Officer Al-Mutakabbir "Al" Sims shot Wayne D. Priestley twice in the chest during an alleged struggle for the officer's gun.

Deputy David Briscoe shot Robert Kittle Jr. in the back when he allegedly reached for the deputy's gun and was choking him.

Jackson was apprehended at a small-town nightclub after he'd reportedly slapped the mother of his child. He resisted arrest. People on the scene said three officers slammed him to the ground and used a baton around his neck to subdue him. The police were turned away from two jails--one was full, the other would not accept a prisoner in this condition--and Jackson died in the hospital. An autopsy named the cause as a crushed larynx.

A state park ranger responded to a report of Wright trying to break into a vending machine. Wright denied involvement, tried to get away in his car, and a physical struggle developed into the ranger shooting the unarmed Wright dead.

Jeffries fled after game warden Gene Pester tried to pull him over south of Amber. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper joined in the chase that reached speeds of 100 mph. Both the trooper and Pester fired on Jeffries when Jeffries tried to run over Pester, killing Jeffries.

Christopher Thomas was driving a car that fled a police stop and crashed, killing Timothy Howe.

Iskenderian was taken to a psychiatric hospital but walked away because he was unsupervised. He somehow got a gun and shot at a gas station. Police surrounded the building he was in, and he shot and killed himself.

Robert Kennedy, 17, a passenger in a Jeep that led police on a high-speed chase was killed when it crashed. The 15-year-old driver, whose name was not released, escaped unharmed.

Kitty Ann Davis was on her way to pick up her daughter from an after-school program when she was killed by a car that was thought to be fleeing from police.

Police said Paul Whitehead was trying to break into a neighbor's house and was knocking out windows with his shotgun when they arrived. He allegedly would not put it down when he was shot and killed.

Nicholas Yeagle reportedly killed himself while being pursued by officers after vandalizing an ex-girlfriend's home in Urbana. According to police, Yeagle led Champaign and University of Illinois officers on two earlier chases that were called off. DeWitt County deputies then saw Yeagle's pickup truck shortly after 3 p.m. near Farmer City and tried to stop him, but he kept driving. The deputies followed Yeagle through town and were joined by Farmer City police. About 3 miles south of Farmer City, Yeagle entered Piatt County, where his truck left the roadway. Officer said they discovered that Yeagle had shot himself.

Police chased Fredrick Andrew Hodges after he allegedly failed to pay for gas in Big Rapids. When he reached the North Bridge, Hodges reportedly jumped into the Muskegon River and disappeared. Police said an officer went into the river to stop Hodges, but had to return to shore because of the conditions. In September 2007, Hodges' badly decomposed body was found in the river. Identification was confirmed using dental records. Hodges is believed to have accidentally drowned.

Shippy was wielding a metal bar inside a store and destroying merchandise. In the process of taking her into custody, a sheriff's deputy tasered her, and she died an hour later. The medical examiner ruled her death was due primarily to the amount of cocaine in her system.

Police were called on Townsend as he "mowed the street" and signalled to passing cars in an irrational way. They found him a short distance away with a short metal rod. Reportedly combative, Townsend continued to wave the road after being commanded to drop it, was the target of an attempted Tasing, and then was fatally shot four times in the chest at close range.

King was shot for not responding to Officer Marcus Tafoya was later charged with excessive force in another incident.

A school district officer approached one of two young men apparently looking for cars to steal in a school parking lot. One of the two, Zapata-Colin, still behind the wheel of his own car, accelerated threateningly toward the officer. He was shot to death.

A fellow officer fatally shot Sergeant Scott Neil during a training exercise. The gun was supposed to have been unloaded.Texas Ranger Matt Cawthon investigated. Sergeant Neil had served for three years.

An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by Green. Green chewed something in his mouth, then tried to wash it down with a drink of water. The officer told Green to put his hands on the wheel. Green did not. The officer pepper-sprayed and tasered Green, handcuffed him, and told him to spit up what he was chewing. Green refused. The officer tasered him again, then put him into a patrol vehicle. Green later died of what was characterized as acute cocaine toxicity.

Officer responding to a reported disturbance encountered Lowe armed with a knife. Lowe repeatedly attempted to injure officer with knife and was shot, killing him.

Craig Hall Croxton, 15, stole his parents' van and led police on a chase before being killed in a crash.

Police got into a shootout with an bank robber and killed him.

Deron A. Phillips was killed in a crash while fleeing from police. The SUV he was in reportedly ran two red lights and sped into oncoming traffic just before hitting another car head-on and rolling several times. Phillips was killed instantly. Another occupant in the SUV, John Martin, 20, was hospitalized in serious condition with head injuries.

Martin Moreno died in a crash while being pursued by an Albertville police officer.

Police were stopped by a man who said he'd been attacked by a man with a knife. When they approached him, he threatened them with the knife. They tried to shock him with a Taser, but it was ineffective. They shot and killed him.

Jose Angel Rios died after officers Ian Cooley and Steve Guggiana used batons, pepper spray and Tasers on Rios during a struggle. The death of Jose Angel Rios, 38, marked the first time the Santa Clara County coroner listed the police weapons as contributing factors in an in-custody death.

Perez was a pedestrian struck and killed mid-block by an NYPD police car as he walked home from his job at a Manhattan restaurant. The cruiser had been racing in pursuit of an armed man.

Jon Michael Givens, 30, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Westlake, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Willeford, armed with a .17-caliber pellet gun, and Larry Dean Robertson, armed with a knife, visually scanned a bank they intended to rob. Sergeant W. Nix, working as a security guard, confronted them. They ran. The sergeant followed Willeford, who entered a black Chevy Trailblazer, driven by Blair Elizabeth Fink. The vehicle struck Sergeant Nix, who shot at Willeford once, striking him fatally in the head.

Francis N. Sanabria allegedly threatened police, who were responding to a domestic disturbance, with a knife, when he was shot and killed.

Fred Ray Bradley Jr. was killed in a car crash during a brief police chase in Palm Springs.

McCollum is said to have robbed the China Dragon restaurant at gunpoint in the early morning hours. When he attempted to sexually assault one of the employees, the others fought back and threw restaurant equipment at him, even as he shot at them with a .22. Three were critically wounded. Police tracked McCollum to his apartment a mile away, where first he hid, resisted by brandishing a knife, and was then shot to death.

A trooper saw Boll, naked, running around on the highway. The trooper tried to subdue Boll. A passing driver, Lori Alwine, helped the trooper. The trooper pepper-sprayed Boll as he continued to resist arrest. Alwine used the trooper's radio to call for backup. Abilene Officer Stan Meiser and a Taylor County deputy who had leg irons helped to restrain Boll. Officer Meiser called for an ambulance. Texas Ranger Calvin Cox investigated.

Two police officers approached Vermillion. Vermillion threatened the officers with a B.B. gun. The two officers fired twenty-two rounds at Vermillion, killing him.

Officers Heidi Grawe, Wyatt Heyvaert and Jerome A. Thomas arrested Fred C. Teague after he allegedly tried to burglarize the Hired Gun Tattoo Shop on Nov. 13, 2005. Teague became unresponsive during the arrest and remained comatose until his death on December 10, 2007. A wrongful death lawsuit contended that the officers caused the coma because of how they restrained Teague. The suit was reportedly dismissed because the parties settled.

15-year-old Dashaun Jamison was accused of driving a stolen car into another vehicle during a city police chase. The crash killed Jorge Nazario, 35, of York.

James Joseph Mervinsky, 40, was charged with manslaughter, negligent driving, two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident with injuries, fleeing and eluding police, attempting to elude police and driving while impaired, police said. Mervinsky was fleeing from police when he drove his vehicle into John Wayne Adkins, who was riding a motorcycle, killing him.

Police shot and killed Gustavo Pena Izaguirre after he allegedly attacked officers with a long, pointed stake near Cesar Chavez High School.

Jose Louis Romero Gomez, 26, fled a traffic stop and hit a Honda Civic in the driver's side door, killing Martin Perez Trejo, 32.

O'Neill swallowed a bag of cocaine after he was arrested for traffic violations. Arresting officers took O'Neill to a hospital, where he died.

Patrick Gaston died during a struggle as police were arresting him on a drug sale charge.

Papp allegedly had threatened to kill his parents and burn down the house. His father called 911. When the deputies responded, David Papp went to a bedroom upstairs to get some clothes. Deputy Matt McGraw noticed him reach under the mattress and retrieve an object, and McGraw was uncertain what it was. McGraw told him to show his hands, and when Papp showed him the wallet, McGraw thought it might be a gun, and he shot and killed Papp.

Wiggin was told to report tp the police station. He pulled a buck knife, refused to drop it, and the officer shot and killed him.

Fred Casuga was killed when he crashed an allegedly stolen pickup truck while being chased by a deputy I-680.

An officer shot Everett Daniel Crouse after he allegedly tried to assault him while fleeing in a car. At about 6:50 p.m., two officers responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence. Crouse tried to leave in a vehicle and one of the officers shot him because he apparently became fearful for his life. Crouse was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Randy Lee Campbell killed his boss and led police on a long chase before shooting Trooper Ron Colyer and then shooting and killing himself.

Detective Rudy Delgado shot Juan Alvarez Velasquez, who allegedly pulled a handgun on police conducting a stakeout on a stolen car.

Mitchell was wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his estranged wife and killed himself as federal officials and Van Buren police were closing in, police said.

A shotgun-wielding man, Manuel Meastas, was killed after leading police on a high-speed chase on a winding mountain highway. Meastas died from a single gunshot to the head following the 27-mile chase on hair-raising U.S. 550 between Ouray and Durango, police said.

Joseph Franklin Wear reportedly fled when an officer attempted to stop his 1990 Buick Regal on suspicion of impaired driving at around 12:50 a.m. The officer gave chase. Wear lost control of his vehicle in an intersection, went off the road and rolled several times. He was ejected and died at the scene.

Police shot and killed Daniel Ashworth when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers after he'd shot his brother-in-law.

Denny Howard was walking on a sidewalk near his home in East Orange, N.J., when he was killed when a car being chased by the police from nearby Orange spun out of control and hit him, police said.

A WCSO Detective shot and killed Roy Wilkins after Wilkins produced a handgun. Wilkins died later in the hospital.

During a collision and brief physical struggle with one of the four officers attempting to flush Crawford out of his apartment building for questioning, Crawford was fatally struck in the head with a single shot, apparently accidentally. The family subsequently brought suit for $50M against the city.

Officer Michael Coon shot and killed unarmed Dennis P. "Heb" Heberlie, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, at his grandmother's home following a pursuit. At about 10 p.m., Coon responded to a disturbance at a Conoco gas station. Coon tried to stop Heberlie, but he drove off and a pursuit ensued. Coon learned Heberlie's identity and address through a license plate check and went to the home accompanied by deputy Scott Lahay. Heberlie allegedly tried to run to the back of the trailer, then got into a scuffle with Coon before the officer shot him. In 2007, Coon and Lahay agreed to pay $600,000 to Heberlie's family, though neither admitted liability in Heberlie's death.

FBI and local Houston police set up a phony home invasion "trap" house, including planted intel about drugs in the house, a remotely locking front door and a PA system to address the subjects. The trap sprung on four heavily armed suspects. Two were killed at the scene: Juan Antonio Bautista and Jose Antonio Pino. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

The unidentified man was apparently shooting at other apartments when police arrived. He pointed his gun at officers and was shot and killed.

Police responded to a call about a suicidal person at about 8:30 p.m. There was a chase involving two police cars and a van. Police said the driver stopped and got out of the van with a gun. One of the officers fired two shots. According to officials, the officer's bullets didn't strike the man, whose death was ruled a suicide.

Loretta Faye Bergeron died when she was struck by a stolen car involved in a high-speed police chase.

With a long criminal record behind him, George led officers on a vehicle chase for several hours in the foothills north of Sheridan, Oregon. In the end he was caught on the long gravel driveway of a local landowner, attempted to escape by assaulting the police with his stolen car, and was shot to death.

Police shot Darrin L. Davis after he allegedly exchanged gunfire with officers after trying to hold up a Walgreens with his brother. According to police, officers responded to a 911 call and found the men brandishing handguns in Walgreens at about 11:40 p.m. Two shots were reportedly fired inside the store--one from an intruder and one from police. The men fled out the back, where the gunfire resumed, police said. Davis was pronounced dead at a hospital. Davis' brother, Patrick Davis, was hospitalized in critical condition.

Police were answering a report of shots fired on Creston Avenue when they saw a crowd engaged in a fight with knives. Officers moved in to break up the fight and Disla allegedly waved the knife he was holding in the direction of a police officer, who then shot him. According to reports he continued to wave the knife, and was shot again.

McGinnis committed suicide following four-hour standoff with local police, according to the Siloam Springs Police Department.

Clark was involved in multiple traffic accidents, then stopped a stolen vehicle outside of Henrietta. Deputy Kenneth Anthony fatally shot Clark after a struggle.

Gina Abdo was killed when she crashed her pickup truck during a police chase.

Gary J. Abeln was seen doing wheelies (driving with the front wheel in the air) on Main Street in downtown Anoka about 1:30 a.m.; his bike slid out at a red light. Officer William Koch stopped his squad car by him, but Abeln remounted and sped away going east in the westbound lane of Main Street, said Capt. Tom Anderson. Koch and another Anoka officer, Michael Antiqua, chased him about 2 miles on Main Street to the Hwy. 10 bridge construction area. The motorcycle hit a curb in the eastbound lane, throwing him onto the bridge.

Stemberg-Barton was a passenger in his own car when police pulled it over. He had a warrant, and deputies believed he put something in his mouth. They pepper sprayed and tasered him in an effort to get it out. When medical assistance arrived, they cleaned out his eyes from the pepper spray, but didn't take him to emergency care. He died a bit later.

At around 11 a.m. officer Terry Cozad confronted John R. Bothwell about an outstanding warrant. Bothwell ran and Cozad chased him to Brewski's Beverage, where Bothwell allegedly tried to steal a woman's car. Officers Jack Price, Greg Schultz and Mark Stuart arrived. According to reports, pepper spray, Taser shocks and blows to the head with a pepper spray can didn't subdue Bothwell. Bothwell allegedly reversed the car, dragging Price underneath. Cozad shot Bothwell twice through the windshield. The car then accelerated and exited Brewski's. Schultz, who was in the car, struck Bothwell on the head and told him to stop before the car hit the porch of a house on Mynster Street. Schultz shut off the car and hit Bothwell again. Stuart and Schultz pulled Bothwell from the car and found that he appeared to be dead. Price sustained injuries to his leg, neck and shoulder, as well as tire burns. Schultz was injured by flying glass broken by the gunfire.

In Springfield, a trooper stopped a Chevrolet pickup driven by Wood. He approached it on foot. Wood drove away. Authorities pursued him. Wood hit spikes strips laid for him in Decatur, blowing a tire. He made a stand in a parking lot. After negotiation, Wood shot at responding officers. An officer fatally shot him. According to the Texas Custodial Deaths report, the Department of Public Safety was responsible for his death.

Kevin Leotis Grant was killed when his car plunged into the Oklahoma River while being chased by police. At around 1:30 a.m., officers tried to stop a vehicle on South 19th Street in Moore that matched the description of one driven by a man suspected of violating a protective order and puncturing a tire a short time earlier. A high-speed chase ensued when Grant wouldn't stop. The pursuit continued onto I-35 until Grant went off the road and into the river just south of I-40 in south Oklahoma City. Police said Grant surfaced after the crash, but that he refused to swim toward officers and drowned.

Deputies shot and killed Godfrey Luke John, who was allegedly wielding a machete at officers on Hopland's Pomo Indian Reservation.

Tyler Teasley, with his friend Michael Brown and four other passengers, some underage, were having a drinking and driving "rolling party" in a pickup. Pursued by police, Teasley coasted into a private driveway and turned off engine and lights. A patrol car pulled in behind. When the pickup rolled backward, slowly, the deputy shot into the pickup and killed Teasley and Brown. The deputy was indicted for manslaughter, found not guilty, and the families were awarded a total of $2.3M in settlements.

An early morning gun battle and pursuit that began at a neighborhood social club ended 10 blocks down the same street. Four NYPD plainsclothes officers had been called to a stabbing and chased a BMW. Perhaps 50 shots were fired leaving Green dead and his passenger, his uncle, in critical condition.

Vincent Ellis was a passenger who was killed when the SUV in which he was riding collided with a police vehicle head on.

Illinois resident Suddeth appeared in Montana close to the Canadian border, in a stolen truck, and refused to identify himself or cooperate with authorities during an attempted traffic stop. He was shot and killed when reaching for an apparent weapon in his back pocket. It was a stun gun. Suddeth had a history of mental health issues; his location was a mystery to his family.

Jose Maravilla Perez Jr. died after suffering a broken neck and being tasered 21 times while struggling with officers Tim Degrano, Nicholas Corti, Mike Nemeth and Sgt. Bob McManus.

Police shot and killed Herman Eugene Mercer, who was described as schizophrenic and homeless, when they came upon Mercer's campsite under an I-565 overpass while searching for an unrelated escaped inmate.

Dallas Hill reportedly committed suicide after a police chase ended in a rural area. At around 7 p.m., the Sheriff's Office received information from St. Joseph PD about a possible suicidal subject. The tip led deputies to Hill's brother's gravesite in a Helena cemetery. Hill allegedly threatened a deputy and made more threats of suicide, then fled in a vehicle. Officers pursued Hill through northeast Andrew County. The Highway Patrol tried to stop Hill by with spike strips. Police succeeded in stopping Hill's car, but were unable to get to him quickly enough. According to officials, Hill grabbed a rifle he had in his vehicle and shot himself.

McKinnon was wanted on charges of kidnapping and robbery. After he tried to flee from a traffic stop, reportedly for a broken taillight, he hit a tree with his vehicle and gasoline in his passenger compartment splattered on him. A deputy then tasered him, igniting the gasoline. McKinnon died from his burn wounds six months later.

Larry Morton allegedly shot and killed himself rather than be arrested for unspecified felony warrants.

Police were called for a domestic disturbance call. The subject, who had a history of domestic violence, had stabbed his wife (who would die from her injuries) and his son. He came at the officers with a knife begging them to shoot him. They did and he died that afternoon at the hospital.

Allegedly Hodell was shot after he rushed an officer with scissors.

Officers Randy "Michael" Baygents and Jimmy S. Sanfort shot and killed Robert Anthony Curtis II when Curtis allegedly accelerated toward Sanford after a police chase.

A deputy shot and killed Mario Perez Garcia after officers said he demanded they shoot him and pointed a firearm at them.

Garcia was pulled over for speeding. He ran away, stole a truck at gunpoint and lost control of the vehicle. Responding officers found Garcia dead in the truck of a gunshot wound to the head.

On a Friday afternoon Akin called police reporting himself as suicidal, and threatened to shoot any officer sent out. He also fired at a police helicopter with an assault weapon. He'd had at least two other suicide attempts, one of which had provoked a SWAT response. Officers killed him at the scene.

After Hurricane Rita dissipated on Sept. 26, Port Arthur Police Department re-entered its city, heavily armed, to manage the influx of people returning to their homes. Around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, Jones appeared, naked, in a parking lot. A complaint was made. Officers responded. According to an unnamed witness quoted by The Texas Observer, Jones was tasered without warning several times. Officers called an ambulance thirty minutes later. Jones died.

A deputy shot and killed Timothy Strauss when he allegedly attacked two officers in the woods. The deputies responded at about 11:45 p.m. after a man reported that his friend (Strauss) had hit him in the head with a baseball bat, knocking him unconscious. Deputies saw Strauss driving on Highway 30 and tried to stop him. Strauss turned onto Highway FF and drove about a half-mile before crashing in a ditch while attempting a U-turn. The deputies reportedly chased Strauss on foot into a wooded area where the fight ensued. According to the deputies, Straus struck one of them with a tree branch, then came at them with a metal pipe. The deputies shot Strauss three times. Strauss was reportedly the younger brother of Dan Strauss, a St. Louis radio personality on KTRS.

Eddie Dwayne Cooley was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend. He committed suicide when police caught up with him.

According to a quickly completed police investigation, Diallo S. Neal Sr. was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a bus bench, though numerous witnesses said they saw a CHP motorcycle officer chasing and possibly running him off the road just before the crash.

Armstrong refused to drop his gun during a narcotics sting operation. A number of plainclothes officers in unmarked cars surrounded his red Thunderbird when he showed up for a drug deal. After trying to escape in his vehicle and then on foot, he was fatally shot twice in the chest.

Elyse and Ian Terry were the children of an Orange County deputy, all three found shot dead in a double murder and suicide. This was a few hours after they'd failed to appear in court with the deputy's estranged wife for a custody hearing.

Smalls fired on police who came to his home for a domestic violence complaint. They shot back, but it's uncertain who killed Smalls, the police or himself.

Albert Little allegedly parked in a handicapped spot, was ticketed, and struck the officer with his car as he sped away. Police caught up with Little and used a chemical spray on him. Little was shot after breaking through a fence when he allegedly fired five shots at police.

Police responded to a report of gunshots, and Tyrie Buchaman was shot and killed by police. What precipitated the killing was not reported.

Witnesses saw "crack-addled gunman" Gary T. Brewer holed up in a room at the Luxury Motel with somebody else's dog, an apparent female hostage, and a sawed-off shotgun. Witnesses then heard a shot, which was Brewer killing the dog. When Brewer emerged with the hostage, Tracy Mary Wood, in a headlock and fired at local officers, they returned fire and killed both.

Alexander Elkin killed his ex-wife, Alla Elkin, his ex-wife's friend, Irina Sulimova and then himself. Police witnessed all the killings.

Alexander Elkin killed his ex-wife, Alla Elkin, his ex-wife's friend, Irina Sulimova and then himself. Police witnessed all the killings.

A deputy shot and killed fleeing driver after a high-speed car chase on Lee Martin Road.

Police were called to Bullard trailer park for a report of shots fired. Investigators say the owner of the trailer park, Hershel Bullard was firing shots into the air, after an altercation with tenants. When police arrived, gunshots were exchanged between Bullard and officer James Freeman and Captain David Zigan. Zigan was shot at least twice, and Bullard was killed. Capt. David Zigan and Officer James Freeman were indicted for manslaughter, but the result was apparently never reported.

Officers came to Murguia's house for a parole check. Officers alledge he ran and shot at them, and later in the chase shot a police dog and the officers shot him to death.

Seney died in a firefight after 2 a.m. in a nightclub parking lot. Seney fired his pistol five times into a departing black Audi, killing another clubgoer. Two local officers positioned themselves around and between a number of parked cars in Seney's location. Seney fired at them at least twice; the police responded with at least 16 rounds, one of which killed the victim with a head shot.

Officers were called because Rabb was acting unstable. The caller attributed it to diabetic shock and said he was violent. When officers attempted to subdue him, he fought, and died shortly after.

Mark William Reinhold, was reportedly wanted for attempted murder in the Detroit area and had been featured on America's Most Wanted. State police investigators told area police at that Mark William Reinhold was hiding at Cold Brook County Park. Officers said they saw Reinhold's Jeep Cherokee and chased the SUV into a harvested cornfield at around noon. According to police, Reinhold got out of the Jeep and confronted officers. A Kalamazoo County deputy and a state trooper shot Reinhold.

Officers Rick Cox, Dan Miller, Mike Pierre, Garrett Glaviano and John Lipanovich fired a total of 42 rounds at James Anthony Decosta when he allegedly got out of his car with a handgun in an industrial park.

Police attempted to arrest Jeffries after a patrolling officer noticed her walking and turning around while naked in the middle of Memphis Street near Falconer and the Holly Market. The officer called for backup. Jeffries reportedly fought with 3 police officers while they attempted to handcuff her and get her into a patrol car. Jeffries was brought to Marshall County Jail, where she reportedly refused to get out of the patrol car. Police officers asked the jailer to bring out a restraint chair. Jeffries was tasered, placed in restraint and carried into the jail. While officers were booking Jeffries they noticed she was not doing well and asked for rescue. Jeffries died at a hospital.

Police were trying to break up the group assault of a black man when they opened fire and killed the suspect, a native of Honduras.

An FBI team conducting surveillance in a vehicle was the target of an attempted armed carjacking. Agents fired on the carjackers, killing Ballesteros outright and wounding another. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

As an officer attempted to arrest a suspected drug-dealer at a Blenheim Road apartment building, the suspect, Laray Renshaw, 36, resisted and grappled with Patrolman John Franko. When Renshaw reached for Franko'€s gun the officer shot Renshaw four times, killing him. Forensic tests confirmed that Renshaw'€s hand was on the gun when he was shot.

Raphael Joseph Guillory, 47, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in West Covina, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

James T. Jenkins reportedly shot himself inside his fiancee's home while federal agents were outside the front door. Jenkins was a Camp Pendleton Marine who had reportedly gone AWOL and was suspected of armed robbery, theft, carjacking, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault. Investigators tracked Jenkins to the Oceanside apartment after officials said a San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputy and a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent assigned to the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force recognized him from a wanted poster. At about 8:30 a.m., police knocked on the door. Jenkins reportedly pushed his fiancee into a bedroom, shut the door and shot himself in the head. Declaring Jenkins a deserter, the Marine Corps had initially denied his mother death benefits. The decision was later overturned by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which found Jenkins' erratic behavior and suicide were caused by untreated PTSD. In a report, investigator Thomas Ferguson called Jenkins a "salvageable" Marine who deserved better from the Corps.

Duffy is said to have threatened a man with a knife, stolen a purse from a student at a pizza restaurant, then was pursued on foot by a patrolman into a dead-end street. Duffy refused to obey police commands, threatened the officer with the knife, and was fatally shot once in the chest.

Wild was shooting at people from his roof. He was shot and killed when he came out with a shotgun and pointed it at police.

There was an exchange of gunfire between Nunez and police, but no details as to what started the battle. A witness said he requested police to kill him.

Marcus Quinn Bertonetesei, 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in Beverly Hills, according to authorities.

Officers Abdala, Adkins, Harris and Holloway responded to a weapon-related disturbance involving Cantu. Cantu had a seizure and collapsed. His head struck pavement. He died at a hospital the following day. Texas Justice Initiative regards this death as drug or alcohol related, but it cannot be confirmed with certainty that Cantu was impaired, or that officers believed him to be when they responded.

Police shot and killed Helton after they responded to a family fight. Helton had assaulted two family members with a club and invaded a neighbor's house to escape police. Police thought he was armed with a gun when they confronted him outside, but Helton, who was suicidal, was pointing another object that looked like a gun. It turned out to be a plate holder.

Timothy Michael Torres died after he was tasered during a struggle with six deputies trying to take him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation.

Pedestrian Edward Lucas Jr. was killed when officer Charlton McKay ran a stop sign and hit him with his car. McKay reportedly left the scene right after the crash, and then filed a false report the next day claiming his car was stolen hours before Lucas was killed. The car was recovered with damage. In 2007, McKay, was found guilty of reckless homicide, falsely filing a police report and leaving the scene of an accident. McKay was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Police were called on Lee, who was naked and behaving oddly outside of a nightclub, which developed into his resisting arrest, perhaps because of the LSD in his system. Lee was treated with batons, pepper spray, and tasered 19 times. The coroner put his death down to "excited delirium." Nineteen times was deemed not excessive force by a jury.

A deputy shot William A. "Uncle Bill" Jaehn when he allegedly pointed a BB gun at deputies investigating a call about possible explosives in Homeland.

Officers D. Cardinale, J. Jauregui and U. Garza shot and killed Katrina Campos when her boyfriend, John Ibarra, 29, allegedly tried to ram police with his PT Cruiser as officers moved in on a drug transaction.

Mark B. Hanna reportedly killed himself during a standoff. According to police, Hanna forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's home shortly after 4 a.m. Three officers went inside and Hanna allegedly shot at them at least twice, but they were able to rescue the woman and her daughter. The officers did not return fire, police said. Officers from several departments responded to the scene. At about 11:15 a.m., a robot went inside and saw Hanna lying on a basement bedroom floor. Hanna apparently had shot himself with a hunting rifle.

Officers Albert Villareal and Jesus Cruz responded to complaints that Limon was banging on doors of houses. The officers found Limon yelling and trying to kick in the door of a house. They arrested him. He resisted. They pepper-sprayed him and struck him with a baton. Limon died at Christus Spohn Medical Hospital. According to Nueces County Medical Examiner, the death was the result of cocaine-induced delirium. Limon's family sued, claiming that the officers should have known that Limon needed medical attention.

Police responding to a call who told police that a man on a sidewalk was acting violently and harassing a window repairman at her business. Dulin attacked the officer with a broken bottle, cutting him, and was shot and killed.

Loggins was found unconscious in the backseat of a patrol car. Carroll County deputies admitted that Loggins had been "hogtied" after resisting arrest for allegedly fighting with another woman earlier that morning. A state pathologist later determined that Loggins died of hyperthermia – a condition commonly known as heatstroke, and her death was ruled an accident.

Police learned the slain man had allegedly taken his estranged girlfriend to a motel and may have been holding her hostage. A detective opened fire and killed the suspect at the motel.

Police shot and killed Gabriel Cuevas Maldonado after he allegedly stabbed an officer.

Police responded to a suicidal man. He lunged with his knife and was shot and killed.

Cobb County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Albert Jackson was placed on leave after he shot and killed Drummond during training.

Deputies shot and killed Gerry Stampley when he allegedly drove his car at officers after a high-speed chase that started on George O'Neal Road and ended at Tennyson Drive.

Mendez threatened an NYPD transit officer with an 8-inch steak knife in a Queens subway station. When he ignored commands to drop his weapon, the officer fatally shot him with a single bullet to the chest.

Corrections officer Joseph Henry had staked out his estranged wife's residence when she arrived at 6:20 a.m. with a friend, Damien Greenslade, in the passenger side. "Who is this guy?" Henry demanded, before opening fire on both of them. Henry's wife was seriously wounded in the legs. Greenslade was shot dead by Henry. Police followed Henry on foot. He refused to surrender his weapon and was shot dead by police.

According to an HPD press release, a bystander told Officer Mark Chapnick that a man in a black SUV was trying to pick up "several female juveniles." When officer Chapnick stopped Aguilar in a black SUV, he resisted arrest. Chapnick shot him with a stun gun. Aguilar knocked Chapnick to the ground and tried to take his service revolver. Chapnick fatally shot Aguilar.

Deputy Bobby Hair shot and killed Brett Crabtree, 33, after a fight following a traffic stop for invalid tags.

After a 5 1/2-hour standoff, suicidal Carrier was shot and killed.

After a four-hour standoff, police shot and killed an armed man holed up in a south Cobb County motel. Later, police discovered that Rickey Neal Taylor, serving time for robbery, had escaped from a work release center in Alabama.

A police statement said officers were called to the Motel 6, at about 10:40 pm, a man was reportedly standing on a balcony and screaming that someone was in his room. The officer who arrived saw the man holding a knife sharpener. The cop attempted to Taser the man, then fired 10 rounds, hitting Fountain 4 times. No one was found in the man's motel room, according to police.

An unnamed 48-year-old was found dead inside his estranged wife's home, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after a 16-hour standoff with police.

Richard Pyle Jr. reportedly died in a shootout at the end of an 18-hour standoff. At 9:27 a.m. Monday, police went to the house after the Missouri Division of Family Services reported that two children there weren't registered in school. The officers spoke to three people through the door. At 11:20 a.m., a man and woman agreed to come out and said the children weren't there. Pyle, a visitor, stayed inside and wouldn't respond when police tried to communicate with him. According to police, Pyle was wanted for a parole violation and some city warrants. At about 11:40 a.m., officers kicked down the door. Pyle allegedly fired two shots at officers from the basement, said he wasn't coming out, and threatened to blow up the home. Officers retreated and a special-response team arrived. During the course of the standoff, police tried to communicate with Pyle, trained lights on the house, sent in a robot with a phone, cut the power and water, and brought out sharpshooters. At about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police decided to force Pyle out with tear gas. Pyle allegedly shot at officers again. This time, the special-response team returned fire.

A Dodge Ram trying to elude police caused a six-car wreck in which Alen Kicic and Kathryn McMaster were killed. At 6:46 a.m., police said they were called to an armed robbery at a Jewel-Osco and found a frenzied scene. Two men suspected of trying to rob the store drove off in the confusion. South Holland police located the pickup traveling east on Sibley Boulevard and followed. As the pickup approached Woodlawn, police said the driver accelerated, veered around cars stopped at the traffic signal, and ran the red light, crushing Kicic and McMaster's SUV. A witness said he saw police chasing a pickup less than two blocks from the wreck, then heard a crash but no screeches.

Two young men were killed trying to outrun a CHP officer when the allegedly stolen BMW they were driving went off the road and crashed near Avila Beach.

Officers G. Gill, G. Flores, R. Solo and C. Parchem responded to a man with a gun call. Morales shot at the officers. The officers shot Morales.

A group of police officers opened fire with assault rifles and a shotgun, shooting at an unarmed family walking on the east side of the Danziger Bridge. James Brissette, who was shot in the back, the leg, both arms, and the back of the head, died on the bridge.

Police said a chase began in Kentucky around 3 a.m. after state troopers stopped Thomas R. May during a road check. May reportedly drove off as several officers were standing beside the car. According to police, the officers were dragged by the vehicle but were not injured. Mingo County sheriff's deputies and Williamson police took over the pursuit after May's' vehicle crossed into West Virginia. Several miles in, police shot out the tires. A deputy shot and killed May after he allegedly attempted to hit several officers with his car.

Officers went to a residence to institutionalize Nelson Saenz, a paranoid schizophrenic who had recently acquired a handgun. According to a court document, officers wearing ballistic vests forced Nelson's mother, Dominga, to stand at the front door of the residence and negotiate with her son. The officers positioned themselves behind Dominga. In Spanish, Dominga told Nelson to open the door. Nelson stepped out of the residence and fired six shots. The responding officers fired over 20 times, striking Nelson once. Dominga was struck by 10 rounds.

Saenz, a paranoid schizophrenic, became more unstable than usual in the summer of 2005, acquired a handgun and began threatening family members. Family arranged with officers to institutionalize him. According to a lawsuit, officers badly botched the confrontation, giving Saenz an opportunity to fatally shoot his mother. Officers Humberto Resendez, Yasser Hassan and Orlando Olivarez fatally shot him in response. The link to this fatal encounter contains detailed primary documents.

Danny Brumfield Sr., 45, was shot to death by New Orleans police officer Ronald Mitchell outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Police alleged Brumfield jumped on the hood of their police cruiser and then attempted to attack Mitchell with a pair of scissors. Mitchell fired a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun. The autopsy found Blumfield died from a single shotgun wound to his left back.

An off-duty officer shot and killed Cortez Farmer. According to police, shots were exchanged between Farmer and the officer.

According to police, officers responded to Bennett Street in Loves Park at around 3 a.m. after receiving a report that someone was trying to steal a truck from a driveway. Police said Michael Egbert was fleeing the home when the first squad car arrived. The officer followed Egbert along Bennett, Evelyn Avenue, East Drive, Rose Avenue, Bennett and finally on River Lane toward Forest Hills Road. Police said Egbert nearly collided with a squad car, hit a parked construction trailer, knocked over a basketball hoop, and drove through two red lights and one stop sign before rear ending a tractor trailer. Egbert died at the scene.

At 10:47 p.m., trooper Fred Sweeney's patrol car struck a motorcycle driven by Michael Wallace. Wallace was pronounced dead after being airlifted to a hospital. In a wrongful death lawsuit, Wallace's widow alleged that Sweeney's car crossed the centerline and struck her husband's motorcycle. The case was set to go to trial in July 2007, but according to Wallace's attorney, on the eve of the trial the Michigan State Police acknowledged negligence in Sanilac County Circuit Court. In December 2007, a judge awarded Wallace's widow $4.4 million.

Deputies shot and killed Jennifer Dawn Biberston when she allegedly pointed a gun at them.

Timothy Andrew Russell, 38, of Richardson, Texas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after breaking into his ex wife's home and threatening her with a handgun.

Glenn Gray, 34, was killed after he was shot by a Marion County sheriff's deputy who was responding to a home-invasion robbery call. He allegedly refused to put down his weapon and pointed his gun at deputy Nicole Hopkins, who shot and killed him.

An officer shot Gary Johnston while another officer reportedly wrestled with Johnston over a shotgun in the man's bedroom. At about 11 p.m., police responded to Johnston's home after neighbors reported he was standing naked in his yard and was breaking out doors and windows of his home. When officers arrived, they discovered Johnston was acting irrationally and had destroyed the interior of his house, police said. Officers reportedly tried to subdue Johnston with a Taser, but he got away, went to his bedroom and came out with a 12-gauge shotgun. One of the officers tried to wrestle the gun away from Johnson. Another officer shot Johnston several times.

Arrington was shot outside of La Rosa Linda's Mexican Restaurant by police officer Michelle Peele during an attempted car theft. Peele, working in an official capacity as a security guard for the restaurant, had left her personal car running while she stepped inside, and as she was returning to it, she noticed Arrington get into the car. Peele yelled "Stop, police," and approached the car. She shot Arrington as he attempted to escape.

Detective Hector Gomez shot unarmed Antuan Conners seconds after plainclothes deputies in unmarked cars boxed in Conners' SUV and got out with guns drawn as Conners hit two cars.

Juan Silvas reportedly committed suicide during a 27-hour standoff. Silvas allegedly robbed a bank in LaGrange and led police on a chase before barricading himself inside an unrelated family's home Thursday afternoon. The people inside escaped safely, but Silva reportedly shot and killed their dog. Police sent in a robot on Friday and tear-gassed the home. Police entered at about 4:15 p.m. and found Silvas on the second floor dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An off-duty Chicago officer with a Cubs jersey over his uniform came upon a 1 a.m. gang-related melee: eight men beating each other with bats and tire irons. Upon stopping and identifying himself, a suspect, Degante, assaulted the officer with a metal wheel lock. Degante was fatally shot at close range.

Jimmy Dickerson died while fleeing a police traffic stop on a motorcycle. He crashed into a guardrail.

Officer Carl Grubb stopped a Honda Prelude driven by Adam D. Reinhardt for driving erratically at around 3:20 a.m. Grubb called for assistance and officer Chris Abbott responded. Reinhardt allegedly exited his car, then got back in and accelerated, pinning one of the officers against a police cruiser and running over the other officer. Grubb and Abbot then shot and killed Reinhardt. The officers were treated and released.

Bernville Police Chief Richard C. Curran gunned down his ex-wife Tina Lucas Curran in the parking lot of Shamokin Area Community Hospital, where she worked as a licensed practical nurse. The couple had two daughters, 4 and 8, who were the subject of an ongoing custody battle since May 2002. He was convicted of first-degree murder.

State District Judge Kevin Sweazea ordered former New Mexico Park Ranger Clyde Woods to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet for a year before serving probation. Woods pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Bruce Teschner, 58. Teschner - who according to testimony was drunk and had a history of mental illness - refused to pay a $14-a-night camping fee and refused to leave the park. Woods said he acted in self-defense. He said Teschner turned and made a motion as if he were pulling a weapon. Witnesses said Teschner was running away when he was shot and killed.

Officer Derek Stephens shot Armando Nava once in the head at close range when he allegedly hid his hands.

America Rodriguez-Aguilera was killed when the car she was in was struck by a Chevrolet Caprice being chased by six police cars. The chase began after Seneca Allen, 21, allegedly beat up an officer in a bowling alley parking lot, then dived through the window of the Caprice, which was being driven by a woman. Also inside the car were three other men. Police claimed that Allen took control of the car and headed west into Dolton, where he ran a red light and crashed into a Nissan Sentra that had pulled into the intersection to make a left turn. Rodriguez, who was in the Nissan's passenger seat, was pronounced dead shortly after the accident. Allen contended that he was not driving the Caprice at any point.

A trooper saw a car going north faster than 100 mph on U.S. Highway 287 between Loveland and Fort Collins and gave chase. Minutes later, the car sideswiped a vehicle at Harmony Road and then broadsided another vehicle at Troutman Parkway before careening off the road and hitting two trees, police said. The force of the impact with the trees cut the Subaru in two and killed Adam E. Heath and Cameron B. Haston.

Jeffrey W. Williams reportedly died after struggling with state troopers on I-44. At approximately 6:30 p.m., two troopers attempted to arrest Williams at the Little Piney Bridge for a Strafford Police Department traffic warrant. Williams allegedly became violent and resisted arrest. The troopers pepper sprayed Williams and another motorist assisted the officers in subduing Williams. Williams quit breathing and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Alex Royal Majeska's heart stopped during a struggle with officers Rachel Jannusch and John Hilton, along with Pam Kulbarsh, a RN on the police department's psychiatric emergency response team.

Reginald Heron died after being handcuffed by police following a 10-minute foot chase. According to police, two officers approached Heron just after 7 a.m. because he matched the description of a man who broke into the Academy of Our Lady Convent. Four officers eventually apprehended Heron and restrained him with four pairs of handcuffs, police said. He was standing next to a squad car when he slumped to his knees, police said. Heron was pronounced dead shortly before 8 a.m.

Steven Michael Jones, 39, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot at between 1st & 2nd streets, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Hemphill pulled a gun on a neighbor and then on deputies who responded. He was shot and killed.

A Jasper County Sheriff's Department deputy and Indiana State Police troopers responded to a call of an intoxicated man, Messer, at a Wheatfield convenience store. As police were headed to the convenience store, they received information that Messer had wrecked his vehicle in a ditch, after which he fled the scene in the vehicle. License plate information led responding officers to Messer's home. originally reported that while Messer was at his residence he entered and exited the home several times carrying a shotgun with him. He was shot and killed. The shotgun was unloaded despite the fact that police originally reported he fired first.

Police were called to a domestic disturbance between Habel and his girlfriend. Habel had a long record of previous assaults and incidents, a current protective order, a court mandate to avoid alcohol, and was on probation. Police removed the slightly-injured girlfriend from the house, and cornered Habel in the back yard with a police dog. After threatening and encouraging the officers to shoot him, they did, twice.

Police shot and killed Michael David Mingee after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers who surrounded his vehicle in a parking lot.

The call from the OnStar tracking system about the stolen sport utility vehicle reached Roseville police at 3:02 p.m. Monday. Five minutes later, officers spotted the red SUV and gave chase. Within 90 seconds, Sandra Kay Baxter was dead. The 36-year-old New Brighton woman was killed in Arden Hills when her car was struck by the SUV, driven by Terrance John Adams, an escaped felon fleeing police. Adams, who had walked away from the minimum-security prison at Stillwater, suffered life-threatening injuries.

Police said Rowles carjacked a minivan, robbed a bank and after crashing the van, pointed a shotgun at police, who shot and killed him.

Brian Dennehy, 28, was shot and killed after firing at Officer Jason White at the Waterford Apartments complex, police said. Dennehy was a suspect in the killing of his grandfather, Bernard Dennehy, whose body was found outside a tire shop in Oklahoma City.

Richardson was killed as the passenger of a motorcycle when it was struck by suspects fleeing from local police. The suspects, in a stolen Dodge Ram pickup, were seen robbing a vending machine. The motorcycle's driver was also seriously injured.

An officer shot and killed Joel Soto Campana when he allegedly physically confronted the officer, who was responding to a report of a domestic disturbance.

Officers Thomas Frankland and Jeffrey Newkirk allegedly activated their cruiser's lights and sirens off hospital grounds and pursued Ronald Marsh and Devon Cairns minutes before their deadly wreck on Navarre Road Southwest. They were pursuing a speeding motorcycle. They quit rather than be fired.

Bisulca confronted two county officers responding to a disturbance call. Threatening them from his porch with a shotgun, he was killed by return fire.

Lee was drunk" that night and couldn't hear the two police officers ordering him to drop the knife.When Tae-Lee didn't drop the knife, officers fired once, injuring him. He turned and began moving toward the officers, who shot him four more times.

According to HPD, Officer H.M. Wagner stopped a blue Suburban. Newman exited the vehicle and shot at the officer. The officer shot back. Newman drove away. He and the officer shot at each other as the officer pursued. Newman stopped his vehicle and fired one more shot. The officer approached the Suburban. Wagner was dead, shot through the head. The shooting was recorded by the HPD Public Affairs Division, but did not appear in documents sent to Fatal Encounters.

By reports Moore was desperate and distraught over the end of his marriage, and had recently stalked and threatened his estranged wife. He'd also talked of killing himself. Not long after county officers arrived in the late evening, four deputies and a sergeant located him with a flashlight and shot at him a total of 53 times. Thirteen of those shots struck and killed him.

Swyers, Deputy Timothy David Graham and cab driver Dawud Isa Abusida were struck by a pickup after they tumbled off a median into traffic as Graham tried to subdue Swyers and Abusida tried to help.

Police shot and killed Anthony Senter after he allegedly beat a man during a home-invasion robbery, fled in a vehicle and then ran a patrol car off the road.

Savage refused to be pulled over for a traffic stop. Denton sheriff's deputies and others pursued him to his house. He stepped out of his vehicle, shot Trooper Steven Oliver in the leg and barricaded himself into his mobile home. Around 2 a.m., Savage opened his front door and shot at officers with an SKS rifle. A deputy shot the rifle, then shot and killed Savage. Authorities later learned that he may have been using methamphetamine.

Officers responded to a radio call about a man carrying a gun. They arrived at the scene and chased Pudar on foot to South Justine Avenue, where he turned and pointed the gun at the officers, Cargie said. Pudar was shot in front of the house and then stumbled to the rear of the property, where he fell. A handgun was found at the spot where Pudar was shot, police said.

Mark Ennis was riding his motorcycle late one night and crashed. Two Marlow officers said they were behind the 25-year-old at the time of the accident, but Beth Ennis said she has reason to believe the officers hit her son with their cars.

Police said a deputy tried to stop William W. Campbell's 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle for speeding at about 2:30 a.m. According to police, it initially appeared that Campbell was going to pull over at Barnes Lake Road, but he then accelerated. After about a block, Campbel lost control on a curve. His motorcycle turned on its side and rolled down an embankment. Campbell landed on a residential front lawn. He died at the scene.

A deputy shot and killed Armando Quintana Aguilar in an exchange of gunfire during a raid on a marijuana farm near Los Gatos.

A neighbor had reported to police that Diotaiuto dealt drugs. Local police mounted an eight-man early-morning SWAT raid and shot Diotaiuto to death in a closet, reportedly as he was going for his gun. Police found two ounces of marijuana.

Ogoddide was allegedly impaired by some substance died after being stunned with a stun gun as officers tried to take him into custody. He was found sitting in the back seat of a car. The car's owner didn't know Ogoddide and asked an officer for help.

Dwayne Zachary died at Mercy San Juan Medical Center after he was tasered several times during a fight with deputies.

Officers responding to a suspicious person call arrested Vera, a Peruvian citizen, at the scene after pepper-spraying him. Vera stopped breathing, was revived by officers, then died on Aug. 19 after two weeks in a coma. The FBI, Texas Rangers and Allen Police Department conducted simultaneous investigations.

Leonard D. Moss Jr., 22, allegedly had warrants when he was stopped for speeding. He fled, leading police on a high-chase, that ended when he crashed, killing himself and passenger Kelly L. Baker, 20.

Recently evicted from a substance-abuse halfway house, Langer visited friends at another group home. He'd been talking about suicide for a few days. Police were called when Langer became threatening and behaving erratically in the front yard, waving a loaded handgun. When he pointed that gun at officers, he was fatally shot.

Brian Patrick O'Neal died after officers Steve Carlson, Jeff Barton, Tim Young, Mike Jeffrey and James Hussey tasered, pepper sprayed and hit him with a baton.

According to the Star Tribune, police tackled Redin after he attempted to rob a Money Center. Redin stabbed an officer in the leg and refused to drop the knife and was shot.

Security guards at the World Changers Church International called police when Givens would not leave. When police arrived, the man became violent and a Fulton County Police officer shot him after he reached for the officer's gun.

Officers Melvin Williams and Matthew Dean Moore were traveling through Treme. For reasons that are unclear, the officers converged on Robair. Robair was preparing to repair the vent on a neighbor's roof. Witnesses said Williams administered a fatal kick, amid a flurry of baton strikes. Within minutes, the officers dumped Robair at Charity Hospital, telling staffers they found him on the ground under a bridge and believed he had overdosed on drugs.

Eric Mahoney died at a hospital five days after police tasered him during a struggle.

Harrison exchanged gunfire with local police near a housing project at 12:45 a.m. He'd been sought for firing a gun and evading arrest a few days prior. In this encounter the officer was seriously wounded and Harrison was shot dead.

Four officers shot Shane Walton multiple times when he tried to run away after a high-speed chase.

Vazquez was shot after throwing a 10-pound dumbbell and charging at deputies.

Will Calcote was killed when he crashed his car during a 100 mph police chase.

In a holding cell Thomas mentioned to another prisoner that he'd swallowed cocaine during his arrest. This was a prelude to him becoming unruly and refusing medical attention. Eight officers and medical workers tried to subdue him, but not even being tasered calmed him down. He was dead at the hospital 45 minutes later; the coroner attributed his death to coke overdose.

Trooper Joel Huff was looking for a suspect involved in a non-injury accident about nine miles north, police said. A man was headed for the welcome center at a rest area when Huff tried to restrain him. Huff shot and killed him when he pulled out a gun. Ricky Dale Biggs was a fugitive wanted for armed robbery in Tennessee.

Eliseo Maldanado died after a struggle with police.

Jim Burhani said that Dolan and another woman stole four 18-packs of beer from his League City convenience store, Corner Spot, then drove away. They abandoned their vehicle after they were found and pursued by officers. Dolan fled to an apartment complex, then pointed a gun at officers. HPD Officer K.W. Rogers and League City Sergeant P.R. Odin shot Dolan. She died at Ben Taub Hospital.

Luis Calvo shot and killed his wife in her sleep and then committed suicide when police arrived.

A Commerce City officer responded to an accident on East 64th Avenue and Colorado 2 and encountered Ivan Ruiz, who had just turned 24 two days before. As the officer began to investigate, Ruiz ran away. The officer chased him for about 100 yards. According to police, Ruiz then quickly turned on the officer and lunged at him with a knife, cutting the officer on the arm. During the struggle, the officer shot and killed Ruiz.

West Milton police officers Russell Walker and Todd Cooper shot Sowry after he came at them with a bread knife at his house. His mother called police because she was worried about him because he was despondent over a breakup.

Avery held police at bay for several hours, firing at and taunting them as fire destroyed the house in which he was holed up, the Darke County sheriff said. Once the fire intensified, however, Sheriff Spencer told the Rossburg Fire Department "to let it burn" to flush out Avery. He didn't flush out.

An officer attempted to pull over a truck with a headlight out. The vehicle did not stop. Officers later spotted the truck in the parking lot of the Super 8 motel in Nevada. Two officers responded to the parking lot. When one of the officers got out of his car, Wallace quickly started driving toward him. The officer fired five shots at Wallace, killing him with a shot to the shoulder.

Police were called to a family fight, upon arrival, Moya shot at them with a shotgun. After an hours-long shootout, Moya was shot and killed.

Robert Noble Craig, 36, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in West Carson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Escobedo made an early-morning 911 call saying he'd taken cocaine and was suicidal. The police response escalated quickly into a "Crisis Response Team" and SWAT raid on Escobedo's 7th floor apartment complete with tear gas. Escobedo failed to put down his gun, and he was shot to death.

Jaime Castilia Hernandez saw three men break into his neighbor's Ford Expedition. Hernandez called both police and his son, Officer Noe Hernandez, his across-the-street neighbor. Jaime shot over the heads of the men with a 12-gauge shotgun. One man may have pointed a weapon at Jaime. Jaime shot at him. Officer Hernandez responded, wearing a badge and raid jacket, and told the three men to surrender. One of the men, Lopez, pointed a gun at Officer Hernandez. Officer Hernandez shot Lopez fatally in the head. Officer Hernandez, of the Northeast Patrol Division, was sworn in December 1994.

Troy William Guido reportedly drowned in the Marina Lagoon after he ran from police following a minor traffic stop.

Officer Thomas Gibbons, 25, shot Jimmy Jordan, 30, because was he threatening him with a knife, police said.