Patrick was shot after an encounter with police regarding a high speed chase in a stolen car. His accomplice admitted that they had been burglarizing area homes for methamphetamine. It was determined by medical examiner that the victim had also shot himself in the head, in addition to being shot by police.

Derryl LeFave, 32, and Kristopher Cheyne, 36, led officers on a high speed chase after allegedly robbing a bank in Ravenna, MI at gunpoint. Police reported the suspects were firing live rounds at them during the chase. LeFave and Cheyne crashed their vehicle on an I-96 off-ramp after striking and killing Wyoming Police Officer Trevor Slot, 41. LeFave and Cheyne were killed by police after exiting the vehicle and firing upon them.

Officers saw Monroe, naked, walking down Buchta road. They approached him. He ran into a field. Officers pepper-sprayed and handcuffed Monroe, then called for an ambulance. Monroe stopped breathing. He died at Angleton Danbury Medical Center. Monroe was found to be in possession of cocaine during a similar naked encounter with police on May 5.

According to the Cook County medical examiner's office, Kevin Davis choked to death on a "foreign body" after being arrested in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. Davis had been arrested at about 7:40 p.m. on a drug charge. At some point, Davis allegedly tried to swallow a packet of drugs and started choking. Davis was pronounced dead at the hospital at 8:28 p.m.

Downey Police reported that they shot Vargas about 6:50 p.m. Officials were not releasing details about the shooting but said no officers were injured. After the incident, Vargas was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later. Coroner's records show he had several gunshot wounds.

Charlie Post took narcotics and other drugs before he ambushed Lower Burrell Patrolman Derek Kotecki, according to a Westmoreland County Coroner's report. Police said Kotecki, 40, was looking for Post in regard to the shooting of another man several days earlier when police got a tip Post was in an SUV in the Dairy Queen parking lot. As Kotecki approached the SUV in which Post hid, Post fired numerous times through a closed window, killing Kotecki. Post then got out of the SUV and ran to the rear of the parking lot and shot and killed himself.

Aguilar was shot and killed while attempting to escape from police at a medical imaging office.

Officers responded to Christen's home after a 911 call from his wife claiming that he was throwing furniture and getting violent. The officers arrived to find Christen and his two sons in the basement, and Christen refused to come out. He then began firing on the officers with a rifle, advancing up the stairs and continually firing. An officer fired back, hitting him four times and killing him. A review of the shooting found the officers were "clearly and legally justified," an investigation later found.

An off-duty state patrol auxiliary member was interrupted in her shower by her young son--a strange man was in the house with a bow and arrow. The man, next-door neighbor Harris, confronted the trooper with "Where's the money?" The trooper led Harris out to her car. Naked by now, Harris was shot once in the stomach and died of his wounds. Florida Highway Patrol auxiliary members are sworn officers.

Moreno--who tests later showed had a large amount of cocaine in his system--shot up his brother's car and waved a gun at passing motorists near Hillsdale and Narvaez avenues in South San Jose. Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office says a San Jose police officer Jeff Harwell was justified in using lethal force against Moreno, who pointed a gun at another officer.

Jeffrey Kelly reportedly became unresponsive in the back of a patrol car and died shortly after being arrested.

Police responding to a domestic violence call exchanged gunfire with a man who allegedly shot his wife. It is unclear if he died by his own hand or was shot by police.

Ishmael Butler died after he crashed into a building during a police chase. Police said they spotted a Pontiac driving erratically at a high rate of speed near Central Avenue and 10th Street around 12:30 a.m. Officers tried to stop the car, but Butler allegedly refused to pull over. According to police, Butler attempted to swerve around stop sticks, but lost control of his car and struck the side of a building.

After a wild chase, Vigil crashed, killing him.

The victim was the lead suspect in the case of a shooting at Lehigh Permanente, which resulted in 3 deaths and one injury. The victim was discovered after a manhunt search for him. Shots were fired, and he was pronounced dead.

Brian L. McNutt fled a traffic stop at high speeds and crashed and died.

Glenn D. Norman died after Sgt. Brian Fiene shocked him fifteen times with a Taser. At around 4:30 a.m., Fiene and deputies Sgt. Brian Fiene and deputies Richard Dziadosz, Larry Rutherford and Jamee Watson responded to a caller who said a man had knocked on his door and pushed his way inside when the caller opened it. A struggle reportedly ensued before Norman fled. The deputies found Norman in an adjacent yard. Norman allegedly resisted when the deputies attempted to take him into custody. After Fiene used his Taser, Norman stopped breathing and died. In 2014, Camden County paid $1 million to Norman's family to settle a wrongful death suit.

The Pauly brothers were returning home from work and encountered a road rage incident in which a couple young women, on route to Las Vegas, NM. The women contacted the state police with the license plate number. The state police showed up, en masse, at the Pauly residence without lights or sirens. As the cars approached the brothers, not understanding these were cops, armed themselves as they saw flashlights approaching the residence. They called out that they had guns, thinking it was people from the confrontation, not police. Samuel Pauly was said to have brandished a gun and, allegedly fired three shots, inside the residence, visible through a window and he was shot and killed.

Mr. Woo stabbed his parents to death, seemed intent on attacking officers. Officers used non-lethal force first, (beanbag weapon) then shot Woo as he continued to advance upon officers.

The man, who was holding what turned out to be a pellet gun, refused to drop the weapon and was shot when he turned toward the officers. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.

Chaz Anthony Williams, BreeAnne Green and Adrian Ary were killed when their 1990 Buick LeSabre crashed while fleeing police after stealing alcohol from a San Leandro FoodMaxx.

Authorities were searching for Bassler after he had killed two people. Authorities shot him in the redwood forest after he pulled a gun on them.

911 called domestic disturbance, police told man had gun. police encounter man with gun who takes a shot and wounds one officer. Multiple shots.

A local motorcycle officer initiated a pursuit of an SUV travelling 69 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. Soon after, that fleeing SUV rammed a small Mazda sedan containing Pablo Mansilla-Aguinaga and Sandra Paulson. Both died in the fiery crash. The driver of the SUV emerged with serious head wounds.

Wainright had just committed armed robbery of a drug store, and was apprehended, and then escaped from police and was shot as he was running back to his vehicle.

Javier was killed when an officer shot him in the back at point-black range. Local police had pursued him after responding to a shots-fired call at an apartment complex, locating Javier, and briefly chasing him in vehicles then on foot.

Kurmas was walking across the street, said to be on her way to church, when struck and killed by a suspect chased by the police. Multiple jurisdictions in five or six vehicles had been in pursuit with full lights and siren for at least ten seconds before the incident. The suspect received life in prison.

Trooper Dwayne Stanford, 27, pulled over a car on Interstate 40 because the vehicle fit the description of one carrying a suspect in another case. Stanford placed the woman, Christi Pepper, 47, under arrest, took her to his cruiser and was then shot by a man in the car. He was wearing a bullet-resistant vest. The trooper then shot and killed Robert Cunningham Jr.

Police were contacted after Valentine called a suicide hotline threatening to shoot anyone that came onto his porch. Troopers responded to Valentine's residence and established phone contact with him, police said. Shortly after the contact began, Valentine started a fire in his residence. Valentine then left the burning residence, fled into the backyard armed with a small-caliber handgun and shot himself in a wooded area behind the house.

Silver had active armed-robbery warrants from three states when he was intercepted by officers in an ATM drive-through lane of a branch bank. He'd carjacked a vehicle with a woman and small child. Two cruisers blocked him in, the woman was pulled to safety, and Silver was fatally shot after he pointed a black BB gun.

Rogers died of gunshot wounds after he refused a negotiator's commands to get out of his overturned van at East Seventh Avenue and South Hatch Street on the lower South Hill.

Jose Roberto Sanchez was killed when he crashed into a pickup truck while leading the CHP on a high-speed chase.

State troopers responding to a domestic disturbance found Welden in an open field, across from his sister's house, with a loaded shotgun. For more than 30 minutes a dozen troopers surrounded Welden and instructed him to drop the weapon. When at last he fired, they fatally shot him.

Arthur Raleigh, 34, was shot after he fled from a car and threatened the officer with a gun.

Nathaniel Dixson McCormick was reportedly suicidal when he rushed at police with a knife and was shot and killed.

Michael Agustin Reza was killed when he crashed his 1997 Honda Accord into a Dodge Charger at the entrance to Cal State Los Angeles while fleeing the CHP. At around 1 a.m. the CHP had been pursuing Reza for speeding on the westbound 10 Freeway. The Honda exited at Fremont Avenue and continued west on Hellman Avenue. The CHP reportedly pursued the Honda until losing sight of it just east of the 710 Freeway overcrossing. Reza missed a slight curve and struck the Dodge, which was about to make a right turn into a university parking lot. The impact propelled the Dodge about 125 feet backward. The Honda hit a bus stop awning and came to a rest on the sidewalk. Reza got out of his car and collapsed on the lawn by the bus stop and died at the scene. The three people in the Dodge were injured.

Four officers fired simultaneously; outside a school.

To evade police, possibly because of his outstanding warrant on drugs charges, Gaskin fled from a convenience store and into a nearby canal. He only made it about halfway before struggling. Despite medical attention he drowned.

Officers Brandon Bliss, Brendan Talty and Sgt. Sean Paull responded to the Wayside Bar to remove Bradford T. Gibson. Employees said Gibson was grabbing women at the bar. According to police, Bliss told Gibson he was under arrest for trespassing, and got his right hand cuffed before Gibson began resisting. Police and bouncers reportedly got Gibson to the ground, but couldn't finish cuffing him. Gibson allegedly continued struggling after the officers put him in the patrol car. Paull and Bliss tasered Gibson to subdue him so they could shut the car doors, according to the police report. Gibson died about an hour later while continuing to fight with police at the jail. Police said Gibson died of an overdose.

According to police, Gordon had been driving over the speed limit on Interstate Hwy. 394. When Zarrett attempted to pull her over, Gordon stopped her car next to a median. Police say she immediately got out of her car and pointed a small handgun at the officer. Zarrett fired.

Etheredge's estranged wife called 911 when Etheredge began following her and her male friend. The two men were wrestling for the gun when Officer Kirk Anderson arrived, police said. Anderson ordered Etheredge to drop the weapon, but he refused, police said. The companion pushed away from Etheredge, who then rolled toward Anderson, police said. Police said Anderson fired at Etheredge several times, striking him at least once.

Officer Timothy Livingston and Deputy Brian Arledge joined Deputy Jeffrey Jones in responding to a suicide threat. Dean, armed with a revolver, drove a red Ford F250 away from the authorities through a rural area. They followed him as Officer Mack Fuller and Deputy Marty Latham responded. Dean later parked the truck and entered a recreational vehicle. He told authorities that he was only dangerous to himself and asked them to kill him. Deputy Latham shot at Dean with a stun gun. A flash bang canister was thrown at the RV. The canister, rather than enter through a broken window, bounced off of the curtains. Dean, sobbing, pointed the revolver at authorities. Authorities fatally shot Dean.

Callahan's brother called 911 to report a possible suspicious person inside their house. While checking the house, officers fired blindly through doors and walls and fatally struck the unarmed Callahan three times. Their behavior, the detention of family members, and the delay in getting medical attention to the victim (while the uninjured officers were rushed to the hospital) were grounds for the family's wrongful death suit against the county and eight officers.

Stephens shot his son to death and lit himself on fire.

Jackson police officers and Jackson County sheriff's deputies surrounded a house around 9:45 a.m. after receiving a call that Caleb Cannons was barricaded inside with a gun. Cannons, whose relatives said had recently returned from drug rehab, reportedly yelled from a window that he couldn't handle his life's problems and had already relapsed. Police said they negotiated with Cannons for three hours before hearing a single gunshot. Officers went inside and found Cannons had shot himself in an upstairs bedroom.

Officers reported that they responded to a call about a party, and when they arrived, Watkins ran and pulled a gun. An officer then shot him to death, and the police said they recovered a gun.

Officers responded to a report of a disturbance at a hotel room. The officers found the room in a blood-stained shambles: windows smashed, furniture overturned and pictures taken off the walls. Officers arrested Cook in the bathroom as he began to destroy a toilet and a shower. He lost consciousness and died at Weatherford Regional Medical Center. Note: Drug use suspected. If confirmed, not recorded.

A 36-year-old Moore man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police were responding to a domestic violence call at the time of the man's death.

A dispute inside Club Envy led one of the angry partiers to fire into a crowd gathered outside the club as it was closing, wounding three people. Two of the three off-duty Cleveland police officers working at the club then shot and killed the suspected gunman, Elijah Cole.

A Columbia cab driver was shot to death in a Waffle House parking lot, and the suspected shooter, Nicholas Kyle Rivers, later killed himself after leading police on a 30-minute, high-speed chase through three counties in the stolen cab.

Officers reported that they responded to a call in which Salinas had pulled a gun in an argument with a manager at a residence. When officers arrived and failed to subdue Salinas, they shot him to death.

The officers were responding to a domestic violence call when they encountered Theoharides wielding a butcher knife. Neighbors said at the time they heard the police identify themselves and warn Theoharides before firing.

Kolstad's girlfriend called police the evening of Sept. 14, saying he had threatened to kill her, then others and himself. Officers began a search for Kolstad, who they believed was armed with a gun. Police found Kolstad in a Minnesota City park, where he made his way to the ledge of a bridge and continued a standoff with police. Officers said Kolstad, who was later found to have been armed with a knife, not a gun, ignored orders to drop his weapon and instead wielded the weapon as though it were a gun. Hazelton fired one shot at Kolstad, killing him.

Erick Von Schelske was killed when his motorcycle hit a tree while trying to evade the CHP.

Samuel Liaw, a 42-year-old Asian man, was shot and killed by Monterey Park police in the 200 block McPherrin Avenue in Monterey Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The fatal shooting occurred just after midnight, authorities said. No officers were injured. Liaw was pronounced dead at the scene.

Scott Bogorquez fled a traffic stop on his motorcycle, crashed and was killed.

Deputy Bryan Angelle responded to a report that Polanco and his mother were in a physical fight. Deputy Angelle confronted Polanco, armed with a knife, inside his mother's residence. Deputy Angelle tried to reason with Polanco. Polanco approached him, still armed. Deputy Angelle fatally shot him.

Vargas was shot after driving over a deputies foot and fleeing in a vehicle. Deputies had approached vehicle in parking lot while looking for a different person with an outstanding warrant. A deputy shot at the vehicle as it sped away.

Officer Windom responded to a 911 domestic, Ferguson came outside with a loaded gun pointed at Windom. Windom fired once killing Ferguson.

Oxford police responded to a 911 hang up call at the Reaves home, and discovered a minor domestic incident between "Donny" Reaves and his wife (arguing). Mrs. Reaves says she told police the antique .22 handgun her husband had was not loaded. The family contends police did not give the deceased, a Navy Veteran and cancer survivor, a warning to drop his gun. Instead, police officers fired on Reaves with high-powered rifles. "They did exactly what they were supposed to do. I'm not a politically correct person, but if you point a gun at a police officer, you should expect to be shot, plain and simple," said Oxford chief of Police Bill Partridge. " We're not going check to see if there are bullets."

Officers Javier Cantu, Ismael Ybarra, Daryl Anderson and Lou Villagomez responded to multiple disturbance calls at an apartment complex. Edwards, the subject of the call, resisted arrest. Officers tasered and pepper-sprayed him as he tried to escape down an apartment stairwell. Edwards collapsed minutes later, then died at a hospital. Officers Cantu and Ybarra had served for 13 years. Officers Anderson and Villagomez had served for six.

Two officer responded to a reported domestic disturbance, police said. Roger DeGhetto, 39, who lived at the home, was found holding a family member hostage with a knife. Officers ordered DeGhetto to put down the knife. He refused and was shot and killed.

Police arriving to a shots-fired call found Rodriguez-Gallo threatening another man with a handgun. Commanded to drop the gun, he did not, and was shot to death.

On reports of a drunk driver, a county deputy and a parks ranger drove up to the Glendo Reservoir to intercept Jochim, the brother of a local rancher. Jochim refused to exit his vehicle, drove to the ranch with both vehicles in pursuit, then fired on them. He wounded the park ranger slightly. He was shot to death in turn.

Las Vegas police were called to a Wal-Mart store over a person, later identified as Marc Hull, who had tried to make a purchase with a fraudulent credit card. At some point during the confrontation with officers, Hull pulled out a gun and shot several times. One was shot once in his protective vest and several times in the arm and survived.

Lashondria Rice and Teikeia Dorsey died from injuries suffered after their vehicle was struck by a Shaw Police Department cruiser driven by Officer Tony Collins.

Police were summoned by residents of an apartment building, where Victor Medina had allegedly threatened to detonate a bomb after being asked to leave. The caller said Medina had what appeared to be a stick of dynamite. Officers convinced Medina, who was displaying an object he said was a bomb, to leave the building. After an hour-long standoff in the parking lot, Medina approached police, ignoring commands to stop. Officer Will Martin shot Medina once with an AR-15 rifle, killing him. The "bomb" turned out to be a road flare with a silver flashlight attached with black tape.

Henrico Police responded in reference to a suicidal subject. Officers approached the residence and attempted to make contact with the male occupant without success. A short time later while officers were still on the scene, a taxi cab approached with the male subject, later identified as Gregory McCracken, 49, as a passenger. As officers approached the taxi, McCracken produced a small handgun and shot himself in an attempt to commit suicide. McCracken then raised the weapon toward the officers. One officer fired shots into the taxi striking McCracken in the torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Shot while burglarizing the home of an Atlanta police officer.

At about 3:30 a.m., deputy Lee Hardy attempted to conduct a "suspicious persons stop" on Darryll Carter and two other people who were standing next to a black Dodge Charger. Hardy reportedly saw money and/or items exchange hands, and asked Carter to come closer and take his hands out of his pockets. Carter came closer, but showed his hands briefly before putting them back in his pockets, according to Hardy. Hardy took Carter by the left shoulder, grabbed his right hand, pulled it out of his pocket, and pushed him toward the Charger. Carter then fled, and Hardy chased after him with his Taser drawn. When Carter came to a fence, he allegedly fired two shots at Hardy, who reportedly accidentally discharged his Taser and stumbled before firing two shots at Carter. Carter climbed over the fence and allegedly fired two or three more shots. Hardy fired two more shots at Carter, who then fled. Deputies discovered Carter collapsed in a nearby field with multiple gunshot wounds. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene. Hardy was not hurt. Officials said crime scene technicians recovered a handgun and spent casings from the location. No shell casings matching the firearm purportedly used by Carter were recovered on the side of the fence from which Carter allegedly fired his last shots. The gun was recovered on that side far away from where Carter ultimately collapsed. Carter's hands tested negative for gunshot residue.

Plain-clothes Boston police officers noticed McMullen sitting in a car with a known prostitute and approached the vehicle. As the woman climbed out of the car, McMullen accelerated backward and struck her. After chasing McMullen for 18 miles, police shot him dead.

Officers reported that they responded to a call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon, and when they arrived at Diaz' home, his family said that he'd been involved and pointed them to a detached room where Diaz was staying. When officers entered Diaz' room, they ordered him to raise his hands, and he instead pointed a gun at them, and an officer shot him to death. The gun turned out to be a replica.

According to the Argus Leader: After leaving a bar, an intoxicated Engen went home, loaded his handgun, fired off a round and got in his truck and drove away. He made a call to 911 that he was drunk, had a gun and wanted to kill an officer. When he was found near the high school, he fired two rounds at deputies and drove back into town, where he rammed his vehicle through the front door of the sheriff's office. Engen barricaded himself there for about 30 minutes. Engen walking out the back door with his handgun and encountered two deputies and Trooper Todd Albertson. Albertson ordered him to drop his gun. When Engen kept walking in his direction Albertson shot Engen three times.

Former professional wrestler Collado came to the assistance of a friend who he thought was being robbed, putting his assailant in a chokehold. That assailant was an undercover NYPD detective who shot Collado in the stomach. He died 12 hours later. Collado's niece came to provide medical assistance and was arrested for obstruction.

Alraheim Tolbert had just robbed a bank at gunpoint and climbed into Tony Carr's empty government truck as a getaway vehicle. Carr somehow got into, or remained in, the passenger seat. Police assumed that Carr was an accomplice and fired on both men. Carr was struck and fell out of the vehicle. Tolbert crashed the truck almost immediately afterward leaving both dead. A grand jury later cleared the police of any wrongdoing.

Richard S. Cantando was fleeing and fired on police as part of a high-speed pursuit before he fatally shot himself. Police said the chase began when police in Hilltown Township received a call about a possible suicidal person. Cantando allegedly had spoken to his minister, saying his probation was going to be violated but he couldn't go to prison.

Peterson felt he'd been cheated at a convenience store and threw a brick through their window. Police found him at his apartment. Something in his response at the door made officers feel threatened. Following a SWAT team response and a two-hour standoff, Peterson was shot to death with five rounds.

Shayne Franklin Riggleman killed five before shooting himself as police chased him. He was apparently distraught after being rejected from military service.

Bonnee, 30, was standing in the street when the deputy arrived in response to a call regarding a violent home invasion. According police, Bonnee "refused multiple commands by the deputy to drop the weapon and began to aggressively charge at the deputy. The deputy drew his weapon and fired, shooting Bonnee multiple times, killing him."

Winona Moore died from injuries she suffered after being thrown from her motorcycle as vehicles braked to avoid hitting Brett Andrew Phares, who was running from police across four lanes of traffic.

Larry Collins was killed in a head-on collision when a local officer chased burglary and robbery suspect Brian Everett Lipp the wrong way on an interstate. Ultimately cornered some three hours later, Lipp was fatally fired on by local, state and federal officers with an estimated 50 rounds. His weapon proved to be a pellet gun.

Doree attempted to flee a routine traffic stop, dragging Kalinoff with her car. Before he made the stop, Kalinoff had been warned that Doree might be transporting drugs. He noticed a white substance inside the car, and as he walked back to his squad car, Doree began driving away, but the officer's arm was caught on the door. Police say Kalinoff was dragged about 200 feet down the freeway before he fired at the car, hitting Doree. The Star Tribune later reported that Doree had been transporting methamphetamine. Her husband and 21 others were indicted in a drug ring soon after her death.

Diana Paz was struck by a Toyota pickup truck just after state trooper Krzysztof Piotrowski left her at a BP Amoco gas station. Piotrowski had arrested Paz for DUI, brought her to the Westchester PD for booking and then, after Paz posted bond, dropped her off at the gas station at about 5:40 a.m. An autopsy estimated Paz's BAC at twice the legal limit. A lawsuit said Piotrowski should have known Paz was still under the influence and that she did not have her cell phone or other means to seek assistance because he hadn't let her retrieve her personal belongings before he had her car towed.

Jeremy DeBoy led officers from the Mooresville Police Department, Hendricks County Sheriff's Department, and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on a chase through three counties before he crashed and was killed while operating a 1997 Yamaha 600R motorcycle.

Officers responding to a traffic-related disturbance found Villanueva already restrained by a wrecker driver. Villanueva refused to let EMS treat him. Officers handcuffed Villanueva and took him to North Cypress Medical Center, where he died of unknown causes.

Pannell fired shots at Inspector Clemons and Officer Kalmanek. Officers returned fire, Pannell died at scene.

An undercover and unidentified officer shot Terry A. Pruitt, 45, of 940 Science Ridge Road, near Jeffersonville, during a drug investigation, police said

Buckingham County deputies responded to a domestic dispute call at a home at 7 p.m. Once deputies arrived, they said they encountered an armed man, and a shoot out began. Jerry Farley was shot and killed.

Perhaps 20 officers confronted Doerbecker in the back yard of his father's ocean-side house, after a late evening/early morning round of Doerbecker drunkenly expelled from local bars and an attempted burglary across the street. His refusal to drop a 12-inch knife lead police to fatally shoot him in the head. In June 2014 his parents settled a $1M wrongful-death suit with the county.

Nine officers hogtied Koscielniak, pinned him to the ground and tasered him twelve times in a row in an attempted to subdue him. The coroner attributed his death to cocaine use, heart disease, and "excited delirium".

According to reports, 16-year-old Zachary "Zach" Barber and 14-year-old Donald Proctor were pushing a moped along Stage Road around 11:30 a.m., when off-duty trooper Daniel Parker hit them from behind with his personal vehicle. Barber was taken by helicopter to the hospital where he died from his injuries. Proctor was hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries. Parker was physically uninjured in the crash. He admitted he was distracted by a cell phone teetering off the passenger seat before hitting the teens. Parker, 36, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and was sentenced to six months in jail. According to Barber's grandmother, Barber's mother told he she couldn't take it anymore and that she didn't feel well before dying of a heart attack in October 2011.

Leonard Egland was suspected of killing four people in Pennsylvania and Virginia was found dead in a wooded area after a manhunt and exchange of gunfire with police. Not reported but possible suicide.

Police called to Hill's home for a domestic disturbance call missed him, but his wife showed them the convicted felon's gun and ammunition collection, mentioning the handguns that were missing. The next day they caught up to him at a nearby friend's house. He came out armed, aiming the gun at his own head, and he was shot to death.

Police responded at around 3 a.m. after Department of Corrections officer Jesus "Jessie" Flores fatally shot his wife Jennifer "Jen" Michelle Flores. SWAT officers reportedly tried to call Jesus Flores out of the house. They later entered the home and found he'd shot himself.

Tyler Yaroch was killed when he crashed his 2000 Jeep Wrangler after a police pursuit. Tonganoxie Deputy Chief Billy Adcox said that at around 12:30 a.m. an officer saw the Jeep going above the speed limit, run a red light at the KS-16 intersection and almost hit another vehicle. According to Adcox, the officer pursued the Jeep at speeds in excess of 100 mph southbound on U.S. 24-40 until a supervisor advised the officer to terminate the pursuit east of the Lawrence Municipal Airport. Several hours later, a passerby discovered the crashed Jeep just west of where the Tonganoxie officer ended his pursuit.

Motivated by a sense of fun, Geisen deliberately drew police into an early-morning high-speed pursuit through the streets of industrial Toledo. The chase ended with Geisen hitting a triple set of railroad tracks in his 1989 Nissan, going airborne for at least 100 feet, and crashing into the side of a house. Geisen's two friends in the car were seriously injured. The impact killed him.

Slatington police had attempted to pull James J. Diehl over, according to state police. Diehl didn't stop and instead took off. Diehl crossed into Walnutport and lost control of his car, flipping his car and striking a house's porch, killing him.

The officers chased Shepard, 21, on foot after responding to a report of a stolen bicycle. Valiski told police investigators that he shot Shepard after Shepard reached into his waistband during the chase. Valiski told investigators. "I believed that the suspect was armed and that he was going to fire his gun at me." Worthington, who did not shoot, said Shepard turned and fired two shots as he ran. Police found a .25-caliber handgun in a backyard about 100 yards north of the spot where Shepard fell, along the path he had run with Worthington in pursuit.

Officers reported that they responded to a call about a screaming man, and went into his home. Then they said that he refused their orders, they tased him unsuccessfully, and he stabbed one of the officers with a sharp cane. Then an officer shot Shephard to death. The police later changed the story that the officer had been hit, and not stabbed by the cane.

Shumway, with a history of mental health issues and reportedly depressed, assaulted a police officer at a service station while parked and doing paperwork. According to police accounts Shumway was able to steal the officer's weapon through an open car window, then grazed the officer's leg with a gunshot. Another responding officer commanded Shumway to drop the weapon. He refused, and was shot to death.

Responding to calls of a suicidal man, a Mankato Public Safety Officer found Hess in the front yard outside the house holding a weapon. After several attempts to get Hess to drop the weapon, Hess pointed it at the officer, prompting him to fire and fatally hit Hess once in the chest.

A caller told police her son was threatening suicide. He had a gun, she said, and had already cut his wrists, according to police. The caller was outside the house and a girlfriend inside the house soon left. Police arrived and blocked Silent Grove Road while they contacted Crownover by a cellphone. Police, looking through the windows, could see Crownover set down his gun several times, but he picked it up and walked out of sight, and police heard the gunshots that presumably killed him.

An armed car robbery committed by Pierre and his brother who was injured turned into a gunfight involving a Wells Fargo guard and two police officers

Laboy was the prime suspect in the armed robbery and wounding of a shopkeeper in the previous week. Approached by police, Laboy reportedly made a sudden move toward his waistband and was shot and killed.

Kylan Laurent reportedly jumped from the Veterans Memorial Bridge (Gramercy Bridge) while being chased by police because of his suspected connection with several murders. Laurent led police on a chase through Vacherie, along LA 18 in St. James Parish. Just before 1 p.m. Laurent was heading south on LA 18 from Vacherie, when he made a u-turn on LA 3213 near the Wallace community. Laurent's 2005 Chevrolet Impala then stopped at the top of the bridge in Gramercy, where he got out of the car and went over the wall into the river 165 feet below. The pursuit and the jump were reportedly caught on the dashboard cameras in Louisiana State Police units. Laurent's body was pulled from the Mississippi River about 22 miles from where he'd jumped in St. Charles eight days later.

David Gardner reportedly committed suicide while being detained by an officer in Fairview Park.

Francisco Macias led police on a chase through Elkhart County early Monday morning and died when the car he was driving burst into flames in a soybean field off County Road 28. While the linked story was written before the DNA results came in, later reports show it was Macias.

In an extraordinary case, a Metro officer was found to be present at the shooting death of Robinson at the hands of another man, was romantically linked to the killer, and simply watched without intervening. The officer pled guilty to obstruction of justice and neglect of an officer to make an arrest.

Just before 2 a.m. a local officer engaged with Pozdol in front of a restaurant for unreported reasons, and ended up firing three bullets into his chest, killing him.

Driver Zafir Abdul Rahman, 24, of East Orange, and passenger Qaadir King, 29, of Newark were killed when they crashed into another vehicle during a high-speed chase.

Peter Ray Bassett died December 26, 2012 from complications related to a gunshot wound to the head sustained in a confrontation with officer Eduardo Barajas more than a year earlier.

The shooting took place following a short chase involving an ATV and a car jacking. Both homicide and internal affairs are investigating. Police say that after a brief chase the suspect got off the ATV and carjacked another vehicle. During an attempted get-away, the 28-year-old suspect allegedly attempted to run down a pursuing officer, who was on foot. The officer suffered a minor leg injury.Back-up officers then shot the suspect dead. The injured officer was treated at the same hospital. He is in good condition and expected to be released.

Police tracked several teens who were attending a Black Family Reunion on the suspicion that they tried to escape security by tossing guns over a fence and retrieving them. The officer was suspicious that Mullins had a weapon as he was clutching his right hand pocket. A struggle ensued and Mullins was shot.

Marquize Dezuwhan Martin was fleeing police in a stolen car when he was shot and killed by Officer Eric Bertram.

Truck was chased after reports it was involved in a robbery, after striking several police vehicles, Boone the driver was shot dead. Accounts vary on whether Boone was armed.

A man led police on a high-speed chase after they tried to pull him over for a traffic stop. Witnesses reported the man was driving drunk. He eventually stopped and ran into a house , sometime later, police heard a muffled gunshot. When they went inside, they found the man's dead body.

Phillip A. Trimble was shot by Mesa police after he had threatened to kill them, but he was not armed when he was shot. Police originally said that Trimble was shot by three officers when he dropped a cellphone and pointed a gun at them.

Peter James Thomas reportedly shot himself inside a San Rafael hotel room during a lengthy police standoff.

Ernesto Arturio Ascencio was killed when he was hit by a train after he'd crashed his car while being followed by a deputy. According to police, the deputy followed a 1994 Honda and a 2005 Toyota that he believed were racing as they left the city limits, then found that both vehicles had crashed into the north ditch. The Honda's driver, who wasn't injured, was arrested for reckless driving and other offenses. The Toyota was reportedly empty and deputies said they were unable to locate the driver or other possible passengers. About 30 minutes later, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad reported that an eastbound train had hit a pedestrian east of Road N in the area of Road 165. Deputies and EPD officers found Ascensio between two sets of railroad tracks and identified him as the driver of the Toyota.

Raya, a parolee attempting to avoid a warrant, was shot in the back three times by officers of the Anaheim Police Department. He was unarmed. The city paid $245,000 in an agreement to dismiss wrongful death and civil rights suits; one officer involved, Anaheim detective Bruce Linn, was also implicated in the shooting of Caesar Cruz in 2009.

Bliant Bruckner, manager of Brixx Bar, returned to the establishment after closing because he had forgotten his phone. Johnson cut a hole in a fence, went down an alley and broke into the bar at the same time. Bruckner saw Johnson. Johnson went back the way he came. Bruckner pinned him to the ground and called 911. Officers responded. Johnson was unresponsive. Officers and paramedics could not treat Johnson until they made a bigger hole in the fence and pulled him through it.

Deputies responded to a Sunday call about a man acting violently inside a residence. This was Chandler, who continued to be uncooperative as police tasered him, tasered him again, then restrained him. Eight minutes later Chandler became unresponsive and he died three days later.

Jeremy C. Lott reportedly shot himself during a half-day-long standoff with police at a Ramada Inn. Police said Lott's family called and told them that he was possibly suicidal and that he might have a gun. Negotiators tried to convince Lott to surrender but weren't successful. Special Response Team officers then used tear gas to try to force Lott out of his room. According to police, Lott took his own life at around 4:30 p.m.

Noland Thomas reportedly shot his wife, Jo Ann Thomas, 67, and then killed himself as police arrived at the scene.

Off-duty Officer Thomas encountered a fight and when he identified himself as an officer, Royal allegedly pointed a gun at him. Thomas shot and killed Royal.

Officers were responding to a call of a military veteran making threats against herself and others. Deceased had mental illness history predating military career. The night before the incident, Howard went to Jackson Memorial Hospital with psychiatric problems, but was transferred to the VA when they realized she was a veteran. Within hours she was home and the incident occurred. She fired twice on officers before they returned fire.

Three local officers responding to a 4:30 p.m. "man with a gun" call found Rivera, who tried to leave the scene. According to the police narrative one of them caught Rivera's shirttail, and he went to pull a weapon. The three shot 14 times, striking the victim "at least" twice. Police later arrested Rivera's grieving sister as she tried to set up a memorial.

Hayse died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Officers were chasing Hayse and another person as prime suspects in a recent bank robbery.

Police responding to Albrecht's home say they found a bloodied woman who told them her boyfriend was inside and was suicidal. Police say the 22-year old man emerged from the home armed with a shotgun and a knife, and did not respond to commands to drop the gun. So they shot him.

Officer Lisa Scharf saw Glenn in her backyard around 12:30 p.m. They grappled with one another for Scharf's gun. Scharf fatally shot him.

At 1 a.m. Pedro A. Garciga in a stolen Cadillac Escalade was being chased by multiple jurisdictions. Garciga chose to turn off his headlights and cross the center line, which set up a full-speed head-on crash with a Suburban with Sherry Ann Bullard and Elizabeth Ann Seymour. The woman both died there at the scene; Garciga died in surgery several hours later.

San Diego police and California Highway Patrol officers found Ledbetter pacing in the westbound lanes of the bridge and apparently preparing to jump off. Ledbetter suddenly reached into his pocket and pulled his hand out swiftly, as if drawing a gun, and three CHP officers shot the man in response

Hobert Thomas Livingston Jr. allegedly stabbed officer Ryan Powley in the neck while being transported to jail. Powley shot and killed Livingston, who died at a hospital four days later. According to police, Livingston had concealed a handcuff key and switchblade during his arrest. The items were wrapped in electrical tape and "internally concealed," police said.

Irwin Rand was shot in an exchange of gunfire with an officer. The officer responded when a Precinct Four officer reported seeing a man with a gun and called for backup. Investigators said Rand shot the officer once in the thigh while grazing him in the other leg. The officer struck Rand twice in the torso. Rand died the following morning at University Medical Center.

White went on a rampage, shooting a man in the face at a restaurant, killing Office Jeremy Henwood in a drive by shooting and himself dying in his car after police shot him.

Police were responding to a report of a home invasion. Police report Edwards was hiding in a closet and opened fire when ordered to come out. The officers returned fire. Edwards died at the scene.

Gregory V. Kralovetz reportedly yelled for help early in the morning. Police arrived and found him running naked down the road. They called an ambulance, but he became combative and ran away. Police used a Taser to subdue him. He died at St. Elizabeth Hospital 45 minutes later.

Deputies tried to serve warrants on Brito at a traffic stop. Brito struck a deputy with a vehicle. Deputies fatally shot him.

Chester Police were on the lookout for Simms who reportedly was carrying a stolen gun. After a foot chase Simms was shot in the back. Police allegedly found a fully loaded handgun near Simms.

Trooper Aaron Colvin tried to pull Ramirez-Perez over when a high-speed chase began. Colvin forced Ramirez-Perez into an I-215 off-ramp wall in Salt Lake City when a shootout began. Ramirez-Perez fired twice, but missed Colvin.

Police went to a nearby house attempting to serve a warrant. Suspect fled and allegedly fired on officers.

Air Force Captain Vivian Elmo died when her car was hit by an SUV driven by an off-duty El Paso County sheriff's deputy with a history of traffic offenses who ran a red light, the Colorado State Patrol said. Rodney Fannin was ticketed for a misdemeanor and fired because of the accident after an internal review.

Three officers responded to a call about a fight. The found Green at the scene, armed with a knife. They told him to put it down. He did not. Two officers tasered Green. He resisted arrest. A third officer, David Burrows, fatally shot Green with a pistol. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. According to the Longview News-Journal, Green's sister, Peggy Hill, filed a lawsuit claiming that the shooting was racially motivated.

Three officers had detained Tiger on the street, with an obvious open container of vodka, and Tiger was providing inaccurate answers. Without any triggering event Tiger produced a concealed .357 and opened fire on the three at close range, killing two. One of the fatally-wounded officers shot Tiger down with 14 rounds while still he was conscious.

Deputy David Clark shot Robert Sean Clifford when he reached for a weapon as Clark investigated what he deemed to be a suspicious car.

When officers arrived at to serve warrants against Bosley he allegedly pulled out a handgun, firing several shots.. The officers did not return fire. Bosley then ran to get into a car. Galiffo and Vanfossan converged on the car and shot him.

An officer attempted to stop a pedestrian suspected of being a wanted parolee. The suspect fled, jumped several fences, then confronted the officer with a knife. After a short fight, the officer stepped back and shot twice, fatally wounding the suspect.

Shafer was killed during an early-morning domestic disturbance call by a member of Elgin's small rural police department. Shafer had been handling, and supposedly unloading, an AR-15 in the officer's presence when the officer tasered Shafer then fatally shot him.

An unidentified and apparently distraught man jumped from a third floor fire escape of a Skid Row building and missed the air mattress set out to catch him after police tried to talk him down for 4.5 hours while he threatened to jump. According to police, the man had been on the fire escape since 4:30 a.m., but had begun to communicate with them. An LAPD crisis negotiation team tried to coax the man off the fire escape, and firefighters set up air mattress underneath him. The man died from his injuries at a County hospital about half an hour after he jumped.

Officer Louis Mecka responded to a shots-fired call. He got out of his vehicle with his police dog and chased Kittrell who refused ran. Police say Kittrell pointed a gun at Mecka, who shot and killed him.

Smith was reportedly a suspect in a previous investigation, and a passenger in a car pulled over in a traffic stop at 2:45 a.m. Smith was uncooperative, attempted to flee on foot, was not subdued by a Taser, and then was fatally shot. The shooting was ruled justified although the shot entered the back of his head.

Clarence Reggie Crawford was shot twice by police after allegedly engaging in a shootout at Peppers bar. Crawford had fled to Peppers after reportedly shooting two women, one fatally, at Contempo Apartments. A report said that one of Crawford's friends, tried to talk him into giving up, but Crawford refused. Crawford reportedly walked out of the bar holding a gun, despite officers' commands to drop the gun. A West Monroe officer says he felt his life was in danger, when he saw Crawford point a gun at him. Crawford died after being transported to hospital in critical condition.

Officers shot and killed Illuminado Lopez, 44, of Cleveland, who was drunk, depressed and wielding a butcher knife in the street near his home on West 52nd Street. Lopez refused orders to drop the knife, and continued to act aggressively after he was shot with a Taser, so the officers gunned him down. Family members said Lopez never threatened the officers, but only threatened to kill himself if police didn'€t shoot him.

Deputies had responded to Latham's home after Latham's wife called 911 to report a domestic dispute in the Lathams' vehicle, during which Latham struck her in the face after an argument about him being intoxicated. He greeted deputies with a gun upon arrival and refused to put it down. When he raised it toward them, he was shot and killed.

Stephen C. Stucker was killed after his truck crashed during a high-speed chase through El Dorado Hills.

Officer Jordan Greenhaw chased Trevino and Bernard Seetaram, riding a Kawasaki ATV, in connection to the theft of a boat. The ATV travelled down Gloria Drive, then continued into a field where the blacktop ends and turned onto a dirt road. Seetaram fell off the ATV. Trevino, the driver, lost control and flipped. Officer Greenhaw stopped his vehicle, arrested Seetaram, and saw Trevino laying underneath the patrol vehicle. Trevino died at a hospital.

Jeanne Ortega was killed when a vehicle driven by her daughter reportedly ran a red light and collided with a police car at about 8 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Two officers suffered minor injuries, police said.

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call, and upon catching up to Leskinen, he put his gun down. When a deputy shot him with his stun gun, Leskinen picked up his gun and fired, and was then shot by deputies.

Basil Berry and Eric Roach allegedly robbed a jewelry store in James City County, tying up employees and robbing them as well. That led to a manhunt in Henrico County. When police closed in, Berry and Roach fired at them from an SUV. Police shot and killed Berry. The car crashed. Roach escaped but was later captured.

Police seeking a gunman in the neighborhood crossed paths with 13-year-old Cannon with a plastic gun in the park. Officers killed him with eight rounds. Police and eyewitnesses of Cannon's behavior describe his last moments "quite differently".

Kevin Forearm was arrested on unspecified warrants and died at a medical facility.

Jose Almanza Lopez was killed when his car crashed on Highway 101 during a police chase. The pursuit reportedly began on Oxnard Boulevard after Lopez failed to yield. When Lopez tried to enter the southbound freeway, he was unable to make the right-hand curve, hit a raised island, lost control of the vehicle and rolled several times onto the freeway. Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:16 a.m.

Alfred was shot after refusing to drop a knife, and that police arrived after Alfred had stabbed another man to death.[

Waters was shot while reaching for a handgun while being chased by police. Officers were responding to report of man shoplifting in store.

Jenkins, a three-time ex-convict said to be violent, was wanted as a suspect in both a robbery and a murder within the previous week. Local police identified him and tried to make a traffic stop on a Thursday evening. Instead of pulling over Jenkins rammed police vehicles and was shot dead. It was unclear whether or not he'd been armed.

Guerrero harassed a group of children outside Jackson Elementary School. Officers responded. Guerrero resisted arrest. Officers subdued Guerrero, took him to a hospital then took him to Hidalgo County Jail and booked him. Guerrero started to seizure. Inmates banged on their cells for help. Guerrero was sent to a hospital, where he died of alcohol withdrawal and restraint. The death was ruled a homicide. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Officers reported that they responded to a robbery call, but when they arrived they were pointed to a warehouse where they heard a woman screaming. Officers broke in the door, and Sites was attempting to slash a woman's throat. He came toward officers with a knife, and they shot him to death.

Shot after posing a threat to officers. Police had attempted to stop the vehicle Moon was driving. Moon fled at high speed, crashed his vehicle and fled on foot into an apartment complex.

Ashley was questioned by a Denver Zoo security guard for odd behavior. The security guard called local police, and for this Ashley tackled and punched the guard. When police arrived Ashley resisted violently against multiple officers and was tasered. He died shortly afterward.

Palomo was observed beating and head-butting vehicles. Officers arrested Palomo for public intoxication. Because he continued to resist, the officers handcuffed and shackled him, and put a helmet on his head to prevent further self-injury. They drove Palomo to McAllen City Jail. He was unshackled and left in a padded cell. He died 20 minutes after entering the jail. Cocaine, alcohol, restraint and poor health all contributed to his death. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Dwayne Tribbett was suspected of a bank and a jewelry store robberies, when after a chase and a home invasion, he threatened police with a gun and was shot and killed.

Donald Gardner was killed after a Dodge Charger being chased by the CHP lost control and hit him while he was panhandling on a freeway off-ramp.

Police had pursued a Pauls Valley burglary suspect on the county roads around Elmore City and Anitoch before the suspect ended his pursuit by crashing the Hummer he was driving. Chester exited the Hummer with a box cutter knife in his hand and began to flee from four officers into a field. After attempting twice to stop Chester with taser guns, Chester turned and ran toward Maysville Police Officer Steve Huffman with the box cutter knife in an offensive position. He was shot and killed.

According to police, Bill Johnson detonated an explosive inside his house in Van Meter at about 2 p.m., and then sat outside drinking beer as deputies arrived. A neighbor said that Johnson told them the explosion was planned when asked if he was OK. Johnson reportedly shot and killed himself during a brief standoff with deputies. Sheriff Chad Leonard said Johnson was being sued over the property and had recently missed a court date.

Hawkins was shot after shooting at police, although some witnesses said that Hawkins had disposed of his weapon and was shot unarmed, though police said he was armed at the exact time when he was shot. Police were pursuing suspect after reports of gunshots in the area.

Shot after shooting at police who were attempting to cite Harding for light-rail fare evasion.

Police say Hill tried to pull a .38 revolver on an officer during a scuffle. The officer said he spotted Hill walking down the street near an Avondale Estates church and found Hill's behavior suspicious; during a pat-down search, Hill took off running and the officer chased him down.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the incident appears to involve narcotics officers and occurred during a buy-and-bust drug operation. The teen allegedly opened fire on the officers, and they shot back, hitting him. Police say a gun belong to the shot man was recovered at the scene. The officers were not injured in the gunfire.

Yeni Lopez, her unborn child and Gloria Montoya were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by a Wichita Falls Police cruiser travelling at excessive speeds.

Police chased Delpree Brown around 1:49 p.m. after he allegedly robbed Citizens Bank in Saginaw Township. Brown's car hit a minivan, and he died. The four people inside the minivan sustained "non-life-threatening injuries," according to police.

Beverly, who was suspected of stabbing his girlfriend, left the scene in a car and was pursued by the responding officer. The officer shot and killed Beverly when Beverly allegedly got out of the car brandishing a firearm.

While babysitting her nephew, a female suspect took the time to swing a marijuana deal in the parking lot of a closed auto dealership. This attracted the attention of police. She fled at high speed, with her 5-year-old nephew and her buyer as unwilling passengers, for some 60 blocks. She then struck a vehicle driven by Trompke, killing him. She received 18 years in prison.

Deputies were dispatched to a convenience store, where a clerk witnessed Ricky Eisen shoot a woman, Sherlyn Brannon. Deputies shot him as he was leaving the store with a handgun.

Authorities said Birmingham shot Campbell in the head while Campbell was responding to a call of shots fired at about 12:25 a.m. in the 700 block of 26th Street. Officer Lee Ortiz, 37, shot and killed on scene the suspect during a "shootout," said Snyder Lt. Brian Haggard.

Around noon local officers and county deputies chased burglary suspect Barnhart along city streets, apparently proceeding against their own chase policies. Barnhart vehicle struck another vehicle in oncoming traffic head on, killing himself and critically injuring the other driver. Reports name Barnhart variously as "Andrew" or "Anthony."

Two officers intervened in a fight, pulling Ramirez away as they tried to stop other participants. Ramirez went to his vehicle for a knife, then used it to stab another participant, who later died. In response, Officer C.E. Hightower shot Ramirez, who re-entered his vehicle, drove a short distance and died.

A teen said she woke up to find a bloody gun carrying woman in her bedroom who ordered her to leave the house. She called the police and when they arrived they say that woman pointed her rifle at them so they shot her.

Officer Ryan Stringer was killed when fellow officer Juan Carlos Mejia crashed his police car into Stringer's patrol car as both officers were responding to an emergency call.

According to the state patrol, a trooper saw Jacob A. Kraatz at the Melia Hill rest area at around noon after being notified that Kraatz might be suicidal. The trooper stopped the SUV after Kraatz left the rest area. Kraatz laid down inside his vehicle and a 1.5 hour standoff ensued. The Sarpy County Emergency Services Unit approached the SUV and reportedly found that Kraatz had killed himself.

Prior to the shooting, the man was at the Bourbon Street Blues Company nightclub in the 400 block of Bourbon. The man was asked to put a shirt on and was told that he would be ordered to leave the club if he did not do so. The man fired at the bouncers, grazing one in the back of the head. When an NOPD officer intervened, the man fired in the direction of the officer. The officer returned fire, striking him in the body.

Matthew Kelley was allegedly harassing two individuals, so police were called. When they arrived, they said Kelley resisted arrest, so he was tasered twice. The police saw blood on Kelley and took him to a hospital, but he died in the backseat of the patrol car.

Joshua Amir Nossoughi, who was reportedly naked and claiming to be God while under the influence of bath salts, died after four officers tasered, pepper sprayed and hit him with batons as he tried to break into the Battlefield City Hall. Police contended that Nossoughi was unfazed by five Taser shocks, two dozen baton strikes to his legs and pepper spray. Nossoughi was pronounced dead at a hospital. His body temperature was 105 degrees. The medical examiner's office decided that Nossoughi's death was caused by the bath salts.

Tommy Jack Lawson fled a drunken driving stop from sheriff's deputies, lost control of his vehicle, and died at the scene. His passenger, 19-year-old Kyal A. Campbell was seriously injured.

Cornell A. Richardson, 42, crashed his car while fleeing from a traffic stop. He had been pulled over for speeding and initially stopped, but pulled away as the officer approached his 1992 Toyota. His fiancee, Keiska Thornhill, 36, of Franklin, died at the scene. A friend, Laverne Samala Crowell, also 36, of Newport News, died five days later in the hospital.

CHP officers Jerrod Banda and Sean Duncan shot driver Sharon Mello and her passenger Keith Cervelli when Mello drove toward several officers after a high-speed chase.

Police chased Rodrick Shonte Dantzler's SUV after he reportedly shot and killed seven people in two different locations, and fired shots at another driver. During the pursuit, police said Dantzler hit a patrol car and exchanged gunfire with officers; a bystander was shot in the shoulder. Danztler drove onto I-96, crossed the grassy median and went the wrong way with more than a dozen squad cars in pursuit before crashing the SUV down an embankment into a wooded area. Dantzler went to a nearby home and took three people hostage around 7:30 p.m. Over the next five hours, Dantzler reportedly fired shots sporadically, and vacillated between threatening to shoot the hostages and asking police to take him out. Police said Dantzler appeared to change course, asking how he could surrender, but then shot himself.

Stephen Hull and his son, Aaron Hull, reportedly died in a murder-suicide during a 7-hour SWAT standoff.

Campbell stole metal items and sold them at a scrap metal business. The person he stole from confronted him and called authorities. Campbell ran away. Officers arrested Campbell, then called paramedics because he was not sweating and had difficulty breathing. Campbell was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Kendell T. Lewis died after crashing his Ford Focus during a high speed police chase. At around 3:15 p.m., Lewis allegedly fled a traffic stop and hit a police car trying to get away. According to police, Lewis was driving over 100 mph when he lost control of the car, hit a light pole. and flipped. Police said live electrical wires fell onto the roadway after Lewis hit the pole.

After a 10-month struggle between the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and the local police department to release the most basic of records from Williams's death in the back of a police car, the medical examiner revised its ruling on the cause of his death from natural to homicide. Williams spent his last moments gasping for breath, pleading for help while suffocating, while officers nearby ignored him.

Deputies responding to a disturbance call broke up a fight and arrested the participants. One of them, Russell, passed out after he was handcuffed. EMS transported Russell to North Cypress Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Kelly Thomas, 37, was hospitalized July 5 after an altercation with six Fullerton police officers at a bus depot. He died five days later after he was removed from life support.

Allen Barron was romantically involved with a married corrections officer Katrina Owens, 37, when he shot and killed the woman during an argument at a holiday barbecue in Newark before fleeing to Virginia where he killed himself as federal marshals closed in.

A man who reportedly shot and killed two people and critically injured three others in the Pottstown area Saturday night died on Monday following a six-hour standoff in a home. The suspect was ultimately shot and killed.

Officers were responding to a report of a man recklessly driving, driving over his neighbor's lawns. While they spoke to a witness, the man, Kang drove toward the officer. The officer shouted at the man to stop, but when he didn't, the officer shot at Kang.

Jesse's wife had called the PD for help when he was threatening suicide. He had been drinking and became depressed and frantic. The police arrived on the scene, barged into the Salveson home, startling Mr. Salveson, creating a hostile environment. Salveson reacted by trying to ward off the officers, cutting one on the forearm. The altercation led to the officer firing off three rounds, two of which hit Salveson in the back. Both officers claimed that both tasers were utilised and failed before the shooting. An investigation was pending, the officer that shot him, Officer Slack of SCPD was put on paid leave.

Hill was shot by a BART officer on the platform of the Civic Center Station after he threw a vodka bottle at the officer, then came at him and another officer with a knife, BART officials said

Talia Barnes died after being tasered by Erie police. A lawsuit filed in May 2013 alleged that police violated Barnes' constitutional rights and caused her death with a Taser, disputing the county medical examiner's report saying Barnes died of a drug overdose. According to the lawsuit, Barnes was arrested on July 1 and taken to the Erie police station. It says that at 9:45 p.m. police tasered her multiple times, and she collapsed. It says Barnes was taken to a nearby hospital at 9:55 p.m. where she remained "unresponsive" and died on July 3, 2011. The police did not inform the coroner or the medical examiner that Barnes had been shocked with a Taser at any point, and they ruled the death as resulting solely from the drugs in Barnes' system. Police said Barnes had not been tasered.

Police received a call from a woman who was concerned about her boyfriend. As they talked to her on the lawn there was a gunshot. Several hours later, they found Jason Carnahan dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Officers reported that they responded to a hostage situation in which Maguire instructed his estranged wife to bring their children to the home of the wife's parents, where Maguire had her parents held hostage. He threatened to kill his wife's parents if she contacted authorities. SWAT officers hid, and when Maguire came out the back door, saw officers, and tried to push the hostage back inside, was shot to death.

Deputies shot Nyarko Johnson during a botched undercover drug sting. At around 1:45 p.m., the deputies were trying to make a "major" purchase near a shopping center, when police said the men reportedly tried to flee and struck an unmarked SUV. Witnesses said they saw a Cadillac go behind a fast food restaurant. When the car emerged, it was being followed by an SUV and gunfire was exchanged. Johnson, who was driving the Cadillac, stopped and police swarmed the vehicle with guns drawn, a witness said. Johnson was shot and left blood on the car and concrete as he crawled away.

Four men (Betancourt-Garcia, Gonzalez-Valdez, Lemus & Andrew) were shot to death in a botched drug & armed home invasion sting staged by the county SWAT team. One was shot 40 times while cowering unarmed and in a fetal position. The county has paid $600K in wrongful-death settlements to date. The State Attorney's Office report pointed to "a number of unusual, counter-intuitive, suspicious and/or disturbing factors" and justified the shootings reluctantly.

Four men (Betancourt-Garcia, Gonzalez-Valdez, Lemus & Andrew) were shot to death in a botched drug & armed home invasion sting staged by the county SWAT team. One was shot 40 times while cowering unarmed and in a fetal position. The county has paid $600K in wrongful-death settlements to date. The State Attorney's Office report pointed to "a number of unusual, counter-intuitive, suspicious and/or disturbing factors" and justified the shootings reluctantly.

Benjamin J. Biggs reportedly stole a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban in Quincy, led police on a chase, shot and injured an officer, wrecked the SUV near Kingston, and then fled on foot and barricaded himself inside a house in rural Adams County, where he shot and wounded a second officer and later committed suicide. At about 9:45 p.m., police entered the house and confirmed that Biggs was dead. Adam's County Coroner James Keller said that Biggs had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Biggs was reportedly the last person known to be with Jackie Douthart, who disappeared on May 22, 2011 in Iowa. Biggs was interviewed several times during the investigation, the last time being on June 14, 2011, said police. Douthart's remains were found on March 17, 2012.

Killed in a senior center after showing a gun to a woman there and telling her he was "going on assignment." Officers shot the 55-year-old man to death when he refused to drop his weapon.

Matthew Connor killed Deputy Sheriff Kyle D. Pagerly, a 28-year-old K-9 officer who pursued Connor into the woods when he ran from officers who came to arrest him at a family-owned rental property near Hawk Mountain for having shot at family members.

DiGrandi, in the middle of the financial settlement phase of a divorce, paid an early-morning visit to his ex-wife with a gun in hand. She knocked it out of his hand and ran to the safety of a neighbor's house. After the neighbor refused to open the door DiGrandi got intercepted by deputies in his car. He emerged with his gun to his own head, then turned it toward the police; county officers fatally shot him.

Delric East drove his vehicle into a barrier and allegedly became agitated and began to fight rescue personnel. A Taser was used to subdue him. East was taken to an the emergency room at Suburban Hospital and died.

Officers reported that they had a confrontation with Osuna-Aguilar, and officers shot him to death.