with beanbags, police shot and killed him when he refused to put down his gun.

Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Division was attempting to execute a search warrant at the Liberty Pointe Apartments when Joel Gatu Muturi allegedly drove a vehicle in the direction of an officer. He was shot and killed.

Two South Pasadena officers were serving an arrest warrant when Marco Cardoza was shot and killed, as he pointed a replica handgun at officers.

Police said Aaron Bailey fled from a traffic stop and led police on a brief chase that lasted about a minute and ended when the car crashed into a tree. Officers Michal Dinnsen and Carlton Howard fired multiple rounds at the car, killing Bailey. Police alleged that they thought Bailey was reaching for a weapon.

Police shot and killed Stephanie Lopez and injured a second woman following a Littleton carjacking and high-speed chase that traversed Littleton, Englewood and Denver.

Westminster police were in the area looking for another man with several warrants when they encountered Rodriguez, who had an active warrant. Brett Rodriguez reached for a handgun in his waistband and was shot and killed.

A woman called police and said she was being held against her will at an apartment complex. When officers arrived, they found a group of individuals in and around a vehicle outside the apartment where the call came from. Officers questioned the people and were patting them down when one man became agitated, started backing away from officers and reaching for his waistband. The man pulled out a silver handgun and was shot and killed.

Officers responded to a call about a man with a gun. They tried to make contact with him at an apartment, but weren't successful. Police created a perimeter and then the man shot a officer in the bulletproof vest, police said. Other officers shot and killed the man.

Holden Austin Gorka allegedly tried to hijack a helicopter with a gun. He hopped back over the fence at the sight of an officer and was fatally shot after a chase into a nearby field.

A man accused of fatally shooting an East Bay gas station worker, Mohammed Ataie, 57, died several hours after being shot by a responding police officer.

Responding to a domestic disturbance, a deputy shot and killed Christopher Cashell during an altercation, as Cashell brandished a handgun.

Donald Martin fired at police several times and made suicidal comments before a police tactical unit officer shot and killed him, police said.

Deputy John Clary shot and killed Douglas West when he greeted officers responding to a domestic disturbance with a gun.

Centerville police said there was a stolen-car chase that ended in Cody Ray McCray being shot and killed.

A Federal Heights police officer shot and killed a fugitive parolee—who officers believed was armed—when he refused orders to surrender and attempted to flee.

Zachary Carr revved his engine near a Middlesex Township officer watching for speeders on Route 8. After that officer gave chase, Carr allegedly sideswiped another township cruiser engaged in an unrelated traffic stop, and that officer joined the chase. Police said Carr eventually stopped his car, got out wearing a bulletproof vest, then fatally shot himself in the head.

Deputies chased Jonathon Coronel with a warrant for a probation violation. According to witnesses, officers caught up with him, and Deputy Christopher Villanueva shot him as he lay face-down on the ground. He was not armed.

Deputy was called to a home after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance. Shortly after arriving at the home, the deputy called for assistance. The deputy shot and killed Edwin J. Esker, who advanced upon them with a running chainsaw.

After a chase and the use of tire-pop sticks, Jesus Cervantes crashed and was shot and killed by Officers Gerald Baker and Derek Hartmann when he reached for an object.

An Evangeline Parish sheriff's deputy responded to a report of an attempted burglary. The deputy arrived and made contact with DeJuan Guillory. Police said an altercation occurred between the deputy and Guillory. Guillory was shot and killed.

Gabriel Barnes led police on a 34-mile stolen-car pursuit and crashed the vehicle. With police on site, Barnes backed into a police vehicle and pinned an officer against it. He was then shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

The Putnam Sheriff's Office received a 911 call about a man who had cut himself in the neck and was armed with a knife at a house. A deputy and police officer found the man still armed and bleeding from the neck, according to police. After shocking him with a Taser, he was shot and killed as he advanced upon police.

Michael Anthony Rude, a reservist with the Washington National Guard, was shot as he advanced upon officers while armed with a knife, about a half-hour after police said he called 911 to say he had a knife and wanted to attack any police officer who pulled him over.

Police responded to Burbank Boulevard after receiving reports of a man in his 50s armed with a gun. The man was threatening to kill himself, police said. Police blocked off part of Burbank Boulevard and evacuated the area during the standoff. Eventually, the unidentified man shot and killed himself.

Two Maryland state troopers were off-duty and working security at a 24-hr. restaurant. One trooper shot and killed a man who may have been in a gunbattle moments before who allegedly pointed a gun at him. Michael T. Ward Jr. and Jaquan M. Griffin were killed. The trooper allegedly killed Ward. Moments later, Griffin staggered into the restaurant from the parking lot and collapsed on the floor and two friends took him in their car to Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

Police arrived after a woman went to the Grand Central District police station and reported her son was holding his girlfriend and her child against their will. He was shot to death by Chicago police after running from police, jumping off a roof and firing at least two shots at officers, police said.

Police received a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a residence. Ryan Allen Probst confronted two officers as soon as they arrived, and he fired several shots, and he was shot and killed.

U.S. Marshals went to 819 Cypress St. around 2:35 p.m. to serve a felony rape warrant out of Georgia when they heard gunshots. After several rounds of tear gas were shot into the home, a robot was deployed into the home, where Blocker's body was found.

Deputies intercepted carjacking suspect who had his 7-year-old daughter in the car. The car was disabled and in a remote field. Gregory Thrower emerged from hiding and brandished a handgun, when he was shot and killed.

A man was wanted for questioning in connection with a drug search warrant conducted earlier that day. The man fled in a vehicle while the detectives pursued. The man stopped the vehicle in a field and fled on foot. Police found the man walking west on Earl Road with a handgun. As police approached, the man ran a short distance before stopping and allegedly shooting at the officers. A gun battle ensued, and the man was fatally shot.

A customer was going through a Walgreens drive-thru to get prescriptions, and he or she saw someone jump the counter. The customer then called the police. The call came in for an armed robbery. Haynes fired a shot as police went inside the store. Haynes was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, police said.

An officer was investigating an alleged stolen vehicle, according to police. After making contact with Garcia, a fight reportedly occurred, and the officer shot and killed him. Officer Matthew Harrington was fired after an investigation revealed he violated the department`s policy when he shot and killed Garcia.

Police officers trying to serve a warrant when Dorsey Taulbee fired a gun at them, police said. Officers shot and killed the man.

At the beginning of a four-hour standoff, Anthony Garrett shot himself in the head. It was not apparent whether it was intentional.

Deputies were called at 7:47 p.m. to a home in reference to a domestic disturbance. The caller said Stephen Steele was becoming violent with his girlfriend. Upon the deputies' arrival, Steele fled to a camper behind the house. Deputies said Steele was threatening to commit suicide with a knife. He cut his wrists and made slashing motions at his throat. Deputies said they tried to de-escalate the situation, but as they were trying to determine a plan of action, Steele charged at deputies with the knife, and one shot and killed him.

Officers were dispatched to the Grover Beach home around 10:30 p.m. for reports of a man causing a disturbance. When they arrived, two officers approached the man who was brandishing a pipe with a rope attached.. Police tasered the combative man, and then shot and killed him as he advanced upon them.

Candy Esther Rosario, 25, was reportedly involved in an altercation with Ramiro Bravo Ramirez at about 4:25 p.m., police said. As Rosario ran across White Horse Road, Ramirez reportedly shot her. When the deputies confronted him, he began shooting at them, and the officers returned fire. It was later determined that Ramirez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police responded to a domestic violence call around 2 a.m., police said. When officers arrived, they started chasing the man, who led a pursuit for 10 minutes around the neighborhood. The man got out of the vehicle and ran a block away at Hadden Avenue before officers shot and killed him.

Damond, in her pajamas, went to the patrol car's driver's side door and was talking to the driver. The officer in the passenger seat shot Damond through the driver's side door. She had reportedly called 911 because she thought she heard noises behind her home. The officer was later guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Luis Fransisco Vasquez was shot after he fired at officers conducting a search in the area early in the morning. Officers were looking for the person who allegedly shot at a U.S. Forest Service employee in Forest Lakes earlier this month. Investigators believe Vasquez is that same person.

The bodies of Capt. Rick Moore and Westminster City Clerk Amanda Jensen were found in Moore's apartment after police responded to a 911 call.

Police shot and killed Jose Cazares during a brief standoff that began after the man allegedly threatened to kill a 15-year-old girl, police said.

Culpeper County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Eric Clark during a traffic stop, as he brandished a shotgun, police said.

Norfolk Police arrived near Admiral Taussig Blvd. and Hammond Avenue for a motor car accident around 7 p.m. When police arrived, India Nelson pulled out a handgun and shot her husband. Officers shot and killed her.

According to police, an elderly woman and her son who live together in a mobile home called their landlord to report that the landlord's son, Daniel Thomas Reid, was harassing them and threatening them with a gun. After speaking with the tenants, deputies went to the man's property to speak with him about the situation, and he was allegedly combative. Police tasered him twice, then shot and killed him after being tasered didn't immobilize him and he advanced upon them.

Neighbors called police to report that Vaughn was shooting at a street light and in random directions. Vaughan reportedly told a neighbor who tried to speak with him that he wanted police to come and kill him, police said. They shot and killed him during a standoff. Police were acquainted with Vaughan because he'd threatened suicide before.

The Sheriff's Department received a 911 call, but the caller hung up. Dispatchers call the person back and spoke to a woman who said her son had been at her house threatening to kill her, and she believed he had a gun. The son left the house, but while the woman was on the phone with the Sheriff's Department, he returned, threatened her and repeated that he had a gun. A sheriff's deputy and an officer from the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Parks District arrived, and as they came down Fair Oaks Boulevard, the suspect came out into the street in front of the officers and leveled a handgun at them. The officers shot and killed him.

Anthony Benavidez was being evicted from an apartment when he was shot and killed after Santa Fe police, responding to reports alleging that he had stabbed someone and barricaded himself inside the apartment, entered the unit, police said.

Metro Area Narcotics Task Force members attempted to execute a federal homeland security warrant, and Steven Vance barricaded himself in his home. He allegedly committed suicide during the standoff.

Detective Mike Hill with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office Hill stepped outside his home and confronted Daniel Cash, according to police. Allegedly Cash was belligerent in some way, and Hill shot and killed him.

Police responded to a shots-fired complaint. When they arrived, allegedly Vicente Velasquez engaged them in a gunfight and was shot and killed.

Yavapai County Sheriff's Deputy Theresa Kennedy and Chino Valley Police Officer Jeffrey Pizzi shot Avena during a traffic stop when he confronted them with a gun, police said.

Police were called to the Chase Bank around 3:30 p.m. They said a person had been robbed. Callers told police David Lee Bush ran from the robbery toward Schiller Park. As police approached Bush in the middle of the park, they alleged he shot and killed himself.

Officers attempted to stop a vehicle involved in an earlier domestic dispute. The vehicle gave way to a short pursuit before pulling into a driveway along Northwest Road. Walter H. Lynde allegedly exited the vehicle and pointed a possible firearm at police officers, who shot and killed him.

St. Louis County police officers responded to a call about a one-car crash near the interchange of Interstates 270 and 55. When someone approached the car, Kershaw held him at gunpoint with a shotgun and handgun and demanded his car. Kershaw then carjacked a different car before heading south on I-55, police said. Officers spotted Kershaw in the second stolen car and tried to stop the vehicle. Police used stop sticks to pop the car's tires. After a gunfight, officers eventually approached the bullet-riddled car and found Kershaw dead.

An officer spotted Michael Harris in a vehicle that was wanted in connection to two local bank robberies. Harris exited the original vehicle and got into a small silver car being driven by a woman and took off. As police pursued the Harris, he began leaning out of the back windows, shooting at the officers. Officer Jeremy Mason was struck in the chin by a bullet that came in through his windshield but continued to pursue Harris. The chase ended at Old Middleburg Road N. and Buttercup Street when Harris' car blew through a stop sign and another car, unrelated to the incident, crashed into it. Harris got out of his car and was instructed to drop his weapon, he did not and shot at the officers, who shot and killed him.

Police had been receiving reports that the armed man—who was wearing a kilt, combat-style boots and no shirt—had been wandering in other parts of downtown and Shockoe Slip. When officers encountered the man, they ordered him to drop his weapons. Police used a Taser, but when that was not effective, two officers shot and killed him.

Aries Clark was fatally shot at an emergency shelter for youth in Marion, as he brandished a BB pistol. Officers Brannon Hinkle and Wesley Smith were absolved of responsibility in the killing.

Two officers were responding to a child custody complaint at Sergio Velasco-Martinez's apartment. He had his 1-and-a-half-year-old child sitting on the couch in the same room when he began to argue with police. Martinez was shot and killed during a fight, police said.

A woman called police around 3:30 a.m. to say another woman had been shot nearby. The victim was rushed to a local hospital and was in critical but stable condition. When officers tried to arrest the man who allegedly shot her, police said he refused to come out of a trailer that was behind a home. He eventually shot and killed himself.

Two officers were attempting to arrest three men on suspicion of burglary. Two men fought, a third got out and fired on officers, one of whom was wounded. Giovani Casiano was killed.

Chowchilla Police responded to a disturbance call around 11 p.m. When authorities arrived, they found Alejandro Alvarado had started a fire in the street's gutter. Alvarado also was armed with two knives and a cylindrical item, which he claimed was a bomb. Police and the Chowchilla Fire Department tried to subdue him by spraying him with a fire engine hose and by tasering him. Alvarado then allegedly charged at the officers, which resulted in one CHP officer and a Chowchilla Police officer to shoot and kill him.

Police were called a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers made contact with Jerauld Phillip Hammond and shot and killed him after he brandished a handgun.

Michael Fitzgerald reportedly fired an assault rifle in his Grand Terrace neighborhood and was shot and killed by police during a standoff.

Police were called on a report of a domestic disturbance, which was upgraded to a shots-fired call. A woman was involved in a fight with her boyfriend. The woman was able to escape. Negotiators were brought in to talk with the man. The man was shot and killed by officers after he raised the gun at them, police said.

Brian Skinner charged at police who had come to his home regarding a domestic disturbance. He was armed with a knife.

Owyhee County Sheriff's Office deputies were performing a welfare check on a man's home around 11:30 p.m. when the man responded with gunfire. Dennis W. Robinson fled in a vehicle, leading law enforcement on a pursuit that stretched into the Owyhee Mountains. Robinson's vehicle crashed on Hardtrigger Road in Owyhee County, though it's not clear what caused the wreck. After his vehicle stopped, the man started a standoff with law enforcement, firing on them intermittently. He was shot and killed by officers.

Dwayne Jeune, who had a history of mental illness, was shot three or four times by police officers within seconds of their arrival after he allegedly charged at them with a 10-inch bread knife during a domestic disturbance. Officer Miguel Gonzalez opened fire after another cop tried to subdue Jeune with a Taser, "which proved to be ineffective," police said. The same officer who killed Jeune also shot and wounded Davonte Pressley in October 2016.

Robert Savelli was shot and killed during a traffic stop because he brandished a gun, police said.

Police responded to a call from a resident who said a man was trying to take items from their home, along with their car. When police arrived on scene, they saw a car crashed through the door of a garage and was stuck in the yard. Chief Smith says one officer tried to remove Isaiah Tucker when he drove in the general direction of the other officer, Aaron Achterberg, who opened fire, killing him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

Officer First Class McCain of Precinct 8 was moonlighting as a security at a Giant store shot and killed a man accused of stealing. He was somehow being dragged by the man's car when he shot and killed him.

Mark Anthony Sanchez was involved in an altercation at a church. When police arrived he fled to a nearby home home, where he allegedly fired on them and was shot and killed.

Police apparently linked a stolen cellphone to a car Miguel Salas was driving. When they pulled him over, he argued and then pulled a gun, shooting at the officers when he was shot and killed.

Five people attempted to rob a Verizon store in Munster, Indiana. With police chasing them, the car ran off the road. Kemonte Cobbs fled on foot, brandished a handgun, and was shot and killed by police.

Police said Vallejo police officers were chasing a car driven by an armed robbery suspect. The chase ended on the Richmond Parkway where Vallejo police officer shot and killed Jeffery Barboa, as he allegedly advanced upon them with a machete.

Quindavian Morgan took a hostage and held her for a few hours during an armed standoff with police. He shot and killed himself.

Deputies shot and killed James Lacy who was allegedly armed with a fake gun, while they were serving an eviction notice, police said.

LAPD officers were called to a home where a female resident told an officer a man was inside, destroying property. Police said the man brandished a rifle, and Todd Hurlburt was shot and killed.

A call for a possible suicidal individual ended with an officer shooting the suspect after the person brandished a weapon at police, police said.

Warren Officer Matt Mumford conducted a traffic stop in the Dairy Delite parking lot at about 7:30 p.m. After pulling over, the man got out of his vehicle with a gun, and he was shot and killed, police said.

Police were dispatched for a report of a man with a gun who may have been holding a female against her will. Multiple officers went to the home but received no response. Officers approached the front door and could hear a woman crying inside. The officers knocked on the door and announced their presence. A gunshot was heard inside, and the woman inside began screaming. Officers breached the front door and located a man in the kitchen who then shot and killed himself. The woman was removed from the residence unhurt as well as two other persons who were located in other parts of the house.

Police were dispatched to Ed's carryout in New Straitsville for a disturbance call. Timmy Wilson was killed after he struggled with an officer and allegedly attempted to take the officer's weapon.

Kyle Andrew Lankford was shot after a stolen-vehicle pursuit ended with Lankford pulling a knife and the officer shooting him, police said.

After a chase in a stolen vehicle, Christopher K. Sales crashed into a fence, tried to steal a police car, and was shot and killed.

Officers responded to the Walmart parking lot. When they arrived, they found a man armed with two handguns on the sidewalk north of the parking lot. For most of the encounter, he had a gun to his temple and a gun pointed at the officers, police said. The subject was ordered to drop his weapons. He did not, and he was shot and killed.

Salman Ashraf barricaded himself and his 11-month-old daughter in his south Forsyth home after reportedly threatening his wife with a gun, police said. Eventually, he shot his daughter, who died a short time later, and shot and killed himself.

Officers responded after receiving reports that someone was violating a no-contact order related to a domestic violence case. Police say the suspect violated the order three times in the past couple of days. When officers tried to make contact, the 20-year-old man jumped into a stolen car, police said. He allegedly dragged an officer with the car, and two officers shot and killed him.

The driver of a stolen car, Mark P. Coffey, was shot and killed after a chase that also left a pedestrian in Sauk Village hospitalized in critical condition.

Curtis Lee Cloyd was reported to be at a home on his mother's property after police had received a call of shots being fired near that residence. Officers arrived and found Cloyd sitting in the back of a house with a gun. This was likely where Cloyd had been hiding out since being sought by police the weekend after the family of Lisa Cloyd reported her missing, police said. Dozens of officers converged on the property and tried to speak with Cloyd but received no response. SWAT teams fired gas canisters into the home to try and flush him out. Deputies then entered the home and found Cloyd dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Debra Badger, 51, and Earnest Lewis Jr., 49, were found dead in a South Anchorage home after a SWAT standoff. It's uncertain when Badger died, so she may also belong in the Fatal Encounters dataset as a separate record.

Deputies were dispatched to serve a state warrant, in a joint operation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, police said. They expected to find weapons and drugs in the apartment. Deputies arrived in an armored vehicle and announced their presence as they entered the apartment through the front door and windows. As deputies stepped into the residence, one of its occupants, a man, started firing at them with a long gun assault rifle. He was shot and killed.

A man allegedly carjacked a vehicle with a child in it, fled, crashed and was shot and killed by Officers Stephen Hughes and Andrew Adey when he refused to obey orders.

Miami police officer Rafael Horta fatally shot Relvy Rodriguez-Palenzuela who had stabbed Yurine Rodriguez-Perez, 27, according to police. Police said Horta was on his way home from work when he came upon Rodriguez-Palenzuela attacking Rodriguez-Perez.

Christopher Collins, a suspected carjacker, was shot and killed during a traffic stop. He allegedly pulled a gun on a deputy.

Police responded for a welfare check. When they went to the apartment, they found a man with a rifle and called in the SWAT team. After several tries to negotiate with the man, they used a flashbang to try to get a response but that, too, failed. A robot was sent in and found the man dead.

Police confirmed that a narcotics agent was attempting to serve a warrant at a residence when Gilbert was shot and killed, while trying to flee by vehicle. Police alleged vehicular assault.

Deputies were patrolling the area when they noticed a suspicious car, facing the wrong way on the street. A person was sitting in the driver's seat, and a man was standing outside of the car. When the deputies approached, the man standing outside the car ran, armed with a handgun, police said. The deputies chased after Kenneth Lewis and shot and killed him as he brandished the weapon.

Edgar Ramirez Carreto walked into the Maricopa Medical Center, waving knives at staff and threatening them, police said. When police arrived, they saw him attempting to break into a nearby apartment. Officers tried to calm him, but he refused to put his knives down and started walking toward them. Officers first shot stun-bag rounds. One officer shot and killed Carreto.

Peter Grima was shot and killed after a chase by deputies, but police withheld most of the details in this killing.

Christopher Michael Diaz was wanted in connection with the shooting death of his estranged wife. He was shot by Montebello police around 2:40 p.m after firing on police following a car chase and foot pursuit, according to police.

Weatherford police responded to a call for a man with suicidal thoughts. Multiple officers began speaking with Wyatt Folks, who had a pistol in his hand during the negotiations, but eventually set the gun down while speaking with officers. He picked up the gun and raised it to his head, and officers shot him with a bean bag from his shotgun, in hopes of stunning him. Folks then shot and killed himself.

Police received a call about 10:50 p.m. about an individual making threats to harm himself and others in a residence. Besides Derrick Brabham, a boy and three women were in the home when police arrived. Officers Michael Fox and Kevin Jarrell entered the after hearing a gunshot inside, police said. They were wounded, and Brabham, who had a rifle, was shot and killed.

Two troopers in plain clothes responded to a Facebook ad from Belsar in which he was selling a computer gaming console, which the troopers suspected may have been stolen in a recent string of burglaries. Belsar tried to walk away from the troopers and when he refused an order to stop they began fighting with him. Belsar pulled a .38-caliber revolver from his waistband and fired one shot that went through one trooper's hand and struck the other in the abdomen. The troopers shot and killed him.

Pearland police received 911 calls about a man firing a gun. The 36-year-old man was said to have been upset with family members and allegedly drove them out of the house with a weapon. Police went to the house, and negotiations lasted hours before the suspect shot and killed himself.

A man was shot by a California Highway Patrol officer after a search through orchards and fields near Highway 41 and Avenue 12, police said. Police said the encounter began earlier in the day when three men carjacked a white sedan, one of them brandishing a gun.

Brick police responded to a loud domestic disturbance at a home, police said. When police arrived, Keshawn Wilson was outside the house with a handgun and was shot and killed. Police released no details as to what prompted the shooting, although apparently two women were injured.

Randy Davis had holed up in his home after allegedly attacking his wife and threatening her with a gun, police said. The woman was able to escape the home. Davis made homicidal and suicidal threats when officers arrived and tried to get him to come out of the home. Unified police confirmed just after noon that Davis was in custody and shortly later gave an update that he had died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

Jason Hill fatally shot himself after law enforcement officers chased him across multiple parishes, police said. Troopers put down spike strips to stop the car and then Hill shot and killed himself while inside his vehicle.

Police received a call at 7:55 p.m. to respond to a "call for service." Officers encountered Tyler Whitmore, who charged officers with knife raised, was shot and killed.

Police were searching for Dennis Flowers as a bank robbery suspect. As they entered his residence, he pointed a gun at officers and was shot and killed.

Butte County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived at a residence to serve a felony arrest warrant, charging 56-year-old Mark Aaron Jensen with threatening officers, police said. Police approached the residence in an armored vehicle and tried to establish communication with Jensen over a loudspeaker. Jensen came out of the residence, armed with a handgun, and walked into the middle of the roadway. He pointed it at deputies, and "due to fear for his safety and the safety of other deputies," Deputy Matt Calkins shot and killed Jensen.

Konstantin Morozov allegedly abducted his 9-year-old son after allegedly shooting and killing the child's mother, prompting an Amber Alert, was killed by police in Tarzana, and the child was found safe.

Police were called to the Walmart Supercenter for a shooting. The officers tracked Henry Rivera to a house in Albuquerque. Shortly thereafter, the suspect fled the residence, threatening officers, and a short vehicle pursuit began, during which the man rammed a Rio Rancho Police Department vehicle, and threatened officers with a firearm when he was shot and killed.

Armando Vigil was killed at the Sheridan Boulevard rail stop after he pointed a gun at two RTD police who found him lying on a lawn and were checking on his welfare.

Police went to the location in response to a report that a man had assaulted a neighbor and fired shots in the air. Barbosa pointed a handgun at arriving officers and retreated into the building, police said. He was found dead about four hours later.

Waterford Police received a 911 call of a domestic dispute. The female caller reported she had left the residence after being assaulted by her husband. Officers responded to the home and were able to establish contact by phone with the husband, Colton Puckett. During those conversations, he threatened to kill officers, burn down his house, and kill himself. Sporadic phone contact continued. Shortly after the last phone contact, the subject exited the house with a shotgun. He walked through the side tree line and charged an officer at which time he was shot and killed. Puckett was a veteran who reportedly suffered from PTSD.

Thomas Burns walked into the Virginia's on King restaurant around noon, locked the door and announced, "I am the new king of Charleston." He shot and killed chef Shane Whiddon and was shot by a police sniper after a several-hour standoff. He died on December 14.

Police were called to the Water's Edge apartments after getting a call about a woman who was home alone and threatening to harm herself, police said. When they arrived at Water's Edge, Sunrise officers learned that Kristen Ambury, who was described as suicidal, was armed, and Sunrise's SWAT team responded to the scene. When communication with the SWAT team and Ambury broke off, officers tried to enter the apartment to make sure she hadn't harmed herself, but they encountered the armed woman, and they shot and killed her. Ambury was a veteran who reportedly suffered from PTSD.

The manager of Vic's Sandwich Shop called 911 just after noon to say a man was very intoxicated, and his staff was concerned that the man was going to get in his truck and drive away, endangering motorists, police said. While police were on their way, the manager called back to say the man had a gun and was sitting in his truck in the parking lot. Officer Lemmuel K. Johnson parked next door and walked up to the truck, and as soon as he began to talk to Blyler, he reached for his waistband, where Johnson saw a pistol. Johnson fired 13 shots, killing Blyler.

According to police, Michael Malik Kawon Lee was fatally shot by Sgt. William Roulhac after a disturbance turned into a gunfight on the parking lot of Harbor Oaks Restaurant.

A police officer shot a driver who got out of a minivan pointing a gun at the officer. Witnesses said Jason Hoops pointed his gun at the Kettering officer, who ordered him to drop the handgun. When he fired, the officer shot and killed him.

Newton police officers tried to stop a vehicle that was reported to have been involved in a car burglary. The driver led officers on a high-speed chase north on Interstate 135, police said. The driver stopped in the median after he ran over spike sticks. The people inside refused to leave the vehicle for several minutes, and then when the driver got out, he started fighting with the officer, police said. He was shot and killed.

Blooming Prairie Police Department received a call regarding a person with a handgun making "terroristic threats of violence" toward a person from Owatonna. At about 12:02 p.m., an Owatonna officer found the suspect's vehicle south of Owatonna. But the suspect drove off, so multiple law enforcement agencies gave chase. Steele County Sheriff's deputies performed a PIT maneuver against the vehicle, and the man shot and killed himself.

Judy Shipman Miller, 71, was shot to death by her ex-husband, and the gun-wielding ex-husband, Larry Moore Miller, was then shot and killed by police after threatening to kill officers, police said.

An officer responding to a call reporting a person with a weapon walking down a street near a middle school shot and killed the armed woman, Brandy Caldwell, as she brandished a weapon, police said.

A sheriff's deputy shot and killed Joshua Cloud who had allegedly just shot him after a short chase, police said. The deputy's bullet-proof vest stopped the bullet. A traffic stop precipitated the encounter.

Deputies were doing an investigation involving a stolen car in the parking lot of a Ramada Inn. Two women got in the car and led police on a chase that ended in Elk Grove. As the women led police on a chase, Thomas Daniel Littlecloud was escaping a hotel room when he started firing a rifle at officers. Two CHP officers were injured in the shootout, and one sheriff's deputy, 52-year-old Robert French, was killed. Littlecloud died of gunshot wounds a few days later.

Debi Lynn Thorkelson was shot by a Lee County Sheriff's deputy after she pointed a rifle at him while he was responding to a 911 call, police said.

Two deputies made contact with Helgerson Jr. at a residence in the Millville Township. The deputies attempted to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Helgerson Jr. tried to run away. Deputies caught up with him and found that he was carrying a weapon. Police said he brandished the rifle and was shot and killed.

Beaumont police responded to a report of domestic violence, police said. Responding officers learned that the man inside the residence had a weapon. When officers arrived, they came across a man with a handgun. The man raised the gun, and police shot and killed him.

Private First Class Justin Lieberth and Patrolman Drew Fox attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a car that was being operated erratically by the driver. Jarvis Hayes pulled into the Mystic Sea Motel's parking lot, and drove in the general direction of officers, striking one, police said. Officers shot Hayes, and he died a few days later. Police alleged vehicular assault.

Police were called because of an assault with a weapon. As officers responded, they learned a suspect was walking in the street armed with a shotgun. Originally it came out as a domestic violence type disturbance or assault, police said. Officers were also told the suspect had fled the house and was armed. Officers made contact with the man, later identified as Henry Stephen Rakoz Jr., and during that interaction police shot and killed him.

James Fuller was shot and killed by officers as they were responding to a domestic call for what appeared to be between a husband and wife. According to police, Fuller, who was shot and killed, had a felony warrant for methamphetamine charges out of Texas. Columbus police were executing a search warrant at a and while they were attempting to arrest Fuller, and a fight ensued between him and police. Fuller was tasered and went to the floor, but continued to fight with officers. Fuller then picked up a chair, hitting an officer. At that point, Fuller went to a box and reached for what appeared to be a handgun, an officer shot and killed Fuller.

At approximately 6:30 p.m., Richard Spirlet drove his truck to Braley Hill Road, where he drove over the lawn, struck a telephone pole and entered the residence, which was the home of a relative. Inside, Spirlet threatened a family member and fired a round off inside the home before leaving. The man was in the process of driving off when Rochester and Freetown Police officers arrived. The man exited his truck, a black Toyota Tundra, holding two handguns and asked officers to shoot him. Officers asked the man to drop his weapons. He fired one shot into the passenger side door of his truck. The man again approached officers and requested that they shoot him and then shot and killed himself.

Police say U.S. Marshals were threatened by a fleeing pickup when they were investigating a road rage incident. There was a second chase that ended at an apartment house, the pickup again drove in the general direction of police while fleeing, and a woman in the car, Claudia Abigail Garcia-Miranda, was shot and killed.

Officers were called to a Pratt Avenue home by a landlord who was concerned that he hadn't seen his tenant in a while. When the landlord opened the door to the tenant's apartment, officers found the tenant with a knife in one hand, and his other hand behind his back, police said. Miguel Richards would not drop the knife and began to approach the officers. One officer shocked him with a stun gun, and two other officers shot and killed him.

Police said Rueben Galindo was fatally shot after calling the police to say he had a gun. Galindo was not speaking English when he called the emergency line, police said. According to police, when Officers Courtney Suggs and David Guerra arrived they found an armed man, Galindo, outside an apartment complex. Galindo refused to drop the weapon, and Guerra shot and killed him. A police video makes it unclear that Galindo had the weapon in hand when shot.

Eric Arnold was shot and killed after he shot two police officers in south Sacramento, police said. The officers sustained non-life threatening injuries. Arnold was wanted in connection with the killing of a mother and daughter, Erica Wallace, 45, and Kiara LaSalle, 17, in Meadowview.

Police officers responded to an overdose call and an officer shot and killed Michael Culhane, police said. Culhane threw a knife that struck the officer.

A concerned family friend called police, who found the bodies of Joseph P. Williams, 43, and Stephanie Myers, 45, in the basement of a Hopewell Road home, police said. Police said the preliminary investigation indicated Williams shot Myers before turning the gun on himself.

Officers responded to 911 calls about a man acting erratically and possibly armed with a handgun. When police arrived, they found Frankie Santos with a gun and acting strangely, police said. Officers ordered him to drop his weapon, but he didn't comply. He then fired at the officers, who shot and killed him.

Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of North 113th and West Tennessee avenues. El Mirage police responded to the scene as well and a confrontation reportedly occurred. Erick Perez allegedly advanced upon officers armed with a handgun and a knife, and was shot and killed.

Police saw a car driving erratically and pulled over the driver, Juan Flores, according to police. When the officers got out of their squad car to investigate, Flores pinned one of them with his car. An officer shot and killed Flores.

Junior Hernandez lived with his grandmother, but he was being evicted. Deputies were called just before 5 p.m. for a call about a family disturbance. Family members had called police and said Hernandez may have been under the influence of drugs. Hernandez locked himself in the back bedroom of the home and then climbed out of the window. He fired two rounds from an airsoft gun at the deputies. Fearing for their lives and safety, the deputies shot and killed him.

Officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress, police said. Shortly after officers arrived, police shot and killed Thomas Addison. He had allegedly brandished a knife toward the officers, while telling them that it was a gun.

Police responded to a possible hostage call, with a man barricaded. He was alone in the house when police went in, and he allegedly lunged at them with a knife.

Officers were called for a report of a possible hostage situation. As they responded, police learned that the 15-year-old boy possibly "had a bomb strapped to his chest and was holding a family member hostage," police said. Officers arrived to find the boy in front of the house. As they approached, Ruben Urbina brandished a crowbar and approached the officers. He was shot and killed.

At 7:04 p.m., officers tried to pull over a vehicle that contained a person who had a felony warrant for robbery, police said. As officers were trying to make the traffic stop, they shot and killed the unarmed Jacob Dominguez.

At approximately 12:30 a.m., police responded to reports of a suspicious person in the area, police said. Officers saw Howard Hughes was armed, and as police interacted with him, he allegedly pointed his gun toward them, and they fired at him. The coroner later ruled that Hughes died from a self-inflicted injury.

Police responded to a 911 call at an apartment building about a person with a knife and a gun at 11:17 p.m. When officers arrived, they made contact with Scout Schultz, who officers said was armed with a knife. Officers said they made multiple attempts to get Schultz to drop the knife, and Schultz was shot and killed. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset. It's disrespectful, and we're sorry about the necessity.

Four people were being sought after an armed carjacking in the Columbus, Ohio, area. After a chase, which included gunfire from the pursued vehicle, a man got out of the vehicle and fired on police before he was shot and killed.

After several visits by police regarding domestic disturbances, David Hill shot and killed himself.

David Scott was involved in a dispute with his neighbor and attacked a responding police officer, stabbing the officer several times in the head, face and arm before the officer shot and killed him.

Police responded to reports of a man walking up and down the street with a rifle around 5:30 p.m. As police were speaking with the man's wife, he confronted officers with a rifle. Police said they asked him to drop the gun, but he pointed it at the officers. Officers then shot and killed him.

Oklahoma City Officer Chris Barnes shot and killed Magdiel Sanchez in front of his home as he approached them holding a metal pipe because he failed to follow orders. He was deaf. Neighbors were yelling at the officers that he was deaf, but officers didn't hear them.

Around 9:10 p.m., a 911 caller said he was armed with an AK-47 and would shoot any officers who attempted to come into his home. A neighbor also called to say that the man was outside with a rifle. According to the sheriff's office, neighbors reported that they heard a gunshot and thought the bullet may have hit their home. State police, Grayson County Sheriff's Office, and the Independence Police Department responded. When they arrived, Jimmie Smith came out of the front door with a rifle. He would not drop the rifle and then pointed it in the direction of the officers, who shot and killed him.

Deputies were called regarding a disturbance involving a woman who had left the address in a vehicle. A vehicle matching the description of the one the woman was driving was seen ramming a gate at a church a short time later. The woman was sitting in the vehicle, holding a pistol to her head when deputies arrived. Attempts to talk her into putting the gun down and getting out of the vehicle failed, and she fatally shot herself in the chest.

Police were called by Matthew Wells' mother, who told officers her son was holding a butcher knife to his neck inside her home and was cutting his wrists, police said. When officers arrived, they ordered Wells to come out of the room. When he opened the bedroom door, he was armed with a knife. Police said he charged down the hallway at officers, and he was shot and killed.

Police were in the area of the Bent Creek condominiums looking for a known suspect accused of aggravated assault toward a family member. When officers spotted Jose Reyes, police said he began ramming his SUV into police vehicles. One officer fired less-lethal beanbags at the man, and a second officer shot and killed him.

A person was shot and killed by a deputy. No details were released.

Deputies were called to Capital City Bank about 10:49 a.m. for a report of a bank robbery. There were also reports of a possible hostage. About 11:16 a.m., deputies spotted the suspect's truck. The driver, Scott Chamberlain, fled and led deputies on a chase. During the chase, Chamberlain rammed several patrol vehicles. Chamberlain's truck became inoperable just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard where deputies shot and killed him.

Officers were dispatched about 12:15 a.m. in response to a report of a man armed with a knife, police said. When officers arrived, they found a man with a knife. He didn't follow orders and less-lethal weapons were used on him, then dogs were sicced on him, which made him drop the knife. He then allegedly pulled something from his waistband and was shot and killed.

New Castle police received a report of a man breaking into cars. Officers found Jarred Burke. Police said Burke refused to stop and attempted to flee from police on a bicycle. Burke was bitten by a police K-9 behind a church. New Castle police said as their officers ran up to call off the dog, Burke pulled a handgun and fired a shot at close range into the chest of one of the officers, who shot and killed him.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Michael Mejia shot and killed himself during a standoff with police.

A man called 911 and told dispatchers he was armed and feeling suicidal, police said. When officers arrived just before 11 p.m., the man was found passed out on the ground. Arriving officers found he had an outstanding felony warrant out for his arrest. The man was too intoxicated to pass the booking process at the Clark County Detention Center, police said, and he was taken to University Medical Center. A corrections officer from the jail met the patrol officer and the man inside an emergency room at the hospital. When the two officers stepped out of the room to speak, the corrections officer left his bag inside the room with the suspect. The bag contained a Taser along with shackles and paperwork. While alone in the room, the suspect armed himself with the officer's Taser. He pointed the Taser toward the security guard. When the guard and nurse ran out of the room, the patrol officer stepped into the room and shot and killed him.

An immigration agent was in uniform as he carried groceries to his parked truck just after 3 p.m. when he was ambushed in a parking lot. Police said Thomas Lewis drove up behind him in a compact BMW convertible and opened fire, hitting him multiple times before driving off. Then Lewis shot and killed himself and crashed into another car parked in the Publix lot.

Police said Craig Albert Johnson was shot and killed when deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant on him. The agency said Johnson was armed and advanced upon them, prompting deputies to open fire.

Two deputies were dispatched to a home for a welfare check. While the deputies were approaching the backside of the house, Guy Lynn Scott Jr. stepped out with a handgun and pointed it at the deputy who shot and killed him.

Hernando County deputies and U.S. Marshals found a wanted man and tried to pull him over. There was a short chase and a gun battle broke out, and Anthony Wallace was shot and killed.

Police responded to a reported shooting. The gunshot victim, Kevin Royalty, 24, along with a woman and small child, walked across the street from the shooting scene to find help, police said. The alleged shooter, David Michael Head, fired several shots at police when they responded. Police said Head went back into his home and a gunshot was then heard. Head was found dead inside the home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police said a citizen called to report shots being fired during a disturbance in Ripley Park. Police said the caller reported the disturbance involved two people, both of whom were still in the park. Arriving officers found a man with a handgun. The man tried to flee, allegedly reached for the pocket that contained the gun and was shot and killed.