Saunders shot and wounded a sheriff's deputy, then shot and killed his daughter, Lauren, 10, and son, Jacob, 5, multiple times with a 22-caliber handgun. He shot himself in the head, police said.

A murder suspect handcuffed in a police car escapes. As he runs near Stewart Avenue and Christy Lane, Las Vegas officers fatally shoot Swauve Devon Lopez, 17, under the department's "fleeing felon" rule, which allows officers to use deadly force against a felon who is trying to evade authorities and poses a threat to society.

Carl "Dennis" Stewart reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police in Garden Hills. Officers had responded to a call that Stewart was suicidal and inside his car with a gun. Police called in the department's Armored Personnel Carrier, and cornered Stewart, who reportedly shot himself.

Leon Houston, 47, and his brother, Rocky Houston, 46, are accused of shooting and killing Deputy Bill Jones and his friend Mike Brown as they pulled up to Leon Houston's home to serve them felony warrants alleging aggravated assault, police said.

Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration Western Colorado Joint Drug Task Force were assisting the Grand Junction Police Department in locating Joseph Carroll who was a person of interest in the attempted murder of Rebecca Carroll. They caught up with him in an occupied bowling alley. Carroll pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

A deputy stopped Ramon Emilio Gil-Galindo for speeding. Gil-Galindo, who was transporting eight undocumented travelers in a stolen pickup truck, sped away as the deputy approached the vehicle, prosecutors said. A chase ensued. Eventually, a Coolidge police officer threw stop sticks, then shot at the truck several times when Gil-Galindo tried to run him down. One bullet struck and killed Ramiro Aragon-Guerrero, who was sitting in the front seat.

A deputy followed Nelms to his niece's home after getting reports that Nelms was driving erratically. The officer waited for backup. Meanwhile, Nelms smoked a cigarette and drank some beer. After the second officer arrived, Nelms went into the house to get a knife, and the two deputies shot and killed him inside the kitchen door.

Police were called around 8 a.m. to a home because the son of the man inside had tried to visit his father because the father had been depressed, but the man would not come to the door, police said. The man refused to leave his home. Police made contact with the man a few times during the morning. Eventually, police invaded the home and found the dead man.

Officer Rodriguez fatally shot his wife and himself to avoid divorce.

Officer Rodriguez fatally shot his wife, Ana, and himself at their house due to marital problems.

Lee Schwalm committed suicide after police responded to calls claiming a hostage situation was under way, police said.

Around 2 a.m., Officer Bagley responded to a complaint that Brown was behaving erratically and appeared to be "on something." Officer Bagley tried to talk to Brown. Brown pushed Officer Bagley away and ran, screaming, toward Beltline Road. They struggled with each other in the road. Officer Bagley, with the help of two bystanders, handcuffed Brown. Brown continued to resist, and later died at a hospital.

Within the space of about five hours Sherrod had carjacked an Acura, stolen a Cadillac, briefly taken a family hostage at gunpoint, and caused multiple collisions in what was reported as a crime spree. Shortly after he rammed a cruiser he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy. He'd been wielding a pellet gun.

Deputy Manuel Garcia shot Victoriano Gauna Jr. several times when he aimed a shotgun toward officers at the Mokelumne Fish Hatchery.

Reported by the LA Times, Pablo Gabriel Gallardo, 36, died after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Justin Hall and Heather Warren allegedly went into a home on Hawthorne Drive and held the occupants at gunpoint at about 9:20 a.m. The occupants called police and described the vehicle. Officer Mark Rand pulled over a vehicle matching the description. Rand had one handcuff on Hall and had just called for backup when Hall began to struggle for the officer's gun. Rand shot and killed Hall.

Motorist Brandenberger was struck and killed in his pickup by a local police officer, traveling at 73 MPH without lights or siren. There was no criminal indictment, but the victim's family would eventually collect $250K from the city in a wrongful death settlement.

Tony James Wood was shot and killed after he got out of a stolen Toyota station wagon that wrecked at Dana Avenue and Jefferson Davis and refused police commands to put down his pistol, police said. The pistol was a fake gun.

Police were trying to arrest Patterson for the murder of his grandmother. He shot and killed himself while fleeing.

Police were investigating a stolen vehicle. Cordova led officers on a chase before he attempted to run one over (or avoid one, according to some evidence), and he was shot and killed.

Two officers approached Dunbar and a passenger while he was parked on the street on a Wednesday evening. He tried to drive away, even as one of the officers reached in and tried to turn off the car. Dunbar is said to have rolled up the window, trapping the cop's arm, and dragged the officer down the street. With a free hand the officer fatally shot him. Witness accounts were at sharp variance with the police narrative.

As a suspect in an armed robbery, police shot Marrow to end a high-speed chase through the streets of Bridgeport. They fired six shots, only one of which struck the victim.

Three deputies shot Francisco Manuel Villagran after he reportedly said he had weapons and bombs inside his home and pointed a handgun at the deputies.

Carlile, 37, was stopped on his birthday, May 1, after police saw him driving erratically, according to police. Carlile did not open his vehicle window when ordered to do so by Pittsburgh police Officer Kevin Carey. Nor did he exit the vehicle on command. When his vehicle began to drift, officers smashed the driver's side window to remove him. It was at that point that police used a Taser to subdue him. He died a short time later. He died in a hospital three weeks later.

Deputy Tim Ackerman shot David M. VanDiver when VanDiver allegedly got out of his vehicle holding a rifle in a threatening manner following a chase. Police said they received a report that VanDiver was pursuing his wife in another vehicle. A Frankfort officer was able to break off VanDiver's pursuit of his wife's vehicle and Marshall County deputies chased VanDiver to a field next to a dead-end road in Pottawatomie County. According to police, VanDiver said that his life was over when he was confronted by officers. VanDiver allegedly got out with a rifle and Ackerman shot him twice, killing him. VanDiver's wife said she wasn't in danger and questioned why Ackerman shot her husband.

At a party, Ramirez fatally shot his wife, Alma, and Rene Rodriguez, a friend. He barricaded himself in the residence for 20 minutes, then came out shooting at officers. Officers fatally shot him.

Lynn Thornton died from injuries sustained when the sailboat she was on was struck by a powerboat piloted by off-duty LCSO Captain Russell Perdock, the second-highest ranking member of the department.

At around 7:30 p.m., Anthony Williams reportedly walked up to a group of three homeless men behind an abandoned fast food restaurant next to the Park Motel and started shooting. One man was killed, and the other two were seriously injured. Williams then allegedly fired numerous shots at responding officers before a state trooper shot and killed him.

After being confronted by Las Vegas officers near Sahara Avenue and Durango Drive, a burglary suspect tried to ram a police car and started driving toward officers. Officers shot Aaron Jones, 36. At the coroner's inquest, questions were raised about whether the officers were truly in danger when they fired their weapons.

Calloway got in several disputes at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport before he shot and wounded Officer Steve Walker and was shot and killed by another officer.

Police responded to a complaint of a man with a gun. Roane refused to drop it and either waved it or pointed it toward police and was shot and killed.

Traffic officer Thomas Bullock fatally shot Sam Ryan, 36, near his home. Police said Ryan, armed with a handgun, allegedly circled the officer, refused to drop the weapon, and was killed after pointing the gun at him.

According to the sheriff's department, deputies went to a home on Basford Lake to question an unnamed 48-year-old man about a domestic assault in Grandville. The man's family members had also reported they were concerned for his safety. The deputies said they saw the man through a window trying to hurt himself, so they forced their way inside. The man allegedly threatened the deputies with a knife, then fled into the lake and began treading water. The deputies found a nearby boat to try to get to him, but the man reportedly stabbed himself several times with the knife and died at the scene.

Officer Jason Bradley shot and killed an unarmed, naked Benjamin during a struggle. According to police, Bradley responded to a domestic violence call and found Uwumarogie allegedly trying to drown his year-old son in a bathtub. During the struggle, Uwumarogie reportedly shrugged off repeated dousings with pepper spray, telling Bradley: "You're going to have to do more than that." Bradley shot Uwumarogie in the head.

Poc was killed after he drew a revolver out of his waistband and pointed it toward two Seattle police officers, according to police.

Lonell J. Lane was killed when he crashed into a minivan while being chased by police. The woman driving the minivan was seriously injured in the crash. The chase reportedly lasted a little more than two minutes and began after Lane made an illegal turn.

Deputies Jason Piazza and Vong Vang shot and killed David Albert Linn when he leveled a gun at them.

Pennsylvanian Mazzetta opened fire on two state park rangers on a stretch of the historic Chesapeake & Delaware Canal under the St. George's Bridge, wounding one 24-year veteran, before he was killed by return fire. He'd parked his car in the middle of the roadway, and had been carrying some kind of a sign.

Around 3 a.m., officers responded to a report of a burglary. At the scene, Romero, in his underwear and shouting, approached officers with a knife. Officers shot him twice with stun guns. Romero died.

Brown prompted a pursuit across the valley, and kidnapped a 75-year-old deli worker in a stolen doughnut truck, before police cornered and killed him. The deli worker escaped with minor wounds. One of six suspects shot to death by the same Scottsdale officer, Officer James Peters, within nine years.

During a high-speed chase Arellanes crashed into a backhoe and was killed.

When two uninformed local officers in an anti-gang unit stopped at Itula's house in the evening, he took off running. They caught the unarmed man, physically restrained him on the ground, and tasered him 4 to 5 times. According to his wife, when he complained of not being able to breathe, an officer said, "If you can talk, you can breathe." Contrary to initial reports they had no warrant for his arrest.

Police shot and killed two men suspected of robbery after the men allegedly broke into a Northwood apartment and stabbed a resident while demanding money from him.The third alleged assailant James Lowry, 20, was captured.

Deputies shot Natividad Portillio Medina after he pointed a rifle at them.

Deputies Andy Boggs and John Foster shot Jeffrey S. Mesecher when he allegedly shot at them. At around 3:30 a.m., the deputies responded to a report of a suspicious Hyundai Elantra parked off of the road. As Foster and Boggs approached the car, Mesecher reportedly waved a firearm and fired at them. The deputies returned fire, killing Mesecher.

Police responded to a disturbance and possible shoplifting at the Bag 'N Save grocery store at about 5:30 p.m. When officers arrived, Davis reportedly fled, pulled a woman from a Toyota Camry and took off. Witnesses said police chased the Toyota at high speeds before Davis crashed into a wooded lot and died. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset. It's disrespectful, and we're sorry about the necessity.

Bender shotgunned his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend, then kidnapped both of them and led police on a 100-MPH, 90-minute, 25-mile early-morning chase. In a climactic standoff and firefight with multiple jurisdictions, he was fatally shot. More than 40 bullets were fired.

Ex-con Martins had just robbed a Cumberland Farms store, and was having trouble starting his getaway car, when a police cruiser moved in nose-to-nose to his vehicle and trapped it. Martins rammed the cruiser at least twice; the officer in it shot him once through the torso. Martins managed to move his car a short distance before dying.

Local officers responding to reports of bizarre behavior found Cook irrational, incoherent, and crawling on his stomach in the middle of the street, yelling "Please don't shoot me." Officers tasered him instead. Ultimately Taser data showed they'd shocked him 38 times over three minutes. He stopped breathing and died at the scene. In May 2010 the family reached a settlement with the county for $325,000.

Reported by the LA Times, Jesus Romero, 25, died after being shot in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Nick Mamino Jr.--the son of a former Collinsville police chief--suffocated after police shot him twice with a Taser and hog-tied him. At around 4 a.m., officers responded after a woman reported that Mamino was drunk and wouldn't leave her duplex. She said he wasn't acting violently, but that she was tired and wanted to go to sleep. The officers found Mamino on the front porch. When he saw them, he ran, jumped a fence into the backyard, then ran inside the duplex through a back door. A struggle reportedly ensued. According to police, Mamino tossed officers off of him with "superhuman strength" as they tried to hogtie him. Mamino died later at a hospital. A coroner's jury decided Mamino died accidentally. The main cause of Mamino's death was ruled as "positional asphyxiation due to hog-tying during a cocaine-induced delirium."

Moore, who had a history of mental illness and was reportedly distraught over the anniversary of her son's death, brandished a flare gun, threw items out the window of her second-story apartment and threatened to burn down the building during a more than two-hour standoff with police on April 14, 2006...when officers breached her apartment door, Moore picked up the flare gun and pointed it at them. Moore was shot nine times and died at the scene.

Perrez Gordon was the passenger in a car allegedly driven by Rammonie Thornton, 17, which fled a drug set-up. Gordon was killed when the car hit a tree.

John Montgomery Simmons was shot and killed during a traffic stop when he pulled a gun on police, police said.

Henry J. Davis, 28, ran a stop sign and fled police, according to charges filed in Hennepin County District Court. Davis' car missed a turn at a T intersection and hit a tree, killing Roger J. Davis, 27, of Chicago. Henry Davis, who suffered two broken legs, is charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in injury or death. Police suspect that the car was involved in a shots-fired incident earlier that evening.

Juan Palasios was shot in the back after he allegedly threatened a police officer. He was leaving Johnny's when patrol Officers Jose Irizarry and Emery Simmons warned him that he could not drink from an open container in the street. Palasios then pulled a knife from a homemade sheath and began threatening Irizarry, police said. The officers told him to drop the weapon, but when he appeared to reach for Irizarry's collar, and Simmons shot and killed Palasios.

Officer Jason Kearsing shot LaMarr Reginald Alexander Sr. in the back when he threw gardening tools, punches and a flowerpot at Kearsing in an Elk Grove backyard after a police chase.

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

Apparently as the result of road rage, a former 20-year NYPD officer tracked down and fatally shot Vitale, a retired 21-year Port Authority Police Department veteran, as Vitale left his SUV for Chinese food. The shooter then barricaded himself in his house in an extended drunken standoff with a cache of weapons that included homemade grenades. The shooter was safely talked out to face murder charges.

Deputies Todd Moore and Stephen Morgan responded to a home at around 2:49 a.m. after a woman reported that her boyfriend, Max J. Seely, was threatening to kill himself inside his house. Litchfield officer Shelby Gibson arrived a bit later. By 2:53 a.m., Sgt. William Mosher arrived on scene. Seely reportedly began shouting obscenities at the officers and aimed a shotgun at them. Police said officers were able to get Seely's girlfriend out of the house. The officers told Seely to drop his weapon. Instead, Seely allegedly raised his gun up to his shoulder and pointed it toward the officers, who opened fire. Seely died at a hospital. According to the MSP report, the initial shots hit Seely in the lower leg and he fell to the ground. As officers advanced on Seely, he allegedly raised his gun at them and they fired again, one shot struck him in the head. Seely died at a hospital.

A deputy shot Roy Dean Elrod after he pointed a rifle at officers in Norco.

Cleora Chrisman was killed when Sarah McNeil, a driver fleeing police, ran a red light and crashed into Chrisman's car in West Oakland. McNeil was also killed.

The Geo Prism Rosas was driving was hit by a drunk suspect in a stolen truck chased at high speed by police, then also hit by the police vehicle. She was fatally injured. Her 2-year-old niece was paralyzed. The driver of the truck got 18 years.

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

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

As the suspect in an armed assault of his girlfriend, Robinson fled the scene before police could intercept him. They later found him in the front yard of a nearby residence, though, where he pulled out a weapon and fired it at a local officer. Return fire killed him.

Zia Yang, 36, died instantly when she was shot three times by her husband, Yang Pao Lo, 37, who later took his own life during a standoff with Oshkosh police. A woman hid in an upstairs bedroom closet for 11 hours after he shot his wife and killed himself, police said. The 23-year-old woman stayed in contact with police on a cell phone during the armed standoff.

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

LeTray Odesola had been at Choctaw High School and was asked to leave by officer David Addams. The officer told Odesola he would have to leave the car at the school because his license was suspended. Odesola returned later, drove off in the car and was chased by the officer. Odesola was killed in a crash during the chase.

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

According to the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, a deputy saw a vehicle traveling at 76 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. The vehicle, a Pontiac Grand Am, made an abrupt right hand turn, and sped away. The deputy followed. Shortly after, the deputy found the Grand Am had failed to make a curve and rolled over several times. The car was in the ditch on fire. The owner and alleged driver, Jessica N. Maniero, 19, was killed.

Police went to Sean Sullivan's mother's home to arrest his mother for providing false information to police. After a brief standoff, Sean Sullivan exited through a rear window and police fired 56 shots, striking him six times. Despite police claims that Sullivan pointed a gun at police, witnesses stated that they saw no gun at the time of the shooting. A pellet gun was found later on.

Police went to a home at around 9 a.m. to arrest Leroy Tyrone Wilson, who was reportedly wanted for murder in Detroit. According to police, a standoff began after Wilson allegedly shot a U.S. marshal, who was wearing a bulletproof vest and wasn't seriously injured. Police set up a perimeter and officers from several agencies arrived. Wilson allegedly opened fire and hit Battle Creek officer Robert Miller in the face. Officers returned fire and killed Wilson.

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

According to officials, Edgardo Alexander Perez shot himself inside a vacant apartment after fleeing from police on foot, but neighbors questioned the police account.

Rashawn Crockett was killed when he crashed during a police chase. At about 1:30 a.m., Riverdale police said they saw a car speeding on Indiana Avenue at 144th Street and pursued it after determining it was stolen. The chase continued into Chicago, where Crockett lost control and crashed into a utility pole, police said

Brown fired shots at the Marlboro County Courthouse with an automatic weapon before he was shot and killed.

Photographer Ortega-Moncada was at the western (Manhattan) end of the Queensboro bridge in the early morning hours shooting pictures. An off-duty and undeniably drunk NYPD officer maneuvered through closed-off sections and traffic cones to approach the victim in his SUV, then physically slammed the vehicle into Ortega-Moncada. He was charged with manslaughter.

Dale Martin had been arrested on charges of cocaine possession and contempt of court, police said. He was arraigned and placed in the holding cell awaiting transport to the Rappahannock Regional Jail. When the trooper returned to the cell, Martin was hanging by a cord he had apparently removed from his hooded sweatshirt.

According to police, a woman reported that her car was stolen by two men she'd picked up at a gas station after they had an argument with her. State troopers saw a vehicle matching the description and attempted to pull it over. The driver, Jermaine Morris, reportedly stopped, then drove off as troopers walked up to the car. Police gave chase at high speeds in Genesee Township and Flint until Morris lost control of the car at an intersection and struck a pole. Morris died four days later from his injuries. Morris' passenger survived with minor injuries, police said.

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

Troopers driving north on Route 34 saw Lockridge run a stop sign at Fourth and Market streets. They turned around and began following the 1991 Buick Park Avenue with their emergency lights on. Lockridge allegedly sped up, leading police on a chase several miles down the curvy road. The police cruiser fell behind because of Lockridge's high speed and didn't actually see the crash.

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

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

Theodore Rosenberry died after being tasered by police for three minutes. He was unarmed during the incident. He fell unconscious immediately after shocked. He suffered cardiac arrest at the scene, and was pronounced dead in the hospital 90 minutes after incident began.

CHP officer Steven Margraf shot Karen Eklund 12 times when she began trying to ram police cars after a 40-mile chase that ended on a dead-end street.

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

Nieves Montenegro died when a vehicle fleeing police crashed into a house as Montenegro slept inside.

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

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

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

Spokane Police responded to a convenience store where Otto Zehm, a developmentally disabled janitor, had withdrawn money from an ATM. Zehm was unarmed and not a threat to the seven officers. Zehm was struck by batons at least seven times, Tasered twice, improperly hog-tied, and given an oxygen mask unattached to any tank. The victim lapsed into a coma and died several days later. Police chief James Nicks withheld public records from the local Spokesman-Review newspaper. Ultimately one involved officer was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison in the case. The city settled for a $1.67M payment to the family, budget for re-training the police force, budget for new rules regarding the use of force, and a permanent memorial to the victim.

According to authorities, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies pursued Baker after he fled the scene of a minor accident in which he brandished a gun. Deputies caught up to Baker jumping fences to get to the house. Officers entered and found children hiding in a master bedroom. The children said that Baker had been there but left. When officers heard a noise in the attic, sheriff's canine handler Deputy Jon Anderson placed Toby, a Czech shepherd, into the attic. Baker immediately fired on Toby, striking him twice. He then opened fire on the four sheriff's deputies who were inside the house. They managed to pull Toby out of the attic and clear the house. The gunbattle continued out on the street. More than 100 law-enforcement officers arrived. At some point during a five-hour standoff, Baker died, either from returned gunfire or a self-inflicted wound, which will be determined by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office.

Sammie Britt was pepper sprayed and tasered before he pulled a razor knife and was shot and killed by Murfreesboro police officer Larry Newsome and Hertford County Deputy Jessie Fennell, police said.

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

Quintanilla drove a red Dodge Stratus at a speed of 57 mph in a 35 mph lane. Officer Rene Cruz pulled the Stratus over and stepped out of his vehicle. Quintanilla sped away. Officer Cruz returned to his vehicle and pursued. Quintanilla crashed fatally into a mesquite tree. It was later learned that he was drunk and high on cocaine.

Hotard was injured when the 2003 Honda Odyssey she was riding in collided with a YPD car being driven by Officer Heather Redden at the intersection of 16th Street and 7th Avenue. The Odyssey was being driven by Marjorie Bloemsma, 78, of Yuma, police said. Linda Rollins of Oakland, Calif., Bloemsma's niece, said Hotard was receiving treatment for a fractured hip and a head injury at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. A message left at St. Joseph's was not immediately returned. YPD said Redden was traveling eastbound on 16th Street when the Odyssey, facing westbound on 16th Street, made a left turn onto 7th Avenue in front of the cruiser. The minivan was sent into a spin and struck a light pole, ejecting Bloemsma and the dog. She died on July 24, 2006.

Officers were called about a man attempting suicide who was armed with a knife, police said. Two officers arrived and were met outside by Stacy Zon-Middleton's girlfriend. One officer went inside and found Zon-Middleton sitting on a living room couch with two knives at his neck. The officer ordered Zon-Middleton to drop the weapons. He refused, stood up and came toward the officer with the knives in his hand. The officer shot and killed Zon-Middleton.

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

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

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

A reported late-night Sunday fight in a hotel brought police to a lobby where a man was restraining Page by sitting on him. He'd been irrational, jumped across the clerk's counter, and caused considerable damage. Bleeding, Page became unresponsive while police waited for medics to arrive and subsequently died.

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

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

Terrell Scott Glossco fled a police stop on his motorcycle, crashed, and allegedly pulled out a gun and shot himself in the upper chest, police said.

Officer Joshua Dykes, 23, shot and killed Larry Ardis, just as Ardis was about to fire through a door at another officer, police said. Ardis was armed with a fully loaded .44-caliber magnum revolver and had a box of ammunition in his pocket.

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

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

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

William George Sloan reportedly killed himself after being shot several times by officers Matthew Nelson and Craig Miller during a nine-hour standoff that began with an argument over a shopping cart at a senior housing complex.

Guillermo Davila, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, was found dead outside two days after he was released from the county jail's booking area and left on foot in the cold, early morning hours.

Andrew A. Young was killed when his car crashed while being chased by police. The accident report did not say why police were chasing Young.

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

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

Melvin Anthony Jordan, 27, died about an hour after being shocked with a Taser gun fired by officer Robert Scott, police said. Two women who live in Chapel Ridge Apartments, 1900 block of Renaissance Drive, had called police to say a man had chased one of the women in the parking lot. One woman told police the man claimed to be "the devil" and was "foaming at the mouth."

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

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

Deputy Robert O'Donnell pursued a stolen Ford Taurus driven by Charles Judy. Judy crashed, then backed into Deputy O'Donnell's patrol vehicle. Deputy O'Donnell shot at the Taurus. The Taurus struck the patrol vehicle, sped away and crashed. Lytle, sitting in the back of the Taurus, had been shot fatally in the back. It is not known why Lytle, who had run away from home, was in the Taurus at that time.

Authorities were called by Andrews' mother to an apartment where Andrews was cutting himself because his girlfriend was leaving him. Officers wouldn't let the mother talk with her son, and when the officers went upstairs to the apartment Andrews was in, they said that he came toward them with a knife, and they shot him to death.

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

Dallas Township police officer Jeff Dennis shot his wife, Carli, in the head as she slept, in retribution for an affair she was having with a co-worker, police said. He was charged with her murder.

Passenger Luis Vasquez died when the car he was riding in crashed after a police chase. According to police, officers chased the vehicle at about 2:25 a.m. after receiving reports that someone inside had flashed a handgun at passing motorists. Police said the chase was called off after the driver caused a minor accident on the 3400 block South Pulaski Road. The car soon crashed into a wall.

Cop fired gun at moving vehicle fleeing a dine and dash at IHOP. 18 year old kid killed over unpaid pancakes.

William Joynes Foreman was killed after crashing into a tree while trying to flee a state trooper on U.S. 17 in Essex County. The trooper tried to stop Foreman after he was clocked traveling 90 mph in a 55 mph zone, but he allegedly accelerated and later lost control while rounding a sharp turn. Speeds reportedly reached 120 mph during the three-minute, 8.5-mile pursuit.

Taxi driver Asatur Tokatlyan was killed when a pickup truck fleeing police ran a red light and crashed into his cab.

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

Hair had a history of psychiatric problems and conflict with police. While in an emergency room he became combative and unreasonable. An off-duty local officer tasered him twice on the leg after Hair had kicked him in the groin. Hair lost consciousness and was taken off life support several days later.

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

Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Corcran was driving his patrol car at 113 mph without lights or sirens. He struck a car traveling about 50 mph near Sloan, killing four.

Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Corcran was driving his patrol car at 113 mph without lights or sirens. He struck a car traveling about 50 mph near Sloan, killing four.

Temple was shot to death by bystander Perry Stevens while allegedly fighting with off-duty officer Brian Harrison, who also shot Temple.

At 6-foot-1 and 340 pounds, and with a lengthy criminal record, Washington did not respond to officers' commands and did not comply after a tasering. He is said to have made an "aggressive" move toward his waistband, where he had a knife. He was fatally shot. Officers had come to the neighborhood to respond to reports of a youth with a gun.

James C. Cobbert of Hopkins, started the chain of events by stealing two rings from Stan Johnson Jewelry on Edgefield Road and running from police in two counties until he crashed into Michael A. Wilson's Chevy Blazer on South Carolina Highway 302.

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

Evangelo Actipis died and officer Tim Sheehan was critically injured in a car crash. Police said Sheehan had stopped for a red light at Euclid Avenue and Northwest Highway at about 11:10 p.m. Just after the light changed, Actipis' car crossed over two lanes and hit Sheehan's patrol car head-on. Actipis' BAC was reportedly 4 times the legal limit. Sheehan, 49, remained unconscious for weeks and struggled with the effects of traumatic brain injury and a related stroke.

Michael Joseph Reck shot and killed himself when police came to deliver a drunken driving warrant. The standoff lasted about seven hours.

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

A SWAT officer shot Everett Angle after he fired a round from a .22-caliber rifle during a standoff in a gated senior community.

An officer Tased Darvel Smith after he allegedly pulled a knife on paramedics when he was experiencing a medical emergency.

Rafael Garcia Ramos, 22, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Joseph Key was killed when a pickup truck in which he was a passenger struck a parked 18-wheeler while being chased by Franklin police officers.

Officer Elmer Edwards shot and killed Michael E. Kreca when he threatened police with a gun.

Police were investigating a domestic disturbance. They entered the home and found Kenneth S. Carmody in a bed with the sheets pulled up. He pulled out a gun and was shot and killed.

Police shot and killed Michael Hale Wellman as he held his infant daughter in a sling across his chest during a six-hour standoff.

Jeffery Lynn Smith Jr., 23, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Venice, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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

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

Michael Hunter, 46, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

A scuffle with two probation officers ended in Tallman's death when he was told he was going to be jailed for using methamphetamine. He was a convicted felon.

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

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

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

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

Officer Danny Arredondo pulled Whited over in relation to a crash on Interstate 35. Whited refused to step out of the stolen Ford pickup. A SWAT team responded. After two hours of negotiation, Whited tried to back his truck into responding officers. SMPD Officer John Curnutt, and Hays County Detective Mark Cumberland and Sergeants David Burns and Mike Davenport shot at Whited 16 times, striking him four times and killing him. Texas Ranger Tommy Ratliff investigated. The shooting was no-billed. Whited's family sued the officers and local government.

CHP officers Mark Ramos, Joshua Lonzo and Roberto Martinez shot and killed Teodulo Jasso when he got out of a pickup truck holding a gun at the end of a chase.

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

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

Kluttz had a shotgun tied to the neck of his 21-year-old girlfriend. She'd been beaten and had serious cuts on her face, and he'd forcibly dragged her in and out of his house twice as a hostage when a SWAT force arrived. When he tried this a third time, he was fatally shot once in the head.

Jaime Coronel died one week after being tasered while struggling with two deputies on a roof.

According to police, Anchorage Police received a call in reference to a stolen vehicle. The vehicle, a 1-ton Chevy pickup truck, made its way to the area of Northern Lights and Lovejoy when officers attempted to make contact. The suspect rammed four non-police cars and one police car in an effort to elude police. Officers fired shots at the vehicle attempting to stop the driver. The vehicle turned northbound onto Lake Otis Parkway at a high rate of speed. On approach to the intersection of Lake Otis and East 20th, the pickup ran the red light and t-boned a sedan that was in its path, killing the driver, Stephen Strain. Kris Felber ran on foot into the City View neighborhood. He was taken into custody about a half-hour later.

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

Clifford Knauss, 81, asked his wife if she wanted to die with him, then walked into his backyard and fatally shot himself in front of eight Denville police officers with guns drawn, demanding he drop his weapon. Knauss, a retired gas station owner and mechanic, pointed the World War II-era 9mm semi-automatic pistol at his chest and pulled the trigger at about 9:48 a.m. Allegedly, he thought he was going to get caught for asking multiple insurance agencies to pay for his prescriptions.

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

A deputy shot and killed Lester DeWayne Henshaw when he allegedly fired one shot and moved his truck to face officers during a standoff.

Police were called to a Tulsa apartment complex, where they found a woman armed with two knives walking around outside the complex, police said. Hedrick repeatedly ignored commands to drop her weapons and was shot and killed.

Timothy Scott Thompson drowned when he and his brother tried to swim across a creek when deputies and conservation officers responded to a trespassing call.

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

Sichiro was picked up for three outstanding misdemeanor warrants and his mugshot shows he was beaten. Because of alcohol withdrawal symptoms he was booked into Spokane County Jail 2West, a medical unit. He was "speaking in a different language" and resisted when guards tried to move him to a monitored cell. He was tasered, hit and carried there by Sgt. Steve Long and Deputy Ted Tosfrud. He resisted a medical check and was hit and kneed by Sgt. Long, and Officer Tim Christopherson, and "donkey kicked" by Deputy John Elam while putting him under a cell bunk. The guards returned to place Sichiro in a restraint chair and he was immediately tasered by Deputy Todd Belitz. Tosfrud tasered him several times as they placed him in the chair. Sichiro lost consciousness and died at Deaconess Medical Center of a lacerated liver. An inmate stated that he did not hear the guards give Sichiro verbal commands before tasering him, and that although Sichiro did not speak much English he told the guards in English that he was dying, but they kept telling him to stand up. Elam's donkey kick was ruled the cause of death, and a homicide; he became a police officer several weeks later and was fired the first day on the job after lying about a car crash. In 2009 Sichiro's children won a $425,000 wrongful death settlement from the Spokane County Commission.

Steven Parisi had a history of psychiatric problems when killed himself at his home after a four-hour standoff with police. Parisi barricaded himself in his second-floor apartment before overdosing on prescription medication and alcohol, police said.

Jorge Trujillo, a victim in a beating, died in a hospital after being tasered 20 times by police.

St. Charles city police shot and killed Richard J. Stone after he allegedly pointed a pellet gun at them. At about 8:35 p.m., four officers arrived at Stone's house in the Mark Twain Mobile Home Park to question him about a robbery. According to police, Stone was slow to answer, and pointed the pellet gun at the officers when he finally opened the door.

Officers approaching a vehicle in which Cardall was a passenger, after a chase, were fired upon by driver. Officers returned fire, killing both the driver and Cardall.

Hummel was riding a snowmobile in Brainerd and not wearing a helmet. He was pursued by police and ran into a railing and suffered head injuries.

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

John Gray and Rosie Vasser were killed when a teenager in an allegedly stolen Dodge Neon ran a red light and struck their Nissan Maxima. A third person in the Nissan was critically injured. According to police, an officer saw the Neon and discovered that it was on the "hot sheet" of stolen cars, but the driver sped away before he could act. Police contended that no chase was on at the time of the crash because they said the officer's conversation with a dispatcher on the police radio said there wasn't.

Kirkwood, driving away from the scene of a shooting, fatally crashed into a police cruiser. He was wanted in connection with the shooting. A note containing Kirkwood's funeral arrangements was found on his body.He may also have been shot in a vital area by an officer or by himself.

At around 5 a.m., officers Nicholas Lentine and Scott Byrne chased a 1996 Ford Taurus linked to an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Redford Township. The pursuit ended when the fleeing vehicle hit a 1992 Subaru driven by Clayton David Jones, killing him. Larry Thomas Mumphord, a passenger in the fleeing vehicle, was also killed in the crash.

Hanson, a Southern Oregon University student and athlete, died shortly after a police encounter at his apartment. Family had called them in on fears of suicide. A deputy state medical examiner ruled out the Taser used on Hanson as as the cause of his death. A Taser death, in their view, would have been immediate.

Wayne L. Wachs died after being arrested for disorderly conduct following a bar fight at 8:35 p.m. at Vixster's. Wachs was reportedly placed in a holding cell while awaiting processing. A short time later, police found him unresponsive.

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

Alvarado died in a controversial multi-car police chase collision that injured six others as multiple unmarked police vehicles, without lights or siren, chased a drug suspect through a residential district. Eyewitnesses disputed key parts of a 700-page report.

An officer conducted a traffic stop on Tamez's vehicle after watching him drive recklessly. Tamez resisted arrest. The officer shot him with a stun gun, then took him to Cameron County Jail. In keeping with policy, staff refused to book Tamez because he complained of a medical emergency. Tamez was taken to Harlingen Medical Center, where it was learned that he was under the influence of cocaine and marijuana. He resisted medical personnel, was restrained once again and died. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon investigated.

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

Christopher Berlanga, 25, a three-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, killed William Alvarez, 28, of Griffith, Ind., while he allegedly was driving drunk, police said. Alvarez was in the back seat of a car driven by a Gary woman. Berlanga's blood alcohol level was 0.19 percent, more than twice the legal limit for intoxication, and he was placed on probation for three years.

Spring Hill officers began chasing the teens' Dodge Dakota pickup truck after receiving a call about a suspicious vehicle and possible burglary in progress around 3:45 a.m. After a four-minute chase, the truck clipped another vehicle and rolled, causing four of the five teenagers to be thrown from the truck. Two--Chelsea Jo Chappell, 14, and Paxton Farris, 17--were killed. There turned out to be no burglary, and officers haven't reported any other law-breaking the teens might have been involved in.

Park County SWAT team members cornered and shot an armed survivalist who escaped into the woods following a heated dispute about a $10 late fee levied by the county.

Brothers Daniel "DJ" Bachman and Aaron Bachman were killed when deputy Joseph Boomer crashed his squad car into their Hyundai Accent. Their sister Kori, who was driving, suffered permanent brain injuries. Boomer's attorneys said he was on his way to an emergency call and had the right of way at the intersection. The Bachmans' attorneys said Boomer was responding to a nonemergency call, did not activate his emergency lights and was going over 100 mph at the time of the accident. Boomer was charged with two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated reckless driving. A jury acquitted Boomer in 2008 and he was reinstated to the police force. In 2009, Winnebago County awarded the Bachman family $15.5 million. In June 2011, Boomer was suspended without pay for six months in relation to the accident. Sheriff's Office records showed Boomer violated general order when responding to an emergency.

Allan McKeon died when he lost control of his car and struck a utility pole and trees while fleeing from officer Dustin Strode and reserve officer Matt McHale. According to police, Strode had attempted to stop McKeon for erratic driving, but McKeon sped away. McKeon was pronounced dead at the scene. McKeon's BAC at the time of the crash was reportedly .338.

Bobby Todd and Robert William Flanagan both died in a fiery Saturday-night car crash with a Union County deputy's vehicle as police chased them. The deputy escaped with burns on 30% of his body. Earlier in the evening Todd had been involved in a shots-fired call; Flanagan's connection was unclear, and he may have been a hitchhiker.

A police chase ended in a fatal crash when a 16-year-old boy driving an stolen car collided with another vehicle on a freeway offramp in Arcadia.

Anaheim co-workers Francisco Martinez, Guadalupe Ramirez and Francisco Aguilar-Brito were killed and two others were injured when a van, driven by a man who had stolen two bottles of liquor from a bar and was fleeing from police, struck their car.

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

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

Cariaso, a bank robbery suspect, was shot dead after she pointed a fake gun at deputies.

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

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

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

Officer Adam Swinehart clocked John Khiev speeding shortly after 3:30 a.m. and tried to make a traffic stop. Khiev didn't stop and led Swinehart on a three-minute chase before Khiev cut his headlights going into a curve on U.S. 33, police said. Khiev's vehicle was traveling faster than 100 mph when he entered the curve and crashed and died.

At 4:30 a.m., police responded to a call of a robbery in progress at a 7-Eleven. Police had been alerted that a robber was striking repeatedly in the neighborhood. Two officers were approaching that store in one car with its lights off, police said. They encountered Anthony Grier, who matched the description of the robber, walking in a parking lot by a building that used to be an auto body shop. They turned lights on him. He refused to comply with their orders and reached into his waistband, and one of the officers shot and killed him.

Angel Jimenez died after falling from the side of his SUV as police chased the driver who'd stolen it.

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

Palm Springs police shot Merle Vernon Houston when he grabbed an officer's gun during a confrontation in front of a Wal-Mart.

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

Steven Hooker reportedly barricaded himself in a bathroom at about 1:45 p.m. as members of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team searched his apartment during a drug bust. When officers entered the bathroom, Hooker allegedly threatened them with a knife. Officers tasered Hooker, who then began showing signs of an overdose, police said. According to police, Hooker told officers he'd swallowed more than 20 grams of powder cocaine.

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

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

A police officer ordered two pedestrians to to stop. Livingston reportedly hit the officer and threatened him with a machete. The officer fired, killing Livingston.

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

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

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

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

Rodney Gladle accelerated in his Mercury Mountaineer after a local police officer attempted a traffic stop for an unspecified moving violation. Police gave chase. Gladle crossed the center line and drove head-on full-speed into the vehicle driven by David Gonyer, killing them both. According to local reporting "eyewitness accounts may contradict the police claim that Gladle wasn't being pursued at the time of the crash."

Jeremy W. Bullock lost control of his car and hit a tree while he was being pursued by a Tennessee highway patrolman, police said.

Police said they responded to a report of a suspicious person at around 10 p.m. and found Moss growling and salivating outside. Moss allegedly refused to cooperate, so officers Tasered him, but said it had no effect. Officers then dry stunned Moss with the Taser before placing him in handcuffs and leg restraints. Moss reportedly appeared to go into cardiac arrest and died at a hospital. Officials claimed that Moss died due to a toxic level of PCP and an irregular heartbeat.

Las Vegas police spotted a stolen car and followed it until both of the people inside stopped and ran away. Three officers pursued Keith Alan Engel until one of the officers tackled him. Engel and the officer scuffled and Engel grabbed the officer's handgun and tried to pull it out of her holster.

Sgt. Mickey Williams shot and killed Trevell Dashan Williams after he allegedly came at the officer with a screwdriver on I-5.

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

At around 3:30 a.m. on Christmas morning, Derrick Jacobs sought medical attention at the Good Samaritan Hospital ER. Officers Tony Cordova and Mike Bogard were in a nearby break room having a holiday meal with hospital staff. According to police, Jacobs became disruptive and threatened medical staff, so the officers responded. Jacobs allegedly advanced toward the officers with a steak knife. Cordova shot Jacobs twice, killing him. The incident took less than 90 seconds, police said.

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