Two officers shot Charles Hudson after he allegedly rammed their car with his Nissan Altima as police attempted to make a drug arrest at the 7-Eleven at Hoffmeister Avenue and South Broadway. According to police, Hudson was shot multiple times and likely died quickly, but his foot apparently remained on the accelerator and a back-seat passenger leaned over his body to steer the car on a five-mile chase. The car continued into St. Louis until it crashed into a concrete planter and several cars.

Michael R. Vandergrift killed his father sometime before an hours-long standoff at his home that ended when he took his own life, police said

Police were at a club on an unrelated manner when they were told a person was flashing a gun in the parking lot. They responded and found two men fighting over the gun. One pulled the gun and three officers fired almost simultaneously, killing Almeida-Ponce.

Police shot Neal Allen Beckman when he allegedly opened fire outside a WalMart, injuring a police officer and security guard.

Deputies Doug Hayes and Micah Brawley shot and killed Ronald Ray Finn when he allegedly confronted them with a chainsaw.

Schlett was shot and killed by a single bullet after a routine traffic stop after he lunged at Officer Barry Scarborough, who had repeatedly warned the man to drop a knife, according to the officer's report.

An off-duty officer who was late for work and not displaying his proper police gear shot Pleasance who was near his friends fighting at a train station. Surveillance footage showed no aggression from Pleasance toward the officer.

According to the Argus Leader: Ghost Bear called 911 to report an unwanted intoxicated person, then told a witness that "when the cops arrive we are going to get it on." Officer Marc Black arrived at the scene and was met in the parking lot by Ghost Bear, who was holding a knife. Ghost Bear refused to drop the knife and pursued Black. Black attempted to use pepper spray on Ghost Bear several times before he lunged at the officer. Black fired three shots, all three hit Ghost Bear, who died.

Police shot and killed Valerie Chapman inside her car when she allegedly raised a weapon at officers who'd boxed her in following a police chase.

Recently fired from his job at an airport security firm, Grubb got drunk and started behaving aggressively toward his sister and mother in their apartment. Officers responding to a 911 call in the late evening found Grubb wielding a steak knife, which he would not drop. He was shot twice and killed.

Terrance Sean Lige argued with his family and took a handgun from the home and fled. As relatives called police, Lige was found. He threatened to kill himself as he stood on the edge of the Little League field. Police blocked the area, and SWAT team members arrived. Sgt. Anthony Stanley crept up on Lige and fired bean bags at him, which prompted Lige to pick up the handgun he had set down and fatally shoot himself in the head.

Robert Jacovelli, who suffered from schizophrenia, stabbed his mother to death before he was shot and killed by Matua Police Officer Robert Vanleer.

Henry Rodriguez, a 24-year-old Latino male after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jesse Hamilton ran from deputies and apparently shot himself to death.

Nathan Gillard didn't realize that the Village Pantry at 9th and Chestnut was under police surveillance when he went in to rob it. Gillard backed down the street at a high rate of speed, then stopped when he slammed into a parked car. Two officers confronted Gillard. Officer Richard Kenney and one or two other officers fired at Gillard after he brandished an air pistol.

Officer Wilfredo Torres shot Richard Specker after Specker reportedly shot and wounded him inside D&L Snack Shop. At about 2 p.m., a cook flagged down two uniformed officers and said Specker was inside the restaurant with a gun, police said. According to police, one officer went in the rear door while Torres went in the front, where he saw Specker. Torres announced that he was police and Specker allegedly shot him once in each thigh. Torres returned fire, killing Specker.

Jones was in Six Stars Market in north St. Louis and took two energy drinks without paying. He walked out of the market after the owner asked him to stop, then re-entered the store and took a packet of pastries. Jones was followed outside by the market's manager, who told him he would have to pay for the goods. Witnesses say Jones started throwing items on the street and sidewalk/ He then reportedly pulled a knife out of his waistband and didn't drop the weapon when repeatedly asked by two police officers to do so.

Police received a report of shots being fired. The officer said that Robinson pointed his gun at him and refused to drop it when ordered to do so, and he shot and killed him.

A Smyrna police officer killed 42-year-old Kenneth Elliot of Atlanta after police said he attacked the officer with a bolt cutter. That investigation has been submitted to the Cobb district attorney for review, said Smyrna police spokesman Lt. Keith Zgonc.

An officer shot and killed Marcus Bell after he allegedly grabbed his partner's gun during a scuffle on a landing outside a two-flat building. According to police, Bell had caused a traffic accident a block away while driving a stolen car. Bell allegedly fought with the two officers, knocking one of them down the stairs, and then took the second officer's weapon. The second officer yelled that Bell was armed and his partner shot Bell.

County officers engaged Pearlman in her car at Point Mugu State Park with a gun in her possession. Police describe the encounter as Pearlman as suicidal and uncooperative, forcing a fatal shooting. Complaints filed by the family dispute those facts and describe one officer shooting out tires on one side of the car, causing an officer on the other side to consider himself under fire and kill the woman.

Shreve had been picked up for mental issues. When police found him a few days later, he claimed to be armed and came at police with a metal pipe. He was shot and killed.

Police shot Michael David Roehl after he allegedly pointed a toy pistol at a group of children and later refused to drop it.

Fitch fell into a road rage incident with a female driver in a van, not knowing the van also held three off-duty deputies. When he pulled over and smashed a window with a 20-inch barbell, one of the deputies fatally shot him in the chest, claiming self-defense. Fitch was otherwise unarmed. Witnesses disputed the police account.

Police responding to reports of shots fired at 3:30 a.m. came upon Smith, running with a bloodstained shirt. Smith is said to have turned during a foot chase and aimed at gun at officers. The police fired on him and killed him.

Bradshaw, a "disbarred Scottsdale attorney known for erratic behavior," was shot near a civic canal when he refused to drop a shotgun he wielded. He deliberately rolled into the canal, was quickly fished out, but declared dead soon after. One of six suspects shot to death by the same Scottsdale officer, Officer James Peters, within nine years.

Brian Parrish reportedly committed suicide following a four-county police chase. Parrish had reportedly kidnapped his estranged wife from her workplace, Money-N-Minutes, on Highway 15 in New Albany at about 8:30 a.m. When Parrish's van was spotted not long afterwards, New Albany police and Highway Patrol troopers began pursuit. At least eight agencies were involved in the pursuit by the end. Parrish reportedly fired shots at officers as the chase continued onto Highway 25 into Amory, where stop sticks flattened each tire on Parrish's vehicle. He drove on for another 1.5 miles before Lee County Sgt. Steve Stanford cornered the van in a front lawn in a residential area across from Amory High School. Stanford pulled the woman out of the van just before Parrish turned the pistol on himself.

Brian Parrish reportedly committed suicide following a four-county police chase. Parrish had reportedly kidnapped his estranged wife from her work place, Money-N-Minutes, on Highway 15 in New Albany at about 8:30 a.m. When Parrish's van was spotted not long afterwards, New Albany police and Highway Patrol troopers began pursuit. At least eight agencies were involved in the pursuit by the end. Parrish reportedly fired shots at officers as the chase continued onto Highway 25 into Amory, where stop sticks flattened each tire on Parrish's vehicle. He drove on for another 1.5 miles before Lee County Sgt. Steve Stanford cornered the van in a front lawn in a residential area across from Amory High School. Stanford pulled the woman out of the van just before Parrish turned the pistol on himself.

A deputy shot John C. Bearden when he allegedly pointed a gun at the deputy during a barricaded standoff.

Two officers shot and killed Lonnell Mayberry after he allegedly fired at them inside a pawnshop. Mayberry had reportedly attempted to rob Cash America Pawn. An employee tripped a silent alarm, which alerted police at 9:35 a.m. Three officers entered the store while Mayberry's back was turned. A witness said he heard police identify themselves and tell Mayberry to put the gun down. The witness, who was on the floor and couldn't see what happened, said he heard three gunshots. Police said Mayberry shot at two officers, who returned fire, hitting Mayberry.

Kamell Delshawn Evans was holding a deputy and his father hostage and was allowed to speak to his ex-girlfriend on the phone moments before he killed the pair, police said. The two had a brief, but calm, conversation. Then deputies heard several gunshots. A SWAT team stormed into the Mauldin house and found deputy Joe Sapinoso and his father, Antonio, shot several times in the head. Evans was arrested and was charged with two counts of murder.

Jeffrey Brian Johnson, 38, died after being shot in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Brice Everett Ross, 27, died after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police said they went to Anthony Griffin's apartment to arrest him They were outside when they heard a shot. They entered and found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Officers were investigating auto theft. Suggs fired on officers, and he was shot and killed.

Da Som reportedly died in a shootout with police in a north Stockton parking lot.

A deputy shot Samuel E. Byers III as Byers reportedly ran him over at the Falls Apartments complex. Deputies were watching the parking lot because of a rash of auto burglaries. At about 2 a.m., the surveillance team allegedly saw Byers break into a car and get back into his vehicle. One deputy followed Byers, while another blocked the only exit. Byers tried to turn around, but ran into two parked cars and a deputy's vehicle. Byers backed up and stopped his car as deputies got out of their cars with guns drawn. Byers reportedly stepped on the gas and ran into the sergeant, who fired once through the windshield. Byers died at the scene. The sergeant sustained a broken leg. Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison cleared the deputy of wrongdoing.

Maynard was shot to death at his Lincoln Hills apartment while officers were trying to arrest him for a parole violation.

Milton and Melody Sanchez had committed an armed robbery at a local restaurant on March 30, 2003. On April 5, 2003, a male and female, subsequently identified as Milton and Melody Sanchez, committed an armed robbery at a local beauty supply business. On April 8, 2003, BPD received information that Milton and Melody had planned a second armed robbery at the same restaurant as March 30, 2003. On April 9, 2003, BPD attempted to arrest them at a local gas station. They fled; resulting in a pursuit with shots fired striking an ACSO vehicle. They failed to stop after being rammed by an ACSO vehicle. They ultimately drove onto an active runway at the airport where they shot at BPD officers who returned fire. They were finally stopped on an airport runway after an ACSO deputy executed a "PIT" maneuver on their vehicle. Milton fatally shot Melody and then himself. Melody was deceased at the scene; Milton later died at a local hospital.

A robbery suspect shot a sheriff's deputy outside a Temecula casino and shot two more people—one fatally—inside another casino near San Diego before turning his gun on himself, police said

According to police, three armed men announced a holdup at the Liquorland Party Store at around midnight. There were two employees and two customers in the store. One employee secretly triggered the store's silent alarm system, which alerted police. Two officers from the Sixth Precinct entered the building and said they saw a man holding a pistol to an employee's head, using him as a shield. The employee broke free, police said, and the officers told the man to drop his gun. The man allegedly pointed it toward the officers, who shot and killed him.

This man was fleeing with a murder suspect. He pointed a gun at police and was shot and killed.

Officers followed Clark, high on cocaine, as he drove a stolen van. He crashed the van. Officers told him to leave the vehicle. Clark reached behind the driver's seat. He was shot with a stun gun. Sergeant Phil Dean shot Clark twice. Clark died at Northwest Texas Hospital. Accounts conflict concerning whether Clark was armed. At least four of five homicides by Amarillo officers in 2003, including Clark's, followed Texas Penal Code guidelines according to decisions by Potter County grand juries.

Sgt. Joseph Balicki shot and killed unarmed Roberto 'Pino' Peralez because he thought Peralez was trying to run him over with his vehicle.

Johnson, a fugitive parolee wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Pittsburgh police officer was gunned down late in the day at a Modesto shopping center in an exchange of gunfire with officers at the College Center Shopping Center, police said.

Tobar reportedly shot his wife at Wishing Well Bar. The next day, armed with a pistol, he entered a woman's home and refused to leave. She reported Tobar at Amarillo Police Department, and stayed there as Officer Barry Ralston and Corporal Mitch Woodward went to her house. As they arrived, a red truck drove up to the residence and stopped. Tobar entered the passenger seat. The officers pointed their guns at Tobar and told him to leave the truck. Officer Ralston saw Tobar's pistol between his legs. According to Lieutenant Gary Trupe, Officer Ralston shot Tobar fatally in the chest as he reached for the pistol.

According to the Argus Leader: Rapid City Police Officer Spencer O'Bryan spotted a suspicious man near his home. O'Bryan turned on his flashlight and saw Liberty crouched behind a fence. Liberty stood up and shined a flashlight in the off-duty officer's face. O'Bryan drew his weapon and said "I have a gun and I'm a cop." Liberty got down on the sidewalk when ordered to and told O'Bryan he had a gun. Liberty then got up from the sidewalk and approached O'Bryan. He ignored orders to stop and began to draw his gun. O'Bryan fired five times, all five shots hit Liberty, who died.

Leatherman attempted to stop Humphrey because his car had only one working headlight. Shane Humphrey fled, and Officer Ron Leatherman gave chase. They fought and Humphrey was shot and killed.

A unidentified man filled a multi-family building with natural gas and fired shots at police before taking his own life during a standoff, police said.

Arnoldo Duarte Juarez, 33, died after being shot in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Former public safety director Webster had resigned after a drunk driving arrest, had been convicted of flourishing a weapon at a fast food restaurant, and had moved back in with his parents. When a deputy and an animal control officer tried to serve him with an arrest warrant for stalking a female neighbor, Webster produced a weapon, and was shot to death.

Two officers killed Aguilar after the Modesto man pulled a gun from his waistband, police said. The officers had stopped to talk to Aguilar and another man who were standing at Oregon Drive and Empire Avenue in the airport neighborhood.

Officer Jake Alderden shot and killed Jeremiah L. Humphrey when he allegedly pointed a gun at him. Alderden and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious man at around 3:30 a.m. According to police, Alderden's partner asked Humphrey to stop, but he ran. Alderden chased Humphrey into a dark, narrow gangway. Near the end of it, Humphrey ran into a waist-high fence and tumbled over it. Humphrey got back up and ran through a fenced-in backyard, then fell again. Alderden reportedly grabbed Humphrey's coat from the other side of the fence, and then shot him twice when Humphrey allegedly aimed a gun at him.

According to DPD, officers conducted a traffic stop on Spence, named in a parole violation warrant. Spence exited his vehicle. He and the officers fought. Officer Phillip White saw the point of a knife "protruding from the backside of the subject's clenched fist." Officer White shot Spence once. Spence died at the scene.

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a 315-pound man who had broken into the officer's Northwest Side home and had hit the officer with a brick after trying to escape, police said.

Off-duty officer Steve Dillow shot and killed Eric Brinkman when he allegedly approached the officer with knives and asked him to kill him. The department said in a news release that Dillow went to the home after a dispatcher received a 911 call reporting that Brinkman was attempting suicide.

Police approached a van parked outside a bowling alley, according to a Westminster police spokesman. The van was rocking and an officer asked a man inside the vehicle to step out. Instead, the man jumped into the driver's seat, gunned the engine and attempted to run down the officer, police said. The officer fired at the van. The van got away, and a few minutes later, a person called police and said a bleeding man had stopped his van. The first officer at that scene ordered Grimaldo to show his hands. Grimaldo refused, then "lunged forward to grasp for something from under the seat of his car." He was shot and killed.

Tacoma Police Chief David Brame shot his wife in front of their kids and then killed himself in shopping center parking lot.

An Atlanta police officer returning home from an extra job shot a man to death Sunday morning while trying to break up a fight." Fortson's mother filed a wrongful death claim against the city, but it was rejected in October.

The police shot and killed a 28-year-old man early yesterday morning in a housing project in Brooklyn after he fired 17 shots into the air in what apparently was celebratory gunfire to mark a friend's birthday

Clifford Jerome Marks, dubbed the "Whisper Bandit" by the FBI, reportedly robbed a bank, led police on a 100-mph chase and then killed himself while driving on I-5 near Camp Pendleton.

NYPD officers reported seeing Lopez shoot and kill another man, perhaps over a drug deal, and leave in a van. They chased Lopez, pulled him over, saw him turn toward them, and shot him to death. Together with the shooting of Floyd Quinones just a few days previously the event caused local protests and unrest.

Dontavious Lamar Cliatt was believed to be connected with the shooting death of David Glenn Gibson, 45, during a suspected robbery at Gibson's used car lot in Phenix City. About 90 minutes later, Cliatt was spotted and stopped by police as he was driving along Sandfort Road. When officers directed Cliatt to exit the vehicle, he emerged with pistol in hand and fired at officers, police said. Two Russell County deputies and five Phenix City officers fired back at Cliatt, striking him multiple times.

Deputies served a warrant on Roth and Billy McCoy in relation to the disappearance of a woman from Wichita Falls. A deputy dressed as a pizza deliverer knocked on the door of their apartment. McCoy responded. The deputy grabbed McCoy. McCoy went back into the apartment, dragging the deputy with him. Roth fired two shots at the deputies. Roth was fatally shot. One of the responding deputies, Terry Ashabranner, also killed Michael Goodman and shot at Waseem Jung. He left Precinct 4 on Mar. 15, 2005.

Kendra James, a 25-year-old woman, was fatally shot by a Portland police officer as she tried to drive from a traffic stop.

Police shot and killed Luther Mitchell Jr. when he allegedly threatened them with a handgun. According to police, Mitchell was walking on South Shore Drive at about 9:30 p.m., when two plainclothes officers saw him acting suspiciously and carrying something in his right hand. When the officers got out of their car, Mitchell allegedly turned toward them with a gun and said, "I'm going to kill you and then I'm going to kill myself." Police said the officers identified themselves as police and told Mitchell to drop his weapon several times. One of the officers then shot Mitchell. However, witnesses said they didn't see a gun in Mitchell's hand and that both officers fired at Mitchell.

After a standoff in which a drunken and emotionally distraught Pullen repeatedly threatened police, he approached Tactical Team officers with a gun. They shot him twice, killing him.

Robert Joseph Dingman, 29, died after being shot in South Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Neighbors were familiar with encountering Wallace. Homeless but tidy, delusional, paranoid, claiming to have a degree in marine biology (which turned out to be true), he lived in an abandoned two-story water tank. His encounter with somebody sent out to cut brush on "his" property developed into a call from the police. He refused to leave the tank. Officers entered and Wallace was shot dead within moments.

Williams is said to have confronted police with a knife in both hands as they encountered him in a domestic dispute call. Neither pepper spray or "water balls" were successful in making him comply. He was fatally shot.

Deputy Robert Burbach shot and killed Kevin W. Diabo, after Diabo killed RCSD Deputy Bruce Lee and swung a baton at Burbach.

An unidentified woman reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff. Deputies had arrived at around 2:15 p.m. and met the woman's husband, who said his wife had locked herself in a room. Deputies tried to talk to her, but she fired a shot at them, so they left the home. Additional deputies, as well as members of the Richmond Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Several attempts to talk to the woman were reportedly unsuccessful. Later that evening, police shot tear gas inside the home and entered the residence soon afterwards. The woman was pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m. after officers found her body inside.

Keith Harris, whose death was ruled a suicide, was pursued into a wooded area and shot by police after they responded to a domestic disturbance call.

Sgts. Frank Torres and Darren Martin drove up on a domestic dispute between Lounds and his wife, Georgia Marie Fuston-Lounds. When Lounds tried to drive off, he was shot and killed.

Suicidal Azerbaijan immigrant Gasanov encountered police in his front yard. He held a BERSA .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol. Family asserted that Gasanov had been cooperatively obeying police instructions when he was fatally shot, and his death was entirely unnecessary.

Police received a call from Claborn's mother, saying he'd stopped taking medication for mental illness. Police then got a call from a Chickasha convenience store saying a man had stolen a knife from the store and fled on foot. officer Michael Delong caught up with Claborn, who turned toward Delong with the knife out, police said. Claborn then approached Delong with the knife. Delong shot and killed him.

Merrill led officers on a car chase that led to the Magic Lantern strip club, where a police sergeant fatally shot him in response to Merrill threatening his life with a barbecue fork.

After a nearly 20-mile police chase, Lucas Adams Andrews was shot and killed as he attempted to retrieve a rifle from the back seat of his pickup after crashing into a highway sign, police said.

According to the Star Tribune, a deputy approached Barrett to question him about an arrest warrant. Barrett ran, ignoring the deputy's command to stop. The deputy deployed a Taser, which did not stop Barrett. Then both men drew guns and fired. The deputy was wounded, and Barrett was fatally injured.

After a chase ended at West Oak Elementary School, police said, officer Craig McBride stepped out of his scout car, and the other vehicle accelerated toward him in reverse. McBride fired two shots. One killed 15-year-old Rutger Allen Harjo who was driving the stolen vehicle

Officers were dispatched for a suspicious person sitting inside a vehicle call. Stokes was seated in a 1997 silver Acura. A female officer walked up to the left side of the vehicle and made contact with Stokes. Stokes got out of his vehicle and began advancing on her. Stokes had a knife in his right hand and a screwdriver in his left hand. A male officer arrived. Both officers yelled at him to drop the weapons. Stokes turned from the female and advanced on the male, while both officers shouted commands at him. When Stokes was about 10 feet away from him, the male officer fired three or four shots. The female also fired her weapon. Stokes fell down and then tried to stand up. Stokes dropped the knife, but continued to hold the screwdriver as he then collapsed back on to the ground. He died from the bullet wounds.

The incident began at 2 a.m., when Ramirez Sainz, an undocumented immigrant, tried to enter the Circle K at 2004 S. Sixth Ave., but found the door locked. Authorities said he started firing a semi automatic handgun in the parking lot. Four officers came to the store, officials said. When the man continued firing, Officer Leonard Perez, 30, shot Ramirez Sainz once in the head with a shotgun.

A county deputy shot and killed Sanchez in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Sanchez had tried to break into the unit of an ex-girlfriend, and he reportedly confronted the deputy with a weapon.

Police shot and killed Jorge Beeton during a five-hour standoff and shootout at the Griffith Park Apartments and Dude Ranch.

Justin McCarthy, 22, was riding around several Warren County municipalities shooting at buildings and street signs. He shot and wounded a Washington Township police officer before being shot and killed by state troopers, police said.

Officer Corwin Bales shot and killed Kenneth Sean Anderson, who allegedly stole a lighter and other inexpensive items from an AM/PM convenience store, then threatened to run officers over after a chase ended in the parking lot of Huntington Beach High School.

Bret J. Lemoine was shot by Sgt. Keeland Cheramie after Lemoine a chase that ended on a dead-end street.

Police said Christopher Morse was suspected of murdering his friend Bobby Brown, whose body was found in his home in Cabot, Vermont. Vermont State Police requested that Michigan State Police check for Morse at his parents' Rose Township residence, but he wasn't there. The next morning, a neighbor saw Morse's vehicle parked in the driveway and called police. Troopers saw Morse leave and followed him. Other troopers and OCSD deputies arrived and police prepared to stop Morse. According to police, troopers activated their emergency lights, and Morse shot himself in the head.

According to DPD, officers encountered Ortiz, a robbery suspect. Armed with a shotgun, he fled officers a short distance, then turned and shot at them. Officers Stan Verbal, Matthew Edwards, Bronco McCoy, James Swafford and Brian Fry fatally shot him.

Victim's husband killed her with his service weapon issued to him as a US Postal Inspector during an episode of domestic violence.

Mark Steven Navarrette, 41, died after being shot in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Snipes was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting death of his wife. He shot himself in the head as a SWAT team surrounded him inside a house.

Otis Moore Jr. reportedly shot himself across from the CHPD station just after 10 p.m. Moore's family believed he was murdered in retaliation. In the early 1990s, Moore had testified against three CHPD officers who were convicted of aiding him in operating a crack cocaine ring. Moore was released from prison in 2000. Suspicions of foul play grew when it was revealed that Moore was wearing a wire as part of a federal drug investigation when he died. FBI agents were in the area at the time he died, but Moore wasn't in sight, a law enforcement source said. The source said sheriff's deputies and CHPD officers were aware Moore was cooperating and had agreed to wear the device.

Fourth District Officer Frederick Girardo opened fire on Fornwald after he allegedly drove toward him and attempted to run him over when the officer tried to break up a drug sale, police said.

Craigor Smith, 36, died after being shot in Encino, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Englewood police officers were called to 3050 S. Lipan St. Tillotson was involved in an assault there, police said. A witness at nearby Cushing Park told Officer Mike Hawkins that Tillotson was hiding among some playground equipment in the park. When Hawkins tried to arrest him, Tillotson began fighting, Ulrich said. During the scuffle, Tillotson grabbed Hawkins' baton and threatened him. Tillotson didn't heed warnings to drop the baton and charged Hawkins, who shot and killed him.

Officer Scott Glasgow, who had served for three years, conducted a traffic stop on Owens. He may have drawn his gun as he approached the vehicle. During the stop, Owens tried to drive away, the driver's side door of his Dodge Neon shutting on the officer as it accelerated. The officer shot Owens five times, killing him. Officer Owens was indicted for criminally negligent homicide, becoming the first APD officer indicted in an on-duty shooting. The indictment was handed down, not because of the shooting, but because of the reported sloppiness of the arrest that lead to it. Though the indictment was thrown out, Officer Glasgow received a 90-day suspension from APD.

Dallas Johnson broke into a home armed with a knife. Officers Jerry Robards and Nathan Lutz, who had confronted Johnson in the building's garage, shot and killed him in order to defend the family inside, police said.

Gonzales was a fugitive from another burglary when he broke into a home that had people in it. Police shot and killed him.

An officer shot Darnell Moss when he allegedly rammed an unmarked squad car in a McDonald's parking lot. According to police, DEA agents and Waukegan police were conducting a drug buy at around 7 p.m. Officers moved to arrest Moss, who allegedly tried to escape arrest and hit an unmarked Waukegan police car with an officer inside.

Several deputies responded at about 12:15 p.m. to a report that Christopher Drypen, who had a history of mental health problems, was in the basement of his parents' home acting irrationally and playing music at a very loud volume. Drypen allegedly lunged at deputies Arnold Terrell and Todd Wood with a knife, and they shot him in the basement stairwell. In 2005, Oakland County settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Drypen's family for $4 million.

Dana Richard Herminzek was shot and killed by police during a domestic violence incident. He attacked police with a knife.

According to police, Triplett crashed his vehicle and started shooting at police, who shot and killed him.

Air Force veteran Lewandowski had an obvious psychological meltdown at a convenience store. Unarmed, nude, ranting and praying in the middle of the street, he was dead shortly after deputies arrived, although nobody was sure whether the cause was being tasered three times, being shot, or because he'd put his hand through a neighbor's window and severed an artery. The second fatal encounter for county deputies in a 10-day period.

Sasse was arrested for allegedly assaulting an ex-girlfriend. After his release from jail, Sasse went to the woman's residence, police said. A male friend of the woman was there when Sasse arrived, and Sasse threatened him. The friend fled to another home to call police. When Officer Chet Glancy and Sgt. David Pruitt arrived, Sasse was wielding a knife. Police said Sasse threatened someone with the knife, but the department would not say whom. Sasse was told to put down the knife, but he refused, and he was shot and killed.

After robbing a bank, invading a house and stealing a car, Lonnie Russell led police on a chase that ended in a gunbattle and his death.

Christopher S. Moallankamp reportedly shot himself following a three-county chase. Perry County deputies and Pinckneyville police responded to a report of a truck sitting at IL-154 and Perry Street. Officers found Moallankamp slumped inside a 2001 Ford pickup truck that was towing a ski-boat and trailer. Police awakened Moallankamp and asked for ID, but he fled. Near Herrin, stop sticks flattened the truck's front tires, but Moallankamp continued on Park Avenue for about two miles. Moallankamp allegedly tried to seize a Ford Ranger pickup from a motorist at gunpoint, then turned his gun on himself when his attempt failed. Moallankamp died at a hospital the next evening.

Police shot and killed Joseph Hunter Parker, who was reportedly armed with a samurai-style sword, after he killed two former co-workers and wounded three other people at an Irvine supermarket.

According to a complaint filed with the consulate, the family of Francisco Javier Platt Medina, 25, says he died a week after he was in Border Patrol custody and returned to Mexico, where an autopsy showed that he died of liver and kidney failure. His midsection was also covered in bruises.

Bonilla was fatally shot by a local officer as he was threatening another man with a knife. The threatened man was also arrested; he'd been trying to break into Bonilla's "burgundy sports utility vehicle."

Thomas was shot and killed by a Glenwood city police officer after a domestic disturbance outside Wheeler County Hospital, according to police. He died shortly after the shooting in the emergency room of the hospital.

Leo Daniel Cook Jr. shot and killed Leon Brown as he attempted to arrest Brown on domestic violence charges. Cook was charged with second-degree manslaughter but was acquitted.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Kerry White shot and killed Aaron Tackett, 57, after failing to subdue him with pepper spray and striking him in the left temple with a police baton, police said. Tackett's car was stopped for speeding.

Two officers approached Gonzalez in connection with a minor traffic incident, and found him "nervous and evasive". The situation developed into a physical struggle with the victim, who was then pepper-sprayed without effect. Gonzalez pulled a pistol and wounded one officer in the legs. He was then shot at least four times, fatally. A city official normally critical of police happened to be an eyewitness on scene and confirmed the officers' actions as justified

Trooper Charles Cowden was one of three troopers who responded to a call for assistance from the Lincoln County sheriff's office involving a domestic disturbance that involved Claid Drew Bales threatening to shoot a family member. Bales stepped onto a second-story balcony and was shot by the trooper after Bales used a long- barrel shotgun to open fire at law enforcement officials.

Acting on a tip, deputies pursued Sandwold for drunken driving. There was an exchange of gunfire, but Sandwold reportedly shot himself.

Off-duty Patrolman Jason Potts shot and killed a man who tried to rob him and his 18-year-old stepdaughter at the Andorra Shopping Center, police said.

Charleston police officer David Gahm stopped Simmons and a cousin after spotting them acting suspiciously in a Ford Crown Victoria that lacked proper license plates, police said. Greenberg has said that Simmons struck Gahm, dove into the car, reached for the shotgun and was turning toward Gahm when the officer shot and killed him.

Officer Kenyatta Kelly shot and killed Corey Graham during a struggle in which Graham pulled a pistol.

Officers were responding to a domestic violence report. They were inside an apartment when Patten pulled a shotgun and pointed it toward them. They fired, killing Patten.

Anthony Brown reportedly was taken into custody by police from the scene of a burglary. Police said he became belligerent, damaging a police cruiser. Once at central booking, the man began to get physical. Police were taking him up to the fourth-floor cellblock when he collapsed and died at about 4:45 p.m. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Roger Ashby reportedly killed himself during an overnight standoff with police and sheriff's deputies. The standoff began at around 10:25 p.m. when Ashby's wife ran to her neighbor's home, called 911 and told dispatchers her husband had just shot at her with a shotgun. Ashby was found dead inside his mobile home at about 5:45 a.m. after an ISP tactical response team entered the residence.

Manuel Ernesto Garcia, 39, died after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Around 2:30 a.m., a black car, containing three suspected burglars from Georgia, ran a stop sign. Officer Felix Pantoja,36, pursued. The car crashed near a cotton field. Kellogg and a woman left the vehicle. Kellogg drew a pistol. The officer and Kellogg shot each other by moonlight at a range of about 10 yards. Kellogg shot the officer's right arm. The officer continued to shoot with his left hand. Kellogg, struck repeatedly, died. Officer Pantoja, wearing a bullet-resistant vest, survived. He received an honor pin, a purple heart pin and a medal of valor.

Police shot Chad E. Seymour in the back when he allegedly charged at officers with a grenade during a standoff. At about 11:20 p.m, police responded to a domestic disturbance at a duplex. Seymour reportedly ran into the backyard, held up a grenade and threatened to detonate it. Negotiators tried to persuade Seymour to surrender until around 3:30 a.m., when he allegedly charged at officers and was shot. Seymour fell on top of the grenade. Police sent in a robot to retrieve the grenade, fearing it might detonate (it did after the robot rolled Seymour's body off it). Police said the grenade's pin had been pulled.

Tran called the police, who showed up to her home. She was holding a vegetable peeler common in Asian cooking with no outwardly sharp edges. Officer mistook vegetable peeler for a meat cleaver, fired gun

McHugh was shot and killed by her boyfriend of 22 years, an active-duty NYPD lieutenant, who then turned the gun on himself. No motive was immediately apparent.

A standoff reportedly began when police arrived to arrest James Russell Leake at his friend's residence, following an anonymous tip. According to police, "The officers had secured the perimeter and were attempting to engage him in dialogue. He didn't respond and three shots rang out." The first two shots hit the wall and ceiling. The third struck Leake in the temple, police said.

A man driving a Dodge Durango that Lexington police believe to be stolen from Fayetteville, N.C., shot and killed himself after being stopped by a Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement officer, police said.

Deputy Thomas Segobia shot and killed Maurice Cook when he allegedly pulled a knife.

An ex-con with 14 prior arrests, Colombo greeted a raiding SWAT force, with an armored vehicle and 15 deputies in riot gear, with a MAC-10 automatic of his own. He was fatally shot.

A deputy tried to stop an unidentified 62-year-old man for speeding on US 75, and a high-speed chase ensued on county roads east of the highway. According to police, the driver displayed a gun and tried to drive away after his pickup went into a ditch after he was cornered on a dead end road near Union. The man then allegedly got out, fired his gun and ran off into a wooded area. The deputy called for backup and the area was cordoned off. The NSP sent its SWAT team and a helicopter to search for the man. The man was reportedly found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 7:30 p.m. near where the chase had ended about 2.5 hours earlier.

Michael Earl Crispin was shot and killed by Deputy David "Scotty" Gibbons after a high-speed chase. He allegedly threatened officers with a knife.

Pointed gun at self and then at undercover Officer Scott Beran - was wanted by FBI for conspiracy to deliver narcotics.

Three state troopers fired 39 shots during the fatal conclusion of a car chase along Interstate 295 in the woods off Milepost 27.7. Eight of the 18 bullets that hit Quick entered through the back of his body. The troopers told investigators that they mistook a crack pipe Quick pulled from his waistband as a weapon.

Deputies were called to the red-brick house Bailey shared with his girlfriend. By the time deputies arrived, Bailey already had fired his gun at his victims and then took aim at the deputies. He locked himself in the house with his girlfriend. Authorities spent several hours trying to get him to come out, then sent in a SWAT team. Authorities say Bailey fired at officers from a bedroom, where he was holding his girlfriend. A deputy shot Bailey when his girlfriend moved out of the way, police said.

A chase ensued after police tried to stop a 1986 Chevrolet minivan driven by Michael John Sommers for making an illegal turn near Twelve Mile and Mound at around 5:25 p.m. Sommers drove into a subdivision, where he allegedly failed to follow officers' orders to stop the van and kept driving toward them. An officer fired six shots into the minivan, killing Sommers.

Ryan Nichols died after town police responded to a report of a suicidal man. Officer Alan F. Baird had disarmed Nichols and was about to leave the club with him when Nichols, who appeared to be cooperating, attacked him without warning, wrested the officer's gun away and shot himself in the hand, chest and head. The death was ruled a suicide.

According to DPD, officers wearing "raid jackets" while conducting a "reverse buy bust operation" approached Vernon after he stepped out of his vehicle. Vernon drew a 9mm pistol and shot once at the officers. Officers Mike Rangel and Mark Aremandariz shot Vernon. He was pronounced dead at Baylor Hospital. According to freerepublic.com, the shooting resulted in an FBI probe, that examined whether or not Vernon shot his pistol and whether he was shot in the back.

Madison Police Lts. Wayne Strong and Sue Williams and Officers Phil Petersen and Erik Fuhremann shoot and kill Julio Cesar Contreras, 39, who fired at them at a Park Street Mobil station after a botched robbery attempt at nearby Park Bank, 2401 S. Park St.

Off-duty sergeant Chris Fletcher shot and killed Sammie Robinson after Robinson and another man allegedly tried to rob Fletcher and his girlfriend just after midnight on the South Side. Fletcher reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to his right hip during the exchange of gunfire.

Yousuf Ali Mollah, 32, died after being shot in East Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Porfirio Heriberto Maravilla Jr., 18, died after being shot in Reseda, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Sought by deputies for charges related to stealing an air-conditioning unit from a church, Buchanan tried to flee in his car, wrecked the vehicle in a 100 MPH police chase, abandoned the car, then refused to stop threatening the deputies with a knife as they approached. He was fatally shot.

A state trooper and his wife killed each other Monday, both using one of his S.C. Highway Patrol service weapons, police said. Lance Cpl. John W. Gadson shot and killed Betty Joe Perry Gadson, his wife of 17 months, while pleading with emergency 911 operators for help after she shot him.

Newark police officers responding to complaints of noise and public drinking at a North Ward barbecue. Police say Newkirk pointed a gun at officers, but family members say he was holding only a liquor bottle.

Las Vegas police officer was called to an apartment where Anthony Minner was suspected of shooting a 16-year-old boy in the face. Minner was expected to return to the apartment and the officer awaited a phone call from Minner's roommate upon Minner's return. The officer was called and went to the apartment, where he saw Minner in the patio area. When the officer told him to put his hands up, Minner initially complied, then reached for the handgun and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired three times and Minner died.

Raibon shot and wounded Officer Kenneth Gardner in a drug-related incident. Officers Josh Green, Philip Johnson and Mike Saxion were involved in the fatal shooting of Rabon. Witnesses Kendrick Williams, Tawakani Jones, Terrance Black and Fleshia Jackson claimed that Raibon was shot in the back, then kicked in the head after he fell down. Forensics contradicted the claims of the four witnesses, who withdrew their testimony.

A deputy shot and killed Donald Van Zant after he shot and killed his neighbor, Carl Miles, 49.

Three officers shot Kevin Larson Smith when he allegedly tried to take another officer's gun during a struggle after he fired shots and led them a foot chase into the Children's Wonderland park.

Police shot Juan C. Meraz after he allegedly threatened two officers with a barbell. At around 12:30 a.m., police responded to a disturbance in a parking lot behind two apartment buildings and tried to take Meraz into custody on suspicion of aggravated assault. Police said the officers shot Meraz when he didn't drop the barbell. Meraz was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police said Pickens was selling drugs on Warrington Avenue. When narcotics officers tried to arrest him, Pickens shot at them. Some witnesses said Pickens was simply walking down the street, unarmed, on his way home from a neighborhood corner store

Rodger Wayne Chastain reportedly killed himself in a South San Francisco motel room after a 12-hour standoff with police.

Gregg Wynn Hackett was killed in a shootout with deputies in front of the Thousand Oaks sheriff's station.

Police were called because Washington was off her mental illness meds. Washington was shot five times when she struck a policeman with a candlestick.

Greene's husband Rodolfo, a Border Patrol Agent, fatally shot her and committed suicide after an argument at their residence. Cynthia Sanchez, 10, Rebeca's cousin, and Lizbeth Greene, 6, Rebeca's daughter, were both in the residence at the time of the shooting. The marriage had lasted less than a month.

According to police, the two officers, Sgt. Anthony Luzio and Officer Bruce Beard, approached Miller in front of the Open Shelter. After a brief conversation, Miller ran. He turned around with a firearm, and the officers shot and killed him.

Deputy shot Richard Burrola after he allegedly struck the deputy several times with a metal object.

Turner was pulled over in a car with her friend and her ex-husband in it, her ex-husband bleeding from gunshot wounds. They'd shot him and were taking him to the hospital. Turner emerged from the car and leveled a weapon at officers, and she was fatally shot.

Police said John Richard Mayhew, 35, shot and killed his former wife and her fiance in Columbus on August 7, then took his daughter, Christina McKibben, hostage. Greenbrier County deputy Nathan Hershman pulled Mayhew over about 8 p.m. two days later for not displaying a motor vehicle inspection sticker, police said. Mayhew allegedly shot Hershman in the left arm with a .25 caliber handgun. Police said Hershman returned fire as Mayhew sped away and chased him while requesting backup. Mayhew reportedly tried to carjack another vehicle, hit a state police cruiser and sped past a barricade before police disabled his vehicle in Lewisburg. Police said they believed Mayhew shot McKibben and himself as officers, with guns drawn, yelled for him to exit the car. "We couldn't hear the gunshots because a lot of stuff was going on," state police Sgt. Jay Powers said. "We believe the time he shot his daughter was the time we had him stopped." Police said they felt certain none of the shots fired by officers had struck McKibben. McKibben died en route to the hospital. Mayhew survived.

Heyward was shot during a struggle with Barnwell police Patrolman Drayton Gantt, police said. Heyward ran from police after a traffic stop.

Elvis Wayne Wilson was shot once with a 12-gauge shotgun during a standoff in the front yard of his brother-in-law's home. He was armed with a knife.

An officer was struggling with a DUI suspect who was trying to take his gun when Officer Jason Scarpati fatally shot the man. Several bullets from Scarpati's gun also ripped into Hancock. The suspect, Alvaro Solis-Roman, 21, was killed in the struggle.

Officer John Gardenier shot and killed Cherie Lynn Wallace when she allegedly pointed a gun at officers as they tried to commit her for psychiatric evaluation.

A man reportedly shot his girlfriend near Lake Elsinore and led police on a freeway chase from Corona to Los Angeles where he used the same gun to kill himself.

Koch, high on cocaine, drove away from deputies who tried to conduct a traffic stop on his Suburban. Officers pursued him through his neighborhood as he sped and waved at friends. After two law enforcement vehicles crashed during the pursuit, Deputy Marcus Staudt pulled up to the Suburban and fatally shot Koch. The Suburban crashed into a drainage ditch.

Two officers shot and killed Robert Simon when he allegedly drove toward them in a Dierbergs parking lot. The officers responded at around 3:45 a.m. to a report that Simon had assaulted his girlfriend, then took her Ford Expedition. Both officers opened fire after Simon reportedly backed toward one officer, then reversed direction toward the second officer, who moved out of the way just before the SUV struck the squad car.

Clark, on parole from California, had fled from a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle earlier in the day. Caught again snooping around cars in a retail parking lot, Clark conducted an armed standoff with police for more than 45 minutes before he was killed in the final firefight. The coroner said his fatal wound was self-inflicted.

Herring was being sought in the killing of a Greenville County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Mazur. He was recognized at a warehouse. When deputies arrived, Herring fired at least two shots. Deputies returned fire, but an autopsy showed that he had killed himself with the Mazur's gun.

Veteran San Bernardino police officer Paul Gumbert shot and killed his wife, Sarah Gumbert, before killing himself at the couple's home in Highland at about 4:30 a.m.

Mark James Casillas reportedly shot himself after a four-hour standoff with police on I-15 in Escondido.

U.S. marshals Mark Hessler and Ken Groenveld went to Leon Dewon Dandredge's girlfriend's home to arrest him on a fugitive warrant. According to police, Dandredge was hiding in the basement. Hessler shot Dandredge in the face when he allegedly emerged from underneath a blanket and lunged at him. Dandredge was unarmed.

Ronald Eduardo Guzman, 19, died after being shot by police.

After Brunston fled police attempts to apprehend him on domestic abuse allegations, he was cornered in a doorway near his residence and circled by officers. He claimed to have a pistol, and to be wanted for murder (both of which were false). After abortive negotiations Brunston died in a hail of 81 bullets, 22 of which hit him, and which also fatally wounded a police dog. The dog received medical evaluation by helicopter while Brunston bled to death in the street. In March 2006 the family settled a wrongful death suit with the county for $340,000.

Mario Albert Madrigal, Jr. was shot multiple times at his Mesa home after police said he came toward them in a threatening manner while bearing a knife. After a four-minute standoff, the 15-year-old boy lay dying from 10 gunshot wounds.

Deputies arrived at Faulkner's residence at 11 p.m. to serve him a warrant on drug-related charges. His mother said he wasn't there, but he was hiding in a back bedroom, armed. Faulkner fired on and killed a sergeant. He was fatally shot in return.

Alreco Ayers shot Memphis police patrolman Anthony Woods, shot his girlfriend twice, and then, as other officers converged on the scene, committed suicide. Police were called on a domestic violence call.

Barefoot and shirtless, Williams tried to kidnap a 16-year-old female. Unsuccessful, he stole a vehicle, drove about six blocks, then abandoned it to escape on foot. Officer Donald Kankel pursued Williams to a wooded area, then tried to handcuff him. Williams punched him. Officer Kankel fell to the ground, then drew his pistol and fatally shot Williams in the chest.

Lake Township police investigating a domestic violence complaint arrived at Clark's residence and talked to his wife. The woman told officers her husband had just left in a van and had a gun, police said. A Lake Township officer saw the van and followed, joined by an officer from neighboring Perrysburg Township. The van pulled over. The officers ordered Clark out of the van; he did not comply. About 30 seconds later, officers heard a gunshot and found Clark in the van with a gunshot wound in his face.