Nigel Flores was shot and killed by a detective assigned to SWAT. Flores was killed by gunfire after engaging SWAT operators with a shotgun. The WCSO was assisting the FBI in a search/arrest warrant on Indian Land.

Police responded to a 911 hang-up call from a home near 47th Avenue and Poinsettia Lane. Police said officers entered the front door, which showed signs of forced entry. They were confronted by a 30-year-old man, identified as Dean Braudrick, who was holding a rifle. Officers Chris Holcomb, 33, and Tom Hitaffer, 43, shot and killed the suspect.

Lawrence James Richardson, 23, killed his pregnant cousin and one of her three children during a police standoff. He died as a result of a gunshot wound he received during a struggle with police.

Lawrence James Richardson, 23, killed his pregnant cousin and one of her three children during a police standoff. He died as a result of a gunshot wound he received during a struggle with police.

Lazaro Evarista Leyva, 29, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Scharoon "Fat Daddy" Coachman apparently choked on a baggie of crack cocaine as he fled police.

Holding an unidentified woman with a gun pointed at her neck, Rodney Demone Pitts, 33, of Greenville, S.C., was killed, minutes after he robbed a Banks Crossing Waffle House, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Officer Phillip Bozarth shot Ricardo Morales Carbajal--Bozarth's fifth fatal shooting--when Carbajal allegedly reached for a gun.

Lt. Roger Sanders responded to a report about a fight and saw eight people at a bus shelter. Sanders then saw a man whose throat had been cut. A witness said the victim had argued with another man, and that a woman had passed the knife used in the attack to the man. The witness joined Sanders to look for the suspects. They saw a man and woman who matched the descriptions leaving a parking structure. Sanders got out of his car, drew his gun and aimed it at the man, who was identified as Donald Walker. Walker reportedly yelled "Fuck you! You better put that gun away, unless you're going to use it!" Sanders told Walker to put his belongings on the hood of the car, then patted Walker down. Walker allegedly elbowed Sanders, who said he warned Walker that if he attacked him again, he would shoot. Walker reportedly yelled obscenities and advanced toward Sanders, who shot him. Walker stopped, saw the gunshot wound, and said "You just killed me." Walker took two steps backward and collapsed. A thorough search of the area reportedly failed to locate the knife used in the attack. Sanders was cleared in the shooting and returned to work for a short while before retiring.

Officers shot and killed David L. Green after he allegedly threatened them with a handgun after they entered his home to search for drugs. According to police, officers went to the home at about 6:10 a.m. with a search warrant, looking for materials "associated with cannabis and controlled substance violations." Green allegedly confronted officers with a gun when they entered his bedroom, and they shot him when he didn't drop the weapon.

Ex-cop Servais robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, netting $130, then shot and wounded a pursuing witness in the knee. He pointed the same gun at a deputy and was fatally shot.

Las Vegas police officer saw Barrington Hall on the steps of a second-floor apartment he had been called to. When he went to the apartment door, a person inside told him Hall had just killed the person's sister. While at the door, the officer heard a metallic sound behind him and ducked in time to avoid being shot in the head by Hall. Hall turned and ran down the stairs and pointed the gun at the officer, who fired four times, killing Hall. Hall's shot was close enough to the officer's face that the officer suffered burn wounds from the powder. An investigation found Hall had killed his ex-girlfriend inside the apartment.

King left the scene of a car accident by vehicle, almost ramming responding Officer Brian Naismith in the process. Officer Naismith shot into the vehicle, killing King. Reporter Dave Michaels tried to interview Officer Naismith a year later. Naismith threatened him with a shotgun, demanded his identity and ranted at him about threats he received after the shooting was reported. Naismith, cleared in the shooting, was fired for the later incident. King's family received a $300,000 settlement.

Neal smoked meth with her husband before becoming agitated and delusional. She went into a neighbor's house, and police tasered her while trying to put her in the police car.

Police on a mid-afternoon call to Capone's apartment complex met with his half-brother, who described a history of suicidal actions and attempting to get weapons. Police then forced their way into Capone's unit and found him wounded, holding a knife, on a blood-splattered bed. After a dramatic confrontation police fatally shot him.

For the previous 15 years Manley had developed into a vexacious litigant on the topic of the unfairness of child support. Familiar to the security staff at the federal courthouse, when he showed up with improvised armament (a drilled-out inactive hand grenade, a cutting board for a bulletproof vest) they negotiated with him for 20 minutes. Finally a local officer interpreted his "furtive" movements as threatening and shot him to death.

Michael Taurman shot and killed himself on Interstate 64 in Warrick County after leading police on a chase through Southern Indiana, police said. They were chasing him after an alleged road rage incident in which he allegedly shot at another vehicle.

Daniel Mendoza was a suspect in a shooting. He was shot after he had begun to lower his hands while surrendering to Fresno Police. He was shot by Marcus Tafoya, a police officer who was fired in 2007 shortly before being indicted by the Fresno County DA for assaulting a returning Iraq war veteran at a party two years earlier. Tafoya has been involved in at least four shooting events.

Benny Davenport was killed during a traffic stop. Davenport fought with police, was tasered and then shot and killed. The reason for the stop was not disclosed.

Prince ran to South Central Police Station, told officers he was being followed, and began to have a medical emergency. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Only Justin Weller can tell you why he was fleeing, a state trooper said, although Weller was pronounced dead at the scene of his motorcycle crash after being chased by the trooper and local police for reckless driving. Also the local police chief said "the pursuit was being called off at the time of the collision."

David Wilhelm entered the EPAC, Inc. building in Savoy and shot his wife, Andrea, 40, and her co-worker Felipe de Leon, 38. He left the building and shot himself in the head on the loading dock. Officers responded. They called Careflight to send Wilhelm to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where he later died. Andrea and de Leon died at Texoma Medical Center. The Wilhelms were going through a divorce.

Sanchez Taylor's car was found abandoned in a northbound lane of U.S. 29, and deputies responded to a call of a break-in at nearby Bethel Welding. Deputies Debbie Tinnell and Darren Givens found Taylor at the back of the welding shop and tried to arrest him. Deputies said Taylor refused to follow their orders to get on the ground and that they had to handcuff him while he was lying on a ladder behind the shop. Two more deputies, Brian Drewry and Kelly Dodson, arrived and tried to control Taylor, who was still fighting. Unable to get him under control, officers put him on the ground but later noticed he was having trouble breathing and was having a seizure. He died a few hours later. This information came from media reports, and some later reports disputed this version of the story.

Mills had a history of mental health issues and lived in a boarding-house. This evening something had upset him--he put all his clothes in a garbage can, and wouldn't come out of his room. His supportive uncle was called. Mills ended up attacking him with a knife, then violently resisted local police after they'd been called. He ended life naked, tasered, and shot four times in a hallway.

Police received calls about a naked and bleeding man walking along Fourth Street NW and running into cars. When police arrived, they said Pirolozzi attacked. They used pepper spray and a Taser trying to subdue him. Cruiser video also shows officers punching and kicking Pirolozzi and standing on his back. Police said they struggled with Pirolozzi until he stopped resisting arrest. Then he was taken to Aultman Hospital, where he died within minutes.

Police were called to Edwards' residence at 2 a.m. then again half an hour later. Seeking Edwards, they found him as he ran into the house through the glass of a picture window, then out the back of the house the same way. Bleeding, nude, scrambling to scale a six-foot privacy fence, officers tasered Edwards multiple times and handcuffed. He went into medical distress and stopped breathing.

Officer Robert Brown was after a detective driving by noticed a man walking around a nearby drugstore carrying what looked like a weapon inside a nylon sack, police said. As soon as Brown stepped out of his car, Robertson pointed his gun at the officer, who fired multiple rounds at the man. Robertson ran 20 to 30 yards, threw down the sack containing the loaded gun and was caught by police. He died minutes later.

Police shot and killed suspected car thief Morris after chasing him into a convenience store, forcing him to emerge from the freezer section, and physically struggling with him through the aisles of the store.

Charles A. Blandford and James R. Bright were killed when they hit a tree and a telephone pole as they fled a police stop for driving erratically. Blandford was driving.

Owens broke into a house, running from room to room, frightening the homeowner, shouting, "Please don't let them kill me." County deputies arrived and struggled getting Owens under control. The homeowner noted Owens was "throwing them around." Deputies tasered him, triggering a medical emergency that killed him.

Christopher Dodge, 27, of Federal Way, who died after being struck by a Sheriff's Office patrol car driven by Sgt. Steven Keeney. Keeney couldn'’t recall the incident because he hit his head in the apparent accident, leaving him unable to give any information on it to investigators.

David Jennings was apprehended on drug charges and later hung himself in holding cell with his pants. Available Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

CHP officer Richard Schwemmer shot and killed Cody Dorman during an altercation at a Chiriaco Summit Chevron station.

Russell Hughley shot two women, then went to a nearby police station and shot two officers before police shot and killed him.

Hernandez allegedly shot he wife before he was shot and killed.

A suicidal man - sought on federal charges in connection with an international child pornography investigation - died after a shooting confrontation with police in Tempe. The shooting occurred at an apartment complex, where police responded after the man dialed 911 and said he was going to kill himself. Police said the man came out onto his second-floor balcony at least twice and fired shots from a handgun. SWAT officers stormed the apartment. Police said the man grabbed a gun and when he pointed it at police, at least two officers fired. The man then pointed his gun at himself and fired. The man died at the scene. It wasn't immediately known whether the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot or from shots fired by police.

Hwang, named in six felony warrants, drove through a traffic stop conducted by US Marshals, Tarrant County deputies and Fort Worth police officers. He lost control of the vehicle and slid to a stop. Two officers and a deputy approached the vehicle. Hwang pointed a gun at them. They fatally shot him.

McConnon was killed when his car was being pursued by Maumee police on Conant Street clipped another vehicle near Holland Road, went out of control, and flipped, then slammed into a utility pole, police said.

McCourt, according to his wife, was off his meds. On a Tuesday afternoon he drove his pickup truck spray-painted with the words "Police Academy 7" to the county courthouse and screamed profanities. When he pulled a silver and pink toy gun from his pants, he was shot to death by a deputy.

Gregory Easley was shot and killed by a SWAT officer when he reportedly emerged from hiding in his girlfriend's attic brandishing an assault rifle.

Perovich died instantly when his vehicle crashed during a police crash. The chase had lasted less than a minute, with speeds up to 80 MPH on surface streets. He'd run a red light.

Christopher Hamilton and Joshua Fitzgerald were both passengers in a vehicle driven by a third man. The driver had sped away from a traffic stop in the early morning hours, with alcohol in his system, and led police on a five- or six-mile chase at high speed. He lost control, the car crashed and burst into flame, killing the two. The driver was thrown clear of the car and later found calling for help in the woods.

Jeremy Ramone Candler, 21, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

CHP officer Rich Torres shot Daniel Christian Carlson when he drove at police after a chase.

Deputy Sheriff Roger Lynch, 51, responding to a domestic complaint, and Joseph Calender, 48, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, handgun and magazines of ammunition were killed in Calender's home.

Following up on a relative's call, Champaign County deputies arrived at a rural home to check on an elderly woman. McMorran greeted them at the door. He said the woman was bedridden and that he wanted to make sure she was dressed before they came into the house. Moments passed as the deputies waited outside. Then, they heard a single gunshot. The man had shot himself. The woman had been dead for some time.

Toby Whelchel committed suicide inside a Wal-Mart as police closed in after a 16-hour rampage during which he killed three people, fired shots at several others and beaten five people.

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies fired 110 rounds at three unarmed teenagers in an stolen truck when the driver allegedly tried to run over an officer, killing the driver, Antoine Colbert, and injuring his passengers.

Police attempted to serve arrest warrants to James Allen Coomer. He was wanted for assault, burglary and violation of a protection order. He wounded an officer with a rifle before he was shot and killed. His father Albert Coomer wounded two officers before he was shot and wounded.

Miguel Angel Carlos, 27, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Lynwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Deputy Jason Sevieri shot Miguel Angel Hernandez multiple times when he allegedly would not drop a handgun. At about 11:30 p.m., Sevieri responded to reports of a man with a gun in the area and encountered Hernandez.

When trying to initiate a vehicle search, the suspect pulled a gun and the officer shot and killed him.

Williams's wife, Raymona, complained about a domestic disturbance at their residence. Officer Fuller responded. Raymona and Chelsea Bishop greeted him from the porch of the residence. Williams walked to the front door, shot Raymona in the back of the head, then tried to shoot Bishop. Officer Fuller shot at Williams, who retreated back into the residence. Other officers entered the residence, fired gas canisters at Williams, then fatally shot him.

After a woman called 911 to report that her ex-boyfriend was breaking into her home Thursday, a San Jose police officer shot and killed him when he charged at the officer with a baton, authorities said. When the San Jose Police arrived Samuel Martinez came out of his van and approached the one police officer. The police officer used the Taser gun and tasered him twice then the officer shot Samuel several times. Samuel died at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center that morning.

Walter Lamont Seats died after swallowing crack cocaine wrapped in plastic. Police shocked him, trying to get him to spit out whatever he had placed in his mouth. The autopsy said it was the obstruction to his airway and not the stun gun that killed him.

A deputy tried to pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle sped away and crashed. Giesburg, a passenger in the vehicle, died. The vehicle had been stolen from the Houston Police Department.

Police said they responded to the attempted abduction of a 31-year old man and pursued a Buick sedan with three men inside. According to police, the chase was called off for safety reasons. The Buick then hit a utility pole and caught fire. The officer who'd been pursuing used a fire extinguisher on the flames and pulled the men from the car. Toteka D. Robinson died that day. Charles Evans died from his injuries on June 5, 2005. The sole survivor, Dwayne Stevens, was charged with attempted kidnapping with a firearm, aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle and two counts of aggravated DUI.

After an extended car chase, a hostage taking, car thefts (including an Arizona DPS vehicle) and the theft of a gun from an Arizona DPS vehicle, a man got out of his car, pointed his gun at police and was shot and killed.

Deputies Lucas Gaytan and Ronald Wright shot Alvie Allen Dorsey when he allegedly pointed a gun at them as he tried to hide in an attic.

Officer Scott Fuller responded to a reported stalking at about 5:20 p.m. and saw Jack L. Ball's Mercury Cougar hit the caller's Ford Explorer in the Showcase Cinemas 53 parking lot. According to police, Ball approached Fuller's car and reached inside, so Fuller sprayed him with Mace. Fuller then either got out of his car or was pulled out, police said. Ball allegedly knocked Fuller unconscious, took Fuller's gun, got in the squad car and drove into the Ruby Tuesday parking lot. When he saw that he couldn't get through, Ball reportedly turned around, saw another police car coming and shot himself with Fuller's pistol. Police said that squad car video cameras did not capture the alleged altercation between Fuller and Ball.

Angele Jackson was shot and killed by her husband, officer James Jackson, who reportedly shot her in her face and chest in the driveway when she returned from visiting a cousin in Tuscaloosa.

A nine-month rookie officer shot and killed the naked Coates after Coates had "charged" him from behind an electric utility box. The officer had responded to reports of an armed man under the influence of drugs who'd fired six shots in a townhouse, frightening his girlfriend and one-month-old son. In 2008, the family was awarded $90,000.

Sergeant Duffy, Officer Charles, and Officer Schaufler were investigating a robbery when they shot and killed Erin Dermody as they tried to kill their suspect, Edward Nunn, who apparently had a pellet gun.

Eloy Lopez Jimenez and Efrain Ojeda Sanchez were killed when a SUV driven by off-duty officer Michael Zamora Jr., who was legally drunk, collided with their van. Zamora was also killed in the 5 a.m. crash.

Moore fled a deputy on his motorcycle and crashed and died.

Lee Kimmel died after being tasered twice by police despite being unarmed at the time. He became unresponsive as he was handcuffed. His pulse was regained at the hospital, but he died about 12 hours later. He was subdued by police using a Taser gun and pepper spray after he climbed into a suburban Reading municipal building. He suffered heart failure and died a day later, police said. He was wearing only a black T-shirt and white socks, punched a window of the Spring Township building and began climbing in.

William Benny Jones was shot and killed by police after firing on them. The reason for the initial police interaction was not disclosed.

Officer Christopher Gray shot and killed Kevin Michael Fortney after Fortney allegedly threatened him with a knife in a field off West 16th Street.

Schwartz was shot and killed when he allegedly fired several times at officer and ignored warnings to put down his revolver.

Jones, in an AMC Eagle, fled from a 2 a.m. traffic stop on the interstate and kept going even after his two right-side tires had been punctured by a spike strip. He ultimately stopped his car on a historic neighborhood intersection called Wankers Corner. Reportedly he exited the vehicle with a gun in hand and was shot multiple times. Jones died two weeks later.

Police officers were called to Martinez's mother's home after she complained that her son was out of control. Officers tasered Martinez several times because they said he was being uncooperative. He passed out and was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital.

A woman told police her boyfriend, Willie Johnson, had a handgun and had threatened to kill her. Johnson was spotted on Woodbine Street. When an officer told Johnson to stop and show his hands, Johnson ran across a grassy lot and pointed a gun at the officer, who shot and killed him, police said.

A deputy shot Demone Edward Cook in the back when he allegedly grabbed another deputy's gun during a foot chase following a reported shoplifting.

Police said Honaker died because he ate a bunch of cocaine while he was being arrested.

When pulled over for a traffic violation Yazid gave an incorrect name, and there was a verbal altercation and a physical struggle. Two officers tried to Taser him with no success. Yazid tried to drive off, and was said to have aimed the vehicle at one of the police. He was shot dead. Eventually Yazid's family received a $200K wrongful death settlement.

An off-duty cop shot and killed Robert Stevenson when Stevenson allegedly threatened the cop's brother, who was a doorman at Nikki's Place. Philadelphia Daily News withheld the identities of both the off-duty officer and the doorman.

A man in a stolen grey 2003 Toyota Camry led police on an early-morning chase through four towns, at speeds up to 80 MPH, before crashing and being thrown from the car, sustaining fatal injuries. Police did not release his name.

Patrick Monaghan died at Newark Municipal Court, but few details were released. He allegedly had some kind of seizure related to "chronic ethanolism" while in police custody.

Officer Gerald Bull and another officer shot Fonotaga "Junior" Tili Jr. when he allegedly pointed a gun at them after a foot chase.

An officer was investigating a stolen car. When he followed the car into a driveway, shots rang out, and the drive was killed.

Onaka was the driver of a car that was being pursued by police when it crashed and burned in Mililani. He was wanted by federal authorities for violating terms of his supervised release.

A complainant told dispatch that Cain, hallucinating and possibly high on cocaine, had attacked his common law wife and her daughter. A second complainant said that Cain had gotten into an argument. Officers Cordero and Carillo eventually found Cain speaking to a mailbox. They subdued Cain for EMS. Cain resisted until he lost consciousness.

Police stopped Casey and his friend, Richard Collins, on Abercorn Street after the car was suspected of racing, according to police. The men were placed in separate patrol cars as officers searched their Trans Am. But Casey escaped and drove off in the marked patrol car. Police found the missing police cruiser and Casey the next day at the Magnolia Villas apartments. Officers chased Casey into the woods behind the AMF Savannah Lanes, a bowling alley on Tibet Avenue. Knight arrived to find Casey pointing a gun at Patrolman Robert Caulford. Casey had wrestled the gun away from Caulford, along with his baton. He had already pepper-sprayed the officer. Knight shot and killed Casey.

Police were called after Leopoldo Tijerina started harassing people in the parking lot of a grocery store. Officer tried to stop him with a Taser, but the device didn't work, and Tijerina yanked it from the officer's hand. The officer then pulled out his baton and hit Tijerina twice, but Tijerina took it from him and acted like he was going to hit the officer. The officer then took out his handgun and fired 14 times, killing him.

Twenty-one county deputies and a police helicopter tracked a 19-year-old suspected car thief in a pickup truck for about 50 minutes. At the end of the incident the suspect ran a red light and collided with the car of Frantz Leandre, a former official of the Haitian government, and his sister Carole. The county maintained that such tactical pressure on the thief did not constitute a "chase". A jury disagreed, awarding a $2M settlement to the Leandres' family.

Annie Ying Zi Cai was killed when her car was struck by a man leading police on a high-speed chase across the South Bay.

Kylin Woods died six days after being struck by a stolen car fleeing police.

Driver Gregory M. Stone, 26, and Randy D. Howard, 27, were killed when they led state police on a high-speed chase before crashing into a utility police.

Essuf Yacoob was killed when Buster Ford, a suspected drunk driver, crashed into his hazardous materials truck at high speeds while fleeing from police.

Police claimed Young's use of cocaine killed him, not the Taser that was used on him an hour before he died.

According to police and court records, detective Corey Bauman and other officers tried to stop a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck at around 9 p.m. as part of a narcotics investigation. The driver fled east on Eight Mile to the Southfield Freeway. Officers chased the truck into Detroit, where the truck ran a stop sign and hit a Ford Escort driven by Shanty Davis. She was killed in the crash. The two men in the truck were charged with second-degree murder.

Local police came to arrest for Hedgepeth for a small open-container violation which had snowballed when he failed to appear for his court date. During the arrest the police struggled with him and pepper-sprayed him. From some combination of cocaine toxicity, ingesting vomit, an enlarged heart, and delayed medical attention, he died. Some reports misspell the first name as "Batrane."

Police were serving a narcotics search warrant and allege that Randolph was fleeing with a gun when they shot him to death.

Charles Griffin of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector said the agent was standing outside his vehicle "when the driver of an illegal alien load attempted to assault him with his vehicle. The agent feared for his life, discharged his weapon and fatally wounded the driver." Cota was an undocumented immigrant.

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

Riverside County District Attorney investigator David McGowan murdered his wife, Karen McGowan; three children, Chase, Paige and Rayne McGowan; and mother, Angela McGowan, before killing himself.

What began as a welfare check on a wheelchair-bound Russian immigrant Ehrenburg, whose wife was in Poland for a visit, ended with a standoff with a SWAT team and his shooting death when he refused to cooperate with police.

Two Branson officers shot and killed an unidentified man when he allegedly pointed a gun at them after kidnapping a woman in Hollister and leading police on a car chase. Hollister police had requested the help of Branson police at about 7 a.m. after the man reportedly entered a home, took a woman hostage at gunpoint and drove toward Branson. Also responding were the Taney County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri Highway Patrol. According to police, the man tried to ram a patrol car, then fled on foot after officers disabled his car with spike strips. Police tried unsuccessfully to subdue the man with a Taser. The man ran into the Carson's Country Court mobile home park and crossed the Branson city limit into the county. The man hid behind a large tree and pointed a handgun at the officers, who then shot him.

Hearst was the tenant in a building recently sold to an NYPD officer. When the off-duty officer dropped by to collect rent, an altercation broke out. Witnesses said construction worker Hearst was the aggressor. He was fatally shot three times. The officer was acquitted of manslaughter.

Patrol Officer Ryan Shinn found Hector Rodriguez near his sister's house after a domestic dispute in which Rodriguez' brother-in-law was stabbed. Shinn said that during a confrontation, Rodriguez hit him in the face with a vase, and Shinn shot him in the shoulder. Rodriguez died on Aug. 26, 2015, while serving a 12-year prison sentence related to these incidents. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, from "the gunshot wound he sustained in 2005 in combination with other medical conditions."

Rodriguez, shirtless, ran into traffic at the scene of a car accident. Officer R. Neaves responded. Rodriguez lay on the road, foaming at the mouth, and rolled around. Officers R. Neaves and A. Lopez, convinced that Rodriguez was intoxicated, subdued him, pulled him out of the road and called EMS. EMS took Rodriguez to Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Bryant was shot twice in a botched drug arrest by a plainclothes member of Hartford's "Violent Crime Impact Team" working with a BATF special agent. The officers observed Bryant and companion Brandon Henry together in a car, and perceived a weapon and drug activity. Bryant was killed with two shots to the head; Henry wounded. The Hartford officer was criminally charged although acquitted. The DOJ opened a civil rights investigation and other national attention. And the city settled with Bryant's family in 2012 for $1.625M.

Andrew Wayne Cornish allegedly threatened an officer with a knife as police were searching his home during a pre-dawn drug raid.

Police shot and killed an unnamed man who allegedly resisted arrest and tried to flee an undercover drug buy. At about 8:15 p.m., police said a detective was conducting the buy in a strip mall parking lot with officers from the Major Case Assistance Team nearby. According to police, the officer had completed the transaction and identified himself as an officer when the man resisted arrest and fled eastbound on 47th with the officer still inside the vehicle. The chase ended a few blocks away after police vehicles rammed the man's car. Police would not confirm whether the man was armed, who fired first, whether there were shots fired within the vehicle or who shot the officer in the hand.

Police shot and killed Clifton Rivera following an alleged robbery and car chase when he refused to show his hands.

Ronald Stallworth, an escaped inmate serving a life sentence for murder, was shot to death when he allegedly fired on troopers.

Armed with a fake handgun, Tallas reportedly robbed Guaranty Bank and used a Frontier motorhome as a getaway vehicle. Trailing smoke from a crushed dye pack, Tallas led officers on a low-speed chase that ended in a neighborhood, where Tallas stopped the motor home and pulled down the curtains. Five to ten minutes later, Tallas exited the vehicle with the fake gun pointed at officers, who fatally shot her. She appears to have left a loaded .357 Magnum in the vehicle.

Officers shot and killed Anthony William McElroy inside a movie theater when he allegedly confronted them with a knife after a short foot pursuit and attempted carjackings.

Sgt. Travis Gribble and deputy Brent Denny went to Fred Bletz's house at about 11:40 p.m. to arrest his son for a misdemeanor. The deputies reportedly didn't turn on sirens, didn't flash bright lights and parked 35 feet away from the house. The deputies spoke to Bletz's son outside before he went inside to get his shoes. The officers followed him. Bletz, who'd been asleep, was awakened by his son's barking dog. Family members said Bletz approached the deputies in the dimly lit room while pointing a handgun at them, concerned they were intruders. The deputies reportedly told Bletz to put down the gun, but accounts differ as to whether they properly identified themselves as police. Gribble fired four shots at Bletz, killing him. Ionia County Sheriff Dwain Dennis said Bletz might have been legally protecting his home, but that didn't make the shooting unjustified. In June 2009, US District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker said Gribble and Denny illegally entered the home and shot Bletz without clearly identifying themselves. In 2012, Bletz's family reached a $3 million settlement with Ionia County.

Clark's wife, Nancy, called 911, the officers found Clark belligerent and aggressive, and waving a handgun, police said. Nancy Clark said her husband was suffering from a diabetes-induced blood-sugar imbalance. He was shot and killed.

Larry Don Tripp was shot and killed at 4:28 p.m. Tripp rammed a Kern County sheriff's patrol car into a tree with his truck and disobeyed officer commands. Kern County Deputy Victor Garcia and CHP officers Vaughn Cain and Bryan Hefner all shot and killed Tripp.

An officer shot and killed Andre Aaron during some kind of "unfortunate altercation" inside a residence.

After a hit and run, a woman called police to say her friend was suicidal. When crisis-intervention trained police arrived, Trujillo went for the officer's gun, and was shot and killed.

Gonzalez was one of three young men in a Nissan Altima under surveillance as possible gang members. After a traffic stop Gonzalez quickly switched places with his wife, who had been driving, then drove the car toward officers. He was fatally shot. After the incident the other two men confessed to prior crimes including a home invasion, armed robbery, and a killing.

State troopers chasing a 19-year-old driver exceeding 100 MPH on Interstate 20 pursued that driver onto surface streets, where he ran a red light at a major intersection and collided with a Hyundai Sonata, killing the Sonata's driver instantly. Police withheld the name and age of the victim.

Two teens were pulled over after driving apparently stolen vehicles recklessly along Colorado 285 in Park County. Both cars stopped, but Baca allegedly sped off and the officer followed. Baca crossed into the opposite lanes to avoid a state trooper and hit a vehicle head-on. He was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.

Victor Johns, 39, was shot and killed by Milwaukee police Officer Brian Brosseau, 26, following a high-speed chase through the downtown area. He was wanted for possible armed robbery.

At about 7 a.m., police responded to a domestic dispute between a woman and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Marvin Stamps. Once police arrived at the house, Stamps reportedly tried to escape, shooting Officer Jerry Shoulders as he ran. Shoulders was wearing a bulletproof vest and was uninjured. About two hours later, officers found Stamps hiding in a nearby shed. They say he began firing, and they returned fire. Stamps was killed, though it's not clear if the fatal shot was self-inflicted or if it came from an officer's gun.

Local police had stopped an SUV; the driver hopped out and fled on foot. The passenger took the wheel and gunned it through a stop sign and struck a vehicle carrying Kieber Jacome, Darwin Vivar, and Vivar's cousin Ever Vivar. The first two men died at the scene. Evar Vivar died a week later.

High on drugs, Colter thought people were trying to shoot him, and he was running around naked. Police tried to shock him with a Taser multiple times. Eventually they subdued him, and he died of medical and drug issues exacerbated by the tasering.

Robert S. McFadin reportedly wrestled away officer Thomas Quartucci's gun, beat the officer with it and then shot himself inside a police station. At about noon, McFadin had turned himself in for a domestic dispute at a fast-food restaurant earlier that day. After a short interview, Quartucci placed McFadin under arrest. McFadin allegedly wrestled Quartucci's handgun from his holster and beat him repeatedly in the head. Quartucci escaped to a library next door while McFadin remained inside. A short time later, officers from surrounding counties entered the building and found McFadin dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Julia Kateri Silverhorn was pulled over by Anadarko police for a traffic violation, police said. During the stop, Silverhorn re-entered her car and drove south on State Highway 8. Police gave chase but lost sight of her. Silverhorn's car was discovered nine miles south of Anadarko. Police said she entered a curve at a high rate of speed, ran off the roadway and rolled five and half times, killing her.

Witnesses contradicted police claims that Michelle McPherson was somehow partly responsible for the collision with a police cruiser that killed her and her daughter Leah. Witnesses also said the officer, going 87 MPH, had no lights or siren. Police were also unable to explain why the videotape in the cruiser's camera was blank.

Two officers shot Paul R. Frazier when he allegedly pointed a pistol at police during a standoff in a junkyard.

Tony M. Jenkins allegedly began stabbing Jewell L. Hatcher, whom he'd been holding at knifepoint, when he was shot and killed by Officers Kerry Haywood and Dan Ingram.

An overnight shootout that a deputy wounded and a suspect dead.

A Columbus officer and a Gahanna officer shot Harry Brown after Brown pointed a gun at them. The officers had gone to his Gahanna home to tell Brown that his wife, Inge, had been shot and killed at Mount Carmel East hospital. Police think that Brown killed his wife, who had been ill, and wanted police to kill him.

Thomas Conroy killed his stepdaughter, and committed suicide when police arrived.

A 911 call was placed at about 4:30 p.m., stating that Daniel Scott was suicidal and had cut his wrists. Family members said Scott was unarmed, mentally ill, and had locked himself in the basement of his home. According to police, officer Martin Seibert went inside and told Scott to show his hands, but he refused. Scott allegedly said he had a gun, reached into his waistline and motioned as if he were going to fire a gun. Seibert shot and killed Scott.

Kendrick Shorter drowned in the Chattahoochee River after he jumped off a bridge while an off-duty Phenix City police officer chased him on foot for allegedly shoplifting meat.

Roberts was involved in a three-vehicle-accident as he attempted to evade police. Roberts ignored a red light crashing into Jason Hull, 27, and Edith Spears, 24. Spears was killed when Roberts' pickup truck plowed into the couple's car.

An unnamed man died after a shootout following a police chase and crash.

An unnamed man reportedly committed suicide after a nearly 36-hour stand-off with police in Forest Knolls.

Pedestrian Artice Kilgore was killed at the end of a police chase. Police said they tried to pull over a SUV driven by Tonu K. Hurey, 33, because he was wanted for allegedly selling cocaine to an undercover informant. Hurey's SUV collided with a car and then struck Kilgore. Known as "the can man" for his habit of collecting of aluminum cans, Kilgore died a few hours later. In 2006, Hurey pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated DUI.

Homeless, drunk, unarmed, and nicknamed "Mr. Magoo" for his thick glasses, Williams was shot and killed by a state trooper outside a Detroit bar. Troopers were assisting Detroit police. The trooper was charged and acquitted of murder, then turned and filed a successful $500K wrongful prosecution case against the city.

Officers went to a house on Plymouth Place to serve a probate order on James Blade Jr., who had been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Blade didn't want to go and opened fire on the officers who had gone inside the house, police said. Officers fired tear gas into the house, but Blade refused to give up and crawled under a blanket, wedging himself between some mattresses and a wall. He also shot out some of the attic windows to disperse the spray. Blade fired shots at officers and shortly thereafter jumped out the rear third-floor attic window while still firing at officers. Police returned fire and killed him.

Members of a SWAT team shot Walker to death, in the back, at close range, while he lay prone during a drug raid. His death triggered local protests and an FBI investigation.

Kenneth Lewis died when his speeding motorcycle crashed after being chased by a deputy. The deputy said Lewis sped off after the officer turned on his lights and "bumped his siren a couple of times." He said he called off the chase after reaching 50 mph and came upon the crash scene shortly afterward.

Brownwood Police Corporal Mitchell Slaymaker arrived at the Brown County Jail with an offender later identifed as James, Christopher. The officer had advised jail staff of his arrival and indicated to the staff that the offender was behaving violently. When Corporal Slaymaker arrived in the jail sally port, several jailers were waiting. As the offender was removed from the car he appeared to be subdued, however, almost immediately he began to behave in a violent manner. It was determined to immediately take the offender to a violent cell to preclude self-injury. After placing him in the cell jailers were attempting to further preclude injury by placing him in a strait jacket when someone noticed that the offender was turning blue. Rescue breathing procedures were implemented, EMS was called, and when it was determined that the individual had no pulse, CPR was initiated. CPR continued until EMS arrived and relieve the jailers. Offender James was stabilized and transported to Brownwood REgional Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

Daniel L. Shipley was shot and killed when he refused to lower a handgun he pointed at police, police said. Police had been called to a complaint about shot fired inside a building.

Spencer Lamont Johnson, 31, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Green Meadows, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Eric Hereford was a passenger killed in a crash while fleeing police.

Brooks was shot by officers responding to a reported robbery. The victim ran and reportedly pointed a gun at the officers involved. His father was killed during a robbery of a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1994.

Detective Tony Morales said the incident began when an officer spotted a car with stolen license plates and the driver sped off. It ended in the apartment parking lot after the suspect pulled into a parking space. Two officers got out but Morales said that's when the suspect accelerated toward their patrol car. Fearing his partner would be crushed, Morales said Sgt. James Gallagher fired, killing Leyva.

A suspect sprinted away from a traffic stop on a white Taurus, and police followed for perhaps 10 minutes. The man is said to have stopped abruptly, turned and held a gun on pursuing officers. He was fatally shot. Police did not release his name.

Melody Carolyn Wooldridge and Eusebio Michael Flores were killed when their Saturn coupe was hit head-on by a driver fleeing police in Mission Viejo.

An unidentified man jumped to his death from the Discovery Bridge in St. Charles after leading police on a two-mile foot chase.

Officer Edward Ruiz shot and killed Frank Carrillo, who, according to police, was engaged in unspecified "criminal activity" during which he tried to ram an officer with a pickup truck.

Jacob Faust was stopped for a traffic violation. The officer involved in the shooting fired three times at Faust, after the driver reportedly reached behind his car's front seat and displayed a prop gun.

Stephen Paul "Tinker" Aguirre was killed when his Ford Escort was broadsided by a vehicle being chased by Deputy Bryan Sliva.

The actions of officers involved in Julio Ayala's death while restrained with a "wrap" device were determined to be reasonable as investigators claimed Ayala was hard to control because he was naked and sweaty, seemed to have "superhuman strength" and was under the influence of drugs.

Hashond M. Dugger, 22, fled from a Richmond officer investigating a possible narcotics violation at the Blue Ridge Estates apartments, police said. The 2005 Buick LeSabre driven by Dugger sped at least two miles before plowing into the side of a 1997 Chevrolet driven by 57-year-old Cynthia T. Booker, killing her. Dugger was sentenced by Circuit Judge Richard D. Taylor to 10 years with seven suspended for involuntary manslaughter, and another five years with four suspended for felony attempting to elude police.

Deputies were sent to the vicinity of 128th Street East and Canyon Road to investigate reports of a man with a gun. They arrived to find Carter holding a rifle under his chin and complaining of a family problem. He eventually walked the 14 blocks home, talking of suicide and asking the deputies to shoot him. Instead, they tried to coax him to surrender, police said. At his house, Carter paced in and out of the door, shouting angrily. Then, he walked to within 25 yards of several deputies and pointed the rifle at them. Three deputies fired one shot each, striking Carter in the head, chest and abdomen. He died at the scene.

A Yukon was being pursued for speeding when it was boxed in by police. Police said the driver aimed the vehicle at them, and he was shot and killed.

Jesus Manuel Montano was shot while barricaded in a Bellflower apartment complex surrounded by deputies.

Officer H. Diaz responded to a complaint about an armed, intoxicated man laying on a lawn. In Spanish, Officer H. Diaz asked the man, Mejia, what was going on. Mejia said that he wanted to commit suicide because his family had disowned him for raping a 12-year-old girl. Mejia got up and took a walk down the railroad tracks nearby. An officer armed with a riot gun shot Mejia multiple times with pepper rounds. Mejia fatally shot himself.

Police say they responded to a fight between Grinder and his girlfriend, but he was gone. Officers returned when Grinder was back near the house sitting in his car. Officers took cover when they saw Grinder had a shotgun. He got out of the car with the gun and officers ordered him to drop it. Instead he pointed it at them and was shot and killed by Officer James Manzo.

Oxford had suffered from mental illness since the age of 17, and had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. With his condition deteriorating, "short-tempered and demanding", threatening to torch his parents' seaside house, his father gave him an ultimatum to get help with a deadline of 3/30. On that day Oxford barricaded himself in his bedroom, forced a confrontation, and was fatally shot.

Officers of the West Texas Narcotics Enforcement Task Force tried to arrest Crider on drug-related charges outside of the Seattle Slew Saloon. An officer tried to handcuff Crider. Crider tried to stab the officer with a knife. The officer fatally shot him. Ranger Jess Malone investigated.

An officer had been attempting to serve a warrant for failure to pay child support to Michael Johnson, when Johnson ran for his car, parked nearby, and pulled out a pistol. Johnson shot and wounded an officer and was shot and killed.

Henry Reeves was shot and killed when police came to his house to check on a suicidal man. When police asked him to show his hands, he pointed a shotgun at them and was shot and killed.

Scott A. Smith was wanted for allegedly shooting at police. After fleeing in a vehicle, he crashed, fired on police and was shot and killed.

Jacquez fled on foot following a hit-and-run. A police officer ordered him to stop. Jacquez reportedly turned and pointed a gun at the officer, who fired one shot. Jacquez died at a hospital later.

An officer shot Bradley J. Spiker several times when he allegedly reached for a 9 mm pistol from his waistband. At around 11:45 p.m., Spiker was reportedly acting unruly in the parking lot outside the Caseyville Inn, a bar on North 89th Street. According to police, officers had tried to subdue Spiker with a Taser before one officer opened fire, but weren't successful. Spiker was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Scott McMyne was stopped for a traffic violation. Officers said that McMyne attempted to flee, and fired at officers. The officers returned fire, hitting McMyne twice.

Cheyenne Lee died shortly after he was arrested on drug charges. Lee reportedly had a seizure at the Forrest County Jail and was transported to the hospital, where he went into cardiac arrest.

Officer James Ella shot and killed an unnamed man who allegedly threatened them with a hand weapon/knife.

Robert Podolsky died after being arrested for disorderly conduct at a bar. He apparently threatened officers with a bar stool before he was restrained.

Stank died of two blasts from a 12-gauge shotgun outside a senior high school. He'd gone inside hoping for a job, came out upset that they couldn't help him, confronted a local police officer, and refused to drop his weapon, an air pistol.

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during an eight-hour standoff with police. The standoff began around 3 p.m. when police responded to a call from the man's wife, who said he'd made statements about suicide. Police said they never had any communication with the man during the standoff. Pepper spray gas was introduced into the residence at around 7:30 p.m., police said. Officers later entered the bedroom and found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

According to GPD, Garland threatened himself, then officers, with a pistol. Officers fatally shot him.

Leonardo Vega Gomez, 18, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Bell Gardens, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Donna McKee was killed when a vehicle fleeing police hit her car.

Police were called to a residence by a 2:30 a.m. 911 call from the boyfriend of Stewart's sister, reporting a wanted and armed man in the house. Stewart had neglected to return to prison from a work-release leave. Responding officers found Stewart uncooperative and armed with a box cutter. He was shot to death.

Charles L. Smith, 56, died after police said he raised a shotgun in the direction of state community corrections officers and sheriff's deputies who went to his home north of Shelton to arrest him on a probation violation.

Brad Fogerty shot and killed Matthew Fisher who he was pursuing over possibly driving while intoxicated. Fisher got out of the vehicle with a modified .22 rifle and was shot and killed.

Hampton was killed in a shootout with officer Thomas Catchings, who was also killed. Hampton was a suspect in a carjacking.

Police found Jeremy Scott Glenn dead in an upstairs bedroom, after officers fired tear gas canisters into the home, police said. Officers had been seeking Glenn for several weeks to serve him with six arrest warrants, including two for trafficking in a controlled substance while armed.

Randall Allen King abducted his 9-month-old son, Landon R. King, in Harlan County and then killed the infant and himself while fleeing police on U.S. 23 in Pike County, state police said.

Williams rammed cars with his vehicle and was shot and killed when he attacked a state trooper with an ax.

Deandrea stole a car, fired bullets into a former girlfriend's home, and led police on a chase that reached more than 100 mph before being shot and killed by officers on Interstate 81, police said.

Fernando Cazares died after being pepper sprayed, restrained and hit on the head with a flashlight during a struggle with deputies Mark Cody, Lisandro Lopez, Sgt. Greg Pitlock and two other deputies.

Two officers shot and killed Douglas Hahn when he allegedly advanced toward officers while making stabbing motions with two knives.

Apparently unprovoked and irrational, Carter first menaced a woman in a grocery store with his gun, threatened others at an adjacent service station, then took hostages at random in a convenience store. Police responded and fatally shot Carter just after he shot one of his hostages dead.

Kahseem Andrews went to a party and was asked to leave because of his apparent intoxication. He returned and tried to get in and showed a handgun. He shot and killed himself as police tried to pull him over.

Dwayne Novak allegedly confronted two Portland officers and a Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputy with a knife on March 12. The police were called to a motor home in Scappoose by a 14-year old who had witnessed Novak assaulting her grandmother, Norma Murff, 74. Novak apparently killed Murff and was ransacking the house when the three officers all shot him (Oregonian, March 14-15, and PPB).

Karnuth tried to kill himself with a knife. His parents called for help. Officers J. Rhinehart and J. Pagola followed a blood trail to a bedroom where Karnuth sat bleeding. The officers told Karnuth that EMTs had arrived. Karnuth told the officers that he would kill himself or make them do it for him. Karnuth, armed with a knife, approached the officers. The officer backed into a wall. Officer Pagola shot Karnuth three times, killing him.

With a history of mental health issues and misbehavior toward the police, Woolfolk reacted badly to deputies serving him a court order for psychiatric evaluation. The sheriff wasn't certain about the number of times they tasered him. After they wrestled him to the ground, he became unresponsive and stopped breathing.

Craig Eugene Hill allegedly shot and killed himself during a gun battle. He may have killed someone a few hours earlier.

Fire Chief Jerry Buehne was killed after his car was struck nearly head-on by a suspected shoplifter fleeing police in a PT Cruiser. According to police, Claudex Simmons had allegedly stolen some items from a nearby Walgreens. Police said they'd tried to stop the PT Cruiser, but that they were not actively chasing Simmons. Buehne was pronounced dead a hospital. Simmons was ejected from his car and hospitalized in critical condition.

Garczynski, suicidal and distraught about his divorce proceedings, encountered police in the early morning hours in his SUV and appeared to challenge officers deliberately with a weapon. He was shot to death with about 30 rounds from five officers.

Bart Ross apparently killed a judge's husband and mother in Lefkow, Illinois, before shooting and killing himself when he was pulled over for malfunctioning brake lights.

Priscilla Greenhouse was killed in a crash after a high speed chase that began when Greenhouse fled from deputies attempting to pull her over for reckless driving.

A deputy chasing a Florida fugitive at high speed lost control of his own car and crashed into Partain's Accord, killing her.

Mendoza crashed his vehicle into the jail and was shot after assaulting two officers.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies conducting a late-night traffic stop shot and wounded an unarmed passenger in Needles on Monday after another man in the car waved a handgun and shot himself in the head, authorities said. The back seat passenger with the gun, Jose Daniel Herrera, had told his brother there were warrants out for his arrest and vowed not to return to jail, a sheriff's spokesman said. He pointed the gun at his head and fired, killing himself, the spokesman said. Deputies then fired into the vehicle because they thought they were being fired upon, said sheriff's spokesman Chip Patterson.

Intercepted burglary suspect Towns was pepper-sprayed and then tasered three times in a struggle with local police. He admitted ingesting some cocaine earlier in the evening, developed breathing trouble, then died shortly afterward.

Cedric Djuan Reed and Kadeem Howell were both killed when riding in a stolen car being pursued by police. They ran at least two red lights and struck another car, which burst into flames; their vehicle struck a pole, a fire hydrant, and flipped several times. The 17-year-old driver was caught and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide among other counts.

It began as an argument between a husband and a wife, bickering over a growing pile of trash.By the time it was over, Kamal , was lying on the shoulder of Interstate 101 in Belmont, shot dead by two California Highway Patrol officers who had pursued him in a high-speed chase up and down the freeway Sunday.

Deputies shot Rodolfo Inzunza when he allegedly refused to drop a handgun and a knife.

According to police, several witnesses, including an state trooper involved in the accident, said the Honda Civic driven by Anthony Kloth was going between 50 and 65 mph when he lost control on the damp roadway, crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a GMC Yukon. The Civic then began to slide sideways, striking a 1998 Saturn SL1 before going airborne and hitting a 1996 Subaru Outback in the rear at around 8:40 p.m. The posted speed limit along all three thoroughfares was 40 mph. Killed in the crash were Kloth and Carol Davidson.

David Levi Evans Jr. died after deputies tasered him while trying to arrest him during a drug raid.

Officers said Keith Rogers was trying to flee police when he crashed his truck into a car at an intersection, causing the car to flip several times, burst into flames, and hit a home that also caught fire. Both occupants of the car, Monzell Debrow and Clifton Davis, were killed.

Sgt. Jeremy Newchurch was shot and killed when Sgt. Byron Parker's gun fired while Parker allegedly struggled with a narcotics suspect on Georgette Street.

Evans was shot by a Las Cruces police officer and a New Mexico State Police officer following an hour-long standoff after an attempted Santa Teresa bank robbery.

A rookie officer with less than a month's experience fatally shot 16-year-old Miller. Miller had dropped off fellow students at a high school dance, then returned to the campus, driving on the outdoor walkways. The officer shot him once in the head. The incident attracted media attention; in 2012 USA Today compared the Treyvon Martin's case to Miller's.

Lopez, a Mexican citizen, reportedly stole a white Chevrolet Suburban in North Brownsville. He drove to Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, nearly ramming U.S. Customs agents as they tried to prevent the Suburban from entering Mexico. Customs agents and BPD officers fatally shot Lopez. Law enforcement linked Lopez to a Gulf Cartel-related car theft ring. BPD Detective Sam Lico and Officer Rolando Trujillo, and Agents Rudolph Hernandez, Gustavo DeLeon and Jaime Vidal were no-billed.

John Clark Alexander reportedly shot and killed his estranged wife and her friend in Town and Country, then led police on a high-speed chase before he was killed in a crash at Highway 40 and Lindbergh Boulevard.

A Buena Vista Sheriff's deputy was transporting Jerry Wayne Ruley to the Rockbridge County Jail. After reaching the jail, the deputy got out of his car with Ruley and was unlocking a door to the jail. Ruley, who was handcuffed, tried to grab the deputy's handgun and a fight began. Other deputies got involved in the struggle after someone saw the incident and ran for help. At one point, Ruley had the gun, and deputies were trying to wrestle it away from him. During the struggle, the gun discharged, killing Ruley.

At the Smith County courthouse Arroyo opened fire on his ex-wife and his 22-year-old son with an AK-47. The wife and a good Samaritan were killed, the son injured. Arroyo fired some 50 rounds at the scene then led police on a two-mile high-speed chase and firefight, in which he was fatally shot.

Trooper Arthur Mizzoni was being investigated for child pornography when he shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the Ephrata state police barracks.

Officer Joey Vidal tried to stop a 1993 Jeep Cherokee, suspecting that the driver was drunk. Schlentz, the driver, led Officer Vidal on a chase. Schlentz later lost control of the Jeep and crashed into a house. He died on impact and wounded his brother, Caleb. Alcohol was found in the Jeep.

Nathaniel Morgan's brother said he called 911, and, like several times before, requested an ambulance to take his brother to the hospital. Morgan, who was schizophrenic, was hearing voices and had a steak knife, according to family members. Morgan walked outside when rescue workers arrived, but it's unclear if he was still armed with the knife when a rookie officer shot and killed him.

Police said Christopher Slay was pulled over for making an illegal turn in Westland at around 9 a.m. He reportedly drove off. Westland officers chased Slay to the Canton border, where the chase was taken up by state troopers, Wayne County deputies and Canton Township officers. After about half an hour, Slay's Jeep Cherokee ran off the road. Slay allegedly backed into a MSP cruiser, then drove toward a Canton Township officer. Several officers opened fire and killed Slay.

Heston's parents called police to report that he was "acting strangely". To subdue Heston, police tasered him more than 40 times, until he stopped moving. He died on scene. The incident is notable as the first major legal victory of a victim's family against Taser Intl; they won a $6.2M compensatory and punitive jury award in 2008.

Andrews was killed when his pickup truck was struck and knocked off the road by an alleged drunken driver being chased by police.

Three Fayetteville police officers shot and killed Benny Spears, 47, at his house in Fayetteville after the Fayetteville restaurant owner emerged with a shotgun.

Border Patrol agents were tracking a cadre of undocumented immigrants. At the time, police said they believed Ramirez was running drugs.

A 49-year-old man reportedly committed suicide during a brief standoff with police. Three officers responded to a report of a suicidal person at about 9:45 a.m. The officers went up a stairwell to the second floor at the rear of the building and found a man sitting on the floor beside an open door to an elevator. Police said the officers remained in the stairwell about 15 feet away and tried to talk to they man while they waited for a negotiator. After about two minutes, the man reportedly shot himself.