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 11,501 - 12,000 of 63,042

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
9088Phillip Michael Boldin42MaleEuropean-American/White05/06/2010Commerce CityCO39.8221733-104.9200687Commerce City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boldin had been wanted since September on an escape warrant after he walked away from a court-ordered halfway house in Boulder County. When police caught up with him, he rammed police cars and homes trying to escape. He was shot and killed.

dailycamera.com
9089Genaro Mercado36MaleRace unspecified05/07/2010PhoenixAZ33.4612126-112.2629005Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers reported that when they chased Mercado in his car, and when he stopped, he left the car and came toward officers, shooting at them with a handgun. Four officers fired back and killed Mercado. He was suspected of killing his sister's boyfriend—and an order of protection is shedding some light on what led to that domestic fight.

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9090Rasheed Cherry18MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2010BloomfieldNJ40.7844842-74.1842231Bloomfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cherry, a suspect who allegedly fired several rounds into a crowd of 1,500 carnival attendees, was shot by a police officer and later died from his wound, authorities said.

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9092Terry Lewis Brown41MaleAfrican-American/Black05/08/2010ConyersGA33.595766-84.027185Rockdale County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot and killed Rockdale County Sheriff's Investigator Brian Mahaffey as Mahaffey and other officers attempted to arrest Brown on charges that he had raped and kidnapped a woman the day before.

ajc.com
9093Anthony Kyser35MaleAfrican-American/Black05/08/2010ChicagoIL41.8441154-87.7245815Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Anthony Kyser allegedly stole toothpaste and crayons from a CVS. Surveillance footage showed that store manager Pedro Villanova strangled Kyser in an alley while other men held Kyser down. An off-duty county officer stood nearby as Villanova was killing Kyser, but did nothing to stop it, and some witnesses said the officer was pointing her gun at Kyser. Police denied the officer drew her gun and said she assisted by calling 911 and telling Kyser to stop struggling and relax. Police said Kyser's death was an accident, though the coroner's office said it was a homicide. The Cook County Sheriff's Office did not investigate the officer's involvement.

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9091Isai Villatoro20MaleRace unspecified05/08/2010PittsburgCA38.0365248-121.8852062Pittsburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police snipers shot and killed Isai Villatoro as he reportedly held a gun to his mother's head nearly 30 hours into a standoff.

mercurynews.com
9094Matthew Scott Haessler32MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2010BettendorfIA41.5234414-90.495182Bettendorf Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Police saw Matthew Haessler driving a car reported stolen by Haessler's father and gave chase. Stop sticks deflated the car's tires as Haessler drove back into Iowa on the I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River. According to police, Haessler fled on foot, stepped over a railing, and then either jumped or fell into the river. His body was recovered on May 15, 2010.

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9095Ronald Ethington35MaleRace unspecified05/08/2010ProvoUT40.2386725-111.6613493Provo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ethington allegedly tried to steal beer from a grocery store. Employees tried to subdue and restrain him in a break room, but when police arrived, Ethington and two other men were fighting for control of a handgun. They fired a Taser at him, but instead struck a store employee, who lunged at Ethington and became tangled in the leads and wires. Officers told Ethington to drop the gun, but he allegedly pointed the gun at officers. Chambers alternated gunfire and commands, but Ethington kept pointing the gun. He died after being shot seven times.

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9097Audrecas Davis29MaleAfrican-American/Black05/09/2010AtlantaGA33.882992-84.24907DeKalb County Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Paramedics were treating the 6-foot-4, 375-pound man for a possible drug overdose at the Budgetel Inn when he became violent. Police arrived and found Davis foaming from the nose and mouth and defecating all over the hotel room, police said. Police tried to get him to calm down and allow paramedics to treat him, but he struggled with police. Officers tasered him a total of five times, but each time he stood back up and fought police, police said. After paramedics gave him an injection to calm him down, Davis became unresponsive and died.

ajc.com
9096Beth Q. Jia53FemaleRace unspecified05/09/2010El MonteCA34.0585639-118.0298103Brea Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Beth Q. Jia reportedly shot herself after detectives stopped her car.

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19202Adrian Devon Pressley30MaleAfrican-American/Black05/09/2010Lake CitySC33.8554943-79.7695635Florence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Dane Keefe chased and exchanged gunfire with a man wanted in connection with the shooting of two people at a nearby home. Keefe was not wounded, but one of four rounds he fired killed the suspect with a wound to the head.

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9099Darryl Ellis44MaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2010ChicagoIL41.7584934-87.6090376Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot Ellis several times and killed him. Authorities said Ellis tried breaking into the apartment building owned by the officer. Police say Ellis swung a tire iron at the officer after the officer caught him trying to force his way inside.

chicagotribune.com
9100Donovan Morris34MaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2010Los AngelesCA34.1883665-118.5906349Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Morris was shot after pointing a handgun at officers.

latimes.com
9098Durward R. Ulfers68MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2010OgallalaNE41.0319466-101.574646Nebraska State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trooper Kevin Horst stopped Durward R. Ulfers' 2007 Ford Focus near Ogallala for speeding and suspicion of drunken driving. As Horst approached the driver's side window, Ulfers reportedly put a revolver against the right side of his head and pulled the trigger. Ulfers was killed instantly. Horst, 42, was struck in the left shoulder after the bullet traveled through Ulfers. Horst underwent surgery and survived the shooting.

northplattebulletin.com
9101Joshua James Walker34MaleEuropean-American/White05/11/2010ShakopeeMN44.7908989-93.5307933Shakopee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said two officers were responding to reports of a stabbing when their squad car was rammed by another vehicle. They said that car was being driven by the suspect in the stabbing, who was also a suspect in a burglary and carjacking in the area. After a traffic pursuit, officers cornered Walker, who was holding 'a dark object' and refused their orders to surrender. He was shot and killed by the officers. Walker's victim, the girlfriend of his brother, later died.

mprnews.org
9103Richard A. Wiley55MaleRace unspecified05/12/2010Port WentworthGA32.1904652-81.196256Bloomingdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Wiley had been sought by authorities on child molestation charges, according to police. A Bloomingdale officer driving an unmarked vehicle spotted Wiley in a black Chevrolet pickup in Port Wentworth. The officer summoned marked Port Wentworth police units; the truck pulled over on Ga. 21 at the busy Interstate 95 interchange. As officers approached, Wiley put a gun to his head, and for about two minutes, the police tried to persuade Wiley to put the gun down. He shot and killed himself.

savannahnow.com
9104Keaton Dupree Otis25MaleAfrican-American/Black05/12/2010PortlandOR45.5336472-122.6596272Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police tried to pull Otis over near Northeast Grand Avenue and Holladay Street for traffic infractions. Otis kept driving. Two police cars boxed in his car, officers approached, and Otis started shouting profanities at them. Officers shot him twice with a Taser, and they said he then shot an officer. Otis, who never got out of the car, died from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.

oregonlive.com
9102Wayne Fletcher Pratt42MaleEuropean-American/White05/12/2010HoustonTX29.7642488-95.3480993Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Pratt was involved in a car accident. Deputies responded. Pratt danced around, claimed to be on fire and resisted arrest. Deputies tasered Pratt repeatedly and hogtied him. Pratt died in a hospital. Deputies Vincent Lopez, Brian Goldstein, Michael Medina, Tommy Wilks, Tarzis Lobos, Francisco Salazar, B.J. Auzene, R. DeAlejandro, and R.M. Goerlitz all responded at some point during the arrest. HCSO deputies may not hogtie arrestees.

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9107Earl Storey27MaleRace unspecified05/13/2010Boca RatonFL26.3667233-80.1170975Boca Raton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Storey and another man were doing smash-and-grab burglaries of parked cars at a movie theatre. Caught red-handed by the police, they drove off in a Mercury on a service road, then hit spiked stop-strips and crashed. Storey bolted from the car into heavy traffic and was killed by a passing truck. His accomplice was charged with his murder.

sun-sentinel.com
9105John Paul Dobbins24MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2010ColemanTX31.8313908-99.4230572Coleman County Sheriff's Office
  • Stabbed
  • Suicide

Dobbins failed to appear in court, and was remanded to jail. A deputy escorted him to jail. He attacked the deputy and fled. Dobbins was subdued and taken to the jail, directly behind the courthouse. During booking, he stabbed himself fatally in the chest. Texas Ranger Danny Crawford investigated.

gosanangelo.com
9106William Keith White51MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2010BrashearTX33.0489494-95.7175838Sulphur Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities from multiple jurisdictions responded to a call about White, who was threatening suicide after three days of drinking and taking prescription medication. He shot at officers with a percussion revolver and fled. A DPS helicopter used White's heat signature to direct a SWAT team toward him. White tried to shoot at authorities again. Authorities fatally shot him.

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9108Robert Albert Appel48MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2010Palm DesertCA33.752579-116.324338Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Robert Albert Appel died after struggling with deputies Martin Alfaro, Robert Garcia, Sean Dusek and Edward Chacon while he was in the midst of a delusional episode in a Palm Desert gated community.

latimes.com
9112Sue Multanen68FemaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2010VancouverWA45.6644567-122.6824414Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by off-duty deputy Allen Myron who then killed himself. Deputy Myron was Multanen's son-in-law.

seattletimes.com
9113Monty Edward Multanen70MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2010VancouverWA45.6644567-122.6824414Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by off-duty deputy Allen Myron who then killed himself. Deputy Myron was Multanen's son-in-law.

seattletimes.com
9110Sukeba "Sassy" Jackson-Olawunmi39FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/14/2010ClarkstonGA33.799196-84.2270205DeKalb County Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jackson-Olawunmi ran through the Brannon Hills condo complex banging on doors and shouting that someone was trying to kill her. She kicked in several doors before falling off a second-floor balcony and losing her pants. She then tried to steal a car, and after several unsuccessful attempts at carjacking, she climbed into an unlocked Toyota Previa, according to police. Officers arrived as she was trying to drive off. But she refused to stop, striking two cars before fleeing and crashing into several trees. She jumped out of the crashed Toyota and attempted to run. She was shocked with Tasers twice, but she continued to struggle and swear at the officers as they handcuffed her. She became unresponsive and died.

ajc.com
9109Vincent Matthew Yzaguirre20MaleHispanic/Latino05/14/2010BakersfieldCA35.3890821-118.9775442Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Timothy Berchtold and Jason Felgenhauer shot and killed Vincent Matthew Yzaguirre when he backed into their patrol car and dragged Berchtold in an alley.

onebakersfield.com
9111Melvin Williams33MaleAfrican-American/Black05/14/2010East DublinGA32.5554891-82.8754817East Dublin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after fighting with police officer. Williams' vehicle was pulled over for unspecified reasons.

theroot.com
20698Name withheld by police19MaleRace unspecified05/14/2010MukwonagoWI42.853992-88.3189678Waukesha County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An unidentified Genesee man, 19, died as a result of injuries he received while crashing his car during a chase, police said. The man was driving erratically when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop him. The man fled and drove the wrong way on Interstate 43, turning off his headlights. He was ejected from his vehicle after striking a fully illuminated tow truck that was on the side of the freeway.

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21276Christopher James Grundy20MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2010Lowell Charter TownshipMI42.8799026-85.4273273Kent County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police,deputies tried to stop Christopher James Grundy's Honda around 1:30 a.m. after he ran a stop sign at 36th and Buttrick going over 100 mph. Grundy went south on Snow Avenue, but had to stop at the dead-end with I-96. Police said the deputies tried to contact Grundy near the dead-end turn-around on a dirt road, but he allegedly rammed deputy Joel Siemen's cruiser, then drove at deputy Daniel Bishop, 24, as he stood outside. Bishop fired four shots, striking Grundy's left shoulder. Police said Grundy continued north on Snow, then stopped just north of Cascade Road. Grundy reportedly tried to flee on foot, but collapsed and died.

mlive.com
9114Abel A. Herrera37MaleHispanic/Latino05/15/2010Las VegasNM35.6298791-105.2441792New Mexico State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Herrera died with a beer can in his hand in an alleged drunken driving crash that was preceded by a police chase, according to police.

google.com
9115Brian Edward Shelton45MaleEuropean-American/White05/15/2010Las VegasNV36.176602-115.221185Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brian Edward Shelton, 45, made a false 911 call about a stabbing in his neighborhood near Washington Avenue and Jones Boulevard. When Las Vegas police arrived, it was Shelton who had the knife. He charged officers, prompting one to shoot and kill him.

google.com
9117Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones7FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/16/2010DetroitMI42.372011-82.9768249Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In a raid looking for a murder suspect, Detroit police fired a flash bang grenade into a room where Aiyana was sleeping on a couch. An officer, Joseph Weekley, fired a single shot, hitting Aiyana in the head. He was tried for involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment with a gun. The jury hung and did not return a verdict.

motherjones.com
9116Kenneth B. Yeager Sr.60MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2010EvansCO40.385122-104.689506Greeley Police Department, Firestone Police Department, Weld County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After several hours of interactions with police, a standoff and a gunfire fight, Yeager was shot and killed.

weld.co.us
28264Stephen Craig Spitz42MaleRace unspecified05/17/2010Bonita SpringsFL26.3527912-81.7509036Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Craig Spitz fled the shooting of a former co-worker at the Inn at the Springs in Bonita Springs where he had been fired in 2008. Hours later, a deputy spotted him driving. Spitz fled, and deputies forced his car off the road and into a ditch. Spitz pulled out a revolver and reportedly pointed it at the deputies. Deputies Rush Brewton, John Gordon, Bradley Weich and Jarrod Heyse shot and killed him. Spitz had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but it's not clear whether the deputies were aware of it.

naplesnews.com
21277Deborah Hodges55FemaleEuropean-American/White05/17/2010DearbornMI42.296918-83.260409Dearborn Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officer Patrick Spresser was responding to a possible fire, which turned out to be a man burning leaves or trash in a chimineylike container about 9 a.m. As Spresser rounded a blind curve, his unmarked Ford Crown Victoria sped through the intersection against the light and collided with a 1994 Ford Explorer driven by Deborah Hodges. Hodges was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at a hospital. Hodges' daughter sustained what police described as nonlife-threatening injuries, as did Spresser. While police and city officials said that the patrol car had lights and sirens on, some witnesses said otherwise.

downriversundaytimes.com
9118Craig Spitz42MaleEuropean-American/White05/17/2010Bonita SpringsFL26.3532811-81.750922Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With reported mental health issues, ex-hotel employee Spitz targeted and took a hostage from his former workplace, bound him, and shot him, with plans to conduct a mock trial and torture him to death. Spitz fled the hotel before deputies arrived. They found his car and fatally shot him as he handled a weapon. His victim survived the incident although paralyzed.

naplesnews.com
19201Garrick Heckstall29MaleAfrican-American/Black05/17/2010SummervilleSC32.9899596-80.2228031Summerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Michael Dixon and Matthew Strickland shot and killed a robbery suspect in front of Summerville High School after Garrick Heckstall reportedly turned on them with a gun in his hand.

postandcourier.com
9119Jose Vieira21MaleHispanic/Latino05/17/2010Richland HillsTX32.8106425-97.2366549Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vieira called 911 from his vehicle at 5 a.m., suicidal, speaking to the dispatcher for about half-an-hour and claiming to have a handgun. Officers located him and tried to pull him over. He eventually pulled to in a residential area and exited his Pathfinder but did not comply with police commands. They perceived that he was reaching for a weapon, they fatally shot him multiple times, and found no gun.

star-telegram.com
9121Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/18/2010Rio Grande CityTX26.3757818-98.8420466Rio Grande City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot a masked man who attempted to rob a jewelry store, taking hostage a 64-year-old woman who had been shopping there. He was killed as he tried to exit the building.

valleymorningstar.com
9120Fernando Melgoza47MaleHispanic/Latino05/18/2010San BernardinoCA34.1008362-117.3099984San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Brad Grantz shot Fernando Melgoza after he struck him over the head with an unknown object.

whittierdailynews.com
9129Timothy ColtonMaleRace unspecified05/19/2010HoustonTX29.7806135-95.7035381Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 5
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a suspected burglary, arresting two of three suspects at the scene. The third, Colton, fled. Forty minutes later, Sergeant Jason McDaniel walked up a driveway between two brick houses in search of Colton. Colton shot at Sergeant McDaniels from ambush. Sergeant McDaniel and other deputies fatally shot him. Sergeant McDaniels had served Precinct 5 for 18 years. Colton was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 17, 2016.

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9125Brian Floyd20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/19/2010ChicagoIL41.7403741-87.615686Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Thomas Wortham IV and Brian Floyd died during a shootout after an alleged attempt to steal Wortham's new Yamaha motorcycle. Police said Wortham was leaving his parents' house at around 11:30 p.m., when Brian Floyd and Marcus Floyd, 19, approached. Wortham's father, retired police Sgt. Thomas Wortham III, yelled at them and Brian Floyd allegedly shot at him. Wortham IV identified himself and exchanged gunfire with Floyd. Wortham was shot in the abdomen. Wortham III then opened fire. Paris McGee, 20, and Toyious Taylor, 29, who were reportedly in a getaway car, fled, striking Wortham's body and dragging him roughly a quarter-mile. Marcus Floyd, McGee and Taylor were each convicted of murder and sentenced to life.

chicagotribune.com
9128Ronald J. Bullock61MaleEuropean-American/White05/19/2010TampaFL27.8642367-82.4975823U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Disabled veteran Bullock lived in an RV camp on MacDill AFB and became involved in some kind of domestic dispute. Evading attempts of base security to stop him, Bullock rode his motorcycle north within the base to a gate, coincidentally crossing paths with an off-duty FBI liaison. Reportedly Bullock threatened the agent with a knife and was shot to death.

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9124Anthony Higareda43MaleRace unspecified05/19/2010RatonNM36.9048727-104.4408002Raton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were investigating a domestic violence call at a home. Juanita Armijo-Gallegos called Raton police to report a domestic dispute between her and Higareda. Investigators learned at the scene that Higareda was a felon, and he was in the house in possession of firearms. Police said Higareda refused to cooperate with officers. Authorities tried to communicate with him for several hours, asking him to leave the premises, before deciding to enter the house. The police said that upon entry, Higareda fired shots striking an officer, and Higareda was shot and killed.

abqjournal.com
9122Miriam "Mary" Olivo30FemaleHispanic/Latino05/19/2010San JoseCA37.3615576-121.8331051San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Shon Box reportedly went to his ex-girlfriend Miriam "Mary" Olivo's townhouse holding a Bible and a gun, and said he wanted to talk to Olivo before he shot her, then turned the gun on himself as police tried to convince him not to.

mercurynews.com
9123Shon Box40MaleRace unspecified05/19/2010San JoseCA37.3615576-121.8331051San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Shon Box reportedly went to his ex-girlfriend Miriam "Mary" Olivo's townhouse holding a Bible and a gun, and said he wanted to talk to Olivo before he shot her, then turned the gun on himself as police tried to convince him not to.

mercurynews.com
9127Andrew Meade23MaleEuropean-American/White05/19/2010Happy ValleyOR45.4403202-122.5745131Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alerted by a security guard, county officers responded to a 2:30 a.m. domestic dispute between Meade and his wife. They found Meade with a knife in the apartment hallway threatening officers. They fatally shot him, and found his wife wounded in the rear of the apartment.

oregonlive.com
9126Ivan Carrillo26MaleEuropean-American/White05/19/2010Las VegasNV36.2473444-115.0799404Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A suspected drunk driver was pursued until he crashed, causing pursuing officers to crash as well.

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9133Richard R. Whidby41MaleRace unspecified05/20/2010PetersburgAK56.8125-132.9555556Petersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor who witnessed the shooting told the Petersburg Pilot the man charged two officers on a street in a trailer court. Mark Sturgeon said one officer used a stun gun on the man, but it didn't slow him. Sturgeon says the man then charged the other officer, who fired a single round.

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9130Nathan Manning31MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010San DiegoCA32.7633601-117.119484San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Manning died after he and a roommate engaged in a violent fight. A San Diego police detective was unable to calm Manning down and the two ended up wrestling on the ground, witnesses said. The detective pulled out his gun and fired once. Noah Manning said his brother was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

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9131Joseph T. Kane16MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010West MemphisAR35.1675192-90.2004925Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Father Jerry R. Kane Jr. and son Joseph Kane killed two West Memphis police officers during a narcotics traffic stop (partly due to their Ohio plates). A manhunt involving many agencies tracked the two, with reported sovereign-citizen beliefs, to the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Supercenter. There they again wounded two officers before being shot dead.

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9132Jerry R. Kane Jr.45MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2010West MemphisAR35.1675192-90.2004925Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Father Jerry R. Kane Jr. and son Joseph Kane killed two West Memphis police officers during a narcotics traffic stop (partly due to their Ohio plates). A manhunt involving many agencies tracked the two, with reported sovereign-citizen beliefs, to the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Supercenter. There they again wounded two officers before being shot dead.

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9134Keith John Mitts46MaleEuropean-American/White05/21/2010MadisonMS32.545574-90.14792Madison Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Pine Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mitts died during a 10-hour standoff/shootout with police following a report that Mitts had threatened a mental health worker at Pine Grove Outreach Center. Mitts allegedly said he'd kill her if he (Mitts) returned to the clinic.

hattiesburgamerican.com
9135Victoria Helen Roger-Vasselin67FemaleEuropean-American/White05/21/2010Yuba CityCA39.1039238-121.6212494Yuba City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to the Mariner Loop home after receiving a call that a U.S. Census worker had been confronted by residents who pointed a firearm at the worker and said they would not answer any questions. When two officers arrived, Lionel Craig Patterson answered the door, armed with a handgun. As officers were dealing with him, Victoria Helen Roger-Vasselin approached the door with a shotgun and ignored officers' orders to release the weapon. As she advanced on officers, she continued to point the shotgun at them and they shot and killed her.

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22034Israel I. Curbelo39MaleRace unspecified05/21/2010Fort LeeNJ40.8553079-73.9674361Ridgefield Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A Ridgefield Park patrol officer noticed Israel I. Curbelo operating a motorcycle erratically on Teaneck Road, police said. When the officer activated his overhead patrol lights and sirens, Curbelo drove the motorcycle onto a resident's front lawn, turned and headed southbound on Teaneck Road. Police said Curbelo drove onto the right shoulder of the bus and carpool lane in an effort to illegally pass another vehicle. He collided into the passenger side of the other vehicle and lost control of the motorcycle, causing him to fly off the vehicle, which killed him, police said.

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20556Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/21/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.006196-75.153721Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men were fighting over a handgun when police arrived. They were shot and killed.

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20557Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/21/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.006196-75.153721Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men were fighting over a handgun when police arrived. They were shot and killed.

google.com
9136John Jessie Soliz III19MaleHispanic/Latino05/22/2010BakersfieldCA35.2979567-119.0237153Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Timothy Berchtold shot John Jessie Soliz III when he pointed a rifle at him.

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19966Sarah Bearden22FemaleEuropean-American/White05/22/2010LouisvilleKY38.2777162-85.5650593Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The car driven by 22-year-old Sarah Bearden and the vehicle driven by off-duty police officer James Adams collided, killing Bearden. Bearden had been drinking, but the family claimed Adams' reckless driving is the real cause of her death. A Louisville Metro Police investigation has revealed that Adams was speeding at 80 m.p.h. in a 45 m.p.h. zone.

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9137Reginald Jones42MaleAfrican-American/Black05/22/2010LeavenworthKS39.3111333-94.9497833Leavenworth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones fired at officer responding to report of a threatening armed individual. Officer returned fire, killing him.

ljworld.com
9138John L. Foster59MaleEuropean-American/White05/22/2010EagleID43.695604-116.382527Ada County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Citizens notified ACSO dispatch of an erratic driver – operating vehicle at very slow/extremely fast speeds, forcing other vehicles off road by driving in oncoming traffic, driving on greenbelt bike/walking path. ACSO deputies pursued the vehicle, which failed to yield to emergency lights and sirens, for several miles. Spike strip deployment was ineffective. Fleeing vehicle eventually ran into concrete barriers without intervention by deputies.

google.com
9139Agim Beqiraj53MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2010SeymourCT41.3994691-73.0888863Seymour Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beqiraj, reportedly despondent, was located by police in his Mitsubishi SUV parked in a Mobil gas station parking lot. Three officers approached the car. According to police descriptions, Beqiraj had shot himself in the face or mouth before they arrived with a .22 caliber pistol. When his car was blocked and he was instructed to surrender his weapon, he shot himself twice more in the face or mouth without losing consciousness. He then pointed his pistol at officers, who then shot him once in the chest in self-defense.

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9142Andrew Caprio42MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2010Sherman OaksCA34.1576909-118.4498008Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Caprio led police on a chase. After crashing his vehicle, Caprio exited his vehicle holding a knife. Caprio allegedly began to throw the knife at one of the officers when Officers Ayala and Wagner opened fire.

latimes.com
9143Efrain Carrion35MaleRace unspecified05/24/2010MiddletownCT41.5902903-72.7083138Middletown Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Never arrested or charged with a crime, after willingly allowing himself to be handcuffed "for his own protection", Carrion was tasered 35 times for periods as long as 24 seconds each, beaten with weapons and fists, bitten by a police attack dog, and allowed to fall down a flight of stairs (while handcuffed) and crawl naked 20 feet into a brush thicket, after family members had called police for assistance with a medical emergency. The medical examiner attributed Carrion's death to "excited delirium."

middletownpress.com
9140Timothy Chacon31MaleHispanic/Latino05/24/2010OxnardCA34.1975967-119.2175479Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Zachary Stiles shot and killed Timothy Chacon when he charged at him.

vcstar.com
9141Matthew David Inmon38MaleEuropean-American/White05/24/2010North Little RockAR34.8005194-92.2572962North Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrolmen Paul Hampton, Brian Kilgore and Rick Beaston shot and killed Matthew David Inmon, 38, when he made an aggressive move toward them in the woods between North Vine and North Locust streets. Police had gone to 4901 N. Cedar St. looking for a man Pulaski County sheriff's office investigators wanted to speak with in a missing-persons case. He was not the person they were looking for, but he was a parole absconder.

google.com
9144Ashword Clifford Codd39MaleHispanic/Latino05/25/2010Lake ElsinoreCA33.6586352-117.2612937Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Ashword Clifford Codd and his pit bull after Codd came out of his house behaving aggressively and holding a long lighter as if it were a gun.

abc11.com
20558Scott A. Mackelvey41MaleRace unspecified05/25/2010TamaquaPA40.764646-75.985679Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a vehicle being driven erratically. Scott Mackelvey rammed a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

republicanherald.com
9145Jim Heard60MaleRace unspecified05/25/2010GreenvilleAL31.8258515-86.6277956Greenville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Jim Heard when he allegedly confronted them with a pistol after he'd shot his wife and sister-in-law.

wsfa.com
19950Leon Johnson66MaleAfrican-American/Black05/25/2010WinchesterKY37.9375488-84.2061342Clark County Sheriff's Office, Winchester Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Johnson was pursuing his wife, waving a gun and hitting her car with his. Winchester Police Officer Mike Perkins stopped the woman near Dan's Discount Pawn on Lexington Avenue, while Johnson continued through Winchester. He shot and killed himself during a chase.

google.com
9146Christ Constantine Chipain51MaleRace unspecified05/26/2010Elk GroveCA38.4193816-121.4495373Elk Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Christ Constantine Chipain reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with police.

sacbee.com
9149Alfred Pouliot27MaleHispanic/Latino05/26/2010Monterey ParkCA34.0351609-118.117243Covina Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pouliot was shot after he rammed his truck into a police vehicle and then stepped out of his truck and pointed a handgun at the two officers.

latimes.com
9147Michael J. Craft33MaleEuropean-American/White05/26/2010Cuyahoga FallsOH41.1229434-81.4806084Cuyahoga Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After taking his ex-girlfriend hostage and a police standoff, Craft shot and killed himself.

ohio.com
9148Randall D. Kimsey50MaleRace unspecified05/26/2010OgdenIA42.0413427-94.0221216Boone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were aware of Kimsey's history of suicide attempts. In their second contact within a day, a team of six officers in a "Special Response Team" was sent for a "welfare check" on Kimsey, allowed the situation to develop into a six-hour standoff. 33 bullets were fired. 14 struck Kimsey. His family brought a wrongful-death suit, uncovered basic inconsistencies in the police version of events, and settled for $130K.

google.com
9155Carl D'Andre Johnson48MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2010BaltimoreMD39.3729082-76.7479084Baltimore County Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Johnson got into an altercation with officers and was pepper sprayed and tasered. Shortly after he was jolted a second time, Johnson lost consciousness.

baltimoresun.com
9154Jose Flores19MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2010Los AngelesCA34.0639303-118.276628Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two gang unit officers tried to stop Flores, who was running. The officers saw a handgun in Flores's hand he refused to drop the weapon, so the officers shot and killed him.

latimes.com
9153Oscar Morales21MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2010Los AngelesCA34.222203-118.4633517Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were responding to "a call for service involving a man with a history of suicide threats." When officers arrived, Morales grabbed a fireplace poker and came at the officers, allegedly refusing to drop the poker. At that point Officer Giron shot Morales several times.

latimes.com
9152Anthony Bernard Bass24MaleAfrican-American/Black05/27/2010BeaufortSC32.3960419-80.6915912Beaufort Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

It's reported that officers approached Bass to question him when he suddenly pulled a weapon and opened fire on the officers. The officers returned fire and continued to exchange fire with the suspect as they chased him down the street into a yard.

blufftontoday.com
9150Belinda Kay Bair47FemaleEuropean-American/White05/27/2010StrongAR33.1497556-92.1278828Arkansas State Police, Ashley County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joseph Mitchell had escaped police custody at a medical facility. He fled and his girlfriend Belinda Bair was with him. Police disabled his car and shot and killed Bair.

magnoliareporter.com
9151Abraham Dickan79MaleEuropean-American/White05/27/2010New HartfordNY43.0955293-75.3096531Rome Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dickan carried a list of six AT&T employees in his pocket as he walked into its retail outlet, where he'd been previously banned. He shot his first victim in the stomach, then an off-duty officer from a nearby city coincidentally in the store fatally shot him.

uticaod.com
19200Deangelo Eugene James Foxworth20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/28/2010FlorenceSC34.1614728-79.7670947Florence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Dane Keefe ran behind a nightclub where a melee had broken out after hearing shots fired. Keefe told investigators he encountered the gunman and ordered him to drop his weapon. When Foxworth instead allegedly pointed the gun at Keefe, the deputy shot him once, killing him.

scnow.com
9156Michael Ray "Mickey" Welch20MaleRace unspecified05/28/2010PinoleCA38.0037873-122.2881621Pinole Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Zachary Blume and Cpl. Chris Fodor shot and killed Mickey Ray Welch when he reached into his waistband and pulled out a black cell phone.

sfgate.com
9157Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas42MaleHispanic/Latino05/28/2010San YsidroCA32.542559-117.032703U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

According to a lawsuit, there were 20 to 25 agents taking part in beating Hernandez Rojas and that he was laying on the ground when he was tasered. In the new video footage, Hernandez Rojas' cries for help can be heard and the agents can be seen surrounding him.

utsandiego.com
9159Jose Alfred Martinez53MaleHispanic/Latino05/29/2010WaukeganIL42.370661-87.861058Waukegan Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jose Martinez died about five hours after police tasered him. Officers responded to a call from a liquor store clerk reporting a panhandler disturbing customers. The clerk said Martinez wasn't the man she reported, and that she told officers that he was "Caucasian, slim, with blue eyes, with dirty-brown hair, about 25, around 5'8" and wearing a Hawaiian shirt." Martinez was 53, Hispanic, with brown eyes and was heavyset and taller than 6 feet, relatives said. An official autopsy stated Martinez died of "existing heart disease" but that the Taser was a "contributing cause."

chicagotribune.com
9160Jessie Nathan Cooper28MaleAfrican-American/Black05/29/2010JacksonvilleFL30.313442-81.5727572Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers on stake-out at a Gate service station observed Cooper and a female accomplice position a getaway vehicle and rob the store at gunpoint. They closed in so Cooper could not leave. He backed up at a high rate of speed, threatening the officers, and held up his weapon. He was fatally shot by police and his accomplice charged with his murder.

jacksonville.com
9158Joseph Ramage55MaleEuropean-American/White05/29/2010HoustonTX29.6653544-95.5748834Houston Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Ramage, sweating profusely, yelled down Kinghurst Street that people were going to shoot him. Responding Officer L. Owens handcuffed him. Officer S. Wunderlich and L. Cantu arrived and dragged Ramage to Officer Owens's patrol vehicle. Officers S. Bo and H. Pham restrained Ramage's legs. EMTs and Officer Owens took Ramage, heavily restrained and violently resisting treatment, to Ben Taub Hospital, where he died. Note: Restraints may be consistent with hogtying.

google.com
22029Richard A. Nordstrom43MaleAfrican-American/Black05/30/2010ManchesterNJ40.032351-74.279635Manchester Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Nordstrom was threatening to set himself on fire and pointing what turned out to a fake gun at police who arrived at his home to investigate a domestic violence report when he was shot and killed, police said.

www.nj.com
9161Devin Walker37MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2010Fort WorthTX32.7581256-97.1574973Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Responding to a burglary call, Officer G.K. Williams approached an open apartment door. Through it, he saw a floor covered in sheetrock and splinters. Officer Williams walked closer and saw Walker, Brian Davis and a stack of property. Officer Williams told them to get on the ground. Davis lay down. Walker tried to punch Officer Williams and reached for his gun. Officer Williams shot Walker once in the chest.

google.com
20559Bernard J. Kawa46MaleRace unspecified06/01/2010StrongPA40.7991004-76.4374023Ashland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Bernard J. Kawa crashed on his motorcycle as he was fleeing a stop for speeding.

republicanherald.com
9163Albert Leday Jr.49MaleEuropean-American/White06/01/2010Santa RosaCA38.4599666-122.7289275Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Leday was unarmed and shot three times by a deputy after a high-speed chase with deputies.

pressdemocrat.net
9162Brian Neal Ellison32MaleRace unspecified06/01/2010LaGrangeGA33.030588-85.026644Troup County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a car chase and a crash and a foot chase, Ellison pulled a gun and killed himself.

google.com
9164Jose Jesus Garcia38MaleHispanic/Latino06/02/2010BloomingtonCA34.0646864-117.3933841San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jose Jesus Garcia died after he was tasered and kicked by deputies Russel Goines and Thomas Jolin during a struggle after an intense foot chase that went over high fences and on rooftops through the grounds of Bloomington Junior High School.

ieweekly.com
9165Millis E. Farnam55MaleRace unspecified06/02/2010Little RockAR34.7902836-92.4545947Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Farnam was fatally shot by officer Arthur McDaniel, 40, after Farnam rammed McDaniel's police cruiser at the dead end of LaMarche Drive. McDaniel also shot Farnam's son Jason Farnam, 29, who was in the passenger seat of the 2005 beige Mercury Marquis.

google.com
21278Brian Patrick Wiltfang50MaleRace unspecified06/03/2010TroyMI35.998709-83.9602651Troy Police Department, Bloomfield Township Police Department, Auburn Hills Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Troy police began chasing Brian Patrick Wiltfang's Eagle Talon about 11:44 p.m. after an officer tried to stop him on eastbound Big Beaver Road for driving without his headlights on. Wiltfang reportedly sped off at speeds of 80 mph. Another officer saw the Talon with the headlights on entering northbound I-75 near Rochester Road. According to police, Wiltfang turned the headlights off just before reaching Adams Road. Troy police said they stopped the pursuit, and notified Bloomfield Township and Auburn Hills police, who followed Wiltfang as he exited at Square Lake Road, made a U-turn, collided with a Traffic Safety Unit vehicle and went the wrong way on northbound I-75. Police said Wiltfang drove on the shoulder to avoid three Troy police vehicles heading to the scene of the crash involving the Traffic Safety Unit. Wiltfang lost control of the car around 11:58 p.m., sliding sideways into a 2000 Volvo S40. He died at the scene. The Volvo's driver reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

theoaklandpress.com
9166Alfonso Louis "Funny Man" Villarreal19MaleHispanic/Latino06/03/2010CueroTX29.0919867-97.2929621Cuero Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Jeffery Thompson responded to a report that Villareal, bipolar, was threatening suicide with a pistol. Officer Thompson shot at Villareal twice, killing him. Villareal's sister, Bethany, said that she saw the shooting and claimed that her brother did not point the pistol at the officer. Officer Thompson, a 15-year veteran of multiple law enforcement agencies, quit his job.

victoriaadvocate.com
9170Tyrone Brown32MaleAfrican-American/Black06/04/2010BaltimoreMD39.3006531-76.6162469Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brown, a former U.S. Marine, was shot to death by an off-duty Baltimore police officer outside a lounge following an argument over the officer's girlfriend. Brown was unarmed and was shot 12 times. The officer, Gahiji Tshamba, was subsequently given a 15-year prison sentence and ordered into mental health and substance abuse assessments upon release.

baltimoresun.com
9168Benjamin Shane Tellez29MaleRace unspecified06/04/2010BelenNM34.6655842-106.7709849Belen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a party where two men were fighting. Police said the men wouldn't stop even after officers showed up. Tk brandished a sawed-off rifle. Police ordered him to drop the weapon, and he did not. Supervisor Sgt. Gerald Espinosa shot hand killed him.

koat.com
9169Robert Kenneth Bales51MaleEuropean-American/White06/04/2010CollegedaleTN35.0986025-85.0514662Collegedale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Local police were alerted by a bar employee that a drunk Bales was likely to be on the road. They pulled him over at a gas station, but he fled in his SUV, driving erratically and soon losing control. The vehicle rolled several times. Bales was ejected from his car and sustained fatal injuries.

wrcbtv.com
9167Gregory Taylor "Greg" Burns27MaleEuropean-American/White06/04/2010Colorado SpringsCO38.8823602-104.7569279Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police wanted to question alleged drug dealer Burns, when he pulled a gun, and was shot and killed by Sgt. Ron Sheppard.

google.com
22833Billy Ray Smith Jr.49MaleRace unspecified06/04/2010BlacksburgVA37.1775619-80.4205386Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

no charges will be filed against David Light.Deputy Light and sheriff's department sergeant responded to the call of a suicidal man on Bee Lane the night of June 4th. They found Billy Ray Smith, Jr. in the yard. Smith was holding one knife to his throat and another by his side

google.com
9171William Corbett24MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010WichitaKS37.6078783-97.3624234Wichita Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

William Corbett was killed in what police called a suicide after crashing a pickup truck while fleeing an officer. According to police, an officer responding to a domestic violence call at around noon saw a truck that matched the description given by the victim. The officer turned on his lights and siren, but Corbett reportedly refused to stop. The officer pursued Corbett until he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck an SUV at around 60 mph. Corbett died at the scene. Two women in the SUV were hospitalized in fair condition.

blogspot.com
19199Thomas Marshall Howard87MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010Travelers RestSC34.9675329-82.4435474Travelers Rest Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A Travelers Rest police officer had just turned around to follow a dirt dike when a car driven by 87-year-old Thomas Howard pulled out in front of the cruiser. Howard was ejected for the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.

wpde.com
9174Dwayne M. Williams30MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010ElktonMD39.6167433-75.8382038Elkton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams called 911 just before 1 a.m. to report a man with a gun outside a pharmacy. When officers arrived, Williams got out of his pickup truck and raised and pointed his gun at the officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire. Delaware and Maryland police have said they later found a suicide note at his home.

cecildaily.com
9176Audy Faulkner18MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010RollaMO37.9601793-91.7549937Rolla Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Faulkner after the teen repeatedly pointed a gun at the officer following a traffic stop. Police said the incident started when an officer stopped a vehicle after seeing it run a stop sign.

connectmidmissouri.com
9172James Freestone21MaleRace unspecified06/05/2010Grand ForksND47.9039957-97.0665345University of North Dakota - Grand Forks Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A 24-year-old peeled away from a traffic stop in a university district at 100 MPH. With police in pursuit, about a mile away he broadsided a 2009 Pontiac G6 with four people in it, killing two of them: Tasha Brenno and James Freestone.

grandforksherald.com
9173Tasha Brenno19FemaleEuropean-American/White06/05/2010Grand ForksND47.9039957-97.0665345University of North Dakota - Grand Forks Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A 24-year-old peeled away from a traffic stop in a university district at 100 MPH. With police in pursuit, about a mile away he broadsided a 2009 Pontiac G6 with four people in it, killing two of them: Tasha Brenno and James Freestone.

grandforksherald.com
9175Stephen Clancy Hill34MaleAfrican-American/Black06/05/2010Los AngelesCA34.2296371-118.6484875Los Angeles Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Alleged killer Stephen Hill died after a standoff when officers used what they said was a Taser (according to others, and/or perhaps bean-bag projectile) against him and he stumbled back and took a fatal fall off a cliff in West Hills. Hill was holding a Samurai-style sword at the edge of the cliff and threatening to kill himself.

laweekly.com
19247Timothy David Gillespie37MaleEuropean-American/White06/06/2010ArdmoreOK34.1486669-97.1173923Carter County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An Ardmore police officer attempted to stop Timothy Gillespie, 37, for a possible traffic violation when the man drove off at a high rate of speed. A deputy from the Carter County Sheriff's Department and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers took over the pursuit once Gillespie left the city limits. The chase ended when Gillespie's 2000 Ford Mustang ran off Lake Murray Drive and struck a tree, killing him.

ardmoreite.com
19938James E. Fentress Jr.36MaleRace unspecified06/06/2010RadcliffKY37.7953245-85.9153668Hardin County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Brandon Lee Jessie was fleeing a speeding stop when he crashed and killed James Fentress and injured four others.

google.com
9178Benjamin Joel Durrett31MaleRace unspecified06/07/2010DecaturAL30.384992-87.3008575Alabama Department of Public Safety
  • Fell from a height
  • Suicide

Benjamin Joel Durrett reportedly jumped off a bridge as a trooper arrived on the scene.

blog.al.com
9179Name withheld by police45MaleRace unspecified06/07/2010HuntsvilleAL34.7356306-86.6407099Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unnamed man reportedly shot and killed himself during an eight-hour standoff at a hotel.

huntsvillenewswire.com
9177Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca15MaleHispanic/Latino06/07/2010El Paso, Ciudad JuárezTX31.6635517-106.2803695U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. fatally shot Guereca while arresting a man who tried to cross the border into the U.S. Guereca stood in Mexico, near the bridge Puente Negro. A voice in video of the shooting said, "Estan tirando piedras," or "They're throwing rocks." The distance of the shooting was slightly greater than the distance between two pillars that support the weight of the bridge. Agent Mesa had worked at the Border Patrol for seven years.

usatoday.com
9180Kelly DuPriest39FemaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2010HendersonNV36.0032903-115.0412564Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Six Henderson police officers fire at Kelly DuPriest, 39, after she drives a stolen car toward them. DuPriest is killed and a passenger in the car is wounded.

google.com
9187Terrell Leray Houston22MaleAfrican-American/Black06/08/2010HempsteadTX30.0875132-96.0730854Hempstead Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Officers responding to a hang-up 911 call saw Houston at Willowchase Apartments, where he had trespassed before. The officers tried to arrest Houston. He broke away. One of the officers shot him twice with a stun gun. According to Calvinette Houston, officers took 20 minutes to call paramedics, who had a 15-minute response time. Terrell died. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.

montgomerycountypolicereporter.com
9186Michael William Ballou34MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010Sedro-WoolleyWA48.510499-122.221837Sedro-Woolley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ballou was approached by Deputy Duhaime and Officer Lazaron after he robbed an espresso stand. Ballou ignored the officers' repeated commands to surrender and attempted to hide his hands behind his back as if to grab a weapon. Deputy Duhaime and Officer Lazaron then shot and killed Ballou.

skyvalleychronicle.com
9181Reno Velleses36MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/08/2010WaiʻanaeHI21.4402569-158.1857464Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Velleses was wielding a machete in a busy shopping plaza when two Honolulu police officers shot and killed him after he swung the blade at and nearly struck an officer.

staradvertiser.com
9184Keith Newton55MaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010BelfieldND46.876275-103.200491Stark County Sheriff's Office, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Belfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Newton and another man got into a shooting altercation at the other man's property. Newton fired six times and one bullet grazed his adversary's head. Police arrived and flushed Newton out onto the street south of town. Police said they saw him trace an X across his own chest before he was hit with three shotgun rounds and three rifle rounds, killing him.

thedickinsonpress.com
9183Ezra L. Richard48MaleRace unspecified06/08/2010MonroeLA32.5046621-92.0825006Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pursued Ezra Richard, who allegedly shot a postal worker, fired at police suspect, as he fled the scene, shot himself and died after he drove into a ditch. Richard had chased and shot the postal worker in the downtown Monroe at around 2:15 p.m. near the Ouachita Parish School Board office. The postal worker was reportedly shot in the backside and taken to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment. Police pursued Richard, who allegedly fired at them as he fled the scene. Richard then crashed into a ditch and was killed.

wafb.com
9185Christina Yoryea Michailidis28FemaleEuropean-American/White06/08/2010Indian TrailNC35.0492092-80.6455685Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With depression and addiction issues, Micailidis robbed a drugstore and called her mother to say she was going to kill herself with the stolen pills. Her mother called police, describing the situation, emphasizing that Micailidis might flourish a realistic-looking BB gun, to please detain her and prevent the suicide. Police surrounded her at a shopping center parking lot and shot her to death.

wbtv.com
9182Richard M. Kollar61MaleRace unspecified06/08/2010CirclevilleOH39.564995-82.954834Pickaway County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After making an arrest in Kollar's room at the Relax Inn for a probation violation, deputies allowed Kollar to turn off his television before leaving. However, he picked up a 9mm handgun, turned to the deputies, and shot and killed himself.

google.com
9189Anthony Aguilar25MaleHispanic/Latino06/09/2010AzusaCA34.156629-117.910844Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty sheriff's deputy was driving by when he noticed a Aguilar and a woman near some parked cars acting suspicously. The deputy pulled up in his vehicle beside the two and identified himself as a deputy sheriff. When Aguilar allegedly reached for his waistband, the deputy feared he was arming himself and fired one round at Aguilar.

latimes.com
9191Kenneth Alonzo Santos Robinson24MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2010AnchorageAK61.184133-149.9167359Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man just released from prison last month shot and killed himself just before midnight as police closed in to arrest him in the shooting of an Anchorage police officer. Robinson shot himself in the head when confronted by police as he walked out of a Spenard apartment, police say.

adn.com
9188Carl Wayne Beach40MaleRace unspecified06/09/2010UticaNE40.8943585-97.3496126Nebraska State Patrol
  • Medical emergency
  • No

A trooper stopped a westbound car for failing to signal near the Utica interchange at around 9 p.m., and allegedly found 10 pounds of marijuana inside the vehicle. The driver and her passenger, Carl Wayne Beach, were taken to the Seward County Jail. Upon reaching the jail, Beach said he was sick. He died at a hospital a short time later.

dailydem.com
9190Brian Cardall32MaleEuropean-American/White06/09/2010HurricaneUT37.0033723-112.9724109Hurricane Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Local police were fully aware that manic depressive PhD candidate Cardall had emotional issues as they responded to his directing traffic, shouting nonsense, naked. Officers tasered him to death 42 seconds after arrival, then detained and interrogated his wife. In January 2013 the family settled a wrongful death suit against the city for $2M.

deseretnews.com
22472Terrell B. Spires20MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2010GaryIN41.5923274-87.3564201Gary Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two men carjacked a car and forced the owner to drive to an ATM to withdraw money. After two attempts at different ATMs, the men took the car, crashed it during a police chase, and Terrell Spires was shot and killed during a gunbattle with police.

nwitimes.com
9193Kayla Woods6FemaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2010Los AngelesCA34.3012121-118.4117653Los Angeles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Kayla Woods was killed after she was struck and pinned against a brick wall by a car involved in a police pursuit.

crescentavalleyweekly.com
9194Chris Hinz43MaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1438464-106.5143796Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chris Hinz was drinking and walking around outside his house, firing his gun in the air. Officers arrived at the house and found the garage door open with gun casings inside with a bottle of liquor. They heard more gunshots being fired from inside the house. Hinz. was shot and killed when an officers tried to make contact with him, and he refused to come outside left his garage carrying a rifle and walked toward officers.

koat.com
9192Andres Paul Perez-Fraga60MaleRace unspecified06/10/2010AltadenaCA34.1931384-118.134066Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A deputy fired at least two shots at Andres Paul Perez-Fraga when he pointed a gun, but officials claimed the deputy's shots missed and that the fatal wound was self-inflicted.

whittierdailynews.com
9196Thomas E. Hennessey Jr.54MaleRace unspecified06/11/2010IrontonMO37.62597-90.6462287Ironton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Thomas E. Hennessey Jr. after Hennessey's vehicle allegedly struck the officer's vehicle. Hennessey had reportedly shot and killed Carl M. Jones in the parking lot of Town and Country Supermarket in Ironton before he was shot by the officer.

dailyjournalonline.com
9195Anthony Ronald Alvarez25MaleHispanic/Latino06/11/2010SacramentoCA38.5960549-121.406094Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Concord Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SWAT officers shot and killed Anthony Ronald Alvarez after a 56-hour standoff that began when he barricaded himself inside a downstairs apartment with his cousin's 16-month-old son.

sacramentopress.com
9198Montie "Quinn" Martie44FemaleEuropean-American/White06/11/2010LafayetteLA30.1860546-92.0062359Lafayette Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Montie "Quinn" Martie died a day after suffering head trauma in a domestic violence incident, after which Major Glen Dartez, a high-ranking officer was present but refused to render aid. Dartez, a trained medic and 33-year veteran of the Lafayette Police Department, allegedly refused to render emergency aid during a domestic dispute that left Montie "Quinn" Martie dead, and her boyfriend, William Phillips Jr., facing a murder charge. An Internal Affairs investigation into Dartez's presence on the scene and potential role in the subsequent murder investigation was not ordered until two months later. Dartez was not placed on administrative leave until Aug. 31—more than 2.5 months after the incident. Dartez ended up retiring before the investigation was finished.

theind.com
9197Carroll Joe Eubanks44MaleEuropean-American/White06/11/2010PerryvilleAR34.996881-92.836886Perry County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were attempting to question Eubanks regarding a domestic violence complaint. He brandished his gun and was shot and killed.

google.com
9199Trevon Cole21MaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2010Las VegasNV36.1749037-115.1101117Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A rifle shot to the head takes the life of Trevon Cole, 21, a small-time marijuana dealer who is unarmed in his apartment on East Bonanza Road when Las Vegas narcotics officers storm in.

google.com
9200Curtis Robinson34MaleAfrican-American/Black06/12/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1091076-106.6238158Albuquerque Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Curtis Robinson was, according to police, being disruptive and throwing things after they responded to a domestic violence call. One officer tasered him to take him into custody. He entered cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital.

abqjournal.com
9201Donnie Joe Lira66MaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2010Cherry TownshipMN47.412752-92.741924Minnesota State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pearson arrived at Lira's Cherry Township house after reports that he had opened fire on the Great Scott Township home where his estranged wife and two small children were staying. During a short standoff between the two, Lira reached into his nearby Chevrolet Cavalier and pulled out a rifle. He ignored Pearson's orders to drop the weapon, and instead loaded and pointed it at the officer. Pearson fired.

mprnews.org
9203William Owens17MaleRace unspecified06/13/2010HomewoodAL33.4693645-86.8287659Homewood Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Suicide

William Owens died after being tasered by an officer.

blog.al.com
9202Juan Mosso30MaleRace unspecified06/13/2010FremontCA37.557808-121.9944207Fremont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Jeff Lawrence, Timothy Ferrara and John Kennedy shot and killed Juan Mosso when he threatened them with a knife.

sfgate.com
9204Jose Alfredo Jimenez42MaleHispanic/Latino06/14/2010HoustonTX29.9098494-95.3178137Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Deputy J. Shriver pulled over a white pickup truck and told the driver, Jimenez, to exit the vehicle. Jimenez struck the officer and ran away. The officer shot Jimenez with a stun gun as he fled. Jimenez fell, hit his head and died at Northwest Medical Center.

chron.com
9205Julian Calbert42MaleRace unspecified06/15/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.0787524-106.7442377Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Albuquerque officers responded to a 911 call from a woman who said she was locked inside a trunk by Calbert and would not let her out, according to reports. When officers arrived, Calbert was asked to step out of his car, he lunged at an officer with a large knife. A struggle ensued resulting in the officer discharging his firearm. Calbert died at the scene.

cbsnews.com
9207Thomas P. Mayne58MaleEuropean-American/White06/15/2010Old Orchard BeachME43.542826-70.3726468U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after firing at federal agents who were attempting to arrest him.

maine.gov
9206Michael Todd White47MaleAfrican-American/Black06/15/2010VallejoCA38.089543-122.234861Vallejo Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Michael White died in hospital after an allegedly violent confrontation with a neighbor. Police responded to a 911 call by White's neighbor that he had attacked her. Police say White was violent, non-compliant, as well as "irrational and delusional." Police say that several officers used their Tasers multiple times on White before finally handcuffing him and tying him to a medical gurney. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. He was on parole.

sfgate.com
9211Michael H. Pagan40MaleHispanic/Latino06/16/2010MelbourneFL28.1208389-80.7053387West Melbourne Police Department, Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers conducted a traffic stop with Pagan, who'd been observed driving recklessly around 2:30 a.m., and who emerged from his automobile waving a knife and yelling that he wouldn't go back to prison. He was on probation after being imprisoned 12 years on burglary charges. He continued to threaten officers and was shot to death.

orlandosentinel.com
9210Dexter Luckett23MaleAfrican-American/Black06/16/2010BellflowerCA33.8876434-118.1220186Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were responding to a call of shots fired. When deputies arrived at the location, an informant directed them to the rear of an apartment complex where they located Luckett, who matched the description of the shooter given by the informant. The deputies ordered Luckett to walk to the car and place his hands on the hood. As he reached the hood of the car, Luckett quickly dropped his left hand to his rear waistband area. Believing Luckett had retrieved a weapon, a deputy fired one round from his firearm, hitting Luckett. The coroner found that Luckett had been shot twice. No weapon was recovered at the scene.

latimes.com
9208Matthew Scott Colbert23MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2010LubbockTX33.567857-101.9125977Lubbock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers went to Colbert's residence after learning that he had threatened suicide. After about an hour of talking with police negotiators and family members, he fatally shot himself.

lubbockonline.com
9209John Noble Evans68MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2010San DiegoCA32.7549429-117.0879242San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Evans, 68, was shot and killed June 16 after he fatally wounded a man at an apartment on Winona Avenue in City Heights and fired at two police officers.

sandiegouniontribune.com
9213Veronica Harding-Perkins46FemaleEuropean-American/White06/17/2010LibertytownMD39.44889-77.0610097Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harding-Perkins was killed by a trooper who fired several shots early in the morning after she pointed a gun at him from inside her doorway, police said.

washingtonpost.com
9214Diosdado Pabingwit51MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/17/2010HillsboroOR45.5080008-122.9633224Hillsboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responding to a late-evening 911 call to a closed restaurant found Pabingwit had stabbed his wife and restaurant co-owner. He threatened the officers with a knife and was shot to death. She later died of her wounds. Police described Pabingwit as being "within a complete lunging zone" to describe the threat he posed.

oregonlive.com
9212William R. Broyles39MaleRace unspecified06/17/2010TrementinaNM35.4850787-104.5422225New Mexico State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

New Mexico State Police officers shot and killed Broyles inside his home after he charged officers with a knife after a domestic violence dispute, according police.

google.com
9217Caroline McGehee Small35FemaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2010BrunswickGA31.2266965-81.4743069Glynn County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Small was shot to death with eight bullets by two county deputies after an "erratic four-mile chase at speeds of 20 to 30 MPH." She was under the influence of cocaine and had a half-empty bottle of vodka in her 1991 Buick. Deputies were caught on tape bragging about their marksmanship. Small died seven days later. The shooting was only justified by a grand jury in a rare split decision, and the case attracted the attention of the FBI.

jacksonville.com
9216Robert Wickson King64MaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2010BooneNC36.2568723-81.61613Watauga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Details were initially scarce but the fatal shooting of King by county deputies reportedly began with King threatening suicide. King's wife had called 911 reporting him missing; officers located him driving around in the early morning hours.

journalnow.com
20560Kayre Gene Snyder45MaleRace unspecified06/18/2010MiddleburgPA40.8362-76.971663Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kayre Snyder held three people hostage in a rural Snyder County home for about 14 hours before he was shot and killed by a state police sniper.

pennlive.com
9215Walter Williams37MaleRace unspecified06/18/2010Baldwin ParkCA34.0796543-117.9890886Baldwin Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Walter Williams was killed in a fiery crash after his car was struck by a SUV fleeing police just outside Eggleston Youth Homes and Foster Care, where Williams worked at as a counselor.

sbsun.com
9220Jesus Borrel Vazquez49MaleHispanic/Latino06/19/2010Southwest RanchesFL26.0477816-80.3305916Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three patrol cars blocked the getaway van Vazquez and his accomplice was using to burglarize a house. They'd already loaded a Maytag washing machine in it. Vazquez tried to bulldoze his way out, striking the cruisers and menacing a deputy who'd fallen almost under the van. He was stopped dead with 43 rounds. His accomplice was charged with his killing.

sun-sentinel.com
9218Anthony Chavez Rincon55MaleHispanic/Latino06/19/2010RichmondCA37.9741954-122.3651981Richmond Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Anthony Chavez Rincon was a passenger killed when a car being pursued by police lost control and crashed into a median on the Richmond Parkway.

sfgate.com
9219Max Joe Gutierrez32MaleRace unspecified06/19/2010BayardNM32.752939-108.1385506Bayard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gutierrez shot and killed himself after Bayard Police arrived at his residence in response to a call reporting a domestic battery, police said.

abqjournal.com
9226Daniel Garcia32MaleHispanic/Latino06/20/2010MontebelloCA34.010643-118.105427Montebello Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Garcia confronted officers with a knife and refused commands to lie down on the ground. Two officers used their Tasers on Garcia, but that did not stop him and he continued to after the officers. The two officers then shot and killed him.

latimes.com
9221Domingo Berlanga54MaleHispanic/Latino06/20/2010San AntonioTX29.4215256-98.5121889San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Berlanga attacked his daughter's boyfriend, Enrique Castillo, with a knife. Castillo hid in a bathroom. Berlanga attacked his daughter, Valerie, with a knife. Officer Brad Westmorland, who had served SAPD for 16 years, told Berlanga several times to drop his weapon, then shot him once, fatally, in the head.

expressnews.com
9229David O'Neil Brown Jr.27MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2010LancasterTX32.603155-96.778699Lancaster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sweating profusely and wearing only boxers, Brown approached a white Mitsubishi Galant and shot the driver, Jeremy Jontae McMillan, fatally in the head with a pistol. Officers responded. Brown, trying to drive away in a Dodge Stratus, pointed a semiautomatic rifle at the officers. He and Officer Craig Shaw fatally shot each other. Brown was bipolar, using PCP and marijuana, and had not been taking his medications. His father had just become Chief of the Dallas Police Department.

dallasnews.com
9228Bryan Guerrero31MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2010PortlandOR45.5301492-122.767925Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Through the bedroom window of a residence, a county officer witnessed Guerrero in an alcohol-fueled fight with another man at 3:30 a.m. Shirtless Guerrero, with blood smeared on his chest and face, ignored three commands to drop the blade he was holding. The officer fatally shot him through the window.

oregonlive.com
9223Marko Antonio Panduro28MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2010SidneyNE41.1369044-102.9763442Sidney Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marko Antonio Panduro allegedly confronted officers responding to a domestic violence call with a handgun. According to police, they told Panduro to drop his gun several times before officer Randy VerMaas shot and killed him.

starherald.com
9227Jamyrin Points17MaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2010New OrleansLA29.9832755-90.048847New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three New Orleans police officers shot and killed a 17-year-old youth after he allegedly pointed and leveled an assault rifle at the officers. The coroner's office determined that Jamyrin Points was shot 12 times, all in the back of his body.

wwltv.com
9224Marina Barajas41FemaleRace unspecified06/20/2010YakimaWA46.6070711-120.530451Yakima Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Pascual Ayala and his passenger Marina Barajas were both killed as a suspect pursued by police slammed into their vehicle. Their families contended that the 14-minute high speed chase through city streets was irresponsible and should have been halted. The Barajas family was awarded $400K; the Ayala family $250K.

yakimaherald.com
9225Pascual Ayala29MaleEuropean-American/White06/20/2010YakimaWA46.6070711-120.530451Yakima Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Pascual Ayala and his passenger Marina Barajas were both killed as a suspect pursued by police slammed into their vehicle. Their families contended that the 14-minute high speed chase through city streets was irresponsible and should have been halted. The Barajas family was awarded $400K; the Ayala family $250K.

yakimaherald.com
9222Thuan Binh Pham29MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/20/2010HoustonTX29.609204-95.1948178Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Pham, armed with a 9mm pistol, broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, threatened to kill her family and challenged them to call police. His ex-girlfriend's father left the house and did so. Officers B. Graham and J. Scott tried to reason with Pham. They heard a gunshot come from inside the house. A SWAT team lead by Officer G. Heath found Pham dead of a gunshot wound to the head.

google.com
9231Richard Counsil40MaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2010NeodeshaKS37.3854789-95.6421803Neosho County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Richard Counsil reportedly committed suicide during a 10-hour standoff at a cemetery. According to police, Counsil died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 1 a.m. Counsil was suspected in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife's boyfriend, Clayton Wright, 54, in neighboring Neosho County on Sunday afternoon. A manhunt led officers from three counties to Grandview Cemetery in Wilson County, where a standoff ensued that ended when Counsil reportedly shot himself.

koamtv.com
9230Robert Edward Barrera41MaleRace unspecified06/21/2010PrunedaleCA36.7886564-121.6907036Monterey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Edward Barrera reportedly shot himself and burned the house down during a police standoff near Prunedale.

montereyherald.com
9233Jahad Phillips19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/22/2010NewarkNJ40.732398-74.206616Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Phillips was fatally shot by an officer as he was being pursued as a robbery suspect. Newark police said Phillips was shot after he charged toward a police cruiser with a gun drawn.

www.nj.com
9235Abel Barrera-Siguenza22MaleHispanic/Latino06/22/2010OmahaNE41.208627-95.963901Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Suspect was firing at a vehicle with a pellet gun. Was shot by an off-duty police officer working security at the location.

nonpareilonline.com
9234Mary Celine Graham83FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/22/2010New York CityNY40.8058146-73.9468231City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Graham, an elderly Catholic nun, was one of three pedestrians struck by a minivan that had been stopped by NYPD after a gunpoint robbery. The driver had been taken into custody, but another suspect grabbed the wheel and took off through the streets of Morningside Heights, with police in pursuit. Witnesses described the chase much differently than the officials.

nytimes.com
9232Daniel Sylvester35MaleEuropean-American/White06/22/2010Crescent CityCA41.7779055-124.1858397Del Norte County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Daniel Sylvester died after deputy Frank Villareal tasered him 10 times during an altercation that ensued after Villareal and Sgt. Allen Dubreuil responded to a mental health call at Sylvester's home north of Crescent City.

triplicate.com
9237Vaughn Sanderson62MaleRace unspecified06/23/2010Grants PassOR42.408118-123.356898Josephine County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After expressing suicidal thoughts, drinking heavily for several days, and with numerous weapons in the house, Sanderson's domestic partner was able to reach 911 for help. Police arrived at the rural property and Sanderson became threatening. He faced down six officers with a shotgun, fired the shotgun, and was fatally shot in return.

josephine.or.us
9236Raymond Boettcher50MaleRace unspecified06/23/2010PlumervilleAR35.1625356-92.6437415Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After shooting his girlfriend and leading police on a chase across several counties, Boettcher was shot and killed. It was not immediately apparent whether police shot him or he shot himself.

google.com
9239Marvin Fulford48MaleAfrican-American/Black06/24/2010BronxNY40.817186-73.886812City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fulford attempted to flee from a mid-morning drug raid, and fired his own gun before begin fatally shot by NYPD.

nydailynews.com
9238Zachary Champommier18MaleEuropean-American/White06/24/2010Los AngelesCA34.1433594-118.3977019U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An undercover DEA agent shot and killed Champommier at a San Fernando valley strip mall. Champommier had no way of knowing the agents were law enforcement, and he attempted to drive away when one of the agents stepped in front of his car, thus setting up a "deadly force" situation. A U.S. Attorney called the shooting justified. In August 2013 a judge awarded the family a $3M settlement.

scpr.org
21279Laszlo John Latits59MaleRace unspecified06/24/2010DetroitMI42.4392654-83.1198407Ferndale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Ken Jaklic stopped a 1999 Mercury Cougar driven by Laszlo John Latits around 1 a.m. for driving the wrong way on Livernois near Marshall. Jaklic allegedly saw several bags of marijuana and a bottle of pills in the glove box. Police said Latits drove away when Jaklic told him to get out of the car. Latits turned left on 8 Mile before entering the parking lot of Stanley's Other Place restaurant. Police said Latits drove over the grass to Woodward, fleeing into Detroit as other FPD patrol vehicles joined the chase. Officer Lowell Phillips' rammed Latits' car at State Fair, causing the Cougar to crash into a light pole. Four officers tried to box in Latits' car, but he allegedly drove into Jaklic's car, backed up and nearly ran over Phillips, who shot Latits three times, killing him.

theoaklandpress.com
9240Guy Sydney Erway Jr.48MaleRace unspecified06/25/2010Santa YnezCA34.613525-120.0841405Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Guy Sydney Erway Jr. reportedly shot himself after killing his wife, Ruth Jochum Erway, during a police standoff.

santamariatimes.com
22843Marcus Mandell Wilson19MaleRace unspecified06/25/2010RoanokeVA37.272414-79.9498579Portsmouth Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Marcus Wilson was suspected of stealing his housemate's car when officers began a high-speed chase that ended in a wreck that killed the driver and seriously hurt the passenger, police said.

roanoke.com
9242Normane Bennett23MaleRace unspecified06/25/2010St. LouisMO38.6676712-90.2193012St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bennett was shot after he fled from police who tried to arrest him for alleged drug activity. Police at the time said Bennett's family attacked officers, allowing him to flee, and that Bennett pulled a revolver, pointing it at the detective chasing him. The family disputed many of these claims, including that Bennett was armed, in a federal suit.

stltoday.com
9243Matthew Tutt21MaleEuropean-American/White06/25/2010LakelandFL28.032742-81.987957Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies stopped Tutt on his bicycle because it lacked lights and reflectors. Cooperative at first, Tutt resisted being searched by pulling out a .45 semi-automatic handgun and opening fire on both. They returned fire and fatally shot him.

wftv.com
9241Marquez Tyrone Baskin19MaleAfrican-American/Black06/25/2010Kansas CityMO39.0552006-94.5467062Kansas City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Marquez Baskin was killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase. Baskin lost control of the SUV he was driving, flipped into a backyard and was pinned underneath the vehicle. Baskin's 17-year-old passenger was reportedly hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

google.com
9244Kinzy Laquinte Thornton31MaleAfrican-American/Black06/26/2010HoustonTX29.6190634-95.211719Houston Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Thornton, half-dressed, walked around in a street. Officer B.H. Graham located Thornton, decided that he was intoxicated and arrested him. Officer J.B. Heslop and three others assisted. Thornton was put in both handcuffs and leg restraints. Paramedics took Thornton to Southeast Medical Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. On June 20, an officer identified as B. Graham was present at the suicide of Thuan Pham, who had threatened his ex-girlfriend and her family.

google.com
9246Scott A. Brogli45MaleRace unspecified06/27/2010BeavercreekOH39.768915-84.0829605Beavercreek Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police Officers Sean Williams and Dan Krall responded to a domestic violence call involving Wilson at their home, the Promenade Apartments, 4052 Primrose Place. According to police, Brogli was holding a large knife when he charged at officers and did not respond to their commands to open the door to the apartment. Brogli, 45, shot once in the chest by Williams, was pronounced dead at 6:58 p.m. at Miami Valley Hospital.

daytondailynews.com
20699Shaun M. Bollig29MaleEuropean-American/White06/27/2010ArlingtonWI43.3320892-89.3252931Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a call about a man with a gun who was threatening to harm himself, and that shots had been fired, according to police. Deputies responded and set up a perimeter, as the suspect was on foot. Bollig approached a deputy, and deputies at the scene said he fired a shot. Bollig was shot and killed.

hngnews.com
9245Ernest R. Irish66MaleRace unspecified06/27/2010FontanaCA34.1032521-117.4910437San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, Fontana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SBCSD deputies Sean Anglin and Curtis Williams, and FPD Sgt. Michael Dorsey and officers Mark Gonzalez and Casey Kirkland shot Ernest R. Irish when he fired a handgun at officers who had surrounded his mobile home during a standoff.

www.pe.com
9249Robert Matthew Weaver27MaleEuropean-American/White06/28/2010DallasTX32.9247654-96.7190848Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers interviewed a complainant who reported a burglary of a motor vehicle. As they did so, Weaver drove past them in the vehicle and stopped at a gate. As Weaver waited for the gate to open, Officer Adam Thayer confronted him and told him to step out of the vehicle. Thayer reached for a black object in the car. Officer Thayer fatally shot Weaver. Weaver was unarmed. Officer Thayer had served for three years and seven months.

dallaspolice.net
9247Choung Van Nguyen25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/28/2010BerkeleyCA37.8780616-122.2986184Berkeley Police Department, Albany Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers shot Choung Van Nguyen when he fired a handgun at them after a car chase and foot pursuit.

berkeleyside.com
9248Arturo Enriquez26MaleHispanic/Latino06/28/2010DenverCO39.6939663-105.0280953Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Enriquez was shot after pointing a weapon at officers responding to a "man with a gun" 911 call.

denverda.org
9250Diego Castellanos51MaleHispanic/Latino06/29/2010ChannelviewTX29.772892-95.103523Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy M. Medina confronted Castellanos, standing in a street with a knife or a boxcutter, after a complaint that he threatened drivers with the weapon. Told to drop the knife, Castellanos began circling the deputy, then approached him. Deputy Medina shot at Castellanos, striking him twice and killing him.

chron.com
9251William Briggs Blanchard76MaleRace unspecified06/29/2010UplandCA34.1214816-117.6809034Claremont Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

William Briggs Blanchard was killed when an a car being chased by police crashed into his pickup truck.

sbsun.com
20561Andre M. Morales16MaleRace unspecified06/29/2010ChesterPA39.8558587-75.3601087Chester Housing Authority Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said six people were playing a card game in the garage of a Chester home when two masked gunmen entered. Officers called found men fleeing the garage and indicating that armed suspects were inside. Police said the arriving officers found two armed males dressed in black exiting a second-floor window, and a gun battle began. An officer was injured and two people were shot and killed, although the exact roles of the decedents, Andre M. Morales and Charlie Chambers, were not reported. Shaquille Byrd, 17, was sentenced to serve eight to 16 years behind bars to be followed three years probation for his role in the attempted robbery.

google.com
23214Andrew Carr29MaleRace unspecified06/29/2010ChattanoogaTN34.9918164-85.1481072Chattanooga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Andrew Carr called 911 threatening suicide. When officers arrived at his house, Carr initially negotiated to surrender, but charged off his porch, pointing a revolver at three police officers standing 20 to 25 feet away, police said. The officers shot and killed Carr.

google.com
20562Charlie Chambers34MaleRace unspecified06/29/2010ChesterPA39.8558587-75.3601087Chester Housing Authority Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said six people were playing a card game in the garage of a Chester home when two masked gunmen entered. Officers called found men fleeing the garage and indicating that armed suspects were inside. Police said the arriving officers found two armed males dressed in black exiting a second-floor window, and a gun battle began. An officer was injured and two people were shot and killed, although the exact roles of the decedents, Andre M. Morales and Charlie Chambers, were not reported. Shaquille Byrd, 17, was sentenced to serve eight to 16 years behind bars to be followed three years probation for his role in the attempted robbery.

google.com
22837David Lewis Warren68MaleAfrican-American/Black06/30/2010PortsmouthVA36.7956299-76.3543406Portsmouth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David Warren's house in Cavalier Manor was without water, power or a telephone. he was told to move out, but he stayed. Police came when he threatened landscape workers. He was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a gun at police.

hamptonroads.com
9253Jose Luis Martinez Chavez38MaleRace unspecified06/30/2010Lake BerryessaCA38.6750684-122.2775817Napa County Sheriff's Office, Napa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

NPD officer Pete Piersig and NCSO deputy Jeremiah Bohlander shot and killed Jose Luis Chavez Martinez when he brandished a handgun at drug agents during a raid on a marijuana grow near Lake Berryessa.

napavalleyregister.com
9252Richard Renfandt II31MaleEuropean-American/White06/30/2010ConcordCA37.9968506-122.0369065Concord Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Eduardo Montero shot Richard Renfandt II in the back of the head after the officer heard Renfandt fire a shot as he ran from Montero and detective Shawn Phalen.

mercurynews.com
9254Julian Stanley Collender25MaleEuropean-American/White06/30/2010Yorba LindaCA33.8849602-117.7267364Brea Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Collender, an armed-robbery suspect, was shot and killed by police outside his residence.

ocregister.com
9256Lextrell Williams28MaleAfrican-American/Black07/01/2010EufaulaAL31.8633218-85.1634772U.S. Marshals Service, Dothan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Lextrell Williams allegedly shot himself in the head as law enforcement personnel attempted to apprehend him.

blog.al.com
9257Edward Swan Worthy34MaleAfrican-American/Black07/01/2010SouthfieldMI42.465164-83.2307Southfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Worthy was suspected in an armed robbery and tried to escape his home which was under surveillance. Worthy spun out and crashed, and he fled on foot. At that time officers began firing at Worthy. The suspect was struck multiple times. It is not clear whether Worthy was armed when he tried to escape on foot.

theoaklandpress.com
9255Alan Board47MaleRace unspecified07/01/2010FlintstoneGA34.9814453-85.3344209Walker County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Law enforcement was called to a domestic dispute at a residence. The man jumped on a motorcycle and fled, with Walker County sheriff's deputies in pursuit. The man was traveling 100 mph at times during the chase. As the man was rounding a curve, he lost control, overturned, and the bike struck a stop sign. He was ejected from the motorcycle and struck a yield sign. The motorcycle was thrown 193 feet, landing in a field. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

google.com
9258Moses Jovid Muhammad56MaleMiddle Eastern07/02/2010El CajonCA32.7994127-116.9366611El Cajon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Muhammad was allegedly threatening passersby and came at the younger Sprecco with a hunting knife. Sprecco, a 9-year veteran, shot Muhammad several times in the upper body and legs.

10news.com
9260Bianca White21FemaleRace unspecified07/03/2010ChicagoIL41.8093865-87.6165924Chicago Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Bianca White was killed when a car fleeing police struck her car in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Police said they were chasing a driver who didn't pull over for a traffic stop at around 1 a.m.

abc7chicago.com
9259George Lumm86MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2010FranklinGA33.3163091-85.0599623Heard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after police said he pointed a 9mm pistol at his own head and then at an officer at his home. A friend had called 911 to say Lumm was suicidal. Friends told police Lumm was depressed over his wife's death and had recently spent months in a nursing home.

myajc.com
9262Travis James Bowers19MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2010DestinFL30.3880777-86.4760741Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Bowers was the passenger of a Nissan driven by another 19-year-old. The Nissan collided with a Camaro, causing a chain reaction. The driver then attempted to evade and elude county deputies in pursuit, damaging a total of eight vehicles. The Nissan ended up upside-down with the two men injured and entrapped. Bowers died; the driver survived in critical condition and was charged with vehicular manslaughter.

newssun.com
9261Richard Bernard Nolton42MaleAfrican-American/Black07/03/2010HendersonNV36.010629-114.978404Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Henderson police responding to a domestic disturbance call encounter Bernard Richard Nolton, 42, going in and out of his home. The last time Nolton emerges, he has a gun. An officer shoots and kills Nolton when he refuses to drop the gun.

google.com
21280DeMarlo Hobbs31MaleRace unspecified07/04/2010DetroitMI42.3699977-82.9779791Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, officers tried to stop DeMarlo Hobbs on his bicycle in relation to a report that he'd shot at a home the day before. Hobbs allegedly fled, pulled a handgun and fired four rounds at police. Officers returned fire, killing Hobbs.

mlive.com
9263Robert J. Regan37MaleRace unspecified07/04/2010ScappooseOR45.8403902-123.0380401Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Brooks Jay Anderson and his passenger Robert J. Regan were both killed in a fiery crash at the end of an extended high-speed chase. Driving a stolen car, Anderson had been wanted for a long list of offenses. Although reaching speeds of 80 MPH for 18 miles on a twisting rural road through the Cascade range, police claimed to have strictly followed their chase procedures.

thechronicleonline.com
9264Brooks Jay Anderson33MaleEuropean-American/White07/04/2010ScappooseOR45.8403902-123.0380401Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Brooks Jay Anderson and his passenger Robert J. Regan were both killed in a fiery crash at the end of an extended high-speed chase. Driving a stolen car, Anderson had been wanted for a long list of offenses. Although reaching speeds of 80 MPH for 18 miles on a twisting rural road through the Cascade range, police claimed to have strictly followed their chase procedures.

thechronicleonline.com
9268Decarlos Moore36MaleAfrican-American/Black07/05/2010MiamiFL25.790592-80.200856Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police released few details of this traffic stop that developed in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Moore. The rookie cop suspected that Moore's vehicle had been stolen, when the owner was Moore's girlfriend. Police said that Moore reached into the back seat to get a weapon, but no weapon was found.

sun-sentinel.com
9267Kevin Albertson21MaleEuropean-American/White07/05/2010RenoNV39.6938639-119.8746745Washoe County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Deputy Mathew Durham was sentenced to 30 days in jail and community service for causing injuries that led to the death of 21-year-old Kevin Albertson

kolotv.com
19248Dennis Joe Jackson44MaleAfrican-American/Black07/05/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.4931212-97.3886065Midwest City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dennis Jackson was fleeing a traffic stop when he crashed and was killed.

news9.com
19249Damon Lamont Falls31MaleAfrican-American/Black07/05/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.4201748-97.4957522Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police responded to a call about a disturbance at a Dollar General. Officers found Damon Lamont Falls wearing a wig, a fake moustache and beard, a ball cap and sunglasses. He dropped a stun gun and ran from police.During a struggle to get Falls into custody, police used a Taser on him, but he then continued to struggle with officers after he was shocked. As officers were trying to walk Falls back to a police car, he collapsed and died.

news9.com
9266Edmund "Bubba" Gutierrez22MaleHispanic/Latino07/05/2010ImperialCA32.8204806-115.5542296Imperial Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Edmund "Bubba" Gutierrez died after he was tasered, pepper-sprayed and struck with a baton by officers Eric Granado and Joe Garibaldi after he was confronted for parking on the wrong side of a residential street.

sfgate.com
9265Brian Powell42MaleRace unspecified07/05/2010Long BeachCA33.7787898-118.1812924Long Beach Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Brian Powell died in a hospital shortly after officers Paul Tovar, Daniel Melendez, Darren Lance, Nicholas Kent, John Garry and Raymond Panek restrained him while he was being treated by paramedics at a sober living facility.

documentcloud.org
9269Gerald Hubert "Jerry" Kubowicz51MaleRace unspecified07/06/2010MarshfieldMO37.355941-92.915847Missouri State Highway Patrol, Webster County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gerald Hubert "Jerry" Kubowicz reportedly committed suicide after a police chase. Kubowicz was suspected of murdering his mother-in-law, Stephanie Regan, 65, in Ozark. Kubowicz was located in Webster County the following day. Police chase Kubowicz's truck for about 10 minutes before cornering him at a road block at about 2 p.m. Officers surrounded Kubowicz's vehicle and told him to step out, but Kubowicz reportedly shot himself.

ccheadliner.com
9271Mayceo O. Devangari42MaleAfrican-American/Black07/07/2010KentWA47.3886847-122.2100435Kent Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after two-hour standoff by police responding to a domestic violence call. Police claim they believed Mr. Devangari was reaching into his pocket for a weapon, which they claim turned out to be a silver/chrome-colored crank flashlight.

seattletimes.com
9272Jeffrey Lee Clausen33MaleEuropean-American/White07/07/2010Cottage GroveMN44.8322715-92.9672372Cottage Grove Police Department, Woodbury Public Safety Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As part of a felony weapons investigation, police stopped the car that Clausen and two others were riding in. According to police, Clausen got out of the car and repeatedly failed to follow officers' commands. Court documents say Clausen was unarmed, but 'pointed a dark object' at officers before he was shot. It later turned out to be the scope from a rifle. The rifle was in the trunk of his car.

mprnews.org
9270Paul Serling Smith38MaleEuropean-American/White07/07/2010Hawk PointMO38.9887277-91.1285517Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Paul S. Smith reportedly shot and killed himself outside his home as police approached him. Officers had arrived at about 4:30 p.m. because Smith was considered a person of interest in the abduction of a 4-year-old Alisa Maier, who'd been taken from her home in Louisiana Missouri two days earlier. Alisa had been found at a Fenton car wash about 26 hours after she was abducted.

stltoday.com
20563Kelly Duane Smith42MaleRace unspecified07/07/2010WashingtonPA40.1715947-80.251828Washington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kelly Duane Smith fled a police stop and was shot and killed. Reportedly, Coroner S. Timothy Warco felt this was a "suicide by police," but local media reported there was little evidence to support the claim. Local media also reported this was the first time in the country that there was a "suicide by cop" ruling.

centerforhealthjournalism.org
9277Jason Todd Brown26MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2010ArcadiaFL27.0926539-81.8377482DeSoto County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brown was riding a 4-wheeler in a wooded area as a deputy attempted to serve him a warrant for parole violations. Brown resisted vigorously, punching the deputy in the face and having a go at his weapon. The deputy killed him with a single shot to the neck.

heraldtribune.com
9275William Hope Jr.25MaleAfrican-American/Black07/08/2010ChicagoIL41.7581722-87.6263824Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When police approached to question him, Hope sat in his Pontiac Grand Am in the parking lot of a Popeye's Chicken restaurant. He let his vehicle move forward, slowly, endangering the officers. He was fatally shot. A fully loaded 9mm handgun was found on him later, police said.

injusticewatch.org
9276Joseph Baumgardner24MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2010San RamonCA37.7736829-121.9743441San Ramon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported that Baumgardner ordered a 7-Eleven clerk to leave the store, and the clerk went across the street and called police. Baumgardner spent an hour in the store drinking beer, and came out and pointed a gun at the police, who shot him to death.

insidebayarea.com
9278James F. Popkowski37MaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2010AugustaME44.2801454-69.7038582U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after armed confrontation with police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in woods near hospital.

kjonline.com
9274Phyllis Owens87FemaleEuropean-American/White07/08/2010BoringOR45.3748309-122.3230759Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Owens, 87, died after reaching for a handgun and being hit with a police stun gun.

oregonlive.com
9273Joe Anthony Garcia35MaleHispanic/Latino07/08/2010HoustonTX29.7118586-95.3163154Houston Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Garcia, half-dressed, ran around the intersection of South Wayside Drive and Telephone Road, striking passing vehicles and chasing pedestrians. Complainants requested law enforcement and an ambulance. By the time officers responded, Garcia was flopping around on the blacktop. Officers subdued Garcia and put him in an ambulance. He was pronounced dead at Ben Taub Hospital.

google.com
9280Traveon John Avila15MaleAfrican-American/Black07/09/2010BakersfieldCA35.3414761-118.9892669Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

It's reported differently by witnesses and police. Officers said they chased Avila in a car that was stolen, and shot him before he backed over them with the car. Witnesses in the car said police rammed the car and shot before Avila had time to surrender. They say the car rolled back off the dirt embankment.

bakersfieldcalifornian.com
9282Marvin Booker56MaleAfrican-American/Black07/09/2010DenverCO39.7392524-104.9940181Denver Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

While homeless street preacher Booker was being processed in Denver city jail, four deputies and a sergeant tasered him, put him in a "sleeper hold", and restrained him by laying on top of him. The physically slight Booker lost consciousness and died. In October 2014 a jury awarded his family $4.65M, one of a string of multimillion dollar settlements in Denver.

denverpost.com
20564Allison Strausser26FemaleEuropean-American/White07/09/2010Coolbaugh TownshipPA41.1751598-75.4011668Lehigh Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kenneth Strausser, 34, fled from a Lehigh Township Police officer who recognized Strausser as driving with a suspended license. Kenneth Strausser's pregnant wife, Allison Strausser, 26, was killed when the car struck a tree.

poconorecord.com
9279Jose Carlos Rodriguez23MaleHispanic/Latino07/09/2010San DiegoCA32.6991027-117.1273168San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rodriguez, 23, was shot and killed July 9 at a Logan Heights apartment after threatening his neighbors and officers with an 11-inch butcher knife.

sandiegouniontribune.com
9281William Oakden30MaleEuropean-American/White07/09/2010BountifulUT40.89882-111.890514Woods Cross Police Department, West Bountiful Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oakden slit his wrists and got help from a neighbor, who called 911. Officers arrived to find Oakden with his neighbor on the porch. When Oakden was ordered to raise his hands, his shirt rose with his hands, revealing a gun tucked in his pants. He allegedly dropped his hands, pulled out the gun—an airsoft toy gun—and pointed it at officers. The airsoft gun fired, and officers fired on Oakden, who was struck 16 times.

sltrib.com
9284Carlos Franco-Ruiz29MaleHispanic/Latino07/10/2010PhoenixAZ33.4675968-112.177773Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Franco-Ruiz was killed by police after he allegedly shot his wife twice and fired at police.

azcentral.com
9283Roman O. Petriw47MaleRace unspecified07/10/2010GenevaWI42.604331-88.5067679Walworth County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Petriw had shot himself twice in the torso area. The incident occurred in the town of Geneva, and police responded to the scene. Petriw survived and he turned his gun on three officers, who shot him simultaneously, killing him.

lakegenevanews.net
9286Erik B. Scott38MaleEuropean-American/White07/10/2010Las VegasNV36.1632356-115.3329611Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Erik Scott, a West Point graduate who Las Vegas police confronted outside the Summerlin Costco after receiving reports that Scott had been causing a disturbance inside the crowded store. Scott, who reportedly had morphine and Xanax in his system at the time of the incident, reached for a gun when officers ordered him to get on the ground outside the store. At that point, officers fired their weapons.

google.com
9285Javier Joseph Rueda28MaleHispanic/Latino07/10/2010Sun ValleyCA34.2309364-118.3690576Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers noticed Rueda when he appeared to be driving under the influence. As police tried to pursue Rueda, he led them on a chase. He then stopped his car and exited with a handgun. Rueda immediately began shooting at the officers who returned fire. Rueda was hit by several gunshots.

latimes.com
9288John Coleman Jr.39MaleRace unspecified07/11/2010ChicagoIL41.9038991-87.6314356Chicago Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

John Coleman Jr. became unresponsive en route to a police station. Coleman had reportedly swallowed drugs, run from police, struggled with officers and was tasered and beaten during his arrest near Cabrini Green. After arriving at the station, Coleman was found unresponsive inside the SUV. He was pronounced dead at 3:19 a.m. In September 2011, Coleman's family received a $1.3 million settlement after video from the police SUV showed officers failed to get prompt medical attention for Coleman. Two of the officers involved in the arrest, Alexis Zayas and Ronnie Black, were reportedly relieved of their police powers.

chicagotribune.com
9289Arthur Williams63MaleAfrican-American/Black07/11/2010Clear SpringMD39.6586754-77.8839739Maryland State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Alabaman Williams robbed a hotel at gunpoint at 4 a.m. Sunday and tried to rob a second one. State police found his black 2007 Cadillac CTS, driving recklessly, and gave pursuit for 2 and a half miles before Williams lost control and died, his Cadillac going end over end into a roadside field.

herald-mail.com
9290Jamarr M. "Marley" "Nuk" Hassell18MaleAfrican-American/Black07/11/2010NorfolkVA36.8912019-76.238794Norfolk Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers said that they attempted to stop Hassell because he was driving erratically at 2:22 a.m. He fled on foot, and officers said they saw that he had a gun. Officers shot him in the back while he was running through a field. Officers said they ordered him to drop his gun and that he turned toward them and raised his gun.

hamptonroads.com
9287Bryan P. Jones26MaleEuropean-American/White07/11/2010FremontOH41.286383-83.12972Sandusky County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. Jones refused to come out and armed himself with a shotgun. When police broke in, they shot and killed him.

sanduskyregister.com
19921Allen Mitchell62MaleRace unspecified07/11/2010GeorgetownKY38.2163061-84.5347256Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Allen Mitchell, 62, of Palm Harbor, Fla., led police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 75 and then shot and killed himself, police said.

google.com
20565Arika L Hainesworth24FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/11/2010PittsburghPA40.4560548-79.8704626Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Arika L. Hainesworth was killed when police responded to a home invasion. One of the alleged robbers was charged in the death. .

google.com
9292Anibal Rosario-Rodriguez61MaleHispanic/Latino07/12/2010New BritainCT41.6738298-72.7770278New Britain Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Sought in connection with a separate incident, 61-year-old Rosario-Rodriguez fled police contact in his car and then on foot through downtown New Britain. Officers tasered him; he died shortly after. Press reports describe police telling his daughter he died of a heart attack. A subsequent ruling by the medical examiner ascribed his death to a ruptured spleen.

courant.com
9291Dennis Dwain Jackson57MaleEuropean-American/White07/12/2010PasadenaTX29.649209-95.1648287Pasadena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jackson put a fake pipe bomb on the counter of a Chase Bank and told employees to give him money. Employees gave him cash and triggered a silent alarm. Jackson left the bank. An officer confronted Jackson as he walked toward his truck. Jackson tried to draw a gun from the pocket of his coveralls. It hung up on the pocket. The officer fatally shot him.

yourhoustonnews.com
21281Justin Joel Luckhardt32MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2010Mount PleasantMI43.553424-84.7875685Mount Pleasant Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Justin Joel Luckhardt reportedly shot Kim Luchie, 25, inside The Cabin bar and restaurant near the Central Michigan University campus about 10:45 p.m. According to police, Luckhardt later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a police chase resulted in a crash in Lincoln Township. Both men were pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital. Police said they believed Luckhardt may have shot Luchie in a case of mistaken identity.

cm-life.com
22847Thomas Lee "Cowboy" Lewellyn55MaleRace unspecified07/13/2010EdenNC36.5368179-79.806377Eden Police Department, Rockingham County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police wanted to question Thomas Lewellyn about a woman whose body was found in a field in Ridgeway, Va., police said. Police knocked and identified themselves and then heard a gunshot inside. After calling for assistance, officers went in and found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

greensboro.com
9295Lance G. "Lizard Man" Hummell23MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2010Las CrucesNM32.296003-106.7621531Las Cruces Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hummell drew a nearly 4-foot Samurai sword as he left a vehicle, raised the blade and walked toward the officers, who drew their weapons and ordered Hummell to stop. He continued to advance slowly toward the officers. It was found that the officers were no further than 27 feet from Lance Hummell when an officer shot and killed him.

lcsun-news.com
9293Leyda Montufar15FemaleHispanic/Latino07/13/2010San JoseCA37.338885-121.8796864California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Leyda Montufar died when the Mitsubishi Mirage she was riding in was broadsided by a Honda Civic being chased by CHP officer Kroon for making an illegal right turn off I-280.

mercurynews.com
23215Whit McCormack42MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2010LeomaTN35.188301-87.3522459Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said a woman called 911 at about 6:15 p.m. reporting that her estranged husband, Whit McCormack, was threatening her at her home. Apparently, he was upset about the amount of child support he would have to pay when the couple got divorced. Deputy Byron Shelton arrived and tracked McCormack to a bedroom, where he had the woman cornered. Shelton told him to drop his gun, and McCormack fired, hitting the deputy twice and wounding him. The deputy shot and killed McCormack.

wsmv.com
9294Cedric Dale Hill57MaleAfrican-American/Black07/13/2010DallasTX32.7479412-96.8573778Dallas Police Department
  • Undetermined
  • Less-than-lethal force

Officers Kevin Runyan, Louis Pacheco, Jared Pomponio and Rick Parlier responded to a suspicious person call at a CVS. Hill resisted arrest. The officers struggled with and handcuffed him. Hill stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead at Methodist Central Hospital two days later.

archive.org
22840Jataynun Trayvon Fleming22MaleAfrican-American/Black07/14/2010RichmondVA37.5076529-77.5132293Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police wanted Jataynun Fleming in connection with a murder. After a standoff, police entered the home and killed him when he allegedly approached them aggressively.

nbc12.com
9296Rashaan Gilbert33MaleAfrican-American/Black07/14/2010NewarkNJ40.7552012-74.1723683Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Newark detectives identified as members of the city's gang investigations unit shot and killed Rashaan Gilbert, 33, of Newark after he allegedly approached them on a South Ward street corner with a weapon and refused to drop it.

www.nj.com
9297Clifton Austin Salter60MaleEuropean-American/White07/14/2010PensacolaFL30.4867104-87.3064933Florida Highway Patrol, Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Salter had already shot himself in the head once, before a trooper's traffic stop. He'd struck himself in the roof of the mouth. Salter then reportedly leveled his handgun at the trooper; the trooper responded with three shots to Salter's chest, killing him.

northescambia.com
9298Jerome Gill31MaleRace unspecified07/15/2010Melrose ParkIL41.9042121-87.834825Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jerome Gill died about an hour after he was tasered and arrested for allegedly selling drugs to an undercover officer during a sting operation. At about 12:30 p.m., police said they were about to apprehend Gill, but he fled and resisted arrest. According to police, officers fired a Taser at Gill, but it didn't appear to have an effect. Gill was eventually subdued and then reportedly began spitting up pieces of crack cocaine that he may have ingested. Gill died at a hospital.

chicagotribune.com
22842John Calvin Chewning46MaleRace unspecified07/15/2010HamptonVA37.0555975-76.3320639Hampton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Chewning was shot and killed by two Hampton police officers after he robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy, according to police. He fled into nearby trees and when police arrived, he allegedly pointed a gun at Officers Jennifer Jones and Scott Quesenberry, who killed him.

dailypress.com
9299Seth Privacky30MaleEuropean-American/White07/15/2010KincheloeMI46.2629149-84.4677Michigan Department of Corrections
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three inmates stole a tractor-trailer and crashed it through a fence at the Kinross Correctional Facility near Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday. Seth Privacky, 30, who had been serving a life sentence for killing five people near Muskegon in 1998, was shot dead by a corrections officer.

petoskeynews.com
19250Brandon D. Hulin24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/15/2010NormanOK35.1881257-97.4210537Norman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jennifer L. Trevino's body was found in a car outside a Norman Best Western Motel after reports of her missing led police to the motel. Police said Brandon D. Hulin, 24, barricaded himself inside the motel before committing suicide.

news9.com
9303Luciano Reyes35MaleHispanic/Latino07/16/2010San FernandoCA34.2865987-118.4160578Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reyes allegedly confronted officers while pointing a gun at them, at which point he was shot. Police were responding to a domestic violence call.

latimes.com
9300Name withheld by police51MaleRace unspecified07/16/2010GlendaleCA34.1696008-118.2291281Glendale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unidentified man riding a stolen motorcycle was killed when he crashed into a concrete bridge wall during a police pursuit.

dailybreeze.com
9304DeFarra "Dean" Gaymon48MaleAfrican-American/Black07/16/2010NewarkNJ40.7533614-74.1782076Essex County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Esposito came across Mr. Gaymon, who was engaged in a sexual act, in Newark Park. When Officer Esposito tried to arrest him, "Mr. Gaymon appeared to panic, assaulted the police officer and fled." Officer Esposito cornered him near a pond. Mr. Gaymon threatened to kill Officer Esposito, then lunged at and attempted to disarm him while reaching into his own pocket. Officer Esposito fired once.

nytimes.com
9302Name withheld by policeMaleAfrican-American/Black07/16/2010Otter CreekAR34.6461021-92.4306921Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An unidentified man was killed in a crash after a pursuit when an Arkansas State Police trooper began tracking the dark-colored Ford pickup because the tags didn't match the vehicle. It was later verified to have been stolen. He was not carrying identification.

google.com
9301Gary Paul Brown23MaleEuropean-American/White07/16/2010Wichita FallsTX33.893495-98.456684Wichita Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. Brown pulled a gun on them and was shot and killed.

google.com
9305Dennis Hamby50MaleEuropean-American/White07/17/2010Lithia SpringsGA33.7683254-84.6043597Douglasville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot in the parking lot of a Lithia Springs Motel 6 after police said he tried to use his car to ram the vehicle of officers attempting to block him in. Police said an informant had just bought methamphetamine from Hamby in his car in a controlled drug buy.

myajc.com
9307Fred Collins49MaleAfrican-American/Black07/17/2010OaklandCA37.7785211-122.2237899Oakland Police Department, Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fred Collins, 48, who threatened officers with a knife and shouted "shoot me," was shot and killed by five police officers—three from Oakland Police and two from BART Police

californiabeat.org
9306Tyron L. Stevenson26MaleAfrican-American/Black07/17/2010ReadingPA40.3443675-75.9188553Reading Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities said they responded to a gunpoint robbery involving two victims about 2:30 a.m. Witnesses pointed out Stevenson as involved in the robbery, and during a chase and subsequent scuffle Stevenson shot at and missed an officer. The officer fired one shot at Stevenson. Police said a pistol was recovered at the scene, and the weapon had a spent shell casing jammed inside. Neighbours reportedly only heard one shot.

readingeagle.com
20700Brandon Jennings16MaleRace unspecified07/18/2010OnalaskaWI43.9231632-91.2503077La Crosse County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

La Crosse County Sheriff's deputy Trisha Stratman was responding to a call in Holmen when her squad car collided with another car at Hwys. 35 and OT, killing 16-year-old driver, Brandon Jennings.

lacrossetribune.com
9310Monty Kingsley58MaleEuropean-American/White07/18/2010JoppaIL37.2086389-88.8426367Joppa Police Department, Massac County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police, Illinois Secretary of State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Monty Kingsley reportedly shot himself in the head after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police. According to police, Kingsley shot at a JPD vehicle after an officer responded to an incident on Rudy Street at about 3 p.m. Kingsley then fled into a residence. MCSD and ISP officers arrived and Kingsley allegedly exchanged gunfire with them. With the assistance of robots from the ISP and the Illinois Secretary of State, officers entered the home at around 9 p.m. Kingsley was found dead—he'd been wounded during the exchange of gunfire, but police said the fatal wound was self-inflicted.

carmitimes.com
9311Rodney Eugene Harris48MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2010Oak RidgeTN36.0187807-84.2665698Oak Ridge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eugene Harris, a known mentally ill man, was walking down Hillside Road preaching out loud. A neighbor called the cops who set a police dog on him and tasered him. He pulled out a knife, stabbed the dog and took the taser out. The police asked him to put down the knife and he refused. He was then shot several times and died. The family filed a lawsuit against Oak Ridge and the city officials but was then withdrawn.

documentcloud.org
9309Edward G. Stevenson46MaleRace unspecified07/18/2010LeavenworthKS39.3170633-94.9151357Leavenworth Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Edward G. Stevenson died after police shocked him three times with a Taser. Officers responded at around 10 p.m. after Stevenson went into Cyclones Bar yelling that he had been shot. Police found Stevenson a block away, but could find no gunshot wound. According to Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens, the officers still believed Stevenson needed immediate medical attention and called an ambulance. "There's a condition called excited delirium that is life-threatening," Kitchens said. Stevenson allegedly became violent, "head butting and kicking toward officers," Kitchens said. The officers used a Taser to subdue Stevenson, who died at a hospital.

kctv5.com
9308Arturo Pacheco Barrera23MaleHispanic/Latino07/18/2010Mineral WellsTX32.707922-98.102644Mineral Wells Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four-year-old Salvador Briones Jr. was kidnapped and killed. Barrera was interrogated at a length in relation to the killing. He left home without telling his family. Peace officers found Barrera. Either they shot Barrera, or Barrera shot himself. News reports are vague. Barrera was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 25, 2016.

khou.com
19803Mark Walker41MaleEuropean-American/White07/18/2010PaceFL30.6004314-87.101048Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On the evening of July 18, 2010, authorities received two calls about shots fired at a fifth-wheel camper trailer on Tamarind Drive. When deputies arrived around 9:15 p.m., Mark Walker was armed with a shotgun. Deputies say he fired at them. Deputies Joe Ward, Robert Holster, George Holder, Mike Donlan and David Pennell returned fire killing Walker.

tampabay.com
9312John Charles Carr36MaleEuropean-American/White07/19/2010St. PaulMN44.9530449-93.0267679St. Paul Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report that a man who may have been under the influence of meth was suicidal and armed with knives. When officers knocked on the door of the Carr's room, he yelled that he would kill them. Carr entered the hallway wielding knives and was killed when all four officers opened fire, police said.

startribune.com
9319Robert Geiserman69MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2010Boca RatonFL26.3623826-80.1690593Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

From mid-afternoon into the evening hours SWAT officers engaged in a stand-off with suicidal land developer Geiserman on the grounds of his half-million-dollar house. Geiserman handled a weapon wrapped in a towel. When he finally leveled the weapon at one of the officers, he was shot dead.

sun-sentinel.com
9316Brian Connely Jr.34MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2010PascagoulaMS30.3712155-88.5493663Pascagoula Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Connely collapsed and hit his head on the pavement shortly after being arrested by officers as he exited the Waffle House. Police were responding to a reported fight that Connely allegedly took part in.

gulflive.com
9313Jimmy Escoto31MaleHispanic/Latino07/20/2010San AntonioTX29.347164-98.60334San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Escoto, drunk, got into a fight with Melissa Hernandez, his wife. Hernandez called 911. Two officers responded. Hernandez told the officers that nothing was wrong, but shot a look over her shoulder. Escoto stepped out of a closet, mutilated himself with a knife, and ran upstairs toward his children. The officers fatally shot him.

expressnews.com
20701Scott D. Stevens47MaleRace unspecified07/20/2010McFarlandWI43.015988-89.289045Dane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dane County Deputies Anthony Balistreri, Todd Endl, George Mayerhofer and James Plenty shot and killed Scott Stevens, who barricaded himself with a pistol in a basement bedroom of his residence and fired at deputies sent to check on him.

madison.com
9314Logan Hancock0.66MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2010WedoweeAL33.3321864-85.4735067Oxford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tabatha Murphy Hancock and 8-month-old Logan Hancock were shot and killed by Oxford police officer Bill Hancock before he killed himself.

annistonstar.com
9315Tabatha Murphy Hancock28FemaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2010WedoweeAL33.3321864-85.4735067Oxford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tabatha Murphy Hancock and 8-month-old Logan Hancock were shot and killed by Oxford police officer Bill Hancock before he killed himself.

annistonstar.com
9318Jason Kemp31MaleEuropean-American/White07/20/2010Grand JunctionCO39.0626762-108.5888033Colorado State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers forced entry into Kemp's home regarding a recent automobile accident and possible DUI. Kemp made a threatening move in the dark and was shot to death by an officer.

nbc11news.com
9323Pedro Santa Cruz40MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2010WilmingtonCA33.7751385-118.2712201Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to investigate a prowler. When officers arrived at the scene, they saw Santa Cruz a block away matching the description of the prowler. As officers approached Cruz, he turned and began punching one of the officers and a physical altercation began. Officer Eric Johnson believed Santa Cruz was stabbing his colleague and fired his gun.

latimes.com
20702Michael J. Benkert24MaleEuropean-American/White07/21/2010MadisonWI43.0820322-89.366141University of Wisconsin - Madison Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Michael J. Benkert was killed and his passenger was injured after he tried to elude police. According to police, an officer tried to pull over Benkert for swerving out of his lane. Benkert then drove at 30 mph for 16 blocks before turning right and speeding off. When the officer caught up to Benkert's vehicle, it had hit a parked vehicle and flipped.

madison.com
9320Jose Penaloza Soto28MaleHispanic/Latino07/21/2010Lamb RidgeCA37.4699348-121.6157797Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SCCSD deputies Devin Fontana, Michael Damigo and Cregg Dibert shot Jose Penaloza Soto, who held a folding knife and pointed a pellet rifle at them from about 140 feet away as they scouted a marijuana farm.

mercurynews.com
9322Naquan Johnson21MaleAfrican-American/Black07/21/2010ClementonNJ39.800501-75.0319221U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was fleeing an apartment where he tasered and sexually assaulted a woman and shot a man, authorities said. When officers tried to take him into custody, he a "made a threatening gesture" with a handgun, prompting officers to open fire, according to authorities.

newjerseynewsroom.com
9321Robert Enright36MaleRace unspecified07/21/2010St. JosephMO39.782396-94.8467819St. Joseph Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Kenny Smith shot and killed Robert Enright when he allegedly shot at him. At about 5:45 p.m., Smith responded to a domestic disturbance involving Enright, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and off his anti-psychotic medication. According to police, Enright got into his vehicle and Smith tried to force him back out, then took the keys. Enright allegedly reached under the passenger seat for a .380 handgun. Smith got into the car and attempted to wrestle the gun away from Enright. Enright reportedly fired a shot during the struggle and the bullet hit the top of the front passenger window. Smith then shot Enright in the back while laying face down on top of him.

newspressnow.com
20566Todd D. Getgen42MaleRace unspecified07/21/2010CarlislePA40.2524484-77.2976081Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Todd Getgen was shot to death at a rifle range by Raymond Peake III, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and theft by unlawful taking.

pennlive.com
9328James Earl Rivera Jr.16MaleAfrican-American/Black07/22/2010StocktonCA38.0368398-121.3636221Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a brief pursuit of the suspect's minivan, police intentionally caused Rivera's vehicle to crash, then claimed to fear for their lives when the car began backing up toward them. The 16-year-old died in a hail of 48 bullets, 19 of which struck his body. Accounts of witnesses and family members differ sharply from police statements.

news10.net
9325Clifford Todd Reseigh45MaleEuropean-American/White07/22/2010Pagosa SpringsCO37.037619-106.922277New Mexico State Police, Jicarilla Apache Tribal Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jason Snow and Clifford Todd Reseigh locked a detention officer in the Archuleta County jail facility's visitor room and assaulted two detention officers, stealing keys from them. Snow and Reseigh used the keys to steal a jailer's pickup truck from behind the jail. Four officers from the New Mexico State Police and Jicarilla Apache Police approached a camp trailer, where they cornered the two escapees. Snow fled the RV, while Reseigh attacked officers with a knife. Reseigh was shot and killed during the confrontation.

pagosasun.com
9326Ashley Wright39MaleEuropean-American/White07/22/2010DothanAL31.22857-85.4344407Dothan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ashley Wright was shot to death after allegedly striking two Dothan police narcotics officers with his vehicle in the Hop-In convenience store parking lot.

wkni.net
9327Josh Miyagi31MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/22/2010ShreveportLA32.4815053-93.7502705Shreveport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Josh Miyagi reportedly shot himself in his vehicle as police approached after he shot and killed a woman. Shreveport police spokesperson Sgt. Bill Goodin said witnesses reported seeing Josh Miyagi shoot Kristin Renee Leonard several times in the parking lot at Element Fitness. Leonard died from her injuries. A short time after the shooting, officers spotted Miyagi's vehicle. When officers approached Miyagi in the vehicle, Goodin said, he pulled out a gun and shot himself as he sat at the intersection.

ksla.com
9324Alberto Arriaga45MaleRace unspecified07/22/2010HollywoodCA34.1039382-118.3297016U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Alberto Arriaga died from internal bleeding to to blunt force trauma after he was arrested in a DEA operation in Hollywood.

lapdonline.org
9317Erik Demond Stokes34MaleAfrican-American/Black07/22/2010PikesvilleMD39.3804081-76.7309408Baltimore County Police Department, U.S. Secret Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stokes was under surveillance by authorities who were investigating a counterfeiting ring, said a police spokesman. When police attempted to arrest three suspects, two ran away and a third (Stokes) pulled a handgun and shot at detectives. Two detectives returned fire and killed Stokes.

google.com
9329Gregg Alan Kindelsperger51MaleEuropean-American/White07/23/2010DavenportIA41.5240962-90.5794336Scott County Sheriff's Office, Princeton Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Princeton police arrested Gregg Alan Kindelsperger for allegedly operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Police said Kindelsperger experienced stroke-like symptoms while waiting to be booked into the jail. Kindelsperger died at a hospital. According to police, Kindelsperger did not suffer any injuries while at the jail, was coherent, cooperative and able to communicate with jail staff, and estimated that he was waiting in the booking area for less than an hour. An autopsy indicated that Kindelsperger died of an intracerebral hemorrhage.

qctimes.com
9330Jermaine Williams30MaleAfrican-American/Black07/23/2010ClevelandMS33.7375958-90.7159022Cleveland Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Officers responding to a loitering report Tasered Jermaine Williams and laid on top of him. Williams stopped breathing and died.

uscourts.gov
9331Matthew James Netter23MaleEuropean-American/White07/23/2010SilverdaleWA47.6501542-122.6827992Poulsbo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reportedly Netter was on methamphetamine and pulled a pistol on a an officer when he was shot and killed 8 times at close range during a traffic stop during Silverdale's Whaling Days festival. The DA's report relied on audio and video evidence from the patrol car camera, along with the statement of a "ride along" observer who had exited the cruiser during the traffic stop.

northkitsapherald.com
9332Carol Kingsley33FemaleEuropean-American/White07/23/2010SomervilleMA42.3934802-71.0983504Somerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Kingsley's home twice for domestic disturbances in the same morning. On the second visit Kingsley produced a knife and cut three officers, two of them seriously, before being fatally shot. She'd had a long history of mental health issues and substance abuse problems, and had only recently been released from psychiatric treatment.

thesomervilletimes.com
9333Justin Clark Howell21MaleRace unspecified07/24/2010JacksonAL31.5136053-87.8635437Jackson Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Justin Clark Howell died as a result of injuries he sustained after his 2009 Suzuki GSX R600 motorcycle crashed into a privacy fence while being pursued by police.

southalabamian.com
22839George "Max" McAfee Frye II40MaleEuropean-American/White07/24/2010Rocky MountVA37.006904-79.931547Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office dispatched Deputy Sheriff Riley Hodges to conduct a well-being check based on a report that shots had been fired there earlier that day. Not long after his arrival, Hodges heard a fight and saw a woman with a bloody nose. Hodges entered the house and confronted Max Frye Jr., who was holding a snub-nose revolver. Rather than drop it as Hodges commanded, Frye fired a round, and Hodges fired at Frye, striking him eight times and killing him.

casetext.com
9335Haines E. Holloway-Lilliston27MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2010TowsonMD39.4122506-76.6020882Baltimore Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Repeated orders to suspend the chase did not stop the Baltimore City officer from pursuing Holloway-Lilliston on his motorcycle out of his jurisdiction. The chase ended when the officer collided with the victim on his bike, killing him. The officer had fatally shot another suspect, Larry Reed, in January 2009.

baltimoresun.com
9334Queonna Zophia Edmonds25FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2010BaltimoreMD39.2842579-76.6467077Baltimore Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Edmonds, from Virginia, was killed as her Honda was struck at an intersection by a suspect driving an Ford F-150 pickup being chased by police. He'd fled from a traffic stop; police chased him in contradiction to their own pursuit policies.

southhillenterprise.com
22893Donnell Worsley34MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2010NorfolkVA36.8532544-76.286878Norfolk Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officers Joey Bennett Jr. and Derek Folston were driving in separate police vehicles downtown around 1 a.m. when they received a nonemergency call. The two drove side-by-side over the Campostella Bridge, where Worsley was crossing the road on his bicycle. Folston's car struck Worsley, putting Worsley in a coma until he died several months later.

pilotonline.com
9339Corey Hicks24MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2010North MobileAL30.6894633-88.1269556Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hicks was the prime suspect in the death of his mother. Police tracked her automobile out of Florida and to a Days Inn parking lot, where a SWAT force moved in to arrest him. Hicks answered by swinging a hatchet at them, and he was fatally shot.

wtsp.com
22473Ronald Lee Rhodes62MaleRace unspecified07/26/2010SharpsvilleIN40.3795222-86.1270885Howard County Sheriff's Office, Tipton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were called because Ronald Rhodes allegedly was shooting at the neighbor's house with a shotgun. Rhodes shot and killed himself during a standoff with police.

kokomotribune.com
9336Adeliano Servellon23MaleHispanic/Latino07/26/2010FontanaCA34.1533736-117.4843899Fontana Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Adeliano Servellon reportedly stopped breathing and died after he struggled with and was arrested by officer Casey Mutter.

sbsun.com
9341Douglas Simmons III40MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2010MiltonWA47.251212-122.33537Federal Way Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Federal Way police were notified of a "reckless driver" near Pacific Highway and 356th Street. Officers attempted to stop the 1988 Honda Accord by using emergency lights and siren, but the driver sped away and police pursued her, according to police. The patrol later identified the driver as Ramsay. Ramsey's Honda crashed into a Volkswagen Jetta driven by Douglas Simmons III, 40, of Fife, at Highway 99 and Porter Way, in the town of Milton. Simmons was killed and his passenger, Holly Mattson, 42, of Oregon City, Ore., was taken to Madigan Hospital in serious condition.

seattletimes.com
9338Richard Glenn Sachariat Jr.40MaleRace unspecified07/26/2010WilmingtonNC34.1565285-77.9182644Wilmington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were said to have "tried unsuccessfully to communicate with" schizophrenic Sachariat for six hours during an armed standoff. He was heavily armed, agitated, and took perhaps 15 shots at police. Ultimately a sniper fatally shot him in the left eye.

starnewsonline.com
9337James Millard Whitehead29MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2010OrangeTX30.1173278-93.7481314Orange Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Whitehead, a Marine combat veteran diagnosed with PTSD, yelled at the manager of an auto parts store. Off-duty Captain Robert Arnold, accompanied by his daughter, told Whitehead to calm down. Whitehead used racial epithets against Captain Arnold, who was black. Captain Arnold left his daughter with a store employee, retrieved handcuffs from his truck and confronted Whitehead. Whitehead became combative and dared Captain Arnold to arrest him. Captain Arnold drew a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at Whitehead, who may have reached for it. Captain Arnold shot Whitehead once, fatally, in the chest.

texasobserver.org
9344Angel Hernandez Farias24MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2010MendocinoCA39.799-123.1714Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers from U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management entered a marijuana garden on forest service land close to the Glen County line in the Covelo area. Angel Hernandez Farias and another suspect entered the garden about 6:45. According to law enforcement, Farias, age 24, pointed a gun at them. An unidentified officer fired back, wounding the suspect who attempted to run but was brought down by a K-9 unit. Farias died in the garden.

lostcoastoutpost.com
9343Len Fuentes41MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.0592588-106.6083372Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Len Fuentes was killed when he pulled out a knife on police during a domestic violence call, police said.

abqjournal.com
9340Isaiah Solis Becker8MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2010SeasideCA36.6239161-121.8412648Marina Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Eight-year-old Isaiah Solis Becker was killed when his father crashed while being chased by officer John Magana.

montereyherald.com
22474Trenton James Stuller24MaleEuropean-American/White07/27/2010Fort WayneIN41.1209-85.062152Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trenton Stuller's Dodge Intrepid was pulled over by an Indiana State trooper around 2:20 a.m. for driving without working taillights. After the trooper asked for Stuller's driver's license, Stuller handed him an ID card issued to someone other than himself. The trooper, Caleb Anderson, ordered Stuller from the car. Instead, Stuller pulled out a handgun and shot and killed himself.

news-sentinel.com
9342Joann Burton48FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/27/2010CincinnatiOH39.1095355-84.5184303Cincinnati Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Cincinnati Police Officer Marty Polk ran over Burton while she was sleeping in a park.

wordpress.com
20703William T. Sorenson42MaleRace unspecified07/28/2010StoughtonWI42.9041427-89.2178302Dane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dane County Sheriff's Deputies Steven French, Jason Wiest, Brian McKenzie and James Myers shot and killed William Sorenson after he fired at them with a shotgun as a deputy shot him with a bean-bag round during a domestic incident at his home, police said.

madison.com
9345Michael William Leo29MaleRace unspecified07/28/2010Chino HillsCA33.9916762-117.7557138San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael William Leo, a reserve deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, reportedly took his own life after San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies went to his house to investigate a hang-up 911 call. When deputies arrived, they found Leo and a woman inside the house. Leo, who was apparently only wearing shorts, asked if he could get a T-shirt from a bedroom, then pulled a gun out of a drawer and shot himself.

dailybulletin.com
9346Markiese Royalty26MaleRace unspecified07/28/2010PhoenixAZ33.383446-112.1078174Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Royalty was killed in a botched marijuana sales sting in which another man and an officer were killed.

eastvalleytribune.com
9347Roger Tatum32MaleRace unspecified07/28/2010PhoenixAZ33.383446-112.1078174Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tatum was killed in a botched marijuana sales sting in which another man and an officer were killed.

eastvalleytribune.com
19251Raul Becerra49MaleHispanic/Latino07/29/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.4352279-97.5412951Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Raul Becerra, 49, of Oklahoma City, was killed in a traffic accident in which his car crossed the path of a police cruiser driven by officer John Paull.

newsok.com
9348Larry Steven Bible Jr.28MaleNative American/Alaskan07/29/2010TulsaOK36.0773134-95.8855827Tulsa Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police were chasing Bible for speeding when he lost control of his car and crashed into an apartment building.

news9.com
22841John C. Carlson50MaleRace unspecified07/29/2010ManassasVA38.7548562-77.4952027Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a 23-hour armed standoff between police and a fugitive ended with officers finding him dead in his room at the Homestyle Inn. Police entered the room after sending in surveillance cameras, which showed John C. Carlson motionless and face down in his room, police said.

google.com
28265David Brian Koch47MaleRace unspecified07/29/2010Lehigh AcresFL26.6122893-81.6472263Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

A deputy was attempting to serve David Brian Koch with a warrant for failure to appear, related to a DUI arrest. He found Koch in the backyard, armed, and they exchanged shots before Koch reportedly shot and killed himself.

nbc-2.com
20567Harold "Harry" Bennett53MaleAfrican-American/Black07/30/2010PhiladelphiaPA39.9945602-75.1678141Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Philadelphia police went to a dilapidated home, where they found Harold Bennett behaving erratically and, police said, wielding a knife and a "meat cleaver." Civilian Intervention Team (CIT) officers, trained to deal with the mentally ill and equipped with Tasers, were called in. They tried to talk Bennett down but were unable to reason with him. Police tasered him with little effect, and he allegedly charged the officers, prompting one to shoot and kill him. For further reading, check out "Why is Harry Bennett Dead?" by Isaiah Thompson at https://mycitypaper.com/Why-is-Harry-Bennett-Dead.

google.com
21282Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino07/30/2010DetroitMI42.338369-83.1385848Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, two officers in a police cruiser stopped a car about 1:45 a.m. that matched the description of one sought in a reported kidnapping. An officer shot and killed a man inside the car when he allegedly pointed a handgun. Police said a woman inside the car was taken to a hospital for injuries suffered before the shooting.

google.com
9349Luther Coney40MaleRace unspecified07/31/2010SavannahGA32.0458324-81.1046408Georgia State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Troopers on Interstate 16 attempted to stop the speeding Infiniti QX4, driven by Coney, according to police. Coney did not stop, leading troopers through Savannah's midtown. The sport utility vehicle plowed into a patch of trees at the corner of 52nd and Bull streets, and Coney was killed.

savannahnow.com
9350Charles C. Knaebel38MaleRace unspecified07/31/2010EldonMO38.2796265-92.607909Miller County Sheriff's Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A standoff that began at about 6 p.m. Thursday reportedly ended at around noon Saturday when Charles C. Knaebel shot himself. Deputies initially responded to a mobile home park after a caller said she and her dog were shot by her neighbor. Deputies found Knaebel had barricaded himself inside his mobile home with his two children. Overnight Saturday, officers used sounds, flashing lights and conversation to keep Knaebel awake. By Sunday morning, police said Knaebel's moods were erratic ranging from conversational to threatening the lives of officers. At 12:10 p.m., the children walked out and were taken away from the scene. SWAT team officers stormed the trailer and found Knaebel inside dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

lakenewsonline.com
9352Sandra Standridge Cox53FemaleRace unspecified07/31/2010TrinityAL34.5851201-87.078035North Courtland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Gary Wayne Cox and Sandra Standridge Cox were killed when their truck was hit by officer Brandon Shane Mundy, who reportedly ran a stop sign.

moultonadvertiser.com
9353Gary Wayne Cox62MaleRace unspecified07/31/2010TrinityAL34.5851201-87.078035North Courtland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Gary Wayne Cox and Sandra Standridge Cox were killed when their truck was hit by officer Brandon Shane Mundy, who reportedly ran a stop sign.

moultonadvertiser.com
19809Peter Carl Russo51MaleEuropean-American/White07/31/2010SebringFL27.488864-81.4265636Highlands County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Steven Ritenour responded to a home in Sebring after a 911 call from a woman stating that her mother's boyfriend was drunk and trying to get into the house. Deputy Ritenour arrived pulled into the driveway and saw Peter Russo standing next to an SUV with the driver's door ajar. Russo, a former president of the Sebring Lions Club, had sustained a traumatic brain injury at 24 when he was shot. He was deaf in his left ear and blind in his right eye, family said. When Russo turned Deputy Ritenour saw that Russo was holding a knife and a gun. Ritenour said Russo began coming toward him despite Ritenour's shouted commands. Russo then began to raise the gun, and Ritenour fired six shots killing Russo.

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9351John E. Dunn52MaleRace unspecified07/31/2010OmahaNE41.1890167-96.1510439Sarpy County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

At about 9:30 p.m. deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant to John E. Dunn, who was accused of sexually assaulting a child. Dunn's family had told police that he had a gun and had expressed suicidal intentions, so the deputies had paramedics accompany them to the house. Deputies and officers from a specially trained tactical unit surrounded the house and asked Dunn to come out, and a negotiator called Dunn by cell phone. Dunn would talk to the negotiator and then hang up to call his relatives, police said. After about 15 minutes, Dunn reportedly walked out a back door with a handgun and shot himself.

google.com
9354Daniel Moreno28MaleRace unspecified08/01/2010Arlington HeightsIL42.1104883-87.9885197Arlington Heights Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Michael Butler shot Daniel Moreno when he allegedly fired a starter pistol at police during a short standoff at his home. According to police, officers responded to a domestic incident at around 11:45 p.m. Moreno died from his injuries two days later.

chicagotribune.com
9356Alfred Raymond Vigil62MaleHispanic/Latino08/01/2010DenverCO39.699143-105.050382Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Vigil called 911 and stated that he wanted to die via "suicide by cop." Officers arrived on scene to find Vigil holding a gun to his head. After ignoring repeated calls to drop the weapon, Vigil pointed the weapon at the officers. The four officers fired a total of 12 rounds, killing Vigil.

denverpost.com
9355Dennis C. Sandras49MaleEuropean-American/White08/01/2010HoumaLA29.5948849-90.7229185Houma Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Dennis C. Sandras died after being shocked twice with a Taser by arresting officers. Police attempted to arrest Sandras after getting a call that a man was jumping off of roofs at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral and school. One officer was called out to Verret Street around 11:20 a.m. Sandras allegedly fought with that officer and hit her. Two more officers arrived to help get Sandras under control. Police said Sandras was Tased after acting combative. Sandras was later pronounced dead at Terrebonne General Medical Center. Gary Alford, senior investigator at the coroner's office, said the cause of Sandras' death was not due to the Taser, but rather an accidental overdose.

houmatoday.com
9358Robert J. Capkovic62MaleEuropean-American/White08/02/2010Spring HillFL28.5106863-82.5558667Hernando County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies coming to Capkovic's house for a welfare check got no answer at the door. They let themselves in and Capkovic fired a gun at them. They retreated, set up a perimeter, brought in SWAT forces, fired tear gas into the house, and re-entered. Capkovic fired again and was fatally shot in return.

theledger.com
9357Walter Ellison Jr.39MaleAfrican-American/Black08/02/2010Port AllenLA30.4401679-91.20785West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Walter Ellison Jr. was killed when he was hit by a vehicle as he fled from deputies on foot while handcuffed. Deputies had stopped a semi truck in which Ellison was a passenger for a traffic violation. Deputies conducted a free air K-9 sniff of the vehicle, which resulted in a positive alert to the presence of a narcotics odor. Deputies allegedly found a large amount of US currency in the truck, which they believed to be packaged in a manner consistent with illegal currency, derived from, or used to facilitate narcotics transactions. Ellison was detained and placed in handcuffs before he reportedly ran from the westbound shoulder into the oncoming path of a pickup truck. Ellison was pronounced dead at the scene.

wjhg.com
22475Daniel Royer53MaleRace unspecified08/02/2010PaoliIN38.5453256-86.443515Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were informed of a missing, suicidal man who was believed to have gone into Cox's Woods. Police found Daniel Royer's motorcycle parked near the entrance to the forest. Nearly six hours later, Orleans Police Officer Alex Fugate came into contact with Royer, and Royer shot and killed himself.

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9359Gary Donald Carner58MaleEuropean-American/White08/03/2010AmarilloTX35.2066927-102.0205887Potter County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carner attempted multiple kidnappings, fatally shooting Sharrel Blankenbaker in the process. He finally forced an 11-year-old into his white truck and sexually assaulted her as he drove away. Deputies K.C. Simpson and Steven White saw the girl, nude, jump or fall out of the truck as it turned on to Jim Line. Deputy White, standing in the road, shot at Carner four times, striking him once in the chest and killing him. The 11-year old survived. Carner, normally law-abiding, drank heavily before the kidnapping and was using pain medication.

amarillo.com
9361Keith Matthew Ritchie39MaleEuropean-American/White08/04/2010BrooksvilleFL28.5561101-82.3950802Hernando County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ritchie assaulted his girlfriend and left the scene before police could respond. They found him walking nearby. When approached he drew a gun and ran into a nearby backyard to hide. He then fired three rounds at a police dog wearing a bulletproof vest. The dog survived the incident and Ritchie did not.

hernandotoday.com
9360Juan Sanchez Corona51MaleHispanic/Latino08/04/2010MiddletownCA38.7832538-122.7165267Lake County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Christopher Chwialkowski shot and killed Juan Sanchez Corona when he leveled a gun at officers investigating a large marijuana garden on public land.

lakeconews.com
19217Charles Butler32MaleAfrican-American/Black08/04/2010Batesburg-LeesvilleSC33.9160293-81.5548594Batesburg-Leesville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police officers were called to the home of Charles Butler, after he reportedly kicked in the front door and threatened to shoot himself. He made good on his threats after police arrived, shooting himself with a shotgun.

github.com
9363Joseph Anthony "Joey" Carl17MaleEuropean-American/White08/05/2010DuluthMN46.721512-92.1958739Duluth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Keast helped break up a party and outdoor bonfire, during which Carl's blood-alcohol level tested well above the legal limit to drive. Keast drove Carl home and left him in his father's care. Later that evening, Keast was called back to Carl's house after reports of window-breaking and yelling. When Keast arrived, Carl emerged from between cars parked on the street and began smashing the windshield of his squad car with a baseball bat. Keast attempted to move his squad car away from Carl, but as he backed up, Carl ran after him, bat raised. He smashed the driver-side window, ignoring Keast's orders to put the bat down. Keast fired once, killing Carl.

mprnews.org
9362Diego Olivas20MaleHispanic/Latino08/05/2010Santa FeNM35.6249406-106.0743604Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Olivas was allegedly fleeing from a deputy who spotted him racing another driver. Olivas' evasion attempt lasted less than two minutes before he lost control of his 1992 Nissan 240 and crashed on Hart Road.

google.com
9365Eric Wells30MaleEuropean-American/White08/06/2010IndianapolisIN39.8549915-86.0549375Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Killed when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a patrol car driven by on-duty officer David Bisard, whose blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.19.

ibj.com
9364Ryan Blake Justice30MaleEuropean-American/White08/06/2010GeorgetownTX30.7079168-97.7625716Williamson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three deputies responded to at least two domestic disturbance calls at the residence of Justice's ex-wife and her son. Justice pointed a .22 caliber rifle at Deputy Scott Mount. Deputy Mount, who had served WCSO for less than one year, shot at Justice three times, striking him three times and killing him. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. It was later learned that Mount was drunk and high on Spice.

statesman.com
9366Raul Pinet Jr.31MaleHispanic/Latino08/06/2010SyracuseNY43.0453071-76.1470631Onondaga County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Pinet had been arrested and held on attempted burglary, but uncharged. In a struggle with deputies he had a "spit mask" put on his face, which was incorrectly adjusted. In combination with the position of his body it impaired his ability to breathe. A county video recorded his suffocation.

syracuse.com
9367Robert Garth31MaleEuropean-American/White08/07/2010Blue LakeCA40.883989-123.9674336Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Dave Lundie and deputy-in-training John Fomasi shot Robert Garth multiple times when he approached them aggressively with the metal handle of a garden rake.

arcataeye.com
9368Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified08/08/2010OlatheKS38.8881102-94.7738566Olathe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself during a standoff that lasted several hours. Police said they had responded to a disturbance at around 12:40 a.m. and learned that an armed man was inside the house. According to police, officers talked to the man by phone and urged him to come out, but he refused. Police entered the house at about 7:45 a.m. and found the man dead. They said he appeared to have shot himself.

kcsr.org
9369Luis Soto21MaleHispanic/Latino08/08/2010New York CityNY40.8197453-73.9366594City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A personal beef and fist fight between Soto and an Angel Alvarez blossomed into an uncontrolled street melee involving five police officers and more than 50 shots fired. Alvarez survived the 21 police bullets that hit him; three bystanders hit by police bullets, one officer shot by another. Only the medical examiner proved that Soto had been killed by five police bullets.

nydailynews.com
9371Dennis Lee Cole55MaleAfrican-American/Black08/09/2010KillenAL34.8525696-87.5673794Killen Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Dennis Lee Cole died minutes after being taken into custody by Killen police.

timesdaily.com
23216Charles A. Harvey54MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2010East RidgeTN34.996649-85.2424691East Ridge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Sean Merriman and Clint Uselton and killed Charles Harvey after he approached them saying he had a problem and showing a weapon at his waistband. It turned out to be a pellet gun.

timesfreepress.com
9372Andrew Torres39MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2010WarrenvilleSC33.496878-81.891899Greenville Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

The family of Torres called police to report that he'd neglected his medication and was losing touch with reality. Police arrived and quickly tasered him, which killed him. A suit filed by the family asserts that the police entered the house without cause or permission, escalated the level of violence, exaggerated the resistance Torres put up, and withheld life-saving measures. The family settled for $500K.

wyff4.com
9370David Christian Ufert43MaleEuropean-American/White08/09/2010PasadenaTX29.7096858-95.2209699Pasadena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ufert held the night manager of a Denny's at gunpoint and stole $280. Another employee called police. Officers Damon Drey, Cesar Ibarra and an unnamed officer confronted Ufert in the parking lot of the Denny's. Ufert pointed a pistol at the officers. They fatally shot him. Officer Drey had served for 12 years. Officer Ibarra had served for five months.

yourhoustonnews.com
9375Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified08/10/2010ChicagoIL41.9813702-87.6893015Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself in a taxi as police closed in on him. Police said the man told the driver to wait as he entered a Bank of America branch in West Rogers Park. The man allegedly demanded cash, saying he had a bomb and a gun. Police said an officer saw a "suspicious" man exit the bank with two bags and enter the cab. After about a mile, police forced the cabbie to stop. According to police, the man shot himself in the back seat, and the officers did not fire.

enewspf.com
22028Arthur McDougald60MaleAfrican-American/Black08/10/2010Franklin TownshipNJ40.492026-74.48162Franklin Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Arthur McDougald was shot and killed by a Franklin Township police officer after he pulled a gun on officers attempting to arrest him at his home on a domestic violence charge, police said.

www.nj.com
9373Troy Allen Geske41MaleRace unspecified08/10/2010PuebloCO38.2895766-104.6304784Pueblo Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Geske died after being restrained. The restraint method was discontinued after his death and the Colorado Mental Health Institute lost its police.

thedenverchannel.com
9374Rickie Diamond Jr.22MaleEuropean-American/White08/10/2010MarysvilleOH40.268701-83.3805604Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. After a vehicle chase, Diamond fired on police with a shotgun and was shot and killed.

thisweeknews.com
9379Itali Arellana-Vargas20MaleHispanic/Latino08/11/2010Rogue RiverOR42.503962-123.1844254Jackson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Arellana-Vargas was a Mexican national working on a bootleg marijuana operation in the deep woods on Bureau of Land Management territory. During an early-morning county SWAT drug raid, Arellana-Vargas fled uphill to retrieve a loaded shotgun, and was fatally shot.

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9376Samuel Martin Reid39MaleAfrican-American/Black08/11/2010BrewtonAL31.1511611-87.0662985Brewton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch was killed in a collision with a vehicle police were pursuing. The driver of the pursued vehicle, Martin Reid, was also killed.

andalusiastarnews.com
9377Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch60MaleEuropean-American/White08/11/2010BrewtonAL31.1511611-87.0662985Brewton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch was killed in a collision with a vehicle police were pursuing. The driver of the pursued vehicle, Martin Reid, was also killed.

andalusiastarnews.com
23153Joseph Dennis Harrison45MaleRace unspecified08/11/2010ElizabethWV39.064939-81.403344West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joseph Dennis Harrison allegedly kidnapped a UPS deliveryman at gunpoint and ordered the driver to take him to the police department, saying he wanted to kill himself. At about 4:49 p.m. Cpl. Douglas P. Starcher and Sheriff D. K. Wilson Jr. were dispatched to the Elizabeth Detachment of the state police after a 911 caller reported that an individual in a UPS truck was shooting at the detachment. Starcher and Wilson approached the truck, telling Harrison to drop his weapon. Harrison allegedly pointed a rifle in Wilson's direction. Starcher shot Harrison once. According to police, Harrison yelled, fell and got up again pointing his rifle in Wilson's direction, so Starcher fired a second shot, which killed Harrison.

hurherald.com
9378Joell Lee Johnson16MaleAfrican-American/Black08/11/2010MiamiFL25.7916661-80.2016659Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was suspected of robbing a pizza delivery man, and was shot and killed in a sting set up by police. The same officer shot and killed Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye the following week; that officer was later arrested by the FBI.

nbcmiami.com
9383Gibson Junior Belizaire21MaleAfrican-American/Black08/12/2010MiamiFL25.8324643-80.200364Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a domestic disturbance call, Belizaire is said to have emerged from the passenger door of a Jaguar, assumed a firing position with gun in hand, and began shooting at police officers. Five officers expended 130 rounds to kill him. One of a string of seven or more police shootings of African-Americans that led to local protests.

cbslocal.com
9381Laurie Renee Rowe46FemaleEuropean-American/White08/12/2010EdwardsvilleKS39.0972186-94.8350189Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Laurie Renee Rowe was killed when deputy Regina F. Strown's patrol car was rear-ended on the freeway. Rowe had reportedly completed a jail sentence in Wyandotte County, and was being transported in Strown's Ford Crown Victoria to a Topeka prison to serve time for forgery and narcotics charges. Just after noon, an SUV hit Strown's cruiser from behind on westbound I-70 in a construction zone. Strown's car then hit a pickup truck. Rowe, who was shackled in the backseat, could not brace herself and was killed. The driver of the SUV suffered critical injuries. Strown was seriously injured in the crash.

kshb.com
9380Terry Glover59MaleAfrican-American/Black08/12/2010DallasTX32.6572602-96.840072Dallas Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officers Adam Stucki and Archie Beason, responding by patrol car to a non-emergency call, fatally rear-ended Glover's stalled Jeep Cherokee, which had its flashers on. The officers were travelling at 45 mph on a 40 mph street. Officer Stucki had served for three years. Officer Beason had served for nine.

nbcdfw.com
21283Vandaro Delone Clark22MaleAfrican-American/Black08/12/2010Allen ParkMI42.2689282-83.2209162Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

According to police, a chase began in Detroit around 8:30 p.m. after officers tried to stop Vandaro Delone Clark's 2009 Pontiac Vibe for a traffic violation. Vandaro reportedly fled Downriver at high speeds before he lost control of the car on a curve along the southbound Southfield Freeway near I-94. The Pontiac hit a wall and rolled over onto the driver's side. Clark died at the scene.

pressandguide.com
9382Jordan Day16MaleRace unspecified08/12/2010Liberty TownshipOH35.998709-83.9602651Ohio State Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Suicide

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the teen led a trooper on a high-speed chase on I-75 in excess of 130 miles per hour. Just after the officer turned his lights on, Day crashed his 1998 Lexus GS 400 into a concrete wall at more than 100 miles per hour just south of the Monroe rest stop, flipping the vehicle and striking a tractor trailer truck on the right berm before his vehicle burst into flames.

google.com
9386Maurell McClendon86MaleAfrican-American/Black08/13/2010LufkinTX31.3423-94.711888Lufkin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers tried to get McClendon to drop his gun where he was on his front porch. When he moved to his ex-wife who was already down, officers shot him to death. Whether McClendon fired a shot at his ex-wife before officers shot him is disputed.

kltv.com
19974Trevor L. Harris23MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2010LouisvilleKY38.1257599-85.6141259Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Trevor L. Harris was a passenger in a car that police had chased earlier. It crashed and he was killed.

google.com
9384Thomas Clair Webster55MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2010Sioux FallsSD43.562989-96.709881Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Argus Leader: Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputies went to the home of Webster to make an arrest for three outstanding warrants. Authorities knew Webster was carrying a concealed weapon and was telling people he wasn't going to be taken into custody without a fight. As Webster left his home, deputies arrived in an unmarked van and identified themselves as law enforcement. Webster walked away from the deputies, and when they pursued him he turned and pulled out a gun. He attempted to point the gun at Deputy Craig Butler, who fired four rounds. Deputy Joe Bosman fired two rounds. All six hit Webster, killing him.

google.com
9385Carmen J. Pryor45MaleEuropean-American/White08/13/2010Kansas CityKS39.052431-94.620918Kansas City (KS) Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pryor attempted to stab officers responding to a reported domestic disturbance and was shot.

dropbox.com
28140Tony Wayne Bean43MaleAfrican-American/Black08/14/2010MilwaukeeWI43.0660111-87.9412422Milwaukee Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Tony Bean was wandering around near N. 23rd and W. Clarke streets, shouting for help, jumping over fences and darting into traffic, around two miles from his home. Officers Philip Gagnon and Matthew Claudio arrested him and put him in a van to go to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. He died from injuries he received either during the arrest or while handcuffed and alone in the back of the moving van. The medical examiner ruled the death caused by excited delirium, despite finding more than 20 cuts and bruises on Bean's face, arms, legs, hands and shoulders.

jsonline.com
21285Michael Ford50MaleAfrican-American/Black08/14/2010LivoniaMI42.2634903-83.6655609Livonia Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police responded about 11 p.m. to a report that a Michael Ford was playing loud music in his vehicle. Police said the officer told Ford to go back inside his apartment. About two hours later, police got another report of loud music in the parking lot. According to police, Ford had a knife in each hand, yelling and approaching the police car. Backup arrived and officers approached Ford. An officer tasered Ford when he allegedly refused to get on the ground. Police said Ford fell and hit his head. Ford's cousin said, he didn't have a knife and that "(The police) beat him up. He had a ruptured spleen, a cracked pelvis and cracks in the front and back of his head. Ford died in a hospital 10 days later. I don't see how you can get all that from a Taser," he said.

mlive.com
21284James Anthony Tyrone Bartee17MaleAfrican-American/Black08/14/2010Grand RapidsMI42.9464318-85.6783242Grand Rapids Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

According to police, a Ford Taurus and cash were reported stolen at gunpoint on the 600 block of High Street SW just before midnight. Police said officers tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off. The Taurus crashed into a tree and landed near the front steps of Mount Moriah Baptist Worship Center. The two teens inside the car suffered critical injuries and died the next week. James Anthony Tyrone Bartee died 8/19/2010. Phillip Jerome Patterson died 8/20/2010.

mlive.com
21286Philip Jerome Patterson16MaleRace unspecified08/14/2010Grand RapidsMI42.9464318-85.6783242Grand Rapids Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

According to police, a Ford Taurus and cash were reported stolen at gunpoint on the 600 block of High Street SW just before midnight. Police said officers tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off. The Taurus crashed into a tree and landed near the front steps of Mount Moriah Baptist Worship Center. The two teens inside the car suffered critical injuries and died the next week. James Anthony Tyrone Bartee died 8/19/2010. Phillip Jerome Patterson died 8/20/2010.

mlive.com
9387Ruben Arthur Flores Jr.32MaleHispanic/Latino08/16/2010AmarilloTX35.2217197-101.8273288Amarillo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers chased a truck that had been reported stolen. The driver, Flores, tried to ram Officer Jowell Bullard, who was laying spike strips in a street. Officer Bullard shot once into the windshield of the truck. The truck crashed into a Weinerschnitzel. Flores had been struck in the upper right torso.

abc7amarillo.com
9390Tex Ewing Thompson39MaleRace unspecified08/16/2010JacksonvilleFL30.3460688-81.8068349Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Medical emergency
  • No

After a police chase targeting the stolen blue Corvette he was driving, Thompson's vehicle came to rest, and he took off on foot through the woods. He was apprehended without incident shortly afterward. But then he developed trouble breathing and died of an unspecified medical emergency.

jacksonville.com
9389Kenyatta Brack Jr.16MaleAfrican-American/Black08/16/2010DoltonIL41.6154509-87.5866794Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kenyatta Brack Jr. was killed when a Hyundai Sonata fleeing police hit his bicycle, launching him airborne into oncoming traffic. Deputies said they first saw the car speeding on the Bishop Ford Freeway and tried to stop it after it exited, but the driver sped away from their unmarked car. Officers claimed they weren't chasing the Hyundai and were following at a safe distance when Brack was hit. Witnesses refuted the officers' account, saying the police car was right behind the Sonata at the time of the crash. In January 2016, the Cook County Board agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Brack's family.

chicagotribune.com
9391Ariel E. Rosenfeld43MaleEuropean-American/White08/16/2010SeattleWA47.6897549-122.2901905Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rosenfeld was shot after he pulled a gun from his waistband during a fight with police. Officers were at man's place of employment to arrest him for investigation of domestic violence the night before.

seattlepi.com
9388Edgar Jonathan Aristondo20MaleHispanic/Latino08/16/2010BurlingameCA37.580122-122.343015Burlingame Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Dale Wild shot Edgar Jonathan Aristondo when he threatened police with a "large, serrated steak-type knife" outside his home.

sfgate.com
19939James Edward Staton IV35MaleEuropean-American/White08/16/2010WilliamstownKY38.6510115-84.5689511Grant County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Kevin Burke tried to serve a warrant on 35-year-old James Edward Staton IV. Staton took off from the Norwood Two apartment complex, jumping a fence and running into nearby woods. Burke caught up to him, and the two fought. Police said Staton stabbed the deputy, and Burke shot and killed Staton.

wcpo.com
9394Enrique Carrasco38MaleHispanic/Latino08/17/2010AlbuquerqueNM35.1310542-106.5863496Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carrasco and his fiance were shopping at Ross on Tuesday afternoon. Police said an argument escalated in the parking lot. Casrassco walked eastbound on Montgomery and that's when he confronted police. Carrasco was armed and tried to attack an officer. Officer shot Carrasco multiple times.

abqjournal.com
9392Patrick Gray Sharp29MaleEuropean-American/White08/17/2010McKinneyTX33.2241692-96.6408888McKinney Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sharp drove a truck, loaded with he appears to have thought were explosives, to the McKinney Public Safety Building. He lit the truck on fire and ran for cover. Officers and firefighters tried to put out the fire. Sharp shot over 100 rounds at them. Officers shot Sharp in the arm. Sharp shot himself fatally in the head. Ranger A.P. Davidson investigated. Sharp had severe mental problems since youth, but learned to hide them as an adult.

dallasnews.com
9395Edward Charles Soistam91MaleRace unspecified08/17/2010LockhartFL28.6366598-81.4274163Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Soistam died when his vehicle was T-boned at high speed by a deputy, driving without lights or siren, at more than twice the posted limit. The deputy lost her job but no criminal charges were filed.

theledger.com
9393Mariano Lopez-Fernandez31MaleRace unspecified08/17/2010LaytonvilleCA39.6616778-123.5235921Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three deputies shot Mariano Lopez-Fernandez when he confronted them with a rifle in a marijuana garden raid.

ukiahdailyjournal.com
9396David Laughlin68MaleEuropean-American/White08/18/2010SilsbeeTX30.3736267-94.2129903Silsbee Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Sergeant Robert Peden and Officers Scroggins and Hodges pursued Laughlin for speeding. Sheriff Ed Cain of Hardin County set out spike strips, deflating Laughlin's tires. Laughlin crashed into a telephone pole. Paramedics responded. Laughlin informed them that he was drunk and high. Trooper Odom responded, but later determined that he would not be investigating. Laughlin died at Christus St. E. Hospital in Beaumont. Chief Dennis Allen informed Texas Ranger Danny Young about the death.

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9397Ricky Hobbs50MaleEuropean-American/White08/18/2010Kansas CityKS39.1501108-94.7244465Kansas City (KS) Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hobbs, armed with a knife, was shot by officer responding to a reported disturbance.

dropbox.com
9398Sean Coe40MaleRace unspecified08/19/2010NorthlakeIL41.9150895-87.900173Northlake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Sean Coe after he allegedly tried to stab an officer. Officers had responded to a reported a break-in at a home on Armitage Avenue. Police located and pursued Coe on foot for several minutes. Coe allegedly pulled out a knife when the officers stopped him. Coe died about an hour later at a hospital.

chicagobreakingnews.com
9399Adam Disalvo30MaleEuropean-American/White08/19/2010Ormond BeachFL29.3287896-81.0617637Volusia County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Taken into custody for a mental health evaluation, Disalvo managed to slip out of his handcuffs and kicked at officers while in the back of a patrol car. He was tasered twice, collapsed 35 minutes later, and as dead shortly thereafter.

orlandosentinel.com
22835Dalerico Sean Vernon39MaleRace unspecified08/19/2010Front RoyalVA38.929041-78.199138Front Royal Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dalerico Sean Vernon, District of Columbia, died after crashing his vehicle following a police pursuit that reached speeds of 100 mph. He died after crashing the 2010 Chevrolet Impala he was driving into a utility pole.

google.com
21287Stanley Jackson Jr.31MaleAfrican-American/Black08/20/2010YpsilantiMI42.263699-83.590786Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

According to police, an undercover officer was in an unmarked car outside the home of Stanley Jackson Jr.'s mother around 4:45 p.m. when he allegedly saw a drug transaction and requested help from uniformed deputies. A witness said two sheriff's cars arrived from the west as the undercover ran in from the east with a handgun drawn. Deputies Sean Urban, Tom Mercure, Holly Farmer and Dean Reich chased Jackson into the house. Urban tasered Jackson. The deputies claimed Jackson became "loud, agitated and aggressive" and tried to get up. According to police reports, Farmer held onto Jackson and leaned forward with his "mouth open and teeth bared," so she punched him in the jaw. Urban drive tasered Jackson when he allegedly tried to move his hands toward the front of his waistband. It's unclear whether Jackson was tasered a third time by Mercure. Jackson was reportedly sedated at the hospital with a dose of Lorazepam, went into respiratory distress and died at about 6:20 p.m. Jackson's family members said there was blood on the exterior of the oven and kitchen floor.

annarbor.com
9402Ramiz Othman28MaleHispanic/Latino08/20/2010ChicagoIL41.7916382-87.7891138Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty officer Aaron Carranza shot and killed Ramiz Othman after he allegedly came at him with a tire iron. At around 9:15 a.m. Carranza said Othman kicked in the officer's basement door, and that he confronted Othman when he came upstairs. Othman allegedly advanced toward Carranza with a tire iron raised above his head and began swinging it at Carranza, who then shot Othman multiple times with his personal, Sig Sauer 9-millimeter handgun. Carranza testified that he shot Othman in the back while Othman was on the ground, and that he stopped firing when he ran out of bullets.

leagle.com
9400James Raymond Sada18MaleHispanic/Latino08/20/2010San AntonioTX29.4524891-98.5199449San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sunni Corona argued with her boyfriend, Sada, over his drug use. When the confrontation became physical, Corona dared Sada to shoot her. Sada shot Corona in the chest, wounding her, and left. Officers pursued Sada. When they found him, he shot himself in the head. An officer, who heard the shot but did not see where the gun was pointed, shot at Sada and missed. According to mysanantonio.com, it was the eighth fatal officer-involved San Antonio shooting in 2010.

mysanantonio.com
9403Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye19MaleAfrican-American/Black08/20/2010MiamiFL25.8282346-80.2205861Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riding a bicycle, carrying a shotgun, and reportedly just having robbed a woman, police confronted Gaye. Gaye responded by pointing the shotgun at them. He was shot to death. One of those officers had shot and killed suspect Joell Lee Johnson the previous week; that officer was later arrested by the FBI.

nbcmiami.com
9404Clarence Rounds15MaleRace unspecified08/20/2010ChicagoIL41.6850823-87.6420851Calumet City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A little after 1 a.m. a women reported to police that she'd been in surface-street traffic when a silver Buick pulled up alongside, and someone had pointed a handgun at her. Local police located that stolen Buick and began a high-speed chase; the chase ended with a one-car crash that killed Clarence Rounds and Brittany Johnson, both 15, and put three others in critical condition.

nwitimes.com
9405Brittany Johnson15FemaleRace unspecified08/20/2010ChicagoIL41.6850823-87.6420851Calumet City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A little after 1 a.m. a women reported to police that she'd been in surface-street traffic when a silver Buick pulled up alongside, and someone had pointed a handgun at her. Local police located that stolen Buick and began a high-speed chase; the chase ended with a one-car crash that killed Clarence Rounds and Brittany Johnson, both 15, and put three others in critical condition.

nwitimes.com
9401Steven Michael Irwin42MaleEuropean-American/White08/20/2010CoppellTX32.9907268-96.9739801Coppell Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Sergeant C. Williams pulled over a black Chevrolet Suburban that was blinding oncoming traffic with its high beams. The driver, Irwin, admitted that he had been drinking. Officer Roberts responded. The Suburban had ignition issues, so Sergeant Williams and Officers Roberts prepared to push it out of the road. Officer Odean responded. Irwin ingested the contents of a plastic bag and became erratic. Officer Matthews responded. Officers subdued Irwin and called paramedics.

google.com
22027Joseph Taylor34MaleAfrican-American/Black08/21/2010Jersey CityNJ40.7016973-74.0823401Jersey City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Joseph Taylor was carrying 169 vials of suspected cocaine when he died in a motorcycle crash during a Jersey City police chase.

www.nj.com
9406Casey Leslie Demorest36MaleRace unspecified08/21/2010San BernardinoCA34.1497269-117.2582082San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies received a report that Casey Demorest, 36, had been arguing with his wife and Demorest was suicidal. Demorest was also described as an ex-Marine with knowledge on using knives. When the deputies contacted the suspect he had a large knife in each hand and allegedly would not comply with the deputies commands to drop the knives. A taser was deployed, but it was ineffective and the suspect charged the deputies with the knives. Deputies fired their weapons at the suspect. The suspect was struck by the deputy's rounds, and Demorest died at the scene.

policeone.com
22834Charles P. "Zeke" Steadman Sponaugle Sr.52MaleEuropean-American/White08/22/2010LouisaVA38.0602298-78.0324843Virginia State Police, Louisa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Sponaugle shot six family members, killing two and firing at deputies before being killed during the exchange with law enforcement, police said.

nbc12.com
9407Alonzo Arnold37MaleAfrican-American/Black08/22/2010WillistonFL29.425041-82.4223265Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A county deputy tried to make a late-morning traffic stop with Arnold. He chose not to pull over. This started a 15-minute chase down two-lane country roads ending with a fatal collision of the two cars which flipped Arnold's vehicle. It was unclear if Arnold's vehicle went out of control by itself, or it the pursuing deputy had tried a PIT maneuver: police would not say.

ocala.com
21288Julian Maddox21MaleRace unspecified08/22/2010WoodhavenMI42.1247043-83.2373427Woodhaven Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police said an officer stopped a 1997 Lincoln Town Car at about 2:30 a.m. for turning left on a red light. The driver reportedly fled, and the officer gave chase. According to police, the driver drove around gates at the Van Horn rail crossing east of I-75 and struck a moving train. Passenger Julian Maddox was killed. The driver was charged with second-degree murder.

thenewsherald.com
9410Garfield Romale King32MaleAfrican-American/Black08/23/2010ChicagoIL41.7287764-87.6421897Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say King led officers on a car chase after an attempted traffic stop. The chase ended with a crash. Police say King then rammed his car into another squad car, pinning and injuring a third officer. The impact also caused King's car to catch fire. Officials said that's when they opened fire, killing King.

abclocal.go.com
9409Damon Wilson17MaleEuropean-American/White08/23/2010Pleasant DaleNE40.8865256-96.9330642Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

17-year-old Damon Wilson's mother called 911 at about 5:15 p.m., saying her son had threatened her with a machete at their home and taken her Ford Taurus. She reportedly told 911 where she thought Damon was going, but asked that police not chase him since he'd only had his learner's permit for a week and had never driven alone. Deputies Ronald Boden and Sgt. Thomas Brookhouser pursued Damon at high speeds into Seward County, where he tried passing another car and hit a pickup truck. The Ford overturned and burst into flames. Damon died at the scene. Damon's mother said he'd struggled with mental illness and hadn't taken his medication that morning.

klkntv.com
20568Clayton John White Jr.31MaleAfrican-American/Black08/23/2010HarrisburgPA40.291345-76.8995131Harrisburg Police Bureau
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Clayton John White Jr. was killed after crashing what Harrisburg police said was a stolen vehicle into a tree during a police chase.

pennlive.com
20704James Willard Kumm55MaleRace unspecified08/23/2010ShawanoWI44.7880939-88.5043896Shawano County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Justin Hoffman shot and killed James W. Kumm. Shawano County police had been trying to locate Kumm at the request of the Waupaca County Sheriff's Department, which reported Kumm had made threats to harm himself and was believed to be armed. Shawano County sheriff's deputies found Kumm and were fired upon. Kumm was shot and killed.

shawanoleader.com
9408Caren Gayle Archer55FemaleRace unspecified08/23/2010AtlantaGA33.6398283-84.4139888Clayton County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Archer drove to a Delta Air Lines employee parking lot armed and looking for someone who worked there. She shot herself in the chest with a .38-caliber handgun, when police responded. She was not shot by the Clayton County police as reported earlier.

google.com
23217Matthew J. Grimsley33MaleRace unspecified08/23/2010NashvilleTN36.1926428-86.9625037Tennessee Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Matthew Grimsley killed himself after two troopers working traffic duty nearby responded to a burglary in progress. He shot and killed himself upon their arrival.

google.com
9411Scott Allen Williford11MaleEuropean-American/White08/24/2010TrinityTX31.0543081-95.2346188Trinity County Constable's Office Precinct 1
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Williford stole his father's truck and drove it recklessly, serving around. Around 8:30 p.m., Deputy Rusty Barrett began to pursue Williford. Williford crashed and died. Rumors spread through Trinity that Deputy Barrett had run Williford off the road. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Dashcam video showed that the truck Williford drove was barely visible in Deputy Barrett's headlights when it swerved off road for the last time and crashed.

easttexasnews.com
9412Kenneth Mitchell78MaleRace unspecified08/25/2010FlagstaffAZ35.1816315-111.6588636Flagstaff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say 78-year-old Kenneth Mitchell was shot and killed in his son's apartment after officers were called to the scene. After looking through a window into the home, officers believed that Mitchell was ready to shoot his 33-year-old son, and Roy Taylor shot and killed him.

usatoday.com
9413Mark Haas50MaleRace unspecified08/25/2010New IberiaLA29.949193-91.924092Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mark Haas was shot and killed after he allegedly stormed out of his home and fired at officers during a standoff that lasted more than three hours. The standoff started when a deputy responded to a fight and reportedly found Haas initially armed with a pipe. Haas then went inside the mobile home, returned with a shotgun and began firing it. The deputy called for reinforcements from the Iberia Parish SWAT team, then set up a perimeter around the residence. Haas allegedly fired 6 or 7 shots at deputies and state police officers, who were also on scene. Deputies shot Haas after he reportedly came out of the trailer firing at officers. Deputies Brett Broussard, Jeff Schmidt, Paul Venable, Ben LaSalle and Wade Bergeron were involved in the shooting.

iberianet.com
9415Wayne Scott Creach74MaleEuropean-American/White08/25/2010Spokane ValleyWA47.6526622-117.2134665Spokane Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot with handgun after approaching unmarked police car in parking lot of Creach's business around 11 pm. The family reported the Creach thought he had heard a burglar and had gone outside to investigate.

spokesman.com
9414Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez21MaleHispanic/Latino08/25/2010Las VegasNV36.1528634-115.0916887Nevada Highway Patrol
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to a series of crashes in which the driver kept driving. Citizens caught the subject and beat him. After officers tasered, subdued and handcuffed him, he was not breathing.

google.com
21289Name withheld by policeRace unspecified08/26/2010DetroitMI42.2942923-83.0995882
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

One person was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260517) states that the crash involved a guardrail and was reported around 9:30 p.m. Four people were in the vehicle (ages 16, 20, 26 and 34). Additional details were unavailable.

mlive.com
19930Christopher Greene24MaleAfrican-American/Black08/26/2010CovingtonKY39.0701522-84.5198609Erlanger Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An officer spotted two cars racing northbound on I-71/75. One of those vehicles slowed, down and the other continued. The officer was trying to catch up to them when the 2004 Chrysler Sebring slammed into a concrete post. Police said the passenger, Christopher Greene, 24, was pronounced dead on the scene, and the driver, Greg Siffel, 23, received serious injuries.

wcpo.com
20569Vincent Barnes41MaleRace unspecified08/26/2010Allison ParkPA40.5663928-79.9985632Hampton Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report that someone fired a shot through a pizza shop window. Police said Vincent Barnes was involved in an argument at Bellisario's Restaurant along Duncan Avenue. Barnes came back after the initial argument, pointed a gun at the other man and fired a shot at him, but missed. Barnes was kicked out of the bar. When police arrived, Barnes flashed his gun at officers and took off running. A state police helicopter was used to help search, and a man matching Barnes's description walked out of the woods as a patrol car drove by. Police said Barnes fired shots at a Hampton officer, who shot and killed him.

wpxi.com
9417Charles MeynMaleEuropean-American/White08/26/2010PonchatoulaLA30.4284503-90.435462Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Meyn was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired at officers as they attempted to serve a search warrant at his home. "At approximately 6 a.m.," said Tangipahoa sheriff's office spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto, "the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Special Response Team executed the warrant and made entry into the residence. Upon doing so, Meyn pointed and fired his weapon at deputies. Deputies returned fire resulting in the suspect's death." The search warrant was reportedly for narcotics, weapons and stolen property.

wwltv.com
9416Roel Emilio Clarke40MaleHispanic/Latino08/26/2010HoustonTX29.6827784-95.3490149Houston Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • No

Clarke ate a bag of cocaine as one of his arresting officers filled out paperwork.

google.com
9418Bjorn Roland40MaleRace unspecified08/27/2010PlanoIL41.6754603-88.4884121Kendall County Sheriff's Office, Plano Police Department, Yorkville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Bjorn Roland after he allegedly shot at them, stole a squad car and led them on a chase. According to police, Roland fled a hit-and-run crash on foot at about 8:40 p.m. A deputy responded and was searching the area when Roland reportedly fired at him, then got into the deputy's squad car and fled north before eventually stopping and exiting the squad car. Roland allegedly threatened officers, so they shot him.

chicagobreakingnews.com
9419Tim Debeau57MaleEuropean-American/White08/27/2010TucsonAZ32.351484-111.055698Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tim Debeau called the police to tell them that he killed his girlfriend. Debeau initially refused to come outside, then later came out with a hammer and knife in hand. Officers fired after he made aggressive movements toward them.

tucson.com
9422Brandon Barrett28MaleEuropean-American/White08/27/2010Salt Lake CityUT40.7574487-111.890297Salt Lake City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after shooting at police and injuring one officer in the leg. Police were responding to report of man armed with a rifle pacing on a busy street.

deseretnews.com
9423Briana Ojeda11FemaleHispanic/Latino08/27/2010BrooklynNY40.6936695-73.9948323City of New York Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Ojeda's mother drove the wrong way down a one way street and sideswiped a parked car while attempting to get help for her daughter, having an asthma attack. The ticketing officer would not assist, or allow the mother to get assistance for, the girl. She died shortly afterward. The initial reaction from the NYPD included the suggestion that this was not a police officer.

nydailynews.com
9420Stuart Alan Wood40MaleEuropean-American/White08/27/2010RenoNV39.5309805-119.8159754Reno Police Department, University of Nevada - Reno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Wood was sought on a Colorado felony warrant before the 2 p.m. Friday shooting involving four Reno and University of Nevada, Reno police officers in the parking lot of the Circus Circus casino.

thedenverchannel.com
9421Robert B. Mills38MaleEuropean-American/White08/27/2010Las VegasNV36.1592776-115.0618067Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert B. Mills, 38, was fatally shot near a convenience store on the corner of Nellis and Charleston boulevards after he fired a gun on officers who waned to question him in connection with two robberies in the area. Officers returned fire, killing Mills.

google.com
9425Leonel Mateos20MaleHispanic/Latino08/28/2010Los AngelesCA34.0397-118.317581Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers thought that they saw Mateos beating the window of a car with two people inside, and shot him to death. Investigation showed that Mateos had a bat, not a gun.

latimes.com
9424Billy Rey Caviness57MaleEuropean-American/White08/28/2010LakehillsTX29.5669-98.942112Bandera County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kenneth Sager complained that Caviness shot at him. Deputy Gerald W. Johnson obtained a "no knock" warrant for the pistol he used because he judged Caviness was dangerous. Deputy Johnson said that he beat down Caviness's door with a battering ram and announced himself. Caviness shot him in the chest. Thinking that Caviness would shoot Deputy Jose "Joe" Hernandez, Deputy Johnson shot at Caviness until he fell. Caviness's wife, Pamela, said that Sager was the aggressor during the first confrontation, and that Sager promised retaliation. She said that Caviness began shooting as soon as the door was beaten down.

google.com
9426Kenneth James Ward47MaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2010VisaliaCA36.328336-119.3099116Visalia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Kenneth James Ward during a shootout after Ward had reportedly killed Mormon bishop, Clay Sannar.

chicoer.com
9429Michael Blake Sipes17MaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2010MorgantonNC35.7369385-81.7249661Morganton Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police responding to a disturbance call at a trailer park shot high-school student Sipes four or five times in the stomach when he answered the door with gun in hand. The victim's mother and another witness said police never identified themselves at the door.

morganton.com
9427Brian Strand Casey42MaleEuropean-American/White08/29/2010San JoseCA37.2561089-121.8289275San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers James Mason, Matthew Blackerby, and Mark Palfalvi shot Brian Strand Casey when he came at them with a knife in an apartment building in South San Jose.

nbcbayarea.com
9428Anthony Ray Sampson55MaleRace unspecified08/29/2010BoazAL34.218164-86.162116Etowah County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Anthony Ray Sampson was shot and killed by deputies when he allegedly stepped out from behind a wall pointing a gun at them.

wsfa.com
9430Estela Medrano67FemaleHispanic/Latino08/30/2010HoustonTX29.6745857-95.5128811Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officer Kyle D. Dozier drove his patrol car to the scene of a Priority 2 call without using his lights or sirens. Driving at 80 mph in a 35 mph zone, he struck a blue Scion, killing Dr. Medrano. Dr. Medrano was a prominent chemist from Buenos Aires, and a researcher at the Baylor College of Medicine. Officer Dozier, also wounded in the crash, had served HPD for less than a year.

chron.com
23218Thomas Richard Cowan62MaleEuropean-American/White08/30/2010BlountvilleTN36.5299864-82.3870832Sullivan County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Thomas Richard Cowan held the Blountville Central High School school hostage with a .380-caliber pistol. After a standoff with the school resource officer, Cowan was shot dead by three Sullivan County deputies.

heraldcourier.com
9431John T. Williams50MaleNative American/Alaskan08/30/2010SeattleWA47.6161807-122.3314185Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Native American woodcarving artist was spotted walking on the street with a knife and a board. The officer told the partially deaf man to drop the knife. He then shot and killed him. While no federal charges were pressed, Birk was fired, and the city settled with the family for $1.5 million.

historylink.org
9433King Ramses PJG Hoover27MaleAfrican-American/Black08/31/2010SpanawayWA47.102405-122.432069Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Hoover died after two deputies came to an apartment in the 100 block 170th Street South. Residents of the apartment said Hoover had broken windows and refused to leave. The deputies found Hoover hiding behind a couch. Investigators said he refused to come out and resisted the deputies, who stunned him once with a Taser. Moments later, the deputies noticed Hoover wasn't breathing and called for medical aid.

thenewstribune.com
9434David Charles Young23MaleEuropean-American/White08/31/2010Federal WayWA47.2922777-122.313485Federal Way Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot while advancing a pickup truck toward officer "in an aggressive manner" after vehicle crashed following a chase. Police had pursued Young on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle.

seattletimes.com
9432Efren Valdemoro38MaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/31/2010RichmondCA37.8988692-122.3075854California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officers shot Efren Valdemoro when he brandished a cleaver after a chase during which police said he strangled his girlfriend, Cindy Tran, with a length of rope as he drove.

sfist.com
9435Edward C. Zevola Sr.61MaleRace unspecified08/31/2010PittsburghPA40.3746324-79.9526353Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer said Zevola was sitting on his front patio on Songo Street with a rifle. Zevola said, "I'm a Vietnam veteran. I have seven rounds. I won't shoot for your Kevlar. I'll shoot for your head." The officer tried to calm Zevola. Another officer approaching saw Zevola raise his rifle and point it toward the first officer.

triblive.com
9436Jason Marcellus Martin37MaleAfrican-American/Black09/01/2010OntarioCA34.085231-117.6343434Ontario Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cpl. Vincent Carrillo and reserve officer Robert Jones shot Jason Marcellus Martin after he pointed a gun at them and rammed an armored SWAT vehicle.

insidesocal.com
9439Lance Dawkins24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/02/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.4420478-97.6014965University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Oklahoma City police said off-duty police who were also private security officers were trying to clear a nightclub at 2am when a man in the crowd pulled out a gun and started shooting at officers. They returned fire, hitting three people. 24-year-old suspect Lance Dawkins died from his wounds.

news9.com
9440Michelle O'Connell24FemaleEuropean-American/White09/02/2010St. AugustineFL29.8023627-81.3302301St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In a high-profile incident O'Connell was fatally shot while at home with her boyfriend, a county officer, who was reportedly drunk. Her death was initially ruled suicide. After much press and allegations of police cover-ups, a new state murder investigation was launched in October 2014.

nytimes.com
9438Adrian Ray Gutierrez28MaleHispanic/Latino09/02/2010San BernardinoCA34.1294899-117.2986475San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a car chase Gutierrez brandished a gun at officers. An officer feared for his life and shot and killed Gutierrez.

www.pe.com
9437Roxanne Romero29FemaleRace unspecified09/02/2010EspañolaNM36.0084265-106.0409557Española Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Romero was killed when she lost control of the stolen car she was driving while being pursued by Espanola police.

abqjournal.com
20705James L. Knee52MaleRace unspecified09/03/2010SheboyganWI43.7586117-87.727996Sheboygan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Brandon Munnik shot and killed James Knee after Knee led Munnik on a chase through residential areas of Sheboygan. After Knee's car was stopped, he left his car and walked toward Munnik while holding a something behind his back. Munnik told Knee to stop and used a Taser to try to incapacitate him, but Knee did not drop his gun, and Munnik shot and killed him.

jsonline.com
9444Michael Lewis Chesney54MaleAfrican-American/Black09/03/2010KnoxvilleTN35.978257-83.8960221Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When an officer lifted the bed skirt on a bed, Chesney fired a round from under the bed at the officer, hitting him in the torso, at which point officers shot Chesney to death. Chesney was suspected in an earlier murder.

knoxblogs.com
9443Amin Yemir Rocha32MaleHispanic/Latino09/03/2010HoustonTX29.7397159-95.5108273Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Falcon saw Rocha drag a screaming female to a vehicle in a parking lot. The officer identified himself. An individual pulled the female away from Rocha. The officer told Rocha to put his hand on the vehicle. Rocha pointed a 9mm pistol at the officer. The officer fatally shot him.

civiliansdown.com
9446Richard Wayne Sims64MaleAfrican-American/Black09/03/2010TacomaWA47.2554433-122.5185899Tacoma Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after refusing commands to put down knife and then raising knife in an overhand threatening manner. Police were responding to a report of a man waving a knife around in front of a bus stop.

seattletimes.com
9445Gary Lane Smith54MaleRace unspecified09/03/2010St. PetersburgFL27.7664902-82.6753298Manatee County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A stolen white Lexus driven by a 16-year-old, with deputies out of their jurisdiction in close pursuit, ran a red light at an intersection and violently collided with an Infiniti driven by Smith. Smith died at the scene.

bradenton.com
9442Bruce Cutlip Jr.41MaleRace unspecified09/03/2010AshvilleOH39.7592816-82.9030719Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Pickaway County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Cutlip Jr. shot himself after a two-hour standoff with Franklin County and Pickaway County law-enforcement agencies, police said. Cutlip released the woman he took hostage, Cheryl Freeman, about an hour before he killed himself.

dispatch.com
9441Joshua Ferreira20MaleHispanic/Latino09/03/2010FresnoCA36.7702196-119.817653Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Undercover officers Richard Nadeau, Brannon Kirkland and James Barnum shot Joshua Ferreira when he drove a stolen car toward an officer in central Fresno.

google.com
9448Adam Colliers25MaleEuropean-American/White09/04/2010Gold BarWA47.862257-121.703913Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Deputies were dispatched on a report of a disturbance. 911 operators received two calls concerning a man who the callers said was running up and down the street yelling and causing a loud ruckus. When sheriff's deputies arrived they said they were confronted by a combative Colliers who charged at the deputies and fought with them. During the fight one of the deputies shot Colliers with his Taser gun, and after the young man was hit the officers discovered he was not breathing.

monroemonitor.com
9447David Romero19MaleRace unspecified09/04/2010ColtonCA34.0923148-117.3336506Colton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Matthew Collins and Bradley Carlson shot David Romero when he allegedly drove a van backward toward them at the end of a chase, causing the van to land on top of a squad car. According to police, the chase began when officers had tried to pull Romero over after an apparent traffic violation.

sbsun.com
9449Manuel Jamines aka Manuel Ramirez37MaleHispanic/Latino09/05/2010Los AngelesCA34.0568909-118.2688994Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jamines was an indigenous man from Guatemala, who didn't speak English or even Spanish very well. He was standing on the corner of 6th Street and Union in the community of Pico Union or Westlake. The police claim he had a knife and was intending to use it on a pregnant woman. Many eye witnesses say that this was not true, and that Manuel was murdered in cold blood.

blogspot.com
9453Henrietta Strong65FemaleRace unspecified09/06/2010CocoaFL28.3556142-80.7362687Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Strong often went for an early-morning walk by the roadside to pick up cans. A county offices, recklessly speeding at 65 MPH in a 40 MPH zone according to the Florida Highway Patrol, struck her straight on in the middle of his vehicle. She was killed at the scene. The officer was ticketed for speeding, and a judge later threw that ticket out.

orlandosentinel.com
9454Kevin B. Pao22MaleAsian/Pacific Islander09/06/2010AugustaGA33.510002-82.0283194Richmond County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot while reaching for gun in a bag during struggle with officer. Police were responding to report of a man bathing in the restroom of a restaurant.

augusta.com
9452David Talbert54MaleRace unspecified09/06/2010JacksonvilleFL30.3486686-81.5852557Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

When Talbert's roommate broke the news that he'd have to make other living arrangements, he took the news well. At first. But then Talbert became aggressive and violent, assaulting his roommate with a knife. Responding police restrained him, he experienced some kind of medical emergency (perhaps from his poor general health and his OxyContin habit, the roommate thought), and died.

jacksonville.com
9451Francisco Moran45MaleHispanic/Latino09/06/2010ModestoCA37.6466395-120.9347913Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police claimed that Moran came at them with a knife; later it was revealed that Moran was armed only with a spatula.

stanislaus-da.org
21290Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/07/2010DetroitMI42.4186911-83.1062197Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating the shootings of two Mumford High student about 3:30 p.m. when they encountered an armed man at an apartment building. Officer shot and killed him when he allegedly refused to lower the weapon. Police said the was not believed to be linked to the earlier shootings.

cbslocal.com
9456Nikkolas Wren Kenneth Lookabill22MaleEuropean-American/White09/07/2010VancouverWA45.642938-122.6927406Vancouver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lookabill was acting erratically, when police approached him. He admitted having a gun, but would not surrender it or allow it to be taken. He reached for it, and officers shot and killed him.

columbian.com
9455Kamyn Jodeci William Bright17MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2010Fort MyersFL26.5991017-81.8497968Fort Myers Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Along with an accomplice and an employee promised $300 to leave the door unlocked, Bright attempted an armed robbery of a McDonald's. As they fled from responding police the accomplice ran over and wounded a police dog, but Bright turned and shot a second dog to death. Bright himself was fatally shot in the parking lot of a nearby branch bank.

heraldtribune.com
23219William Key29MaleRace unspecified09/07/2010ChattanoogaTN35.0480858-85.2596477Chattanooga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

William Key barricaded himself in his house and shot himself in the head after a four-hour standoff with police, police said. Police had come to his house on warrants of filing a false report and leaving the scene of an accident.

google.com
22908Roderick Warren Valentine52MaleAfrican-American/Black09/07/2010DanvilleVA36.5789429-79.382116Danville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Danville Police Officer Berry Sossoman was leaving a city fueling station when he was flagged down by a woman concerning a fight between two men in front of a house. The officer got out to break up the fight and was joined shortly afterward by another officer. While trying to break up the fight between Roderick Warren Valentine and Corey Flippen, 33, Flippen cut Valentine with a knife. Valentine pulled out a handgun and fired it at Flippen striking him in the arm and Officer Sossoman in the hand. Sossoman shot and killed Valentine. Flippen was charged with malicious wounding.

pilotonline.com
20706Armando Aponte35MaleRace unspecified09/08/2010AppletonWI44.2897435-88.421154Appleton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a home to deal with a domestic situation. Armando Aponte was killed as he lunged at the officers with two swords, police said.

jsonline.com
9457Christine Stiff42FemaleRace unspecified09/08/2010East St. LouisIL38.6098196-90.1571781East St. Louis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An off-duty officer struck and killed Christine Stiff as she was trying to cross the street at about 9 p.m.

stltoday.com
9459David Scott Bennett40MaleEuropean-American/White09/09/2010Boynton BeachFL26.5472248-80.1186581Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to an early-morning call about a suspicious car in the back of an office complex. This was Bennett's stolen red 2006 Volkswagen. The officer called for backup but was compelled to shoot Bennett dead before any backup arrived. It was initially unclear if he'd been armed.

sun-sentinel.com
9458Richard Mendez Vasquez22MaleHispanic/Latino09/09/2010UplandCA34.1070351-117.6561075Upland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Capt. Ken Bonson shot and killed Richard Mendez Vasquez after he was seen reaching for a gun during a traffic stop.

pasadenastarnews.com
9460Larry Vincent Rubio20MaleNative American/Alaskan09/10/2010LemooreCA36.2396309-119.7589941Santa Rosa Rancheria Department of Public Safety, Kings County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Larry Vincent Rubio died in custody after he was tasered and pepper sprayed during a struggle with Santa Rosa Rancheria tribal officers and arrested by Kings County sheriff's deputies.

hanfordsentinel.com
9461Manuel Serna38MaleHispanic/Latino09/10/2010FresnoCA36.7282994-119.8574768Fresno County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot Manuel Serna, who reportedly sat in a wheelchair with a rifle on his lap during a standoff.

fresnobee.com
9462Joe Toby Mata35MaleHispanic/Latino09/10/2010HoustonTX29.8328345-95.4102713Houston Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • Less-than-lethal force

Mata walked around in traffic. Officer E. Athmejvar responded, decided that Mata appeared to be high and handcuffed him. Mata started struggling. Sergeant Balderaz put leg restraints on Mata. Mata was transported to Memorial Hermann Medical Center, where he died. It was determined that he had cocaine in his system.

houstontx.gov
9463Abraham A. Dawson25MaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2010OmahaNE41.2438099-95.9227662Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance at the Omaha Housing Authority's Pine Towers Apartments at 8:22 p.m., after a caller reported her fiance, Abraham A. Dawson, was threatening to kill her and their 2-week-old infant daughter. When police arrived, they said they heard Dawson inside the apartment, breaking items and making threats toward the infant. Police tried to speak to Dawson, but he reportedly refused to talk or release the baby. After about two hours, officers forced their way inside and allegedly found Dawson holding a sword over his daughter, threatening to kill her. Officer Paul Milone then shot Dawson, who died at the scene. The baby was physically unharmed.

wowt.com
9464Brent Bayliffe30MaleEuropean-American/White09/11/2010OlallaWA47.4175519-122.5476923Washington State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bipolar man was shot after attacking an off-duty state trooper at the trooper's home.

kitsapsun.com
20570Trevor D. Sterner40MaleRace unspecified09/11/2010Lower Macungie TownshipPA40.5569096-75.5633917Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said Trevor D. Sterner was despondent after a family dispute and went with a handgun into the basement of his home. A state police Special Emergency Response Team negotiated with Sterner, police said, but he shot and killed himself.

lehighvalleylive.com
9465Franklin "Ray" Bodden39MaleEuropean-American/White09/11/2010CallahanFL30.5685695-81.8269508Nassau County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tipped off that Bodden might be carrying a large amount of marijuana, a county deputy and a rookie in plainclothes pulled him and his motorcycle passenger over on the roadside. After a bit of conversation among the four men the passenger dropped a pill, bent over to retrieve it, and the deputy detected Bodden reaching for a shiny cylindrical object in his pocket. He was fatally shot in the chest. The object was a tightly wrapped bag of marijuana. Bodden was unarmed.

questia.com
9466Freddie Lee Lockett30MaleAfrican-American/Black09/12/2010DallasTX32.7131067-96.8741596Dallas Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Officers tasered Lockett, a robbery suspect, five times as he fled, resisted arrest and tried to disarm officers. Lockett, using drugs at the time, died. None of the taser jolts lasted more than five seconds.

dallasnews.com
9468Derek Steven Post22MaleEuropean-American/White09/12/2010Battle MountainNV40.5814019-116.8493688Lander County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies were called because Post was threatening people in a motel, including his wife. He took her hostage. When deputies caught up with him on a rural road, he shot himself in the head.

google.com
9467Jose Luis Martinez63MaleHispanic/Latino09/12/2010PasadenaTX29.6910625-95.2091006Pasadena Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Martinez was involved in a single-vehicle collision. Officers arrested him for public intoxication. Before he was booked, Martinez had a medical emergency. Officers sent him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

google.com
9469David Truitt Johnson36MaleEuropean-American/White09/13/2010Rocky FordCO38.029618-103.7478738Otero County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Johnson died on County Road 18 west of town while fleeing from law enforcement officers in a truck after holding a Rocky Ford woman hostage at her home and then shooting himself in the head with a handgun.

chiefads.com
9470David Dean Paquin33MaleEuropean-American/White09/13/2010RochesterMN43.995739-92.480663Olmsted County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paquin was pulled over by Olmsted County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Wallace, who was investigating a recent bank robbery in which Paquin was a suspect. During the stop, Paquin and a companion ran away from Wallace and his dog. The deputy reported that Paquin attempted to attack him before he fired. According to the Mankato Free Press, detectives found two loaded firearms and plastic zip ties in the trunk of the car he was driving.

postbulletin.com
9471Eric Keith Bricker43MaleEuropean-American/White09/14/2010MiccoFL27.8446816-80.4992189Brevard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bricker called police to his house, threatening to kill himself and his family. Two responding deputies and a SWAT outfit found him in the front yard with a gun. He was fatally shot. Bricker had recently lost his job, and he'd held a pellet gun.

orlandosentinel.com
9474Dan Kraai35MaleRace unspecified09/15/2010St. JosephMO39.749092-94.845029St. Joseph Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Immediately after a training exercise at a former elementary school, where no live fire was allowed, officer Kraai was accidentally and fatally shot in the back in the parking lot by another officer's service weapon.

kshb.com
9472Bertrand Martin36MaleAfrican-American/Black09/15/2010San DiegoCA32.7153909-117.1508218San Diego Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Bertrand Martin died at the San Diego Police Department's downtown headquarters following his arrest.

sandiegouniontribune.com
9473William Michael Bannister54MaleEuropean-American/White09/15/2010DentonTX33.210112-97.161991Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Troopers took Bannister to the Department of Transportation building in Denton. There, Bannister died of a myocardial infarction.

google.com
19252Gary Lee Grossenbacker48MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2010Oklahoma CityOK35.6364336-97.5160822Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Gary Lee Grossenbacher died after being shocked with a taser by police. Officers arrived at Grossenbacher's house in response to domestic dispute call. Grossenbacher and wife were in an altercation, and the wife told police Grossenbacher had hit her. Grossenbacher resisted as officers attempted to place him under arrest and was tasered. He died shortly thereafter at a hospital. (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-man-dies-after-police-use-taser-to-subdue-him-during-domestic-dispute/article/3495509)

newsok.com
9477Gregory Ray "Greg" DeFord46MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2010ColfaxCA39.0798148-120.9600295Placer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot and killed Gregory Ray DeFord when he wouldn't show his hands following a 10-mile vehicle pursuit that ended in Colfax.

auburnjournal.com
9475Jose De Jesus Varales23MaleHispanic/Latino09/16/2010San JoseCA37.3416438-121.8874324California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Vincente J. Reza and Jose De Jesus Varales were backseat passengers killed when a Ford Explorer crashed while being pursued by the CHP.

mercurynews.com
9476Vincente J. Reza22MaleHispanic/Latino09/16/2010San JoseCA37.3416438-121.8874324California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Vincente J. Reza and Jose De Jesus Varales were backseat passengers killed when a Ford Explorer crashed while being pursued by the CHP.

mercurynews.com
21291Name withheld by police22MaleRace unspecified09/16/2010DetroitMI42.4293353-83.2485907Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, a man flagged down a squad car and said he'd been robbed of $5 by an an armed man at a car wash. A second patrol car saw a man matching the description at about 6:45 p.m. The man allegedly shot at police with a .45 caliber pistol. The officers returned fire, killing the unidentified 22-year-old man.

mlive.com
9479Mark Dodson48MaleRace unspecified09/16/2010CollinsvilleIL38.7032397-89.9584869Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mark Dodson reportedly killed himself after a six-hour police standoff. According to police, officers surrounded Dodson's house after he'd wounded his girlfriend at around 10 p.m. She'd fled to a neighbor's home to call for help.Tactical officers forced their way inside and found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

stltoday.com
9478Calvin Lee Tooker28MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2010RosevilleCA38.7843717-121.3330863Roseville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Calvin Lee Tooker was killed when he hit a minivan head-on while fleeing from police.

thepresstribune.com
9480Todd E. Blair45MaleEuropean-American/White09/16/2010RoyUT41.1561351-112.0424246Weber County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers broke into the house on a drug raid. Blair came out with a golf club. He was shot twice in the chest.

truthistreason.net
9481Ruslan Zhgenti38MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2010HendersonNV35.982494-115.122021Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zhgenti appeared without permission in the home of his estranged wife at 1:15 a.m., armed and threatening. The wife had a male friend at the scene, an off-duty Henderson police officer. The officer shot and killed Zhgenti. The victim's family told a significantly different story than the police narrative but no charges were filed.

lasvegassun.com
9482David Cornelious Smith28MaleAfrican-American/Black09/17/2010MinneapolisMN44.9762051-93.276124Minneapolis Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

According to the Star Tribune, responding to a complaint of harassment at a YMCA, officers tried to arrest Smith, who was mentally ill, disabled and acting out. Smith asphyxiated after officers tased, handcuffed and restrained him. The city's $3 million settlement with the family was the largest of its kind.

startribune.com
28721Jack Burney Butler III35MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2010San AntonioTX29.6745666-98.6306122Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 6:40 p.m., Deputy John Rodriguez shot Jack Butler after Butler's mother called 911 to report he had fallen down and couldn't get up. He reportedly was intoxicated and began to stab himself and attack medical personnel with a lock-blade knife. Butler's sister took away his knife and threw it in the backyard, but he broke a glass bottle and tried to further injure himself. When Rodriguez arrived, he reportedly saw Butler walking toward the driveway with a knife in his hand. The deputy ordered Butler to drop the knife, and then shot and killed him.

mysanantonio.com
9485George Lash19MaleAfrican-American/Black09/18/2010ChicagoIL41.794877-87.618469Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Several witnesses proactively contacted media with accounts that contradicted the police narrative of their fatal shooting of Lash. He was said to have walked through a train with a gun at 1:30 a.m., and said to have violently resisted arrest. The witnesses said there was no resistance and no gun.

chicagotribune.com
9483Joseph Frank Kennedy48MaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2010La MiradaCA33.877721-118.0165361Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Joseph Frank Kennedy died after being tasered deputies after he attacked and threatened to kill them.

bhcourier.com
9484Frederick Washington38MaleRace unspecified09/18/2010St. LouisMO38.7529831-90.2590952St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Frederick Washington after he allegedly shot an officer in the hand during a scuffle. According to police, Washington went to his truck and got a gun when officers responded to a domestic dispute at about 2 p.m. Officers struggled with Washington, who was reportedly able to fire multiple shots, hitting one officer in the hand. Police returned fire, killing Washington.

stltoday.com
21292William "Bill" Arthur Lange Jr.22MaleRace unspecified09/18/2010Three RiversMI41.9425019-85.6515006Michigan State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

At least one person was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Additional details were unavailable.

sturgisjournal.com
9486Harold Walter Seavey Jr.51MaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2010CincinnatiOH39.1260782-84.5355089Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harold Seavey, a national muscleman for a biker gang, was look-out at an entrance to a bar. Police, alerted that Seavey was a "possible hazard to police," noticed the gathering and a dozen entered, ostensibly to conduct a liquor inspection. Seavey pulled a semiautomatic handgun. When ordered to drop it, he used a woman briefly as a shield, then turned and opened fire. A gunbattle ensued (31 police rounds). Seavey was fatally shot twice.

google.com
23429Randall Beard33MaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2010NashvilleTN36.1504627-86.8306717Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Randall Beard allegedly made threatening motion with a knife toward officers as they attempted to arrest him for suspicion of rape, police said.

google.com
9488Jose Antonio Sanchez-Ramirez23MaleRace unspecified09/19/2010OctaviaNE41.3488032-97.0619311Schuyler Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Two officers began chasing Jose Antonio Sanchez-Ramirez' car in Schuyler just before 12:30 a.m. The pursuit continued for about seven miles until Sanchez-Ramirez' car left the road on a curve near Octavia. Sanchez-Ramirez was ejected from the car as it went through a ditch, rolled into another ditch and went over an embankment. Sanchez-Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene.

columbustelegram.com
20571Olivier Yumba Cohen28MaleRace unspecified09/19/2010FrederickMD39.4105015-77.411201Frederick Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said they were sent to Olivier Yumba Cohen's house for a call about a domestic disturbance. On the way, police were told that the man had left the house with a rifle. After the man was found near the house, police said, he fired at least once and an officer fired several times. It was not immediately reported whether he was shot by an officer or whether his wound was self-inflicted.

washingtonpost.com
9489Justin Ryan Bradley Proctor21MaleAfrican-American/Black09/19/2010PhoenixAZ33.4482313-112.0712556Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man identified as Justin Ryan Bradley Proctor had left a bar after possibly getting into an earlier dispute, police said. He walked into a parking lot on the southwest corner of 2nd and Washington streets about 2 a.m. Proctor turned toward the uniformed officer, pointing a handgun at him, and failed to obey commands by the officer, Crump said. The officer fired, killing Proctor, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

azcentral.com
9487Jesus Juan "Chapo" Hernandez-Cazares21MaleRace unspecified09/19/2010Cathedral CItyCA33.817075-116.4699479Cathedral City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Jesus Juan Hernandez-Cazares twice during a confrontation.

kesq.com
9490Daniel Smathers51MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2010HoumaLA29.6166023-90.7625813Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Daniel Smathers was involved in a two-hour armed standoff that began when deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. Police said Smathers drank several alcoholic beverages and had possibly taken an unknown amount of painkillers. Smathers was removed from his apartment after he did not respond to negotiators, police said. When he was found, he was unconscious and had no pulse. Paramedics revived Smathers at the scene but he remained in critical care until he died on September 21, 2010.

houmatoday.com
9491James Richard David Sr.60MaleRace unspecified09/22/2010BellevueOH41.2780757-82.8466873Bellevue Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of a man with a gun. Police said the officers identified themselves and the man stood up and ran toward the front door of the house. Officers said they then ordered him to drop the weapon and stop, but he instead ran back toward the end of the porch and pointed the gun at police, and he was shot and killed.

sanduskyregister.com
19802Marcus Rogers18MaleAfrican-American/Black09/22/2010MiamiFL25.8161218-80.2264058Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marcus Rogers was accused of using a Craigslist ad to rob two men who thought he was going to sell them a used Honda. Miami-Dade detectives found him at the Brownsville home of his aunt. Police said that they entered the home and Rogers lunged at Sgt. Kelvin Cox' gun. The two grappled over the gun and Cox shot and killed Rogers.

tampabay.com
20572Tyree Quiah22MaleRace unspecified09/23/2010PhiladelphiaPA40.0188168-75.0743594Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tyree Quiah was shot after a gun battle with another man, police said. As police arrived, he allegedly refused to drop his weapon and tried to flee and was shot and killed.

6abc.com
23220Actavia Worles22MaleRace unspecified09/24/2010SomervilleTN35.3343268-89.4671433Fayette County Sheriff's Office, Somerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Actavia Worles died during a domestic squabble that led to an abduction and high-speed chase. He apparently shot and killed himself.

blogspot.com
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