Fatal Encounters

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

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Displaying 3,501 - 4,000 of 22,236

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
4051Douglas L. Hahn36MaleEuropean-American/White03/14/2005VallejoCA38.1259898-122.2258051Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot and killed Douglas Hahn when he allegedly advanced toward officers while making stabbing motions with two knives.

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19864Ryan Dominic DeAndrea22MaleEuropean-American/White03/16/2005DrumsPA41.0433463-76.016254Hazleton Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deandrea stole a car, fired bullets into a former girlfriend's home, and led police on a chase that reached more than 100 mph before being shot and killed by officers on Interstate 81, police said.

timesleader.com
4056Kyle Melendez26MaleNative American/Alaskan03/16/2005RenoNV39.5300676-119.7914949Washoe Tribal Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Melendez reportedly robbed the smoke shop on Second Street east of downtown around 3 p.m. Wednesday and fled on foot through the neighborhood on tribal land, authorities said. In a written statement, the tribe said Melendez was shot after threatening the officer with a knife in the back yard of a nearby home.

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25836Name withheld by police36FemaleEuropean-American/White03/16/2005MetairieLA29.9973301-90.2003001Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies and emergency medical technicians went to a woman's home shortly after 7 p.m. to investigate a complaint from a relative in Maryland who was concerned she might commit suicide, police said. The woman agreed to let them take her to a medical facility for help. The woman asked to use the bathroom. When she got into the bathroom, she produced a Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic handgun and pointed the gun at the officer, who shot her three times, killing her.

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4055Ebrahiem R. Williams34MaleRace unspecified03/16/2005SunburyOH40.3489796-82.900447Ohio State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams rammed cars with his vehicle and was shot and killed when he attacked a state trooper with an ax.

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4059Brian D. Treman29MaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2005Hobe SoundFL27.112643-80.159838Martin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three deputies approached a Lexus SUV with two males smoking marijuana. When the driver refused to obey police orders and attempted to drive away, officer pursued him through a mobile home park, boxed him in, and fatally shot him. The passenger also sustained gunshot wounds. Police refused to disclose the driver's name.

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4058Omar Hampton18MaleRace unspecified03/17/2005JacksonMS32.3197177-90.2366365Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hampton was killed in a shootout with officer Thomas Catchings, who was also killed. Hampton was a suspect in a carjacking.

enterprise-journal.com
19649Jeremy Scott Glenn30MaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2005OwensboroKY37.771221-87.108883Owensboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police found Jeremy Scott Glenn dead in an upstairs bedroom, after officers fired tear gas canisters into the home, police said. Officers had been seeking Glenn for several weeks to serve him with six arrest warrants, including two for trafficking in a controlled substance while armed.

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4057Don Mark Larson69MaleEuropean-American/White03/17/2005LynnwoodWA47.858571-122.2392478Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larson had been sought on an arrest warrant for failing to show up at a state mental hospital for an evaluation. In 2002, he was charged with voyeurism after he allegedly videotaped the breasts of an elderly woman suffering from dementia at an Arlington nursing home. Deputies tried to arrest Larson at his home in the 29200 block Fourth Avenue Northwest, but "the situation escalated," and shots were fired, and Larson was killed.

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19650Landon R. King1MaleRace unspecified03/17/2005PikevilleKY37.4795454-82.519511Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • No

Randall Allen King abducted his 9-month-old son, Landon R. King, in Harlan County and then killed the infant and himself while fleeing police on U.S. 23 in Pike County, state police said.

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19651Randall Allen King46MaleRace unspecified03/17/2005PikevilleKY37.4795454-82.519511Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Randall Allen King abducted his 9-month-old son, Landon R. King, in Harlan County and then killed the infant and himself while fleeing police on U.S. 23 in Pike County, state police said.

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18853John David Phillips35MaleEuropean-American/White03/18/2005Rock HillSC34.8924739-80.9545322Rock Hill Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a bank robber, a chase and a running gunbattle, Phillips was shot and killed.

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4061Chuck Lee Smith56MaleEuropean-American/White03/18/2005SheltonWA47.2569779-123.100999Mason County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles L. Smith, 56, died after police said he raised a shotgun in the direction of state community corrections officers and sheriff's deputies who went to his home north of Shelton to arrest him on a probation violation.

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20354Matthew L. Fisher18MaleEuropean-American/White03/18/2005TomahawkWI45.4744038-89.6924548Oneida County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brad Fogerty shot and killed Matthew Fisher who he was pursuing over possibly driving while intoxicated. Fisher got out of the vehicle with a modified .22 rifle and was shot and killed.

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4064Steven J. McGilton37MaleRace unspecified03/19/2005White MarshMD39.3827235-76.4094424Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

County police responded to McGilton's home, where he came at them with a heavy metal pipe. Refusing to surrender the weapon, he was shot to death.

baltimoresun.com
4065James Harper Stewart24MaleRace unspecified03/19/2005AllentownPA40.5954228-75.4649334Allentown Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a residence by a 2:30 a.m. 911 call from the boyfriend of Stewart's sister, reporting a wanted and armed man in the house. Stewart had neglected to return to prison from a work-release leave. Responding officers found Stewart uncooperative and armed with a box cutter. He was shot to death.

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4062Gary A. Bird32MaleRace unspecified03/19/2005House SpringsMO38.3837288-90.529843Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Pevely Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Timothy Groat and Jeff Sengheiser, and Pevely police Lt. Terry Thomas shot unarmed Gary A. Bird when he allegedly drove at them with his car after a high-speed chase. Officers had tried to stop Bird's BMW for speeding and driving erratically on Highway 21. According to officials, the officers blocked Bird's car on gravelly section of windy road. Bird allegedly steered toward deputy Phillip Andrew Crews, who dove out of the way as the other officers fired 10 rounds into Bird's car, four of which hit him. Bird died two days later.

stltoday.com
4068Leonardo Vega Gomez18MaleHispanic/Latino03/20/2005Bell GardensCA33.9633035-118.1579967Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leonardo Vega Gomez, 18, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Bell Gardens, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4067Ronald Richard Riebling Jr.40MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2005PortlandOR45.4780993-122.5653422Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report that a 40-year-old man with a history of domestic violence arrests had forced his way into the home of his estranged girlfriend. Officers made phone contact with Riebling who told the officers he was not going back to prison and was armed with at least one assault weapon and explosives. During subsequent telephone contact Riebling, along with two of the girlfriend's children, told officers that the suspect was armed. The suspect left the home and aimed what appeared to be a rifle at one of the officers. The officer shot and killed the suspect.

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4066Kevin Ray Garland35MaleEuropean-American/White03/20/2005GarlandTX32.926015-96.6018007Garland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to GPD, Garland threatened himself, then officers, with a pistol. Officers fatally shot him.

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4069Robert Valderama Estrella29MaleAsian/Pacific Islander03/21/2005SeattleWA47.5442315-122.2740493Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Estrella took his child hostage and was shot and killed by a police sniper.

seattletimes.com
4070Name withheld by police39MaleRace unspecified03/21/2005LeavenworthKS39.2885428-94.9416066Leavenworth Police Department, Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during an eight-hour standoff with police. The standoff began around 3 p.m. when police responded to a call from the man's wife, who said he'd made statements about suicide. Police said they never had any communication with the man during the standoff. Pepper spray gas was introduced into the residence at around 7:30 p.m., police said. Officers later entered the bedroom and found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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4073Joseph W. Stank51MaleEuropean-American/White03/23/2005IndianaPA40.6308379-79.1476103Indiana Borough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stank died of two blasts from a 12-gauge shotgun outside a senior high school. He'd gone inside hoping for a job, came out upset that they couldn't help him, confronted a local police officer, and refused to drop his weapon, an air pistol.

post-gazette.com
4072Reginald J. EdwardsMaleRace unspecified03/23/2005WhitehallOH39.9733429-82.8971537Whitehall Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Edwards, a car insurance salesman who had been fired from his job the day prior, killed himself, more than six hours after storming into his workplace, firing a handgun and taking a woman hostage.

google.com
4075Jenard "Nordy" Thomas25MaleAfrican-American/Black03/24/2005New OrleansLA29.971068-90.040378New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

NOPD officers, Scott Rodrigue and Joseph Waguespack Jr. shot and killed Jenard "Nordy" Thomas in front of his father when Thomas allegedly pulled a gun while fleeing.

indymedia.org
4074Nathan G. Cain28MaleEuropean-American/White03/24/2005Santa BarbaraCA34.4146718-119.6978095Santa Barbara Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer James Ella shot and killed an unnamed man who allegedly threatened them with a hand weapon/knife.

independent.com
4076Scott McMyne25MaleRace unspecified03/25/2005AlbuquerqueNM35.0888678-106.6483416Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Scott McMyne was stopped for a traffic violation. Officers said that McMyne attempted to flee, and fired at officers. The officers returned fire, hitting McMyne twice.

abqjournal.com
4077Neiman Demarcus Gibson19MaleAfrican-American/Black03/25/2005DallasTX32.7592849-96.6568707Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to DPD, Gibson resisted arrest when officers tried to arrest him for smoking a marijuana cigar in public. During the struggle, Gibson drew a .38-caliber derringer. He shot and wounded an officer. Officer John Roberts shot at Gibson three times, hitting him twice. Gibson died at the scene.

dallaspolice.net
19865Jesse Sollman36MaleEuropean-American/White03/25/2005EastonPA40.6901968-75.2092995Easton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Matthew Renninger accidentally shot and killed Officer Jesse Sollman following a training exercise at the Easton Police Department headquarters.

lehighvalleylive.com
4079Bradley J. Spiker29MaleRace unspecified03/26/2005CaseyvilleIL38.624257-90.035445Caseyville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Bradley J. Spiker several times when he allegedly reached for a 9 mm pistol from his waistband. At around 11:45 p.m., Spiker was reportedly acting unruly in the parking lot outside the Caseyville Inn, a bar on North 89th Street. According to police, officers had tried to subdue Spiker with a Taser before one officer opened fire, but weren't successful. Spiker was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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4081Larry Johnson20MaleRace unspecified03/27/2005ChicagoIL41.787411-87.638019Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police happened upon a kidnapping, with three kidnappers (Johnson and two female accomplices) and two male victims. The victims were stripped, bound, and robbed. An off-duty officer driving past, by chance, saw Johnson fatally shoot one of the victims as he tried to escape. That officer fired on and killed Johnson in turn.

chicagotribune.com
4082Juan J. Jacquez20MaleHispanic/Latino03/27/2005Kansas CityMO39.0782813-94.5340028Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jacquez fled on foot following a hit-and-run. A police officer ordered him to stop. Jacquez reportedly turned and pointed a gun at the officer, who fired one shot. Jacquez died at a hospital later.

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19652Jonathan Patrick Flynn27MaleRace unspecified03/27/2005BlackeyKY37.1400957-82.979051Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they responded to a complaint that Jonathan Patrick Flynn was intoxicated, damaging property and arguing with his father. He was shot and killed by Trooper Adam Hall.

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19653Henry L. Reeves42MaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2005LexingtonKY38.0564545-84.5471907Lexington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Henry Reeves was shot and killed when police came to his house to check on a suicidal man. When police asked him to show his hands, he pointed a shotgun at them and was shot and killed.

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22160Scott A. Smith34MaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2005ColumbusIN39.1813436-86.0547933Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Scott A. Smith was wanted for allegedly shooting at police. After fleeing in a vehicle, he crashed, fired on police and was shot and killed.

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19654Travis Ballard17MaleEuropean-American/White03/28/2005LouisvilleKY38.1888878-85.8359931Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Peter Grignon was investigating a hit-and-run. When he was talking to two teenagers, Travis Ballard shot and killed him before shooting and killing himself.

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4084Dale Edward Crider31MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2005OdessaTX31.80914-102.4331698Ector County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers of the West Texas Narcotics Enforcement Task Force tried to arrest Crider on drug-related charges outside of the Seattle Slew Saloon. An officer tried to handcuff Crider. Crider tried to stab the officer with a knife. The officer fatally shot him. Ranger Jess Malone investigated.

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25837Michael Johnson34MaleAfrican-American/Black03/29/2005UnionNJ40.7121887-74.2524817Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer had been attempting to serve a warrant for failure to pay child support to Michael Johnson, when Johnson ran for his car, parked nearby, and pulled out a pistol. Johnson shot and wounded an officer and was shot and killed.

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20353Bobby Sherrod31MaleAfrican-American/Black03/29/2005KenoshaWI42.5692708-87.8354304Kenosha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Naked Bobby Sherrod was walking down the street with his naked children when he attempted to break one child's neck, threatened to cut another's throat with scissors, and was shot and killed by Officer Dave Monson.

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30209Omar Hurtado23MaleHispanic/Latino03/29/2005FlorenceCA33.9806202-118.2695733Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Omar Hurtado was shot once by LAPD officers in 2005. He became paraplegic and developed subsequent health problems. He became unresponsive on Dec. 5, 2008 and was transported to the hospital, where he died

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4087Christopher Archaleta29MaleRace unspecified03/30/2005WestwegoLA29.9060388-90.1422962Westwego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Michael Davis shot and killed Christopher Archaleta when he allegedly got out of his car with a hand behind his back.

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4088Ronald Love Oxford38MaleEuropean-American/White03/30/2005Coos BayOR43.3386171-124.3170012Coos County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oxford had suffered from mental illness since the age of 17, and had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. With his condition deteriorating, "short-tempered and demanding", threatening to torch his parents' seaside house, his father gave him an ultimatum to get help with a deadline of 3/30. On that day Oxford barricaded himself in his bedroom, forced a confrontation, and was fatally shot.

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4086Kenneth Lee Grinder39MaleRace unspecified03/30/2005ParmaOH41.4072873-81.7286054Parma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say they responded to a fight between Grinder and his girlfriend, but he was gone. Officers returned when Grinder was back near the house sitting in his car. Officers took cover when they saw Grinder had a shotgun. He got out of the car with the gun and officers ordered him to drop it. Instead he pointed it at them and was shot and killed by Officer James Manzo.

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4085Alexandro Rodriguez25MaleRace unspecified03/30/2005San DiegoCA32.7245411-117.1051462San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Wayne Deoden shot Alexandro Rodriguez when he allegedly pulled a pistol on him during a struggle following a pursuit.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4089Jesus Manuel Montano30MaleRace unspecified03/31/2005BellflowerCA33.8950224-118.1174545Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jesus Manuel Montano was shot while barricaded in a Bellflower apartment complex surrounded by deputies.

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4091Carlos Miguel Mejia36MaleHispanic/Latino03/31/2005HoustonTX29.7823024-95.4365191Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer H. Diaz responded to a complaint about an armed, intoxicated man laying on a lawn. In Spanish, Officer H. Diaz asked the man, Mejia, what was going on. Mejia said that he wanted to commit suicide because his family had disowned him for raping a 12-year-old girl. Mejia got up and took a walk down the railroad tracks nearby. An officer armed with a riot gun shot Mejia multiple times with pepper rounds. Mejia fatally shot himself.

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4090Douglas Michael Good36MaleRace unspecified03/31/2005BakersfieldCA35.3540844-118.9126717Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Sean Pratt shot and killed Douglas Michael Good when Good allegedly pointed a handgun toward the officer at a Motel 6.

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4094Jose Laniez-Ortiz25MaleHispanic/Latino04/01/2005MontgomeryAL32.3830669-86.2462231Montgomery Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Jose Laniez-Ortiz following a short chase when he allegedly threatened officers as they approached.

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4093Billy Floyd Carter Jr.46MaleEuropean-American/White04/01/2005PuyallupWA47.1180841-122.3575007Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were sent to the vicinity of 128th Street East and Canyon Road to investigate reports of a man with a gun. They arrived to find Carter holding a rifle under his chin and complaining of a family problem. He eventually walked the 14 blocks home, talking of suicide and asking the deputies to shoot him. Instead, they tried to coax him to surrender, police said. At his house, Carter paced in and out of the door, shouting angrily. Then, he walked to within 25 yards of several deputies and pointed the rifle at them. Three deputies fired one shot each, striking Carter in the head, chest and abdomen. He died at the scene.

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4092Larry F. Winkler55MaleEuropean-American/White04/01/2005ThorntonCO39.85506-104.94611Thornton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Larry F. Winkler, 56, a Thornton water department employee, after he pointed a rifle at the officer, who had entered his mobile home.

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25838Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/01/2005BaltimoreMD39.316344-76.6097028Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 3 p.m. a GMC Yukon passed unmarked police vehicles on Edison Highway, police said. Pursuing police cars caught up to the Yukon, boxing the vehicle in. The driver of the car allegedly attempted to escape by striking a police cruiser and two non-police vehicles. At least one officer fired on the Yukon, killing an unidentified man.

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21560Steven Cage46MaleRace unspecified04/01/2005BaltimoreMD39.3163466-76.6097092Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Yukon was being pursued for speeding when it was boxed in by police. Police said the driver aimed the vehicle at them, and he was shot and killed.

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4100Frank Carrillo28MaleHispanic/Latino04/04/2005AnaheimCA33.8470637-117.9464789Anaheim Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Edward Ruiz shot and killed Frank Carrillo, who, according to police, was engaged in unspecified "criminal activity" during which he tried to ram an officer with a pickup truck.

latimes.com
4101John Clifton Manyfield19MaleAfrican-American/Black04/04/2005HephzibahGA33.203254-82.023664U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wanted in Sacramento as a suspect in a gang-related killing, Manyfield returned to Georgia and a mother he hadn't seen since he was nine years old. Together they were detained at a roadblock. Manyfield was tasered, attempted to get control of the Taser, and revved his engine as he and his mother both struggled with officers. Although unarmed he was fatally shot.

thetruecitizen.com
4102Jacob Faust25MaleEuropean-American/White04/04/2005San DiegoCA32.7125789-117.1610627San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jacob Faust was stopped for a traffic violation. The officer involved in the shooting fired three times at Faust, after the driver reportedly reached behind his car's front seat and displayed a prop gun.

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4107Patrick Laurent22MaleRace unspecified04/06/2005MiamiFL25.8488969-80.2092218Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A suspect sprinted away from a traffic stop on a white Taurus, and police followed for perhaps 10 minutes. The man is said to have stopped abruptly, turned and held a gun on pursuing officers. He was fatally shot. Police did not release his name.

sun-sentinel.com
25839Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/06/2005HoustonTX29.7161009-95.2907723Brookside Village Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unidentified man was killed during an exchange of gunfire inside a pawnshop during a shootout among armed robbers, an off-duty Brookside Village police officer and the store manager, police said. The man who was killed was allegedly one of the robbers.

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4109Ruben Dominguez Leyva21MaleHispanic/Latino04/07/2005PhoenixAZ33.4659621-112.1474509Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detective Tony Morales said the incident began when an officer spotted a car with stolen license plates and the driver sped off. It ended in the apartment parking lot after the suspect pulled into a parking space. Two officers got out but Morales said that's when the suspect accelerated toward their patrol car. Fearing his partner would be crushed, Morales said Sgt. James Gallagher fired, killing Leyva.

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4112Bruce A. Brooks Jr.18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/08/2005WichitaKS37.6504952-97.3512139Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brooks was shot by officers responding to a reported robbery. The victim ran and reportedly pointed a gun at the officers involved. His father was killed during a robbery of a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1994.

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4114Spencer Lamont Johnson31MaleAfrican-American/Black04/09/2005Los AngelesCA33.9328033-118.2555576Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Spencer Lamont Johnson, 31, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Green Meadows, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
22492Yobani Sosa26MaleHispanic/Latino04/09/2005RichmondVA37.4707128-77.4430779Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Yobani Sosa, 26, a Guatemalan native living in Chesterfield County, was trying to break in the back door of the Comida Mixta restaurant with a tire iron when he was surprised by Officer Christopher Snyder, who was in a squad car on patrol by himself. Police said Sosa refused orders to put down the tire iron and instead made a move toward Snyder, who shot and killed him.

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25840Daniel L. Shipley42MaleEuropean-American/White04/10/2005MurrayUT40.6655442-111.8883857Murray Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel L. Shipley was shot and killed when he refused to lower a handgun he pointed at police, police said. Police had been called to a complaint about shot fired inside a building.

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4115Scott Alan Chapman43MaleRace unspecified04/10/2005Huntington BeachCA33.6766702-117.9747919Huntington Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Scott Alan Chapman reportedly shot himself after a 3.5 hour standoff with police at Newland Elementary School.

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4117Michael Bosworth Yurish51MaleRace unspecified04/11/2005MartinsburgWV39.4401489-77.985963West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Yurish had broken into his estranged wife's residence and was holding a knife to her throat, when he was fatally shot by state troopers.

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4119Jarrell Walker19MaleAfrican-American/Black04/12/2005St. PetersburgFL27.7545461-82.6762532Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Members of a SWAT team shot Walker to death, in the back, at close range, while he lay prone during a drug raid. His death triggered local protests and an FBI investigation.

sptimes.com
18956Rodney A. Stehr37MaleEuropean-American/White04/12/2005BethanyOK35.5221469-97.632549Bethany Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Stehr was suffering from muscular dystrophy and under the influence of alcohol and drugs and was found dead after a two-hour standoff with police, police said. Officers responded after receiving a call that Rodney Stehr, 37, had assaulted his mother and forced her out of the home.

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4122Robert Everson21MaleRace unspecified04/13/2005PhelpsNY42.954465-77.0469341Ontario County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies followed Everson for about a mile from the scene of his armed robbery of a branch bank. Everson's Jeep went off the road and hit a utility pole. He and the deputy then traded gunfire. Everson was fatally shot. The deputy was awarded Officer of the Year in the state.

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4121James Blade Jr.50MaleAfrican-American/Black04/13/2005East ClevelandOH41.5388932-81.575825East Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to a house on Plymouth Place to serve a probate order on James Blade Jr., who had been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Blade didn't want to go and opened fire on the officers who had gone inside the house, police said. Officers fired tear gas into the house, but Blade refused to give up and crawled under a blanket, wedging himself between some mattresses and a wall. He also shot out some of the attic windows to disperse the spray. Blade fired shots at officers and shortly thereafter jumped out the rear third-floor attic window while still firing at officers. Police returned fire and killed him.

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4126David Scott Ridge40MaleRace unspecified04/14/2005RandlemanNC35.8131242-79.8353185Randleman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ridge not only had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream and some amount of methadone as well when he threatened officers with an 18-inch knife unsheathed from a walking stick during a traffic stop. He was fatally shot.

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4127Eric Williams40MaleRace unspecified04/14/2005DetroitMI42.3330214-83.0415283Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Homeless, drunk, unarmed, and nicknamed "Mr. Magoo" for his thick glasses, Williams was shot and killed by a state trooper outside a Detroit bar. Troopers were assisting Detroit police. The trooper was charged and acquitted of murder, then turned and filed a successful $500K wrongful prosecution case against the city.

leagle.com
4124Vickie Lobley50FemaleEuropean-American/White04/14/2005Wichita FallsTX33.8649466-98.4458095Wichita County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vickie Lobley was shot as she attempted to run over Deputy James Carpenter with her vehicle.

timesrecordnews.com
4123Name withheld by police52MaleRace unspecified04/14/2005Lagunitas-Forest KnollsCA38.0133749-122.6870088Marin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unnamed man reportedly committed suicide after a nearly 36-hour stand-off with police in Forest Knolls.

google.com
4129Justin Lee Banta33MaleEuropean-American/White04/15/2005MissoulaMT46.871676-114.006538Missoula Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Banta was involved in a fender bender and fled in his vehicle. Police responded to the scene, and later found Banta's vehicle nearby. An hour after police located the vehicle, Banta was seen taking items from it, and officers again returned to the scene. Banta fled on foot and was pursued by officers. Banta fired at an officer from a hiding spot under a bridge. Officer Rick Stevenson testified that he saw the silhouette of Banta underneath the bridge and was able to make out the gleam of a gun and a puff of smoke just before he was shot. Stevenson said he fell onto the ditch's southern bank, rolled onto his back and returned fire with a semiautomatic assault rifle. Other officers positioned along the ditch unloaded their .40-caliber pistols into Banta, who was hit with 10 full rounds and peppered with numerous bullet fragments that ricocheted off the bridge's cement embankment, killing him.

missoulian.com
4128Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/15/2005MontgomeryAL32.3830852-86.2457812Montgomery Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unnamed man died after a shootout following a police chase and crash.

wsfa.com
4130Marty Beren40MaleEuropean-American/White04/16/2005ThorntonCO39.8669113-104.9653473Thornton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Thornton police officers were shot early Saturday by Marty Beren, 40, who was shot and killed by police returning fire. One officer was treated at the scene and released, while the other remained in the hospital a day later. Authorities were uncertain what caused Beren to fire at police after a nine-hour standoff at his home. Police found a working methamphetamine lab in the home.

google.com
4135Benjamin C. Romaine27MaleAfrican-American/Black04/18/2005ChicagoIL41.8498308-87.7161684Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Romaine encountered police in a maroon Chevy Lumina. What started as a traffic stop developed into police discovering Romaine's outstanding warrants. When he crashed into a parked car, Romaine (according to police) first used his car as a weapon then pulled out a handgun. He was fatally shot. Police destroyed the Lumina in defiance of an order from a federal judge.

chicagotribune.com
4133Lawrence B. Davis50MaleAfrican-American/Black04/18/2005TuscaloosaAL33.162945-87.5100845Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies shot and killed Lawrence Davis when he allegedly shot at deputies during a foot chase.

wsfa.com
4132Daniel F. Scott38MaleEuropean-American/White04/18/2005Des MoinesIA41.604864-93.550118Des Moines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 911 call was placed at about 4:30 p.m., stating that Daniel Scott was suicidal and had cut his wrists. Family members said Scott was unarmed, mentally ill, and had locked himself in the basement of his home. According to police, officer Martin Seibert went inside and told Scott to show his hands, but he refused. Scott allegedly said he had a gun, reached into his waistline and motioned as if he were going to fire a gun. Seibert shot and killed Scott.

somalinet.com
4136Harry S. Brown76MaleEuropean-American/White04/19/2005GahannaOH40.0544204-82.8775642Columbus Division of Police, Gahanna Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Columbus officer and a Gahanna officer shot Harry Brown after Brown pointed a gun at them. The officers had gone to his Gahanna home to tell Brown that his wife, Inge, had been shot and killed at Mount Carmel East hospital. Police think that Brown killed his wife, who had been ill, and wanted police to kill him.

ohioccw.org
25841Larry Travis47MaleAfrican-American/Black04/19/2005St. LouisMO38.6516733-90.2673677St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Travis was fatally shot outside his home about 11:30 p.m. He was killed by a 27-year-old officer who answered a disturbance call and said Travis started to reach for a pistol in his waistband. Travis' weapon turned out to be a BB gun that resembled a .22 caliber pistol.

google.com
19867Thomas Conroy44MaleRace unspecified04/19/2005PhoenixvillePA40.1212671-75.5213501Phoenixville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas Conroy killed his stepdaughter, and committed suicide when police arrived.

google.com
4137Michael Eugene McClure45MaleEuropean-American/White04/20/2005RoyWA47.0618486-122.4433752Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy had been sent to investigate reports of a man blocking traffic and acting strangely. When he arrived, he found McClure on the side of the road and pulled over to talk to him. When Deputy John Delgado left his patrol car, McClure pulled out a 10-inch-long knife and threatened the deputy. A witness later told deputies Delgado pulled out his gun and repeatedly told McClure to drop the knife and back away. McClure continued to advance and Delgado fired when McClure got to within arm's reach.

google.com
19868Joseph Sabolchick51MaleRace unspecified04/20/2005Belle VernonPA40.164478-79.796995Rostraver Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a nearly five-hour standoff with police involving a distraught resident of Port Royal Village trailer park ended when the man apparently took his own life.

google.com
4138Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/20/2005HarveyLA29.848275-90.043197Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An overnight shootout that a deputy wounded and a suspect dead.

google.com
4140Brian B. Manuel40MaleHispanic/Latino04/21/2005WestminsterCA33.7634091-118.0408478Westminster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Brian Manuel after he reportedly wounded an officer in a shootout.

latimes.com
22161Tony M. Jenkins35MaleAfrican-American/Black04/21/2005Fort WayneIN41.0464901-85.1153322Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tony M. Jenkins allegedly began stabbing Jewell L. Hatcher, whom he'd been holding at knifepoint, when he was shot and killed by Officers Kerry Haywood and Dan Ingram.

google.com
4139Paul R. Frazier44MaleRace unspecified04/21/2005SacramentoCA38.609294-121.440416Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot Paul R. Frazier when he allegedly pointed a pistol at police during a standoff in a junkyard.

google.com
4145Robert S. McFadin31MaleEuropean-American/White04/23/2005Spring ValleyIL41.3259893-89.1972984Spring Valley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert S. McFadin reportedly wrestled away officer Thomas Quartucci's gun, beat the officer with it and then shot himself inside a police station. At about noon, McFadin had turned himself in for a domestic dispute at a fast-food restaurant earlier that day. After a short interview, Quartucci placed McFadin under arrest. McFadin allegedly wrestled Quartucci's handgun from his holster and beat him repeatedly in the head. Quartucci escaped to a library next door while McFadin remained inside. A short time later, officers from surrounding counties entered the building and found McFadin dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

chicagotribune.com
4146Brandon Leon Williams19MaleRace unspecified04/23/2005AtlantaGA33.7235191-84.4106386Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Williams was shot after shooting and killing police officer. Williams was the driver of a vehicle that was pulled over by an anti-narcotics unit on Lexington Ave. As the officer approached the vehicle, Williams shot him through the closed window.

augusta.com
4144Wallace M. Chaffin48MaleRace unspecified04/23/2005ColumbusOH39.954206-83.022282Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a nine-hour standoff, Chaffin was shot and killed in his neighbor's yard.

google.com
4151Marvin Stamps30MaleAfrican-American/Black04/25/2005JacksonMS32.3206149-90.2324689Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At about 7 a.m., police responded to a domestic dispute between a woman and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Marvin Stamps. Once police arrived at the house, Stamps reportedly tried to escape, shooting Officer Jerry Shoulders as he ran. Shoulders was wearing a bulletproof vest and was uninjured. About two hours later, officers found Stamps hiding in a nearby shed. They say he began firing, and they returned fire. Stamps was killed, though it's not clear if the fatal shot was self-inflicted or if it came from an officer's gun.

msnewsnow.com
21559Paul Monroe Trigger45MaleEuropean-American/White04/26/2005CambridgeMD38.5682661-76.0680442Cambridge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers confronted Paul Trigger after receiving hangup 911 calls. He was shot and killed because he refused to drop his gun.

stardem.com
20352Victor L. Johns39MaleEuropean-American/White04/26/2005MilwaukeeWI43.0350014-87.9466381Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Victor Johns, 39, was shot and killed by Milwaukee police Officer Brian Brosseau, 26, following a high-speed chase through the downtown area. He was wanted for possible armed robbery.

google.com
4153Lewis W. Barber48MaleEuropean-American/White04/27/2005AlexandriaVA38.8263874-77.0627513Alexandria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barber abducted his 9-year-old son at gunpoint and holed up in his Alexandria home. After a 20-hour standoff, Lewis W. Barber, 48, walked out onto his front porch and waved his gun at police. They shot and killed him.

washingtonpost.com
4154Terrance Andre Nowlin43MaleRace unspecified04/28/2005WashingtonDC38.8437545-76.9880669Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Acquaintances were shocked that mentally ill Nowlin's mood and behavior could switch so radically, from playing harmlessly with kids, to physically assaulting a family member less than an hour later. Nowlin was unarmed and 6'3" and 240 lbs, said by officers to be threatening as they interrupted the assault. They shot him dead. Witnesses told a different story.

washingtonpost.com
4159Alexander J. Gonzales36MaleHispanic/Latino04/29/2005OrlandoFL28.4114711-81.4771395Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gonzalez was one of three young men in a Nissan Altima under surveillance as possible gang members. After a traffic stop Gonzalez quickly switched places with his wife, who had been driving, then drove the car toward officers. He was fatally shot. After the incident the other two men confessed to prior crimes including a home invasion, armed robbery, and a killing.

orlandosentinel.com
4157Dennie Kenneth Trujillo35MaleHispanic/Latino04/29/2005SeattleWA47.5455695-122.3343252Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a hit and run, a woman called police to say her friend was suicidal. When crisis-intervention trained police arrived, Trujillo went for the officer's gun, and was shot and killed.

seattlepi.com
4158Michael M. Kraznodemski56MaleEuropean-American/White04/29/2005St. PetersburgFL27.7863894-82.6500955St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men fought in a front yard, for reasons unknown, and the 50ish homeowner fired a shotgun. He retreated inside. When local police arrived they engaged in a four-hour standoff. The man emerged once or twice with a handgun. At about 10 p.m. he brought out the shotgun, fired at the entrenched officers, and was fatally shot in return. Police didn't release his name.

sptimes.com
4162Arthur "Artie" Sanchez Jr.34MaleHispanic/Latino04/30/2005FresnoCA36.844807-119.8887739Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty officer Louie Sanchez shot and killed his brother "Artie" Sanchez in his own living room with his service handgun. He called 911 and was arrested without incident. He was terminated on the same day (04/30/2005) and released from jail 05/03/2005. No charges were filed.

fresnobee.com
4160Isaac Chapa27MaleRace unspecified04/30/2005LindsayCA36.2108099-119.1272038Lindsay Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Isaac Chapa reportedly shot himself following a pursuit.

recorderonline.com
4161Andre Aaron25MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2005MarionAL32.6263522-87.3183486Marion Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Andre Aaron during some kind of "unfortunate altercation" inside a residence.

selmatimesjournal.com
18953DeShawn Darnell "D-Shot" Smith24MaleAfrican-American/Black05/01/2005MuskogeeOK35.7546509-95.3777949Muskogee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deshawn Smith was shot and killed during a struggle with Officer Perry Galvin. The circumstances precipitating the killing were withheld by police.

newson6.com
4163Kenneth Wray Clark60MaleEuropean-American/White05/01/2005SalidaCO38.5192254-105.9980564Chaffee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clark's wife, Nancy, called 911, the officers found Clark belligerent and aggressive, and waving a handgun, police said. Nancy Clark said her husband was suffering from a diabetes-induced blood-sugar imbalance. He was shot and killed.

google.com
25842Larry Don Tripp45MaleEuropean-American/White05/01/2005Lake IsabellaCA35.5986661-118.4712728Kern County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Don Tripp was shot and killed at 4:28 p.m. Tripp rammed a Kern County sheriff's patrol car into a tree with his truck and disobeyed officer commands. Kern County Deputy Victor Garcia and CHP officers Vaughn Cain and Bryan Hefner all shot and killed Tripp.

google.com
21047Fred R. Bletz56MaleEuropean-American/White05/03/2005SaranacMI42.9439966-85.2137723Ionia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Travis Gribble and deputy Brent Denny went to Fred Bletz's house at about 11:40 p.m. to arrest his son for a misdemeanor. The deputies reportedly didn't turn on sirens, didn't flash bright lights and parked 35 feet away from the house. The deputies spoke to Bletz's son outside before he went inside to get his shoes. The officers followed him. Bletz, who'd been asleep, was awakened by his son's barking dog. Family members said Bletz approached the deputies in the dimly lit room while pointing a handgun at them, concerned they were intruders. The deputies reportedly told Bletz to put down the gun, but accounts differ as to whether they properly identified themselves as police. Gribble fired four shots at Bletz, killing him. Ionia County Sheriff Dwain Dennis said Bletz might have been legally protecting his home, but that didn't make the shooting unjustified. In June 2009, US District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker said Gribble and Denny illegally entered the home and shot Bletz without clearly identifying themselves. In 2012, Bletz's family reached a $3 million settlement with Ionia County.

mlive.com
4166Anthony William McElroy28MaleRace unspecified05/04/2005CoronaCA33.8877426-117.5662645Corona Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Anthony William McElroy inside a movie theater when he allegedly confronted them with a knife after a short foot pursuit and attempted carjackings.

latimes.com
4165Frank Montes-Lopez22MaleHispanic/Latino05/04/2005Santa AnaCA33.737877-117.892956Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot an unnamed man who had allegedly arrived to collect $1,200 ransom for a woman he'd kidnapped as she was leaving work.

latimes.com
4169Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/05/2005McCookIL41.8055828-87.8423689Brookfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed an unnamed man who allegedly resisted arrest and tried to flee an undercover drug buy. At about 8:15 p.m., police said a detective was conducting the buy in a strip mall parking lot with officers from the Major Case Assistance Team nearby. According to police, the officer had completed the transaction and identified himself as an officer when the man resisted arrest and fled eastbound on 47th with the officer still inside the vehicle. The chase ended a few blocks away after police vehicles rammed the man's car. Police would not confirm whether the man was armed, who fired first, whether there were shots fired within the vehicle or who shot the officer in the hand.

chicagotribune.com
4174Morgan Chigawa20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/05/2005ConyersGA33.6667994-84.0311736U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chigawa and another fugitive had robbed a bank in Phenix City Alabama, then committed aggravated assault on a police officer in Columbia Georgia, then were tracked to this Conyers motel where they were surrounded. One of the suspects tried to reach his car, which started a firefight. Chigawa was fatally shot. An FBI agent was wounded.

news4jax.com
4175Peggy Jo Tallas60FemaleEuropean-American/White05/05/2005TylerTX32.2443547-95.309812Tyler Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Armed with a fake handgun, Tallas reportedly robbed Guaranty Bank and used a Frontier motorhome as a getaway vehicle. Trailing smoke from a crushed dye pack, Tallas led officers on a low-speed chase that ended in a neighborhood, where Tallas stopped the motor home and pulled down the curtains. Five to ten minutes later, Tallas exited the vehicle with the fake gun pointed at officers, who fatally shot her. She appears to have left a loaded .357 Magnum in the vehicle.

texasmonthly.com
4173Ronald Stallworth45MaleRace unspecified05/05/2005MontgomeryAL32.3743803-86.3222949Alabama Department of Public Safety, Montgomery Police Department, Prattville Police Department, St. Clair County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ronald Stallworth, an escaped inmate serving a life sentence for murder, was shot to death when he allegedly fired on troopers.

wsfa.com
4170Robert C. Larker33MaleRace unspecified05/05/2005Pine BluffAR34.2252608-92.0206851Pine Bluff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pine Bluff police officer Michael Sweeney shot and killed Robert C. Larker, a burglary suspect, after he—flushed from a warehouse on the city's west side—tried to kill officer Travis Goforth with that officer's gun, police said.

google.com
4171Clifton John Rivera27MaleEuropean-American/White05/05/2005MandevilleLA30.4028316-90.0871069Mandeville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Clifton Rivera following an alleged robbery and car chase when he refused to show his hands.

yahoo.com
21558Andrew Wayne Cornish31MaleAfrican-American/Black05/06/2005CambridgeMD38.567222-76.082664Cambridge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Andrew Wayne Cornish allegedly threatened an officer with a knife as police were searching his home during a pre-dawn drug raid.

google.com
4176Alberto Contreras Jr.26MaleRace unspecified05/06/2005Rancho CucamongaCA34.1449193-117.5237127San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Mark Pederson shot Alberto Contreras when Contreras allegedly pointed a gun at him.

google.com
4181Jashon Bryant18MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2005HartfordCT41.7867814-72.6735206Hartford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bryant was shot twice in a botched drug arrest by a plainclothes member of Hartford's "Violent Crime Impact Team" working with a BATF special agent. The officers observed Bryant and companion Brandon Henry together in a car, and perceived a weapon and drug activity. Bryant was killed with two shots to the head; Henry wounded. The Hartford officer was criminally charged although acquitted. The DOJ opened a civil rights investigation and other national attention. And the city settled with Bryant's family in 2012 for $1.625M.

courant.com
4180David Allen Hunnewell44MaleEuropean-American/White05/07/2005Long BeachCA33.7621452-118.1969144Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David Allen Hunnewell, 44, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4178Joel Farias Jr.22MaleHispanic/Latino05/07/2005ModestoCA37.6550141-120.9870944Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four officers shot and killed Joel Farias Jr. when he allegedly fired at police near a jungle gym at John Muir Park.

mercedsunstar.com
4184Jason S. Wilkinson17MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2005VancouverWA45.6570333-122.6302128Vancouver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wilkinson, driving a stolen van and parked near a known drug house, attempted to evade two local officers. Stopped by a PIT maneuver but continuing to try to flee, Wilkinson's vehicle moved in such a way that one officer thought the other officer had been struck. Unarmed, he was killed with 11 shots. Appeals in the case reached the Ninth Circuit, which held for the police.

findlaw.com
4185Byron Hearst28MaleAfrican-American/Black05/08/2005BrooklynNY40.6840486-73.9253864City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hearst was the tenant in a building recently sold to an NYPD officer. When the off-duty officer dropped by to collect rent, an altercation broke out. Witnesses said construction worker Hearst was the aggressor. He was fatally shot three times. The officer was acquitted of manslaughter.

nypost.com
4182Eric Richard Wolfe30MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2005TowTX30.861104-98.4478305Llano County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Around 11:10 p.m., Llano County Deputy Andy Taylor pulled over a 2001 Chevrolet pickup. The driver, Wolfe, a parolee, shot Deputy Taylor in the head and drove away. Someone saw Wolfe laying on the street and called 911. Peace officers closed in on Wolfe. Wolfe fatally shot himself. Deputy Taylor died the next day.

ar15.com
21872Hector Rodriguez36MaleRace unspecified05/08/2005BridgetonNJ39.4326523-75.2274874Bridgeton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrol Officer Ryan Shinn found Hector Rodriguez near his sister's house after a domestic dispute in which Rodriguez' brother-in-law was stabbed. Shinn said that during a confrontation, Rodriguez hit him in the face with a vase, and Shinn shot him in the shoulder. Rodriguez died on Aug. 26, 2015, while serving a 12-year prison sentence related to these incidents. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, from "the gunshot wound he sustained in 2005 in combination with other medical conditions."

www.nj.com
21741James Stillson33MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2005Bradley BeachNJ40.2035588-74.0141925Bradley Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Stillson allegedly threatened police with a knife during a traffic stop.

google.com
4183James WolfMaleRace unspecified05/08/2005BransonMO36.6684517-93.2491859Branson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Branson officers shot and killed an unidentified man when he allegedly pointed a gun at them after kidnapping a woman in Hollister and leading police on a car chase. Hollister police had requested the help of Branson police at about 7 a.m. after the man reportedly entered a home, took a woman hostage at gunpoint and drove toward Branson. Also responding were the Taney County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri Highway Patrol. According to police, the man tried to ram a patrol car, then fled on foot after officers disabled his car with spike strips. Police tried unsuccessfully to subdue the man with a Taser. The man ran into the Carson's Country Court mobile home park and crossed the Branson city limit into the county. The man hid behind a large tree and pointed a handgun at the officers, who then shot him.

google.com
4191Alexander Ehrenburg68MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005CharlotteNC35.198189-80.754604Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

What began as a welfare check on a wheelchair-bound Russian immigrant Ehrenburg, whose wife was in Poland for a visit, ended with a standoff with a SWAT team and his shooting death when he refused to cooperate with police.

upi.com
4186Rayne McGowan8FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005Mountain CenterCA33.601183-116.617098Riverside County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

google.com
4187Paige McGowan10FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005Mountain CenterCA33.601183-116.617098Riverside County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

google.com
4188Chase McGowan13MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005Mountain CenterCA33.601183-116.617098Riverside County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

google.com
4189Angela McGowan75FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005Mountain CenterCA33.601183-116.617098Riverside County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

google.com
4190Karen McGowan42FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2005Mountain CenterCA33.601183-116.617098Riverside County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

google.com
4194Angel Michael Galvan37MaleHispanic/Latino05/11/2005Long BeachCA33.7826022-118.1524112Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Angel Michael Galvan, 37, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4195Brayland Schapael Randolph25MaleAfrican-American/Black05/11/2005Los AngelesCA34.0175754-118.3160981Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were serving a narcotics search warrant and allege that Randolph was fleeing with a gun when they shot him to death.

lapdonline.org
4192Jeffrey Spradling44MaleEuropean-American/White05/11/2005Cedar HillTX32.597072-96.9463201Cedar Hill Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Spradling's girlfriend told authorities that he was going to a Wal-Mart. Ellis county deputies tried to arrest Spradling, wanted for burglary and theft, as he stepped out of a stolen Oldsmobile in the parking lot. Spradling ran into the Wal-Mart, where he was confronted by Lieutenant Steve Lafferty and Sergeant Collin Chenault. Spradling drew a pistol. Sergeant Chenault shot Spradling twice, killing him. Dallas County Sheriff's Office investigated.

refugeforums.com
4196Nicholas R. Vega35MaleHispanic/Latino05/11/2005MedfordOR42.3468193-122.8562853Medford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vega's niece, her husband and their 14-month-old son had had to retreat to the second story of their house as Vega raged below on the ground floor, she reported to police on a 911 call. When police arrived in mid-morning Vega would not relinquish his loaded rifle or obey police commands. He was shot to death and died at the scene.

dailytidings.com
4197Juan de Jesus Rivera Cota16MaleHispanic/Latino05/11/2005AjoAZ32.3717248-112.8607099U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Griffin of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector said the agent was standing outside his vehicle "when the driver of an illegal alien load attempted to assault him with his vehicle. The agent feared for his life, discharged his weapon and fatally wounded the driver." Cota was an undocumented immigrant.

freerepublic.com
4198Jason Williams28MaleAfrican-American/Black05/12/2005HomesteadFL25.4695508-80.4884647Homestead Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Late in the morning police responded to a disturbance at a grocery store. They found Williams, unarmed, at first simply uncooperative then physically struggling with the officer, forcing him into the storefront window and grabbing at his gun hand. The officer managed to fire one shot into Williams' stomach before his gun jammed. His death attracted a large outraged crowd.

sun-sentinel.com
4200Tyler Joseph Green24MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2005San AntonioTX29.4955927-98.4812173Bexar County Constable Precinct 4
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Green was caught masturbating in his car. A uniformed deputy working a side job at the Alamo Quarry Market confronted Green. Green drove away, catching the deputy's left arm in the driver's door and dragging him. The deputy shot at Green until he fell away from the vehicle. Green died. The deputy mutilated his left hand with a stray bullet. San Antonio Police Department investigated.

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4205Dexter Monroe23MaleAfrican-American/Black05/14/2005Riviera BeachFL26.7922663-80.1037426Riviera Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Near midnight on a Saturday night an off-duty local officer was called to a report of shots fired at a nearby apartment complex. The officer encountered Monroe, gun in hand, just after Monroe had shot and wounded a longtime enemy. He was fatally shot in the head. The officer was later exonerated as defending himself.

sun-sentinel.com
4206Blue Sexton32MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2005ChicagoIL41.9106352-87.6677707Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The subject had a confrontation with an off-duty policeman outside the Hollywood Grill. The subject and the off-duty cop traded shots and the subject died a couple days later in the hospital. IT was alleged in a lawsuit filed by Sexton's family that the off-duty cop was drunk and fired at the subject for no reason.

chicagotribune.com
4207Matthew Dennis Casey21MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2005SavannahGA31.9887292-81.1329433Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police stopped Casey and his friend, Richard Collins, on Abercorn Street after the car was suspected of racing, according to police. The men were placed in separate patrol cars as officers searched their Trans Am. But Casey escaped and drove off in the marked patrol car. Police found the missing police cruiser and Casey the next day at the Magnolia Villas apartments. Officers chased Casey into the woods behind the AMF Savannah Lanes, a bowling alley on Tibet Avenue. Knight arrived to find Casey pointing a gun at Patrolman Robert Caulford. Casey had wrestled the gun away from Caulford, along with his baton. He had already pepper-sprayed the officer. Knight shot and killed Casey.

savannahnow.com
4208Roman Torres24MaleHispanic/Latino05/15/2005VistaCA33.209155-117.2385878San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Torres was shot after threatening neighbors and shooting two shots.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4209Leopoldo Tijerina Jr.24MaleHispanic/Latino05/15/2005Las VegasNV36.1818372-115.0813096Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called after Leopoldo Tijerina started harassing people in the parking lot of a grocery store. Officer tried to stop him with a Taser, but the device didn't work, and Tijerina yanked it from the officer's hand. The officer then pulled out his baton and hit Tijerina twice, but Tijerina took it from him and acted like he was going to hit the officer. The officer then took out his handgun and fired 14 times, killing him.

google.com
4212Franklin James Brown21MaleNative American/Alaskan05/15/2005MahnomenMN47.3234932-95.5389546White Earth Tribal Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, Brown was shot 17 times by law enforcement after authorities showed up to search his home looking for guns stolen in a recent burglary. Authorities said Brown was armed with a rifle and refused to drop it.

google.com
4214Jesus Ramirez23MaleHispanic/Latino05/17/2005ColtonCA34.0913992-117.3271101Colton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Samuel Smith shot and killed Jesus Ramirez because police said Smith feared for his life when Ramirez put his hand inside his sweatshirt during a struggle; later police accounts alleged Ramirez reached for another officer's gun.

ssristories.net
4215Fonotaga "Junior" Tili Jr.20MaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/17/2005VallejoCA38.1308042-122.2170271Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Gerald Bull and another officer shot Fonotaga "Junior" Tili Jr. when he allegedly pointed a gun at them after a foot chase.

sfgate.com
4217Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/17/2005AuroraCO39.734489-104.860321Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was investigating a stolen car. When he followed the car into a driveway, shots rang out, and the drive was killed.

google.com
4223Robert Allen Peterson41MaleEuropean-American/White05/18/2005North Branch TownshipMN45.4988965-93.0492039Chisago County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, officers shot Peterson after a standoff when he walked out of a barn with a gun and fired at them.

ecmpublishers.info
4221Andrew Michael Ball29MaleEuropean-American/White05/18/2005KilgoreTX32.3574228-94.8741564Kilgore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers John Rowe and Jason Brannon went to Ball's residence to serve a warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm and parole violation. Officers found Ball standing in a closet with a rifle and told him to give it up. Ball, covered in blood, fell down. A meth lab was found in the residence. Texas Ranger Ronnie Griffith investigated.

google.com
4230Anthony Dias Duarte30MaleHispanic/Latino05/19/2005RoseburgOR43.216505-123.3417381Roseburg Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Six hours of attempted negotiation, starting in the early evening and stretching to 3 a.m., proved unsuccessful when Diaz Duarte stormed out of his mother's house and started a firefight with local and county officers. He'd threatened his mother with a handgun; she'd escaped the house and called 911. Diaz Duarte wounded one officer in the ankle before being fatally shot.

google.com
4229Musa Yazid33MaleAfrican-American/Black05/19/2005TampaFL28.0216021-82.4129815Tampa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When pulled over for a traffic violation Yazid gave an incorrect name, and there was a verbal altercation and a physical struggle. Two officers tried to Taser him with no success. Yazid tried to drive off, and was said to have aimed the vehicle at one of the police. He was shot dead. Eventually Yazid's family received a $200K wrongful death settlement.

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4228Vernon C. Allen48MaleAfrican-American/Black05/19/2005PortlandOR45.523279-122.675612Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer approached Allen, who was outside the Cabaret strip club wildly pacing the street, kicking trashcans, and waving a knife. The officer tried to calm Allen down, but Allen apparently grabbed the officer, putting him in a chokehold. The officer quickly broke free and two squad cars squealed onto the scene. As Allen lunged with the knife, three of the four officers fired six shots; all six bullets hit Allen.

portlandmercury.com
4225Demone Edward Cook35MaleAfrican-American/Black05/19/2005LakesideCA32.845829-116.931456San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot Demone Edward Cook in the back when he allegedly grabbed another deputy's gun during a foot chase following a reported shoplifting.

utsandiego.com
19866Robert Stevenson38MaleRace unspecified05/19/2005PhiladelphiaPA40.0280209-75.1323487Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty cop shot and killed Robert Stevenson when Stevenson allegedly threatened the cop's brother, who was a doorman at Nikki's Place. Philadelphia Daily News withheld the identities of both the off-duty officer and the doorman.

google.com
4231Little E. Booker75MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2005WyandanchNY40.742404-73.371135Suffolk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Elderly Booker, with bad eyes and hearing, leveled a shotgun at officers in a late-night no-knock drug raid at his residence and was shot dead. His 41-year-old son was the target of the raid.

nypost.com
23003Willie Johnson Jr.45MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2005MemphisTN35.1081571-90.0220117Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman told police her boyfriend, Willie Johnson, had a handgun and had threatened to kill her. Johnson was spotted on Woodbine Street. When an officer told Johnson to stop and show his hands, Johnson ran across a grassy lot and pointed a gun at the officer, who shot and killed him, police said.

google.com
4237Alberto T. Rodriguez-Sobrino49MaleHispanic/Latino05/21/2005OrlandoFL28.548693-81.200371Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After his pregnant wife called police after a domestic dispute, Rodriguez-Sobrino greeted responding deputies with a knife in each hand about 1 a.m. on a Saturday morning. He was tasered, with no result other than him advancing on the deputies again, then fatally shot.

orlandosentinel.com
4236Donald Schwartz79MaleEuropean-American/White05/21/2005DaytonOH39.772093-84.195097Dayton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Schwartz was shot and killed when he allegedly fired several times at officer and ignored warnings to put down his revolver.

mydaytondailynews.com
4235Brian Scott Lewis37MaleRace unspecified05/21/2005Moreno ValleyCA33.9465797-117.2877004Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Matthew Hunter shot and killed Brian Scott Lewis after Lewis allegedly took his baton and refused to submit to a pat down.

casetext.com
4233Hector Munoz17MaleHispanic/Latino05/21/2005FontanaCA34.0918621-117.4352574Fontana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Jason David Delair, Joe Moreno and Marc Gonzales shot Hector Munoz when he allegedly shot at Delair.

google.com
4234Kevin Michael Fortney42MaleRace unspecified05/21/2005San BernardinoCA34.1286651-117.3111204San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Christopher Gray shot and killed Kevin Michael Fortney after Fortney allegedly threatened him with a knife in a field off West 16th Street.

google.com
4238Tyler Jones26MaleRace unspecified05/21/2005TualatinOR45.3753849-122.7028062Oregon State Police, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Tualatin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones, in an AMC Eagle, fled from a 2 a.m. traffic stop on the interstate and kept going even after his two right-side tires had been punctured by a spike strip. He ultimately stopped his car on a historic neighborhood intersection called Wankers Corner. Reportedly he exited the vehicle with a gun in hand and was shot multiple times. Jones died two weeks later.

yahoo.com
4243Henry J. Rossbach44MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2005AuroraIL41.7063875-88.2690392Oswego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oswego police chief Dwight Baird and officer Rebecca Hayes shot Henry Rossbach after he allegedly came at them with a knife. At about 1 p.m., Rossbach walked from the Council Court Motel to a parked squad car on the Aurora-Oswego border. With a knife, Rossbach allegedly shattered the driver's side window. The officer called for assistance and stepped out of the car. Rossbach retreated to the motel, where at least 18 officers from several agencies confronted Rossbach outside. Rossbach reportedly became more aggressive and advanced on the officers. The officers shot him when he allegedly refused to drop the knife. Rossbach was pronounced dead at a hospital. This was reportedly the first such shooting in Oswego's history.

chicagotribune.com
21555Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/23/2005Gwynn OakMD39.3268299-76.7295729Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man facing eviction threatened to kill himself if anyone tried to force him from his Woodlawn apartment. He killed himself during the standoff with Baltimore County police, police said.

google.com
23002William Benny Jones51MaleRace unspecified05/23/2005SouthavenMS34.9847899-90.024481Southaven Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William Benny Jones was shot and killed by police after firing on them. The reason for the initial police interaction was not disclosed.

google.com
4244Donald E. Coates Jr.20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/24/2005Glen BurnieMD39.1945264-76.6178084Anne Arundel County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A nine-month rookie officer shot and killed the naked Coates after Coates had "charged" him from behind an electric utility box. The officer had responded to reports of an armed man under the influence of drugs who'd fired six shots in a townhouse, frightening his girlfriend and one-month-old son. In 2008, the family was awarded $90,000.

baltimoresun.com
19871Erin Frances Dermody40FemaleRace unspecified05/24/2005ScrantonPA41.410969-75.641716Scranton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sergeant Duffy, Officer Charles, and Officer Schaufler were investigating a robbery when they shot and killed Erin Dermody as they tried to kill their suspect, Edward Nunn, who apparently had a pellet gun.

findlaw.com
4245Kevin R. King42MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2005RochesterNY43.1669804-77.7279948Gates Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reportedly King expressed a desire for the police to shoot him. Shortly after his release from a hospital rehab program, an officer responded to a call at King's apartment, had a discussion through the doorway, then King swung the door open and pointed a rifle at the officer. He was fatally shot.

twcnews.com
4249Bryan L. Long46MaleRace unspecified05/25/2005Bailey SpringsAL34.8956408-87.5714145Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Jay Slaton Jr. fatally shot Bryan L. Long, who was reportedly having a psychotic episode and was trying to flee in the deputy's car.

decaturdaily.com
18952Bret Lane Bittinger46MaleRace unspecified05/25/2005AltusOK34.6583759-99.330252Altus Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Jonathan Moore, Timothy Scott and Adam Feazel, collectively fired 15 shots into Bret Lane Bittinger in front of Bittinger's Altus home. Bittinger fired four times at his wife, Gabriel, before he was shot dead. He struck her twice, including once in the chest.

newsok.com
4248Jack L. Ball28MaleRace unspecified05/25/2005DavenportIA41.5741479-90.5190308Davenport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Scott Fuller responded to a reported stalking at about 5:20 p.m. and saw Jack L. Ball's Mercury Cougar hit the caller's Ford Explorer in the Showcase Cinemas 53 parking lot. According to police, Ball approached Fuller's car and reached inside, so Fuller sprayed him with Mace. Fuller then either got out of his car or was pulled out, police said. Ball allegedly knocked Fuller unconscious, took Fuller's gun, got in the squad car and drove into the Ruby Tuesday parking lot. When he saw that he couldn't get through, Ball reportedly turned around, saw another police car coming and shot himself with Fuller's pistol. Police said that squad car video cameras did not capture the alleged altercation between Fuller and Ball.

qctimes.com
4247Harrison Owens31MaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2005DenverCO39.738676-104.981964Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a mugging when Owens pulled a gun. He was shot and killed.

denverda.org
4246Alvie Allen Dorsey31MaleEuropean-American/White05/25/2005VictorvilleCA34.5067823-117.2964342San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Lucas Gaytan and Ronald Wright shot Alvie Allen Dorsey when he allegedly pointed a gun at them as he tried to hide in an attic.

google.com
4250Angele Marie Jackson40FemaleRace unspecified05/25/2005BirminghamAL33.587129-86.9089296Birmingham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Angele Jackson was shot and killed by her husband, officer James Jackson, who reportedly shot her in her face and chest in the driveway when she returned from visiting a cousin in Tuscaloosa.

google.com
4256Kristopher Lee Banks aka Kenneth Lee Banks22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/26/2005HoustonTX29.6878347-95.5517442Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Banks demanded more than the $40 that undercover Officer P.S. Weido had just paid him for cocaine. Banks threatened to shoot Officer Weido, pointing an object at the officer from inside his trouser pocket. Officer Weido shot Banks fatally in the stomach. The object was a piece of wood. As no cocaine was found on Banks's body, HPD characterized his intent as robbery, not drug-dealing. Officer Weido had served for 15 years.

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4254Joshua Whitted24MaleRace unspecified05/26/2005New OrleansLA29.9792299-90.0323684New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joshua Whitted, a passenger in a van involved in a police pursuit, was shot and killed when he allegedly got out of the van and raised a gun at officers.

wafb.com
4255Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/26/2005KingmanAZ35.153773-113.692912Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After an extended car chase, a hostage taking, car thefts (including an Arizona DPS vehicle) and the theft of a gun from an Arizona DPS vehicle, a man got out of his car, pointed his gun at police and was shot and killed.

google.com
4258Craig Bodie46MaleEuropean-American/White05/27/2005Boca RatonFL26.3432389-80.2407953Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Former Marine, ex-NYPD, and with a criminal record for dealing cocaine, Bodie argued with his wife about whether or not he could attend his daughter's graduation. This developed into a two-hour standoff with police, with a well-armed Bodie wearing three bulletproof vests and surrounded by some 60 deputies and SWAT members. He died of a single shot to the head. His widow said he was trying to surrender.

sun-sentinel.com
25843Richard Gooding53MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2005New York CityNY40.8084099-73.9449119City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robbery suspect Richard Gooding ran from police trying to question him and opened fire at the pursuing officers on 126th Street, police said. At least 25 shots were exchanged, before Gooding was shot and killed. Police said five shots came from Gooding's .380 semiautomatic and 20 from the guns of five officers.

google.com
19872Vincent Napper28MaleRace unspecified05/27/2005Penn HillsPA40.4662342-79.8891393Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vincent Napper was shot and killed when he fired on police after a vehicle chase and crash.

google.com
4257Steven Glynn Williams Sr.40MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2005BrownwoodTX31.6837995-98.975196Brownwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams's wife, Raymona, complained about a domestic disturbance at their residence. Officer Fuller responded. Raymona and Chelsea Bishop greeted him from the porch of the residence. Williams walked to the front door, shot Raymona in the back of the head, then tried to shoot Bishop. Officer Fuller shot at Williams, who retreated back into the residence. Other officers entered the residence, fired gas canisters at Williams, then fatally shot him.

google.com
4259Samuel Martinez34MaleRace unspecified05/27/2005North San JoseCA37.4110228-121.8648014San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a woman called 911 to report that her ex-boyfriend was breaking into her home Thursday, a San Jose police officer shot and killed him when he charged at the officer with a baton, authorities said. When the San Jose Police arrived Samuel Martinez came out of his van and approached the one police officer. The police officer used the Taser gun and tasered him twice then the officer shot Samuel several times. Samuel died at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center that morning.

indybay.org
4262Neil Triana22MaleEuropean-American/White05/28/2005TacomaWA47.2146293-122.4544544Tacoma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When trying to initiate a vehicle search, the suspect pulled a gun and the officer shot and killed him.

thenewstribune.com
4260Miguel Angel Hernandez35MaleHispanic/Latino05/28/2005Moreno ValleyCA33.9028044-117.2262374Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Jason Sevieri shot Miguel Angel Hernandez multiple times when he allegedly would not drop a handgun. At about 11:30 p.m., Sevieri responded to reports of a man with a gun in the area and encountered Hernandez.

google.com
4264Miguel Angel Carlos27MaleHispanic/Latino05/29/2005LynwoodCA33.9201735-118.2102594Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Miguel Angel Carlos, 27, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Lynwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
25844Roland H. Alexcee26MaleEuropean-American/White05/29/2005New OrleansLA29.9698763-90.0351654New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roland Alexcee ran into a shed after officers found him nearby inside an SUV that had been carjacked that day, police said. About 1:15 a.m., Alexcee reportedly told police negotiators they would have to "take him out in a body bag," then ran with his gun raised toward police, who shot and killed him.

google.com
4266Toby Whelchel38MaleEuropean-American/White05/31/2005Simi ValleyCA34.280894-118.7904244Simi Valley Police Department, California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Toby Whelchel committed suicide inside a Wal-Mart as police closed in after a 16-hour rampage during which he killed three people, fired shots at several others and beaten five people.

latimes.com
4269Rodolfo Reyes29MaleHispanic/Latino05/31/2005Los AngelesCA34.0345395-118.2964721Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rodolfo Reyes, 29, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Adams-Normandie, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4268Antoine Colbert16MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2005River RidgeLA29.9675443-90.2307233Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies fired 110 rounds at three unarmed teenagers in an stolen truck when the driver allegedly tried to run over an officer, killing the driver, Antoine Colbert, and injuring his passengers.

alternet.org
19655James Allen Coomer43MaleEuropean-American/White05/31/2005EdmontonKY37.0559103-85.6012577Kentucky State Police, Edmonton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attempted to serve arrest warrants to James Allen Coomer. He was wanted for assault, burglary and violation of a protection order. He wounded an officer with a rifle before he was shot and killed. His father Albert Coomer wounded two officers before he was shot and wounded.

google.com
4270Neil McMorran47MaleRace unspecified06/01/2005QuincyOH40.2807232-83.9733137Champaign County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Following up on a relative's call, Champaign County deputies arrived at a rural home to check on an elderly woman. McMorran greeted them at the door. He said the woman was bedridden and that he wanted to make sure she was dressed before they came into the house. Moments passed as the deputies waited outside. Then, they heard a single gunshot. The man had shot himself. The woman had been dead for some time.

google.com
22162Dennis McAninch34MaleEuropean-American/White06/02/2005ShelbyvilleIN39.5270101-85.7331223Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police stormed a convenience store Thursday, freeing 29-year-old hostage Tammi L. Smith, and the suspect, Dennis McAninch was killed in an exchange of gunfire, police said.

nbcnews.com
19656Joseph Calender48MaleRace unspecified06/03/2005LedbetterKY37.0536935-88.4582677Livingston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Sheriff Roger Lynch, 51, responding to a domestic complaint, and Joseph Calender, 48, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, handgun and magazines of ammunition were killed in Calender's home.

livingstonco.ky.gov
4272Daniel Christian Carlson21MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2005San PabloCA37.955346-122.328839California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officer Rich Torres shot Daniel Christian Carlson when he drove at police after a chase.

sfgate.com
4273Lavell Terran "Rico" Proctor26MaleAfrican-American/Black06/03/2005ChicoCA39.7203737-121.7973458Chico Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Carlos Jauregui shot Lavell Terran "Rico" Proctor after he allegedly hit an unmarked patrol car with a stolen Chevrolet Blazer.

newsreview.com
4277Jeremy Ramone Candler21MaleAfrican-American/Black06/05/2005InglewoodCA33.9428914-118.3288683Inglewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jeremy Ramone Candler, 21, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4282Jule Dexter III27MaleAfrican-American/Black06/06/2005InglewoodCA33.9311854-118.3272408Inglewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dexter was stopped for drinking beer in public. Officer drew gun and ordered Dexter to put his hands on the hood of the police car, but Dexter's baggy pants started slipping. "Please let me pull my pants up," Dexter pleaded, according to a witness' sworn testimony. "Don't move!" the officer yelled. He reached to pull up his pants, the officer fired four shots into Dexter's back and head.

streetgangs.com
4279Gregory Easley23MaleRace unspecified06/06/2005SlidellLA30.2483848-89.7686796Slidell Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gregory Easley was shot and killed by a SWAT officer when he reportedly emerged from hiding in his girlfriend's attic brandishing an assault rifle.

google.com
4287Jonathan H. McCourt47MaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2005Des MoinesIA41.5846434-93.6235261Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McCourt, according to his wife, was off his meds. On a Tuesday afternoon he drove his pickup truck spray-painted with the words "Police Academy 7" to the county courthouse and screamed profanities. When he pulled a silver and pink toy gun from his pants, he was shot to death by a deputy.

wcfcourier.com
4286Nicholas J. Ridgley43MaleRace unspecified06/07/2005Sunset HillsMO38.5256966-90.3978886Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Nicholas J. Ridgley reportedly killed himself after leading state troopers on a high-speed chase that started in Arnold. At around noon, a trooper had stopped Ridgley for driving a pickup truck with expired license plates near the intersection of Church Road and Highway 141. Ridgely fled when the officer ran a background check and found he had warrants. The chase ended on I-270 near Gravois Road (Route 30), where troopers said Ridgley shot himself.

highbeam.com
4283Brian Minho Hwang25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/07/2005Fort WorthTX32.69697-97.320602Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hwang, named in six felony warrants, drove through a traffic stop conducted by US Marshals, Tarrant County deputies and Fort Worth police officers. He lost control of the vehicle and slid to a stop. Two officers and a deputy approached the vehicle. Hwang pointed a gun at them. They fatally shot him.

google.com
4288Rudolfo "Rudy" Hernandez49MaleRace unspecified06/08/2005AlbuquerqueNM35.1145008-106.5187413Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hernandez allegedly shot he wife before he was shot and killed.

abqjournal.com
4290Russell Wohletz43MaleRace unspecified06/08/2005TempeAZ33.353732-111.947067Tempe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A suicidal man - sought on federal charges in connection with an international child pornography investigation - died after a shooting confrontation with police in Tempe. The shooting occurred at an apartment complex, where police responded after the man dialed 911 and said he was going to kill himself. Police said the man came out onto his second-floor balcony at least twice and fired shots from a handgun. SWAT officers stormed the apartment. Police said the man grabbed a gun and when he pointed it at police, at least two officers fired. The man then pointed his gun at himself and fired. The man died at the scene. It wasn't immediately known whether the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot or from shots fired by police.

eastvalleytribune.com
4289Noel Jimines33MaleHispanic/Latino06/08/2005Fall RiverMA41.705233-71.1577159Fall River Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jimines, a Honduran immigrant with only six months residence in the U.S., was shot by officers twice in the chest and once through the eye after a confrontation in which he refused to surrender a machete. Police had fired four beanbags at Jimines without any result.

southcoasttoday.com
18852Rory Christopher Crawford27MaleRace unspecified06/08/2005AndrewsSC33.427559-79.522457Williamsburg County Sheriff's Office, Georgetown County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Andrews Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a three-county, high-speed chase Rory Christopher Crawford shot and killed himself in Georgetown County.

google.com
4293Russell Hughley33MaleRace unspecified06/09/2005New OrleansLA29.970584-90.034172New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Russell Hughley shot two women, then went to a nearby police station and shot two officers before police shot and killed him.

ksla.com
4291Cody R. Dorman19MaleEuropean-American/White06/09/2005Chiriaco SummitCA33.6607357-115.7203626California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officer Richard Schwemmer shot and killed Cody Dorman during an altercation at a Chiriaco Summit Chevron station.

google.com
4292Manuel Castro Gonzales55MaleHispanic/Latino06/09/2005HoustonTX29.6858873-95.2764741Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gonzales tried to rape his daughter, then threatened to kill her and the rest of the family if they told anyone. Later, armed with two handguns and a knife, he drove to Taqueria del Sol to attack his daughter and kill himself. Sergeant D. Vega and Officer R. Cruz intercepted Gonzales's vehicle and conducted a felony traffic stop. Gonzales shot himself fatally in the head.

google.com
4294Daniel Rocha18MaleHispanic/Latino06/09/2005AustinTX30.172185-97.7522215Austin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police reports, soon after being pulled over near the intersection of South Pleasant Valley Road and Quicksilver Boulevard, a scuffle between Rocha and Officer Julie Schroeder took place. Rocha was shot in the back at point blank range. Schroeder's testimony was that she used lethal force to protect Officer Sgt. Don Doyle and herself from a taser, which she argued Rocha could have used. Witnesses said that he was on the ground face down, unarmed, with Officer Schroeder's knee in his back when he was shot.

wikipedia.org
4297Rickey L. Gurley18MaleAfrican-American/Black06/10/2005TampaFL27.9602572-82.4379686Tampa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gurley was one of five armed suspects caught in the act of beating and robbing two other men. The encounter led to a midnight firefight among those five and two police. Three of the other suspects were injured while Gurley was fatally wounded. He made it a few dozen yards down the Seventh Avenue entertainment strip before he dropped.

sptimes.com
4295Israel Ruiz Hernandez30MaleRace unspecified06/10/2005La QuintaCA33.7146538-116.2915201Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies shot and killed Israel Ruiz Hernandez when he allegedly pointed a gun at them after they confronted him behind Big 5 Sporting Goods in La Quinta.

google.com
4301Rudolph Morris29MaleAfrican-American/Black06/12/2005MiamiFL25.8347331-80.2270738Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed suspected car thief Morris after chasing him into a convenience store, forcing him to emerge from the freezer section, and physically struggling with him through the aisles of the store.

sun-sentinel.com
4306John Robertson19MaleEuropean-American/White06/13/2005MesaAZ33.4372725-111.7356514Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Robert Brown was after a detective driving by noticed a man walking around a nearby drugstore carrying what looked like a weapon inside a nylon sack, police said. As soon as Brown stepped out of his car, Robertson pointed his gun at the officer, who fired multiple rounds at the man. Robertson ran 20 to 30 yards, threw down the sack containing the loaded gun and was caught by police. He died minutes later.

eastvalleytribune.com
4303Rennie "Robby" Moore27MaleEuropean-American/White06/13/2005DaytonOH39.8267869-84.1896917Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Montgomery County Sheriff Dave Vore said Detective Shawn J. Baab was patrolling at the Economy Inn—a motel the sheriff described as "an extremely high crime" location—when he attempted to stop a suspicious motorist. Moore fled and then crashed his white minivan into Baab's car. When Baab got out of his car, the motorist attempted to strike him with his minivan. Baab shot and killed him.

google.com
4307Ricky E. Mills44MaleAfrican-American/Black06/14/2005OrlandoFL28.5328922-81.3922952Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mills had a history of mental health issues and lived in a boarding-house. This evening something had upset him—he put all his clothes in a garbage can, and wouldn't come out of his room. His supportive uncle was called. Mills ended up attacking him with a knife, then violently resisted local police after they'd been called. He ended life naked, tasered, and shot four times in a hallway.

orlandosentinel.com
19873Jeffrey Ogle47MaleEuropean-American/White06/15/2005QuakertownPA40.4539185-75.3430996Central Bucks Regional Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jeffrey Ogle allegedly shot and killed his wife before he committed suicide as police closed in.

google.com
4310Alyssa May Harriet42FemaleRace unspecified06/16/2005GilletteWY44.1800429-105.9046178Wyoming Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A trooper pulled over Harriet for speeding, who apparently admitted to drinking out of a visible bottle of Seagrams in her car. The traffic stop degenerated into a physical struggle that Harriet was winning, beating the trooper with his own baton, until he drew his service weapon and killed her. Her blood alcohol was three times the legal limit.

trib.com
4309David Emmanuel Wilhelm44MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2005SavoyTX33.5992834-96.3628885Savoy Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

David Wilhelm entered the EPAC, Inc. building in Savoy and shot his wife, Andrea, 40, and her co-worker Felipe de Leon, 38. He left the building and shot himself in the head on the loading dock. Officers responded. They called Careflight to send Wilhelm to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where he later died. Andrea and de Leon died at Texoma Medical Center. The Wilhelms were going through a divorce.

kxii.com
21744Andrew Chung28MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/17/2005NewarkNJ40.7402148-74.1902086Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Andrew Chung was under guard inside the University Hospital emergency room in Newark when he was shot and killed after he grabbed one officer's gun and pepper-sprayed a second officer, police said.

google.com
4311Carol Whitmire41FemaleEuropean-American/White06/17/2005Sandy SpringsGA33.9304352-84.3733147Fulton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fulton County police said officers returned fire at Whitmire, who was threatening suicide after she shot at a SWAT team negotiator. She fell from her third-floor luxury condo.

google.com
4313Thomas Richard Fortner37MaleEuropean-American/White06/17/2005DecaturTX33.2308379-97.6197462Decatur Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Decatur officers fatally shot Fortner, who shot at Decatur officers.

google.com
4316Daniel Mendoza21MaleRace unspecified06/18/2005FresnoCA36.7468422-119.7725868Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Mendoza was a suspect in a shooting. He was shot after he had begun to lower his hands while surrendering to Fresno Police. He was shot by Marcus Tafoya, a police officer who was fired in 2007 shortly before being indicted by the Fresno County DA for assaulting a returning Iraq war veteran at a party two years earlier. Tafoya has been involved in at least four shooting events.

colorlines.com
4317Stephanie Hall32FemaleRace unspecified06/18/2005HoustonTX29.606373-95.2051071Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Precinct Four Constable's Deputy Allen Hartman conducted a traffic stop on a black Lincoln LS driven by Hall. Her passenger, Chaderick Duane Moore, was wanted in connection with an armed robbery. Someone in the vehicle shot and wounded the constable. Hall drove away. Authorities pursued the vehicle for two miles, shooting at it as Hall, Moore or both shot back. Hall was fatally shot at some point near Lake Houston Parkway. The Lincoln stopped. Moore was arrested. A bag full of jewelry was found in the Lincoln.

chron.com
23001Benny L. Davenport54MaleRace unspecified06/18/2005CrossvilleTN35.9394879-85.0371774Crossville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Benny Davenport was killed during a traffic stop. Davenport fought with police, was tasered and then shot and killed. The reason for the stop was not disclosed.

google.com
22163Michael Taurman37MaleRace unspecified06/19/2005ElberfeldIN38.1582111-87.4442656Warrick County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael Taurman shot and killed himself on Interstate 64 in Warrick County after leading police on a chase through Southern Indiana, police said. They were chasing him after an alleged road rage incident in which he allegedly shot at another vehicle.

google.com
4319Perry Manley52MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2005SeattleWA47.6150379-122.3365592Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

For the previous 15 years Manley had developed into a vexacious litigant on the topic of the unfairness of child support. Familiar to the security staff at the federal courthouse, when he showed up with improvised armament (a drilled-out inactive hand grenade, a cutting board for a bulletproof vest) they negotiated with him for 20 minutes. Finally a local officer interpreted his "furtive" movements as threatening and shot him to death.

seattletimes.com
4320Donna Ann Morrow47FemaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2005HendersonNV36.0666714-115.0104086Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Donna Ann Morrow is shot and killed at Sunset Road and Burns Avenue by Henderson police after pulling a sawed-off shotgun out of a suitcase and pointing it at them. Police were responding to a report that Morrow had fired a shot into the trailer of her ex-boyfriend, who was not home at the time.

lasvegassun.com
4323Louis J. Capone48MaleEuropean-American/White06/22/2005Lake MaryFL28.7367818-81.3559581Seminole County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police on a mid-afternoon call to Capone's apartment complex met with his half-brother, who described a history of suicidal actions and attempting to get weapons. Police then forced their way into Capone's unit and found him wounded, holding a knife, on a blood-splattered bed. After a dramatic confrontation police fatally shot him.

orlandosentinel.com
4322Charles Noble Sines68MaleRace unspecified06/22/2005FrederickMD39.3525915-77.3819592Frederick County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sines's mother called in deputies because her son threatened their family with a shotgun. Responding officers arrived in the mid-afternoon and shot Sines to death when he refused to drop his weapon. One of the officers participated in the raid and killing of Daniel Vail in January 2013.

washingtonpost.com
4325Jonathan Jamile King25MaleAfrican-American/Black06/23/2005Big SandyTX32.562342-95.014921Gladewater Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

King left the scene of a car accident by vehicle, almost ramming responding Officer Brian Naismith in the process. Officer Naismith shot into the vehicle, killing King. Reporter Dave Michaels tried to interview Officer Naismith a year later. Naismith threatened him with a shotgun, demanded his identity and ranted at him about threats he received after the shooting was reported. Naismith, cleared in the shooting, was fired for the later incident. King's family received a $300,000 settlement.

kltv.com
4324Modesto Soto32MaleRace unspecified06/23/2005VisaliaCA36.3365959-119.3089989Visalia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Modesto Soto, who was reportedly wanted on suspicion of spousal rape, shot himself in the head after he was cornered by police.

google.com
4328George Servais58MaleRace unspecified06/24/2005BillingsMT45.7888901-108.5459932Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ex-cop Servais robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, netting $130, then shot and wounded a pursuing witness in the knee. He pointed the same gun at a deputy and was fatally shot.

billingsgazette.com
4326David L. Green47MaleRace unspecified06/24/2005GlasfordIL40.6114891-89.912183Illinois State Police, Fulton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed David L. Green after he allegedly threatened them with a handgun after they entered his home to search for drugs. According to police, officers went to the home at about 6:10 a.m. with a search warrant, looking for materials "associated with cannabis and controlled substance violations." Green allegedly confronted officers with a gun when they entered his bedroom, and they shot him when he didn't drop the weapon.

mapinc.org
4330Barrington Hall19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/24/2005Las VegasNV36.194677-115.2235473Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Las Vegas police officer saw Barrington Hall on the steps of a second-floor apartment he had been called to. When he went to the apartment door, a person inside told him Hall had just killed the person's sister. While at the door, the officer heard a metallic sound behind him and ducked in time to avoid being shot in the head by Hall. Hall turned and ran down the stairs and pointed the gun at the officer, who fired four times, killing Hall. Hall's shot was close enough to the officer's face that the officer suffered burn wounds from the powder. An investigation found Hall had killed his ex-girlfriend inside the apartment.

google.com
4334Jason Porter15MaleEuropean-American/White06/25/2005SpringfieldOR44.0457825-122.9632796Springfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Driving a stolen pickup and without a license, Porter was chased by police and ended up stuck on railroad tracks in an industrial parking lot. A local officer stepped up to the pickup and fatally shot Porter once, in the head, because the officer thought he saw a gun. There was no gun. Lingering controversy followed the case: witnesses contradicted the police narrative, Porter's father was sent to prison for hiring a hitman to kill the officer, and county reviews stretched on for nine years.

registerguard.com
4333Donald A. Walker36MaleAfrican-American/Black06/25/2005Des MoinesIA41.5843526-93.631964Des Moines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lt. Roger Sanders responded to a report about a fight and saw eight people at a bus shelter. Sanders then saw a man whose throat had been cut. A witness said the victim had argued with another man, and that a woman had passed the knife used in the attack to the man. The witness joined Sanders to look for the suspects. They saw a man and woman who matched the descriptions leaving a parking structure. Sanders got out of his car, drew his gun and aimed it at the man, who was identified as Donald Walker. Walker reportedly yelled "Fuck you! You better put that gun away, unless you're going to use it!" Sanders told Walker to put his belongings on the hood of the car, then patted Walker down. Walker allegedly elbowed Sanders, who said he warned Walker that if he attacked him again, he would shoot. Walker reportedly yelled obscenities and advanced toward Sanders, who shot him. Walker stopped, saw the gunshot wound, and said "You just killed me." Walker took two steps backward and collapsed. A thorough search of the area reportedly failed to locate the knife used in the attack. Sanders was cleared in the shooting and returned to work for a short while before retiring.

policemag.com
4331Ricardo Morales Carbajal24MaleRace unspecified06/25/2005San DiegoCA32.7105876-117.1301849San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Phillip Bozarth shot Ricardo Morales Carbajal—Bozarth's fifth fatal shooting—when Carbajal allegedly reached for a gun.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4335Reginald Coleman II19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/26/2005Mill CreekWA47.5001746-121.772667Bellevue Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man crashed a baby shower with a pitbull, a gun and a knife. It is unclear whether he knew anybody there. When contacted by officers, he pointed a gun at police, who opened fire and killed him.

seattletimes.com
4336Rodney Demone Pitts33MaleRace unspecified06/27/2005CommerceGA34.2120881-83.4410786Banks County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Holding an unidentified woman with a gun pointed at her neck, Rodney Demone Pitts, 33, of Greenville, S.C., was killed, minutes after he robbed a Banks Crossing Waffle House, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

onlineathens.com
22483Michael D. Faris24MaleRace unspecified06/28/2005AltavistaVA37.10899-79.2894255Altavista Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael D. Faris was inside the old Leggett building, a mini-mall. As police arrived to answer the 911 call regarding a girl, 17, who'd been abducted and brought to the mall, Faris raised a gun to his head and shot and killed himself.

google.com
4339Bruce Alan Smith44MaleEuropean-American/White06/29/2005West HollywoodCA34.088215-118.358137Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bruce Alan Smith, 44, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in West Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4338Lazaro Evarista Leyva29MaleHispanic/Latino06/29/2005PalmdaleCA34.5797554-118.1287712Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lazaro Evarista Leyva, 29, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
19875Jamilah Shantelle "Cooch" Starkey Handy23FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/30/2005ChesterPA39.8445337-75.3968738Aston Township Police Department, Chester Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lawrence James Richardson, 23, killed his pregnant cousin and one of her three children during a police standoff. He died as a result of a gunshot wound he received during a struggle with police.

google.com
19876Lawrence James Richardson22MaleAfrican-American/Black06/30/2005ChesterPA39.8445337-75.3968738Aston Township Police Department, Chester Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lawrence James Richardson, 23, killed his pregnant cousin and one of her three children during a police standoff. He died as a result of a gunshot wound he received during a struggle with police.

google.com
19877Tanisha Nix0.5FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/30/2005ChesterPA39.8445337-75.3968738Aston Township Police Department, Chester Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lawrence James Richardson, 23, killed his pregnant cousin and one of her three children during a police standoff. He died as a result of a gunshot wound he received during a struggle with police.

google.com
4343Tommy Morris46MaleAfrican-American/Black07/01/2005ChicagoIL41.8818075-87.7477615Chicago Police Department, Oak Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tactical officers shot and killed Tommy Morris after he allegedly pointed a gun at them. According to police, Oak Park officers pursued Morris and another man into Chicago after someone reported a robbery at about 10:30 p.m. Chicago officers took over the chase. The men reportedly jumped from their moving car before it hit a police car attempting to block them. As Morris ran, he allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and aimed it at officers, who then shot him. The other man was arrested, though charges against him were later dropped. A lawsuit filed by Morris' family contended that the men weren't involved in the robbery and that neither fit the description of the offender, except for being African-American.

chicagotribune.com
4348Dean H. Braudrick30MaleEuropean-American/White07/01/2005GlendaleAZ33.5929197-112.1600283Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a 911 hang-up call from a home near 47th Avenue and Poinsettia Lane. Police said officers entered the front door, which showed signs of forced entry. They were confronted by a 30-year-old man, identified as Dean Braudrick, who was holding a rifle. Officers Chris Holcomb, 33, and Tom Hitaffer, 43, shot and killed the suspect.

tripod.com
4344William Ryan Burkhalter29MaleEuropean-American/White07/01/2005HoustonTX29.6676713-95.556481Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, Officers J.H. Kennedy and T.E. Hardin tried to stop an SUV that they believed was stolen. The driver fled in the SUV, crashing into a concrete pole. He drew a pistol from his fanny pack and pointed it at officers, who shot him. He was pronounced dead at Ben Taub Memorial Hospital.

houstontx.gov
4347Name withheld by policeRace unspecified07/01/2005PhoenixAZ33.4614227-112.1388203Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers had been looking for the man to question him about a stolen car when a struggle began and he pulled a handgun on them. He was shot and killed.

google.com
4346Nigel Florez aka Nigel Flores24MaleNative American/Alaskan07/01/2005WadsworthNV39.6336996-119.293749Washoe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Nigel Flores was shot and killed by a detective assigned to SWAT. Flores was killed by gunfire after engaging SWAT operators with a shotgun. The WCSO was assisting the FBI in a search/arrest warrant on Indian Land.

google.com
4342Robert Herrera38MaleRace unspecified07/01/2005DinubaCA36.4884324-119.4307818Tulare County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot Robert Herrera when he allegedly pointed a weapon at them.

google.com
19659Corey Neal Battles37MaleEuropean-American/White07/02/2005HendersonKY37.855927-87.5754438Henderson Police Department, Evansville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ricky Dale Biggs and David Wayne Perry, bank robbery suspects from Tennessee, shot themselves to death, after leading police on a high-speed chase from Indiana into western Kentucky.

14news.com
19660David Wayne Perry41MaleEuropean-American/White07/02/2005HendersonKY37.855927-87.5754438Henderson Police Department, Evansville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ricky Dale Biggs and David Wayne Perry, bank robbery suspects from Tennessee, shot themselves to death, after leading police on a high-speed chase from Indiana into western Kentucky.

14news.com
4353Deborah Sue Miller Vovos39FemaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2005LochbuieCO40.0031196-104.7161394Morgan County Sheriff's Office, Wiggins Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vovos was wanted for questioning in a California missing persons case was killed and her husband was arrested following a 40-mile chase and shootout in northern Colorado, police said.

weld.co.us
4352Jeremy William Carter31MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2005FresnoCA36.791124-119.7938889Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

K-9 officer Chris Cooper shot and killed Jeremy William Carter when he allegedly reached for a handgun.

findagrave.com
4354Hank Thomas Walker49MaleRace unspecified07/03/2005North PoleAK64.7216835-147.2917493North Pole Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer encountered a man on the ATV when he saw him speeding and driving erratically in the middle of the Old Richardson Highway, according to police. The ATV fled south on the highway at the sight of the police. The officer then saw the ATV stopped. When the officer got out of his patrol car and attempted to contact the driver, the man drove toward the officer, struck him with the ATV and fled. The officer suffered a "minor injury" but was able to continue his pursuit. He followed the ATV into a driveway of a residence off Dyke Road. The policeman again exited his vehicle to confront the ATV driver and the driver again accelerated the four-wheeler at the officer. The officer shot and killed him.

google.com
21745Joseph Esposito38MaleRace unspecified07/03/2005WildwoodNJ38.993368-74.8169197Wildwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After an alleged crime spree, Joseph Esposito led police on a high-speed chase, then precipitated a standoff on top of a parking garage before shooting and killing himself.

google.com
21049Anthony W. Scott25MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2005DetroitMI42.3307384-83.1442199Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to family members, Anthony Scott and two teenaged cousins left a birthday party to buy candles and cigarettes at around 8:30 p.m. A police car followed them to the Sunoco gas station, and two officers approached Scott's Chevrolet Lumina with their weapons drawn, reportedly to confront him over alleged reckless driving. Officer Michael Reizin and another officer, who were working undercover nearby in plainclothes, responded to a request for backup. Police alleged that Scott appeared to reach for a knife in his lap (at first they said he'd gotten out of the car, but that account apparently changed). Renzin shot Scott twice. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. In 2012, the city council tentatively awarded Scott's family $1.2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.

lawyersandsettlements.com
4355Camilo Stuardo Morales26MaleHispanic/Latino07/04/2005FontanaCA34.0803462-117.4400371Fontana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Camilo Stuardo Morales after a stop for a bicycle violation apparently turned into a shoot-out.

policemag.com
4356Julio Paredes23MaleRace unspecified07/04/2005EmeryvilleCA37.8319462-122.280456Emeryville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Julio Paredes when he allegedly hit the officer with a stolen car in the Oaks Card Room parking lot.

sfgate.com
4357Gerald Thomas Wade40MaleEuropean-American/White07/05/2005LubbockTX33.5052671-101.8876628Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Wade fatally stabbed his wife and tried to do the same to her children. He left the scene in a 2004 Dodge pickup. Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Wade. He refused to leave the vehicle. Some time later, Wade shot himself fatally in the head.

lubbockonline.com
4359Nehemiah Pickens33MaleAfrican-American/Black07/06/2005HoustonTX29.8537658-95.2615744Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reserve Deputy Constable Pickens, in plainclothes, tried to help on-duty sheriff's deputies as they chased a suspect through the apartment complex where Deputy Pickens was working as a security guard. He did not identify himself as law enforcement. Deputy Wallace Jones, seeing Constable Pickens's gun, shot at him 16 times, striking him four times. Deputy Jones, 40, had served for 16 years. Constable Pickens had served Precinct Six for four years.

chron.com
4360Johnny Alfred Padilla26MaleHispanic/Latino07/07/2005Los AngelesCA33.9152999-118.2706883Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnny Alfred Padilla, 26, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4361Bounmy Ousa59MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/07/2005West Valley CityUT40.7073994-111.9699968West Valley City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Steven C. Ward and Matt Carman were parked in an unmarked car as part of a stakeout of another home when Ousa approached. Police said the officers opened fire after they saw Ousa brandish what they thought was a weapon but was actually a flashlight. Ousa's family said the officers took the flashlight from their home and planted it on Ousa to justify the shooting. The family also said Ward was on steroids, and Ward later resigned amidst a drug investigation against him. West Valley City settled a lawsuit with Ousa's family for $450,000.

sltrib.com
22643Jonathan Kirby Willis39MaleRace unspecified07/07/2005Big Stone GapVA36.8778175-82.7386835Wise County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lt. Andrew McNally and Deputy John Patrick Oliver Yost stopped a woman wanted for arrest on a misdemeanor warrant at the Double Kwik store. When they found her, she was talking with Kirby Willis, 39, of Kingsport, and Bruce Willis, 50, of Norton, as they sat in a Chevrolet Tahoe. As McNally and Yost prepared to arrest the woman, Kirby Willis pulled the Tahoe up close to McNally's cruiser. The officers stopped Kirby Willis, who smelled of alcohol. They got him out of the Tahoe, but he became agitated and would not cooperate with a sobriety test. Kirby Willis broke free, got back in the Tahoe and ended up fighting with McNally and Yost. The vehicle started moving with both deputies partially inside. McNally saw Yost's feet start to go under the vehicle, and he fired three shots, striking both Willises and Yost. Kirby Willis was killed.

thecoalfieldprogress.com
4365Michael Meluzzi44MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2005SarasotaFL27.359652-82.5323214Sarasota Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 20-officer local SWAT drug raid on a residence—with several children playing in the yard—caused Meluzzi to flee on foot. Officers attempted to Tase him in motion, with no success, then perceived Meluzzi reaching for his waistband. SWAT members shot and killed him. He'd been unarmed.

heraldtribune.com
4364Arvie Lee "Man" Fudge III25MaleAfrican-American/Black07/08/2005DurhamNC36.012574-78.957605Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Durham's "Selective Enforcement Team" responded to an apartment complex parking lot where Fudge was armed and holed up in his car. He'd had a 1:45 a.m. loud dispute with another man, fired shots, then was briefly chased by police only to loop back into the parking lot. Finally Fudge made a threatening gesture and was shot to death.

wral.com
4366Name withheld by police35MaleRace unspecified07/08/2005PhoenixAZ33.4357964-111.997427Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police pursued a man for a stolen vehicle. After a shootout, police say he shot and killed himself.

google.com
4371Jose Raul Lemus Pena35MaleHispanic/Latino07/10/2005Los AngelesCA33.9419214-118.2651811Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Raul Pena, on drugs, took his 19-month-old daughter Suzie Pena in his arms as a human shield during a two and a half hour gun battle with police. Both were shot to death in the office of his used-car dealership. SWAT team members expended some 250 rounds during the incident.

latimes.com
4372Suzie Pena1FemaleHispanic/Latino07/10/2005Los AngelesCA33.9419214-118.2651811Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Raul Pena, on drugs, took his 19-month-old daughter Suzie Pena in his arms as a human shield during a two and a half hour gun battle with police. Both were shot to death in the office of his used-car dealership. SWAT team members expended some 250 rounds during the incident.

latimes.com
4374Shawn L. McCoy33MaleEuropean-American/White07/11/2005WorthingtonOH40.0904372-83.0487865Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were following McCoy because they'd gotten a tip that he planned to rob a bank. Robert Coffman shot and killed him when he felt threatened by the unarmed man. Bank tellers had apparently told the SWAT team he claimed to be armed.

google.com
4376Matthew J. Albrecht19MaleEuropean-American/White07/12/2005TucsonAZ32.2579511-110.9775509Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tucson police Officers Erik Morales and Eric Coutts reportedly saw Paul Albrecht Jr. make a U-turn during a red light. Coutts was on the passenger side talking to Matthew, police said. As Matthew Albrecht got out of the car at Coutts' request, he grabbed Coutts and pointed a gun at him. Morales, who was on the driver's side, shot at Matthew. Matthew fell to the ground. Morales then moved to the passenger side and both officers commanded Matthew to drop his gun, but he turned and pointed it at them. Each officer then fired one round, killing Albrecht.

tucsoncitizen.com
22164Jerry L. "Big" Stephens29MaleEuropean-American/White07/12/2005IndianapolisIN39.7138817-86.1276274Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Jerry Stephens was wanted for parole violation, criminal confinement, and shooting at police. Indianapolis police officers tried to arrest Stephens, who ran, and police with dogs cornered him in a shed. Stephens shot a dog, and police shot and killed him.

wibc.com
25846Jeremy Rodriguez33MaleRace unspecified07/12/2005StrathmoreCA36.1481286-119.059474Tulare County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

About 5:30 p.m., a neighbor told police that Jeremy Rodriguez was suicidal and needed help. Deputies arrived at 5:46 p.m. and made contact with Rodriguez inside the home. Rodriguez allegedly brandished a knife and threatened deputies with it. Deputies reportedly attempted to incapacitate Rodriguez with pepper spray. Rodriguez reportedly continued his threats with the knife, and deputies shot and killed him.

google.com
4375Juan Andres Olivarez30MaleHispanic/Latino07/12/2005San AntonioTX29.4854822-98.5354165San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer M. Grogan responded to a complaint that Olivarez was holding a woman against her will at a Quality Inn Hotel. Officer Grogan confronted Olivarez at the hotel pool. Olivarez ran. Officer Grogan pursued. They tripped and fell in the parking lot of Bill Miller Bar-B-Q. Officer Grogan stood up. Olivarez drew a handgun. Officer Grogan slapped it away. Olivarez backed away and continued to aim the handgun at Officer Grogan. Officer Grogan fatally shot Olivarez.

google.com
18851Boyd Lee Reinhardt24MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2005GaffneySC35.0270143-81.5788535York County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Boyd Lee Reinhardt allegedly killed his father-in-law and took his mother in-law hostage before shooting himself during a confrontation with deputies from the Cherokee and York county sheriff's departments after a chase.

google.com
21746John Bartolett49MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2005West DeptfordNJ39.8499602-75.1501146Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Bartolett was shot and killed by a police sniper during a police standoff that began as a domestic disturbance call when he allegedly pointed a gun at police.

google.com
4380Daniel Barragan19MaleHispanic/Latino07/14/2005Van NuysCA34.2014896-118.4287221Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Barragan, 19, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4384George Albert Marquez22MaleHispanic/Latino07/15/2005Bell GardensCA33.9787624-118.1668122Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

George Albert Marquez, 22, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Bell Gardens, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4382Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/15/2005WestlakeLA30.2726599-93.2989444Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed a man who was reportedly trespassing when he allegedly threatened deputies with a pair of scissors and a pocket knife.

kplctv.com
4383Reggie Marvel35MaleRace unspecified07/15/2005NatchezMS31.469968-91.373572Adams County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Reggie Marvel died during a 6-hour standoff with deputies. Shortly after 5 a.m., deputies responded to a 911 hang up call (a woman called an ambulance from next door soon after). When deputies arrived, Marvel barricaded himself inside the house with a shotgun, reportedly threatening to kill himself. Family and deputies tried to negotiate with Marvel through an open window, but he reportedly shot himself one time at about 11:20 a.m. Coroner James Lee pronounced Marvel dead at the scene.

natchezdemocrat.com
19878John Trojan48MaleRace unspecified07/15/2005CraftonPA40.4402144-80.0696493Crafton Borough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

John Trojan was apparently illegally parked when Crafton Police Chief Bud Ross approached him. He had several unresolved legal issues, and after putting his child on the curb in his car seat, Trojan and Ross exchanged gunshots. Trojan apparently shot and killed himself.

google.com
22165Richard Dale "Ricky" Burton52MaleRace unspecified07/16/2005EdinburghIN39.3542176-85.9666577Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Burton was shot and killed after leading a sheriff's deputy on a chase. Authorities say the suspect refused to pull over and after a short pursuit, took off on foot with the deputy giving chase. He was shot and killed by a Shelby County sheriff's deputy in the backyard of his parent's home.

wthr.com
4388Stephen Hughes Hastings44MaleEuropean-American/White07/17/2005San AntonioTX29.6167895-98.5159866San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Steven Campos and James Rodriguez responded to a domestic violence call. At the residence named in the call, a boy told the officers that his parents were fighting in the garage. There, the officers saw Hastings and his wife grappling with each other for control of a handgun. The officer announced themselves. Hastings's wife broke away. Hastings pointed the handgun at the officers. Officer Campos fatally shot Hastings. He had served for 17 years.

spurstalk.com
25847James H. Temple61MaleEuropean-American/White07/17/2005GilbertLA32.0788417-91.6209982Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James H. Temple shot and killed a Franklin Parish sheriff's deputy, then was shot and killed by deputies who had been called because a crop-duster said the man had shot at his airplane. Temple shot at four deputies when they told him to put down his weapons, killing Sgt. Regelio "Roy" Gonzales, 47, and grazing Sgt. Brian Linder, police said.

google.com
19879Vincent Paul Kelly53MaleRace unspecified07/17/2005AltoonaPA40.5105131-78.3837748Altoona Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a shots fired complaint. Kelly allegedly pointed a gun at police and was shot and killed.

google.com
18951Jimmy Mack Jordan30MaleEuropean-American/White07/18/2005MaudOK35.135427-96.7759231Maud Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Thomas Gibbons, 25, shot Jimmy Jordan, 30, because was he threatening him with a knife, police said.

newsok.com
4391Richard Eugene Winn46MaleEuropean-American/White07/18/2005KarnackTX32.7365521-94.1175953Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies served a manslaughter warrant on Winn. Winn fatally shot himself.

google.com
4392Rudy Nicholas Escobedo28MaleEuropean-American/White07/19/2005Fort WayneIN41.0781197-85.147062Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Escobedo made an early-morning 911 call saying he'd taken cocaine and was suicidal. The police response escalated quickly into a "Crisis Response Team" and SWAT raid on Escobedo's 7th floor apartment complete with tear gas. Escobedo failed to put down his gun, and he was shot to death.

findlaw.com
4393Luis Alexsander Flores21MaleHispanic/Latino07/19/2005Los AngelesCA34.1320989-118.21786Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Luis Alexsander Flores, 21, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Eagle Rock, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4394Steven LopezMaleHispanic/Latino07/19/2005HoustonTX29.8701598-95.3786285Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jaime Castilia Hernandez saw three men break into his neighbor's Ford Expedition. Hernandez called both police and his son, Officer Noe Hernandez, his across-the-street neighbor. Jaime shot over the heads of the men with a 12-gauge shotgun. One man may have pointed a weapon at Jaime. Jaime shot at him. Officer Hernandez responded, wearing a badge and raid jacket, and told the three men to surrender. One of the men, Lopez, pointed a gun at Officer Hernandez. Officer Hernandez shot Lopez fatally in the head. Officer Hernandez, of the Northeast Patrol Division, was sworn in December 1994.

houstontx.gov
21809Levi Andre White49MaleRace unspecified07/19/2005BaltimoreMD39.3527756-76.7037591Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Levi Andre White went to his former place of employment, shot and killed his former boss, Dennis Wilson, and then sat outside and waited for police arrive. He pointed his gun at them and was shot and killed.

google.com
4396Robert Noble Craig36MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2005TorranceCA33.8196067-118.2978662Torrance Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Noble Craig, 36, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in West Carson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4395Michael Wayne Brooks41MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2005HoustonTX29.7289059-95.5309473Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A wrecker driver reported that Brooks climbed into the back of his vehicle, screaming and waving a .380-caliber pistol in the air. Officers C.C. Robinson and C.C. Lyall responded. Brooks pointed the pistol at them. They shot Brooks. He died during surgery at Ben Taub General Hospital. According to HPD, he was abusing a drug at the time.

chron.com
19880Jevon Lampkin23MaleAfrican-American/Black07/20/2005Center StreetPA39.9383946-75.1577785Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lt. Michael Kopecki saw a naked, agitated man. Lampkin allegedly reached into the patrol car's window, got both hands on Kopecki's gun, and was shot and killed.

google.com
4398Charles Barber37MaleRace unspecified07/21/2005Lake WorthFL26.6243554-80.0750097Lake Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As a passenger in a truck, Barber aimed a weapon at the driver of another vehicle. That driver called 911 and provided local police with the license plate number. Police identified the truck but Barber would not cooperate or surrender his weapon. He was shot twice then shot once more as he ran. He died from loss of blood.

sun-sentinel.com
4397Darren E. Wallace33MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2005NevadaMO37.8370996-94.3264112Nevada Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer attempted to pull over a truck with a headlight out. The vehicle did not stop. Officers later spotted the truck in the parking lot of the Super 8 motel in Nevada. Two officers responded to the parking lot. When one of the officers got out of his car, Wallace quickly started driving toward him. The officer fired five shots at Wallace, killing him with a shot to the shoulder.

fourstateshomepage.com
4399Fernando M. Moya23MaleHispanic/Latino07/21/2005Casa GrandeAZ32.8720871-111.755252Casa Grande Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a family fight, upon arrival, Moya shot at them with a shotgun. After an hours-long shootout, Moya was shot and killed.

google.com
21051Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/22/2005DetroitMI42.4058535-82.9605324Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to reports, an off-duty Detroit officer was eating at an east side Universal Coney Island just before 2 a.m. when two men allegedly attempted to rob him. Gunfire broke out, leaving one of the men dead, and the officer and the other man wounded.

911jobforums.com
4402James Anthony Monroe28MaleAfrican-American/Black07/23/2005KentWA47.4109752-122.2560304Kent Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The car stopped in the parking lot at the Hawthorne Suites Inn. A records check showed the car was reported stolen. The driver, a 23-year-old man, was arrested without incident. Monroe, the passenger, slid into the driver's seat of the car. He tried to drive away and two officers shot and killed him.

google.com
4403James J. Sowry25MaleRace unspecified07/23/2005West MiltonOH39.9431793-84.3274013West Milton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

West Milton police officers Russell Walker and Todd Cooper shot Sowry after he came at them with a bread knife at his house. His mother called police because she was worried about him because he was despondent over a breakup.

google.com
4401Ivan G. Ruiz24MaleHispanic/Latino07/23/2005Commerce CityCO39.8132038-104.9306924Commerce City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Commerce City officer responded to an accident on East 64th Avenue and Colorado 2 and encountered Ivan Ruiz, who had just turned 24 two days before. As the officer began to investigate, Ruiz ran away. The officer chased him for about 100 yards. According to police, Ruiz then quickly turned on the officer and lunged at him with a knife, cutting the officer on the arm. During the struggle, the officer shot and killed Ruiz.

google.com
4408Bridget Clare Dolan26FemaleEuropean-American/White07/25/2005WebsterTX29.5661491-95.1458463Houston Police Department, League City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jim Burhani said that Dolan and another woman stole four 18-packs of beer from his League City convenience store, Corner Spot, then drove away. They abandoned their vehicle after they were found and pursued by officers. Dolan fled to an apartment complex, then pointed a gun at officers. HPD Officer K.W. Rogers and League City Sergeant P.R. Odin shot Dolan. She died at Ben Taub Hospital.

chron.com
4407Marvin "Margay" Conley33MaleRace unspecified07/25/2005HuntsvilleAL34.692444-86.6000745Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Marvin "Margay" Conley when he allegedly "became aggressive" and threatened officers with a stick as they tried to arrest him.

hsvcity.com
19881Luis Calvo77MaleRace unspecified07/25/2005RoyersfordPA40.1829279-75.522508Upper Providence Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Luis Calvo shot and killed his wife in her sleep and then committed suicide when police arrived.

google.com
4405James Dean BaslerMaleRace unspecified07/25/2005JanesvilleCA40.2916713-120.4411487Lassen County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Nathan Mendes and Dean Growden shot and killed James Dean Basler when he allegedly emerged from his house shooting during a standoff.

google.com
19661Ricky Dale Biggs41MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2005Horse CaveKY37.1958251-85.8293939Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trooper Joel Huff was looking for a suspect involved in a non-injury accident about nine miles north, police said. A man was headed for the welcome center at a rest area when Huff tried to restrain him. Huff shot and killed him when he pulled out a gun. Ricky Dale Biggs was a fugitive wanted for armed robbery in Tennessee.

bgdailynews.com
4423Ronn Merl Ward38MaleRace unspecified07/27/2005Crater LakeOR42.9445872-122.1090039U.S. National Park Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ward threatened the two rangers with a two-foot-long club that had a large knot at the end and ran through a cloud of pepper spray to within 10 feet of one ranger before he was shot dead by the other, authorities said.

craterlakeinstitute.com
4411Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/27/2005LeavenworthKS39.3003068-94.9102171Leavenworth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself during a standoff. At around around 5:30 a.m. police had responded to a home where a man was threatening to harm himself. Police set up a perimeter and the tactical team brought in an armored vehicle. About 2 hours later, police said they found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound by the side of the house. Police said the man's body hadn't been found earlier because of the perimeter and lack of light.

google.com
4415Sergio Garcia-Vasquez32MaleHispanic/Latino07/28/2005VistaCA33.2104907-117.2414758San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vazquez was shot after throwing a 10-pound dumbbell and charging at deputies.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4414Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/28/2005DeKalbGA33.8203118-84.3414395Fulton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a domestic violence call were met by a man with a knife, whom they shot and killed.

google.com
4413Shane M. Walton28MaleEuropean-American/White07/28/2005BakersfieldCA35.4044655-119.0071175Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four officers shot Shane Walton multiple times when he tried to run away after a high-speed chase.

google.com
4419Don Ray Gotto49MaleEuropean-American/White07/29/2005CovinaCA34.0868647-117.8735113Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Don Ray Gotto, 49, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Covina, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4417Jorge Ramirez26MaleHispanic/Latino07/29/2005VistaCA33.1696313-117.2263414San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ramirez was thought to be one of the members in an armed robbery, when deputies tried to stop his vehicle. Ramirez reached into his waist multiple times, so the deputy shot 22 times.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4418Larry Darnell Harrison Jr.21MaleAfrican-American/Black07/29/2005WilmingtonNC34.2175205-77.9298682Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harrison exchanged gunfire with local police near a housing project at 12:45 a.m. He'd been sought for firing a gun and evading arrest a few days prior. In this encounter the officer was seriously wounded and Harrison was shot dead.

starnewsonline.com
4420John Givens27MaleRace unspecified07/30/2005College ParkGA33.5943139-84.4715311Fulton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Security guards at the World Changers Church International called police when Givens would not leave. When police arrived, the man became violent and a Fulton County Police officer shot him after he reached for the officer's gun.

google.com
4421Jermaine DeShone Hines31MaleAfrican-American/Black07/30/2005LubbockTX33.5778631-101.8551665Lubbock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to a complaint that Hines had held a woman and children at gunpoint. Hines fatally shot himself.

google.com
4427Ricky Alan Redin47MaleEuropean-American/White08/01/2005MinneapolisMN44.9628505-93.288913Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, police tackled Redin after he attempted to rob a Money Center. Redin stabbed an officer in the leg and refused to drop the knife and was shot.

kstp.com
4426Jesus Eduardo Manzo23MaleHispanic/Latino08/01/2005VistaCA33.2111715-117.2353097San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Manzo was approached by deputies about a stolen car. He ran and was shot once, because deputy claimed he was armed. His sister, who witnessed the killing, said he was unarmed, but the killing was later declared justified.

utsandiego.com
4424Albert Reisland Talens36MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/01/2005FremontCA37.5314745-122.004761California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A CHP officer shot and killed Edenar Talens, who was acting erratically on the freeway.

sfgate.com
25848Name withheld by police55MaleAfrican-American/Black08/01/2005PhiladelphiaPA39.9680564-75.1985052Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

About 11 p.m., Officer Annaliza Anderson arrived at an alleged assault outside a home and found a man beating a 64-year-old man with a shovel. The attacker, whose name was withheld, dropped the shovel and ran, and Anderson followed. When the officer caught up with him, he picked up a pole and turned toward her. The officer reportedly told the man to drop his weapon, but he refused and walked toward her in a threatening manner. Anderson fired one shot, fatally hitting him in the head.

google.com
4429Stefan Langer21MaleRace unspecified08/02/2005MiamiFL25.7370616-80.252107Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Recently evicted from a substance-abuse halfway house, Langer visited friends at another group home. He'd been talking about suicide for a few days. Police were called when Langer became threatening and behaving erratically in the front yard, waving a loaded handgun. When he pointed that gun at officers, he was fatally shot.

sun-sentinel.com
4431Alberia Little Jack34FemaleRace unspecified08/04/2005IndianolaMS33.3994237-90.7029713Shaw Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At about 7:45 p.m., Jack was shot three times by officer Mark Highbaugh and died later that month from her injuries. Jack was reportedly visiting Highbaugh at his apartment. Highbaugh claimed he shot jack in self-defense. Highbaugh was charged with manslaughter and pleaded guilty.

ddtonline.com
4435Anthony A. Diotaiuto23MaleHispanic/Latino08/05/2005SunriseFL26.1521343-80.2628512Sunrise Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor had reported to police that Diotaiuto dealt drugs. Local police mounted an eight-man early-morning SWAT raid and shot Diotaiuto to death in a closet, reportedly as he was going for his gun. Police found two ounces of marijuana.

sun-sentinel.com
4436Donovan Brooks40MaleAfrican-American/Black08/05/2005West Palm BeachFL26.7582854-80.0891023Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officials released few details about the fatal shooting of Jamaica-born Toronto cook Brooks in a drug sting operation, except to say Brooks expected to buy $80K of marijuana, that the two suspects were surrounded and ordered to the ground at the climax of the sting, and that the shooting officer felt threatened. Brooks had been unarmed.

sun-sentinel.com
4434Rodney Erwin20MaleEuropean-American/White08/05/2005Colorado SpringsCO38.8091981-104.740927Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Erwin was shot after allegedly pointing gun at police who were attempting arrest for parole violation. Witnesses said he didn't point a gun at officers.

gazette.com
4433Armando Quintana Aguilar33MaleRace unspecified08/05/2005Los GatosCA37.1956711-121.9853106Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot and killed Armando Quintana Aguilar in an exchange of gunfire during a raid on a marijuana farm near Los Gatos.

sfgate.com
21748Ibn Berger20MaleAfrican-American/Black08/07/2005NewarkNJ40.696301-74.2005738Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers responded to reports of gunfire and encountered Ibn Berger wandering in the street with a 9-millimeter handgun about 7:30 p.m. Berger fired at them, and the officers ducked for cover and returned fire. Mr. Berger was hit once in the head.

nytimes.com
19882Robert Loeb55MaleEuropean-American/White08/07/2005PittsburghPA40.5321496-80.0157339Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unidentified man was apparently trying to commit suicide when police killed him.

google.com
4439Jimmy Pudar25MaleRace unspecified08/08/2005ChicagoIL41.730181-87.662028Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a radio call about a man carrying a gun. They arrived at the scene and chased Pudar on foot to South Justine Avenue, where he turned and pointed the gun at the officers, Cargie said. Pudar was shot in front of the house and then stumbled to the rear of the property, where he fell. A handgun was found at the spot where Pudar was shot, police said.

chicagotribune.com
4440Clint Edward Updyke26MaleEuropean-American/White08/08/2005LancasterCA34.6932023-118.1838878Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clint Edward Updyke, 26, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4438Steve Edward Wilson30MaleRace unspecified08/08/2005VallejoCA38.127164-122.2289289Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Steve Edward Wilson reportedly shot and killed a woman's dog in a motel parking lot and exchanged gunfire with Vallejo police before killing himself.

sfgate.com
4441Anthony Senter22MaleRace unspecified08/09/2005HaywardCA37.6650542-122.0859487Hayward Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Anthony Senter after he allegedly beat a man during a home-invasion robbery, fled in a vehicle and then ran a patrol car off the road.

sfgate.com
4443Brian Doyle Savage37MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2005CelinaTX33.295319-96.8642284Denton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Savage refused to be pulled over for a traffic stop. Denton sheriff's deputies and others pursued him to his house. He stepped out of his vehicle, shot Trooper Steven Oliver in the leg and barricaded himself into his mobile home. Around 2 a.m., Savage opened his front door and shot at officers with an SKS rifle. A deputy shot the rifle, then shot and killed Savage. Authorities later learned that he may have been using methamphetamine.

socnet.com
4442Steven Edwin Strobe51MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2005Gig HarborWA47.3968121-122.7705253Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because Strobe attacked a carpenter with a shovel. When they arrived, he was cutting himself with a knife, clearly hallucinating. He was shot and killed when he threatened a deputy who'd fallen.

google.com
4446Gergely Garry Devai25MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2005Baton RougeLA30.4421601-91.1519887Baton Rouge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Gergely Garry Devai after he reportedly shot and killed one detective and injured two others.

brgov.com
4445Ronald Charles Newman52MaleAfrican-American/Black08/10/2005HoustonTX29.6870435-95.3670058Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, Officer H.M. Wagner stopped a blue Suburban. Newman exited the vehicle and shot at the officer. The officer shot back. Newman drove away. He and the officer shot at each other as the officer pursued. Newman stopped his vehicle and fired one more shot. The officer approached the Suburban. Wagner was dead, shot through the head. The shooting was recorded by the HPD Public Affairs Division, but did not appear in documents sent to Fatal Encounters.

houstontx.gov
4447James David Moore49MaleRace unspecified08/10/2005ElmiraOR44.118667-123.401023Lane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

By reports Moore was desperate and distraught over the end of his marriage, and had recently stalked and threatened his estranged wife. He'd also talked of killing himself. Not long after county officers arrived in the late evening, four deputies and a sergeant located him with a flashlight and shot at him a total of 53 times. Thirteen of those shots struck and killed him.

thefreelibrary.com
4444Olo Runyomi Awotundun35MaleAfrican-American/Black08/10/2005OceansideCA33.2086299-117.3335193Oceanside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Fletcher Stone shot Olo Runyomi Awotundun, who allegedly had just robbed a bank and was tried to drive over the officer after a chase into a senior-citizen complex.

utsandiego.com
21054Julius B. Thompson39MaleAfrican-American/Black08/10/2005FlintMI42.9817503-83.6678678U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to a domestic disturbance at the home of Julius Thompson at around 8 p.m. and a 19-hour standoff ensued. According to police, shots were fired from Thompson's bedroom at one point, and officers returned fire. Police used tear gas and cut the electricity to try to force Thompson out. At about 2:30 p.m. a camera on a robotic device scanned the house. Police said they found Thompson dead in the basement. An autopsy reportedly determined Thompson died of a single self-inflicted shotgun blast to the throat.

google.com
4454Nicholas Bisulca52MaleRace unspecified08/11/2005SeafordNY40.6599676-73.49462Nassau County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bisulca confronted two county officers responding to a disturbance call. Threatening them from his porch with a shotgun, he was killed by return fire.

policeone.com
4455Richard Kim49MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/11/2005DublinCA37.721791-121.8561175Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A bullet pierced a door of the bedroom where Richard Kim was when a police fired guns to Tae Lee. Police said it grazed his eye and his temple and went through his arm, severing an artery.

theppsc.org
4456Kwang Lee61MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/11/2005DublinCA37.721791-121.8561175Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lee was drunk" that night and couldn't hear the two police officers ordering him to drop the knife.When Tae-Lee didn't drop the knife, officers fired once, injuring him. He turned and began moving toward the officers, who shot him four more times.

theppsc.org
4451Cedric O'Neal Gordon31MaleRace unspecified08/11/2005Pine LakeGA33.7860043-84.2069245Pine Lake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gordon was pulled over for a traffic violation. He shot and killed Pine Lake police Officer Francis Ortega and ran into a post office. He was found dead of a gunshot wound when DeKalb County SWAT officers entered the building.

google.com
4450Joel Soto Campana35MaleHispanic/Latino08/11/2005IndioCA33.7184144-116.23824Indio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Joel Soto Campana when he allegedly physically confronted the officer, who was responding to a report of a domestic disturbance.

google.com
21055Matthew Hallman40MaleRace unspecified08/12/2005KalamazooMI42.271604-85.5652665Kalamazoo Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Matthew Hallman was reportedly found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the locker room at the Bryant Street police station. According to police, Hallman was accused of molesting two girls, and killed himself the same day he was to be placed on administrative leave.

policeprostitutionandpolitics.com
4459Dale Andre Rowles50MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2005TucsonAZ32.2287993-110.9988564Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Rowles carjacked a minivan, robbed a bank and after crashing the van, pointed a shotgun at police, who shot and killed him.

tucsoncitizen.com
4460Brian Hermes32MaleRace unspecified08/13/2005MesaAZ33.434554-111.729005Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hermes was shot and killed by police after they say he killed his neighbor and attacked his mother with a rock. Police opened fire on the man, when he drove a Nissan car out of a neighbor's garage after a standoff.

eastvalleytribune.com
18948Brian Dennehy28MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2005TulsaOK36.0869519-95.9375878Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brian Dennehy, 28, was shot and killed after firing at Officer Jason White at the Waterford Apartments complex, police said. Dennehy was a suspect in the killing of his grandfather, Bernard Dennehy, whose body was found outside a tire shop in Oklahoma City.

tulsaworld.com
4461Armando G. Lazos39MaleHispanic/Latino08/14/2005Lincoln AcresCA32.6658335-117.0712656National City Police Department, San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eight SWAT officers shot Armando G. Lazos, who allegedly had a pellet gun, more than 50 times during a standoff near a cemetery in unincorporated Lincoln Acres.

utsandiego.com
4462Govanni Florez Martinez22MaleRace unspecified08/15/2005BloomingtonCA34.0435236-117.3985159San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Matthew Peterson shot and killed Govanni Florez Martinez after he allegedly refused to follow orders and began driving toward the deputy.

latimes.com
4464Venancio Altamirano39MaleHispanic/Latino08/15/2005San DiegoCA32.716782-117.0946423San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Altamirano's former domestic partner called police on a Monday morning reporting that he was stalking her. She also told them he had a fake handgun and would try to get them to shoot him. Police found Altamirano and his fake gun, he pointed it, and they shot him to death.

10news.com
4463Michael David Mingee38MaleEuropean-American/White08/15/2005AlexandriaLA31.296857-92.4802447Alexandria Police Department, Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Michael David Mingee after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers who surrounded his vehicle in a parking lot.

myplainview.com
4467Eric T. Habel46MaleEuropean-American/White08/16/2005CoventryCT41.767268-72.3036802Willimantic Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a domestic disturbance between Habel and his girlfriend. Habel had a long record of previous assaults and incidents, a current protective order, a court mandate to avoid alcohol, and was on probation. Police removed the slightly-injured girlfriend from the house, and cornered Habel in the back yard with a police dog. After threatening and encouraging the officers to shoot him, they did, twice.

www.ct.gov
22168Wilmer Messer Jr.42MaleRace unspecified08/17/2005RensselaerIN41.0853449-87.06462Indiana State Police, Jasper County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Jasper County Sheriff's Department deputy and Indiana State Police troopers responded to a call of an intoxicated man, Messer, at a Wheatfield convenience store. As police were headed to the convenience store, they received information that Messer had wrecked his vehicle in a ditch, after which he fled the scene in the vehicle. License plate information led responding officers to Messer's home. originally reported that while Messer was at his residence he entered and exited the home several times carrying a shotgun with him. He was shot and killed. The shotgun was unloaded despite the fact that police originally reported he fired first.

newsbug.info
4469Marcus Dewayne Dalton26MaleAfrican-American/Black08/18/2005LumpkinGA32.0509895-84.7990901Lumpkin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a report of shots fired outside the Stewart County Courthouse in Lumpkin, a town of about 1,300 people. Lumpkin Police Chief Jay Stripling and Stewart County Deputy Clinton Rivers were both shot in the face. The shooter then fled the scene. A few hours later, after more than 50 officers and a police helicopter swarmed the area, officers confronted Marcus Dewayne Dalton and his hostages a few blocks from the courthouse. One of the men, identified as Mr. Dalton, fired at officers with a 9mm pistol. He was shot and killed.

google.com
4468Robert Rae Hemphill50MaleRace unspecified08/18/2005BellvueCO40.6936174-105.2657119Larimer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hemphill pulled a gun on a neighbor and then on deputies who responded. He was shot and killed.

google.com
4475Justin Allan Toland25MaleRace unspecified08/19/2005BillingsMT45.7847513-108.6187441Billings Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Toland was shot and killed by his parole officer and three local police outside a gas station-casino, as they attempted to take him in for a parole violation. Police fired eight rounds altogether. Toland fired six shots and hit no one. He'd recently tested positive for meth use.

billingsgazette.com
4474Steven Michael Jones39MaleEuropean-American/White08/19/2005Los AngelesCA34.0481019-118.2408833Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Steven Michael Jones, 39, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot at between 1st & 2nd streets, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4473Douglas H. Blackstone24MaleEuropean-American/White08/19/2005DuncanvilleTX32.6573611-96.9179593Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to DPD, officers of the Dallas Police Sex Offender Apprehension team (SOAP) tired to serve a warrant on Blackstone. He fled to Lakeside City Park. Officers searched the park. Blackstone pointed a .45-caliber pistol at Officer Sam Griffin. The officer shot at Blackstone three times and hit him three times. Blackstone died at Central Methodist Hospital.

storm2k.org
4471Lance Michael Solomon23MaleRace unspecified08/19/2005Moreno ValleyCA33.9618715-117.2376102Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot Lance Michael Solomon after he allegedly reached toward his waist while hiding in a garbage can in Moreno Valley.

google.com
18947John Seymore32MaleRace unspecified08/20/2005TulsaOK36.096821-95.880466Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police received a call of a shooting, police said. They found Matthew Atkinson, 24, dead of a gunshot wound and Misty Shuey, 25, with gunshot wounds to her shoulder and abdomen. Shuey was able to provide police with the name of the man she believed had shot her and Atkinson. Police surrounded the house and made contact with the man inside. While negotiators were talking to the man, officers heard a single gunshot from inside the house. When they entered they found John Seymore, 32, of Tulsa dead with a self inflicted gunshot wound.

newsok.com
4481Tau Yang aka Tou Yang21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/21/2005GoshenCA36.3511008-119.4263899Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Tau Yang and wounded Ger Yang, after at least one of them allegedly brandished a pellet gun.

recorderonline.com
4480Armando G. Nava39MaleHispanic/Latino08/21/2005OxnardCA34.1511338-119.1862132Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Derek Stephens shot Armando Nava once in the head at close range when he allegedly hid his hands.

vcdistrictattorney.com
20349Juan Ariel Perez17MaleHispanic/Latino08/21/2005MilwaukeeWI43.0031318-87.9493031Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Juan Perez was shot in the chest by Sgt. Timothy M. Wilger after he ignored orders and attacked Wilger, trying to take his gun, police said.

google.com
4483Bruce Edward Teschner58MaleRace unspecified08/23/2005Elephant ButteNM33.1834889-107.2085135New Mexico State Parks Division
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State District Judge Kevin Sweazea ordered former New Mexico Park Ranger Clyde Woods to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet for a year before serving probation. Woods pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Bruce Teschner, 58. Teschner - who according to testimony was drunk and had a history of mental illness - refused to pay a $14-a-night camping fee and refused to leave the park. Woods said he acted in self-defense. He said Teschner turned and made a motion as if he were pulling a weapon. Witnesses said Teschner was running away when he was shot and killed.

blogspot.com
19883Tina Lucas Curran31FemaleEuropean-American/White08/24/2005Coal TownshipPA40.8057406-76.5706067Bernville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bernville Police Chief Richard C. Curran gunned down his ex-wife Tina Lucas Curran in the parking lot of Shamokin Area Community Hospital, where she worked as a licensed practical nurse. The couple had two daughters, 4 and 8, who were the subject of an ongoing custody battle since May 2002. He was convicted of first-degree murder.

blogspot.com
22487Albert Nelson Garrett58MaleEuropean-American/White08/24/2005LexingtonVA37.8681459-79.543328Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were investigating a stolen vehicle call, when Albert Nelson Garrett confronted them with a handgun, police said. Gunfire was exchanged, and Garrett was shot and killed.

lib.vt.edu
4484Adam D. Reinhardt23MaleEuropean-American/White08/24/2005BellevueNE41.136509-95.8990275Bellevue Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Carl Grubb stopped a Honda Prelude driven by Adam D. Reinhardt for driving erratically at around 3:20 a.m. Grubb called for assistance and officer Chris Abbott responded. Reinhardt allegedly exited his car, then got back in and accelerated, pinning one of the officers against a police cruiser and running over the other officer. Grubb and Abbot then shot and killed Reinhardt. The officers were treated and released.

wowt.com
4486Miguel Degante27MaleHispanic/Latino08/25/2005ChicagoIL41.9249063-87.7147711Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Chicago officer with a Cubs jersey over his uniform came upon a 1 a.m. gang-related melee: eight men beating each other with bats and tire irons. Upon stopping and identifying himself, a suspect, Degante, assaulted the officer with a metal wheel lock. Degante was fatally shot at close range.

chicagotribune.com
4487Raylyn George24MaleAfrican-American/Black08/25/2005BridgeportCT41.1670582-73.1949479Bridgeport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

George was shot as the result of a police tactical team and foot chase of seven different suspects at the Marina Village housing projects. Beyond dispute, George was an armed felon and was fleeing police; he died of a gunshot wound at close range in the back of the head, and he also suffered a gunshot to one of his knees. Seven months after his initial ruling the medical examiner ruled that, despite his first opinion, both shots had been self-inflicted. The George shooting has triggered marches, demonstrations, and a long legal battle.

ctpost.com
4490Juan Silvas30MaleRace unspecified08/26/2005Villa ParkIL41.903383-87.967379DuPage County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Juan Silvas reportedly committed suicide during a 27-hour standoff. Silvas allegedly robbed a bank in LaGrange and led police on a chase before barricading himself inside an unrelated family's home Thursday afternoon. The people inside escaped safely, but Silva reportedly shot and killed their dog. Police sent in a robot on Friday and tear-gassed the home. Police entered at about 4:15 p.m. and found Silvas on the second floor dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

chicagotribune.com
4488Antuan Conners20MaleRace unspecified08/26/2005RialtoCA34.1213347-117.3747829San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detective Hector Gomez shot unarmed Antuan Conners seconds after plainclothes deputies in unmarked cars boxed in Conners' SUV and got out with guns drawn as Conners hit two cars.

latimes.com
4492Vigil Cordova46MaleRace unspecified08/27/2005AlbuquerqueNM35.0757048-106.5863122Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joyce Cordova, 46, was working her job behind the deli counter at the Wal-Mart Supercenter when her ex-husband, Felix Vigil, 54, came across the counter and stabbed her multiple times, police said. That's when Due Moore, 72, a volunteer with the Albuquerque Police Department cold case unit, intervened and shot Vigil dead, police say. It was the state's first fatal shooting by someone with a concealed-carry gun permit.

abqjournal.com
4496Nyles Arrington42MaleAfrican-American/Black08/28/2005RaleighNC35.799051-78.5683124Raleigh Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Arrington was shot outside of La Rosa Linda's Mexican Restaurant by police officer Michelle Peele during an attempted car theft. Peele, working in an official capacity as a security guard for the restaurant, had left her personal car running while she stepped inside, and as she was returning to it, she noticed Arrington get into the car. Peele yelled "Stop, police," and approached the car. She shot Arrington as he attempted to escape.

newsobserver.com
4494Gary Johnston41MaleRace unspecified08/28/2005St. LouisMO38.598638-90.2962584St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Gary Johnston while another officer reportedly wrestled with Johnston over a shotgun in the man's bedroom. At about 11 p.m., police responded to Johnston's home after neighbors reported he was standing naked in his yard and was breaking out doors and windows of his home. When officers arrived, they discovered Johnston was acting irrationally and had destroyed the interior of his house, police said. Officers reportedly tried to subdue Johnston with a Taser, but he got away, went to his bedroom and came out with a 12-gauge shotgun. One of the officers tried to wrestle the gun away from Johnson. Another officer shot Johnston several times.

highbeam.com
4497Alexander Maschhaupt45FemaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2005Long BeachCA33.764878-118.1713708Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alexander Maschhaupt, 45-year-old white female, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
22169Glenn Gray34MaleAfrican-American/Black08/29/2005IndianapolisIN39.86539-86.0867033Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Glenn Gray, 34, was killed after he was shot by a Marion County sheriff's deputy who was responding to a home-invasion robbery call. He allegedly refused to put down his weapon and pointed his gun at deputy Nicole Hopkins, who shot and killed him.

theindychannel.com
18946Timothy Andrew Russell38MaleRace unspecified08/31/2005EdmondOK35.65807-97.51139Edmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Timothy Andrew Russell, 38, of Richardson, Texas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after breaking into his ex wife's home and threatening her with a handgun.

newsok.com
4499Maurice Milligan30MaleRace unspecified08/31/2005BrentwoodCA37.936187-121.697623Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maurice Milligan was shot and killed Aug. 31 by Undersheriff Michael Peterson shortly after the man walked into a Wells Fargo Bank at 1115 Second St. in the city of Brentwood in Contra Costa County and attempted what authorities called "a takeover-style robbery."

highbeam.com
4498Jennifer Dawn Biberston31FemaleRace unspecified08/31/2005Newberry SpringsCA34.8291247-116.6186509San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Jennifer Dawn Biberston when she allegedly pointed a gun at them.

google.com
21554Earl T. "Rocky" Tillman19MaleRace unspecified09/01/2005BaltimoreMD39.2937153-76.6826042Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Earl T. "Rocky" Tillman pointed a gun at police officers, who fatally shot him while he was in the car. Tillman was wanted in regard to the armed robbery of a hair salon.

baltimoresun.com
4502Brandon McCloud15MaleAfrican-American/Black09/01/2005ClevelandOH41.4372757-81.6320452Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers fired at least 10 shots, killing 15-year-old Brandon McCloud as they attempted to serve a search warrant at the teen'€s house in connection with a string of robberies of pizza delivery drivers. Detectives John Kraynik and Philip Habeeb accused the teenager of attacking them with a knife. It was later determined that the shooting was justified, and a grand jury declined to issue indictments.

cleveland.com
4500Darrell J. Payne33MaleRace unspecified09/01/2005Kansas CityKS39.1392569-94.6418199Kansas City Police Department, Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Darrell J. Payne reportedly killed himself during a standoff. KSK police, Wyandotte County deputies and Federal Felony Apprehension Unit officers tried to arrest Payne on murder charges at around 10 a.m. after receiving a tip that he was seen at a relative's home. Negotiators tried to convince Payne to surrender, but police said he was found dead when police entered the house at around 4:20 p.m.

google.com
21057Cortez Farmer26MaleAfrican-American/Black09/02/2005DetroitMI42.397842-83.02526Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty officer shot and killed Cortez Farmer. According to police, shots were exchanged between Farmer and the officer.

blogspot.com
4504Henry Glover31MaleAfrican-American/Black09/02/2005AlgiersLA29.921735-90.020169New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

This is almost too complex to describe. NOPD officer David Warren shot Glover in the chest with a .223 rifle near an Algiers strip mall. Another officer later burned the body on a Mississippi River levee.

nola.com
4503Danny Brumfield45MaleAfrican-American/Black09/02/2005New OrleansLA29.942435-90.0644687New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Danny Brumfield Sr., 45, was shot to death by New Orleans police officer Ronald Mitchell outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Police alleged Brumfield jumped on the hood of their police cruiser and then attempted to attack Mitchell with a pair of scissors. Mitchell fired a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun. The autopsy found Blumfield died from a single shotgun wound to his left back.

propublica.org
4506Matthew McDonald41MaleEuropean-American/White09/03/2005New OrleansLA29.9662795-90.0613862New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In the afternoon of September 3, 2005, New Orleans Police Officers Winninger, Scanlon, Gordon and Pearson were patrolling near the intersection of St. Anthony and Burgundy streets where Matthew McDonald allegedly reached into a plastic bag for a firearm. Winnger shot twice and killed McDonald. The victim's family was told the death was a result of an unsolved homicide in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

propublica.org
4505Dominga Saenz75FemaleEuropean-American/White09/03/2005McAllenTX26.238625-98.2379017McAllen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to a residence to institutionalize Nelson Saenz, a paranoid schizophrenic who had recently acquired a handgun. According to a court document, officers wearing ballistic vests forced Nelson's mother, Dominga, to stand at the front door of the residence and negotiate with her son. The officers positioned themselves behind Dominga. In Spanish, Dominga told Nelson to open the door. Nelson stepped out of the residence and fired six shots. The responding officers fired over 20 times, striking Nelson once. Dominga was struck by 10 rounds.

saenzversusmcallen.com
4507Nelson Saenz56MaleEuropean-American/White09/03/2005McAllenTX26.238625-98.2379017McAllen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Saenz, a paranoid schizophrenic, became more unstable than usual in the summer of 2005, acquired a handgun and began threatening family members. Family arranged with officers to institutionalize him. According to a lawsuit, officers badly botched the confrontation, giving Saenz an opportunity to fatally shoot his mother. Officers Humberto Resendez, Yasser Hassan and Orlando Olivarez fatally shot him in response. The link to this fatal encounter contains detailed primary documents.

saenzversusmcallen.com
22999Bruce Payne29MaleRace unspecified09/04/2005NashvilleTN36.2040688-86.7781403Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police fatally shot a Bruce Payne after they said he stabbed a security guard, tried to carjack another man, and then threatened a police officer. He was allegedly armed with two knives.

jacksonville.com
4509Ronald Madison40MaleAfrican-American/Black09/04/2005New OrleansLA30.008338-90.02697New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A group of police officers opened fire with assault rifles and a shotgun, shooting at an unarmed family walking on the east side of the Danziger Bridge. A fter shooting at the Bartholomew family and James Brissette, officers traveled to the other side of the bridge to chase two men—brothers Lance and Ronald Madison—who had run away when the shooting started. Officers caught up to the Madisons on the west side of the bridge, where Officer Faulcon used a shotgun to shoot Ronald Madison in the back as Madison was running away. Ronald, a 40-year-old man with severe mental and physical disabilities, died near the base of the bridge.

fbi.gov
4510James Brissette17MaleAfrican-American/Black09/04/2005New OrleansLA30.008338-90.02697New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A group of police officers opened fire with assault rifles and a shotgun, shooting at an unarmed family walking on the east side of the Danziger Bridge. James Brissette, who was shot in the back, the leg, both arms, and the back of the head, died on the bridge.

fbi.gov
25849Victor Mike Montoya39MaleEuropean-American/White09/04/2005BakersfieldCA35.3970555-119.0069157Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Rex Davenport and Ofelio Lopez responded to a burglar alarm at Aegis Medical Systems Inc. at about 2:30 p.m. Officers spotted Montoya, who was shirtless and holding a knife in his hand as he paced the parking lot in front of the business. The officers reportedly parked about 15 feet in front of the man, got out of the patrol car and told Montoya to drop the knife and get on the ground. Montoya allegedly armed himself with a second knife that he pulled from his waistband. Montoya then reportedly moved closer to the officers, and the officers discharged nine rounds, killing Montoya. Montoya was hit by five of the nine rounds.

google.com
23132Thomas R. May42MaleRace unspecified09/04/2005WilliamsonWV37.6727919-82.2806175Mingo County Sheriff's Office, Williamson Police Department, Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said a chase began in Kentucky around 3 a.m. after state troopers stopped Thomas R. May during a road check. May reportedly drove off as several officers were standing beside the car. According to police, the officers were dragged by the vehicle but were not injured. Mingo County sheriff's deputies and Williamson police took over the pursuit after May's' vehicle crossed into West Virginia. Several miles in, police shot out the tires. A deputy shot and killed May after he allegedly attempted to hit several officers with his car.

google.com
4508Shaun Sunny Taylor Morales29MaleHispanic/Latino09/04/2005San AntonioTX29.5008914-98.5586804San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers G. Gill, G. Flores, R. Solo and C. Parchem responded to a man with a gun call. Morales shot at the officers. The officers shot Morales.

google.com
4513Gary Lewis48MaleRace unspecified09/05/2005TexarkanaAR33.3743142-93.9976701Texarkana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lewis broke into his estranged wife's home. When police entered the home, after a short standoff, he pointed a gun at officers and was shot and killed.

txkusa.org
4515Jesley Palmones35MaleHispanic/Latino09/06/2005SoledadCA36.424687-121.3263187Monterey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Michael Darlington and Andrew Kobayashi shot and killed Jelsey Palmones after he allegedly ran away from them and fired at them with a pistol.

utsandiego.com
4514Name withheld by police36MaleRace unspecified09/06/2005San JoseCA37.2716516-121.8231276San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unnamed 48-year-old was found dead inside his estranged wife's home, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after a 16-hour standoff with police.

sfgate.com
4516Richard Pyle Jr.29MaleRace unspecified09/06/2005IndependenceMO39.072367-94.385743Independence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Pyle Jr. reportedly died in a shootout at the end of an 18-hour standoff. At 9:27 a.m. Monday, police went to the house after the Missouri Division of Family Services reported that two children there weren't registered in school. The officers spoke to three people through the door. At 11:20 a.m., a man and woman agreed to come out and said the children weren't there. Pyle, a visitor, stayed inside and wouldn't respond when police tried to communicate with him. According to police, Pyle was wanted for a parole violation and some city warrants. At about 11:40 a.m., officers kicked down the door. Pyle allegedly fired two shots at officers from the basement, said he wasn't coming out, and threatened to blow up the home. Officers retreated and a special-response team arrived. During the course of the standoff, police tried to communicate with Pyle, trained lights on the house, sent in a robot with a phone, cut the power and water, and brought out sharpshooters. At about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police decided to force Pyle out with tear gas. Pyle allegedly shot at officers again. This time, the special-response team returned fire.

google.com
4520Ryan Wrobliski Burton27MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2005HawthorneCA33.9165755-118.3718743Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ryan Wrobliski Burton, 27, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4522Darnell R. Clement26MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2005ScottsdaleAZ33.4845045-111.9089406Scottsdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three Scottsdale police officers lay in wait down a hallway, preparing to arrest a probation violator they heard was packing a gun. The plan quickly went awry when Clement, resisted violently and shot at officers, police said. Sgt. J.R. Parrow shot Clement once in the head, killing him.

eastvalleytribune.com
4519Rickey Neal Taylor49MaleRace unspecified09/07/2005AustellGA33.7788377-84.6020513Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a four-hour standoff, police shot and killed an armed man holed up in a south Cobb County motel. Later, police discovered that Rickey Neal Taylor, serving time for robbery, had escaped from a work release center in Alabama.

google.com
4521Steven L Fountain24MaleEuropean-American/White09/07/2005CampbellCA37.2709727-121.9457374Campbell Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police statement said officers were called to the Motel 6, at about 10:40 pm, a man was reportedly standing on a balcony and screaming that someone was in his room. The officer who arrived saw the man holding a knife sharpener. The cop attempted to Taser the man, then fired 10 rounds, hitting Fountain 4 times. No one was found in the man's motel room, according to police.

indybay.org
4523Eric Smith34MaleRace unspecified09/08/2005East Rancho DominguezCA33.8980711-118.195348Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eric Smith was found dead in his apartment after deputies shot at him, though it was unclear whether he was fatally shot by the deputies or committed suicide following a standoff.

latimes.com
4525William Russell Hightower33MaleRace unspecified09/08/2005High SpringsFL29.8377682-82.6224575Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In a stolen Lincoln Town Car reported as a suspicious vehicle, Hightower was chased by deputies for 20 minutes at highway speeds after midnight. When stopped Hightower emerged from the car with a (pellet) gun, gestured with it toward deputies, and was fatally shot.

gainesville.com
4524David Covel Carrier51MaleEuropean-American/White09/08/2005LongviewWA46.1238194-122.9631552Longview Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a 5 1/2-hour standoff, suicidal Carrier was shot and killed.

google.com
4527Marc S. Ariot18MaleAfrican-American/Black09/09/2005Palm SpringsFL26.6375126-80.0884196Palm Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ariot and a passenger tried to pass a bad check in a drive-through bank. The teller called 911, the police arrived and blocked Ariot's car, and Ariot accelerated toward the cruiser. The officer fired at him twice and killed him.

sun-sentinel.com
18945Brett D. Crabtree33MaleEuropean-American/White09/09/2005BartlesvilleOK36.74965-95.93561Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Bobby Hair shot and killed Brett Crabtree, 33, after a fight following a traffic stop for invalid tags.

newsok.com
4526Juan Ramon Aguilar32MaleHispanic/Latino09/09/2005HoustonTX29.859146-95.4700878Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to an HPD press release, a bystander told Officer Mark Chapnick that a man in a black SUV was trying to pick up "several female juveniles." When officer Chapnick stopped Aguilar in a black SUV, he resisted arrest. Chapnick shot him with a stun gun. Aguilar knocked Chapnick to the ground and tried to take his service revolver. Chapnick fatally shot Aguilar.

houstontx.gov
18944Dermico Deon Wright30MaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2005Oklahoma CityOK35.3875683-97.5301487Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lieutenant Steve Whitson shot and killed 30-year-old Dermico Deon Wright. He was a suspect in an earlier shooting at an Oklahoma City nightclub that left two people injured. Ronald Chad Gruver and Aviance Gardner were shot in the parking lot of the Centerfolds Club, where both victims worked.

newson6.com
4530Joseph E. Henry40MaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2005New York CityNY40.8084519-73.951648New York City Department of Correction
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Corrections officer Joseph Henry had staked out his estranged wife's residence when she arrived at 6:20 a.m. with a friend, Damien Greenslade, in the passenger side. "Who is this guy?" Henry demanded, before opening fire on both of them. Henry's wife was seriously wounded in the legs. Greenslade was shot dead by Henry. Police followed Henry on foot. He refused to surrender his weapon and was shot dead by police.

nydailynews.com
4531Damien Greenslade26MaleRace unspecified09/10/2005New York CityNY40.8084519-73.951648New York City Department of Correction
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Corrections officer Joseph Henry had staked out his estranged wife's residence when she arrived at 6:20 a.m. with a friend, Damien Greenslade, in the passenger side. "Who is this guy?" Henry demanded, before opening fire on both of them. Henry's wife was seriously wounded in the legs. Greenslade was shot dead by Henry. Police followed Henry on foot. He refused to surrender his weapon and was shot dead by police.

nydailynews.com
4529Juventino Mendez43MaleRace unspecified09/10/2005QueensNY40.7468358-73.8914317City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mendez threatened an NYPD transit officer with an 8-inch steak knife in a Queens subway station. When he ignored commands to drop his weapon, the officer fatally shot him with a single bullet to the chest.

nydailynews.com
4528Byron Jones52MaleRace unspecified09/10/2005AtlanticIA41.4036007-95.0138776Iowa State Patrol, Atlantic Police Department, Cass County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Byron Jones, an Atlantic city employee and brother of former Cass County sheriff Larry Jones, allegedly stole a city dump truck at around 10:30 p.m. Witnesses said Jones then tried to cut through the door to the Upland Supply sporting goods store with a gas-powered saw before ramming it with the truck. The witnesses reported seeing Jones leaving the store with several stolen guns. Atlantic officers, Cass County deputies and state troopers chased Jones, but said they lost sight of him before finding him dead next to the truck along a remote gravel road. Police said they found a shotgun containing a single expended shell casing near Jones' body.

google.com
4532Gerry Stampley44MaleAfrican-American/Black09/12/2005Baton RougeLA30.3996781-91.0257839East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Gerry Stampley when he allegedly drove his car at officers after a high-speed chase that started on George O'Neal Road and ended at Tennyson Drive.

google.com
4533Tara Marie Drummond23FemaleEuropean-American/White09/13/2005AustellGA33.8325379-84.6546734Cobb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cobb County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Albert Jackson was placed on leave after he shot and killed Drummond during training.

degrata.com
4534Michael Auletta44MaleRace unspecified09/14/2005Kansas CityMO39.0493948-94.4570042Independence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael Auletta reportedly shot himself hours after barricading himself in a motel room during a police standoff. Auletta was accused of shooting his former girlfriend the previous weekend. Police had received a tip that Auletta was at the at the Welcome Inn and first spoke with him standing outside of his room at about 6 p.m. At about 11:50 p.m., police found Auletta lying in the room and rushed him to a hospital, but he died on the way or shortly after arrival.

google.com
4536Israel A. Martinez18MaleHispanic/Latino09/15/2005Santa AnaCA33.744757-117.859935Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to an anonymous report of "two suspicious subjects" shot and killed Israel Martinez and arrested another man.

latimes.com
4535Gabriel Cuevas Maldonado33MaleHispanic/Latino09/15/2005EurekaCA40.7987139-124.1693501Eureka Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Gabriel Cuevas Maldonado after he allegedly stabbed an officer.

latimes.com
4537Roosevelt T. Summerville60MaleAfrican-American/Black09/15/2005Forest ParkOH39.2894865-84.5300229Forest Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a suicidal man. He lunged with his knife and was shot and killed.

google.com
4539Emmanuel Lopez23MaleHispanic/Latino09/16/2005ChicagoIL41.8253141-87.7044593Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A contentious two-year investigation of the death of janitor Lopez at the hands of five Chicago officers included the fact that 11 of the 16 shots fired at him came from an off-duty cop who had been drinking, that the police narrative about an officer being dragged under Lopez's Honda was a fabrication, and that the tire-track evidence on the officer's pants were phony. The shooting was found justified anyway.

chicagotribune.com
4538John Raymond Pestana44MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2005TukwilaWA47.4940606-122.2934725Issaquah Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police learned the slain man had allegedly taken his estranged girlfriend to a motel and may have been holding her hostage. A detective opened fire and killed the suspect at the motel.

seattlepi.com
4540Kenneth Bryan Wicker50MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2005Des MoinesWA47.3720099-122.313158Des Moines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called about a man threatening suicide. They contacted him in his back yard. As he reached for what turned out to be a BB gun, they fired at him, killing him on the scene.

google.com
4542Stephen Dulin49MaleRace unspecified09/18/2005AtlantaGA33.8185864-84.3880535Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a call who told police that a man on a sidewalk was acting violently and harassing a window repairman at her business. Dulin attacked the officer with a broken bottle, cutting him, and was shot and killed.

google.com
4544Mark B. Hanna46MaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2005McHenryIL42.35589-88.299822McHenry Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mark B. Hanna reportedly killed himself during a standoff. According to police, Hanna forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's home shortly after 4 a.m. Three officers went inside and Hanna allegedly shot at them at least twice, but they were able to rescue the woman and her daughter. The officers did not return fire, police said. Officers from several departments responded to the scene. At about 11:15 a.m., a robot went inside and saw Hanna lying on a basement bedroom floor. Hanna apparently had shot himself with a hunting rifle.

chicagotribune.com
18943Dustin Joe Melvin21MaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2005Oklahoma CityOK35.3342199-97.5298714Moore Police Department, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dustin Joe Melvin of Moore was shot after a Moore police officer and an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper reported seeing Melvin with a gun, police said.

newsok.com
4547Katrina Campos17FemaleHispanic/Latino09/20/2005FresnoCA36.7064514-119.7713105Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers D. Cardinale, J. Jauregui and U. Garza shot and killed Katrina Campos when her boyfriend, John Ibarra, 29, allegedly tried to ram police with his PT Cruiser as officers moved in on a drug transaction.

google.com
4548William A. "Uncle Bill" Jaehn52MaleRace unspecified09/21/2005HomelandCA33.7552579-117.1147095Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot William A. "Uncle Bill" Jaehn when he allegedly pointed a BB gun at deputies investigating a call about possible explosives in Homeland.

google.com
4551Theodore M. Lavoie46MaleEuropean-American/White09/22/2005ConcordiaKS39.5708354-97.6625396Concordia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Robert L. Peterman Jr. was reportedly going about 85 mph when he rear-ended Fairmount Township volunteer firefighter Jared M. Moore's car, killing Moore, as both men were responded to another accident near Basehor. At around midnight, Moore was in his 1994 Dodge Shadow, when he slowed down to turn left and Peterman's Ford Crown Victoria struck him from behind. Peterman, who'd allegedly turned off his video camera, was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. Peterman was acquitted in September 2005. In 2006, Moore's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that county officials and sheriff's deputies attempted to intimidate them when they tried to speak publicly about their son's death.

cjonline.com
18942Eldon Dean Cooksey33MaleEuropean-American/White09/22/2005NormanOK35.2304361-97.4392801Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oklahoma City Officer Chris Shubert, 29, shot and killed Eldon Dean Cooksey, 33, who was wanted on robbery complaints after the man ran from a hospital emergency room and tried to take another man's car, police said.

newsok.com
4557Randy L. Helton43MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2005TucsonAZ32.2578763-110.8925337Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Helton after they responded to a family fight. Helton had assaulted two family members with a club and invaded a neighbor's house to escape police. Police thought he was armed with a gun when they confronted him outside, but Helton, who was suicidal, was pointing another object that looked like a gun. It turned out to be a plate holder.

freerepublic.com
21058John Patrick "Wolf" Sutherland57MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2005BrethrenMI44.3123475-86.0211616Manistee County Sheriff's Office, Traverse City Police Department, Leelanau County Sheriff's Office, Grand Traverse Band Public Safety Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies and state Dept. of Agriculture officer J.R. Nelson went to John Patrick Sutherland's home at about 9:30 a.m. with a search warrant to see if Sutherland's dogs were wolf hybrids (under Michigan law, a permit and microchip ID is required). According to police, Sutherland had a handgun and was upset over prior troubles involving police and his dogs. Around 30 more officers responded, and Sutherland talked to them from a distance during the standoff. At around 3 p.m., Sheriff Dale Kowalkowski reportedly told deputy Christopher Kempf to tell SWAT team members that the using a beanbag gun was authorized, but that Sutherland was to be taken alive. A negotiator arrived and a phone was provided to Sutherland. Traverse City officer Andrew Grubb shot Sutherland with a beanbag as he began talking with the negotiator. Sutherland yelled, "What the hell did you do that for?" Grubb fired more beanbags. Several SWAT officers ran toward Sutherland, telling him to drop his gun. Sutherland reportedly yelled, "Fuck off! You're going to have to kill me!" Grubb shot Sutherland with another beanbag. Sutherland allegedly shot Grubb in the hip. Deputies opened fire, killing Sutherland. Police said Sutherland's gun was damaged and had to be rebuilt before ballistics testing could be performed. The bullet that hit Grubb went clean through and couldn't be recovered, police said.

northernexpress.com
4558Marcus Quinn Bertonetesei36MaleAfrican-American/Black09/24/2005Beverly HillsCA34.0673055-118.3938259Beverly Hills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marcus Quinn Bertonetesei, 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in Beverly Hills, according to authorities.

latimes.com
4559Mario Jenkins29MaleRace unspecified09/24/2005OrlandoFL28.5394988-81.4019172Orlando Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jenkins was a campus officer working the Citrus Bowl undercover to stop underage drinking and sexual assaults. After an altercation Jenkins was holding a man at gunpoint when without warning he was shot in the back by a retired/reserve 25-year Orlando police veteran. Appeals in a wrongful death suit reached the 11th Circuit. Ultimately, the shooting was deemed justified.

espn.go.com
4562Richard Lee Sanchez17MaleHispanic/Latino09/26/2005Oklahoma CityOK35.3772638-97.4954545Norman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A juvenile offender and reported former gang member from Arizona, who had moved to Oklahoma for a fresh start, was shot to death with 11 rounds after he and three others escaped from a detention facility and drew officers into a high-speed chase. His family ultimately reached a $75K settlement.

newsok.com
4563Ramon Angel Nunez39MaleHispanic/Latino09/26/2005YumaAZ32.6841243-114.6283411Yuma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

There was an exchange of gunfire between Nunez and police, but no details as to what started the battle. A witness said he requested police to kill him.

yumasun.com
4561Matthew J. Wild25MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2005DaytonOH39.7388009-84.1443527Dayton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wild was shooting at people from his roof. He was shot and killed when he came out with a shotgun and pointed it at police.

google.com
4560Eric Joseph Guioco29MaleHispanic/Latino09/26/2005San AntonioTX29.3976348-98.4493988San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 12:05 a.m., Officer Dean Fischer responded to a call about an armed man. He shined a spotlight at the porch of a house. Guioco, exposed by the beam, grabbed a 7.62mm rifle. Officer Fischer armed himself with an AR-15 and took cover. Other officers responded. Officer Williams shouted at Giuoco. Guioco pointed his rifle at the sound of her voice. Officer Fischer shot Guioco once in the belly, killing him.

google.com
4566Patrick A. Duffy37MaleEuropean-American/White09/27/2005ProvidenceRI41.8462882-71.4280195Providence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Duffy is said to have threatened a man with a knife, stolen a purse from a student at a pizza restaurant, then was pursued on foot by a patrolman into a dead-end street. Duffy refused to obey police commands, threatened the officer with the knife, and was fatally shot once in the chest.

elizabethgudrais.com
4567James T. Jenkins23MaleAfrican-American/Black09/28/2005OceansideCA33.1910507-117.3651491San Diego County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

James T. Jenkins reportedly shot himself inside his fiancee's home while federal agents were outside the front door. Jenkins was a Camp Pendleton Marine who had reportedly gone AWOL and was suspected of armed robbery, theft, carjacking, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault. Investigators tracked Jenkins to the Oceanside apartment after officials said a San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputy and a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent assigned to the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force recognized him from a wanted poster. At about 8:30 a.m., police knocked on the door. Jenkins reportedly pushed his fiancee into a bedroom, shut the door and shot himself in the head. Declaring Jenkins a deserter, the Marine Corps had initially denied his mother death benefits. The decision was later overturned by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which found Jenkins' erratic behavior and suicide were caused by untreated PTSD. In a report, investigator Thomas Ferguson called Jenkins a "salvageable" Marine who deserved better from the Corps.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4569Raphael Joseph Guillory47MaleEuropean-American/White09/29/2005West CovinaCA34.0800507-117.9081912Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raphael Joseph Guillory, 47, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in West Covina, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
4570Miguel Angel Korvig40MaleHispanic/Latino09/29/2005TucsonAZ32.1244339-110.9797681Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called several times that Korvig was drunk and threatening family members. He arrived with a gun, and officers told him to drop it in English and Spanish. He moved the hand with the gun, and he was shot and killed.

tucson.com
4575Laray Renshaw36MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2005ClevelandOH41.5488564-81.5881252Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As an officer attempted to arrest a suspected drug-dealer at a Blenheim Road apartment building, the suspect, Laray Renshaw, 36, resisted and grappled with Patrolman John Franko. When Renshaw reached for Franko'€s gun the officer shot Renshaw four times, killing him. Forensic tests confirmed that Renshaw'€s hand was on the gun when he was shot.

cleveland.com
4571Deni W. Rosales18MaleHispanic/Latino09/30/2005FrederickMD39.4114589-77.4484472Frederick Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were trying to break up the group assault of a black man when they opened fire and killed the suspect, a native of Honduras.

fredericknewspost.com
4574Jeffrey Dean Martindale32MaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2005Boulder CityNV35.9754539-114.839733Boulder City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A white supremacist on the run from an attempted murder charge fires at Boulder City officers during a traffic stop. They return fire, killing Jeffrey Dean Martindale, 32.

reviewjournal.com
4573Cesar Ballesteros26MaleHispanic/Latino09/30/2005Los AngelesCA34.1938378-118.5622533U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An FBI team conducting surveillance in a vehicle was the target of an attempted armed carjacking. Agents fired on the carjackers, killing Ballesteros outright and wounding another. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

google.com
4579Jose Robert Solano22MaleHispanic/Latino10/01/2005TucsonAZ32.3228085-110.8929682Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man who tried to shoot a state undercover officer shot himself as an officer and a deputy moved in to capture him, police said.

tucsoncitizen.com
4576James Anthony Decosta72MaleEuropean-American/White10/01/2005PetalumaCA38.2575487-122.6429819Petaluma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Rick Cox, Dan Miller, Mike Pierre, Garrett Glaviano and John Lipanovich fired a total of 42 rounds at James Anthony Decosta when he allegedly got out of his car with a handgun in an industrial park.

sfgate.com
4580Jose Alba39MaleRace unspecified10/02/2005San DiegoCA32.5565461-116.9376464U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed Jose Alba during an early morning confrontation in an industrial area near the border.

sandiegouniontribune.com
4582Michael Howard39MaleNative American/Alaskan10/02/2005MesaAZ33.450316-111.8114185Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police began looking for a man after someone called 911 about a black Nissan driving erratically down the street. Five minutes later, a woman called police to report the same car. The woman stayed on the phone with police as she followed the car, which stopped at the East Jasmine Street home, where the man got out to repair a tire. Police said the man drew the gun as officers approached, and pointed it at them. After they ordered him to drop the gun and he refused, they shot and killed him.

eastvalleytribune.com
21059Mark William Reinhold38MaleEuropean-American/White10/02/2005ClimaxMI42.2546314-85.3532787Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mark William Reinhold, was reportedly wanted for attempted murder in the Detroit area and had been featured on America's Most Wanted. State police investigators told area police at that Mark William Reinhold was hiding at Cold Brook County Park. Officers said they saw Reinhold's Jeep Cherokee and chased the SUV into a harvested cornfield at around noon. According to police, Reinhold got out of the Jeep and confronted officers. A Kalamazoo County deputy and a state trooper shot Reinhold.

upi.com
4586Agustin Murguia Jr.22MaleHispanic/Latino10/03/2005Long BeachCA33.7833871-118.1951661Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers came to Murguia's house for a parole check. Officers alledge he ran and shot at them, and later in the chase shot a police dog and the officers shot him to death.

latimes.com
4587Ronald Jerome Thompson19MaleAfrican-American/Black10/03/2005JacksonvilleFL30.3180863-81.730204Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thompson was one of three suspects caught mid-robbery, with guns and gloves, by police staking out an auto parts store just as it closed. The suspects robbed the store and its patrons then confronted officer immediately outside. They failed to drop their weapons and were fired on. The two other suspects were wounded and were to be charged with Thompson's murder.

jacksonville.com
4588Stanley Seney27MaleAfrican-American/Black10/03/2005BostonMA42.3511539-71.0660821Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Seney died in a firefight after 2 a.m. in a nightclub parking lot. Seney fired his pistol five times into a departing black Audi, killing another clubgoer. Two local officers positioned themselves around and between a number of parked cars in Seney's location. Seney fired at them at least twice; the police responded with at least 16 rounds, one of which killed the victim with a head shot.

suffolkdistrictattorney.com
4585Andrew Lance Thomason25MaleRace unspecified10/03/2005AthensGA33.9679631-83.4475234Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomason fired a shot at state patrol troopers who were trying to execute a search warrant at the man's residence, where he had holed up in a back room of the ground-floor apartment. Despite hours of telephone conversations with a patrol crisis negotiator and pleas by relatives for Thomason to give himself up, the man fatally shot himself in the head, police said.

google.com
4584Herschell BullardMaleRace unspecified10/03/2005NewtonGA31.3520447-84.5599707Newton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Bullard trailer park for a report of shots fired. Investigators say the owner of the trailer park, Hershel Bullard was firing shots into the air, after an altercation with tenants. When police arrived, gunshots were exchanged between Bullard and officer James Freeman and Captain David Zigan. Zigan was shot at least twice, and Bullard was killed. Capt. David Zigan and Officer James Freeman were indicted for manslaughter, but the result was apparently never reported.

google.com
4589Hugh V. Porter36MaleEuropean-American/White10/05/2005LivingstonLA30.503086-90.7719872Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot and killed fleeing driver after a high-speed car chase on Lee Martin Road.

google.com
20347Brandon Jones18MaleRace unspecified10/06/2005GreenfieldWI42.9574926-87.9984578Greenfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because he was threatening an ex-girlfriend and her sister in the ex-girlfriend's apartment. He threatened police with knives and was shot and killed.

google.com
4590Tracy Mary Wood33FemaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2005TampaFL27.9965466-82.4065786Tampa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Witnesses saw "crack-addled gunman" Gary T. Brewer holed up in a room at the Luxury Motel with somebody else's dog, an apparent female hostage, and a sawed-off shotgun. Witnesses then heard a shot, which was Brewer killing the dog. When Brewer emerged with the hostage, Tracy Mary Wood, in a headlock and fired at local officers, they returned fire and killed both.

sptimes.com
4591Gary T. Brewer45MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2005TampaFL27.9965466-82.4065786Tampa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Witnesses saw "crack-addled gunman" Gary T. Brewer holed up in a room at the Luxury Motel with somebody else's dog, an apparent female hostage, and a sawed-off shotgun. Witnesses then heard a shot, which was Brewer killing the dog. When Brewer emerged with the hostage, Tracy Mary Wood, in a headlock and fired at local officers, they returned fire and killed both.

sptimes.com
19884Alexander Elkin45MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2005PhiladelphiaPA40.1035631-75.0283877Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alexander Elkin killed his ex-wife, Alla Elkin, his ex-wife's friend, Irina Sulimova and then himself. Police witnessed all the killings.

google.com
19885Alla Elkin43FemaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2005PhiladelphiaPA40.0982017-75.0309712Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • No

Alexander Elkin killed his ex-wife, Alla Elkin, his ex-wife's friend, Irina Sulimova and then himself. Police witnessed all the killings.

google.com
19886Irina Sulimova35FemaleRace unspecified10/07/2005PhiladelphiaPA40.1103521-75.0240526Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Alexander Elkin killed his ex-wife, Alla Elkin, his ex-wife's friend, Irina Sulimova and then himself. Police witnessed all the killings.

google.com
22496Larry Donnell Blount43MaleAfrican-American/Black10/08/2005ChesapeakeVA36.7697048-76.3441532Chesapeake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Donnell Blount was shot and killed after he entered a Deep Creek bank with a gun, demanded money and fled with hostages. In a shootout that followed, Blount and a Chesapeake police officer were killed and a hostage wounded. Blount shot and killed Michael K. Saffran, a 45-year-old Chesapeake police officer who responded to a call about a bank robbery.

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4592Joshua Rickman23MaleEuropean-American/White10/08/2005AtlantaGA33.7164901-84.4388102Atlanta Police Department, Douglasville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A team of Atlanta and Douglasville police officers were trying to serve a warrant on Joshua Rickman for aggravated assault and false imprisonment. The shootout began after Rickman allegedly opened fire on the officers. Two officers and a woman were injured.

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19887Tyrie Buchaman aka Stephan Buchanan22MaleAfrican-American/Black10/08/2005PhiladelphiaPA39.9525639-75.1565003Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of gunshots, and Tyrie Buchaman was shot and killed by police. What precipitated the killing was not reported.

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22998Albert Little30MaleAfrican-American/Black10/09/2005MemphisTN35.057291-89.909802Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Albert Little allegedly parked in a handicapped spot, was ticketed, and struck the officer with his car as he sped away. Police caught up with Little and used a chemical spray on him. Little was shot after breaking through a fence when he allegedly fired five shots at police.

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4593William Smalls III40MaleRace unspecified10/09/2005Powder SpringsGA33.8357218-84.6809047Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Smalls fired on police who came to his home for a domestic violence complaint. They shot back, but it's uncertain who killed Smalls, the police or himself.

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4596Walter Armstrong26MaleRace unspecified10/10/2005ChicagoIL41.8059124-87.6038363Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Armstrong refused to drop his gun during a narcotics sting operation. A number of plainclothes officers in unmarked cars surrounded his red Thunderbird when he showed up for a drug deal. After trying to escape in his vehicle and then on foot, he was fatally shot twice in the chest.

chicagotribune.com
4597Ian Terry8MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2005WindermereFL28.5114717-81.5687721Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Elyse and Ian Terry were the children of an Orange County deputy, all three found shot dead in a double murder and suicide. This was a few hours after they'd failed to appear in court with the deputy's estranged wife for a custody hearing.

orlandosentinel.com
4598Elyse Terry10FemaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2005WindermereFL28.5114717-81.5687721Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Elyse and Ian Terry were the children of an Orange County deputy, all three found shot dead in a double murder and suicide. This was a few hours after they'd failed to appear in court with the deputy's estranged wife for a custody hearing.

orlandosentinel.com
4595Mark Wesley Smith31MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2005ScottsdaleAZ33.4514429-111.9091947Scottsdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Out of prison for merely four days, Smith was high on meth and smashing out car windows at an auto-body shop when confronted by police. Uncontrollable, unarmed apart from a pipe, he was shot dead. One of six suspects shot to death by the same Scottsdale officer, Officer James Peters, within nine years.

eastvalleytribune.com
18941Larry Rollins39MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2005ClintonOK35.5156056-98.9673069Clinton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clinton police responded to a disturbance call, police said. Larry Rollins, 39, was shot by Lt. Jared Loggins after brandishing a knife and approaching an officer.

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4599Jamie Lee Williams21MaleEuropean-American/White10/11/2005JacksonvilleFL30.2882716-81.3918522Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At 6 a.m. police chased an armed Williams onto the beach and into the surf, as he put the handgun to his own head, then leveled it at officers. He had a record of small-time offenses and had been occasionally homeless.

jacksonville.com
4600Timothy J. Strauss39MaleEuropean-American/White10/12/2005LonedellMO38.2568398-90.8188497Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot and killed Timothy Strauss when he allegedly attacked two officers in the woods. The deputies responded at about 11:45 p.m. after a man reported that his friend (Strauss) had hit him in the head with a baseball bat, knocking him unconscious. Deputies saw Strauss driving on Highway 30 and tried to stop him. Strauss turned onto Highway FF and drove about a half-mile before crashing in a ditch while attempting a U-turn. The deputies reportedly chased Strauss on foot into a wooded area where the fight ensued. According to the deputies, Straus struck one of them with a tree branch, then came at them with a metal pipe. The deputies shot Strauss three times. Strauss was reportedly the younger brother of Dan Strauss, a St. Louis radio personality on KTRS.

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22997Eddie Dwayne Cooley35MaleEuropean-American/White10/12/2005DunlapTN35.4955239-85.5034133Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office, Dunlap Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Eddie Dwayne Cooley was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend. He committed suicide when police caught up with him.

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4607Robin Charles Akin aka Robin C. Aiken49MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2005PensacolaFL30.501034-87.206989Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On a Friday afternoon Akin called police reporting himself as suicidal, and threatened to shoot any officer sent out. He also fired at a police helicopter with an assault weapon. He'd had at least two other suicide attempts, one of which had provoked a SWAT response. Officers killed him at the scene.

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4608Linord Griffin25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/14/2005LancasterCA34.7023495-118.1356554Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police stopped and frisked Griffin because of suspicious activity in the area, and they allege a loaded gun fell from his waist, that he attempted to grab an officer's gun, and the officers shot the Griffin death.

latimes.com
4603Mario Perez Garcia34MaleRace unspecified10/14/2005AtwaterCA37.3533836-120.6688461Merced County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot and killed Mario Perez Garcia after officers said he demanded they shoot him and pointed a firearm at them.

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4605Adam Garcia19MaleHispanic/Latino10/14/2005LubbockTX33.5585865-101.9092463Lubbock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Garcia was pulled over for speeding. He ran away, stole a truck at gunpoint and lost control of the vehicle. Responding officers found Garcia dead in the truck of a gunshot wound to the head.

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4604Nathan Daniel Butts20MaleRace unspecified10/14/2005ChicoCA39.751149-121.8564278Chico Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Alec Lowe, Scott Ruppel, Mark Bass, Jacob Olsen and Matthew Seipert shot Nathan Daniel Butts several times after he allegedly attempted to run over officers and a bystander.

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4609Robert Anthony Curtis II23MaleRace unspecified10/15/2005TuscaloosaAL33.1974581-87.502239Tuscaloosa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Randy "Michael" Baygents and Jimmy S. Sanfort shot and killed Robert Anthony Curtis II when Curtis allegedly accelerated toward Sanford after a police chase.

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4610Eric Albert Christianson46MaleEuropean-American/White10/15/2005WilmotSD45.4085732-96.8578499Roberts County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Argus Leader: Christianson's mother called police to report her son had punctured the tires of several hunters' vehicles with a pitchfork. Roberts County Deputy Sheriff Tom McClelland was helping vehicle owners change tires when Christianson approached them carrying a handgun. A gunshot was heard. McClelland got his shotgun from his patrol vehicle and used his loudspeaker to order Christianson to stop and drop his weapon. Christianson ran toward McClelland and raised his gun at the deputy, who fired one round, fatally striking him in the jaw.

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4611Howard Jones65MaleEuropean-American/White10/16/2005ChicagoIL42.005921-87.6581549Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called for a domestic disturbance call. The subject, who had a history of domestic violence, had stabbed his wife (who would die from her injuries) and his son. He came at the officers with a knife begging them to shoot him. They did and he died that afternoon at the hospital.

chicagotribune.com
4613Robert Hodell59MaleRace unspecified10/16/2005GallowayNJ39.4773161-74.5733727Galloway Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Allegedly Hodell was shot after he rushed an officer with scissors.

southjersey.com
22996Jerenimo Sanchez31MaleRace unspecified10/16/2005KnoxvilleTN35.9757216-83.9439653Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a disturbance complaint and found Jerenimo Sanchez with a machete. He refused to drop it and was shot and killed.

google.com
4612Felix Dehoyas26MaleRace unspecified10/16/2005GainesvilleTX33.6284778-97.1371657Gainesville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to GPD, Officer Gary Brown, who had served for two years, responded to a fight in progress. The officer saw Dehoyas threatening a woman with a brick. The officer drew his gun, approached Dehoyas and told him to stop. Dehoyas turned to face the officer and cocked back his arm as if to throw the brick. The officer fired one shot from a .40-caliber pistol. Dehoyas died at the scene.

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4614Adaryll Taliaferro Beckwith30MaleAfrican-American/Black10/18/2005TuscumbiaAL34.726014-87.6925757Tuscumbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Adaryll Taliaferro Beckwith when he allegedly threatened officers with a rifle.

timesdaily.com
4616Charles W. Wittland73MaleEuropean-American/White10/19/2005WilmingtonDE39.7222647-75.5874266New Castle County Police Department, Elsmere Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had contact with Wittland for at least half an hour in a public park setting, long enough to gather indications of his unstable mental health. When at last Wittland threatened four officers with what was described as a steak knife, he was fatally shot. A state director of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill called for a full investigation, but neither officer was charged.

delawareonline.com
4615Dallas Hill34MaleRace unspecified10/19/2005ReaMO40.054798-94.737549Andrew County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Dallas Hill reportedly committed suicide after a police chase ended in a rural area. At around 7 p.m., the Sheriff's Office received information from St. Joseph PD about a possible suicidal subject. The tip led deputies to Hill's brother's gravesite in a Helena cemetery. Hill allegedly threatened a deputy and made more threats of suicide, then fled in a vehicle. Officers pursued Hill through northeast Andrew County. The Highway Patrol tried to stop Hill by with spike strips. Police succeeded in stopping Hill's car, but were unable to get to him quickly enough. According to officials, Hill grabbed a rifle he had in his vehicle and shot himself.

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19665Larry Morton21MaleRace unspecified10/19/2005LexingtonKY38.043846-84.5250359Lexington Police Department, Fayette County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Larry Morton allegedly shot and killed himself rather than be arrested for unspecified felony warrants.

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4621Herman Eugene Mercer58MaleRace unspecified10/20/2005HuntsvilleAL34.7371703-86.5928216Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Herman Eugene Mercer, who was described as schizophrenic and homeless, when they came upon Mercer's campsite under an I-565 overpass while searching for an unrelated escaped inmate.

decaturdaily.com
4622David E. Crenshaw33MaleAfrican-American/Black10/20/2005ClevelandOH41.5713326-81.5751372Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrolman Alvin Gulley, who served as a driver for then-City Council President Frank Jackson, took action after he saw a man smash the window of a car parked at Memorial Elementary School. Gulley fired at least three gunshots at the suspect, David Crenshaw, 33, who dragged the patrolman before dying of two bullet wounds.

cleveland.com
4626Jeff Suddeth36MaleRace unspecified10/21/2005Cut BankMT48.6301694-112.3172531U.S. Border Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Illinois resident Suddeth appeared in Montana close to the Canadian border, in a stolen truck, and refused to identify himself or cooperate with authorities during an attempted traffic stop. He was shot and killed when reaching for an apparent weapon in his back pocket. It was a stun gun. Suddeth had a history of mental health issues; his location was a mystery to his family.

chicagotribune.com
4627Anthony Johnson15MaleRace unspecified10/21/2005HoustonTX29.9014909-95.3069622Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was the passenger in a stolen pick-up truck that led officers on a high-speed chase. When the truck was trapped in a dead-end, Johnson and the driver fled on foot separately. Johnson reportedly held an assault rifle which he aimed at officers, but did not use. He was severely injured with a shot in the back. He died a month later.

chron.com
4625Diego Reyes Hernandez27MaleHispanic/Latino10/21/2005CantonGA34.2373671-84.4821654Canton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Hernandez apparent threatened police with a knife before he was shot and killed.

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4623Enrique Vargas32MaleRace unspecified10/21/2005San BernardinoCA34.1064581-117.2986439San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Joe Zink shot unarmed Enrique Vargas, who Zink mistakenly thought was carrying a gun inside a North G Street liquor store.

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4628Darryl Green21MaleAfrican-American/Black10/22/2005BrooklynNY40.6629139-73.8906312City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An early morning gun battle and pursuit that began at a neighborhood social club ended 10 blocks down the same street. Four NYPD plainsclothes officers had been called to a stabbing and chased a BMW. Perhaps 50 shots were fired leaving Green dead and his passenger, his uncle, in critical condition.

nytimes.com
4633Edward D. Washington24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/23/2005Kansas CityMO39.044945-94.461293Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Washington had threatened people with a folding knife. A police officer ordered him to drop the knife. The officer reported Washington then threatened him. The officer shot and killed him.

kansascity.com
4631Tyler Teasley22MaleEuropean-American/White10/23/2005TroyMO38.98593-90.9844837Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tyler Teasley, with his friend Michael Brown and four other passengers, some underage, were having a drinking and driving "rolling party" in a pickup. Pursued by police, Teasley coasted into a private driveway and turned off engine and lights. A patrol car pulled in behind. When the pickup rolled backward, slowly, the deputy shot into the pickup and killed Teasley and Brown. The deputy was indicted for manslaughter, found not guilty, and the families were awarded a total of $2.3M in settlements.

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