Carl Edward Fuerst died during a high-speed police chase and shootout after his car wrecked on Alabama 157.

At about 12:10 a.m., an off-duty officer and a friend left the B.M.G. bar, got into the officer's car and drove a short distance down the street. According to police, the officer stopped his car to change a CD when two men in a car drove up alongside them. The passenger in the other car allegedly jumped out, pointed a gun at the officer and his friend and told them to get out of the car and to take their clothes off. While the officer and his friend were disrobing, police said the man with a gun was distracted. The officer drew his pistol and fired several shots at the man, who returned fire. The man died and the officer was reportedly shot in the back, foot and thigh.

Handal was refused entry to his family's home and began acting violently and irrationally. Police were called because a family member believed he was stabbing the dog. The dog was not hurt. From the San Diego Union-Tribune: "Sgt. Richard Browning arrived at the scene and saw the man breaking out vehicle windows with a baseball bat and shovel and ordered him to drop the weapons, Lt. Sheila Potkonjak said. When the man refused to stop, Browning tried to knock him down with his patrol car, but Handal apparently got back up with the shovel still in his hand, she said. Handal allegedly headed toward two officers, Sean Marchand and Lindsay Simmons, holding the shovel like a baseball bat and they fired a total of six rounds, Potkonjak said. Handal died at the scene."

An officer shot Fred Madkins when he allegedly fired a pistol at him. According to police, Madkins had been at a nightclub, where he had waved a gun at security guards. When officers later tried to pull him over at around 2 a.m., Madkins sped away and crashed his car into a light pole. A police video reportedly showed that Madkins pointed a gun at an officer and fired at least twice before the officer fired back. A Jackson County grand jury declined to bring charges against the officer.

Wylder was suspected of taking a ham, at knifepoint, from a Piggly Wiggly. During an attempt to subdue him officers used pepper spray and then fatally shot him, after he assaulted one of the six officers with his knife. Witnesses said he was shot after being cuffed. A second private autopsy showed he'd also been beaten. Among his family's questions was why he was in public to begin with; he'd been under an involuntary commitment order.

Four Ball State University Police Department officers responded to a burglary call, which turned out to be Michael McKinney, a university student, drunkenly attempting to gain access to a house he mistakenly believed to be his friend's residence. 24-year-old officer Robert Duplain entered the backyard alone and discovered McKinney, who allegedly charged the officer. Duplain shot McKinney four times, three times in the chest and once in the head.

Sgt. David Johnson shot and killed Kyle Darryl Michael Baker when he allegedly accelerated and reached for the officer's gun.

Oscar Martin was killed and a police officer wounded early in a shootout after an alleged kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.

Alan Hoyos, 18, died after being shot in Lynwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Officers Garret Crawford and Derrick Letsinger shot and killed Saul Costilla Alvizar when he allegedy charged at them with a knife.

A CHP officer shot and killed Frank Zigan when he allegedly pulled a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at the officer in the Baker sheriff's substation.

Two patrolmen pulled over Stanley Strnad'€s car for a traffic violation at East 185th Street in the North Collinwood neighborhood. As the officers approached, Strnad , 26, drove away. Patrolmen Daniel Jopek and Martin Rudin chased Strnad but stopped when he left the city. Strnad later returned and crashed into a car at East 156th and Parkgrove Avenue. Strnad ran, and Jopek chased him, firing five shots, with four hitting Strnad in the back and killing him. Jopek said he feared Strnad was going to pull a weapon from his waistband. Strnad was unarmed. A grand jury declined to indict Jopek, although he was disciplined for improper use of force. The family sued Jopek, but he prevailed in a federal jury trial. Jopek and Rudin also were involved in the fatal shooting of a man in 2002.

Police responded to a man with a gun call at the bank where Alston's wife worked. After a chase, Alston shot and killed himself.

Ramon Aranda, 25, died after being shot in Burbank, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

A gunman involved in a shootout with Aurora police had a substantial amount of methamphetamine in his system when he was found dead in an apartment blew a hole in the wall where he held his girlfriend and her teen son hostage. Valdez had a fatal gunshot wound in the head, although it was never reported whose gun the bullet came from.

Officers Harolton "Skip" Clayborn and Dustin Poncin shot Byron Harmon when he drove into two police cars while trying to leave a trailer park where he'd been visiting a friend. Residents of the Archway Manor mobile home park had called police at about 7 p.m. to report a suspicious car that had been parked for some time where the street dead ends. Clayborn and Poncin said they fired into the car because their safety was jeopardized, but Byron's friend who was in the car said Byron panicked and was just trying to get away. In 2004, Harmon's sister, Erika N. Nichols, 19, allegedly purchased a 9mm pistol with a silencer from an undercover detective and said she wanted to shoot the officer who'd killed her brother.

Troopers and sheriff's deputies went to a mobile home in rural Wallace to arrest Bradley Ogier shortly before 3 a.m. According to police, shots were fired from inside the trailer as they approached, and Sgt Robert Veal was hit in the right thigh. The officers returned fire, and Ogier's son left the trailer. SWAT maintained a perimeter and repeatedly attempted to contact Ogier, but were unsuccessful. Officers went inside shortly before 6:30 a.m. and found Ogier dead.

When Erdman called his mother from a convenience store for a ride, she had to remind him that she couldn't drive her car because he'd kicked out her windshield. By the time she could dispatch another family member to retrieve him, he was in the midst of a crowd in a nearby alley, shot to death by police after assaulting a 33-year-old female officer there.

Officer Keith Ambrose shot and killed Stepfone R. Washington during a foot chase.

Gilbert Leon Payne pointed a rifle at Officer John Latzke before Latzke shot him in a house during a drug raid, police said.

Police said 40-year-old Damien Turner shot and killed his wife, Traci Trammell Turner, 35, and shot and injured George Trammell, 61. Police said officers responding to the shooting found a white Mercedes-Benz traveling fast and running stop signs in the neighborhood. As an officer attempted to stop Turner at Pheasant Drive and Quail Court, Turner killed himself in his car.

John Hinkle was shot and killed after he fired shots at troopers Earl Whitaker and Joe Lucas. The troopers were serving an emergency protection order filed a few hours earlier by his wife.

An off-duty police officer working at McDonald's got into a confrontation with three customers and escorted them outside. The three men returned a couple hours later, and the subject allegedly reached for his waistband and the officer opened fire, killing him outside the McDonald's. No weapon was found on Curry.

An officer shot and killed Bryan E. Jones after he allegedly threatened police during a six-hour standoff. Jones' girlfriend called police and said he was suicidal when officers arrived. Jones was shot at about 4 a.m. when he walked out the front door with a firearm and threatened officers, police said, though they wouldn't discuss how Jones threatened them. A neighbor said he watched the shooting from his house across the street. "He came out the front and was screaming at them to turn off the bright lights. The next thing I know, I saw him pull out a shotgun and shoot toward the (tactical) vehicle."

Police responding to a man-with-a-gun call at an apartment building saw a man fitting the description, Smith, in an exterior stairwell. Police said Smith turned toward them in a threatening way. He had a BB gun.

Armed with what police say was a sawed-off shotgun, a mentally retarded 40-year-old man was just feet away from his front door Friday night when an Ephrata police officer shot him.Gary Russell died in the front yard of his home at space 28 of the E.Z. Livin Trailer Park

Eric Harrison was shot in the back by Officer Matthew Thompson outside the police training academy near Montano and Second Street during an altercation between Harrison and then-54-year-old Cipriano Salazar.

Police approached Hamilton as he crossed school grounds in the middle evening. Hamilton avoided them, then stepped as if to approach, then ran. Officers believed he drew a weapon, and fatally shot him. At least one witness expressed shock at the officers' conduct.

Cops were called during suicide attempt, 3 officers shot Kelly Combs 5 times

Two deputies responding to a domestic violence report encountered Keith Edward Snover, who they said came out of the house with a pistol in each hand. The deputies said they told him to drop the guns, but he did not. One of the deputies shot Snover once when he allegedly made a threatening gesture with the guns. Snover died at the scene.

Police said Avery shot his wife, and after a short standoff, he fired a shot from inside the home. When police went in, he shot and killed himself.

Idaho Falls police officers shot Charles Hogoboom after he fired 11 shots at officers using a shotgun, rifle and handgun.

CHP Officer Larry Depee shot and killed John Watkins during a struggle behind the Super 8 Motel in Crescent City.

Police responded to gunshots around midnight and later responded again at 3 am to gunshots by Lessley. Pointed a gun at an officer after repeatedly being told to put it down

Shot during traffic stop on suspicion of drug possession.

Justin L. Speakman reportedly shot himself as deputies closed in on him. The deputies had responded at around 5:30 p.m. to a report of a burglary in progress at a residence in rural Mulkeytown. The deputies encountered Speakman walking on the roadway just west of the residence and yelled at him to stop, but he didn't. Instead, Speakman walked into a ditch, pulled out a handgun and shot himself in the head, police said. He died later at a hospital.

Taylor was shot by deputies at the Crystal Inn. Manager Stephanie Wilson said it's her policy to call police when any guest refuses to leave by the noon check out time. Two deputies went to Taylor's room, asked for ID, but instead of an ID, Taylor allegedly produced a gun and was shot. A deputy was also wounded.

Raymond Matthew Gilkeson shot and killed Police Cpl. Thomas Roberts and Patrolman Bryan S. Verkler who attempted to arrest him for shooting a gun in a neighborhood, then shot and killed himself.

Around 3:30 p.m., Agent Candelaria entered Saber Sales and fatally shot his estranged wife, Maria Victoria Martinez, who worked there as a secretary for her brother-in-law, Humberto Camacho. Agent Candelaria took Camacho hostage and barricaded himself into the building. According to Camacho, Candelaria tried to strike up a conversation with Martinez's corpse, blaming her for the incident. Later that evening, after police negotiations, Agent Candelaria fatally shot himself.

Lunsford drove his vehicle to the residence of Lieutenant Eric Hillman, who had an affair with his wife. Hillman identified himself and pointed a gun at Lunsford. According to Hillman, Lunsford moved for his glove box. Hillman fatally shot him. There were no weapons in Lunsford's car or on his person. A notebook found next to Lunsford's body contained records of Hillman's activities.Although it went to trial, Hillman was found not guilty.

Shaun Lakes allegedly tried to back over Officer John McGinley. McGinley fired into the car, killing passenger Brett Showell. Lakes was charged for various crimes.

Eugene Swonger, 57, of Dover, walked into Union Hospital about 2:30 a.m. and said he was going to kill himself, said New Philadelphia Police Chief Jeff Urban and Dover Police Chief Ron Johnson. He showed a receptionist a gun, and she made a 911 call from the hospital about 90 miles northeast of Columbus. Police said Swonger then fired a shot that hit a wall. Some people were on other side of wall, but no one was hurt. New Philadelphia police Capt. Joe Skinner, who had just left the hospital, was first to respond, and witnesses said Swonger fired at him after the officer ordered him to put the gun down, Urban said. Police believe Skinner, 36, fired six shots, and Swonger fired five. Swonger was hit three or four times.

A straightforward traffic stop developed into a off-and-on manhunt and two-hour standoff with the armed ex-con Garza, who had out-of-state warrants. When Garza aimed his handgun at officers he was fatally shot.

Fowler was shot and killed by police, after Fowler reportedly opened fire on the officers while they were attempting to execute a search warrant at his residence.

Local police responded to an aggravated assault call at Brinkman's house, but found him alone. barricaded inside, and armed. An emergency response team including state troopers set up a perimeter, closed the local road, called in a helicopter, and launched into a standoff of several hours before shooting Brinkman dead on his own porch. They claimed he was armed but would not say armed with what.

Drug informant Lester was shot to death in a firefight after a botched narcotics operation got him kidnapped. He died of a single gunshot to the chest. Two men were tried, convicted and sentenced to life for Lester's killing although that single gunshot came from an agent's gun.

Clements was a suspect in a string of robberies. Police spotted him inside a stolen car at a mobile home park, they pinned the car with two police vehicles, and three officers surrounded him. Clements ignored commands to surrender and tried to ram his way out. To stop Clements, the officers fired 24 shots into the stolen car. The 25-year-old Clements was shot in the head, neck and back and died.

Armando Alvarado died after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Comick, running from the scene of a reported robbery, shot once at Officer Carl Sanders. Officer Sanders shot Comick in the back of the head and the back of the right leg as Comick scaled a fence. Comick died. On Oct. 9, 2003, Officer Sanders, responding to a report of vehicle theft, shot and wounded Jose Zamora. The officer was not charged in either shooting.

State corrections officer Clarence Clough, 59, shot his wife, Diane, 42, in a bedroom before he killed himself with a .38-caliber revolver. Diane died two days later.

Justin Coates exchanged gunfire with IPD Patrolman Adrian S. Aurs during a foot chase at the end of a vehicle pursuit.

A man driving a van apparently shot and killed himself on New Year's Eve as police attempted to stop him for weaving on Interstate 71, said Linndale Police Chief Gary Teske. The man, driving a Ford Aerostar, was not carrying any identification and has not been identified by the Cuyahoga County coroner. Crack cocaine and $20 were found in the man's pocket.

Driving along off-duty, an officer heard gunshots coming from an alley between North Lavergne and Patterson avenues. He saw a teenager running toward him holding a gun. He allegedly ordered the boy to drop the pistol but he didn't comply. The officer said he feared he was going to be carjacked and shot the subject three times. The subject succumbed to his injuries that night at the hospital.

Newby was shot by an undercover narcotics officer near midnight during a drug buy. The victim was shot five times, and the fact that three of those shots were in the back triggered local protests and an FBI probe. Ultimately the officer was indicted for murder.

Officer fired one shot at Jose Angel Padilla, 22, at the downtown Portland Greyhound Bus depot after police said Padilla threatened to stab a woman with a knife.

Suspect in an armed robbery and car theft, Apodaca ran, hid, and ambushed pursuing officers in a 10 p.m. standoff. He wounded one of the police in the upper thigh. Apodaca died in an exchange of gunfire. Only later did officials determine his fatal wound had been self-inflicted.

Two undercover officers shot and killed Mark A. Diggs when he allegedly rammed two police cars in a Home Depot parking lot. The officers were part of an Anti-Crime Task Force that had been set up to deal with car theft. At about 6 p.m., plainclothes officers were on a special stakeout at the store and reportedly saw four people break into two vehicles on the lot, then try to escape in another car. Police said they boxed in the fleeing vehicle. Two officers fired one shot each at Diggs when he allegedly hit the police cars in front of and behind his car.

Arturo Saldana, 22, died after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

On 01/08/04, Hempstead PD OfficerS. Hardin #108 was dispatched to a domestic violence call at the Willowchase Apartments, Apartment #103 in Hempstead Waller County Texas. Officer S. Hardin was assisted by Waller Co. SO Deputy G. Brown. Upon arrival, both officers were confronted by the suspect.

Officers Shane Shaff and Jason Hatcher shot and killed Joshua Duncan and wounded Manuel Cantu after Duncan drove a car toward the officers at a southwest Bakersfield mobile home park.

Derrick Ford and his friends were standing outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse. They heard gunshots from the west side of Winter Street, where a group of people were gathered. Two individuals, unrelated to Ford and his friends, had been involved in a verbal altercation, and one had shot the other. Upon hearing the gunshots, Ford and friends decided to leave the VFW. The four men headed toward the green Ford Taurus that Dana Jones had driven to the VFW. Detective Mark Gerardot allegedly ran past the group of people gathered on Winter Street and instead followed Ford and friends as they proceeded toward the Taurus. As he was unlocking the driver's side door of his car, Jones heard someone command, "Freeze!" As Ford was turning with his hands in the air, Detective Gerardot shot and killed him. No gun was recovered from Ford.

Shot after allegedly shooting at deputies. Officers were responding to a report of a home invasion were two people were killed. Officers chased the suspect into the woods where they say he shot at them, and they shot him to death.

Deputies Albert Lobo and Scott Gould, and Sgt. Robert Terrell shot and killed Cornell Wells when he tried to hit patrol cars after a chase.

Timothy J. Robertson reportedly shot himself in front of troopers during a traffic stop after fleeing Houston, where he'd killed his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

Mistaken for a murder suspect, Williams fled from county police at speeds of over 100 MPH then afterwards on foot through a residential neighborhood. The approaching deputy thought he saw Williams reach toward his waistband and shot him fatally. He'd been unarmed. The case was controversial; the family hired lawyer Johnnie Cochran and filed a wrongful death suit.

Cliff Anthony Pruitt died after he carjacked a student's Jeep and stole a police cruiser. Lyndsay police reported that Pruitt stole one of their police cars during a foot pursuit leading officers from multiple agencies to chase him. Pruitt became stuck in mud and reportedly used a police shotgun to shoot himself in the head, killing himself. According to police, officers fired their weapons in response, but it was the self-inflicted wound killed Pruitt.

A man near the city's Foothills threatened suicide in front of officers and then shot and killed himself.

Theo Paul Williams Jr., 28, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Officers were called to East 154th Street to check reports of drug activity when they approached a car with two men inside. Brandon Robinson, 24, ran and was tackled by officer Timothy Clark. As they wrestled on the ground, Robinson punched the officer and tried to grab his gun. Clark shot him in the chest, killing him.

Birmingham police shot and killed an unnamed man when he allegedly came out of a West End apartment building brandishing a long-barreled gun.

Paul Riggins was being chased by police just after 5 p.m. when gunfire erupted, police said. Riggins allegedly shot at the pursuing officers, who returned fire, bringing Riggins down. Police fired four shots at Riggins and struck him once. Riggins fired his gun five times, with the last shot causing a fatal wound to his head. The reason police were chasing Riggins was not reported.

Officers shot and killed Elliott Gil when he opened his front door and pointed a shotgun at officers conducting a routine parole search.

Sgt. Burrows and Detectives Koahou and Underhill shot Alexis Jimenez during a shootout and chase.

Officer Brian Mitchell responder to the home Ronald Nawrocki shared with his mother after a 911 call was placed during which the dispatcher heard Nawrocki's mother say, "Please don't hurt me anymore." Mitchell shot and killed Nawrocki when he allegedly came at him with a knife. Nawrocki's mother disputed the police version of the story.

Las Vegas police officer was one of multiple officers who pursued a car full of suspected home invaders, immobilizing the car in a residential neighborhood. Keith Maurice Williams got out of the passenger's seat of the car, pointed a gun at the officer and fled on foot. The officer fired four times, hitting Williams once in the back. He was found in the back yard of one of the nearby homes.

A man was swinging a large, pointed stick at passing motorists. When officer Lonnie Morris arrived, the man threw a piece of PVC pipe at him, then came at the officer with the stick. Morris fired a Taser, but the man hit Morris' left hand with the stick. Morris shot and killed him.

Javier Beas, 19, died after being shot in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

An officer spotted Rodgers, a suspect in a grocery-store robbery in Roseville, driving into a Sears parking lot just north of downtown St. Paul. Rodgers exited his vehicle carrying a knife, according to police. The officer repeatedly told him to stop, but Rodgers advanced on the officer, who shot him several times in the chest. Rodgers was pronounced dead at the hospital.

CHP officers shot and killed Jesus Melenderez when he pointed a gun at them as he tried to carjack a SUV at a busy farmers market.

As Timothy and his friend walked up the stairwell toward the rooftop door, a veteran New York City Police Officer Richard S. Neri who was patrolling the roof opened the entry door. The Police Officer was "startled" and fired his weapon, fatally hitting Timothy Stansbury.

Officers short and killed Lee Roy Lemons Jr. after he robbed a movie theater at gunpoint.

Gray, mentally ill, repeatedly threatened to kill family members. Deputies from the Precinct 1 Mental Health Unit went to Gray's apartment to take him to a mental hospital. Gray pulled a butcher knife from his sleeve. Deputies shot at him with a stun gun or guns. Deputy Marvin Hamilton tried to disarm Gray. During the struggle, Grey unholstered Deputy Hamilton's .357 Magnum revolver and fired it once. Deputies Andy Reyna Jr. and Chris Jaris shot at Gary a total of 10 or 11 times, killing him.

Sgt. Mike Cooper shot and killed Joseph Martin as he approached the officer with a knife in a downtown alley. It happened in Jazz Alley between J and K streets.

James Snell reportedly committed suicide during a routine traffic stop. Police said an officer pulled Snell over at about 12:30 a.m. According to police, Snell pulled out a gun and shot himself as an officer tried to get him out of the car. Police said the gun Snell used to shoot himself was the same weapon used to fatally shoot blues musician Thomas "Gene" Metcalf, 80, in an apparent robbery the week before.

According to the Star Tribune, Fredrickson died in a shoot-out with police in a Pamida discount store parking lot after kidnapping a woman.

According to his family Hathorn was a former railroad worker who took up selling crack to make his child support payments. During a police encounter, frisking Hathorn after he bought drugs, Hathorn snagged a service weapon and started shooting. He killed one officer and wounded another before return fire forced him away. He was found dead nearby between two parked cars, with five big rocks and 19 little rocks in a pouch.

Police were sent to help a woman who wanted to remove some clothing from her house. A man inside the house told the officers he was armed. Police told him to surrender his weapon, but he refused. The man got into his car and took off, Pierce said. Police spotted the man's green Pontiac. He pulled over, got out of the car and started shooting. Police took cover behind their patrol cars, which were hit by shots fired by the gunman. The officers returned fire and killed the man.

Ramos was shot and killed when he confronted a police officer with a knife inside a home.

Deputy Zachary Long, working a second job as a security guard, confronted Garcia, whom he believed was stealing roofing shingles and loading them into a van. Deputy Long, who had been a HCSO deputy for 15 years, shot Garcia twice in the left side. Though Deputy Long claimed that Garcia drove toward him with the van, the van was not struck by gunfire. Since 1999, deputies had killed 22 people by firing into their vehicles.

Deputy James Lisner shot and killed Hugo Antonio Mancia, who swung a wooden chair at him.

Eric Lamont Wilson, 33, died after being shot in Gramercy Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police responded to a complaint of a man walking around the neighborhood setting off car alarms. Another resident complained to police that a man was sitting inside her car, which was parked in her driveway. Police said the man in the car fired about six shots, one hitting another car and others striking several buildings. No one was hit by the gunfire. The man refused to exit the car. An unidentified police officer shot and killed Wright after he allegedly pulled a gun out of his pocket and raised it.

Two police officers on bicycle patrol approached a vehicle that was being driven erratically in downtown Kent. The driver backed up suddenly toward one officer and the other officer fired his pistol, fatally wounding the driver, Ryan Allen Rozsonits, 27, Tacoma.

The inspector, Martin Carrington, 38, has not been charged with a crime, the police said. He fired the shots from his licensed 9-millimeter handgun after arguing with the clerk, Wilson Alba, 31, of the Bronx, on Halsey Street near Irving Avenue in Bushwick about 1:45 a.m., the police said.

Renton police investigators responded to a call from the man's estranged wife. Renton police went to the house to arrest the armed man for felony violation of a no contact order and suspicion of burglary, but he managed to barricade himself inside the home. Police spent most of the morning speaking with the man, but he stopped responding to negotiators by the afternoon. Officers found him hiding in the attic, armed with a handgun, and he refused to comply with commands. It is unclear what the commands were. Police said the man was shot and killed by a Tukwila police officer on the team.

In Salem, police shot and killed burglary suspect James Brian Bartell, 37, after they say he drew a gun on them during a confrontation early on February 10. Officers Rob McCracken and Tom Johnson were cleared by a grand jury in shooting Bartell, a former corrections employee with psychological problems (Salem Statesman-Journal February 28).

Two deputies shot and killed Matthew Browning after he pointed a gun at them twice outside his family's rural Jesmond Dene Road home.

Raymond D. Cauley reportedly crashed his pickup while fleeing police and then shot himself. At around 11 p.m., Cauley's wife asked police to check on his welfare because he was suicidal. Alton police checked the couple's home for Cauley; Madison County deputies checked an address in Cottage Hills. A short time later, a deputy saw Cauley driving a Ford pickup on IL-140 and tried to pull him over, but Cauley kept driving. As Cauley drove south on Center Street, his truck left the roadway, crashed into a wooded area and rolled over. Police knocked out the truck's window, but Cauley had reportedly shot himself with a shotgun. Cauley died at the scene.

Deputies shot and killed Larry Garcia when he leveled a high-powered rifle at them.

Maurice H. Cline was lying on his floor, pointing a gun at the door when police arrived to check on him because of suicidal threats and shots fired within his home. He was shot and killed.

Vazquez had come from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, recently separated from his wife. A deputy answering a domestic disturbance call encountered Vazquez, armed, and the men exchanged fire. The deputy was wounded in the left arm. Vazquez was killed.

An officer alleged that Cardenas led him on a car chase, then on a foot chase, and tried to pull out a weapon, at which point the officer shot him to death. Cardenas' family was awarded $1 million in a civil rights lawsuit, and the officer had mistaken him for a wanted fugitive. The officer shot Cardenas in the back. Cardenas had meth in his system.

A CHP officer shot and killed Omar Mendiola after an alleged altercation on the Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation.

Robin Jean Johnson, 45, was shot and killed Wednesday after leading officials on a nearly 10-mile pursuit that began when she fled her home after shooting her roommate, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Jean Hankins shot at a car and the home directly behind the vehicle. Hankins was shot by police after they responded to a call from neighbors.

Bradlee R. Fulk was shot after he robbed a restaurant and stepped out with a replica gun when police caught up to him.

Police were trying to involuntarily commit Morals for mental evaluation. He stabbed and officer in the hand and was shot and killed.

St. Martinville reserve police officer Alan Ledet shot and killed his girlfriend, Christy DeRouen, outside her home in St. Martinville. Ledet later turned the gun on himself following a high-speed police chase that ended in Franklin.

A deputy shot off-duty correctional officer Miles Wayne Woodford when he pointed a pistol at her.

Officer Richard Guerrero shot and killed Randy Jon Perchez Jr. when Perchez tried to grab his flashlight.

Officers Stephen Kauffman, Ryan Newman, Sherman Rooks and Eric Schimon shot and killed Gabriel Angel Garcia, who held a pocketknife while kicking the door of a known child molester who'd been the subject of a flier police had recently distributed warning neighbors he might still be abusing children.

Anthony Sheppard fatally shot himself after allegedly killing a former girlfriend and her two children and holding police at bay for about four hours.

Kevin G. Carlin, a fugitive from Texas, reportedly shot and killed himself after a traffic stop in East Baton Rouge Parish; he did so seconds after a deputy shot him in the arm.

About 1:30 a.m. Balentine led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car, then died in a firefight with two local officers as he tried to conceal himself on a porch.

Percy Elijah Kelly II, 54, died after being shot in Vermont-Slauson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Ogden was at Waiohuli Beach in Kihei when a woman complained that he was exposing his genitals to beachgoers by wearing loose shorts. Ogden pulled his pants down in front of the woman, and when a Maui police officer arrived, he began walking away. Police said Ogden used pepper spray on a citizen who tried to intervene and then sprayed the officer. The officer was partially blinded by the spray and fired six shots at Ogden, police said. Four hit and killed him.

According to police, Nathan Vestal fled after officer Mark Wessels pulled him over for speeding shortly before 10 a.m. Wessels gave chase until Vestal crashed his car into a tree. Vestal fled on foot and Wessels followed him. Vestal allegedly pointed a gun at Wessels and fired at least one shot. Police said Wessels returned fire, killing Vestal.

Robert Daniel Payne shot and killed his wife, Cindy Walker Payne, during a standoff with police before shooting and killing himself as police entered the home.

Cornered by police in a remote section of a state park, Tinkler retreated "to a hole he had dug near some trees" and fatally shot himself. He'd been pursued for two weeks for burning down his own repossessed house after a tax dispute.

Randall's wife, Alice, reported a disturbance. Deputies and sergeants responded. Randell was told to show his hands. He pointed a 9mm Ruger pistol at Sergeant Investigator Joseph Culp. Sergeant Culp shot him with a .40-caliber Glock. Alice later said that the disturbance call was her first attempt to escape 50 years of abuse by Randell.

As a passenger and for reasons unknown Perez fled from a traffic stop on foot, dashed into the back yard area of a mobile home park, and struggled with deputies. According to the police he grabbed one of their batons and struck them with it. He was fatally shot.

Donald Keith Franks, 49, died after being shot in Norwalk, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Officers Jason Bollendorf and Jeff Butts shot Alfred "Al" Farrar after he threatened to kill himself and then pointed a revolver toward police during a brief standoff.

Two veteran officers - Phil Yahnke and Shane Pueschner - shot and killed Velasquez as he threatened the center's director with two meat cleavers.

By police accounts, Jean had tried to burn his girlfriend's house down, was a suspect for attempted murder, was found hiding on the balcony of a relative's apartment, and fired his gun at police as they approached. Officers returned fire and killed him. The same apartment block was the scene of Denzell Smith's fatal shooting by police about four months previous.

Melvon Winston was killed while he was robbing a store. An officer and the store owner were wounded in a gunbattle.

Michael Leon Barnett was killed during a shoot-out. He was a passenger in a pickup driven by William Elmer Harris, 30, when law officers surrounded the vehicle. Police were trying to arrest Barnett on five warrants. Barnett first shot Harris in the head, killing him, then turned his gun on the officers. One bullet nicked Deputy Chris Back in the ear before Barnett was shot dead.

During a standoff with police, Donald Charles Walter was killed by Mark Anthony Davidson in the duplex where both men lived, police said. Davidson then killed himself with the same shotgun. Davidson reportedly referred to Walter as his stepfather.

Michael Harvey shot and killed Deputy Jason Scott and held off more than 100 officers for hours before shooting and killing himself.

Deputies responded to reports of elderly Holiday standing in her front yard firing a weapon. She had a history of schizophrenia and a history of toying with her weapons when off her meds. When deputies tried to coax her out of her house, she fired on them, and they ended up returning fire and killing her.

Officer stalked Tim and his family for over a year. Shot and killed Tim in the mall parking lot.

Police were called to a domestic dispute. When they arrived, Howell shot himself in the head.

An anonymous call came in about shots fired in Harriell's house. He'd recently lost a job and was going through a divorce. For a moment in the police encounter he appeared cooperative, but then he spun on his heels and aimed a weapon at police. He was fatally shotgunned in the chest.

Two undercover detectives in an unmarked car saw a Honda Civic and a Honda Prelude racing, and they tried to stop the Prelude. The Prelude fled, and the detectives backed off, but continued following the car, police said. The Prelude continued west, even after running a red light and being involved in a hit-and-run crash. The car eventually stopped, and three men jumped out. The driver was arrested after a short chase. Robles was chased by another detective, and eventually pulled a gun. He was shot and killed.

Dexter Hill ran away from a sidewalk interrogation about drug activity. Sgt. Mark Walrath chased him and then shot and killed him when Hill threatened Walrath with a board.

An officer shot Steven McCullough when he allegedly charged another officer with a knife at Kingston Cove Apartments. According to police, McCullough called 911 shortly after 11 a.m., claiming that someone was in his apartment. The officers found McCullough in his living room with a knife. When an officer asked him to put the knife down, McCullough reportedly refused, saying he wanted to die and that police would have to shoot him. An officer sprayed mace at McCullough, but he allegedly chased the officer out of the apartment. Another officer shot McCullough, who died at the scene.

Police escorted Paul Dillard's ex-wife to her home where she suspected Dillard would be. He was shot and killed when he pointed a rifle at police.

Deputies shot and killed Antonio Garcia after he fought with them and raised a revolver at them.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance at a U-Haul. When they arrived, Stephen Nelson allegedly pointed a gun at them and was shot and killed.

Police say Wirth was in the process of stealing a car, when he ran from a patrol officer. Police said when they approached a Chevrolet Blazer that Wirth was hiding in, shots were fired, Wirth was killed.

According to DPD, Officer John Dagen, in uniform but "working in an off-duty capacity," responded to the sound of a car alarm. Orlando Arana and Ivan Mejia stood near a car with its door open. Officer Dagen told them to stop. The men tried to flee by vehicle. Arana, in the passenger seat, raised a BB rifle. Officer Dagen fatally shot him. A man was charged with burglary of a motor vehicle in connection to the event.

Joel Torres tried to rob two undercover troopers, Dets. James Carnival and John Donegan. He was shot and killed by Carnival when he pointed a gun at them.

Police raiding a suspected cocaine-trafficking organization shot and killed a man in north DeKalb County after he fired at them, police said.

Edmon was shot and killed after he took a toddler hostage and held a knife to its throat.

LaPorte County police said they persuaded a suicidal man, Keith W. Stratton, to end a standoff and leave his family's home, but shot and killed him when he suddenly pulled a sawed-off rifle from his waistband and pointed it at officers.

On March 26, Oregon State Trooper Nick Neville shot and killed Jeremiah P. Scanlon, 47, after Scanlon shot Neville in the chest. Scanlon apparently was asking for directions and shot the officer after being asked for ID. The officer survived

Police responded to a domestic dispute call at the McWaters residence. McWaters, the son of an LEO, had a history of mental illness, and five months previously had been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation by a local judge, greeted them by running into the house and returning with a gun. He managed to wound one officer before being shot. He died of his wounds a couple of days later.

Officers testified that during a traffic stop, Perez was going for something in his pockets and refused orders to show his hands. He was unarmed.

Troopers responded to a trailer park just before 3 p.m., after a woman reported that she'd fled when her estranged husband broke into her home. The man barricaded himself in the home and refused to leave, police said. As many as 25 troopers surrounded the home as police negotiated with the man over the phone. According to police, the man did not threaten officers, and police didn't fire any shots or try to enter the home during the standoff. The man reportedly shot himself shortly after 1:30 a.m.

A motorcycle officer shot and killed Paul Dean when Dean backed a Toyota 4Runner toward him following a chase that was canceled, though the officer didn't know because of a communications glitch.

Clarence Savage was shot and killed after allegedly firing at police as he emerged from a home being burglarized.

Police responded to a stolen car complaint. When they caught up with Tips, he fired on them while holding his 1-year-old child, and he was shot and killed. He wounded an officer.

Rolando Lappin-Mendez, upset over a gaming machine payout at the Eureka Casino, shot at the bartender and shot and killed a customer who tried to stop him. Las Vegas police officers were in a nearby parking lot and saw people running from the casino and yelling about a shooting. They went to investigate and a witness pointed to Lappin-Mendez, who was driving away in a car. When he saw the officers Lappin-Mendez got out and pointed a gun, the officer fired several times, killing him.

Officer Steve Ecker shot a man whom he thought was holding a gun, but was only holding a cell phone. Police were told there were drugs and guns in the apartment. Officer Ecker also shot Jason Mathew Delaware on 5/16/2002 under questionable circumstances.

Several officers converged on Nello's Motor Sales to investigate an account that a vehicle had been tampered with. Arcano began shouting that he had a weapon, and while in the service garage he kept one hand concealed behind his back. On disobeying commands to show his hand, he was killed with one shot. Police found only a screwdriver in his back pocket.

Police "Tactical Narcotics Team" surveillance of an apartment complex parking lot revealed Rahming, a Golden Gloves champion boxer, apparently dealing drugs. When approached Rahming ran into the complex with a weapon—according to police. According to witnesses he was unarmed and desperately trying to flee into his cousin's apartment.

An officer responded after an unnamed 49-year-old man called Belding police just before 5:30 a.m. and said he was on the verge of committing suicide, police said. The officer reportedly determined the man had a long gun and radioed for backup. Another Belding officer and an Ionia County deputy arrived. According to police, the man terminated the conversation after about half an hour, and subsequently shot himself.

Anderson police officers responded to a burglar alarm at Grady's Great Outdoors sporting goods store. Nash was shot and killed after he pointed a gun at Dusty Ashley and Susanne Mullis.

An officer shot and killed Mario Renee Perez when he advanced with a kitchen knife.

Local undercover narcotics officers had bought drugs from Brown before, collecting evidence against him, but something alerted him this time. In the parking lot of a service station he tried to bolt as an officer was halfway in his car then drove toward officers, endangering them. He was fatally shot.

A Union County sheriff's deputy assigned to the Essex-Union Auto Theft Task Force shot and killed a suspected car thief, Juan Correa Arroyo after the officer and his partner were struck by a stolen car that Arroyo was pulling away from a curb on North Seventh Street in Newark, police said.

Police stopped a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by 18-year-old Kyle Robert Gray at the intersection of Park Avenue and West 18th Street about 10 minutes after the armed robbery of a North Side motel. Police said Martin exited the passenger's side of the vehicle, rushed to the front of it and began firing a gun at officers. He was killed when police returned fire.

Police were trying to arrest Barron Wright for drugs. He allegedly drove at police and was shot and killed by Officer Jeffrey Aster.

Crenshaw was shot and killed during a marijuana sting after the suspect fled and then twice turned a gun on the officer, police said.

Police were investigating a carjacking. The individuals in the car drove it at officers who shot and killed them.

Sgt. Perry Phipps and officers Mike Curran, Kevin Grant, Jeff McIntosh and Gilbert Torres shot Donald Bochat when he got out of a car with a rifle after he'd crashed during a car chase through Visalia.

Arnold was shot after deputies went to his home to serve arrest warrants for charges of battery, criminal damage to property, reckless conduct and cruelty to children. According to police, when Arnold attacked the deputies with a knife a deputy, whose name is not being released, shot and killed him.

Phoenix police responded to a call about a man inside a who was acting crazy. The cops found Daniel Lepker, who threatened them with knives and an ax. An officer used a Taser on Lepker to no avail. The suspect then jumped through a neighbor's window wielding the ax. He pointed what two cops later said they'd believed was a semi-automatic pistol at them. They fired at Lepker, killing him.

According to DPD, a civilian flagged down a police vehicle and identified Bobby McDuff and Marcus Hibbler as participants in a shooting. An officer pursued a vehicle associated with the men. Officers James Jablin, Mike Mondy and James Owen fatally shot both men.

A member of the Utah National Guard, Thompson was shot and killed by county deputies after he'd threatened them with a shotgun. He'd paid a drunken 2:40 a.m. visit to his estranged wife's house, and was located by police in a neighbor's back yard.

Deputies responded to the Quail Quest condominium development at about 2:15 p.m., after a man called 911 saying shots had been fired, and that he and his wife were being beaten up by their adult son, Carl DiMaria, police said. The deputies got the parents away from the home and set up a perimeter. At 3:53 p.m., police said detective Rick Coxon felt he had convinced DiMaria to put down the weapons. DiMaria was outside the front door and agreed to lay the rifle on the ground, but went back inside. According to police, they heard a shot and found DiMaria on the floor. DiMaria died early the next morning at a hospital.

Authorities say the suspect, Julio Ramos, took off in reverse, dragging one of the officers toward Victoria Avenue. While Detective James Arroyo was being dragged, authorities say his partner shot Ramos once in the chest. The 31-year-old Ramos later died at University Hospital.

Fernando Cruz was seen by two plainclothes detectives from the department's vehicle theft unit driving an allegedly stolen Lexus at 1:15 p.m. They approached the car, but he sped away, dragging one of the detectives, James Arroyo, a short distance. The other detective, Anthony Brown, shot and killed Cruz.

Officer Karl Benson shot and killed Alex Martinez when he rammed patrol cars after a chase.

Gregory L. Silverthorn allegedly shot and killed himself after shooting a female friend and fleeing to his own home, beginning a seven-hour standoff with police.

Trollman's 92-year-old mother called for police because her son started acting erratic when making breakfast. This developed into his stabbing a home health care worker, who escaped with only superficial cuts. Trollman greeted the police with a kitchen knife. When pelted with pepper balls, he ran back inside and retrieved a bigger knife, refused to cooperate, threw one of the weapons, and finally was shot to death.

Little is known about this encounter. Before the week of April 24, 2004, ended, Phoenix police had killed two more men, Frank Romero and Rudy Chavarria, in separate incidents. They had large amounts of meth in them, according to the Phoenix New Times newspaper. The dates are dates of death from obituaries.

A CHP officer shot Jaden Edward Soto after he brandished a gun at a Sunol gas station.

North Las Vegas narcotics officers with a search warrant crossed their jurisdiction's boundaries to storm the downtown apartment of drug suspect Cipriano Gerardo Lopez, 44, who fired at them. An officer returned fire, killing him.