Juan Gonzalez was killed when off-duty officer, John Krass, 28, ran a red light and hit Gonzalez's car while driving under the influence. According to reports, Kass' BAC was more than twice the legal limit. According to prosecutors, Krass sideswiped a CTA bus before the fatal collision, though Krass claimed to have no recollection of hitting the bus. Krass was convicted of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated DUI.

Phoenix police shot and killed Elias Cabarera, 22, after he shot and wounded two other people at a home.

An 18-year-old driver trying to elude police in an allegedly stolen SUV crashed head-on into a Metro transit agency bus and was killed. The bus driver and three bus passengers were treated and released.

Eddie Vega fought with troopers who were attempting to arrest him for violating a protection order. He was shot and killed by Trooper Garry Bat while swinging a rake at them. At least one witness said he'd dropped the rake before he was shot.

Edgar Arnold Zelaya, 18, died after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Mark James Casillas reportedly shot himself after a four-hour standoff with police on I-15 in Escondido.

Doblar stole a car and ran from police at speeds approaching 80 mph through residential neighborhoods until he crashed and died.

After a bank robbery, chase and standoff, Williams was shot and killed when he pointed his gun toward police.

Two officers shot and killed Robert Simon when he allegedly drove toward them in a Dierbergs parking lot. The officers responded at around 3:45 a.m. to a report that Simon had assaulted his girlfriend, then took her Ford Expedition. Both officers opened fire after Simon reportedly backed toward one officer, then reversed direction toward the second officer, who moved out of the way just before the SUV struck the squad car.

Clark, on parole from California, had fled from a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle earlier in the day. Caught again snooping around cars in a retail parking lot, Clark conducted an armed standoff with police for more than 45 minutes before he was killed in the final firefight. The coroner said his fatal wound was self-inflicted.

Jay A. Vestal died of asphyxiation during his arrest by deputies in northern San Luis Obispo County.

Koch, high on cocaine, drove away from deputies who tried to conduct a traffic stop on his Suburban. Officers pursued him through his neighborhood as he sped and waved at friends. After two law enforcement vehicles crashed during the pursuit, Deputy Marcus Staudt pulled up to the Suburban and fatally shot Koch. The Suburban crashed into a drainage ditch.

Gordon Rauch died after deputies tasered him at least twice during an altercation.

A man reportedly shot his girlfriend near Lake Elsinore and led police on a freeway chase from Corona to Los Angeles where he used the same gun to kill himself.

Aaron M. Keller and Jacob S. Bertucci were killed when their 2002 Nissan collided with another car after being struck by an allegedly stolen 2001 Volkswagen being chased by the CHP.

Timothy R. Wright, an escapee from a halfway house, was shot and killed after a two-hour chase through Monmouth and Middlesex Counties by members of a fugitive task force, police said.

An officer was struggling with a DUI suspect who was trying to take his gun when Officer Jason Scarpati fatally shot the man. Several bullets from Scarpati's gun also ripped into Hancock. The suspect, Alvaro Solis-Roman, 21, was killed in the struggle.

Elvis Wayne Wilson was shot once with a 12-gauge shotgun during a standoff in the front yard of his brother-in-law's home. He was armed with a knife.

Maria and Sergio Valenzuela were killed when their truck was hit by a van fleeing police.

Heyward was shot during a struggle with Barnwell police Patrolman Drayton Gantt, police said. Heyward ran from police after a traffic stop.

Ivanoff disappeared from downtown Nome and was found days later at an abandoned gold mine three miles north of town, dead, naked except for one sock, shot in the back of the head and physically battered. Suspicion fell on an on-duty Nome officer. His two murder trials resulted in a 101-year sentence, a state Sonya Ivanoff Act mandating at least 99 years for similar incidents, and attention to the many other disappeared Alaskans.

Police said John Richard Mayhew, 35, shot and killed his former wife and her fiance in Columbus on August 7, then took his daughter, Christina McKibben, hostage. Greenbrier County deputy Nathan Hershman pulled Mayhew over about 8 p.m. two days later for not displaying a motor vehicle inspection sticker, police said. Mayhew allegedly shot Hershman in the left arm with a .25 caliber handgun. Police said Hershman returned fire as Mayhew sped away and chased him while requesting backup. Mayhew reportedly tried to carjack another vehicle, hit a state police cruiser and sped past a barricade before police disabled his vehicle in Lewisburg. Police said they believed Mayhew shot McKibben and himself as officers, with guns drawn, yelled for him to exit the car. "We couldn't hear the gunshots because a lot of stuff was going on," state police Sgt. Jay Powers said. "We believe the time he shot his daughter was the time we had him stopped." Police said they felt certain none of the shots fired by officers had struck McKibben. McKibben died en route to the hospital. Mayhew survived.

Lucas Cain McGee, 21, was riding His Kawasaki motorcycle at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour when he was spotted by state police. After a 10-minute chase, McGee's motorcycle ran into the back of a trailer hauling two all-terrain vehicles. The motorcycle caught fire, and McGee was killed.

Turner was pulled over in a car with her friend and her ex-husband in it, her ex-husband bleeding from gunshot wounds. They'd shot him and were taking him to the hospital. Turner emerged from the car and leveled a weapon at officers, and she was fatally shot.

Authorities used tear gas and a battering ram to try to flush out a heavily armed, barricaded man suspected of killing a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. A fire broke out about 8 p.m. Kueck, 52, had exchanged gunfire with sheriff's deputies before the fire, which quickly spread through the house and several outbuildings. They said it was not immediately known whether Kueck, who was moving about the property, had been trapped and killed in any of the structures, all of which were destroyed.

Deputy shot Richard Burrola after he allegedly struck the deputy several times with a metal object.

According to reports, a Lewisburg police car was rushing to the scene of a fight. State troopers in two squad cars saw the city cruiser and sped after it to assist "out of courtesy." However, the troopers apparently didn't know what they were assisting, because they couldn't talk to the Lewisburg officer over their dissimilar radios. The city officer stopped in the road at the top of a hill to talk to some witnesses. One of the state troopers was able to stop. The second trooper, Greg Collins, swerved left to miss the stopped vehicles and hit an oncoming car driven by Neil Parker, killing him.

police shot and killed Willis after he stabbed an officer several times in the back and arm. The police described him as mentally unstable. Willis' family told police he was a known schizophrenic and was not taking his medication.

Greene's husband Rodolfo, a Border Patrol Agent, fatally shot her and committed suicide after an argument at their residence. Cynthia Sanchez, 10, Rebeca's cousin, and Lizbeth Greene, 6, Rebeca's daughter, were both in the residence at the time of the shooting. The marriage had lasted less than a month.

Devon Still was killed by a police van driven by Officer Troy Redd after Still fell or jumped off a stolen bicycle.

Police were called because Washington was off her mental illness meds. Washington was shot five times when she struck a policeman with a candlestick.

Eugene Hartsell was killed after Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents came into his house. ATF spokesman Tom Crowley said agents knocked and announced themselves before they entered Hartsell's house. Hartsell confronted the ATF agents with a shotgun when he was shot and killed.

Corporal Eddie Stallings shot Nowell repeatedly with a stun gun as he resisted an assault-related arrest. Nowell died of heart and lung failure.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at a house. The officer did not find the man during an initial search of the house. But when the officer returned for a second check, he found the man inside, armed with a knife and threatening those inside. unidentified man refused the officer's orders to drop the knife and lunged at the officer, police said. He was shot and killed.

A 14-hour standoff developed around a mobile home when local officers attempted a search warrant on drugs charges. A 17-year-old girl was released and informed the police that the two men left were heavily armed. Sherman's accomplice was wounded. Sherman was killed.

Police on patrol heard gunshots and went to investigate. At the scene, they found two cars parked side by side in the street. Dukes jumped from the passenger's seat of one of the cars and ran between his home and the one next, turning and aiming a gun at police, who shot and killed him at the scene.

Globe police responded to a report of a suicidal subject at a motel. Police said the caller was Leber, who wanted an officer sent to his motel room regarding a body. When officers arrived, they found Leber's motel room door open and a suicide note inside. About that time, a motel employee identified a man driving by the room as Leber. Two Globe police officers and a Gila County sheriff's deputy followed Leber about a quarter mile away from the motel and pulled the BIA agent over. He brandished his weapon toward the sheriff's deputy and all three officers shot, killing Leber.

New Jersey corrections officer Teneka M. Milbourne allegedly was killed by her boyfriend, New Jersey corrections officer Jonathan K. Norman.

Alphons Torregrossa was killed when he crashed an allegedly stolen SUV during a police chase. Ferguson police were pursuing the SUV south on Highway 367 shortly after 4 a.m. when Torregrossa lost control of the vehicle, causing it to flip over several times and eject all three occupants. Two other teens in the SUV were injured in the wreck, one critically.

Sharokh Haghighat, 43, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Las Vegas police officer was called to an apartment where Anthony Minner was suspected of shooting a 16-year-old boy in the face. Minner was expected to return to the apartment and the officer awaited a phone call from Minner's roommate upon Minner's return. The officer was called and went to the apartment, where he saw Minner in the patio area. When the officer told him to put his hands up, Minner initially complied, then reached for the handgun and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired three times and Minner died.

Bucci was shot by a Mayfield Heights police officer after Bucci punched out her patrol car window and attacked her with a knife.

Richard Fredrick Carver, 18, was killed shortly after Carver and another motorcyclist sped past a Pickens County deputy, who turned his patrol car around to chase them, police said.

Sought by deputies for charges related to stealing an air-conditioning unit from a church, Buchanan tried to flee in his car, wrecked the vehicle in a 100 MPH police chase, abandoned the car, then refused to stop threatening the deputies with a knife as they approached. He was fatally shot.

A mentally ill Duke was shot to death by county deputies on the grounds of the sheriff's department. Duke was challenging officers with a pair of knives. Tasered twice in an effort to subdue him, he continued to attack with the knives. The grand jury review recommended additional training for officers on handling mentally ill people.

A state trooper and his wife killed each other Monday, both using one of his S.C. Highway Patrol service weapons, police said. Lance Cpl. John W. Gadson shot and killed Betty Joe Perry Gadson, his wife of 17 months, while pleading with emergency 911 operators for help after she shot him.

Yousuf Ali Mollah, 32, died after being shot in East Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Joseph W. Steele was killed when his ATV crashed while trying to elude an officer. Steele was on his ATV at around 11:30 p.m., headed eastbound in an alley, when he reportedly failed to yield to a southbound truck at the intersection of the alley and Main Street. The police vehicle avoided the collision. Steele died at a hospital.

LeRoy Robinson was killed when he crashed after a police chase. Just before 5 a.m. police said they tried to stop Robinson for driving without headlights. According to police, the chase was called off when Robinson turned the wrong way onto one-way Madison Street. Police said they believed the car became airborne about 30 seconds later when it crossed railroad tracks and hit a tree. Robinson's family members said that several residents near the crash site told them the chase had continued on Madison, and that the youth was pursued by squad cars without their lights or sirens on over the railroad tracks. His family thought Robinson was rear-ended during the chase, because the car had white paint on the rear bumper, as well as a cracked rear fender after the crash.

Givens was shot and killed by three police officers after he allegedly brandished a weapon. He also was a suspect in a series of takeover robberies of banks in Oakland and San Francisco, police said.

Patricia Harrison, 35, stopped a red Dodge Neon at a red light. She asked Sergeant Gregory Truitt and Deputy Dan Whitehead, seated in the patrol vehicle next to her, for help. Johnson, in the passenger seat of the Neon, attacked Harrison. Deputy Whitehead pulled Harrison out of the Neon. Johnson pulled Sergeant Truitt into the Neon, then accelerated down a dead-end street. Truitt shot Johnson once, fatally, in the chest.

According to police, Terrance Devonny Griffin was was carrying false identification and driving a 2002 Volvo registered to another man when he was stopped for a traffic violation at about 11:40 a.m. Police said the Volvo belonged to Rodriguez Pickett, 33, who was wanted on a felony warrant. After giving police Pickett's Illinois driver's license, Griffin reportedly sped off, crashed into a parked Ford Tempo on Pembroke, fled on foot and ran onto a porch on Biltmore Street, where he allegedly made a move that gave the impression that he was armed. An officer shot and killed Griffin.

Ryan K. Goto, a Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officer and Alacia Williams, 10, were killed near Honokai Hale in a chain-reaction accident set off by a cardboard box that fell off a vehicle onto the road. The owner of the box, Eric Henderson, 49, a pilot for Continental Airlines, eventually settled a lawsuit regarding the accident.

Ryan Nichols died after town police responded to a report of a suicidal man. Officer Alan F. Baird had disarmed Nichols and was about to leave the club with him when Nichols, who appeared to be cooperating, attacked him without warning, wrested the officer's gun away and shot himself in the hand, chest and head. The death was ruled a suicide.

A man reportedly shot and killed himself during a five-hour standoff with sheriff's deputies.

At around 5:30 a.m., Riverview police got a report that a group of people were trying to break into cars on Windy Court. According to police, an officer tried to pull a car with several occupants over, and a chase began when the driver didn't stop. Wyandotte, Ecorse and River Rouge officers joined in the pursuit as it continued at high speeds through four downriver communities until the driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the Rouge River. One of the four passengers, an unnamed 19-year-old, hit the ground or a concrete barrier when he was ejected from the car. He died from his injuries at a hospital. The driver, Christopher Lee Bonarito, 20, was charged with felony murder.

Eufaula Fire medic Eric Hudson was shot and killed when he allegedly raised his gun at police following a pursuit and exchange of gunfire.

James Richard Wagner was killed when he crashed an allegedly stolen car into a eucalyptus tree while fleeing pursuing deputies.

Jennifer Shepherd was shot and killed by a deputy during a short standoff. She approached police with a rifle and refused to drop it. She was reported to be suicidal.

An officer shot and killed David Sandoval Jr. when Sandoval allegedly became "aggressive" with the officer while wielding a pointed corn-dog stick during a domestic disturbance call.

Michael Earl Crispin was shot and killed by Deputy David "Scotty" Gibbons after a high-speed chase. He allegedly threatened officers with a knife.

Expecting stiff resistance a "special operations team" came for Faulkner at his mobile home at 3:30 a.m. He was the prime suspect in an Alabama murder. Faulkner shot a deputy in the head, his life saved by a bullet-resistant helmet. The suspect was killed by return fire.

A deputy tried to stop an unidentified 62-year-old man for speeding on US 75, and a high-speed chase ensued on county roads east of the highway. According to police, the driver displayed a gun and tried to drive away after his pickup went into a ditch after he was cornered on a dead end road near Union. The man then allegedly got out, fired his gun and ran off into a wooded area. The deputy called for backup and the area was cordoned off. The NSP sent its SWAT team and a helicopter to search for the man. The man was reportedly found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 7:30 p.m. near where the chase had ended about 2.5 hours earlier.

Roy White was shot and killed by a police sharpshooter after he fired random shots during the standoff and pointed a gun at officers, police said.

Police shot and killed Oscar Curtis Tilghman after a lengthy standoff during which Tilghman reportedly threatened to kill himself, family members and police.

Deputies were called to Moore's Garrison Street home to investigate a domestic disturbance between him and his common-law wife, Lynne Perry, police said. The four-hour standoff ended when sheriff's deputies discovered Moore had killed himself with a pistol.

A standoff reportedly began when police arrived to arrest James Russell Leake at his friend's residence, following an anonymous tip. According to police, "The officers had secured the perimeter and were attempting to engage him in dialogue. He didn't respond and three shots rang out." The first two shots hit the wall and ceiling. The third struck Leake in the temple, police said.

In the early morning hours of a Tuesday Molina was one of five teens who broke into the Dade Marine Institute, where he had been a student, and stole some items. Police followed the fleeing teens until their car crashed. Molina ran away, dropped 25 feet off an expressway ramp onto concrete, and died of the resulting injuries.

Kevin Jenkins was wanted for questioning about an assault. He fled a police stop on foot, jumped into the Cohansey River and drowned.

David L. Fowler reportedly shot himself while being chased by a state trooper. At about 5:50 a.m., the trooper tried to stop Fowler's 1997 Range Rover for a traffic violation, police said. Fowler allegedly displayed a gun and fled. The trooper followed the Range Rover northbound on 255. After a few minutes, police said Fowler shot himself in the head. The Range Rover then left the road and came to rest in a dry water-retention pond. Fowler was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tran called the police, who showed up to her home. She was holding a vegetable peeler common in Asian cooking with no outwardly sharp edges. Officer mistook vegetable peeler for a meat cleaver, fired gun

Police shot Chad E. Seymour in the back when he allegedly charged at officers with a grenade during a standoff. At about 11:20 p.m, police responded to a domestic disturbance at a duplex. Seymour reportedly ran into the backyard, held up a grenade and threatened to detonate it. Negotiators tried to persuade Seymour to surrender until around 3:30 a.m., when he allegedly charged at officers and was shot. Seymour fell on top of the grenade. Police sent in a robot to retrieve the grenade, fearing it might detonate (it did after the robot rolled Seymour's body off it). Police said the grenade's pin had been pulled.

A state trooper tried to stop Troy Gray, who was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on I-29 with Jennifer Gray as a passenger, for a broken tail light. Troy Gray reportedly sped away and exited at Sloan, then continued west on a county road and onto gravel roads. According to police, the motorcycle kicked up a lot of dust and the trooper lost sight of it. Soon afterward, the Harley failed to negotiate a curve, flipped into the ditch and hit a fence post. Jennifer Gray called 911, and officers found the crash site. Troy Gray was pronounced dead at the scene and Jennifer Gray died from head injuries two days later.

Around 2:30 a.m., a black car, containing three suspected burglars from Georgia, ran a stop sign. Officer Felix Pantoja,36, pursued. The car crashed near a cotton field. Kellogg and a woman left the vehicle. Kellogg drew a pistol. The officer and Kellogg shot each other by moonlight at a range of about 10 yards. Kellogg shot the officer's right arm. The officer continued to shoot with his left hand. Kellogg, struck repeatedly, died. Officer Pantoja, wearing a bullet-resistant vest, survived. He received an honor pin, a purple heart pin and a medal of valor.

Police said Randolph E. Walston had stolen a Lexus from an Owings Mills car dealership when he died after the vehicle crashed during a police chase. Police said they were pursuing the Lexus "in a chase that lasted less than a minute."

Sgt. Carol Olesak was attempting to arrest Duc Mihn Pham when he shot her with her gun. Minutes later, fearing Pham might fire the gun again, police officers shot and killed him. Pham walked up to Oleksak's patrol car in the Walgreens parking lot and released a barrage of bullets. According to witnesses, the suspect then calmly walked up Central Avenue, firing his gun over his shoulder as other officers rushed to the scene. Additional officers confronted the unidentified suspect in front of Kelly's Brew Pub, where he was shot and killed.

Deputy Phil Gray was investigating a report of a man acting crazy. When he arrived, Rapp said, "I am Zoltar. You are in my way, demon." Eventually he charged with a knife and Gray shot him. Rapp died 19 months later.

Roger Ashby reportedly killed himself during an overnight standoff with police and sheriff's deputies. The standoff began at around 10:25 p.m. when Ashby's wife ran to her neighbor's home, called 911 and told dispatchers her husband had just shot at her with a shotgun. Ashby was found dead inside his mobile home at about 5:45 a.m. after an ISP tactical response team entered the residence.

Scott Adsit was loading his pickup truck when he was struck by a vehicle fleeing from police.

Tyrone G. Hills, 17, was allegedly the driver of a car used in a drive-by shooting. He was killed when the car crashed into the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church during a pursuit.

Lawrence Raul Licano, 33, died after being shot in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Officers were responding to a domestic violence report. They were inside an apartment when Patten pulled a shotgun and pointed it toward them. They fired, killing Patten.

Officer Kenyatta Kelly shot and killed Corey Graham during a struggle in which Graham pulled a pistol.

Police were called because a developmentally disabled boy threatened his mother with a knife. He refused to drop the knife when police arrived and was shot and killed.

Off-duty Patrolman Jason Potts shot and killed a man who tried to rob him and his 18-year-old stepdaughter at the Andorra Shopping Center, police said.

Deputy Joey Davidson conducted a traffic stop on Jefferson's motorcycle. They exchanged words. Jefferson pulled Deputy Davidson's pistol off of his duty belt and shot him. Deputy Davidson drew a backup pistol and fatally shot Jefferson. Deputy Davidson survived. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Texas Ranger Division, investigated.

Jason Summe was being pursued by an officer at around 7:40 p.m. when his ATV crossed the center line on a curve and struck an oncoming Jeep Cherokee. Summe was killed in the crash.

A 15-year-old girl's name was withheld when she went to court for killing Frances Tabaka, 84, during a police chase.

Officer Roger Degnan shot and killed Jorge Sanchez Mendoza when he allegedly walked toward him with a knife with a "crazed or wild look" in his eyes.

Off-duty Las Vegas officer was manning a fireworks stand with his wife when he was robbed at gunpoint by Efrain Cuenca Dimas, 16. Dimas demanded money but the officer feared he was going to shoot him or his wife when Dimas started counting down. Johnson pulled out a concealed gun and fired six times. Dimas died at the scene. An investigation found Dimas had robbed another fireworks stand earlier.

Thomas was shot and killed by a Glenwood city police officer after a domestic disturbance outside Wheeler County Hospital, according to police. He died shortly after the shooting in the emergency room of the hospital.

Tulsa Police Officer Josh Martin shot and killed Tony Kris Richardson after a pursuit ended with the man telling police he had a gun and would not be taken alive. A knife was found inside the truck the man was attempting to steal, but no gun was found, police said.

Northglenn police officer Patrisha McEachern, 32, responding to a medical emergency, slammed into a car that crossed in front of her, killing Michael Dariell Branch Sr., 44.

Wilson had a 15-year romantic relationship with an officer on the same force. When it ended, the emotionally unbalanced officer stalked, threatened and harassed her, using his issued service weapon, yet was permitted to keep that weapon and stay on active duty. Three weeks after requesting assistance Wilson was murdered by the other officer, who then killed himself.

Deputies shot and killed Ronald Chandonais when he allegedly raised a gun at them.

Gregory "Greg" Magee, a 28-year-old mechanic, was shot and killed by Philadelphia police officers, while attempting to break into the garage next door to his father's shop that night, and when confronted by the cops, ran around the corner, allegedly firing a pistol in their direction. They caught up to Greg less than a block away and shot and killed him.

An officer speeding toward a vehicle accident scene at 3 a.m. at about 70 MPH apparently didn't see the streetsweeper stopped in the road, and crashed into it full speed. Both streetsweeper Davenport and the officer were fatally injured.

Officers John Janda and Carl Wilson shot and killed Jose Ulloa when he allegedly attempted to run over an officer.

Alex Underwood, 40, a State Law Enforcement Division SWAT team member, shot and killed Samuel Padgett after Padgett shot him in the chest, after a nine-hour standoff.

Wayne Earl Ellis, a disabled Vietnam veteran, was pulled out of his pickup truck and beaten to death by officer Kenneth Pollard and Sgt. Kevin Jung.

After robbing a bank, invading a house and stealing a car, Lonnie Russell led police on a chase that ended in a gunbattle and his death.

Air Force veteran Lewandowski had an obvious psychological meltdown at a convenience store. Unarmed, nude, ranting and praying in the middle of the street, he was dead shortly after deputies arrived, although nobody was sure whether the cause was being tasered three times, being shot, or because he'd put his hand through a neighbor's window and severed an artery. The second fatal encounter for county deputies in a 10-day period.

Undocumented immigrants Mario Perez Ortega, Leonardo Sanchez Placido and Erendira Jimenez Garcia were passengers killed when a vehicle crashed while fleeing the CHP.

Police shot Paul Rapacz when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers after robbing O'Hare Liquors. Police had responded to a report of a man with a gun inside the store at 8 p.m. The clerk had fled, leaving Rapacz alone inside, police said, and officers surrounded the store. When Rapacz left the store, police repeatedly told him to drop his gun, but he allegedly pointed the weapon at them instead. Two officers shot Rapacz, who died at the scene

Off-duty Cook County correctional officer Motley was inside his own home and had wounded himself with a 13-inch knife. He'd worked in corrections for 22 years. When two responding officers told Motley to drop the knife, he threatened them with it instead. He was killed with three shots to the chest.

Dana Richard Herminzek was shot and killed by police during a domestic violence incident. He attacked police with a knife.

Several deputies responded at about 12:15 p.m. to a report that Christopher Drypen, who had a history of mental health problems, was in the basement of his parents' home acting irrationally and playing music at a very loud volume. Drypen allegedly lunged at deputies Arnold Terrell and Todd Wood with a knife, and they shot him in the basement stairwell. In 2005, Oakland County settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Drypen's family for $4 million.

An officer shot Darnell Moss when he allegedly rammed an unmarked squad car in a McDonald's parking lot. According to police, DEA agents and Waukegan police were conducting a drug buy at around 7 p.m. Officers moved to arrest Moss, who allegedly tried to escape arrest and hit an unmarked Waukegan police car with an officer inside.

Washington's home was invaded by NYPD officers, without warning or warrant, purportedly in hot pursuit of a suspect. Guns drawn, they kicked down the door, slapped a 7-year-old girl, ransacked the house, then provided no explanation. Washington suffered a heart attack and his family attributed his death, 10 days after, to the effects of the raid.

Motorcyclist Shurn died in a collision while being pursued by police for speeding at 2 a.m. His death, compounding other local police killings and incidents (Trenton Patterson and Arthur Partee, to name two) and apparently chronic police corruption, caused racial protests and civil unrest comparable to Ferguson, Missouri, 12 years later.

Sanchez attempted to escape from a drug raid through a fourth-story window and fell to his death.

Unknown why Harris fled from an early-morning Sunday police stop, with no warrants or any other apparent reason. He sped away and with police in pursuit rolled his 1993 Ford Taurus into a fatal accident.

Welker was shot and killed by a sniper inside his home, from which he had fired at officers, police said.

William Gingerella called police to tell them of his suicidal plans. He apparently shot and killed himself as police surrounded his home.

Craigor Smith, 36, died after being shot in Encino, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

At about 2:50 a.m., a deputy saw Carlton E. Fitz riding a motorcycle at high speeds in Dubuque. A chase ensued, during which police said the deputy paced the motorcycle traveling near 100 mph at one point. Fitz lost control of the motorcycle, struck a signpost and died.

According to officials, a man entered the Central Savings Bank in Rudyard at around 2:50 p.m. brandishing a handgun. Dressed all in black with sunglasses and a black hat, the man allegedly collected more than $20,000 and left. Tellers called 911 and provided a description of the man. Trooper Chris MacMaster stopped Chad W. Stokes along southbound I-75 near the M-134 juncture, approximately 15 miles south of Rudyard. Police did not have a good description of the vehicle--only of the driver--but police said MacMaster noted Stokes dark clothing and demeanor and decided to initiate the traffic stop. According to police, Stokes initially held both hands out the window, as MacMaster approached with his gun drawn. Stokes then allegedly withdrew one of his hands. MacMaster said he backed off to wait for other officers, then heard a gunshot and discovered that Stokes had taken his own life with a 9 mm Ruger.

A blue Dodge pickup was spotted leaving a hit-and-run accident. A man who saw the accident called police on his cellular phone and followed the truck for several blocks, giving officers its license plate number and directions of where Richard Martinovics was going. An officer spotted the truck at 13 Mile and Gratiot and chased the vehicle for about two miles at high speed through subdivisions, where the truck ran over curbs and struck at least two parked cars, police said. Martinovics lost control of the pickup and ran into a third parked car at Roseville Boulevard and Maple. The officer tried to pull Martinovics out of the vehicle, but he attacked the officer, punching the officer in his face and chest. Martinovics pinned the officer between the police car and a building with the truck. The officer shot and killed Martinovics.

Otis Moore Jr. reportedly shot himself across from the CHPD station just after 10 p.m. Moore's family believed he was murdered in retaliation. In the early 1990s, Moore had testified against three CHPD officers who were convicted of aiding him in operating a crack cocaine ring. Moore was released from prison in 2000. Suspicions of foul play grew when it was revealed that Moore was wearing a wire as part of a federal drug investigation when he died. FBI agents were in the area at the time he died, but Moore wasn't in sight, a law enforcement source said. The source said sheriff's deputies and CHPD officers were aware Moore was cooperating and had agreed to wear the device.

Snipes was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting death of his wife. He shot himself in the head as a SWAT team surrounded him inside a house.

The unidentified man was involved in a hit and run. He apparently shot a deputy, but was killed when two Douglasville Police Departments went to his home.

Victim's husband killed her with his service weapon issued to him as a US Postal Inspector during an episode of domestic violence.

Michael Swann died en route to jail after police chased him on foot and sprayed him with Freeze plus P before arresting him.

A heart attack brought on by cocaine use killed Bates, who died in police custody, Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj ruled.

Eugene Cooper broke into Jennifer Cooper's home, armed with a gun, and threatened to kill her, police said. Jennifer's screams awakened her roommate, who called 911. When police arrived, the husband was standing inside the door, naked, holding the handgun. He screamed for officers to "Get out!" He was ordered to drop the weapon but raised it at the officers. Officer Ruben Ruiz, 33, with two years on the force, fired at least once, killing him.

An officer investigating gunshots at a parking lot on Spring Street was told by witnesses that a man in a blue Toyota was shooting at them. When a second officer attempted to pull the car over on West Peachtree Street, he took off. The Toyota jumped a curb and came to a stop near the end of West Peachtree Street. Police found the man, later identified as Darryl Luck, dead inside the car. He had shot himself in the mouth, police said.

Police said Christopher Morse was suspected of murdering his friend Bobby Brown, whose body was found in his home in Cabot, Vermont. Vermont State Police requested that Michigan State Police check for Morse at his parents' Rose Township residence, but he wasn't there. The next morning, a neighbor saw Morse's vehicle parked in the driveway and called police. Troopers saw Morse leave and followed him. Other troopers and OCSD deputies arrived and police prepared to stop Morse. According to police, troopers activated their emergency lights, and Morse shot himself in the head.

According to DPD, officers tried to help a civilian to take personal property from a room in a Super 7 Inn. When West saw the officers at the door of the room, he ran to the bathroom "carrying something in his hands." He flushed the toilet repeatedly. Officers tried to enter the bathroom. West shot at them twice with a .45-caliber pistol. Officers Rolando Carballo Jr., Alphonse Alexander and Tami Yanez shot at West. He died at the scene.

Shawn Gordon Dameral was killed when his car crashed during a police chase that started in Manteca and ended in Ripon.

Bobby Joe Martinez died when he tried to flee from deputies by swimming across the Tuolumne River.

A local officer stopped Henderson for his loud muffler and a plate that belonged on another car. The officer had been patrolling solo for only four days. When Henderson went to retrieve his paperwork from the glove box, the officer mistook, he said, a cologne bottle for the butt of a gun, and fatally shot him. The officer was booked for criminally negligent homicide but ultimately acquitted.

Lorena Rodriguez and her unborn baby died as passengers in a stolen car driven by her boyfriend, chased by police, when the car struck the vehicle of county deputy Joshua Lancaster at high speed in a rural intersection. Lancaster was also killed.

Jesse Martinez, 29, died in police custody after he called 911 and told dispatchers he was overdosing on methamphetamine and was going to die, police said. He was pronounced dead about an hour after he was handcuffed and restrained by as many as four Ontario police officers near his condominium.

A schizophrenic who rode a kid's bike around his tough neighborhood, picking up trash with the idea that his mother could sell it, there was plenty of evidence of Conyers' mental illness. Still he somehow ran afoul of police and ended up in a confrontation in a small bedroom of his mother's house. He threatened the police with a garden rake, and was fatally shot.

Officers were dispatched for a suspicious person sitting inside a vehicle call. Stokes was seated in a 1997 silver Acura. A female officer walked up to the left side of the vehicle and made contact with Stokes. Stokes got out of his vehicle and began advancing on her. Stokes had a knife in his right hand and a screwdriver in his left hand. A male officer arrived. Both officers yelled at him to drop the weapons. Stokes turned from the female and advanced on the male, while both officers shouted commands at him. When Stokes was about 10 feet away from him, the male officer fired three or four shots. The female also fired her weapon. Stokes fell down and then tried to stand up. Stokes dropped the knife, but continued to hold the screwdriver as he then collapsed back on to the ground. He died from the bullet wounds.

Police shot and killed David Rubio when he allegedly emerged from his motel room brandishing a .38-caliber revolver.

An officer shot and killed Michael George Oliver when he allegedly reached for a weapon in the desert.

Officer Christopher Cornwell was shot by another subject and Cornwell shot and killed Wells in leg.

Zongo encountered Officer Conroy, in plainclothes, on the third floor, guarding a room full of counterfeit compact discs after a raid. The encounter ended with Zongo shot four times.

After a nearly 20-mile police chase, Lucas Adams Andrews was shot and killed as he attempted to retrieve a rifle from the back seat of his pickup after crashing into a highway sign, police said.

Two officers shot Cloyd O. Kenshalo when he allegedly backed a car toward them after a high-speed chase from Godfrey to Alton. Kenshalo had led officers from the Madison County Sheriff's Office and the Alton Police Department on a brief chase before crashing into a chain-link fence. A witness said that he heard the officers tell Kenshalo to get out of the car, and saw Kenshalo put the car into reverse. Two officers then opened fire. A grand jury said the officers were justified in killing Kenshalo.

Undocumented immigrant Claudia Morales was killed and three people were injured when a compact car carrying seven undocumented immigrants rolled off the road for an unknown reason while being followed by a Border Patrol agent.

Sean Gillispie, 19, was shot and killed by a Knoxville police officer as authorities tried to break up a crowd that had gathered in the parking lot of a downtown convenience store. Police were dispatched to check out a report that a "large crowd of people" was being loud and disorderly in the parking area, police said. Gillispie was shot once in the chest after allegedly "going for a gun" while in the back seat of a car that had been approached by Officers Jason Keck and David Ogle.

Suicidal Azerbaijan immigrant Gasanov encountered police in his front yard. He held a BERSA .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol. Family asserted that Gasanov had been cooperatively obeying police instructions when he was fatally shot, and his death was entirely unnecessary.

A 25-year-old suspect pursued by police for running a stop sign crashed at about 100 MPH into a Ford Expedition from behind. Husband and wife Rene and Lorne Martin were ejected from their vehicle and dead at the scene.

Sgts. Frank Torres and Darren Martin drove up on a domestic dispute between Lounds and his wife, Georgia Marie Fuston-Lounds. When Lounds tried to drive off, he was shot and killed.

Dr. Anthony Bowman, a local cardiologist, was killed outside his apartment after refusing orders to lower a gun pointed at police.

An unidentified woman reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff. Deputies had arrived at around 2:15 p.m. and met the woman's husband, who said his wife had locked herself in a room. Deputies tried to talk to her, but she fired a shot at them, so they left the home. Additional deputies, as well as members of the Richmond Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Several attempts to talk to the woman were reportedly unsuccessful. Later that evening, police shot tear gas inside the home and entered the residence soon afterwards. The woman was pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m. after officers found her body inside.

Emergency dispatchers received a call from a man who reported his housemate had been stabbed, then abducted by her ex-boyfriend, police said. Police spotted Anderson's Nissan sport utility vehicle. Officers Ben Hoster and Kary Sitzmann, a six-month recruit, followed. Anderson evaded the police car by heading into a neighborhood, then making a U-turn and parking with the vehicle facing west, police said. The kidnapped woman ran out of the SUV bleeding from the chest. Anderson stepped out of the vehicle and approached Hoster from about 60 feet away, police said. When Anderson was about 10 feet away, he reached behind his back. Hoster fired, hitting him three times in the torso, killing him.

Deputy Robert Burbach shot and killed Kevin W. Diabo, after Diabo killed RCSD Deputy Bruce Lee and swung a baton at Burbach.

Williams is said to have confronted police with a knife in both hands as they encountered him in a domestic dispute call. Neither pepper spray or "water balls" were successful in making him comply. He was fatally shot.

Joshua Hollander died after he slashed his wrists then struggled with officers who used a carotid restraint and tasered him.

Neighbors were familiar with encountering Wallace. Homeless but tidy, delusional, paranoid, claiming to have a degree in marine biology (which turned out to be true), he lived in an abandoned two-story water tank. His encounter with somebody sent out to cut brush on "his" property developed into a call from the police. He refused to leave the tank. Officers entered and Wallace was shot dead within moments.

Hall, 17, allegedly robbed a pizzeria, shot a bystander in the arm, stole money and then fled to nearby Hillsboro Street, where he holed up in a disabled van. Police said that a shot rang out as they approached the van and though an officer fired into the van, Hall shot and killed himself.

When officer James Boyd told Netters he would be arrested and reached in the door to get him out of the vehicle, Netters hit the gas pedal, catching Boyd's arm in the door and dragging him down the street. Netters, 31, was shot and died at the scene. Boyd was treated for broken bones in his arm and Bohnsack was not injured.

Police shot and killed Luther Mitchell Jr. when he allegedly threatened them with a handgun. According to police, Mitchell was walking on South Shore Drive at about 9:30 p.m., when two plainclothes officers saw him acting suspiciously and carrying something in his right hand. When the officers got out of their car, Mitchell allegedly turned toward them with a gun and said, "I'm going to kill you and then I'm going to kill myself." Police said the officers identified themselves as police and told Mitchell to drop his weapon several times. One of the officers then shot Mitchell. However, witnesses said they didn't see a gun in Mitchell's hand and that both officers fired at Mitchell.

A police sergeant shot Cameron L. Leapheart after he allegedly refused to drop a knife. The officer had responded to a 911 call at about 7 p.m. and found Leapheart, who the officer said was angry and bleeding, with a steak knife outside his home. According to police, the sergeant shot Leapheart twice when he continued moving toward him. Family members said Leapheart did not threaten the officer and did not advance on him. Wyandotte County District Attorney Nick Tomasic cleared the officer.

Roberts had a lengthy arrest record, but no outstanding warrants, when he fled from an early-morning traffic stop for having a headlight out. The resulting high-speed chase across three counties involved three agencies. Officers of two agencies were told to pull back but disobeyed. Roberts' SUV crashed and rolled in an interstate median, ejecting and killing him.

Officer Joseph Fleming shot Homero Campos when he allegedly tried to flee from police, dragging one officer and running over Fleming's foot.

Dontavious Lamar Cliatt was believed to be connected with the shooting death of David Glenn Gibson, 45, during a suspected robbery at Gibson's used car lot in Phenix City. About 90 minutes later, Cliatt was spotted and stopped by police as he was driving along Sandfort Road. When officers directed Cliatt to exit the vehicle, he emerged with pistol in hand and fired at officers, police said. Two Russell County deputies and five Phenix City officers fired back at Cliatt, striking him multiple times.

Karen Yontz was chased down in her car and shot to death by two Albuquerque Police Officers who suspected her of robbing a bank. Yontz was a longtime criminal investigator with both the Attorney General's Office and the District Attorney's Office in Santa Fe and a former Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy. At the time of her death, Yontz was building a case against Municipal Judge Charles Maestas, who was facing 28 criminal charges of trading judicial favors for sex with women who appeared before his court. She was also investigating the Russell Cage case (see above).

NYPD officers reported seeing Lopez shoot and kill another man, perhaps over a drug deal, and leave in a van. They chased Lopez, pulled him over, saw him turn toward them, and shot him to death. Together with the shooting of Floyd Quinones just a few days previously the event caused local protests and unrest.

The police shot and killed a 28-year-old man early yesterday morning in a housing project in Brooklyn after he fired 17 shots into the air in what apparently was celebratory gunfire to mark a friend's birthday

SWAT officer Douglas Dingman shot and killed Santon Gonzales after he allegedly fired several shots in officers' direction during a standoff at a Pacoima residence.

Police said the fatal crash happened less than two minutes after an officer pulled over a "suspicious" red Chevrolet Monte Carlo. When the officer walked up to the car, the driver sped off. As the driver of the Monte Carlo tried to get around two other cars on Maxham Road, he crossed a double yellow line and collided with a Honda Civic. Sonja Levy Todmann, 56, the driver of the Honda, was killed in the crash. The officer pulled the driver out of the burning Chevrolet but was not able to get to the passenger before fire engulfed the car. The passenger, Amir Spencer, died in the car. The driver, identified as 20-year-old Subhan A. Bey of Atlanta, also died.

Byron Johnson was killed when his motorcycle crashed into another vehicle during a police chase.

Tacoma Police Chief David Brame shot his wife in front of their kids and then killed himself in shopping center parking lot.

A 14-year-old boy died after the car in which he was riding with three other youths crashed while apparently eluding police, police said. Eric M. Podtburg, of Morris, was thrown from the car in the one-car accident on a gravel road east of Morris in west-central Minnesota. He died of head injuries, police said. A Morris police officer spotted the car on the University of Minnesota-Morris campus when someone called 911 reporting that youths in a car had thrown a bottle at a passing car. The car sped away and police followed at a distance, Stevens County Sheriff Randy Willis said.

Pat Kiss phoned 911 to report that her common-law husband fired a gun in their home, police said. Steven Johnson, 49, held police at bay for several hours before firing his gun at officers. Police then shot and killed Johnson in front of the home.

Bryan Migues reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff that began when officers responded to a call that Migues was threatening to commit suicide.

Gerald A. Flowers had been making suicidal threats when police came to his home. He allegedly was shot and killed when he threatened police with knives.

According to DPD, officers conducted a traffic stop on Spence, named in a parole violation warrant. Spence exited his vehicle. He and the officers fought. Officer Phillip White saw the point of a knife "protruding from the backside of the subject's clenched fist." Officer White shot Spence once. Spence died at the scene.

Officer Jake Alderden shot and killed Jeremiah L. Humphrey when he allegedly pointed a gun at him. Alderden and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious man at around 3:30 a.m. According to police, Alderden's partner asked Humphrey to stop, but he ran. Alderden chased Humphrey into a dark, narrow gangway. Near the end of it, Humphrey ran into a waist-high fence and tumbled over it. Humphrey got back up and ran through a fenced-in backyard, then fell again. Alderden reportedly grabbed Humphrey's coat from the other side of the fence, and then shot him twice when Humphrey allegedly aimed a gun at him.

William McClintock apparently shot himself after fleeing a courtroom and leading deputies on a chase in Fontana.

David Paul Eisenhardt was stopped by Vicksburg officers for a driving offense, but gave a false name, police said. When officers asked him to step from his car for a second check, Eisenhardt reportedly fled in the 1998 Acura, leading police on a chase down back roads in Kalamazoo, Calhoun and St. Joseph counties at speeds over 100 mph. Officers from Vicksburg, Schoolcraft and the Kalamazoo County sheriff's department chased Eisenhardt. Eisenhardt ran a stop sign on M-66 at M-60 just after 2 a.m. and was hit by a semi-truck. Eisenhardt was pronounced dead at the scene.

Watson attempted to outrun Tutwiler police after officers tried to stop Watson's car at about 4 a.m. for an alleged traffic violation. Watson traveled southeast on MS 49 and turned onto MS 32 East at Webb, where police had been alerted to be on the lookout for the vehicle. Watson reportedly stopped for Webb police, but would not exit his vehicle and allegedly proceeded to ram the police car with his Mustang. Webb police then fired shots at Watson's car, shooting out both left tires before Watson fled in the car east MS 32. As he approached the Tallahatchie River bridge, Watson reportedly began firing shots at police, who then dropped back and waited for backup. Watson stopped his car in the highway and ran. Tallaharchie County sheriff's deputies later found Watson dead at about 9 a.m. in a bean field just off MS 32, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Arnoldo Duarte Juarez, 33, died after being shot in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Marti was sought for the killing of one New Jersey officer and the wounding of another. After a dramatic 20-mile high-speed police chase, the last leg of it on rims and shredded tires, Marti confronted six deputies by emptying his .44 Magnum and .380 automatic at them, pretended to surrender, then defiantly raised a shotgun. Marti was fatally shot.

The medical examiner determined that Sterling died of a combination of pepper spray, a fight with police trying to detain him, and a sickle-cell condition he wasn't aware of. He'd run from a traffic stop. Accounts of police and responding firefighters differed to the point where four firefighters were terminated. Sterling's father accepted a half-million dollar settlement from the city but later killed himself over the incident.

Denvey Buckley died after fighting with police during a suicide attempt. His death was ruled a heart attack.

Tobar reportedly shot his wife at Wishing Well Bar. The next day, armed with a pistol, he entered a woman's home and refused to leave. She reported Tobar at Amarillo Police Department, and stayed there as Officer Barry Ralston and Corporal Mitch Woodward went to her house. As they arrived, a red truck drove up to the residence and stopped. Tobar entered the passenger seat. The officers pointed their guns at Tobar and told him to leave the truck. Officer Ralston saw Tobar's pistol between his legs. According to Lieutenant Gary Trupe, Officer Ralston shot Tobar fatally in the chest as he reached for the pistol.

According to the Argus Leader: Rapid City Police Officer Spencer O'Bryan spotted a suspicious man near his home. O'Bryan turned on his flashlight and saw Liberty crouched behind a fence. Liberty stood up and shined a flashlight in the off-duty officer's face. O'Bryan drew his weapon and said "I have a gun and I'm a cop." Liberty got down on the sidewalk when ordered to and told O'Bryan he had a gun. Liberty then got up from the sidewalk and approached O'Bryan. He ignored orders to stop and began to draw his gun. O'Bryan fired five times, all five shots hit Liberty, who died.

Griggs was wanted for attempted murder and robbery charges the previous month. Deputies spotted his car, tried to detain him, and set up a four-hour armed standoff during which Griggs threatened suicide. When he pointed his weapon at officers, he was shot to death.

Officers followed Clark, high on cocaine, as he drove a stolen van. He crashed the van. Officers told him to leave the vehicle. Clark reached behind the driver's seat. He was shot with a stun gun. Sergeant Phil Dean shot Clark twice. Clark died at Northwest Texas Hospital. Accounts conflict concerning whether Clark was armed. At least four of five homicides by Amarillo officers in 2003, including Clark's, followed Texas Penal Code guidelines according to decisions by Potter County grand juries.

Faulkner confronted his former employer from seven years ago, demanding back pay on thin grounds. When refused, Faulkner smashed in the rear window of a BMW as revenge, and when the police arrived he confronted them with a pellet gun. He was fatally shot about six times.

Kenneth Quaderer was fleeing from a sheriff's deputy when he ran a stop sign and crashed into a northbound Ford van driven by Gordon Dean McClurg. McClurg, 61, and his wife, Sally Miller McClurg, 63, were killed. Also killed was a passenger in Quaderer's vehicle, 18-year-old Aaron Scharp.

Kenneth Quaderer was fleeing from a sheriff's deputy when he ran a stop sign and crashed into a northbound Ford van driven by Gordon Dean McClurg. McClurg, 61, and his wife, Sally Miller McClurg, 63, were killed. Also killed was a passenger in Quaderer's vehicle, 18-year-old Aaron Scharp.

Police said Eric Delano Ferguson was driving a stolen 1994 Nissan pickup Monday when he ran a red light at Ninth Street and Walton Way and smashed into a station wagon driven by Mr. Williams, killing him. Ferguson had stolen the vehicle from Broad Street and sped up when he realized a deputy had spotted him, police said.

Cofiell stumbled into a 7-11 seeking help for a medical problem, likely caused by drugs. When paramedics and police arrived he fled, then he again sought help from an off-duty officer in a marked car. When he heard his name broadcast on the police radio, he fled once more. The off-duty officer struggled with him, subdued him, and Cofiell died in an ambulance shortly afterward.

A robbery suspect shot a sheriff's deputy outside a Temecula casino and shot two more people--one fatally--inside another casino near San Diego before turning his gun on himself, police said

Partee's mother went to police looking for help getting her son hospitalized. He was acting strangely. They searched for outstanding warrants, found one, and went to collect him. Partee was killed--apparently strangled--during the attempted arrest. One of the officers told the mother he was "playing possum." Legal action reached the Sixth Circuit. Partee's death, with Terrence Shurn's, caused community unrest.

Phoenix Police Officer Robert Sitek was shot four times 4/12/03 during a traffic stop altercation with an illegal alien that became violent. Sitek and his partner David Thwing were on routine patrol when a red truck cut off their squad car, and when the officers stopped the truck the driver began shooting. Officer Sitek was in cardiac arrest by the time he reached the hospital and lost a considerable amount of blood. Shooter Francisco A. Gallardo was a "Mexican citizen who had recently completed a seven-year prison term for aggravated assault." He had been deported after his release but had returned to Arizona. Gallardo was shot and killed as he tried to escape by Officer Thwing.

Driver James T. Woodard and passenger Matthew Adam Trullinger died when their Pontiac Grand Am was hit by a freight train after a police chase. According to police, the pursuit was called off as Woodard allegedly sped into the downtown district at about 10:30 p.m. Moments later, the car crashed into a Union Pacific train.

A deputy shot and killed Melvin Maurice Brown in the parking lot of the Victorville Target after a car chase.

Maynard was shot to death at his Lincoln Hills apartment while officers were trying to arrest him for a parole violation.

Milton and Melody Sanchez had committed an armed robbery at a local restaurant on March 30, 2003. On April 5, 2003, a male and female, subsequently identified as Milton and Melody Sanchez, committed an armed robbery at a local beauty supply business. On April 8, 2003, BPD received information that Milton and Melody had planned a second armed robbery at the same restaurant as March 30, 2003. On April 9, 2003, BPD attempted to arrest them at a local gas station. They fled; resulting in a pursuit with shots fired striking an ACSO vehicle. They failed to stop after being rammed by an ACSO vehicle. They ultimately drove onto an active runway at the airport where they shot at BPD officers who returned fire. They were finally stopped on an airport runway after an ACSO deputy executed a "PIT" maneuver on their vehicle. Milton fatally shot Melody and then himself. Melody was deceased at the scene; Milton later died at a local hospital.

A deputy shot and killed James Hanlon McDonough Daniels because he presented a "perceived threat" to the children and staff at a Thousand Oaks swim school.

Officers were dispatched to Orthendahl's home after his mother, who did not live with him, requested police check on his welfare, police said. Orthendahl met two officers at the door and pointed a shotgun at them. One officer fired at Orthendahl, hitting him in the torso. The man then barricaded himself inside, and SWAT units were called to try and negotiate with the man. When police entered the home, Orthendahl met two SWAT officers in a hallway and pointed his shotgun toward them. He was shot and killed.

At around 11:15 p.m., an officer tried to pull over a Jeep Cherokee because the driver, Nicholas Joshua Schuehlein, failed to stop while entering the roadway, police said. The officer then ran the Jeep's license plate and discovered it had been reported stolen earlier that day. The SUV sped away and a short pursuit ensued. Schuehlein lost control of the Jeep, wrapped it around a tree, and died. According to police, officers had ended the chase just before the 11:30 p.m. crash.

David Christopher Medina, 42, died after being shot in University Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Paul Aaron Williams, 45, died after being shot in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police said they went to Anthony Griffin's apartment to arrest him They were outside when they heard a shot. They entered and found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Two police officers were shot, and Abraham Santiago was shot and killed during a crime spree through Hoboken and Jersey City that involved the shooting of a cab driver, a carjacking at gunpoint, and two shootouts, police said.

Two officers shot Aaron King after he allegedly fired at them during a foot chase. At about 7 p.m., police responded to a report of suspicious men outside the St. Louis Super Market and saw two men take off running in different directions as they arrived. The officers chased one of the men (King) to just off the store's parking lot, where he allegedly turned, pulled a revolver from his waistband and fired one shot at one of the officers. Both officers fired several shots at King, killing him. No one else was injured. King's companion reportedly got away.

Vargas was a suspected drug dealer when he was pulled over. He apparently ran over Officer Doug Faini foot before he was shot and killed. His female passenger was also shot, but did not die.

A deputy shot John C. Bearden when he allegedly pointed a gun at the deputy during a barricaded standoff.

Officers tried to pull Lozano's vehicle over. Instead, Lozano drove away. Officers pursued him. He tried to take a turn too fast, and rolled into a ditch. He exited his vehicle with a handheld radio. Officer Ronald L. Plotner fatally shot him. Officers later discovered that Lozano's family had recently tried and failed to send Lozano to a psychiatric center about four days earlier for what his sister, Maria, described as depression.

Brian Parrish reportedly committed suicide following a four-county police chase. Parrish had reportedly kidnapped his estranged wife from her work place, Money-N-Minutes, on Highway 15 in New Albany at about 8:30 a.m. When Parrish's van was spotted not long afterwards, New Albany police and Highway Patrol troopers began pursuit. At least eight agencies were involved in the pursuit by the end. Parrish reportedly fired shots at officers as the chase continued onto Highway 25 into Amory, where stop sticks flattened each tire on Parrish's vehicle. He drove on for another 1.5 miles before Lee County Sgt. Steve Stanford cornered the van in a front lawn in a residential area across from Amory High School. Stanford pulled the woman out of the van just before Parrish turned the pistol on himself.

Henry W. Miller III, Olga J. Wilson and George B. Burton Jr. were killed in a crash after fleeing police. Police were reportedly seeking Miller's car in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at a grocery store in Platte County, MO, during which Wilson stuffed a $5 T-bone steak down her blouse, ran from the store and left in a car. An officer saw the car in Leavenworth and stopped it, but Miller allegedly fled. According to police, the officer stopped the pursuit after about a block and Miller crashed into a tree several minutes later.

Jemica Gibson was killed when the car in which she was riding was broadsided by an SUV being chased by police. The crash occurred just before 6 p.m. when the SUV, which had been reported stolen, ran a red light. The driver of the SUV, Charles Robbins, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed criminal action and robbery, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Randall A. Varno and Dan Schroeder were killed when their car was hit by a vehicle driven by Sgt. Mark Schindler. Schindler was reportedly responding to a call with his lights and siren on at around 2:45 a.m. when his car crashed into Varno's Toyota Corolla, which had pulled into the intersection to turn left. Varno was pronounced dead at the scene. Schroeder died later at a hospital. Schindler was treated and released.

Brian Parrish reportedly committed suicide following a four-county police chase. Parrish had reportedly kidnapped his estranged wife from her workplace, Money-N-Minutes, on Highway 15 in New Albany at about 8:30 a.m. When Parrish's van was spotted not long afterwards, New Albany police and Highway Patrol troopers began pursuit. At least eight agencies were involved in the pursuit by the end. Parrish reportedly fired shots at officers as the chase continued onto Highway 25 into Amory, where stop sticks flattened each tire on Parrish's vehicle. He drove on for another 1.5 miles before Lee County Sgt. Steve Stanford cornered the van in a front lawn in a residential area across from Amory High School. Stanford pulled the woman out of the van just before Parrish turned the pistol on himself.

Jorge Perez Eufemia, a 29-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Cameron "Mackie" Brown led several police cruisers on a high-speed chase around 4:15 a.m. before crashing an allegedly stolen car less than a half-mile outside city limits. Brown was killed in the crash.

According to police, officers responded at about 8 p.m. to a report that a man was breaking up an apartment. "He was covered with blood when the officers arrived," said sheriff's Capt. Mike McCabe. Officers alleged that Custer confronted them, then went into apparent cardiac arrest as they tried to restrain him. Custer died at a hospital at about 9 p.m. Custer's family said the cause of his death was positional asphyxiation.

Passengers Deandre Melton and Delonte Stanley were killed after the SUV they were in crashed during a police chase in Ferguson. According to police, the teens were in a Nissan Pathfinder that had been reported stolen from a car wash in Wellston earlier that night. Shortly after the theft, the Pathfinder was allegedly involved in an attempted carjacking in Ferguson. At around 11:30 p.m., a Dellwood officer saw the SUV on Glen Owen Drive and turned on his lights and siren, but the driver sped off. The officer chased the Pathfinder west for more than a mile until the SUV attempted to pass another police car that was headed in the same direction. The SUV, which may have clipped the front of the police car, lost control, flipped over several times and bounced so high that it struck a utility line 13.5 feet above the ground.

CHP Officers Kevin Jeffcoach, Scott Crewse, Ryan Stonebraker, Felix Lara and Mark McAlister shot and killed Atilano Lay Doporto when he allegedly fired at them after crashing during a high-speed chase.

Wesley Ikena Ohaneje was shot and killed by an Oklahoma City police officer. Police said Ohaneje attempted to run over the officer with a stolen sport utility vehicle.

Carraway was shot and killed by officer Tony Stiles, who was responding to a domestic call, when Carraway allegedly refused to surrender his firearm.

Two narcotics officers were investigating reports of possible drug activity about at a home when a man outside the home fled when they tried to speak with him, police said. One of the detectives followed the man on foot while the other followed them in a car. The man ran to the back of a nearby home. He pulled a gun and shot the officer. He was shot and killed.