Fatal Encounters

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

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Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
25747Mark A. Horton21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2000DetroitMI42.4045258-83.0922741
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Two Detroit men killed when their car crashed were among at least eight people who died in New Year's holiday weekend traffic accidents in Michigan, police said. Mark A Horton, 21, and passenger Phillip A. Bluebridge, 19, were killed when their car crashed in their hometown at 1:54 a.m. They were not wearing seat belts. While these deaths were not reported in news media as police pursuit deaths, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows police reported two people dying in a police pursuit at 1:54 a.m. on January 1, 2000, on Davison Freeway. It was the only double fatality crash in Michigan that night.

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25748Phillip A. Blurbridge19MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2000DetroitMI42.4045258-83.0922741
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Two Detroit men killed when their car crashed were among at least eight people who died in New Year's holiday weekend traffic accidents in Michigan, police said. Mark A Horton, 21, and passenger Phillip A. Blurbridge, 19, were killed when their car crashed in their hometown at 1:54 a.m. They were not wearing seat belts. While these deaths were not reported in news media as police pursuit deaths, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows police reported two people dying in a police pursuit at 1:54 a.m. on January 1, 2000, on Davison Freeway. It was the only double fatality crash in Michigan that night.

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25746Samuel H. Knapp17MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2000WillitsCA39.4708829-123.3617513Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Samuel Knapp was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle when Deputies Scott Nording and Mike Davis started to pursue him. He crashed and was killed during the pursuit about 12:35 a.m.

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25749Mark Ortiz23MaleHispanic/Latino01/01/2000CarlsbadNM32.4500798-104.2376427Eddy County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A motorcycle was allegedly being driven erratically when a deputy began to pursue. The motorcycle crashed, killing the driver, Mark Ortiz.

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1LaTanya Janelle McCoy24FemaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2000SacramentoCA38.4739487-121.4337757Sacramento Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

LaTanya Janelle McCoy's car was struck from behind by a car fleeing police. She died in her car, which was engulfed in flames as police and the other driver engaged in a shootout in south Sacramento.

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2Lester Miller53MaleRace unspecified01/02/2000EllenwoodGA33.645164-84.2294129DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Darren Mayfield, a DeKalb County sheriff's deputy assigned to the domestic violence unit, killed his father-in-law and shot two other relatives. He later shot and killed himself.

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25750Billy Jones30MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2000KinstonNC35.271507-77.587332Kinston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officer Charles Rowe began pursuing Billie Jones, 30, of Knightdale and Terry Rouse, 29, after spotting them in a neighborhood where break-ins had occurred, police said. Police did not report whether Jones and Rouse were involved in any illegal activity. While being chased, they crashed into a house, killing both.

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25751Terry Rouse29MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2000KinstonNC35.271507-77.587332Kinston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officer Charles Rowe began pursuing Billie Jones, 30, of Knightdale and Terry Rouse, 29, after spotting them in a neighborhood where break-ins had occurred, police said. Police did not report whether Jones and Rouse were involved in any illegal activity. While being chased, they crashed into a house, killing both.

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28711Jimmy Todd Smith25MaleRace unspecified01/02/2000SavannahGA32.069274-81.165027Bloomingdale Police Department, Garden City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said they clocked a 1990s model Mitsubishi Galant at 105 mph eastbound on I-16 about 1:20 a.m. Officers pursued the car and radioed for backup. The Mitsubishi wrecked on the Chatham Parkway exit ramp. The driver, Jimmy Todd Smith, and a passenger, Carl Gallishaw, were killed.

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28712Carl Gallishaw35MaleRace unspecified01/02/2000SavannahGA32.069274-81.165027Bloomingdale Police Department, Garden City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said they clocked a 1990s model Mitsubishi Galant at 105 mph eastbound on I-16 about 1:20 a.m. Officers pursued the car and radioed for backup. The Mitsubishi wrecked on the Chatham Parkway exit ramp. The driver, Jimmy Todd Smith, and a passenger, Carl Gallishaw, were killed.

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19512James Martin Loy55MaleRace unspecified01/03/2000UniontownPA39.8944106-79.7186111Uniontown Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Loy and another motorist were apparently involved in a road rage incident. The confrontation ended when Loy fired a shot at the other driver. When police went to Loy's home and approached him in a bedroom, he fired a shot. He killed himself during the ensuing standoff.

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25752Doris Murphy42FemaleRace unspecified01/03/2000BaltimoreMD39.2939891-76.6182034Baltimore Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were chasing a white Ford Expedition about 2:30 a.m. when it struck a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora, killing Doris Murphy, 42, and Carolyn Oakley, 41. Dwight Lamont Williams, 21, was arrested on warrants charging him with vehicular manslaughter.

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25753Carolyn Oakley41FemaleRace unspecified01/03/2000BaltimoreMD39.2939891-76.6182034Baltimore Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were chasing a white Ford Expedition about 2:30 a.m. when it struck a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora, killing Doris Murphy, 42, and Carolyn Oakley, 41. Dwight Lamont Williams, 21, was arrested on warrants charging him with vehicular manslaughter.

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5John Frank Brown20MaleAfrican-American/Black01/05/2000AtlantaGA33.7527031-84.3811976Atlanta Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

On Jan. 5 around midnight, 20-year-old John Franklin Brown was repeatedly hit in the head with a flashlight by Atlanta police officer J.K. Crenshaw. ... Brown was taken to Grady Hospital, where he died. A Fulton County medical examiner initially ruled the death an accident due to "extreme physical activity and cocaine intoxication." However, the case was reopened after the same medical examiner submitted an affidavit revising the COD: "It is my professional opinion to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the combined presence of hyperactivity, blunt force trauma to the head and cocaine intoxication were the substantial factors that caused the death of John Frank Brown."

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25754Samuel Jason Davey22MaleEuropean-American/White01/05/2000White SpringsFL30.367324-82.855828Suwannee County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Samuel Davey was killed when he lost control of his car in a high-speed police chase on Interstate 75. A passenger in the car, a 14-year-old runaway from Ohio, was hospitalized in stable condition. Davey had reportedly driven off from a Valdosta, Ga., service station without paying for $9 of gas.

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22610Demetric McClendon25MaleRace unspecified01/05/2000MemphisTN35.0205432-89.8980502Memphis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Demetric McClendon, 25, and his passenger Tommy Wilson, 29, were fleeing police when they were killed when their car struck two other vehicles. The men were not being chased by police, police said. Officers were looking for one of them on an attempted-murder warrant, had followed his car but did not chase them.

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22611Tommy Wilson29MaleRace unspecified01/05/2000MemphisTN35.0205432-89.8980502Memphis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Demetric McClendon, 25, and his passenger Tommy Wilson, 29, were fleeing police when they were killed when their car struck two other vehicles. The men were not being chased by police, police said. Officers were looking for one of them on an attempted-murder warrant, had followed his car but did not chase them.

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3Derrick E. Tate23MaleRace unspecified01/05/2000PontiacIL40.8736874-88.6428061Bloomington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Elias E. Mendiola shot Derrick E. Tate during a drug investigation. The shooting occurred after Task Force 6 agents set up a purchase of an ounce of crack cocaine outside a Pontiac service station. Officers converged to make an arrest at about 11 p.m., but Tate allegedly reversed the car, striking an officer in the leg. Mendiola then shot Tate, who died four days later from his injuries.

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4John Edward Pittman45MaleAfrican-American/Black01/05/2000DothanAL31.2232313-85.3904888Dothan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Edward Pittman was shot and killed by officer David Driskell following a car chase.

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6Kyle Dillon19MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2000YorkNE40.8768273-97.5958161York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kyle Dillon allegedly walked up to officer Jason Bardstadt's parked patrol car, held a knife to Bardstadt's neck, and demanded his gun. Bargstadt drew his gun, and Dillon reportedly grabbed it. Police said a struggle ensued during which three shots were fired; two hit Dillon, killing him. According to police, Dillon had a felony conviction related to a 1997 incident where he'd threatened an O'Neill officer. A grand jury decided that Bargstadt's actions were justified.

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8Adrian Dolby31MaleRace unspecified01/06/2000MuscoyCA34.1579411-117.3616521San Bernardino Police Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SWAT officers shot and killed Adrian Dolby shortly after midnight during a shootout that erupted when police tried to serve a search warrant.

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22260Willie C. Robinson28MaleRace unspecified01/06/2000Virginia BeachVA36.8457224-76.1733016Norfolk Police Department, Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A 28-year -old Navy man, Willie Robinson, was wanted for the fatal shooting of a woman when he killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police chase, police said.

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20792Name withheld by police36MaleRace unspecified01/06/2000EastpointeMI42.4721718-82.9569336Eastpointe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Eastpointe police officer shot a 36-year-old man to death after he fired an assault rifle at police three separate times outside his home. Police said they responded around 7 p.m. after a man reported that his brother was firing a rifle inside the house. Two officers with flashlights found the man in the unlit backyard, where he allegedly fired at them three times. One of the officers eventually returned fire, killing the unidentified 36-year-old man.

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7Darryl Woodall Jr.23MaleRace unspecified01/06/2000CharlotteNC35.2390502-80.9183189North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State troopers and county deputies had tracked Woodall in a Ford Escort he'd stolen from a pizza delivery employee. Stopped by Gastonia police, two juveniles bailed out of the vehicle and Woodall took off. Chased on the interstate, with flat tires, at last Woodall turned to confront police with his weapon and was fatally shot. His weapon was two screwdrivers taped together.

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10Joseph Gumpert28MaleRace unspecified01/07/2000DowneyCA33.9156779-118.1250809Downey Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Joseph Gumpert stopped breathing after a scuffle with Downey police.

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9Name withheld by police28MaleRace unspecified01/07/2000LucasvilleOH38.9106485-82.92493Scioto County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified Lucasville man killed himself with a gunshot to the head as a Scioto County deputy sheriff arrived to investigate a possible domestic problem.

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22241Thomas Allen Figg35MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2000MechanicsvilleVA37.663599-77.4102848Hanover County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Thomas C. Land stopped Thomas Allen Figg on suspicion of drunken driving just before midnight, a few hundred feet from the Figg family's Atlee home. After attempting to do sobriety tests, Figg ran into the woods, and Land followed him. There was a fight, and Land shot and killed Figg.

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22242Allen C. Smith36MaleEuropean-American/White01/08/2000HayesVA37.2877287-76.4368243Gloucester County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

State police were called to assist the Gloucester County Sheriff's Department at a home after a couple's 15-year-old daughter called and said Allen Smith forced his way into the residence. The girl was shot in the thigh as she fled the home, police said. After numerous attempts to communicate and negotiate with the man, police entered the home and found Allen and Nancy Smith dead.

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22243Nancy Smith35FemaleRace unspecified01/08/2000HayesVA37.2877287-76.4368243Gloucester County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • No

State police were called to assist the Gloucester County Sheriff's Department at a home after a couple's 15-year-old daughter called and said Allen Smith forced his way into the residence. The girl was shot in the thigh as she fled the home, police said. After numerous attempts to communicate and negotiate with the man, police entered the home and found Allen and Nancy Smith dead.

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12Benjamin K. Olds20MaleRace unspecified01/09/2000Salt Lake CityUT40.7335115-111.8712754Salt Lake City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The Honda Prelude driven by Olds at about 1 a.m. was violently struck by a Chevrolet pickup truck pursued by local police officers. Olds died of the injuries. The pickup was being chased on suspicion of drunk driving.

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11Lamon DavisMaleRace unspecified01/09/2000SavannahGA31.98979-81.076158Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Davis killed and injured several family members. He shot himself as police approached.

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13Sonny Daniel Diaz24MaleRace unspecified01/09/2000Moreno ValleyCA33.9250804-117.2497956Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Sonny Daniel Diaz when he allegedly pointed a handgun at officers responding to a home invasion robbery call in Moreno Valley.

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25755Thomas Lynn Medders25MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2000West ColumbiaSC33.8865613-81.0512613Lexington County Sheriff's Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Thomas Lynn Medders was being chased by a deputy when his vehicle left the road and hit a tree, killing him.

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19347Harold Greenwald41MaleRace unspecified01/10/2000PhiladelphiaPA39.919103-75.234483Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harold Greenwald was standing over a dog he had just stabbed to death, screaming about having a computer chip in his head when Officer Brian King shot and killed him.

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14Erin Dudley Forbes26MaleAfrican-American/Black01/10/2000Bala CynwydPA40.0001546-75.2287372Lower Merion Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Army veteran and West Chester University student, Forbes was returning home at 5 a.m. from his security guard job, in uniform, when he was stopped on City Line Avenue on the Philadelphia border. Police officer John Salkowski shot Forbes in the heart. He claims Forbes threatened him with a carved walking stick, even though the 140-pound victim was surrounded by at least five armed cops.

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19348Paul Carson68MaleRace unspecified01/10/2000Penn HillsPA40.4897123-79.7954856Penn Hills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paul Carson shot and killed his wife, lying in wait for Penn Hills police and firing on them before he was shot and killed by Sgt. Ben Westwood.

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25756John Suarez16MaleHispanic/Latino01/10/2000Oakland ParkFL26.1888199-80.1338411Oakland Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were chasing a Saturn when John Suarez crashed and was killed.

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15Guido Paul Jean17MaleRace unspecified01/11/2000TampaFL28.0660332-82.4361586Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jean was the suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store where he shot the immigrant clerk in the neck, a father of four, killing him. Jean was pulled over by deputies in a van a few days later. He rushed the cruiser and fired several shots. The deputy, ducking, slammed his head into his computer and got off two blind shots. One of them struck Jean. He died in an apartment complex parking lot, revolver in hand.

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16Dennis Carl Johnson49MaleAfrican-American/Black01/11/2000Midwest CityOK35.4496763-97.3884482Midwest City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said Willie Lee Glover, 79, was shot and killed, and Glover's caregiver, Gretta Faye Samilton, 49, was wounded in a shooting at a home in Midwest City. Police responding to reports of shots fired saw a man run from the residence to a car and leave. Police nearby spotted the car and chased it north on Midwest Boulevard, where the driver lost control and flipped several times. Beabout said Johnson was dead at the scene.

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17Jorge MontelongoMaleRace unspecified01/12/2000GarlandTX32.9187447-96.6522267Garland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Montelongo made a hang up call to 911. Officer M.E. Sims responded. Montelongo approached his squad car, opened the door and threatened the officer with a kitchen knife. Officer Sims, his seat belt still on, fatally shot Montelongo.

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21360Parag Deshpande29MaleRace unspecified01/12/2000CliftonNJ40.8927647-74.1319391Clifton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Parag Deshpande got into a dispute with two men at a video store, pulled a gun, then apologized. He shot and killed himself when police pulled him over.

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21446James Edward Black Jr.27MaleRace unspecified01/12/2000BaltimoreMD39.2912393-76.6307632Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Timothy Stach shot and killed James Black after a chase. Police were investigating alleged drug activity. Black allegedly shot at Stach.

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18Jamie Fowler Boyll50FemaleRace unspecified01/13/2000JacksonMS32.3557899-90.1419362Jackson Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jamie Fowler Boyll died when a vehicle involved in police pursuit struck her vehicle.

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19Donald Dean Compton44MaleEuropean-American/White01/13/2000PhoenixAZ33.476923-112.111356U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wanted for murder, and described as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, Compton was trapped by FBI agents at a downmarket Phoenix motel. With the cooperation of the motel manager, agents flushed Compton out. He was fatally shot as he went for a weapon. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

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20Miguel Peralta Torres41MaleHispanic/Latino01/14/2000ModestoCA37.6686407-120.9916252Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers killed 41-year-old Miguel Peralta Torres in a shootout inside Gabriel Jewelers.

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21Robert H. Golding43MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2000ColbyKS39.3649589-101.0524Colby Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Longtime fugitive Robert H. Golding reportedly killed himself after a routine traffic stop next to a rented Ford Taurus carrying over $3.7 million in drug money. Police said that Justin DeBusk was driving the Taurus when an officer stopped him for making an illegal turn. According to police, Golding stuck a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger after the officer told him and DeBusk to get out of the car. A search of the car reportedly turned up $3,737,296 in bricks of cash; an additional $6 million was found in a storage locker in Colorado.

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28738Betty Lou Lee43FemaleRace unspecified01/14/2000ChinleAZ36.123495-109.4847788
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Chinle police said they were alerted to a crash on Navajo Route 7. The drivers of two separate vehicles were dead at the scene—Betty Lou Lee and an unidentified person. A passenger in Lee's vehicle was injured. According to police, alcoholic beverages were found at the scene. [NOTE: This crash was not reported as a police chase, but it's the only double fatal crash reported in the area that day, and it matches the details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.]

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28739Name withheld by policeRace unspecified01/14/2000ChinleAZ36.123495-109.4847788
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Chinle police said they were alerted to a crash on Navajo Route 7. The drivers of two separate vehicles were dead at the scene—Betty Lou Lee and an unidentified person. A passenger in Lee's vehicle was injured. According to police, alcoholic beverages were found at the scene. [NOTE: This crash was not reported as a police chase, but it's the only double fatal crash reported in the area that day, and it matches the details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.]

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22Jose Daniel Gonzalez25MaleHispanic/Latino01/15/2000North TustinCA33.7599836-117.7923329California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officers shot Jose Daniel Gonzalez when he allegedly rammed a police car on a dead end street after a nearly hour-long high-speed chase that began when he ran a stop sign.

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22244Steven Antonio Taylor Sr.31MaleRace unspecified01/16/2000RichmondVA37.6056675-77.4267315Henrico County Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A Richmond deputy sheriff, Steven Taylor, apparently shot and killed himself after Henrico County police were called to his apartment to investigate a domestic dispute involving the deputy and his girlfriend.

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19349George Blair Reese38MaleRace unspecified01/16/2000West Bradford TownshipPA39.9516357-75.7251677Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers John T. Malone and Jerry Cessna shot and killed George Blair Reese after he allegedly robbed a deli and led them on vehicle and foot chases.

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25Alan Zelencic28MaleEuropean-American/White01/17/2000AstoriaNY40.7684716-73.9184722City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A mentally ill Queens man who had slashed his mother in their apartment was fatally shot by a cop after allegedly lunging at the officer with a 15-inch knife yesterday, police said. Alan Zelencic, 28, was hit twice in the torso but kept advancing on the cop and his partner as they retreated into the hallway of the Long Island City building, police said. Afterward, Zelencic slammed the door, locked it and remained holed up inside for about 50 minutes until cops determined it was safe to go inside. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead. A police spokesman said the victim's sister, Lisa, called 911 at about 12:20 a.

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23Daniel Millan Lopez21MaleEuropean-American/White01/17/2000RenoNV39.5277048-119.8074243Reno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While being chased by Reno Police, Lopez apparently intentionally shot himself in the head.

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24Kortique Walter17MaleRace unspecified01/17/2000JolietIL41.5138667-88.0727955Joliet Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Kortique Walter reportedly jumped from a car during a police chase and ran onto I-80, where he was subsequently struck by a motorist in the eastbound lanes. Police had been pursuing an allegedly stolen Pontiac Grand Prix. The Pontiac was eventually crashed into a telephone by a 14-year-old driver, who police said slid into the driver's seat after Walter jumped out.

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26Snapper MitchellMaleRace unspecified01/19/2000AtlantaGA33.6727766-84.385959Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Atlanta police officers began pursuing Mitchell after observing him selling drugs in southwest Atlanta. Mitchell first fled on a bike, then ended up jumped over a fence before turning a pointing a weapon at the officers, prompting them to fire and hit him twice. A 10-month investigation into the shooting found the officers were justified.

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27Wayne Williams26MaleRace unspecified01/20/2000PhoenixAZ33.6407755-111.9961723Arizona Department of Public Safety, Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams, a bank robbery suspect, led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle, injuring a Phoenix police officer along the way. He rammed through undercover police cars, drove over the hood of a parked Honda sedan and commandeered a Honda at gunpoint to continue his flight. When cornered by police in the parking lot of a strip mall, he refused to surrender. Instead, he reached for a shotgun on the passenger seat, which is when he was shot and killed.

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25757Shawn Abner aka Toryon Te'Shaun Abner24MaleAfrican-American/Black01/20/2000ClevelandOH41.55794-81.579288Cleveland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Shawn Abner lost control of a 1992 Dodge Shadow about 9:30 p.m. on an icy stretch of road while police were chasing him. He fatally crashed into a utility pole.

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29Daniel W. Bennett II32MaleRace unspecified01/21/2000SumnerME44.3660924-70.4222002Oxford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers tried to talk Bennett out of the house he shared with his mother and grandmother. When Bennett emerged, Herrick said, he fired a shotgun at officers, and they returned fire, killing him.

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28Name withheld by police34MaleRace unspecified01/21/2000Kansas CityMO39.2210388-94.634497Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed an unidentified 34-year-old man after a two-hour standoff. At about 9:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired and found that a man with a shotgun was inside a house. He refused to come out and tactical units were called to the scene, but police were unable to persuade the man to surrender. He reportedly emerged from the house at about 11:45 p.m. and pointed a shotgun at officers, who then shot him. The man died at a hospital.

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30Timothy Callicoat14MaleRace unspecified01/22/2000BentonAR34.6066939-92.5340676Bryant Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jeremiah Cernat, 12, and his passenger, Timothy Callicoat, 14, were fleeing police in a stolen car when they crashed. Callicoat was killed in the accident.

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31Mark David Hedges31MaleEuropean-American/White01/22/2000PhoenixAZ33.641526-112.089133Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hedges ate almost an ounce of cocaine before police shot him in the stomach. He died.

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25758Justin DeMello17MaleEuropean-American/White01/23/2000RaynhamMA41.98541-71.0706608Taunton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

When a Taunton police officer tried to pull a vehicle over for running a red light at 4 a.m., the driver fled, and the officer pursued for five miles. The car became airborne and hit a treek, killing two passengers, Justin DeMello, 19, and Eric Brockway, 19. The driver of the car, Christopher Federici, 17, was charged with two counts of felony motor vehicle homicide

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25759Eric Brockway17MaleEuropean-American/White01/23/2000RaynhamMA41.98541-71.0706608Taunton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

When a Taunton police officer tried to pull a vehicle over for running a red light at 4 a.m., the driver fled, and the officer pursued for five miles. The car became airborne and hit a treek, killing two passengers, Justin DeMello, 19, and Eric Brockway, 19. The driver of the car, Christopher Federici, 17, was charged with two counts of felony motor vehicle homicide

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19350Timothy MurphyMaleRace unspecified01/25/2000PhiladelphiaPA40.078127-75.17747Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty Officer James Speller shot and killed Timothy Murphy when Murphy allegedly tried to rob Speller.

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32Shawn David Streeter29MaleRace unspecified01/26/2000ColumbusOH39.9313393-82.9958454Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had trailed Streeter, a suspect in a string of bar robberies, to the bar. Officers watched him put on a ski mask, pull out a gun and enter the bar, police said. Witnesses in the bar said Streeter fired a shot, ordered the 10 patrons and the bartender to the floor, then robbed them. Streeter ran out of the bar with a bag of money in one hand and the gun in the other. When ordered to stop and drop the gun, he fired at an undercover officer. Officers Robert Coffman and Richard Ey fired back, killing Streeter.

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25760Steven Esquivel15MaleRace unspecified01/26/2000San AntonioTX29.4551552-98.6340545Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Steven Esquivel was killed and his older brother, Michael Anthony Esquivel, 18, jailed in connection with his death after a 100-mph chase with sheriff's deputies. The chase ended when the sport utility vehicle the youths were in flipped at about 2 a.m. Michael Anthony Esquivel, allegedly was driving the SUV, police said.

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33Manoa Alcantara Jojola18MaleNative American/Alaskan01/27/2000AlbuquerqueNM35.1527206-106.5880844Albuquerque Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jojola was killed in the crash that occurred when another vehicle targeted in a high-speed police chase, driven by Samuel Gonzales, ran a red light and into the teen's truck at San Mateo Boulevard Northeast and the I-25 overpass, police said.

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34Dominic Kekoa Kealoha28MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/28/2000WaiʻanaeHI21.378312-158.143267Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a shooting, a robbery and car theft, a police car and the stolen black Camaro crashed, beginning a 12-hour standoff that ended with Kealoha's suicide.

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20793Bryan J. Doyle33MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2000Waterford TownshipMI42.6531091-83.385851Waterford Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Bryan J. Doyle and Debra L. Dando took part in a robbery spree across four communities. An officer saw the pair inside their truck in their driveway and confronted them. Dando reportedly got out of the truck and ran. Doyle allegedly pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the officer, who shot him seven times, killing him. Dando was caught about a half mile away a short time later.

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38Charles Hill26MaleAfrican-American/Black01/28/2000OaklandCA37.7556261-122.1674199Oakland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Marcell Patterson and William A. Pappas shot and killed Charles Hill.

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37Michael Anglin Jr.15MaleAfrican-American/Black01/28/2000Jersey CityNJ40.7036602-74.0781321Jersey City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A stolen van in which he was riding crashed after a chase by Jersey City police officers. "It appeared that Officer Corso had trouble forcing the boy to the ground to handcuff him. Mr. Theem ling said an autopsy found that the gun was directly against the boy's head when it was fired," according to the New York Times.

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35Robert Corgan18MaleRace unspecified01/28/2000ArnoldMO38.4370563-90.3738351Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Corgan reportedly shot himself after a chase and died the next afternoon. Deputies were trying to serve Corgan with involuntary commitment papers when Corgan fled from the house. Corgan was eventually trapped near a fence and allegedly fired a shot at an officer who tried to bump him with a patrol car. Several officers fired back, but police said they didn't believe Corgan was hit. A short time later, Corgan pointed one of his two pistols at his head and fired, according to officials.

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36Cornel Young Jr.29MaleAfrican-American/Black01/28/2000ProvidenceRI41.8242783-71.4398076Providence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Young was an off-duty, out-of-uniform black officer at a 24-hour restaurant when a conflict broke out in the parking lot. Two white uniformed officers already on the scene immediately responded. Young produced his own handgun and positioned himself to assist. Stories differ about if, and how well, he identified himself. The other officers told him to drop his weapon, Young did not, and he was shot to death.

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39Juan Monzon aka Manuel Perez36MaleHispanic/Latino01/29/2000Grand IslandNE40.9091366-98.3440391Grand Island Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At 1:19 p.m., an abandoned 911 call was placed, so the operator called back and was told there was a problem. Two officers entered the basement of the home, where they reportedly found Juan Monzon, AKA Manuel Perez, true name unknown, attacking a woman with a knife. According to police, both officers drew their weapons and gave a verbal warning, but Monzon continued the attack. One of the officers shot Monzon three times, killing him instantly. A grand jury said the shooting was justified.

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40Daniel Ray Jones23MaleNative American/Alaskan01/29/2000LittleOK35.3481286-96.6719618U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Seminole Nation Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said two tribal police officers and a federal Bureau of Indian Affairs officer went to Jones' home to investigate an arson. As they were getting out of their vehicles, Jones came running toward them with an aluminum baseball bat in one hand and a knife in the other. He hit the BIA officer in the right thigh with the bat. He then threw snow in one tribal officer's eyes and lunged at him with the knife. The three officers drew their handguns and ordered Jones to drop the knife, but he continued his advance, and one officer shot and killed him.

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42Troy Lee Reynolds20MaleRace unspecified01/29/2000PhoenixAZ33.4937769-112.2139384Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said two off-duty officers noticed a man acting suspiciously in the parking lot of a bowling alley. As they approached, he fled to the apartment he shared with his girlfriend. Reynolds then pulled a handgun from his waistband, held it to his head and shouted he would not go back to prison. Police said that when his girlfriend opened the door, Reynolds pulled her out and put the gun to her head. Police said that as officers watched Reynolds through the window, he pointed the gun first at Whitaker, then at officers outside. Officer John Romberg fired two shots through the window, striking Reynolds in the chest. Reynolds' girlfriend, disputed the police account, maintaining Reynolds never pointed the gun at her.

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41Christopher George Heimbigner25MaleRace unspecified01/29/2000San DiegoCA32.7266073-117.0717535San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Christopher George Heimbigner after two separate shootouts within the span of one hour.

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43Leonila Hernandez Guerrero22FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/30/2000National CityCA32.680431-117.090553San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Leonila Hernandez Guerrero was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle being chased by sheriff's deputies.

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19352John W. Brobson Jr.27MaleRace unspecified01/30/2000PhiladelphiaPA40.0549579-75.0539796Philadelphia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Off-duty Officer Ryan Shiver was driving home from a Super Bowl party when his car slid off the road, killing brothers John W. Brobson Jr., 27, and Steve D. Brobson, 25, who were passengers in his car. Shiver's blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit at the time of the crash.

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19353Steve D. Brobson25MaleRace unspecified01/30/2000PhiladelphiaPA40.0549579-75.0539796Philadelphia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Off-duty Officer Ryan Shiver was driving home from a Super Bowl party when his car slid off the road, killing brothers John W. Brobson Jr., 27, and Steve D. Brobson, 25, who were passengers in his car. Shiver's blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit at the time of the crash.

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19351Brian Edward Marker29MaleEuropean-American/White01/30/2000New CastlePA40.943345-80.400676Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trooper David V. Tyler shot and killed Brian Edward Marker while responding to a domestic dispute.

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45Michael Hardy33MaleRace unspecified01/31/2000Pompano BeachFL26.225515-80.095812Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hardy held a 63-year-old woman hostage at knifepoint for more than six hours. According to police he smoked crack through the ordeal, and had held other hostage in another incident only a few days previously. He was killed when SWAT members stormed the location, shooting 22 rounds at him, with the hostage untouched.

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44Alan Thomas Howard35MaleEuropean-American/White01/31/2000Long BeachCA33.7691442-118.1820822Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Alan Thomas Howard, a 35-year-old white male, died Monday, January 31, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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49Mark Edward Lewis31MaleRace unspecified02/01/2000Boca RatonFL26.3686824-80.1456363Boca Raton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local officers attempted a traffic stop with Lewis, recognizing him from prior vehicular incidents from November. Lewis rammed numerous cars and threatened pedestrians during a prolonged high-speed chase, notable also for police (contrary to policy) speeding the wrong way down I-95 and also striking vehicles. Lewis came to a stop on surface streets, pulled a gun on officers, and was shot to death.

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25777Edward Richardson25MaleRace unspecified02/01/2000HarlemGA33.496258-82.315332Columbia County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

When Edward Richardson was killed in a car accident, he might have been fleeing the scene of his estranged wife's stabbing. While this media account doesn't explicitly say that deputies were involved, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists this as a police-chase involved death.

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48Jonathon Miller aka Brent J. BurchartMaleRace unspecified02/01/2000SouthgateMI42.2136814-83.1938669U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Southgate Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bank robbery suspect Jonathon Miller sustained 14 separate gunshot wounds when he resisted a raid on his motel room. At first still conscious and combative he died soon afterward. Suspect John Mell Camacho was also shot and killed nearby as he resisted arrest. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

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47John Mell CamachoMaleRace unspecified02/01/2000SouthgateMI42.2136461-83.1940987U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Southgate Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bank robbery suspect Jonathon Miller sustained 14 separate gunshot wounds when he resisted a raid on his motel room. At first still conscious and combative he died soon afterward. Suspect John Mell Camacho was also shot and killed nearby as he resisted arrest. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

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46Christopher "Todd" Frierson22MaleEuropean-American/White02/01/2000PicayuneMS30.5393138-89.7195706Picayune Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Christopher "Todd" Frierson was shot and killed by his father, Picayune Police Lt. Ricky Frierson, at the senior Frierson's home just outside Picayune. Witnesses said the younger Frierson attacked his sister, then his father, with a knife.

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51Edgar Ernesto Fregoso22MaleHispanic/Latino02/02/2000Los AngelesCA34.0514934-118.2008155Glendale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Officers were looking for suspects who had robbed and shot a woman. While on foot, an officer saw the vehicle driven by Fregoso speeding toward him. He fired several shots at the vehicle, killing Fregoso.

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50David R. Perry57MaleRace unspecified02/02/2000KingstonIL42.097677-88.752031DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Perry went to an ex-wife's house and killed her mother and her new husband before police shot and killed him.

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19496Basil Blakeney1MaleRace unspecified02/02/2000HarrisburgPA40.2677739-76.869852Harrisburg Police Bureau
  • Stabbed
  • No

Basil Blakeney had his throat slit by his father during a standoff with police.

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56Donald Lee Thompson Jr. aka Donald Lee Williams26MaleRace unspecified02/03/2000LaurelMD39.0995847-76.857108U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An "FBI-led fugitive-hunting team" of 30 to 40 officers found Thompson, wanted for first-degree murder and other charges, holed up in a house. Neighbors heard about 15 shots. Officials did not disclose whether Thompson was armed or why deadly force was necessary.

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55Walter Weathersby43MaleRace unspecified02/03/2000FranklinLA29.792769-91.5073084St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Walter Weathersby, a paraplegic who used a wheelchair, was shot and killed when he allegedly shot at deputies who'd initially responded to a report of telephone harassment then thought they saw narcotics in Weathersby's residence.

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57Sonserra Holloway20FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/03/2000San DiegoCA32.747865-117.1143741U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sonserra Holloway was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent working on a joint undercover narcotics operation with the San Diego Police Department 30 miles from the border.

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52Andrea Belcina-Dequito27FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/03/2000Ewa BeachHI21.338593-158.0217318Honolulu Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • No

Allan Dequito shot and wounded a police officer responding to a dropped 911 call, killed his wife, Andrea, and then himself. The couple's 2-year-old daughter, who was in the house, was not injured. A Kevlar vest saved the life of the 33-year-old police officer,

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53Allan Dequito27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/03/2000Ewa BeachHI21.338593-158.0217318Honolulu Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Deadly force

Allan Dequito shot and wounded a police officer responding to a dropped 911 call, killed his wife, Andrea, and then himself. The couple's 2-year-old daughter, who was in the house, was not injured. A Kevlar vest saved the life of the 33-year-old police officer,

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54Toshua Dearman15FemaleRace unspecified02/03/2000PittsburgKS37.4404216-94.7061994Pittsburg Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Toshua Dearman, a passenger in an allegedly stolen pickup truck, was killed when the truck collided with a police car. Three teens who were in the truck with Dearman were charged with second-degree murder.

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58Andrew Cobb88MaleRace unspecified02/04/2000StocktonCA37.9118938-121.2247012Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Andrew Cobb after he allegedly pointed a revolver at officers responding to a dispute at a mobile-home park.

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21445Ralph Chambers34MaleRace unspecified02/05/2000BaltimoreMD39.3086417-76.5963908Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Craig Klein was sitting in a house in the 1600 block of Lansing St. about 5: 30 p.m. when he saw what he thought was a man selling drugs. Klein chased the man into an alleyway, where a scuffle began, police said. The officer and the suspect wrestled in a half-foot of snow for several minutes, and the man pinned the officer to the ground and said, "Don't make me use my stuff." Fearing for his life, Klein fired once, killing Ralph Chambers.

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59Donald Moore37MaleRace unspecified02/05/2000QueensNY40.685478-73.810898City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers intercepted Moore in a Queens basement apartment reportedly assaulting his girlfriend with a 9-inch knife. The police stopped him with three shots, fatally striking his arm and right side. The shooting was ruled justified.

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60John Charles O'Banion23MaleEuropean-American/White02/05/2000Las VegasNV36.175923-115.2371049Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Charles O'Banion, 23, dies after he bails out of a stolen car and confronts Las Vegas police officers with a gun near Washington Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard. Two officers strike O'Banion with a dozen bullets.

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61Andrea John Paul Ketcherside40MaleEuropean-American/White02/05/2000MatherCA38.572804-121.2951513Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Andrea John Ketcherside reportedly shot himself in a veterans hospital courtyard at Mather Field after a three-hour standoff with deputies.

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28741Misty Milligan37FemaleRace unspecified02/05/2000MarionTX29.5703769-98.1446737New Braunfels Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, two men carjacked and robbed a couple at about 1:50 a.m. in the 300 block of Madrid. Police saw a 2000 Camaro matching the description of the stolen car and said tried to stop it, but a chase began. The Camaro then struck a vehicle parked in a driveway off Farm Road 78 in Marion. Misty Milligan, a passenger in the parked car, was killed. A passenger in the Camaro, also died at the scene. The driver of the Camaro, a 23-year-old man, was taken by air ambulance to University Hospital.

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28742Larry Holt22MaleRace unspecified02/05/2000MarionTX29.5703769-98.1446737New Braunfels Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, two men carjacked and robbed a couple at about 1:50 a.m. in the 300 block of Madrid. Police saw a 2000 Camaro matching the description of the stolen car and said tried to stop it, but a chase ensued. The Camaro then struck a vehicle parked in a driveway off Farm Road 78 in Marion. Misty Milligan, a passenger in the parked car, was killed. A passenger in the Camaro, also died at the scene. The driver of the Camaro, a 23-year-old man, was taken by air ambulance to University Hospital.

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28740Trinity Allen Jewell23MaleRace unspecified02/05/2000VinemontAL34.289017-86.9486881
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Trinity Allen Jewell was killed at 9:34 p.m. when his car went off the road and hit an embankment during a police pursuit.[NOTE: This crash was not reported as a police chase, but the crash matches the details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data indicating a police pursuit-related death.]

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62Gregory A. Olsen37MaleRace unspecified02/06/2000WestminsterCO39.9363052-105.0113116Westminster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Olsen was shot five times in the chest by the two officers after he refused repeated orders to put down a knife he'd held to his wife, Jackie, 39.

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25778Name withheld by police15MaleRace unspecified02/06/2000WestminsterCO39.8272871-105.0248411Westminster Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unidentified 15-year-old boy allegedly driving a Lexus stolen from a dealership was killed when he crashed the car into a car maintenance shop in an apparent attempt to escape from police, police said.

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63Alex Montelongo25MaleHispanic/Latino02/07/2000Pico RiveraCA34.0053546-118.0740818Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Deputies stopped Montelongo for a traffic violation when they discovered that he was violating parole. He fled and entered a nearby house and shot at deputies who tried to enter, wounding one. After a seven hour stand-off, Montelongo was driven out with tear gas. He exited with weapon and was shot and killed.

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66Joe Bob Duckett56MaleRace unspecified02/07/2000Colorado SpringsCO38.8411212-104.7387451El Paso County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police arrived to arrest Duckett for charges related to sexual abuse of children. He committed suicide during a standoff.

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64Henry Schroeder85MaleRace unspecified02/07/2000HemetCA33.747926-116.9599159Hemet Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer David Quinn, Detective Jim Anderson and Cpl. Duane Wisehart shot and killed Henry Schroeder after he allegedly fired at officers conducting a welfare check on behalf of his daughter.

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65Charles Kaiser48MaleEuropean-American/White02/07/2000Brooklyn CenterMN45.0634651-93.3018704Brooklyn Center Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Charles Kaiser left a party mad because his daughter didn't have him walk down the aisle with her at her wedding. Guests called police, who chased the drunken man until he crashed and was killed.

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68William Anthony "Moses" Miller42MaleRace unspecified02/08/2000San DiegoCA32.7539193-117.2180373San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three officers shot William Anthony "Moses" Miller seven times after he allegedly charged at them with a three-foot tree branch.

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67Louis Thomas Pass50MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2000MontroseCA34.211594-118.2316188Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Louis Thomas Pass died after being shot in La Crescenta-Montrose, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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69George Woodard48MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2000ToledoOH41.66104-83.531252Toledo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Richard Moreno shot and killed a drunken man who attacked him with a knife after he spotted the man urinating near a utility pole.

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25779Lawrence W. McGraw36MaleEuropean-American/White02/09/2000Commerce CityCO39.905848-104.8489863Commerce City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Lawrence McGraw was running errands with his girlfriend's daughter, 10. A chase began at 7:50 p.m. when the officer tried to pull over McGraw, but McGraw fled. Speeds up to 100 mph were logged during the chase, which ended 18 minutes later at 114th and Brighton, where McGraw lost control of his car. While the attached article does not say McGraw died, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists this as a police-chase involved death.

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70Douglas G. Pickens44MaleRace unspecified02/10/2000MiamiOK36.8713337-94.8680991Miami Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police Sgt. Phillip Brice and off-duty Detective Steve Johnston shot at Pickens shortly after he used the hatchet to rob a convenience store, police said. Police said Pickens, who still had the hatchet, refused orders to stop advancing in their direction, and they shot and killed him.

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71Oscar Rene Figueroa24MaleHispanic/Latino02/11/2000Los AngelesCA34.018269-118.2822523Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: An officer was working routine security duty outside the Sports Arena holding a music concert. He went into the arena to use the restroom, and when he came out he saw Figueroa firing a handgun. Three people near a concession stand were wounded. The officer identified himself as police and shot at gunman. Figueroa pointed gun at officer, who shot again, killing him.

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21361Dieugrand Dorcely45MaleRace unspecified02/11/2000IrvingtonNJ40.7111924-74.2434547Union Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Dieugrand Dorcely, 45, was killed when a police car swerved into his 1994 Dodge Spirit, causing it to flip over. But Douglas Armstrong of Irvington, the driver of a second car struck by the police vehicle, said he saw no car being directly pursued when the police cruiser swerved out of control and struck Dorcely's vehicle before hitting his car.

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19354Rafael "Ralph" Morales28MaleHispanic/Latino02/11/2000PhiladelphiaPA40.0221093-75.1161Philadelphia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Rafael "Ralph" Morales was killed when his car was broadsided by a stolen Mercedes that was fleeing police. Police said they had not yet begun the chase, although they'd spotted the car.

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72Eugene "Kim" Pitchford Jr.43MaleRace unspecified02/12/2000PeoriaIL40.6678538-89.6239771Peoria Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Eugene K. Pitchford Jr., who was homeless and had a history of mental health issues, died of asphyxiation as three officers used a chokehold, pepper spray and nightsticks on him. Police had responded to a recycling center when an employee called saying that Pitchford became upset when he tried to turn in a bag of aluminum cans and was told the center was closed. Pitchford ran, and the officers chased and tackled him. During the ensuing struggle, Pitchford was pepper sprayed and repeatedly struck with a baton, according to police reports. A fourth officer helped handcuff Pitchford, who fell unconscious and died. A coroner's jury decided that Pitchford's death was accidental, but said it was impossible to tell what caused the death. "There's no way of proving what caused the asphyxia, whether it's from the weight of the officers or the agitation during the foot chase," Peoria County Coroner Dan Heinz said.

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73Sandra L. Roberts41FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/14/2000Kansas CityMO39.1023961-94.5484488Kansas City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Sandra L. Roberts died after being dragged 25 yards in an allegedly stolen car during a police chase. A Crown Victoria that was reported stolen Sunday night was spotted Monday afternoon by a group of men who'd been looking for it. The men flagged down a police car, which began chasing the Crown Victoria. The driver took off along 9th Street while Roberts, the passenger, was halfway out of the vehicle. Police said they didn't know whether she was trying to get into the car or out of it. The car struck a parked Cadillac and crashed into a utility pole, where Roberts fell.

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75Howard Love29MaleAfrican-American/Black02/15/2000HoustonTX29.6683153-95.3122362Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, Love choked an officer. The officer fatally shot him.

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74Ricky Tinsley aka Rickey Tinsley17MaleRace unspecified02/15/2000MeridianMS32.3643098-88.703656Meridian Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tinsley was shot and killed by Sgt. Alex Spears, who was responding to reports of an armed robbery at a convenience store.

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20794James Douglas20MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2000AugustaMI42.3344928-85.3530455Portage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Detective Larry Napp shot and killed James Douglas when he reportedly he opened fire on Napp. Napp, who was wounded four times, later recovered. At the time, Douglas was wanted for questioning in a string of burglaries.

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76DeAndre Jackson27MaleAfrican-American/Black02/17/2000PeoriaIL40.7004723-89.5784693Peoria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

DeAndre Jackson reportedly committed suicide after a police marksman tried to shoot out the tires of a U-Haul rental truck Jackson was driving during a police chase that ended when Jackson crashed into the porch of a vacant house. According to police, Jackson was a murder suspect wanted in two Chicago homicides. At the end of the pursuit, Jackson allegedly rammed two police cars that tried to block his way before apparently shooting himself.

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77Ilesh Ashok Abdir27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/18/2000HoytKS39.2235536-95.6544751Jackson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ilesh Ashok Abdir reportedly killed his parents, wounded deputy John Schoen, killed a police dog, and then set his house on fire during an ensuing standoff. Schoen was conducting a welfare check at around noon, after coworkers reported that Abdir's mother hadn't been at work. Upon entering, Schoen, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot in his arms, hands and face. Abdir went outside and killed Schoen's K-9, Falco, who was in the deputy's vehicle. According to police, Abdir called 911 and said, "I shot your officer ... send me more." Other officers arrived, and a second 911 call from Abdir requested a negotiator. A gunshot was reportedly heard later and the house caught fire at around 2:30 p.m. The house was allowed to burn down because of concerns that firefighters would be shot if they approached. Abdir's body was found inside the ruined house. The bodies of Snettalata Shimpi, 58, and Ashok Shimpi, 59, were found about 500 yards away. Schoen suffered extensive nerve damage in both arms.

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78Jason Phillip Rodriguez20MaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2000MontebelloCA33.9934303-118.116267Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Jason Phillip Rodriguez died after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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79Ralph Peter Gawor43MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2000FresnoCA36.8299658-119.8511558Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The victim Ralph Gawor was shot by officer Paul Hurth who was having an affair with victim's wife Nancy. Hurth testified that he had gone to Gawor's home to disclose the affair but was forced to shoot Gawor when he reacted violently to the news. Hurth was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting.

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25780Name withheld by police31MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2000FarmersvilleCA36.3065702-119.2061427Farmersville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 9:50 p.m., a motorcyclist fled a police stop and fatally crashed during the chase.

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81Francisco SanchezMaleRace unspecified02/19/2000HealdsburgCA38.6104658-122.8691609California Highway Patrol
  • Drowned
  • No

Reportedly, Sanchez, on parole and afraid of being sent back to prison, sped away from a California Highway Patrol officer trying to make a traffic stop. After some miles he abandoned his vehicle and fled from the officer on foot. He disappeared into some bushes near the rain-swollen Russian River. His body was found six weeks later; he had drowned in the river.

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82Jennifer Elizabeth Lowe27FemaleEuropean-American/White02/19/2000Lake ForestCA33.639381-117.6796065U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jennifer Elizabeth Lowe was shot and killed by her live-in boyfriend, INS special agent Thomas Schnaible, who then killed himself.

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80Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/19/2000AtlantaGA33.7246463-84.4038462Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a hit and run, this unidentified man went for the officer's gun and was shot and killed.

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83Steve Green52MaleRace unspecified02/20/2000LaytonUT41.0616031-111.9453025Layton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

After a seven-minute high-speed chase with four different police jurisdictions, a juvenile suspect recklessly driving a stolen Chevrolet pickup crashed into Green's vehicle, killing him. The suspect was to face murder charges as an adult.

deseretnews.com
84Robert Perez46MaleRace unspecified02/21/2000MiamiFL25.8859021-80.1820571Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The estranged wife of Perez called police: he was armed and in her front yard, angry, locked out, with her and their 7-year-old child inside. He began shooting. Police arrived and Perez shot at them too. He was fatally shot in return.

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85John Edward Weir20MaleRace unspecified02/21/2000San DiegoCA32.7186511-117.1578753San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed John Edward Weir after he reportedly pulled a gun and opened fire as officer Mitchell Vitug and reserve officer Quinton Kawahara escorted him through a downtown hotel lobby.

theppsc.org
86Jovan Young23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/23/2000St. LouisMO38.6560148-90.2396068St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Jovan Young when he allegedly pointed a pistol at police during a chase after a robbery. Young was struck once in the leg; the bullet hit an artery, and he bled to death.

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87Cameron Mitchell Woods29MaleRace unspecified02/24/2000ClearwaterFL27.9655835-82.7876565Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies slowed to speak to an apparently disoriented or impaired man, Woods, by the roadside. Woods was uncooperative. Police noticed a suspicious bulge in his rear pocket but Woods refused to allow a pat down and refused to remove his hands from his pockets. After a physical struggle the incident ended with the unarmed man shot twice, fatally. The pocket contained cigars.

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88Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/24/2000College ParkGA33.6424331-84.4859979College Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A police chase in south Fulton County ended around midnight with one man dead and another injured. The men, according to College Park police, were driving a stolen Mercedes sedan when its Lojack alarm alerted police. The chase ended in College Park, where the car crashed at the intersection of Janice and Yates drives near Roosevelt Highway just before midnight, police said.

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22609Bruce Gilbert35MaleEuropean-American/White02/24/2000Thompson's StationTN35.8467391-87.0081412Williamson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police went to Bruce Gilbert's house to arrest him on a domestic violence complaint. He fought with police, despite being sprayed with pepper spray then attacked police with a shovel and was shot and killed.

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19342Charles E. Furlong63MaleRace unspecified02/25/2000Forest HillMD39.562075-76.373452Harford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call reporting an intoxicated subject suspected of firing a gun inside an apartment. While enroute, deputies were notified that the wife of the suspect had contacted the Sheriff's Office to report her husband assaulted her by firing his gun twice at her in the apartment. Furlong had an automatic handgun in his hand and walked back and forth in front of the building before trying to re-enter the apartment building. The deputies talked to Furlong for about 20 minutes before he pointed the gun directly at them, at which time he was shot and killed.

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20795Sean Dabney27MaleRace unspecified02/25/2000DetroitMI42.4371963-82.965544Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police attempted to pull over a van in northeast Detroit for not having license plates. According to police, they called off the chase at Hayes and Seven Mile, but the van sped north on Hayes until it struck a car at Lappin. The other car burst into flames. Sean Dabney and Patrick Heard, who were inside the burning car, were killed.

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20796Patrick Heard33MaleAfrican-American/Black02/25/2000DetroitMI42.4371963-82.965544Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police attempted to pull over a van in northeast Detroit for not having license plates. According to police, they called off the chase at Hayes and Seven Mile, but the van sped north on Hayes until it struck a car at Lappin. The other car burst into flames. Sean Dabney and Patrick Heard, who were inside the burning car, were killed.

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25781Mario R. Cazarin27MaleRace unspecified02/25/2000IndianapolisIN39.7926014-86.2730021Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Mario Cazarin was fleeing a traffic stop with Park Ranger Paul McGann pursuing him about 9 p.m. when Cazarin's Ford Taurus flipped.

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20797Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/25/2000DetroitMI42.381666-83.1710703Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty officer shot and killed an unidentified man who'd allegedly fired shots at a woman. Before he died, the man reportedly was able to steal a car with a child inside. He was found dead a short distance from the stopped car.

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89Octavio Colindres Tabar42MaleHispanic/Latino02/26/2000Los AngelesCA34.0370853-118.248733Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Octavio Colindres Tabar, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, February 26, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
25782James "Jay" Johnson33MaleAfrican-American/Black02/26/2000WilkinsburgPA40.4447625-79.8609078Wilkinsburg Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The drivers of two motorcycles were weaving in and out of traffic. A Wilkinsburg officer reported he had, at one point, pulled up next to the two drivers, but they took off. The officer pursued them, but he reportedly lost sight of them, police said, before coming upon James Johnson's dead body at a crash site.

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90Arthur G. Dobbins19MaleRace unspecified02/27/2000PagedaleMO38.6731874-90.3122513Pagedale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Charles D. Hubbard shot Arthur G. Dobbins in the head when he allegedly tried to take another officer's gun during a traffic stop. Witnesses disputed the police account. According to an autopsy, Dobbins was high on PCP and drunk at the time of the shooting. Pagedale Police reportedly did not learn until after the shooting that Hubbard had been involved in two questionable shootings while employed as a St. Louis police officer. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to charge Hubbard, prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said. In 2001, the Kinloch Police Department hired Hubbard, which led to public outcry.

missourinet.com
92Anthony Ramos40MaleRace unspecified02/28/2000Daly CityCA37.6706214-122.485172Daly City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Ron Harrison and Jeff Rodriguez shot and killed Anthony Ramos when he allegedly charged at a third officer with a 6-inch kitchen utility knife.

sfgate.com
91Gary Yount40MaleRace unspecified02/28/2000Oklahoma CityOK35.4314766-97.4769314Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gary Yount, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he evaded police at a restaurant drive-through window and fled into the woods near the 3300 block of S Eastern. Before the pursuit, officers approached Yount to question him about a shooting. Yount pointed a gun through the window of his vehicle, startling an officer. The officer fell and accidentally fired one shot, which struck the car.

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93Eugene Guy21MaleRace unspecified02/29/2000ChicagoIL41.8126818-87.622927Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers say they spotted Guy on the street with a gun in his hand. The officers began to chase Guy (one on foot, one by car), during which Guy allegedly fired at them 2-4 times. After Guy scaled a fence and allegedly shot at them again, the officers fired "several times" and Guy was shot once in the chest. A 380 semi-automatic pistol allegedly belonging to Guy was recovered from the scene.

chicagotribune.com
94Greg Cooper40MaleRace unspecified02/29/2000San DiegoCA32.955881-117.1298553San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Cooper reportedly shot and killed himself while behind the wheel of a black Camaro following a brief police pursuit that began after he allegedly shot at and waved a handgun at motorists.

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95Vincent "Vinny" A. Smith16MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2000HiawathaKS39.8525033-95.5358156Brown County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Vincent "Vinny" Smith after he'd reportedly killed Todd Widman, 21, a part-time Brown County sheriff's deputy, then shot at officers who'd tracked him to a ditch with the help of a dog. Smith, the son of a Buffalo, NY police lieutenant, had reportedly taken his mother's car, and his father's personal handgun early Tuesday morning, and then abandoned the car in Missouri, just short of the Kansas state line. Before Widman was shot, another deputy had responded to a report that Smith was walking along Rt 73 just south of the Nebraska line at around 6 p.m., but didn't see him. About an hour later, Widman radioed in that he'd found Smith, and was taking him to the sheriff's office in Hiawatha. About 15 minutes later, Widman radioed again saying he'd been shot. Widman had been shot in the back after placing Smith in the back of the patrol car, and died soon afterward at a hospital. About 50 deputies and KHP officers responded to the area and located Smith two hours later. Shots were reportedly exchanged, though no one was hit. An hour later, just before 7 p.m., three officers with dogs tracked Smith to a dry creek bed beside a Walmart on the edge of town. Smith allegedly jumped up and fired at them before he was killed by return fire. Brown County Prosecutor Kevin Hill concluded the officers were justified.

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98Malcolm Ferguson23MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2000BronxNY40.825276-73.877713City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police reports, a group of plainclothes police officers entered into a building where Ferguson was allegedly selling heroin. Chased by a patrolman, Ferguson initially tried to run before engaging in a struggle with one officer, who during the fight withdrew his weapon and fired into Ferguson's head, killing him. Despite the officer being cleared of any wrongdoing, a jury awarded Ferguson's mother $10.5 million in damages in 2007 stemming from the shooting.

nytimes.com
99Maliki Yawmi-Deen Raymond24MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2000New York CityNY40.8284707-73.9476522City of New York Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • Undetermined

New York Police say undercover officers witnessed Raymond buy cocaine, and then swallow it in an attempt to thwart arrest. He began complaining of stomach pains and had multiple seizures. Raymond was taken to the hospital where he died. When Raymond's mother identified her son's body, she claimed he had multiple bruises and looked beaten. A friend believes he was in New York to investigate police brutality for a paper.

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96Daniel "Danny" Sasich16MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2000La VistaNE41.1762668-96.0235745Nebraska State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Andrew Wright was being chased by state troopers when he crashed his pickup truck into a car driven by Josh Brockington. Brockington was killed. Brockington's passenger, Daniel Sasich, suffered a severe brainstem injury in the crash, and could not speak, eat or move. In 2010, Sasich had pneumonia and his family decided to let him go. Wright was sentenced to 22-25 years for motor vehicle homicide. He was paroled in April 2012.

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97Joshua Brockington16MaleRace unspecified03/01/2000La VistaNE41.1762668-96.0235745Nebraska State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Andrew Wright was being chased by state troopers when he crashed his pickup truck into a car driven by Josh Brockington. Brockington was killed. Brockington's passenger, Daniel Sasich, suffered a severe brainstem injury in the crash, and could not speak, eat or move. In 2010, Sasich had pneumonia and his family decided to let him go. Wright was sentenced to 22-25 years for motor vehicle homicide. He was paroled in April 2012.

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21855Dennis F. Loper44MaleRace unspecified03/01/2000Santa ClausIN38.1127619-86.9357947Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trooper Jack Cutler stopped Dennis Loper's pickup truck for suspicion of drunken driving. After a failed field sobriety test, Loper allegedly pulled a gun, and Cutler shot and killed him.

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100Douglas Preston Perkins42MaleRace unspecified03/02/2000InmanSC35.047741-82.106044Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Perkins threatened deputies with a shotgun and refused to relinquish it when he was shot and killed by Deputy Jeff Valentine.

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22608Charles Melton30MaleEuropean-American/White03/03/2000NashvilleTN36.1325006-86.7938567Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Douglas Copeland, 19, a drunken driver who was fleeing police at 100 mph when he crashed his car into another vehicle, killing the driver, Charles Melton, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

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101Alex Marin29MaleRace unspecified03/04/2000San JoseCA37.2818031-121.8279775San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alex Marin reportedly killed himself at some point after he shot and wounded officer Daniel Ichige and was shot at in return before fleeing the scene.

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28743Terry Aungst31MaleRace unspecified03/04/2000AltoonaPA40.5200848-78.3787787Altoona Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Terry Aungst was fleeing from police when he ran a red light and crashed his motorcycle into a car. Aungst died from his injuries. The driver of the other car was reportedly treated for minor injuries.

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102Kristine Schneider37FemaleRace unspecified03/05/2000Wood RiverNE40.8878066-98.6078656Hall County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

According to police, Kristine Schneider was driving a 1991 Pontiac Grand Am north on Highway 11 at around 9 p.m. when she tried to turn left onto Husker Highway and collided with a patrol car driven by deputy Lynn Gardient. Schneider died at a hospital. Gardient was treated and released.

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22607Charles G. Race49MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2000OaklandTN35.2283802-89.5484146Oakland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Charles Race was driving a pickup truck when he was killed in a head-on collision with a station wagon being pursued by police. It was not reported whether the driver of the station wagon, Yetcha Stubblefield, 53, was cited.

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103Jaime Santiago23MaleHispanic/Latino03/05/2000HoustonTX29.7992955-95.5172061Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, an officer responding to a disturbance saw Santiago reach for what appeared to be a weapon. The officer fatally shot him. Santiago's weapon was a toy gun.

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25783Andrew Haggarty16MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2000Salter PathNC34.6928579-76.8386685Indian Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Dwayne Richardson fled a police stop, reaching speeds of up to 110 miles per hour when he crashed into a house and killed one of his passengers, Andrew Haggarty.

google.com
104Audra Hynes28FemaleEuropean-American/White03/06/2000Santa RosaCA38.4518593-122.6191245California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Reportedly, Audra Hynes, was killed when she lost control of her car on Highway 12. She was fleeing a CHP officer in a high-speed car chase. Another woman was seriously injured in the crash.

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105William Scott Sanders34MaleRace unspecified03/07/2000ChesneeSC35.156905-81.853404Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Chesnee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sanders committed suicide after a nine-hour standoff with police. He was angry because his wife was leaving him.

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25784Jason Manton28MaleEuropean-American/White03/08/2000ClevelandOH41.4388551-81.6477803Independence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers Dan Anders and John T. Kurtz Jr. reportedly backed off from chasing Jason Manton before he collided head-on with another car, killing Karen O'Neal and injuring her husband. Manton, who was also killed in the crash, tried to flee police and entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 from Brecksville Rd. going in the wrong direction.

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25785Karen O'Neal42FemaleEuropean-American/White03/08/2000ClevelandOH41.4388551-81.6477803Independence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers Dan Anders and John T. Kurtz Jr. reportedly backed off from chasing Jason Manton before he collided head-on with another car, killing Karen O'Neal and injuring her husband. Manton, who was also killed in the crash, tried to flee police and entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 from Brecksville Rd. going in the wrong direction.

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25786Name withheld by police28MaleRace unspecified03/08/2000HoustonTX29.7938765-95.3771195Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 1
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unidentified man was killed and two others seriously injured when their car being chased by an officer crashed into a telephone pole. The reason the men were fleeing from the officer, who had stopped them moments earlier for speeding, was not reported.

google.com
108Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino03/09/2000San DiegoCA32.5517528-116.9358272U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unnamed driver from Baja California was shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. customs agents at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

latimes.com
106Francisco Javier Barbosa20MaleRace unspecified03/09/2000NichollsGA31.5174219-82.6348602Coffee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barbosa was fatally shot when he pointed a pistol at Coffee County Sheriff's Deputy Marc Smith, who was investigating a domestic disturbance.

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107Johnny F. McDonald74MaleRace unspecified03/09/2000Pleasant GroveAL33.50379-86.973961Pleasant Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot and killed Johnny McDonald when he allegedly went for his gun.

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19355Charles Lloyd II30MaleRace unspecified03/10/2000Pleasant HillsPA40.336173-79.9708675Baldwin Borough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charles Lloyd II was shot by Officer Kimberly Reising, using her backup weapon, when he grabbed her service pistol from its holster while she was walking to her cruiser outside a Sheetz store in Pleasant Hills.

triblive.com
109Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified03/10/2000SpokaneWA47.6570362-117.3392951Spokane County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Neighbors called 911 to report that a man was screaming and threatening to kill a woman at the Maple Tree Motel & RV, police said. A sheriff's deputy and sergeant arrived at the scene. They entered the room and the man displayed two firearms. He did not drop the guns when ordered and made threatening motions, Reagan said. The deputy fired a shot and both officers fell back out of the apartment. The man then shot himself, with the woman still in the apartment, although at the time of this report it was uncertain whose bullet hit and killed him.

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21960Robert A. Johnson25MaleEuropean-American/White03/11/2000IndianapolisIN39.7312302-86.134528Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Johnson was shot and killed after allegedly leading police on a chase, ramming several police cars, and trying to run over officers with a car.

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28744Name withheld by police18MaleRace unspecified03/11/2000CarlsbadCA33.1466697-117.2898951Carlsbad Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision, killing the 18-year-old driver of the fleeing Honda Accord and critically injuring his 22-year-old brother. Two people in the other car (Mark Donley, 51, and Amy Stegehuis, 48) were seriously injured. Police said the chase started after officers responded to a report of two men hitting each other with beer bottles in the 2800 block of Loker Avenue East.

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111Emil M. Bachman60MaleRace unspecified03/12/2000St. CharlesMO38.7695936-90.4899216St. Charles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Emil M. Bachman when he allegedly came at the officer and a maintenance man with a knife inside Bachman's apartment. Two officers responded to Bachman's residence at 11:02 p.m. after a neighbor reported hearing thumping noises. Bachman, who was reportedly mentally unstable, lunged at an officer with a hunting knife and the officer shot him twice in his midsection, according to police. Bachman died at a hospital.

highbeam.com
20092Janine Keith37FemaleRace unspecified03/12/2000SirenWI45.7857818-92.3810284Burnett County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A Burnett County sheriff's deputy David Keith, 42, killed his wife, Janine Keith when the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree near their home. Keith, who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, was first charged with felony homicide by drunken driving. But in a plea agreement, Keith pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of causing injury by drunken driving, a misdemeanor. He also pleaded no contest to obstructing an officer. At the time of the crash, Keith told police he saw deer by the road, then hit a patch of ice. But an investigation showed the road was dry with no ice or snow.

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110Robert Leonard36MaleRace unspecified03/12/2000WentzvilleMO38.8144747-90.8737874Wentzville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Leonard was suspected of fatally shooting four people following an apparent domestic dispute at a rural eastern Missouri home. He shot himself once in the chest with a high-powered rifle after he apparently spotted a highway patrol helicopter hovering overhead, police said.

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25787Donald J. Johnson45MaleRace unspecified03/13/2000GreeneNY42.322813-75.772475Chenango County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Deputies began chasing Donald J. Johnson when he allegedly failed to stop for a stop sign. Johnson struck a guardrail while rounding a curve, deputies said, and his vehicle became airborne and overturned several times in a field. Johnson was ejected and killed.

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112Queen Alahzar34FemaleRace unspecified03/13/2000ColumbusOH39.9622212-83.0006428Powell Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Kim Coates was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, fleeing police, drunken driving and three other charges for the wreck that killed Alahzar..

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113Ray Hobb36MaleNative American/Alaskan03/13/2000GallupNM35.5293676-108.7090367Gallup Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

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114Christine Hobb33FemaleNative American/Alaskan03/13/2000GallupNM35.5293676-108.7090367Gallup Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

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115Shafawntyra Hobb1FemaleNative American/Alaskan03/13/2000GallupNM35.5293676-108.7090367Gallup Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

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21444Gary James Beemer24MaleRace unspecified03/13/2000Brooklyn ParkMD39.224652-76.613938Anne Arundel County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gary Beemer allegedly robbed a Pizza Hut with a contraption that was supposed to look like a sawed-off shotgun. He was shot and killed when he raised it toward Officers Robert Vane and Steven Thomas, who shot and killed him. The county State's Attorney's Office cleared county police of any wrongdoing.

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28745Bradley Downing III19MaleRace unspecified03/13/2000ChandlerAZ33.3352866-111.824389Chandler Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, Rosemarie Forker crashed a stolen 1999 Chevrolet Silverado into a 1999 Camaro driven by Bradley Downing III. Downing died. Forker and passenger Jeffrey Kent Holland, 19, were injured. Police said officer Daniel Lovelace spotted the Silverado around 1 a.m. at the intersection of McQueen and Chandler and turned around to follow the truck. Police said the officer didn't have his lights and sirens on and followed about a quarter mile behind the truck, radioing for another unit to put out stop sticks. The truck ran a red light and hit the Camaro about two miles into the pursuit, before the other officer arrived.

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117Alfred Lamont Pope23MaleAfrican-American/Black03/14/2000AvondaleOH39.1401874-84.4936052Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pope and another man robbed and pistol-whipped three people in the hallway of an apartment building. Shots were heard. Police arrived and chased Pope, who pulled out a 9mm handgun after a struggle. He pointed the gun at himself and then at the officers. The officers opened fire. Kenneth J. Grubbs shot three times; Daniel Carder, seven; and Jason K. Lamb, 16. Pope was killed.

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118Roman R. Pisarski36MaleEuropean-American/White03/15/2000Kansas CityMO39.0941639-94.5245676Independence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Roman R. Pisarski reportedly skipped out on a $20 gasoline bill, then died when his car hit a dump truck while fleeing police. A cab driver had called police at about noon and reported seeing Pisarski taking license plates off a car parked at gas pumps outside a convenience store. The caller suspected he was going to drive off without paying, police said. Pisarski drove away before police arrived. An officer saw Pisarski's car and tried to stop him, but he reportedly sped off. The officer gave chase and was soon joined by a second patrol car. According to police, the car went off the road at one point and became stuck in a grassy area. A female passenger got out and surrendered. Pisarski took off again and drove through an intersection on the city's outskirts, colliding with a dump truck. He died at the scene.

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119Miguel Rodriguez46MaleRace unspecified03/15/2000San BernardinoCA34.1313887-117.3008823San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Miguel Rodriguez on a San Bernardino street after he allegedly reached for a pellet gun in his waistband.

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20798Jeremy Tjapkes15MaleRace unspecified03/15/2000HoltonMI43.4583878-86.1931438
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

17-year-old Jeffrey Scott Howe was driving at about 2:15 a.m. when police gave chase. Police alleged the car was stolen in Muskegon and used in a Newaygo County convenience store burglary. Passenger Jeremy Tjapkes died after the car crashed into a tree. According to police, they found cigarette cartons, instant lottery tickets and beer in the car. Howe was sentenced to 6-15 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to fleeing police causing a death.

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121Arthur Hutchinson40MaleAfrican-American/Black03/16/2000ChicagoIL41.948123-87.655531Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hutchinson, who was homeless, was asked by an unidentified officer to leave the Addison L Stop for panhandling. The officer then reportedly encountered him in an alley. He claimed Hutchinson became belligerent and lunged at him with shiny object. He shot Hutchinson once in the chest. The object was a fork.

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120Patrick Moses Dorismond26MaleAfrican-American/Black03/16/2000New York CityNY40.754091-73.992079City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrick, with a friend outside of the bar after work, was approached by 3 undercover cops who asked if he could help them purchase drugs. A witness claims the men/cops did not identify themselves(until after the situation was over), were overly aggressive, and started a fight with Patrick. NYPD claims the officers did identify themselves (during the scuffle), but Patrick started it, and went for one of their guns. It was at that point the gun went off, fatally wounding Patrick Dorismond.

nytimes.com
25788William Leffler24MaleEuropean-American/White03/16/2000West DeptfordNJ39.8234484-75.2111799Paulsboro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

William Leffler allegedly ran a red light around 3:30 p.m. Police chased him until he crossed the center line and collided head-on with a tractor trailer and was killed.

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122Steven Hawkins Jr.23MaleAfrican-American/Black03/17/2000New OrleansLA29.9673644-90.0424063New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Steven Hawkins Jr. was defending himself from carjackers when he was shot by Sgt. Eric Hessler, who was off-duty, in plain clothes and headed home from a bar.

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28746John Doe 133MaleHispanic/Latino03/17/2000Mount SignalCA32.679352-115.652316
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

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28747John Doe 229MaleHispanic/Latino03/17/2000Mount SignalCA32.679352-115.652316
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

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28748John Doe 3MaleHispanic/Latino03/17/2000Mount SignalCA32.679352-115.652316
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

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124Louis Villalobos59MaleHispanic/Latino03/18/2000Camp PendletonCA33.3178416-117.3205123Los Angeles Police Department
  • Fell from a height
  • No

Officer Louis Villalobos died when he lost his balance and fell off a catwalk while supervising a live fire SWAT training exercise.

nleomf.org
123Steve Harnage45MaleRace unspecified03/18/2000SallisawOK35.4603711-94.7874463Sallisaw Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sallisaw police responded to a disturbance call. Terri Harnage, 38, told a 911 dispatcher that her husband was trying to kick in their front door, police said. Terri Harnage said her husband eventually got into the house through a window. Wielding a knife, Steve Harnage had chased his wife to the front yard when police arrived. Police told Harnage to drop the knife, but he started walking toward the officers with the knife above his shoulder in a threatening manner and was shot and killed.

google.com
125James Curran51MaleRace unspecified03/19/2000Santa RosaCA38.4006069-122.7138386Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined

Sonoma County deputies reportedly responded to a call about a man behaving strangely at the Monte Vista Motel on Santa Rosa Avenue at 4 a.m. Curran was reported to be thrashing around the motel bathroom. Deputies claim that to prevent him from hurting himself, they handcuffed him. An ambulance took him to a local hospital; he died one hour later.

exposebohemiangrove.org
127Joseph C. Palczynski31MaleEuropean-American/White03/21/2000BaltimoreMD39.2862886-76.5089608Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Palczynski had killed four people and held three hostages in a police standoff for some four days. This came to an end when one of the hostages drugged his drink with Xanax, and officers stormed the residence. Palczynski, struggling to wake up, was fatally hit by 27 bullets.

baltimoresun.com
126Carmen Ybarra36FemaleNative American/Alaskan03/21/2000CarnegieOK35.1036699-98.6036735Carnegie Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carnegie police officer Russell Williams went to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. He was attacked by the woman's sister. Ybarra charged Williams with a broken shovel with a jagged blade, held in a spearing position. Williams said he feared for his life and shot and killed her.

newsok.com
128Edwin DiazMaleRace unspecified03/22/2000PasadenaTX29.6635277-95.1961638Pasadena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An apartment manager found Diaz standing over his beaten girlfriend with either a hammer or a hatchet. Diaz fled. Officers checked residences door-by-door until they found him. The repeatedly told Diaz to drop his weapon. When he did not, they fatally shot him.

yourhoustonnews.com
129Georgia Gardner aka Edna Gardner74FemaleRace unspecified03/22/2000DenverCO39.7383026-104.9315471Denver Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

An elderly deaf couple driving home from church died when their van collided with a police cruiser rushing to check on another officer feared to be in trouble.

google.com
130Robert Thompson Gardner69MaleRace unspecified03/22/2000DenverCO39.7383026-104.9315471Denver Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

An elderly deaf couple driving home from church died when their van collided with a police cruiser rushing to check on another officer feared to be in trouble.

google.com
134Jerry Andrew Amaro III36MaleHispanic/Latino03/23/2000OaklandCA37.7620801-122.1828789Oakland Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jerry Andrew Amaro III died April 21, 2000, from pneumonia caused by multiple rib fractures and a collapsed lung after he was beaten by police the month before.

sfgate.com
132Tiffany Addis10FemaleEuropean-American/White03/23/2000BeltonSC34.5407853-82.5201535Belton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were pursuing Charles Watson for being in a stolen vehicle when Watson ran into the vehicle Tiffany Addis, 10, was riding in and killing her.

google.com
131Shawn Henry Williams33MaleRace unspecified03/23/2000WilliamstonSC34.6181701-82.4964158Williamston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Williams was shot and killed when he threatened police with knives inside his home. They were called because he was threatening suicide.

google.com
133Shawn Eli Armajo13MaleNative American/Alaskan03/23/2000ArapahoeWY42.9828765-108.6210621Wind River Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

There is almost no information online about this death except for an old yahoo group that copies an AP report. It says that Shawn was struck by a Jeep Cherokee from the Wind River Police Department around 7 p.m. Thursday on a dark section of Seventeen Mile Road near Arapaho. The bicycle did not have reflectors or lights, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

yahoo.com
135Joseph Blackburn20MaleRace unspecified03/24/2000San AntonioTX29.373446-98.4815722San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers went to a Budget Inn Motel to investigate a tip that a wanted man, Blackburn, was staying there. The officers entered his room. Blackburn, taking cover behind a bed, shot Officer Oscar Perez fatally in the head, then fatally shot himself.

mysanantonio.com
136Vonnie OgburnFemaleRace unspecified03/24/2000WigginsMS30.858972-89.1877106Wiggins Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officer Jamie Smith pursued John Wortham for about 1.7 miles because Wortham was speeding in the wrong lane of traffic. Wortham lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline, and collided with a vehicle driven by Vonnie Ogburn. Wortham and Ogburn were both killed.

findlaw.com
137John WorthamMaleRace unspecified03/24/2000WigginsMS30.858972-89.1877106Wiggins Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officer Jamie Smith pursued John Wortham for about 1.7 miles because Wortham was speeding in the wrong lane of traffic. Wortham lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline, and collided with a vehicle driven by Vonnie Ogburn. Wortham and Ogburn were both killed.

findlaw.com
25790Name withheld by police31MaleAfrican-American/Black03/24/2000AtlantaGA33.7642058-84.3972576Atlantis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unidentified alleged bank robber was killed when his car crashed into a utility pole while he was fleeing police.

google.com
19356Sherrod Carrington18MaleAfrican-American/Black03/25/2000YorkPA39.955105-76.735969York City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

While fleeing police, Sherrod Carrington's car struck a utility pole on the south side of West College Avenue, hit the curb at Cookes House Lane, flew through the air and struck brick home, killing him.

google.com
25791Calvert Lee Batt Jr.30MaleEuropean-American/White03/25/2000NashvilleNC36.0516955-78.0062378North Carolina State Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 9 p.m., a North Carolina trooper pursued Calvert Lee Batt Jr., 30, who fled after a speeding stop. Batt crashed, killing himself and his passenger, Diane Nelms, 29.

google.com
25792Diane Nelms39FemaleAfrican-American/Black03/25/2000NashvilleNC36.0516955-78.0062378North Carolina State Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 9 p.m., a North Carolina trooper pursued Calvert Lee Batt Jr., 30, who fled after a speeding stop. Batt crashed, killing himself and his passenger, Diane Nelms, 29.

google.com
138Levi Ridenour18MaleRace unspecified03/25/2000JeffersonOH41.7386662-80.7698066Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson Village Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ridenour was shot and killed after shooting a neighbor and then exchanging shots with police. A police dog was also killed

google.com
139Teri Backie18FemaleAfrican-American/Black03/26/2000CantonOH40.7891107-81.3733078Canton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

google.com
140Jamie Marapao17FemaleRace unspecified03/26/2000CantonOH40.7891107-81.3733078Canton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

google.com
141Jasmine R. Backie19FemaleAfrican-American/Black03/26/2000CantonOH40.7891107-81.3733078Canton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

google.com
143Porfirio Gutierrez18MaleRace unspecified03/29/2000GridleyCA39.3680032-121.6989457Gridley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Porfirio Gutierrez reportedly shot himself during an armed standoff with police.

stparchive.com
142Ty A. Squire28MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2000EdwardsIL40.7454317-89.7492413Galesburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ty A. Squire reportedly committed suicide after killing Denise A. White and seriously wounding John T. Montgomery at Ervin Cable Construction stealing a car, and leading officers on a chase. Police said Squire was a former employee of the company, who'd been terminated two years earlier. After the shootings, Squire reportedly demanded the car keys to a Buick from a third employee and fled. Police chased Squire for 35 miles before he apparently shot himself in the head after police shredded the car's tires with stop sticks.

beloitdailynews.com
25793Michael Lovell15MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2000AbingtonMA42.134997-70.943093Abington Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Eighth-grader Michael Lovell was killed when he struck a tree about 1:15 a.m. as he was being chased by police.

google.com
144Charles Scott Kesinger30MaleRace unspecified03/30/2000JacksonvilleFL30.3647826-81.6697402Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Plainly exhibiting signs of mental illness—claiming to be Jesus, irrational, agitated—Kesinger was shot dead by police after he smashed out the windows of a patrol car, on the margins of an interstate highway with heavy traffic passing by. He'd recently lost his job and been divorced, and had had a traffic accident some 90 minutes before.

jacksonville.com
22606Timothy David Hayworth18MaleAfrican-American/Black03/30/2000NashvilleTN36.043885-86.721036Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robbery suspect Timothy Hayworth was shot and killed by police after being tracked down in a south Nashville apartment complex. Police say Hayworth was driving a Ford Escort that had been taken at gunpoint in a carjacking the previous evening. Hayworth tried to run over his pursuing officers, and they shot him in self-defense, police said.

google.com
150Felix Chagolla26MaleHispanic/Latino03/31/2000Los AngelesCA34.0171944-118.2691859Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: When a security guard at a mall denied entry to Chagolla, he produced a grenade. The guard let him pass and called police. Officers pursued him through the mall, where he confronted them, threatening to explode the grenade. He was shot and killed and three bystanders were wounded. The grenade was later determined to be a fake.

latimes.com
149Lenny Cornia28MaleRace unspecified03/31/2000Salt Lake CityUT40.7520053-111.919263Salt Lake City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A domestic disturbance call with Cornia developed into a three-hour police standoff. Cornia, armed with knives, refused to cooperate with police and was ultimately shot to death. Afterwards it was discovered he was manic-depressive and may have taken too much medication.

deseretnews.com
147Andre Fields17MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2000BrooklynNY40.6842918-73.9104717City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bourne and Fields were among a group of five men, three of whom appeared to wield semi-automatic handguns, who surrounded, threatened and robbed two Hispanics. The two happened to be undercover NYPD narcotics officers taking part in the "Operation Condor" drug crackdown. With weapons pressed against their heads and chests, the two officers opened fire with a barrage of 23 shots. Bourne and Fields were shot to death. The others fled. Their handguns had been toys wrapped in electrical tape.

nytimes.com
148Tysheen Bourne19MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2000BrooklynNY40.6842918-73.9104717City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bourne and Fields were among a group of five men, three of whom appeared to wield semi-automatic handguns, who surrounded, threatened and robbed two Hispanics. The two happened to be undercover NYPD narcotics officers taking part in the "Operation Condor" drug crackdown. With weapons pressed against their heads and chests, the two officers opened fire with a barrage of 23 shots. Bourne and Fields were shot to death. The others fled. Their handguns had been toys wrapped in electrical tape.

nytimes.com
145Steven Scott40MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2000AustinTX30.2746126-97.721093Austin Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Officer Michael Olsen and eight other officers fatally beat Scott. Officer Olsen was fired from APD after shooting Kevin Brown fatally in the back. He was also involved in the nonfatal beating of Jeffrey Thornton in 2003.

google.com
146Marcus "Tie" Sanders34MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2000Town CreekAL34.5888667-87.4243925Town Creek Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Troy Harville shot and killed Marcus "Tie" Sanders when he allegedly tried to gain control of Harville's gun.

google.com
20799Phillip Preston Williams35MaleRace unspecified04/02/2000Howard CityMI43.3928637-85.4711644Michigan State Police, Cass County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Howard City police called Montcalm County sheriff's deputies and state police at 1:45 a.m. to help arrest Phillip Preston Williams, who was reportedly wanted for a parole violation, at Kenyon's Kolony in Howard City. Two troopers arrived at the bar and saw Williams get into a car. A short chase ensued until Williams stopped the car after about three blocks. Williams allegedly got out with a shotgun and shot at the troopers, who returned fire. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

google.com
152Richard Joe Rodriguez23MaleHispanic/Latino04/03/2000Los AngelesCA34.0874487-118.1704436Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Richard Joe Rodriguez after being shot in El Sereno, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
151Wesley Hierro19MaleEuropean-American/White04/03/2000TallmadgeOH41.1008678-81.4412256Tallmadge Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Wesley Hierro led police from three cities on a 10-mile chase south from Hudson on state Route 91. He was killed when the car he was driving crashed and burst into flames in the middle of Tallmadge Circle.

google.com
153Tonya Renae Clark30FemaleRace unspecified04/04/2000MilledgevilleGA33.1032923-83.248864Georgia Department of Corrections
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clark and her new boyfriend went to Sears and saw (Saulsbury) following them down the road. The victim told her new boyfriend to go inside, because she didn't want him to get in an argument with former boyfriend Saulsbury. Saulsbury walked up to her in the parking lot and, in front of three of their four children —- twins age 6 and a 2-year-old boy —- he shot and killed her with a .357 Magnum revolver.

google.com
154Eric Poland24MaleRace unspecified04/04/2000Long BeachCA33.8106783-118.1511281Long Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Eric Poland was killed when he drove through the wall of a Boeing Aircraft building on East Spring Street following a short police pursuit that began at about 4:30 a.m. when an officer saw Poland commit a traffic violation.

google.com
21923Augustine R. Chapa Jr.42MaleRace unspecified04/05/2000WhitingIN41.6611926-87.4834668Hammond Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Richard Graves, 30, was fleeing police and driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed into Augustine R. Chapa Jr.'s vehicle, killing Chapa.

google.com
25824Meredith Fuller Robinson39FemaleRace unspecified04/05/2000AndoverNH43.442389-71.698683Franklin Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Brant Wright, 33, the driver of a vehicle involved in one-car crash that killed Meredith Fuller Robinson, was charged with crimes related to the crash, which reportedly happened during a pursuit by Franklin police about 12:30 a.m. Robinson was one of three passengers in the car.

google.com
155Marvin Edward Curry43MaleRace unspecified04/05/2000SacramentoCA38.567156-121.495906Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Marvin Edward Curry was found dead inside his apartment, apparently from a police bullet, after a seven-hour standoff.

google.com
157Russell Allen Selander38MaleRace unspecified04/06/2000TurlockCA37.4906728-120.9035684San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty deputy Robert Pronske shot Russell Allen Selander after Selander reportedly broke into a farmhouse near Turlock.

ancestry.com
156Thomas Allen Freeman Jr.40MaleAfrican-American/Black04/06/2000OaklandCA37.8225506-122.3147392California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officers shot and killed Thomas Allen Freeman Jr. on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge after he allegedly shot at them.

sfgate.com
22245George Chapman Jr.35MaleRace unspecified04/06/2000NorfolkVA36.8766379-76.2593766Norfolk Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

John L. Fowler Jr., 67, hired George Chapman to work on a house. Chapman murdered Fowler, and shot himself in the head after leading police on a slow-speed pursuit through Norfolk, police said.

google.com
158Bobby M. Cloud37MaleRace unspecified04/07/2000AtlantaGA33.7712906-84.4339595Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Cloud was visiting at the gated apartments in northwest Atlanta when officers scuffled with him while attempting to arrest him on a warrant charging him with child molestation. When the officers tried to put handcuffs on Cloud inside an apartment, he broke free and ran into a bedroom, where he grabbed a handgun, and was shot and killed.

google.com
161Donald Ray Caldwell44MaleEuropean-American/White04/08/2000Thousand OaksCA34.1565944-118.832224Ventura County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Donald Ray Caldwell, 44, of Moorpark failed to stop for deputies who tried to pull him over for allegedly riding without a helmet and running a red light at Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Hampshire Road, police said. He crashed his motorcycle during a chase by police through Thousand Oaks.

latimes.com
159Richard O'Bert47MaleRace unspecified04/08/2000PownalVT42.7683193-73.2416476Vermont State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State troopers responding to O'Bert's trailer park on a domestic disturbance call told him he was being arrested. He was calm. But from that point accounts vary. In the police version he disappeared inside the trailer then motioned as if he had a gun. Witnesses described him as cooperative and plainly unarmed. The state settled a $100K wrongful death suit with the family.

openjurist.org
163Kacy Clark aka Kacie Lee Clark16FemaleEuropean-American/White04/08/2000JackAL31.560895-85.928398Coffee County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Kacy Lee Clark died as a result of injuries from an accident that occurred as Coffee County deputy Mark Anderson pursued her car.

southeastsun.com
160Mitchell Virgil Jr.20MaleAfrican-American/Black04/08/2000GulfportMS30.3992449-89.0928954Gulfport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Virgil was a passenger in a vehicle during a traffic stop; was shot during a struggle with officers after a pat-down search revealed a gun in the waistband of his pants. In civil suit in 2006, officers were granted Motion for Summary Judgement based upon qualified immunity.

casetext.com
22246Steven M. Shelton36MaleRace unspecified04/08/2000South BostonVA36.632999-78.891333Halifax County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The sheriff's office received a call that a home had been broken into, police said. Deputies determined that Steven M. Shelton was suspected in the break-in, but by the time officers arrived, Shelton was gone. Sgt. Todd Moser was still at the home completing a report on damage and the alleged theft of money when Shelton returned with a friend. Moser went outside where he confronted Shelton, who pulled a knife. There was a scuffle. Shelton was shot once in the chest but managed to get into Moser's vehicle and drag the officer about 50 feet before being fatally shot.

google.com
162William Page49MaleRace unspecified04/08/2000GillettAR34.118236-91.378015Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Willis, a wildlife officer, and Jimmy Kagbein, a Gillett deputy city marshal, came to serve the arrest warrant on William Page for failing to pay a $225 fine for illegally taking a deer. Page came storming out of his apartment with a loaded rifle in his hands, state police said, and was shot and killed.

google.com
19357Andre Craddock41MaleRace unspecified04/08/2000PhiladelphiaPA39.9982976-75.2326885Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Joseph Kojer shot and killed Andre Craddock when Craddock tried to rob Kojer and his girlfriend outside of an IHOP.

google.com
165Samuel A. Held29MaleEuropean-American/White04/09/2000ChattanoogaTN35.0245577-85.1974261Chattanooga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two local officers on a DUI task force shot and killed Held in his pickup truck near a warehouse, claiming he tried to run them down. The two expended 49 bullets, each reloading. They also detained Held's friend Paula Kilgore and charged her with fleeing from police. (These details assembled from multiple sources.)

chattanoogan.com
164Richard AuBuChon28MaleRace unspecified04/09/2000Colorado SpringsCO38.831744-104.7771513Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a 911 call from AuBuChon's wife, Heather, who said her husband had been drinking and that they had been fighting. Officers arriving at the scene directed AuBuChon to come out of the house, but he instead turned out the lights. Officers saw two children at a bedroom window and tried unsuccessfully to get them out of the house when AuBuChon came to the window. Officer Chris Kurtzhals yelled for AuBuChon to show his hands, then tried to pull him through the window. AuBuChon pushed Kurtzhals away and pointed a gun at the officers, and they shot and killed him.

google.com
22605Larry Demetriu Davis25MaleAfrican-American/Black04/09/2000NashvilleTN36.2033503-86.7515075Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Davis was stopped for speeding on Ellington Parkway. Police said McGonigle and Officer Jeff Bauer, who had arrived as a back-up, fired on Davis in self-defense after he tried to run over Bauer in his car.

google.com
167Eric Scott Denny34MaleRace unspecified04/10/2000Santa AnaCA33.7272402-117.9001445Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot and killed Eric Scott Denny after he allegedly threatened them with a pistol during a traffic stop.

latimes.com
168Keith UnderhillMaleEuropean-American/White04/10/2000GilbertAZ33.3356142-111.7555851Mesa Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Keith Underhill was hit and killed while skateboarding by an off-duty Mesa Police Officer. No charges were brought against the officer.

phoenixnewtimes.com
166Erin McDonald31FemaleRace unspecified04/10/2000WindsorCA38.5448672-122.8040954Windsor Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers reported that they shot McDonald to death after she pointed a BB gun at them,and that they had responded to a call in which McDonald had had a psychotic episode. Witnesses reported that officers shot before they entered the house, and were covering up bullet holes in the house the next day.

purpleberets.org
22604Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/10/2000TrentonTN35.9806239-88.9414538Trenton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man driving a car that was reported stolen was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. Details about the shooting are unavailable.

google.com
22247Thomas A. Wylie16MaleRace unspecified04/11/2000Providence ForgeVA37.4969736-77.0321557Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

After a chase, Thomas Wylie jumped out of a van and tried to run across Interstate 64 when he was hit by a Pontiac Grand Am and killed.

google.com
171Christopher Garcia23MaleRace unspecified04/12/2000BerkeleyCA37.86807-122.2783559Berkeley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers David Frankel and Glen Pon shot Christopher Garcia when he allegedly brandished a weapon at them.

berkeleydailyplanet.com
170David John Walker40MaleAfrican-American/Black04/12/2000SeattleWA47.6185683-122.3464095Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David Walker (mentally ill - but not clear whether officers knew that at the time) stole orange juice from a Safeway, firing two shots when confronted by employees. Police surrounded Walker, who was also holding a knife, waving a knife around, or lunging at police officers with a knife (different articles say different things). Officer Tommie Doran shot Walker. Another officer sprayed Walker with tear gas at the same time.

komonews.com
169Malcolm Burno17MaleRace unspecified04/12/2000BrooklynNY40.6891593-73.9820324City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off duty cop working as a security guard shot and killed suspect who was attempting to shoplift from a store. Shots were exchanged between the suspect and the off duty officer.

nytimes.com
22603Jesse C. Smart27MaleRace unspecified04/13/2000AltamontTN35.4566065-85.7310597Grundy County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a chase in a stolen 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, Jesse Smart crashed into a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

google.com
172Stephan McEwan33MaleEuropean-American/White04/13/2000Palm SpringsCA33.8423341-116.5281682Palm Springs Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Stephan McEwan was killed after his motorcycle crashed into a van while leading police on a brief pursuit.

google.com
173Jeffrey D. Hodges37MaleRace unspecified04/15/2000Excelsior SpringsMO39.3222503-94.2406995Excelsior Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Jeffrey D. Hodges when he allegedly ran toward the officer with a knife inside a mobile home. At about 4 p.m., four officers responded when an unidentified caller told police that an intruder was in his trailer home, then hung up. Police said they found the door open and were confronted by Hodges, who was holding a hunting knife. Hodges reportedly refused to drop the knife and advanced toward the officers. One of the officers shot Hodges twice, killing him.

stparchive.com
174David Rodriguez19MaleRace unspecified04/16/2000LevellandTX33.5734067-102.377422Levelland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

State troopers pursued Rodriguez's vehicle after he crashed into a state trooper's vehicle and drove away. Levelland Officers Rick Wooton and Fred Gonzalez joined the troopers in chasing Rodriguez's vehicle. They shot at Rodriguez's vehicle at least 17 times. One bullet struck him in the head, killing him. His body tested positive for alcohol intoxication and the presence of marijuana. The officers were no-billed.

lubbockonline.com
175William Silvers49MaleRace unspecified04/17/2000DouglasvilleGA33.7599399-84.7236496Douglasville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Silvers fired on officers and had a knife at this girlfriend's throat when he was shot and killed.

google.com
177Jessie Claytor66MaleRace unspecified04/17/2000CayceSC33.9557774-81.058906Cayce Department of Public Safety
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Cayce Public Safety Sgt. Douglas Curry ran a red light as he sped toward a bank burglary alarm, crashing into Jessie Claytor and killing him. He was cited with a misdemeanor for failing to use due care.

google.com
176David W. Chassee23MaleRace unspecified04/17/2000Kansas CityMO39.0006879-94.58283Independence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

David W. Chassee died when his car crashed into an oncoming SUV as Chassee drove the wrong way while eluding police on I-435.

google.com
178Gregory Paul Garness31MaleRace unspecified04/18/2000AnchorageAK61.1957888-149.8857397Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Employees reported that a man was making faces and yelling obscenities at customers. When an officer asked Garness for his identification, he said it was in his car. Garness went to his car and instead of getting his ID unzipped a gun pouch and pulled out a long-barrelled gun, police said. When the officer tried to get him to put down the gun, Garness climbed into the officer's patrol car, which was left with its engine running. To keep Garness from driving away, officers shot out the rear tires of the patrol car. Garness then climbed on top of the car. When he pointed his gun in their direction, three officers shot and killed him.

peninsulaclarion.com
179Timothy W. Lucas39MaleRace unspecified04/18/2000CincinnatiOH39.2132252-84.5993801Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lucas attacked Deputy Robert Viner with a pipe after a traffic stop for mismatched tags.

enquirer.com
180Lanny Blaine Robinson49MaleEuropean-American/White04/19/2000HoustonTX29.6947344-95.288615Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robinson offered to show undercover Officers Mark Prendergast and Jimmy Cargill where to buy crack cocaine. According to witnesses, they helped Robinson, who was drunk, into their vehicle. Five minutes later, Prendergast, in the passenger seat, drew his 9mm Glock pistol and fatally shot Robinson, sitting behind the driver. Prendergast said in court that Robinson had threatened Cargill with a knife. Cargill said he did not see it. The only knife on or near Robinson was folded and inside his pocket.

chron.com
181Sidney C. Chambers21MaleAfrican-American/Black04/20/2000FordyceAR33.8076842-92.4075162Fordyce Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chambers was shot once in the chest, killing him, by Fordyce Officer Jimmy Foreman, 26, who told investigators that Chambers pointed a gun at his chest as the two men wrestled on the ground. At least one nearby resident who claimed to have witnessed the shooting disputed Foreman's account of the incident, and family members of Chambers accused police of using excessive force.

google.com
22602Chong Hwan An25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander04/21/2000MadisonTN36.2558188-86.7159514Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chong Hwan An, 49, was shot in the head and leg by two officers when he ignored their orders to drop his gun. He was shooting at two young people who had just robbed his beauty salon and were driving away in a Jeep. The officers were eating in a nearby restaurant when they heard the shots and saw An in the parking lot firing at the Jeep.

nashvillescene.com
182Mac C. Sheridan19MaleRace unspecified04/21/2000SpringfieldIL39.840892-89.5940271Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mac C. Sheridan reportedly shot himself in the head as a deputy shot him in the back. Police said Sheridan was sleeping at the Rail Splitter rest area inside a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier that had been reported stolen when two deputies pulled in at about 4:30 a.m. The deputies tapped on the window, and Sheridan woke up startled. The deputies said they identified themselves and told Sheridan to put his hands up, but he allegedly reached into his coat and withdrew a handgun. The deputies stepped back and drew their guns. Sheridan then shot himself. Almost simultaneously, one of the deputies shot into the car, hitting Sheridan in the back.

google.com
183James Murphy Jr.43MaleRace unspecified04/22/2000QueensNY40.731252-73.8905209City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After attacking his mother and slashing his wrists, the suspect charged police with a Luger pistol that may or may not have been operable (conflicting stories) as well as with a knife. Police fired 25 shots in total.

nytimes.com
21362Jose Perez Jr.21MaleRace unspecified04/22/2000ElizabethNJ40.6594524-74.2046455Elizabeth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Perez Jr. opened fire on Elizabeth Police Officer Miguel Matos with a semi-automatic 9-millimeter pistol shortly before 3 a.m., police said. Matos was in uniform on an off-duty security assignment at the bar, Elin's Queen of Hearts.

google.com
25825Jessie Kay Fortier19FemaleEuropean-American/White04/22/2000TroyNY42.7337089-73.6856817Troy Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students were injured in a 1:55 a.m. crash. Jessie Fortier, 19, died of her injuries, and Hillary Lindsay, 20, recovered. Fortier and Lindsay were among four passengers in a car driven by Paul F. Rickert, when it was struck broadside by a police cruiser driven by Officer William Bowles, who reportedly was on his way to assist fellow officers at a fight.

google.com
184Martin Florez Muro46MaleRace unspecified04/23/2000PhoenixAZ33.460166-112.0258947Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Muro was intoxicated and apparently carrying a toy gun. Police said he reached for the gun before he was shot and killed.

google.com
25826William E. Clay40MaleAfrican-American/Black04/23/2000BerkeleyMO38.7553761-90.3317611
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

William Clay was killed when his motorcycle struck a traffic signal pole. While this death was not reported in news media as a police-pursuit death, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows police reported a 40-year-old man people dying in a police pursuit at 1:38 a.m. on April 23, 2000, on Alder Avenue.

google.com
185Herberto Cardona40MaleRace unspecified04/24/2000AmarilloTX35.2179985-101.8427239Amarillo Police Department
  • Undetermined
  • Less-than-lethal force

Cardona urinated in a park, exposing himself to minors as he did so. Parents called police. Officer Justin Taylor and Corporals Tex Phillips, Richard Weathers and Janie Moore arrested him after a brief struggle. Cardona stopped breathing. Officers performed CPR. Cardona was pronounced dead at Northwest Texas Hospital. A grand jury cleared the officers in Cardona's death and commended them for trying to revive him. An autopsy could not establish the reason for Cardona's death.

amarillo.com
21363Edward G. Wilson28MaleEuropean-American/White04/24/2000East RutherfordNJ40.8337425-74.0938728Hackensack Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Edward Wilson stole a milk truck and led police on a chase before he crashed and died, leaving a trail of white fluid. Whether anyone cried was not reported.

google.com
186Rockefeller Smith79MaleAfrican-American/Black04/25/2000St. LouisMO38.7134398-90.2547683St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Rockefeller Smith was killed when his car was hit head-on by an allegedly stolen pickup being chased by police.

google.com
187Adam Boston17MaleRace unspecified04/26/2000SeattleWA47.4974486-122.2999705King County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On April 26, 2000, Adam Boston and Darryl Lloyd Berkley allegedly robbed Jerry Comer's BP gas station. After they left the station, Comer called the police and began following after them at a distance. Boston and Berkley were detained by deputy Barbara Valor several blocks away. The deputy was handcuffing Berkley when he began struggling with Valor. According to Gregg Walker, spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office, Boston was not involved in the struggle with a sheriff's deputy. The deputy's gun went off in the struggle and Jerry Comer, who had come up right before the altercation, shot with his personal weapon as well. Adam Boston was fatally shot. The sheriff's office believes that the bullet from his body came from Jerry Comer's gun.

nwsource.com
190Randall Raymond Ramsey17MaleAfrican-American/Black04/26/2000Los AngelesCA34.0009874-118.3330237Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gonzalez was shot and killed when he approached an off-duty officer at a restaurant trying to sell him jewelry. Sheriff's Dept. news release stated that Officer Jose Cortez Amaya called 911 before he shot Gonzalez, but that was contradicted by the recording of the 911 call in which he states that he as already shot him. Amaya's actions were ruled improper and he was suspended for two days.

latimes.com
189Alfonso Ruben Renteria Gonzalez22MaleHispanic/Latino04/26/2000LynwoodCA33.9369666-118.2137117Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gonzalez was shot and killed when he approached an off-duty officer at a restaurant trying to sell him jewelry. Sheriff's Dept. news release stated that Officer Jose Cortez Amaya called 911 before he shot Gonzalez, but that was contradicted by the recording of the 911 call in which he states that he has already shot him. Amaya's actions were ruled improper and he was suspended for two days.

laweekly.com
188Brian Alexander Ward39MaleRace unspecified04/26/2000SausalitoCA37.8328212-122.4812529Marin County Sheriff's Office, Sausalito Police Department, Mill Valley Police Department
  • Fell from a height
  • Suicide

Brian Alexander Ward died after he reportedly jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge as police chased him.

sfgate.com
191Billy James Johnson Jr.30MaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2000Long BeachCA33.789539-118.197277Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Billy James Johnson Jr., a 30-year-old black male, died Friday, April 28, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
194Matthew Martin23MaleEuropean-American/White04/28/2000Pawleys IslandSC33.4748258-79.1099413Georgetown County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy sheriff in Georgetown County, South Carolina, observed Martin in a place that made her suspect he was planning to dump trash illegally. When she approached to investigate, Martin fled in his truck. A second deputy saw Martin about fifteen minutes later and began pursuing him. This vehicle chase culminated at an intersection where Dishong and another deputy set up a roadblock. The deputies assert that when Martin reached the roadblock, he rammed Dishong's vehicle, backed up, collided with the vehicle again, backed up a second time, and then drove forward toward Dishong's vehicle once more. Martin's wife alleges that Martin collided with Dishong's vehicle accidentally and then tried to turn away from the roadblock. It is undisputed that Dishong fired several shots at Martin during these events, that the other two deputies fired at his tires, and that a shot fired by Doug Dishong caused Martin's death.

aele.org
192Curtis D. Harris21MaleRace unspecified04/28/2000KennesawGA33.9965309-84.577992Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were looking for suspected bank robbers. After a standoff, police went into an apartment and found Harris dead of a gunshot.

google.com
193Anthony V. Williams20MaleEuropean-American/White04/28/2000Gray CourtSC34.6080464-82.1136565Laurens Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Anthony V. Williams, 20, and Sharon M. Putman, died in a four-car accident that occurred near Gray Court. Williams and Putman were riding in separate vehicles. A Laurens city police officer attempted to stop the Mitsubishi Williams was driving after receiving a report that a car matching its description was stolen. When Williams attempted to pass a vehicle on a hill, he collided head-on with Putman's vehicle.

google.com
195Sharon M. Putman40FemaleAfrican-American/Black04/28/2000Gray CourtSC34.6080464-82.1136565Laurens Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Anthony V. Williams, 20, and Sharon M. Putman, died in a four-car accident that occurred near Gray Court. Williams and Putman were riding in separate vehicles. A Laurens city police officer attempted to stop the Mitsubishi Williams was driving after receiving a report that a car matching its description was stolen. When Williams attempted to pass a vehicle on a hill, he collided head-on with Putman's vehicle.

google.com
196Roy Gene Pasco Jr.32MaleRace unspecified04/29/2000Holly SpringsMS34.7755801-89.507206Holly Springs Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Roy Pasco was killed during a high-speed police chase when officer Brad Knoblauch bumped Pasco's car from behind to "stop-the-threat," and Pasco crashed. Pasco was initially pulled over for running a stop sign.

uscourts.gov
197Thomas Poyer32MaleRace unspecified04/29/2000FarmingtonNM36.7224024-108.2215247San Juan County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A drunken-driving suspect, Poyer, was fleeing from police and was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck and was thrown from the vehicle.

google.com
25829Nikki Gillen12FemaleAfrican-American/Black04/29/2000RieselTX31.465266-96.956623Riesel Police Department, Mart Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An officer was driving home at about 2:30 a.m. when he saw a Chevrolet Lumina and suspected the driver was intoxicated. The officer pulled over the car , but as he was getting out of his patrol car, the Lumina sped away, police said. There were three Waco residents inside the car: Emmanuel Thomas, 16; Nikki Gillen, 12; and Stacy Gillen, 11. Nikki Gillen was believed to have been driving. The chase reached speeds of 110 miles per hour. When the Lumina was about a half-mile ahead of the pursuing officers, the driver lost control and struck a tree killing sisters Nikki Gillen,12, and Stacy Gillen, 11.

google.com
25830Stacy Gillen11FemaleAfrican-American/Black04/29/2000RieselTX31.465266-96.956623Riesel Police Department, Mart Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An officer was driving home at about 2:30 a.m. when he saw a Chevrolet Lumina and suspected the driver was intoxicated. The officer pulled over the car , but as he was getting out of his patrol car, the Lumina sped away, police said. There were three Waco residents inside the car: Emmanuel Thomas, 16; Nikki Gillen, 12; and Stacy Gillen, 11. Nikki Gillen was believed to have been driving. The chase reached speeds of 110 miles per hour. When the Lumina was about a half-mile ahead of the pursuing officers, the driver lost control and struck a tree killing sisters Nikki Gillen and Stacy Gillen.

google.com
201Ralph Baca-Salcido43MaleHispanic/Latino04/30/2000DenverCO39.752968-105.030314Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Salcido threatened the officers with a metal pipe and a knife and refused to back away, police said.

denverpost.com
200Daryle Wayne Black33MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2000Long BeachCA33.7926582-118.1841472Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daryle Wayne Black, 33, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
198Mario Boyer16MaleRace unspecified04/30/2000TampaFL28.0362463-82.4346216Tampa Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The maroon Dodge Intrepid stolen from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn, chased by police at high speed, flipped and smashed into a tree. Apparently driver Jackie Eugene Guyton and passenger Mario Boyer were both killed by the impact.

sptimes.com
199Jackie Eugene Guyton18MaleRace unspecified04/30/2000TampaFL28.0362463-82.4346216Tampa Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The maroon Dodge Intrepid stolen from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn, chased by police at high speed, flipped and smashed into a tree. Apparently driver Jackie Eugene Guyton and passenger Mario Boyer were both killed by the impact.

sptimes.com
22601Calvin Champion Jr.32MaleRace unspecified04/30/2000NashvilleTN36.0481352-86.7150511Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Chemical agent/Pepper spray
  • Less-than-lethal force

Calvin Champion died after police used pepper spray to control him. Champion, who was autistic, was outside a Babies 'R' Us store with a caregiver from his group home when she felt he was becoming aggressive toward her 3-year-old child. She put Champion out of the van and called police. When Champion grabbed at an officer, he was sprayed with pepper spray. Champion was forced face down on the ground and restrained. After he vomited, police called for medical help, and Champion later died at a hospital.

google.com
23112Steven Lay Rollins29MaleEuropean-American/White05/01/2000CycloneWV37.747142-81.7451684Oceana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, patrolmen E.B. Walters and D.G. Pierson tried to stop a Geo Tracker on WV10 in Oceana on suspicion of DUI. The officers called state police and off-duty OPD officers, Christopher Spears and Jeffery Barlow, for assistance when the driver, James Harrison, allegedly refused to stop. Harrison turned onto Huff Creek Hollow and then drove into the woods. Police said they used an all-terrain vehicle to continue the pursuit, though Spears and Barlow were on foot. Around 2 a.m., Spears and Barlow saw Harrison's vehicle in the woods. The officers opened fire when Harrison allegedly attempted to ram them. Passenger Steven Rollins was killed. Harrison was wounded. Barlow and Spears were charged with second degree murder, but Logan Circuit Judge Eric O'Briant signed an order dismissing the charges in August 2001. In January 2002, Barlow was indicted for voluntary manslaughter and unlawful assault. Spears was indicted for accessory before the fact to both charges. Barlow is now listed as the chief of police in Oceana, so presumably he wasn't found guilty.

yahoo.com
202Richard Stewart37MaleRace unspecified05/01/2000StocktonCA37.9604903-121.2513973California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officers shot and killed Richard Stewart when he allegedly pointed a toy pistol at them following two high-speed chases.

google.com
203Guadalupe Avila45FemaleRace unspecified05/02/2000Los AngelesCA34.182648-118.4487327Los Angeles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Guadalupe Avila was killed in a three-car collision involving an unmarked LAPD car driven by Officer Duane Aikins.

latimes.com
204Joseph T. Zagar39MaleRace unspecified05/03/2000ChicagoIL41.682697-87.6820915Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zagar, known by the police to be mentally ill, called 911 to say there was a man with a knife on his porch. When Officers Clyde Brandenburger and William Gorman arrived, Zagar pointed a cordless drill battery pack at the ground then placed it under his chin. When he allegedly pointed it at the officers, Brandenburger, who said Zagar's action was "suicide by police', shot him 4 times and Gorman 8. Zagar's family sued. In April 2007 it took a jury 10 minutes to declare the shooting justified. In 1999 Zagar had done the same thing but the police simply persuaded him to drop the object and took him to the hospital.

opencarry.org
19358Albert John Dougherty45MaleRace unspecified05/03/2000HavertownPA39.9752293-75.3336972Upper Darby Township Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Albert Dougherty, a rape suspect, died at Mercy Community Hospital, where he was taken from his jail cell. He tried to escape when police removed his handcuffs.

google.com
211Christopher M. Carter21MaleRace unspecified05/04/2000OwensvilleMO38.3501456-91.4973801Gasconade County Sheriff's Office, Owensville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot Christopher M. Carter twice after he allegedly fired a shot over Sheriff Glenn Ebker's head. Police said Carter's mother called shortly after 6 p.m., saying her son was suicidal, armed with a shotgun, and looking for his girlfriend. A few minutes later, Carter arrived in the parking lot of the Owensville Mill Tavern. When Owensville police and Gasconade County deputies arrived, Carter reportedly fired a shot above their heads. The officers sought cover as Carter started walking back and forth across the parking lot while holding the shotgun, pointing it at officers and at himself. Carter again started speaking with police after Ebker arrived. After about an hour, Carter allegedly fired his shotgun just over Ebker's head, then aimed the at Ebker, which prompted the deputy to shoot him. Carter was flown a hospital, where he died.

columbiatribune.com
205Robin Marie Ivey41FemaleRace unspecified05/04/2000MiamiFL25.5625644-80.3852074Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Traveling somewhere between 88 to 97 mph in a 45 mph zone at 3:15 a.m., without lights or siren, responding to a non-emergency situation, a local officer struck and killed pedestrian Ivey. The officer was charged and convicted of vehicular homicide, but after repeated appeals the charge was reduced to reckless driving, and the officer served a total of 40 days.

sun-sentinel.com
207Karen O. Chin44FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/04/2000AlamedaCA37.7642723-122.2675352Alameda Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Steven Rodekohr and Liza Godineaux shot and killed Karen O. Chin when she allegedly ignored their orders to stop stabbing her sister.

sfgate.com
208Robert Francisco Camacho35MaleRace unspecified05/04/2000Rohnert ParkCA38.3493195-122.7286541Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Robert Francisco Camacho when he allegedly pointed guns at officers responding to several calls of shots fired at a mobile home park.

sfgate.com
209John Peter Serineo22MaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/04/2000ConcordCA37.9731659-121.9683271California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

John Peter Serineo and David Sheehan died after the allegedly stolen car they were in crashed while fleeing police.

sfgate.com
210David Sheehan22MaleRace unspecified05/04/2000ConcordCA37.9731659-121.9683271California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

John Peter Serineo and David Sheehan died after the allegedly stolen car they were in crashed while fleeing police.

sfgate.com
206Todd Dieterle37MaleRace unspecified05/04/2000Santa RosaCA38.4548933-122.7140073Santa Rosa Police Department, Sonoma County Junior College District Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dieterle was attempting to rob a convenience store with a replica gun, and officers shot him to death.

wikipedia.org
21364Thomas Clark33MaleRace unspecified05/05/2000NutleyNJ40.823217-74.146677Nutley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officer Thomas Clark shot himself in the head inside Kingsland Park as his police officer brother and Nutley police officers tried to stop him, police said.

google.com
214Alvia Lewis37MaleRace unspecified05/06/2000AuroraCO39.7112538-104.8470999Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had gone to Lewis' apartment after receiving a 911 "hang-up" call. When officers arrived and tried to talk to Lewis, he produced a handgun and opened fire on the officers, police said. During his attempt to escape from police, Lewis broke into an apartment in a neighboring building and confronted the resident at gunpoint. The pursuit returned to the third-floor landing of Lewis' building, where he refused pleas to drop his weapon and fired at officers. The officers returned fire, killing him.

denverpost.com
213Stephen Ware37MaleRace unspecified05/06/2000AugustaME44.3122903-69.7864904Augusta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ware, who had no previous criminal record, was shooting guns in the early morning in his neighborhood off Green Street. He was wearing non-military camouflage pants, and exchanged gunfire with police.

google.com
21365Matthew Richard Greene17MaleAfrican-American/Black05/06/2000IrvingtonNJ40.729132-74.2165089Newark Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Sean Lamar Williams was charged with manslaughter for allegedly driving a stolen car that struck and killed Matthew Greene. Williams was allegedly being chased or followed by police.

google.com
212Willie Dunson54MaleRace unspecified05/06/2000JacksonLA30.8374036-91.2176087Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reserve officer George Carter shot and killed Willie Dunson, the father of his girlfriend's children.

google.com
215Keith Daughtry19MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2000Ft. PierceFL27.4488326-80.3356866U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DEA agents shot Daughtry to death during a drug sting. Reportedly Daughtry and several others surrounded the agent's vehicle and "became belligerent." He'd been unarmed and cried out "Don't shoot me, don't shoot me" before being chased and killed.

rave.ca
19359Robert Black24MaleRace unspecified05/08/2000DuquesnePA40.3638474-79.842949Duquesne Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Gregory Venay, 22, fleeing from a Duquesne police officer crashed into a car yesterday, killing his passenger, Robert Black, and critically injuring himself.

google.com
216Melvin Ray Berry39MaleRace unspecified05/08/2000ColumbusOH39.9431699-83.0755128Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Berry lunged at police with a three-foot sword when he was shot and killed.

google.com
217Bobby Larry Frazier51MaleRace unspecified05/09/2000Fort PayneAL34.4506442-85.7353079Fort Payne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Lee Traylor shot and killed Bobby Larry Frazier on the interstate when Frazier allegedly moved toward Traylor in a threatening manner while starting to pull his hand out of his pocket and approaching Traylor's patrol car.

gadsdentimes.com
21366Christopher Honrath24MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2000WestfieldNJ40.6519674-74.3411515Westfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Christopher Honrath kidnapped his former girlfriend Sohayla Massachi and murdered her before committing suicide. A Seton Hall University security guard and his supervisor refused to call 911 because the abduction didn't happen on campus grounds, losing precious moments to save the woman. They lost their jobs. Massachi died on May 12.

google.com
21367Sohayla Hope Massachi23FemaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2000WestfieldNJ40.645237-74.336206Westfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Christopher Honrath kidnapped his former girlfriend Sohayla Massachi and murdered her before committing suicide. A Seton Hall University security guard and his supervisor refused to call 911 because the abduction didn't happen on campus grounds, losing precious moments to save the woman. They lost their jobs. Massachi died on May 12.

google.com
218Danny Marinelarena23MaleHispanic/Latino05/10/2000RiversideCA34.0243273-117.425389Fontana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty Fontana Cpl. Robert Ratcliffe shot and killed Danny Marinelarena, who allegedly threatened him with a gun in the rural Sunnyslope area near the San Bernardino-Riverside County line.

google.com
219Ian Reid38MaleRace unspecified05/10/2000Big BearCA34.2598569-116.8665897San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

SWAT officers shot Ian Reid as he allegedly held a knife to his 10-year-old daughter's throat inside a Motel 6 room in Big Bear.

google.com
220Patrick Dupree Long Jr.25MaleRace unspecified05/11/2000MaconGA32.8538908-83.6061314Macon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Long and a friend fired on police who were staking out drug activity. He was shot and killed.

rave.ca
221Lyle E. Rachow36MaleRace unspecified05/11/2000GIbbonNE40.7493637-98.846579Nebraska State Patrol, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Suicide

A standoff began when officers went to a residence southwest of Gibbon to serve an arrest warrant to Lyle E. Rachow for violating a no-contact provision of his bond for sexual assault. At around 2 a.m., SWAT used tear gas to try to force Rachow out of a barn. Several minutes later, officers reportedly saw flames coming from the barn. They went inside and saw Rachow's body hanging. According to police, they tried to extinguish the flames and retrieve Rachow's body, but the fire spread too quickly.

theindependent.com
224Jake Glenn Bricks30MaleRace unspecified05/12/2000AnaheimCA33.8324111-117.9687931Orange County Sheriff's Department, Anaheim Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jake Glenn Bricks allegedly killed himself while leading sheriff's deputies and Anaheim police on a high-speed chase after escaping from a hospital.

latimes.com
222James Lamberson54MaleRace unspecified05/12/2000PortlandOR45.5230622-122.6764815Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Available details are scarce, but the Portland officer who shot and seriously wounded Lamberson in an incident at Lamberson's trailer received a Medal of Valor for his actions. The victim was subsequently found inside dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

portlandcopwatch.org
223Michael Taylor20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/12/2000ChicagoIL41.873359-87.720795Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Suspect in drug deal, fled when officers attempted to arrest. Officers allege he pulled a gun when he fell during a foot chase. Eyewitness reports conflicted over whether or not Taylor was armed.

casetext.com
22248Steven Charles Solberg21MaleRace unspecified05/12/2000NorfolkVA36.946071-76.267365Norfolk Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to domestic violence call when Steven Solberg threatened them with a knife and was shot and killed.

google.com
225Amanda Jo Phelps21FemaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2000LakewoodCO39.7402021-105.081467Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A motorist pursued by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy early Monday smashed into a motorcycle, killing a young Pueblo couple two blocks from their motel.The driver reached speeds of more than 100 mph when he hit the motorcycle at West Colfax Avenue east of Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood police said.Daniel Fields Jr., 24, and Amanda Jo Phelps, 21, were dead at the scene. They'd come to Denver for the Blues and Bones Festival. The driver got 26 years, and the deputy and two supervisors were disciplined. Police refused to say how they were disciplined.

denverpost.com
226Daniel Fields Jr.24MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2000LakewoodCO39.7402021-105.081467Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A motorist pursued by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy early Monday smashed into a motorcycle, killing a young Pueblo couple two blocks from their motel.The driver reached speeds of more than 100 mph when he hit the motorcycle at West Colfax Avenue east of Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood police said.Daniel Fields Jr., 24, and Amanda Jo Phelps, 21, were dead at the scene. They'd come to Denver for the Blues and Bones Festival. The driver got 26 years, and the deputy and two supervisors were disciplined. Police refused to say how they were disciplined.

denverpost.com
228William Garcia65MaleRace unspecified05/14/2000MiamiFL25.7616798-80.1917902Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Early on a Sunday morning deputies responded to Garcia's property on neighbors' reports of numerous dead animals in his yard. He was known to struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. Deputies encountered Garcia still firing his shotgun. After refusing to surrender or drop the weapon, he was fatally shot.

sun-sentinel.com
230Raymond Lewis "Snookey" Smith28MaleNative American/Alaskan05/14/2000SapulpaOK36.0073948-96.1106106Sapulpa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers were called to a home in north Sapulpa. Jason DeLoache was first to arrive where two brothers fighting. Jamie Noe arrived second. DeLoache had checked the house and was leaving when Raymond Lewis Smith Jr. 28, one of the two brothers appeared with a machete. Officer DeLoache apparently tripped and fell on the porch. According to police, Smith was advancing with the machete, threatening DeLoache. Noe, according to reports, ordered Smith to drop the knife. When the man continued to advance, swinging the machete, Noe shot and killed him.

newsok.com
229Sean Flannery Hayes34MaleEuropean-American/White05/14/2000MinneapolisMN44.9412119-93.2629432Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unarmed and apparently mentally disabled 34 yo man leads police on a "short chase." They rammed him and open fire, apparently before he even attempts to exit the car. No details found on how short the chase actually is, why they attempt to pull him over, and when he died. They claim he was shot because he tried to ram them with his car. His mother, Alice Hayes, received $6000 in a settlement with the department in 2004.

cuapb.org
227Enrique Juarez Ochoa34MaleHispanic/Latino05/14/2000BakersfieldCA35.3048326-119.0155443Bakersfield Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Ochoa had locked himself in the bathroom, screaming; his mother called police for help. Responding officers found him under the influence of cocaine. They tasered him twice, then left him in restraints for about 20 minutes. He died of "blunt impact trauma while in a hyper-excitable state," the trauma reportedly self-inflicted. Ochoa is often listed as the first of the fatal encounters associated with Tasers.

google.com
231Donnette Ruffin27FemaleRace unspecified05/15/2000BroussardLA30.1607407-91.9708783Louisiana State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Donnette Ruffin was a passenger in a car who died after the driver allegedly turned into the path of a State Police cruiser.

google.com
20800Jason Lee Staton25MaleRace unspecified05/15/2000Mount ClemensMI42.599239-82.862488Chesterfield Township Police Department, Macomb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Jason Staton, robbed the Garden Patch store in Marine City. According to the clerk, Stanton "asked the customer [inside the store] what he did for a living, and after [the customer] said he was a janitor, he gave money to [the customer] and said to buy lunch." Staton then fled on I-94 toward Macomb County. According to police, Stanton stopped under the 23 Mile overpass in Chesterfield Township and shot at passing motorists. Chesterfield officers and Macomb County deputies chased Staton, who left the freeway at North River Road, jumped a curb, bursting his tires. Police said he got out of the car firing two shotguns. Officers returned fire, striking Staton five times and killing him.

google.com
20801Keith Driskel Jr.22MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2000MarcellusMI41.9836433-85.8224483Michigan State Police, Cass County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to a disturbance at the home of Keith Driskel Jr.'s parents and discovered three members of the family had been shot and killed. A manhunt began for Driskel, whose Ford Escort was found abandoned. Police surrounded a nearby home belonging to Driskel's friend a few hours later after getting a tip that he was there. After about an hour of trying to convince him to give himself up, police said they heard a single gunshot coming from the garage area, and found Driskel dead.

heraldpalladium.com
232Harry Green43MaleRace unspecified05/17/2000TampaFL27.9915195-82.4948807Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies spotted Green in his blue Cadillac. He'd been wanted in connection with an armed robbery earlier in the week. Green fled back to his apartment complex then—according to the police—jumped from the vehicle with gun in hand. A hail of police bullets blew out the Cadillac's back window, struck Green multiple times, and fatally wounded him.

sptimes.com
233Kenneth Bernard "KC" Coaxum Jr.20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/18/2000North CharlestonSC32.9040099-80.0853352Charleston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Coaxum was killed during an alleged drug bust. He tried to flee, hitting two officers with his car when he was shot and killed.

google.com
235Clarence Edward Stewart51MaleRace unspecified05/19/2000Upper MarlboroMD38.8900393-76.8084053Prince George's County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stewart was manhandled by police and ordered back into a Target store to apologize. He lost consciousness during a struggle in the store security office, was carried off in handcuffs, and died shortly after. Stewart was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Kendall Grant. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

gazette.net
234Mark Goca36MaleRace unspecified05/19/2000AlbanyNY42.6755127-73.7468473Rensselaer Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Goca was one of two undercover local detectives in a one-car crash at 2:30 a.m. Goca was fatally injured. The driver, his colleague, was intoxicated and charged with two misdemeanor counts of DWI, criminally negligent homicide, and vehicular manslaughter.

google.com
239Michael Scott Vanhise31MaleEuropean-American/White05/20/2000Los AngelesCA34.1070755-118.3309411Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Scott Vanhise died after being shot in Hollywood Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
237Kendall Grant42MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2000Temple HillsMD38.8343174-76.9610581Prince George's County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Grant was shot eight times as a burglary suspect although witnesses asserted his appearance and behavior didn't match that narrative. Grant was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Clarence Edward Stewart. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

gazette.net
238Cecil Wayne Jones27MaleRace unspecified05/20/2000StocktonCA37.9783551-121.3417676Stockton Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Cecil Wayne Jones drowned in the Calaveras River while fleeing from police.

recordnet.com
236John Clifton Butler53MaleRace unspecified05/20/2000EdgefieldSC33.7935429-81.935454Edgefield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a domestic disturbance report. When they attempted to arrest Butler, he got a knife in the kitchen and was shot and killed.

google.com
22600James Curtis Jones III23MaleAfrican-American/Black05/20/2000MemphisTN35.0512903-89.9519775Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Curtis Jones III police responded to a call that a mentally ill man was shooting a gun. He first fled in a car, then got out, made suicidal gestures and then pointed the gun at officers and was shot and killed.

google.com
240Richard Navarro Garcia34MaleHispanic/Latino05/21/2000Los AngelesCA34.0323066-118.1472092Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Navarro Garcia died after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
21368Gazmend Cena27MaleRace unspecified05/21/2000Egg Harbor CityNJ39.498339-74.6032838Egg Harbor Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Off-duty Egg Harbor Police Department officer Charles Klein III was accused of killing Gazmend Cena while driving drunk.

google.com
241Drew Diederich16MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2000MoorparkCA34.285409-118.8808913Ventura County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Drew Diederich was killed after he ran from police, jumped an 8-foot fence and stood in the path of a freight train until it ran him over.

latimes.com
243Bradley Harlan Pingree33MaleRace unspecified05/24/2000LivingstonMT45.6402479-110.5882976Livingston Police Department, Park County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were tight-lipped about the exact circumstances of suspect Pingree's death, other than in the overnight hours at a trailer park, he was apprehended then escaped from a patrol vehicle, and was then shot to death when he pointed a rifle at a local police officer.

helenair.com
242Justin Dimauro21MaleRace unspecified05/24/2000SomervilleMA42.398325-71.108412Somerville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dimauro was wearing a face-mask, carrying a BB gun and had just completed the armed robbery of a convenience store when he was confronted and shot dead by a local officer.

highbeam.com
244Jeanette Rodriguez33FemaleRace unspecified05/24/2000FresnoCA36.7317906-119.7982246California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jeanette Rodriguez was killed when her car was struck by a SUV fleeing police.

sfgate.com
245Bernard Cornelius Simmons75MaleRace unspecified05/26/2000WaterlooIA42.4802775-92.3571576Waterloo Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Bernard Cornelius Simmons was killed when his car collided with a squad car driven by officer Jeff Tyler, who police said was responding to a robbery alarm at a video store shortly before 9 p.m. Tyler was treated and released. Witnesses reportedly gave conflicting statements about whether the squad car's lights and siren were activated. Police said that Simmons was at fault in the crash.

qconline.com
246Derek Lee Shields22MaleRace unspecified05/27/2000SpartanburgSC34.9383755-81.9619055Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Spartanburg police officer Chad Ingle clocked a vehicle traveling at 62 mph in a 40 mph zone on W.O. Ezell Boulevard. Ingle attempted to stop the car for speeding but Onosai Lee Emelio, 19, sped away. Emelio's car struck a tree at a sharp curve on Briarwood Road, killing 22-year-old Derek Lee Shields. Emelio was intoxicated and sentenced to three years and a $10,000 fine.

google.com
247Jacques Lavache38MaleRace unspecified05/28/2000BrooklynNY40.616827-73.992509City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Truck driver Lavache was killed in an early-morning crash with a speeding police car in Bensonhurst. The police had been speeding to a shots fired call. One of the officers was also killed, and the other seriously wounded.

nytimes.com
248Eric Maurice "E.J." Jones20MaleRace unspecified05/29/2000ColumbiaSC34.0336569-81.0754075Lexington County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones was followed after he carjacked a car in Lexington County, police said. Deputies, Columbia police and state troopers surrounded the apartment complex. Officers tried to subdue him with nonlethal force in the parking lot of an apartment complex, but he repeatedly lunged at the officers with the knife before he was shot and killed.

augusta.com
20802Barbara Jean Scott50FemaleRace unspecified05/30/2000DetroitMI42.4164963-83.2576406Michigan State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A police chase resulted in the death of Barbara Scott and the serious injury of Richard and Rachard Scott when their vehicle was hit by a vehicle being driven by George Jason Allen and being pursued by Michigan State Police Troopers Gordon and Willett.

casetext.com
21443Eugene Washington18MaleRace unspecified05/30/2000BaltimoreMD39.2950281-76.650649Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police chased Eugene Washington, who was suspected of robbing a woman of her purse at gunpoint, into an alley. Washington refused to drop the gun and was shot and killed.

google.com
249Aaron Perkins48MaleAfrican-American/Black05/30/2000Fort MyersFL26.6450748-81.858368Fort Myers Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police were dispatched to Perkins' residence to help transport him to a mental health facility. He resisted, first with a (reported) knife, and then with a baseball bat. He was fatally shot.

yahoo.com
21369Dustin DeStefano22MaleRace unspecified05/31/2000Green TownshipNJ40.986135-74.764061Andover Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Andover Township Police Sgt. Phillip Coleman saw Dustin DeStefano driving recklessly on Route 206, police said. The motorcycle was speeding and improperly passing traffic by crossing over a double-yellow line. With his cruiser lights flashing, Coleman chased the motorcycle, trying to pull it over, but DeStefano sped away and turned left onto Route 603. At that point, Coleman lost sight of DeStefano and reportedly halted the pursuit in accordance with state guidelines for backing off high-speed chases. DeStefano crashed and died a short time later.

google.com
19360Dale Jackson31MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2000PittsburghPA40.4404428-79.9891887Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Drug overdose
  • No

Dale Jackson died when he was taken to jail instead of a hospital while exhibiting obvious signs of mental illness or drug use.

google.com
21442Raymond Askins39MaleRace unspecified05/31/2000BaltimoreMD39.3208134-76.5964815Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raymond Askins was wanted for questioning in a murder. He threatened police with a knife and was shot and killed.

google.com
250Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified05/31/2000Hazel CrestIL41.5790388-87.6630645Hazel Crest Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot an unidentified man who allegedly reached for a gun. According to police, the officer noticed the man sitting in the driver's seat of a Dodge Durango at about 7:10 p.m. in a residential area. Police said the car had been reported stolen moments earlier. As the officer approached, he reportedly saw a 9mm handgun in the man's lap. Police said the officer told the man to put his hands up, but the man allegedly reached for the gun so the officer shot him.

google.com
252Traevis Bradley19MaleRace unspecified06/01/2000OrlandoFL28.5669363-81.2075609Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bradley was a suspected drug dealer. Undercover narcotics deputies arranged a trap, caught him selling crack cocaine, and shot him as he fled on foot. Initial reports varied significantly from the narrative offered six months later when the sheriff's office and a state attorney found "no statutes were violated" in the shooting of the unarmed man.

orlandosentinel.com
251Raymond Miracle Jr.34MaleRace unspecified06/01/2000FayettevilleNC34.9965997-78.9010378Fayetteville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Local officers pulled over Miracle for a fictitious license plate, and then for no license or registration. After writing up the ticket they found that he'd gone. They gave chase, with Miracle getting up to 60 MPH on side streets, before Miracle's vehicle crashed into another car at an intersection, killing him.

wral.com
25953Derrick Edward Robinson34MaleNative American/Alaskan06/01/2000StilwellOK35.712989-94.57725U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Around 4 p.m., federal agents were serving a firearms warrant on Derrick Robinson at his rural residence. He was shot and killed by the agents during an exchange of gunfire on his front porch in an isolated area known as Sally Bull Holler.

google.com
254Alane M. Stoffregen50FemaleEuropean-American/White06/02/2000ChicagoIL41.8831977-87.5622834Chicago Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Sergeant Alane M. Stoffregen, newly assigned to the Marine Unit, died during a deep-water training exercise in Lake Michigan about a mile off Navy Pier. Stoffregen had been underwater for half an hour when she signaled to her partner that she was heading for the surface. Once there, she apparently began showing signs of distress. According to the findings of the Cook County medical examiner's office and a U.S. Navy doctor, rough waters, exhaustion and panic contributed to Stoffregen's drowning; serious scrapes and bruises on her head and neck were apparently caused from her body colliding with the boat.

chicagotribune.com
255Victoria Rivera36FemaleRace unspecified06/02/2000PasadenaTX29.7030471-95.219144Pasadena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rivera, suicidal, threatened herself, then an officer, with a pistol. The officer told her to put it down. When she did not, he fatally shot her.

yourhoustonnews.com
253Nestor Mendoza16MaleRace unspecified06/02/2000MariettaGA33.9020203-84.5413871Cobb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • No

According to the Cobb Sheriff's department, an off-duty sheriff's deputy was working security at the Krystal restaurant when he noticed Mendoza and a female engaged in some suspicious activity by a car in the parking lot. The deputy approached the couple and began to question them. When the deputy attempted to pat down Mendoza, he ran away on foot. According to a initial incident report filed by Cobb Police, Mendoza "produced a handgun and attempted to fire at [the deputy], but shot himself instead."

google.com
256Chyraphone Komvongsa26MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/02/2000FresnoCA36.7696348-119.7776002Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Chyraphone Komvongsa when he allegedly shot at police after crashing into an apartment building at the end of a high-speed chase.

google.com
258Perry Michael Parks42MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2000WoodburyMN44.9091289-92.9389578Woodbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call from Perry Park's wife Tamara Parks. Perry, allegedly drunk, was yelling and swearing at Tamara in the presence of their two teenage daughters. Tamara's call to 911 dispatch indicated she was afraid things would get physical. When officers Michael Pomeroy and Jeff Gottstein arrived at the house, Perry "had calmed down" and was loading the dishwasher and eating a snack. Gottstein told him they were going to take him, Perry refused claiming he had done nothing wrong and it was his house. Gottstein attempted to grab Perry, Perry lifted his arm to block him, causing Gottstein to fall back. When Gottstein regained his balance he grabbed Parks by the throat and sprayed him several times in the face with Oleoresin Capsicum spray. The two continued to struggle with Perry yelling "I can't see!" as they wrestled on the floor. Gottstein accused Perry of reaching for his gun, and Pomeroy attempted to shoot him twice, but his weapon misfired twice, each time Pomeroy struck the butt of it on the counter in a "malfunction drill." Tamara attempted to block Pomeroy's shot and screamed for him not to shoot, but on the third attempt Pomeroy shot Perry directly through the back of his right shoulder. Perry was still on his hands and knees and died within moments. Total time Pomeroy and Gottrieb were in the house before Perry was shot dead was approximately 3-4 minutes.

uscourts.gov
257Tommy Miller48MaleRace unspecified06/03/2000Amsterdam-ChurchillMT45.744628-111.3196239Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As their 12-year-old daughter hid in the bathroom and called police, Miller shot his estranged wife twice in the head—the two shots about 15 minutes apart. Police arrived, Miller leveled the weapon at officers, Miller was shot by deputies once in the leg, and he bled to death at the scene.

missoulian.com
22249Alfred J. Perdue Jr.16MaleRace unspecified06/03/2000Rocky MountVA36.9972772-79.8888719Rocky Mount Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officer Brian McClung saw Joshua Fralin allegedly speeding, pulled in behind him at a stoplight, and Fralin sped away before crashing and killing Alfred Perdue.

google.com
260James Perry85MaleRace unspecified06/05/2000Boynton BeachFL26.5288645-80.0672677Boynton Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A local officer rushing to the site of a morning Olive Garden robbery crashed into a car driven by elderly Perry. Perry was taken to the hospital, and was sitting up and talking then died from apparent heart failure. The officer was also seriously injured. The local police chief expressed hopes that the Olive Garden robber would be charged with murder for Perry's death.

sun-sentinel.com
259Cleon Allen20MaleRace unspecified06/05/2000JacksonLA30.8374036-91.2176087Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Cleon Allen when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers when ordered to stop.

google.com
261Harold Brown37MaleRace unspecified06/06/2000Continental DivideNM35.4250259-108.3153489McKinley County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were called to the home when someone reported a family fight there. At some point, the man lunged at deputies with a knife. He was shot and killed.

google.com
262Brian Allen Poppleton27MaleEuropean-American/White06/06/2000BoiseID43.6053353-116.2877932Boise Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

On June 12, 2000 at approx.1213 hours, Brian Poppleton pointed a loaded pistol at officers who were in the process of trying to take him into custody for a felony warrant charging him with burglary and grand theft as well as a protection order that hadn't been served concerning Poppleton's pointing a gun at his estranged wife on two occasions. Brian Poppleton was shot by police and died as a result of his wounds.

google.com
265Javier Lopez Silva43MaleHispanic/Latino06/08/2000Pacific PalisadesCA34.0402614-118.5544137
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Javier Lopez Silva died after being shot in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
263Henry Taylor68MaleAfrican-American/Black06/08/2000Baton RougeLA30.423967-91.139497Baton Rouge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Kyle Callihan shot and killed Henry Taylor when Taylor allegedly attacked an officer with a metal pipe after several plainclothes officers entered his house looking for a rape suspect (not Taylor).

brgov.com
264William K. Anderson39MaleRace unspecified06/08/2000Tarpon SpringsFL28.1392591-82.7487267Tarpon Springs Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

A plainclothes officer on narcotics detail was approached by Anderson, wanting to buy crack cocaine. When the officer produced his badge the two fell into a physical struggle. The police description was that Anderson "fell to the ground and hit his head on the sidewalk," which fatally injured him. The officer was quickly exonerated and was back on duty within three weeks.

sptimes.com
268Isaac Okoroafor28MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2000LakewoodCO39.7403089-105.0578916Edgewater Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A driver speeding away from police crashed into another vehicle in Lakewood, killing 28-year-old Isaac Okoroafor of Denver, a Nigerian immigrant who was holding down two jobs and studying accounting at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Okoroafor was killed when a speeding 1997 Toyota Corolla failed to stop at a stop sign at West Colfax Avenue and Depew Street and broadsided his car, killing him.

google.com
269William Stafford31MaleRace unspecified06/09/2000SpartanburgSC35.0022168-82.0123488Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy attempted to arrest Stafford for disorderly conduct and Stafford hit him with a liquor bottle. The deputy shot and killed him.

google.com
267Thomas M. Authier31MaleRace unspecified06/09/2000Discovery BayCA37.8939057-121.6105952Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office
  • Drowned
  • No

Thomas M. Authier drowned in Discovery Bay after fleeing from a sheriff's deputy who'd confronted him for sleeping in a truck.

google.com
266Anthony Beavers22MaleRace unspecified06/09/2000Hawk PointMO38.970816-91.134569Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Anthony Beavers reportedly died following a struggle with deputies. Beavers had allegedly assaulted several people in Hawk Point, but police were unable to take him into custody, so they called the Lincoln County sheriff's department. Shortly after Beavers was subdued, he stopped breathing, officials said. The Lincoln County coroner said that Beavers did not die from physical injury. In 2006, Beavers' survivors received $60,000 in a wrongful death settlement.

googleusercontent.com
271Alfredo Alvarez38MaleRace unspecified06/10/2000EmpireCA37.6375325-120.8984236Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Recently fired deputy Alfredo Alvarez reportedly took a shotgun from his estranged girlfriend's patrol car and shot himself in the stomach.

google.com
270Henry Howard40MaleRace unspecified06/10/2000TalladegaAL33.4316448-86.1201342Talladega Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Henry Howard was killed when he crashed during a police chase.

google.com
272Mayere Renee Tilmon15FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2000DallasTX32.8781179-96.8960164Dallas County Constable, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Off-duty constables and officers working as security guards at a bowling alley tried to end a fight by spraying Mace at participants. Hundreds ran to avoid the fumes, fatally trampling Tilmon. The Dallas County medical examiner judged Tilmon's death an accident caused by "traumatic asphyxia."

amarillo.com
273John Aram Morjig25MaleEuropean-American/White06/11/2000PleasantonCA37.6897044-121.8728921Pleasanton Police Department, Alameda County District Attorney's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot John Aram Morjig outside his apartment during a brief gun battle.

pleasantonweekly.com
274Ronald Beasley36MaleAfrican-American/Black06/12/2000BerkeleyMO38.721723-90.316599U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Dellwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ronald Beasley accepted a ride from Earl Murray, not knowing Murray would first stop for a drug deal at a Jack in the Box restaurant. The deal was a drug sting. When 13 police converged on Murray he panicked, threw his car into reverse, locked bumpers with a DEA SUV, then tried to move forward with his tires spinning. Two officers standing in front of his car unloaded their weapons into it, a total of 21 shots, killing both unarmed men.

riverfronttimes.com
276Earl Murray36MaleAfrican-American/Black06/12/2000BerkeleyMO38.721723-90.316599U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Dellwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ronald Beasley accepted a ride from Earl Murray, not knowing Murray would first stop for a drug deal at a Jack in the Box restaurant. The deal was a drug sting. When 13 police converged on Murray he panicked, threw his car into reverse, locked bumpers with a DEA SUV, then tried to move forward with his tires spinning. Two officers standing in front of his car unloaded their weapons into it, a total of 21 shots, killing both unarmed men.

riverfronttimes.com
275Barbara L. Schneider49FemaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2000MinneapolisMN44.9489637-93.2998689Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived at Schneider's apartment on June 12, 2000, in response to a 911 call from the building's manager. The manager told the dispatcher that Schneider was playing her music loudly and creating a "little disturbance." Officers arrived and found Schneider distraught, psychotic, and armed with a knife. When she charged at police, officers fired back and killed her. She was 49 years old.

thebarbaraschneiderfoundation.org
22599Craig Dathan Garcia26MaleRace unspecified06/12/2000ClarksvilleTN36.617668-87.424938Clarksville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Craig Dathan Garcia was shot to death after he climbed into the front seat of a police car and tried to run over a Clarksville police officer, police said. Garcia was shot after police arrested him at his father's home. He was shot by Officer James Waldroup, who ducked out of the car's path. Garcia, in handcuffs, took over the police car by climbing through a divider that officers left open so he could receive air-conditioned air in the back seat.

google.com
19361John M. Foley45MaleRace unspecified06/13/2000Turtle CreekPA40.4066249-79.8290761Trafford Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patricia Marie Smith stole a conversion van and fled police, crashing into John M. Foley, and killing him. Smith was drunk.

google.com
277Name withheld by policeRace unspecified06/14/2000ChicagoIL41.7219349-87.6141482Chicago State University Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

One person was killed and at least six others were injured in a four-vehicle accident involving a CSU police car on the South Side. Police declined to say how they believe the accident happened, but it resulted in a van overturning on top of the police car.

chicagotribune.com
281Everett Edward Evans47MaleAfrican-American/Black06/14/2000Los AngelesCA34.001905-118.3020161Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Everett Edward Evans died after being shot in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
278Billy G. Sherrod54MaleRace unspecified06/14/2000BraxtonMS32.0202757-90.0525718Florence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

yahoo.com
279Roosevelt J. Brown37MaleRace unspecified06/14/2000BraxtonMS32.0202757-90.0525718Florence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

yahoo.com
280Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified06/14/2000BraxtonMS32.0202757-90.0525718Florence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

yahoo.com
282John Allen Smith27MaleEuropean-American/White06/16/2000GarlandTX32.912624-96.6388833Garland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Smith led Officers Jason Riddlespurger, Hal Simpson and Thomas Hightower down an alley in the last of three or four high-speed chases he had recently been responsible for. He shot at officers as he fled. The officers fatally shot him.

amarillo.com
283Pappy Lupe Chapman27MaleRace unspecified06/17/2000LiberalKS37.0558584-100.9455733Liberal Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed Pappy Lupe Chapman when he allegedly came at police with a knife. Three officers had responded at about 2:05 a.m. to a report from a neighbor concerning domestic violence at an apartment. The officers found a woman standing in the street, who said Chapman had pushed and choked her before she was able to free herself. The officers went inside and Chapman allegedly picked up two knives from several lying on the floor. According to police, the officers told Chapman to drop the knives and Chapman replied, "Go ahead and shoot me." Chapman came within 3 to 4 feet of the lead officer, who then shot him.

amarillo.com
284Robert Washington17MaleAfrican-American/Black06/18/2000ChicagoIL41.7704189-87.649764Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot by off-duty officer when he attempted to steal her car, officer claims at gunpoint. Four shots to back right side of head and neck, including a muzzle imprint, suggesting the gun barrel was pressed against deceased's skin.

chicagotribune.com
19023Antonio Salazar aka Michelle Salazar31TransgenderHispanic/Latino06/18/2000Corpus ChristiTX27.796687-97.461578Corpus Christi Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Salazar broke into a hotel room and destroyed the interior. Officers arrested Salazar, who resisted vigorously and later died of an unknown cause. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset. It's disrespectful, and we're sorry about the necessity.

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22598Leslie Marie Mains18FemaleRace unspecified06/18/2000Grand JunctionTN35.0510312-89.2074229Hardeman County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Leslie Mains was apparently fleeing from police, she didn't stop or slow down for a stop sign at Tenn. 18. The car flew across the highway as she lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. She was killed and her passenger was injured.

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19376David L. Johnson49MaleRace unspecified06/19/2000HardyvilleKY37.2317983-85.8050824Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

David L. Johnson was killed by being ejected from his car while being pursued by a Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement officer for an apparent speeding violation.

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285Daniel Austin44MaleRace unspecified06/20/2000ChicagoIL41.7797614-87.6833107Chicago Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Daniel Austin died after struggling with an off-duty officer at a Bank One branch on the Southwest Side. According to police, Austin entered the bank and spoke with an employee at about 3:40 p.m. Austin allegedly became loud and combative, and then pushed the employee. The off-duty CPD officer, who was working as a security guard, asked Austin to leave and, when he refused, attempted to escort him out. Austin allegedly became combative again, police said, and became unresponsive.

chicagotribune.com
286Lenties White25FemaleAfrican-American/Black06/20/2000San FranciscoCA37.8080561-122.4763625San Francisco Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

With an unmarked police car in pursuit, Napolean Brown and Sala Thorn allegedly pushed Lenties White out of the car on the Golden Gate Bridge, where White was fatally struck by a drunk driver.

fogcityjournal.com
287Jason Harper23MaleRace unspecified06/21/2000ColumbusOH39.9557706-83.0566688Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Harper opened fire on police after a traffic stop. He was shot and killed.

google.com
19362Robert Baldini Jr.17MaleRace unspecified06/22/2000Jim ThorpePA40.8615223-75.7601601Summit Hill Borough Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Jesse Chuma, 18, allegedly was drunk and fleeing police with his headlights off when he crashed into a utility pole, killing a 17-year-old passenger Robert Baldini Jr.

mcall.com
288Daniel Delfierro25MaleRace unspecified06/22/2000SeattleWA47.7264666-122.345632Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

He was an accomplice in a bank robbery, and "was killed when he shot at police and they returned fire."

google.com
290Micki R. Garrison16FemaleRace unspecified06/23/2000CarthageMO37.1947108-94.3100496Carthage Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Micki Renay Garrison was killed when she sped away from a police car and crashed. Garrison's parents had called police when she was late coming home from her job at Hardee's and they asked police to look for her to make sure she was OK. An officer found Garrison shortly before 1:30 a.m. and asked her to follow him to the police station, but she drove off. According to police, the officer turned on his lights and siren and started after her, but turned them off and slowed down when she accelerated. Garrison's car hit an embankment and overturned. In 2006, Garrison's parents agreed to accept $27,500 to settle a lawsuit against the city.

joplinglobe.com
289Acel Frank Hines48MaleRace unspecified06/23/2000Idaho FallsID43.4920467-112.0358361Idaho Falls Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police went to Hines' home to arrest him for not paying court fines. The situation escalated to violence and Hines was shot and killed.

google.com
291Rodney Abernathy37MaleAfrican-American/Black06/25/2000LouisvilleKY38.2418795-85.8317826Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Abernathy was in car wreck, he was observed hitting himself in the head with a car jack. He got involved in an altercation with the officers and he ended up shot 15 times.

policeone.com
293Fidel Fernandez48MaleRace unspecified06/26/2000HollywoodFL26.0311076-80.2950032Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

A reported schizophrenic, Fernandez confronted three local officers, flicked a cigarette at them, and began physically engaging with two. He was pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground. At some point "they noticed he was turning blue." Fernandez died shortly thereafter from unknown causes.

sun-sentinel.com
292Antonio Munoz19MaleHispanic/Latino06/26/2000AlbuquerqueNM35.1165183-106.6040452Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies chased a pickup into the southeast side of Albuquerque. Two deputies opened fire after the driver allegedly rammed into a patrol cruiser and tried to run one deputy down.The driver survived his gunshot wounds, but the passenger, later identified as 19-year-old Antonio Munoz, was killed.

yahoo.com
295James Hale Smith31MaleEuropean-American/White06/27/2000TucsonAZ32.218687-110.8647Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dillard's worker Danielle Primavera, 57, volunteered to be taken hostage by the gunman, identified by police as James Hale Smith, 31, of Tucson. She volunteered to take the place of a younger woman Smith was holding at gunpoint. Smith, police said, had fled a botched robbery at a restaurant minutes earlier and headed west to the mall, with police behind him. Sgt. Paul Hawks, who killed the man, thought he was putting himself in mortal danger, up against a cornered man with a firearm, as Hawks repeatedly told Smith to drop his weapon. The firearm was an air pistol, police said, but Hawks had no way to know that. Hawks held his fire, even while the gunman repeatedly pointed the pistol at him from 10 to 15 feet away. He did not fire until the woman struggled with the gunman, giving the sergeant one clear shot.

tucsoncitizen.com
294Allan Stroud43MaleRace unspecified06/27/2000CharlotteNC35.2344129-80.7800596Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police answering a 911 call discovered Stroud on his porch with a rifle in his lap. Right away Stroud aimed the rifle at officers and was fatally shot by six officers. Two murder victims were found in the house.

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21441William O. Thomas66MaleRace unspecified06/28/2000ChurchvilleMD39.5591737-76.2523481Maryland State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Trooper Chris J. Spinner stopped a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant with Florida tags for a seat-belt violation, police said. The unidentified driver fled and then lost control of his car and crashed into a minivan, killing William O. Thomas.

baltimoresun.com
296Terry Wyers42MaleRace unspecified06/28/2000LorainOH41.4246088-82.1539469Lorain County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police came because Wyers was threatening a neighbor. After a foot chase during which he fired on officers, he was shot and killed.

morningjournal.com
299Jose Francisco Zamudio30MaleRace unspecified06/28/2000ModestoCA37.6077561-121.0304396California Highway Patrol
  • Drowned
  • No

Jose Francisco Zamudio jumped into the San Joaquin River while fleeing police and drowned.

google.com
297Matthew A. Brown22MaleRace unspecified06/28/2000BloomingtonIL40.4893188-88.9505451Bloomington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Matthew A. Brown allegedly broke into an ex-girlfriend's apartment and briefly held another man hostage before shooting himself when police surrounded the building. Brown died the next day at a hospital.

google.com
298David Powell47MaleRace unspecified06/28/2000AlbuquerqueNM35.0808073-106.5279445Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The driver allegedly tried to hit the officer with a heavy steel club after he was stopped after running a stop sign. The officer believed the driver may have been drunk.

yahoo.com
300Justin Todd Dayberry31MaleEuropean-American/White06/29/2000BeebeAR35.0706423-91.8795856Beebe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were summoned to an impound lot at a Beebe car repair shop. Beebe policeman Chris Ralston arrested Dayberry on suspicion of public intoxication and criminal trespassing. Ralston handcuffed Dayberry, placed him in the back seat of his patrol car and went inside to talk with the owners of the business. Dayberry managed to get his hands in front of him, climbed into the front seat and began to drive away, police said. As Dayberry started driving, Ralston yelled from him to stop. Dayberry accelerated toward the officer, who shot Dayberry in the forehead, killing him.

google.com
301Ponda Davis28MaleRace unspecified06/30/2000HinesvilleGA31.8489637-81.6110628Ludowici Police Department
  • Stabbed
  • Less-than-lethal force

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

savannahnow.com
302Lisa Bymon26FemaleRace unspecified06/30/2000HinesvilleGA31.8489637-81.6110628Ludowici Police Department
  • Stabbed
  • Less-than-lethal force

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

savannahnow.com
303Juwam Williams Bymon6MaleRace unspecified06/30/2000HinesvilleGA31.8489637-81.6110628Ludowici Police Department
  • Stabbed
  • Less-than-lethal force

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

savannahnow.com
305Desiree Bymon7FemaleRace unspecified06/30/2000HinesvilleGA31.8489637-81.6110628Ludowici Police Department
  • Stabbed
  • Less-than-lethal force

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

savannahnow.com
304Kim Chung Kong37MaleRace unspecified06/30/2000San JoseCA37.2957683-121.7841031San Jose Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Barbara Melloch and Mark Stevens shot Kim Chung Kong after he allegedly shot at them when they responded to a citizen's report of a car matching one used in a recent residential burglary.

sfgate.com
306Rodney A. Steinbrook18MaleRace unspecified07/01/2000CharlackMO38.7023506-90.3431844Charlack Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Rodney A. Steinbrook was struck and killed by a car after he reportedly ran from his vehicle as police chased him. At around 12:30 a.m., an officer began pursuing Steinbrook on St. Charles Rock Road because he believed Steinbrook was driving a stolen car. Steinbrook abandoned the car and fled on foot, with the officer in pursuit. Police said Steinbrook ran onto I-170, where he was hit by a Ford Focus. He died at a hospital.

highbeam.com
307Name withheld by police53MaleRace unspecified07/01/2000ReddingCA40.5960551-122.3464358Redding Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • No

An unnamed man reportedly killed himself at some point during a three-hour standoff with police at a house on Whistling Drive in Redding.

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309Shaheed Jamal Daniels41MaleRace unspecified07/02/2000San JoseCA37.296837-121.8802754San Jose Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Shaheed Jamal Daniels died on the floor of his apartment as officers restrained him with a nylon sheath around his legs.

sfgate.com
308Jamiah Marquis "Turbo" Milo21MaleAfrican-American/Black07/02/2000ConroeTX30.3027463-95.4500786Conroe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Eddie Hernandez conducted a traffic stop on Milo. Milo ran away on foot. Officer Hernandez pursued. Milo turned and drew a .357 Magnum revolver. They shot each other. Officer Hernandez, wearing a ballistic vest, survived. Milo was struck fatally in the chest. Milo had resisted arrest twice in the previous year.His family characterized Conroe Police Department as racist.

yourhoustonnews.com
310Shannon Kapala17MaleRace unspecified07/02/2000PlymouthMN45.027239-93.402264Plymouth Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Larry Joseph Barnett, who crashed his car during a police chase, killing a passenger in the vehicle, was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison.

google.com
21440Yakov Ostrovsky35MaleRace unspecified07/03/2000BaltimoreMD39.1848058-76.675367Maryland Transportation Authority Police
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

A lawsuit claimed officers beat to death Yakov Ostrovsky after he led police on a chase from the Fort McHenry Tunnel to Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office reviewed the case because Ostrovsky died at BWI, but concluded "no criminal charges were warranted or appropriate."

baltimoresun.com
312Maurice Esters28MaleAfrican-American/Black07/04/2000OaklandCA37.7937454-122.2003588Oakland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Mike Yoell and Anthony Centeno shot Maurice Esters when he allegedly raised a gun in what police considered a threatening manner.

sfgate.com
313Wesley David Ortiz16MaleRace unspecified07/04/2000PeoriaAZ33.5813924-112.2202715Peoria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ortiz was wanted on a felony warrant for violating his parole from a previous jail sentence. An officer spotted him at a convenience store. When the officer approached Ortiz, the teen pulled a weapon and grabbed the officer, who reached for his own gun. The boy was shot and killed as the two scuffled, police said.

trivalleycentral.com
311Enrique Jimenez34MaleRace unspecified07/04/2000Bosque FarmsNM34.864795-106.6905336Bosque Farms Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bosque Farms police Officer John Derrick was stopping at a convenience store for a cup of coffee when he encountered 34-year-old Enrique Jimenez, who police say had just robbed the store. After Derrick issued oral warnings for Jimenez to drop his semiautomatic weapon, Derrick shot him twice, killing him.

google.com
314Juan Jose Aguilera20MaleRace unspecified07/05/2000San DiegoCA32.7184519-117.049347San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Juan Jose Aguilera when he allegedly waved an air pistol at them from inside a wooden outbuilding during a standoff.

google.com
23113Allen Lee Hottle Jr.29MaleRace unspecified07/06/2000BerryvilleVA39.1517713-77.9822193Clarke County Sheriff's Office, Maryland State Police, West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said Allen Lee Hottle Jr. was suspected of killing his estranged wife Paula Jean Hottle at a neighborhood cookout in Frederick County. Hottle reportedly stole a minivan in Clarke County and then tried to cash a check to buy alcohol in Maryland. Maryland state police saw Hottle about 7 p.m. near the West Virginia border and pursued him on US-340. The chase eventually drew about a dozen police vehicles and went into West Virginia through Charles Town and then into Virginia, where Clarke County Sheriff Dale Gardner monitored the situation by radio at his Berryville home. Gardner said he told Sgt. Jeff Levi, who lived next door, to ram his police truck into the minivan as it approached at about 7:45 p.m. The minivan overturned, rolled about 200 feet and ended up on its roof. As police surrounded the minivan, Hottle reportedly reached for a shotgun, ignored orders to drop it, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger.

google.com
315William G. "Billy" Caton42MaleEuropean-American/White07/07/2000CantonOH40.9047489-81.3602447Akron Police Department, Summit County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

enquirer.com
319James Everitte Jenkins35MaleAfrican-American/Black07/07/2000LynwoodCA33.9183343-118.2024906Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Everitte Jenkins died after being shot in Lynwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

latimes.com
318D'Andre Darnell Cisco25MaleRace unspecified07/07/2000QueensNY40.7255322-73.7653003City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Investigators were "baffled" by the actions of Cisco, a chef with no previous record of police contact, who jumped out of a car moving at 40 MPH on a major highway. Rolling on the pavement, accumulating some significant injuries, he then attacked two off-duty officers who had stopped to help him. Although unarmed Cisco mounted a severe assault. The officers fatally shot him four times.

nytimes.com
316Nicholas Ellesin5MaleRace unspecified07/07/2000CantonOH40.9047489-81.3602447Akron Police Department, Summit County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

google.com
317Alexander Ellesin3MaleRace unspecified07/07/2000CantonOH40.9047489-81.3602447Akron Police Department, Summit County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

google.com
320Charles McKeehan35MaleRace unspecified07/08/2000JoplinMO37.0193161-94.5005808Newton County Sheriff's Office
  • Medical emergency
  • Less-than-lethal force

Charles McKeehan died in a scuffle with four deputies on the side of a road in a remote area south of Joplin. McKeehan had been on a fishing trip with his mother, sister and friend earlier that day. McKeehan and his friend left in a car, then got into an argument which ended with his friend leaving him behind. Sheriff Ron Doerge, who was driving in the area, saw McKeehan and called his deputies. "He was doing something odd. He was on all fours shaking his head," Doerge said. "Apparently he had run in some 90-degree weather, possibly two or more miles." When deputies arrived, there was reportedly a short scuffle during which mace, nunchucks and a baton were used to subdue McKeehan, who bit a deputy's finger and wouldn't let go despite being hit in the head. As deputies handcuffed McKeehan, he became unconscious. McKeehan was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of death was eventually determined to be the result of a heart attack brought on by exertion and "methamphetamine induced paranoia." The deputies were cleared in McKeehan's death.

showmenews.com
322Cary Lee Walker45MaleRace unspecified07/08/2000Haines CityFL28.0853265-81.6210903Haines City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Following a dispute with a postal worker about a missing package, Walker displayed a knife to a responding police officer, then ran about half a mile north and attempted to steal a pickup truck. An officer shot the uncooperative Walker to death.

orlandosentinel.com
21370Paul Bourke40MaleRace unspecified07/08/2000Berkeley TownshipNJ39.9139788-74.1592278Berkeley Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Depressed over losing his treasured career, former Hudson County Sheriff's Officer Paul Bourke was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot after an eight-hour standoff with police.

google.com
321Christopher Michael Jordan29MaleRace unspecified07/08/2000SenecaSC34.701793-82.941495Seneca Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jordan allegedly shot at an officer who intended to arrest him for unspecified warrants. He was shot and killed.

google.com
324Bertoldo Lovaton-Anorade32MaleHispanic/Latino07/09/2000TulsaOK36.1510658-95.9735587Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Darren Glanz responded to a domestic abuse when he was confronted by a man brandishing a butcher knife. Glanz shot and killed Bertoldo Lovaton-Anorade when he decided Lovaton posed a danger to his wife, police said.

tulsaworld.com
22250Kristopher Alexander Christian18MaleRace unspecified07/09/2000RichmondVA37.558533-77.459011Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were patrolling Broad Street when they heard several shots about 3:15 a.m., police said. Officers discovered a man shooting at a crowded porch. The man had an accomplice who appeared to be unarmed. Police chased the armed man, Kristopher Christian, who was carrying a semiautomatic weapon and fled on foot, and Christian allegedly confronted Richmond police Officer R. Shane Barlow, who shot him in the chest, killing him.

google.com
323Benson Murphy26MaleNative American/Alaskan07/09/2000AlbuquerqueNM35.1165183-106.6040452Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Albuquerque police Officers Jeff McDonald, Eugene Etheredge and Larry Bitsoih shot Murphy who was waving a butcher knife outside a northeast Albuquerque apartment. Officers first fired nonlethal beanbag rounds, then shot and killed him.

google.com
327James Daniel Erickson39MaleRace unspecified07/10/2000GlendiveMT47.106401-104.7107931Glendive Police Department, Dawson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop Erickson shot and wounded a local female rookie officer in both legs, and in turn was shot and killed by her backup, a county deputy. This was the third fatal police shooting in Montana within a seven-week period.

missoulian.com
325Syed S. Ahmed19MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/10/2000BraseltonGA34.1223804-83.8276831Hall County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a robbery and a chase, Ahmed crashed and pulled a gun on deputies. He was shot and killed.

google.com
328Frakelin Marice Hardy19MaleAfrican-American/Black07/10/2000Las VegasNV36.1008826-115.1459283Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four Las Vegas police officers opened fire on Frakelin Marice Hardy, 19, a robbery suspect who led police on a car chase before ramming one of the officers with his vehicle. A 13-year-old girl who was a passenger in Hardy's car was shot and injured. Hardy's death was unanimously ruled justifiable.

google.com
20803Tabbitha Sitter15FemaleRace unspecified07/10/2000HartMI43.7025492-86.3374311Oceana County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Tabbitha Sitter, a resident of the Fort Rosa Parks Juvenile Military Academy, reportedly stole a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier and crashed it while trying to flee from pursuing police at high speeds. Sitter suffered a closed-head injury and remained in a vegetative state until she died in November 2000.

google.com
326Tina Winston11FemaleRace unspecified07/10/2000ElginIL42.037058-88.2799691Elgin Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

11-year-old girl Tina Winston, who was mentally disabled, was allegedly behaving violently in the waiting room of a counseling center when a caseworker tried to restrain her by straddling her. Detective Chris Triola and other officers arrived at around 7 p.m. and found Tina unresponsive. However, the officers didn't attempt first aid or call for an ambulance for several minutes, claiming that caseworkers led them to believe Tina was "faking" it. According to police, officers shook Tina and asked her to get up, then moved her to a chair. Police eventually called paramedics, who took Tina to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Coroner David Moore listed asphyxiation as the cause of Tina's death.

google.com
330Vern Daniel Pleaugh27MaleRace unspecified07/14/2000TempeAZ33.3928639-111.9395878Tempe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Authorities say Pleaugh exchanged gunfire with Officer Wesley Tipton, hitting Tipton in the lung and leg. Tipton had approached Pleaugh in a grocery store parking lot in a domestic violence dispute. Tipton shot and killed Pleaugh.

trivalleycentral.com
329Daniel R. "Ike" McWilliams29MaleRace unspecified07/14/2000FairfieldIL38.3786118-88.364184Fairfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Daniel R. McWilliams when he allegedly approached the officer with a knife in a threatening manner. Police said the officer had responded to a reckless driver complaint and stopped McWilliams' vehicle. According to police, McWilliams got out displaying "what appeared to be a hunting-type knife." The officer opened fire when McWilliams allegedly continued advancing toward him and refused to drop the knife.

google.com
20091Angela J. Guthos22FemaleRace unspecified07/14/2000OregonWI42.9262068-89.3843837Dane County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Sherrard and his friend Chaunsler Mitchell, 27, left Christy's Bar on Lake Waubesa on their motorcycles and headed toward another bar in Oregon. Angela Gutho, 22, rode with Sherrard, and Angela Vechinski, 25, rode with Mitchell. A sheriff's deputy, running his lights and siren on his way to a single-car accident, came upon the two motorcyclists, who refused to pull over and let him by. Mitchell sped away and the deputy pursued Sherrard's motorcycle at speeds topping 110 miles an hour. Once into Oregon, Sherrard lost control of his motorcycle and crashed at Jefferson Street. Sherrard was injured and Gutho was killed.

google.com
22251Clyde Scott Pruitt40MaleRace unspecified07/14/2000DanvilleVA36.591861-79.3822759Danville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Clyde Scott Pruitt was wanted on a murder charge when he shot himself in the head as police officers closed in on him, police said.

google.com
331Jose Diaz21MaleRace unspecified07/15/2000BerwynIL41.8231534-87.7854108Berwyn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Jose Diaz in a backyard following a foot chase. The chase began at around 3 p.m., after officers claimed they saw what they believed was a drug transaction. Diaz died the following day at a hospital.

chicagotribune.com
332Alex Pitts72MaleRace unspecified07/15/2000ClarkesvilleGA34.8440462-83.5880291Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In and out of jail and mental hospitals all his life, according to his own sister, Pitts seemed geared up for some kind of finale. He shot and wounded three motorists who tried to come to his aid on the roadside, then shot and wounded a state trooper in a nine-hour overnight shooting spree, before being killed in a firefight with SWAT members.

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22252Raymond C. Chandler41MaleAfrican-American/Black07/15/2000NorfolkVA36.8580851-76.2869018Norfolk Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Raymond C. Chandler died while handcuffed and restrained and sprayed with pepper spray. He had been driving illegally.

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334Kadrian Tremaine Vanarsdale23MaleRace unspecified07/16/2000KilleenTX31.098448-97.6932904Killeen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Security detained Vanarsdale, drunk and high, at a club. They called for police help because he continued to resist. Sergeant Andrew Pence pepper-sprayed Vanarsdale and struck him twice with a baton. Vanarsdale grabbed the baton and struck Sergeant Pence. Pence told Vanarsdale to drop the weapon. Vanarsdale tried to hit Sergeant Pence again. Sergeant Pence shot Vanarsdale once with a .40-caliber pistol. Vanarsdale died at Darnell Army Community Hospital. Vanarsdale's parents, Rosie and Vinson, filed a lawsuit, claiming that Sergeant Pence was inadequately trained.

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335John Derek Brittian43MaleRace unspecified07/16/2000San FranciscoCA37.7834304-122.4101895San Francisco Police Department
  • Undetermined
  • Less-than-lethal force

John Derek Brittian reportedly died in police custody after struggling with officers during a suicide attempt on a fire escape.

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333Deisy Elizabeth Paz-Sanchez23FemaleHispanic/Latino07/16/2000MarionIA42.0196537-91.5107659Linn County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A deputy tried to stop a motorcycle driven by Marcel L. Washington, 28, for speeding on Glenbrook Drive at around 2:15 a.m. Washington instead led the deputy on a chase. The deputy reportedly gave up on Secrist Road after 6-7 minutes. A short time later, the bike went off the road and crashed. Deisy Elizabeth Paz-Sanchez, the motorcycle's passenger, died at the scene. Washington sustained serious injuries.

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337Taylor Bradley47MaleRace unspecified07/17/2000CarmichaelCA38.5951264-121.3462102Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot and killed Taylor Bradley when he allegedly he pulled a Beretta handgun after a slow-speed chase.

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336Raul MorenoMaleRace unspecified07/17/2000El PasoTX31.8149706-106.5444542El Paso Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Tyler Grossman fatally shot Moreno at the Sunland Park Mall.

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338Dalia Santillana51FemaleRace unspecified07/18/2000ChicagoIL41.8371521-87.7090733Chicago Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dalia Santillana was killed when her vehicle was struck by a car driven by a man fleeing police. During a wrongful death trial, evidence was presented that the officers had rammed the fleeing vehicle (a violation of CPD policy) causing the driver to lose control and cross the centerline. A Cook County jury rejected the city of Chicago's position that officers were not engaged in the pursuit at the time of the fatal collision. In December 2003, a Cook County Circuit Court jury awarded Elizabeth Santillana $2 million in the case.

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19363Robert Brown45MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2000PhiladelphiaPA39.9552303-75.1823196Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paranoid schizophrenic Robert Brown was threatening Amtrak police with a metal chair when he was shot and killed by Amtrak officer Dennis Kelly.

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342Joe Felix Rodriguez29MaleRace unspecified07/19/2000StocktonCA37.9407685-121.2756357Stockton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers James Jarman, Philip Thompson and John Stange shot and killed Joe Felix Rodriguez after he allegedly ran a red light, fled officers, then jumped out of the vehicle and pointed a sawed-off shotgun at them.

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339George D. Bibins Jr.35MaleAfrican-American/Black07/19/2000OmahaNE41.299617-95.9469514Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Jerad Kruse tried to stop George D. Bibins Jr. for a traffic violation at about 12:40 a.m. near 24th and Grand. Bibins, who was allegedly driving a stolen Jeep, fled, and a high-speed chase ensued. Seven minutes later, Kruse shot Bibins, who died at a hospital. Bibins was unarmed. Kruse was charged with manslaughter, but Douglas County Judge Lawrence Barrett dismissed the charge after Douglas County District Judge Mary Likes barred prosecutors from presenting evidence at a preliminary hearing. Kruse retired in 2001, citing PTSD caused by the shooting.

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340Charles Walter "Chuck" Huggins III39MaleRace unspecified07/19/2000GilbertSC34.039039-81.389178Lexington County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were dispatched to Huggins' home after Huggins' father and step-mother said Huggins threatened to torch their home. Charles Huggins Jr. called back minutes later to tell officers his son threatened to shoot himself. Deputies found him in the woods behind the house. Huggins, armed with three large kitchen knives, lunged at officers, who shot him four times, killing him, police said.

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20804William Howard "Bill" DeBeau58MaleRace unspecified07/19/2000DearbornMI42.3110285-83.2173468Dearborn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer tried to stop Bill DeBeau because the officer had determined that a license plate on the van was stolen. DeBeau drove a block off Michigan, stopped the van and got out. He allegedly sprayed Mace in the officer's face, grabbed a .25-caliber pistol from the vehicle and fired several shots at the officer. The officer returned fire, killing DeBeau.

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341Bryan Bombela22MaleEuropean-American/White07/19/2000SalinasCA36.8001379-121.669648Monterey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Matt Davis shot Bryan Bombela in front of a gate near Prunedale when he allegedly resisted arrest and began to hit Davis.

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345David Charles Wiley46MaleRace unspecified07/20/2000Rolling HillsCA36.9232054-119.7939613California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

David Charles Wiley and Leonard Myers were killed in two separate vehicles hit by an unrelated pickup truck fleeing police.

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346Leonard Myers55MaleRace unspecified07/20/2000Rolling HillsCA36.9232054-119.7939613California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

David Charles Wiley and Leonard Myers were killed in two separate vehicles hit by an unrelated pickup truck fleeing police.

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344Kevin Morales17MaleRace unspecified07/20/2000West Town, ChicagoIL41.9056633-87.6917206Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fired at off duty officer several times; was shot while aiming gun at officer.

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343Johnny Lee Moore39MaleRace unspecified07/20/2000Pompano BeachFL26.2286939-80.1596041Broward County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies visited Moore on a failure-to-appear warrant that was six years old. Moore was initially cooperative until deputies went to handcuff him, then he put up some resistance. During a physical struggle is was said that Moore went for the gun of one of the officers, and he was fatally shot.

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349John Dennis Marshall54MaleAfrican-American/Black07/20/2000CarsonCA33.8548525-118.2420129Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Dennis Marshall died after being shot in Carson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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347Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/20/2000SacramentoCA38.5500434-121.4599012Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police found two unnamed men dead inside a shed after standoff during which the pair allegedly exchanged gunfire with officers.

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348Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/20/2000SacramentoCA38.5500434-121.4599012Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police found two unnamed men dead inside a shed after standoff during which the pair allegedly exchanged gunfire with officers.

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21856Darian Gipson28MaleEuropean-American/White07/22/2000IndianapolisIN40.5550611-85.6773289Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pittsboro reserve officer Darian Gipson was allegedly distraught over the suicide of his girlfriend and baited Indianapolis police to shoot and kill him.

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351Leonardo Quintana52MaleRace unspecified07/23/2000GilcrestCO40.288498-104.775699Weld County Sheriff's Office, Greeley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Agents from a Weld County drug task force killed a man and shot a woman in the buttocks in a drug raid, after the man reportedly opened fire on officers. The raid came at the end of a series of undercover sting operations in which agents bought cocaine from the house, police said. Police say officers knocked, were invited in and then a man came around a corner with a handgun and opened fire, and police shot and killed him.

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353Shannon Smith27MaleRace unspecified07/24/2000TowandaIL40.5736639-88.9013488Hudson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mentally disabled Smith drove away from a gas station without paying, as he'd done many times before (always returning to pay later). This time a call when out, many jurisdictions responded and located Smith on the interstate, gathered around his 10-year-old Cadillac, and shot out his tires as he attempted to get away. One local officer fatally shot him in the back instead. He was found not guilty of 1st and 2nd degree murder. The family reached a settlement of $675K.

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352Christopher Ray Oliver27MaleEuropean-American/White07/24/2000Woodland HillsCA34.1855104-118.6358641Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty LAPD officer Steven Ulrich went to investigate a disturbance outside his home and saw Oliver in a truck crashing into parked cars. He followed a short distance on foot and ordered Oliver from the damaged vehicle. Oliver did not exit and Ulrich, who feared he would be run over, shot and killed Oliver. While Ulrich was not discipled, Los Angeles paid $1.4 million to Oliver's son in a civil suit.

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21439Vernon Tyrone Horton38MaleRace unspecified07/24/2000BaltimoreMD39.3113345-76.6194751Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Vernon Tyrone Horton shot an officer in his bulletproof vest who was trying to arrest him on suspicion of stealing a car. Horton then shot and killed himself.

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20089Jamie Dean Petron41MaleEuropean-American/White07/24/2000OrlandoFL28.3797126-81.3687654Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jamie Dean Petron killed himself with a shot to the chest and was found dead in the master bedroom after a 51-hour hostage negotiation. As many as five people, four of which being children, had been held hostage inside the Meadow Woods subdivision home. Andrea Hall, a hostage, was shot and killed by police.

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20090Andrea Hall40FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/24/2000OrlandoFL28.3797126-81.3687654Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jamie Dean Petron killed himself with a shot to the chest and was found dead in the master bedroom after a 51-hour hostage negotiation. As many as five people, four of which being children, had been held hostage inside the Meadow Woods subdivision home. Andrea Hall, a hostage, was shot and killed by police.

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354Samuel Lucas22MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2000South Shore, ChicagoIL41.7656961-87.5631588Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot after he allegedly rammed an officer with a stolen taxi.

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355George Dontae Mitchell26MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2000RichmondCA37.9153955-122.3229286Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Mark Maday shot and killed George Dontae Mitchell after he allegedly charged at police with a knife.

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30158Ernest Edward Dabbs20MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2000Culver CityCA33.9859028-118.39321Culver City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A gun battle between rival black gangs erupted on the roof of the Fox Hills mall and claimed the lives of Ernest E. Dabbs, 20, Jason Dyeshaun Rowden, 20, and Richard Lloyd Brewer Jr., 19, of Los Angeles. One of the men was fatally shot in the passenger seat of a white Cadillac, while the other was killed nearby on the rooftop level of the mall's parking lot. Police did not say whether the men had been shot by rival gang members or by two plainclothes police officers who were eating in the mall's food court and joined the fray when shooting broke out. Rowden died on August 4.

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30159Richard Lloyd "Boo Roc 2" Brewer Jr.17MaleAfrican-American/Black07/25/2000Culver CityCA33.9859028-118.39321Culver City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A gun battle between rival black gangs erupted on the roof of the Fox Hills mall and claimed the lives of Ernest E. Dabbs, 20, Jason Dyeshaun Rowden, 20, and Richard Lloyd Brewer Jr., 19, of Los Angeles. One of the men was fatally shot in the passenger seat of a white Cadillac, while the other was killed nearby on the rooftop level of the mall's parking lot. Police did not say whether the men had been shot by rival gang members or by two plainclothes police officers who were eating in the mall's food court and joined the fray when shooting broke out. Rowden died on August 4.

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356Larry A. Stewart18MaleRace unspecified07/26/2000UniontownOH40.9679741-81.3918084Uniontown Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Mark Brandon Twigg and others were joy-riding from Summit County into Stark County when a Uniontown police officer saw the truck had no tail lights and tried to stop it. The officer lost sight of the truck as it went over a hill at a high rate of speed. Police say there was never a chase. Twigg crashed the truck into a tree, killing Stewart.

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358Nancy Mervil24FemaleRace unspecified07/27/2000Delray BeachFL26.439481-80.0966709Delray Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

As a local officer sped to the scene of a domestic dispute in a department Crown Victoria at 90 mph, he lost control and collided with Mervil's vehicle. She died at the scene. The officer involved was not charged, but "a Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigator found that Schmidt broke a law governing officers' use of emergency vehicles," according to the Sun-Sentinal.

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357Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2000CartersvilleGA34.1742623-84.760308Georgia State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

This unidentified man fled a police stop. Eventually, the trooper ran him off the road, killing him.

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19364Michael Platt28MaleAfrican-American/Black07/29/2000PittsburghPA40.4509984-79.9848975Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Platt and Eric Gooden, both 28, were leaving the Club Millennium with three white women they had met that night. Gooden, who is black, had been driving slowly down 19th Street through a crowd when Jason Pfeil staggered into the path of Gooden's car and was nearly struck. Gooden said that as he drove away, his car was pursued by Pfeil and several others, one of whom tussled with Platt, who fired a bullet into bystander Patrick Moore's head, killing him. Off-duty Pittsburgh police officers Philip Mercurio and Stephen Matakovich, stopped Gooden's car. With their weapons drawn, the uniforms in plain view, they ordered Platt to drop the weapon. Matakovich testified that Platt looked him in the eye and opened fire before both officers returned more than a dozen shots, killing him.

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