An officer on patrol had pulled over a black Nissan Pathfinder with South Carolina tags after he saw it make an illegal turn on Lawrenceville Highway. While checking the driver's license, he found an outstanding warrant, but did not know what it was for. The driver refused to get out of the car and tried to drive off while the officer was holding the door. The officer fired into the SUV. The man was killed, and the woman passenger was injured.

Police said that the five deputies responded to an aggravated assault call at a home. During that investigation, a Department of Public Safety helicopter spotted two men running away from the residence - one of them a suspect in the incident, the other a suspect in the shooting of Matthew Delong, 38, of Kingman. After failing to comply with deputies' orders to drop his guns, he opened fire on two of the deputies and missed. They shot and killed him.

A gunman who apparently killed another man on Sullivant Avenue, exchanging gunfire with Columbus police as he fled, shot himself after barricading himself inside a Wedgewood Drive apartment, police said.

Cook County sheriff's correctional officer Jacque Jenkins, 39, reportedly fatally shot his wife, Crystal Benford, and critically wounded his stepdaughter, Teleza Benford, before turning the gun on himself in their apartment. According to police, Jenkins and Benford were quarreling at about 3 a.m. when Jenkins shot her several times. Police said that when Teleza Benford ran out of her bedroom after hearing the gunshots, Jenkins chased her around the apartment, shooting her several times. Teleza Benford called 911 before collapsing.

Police shot and killed William Mark Henderson after he allegedly refused police commands to put down a knife and a chain.

Officers were called after someone called 911 and left the phone off the hook. Operators could hear a couple arguing and then heard shots. When officers arrived, they could see Bateman inside with a gun. He was shot at least once by Officer Victor Rosado.

Officer Michael Waleskowski reportedly shot and killed his wife, Lorna Caroline Walekowski, their son, Hayden, and the family dog. He then set the house on fire before turning the gun on himself at around 6:45 a.m. Police said Michael Walekowski had been suspended the day before for stealing $500 from a prisoner.

Deputies shot and killed David Perez after he'd threatened them with a board, ignored pepper spray, commandeered an unattended patrol car and drove it at them.

Billy Joe Rakes allegedly carjacked a vehicle in Marion County and was later stopped by Summersville police. Gunfire was reportedly exchanged, and Sergeant Gerald Proctor sustained a minor wound. Police said Rakes then drove off, abandoned the car, stole a pickup truck and led them on a chase into Fayette County. Rakes attempted to turn onto a secondary road in the Beckwith area, where a police car nudged the trucked and caused it to go off the road. According to police, officers blocked the truck with their cruisers and told Rakes to get out. Two state troopers and three Nicholas County deputies shot Rakes after he allegedly made an "aggressive move."

Police said four teens stole a Dodge Neon in Southfield, drove it to an apartment complex at 9 Mile and Greenfield, and abandoned it. They then allegedly stole a 2003 Jeep Liberty and a 2002 Dodge Stratus. Detroit officers saw the vehicles driving erratically on Redford Street at around 1 a.m. and gave chase, police said. According to police, after a few blocks the Stratus hit the Jeep from behind, causing the Jeep to roll over. DuJuan Washington was killed. The driver, James Leon Davis, 15, was critically injured. The officers initially said they'd stopped to render assistance and left when another car showed up to relieve them. The officers caught up to the Stratus after it crashed into a guardrail in Redford Township. The driver reportedly told police that the officers had never stopped chasing them.

Two citizens called police to report Yeagley, around 10 p.m., wandering around on the highway, apparently under the influence and creating a traffic hazard. Yeagley and a female deputy physically struggled, and he was tasered twice. When backup arrived somebody noticed he was no longer breathing.

An off-duty officer shot Eric Eichelberger in the head when he allegedly tried to rob him at gunpoint in an alley by the officer's home. According to police, the officer was in the alley at about 4:15 p.m. when Eichelberger pointed a gun at him. The officer gave Eichelberger his wallet and then drew his own pistol. The officer shot Eichelberger when he allegedly refused to drop his gun. Eichelberger was taken off life support and died the next afternoon. Eichelberger's mother disputed the officer's claim, citing concrete burns on her son's hands and feet as evidence he'd fought for his life. She also said her son had told her the week earlier that St. Louis police were trying to pin whatever they could on him.

A deputy responded to Interstate 17 after reports that a man was running across the freeway. The suspect picked up rocks and the deputy called for backup. The second officer arrived and a Taser stun gun was used, but that didn't stop the man, who assaulted one of the officers trying to arrest him. That officer sustained injuries to the face, police said. A second officer shot and killed the man.

Michael Robert Rosa died 30 hours after Seaside officers Matthew Doza and Nicholas Borges tasered him and six officers restrained him.

Prosecutors have determined that a Pierce County sheriff's deputy was justified when he shot a man to death in Parkland last month. Deputy Kevin Reding, a 13-year veteran of the department, fired a single shot that killed 24-year-old Douglas Sevier, ending a shooting spree in which Sevier fired dozens of rounds, some at deputies

Weathers was suicidal and armed. She called authorities about 5 p.m., fired three shots from her window at nothing in particular, and by the time the emerged from the front door 45 minutes later, perhaps 20 officers were on the scene. She levelled her pistol and was fatally shot once in the chest.

Police were investigating a domestic disturbance when an unidentified man killed himself during a standoff.

Passenger Jill Dayton was killed when a police car driven by deputy Tom Pledge crashed into the minivan in which she was riding. At about 11:30 p.m., the minivan's driver reportedly turned on a green light into the path of Pledge's car near the campus of Western Illinois University in Macomb. Pledge was pursuing a motorist suspected of DUI, police said.

Officer Mark Sotelo shot and killed Reynaldo Quintero Mendoza when he pulled a gun while being questioned in a minimart parking lot.

A 16-year-old boy had likely been drinking or using drugs before he lost control of his car, killing one pedestrian, Maldonado, and injuring another. The unidentified boy was allegedly fleeing police.

Robert "Bo" Fisher was drinking at the beach when police approached. The 17-year-old fled and was struck and killed by two cars as he tried to cross a busy street.

Officers were called about an armed woman harassing neighbors. An officer found an intoxicated Minchew standing in her doorway. When she failed to come out, the officer used his Taser, but it didn't make contact. Minchew then blocked the entrance with her refrigerator door and a plastic chair. Sgt. Larry Hall asked Lt. Brian Kozak if he could fire his beanbag gun at the chair to get it out of the way, but was denied permission. Hall then fired a few moments later. Hall later said he was shooting at Minchew, not the chair. Hall, believing Minchew was struck, rushed in, followed by Rankin. Minchew was standing in the kitchen with a knife. She came at them and both officers fired, Hall with the beanbag gun and Rankin with his gun. Minchew was killed.

Jenkins sold drugs to undercover narcotics officers, then pulled a knife on them. Officers Dale S. Crawford and Jimmy D. Cargill fatally shot him.

Police said a man called 911 from a pay phone outside a Northgate convenience store to report a killing at an apartment. Police set up a perimeter around the apartment building. Two North Precinct officers parked near the building noticed a man walking rapidly toward them. They attempted to talk to him but quickly realized he was carrying a knife in each hand. The officers ordered the man to stop and drop the knives, but he continued to rush toward them. When he was about 10 feet away, one officer fired a shot killing him.

Justin Little was killed after a car he was riding in crashed into a culvert during a chase with Vilonia police.

After a bank robbery and a chase, Christopher Butler was shot and killed when he shot at police.

Robbie Williams was killed when the car she was in was hit by a vehicle fleeing police. Williams was a passenger in a car that was pulling out of a parking space at about 1 a.m. The impact threw Williams from the car. A wrongful death lawsuit claimed that officers in three squad cars were engaged in a high-speed chase in violation of department policy. The suit also stated that officers did not activate their sirens during the pursuit. The other driver, Eric Maluchnik, 21, was was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Police shot and killed Floyd Nehemiah Strong after he hit an officer with his vehicle in the parking lot of Teeters Bar and Grill.

Siblings Octavia and Christopher Suydan Jr. were killed as a 19-year-old motorist fled a drug sting at high speed in his Honda Accord, striking them both as they crossed the street. They were thrown 140 feet and died in front of their father. Admitting no wrongdoing, the District settled with the parents for $1.2M.

Renfro was speeding on Arkansas 5 when he lost control of his car. Police said the car veered off the road, hit a telephone pole, a tree and a house. He was fleeing an attempted traffic stop by Saline County Constable Mark Terry.

Deputies John Gunsell and Andrew Nobliski were in their patrol car at around 3:13 a.m. responding to a non-emergency call to assist at an accident scene. Nobliski, who was driving, lost control on a curve and rolled the car. Gunsel was ejected and died at a hospital. Accident reconstruction reports indicated higher-than-normal speed, road conditions, road design and the fact Gunsell was not wearing a seat belt, contributed in equal part to his death. In April 2005, it was reported that Sheriff Jim McBride would ask Nobliski to resign, though the Michigan attorney general had not yet determined whether to charge Nobliski in the crash.

Wakefield, high on cocaine, was pulled over by an officer who suspected he was driving while drunk. Wakefield ran away. The officer shot him twice with a stun gun. Wakefield died of cardiac arrest.

Bounthisane stabbed two people before stealing a car, eventually being shot and killed by King County Sheriff's deputies.

After more than seven hours of negotiation, Michael Davis approached a deputy while carrying a gun, and three deputies opened fire, killing Davis. Davis, 40, was wanted by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office for the shooting death of Tim Haynes.

Andrew Lamar Washington died after officers tasered him 17 times within three minutes.

Police said Keith Murray was fleeing a drug sweep near Mackay Park on Sept. 15 when he swallowed cocaine he had been selling. Bergen County Police said Murray was rushed to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center shortly after his arrest, complaining that he felt ill. His stomach was pumped, and he was put on a respirator and feeding tubes. Murray died in the hospital on Sept. 28. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said he was investigating abuse allegations but saw no signs that police had behaved inappropriately. Police reported that Murray fought with the two city officers who tried to arrest him and pull cocaine from his mouth. Murray's family alleged police brutality because Murray had scrapes and bruises.

After a 17-hour standoff with police, John Heckenswiler shot and killed himself inside his Slifer Valley Road home, police said. Police would not say why he was despondent.

Police shot and killed Dewayne Bell on the southeast I-55 service road.

Det. Darrell Shelton, 31, a seven-year veteran of the Wildwood Police Department, was charged with drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and with having an open container of alcohol in his Dodge pickup. At about 2 a.m. Saturday, Shelton's vehicle struck Pablo Barrios-Salas as he crossed New Jersey Avenue.

Police said Curtis Blount may have been one of three suspects being sought in an armed robbery. An officer encountered an armed suspect who fired upon the officer, which started a pursuit. The chase ended with an exchange of gunfire that left the man dead in an alley behind the Marketplace 14 convenience store.

Three Marietta police responded to a late-afternoon call to an apartment building parking lot on reports of drug dealing. They arrested four men, one purely for complaining about their treatment of Johnson, who they continued to beat when he was prone on the ground, and who they kept in a choke hold while cuffed. Johnson made it to a holding cell, complained of illness, and died. His mother was not allowed to view his body.

Cpl. Andrew Hayslip, 37, an Albany police officer who had gone to a pre-kindergarten center to pick up his 4-year-old son, got into a quarrel with the child's mother, pulled a gun and shot her, then killed the child and himself, police said.

Leo Lopez was fatally shot by an undercover State Police narcotics agent during a drug investigation. His family filed a wrongful death suit in October 2005 alleging that police failed to identify themselves, that the officer shot Lopez without provocation and that authorities then withheld medical treatment, causing his death.

Detective Robert Cassels was one of several detectives on surveillance in the Lotte Plaza, where several armed and strong-arm robberies had occurred. They saw two men approach two men coming out of a check-cashing business and follow them. The detectives saw the men rob the victim of their wallets and money, chased them on foot and called for back-up. When the patrol units arrived, police said the suspects split up and the chase continued into a wooded area behind a house in the 3400 block of Hewitt Avenue, where Dailey was hiding. Daiey allegedly threatened Cassels with a gun before he was shot and killed.

Officer Gary Sensat of the Lake Charles Police Department was a passenger killed in an accident involving a 1997 Chevrolet truck driven by Sulphur Police officer William Nichols, 39.

Kahdir Al Khattab shot and killed Butler University Police Officer James L. Davis before he was shot and killed following a three-hour manhunt.

Robbery suspect Ronald Walker was shot and killed by police who returned his fire after he fled a Walgreens he had allegedly attempted to rob.

Officer Jarem Lewis stopped a car about 15 miles south of Payson. While Lewis spoke with the female driver, a male passenger started acting aggressively toward the officer, who, fearing for his life, shot and killed the man.

Bosnian immigrant Bojcic had survived a stint in a concentration camp and had been in the US for 10 years. With other refugees he habitually sat curbside at a Starbucks chain smoking. The manager asked a visiting local officer to ask him to stop smoking or leave. This developed into the officer hitting the unarmed Bojcic, who had broken no law, with a stun gun, then shooting him to death.

Federal fugitive Kyle is said to have made a video describing the suicide of his wife, his failed business, and his parole violations. He met federal and city fugitive hunters with a shotgun, and he was shot to death.

Police got a call at 12:51 a.m. saying Chaverra-Bonilla was streaking outside his home. Several neighbors said he had been drinking and behaving strangely in the hours before police were called. When Dover officers Anthony Smith, Michael Thiel and Timothy Thiel arrived, Chaverra-Bonilla was running around naked in front of the residence, sweating profusely. Chaverra-Bonilla struggled to get away as the officers tried to handcuff him. When they got his hands cuffed behind his back, "he immediately went limp," and died, police said.

Maribel Hernandez, 22, died after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

On reviewing the videotape of a convenience-store shoplifting incident, a county deputy recognized the suspect as Serafin and went out to look for him. Located about an hour later by the lone officer, the two struggled and Serafin was killed by a gunshot to the face. He was unarmed.

With the power still out after Hurricane Frances, deputies fired five shots to kill Lewis at his home. He'd previously been arrested for molesting a minor, had shot himself in the death in a local motel in an unsuccessful suicide attempt, was wanted on 30 counts of possessing child pornography, and had met the deputies on his porch with gun in hand.

Angelo C. Boria Jr. was allegedly beaten to death while handcuffed after accidentally firing a shotgun in his fiance's father's home by Officers Robert Bowers and David Hogan.

Officer David Green shot Frank Earl Ingram IV when he took the officer's baton.

Officer made routine traffic stop, asked Pryce to step out of the vehicle several times, telling him he was under arrest. When Pryce refused, Ofc. Thomas leaned inside to attempt to handcuff him.Thomas was still partially inside vehicle when Pryce suddenly drove off. Thomas hooked his left elbow and arm against the door and drew his pistol with his free hand. He ordered Pryce to stop the truck twice, but the suspect did not comply. He then fired seven times into the vehicle. An autopsy showed Thomas suffered nine gunshot wounds, some caused by the same bullet. Pryce died shortly after in the hospital.

Police responded to complaints that Mark Wayne Chumley had threatened a former girlfriend's family. He was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a shotgun at an officer.

Vanessa Jimenez, Albert Andrew Hernandez and Armando Limas burned to death after they hit a pole while fleeing police.

Vanessa Jimenez, Albert Andrew Hernandez and Armando Limas burned to death after they hit a pole while fleeing police.

Amy Robbins died from her injuries eight days after a pickup fleeing police driven by Jeffrey Drechsler ran a red light and broadsided her car. Dreschler was also killed. At around 11p.m., police responded to a report that said Dreschler broke down his girlfriend's door with an ax and was holding her by the throat. When officer Brent Woodard arrived, Dreschler left in his 1987 F-150. Woodard gave chase and was joined by officer Pryor and her partner, officer Cornish, in a separate patrol car. Police insisted that Woodard and Pryor used their sirens and lights. Gabe Robbins was following his wife home in a separate car and saw the crash. He said his windows were open and that he didn't hear police sirens.

Alexis A. McDonald was one of three men in a car stopped by police near the Chesapeake Square Mall. He was shot several times after he failed to comply with police orders and raised a weapon from under his seat in the car, police said.

Manrique, an elderly Mexican immigrant and grandfather, unarmed and never accused of any crime, was beaten to death by two local police officers for attempting to "trot away" when they appeared in a dark alley. They were in plainclothes and drove an unmarked car. The city would eventually pay his family $1M in a wrongful death settlement.

Officers and paramedics tried to take Welch, suicidal, into custody at a Holiday Inn. Welch drew a .45-caliber Ruger semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at officers and paramedics. Officer Lawrence Prince shot Welch three times. He died at the scene.

After finding a retired couple, Frederick Gobillot, 69, and Jeanne Gobillot, 67, dead in their split-level ranch, the police shot and killed their son, Steven Gobillot, during a fight with officers at the scene. Their bodies were found by Raritan Township police officers after a phone call reported a double homicide.

Jesse Ray Seamster was sought in the shooting of his girlfriend and killed himself when he was approached by police, police said.

While leaving a movie theater Chavis and friends got into a verbal altercation with another group, and Chavis was shot by an unknown person. He was left bleeding on the sidewalk. His family and a witness contended that NYPD deliberately delayed medical attention for half an hour, with Lincoln Hospital only a block away, and caused Chavis's death. In a wrongful death proceeding the state's defense included the assertion that "Chavis had no constitutional right to medical treatment".

Police responded to a fight outside of Quest Field and say Camat fired his gun toward the west and refused officers' orders to put it down. Relatives counter that Camat fired his gun into the air to stop the fighting, that officers never told him to drop the weapon, and he was shot multiple times by police officers.

Keith Trudell reportedly died in police custody after suffering a seizure possibly brought on by a drug overdose.

Alexander Diaz was killed when an SUV fleeing police struck him as he crossed the street with his mother and three siblings in the Ravenswood neighborhood. At about 7:45 p.m., plainclothes officers Michael Yzaguirre and Patrick Kearns were on Wilson Avenue when the SUV pulled up and the occupants allegedly flashed gang signs and yelled out a Latin Kings slogan. The officers identified themselves and approached on foot at a traffic light, but the driver drove away. According to police, the officers got in their unmarked car to pursue the SUV, but lost sight of it as it turned on Greenview. After about a block, the SUV hit the Diaz family and crashed into a church.

North Las Vegas police officer responded to a shots fired call where a man was distraught and fired a gun inside his apartment. When the officer arrived, he saw Antonio Corona-Mendoza standing outside the apartment building. The officer armed with a shotgun, told investigators he called to him several times but received no response. Corona-Mendoza then turned toward the apartment and yelled, "Go ahead and call the police." He walked behind a vehicle, out of view from the officer, and a gunshot was heard. Corona-Mendoza waited for a moment before walking into the street, and that's when the officer fired twice.

Officer Robert Sarracino shot and killed Juan Santiago Sanchez after he tried to run the officer over with his car.

A man trying to flee police in a stolen pickup drove on the wrong side of an interstate, striking a car in which the driver, Travis Clark, was killed, police said.

Two suspects in the stabbing and carjacking of a Jonesboro man were killed when their car crashed during a police chase through Clayton County and into downtown Atlanta.

Shearer was driving erratically, and when police attempted to pull him over, he rammed them. One shot and killed him.

Altaf S. Zartdinov died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a seven-hour standoff with Montgomery County Police.

The owner of a house notorious to the police—and the scene of a drug arrest only two hours before—called police to report two trespassers. Local police arrived to find Brown and another man in their car, unwilling to explain themselves, and trying to leave. Police claimed to be in fear of their lives from the unarmed pair, shot Brown to death, and gravely wounded the other. The families filed suit.

Jamir Valle Martinez was allegedly smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States. Cochise County Sheriff's deputies took up the chase until high speeds made continued pursuit dangerous. A set of tire spikes was put on the road by a Sierra Vista Police Department officer near the intersection of the bypass and Buffalo Soldier Trail, police said. The crash then occurred. Eleven vehicles were involved. Initial reports indicate the truck's driver lost control, causing the vehicle to go airborne, smashing the tops of vehicles waiting to make a left turn off the southbound part of Highway 90 onto the bypass. Six people were killed. Martinez got a 35-year sentence.

Jamir Valle Martinez was allegedly smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States. Cochise County Sheriff's deputies took up the chase until high speeds made continued pursuit dangerous. A set of tire spikes was put on the road by a Sierra Vista Police Department officer near the intersection of the bypass and Buffalo Soldier Trail, police said. The crash then occurred. Eleven vehicles were involved. Initial reports indicate the truck's driver lost control, causing the vehicle to go airborne, smashing the tops of vehicles waiting to make a left turn off the southbound part of Highway 90 onto the bypass. Six people were killed. Martinez got a 35-year sentence.

Jamir Valle Martinez was allegedly smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States. Cochise County Sheriff's deputies took up the chase until high speeds made continued pursuit dangerous. A set of tire spikes was put on the road by a Sierra Vista Police Department officer near the intersection of the bypass and Buffalo Soldier Trail, police said. The crash then occurred. Eleven vehicles were involved. Initial reports indicate the truck's driver lost control, causing the vehicle to go airborne, smashing the tops of vehicles waiting to make a left turn off the southbound part of Highway 90 onto the bypass. Six people were killed. Martinez got a 35-year sentence.

Bauerle died after leading police on a car chase and crashing into a pine tree in his parents' front yard.

Police shot and killed Cesar Baguio when he pointed a shotgun at officers.

Baylor was chasing another man and firing shots at him when a police van arrived. The officers ordered Baylor to drop his weapon. Instead, police said, he turned and pointed the gun at them. One of the officers fired five shots at Baylor from his service weapon, police said. One of those slugs hit Baylor in the left side of his back and exited his chest, killing him.

Lanaka Lucas was killed when her car was struck by a car fleeing police.

Mexican immigrant Chamelta was working behind the counter of a deli when a retired NYPD detective reached for his pager and accidentally fired his gun. The gun fired once into Chamelta's chest. His last words were "Why did you shoot me?"

BPD fired pepper spray into crowd celebrating Red Sox victory over Yankees in 2004.

After an evening of telling his parents that he heard voices, Hunter attacked them with a knife and a flower vase. When a deputy attempted to pepper spray and then tasered him, Hunter—who had been traumatically tasered before—seized the Taser gun and gashed the deputy's temple. The officer shot him multiple times, fatally.

Antonio Wright took his ex-girlfriend, Tashera Fields, hostage in a Kerr Drug before killing her and himself during a standoff with police.

Oscar Young was wanted for questioning in a murder and was shot and killed when he fired on officers who came to his aunt's house.

Dezestia Taylor was killed when the car in which he was a passenger crashed during a high-speed police chase.

Although he was uninvolved, county officers conducting a burglary investigation would not let Army veteran Baker past their established perimeter so he could return home. Witnesses describe one male officer, then two more female officers, beating him bloody for resisting instructions, after which Baker fought back with a police baton. Rada's fatal shooting was one of a string of similar incidents with mentally ill victims for which the Miami-Dade Police were criticized. The shooter was named Officer of the Year.

Markum Bruce Thompson allegedly killed his father, mother and grandmother. He was shot and killed after a standoff when he tried to hit police with his pickup.

Investigators concluded that James P. "Jamie" Lynn intentionally drove his Oldsmobile station wagon into a bridge pillar while fleeing from a deputy. According to police, Lynn drove straight into the pillar at about 5:30 p.m. while driving approximately 100 mph on I-70 at the Niles Road interchange. Lynn died at the scene. Police said that Lynn left letters for relatives and appeared to have been despondent about family problems.

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a police standoff. Officers had responded before 4 p.m. after a neighbor reported seeing the man's distraught wife outside the residence. The woman had reportedly left after an argument turned physical. Police arrived and set up a perimeter. The woman reported hearing a gunshot in the house, so the special response team was called in. Officers tried to contact the man by phone, but got no response. About two hours later, officers broke into the house and fired a distraction device. The officers found the man in the front room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.

Officers shot and killed Jason Purcell, 25, after the Henderson man fled from police, ran a red light, rammed a nearby car and then attempted to run over police.

State troopers shot and killed Jefferson T. McNelly who pulled a gun on them following a nightlong series of chases that ended at the Shore, police said. The incident began when the man pointed a handgun at another motorist during a road rage incident in Monroe Township.

A Belmont District officer fatally shot an unidentified 72-year-old man who allegedly lunged at him with a knife. According to police, the officer had responded to a domestic violence call. Witnesses said the man was threatening his wife with a knife.

Jose Leonides-Marquez was the primary aggressor against two officers responding to a routine noise complaint at a house in Dale City, police said. A group of men knocked down Officer Andrew B. Cornell on the porch, beat him on the head and shoulders and grabbed for his gun belt while trying to strangle him. The other officer, Richmond O. Appau, under attack in the front yard, radioed an officer-in-distress call. Cornell pulled his gun and shot once, killing Leonides.

Woempner was killed, and her husband injured, when their car was struck by a housing authority police vehicle on its way to assist in a traffic-offense-related car chase. That chase was already complete.

Deputies shot and killed James Alan Walters when he leveled a gun after an hourlong standoff outside his home on Meadow Grove Court.

Tarrea Black was a passenger in an allegedly stolen 1993 Honda that crashed while fleeing police. At about 10:15 p.m., Chicago officers in an unmarked car reportedly saw a man suspiciously going from customer to customer at a Howard Street gas station holding what looked like a credit card. Police said he got into the Honda when the officers pulled into the parking lot, then started speeding before hitting a Toyota van. Black died at the scene. Two others were injured. According to police, they were not chasing the car when it crashed, but the driver was trying to elude them. The Honda's driver, Levar D. Drane, 27, was charged with first-degree murder.

McLinn, fleeing the scene of a bank robbery, fatally shot Winston "Larry" Breeding Jr., a 60-year-old retired peace officer. An on-duty Corpus Christi officer fatally shot McLinn, who was the fourth person killed by CCPD since 2000.

Police say Ligon carried a knife, and after walking away, he turned and lunged with it at one of the officers. They shot him to death.

West chased his neighbors by vehicle and shot at them. West and his neighbors returned to their homes. Deputies Buck Carroll and James Jackson responded, shining the lights of their patrol car into West's front yard. West came out of his house and pointed a shotgun at the deputies as they told him to show his hands. The deputies fatally shot him.

Arnold was driving a stolen car and wearing body armor when he shot at police at a conservation area before fatally shooting himself, police said. When Arnold was ordered from the car by a police officer, he began to drive away as backup arrived. Arnold leaned out the window and fired a handgun several times at the officers, who returned fire, though Arnold ultimately shot and killed himself at the scene.

Off-duty Officer Shawn Taylor shot and killed Brian Schweitzer outside a credit union Schweitzer after Schweitzer had allegedly robbed two other financial businesses.

Betty Jane Waltermeyer, 40, was killed by boyfriend Ralph Deitzler, 41, in their Oak Ridge Estates home. The shooting came after a 90-minute standoff with police, during which Deitzler held the 12-gauge shotgun he eventually used to shoot Waltermeyer, police said.

According to police, a Belding gas station attendant reported a theft of $15 in fuel. Police said a trooper traveling west on M-44 just before 10:30 p.m. saw an eastbound vehicle matching the description and tried to stop the driver, Corey Ellsworth. Ellsworth kept driving and the trooper chased him onto Decker Road. In Montcalm County, Ellsworth turned onto a narrow dirt road and lost control of his vehicle, rolling several times. Ellsworth died at a hospital. Ellsworth had reportedly just been released from prison after serving time for a previous police chase involving Ionia County deputies in July 1999.

Local police observed a suspect hit his girlfriend in a Walgreens parking lot. Giving chase, the suspect lit out and started a two-minute, 100 MPH chase south on Reading Road that ended with a crash with Trapp's car. Trapp was thrown from her vehicle and died at the scene. One of seven chase fatalities in the Cincinnati area within a four-month period.

Police stopped a 1989 Camry at 4 a.m. During the traffic stop, the driver refused to shut off his engine then gunned the car and hit one of the officers in the leg. They opened fire on him. He took off and hit a utility pole nearby; officials did not release his name and were uncertain whether the bullets or the crash killed him.

Fuentes drew the attention of police by assaulting and carjacking a citizen's Ford Explorer, then driving it recklessly. Officers approached, split up to chase Fuentes and others in the Explorer, and Fuentes ended up in an alley menacing a female cop with her own gun. He was fatally shot.

An Elk Grove man died early Monday in a confrontation with Sacramento County sheriff's deputies after officers used pepper spray and shot the man twice with 50,000-volt Taser stun guns. Sheriff's officials said Ricardo Zaragoza struggled with four deputies who wanted to take him in for a mental health examination after his family called officials saying he was acting erratically. The four officers who struggled to control Zaragoza were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

Deputies observed Almany being picked up by a driver in a 1991 Chevrolet and almost immediately engage in "a lewd sex act". The driver swerved at the police, fled at high speed with officers in pursuit across the Howard Franklin Bridge into Tampa, attempt to escape into an apartment complex, and hit a tree at 80 MPH. Almany was killed outright. The driver, about twice the legal limit for alcohol, emerged in good condition.

Officer Riter Flores shot and killed Timothy C. Hensley when he pointed a gun at another officer.

Deputy Rodney Arterberry shot his estranged wife, Schondalawn Arterberry, while she sat in her car in front of their Eucalyptus Avenue home.

On November 9, 2004, Kenosha Police Officer Alberto Gonzales shot Michael Bell in the head one day before Michael was to testify at a court hearing regarding a previous incident with the same officer who stopped him this last fatal time.

Police responded to a person making threats against a relative who lived nearby. They found Paris Withrow with a shotgun. He did not put it down, pointed it at police and was shot and killed by Troopers James Ryland and Jim Goble.

Ortiz-Gonzalez, a Mexican national, was demanding US citizenship with a starter pistol and a hostage, police shot him to death.

Sgt. Steve Brown and deputies Henri Boustany, Brad James and Mike Crean shot and killed Kenneth Hugh Duncan during a three-hour standoff that started after Duncan reportedly killed his brother-in-law during a psychotic break.

Colvin was shot and killed by a Skamania County sheriff's deputy after authorities responded to a dispute between the man and a neighbor.Sheriff Dave Brown said the victim, Michael E. Colvin, was killed after confronting a deputy and a reserve officer with a weapon at the Skamania Cove Resort.

This unidentified man apparently made suicidal and homicidal threats. When police caught up with him, he pointed his gun at them and was shot and killed.

Jesse Robert Tapia was tasered twice—once by a Pomona officer and again by a civilian employee of the police department.

Officer Stephen Parker was chasing Nishan Bernard, 22, after the man ran away from police and began shooting at them. While following Bernard in his patrol car, Parker was shot at several times. When Bernard's car crashed into a construction sign on Swan, he fled and continued to shoot at Parker. Parker fatally shot Bernard as he was climbing a fence that led to a residential area. Bernard was on the county's most-wanted list for two years in connection with a drive-by shooting and various drug and weapon charges.

Officer Charlie Hardaway shot and killed Darryl Keith Shaw when he saw Shaw stabbing and beating Pam Hobby.

A local officer serving involuntarily committment papers on Gaines, who was known for walking the sidewalk and speaking out about religion, got into a struggle with him. Although the police were well aware of the victim's psychiatric issues, the incident ended with him fatally shot in the chest.

Todd Eugene Tranbarger shot and killed himself when police fired teargas into the home where he and small children were holed up.

Driver William Edward Wynn and passenger Sheila Ann Fegans were killed when the car they were riding in crashed into a concrete light post during a police chase.

Stratford Police responded to a complaint from a woman whose former fiance had forced his way into her house in the early morning hours. A number of officers converged on the house, where Wagner could be seen inside with a rifle. Eventually Wagner came to the front door and challenged officers directly. Upon aiming his weapon at one of the police, he was fatally shot once with a rifle. Wagner had been holding a Daisy BB gun.

A homeless man with medical issues, known to have seizures in the street, at 6 a.m. Feliciano first confronted a woman with the long metal casing of a light fixture. Police stopped and ordered him to drop it. He didn't, and he was shot to death.

Andre "Dre" Brown died in custody after struggling with several officers in the Tenderloin District.

O'Neal L. Williamson died more than one month after sustaining injuries in a Nov. 23, 2004, crash during a police chase. Witnesses reportedly said that Williamson had held a cashier at a Salvation Army Store on E 23rd Street at knife point and demanded money. Witnesses gave police a description of the suspect's vehicle, and officers chased the truck until it crashed on Crescent.

Two officers attempting to serve a warrant on O'Connor at his house were fired on. One was wounded in the arm and chest. Officers returned fire and fatally shot O'Connor.

Troopers responding to Thanksgiving Day reports of a bulldozer blocking a highway found Keiser, irrational and uncooperative. In an extended physical struggle that moved into a nearby swampy area, multiple officers pepper-sprayed, tasered and wrestled Keiser trying to get him under control. His head became submerged, "whether because of his own actions or the officers'" was in dispute, and Keiser drowned. The family settled for $750K.

Andrew Marcello Osura was suspected of murdering his girlfriend, Eva Agamiri, and her 2-year-old daughter, Juyee, in Kentwood. Police discovered the victims after a neighbor reported a disturbance at the Breton Court Apartments. Osura reportedly carjacked a vehicle outside the complex and drove off with police in pursuit. According to police, Osura crashed, jumped out and carjacked a Jeep. The chase continued through three counties until Osura hit a KCSD cruiser. Osura got out and allegedly charged at officers with a knife. Deputies David Kok, Kevin Daley and Justin DeBoode deputies shot Osura 7 times, and he died in the snow. According to an autopsy, Osura had also stabbed himself in the abdomen, chest and neck before he died.

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

Officer Donaciano G. Moreno broke up a fight between Joseph and his girlfriend. Joseph pushed the officer as he patted him down. The officer drew a flashlight. Joseph separated himself further from the officer and drew a .45-caliber pistol. The officer dropped his flashlight, drew his pistol and fatally shot Joseph.

An officer went to investigate a domestic disturbance. A man and woman were both bleeding, and Melvin Dubon was shot and killed when he lunged at the officer with a broken bottle.

A gun battle took place after a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle. The vehicle crashed into a house. Grigsby shot two officers before being killed.

An unnamed man suspected of carjacking stopped breathing while being handcuffed by Alhambra police and was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

Police shot John E. Todd after they said he shot himself in the head following a 3.5 hour standoff. Todd reportedly fired a shot as officers broke into his mobile home. Police apparently thought the gunshot was aimed at them, and two officers fired seven shots at Todd, striking him twice. Both wounds were nonfatal, according to an autopsy.

Patrick Fleming died in the hospital a day after deputies hit him twice with a stun gun during a traffic stop.

Marvin Lopez, 24, died after being shot in Pico-Union, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Englewood Police say Lance Feist robbed a bank inside a Wal-Mart at gunpoint and the danger he posed left them no choice but to chase him. Englewood police say Feist was going up to 90 miles an hour on Santa Fe when he rammed his stolen Sports Utility Vehicle into Sewell's BMW convertible. Sewell died at the scene.

A man was attempting to cash a check under a fake name. Police were called. Lane left the store first, but as the man was leaving police arrived. The men fought, while Lane attempted to either hit the officer or escape with the suspect. During the fight, the officer shot Lane, saying he was afraid she'd run him over. This was first ruled against police then ruled within policy.

Gale was shot and killed after he killed "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, one of the founders of Pantera at a show at the Alrosa Villa. Two other people were also killed by Gale.

Just before 11 p.m. officer Phil Terrones responded to reports of a man "casing" homes to rob. Neighbors told Terrones that the man, Tracy J. White, was inside a car parked in front of the house. Terrones told White to get out, but White started the engine. Police said a struggle ensued, and White drove off, dragging Terrones a short distance. Terrones ran back to his car and chased White. PCSD deputies joined the pursuit once it left Des Moines city limits. White drove over stop sticks, hit another car and crashed into a ditch. Terrones used his car to block White's driver's side door. White opened the passenger door and allegedly pointed a shotgun at Terrones, who shot White once. White was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police later said White was suspected of setting fire to the 88-year-old St. Mary's of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Milo earlier that day.

Christopher J. Bourgoine was killed in a crash after a police chase. According to police, a detective began pursuing Bourgoine' at around 9 p.m. after noticing a snowplow in the back of his pickup truck, which fit the description of one linked to recent burglaries. After a short distance, the snowplow fell out of the truck. The detective turned on his lights and the truck stopped, but then fled. Bourgoine lost control of his truck and was ejected when he hit a mailbox, utility pole and tree. His brother, who was also in the truck, survived the crash.

Link was suicidal and threatening others. When deputies caught up with him, he pointed his gun at one and was shot and killed.

Officer Ted Martinez shot and killed passenger Elias Quinones through the windshield of a car fishtailing toward Martinez and Detective Jon Scott.

Police said two officers in a squad car tried to stop a 1992 Buick driven by 15-year-old Caleb Thompson, who'd taken his mother's car, around 10 p.m. for driving with bright lights on Upton Road. Caleb turned east on Stoll and the officers gave chase for about a mile with speeds reaching 80 mph. Police said they called off the pursuit at Peacock Road and lost sight of the Buick on the hilly road. They then saw that Caleb had hit a bridge abutment and that the car was in flames. Officers reportedly extinguished the fire and pulled Caleb out. He died at a hospital the following afternoon.

James F. Hammons Sr. allegedly took his ex-girlfriend hostage and had a knife to her throat when he was shot and killed by police.

Deputies shot and killed Jon Casey Smalley when he pointed a shotgun at them repeatedly and refused to surrender.

Fares was a passenger in her son's car, fatally injured after being broadsided by a police car chasing a robbery suspect.

Hoganson called 911 and made irrational assertions. When police arrived, he shot at them. After a standoff, he stuck his head out and pointed his gun at police. He was shot and killed.

An NYPD detective noticed and followed a man displaying a weapon into an apartment building. The man entered, turned on the second-story landing, and started shooting. The detective was wounded, and Duran shot to death.

A five-hour standoff began at around 6 a.m. when Tim Bredernitz's wife reportedly escaped out a bathroom window after he'd threatened her and had neighbors call police. Police said Bredernitz held his teenage daughter hostage briefly, but let her go unharmed. A police negotiator contacted Bredernitz by phone, but Bredernitz ended the conversation after a few hours. Police said they entered the home and found Bredernitz had shot himself.

Officers came to an apartment complex serving residents with mental health issues to investigate a possible stabbing. Marrero, hostile and behaving unpredictably, appeared on a rear porch flourishing a couple of knives and confronting five to seven officers. Marrero surrendered one weapon but appeared, according to the police account, to be concealing another in his socks. The victim was 12 to 15 feet away when he was shot at 8 to 12 times. Four bullets struck him.

Linda Lee Wood, the wife of a prominent Redding businessman, apparently killed herself after officer Eric Little and investigator Robert Wilson came to arrest her at her home, then let her go change her clothes.

According to police, Kenneth Jay Rosselot was suspected of being the "Sysco Kid," who'd gone on a months-long bank robbery spree spanning several counties. A high-speed chase ensued at around 9:45 a.m. after a robbery at the Flagstar bank in Chelsea, police said. Rosselot lost control of his BMW and flipped into the air. According to police, Rosselot fled from the vehicle, but collapsed and died in the hospital from his injuries.

An officer shot and killed Keith Johnson when he allegedly pointed a pistol at police. At around 3:30 p.m., police said that two officers in a gang detail stopped their car to question Johnson and another youth walking along the street. According to police, the officers took one youth into custody, but Johnson ran away with a gun in his hand and hid under a stairwell. One of the officers shot Johnson when he allegedly aimed the gun at him.

Michele M. Dabrowski died when a car struck her after she'd been ordered out of her car by rookie officer James Brown on a four-lane road. Brown said he'd stopped Dabrowski at around 2 a.m., determined that she may have been DUI and had her get out of the car. Soon afterward, Dabrowski was hit by a teenaged driver who police said was asleep at the wheel. Dabrowski died instantly. A DuPage County coroner's jury ruled Dabrowski's death an accident.

Deputies were called to a domestic disturbance. Flippen shot and killed Deputy Robert Hedman before he was shot and killed by Sgt. Billy Anders. Flippen was handcuffed on the ground. Anders received a year in jail.

Denoy Terrell Thomas, who was in the backseat of a car fleeing police, was killed when the car crashed.

Police shot and killed Juan Zaragoza after an undercover drug operation apparently went awry.

Jonathan William Hyland was wanted for shooting his wife and a male companion in Morgantown, W.Va. He shot and killed himself after being pulled over by state police.

Francisco Ceja shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Guadalupe Beltran, before shooting and killing himself as a DuPage deputy watched.

Police shot and killed Brian Charles Smith, who was acting combative.

A CHP officer shot and killed Joey Cervantes, who struggled over a handgun with an Explorer participating in a ride-along.

Deputies responded to a call at Ross' home where witnesses said that Ross had assaulted his wife and was threatening other family members, police said. But after a struggle with deputies, he died.

Herrera was shot and killed after a car pursuit in Buena Park, California. The officer claimed that Herrera was reaching for a gun. Herrera's family sued and hired a forensic expert who was prepared to testify otherwise. However, the city settled with the Herrera family for $5 million. The officer was not charged.

Dwight Love was killed when a driver fleeing from officer Brady Greene hit his car. According to police, Greene had stopped Calvin Tally's 1997 Cadillac for a traffic offense at 10:55 p.m. on Estates View Drive. Tally allegedly fled and then crashed into Love's car, killing Love and injuring his passenger. Tally, 31, reportedly sustained minor injuries and was charged with reckless homicide.

Police were checking on a man in a car. It's uncertain what started the fight, but Gonzales tried to take an officer's gun, according to police. He was shot and killed.

Deceased was shot by police after alleged hostage-taking, robbery, and brandishing a gun.

Two deputies responded to a domestic violence call at the man's trailer in Oak Grove Trailer Park. When deputies tried to arrest Gibbs on charges of simple battery, he resisted arrest and tried to grab for the deputies' service weapons and was shot and killed.

According to the Star Tribune, Miller stole three cars and had rammed other vehicles when a trooper shot him.

Jones was killed by local officers on Christmas Day as they responded to a domestic violence call, and he advanced on them with a knife.

Police responded to several vandalism calls in a neighborhood off Hopewell Road. A silver-colored vehicle found at the scene drove off, according to reports. A pursuit followed, though the officer lost track of the suspect's vehicle after declining to drive over 50 mph out of fear of encountering icy roads, police said. The suspects later drove by two Fulton police cars, who gave chase, though at relatively low speeds. Police found the suspect's vehicle partially submerged in a "swampy area" off Hopewell.

Officer Mario Jacinto shot and killed Patrick Edward Vallor when he pointed a gun at pursuing officers in a McDonald's parking lot after he'd reportedly murdered a transexual prostitute in Hollywood earlier that evening.

Aquileo Jimenez-Duran confronted a man in the parking lot of the Fashion Show Mall, demanding the man's keys. The man refused, so Jimenez-Duran began breaking the windows of the car. The victim ran to a bus and had the driver call police. Officer confronted Jimenez-Duran who became aggressive. The officer pulled out a baton and used it on Jimenez-Duran to no effect, so he pulled out his Taser. The man was felled by the Taser, but as the officer dropped his baton in order to handcuff him, Jimenez-Duran got up and grabbed the baton. He began swinging it at the officer's head, and the officer fired three times from his handgun.

Police shot and killed Paul K. Acierno when he became belligerent and brandished a gun at a Washington Mutual bank branch.