Deputies shot and killed Godfrey Luke John, who was allegedly wielding a machete at officers on Hopland's Pomo Indian Reservation.

In Springfield, a trooper stopped a Chevrolet pickup driven by Wood. He approached it on foot. Wood drove away. Authorities pursued him. Wood hit spikes strips laid for him in Decatur, blowing a tire. He made a stand in a parking lot. After negotiation, Wood shot at responding officers. An officer fatally shot him. According to the Texas Custodial Deaths report, the Department of Public Safety was responsible for his death.

At around 11 a.m. officer Terry Cozad confronted John R. Bothwell about an outstanding warrant. Bothwell ran and Cozad chased him to Brewski's Beverage, where Bothwell allegedly tried to steal a woman's car. Officers Jack Price, Greg Schultz and Mark Stuart arrived. According to reports, pepper spray, Taser shocks and blows to the head with a pepper spray can didn't subdue Bothwell. Bothwell allegedly reversed the car, dragging Price underneath. Cozad shot Bothwell twice through the windshield. The car then accelerated and exited Brewski's. Schultz, who was in the car, struck Bothwell on the head and told him to stop before the car hit the porch of a house on Mynster Street. Schultz shut off the car and hit Bothwell again. Stuart and Schultz pulled Bothwell from the car and found that he appeared to be dead. Price sustained injuries to his leg, neck and shoulder, as well as tire burns. Schultz was injured by flying glass broken by the gunfire.

A deputy shot Franklin Natanael Briseno-Lopez, who allegedly wouldn't drop a metal pipe and was reaching for something behind his back.

Officer Michael Hinton shot and killed John Henry Cleveland Griffin, one of two suspects spotted in a stolen truck in Frayser.

Castillo and his wife had a fight, and his wife left the house with her two children. She said Castillo shoved her and was threatening suicide. Castillo soon called 911 himself and said, "I have a gun and I'm going to hurt [the] first person to come to the door." He barricaded himself inside, and officers heard what sounded like gunshots in the home. Over the next two hours he called police twice. He then opened the door and yelled, "Come and get me." Officers told him to come outside, but he ran at police. Officers found exploded firecrackers in the house.

McGinnis committed suicide following four-hour standoff with local police, according to the Siloam Springs Police Department.

Police were answering a report of shots fired on Creston Avenue when they saw a crowd engaged in a fight with knives. Officers moved in to break up the fight and Disla allegedly waved the knife he was holding in the direction of a police officer, who then shot him. According to reports he continued to wave the knife, and was shot again.

Officer Mark Morales pursued Salazar on foot in relation to what he believed was a drug deal. Salazar tried to shoot Officer Morales, but the handgun or its ammunition malfunctioned. Salazar entered a vehicle driven by Brian Stanush, who drove away with Salazar. Officers pursued. The vehicle crashed. The two fled on foot. Salazar pointed a gun at Officer Mark Molter. Officer Molter and Officer Nathan Sandoval fatally shot Salazar.

Officer Angelo Hightower shot and killed Russell Campbell, who was allegedly brandishing two kitchen knives in the living room of Campbell's parents' home. According to police, three officers responded after Campbell's father called 911 to report a domestic disturbance. Hightower shot Campbell when he allegedly refused to drop the knives after the officers told him to do so several times. Campbell's parents contended the officers never even tried to talk to their son, and instead drew their weapons immediately.

The unidentified man was apparently shooting at other apartments when police arrived. He pointed his gun at officers and was shot and killed.

Alverado was sought on a variety of charges. Police had a home staked out and saw him leave in a car. They tried to pull the car over, but it took off. Later, three people got out and ran. Alverado pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

Officer Michael Coon shot and killed unarmed Dennis P. "Heb" Heberlie, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, at his grandmother's home following a pursuit. At about 10 p.m., Coon responded to a disturbance at a Conoco gas station. Coon tried to stop Heberlie, but he drove off and a pursuit ensued. Coon learned Heberlie's identity and address through a license plate check and went to the home accompanied by deputy Scott Lahay. Heberlie allegedly tried to run to the back of the trailer, then got into a scuffle with Coon before the officer shot him. In 2007, Coon and Lahay agreed to pay $600,000 to Heberlie's family, though neither admitted liability in Heberlie's death.

FBI and local Houston police set up a phony home invasion "trap" house, including planted intel about drugs in the house, a remotely locking front door and a PA system to address the subjects. The trap sprung on four heavily armed suspects. Two were killed at the scene: Juan Antonio Bautista and Jose Antonio Pino. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

East Precinct officers went to check the welfare of Gwerder who was reported to be suicidal and armed with a handgun. Officers saw Gwerder holding a handgun in the back yard. Officers saw Gwerder put the gun to his head while he had his finger on the trigger. During negotiations, Gwerder threatened to shoot officers. Gwerder discharged his firearm. A short time later, a member of Special Emergency Reaction Team, shot and killed the suspect.

Three Blythe police officers and one RCSD deputy shot Mitchell Lamar Earl when he allegedly fired at officers as he ran onto I-10.

Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a condominium. When they arrived, John Nelson, Mark Nelson's father, was outside the unit. The elder Nelson said his son was threatening suicide and had struck him. Three police went into a small second-floor bathroom at the condo, where Nelson was found in a bathtub, bleeding from the neck. He had two knives, wouldn't drop them, and started to come at the police, who shot and killed him.

The Department of Public Safety informed officers that Brewer, an employee, may have been in the process of a kidnapping and suicide. Harris County deputies found and disabled her vehicle with spikes. As the truck stopped, Brewer's passenger threw a pistol out of the car, which Brewer retrieved, turning to look at the passenger. Three Houston police officers fatally shot her.

Detective Rudy Delgado shot Juan Alvarez Velasquez, who allegedly pulled a handgun on police conducting a stakeout on a stolen car.

Lambert and two deputies traded at least two dozen shots following an 8 a.m. call on Lambert's abandoned red Ford Ranger. They then heard shots from a nearby subdivision. On encountering the deputies Lambert—shoeless, shirtless, a high level of cocaine in his system, and with a cape—immediately began shooting, starting a firefight. Nobody was struck from his fire, but he sustained three mortal bullet wounds.

Randy Lee Campbell killed his boss and led police on a long chase before shooting Trooper Ron Colyer and then shooting and killing himself.

Off-duty detentions/courts deputy Richard Crites shot and killed Franklin Joseph Rhodes when he pointed a gun at him during an attempted bank robbery.

Wiggin was told to report tp the police station. He pulled a buck knife, refused to drop it, and the officer shot and killed him.

Two police snipers shot Ronald Blake when he allegedly aimed a gun at Staunton Police Chief Robert Mertz during an 8-hour standoff. The standoff began at 10:40 p.m. when police responded to a call from a woman who said she was a friend of Blake's and was worried about his mental condition One officer reportedly heard shots coming from inside the door and another officer said he heard a second shot moments later. Police surrounded the house and negotiators unsuccessfully tried to persuade Blake to surrender. Blake eventually walked onto the front porch, where he allegedly raised his gun toward Mertz. Blake was shot, in quick succession, by a sniper on the roof of a nearby hospital and another sniper stationed on the inner perimeter around the house. Blake died at a hospital.

Kalik Church allegedly fled a police stop on foot, shot and wounded an officer, and was shot and killed.

According to Milwaukee police, two officers were on routine patrol. They saw a vehicle stopped on Sixth Street facing south and a man was in the road talking with a person in the car. Police said they thought it might be a drug transaction. When the car pulled away, the officers approached Robert M. Agnew. They asked him to stop, but he declined, pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the officers. He was shot and killed by Officer Jake Knight.

Riverside Police Communications Center received a report of a possible suicidal subject who was armed with a firearm. Argow was at a private residence. Several officers responded to the call. The reporting party had stated she was a roommate of Argow's and that he had brandished a firearm at her during a disagreement. Argow could be seen through the windows of the house. He was armed with a firearm and eventually exited the front door of the house while still armed. An officer ordered Argow to drop his weapon. Argow refused, raised the weapon to his shoulder, and pointed it in the direction of the officer. The officer shot and killed him.

McCollum is said to have robbed the China Dragon restaurant at gunpoint in the early morning hours. When he attempted to sexually assault one of the employees, the others fought back and threw restaurant equipment at him, even as he shot at them with a .22. Three were critically wounded. Police tracked McCollum to his apartment a mile away, where first he hid, resisted by brandishing a knife, and was then shot to death.

Willeford, armed with a .17-caliber pellet gun, and Larry Dean Robertson, armed with a knife, visually scanned a bank they intended to rob. Sergeant W. Nix, working as a security guard, confronted them. They ran. The sergeant followed Willeford, who entered a black Chevy Trailblazer, driven by Blair Elizabeth Fink. The vehicle struck Sergeant Nix, who shot at Willeford once, striking him fatally in the head.

After a robbery, pursuit, multiple vehicle jackings, a shootout occurred and Niedermann was shot to death.

Deputies William Kerr and Alejandro Navarro shot and killed George Shall Yerger Jr. when he allegedly sped toward them in a Santee driveway.

Powell, drunk, allegedly pointed a gun at police. Officers fatally shot him.

Police were stopped by a man who said he'd been attacked by a man with a knife. When they approached him, he threatened them with the knife. They tried to shock him with a Taser, but it was ineffective. They shot and killed him.

Officer responding to a reported disturbance encountered Lowe armed with a knife. Lowe repeatedly attempted to injure officer with knife and was shot, killing him.

A fellow officer fatally shot Sergeant Scott Neil during a training exercise. The gun was supposed to have been unloaded.Texas Ranger Matt Cawthon investigated. Sergeant Neil had served for three years.

At 2:45 a.m., police went in search of a person reportedly trying to break into an apartment, police said. The officers didn't find anyone there, but about a block away, they found a man dragging the female resident of the apartment down the street. Police said Derrick Bryant ignored police commands to drop a knife and release the woman. When Bryant began to slit the woman's throat, one of three officers opened fire, killing Bryant.

Police were called on Townsend as he "mowed the street" and signalled to passing cars in an irrational way. They found him a short distance away with a short metal rod. Reportedly combative, Townsend continued to wave the road after being commanded to drop it, was the target of an attempted Tasing, and then was fatally shot four times in the chest at close range.

A man reportedly took his own life with an officer's gun on the sidewalk along Pearl Street directly across the street from the Standard Life Building where JPD is headquartered. Police say a white male tackled an officer while the officer was leaving the municipal court building. The officer pulled his gun, but the man reportedly tackled the officer again, this time grabbing his weapon. The man fired one shot at the officer, which missed, then shot himself in the head.

A police standoff of more than 10 hours ended after Payne, who shot and wounded a Cobb County sheriff's deputy, apparently killed himself, police said. The standoff began when two officers went to the house to serve a warrant for shoplifting.

Deputies were called because Shane Jacoby was acting strangely while standing in the road. He fired on deputies and was shot and killed.

A Swatara Twp. police officer shot William Johnson in Wal-Mart after he stabbed a clerk. The suspect was wounded in the stomach and died of heart problems after being released to jail from a hospital.

A state park ranger responded to a report of Wright trying to break into a vending machine. Wright denied involvement, tried to get away in his car, and a physical struggle developed into the ranger shooting the unarmed Wright dead.

Harvey Ex was apparently suicidal when he took over the high-stakes room in Harrah's Lake Tahoe Hotel Casino. He shot two deputies, neither died, before he was shot and killed.

Zagovalov, police say, ignored the deputies' orders to drop the 4-foot sword he was holding, then rushed at them with it. Both deputies fired. Zagovalov died of gunshot wounds

Police said Sgt. William Randy Reed accidentally shot and killed a robbery suspect when he leaned over James Denham's prostate body to handcuff him, and the gun went off.

Officers pulled over a truck driven by Alan Beene for a traffic violation. Beene's passenger Beasley, wanted for violating parole, drove away in the truck as Beene was taken into custody. Law enforcement chased Beasley about five miles into Grimes County, where the vehicle came to a stop. Beasley threatened suicide. Montgomery County SWAT team tried to gas Beasley out of the truck. Beasley fatally shot himself.

Costa Rica-born U.S. citizen Alpizar had just boarded a plane when he began to act erratically. Arguing with his wife, he announced that he had to get off the plane. She followed, shouting that he was ill. Two air marshals ordered him to stop, he did not, and he was shot to death. Eyewitnesses sharply disagreed about any threat Alpizar posed, and were angered by the armed aggression officials directed at other passengers afterward.

Deputy Steve Edwards responded to Voght's home in the Wakefield subdivision after his wife called 911. She wanted to leave the house with their two children, but says Voght got upset. After shooting at Edwards, Voght fled to Bartholomew County. There, one of Bartholomew County Sheriff Kenny Whipker's off-duty deputies crossed paths with Voght. The off-duty deputy gave chase. Indiana State Police also got involved. Voght drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood where deputies left him with nowhere to run, and he shot and killed himself.

According to AP, Officers entered Thompson's residence to serve a sexual assault warrant. According to GPD, officers and detectives found Thompson hiding under a bed with a shotgun. Thompson swept authorities with the muzzle. Officer A.D. Hunter shot at Thompson. Thompson shot himself in the head. A paramedic "advised that Thompson's injuries were not consistent with life."

Deputy Jon Watson shot James Richard Nace after Watson stopped the cylinder of Nace's revolver, then pulled his own gun during a struggle as officers attempted to arrest Nace for marijuana possession.

Deputies responding to a disturbance call found Whetstone in a motel room, in the midst of an argument with a woman he was staying with, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's 1-year-old child. Whetstone is said to have taken his girlfriend in a chokehold as a human shield before being fatally shot by deputies. The incident was controversial; an insurance investigation found reason to doubt the police version of events.

Palmyra police responded to a 911 call reporting domestic violence taking place in Palmyra. Palmyra Patrolman John Quigg Jr., 42, and Riverton Patrolman, Tommy Merino, 37, responded. When police arrived at the scene Thomas Garcia exited the home armed with a knife and ran toward the officers, confronting them while brandishing the weapon. Garcia attacked and attempted to stab the officers. Garcia then attempted to stab officer Quigg in the chest and sliced a pouch located on the officer's duty belt with the knife. Officer Merino then shot and killed him.

An officer shot and killed Susan Jean Riegel when she allegedly pointed a gun at police. At around 1 p.m., Riegel, who suffered from bipolar disorder, reportedly commandeered a DHL delivery truck at gunpoint and forced the driver to transport her to a residential neighborhood. Police arrived and told her to drop the gun. According to police, an officer fired a Taser, but it failed to penetrate Riegel's coat. One officer shot Riegel several times when she allegedly raised her gun.

On the previous day Graham and his wife had been involved in a failed traffic stop, collision with other cars then into a roadside tree, and flight on foot. Graham's wife was apprehended (with four false identities in her bag) but Graham eluded officers. The next evening he was spotted prowling behind a semi-rural house, attempting to break into a shed. Although unarmed Graham was shot to death.

Lafayette Police Officer Matt Litchfield shot and killed Isaac J. Mouton who was allegedly armed with a knife and a metal bar when officers responded to a burglary call.

Police were called on a report of underage drinking. Green was apparently involved in a gunfight with police when he shot and killed himself.

Tindoll wounded two Faulkner County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic-disturbance call and, with a shotgun, headed toward a bedroom where his exgirlfriend was hiding, police said. The woman's current boyfriend, John Sides Jr., stepped out of the bedroom and shot and killed Tindoll, who already had been wounded in the side by one of the deputies.

Two officers shot Bobby Pounds when he allegedly aimed a gun at them after police said he'd crawled through the drive-up window of a Dunkin' Donuts and pistol-whipped two employees. According to police, one of the employees managed to escape and flagged down a squad car. The two officers approached the building and reportedly saw Pounds beating the other employee. Pounds then walked out of the store and allegedly pointed his gun at the officers when he saw them. The officers shot Pounds several times, and he died about an hour later at a hospital. This was the department's first shooting in at least 16 years, according to reports.

Off-duty Indiana State Police Trooper Joel D. Wilson, 39, fatally shot Theodore E. Hixenbaugh who was trying to break into the trooper's east-side Indianapolis home, police said.

A man took a cab driver hostage after robbing a bank. He allegedly shot himself in the head as police closed in.

After a robbery, chase and fight, deputy Tom Junkin shot Simmons.

Victor Perry Jr., 33, a police officer with the Maryland Department of General Services, shot and killed Baltimore City Police officers Adam Vazquez and Leslie A. Holliday. Holliday and Perry had previously been engaged.

Tyree "Ty" Wallace sold drug to police then pulled a gun when they tried to arrest him. He was shot and killed.

Brown shot his former boss for firing him, shot his boss's father, then fled to his residence. Officers who responded spent seven hours trying to reason with Brown, and tried to drive him from his home twice with tear gas. He left his residence shooting at officers. Officers Andrew Orozco and Joel Salazar fatally shot him.

After a police chase and crash, police said Juan Theodore Mitchell shot at them, and they shot and killed him.

Derek L. Kolden was apparently involved in a carjacking, threatened officers somehow, and was shot and killed. Few details are available for this death.

The day after Christmas, four months after Katrina, Hayes argued with a drugstore clerk. He left the store and became aggressive with two officers who engaged him, and he produced a 3-inch knife. To quote CBS "16 more officers came to help." Ultimately Hayes was shot at nine times at least. In September 2011 the city settled two separate wrongful-death suits for undisclosed sums, likely in the millions.

Carey called 911 and said he wanted to fight with the police. County officers responded and found his mother, who said he was off his medications, suicidal, and on meth. He reportedly charged police with a kitchen knife and was fatally shot, the second person fatally shot by county officers within two weeks.

Nasir Abdi was considered dangerous because he had stopped taking his psychiatric medication, so Franklin County deputy sheriffs were called to take him back to treatment. But their efforts ended tragically yesterday after Abdi refused to go and lunged at the deputies with a knife. Mace didn't stop him, and when he lunged again, one of the deputies shot and killed him.

A Border Patrol agent shot Guillermo Martinez Rodriguez in the back after he allegedly threw a rock at the agent along the San Diego-Tijuana border.

Michael Richter apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with Rampart Area officers George Diego and Hiroshi Uhara on New Year's Eve.

Sergio Guzman died after being shot in South Gate. Guzman's death is listed as officer-involved in the LA Times Homicide Report. There is also a likely match within DOJ report from 2006.

Macedo kidnapped his ex-girlfriend, holding her hostage. He was fatally shot. Officers Jessie Carrillo and Jeff Dwyer were named in connection with the shooting.

Leslie Shawn Crone was shot and killed by police, although exactly what precipitated the killing was not disclosed. He was wanted as a probation violator in Texas.

A man wanted on attempted murder charges in New Mexico is reported to be holding an acquaintance against her will in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police track Santana Baca Jr., 46, to a Lowe's on Charleston Boulevard at Fremont Street, where he tries to hide under a car in the parking lot. When they approach, Baca reaches for his gun, prompting three officers to shoot and kill him.

Five days after his release from four months in a mental health facility, Sablich attracted three local officers when he set a fire near a gas line in his house. He held a seven-inch knife and refused to relinquish it even after being pepper-sprayed and shot with bean-bag rounds. When one of the officers slipped on ice, Sablich made an aggressive move at him, and he was fatally shot.

Two off-duty NYPD stopped by a popular Irish bar after their shift ended at 2 a.m. and became involved in a violent altercation among patrons. One of them was Lee, drinking despite being underage. Lee stabbed one of the officers multiple times, seriously wounding him. The other officer killed Lee with two bullets.

Police stopped a car for running a stop sign. Three men ran. One was shot and killed after brandishing a gun. One, who was also armed, was captured. The third escaped.

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies, serving as Rancho Cordova police, shot Isaac Granville after he allegedly seriously wounded his mother and killed her boyfriend in a knife attack.

A gunman apparently critically wounded his brother and killed himself when a police officer arrived at his house late Friday and fired a bullet at him, police said. The man who died, who was in his 40s, committed suicide, police said. He was found dead inside the house.

Chouteau Assistant Police Chief Lynn Hershberger shot Tracy Lee Whitecotton once in the chest, police said. Whitecotton, 44, an armed robbery suspect, reportedly had stabbed Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Fogleman twice before he was killed.

Officers Brock Butcher, Robert Byrne and Gerry Castles shot and killed Jarrell W. Schofield after he allegedly confronted them with a gun. Schofield was reportedly wanted in the shooting death of his mother's boyfriend in Zion. Police said they'd gotten a tip that Schofield was at an apartment and an emergency response team went there to arrest him.

At 3:30 am police alerted to a liquor store burglary found McGrath driving nearby in a Toyota Camry. McGrath failed to pull over and then, boxed in by police vehicles, attempted to escape. He was otherwise unarmed. Police fired a total of 11 rounds, fatally wounding him. Subsequent investigation by McGrath's parents found many errors and critical inconsistencies in the official account of the event.

Brown resisted being pulled over multiple times, first by throwing his vehicle into reverse and trying to crash into a police cruiser, taking off, then stopping, exiting his pickup, and coming at officers with a handgun and shooting. Return fire killed him.

Deputies responding to a domestic dispute call discovered Yates, armed with a handgun, arguing with his wife. It developed that she may have been stopping him from killing himself. Deputies tasered Yates, which drove him away from his wife, and after which he raised the handgun. Deputies then fired eight rounds at him, killing him.

With an Airsoft gun painted black to resemble a Beretta handgun, Penley briefly kidnapped a fellow student in high school, then holed up in a bathroom. After 20 unproductive minutes talking to a police negotiator Penley was fatally shot in the head by a county sharpshooter. Subsequently, a judge threw out a suit brought by the family.

A deputy shot Mays after he approached the deputy while holding a butcher knife in front of Mays' mother's house, police said. Deputies were responding to a 911 call about an assault and possible death at that address.

Police shot and killed Wayne A. Vasquez when he allegedly opened fire when they attempted to gain entrance into his hotel room.

Gary Patrolman Levi Randolph fatally shot unarmed Vincent Smith Jr. while responding to a burglary call. Randolph was charged with reckless homicide.

A domestic violence complaint turned into an armed standoff. Bone eventually came out of the house and fired at deputies and was shot and killed.

Police said James Lydell Ray killed a young girl and seriously wounded four others earlier in the day in Baltimore. They caught up with him in Clarion, where he shot and killed himself as they closed in.

Jester came to Florida from Lubbock to stay with friends and work with their hurricane roof repair business—and to hide from an armed robbery warrant. Local police stopped his van in front of the friends' mobile home. Jester emerged from the passenger door with a toy gun and was shot to death.

Salvatore Culosi, an optometrist was under investigation for gambling after being convinced to place increasingly higher bets by an undercover detective. On the night of January 24, 2006 Culosi met with the undercover detective to collect his winnings. Despite being unarmed and with no history of violence, the SWAT team was ordered to arrest him. One SWAT team member, Deval Bullock discharged his weapon once upon exiting his vehicle, shooting Culosi through the heart. Bullock was not charged with any crime, however he was suspended for 3 weeks and demoted from the SWAT team. The Culosi family later accepted a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against Bullock.

Officers approaching Millenson's vehicle after a chase were fired upon by victim. Officers returned fire, killing Millenson and his passenger.

Allen shot and injured his girlfriend and then barricaded himself in an apartment with his 14-month-old daughter Wednesday before committing suicide during a standoff with police.

Deputy Enrique Diaz shot and killed Kenny Drinkard when Drinkard took his baton during a traffic stop.

Officer Don Davidson fired one gunshot through a windowpane in the closed door of the home of David Denning after Denning approached the door while carrying a handgun and did not respond to Davidson's commands to drop the weapon. Denning was killed.

DeKalb County police responded to reports of a fight at an apartment. As two squad cars arrived, one officer saw Bracey, alone in a car, speed away. While one police car went on to the apartments, where police found at least two injured people, the other car chased Bracey. Clayton County police later joined the chase. As Bracey drove past Clayton County police headquarters, an officer threw a stop stick device into the road, blowing out one of the stolen car's tires. Bracey eventually came to a stop. Police said he got out of the car holding two guns, one aimed at his head and another at approaching officers. Police said officers at the scene heard a shot, then opened fire, killing Bracey.

Off-duty and in plain clothes, NYPD Officer Hernandez got involved in a fight in a White Castle at 5 a.m. Two other uniformed officers arrived to find Hernandez pointing his weapon at a prone figure below him. Ordered to drop his weapon, Hernandez did not yield or identify himself. He was hit three times and died days later. The shooting was deemed justified.

According to police, Officer Everett Woolums saw a vehicle being driven recklessly about 3:10 a.m. A chase began when the driver, Billy Thigpen, refused to stop. It ended when the vehicle crashed into a parked car and a fence on Alpine Avenue, police said. Thigpen then exited the vehicle and fled on foot and was shot and killed when he allegedly fought with police.

Around 6:30 a.m., Officer Holly Mong, in plainclothes, entered her Jeep Liberty, parked 20 yards from her apartment. A masked man, Christopher Wayne Yell, opened the door, pointed a gun at her and pushed her into the passenger seat. Another man, Stubblefield, stepped into the rear passenger seat. Officer Mong reached into her purse and fired a 9mm Springfield XD, first at Yell, then at Stubblefield. She struck both in the head and chest. Stubblefield died. Yell is permanently handicapped. Officer Mong had served for six months.

Police were called to an apparent domestic dispute. Pamela Goins and her boyfriend, Howard Scott, allegedly had already been shot. Investigators say one officer became involved in the shooting., although it's impossible to say from published reports who was shot by the officer, if anyone.

Henry Prendes, 37, becomes the first Metropolitan Police Department officer since 1988 killed in the line of duty. Prendes is ambushed by Amir Rashid Crump, 21, as he approaches Crump's southwest Las Vegas residence. A standoff follows in which seven officers fire at and kill Crump.

The decased threatened to shoot a deputy and then pulled out a silver-colored flashlight and pointed it at him. The deputy opened fire and killed the man out of fear for his life.

Samaritans tried to stop to help Penny Sue Huskey and Joseph Lynn Henson by the side of the interstate—their van had a flat tire—but were scared off when they waived a handgun. Driving away on the flat tire, they proceeded to the parking lot of a nearby shopping center. They reacted to the arrival of local police and state troopers with gunfire, and they were killed by return fire.

Roberson kidnapped his girlfriend and daughter, then forced his girlfriend to drive from Dallas to Houston in a Dodge Neon. He shot at other motorists on the way. The Neon crashed. Authorities approached the Neon and told Roberson to drop his weapon. He did not. Harris County deputies, Precinct Four deputies and Houston officers shot at him. The Texas Custodial Deaths report lists HPD as the agency that killed Roberson.

Deputies Jason Lewis and Tim Langel shot and killed Chad E. Terrio when he confronted them with a knife.

When his wife informed him she wanted a divorce, a local police corporal tracked her down to the home of a fellow officer and his wife, broke the door down in the early morning hours, and shot the three of them dead before killing himself. Dead were Kimberly Mount, officer Jose Gomez, and Serena Gomez.

Robida wanted in a hatchet-and-gun attack on patrons of a Massachusetts gay bar. He shot and killed Gassville Police Officer Jim Sell and when police caught up with him in nearby Norfork, shot and killed his girlfriend Jennifer Rena Bailey before shooting and killing himself.

Cpl. Raymond Lyda told a county detective that he shot Adeleno Al Jamar Oliver-Horton after Oliver-Horton punched him on the head and pulled a black object that Lyda believed was a handgun from his waistband. That black object apparently was Oliver-Horton's cell phone. Lyda was involved in a "low speed vehicle pursuit" at 3 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday that ended when Oliver-Horton's car struck a parked vehicle in the 2300 block of North Third Street

Carlos Cuellar Jr., 42, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Anderson was stopped for DUI. He shot himself in the head.

An armed man was shot and killed by federal agents early Wednesday in a home just east of this Cascade foothills town. Authorities said the man, sought for questioning in a methamphetamine-trafficking case, failed to comply with agents' commands. Agents fired multiple rounds when the man pointed a handgun at a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, said Rodney Benson, special agent in charge of the DEA's Seattle field office.

After a carjacking and chase, Lozada shot an officer and was shot and killed.

Officers were called to the scene by a neighbor who reported marijuana smoke coming from the apartment of Christopher Hawkins. They were ambushed when they entered the apartment and pinned down by Hawkins' gunfire outside. Many officers responded and exchanged gunfire with Hawkins during a lengthy standoff that ended with several SWAT officers killing him.

Eric Garrison was suspected in a Radio Shack robbery. After a vehicle chase and a foot chase, he was shot and killed when he shot at an officer.

SWAT deputies Cornelius Devries, Charles Green, Craig Hungrige, Chad Niswonger and David Whiteaker shot Juan Ramos Torres when he shot at them.

Deputies were called because Anderson was suicidal. He was drinking and behind the wheel. Both Anderson and a deputy shot Anderson, but his was the fatal wound.

Harris, off his medication for bipolar disorder, attacked four members of his own family, from his deeply religious 49-year-old mother to his 18-month-old nephew, with whatever weapons came to hand including a box cutter. All survived the attack except for Harris, fatally shot by four responding officers.

Sergio Abel Hurtado, 29, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Donald Baird reportedly entered a Comerica Bank branch in southwest Detroit at about 4:15 p.m. and announced a robbery. According to police, Baird was given an undetermined amount of cash, fired a shot into the air with a long gun and took about 10 customers and employees hostage. Police surrounded the building, but said officers were unable to establish contact with Baird. A SWAT team member fired one shot at Baird, hitting him in the head.

Two investigators with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office shot Javanghn Robinson to death after the Woodbridge man drew a gun as he was being arrested, police said.

Reported by the LA Times, Mariano Velasquez, 31, died after being shot in Baldwin Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Davis was suspected of having a weapon, although it's disputed whether he pointed it at officers, he was shot in the back running away. His family awarded $2.65 million.

Hall's mother called for help with her mentally-ill son in mid-afternoon. Two local officers arrived but while patting him down for weapons, he drew a 9mm pistol from a long coat and began shooting. Both officers returned fire and shot him to death.

Trooper James Cress stopped Baker's vehicle for driving left of center and suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence. Baker was armed with a .45 caliber handgun and fired a shot at the trooper before being shot and killed.

James Edward Seals was stabbed and hacked to death with a hunting knife before his attacker, Charles Larrel Clemons, was killed by a Knoxville Police Department officer. Clemons continued to attack Seals with the hunting knife even after KPD officer Shawn Peoples ordered him to drop the weapon, police said.

Pais's father asked Officer Juan Herrera to help to calm his schizophrenic son down. Officer Herrera confronted Pais, walking in circles in front of a store. Pais attacked Officer Herrera with a knife. Officer Herrera shot at Pais three times, killing him. The shooting resulted in an overhaul of mental health-related SAPD training.

Nugent Raspberry fatally shot his estranged wife's boyfriend, Jerome Hunter. Nugent then physically and sexually assaulted his wife, and held her hostage for over six hours. Negotiations failed. Raspberry left the apartment handcuffed to his wife and holding a gun to his own head. Raspberry refused to drop his gun. SWAT Officers Guillermo Cantu and Joe Obregon shot Nugent when they perceived that he pointed the gun at his wife.

Rural homeowner Mizell reacted badly to a horse trailer and a deputy's patrol car with lights flashing. They were awaiting help in front of his house, on a county road at 2 a.m. After initial discussions he returned from his house with an apparent weapon, threatening the driver and the deputy. He was fatally shot once in the neck. He'd brought out a pellet gun.

A deputy noticed Francis was driving an SUV with stolen plates and tried to pull him over. Instead Francis led officers on a 25-mile chase to Indian Canyon, where Francis crashed the truck. He got out, fired a gun at the officers and jumped into a pickup vacated by a retreating deputy. He then crashed that truck. As officers approached, he alleged fired again; they shot him while he was in the truck. Francis had absconded from federal parole in Oregon.

Officer L. Levine entered an apartment in response to a burglary call. Johnson sat on a couch in a dimly-lit room. Officer Levine told Johnson to show his hands. Johnson revealed a .40-caliber Glock pistol, racked the slide and fired one shot. Officer Levine, who thought that Johnson was firing at her, shot at Johnson once, then took cover. Johnson died of what is described as one self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

U.S. marshals and Homer police officers were pursuing an arrest of Jason Karlo Jacob Anderson, a fugitive wanted on drug charges. He was lured to the Homer Airport, at which point, a gun battle took place. Anderson's 2-year-old son was in the car and was shot in the head. Anderson was killed. The toddler survived but was awarded $3.5 million because he needs 24-hour care.

Day had been arrested 10 times in the prior 18 years. Reacting to an anonymous tip about drug being sold out of an apartment, local police dispatched undercover officers and encountered Day. As they tried to bust him he first fled, then grabbed a folding knife from an officer's pants and stabbed him with it. He was fatally shot.

Just after midnight police were called to a domestic dispute involving Thompson, who had had 15 police contacts since the 1990s for mental health issues. After making incoherent statements she went for a knife in the kitchen drawer and lunged at the two officers, who fatally shot her. Thompson's husband and daughter supported the police version of events.

A border patrol agent was chasing undocumented immigrants across the desert, and ran over a father and daughter. The girl died.

Police shot and killed Wayne Scantlebury, who came at them with a knife at a mental health support home for people who were once homeless.

Off-duty Philadelphia police officer Barry Sudler was involved in a fender bender with Kevin Shields. Sudler said he identified himself as a cop. Shields ran and Sudler followed him to the Willow Grove train station and alleged Shields reached under his T-shirt shouting, "You're dead." He was shot and killed.

Joseph Erin Hamley was killed by a state trooper who mistook the unarmed, mentally disabled man for a fugitive.

Mason killed his girlfriend on her 28th birthday and set her apartment on fire. His mother called police to report that he was despondent—and armed with a pistol. Officers caught up to him in a city park, sitting on a park bench, with the gun in his mouth. After hours of standoff, a sniper fatally shot him.

Young was shot and killed by an officer, just west of the Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant. Police say the officer got out of his car to question a suspicious man wearing dark clothing. The officer asked Young to remove his hands from his pockets several times. Young reportedly complied twice, but the third time he refused. Then Young allegedly started struggling and tried to take the officer's weapon before the officer was able to get away and fired one shot.

Johnson had been wanted for his role in a police chase the previous week; the chase had ended with a state trooper injured. On a Friday afternoon Johnson ran a red light, was spotted by local police, and chased again. Driving through an apartment parking lot he struck several cars. Cornered by police, he threatened one with his vehicle and was fatally shot through his windshield.

Police shot and killed Malik Martin because he was brandishing knives. They tried to make him before they killed him. He'd had a recent nervous breakdown.

Around 4:20 a.m. at an IHOP parking lot, Moore drew a knife and confronted a man. The man, an off-duty narcotics deputy, drew a handgun and fatally shot Moore. The unnamed deputy had served for 14 years.

Deputy First Class Brian Sayre shot and killed Aleksandrin Bozhilov when Bozhilov took a female employee hostage and held a pair of scissors to her neck, police said.

Morro and an accomplice staged an armed robbery and fled in a vehicle toward the Q Bridge in New Haven. Police boxed them in in stalled traffic, after their attempts to escape damaged several other vehicles. The accomplice surrendered. Morro shot and wounded three officers from the vehicle before he was struck by three police bullets. He died at the scene.

A Tucson police inquiry determined that two officers violated department policy when they began a vehicle chase that that led to the shooting death of a suspect. The investigation determined that Tucson Police Department Sgt. Randy Carpenter was justified when he shot Ricky Andrew Romero, 25, on March 16, after Romero, who had wrecked his car at the end of the chase, pointed a gun at the officer. They were attempting to stop the driver to question him about a murder. No charges were brought for violating policy.

Officer Albert L. Beattie shot and killed Jose Andres Cabrera, who reportedly fired shots and drove at police after a 110-mile chase that ended near El Capitan State Beach.

After a vehicle pursuit and a foot chase, a Gwinnett County policeman shot and killed Fleming in the parking lot of a University of Phoenix.

When a narcotics squad knocked on Oswiecinski's door at 9 p.m. to serve a warrant, he is said to have answered with shots through the door. During the ensuing shoot-out two officers were wounded (one by a bullet, the other by shattered glass) and Oswiecinski escaped two doors down, briefly, until he was fatally shot during a physical struggle for control of a weapon.

Fermin Estrada was shot on his property near his home during a party with out-of-state guests and relatives who were being shown his property where, according to police, he had fired his handgun into the ground and turned and fired toward officers before Officer James Wilkerson shot and killed him. Witnesses disputed the police version of events.

A deputy shot and killed Richard Norman Berg after he pointed a gun at officers.

At about 2 a.m., a man brandishing a handgun robbed a Dominos Pizza and fled. Less than 10 minutes later, two officers spotted a man matching the robber's description and confronted him. The man allegedly fired at the officers, so they returned fire and killed him. Neither officer was injured.

Police went to Jerome Baskin's mother's home to question him about an earlier robbery. Baskin reportedly fled from the officers by jumping out the window, which started a foot chase that ended when officer Larry Mims reportedly accidentally discharged his weapon during a scuffle.

According to police, off-duty Muskegon officer Kevin Stier called dispatch around 4 a.m., "indicating he was despondent and potentially going to harm himself. He was in his truck driving around." Muskegon officers and Muskegon County deputies saw Stier on Apple Avenue, and tried to pull him over, but he fled. The officers followed him. Police said they turned off their emergency lights, and Stier slowed down. In Kent County, other marked cars started following Stier, and he accelerated. Police stopped Stier shortly after he reached the divided highway. According to police, they weren't sure what Stier was doing in the truck—it was dark, and they believed he had a gun, so they kept their distance and waited for tactical officers and negotiators. Police set off a flash-bang, and reportedly saw no movement in the the truck. They found Stier dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

After shooting and killing his pregnant girlfriend, James Butler fled. He eventually shot and killed himself as police chased him in a vehicle.

Deputy Frank James shot and killed Israel "Junior" Castaneda after he threatened them with a piece of a chest brace at his family's home in Moreno Valley.

Larry Mosley and his father, Frank Mosley, were killed in an early morning shootout. The Mosleys were wanted for questioning in a double homicide.

A CHP officer shot and killed Carlos Romero-Avena when he took his baton after a pursuit.

Henry used bogus documents to try to obtain an Ohio driver's license at a state license bureau in Bowling Green, then fled police who responded to the office and led state troopers and sheriff's deputies on a 40-mile chase on southbound I-75. When state troopers cornered Henry at the Sterling Stores location off the State Rt. 103 interchange, he jumped out of a minivan with a gun in each hand and opened fire on the officers. Three troopers and a Wood County sheriff's deputy returned fire during a shootout that lasted 34 seconds, according to police. Henry was killed.

The victim was fatally shot by two Tacoma police officers after he came at them with a knife.

Forrest's husband had summoned officers to their condominium to take her into custody for a psychiatric evaluation; she'd shown signs of paranoid schizophrenia and was reportedly suicidal. On the arrival of police Forrest hid herself in a bathroom with a knife. She resisted or withstood a stun gun, and then one of the deputies shot her in the chest.

Three detectives went to Champion's mother's house to arrest him. They reported finding him in the basement where he threatened them with a rifle. All three detectives fired, killing him. A wrongful death suit was filed and dismissed in 2009.

Craven shot and killed himself after a 12-hour standoff with deputies at a Hilton Head Island hotel. His reasons weren't made public.

CHP officer Darren Long shot Bryan Richard Rose after he reached for Long's gun during a traffic stop at Avenue 14 and Road 23.

After a testy conversation, argument, a physical struggle and pepper spray, Lennox threw and struck a Mesa officer with a plastic chair and was reaching for a second chair when he was shot dead. The family settled with the city of Mesa for $2 million in September 2008.

Officers Matthew Brouwer and Haglund began chasing Eladino Salvador Fraire's 1992 Saturn at around 2 a.m. after he sped past them while they were stopped at the Speedway gas station. Fraire led the officers to a parking lot, where he reportedly struck Haglund's cruiser with his car. According to police, Brouwer got out of his cruiser and told Fraire to stop. Fraire allegedly drove at Brouwer, who fired all nine rounds in his gun and hit the Saturn seven times. Fraire was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Coventry police were called to a domestic disturbance involving Gileau. Gileau produced a crowbar, threatened officers and lunged at them with the weapon. They shot him to death. A grand jury declined to indict the shooter.

Harrison entered the residence of John and Mary Thompson with a handgun. Mary called 911. Officers Glen Slaven and William Nelson responded. Harrison pointed his gun at the officers. The officers fatally shot him.

A state trooper attempting to take Taylor into custody for trepassing at a local motel got into a fight with him. Taylor was able to assault him with some kind of metal cone from the trooper's cruiser. The trooper shot him to death.

An officer shot Paris C. Nicholson near Argo Community High School. According to police, officers had responded to a disturbance at about 6:10 p.m. and found several young people apparently involved in a fight among rival street gangs. The first officer on the scene reportedly heard a gunshot and saw Nicholson with a weapon. Nicholson fled and the officer chased him on foot for about a block. Then, police claimed, the officer feared for his life and fired two shots. Police would not say why the officer was in fear for his life. Nicholson was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The victim's wife called police to tell them her husband was high on drugs and threatening to kill her and burn the house down. When they made contact, the man was holding a baseball bat which he dropped when they asked him to. Then he picked up a bow and arrow. Deputies fired and killed him.

An off-duty Chicago officer who happened to be in a bar assisted the owner in getting Kenneth Elrod to leave at closing time. A while later, a white Ford Ranger containing Elrod and Demetri Centera pulled up alongside the officer's car at an intersection. Both men aimed guns at the officer; both men were shot and died at the scene.

Police were called on a report of a man with a gun. After a vehicle chase, Polk was shot and killed although it was not immediately reported what precipitated the killing.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Chris Sullivan reportedly shot and killed his friend, Cesar Valdez, in Upland after a night of heavy drinking.

After complaints about a loud argument Earley was found dead alongside the body of her boyfriend, county deputy sheriff Ronald Vachon, in his apartment. Investigators concluded that Vachon had shot her, then killed himself.

Ross fled from a traffic stop, shooting at at least one deputy. He was eventually shot and killed, although at the time it was speculated it was suicide, the disposition was apparently not reported.

Leialoha was wearing restraints when he left Hilo District Court to return to the Hawai'i Community Correctional Center. Leialoha left the van at the intersection of Haili and Kilauea Avenue. He fled down Haili Street in a brown prison jumpsuit. A single shot struck Leialoha in the back of the head, killing him.

For his "attempt to aim a gun" at a police officer, Keller was fatally shot. He and the officer had been seeing the same woman, and the officer had dropped by the neighborhood to show off his new car. Officials were at pains to deny that this was a love triangle.