An officer shot Daniel R. McWilliams when he allegedly approached the officer with a knife in a threatening manner. Police said the officer had responded to a reckless driver complaint and stopped McWilliams' vehicle. According to police, McWilliams got out displaying "what appeared to be a hunting-type knife." The officer opened fire when McWilliams allegedly continued advancing toward him and refused to drop the knife.

Sherrard and his friend Chaunsler Mitchell, 27, left Christy's Bar on Lake Waubesa on their motorcycles and headed toward another bar in Oregon. Angela Gutho, 22, rode with Sherrard, and Angela Vechinski, 25, rode with Mitchell. A sheriff's deputy, running his lights and siren on his way to a single-car accident, came upon the two motorcyclists, who refused to pull over and let him by. Mitchell sped away and the deputy pursued Sherrard's motorcycle at speeds topping 110 miles an hour. Once into Oregon, Sherrard lost control of his motorcycle and crashed at Jefferson Street. Sherrard was injured and Gutho was killed.

After a robbery and a chase, Ahmed crashed and pulled a gun on deputies. He was shot and killed.

During a traffic stop Erickson shot and wounded a local female rookie officer in both legs, and in turn was shot and killed by her backup, a county deputy. This was the third fatal police shooting in Montana within a seven-week period.

Tabbitha Sitter, a resident of the Fort Rosa Parks Juvenile Military Academy, reportedly stole a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier and crashed it while trying to flee from pursuing police at high speeds. Sitter suffered a closed-head injury and remained in a vegetative state until she died in November 2000.

Officer Darren Glanz responded to a domestic abuse when he was confronted by a man brandishing a butcher knife. Glanz shot and killed Bertoldo Lovaton-Anorade when he decided Lovaton posed a danger to his wife, police said.

Charles McKeehan died in a scuffle with four deputies on the side of a road in a remote area south of Joplin. McKeehan had been on a fishing trip with his mother, sister and friend earlier that day. McKeehan and his friend left in a car, then got into an argument which ended with his friend leaving him behind. Sheriff Ron Doerge, who was driving in the area, saw McKeehan and called his deputies. "He was doing something odd. He was on all fours shaking his head," Doerge said. "Apparently he had run in some 90-degree weather, possibly two or more miles." When deputies arrived, there was reportedly a short scuffle during which mace, nunchucks and a baton were used to subdue McKeehan, who bit a deputy's finger and wouldn't let go despite being hit in the head. As deputies handcuffed McKeehan, he became unconscious. McKeehan was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of death was eventually determined to be the result of a heart attack brought on by exertion and "methamphetamine induced paranoia." The deputies were cleared in McKeehan's death.

Following a dispute with a postal worker about a missing package, Walker displayed a knife to a responding police officer, then ran about half a mile north and attempted to steal a pickup truck. An officer shot the uncooperative Walker to death.

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

James Everitte Jenkins died after being shot in Lynwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police shot Juan Jose Aguilera when he allegedly waved an air pistol at them from inside a wooden outbuilding during a standoff.

Officers Mike Yoell and Anthony Centeno shot Maurice Esters when he allegedly raised a gun in what police considered a threatening manner.

A lawsuit claimed officers beat to death Yakov Ostrovsky after he led police on a chase from the Fort McHenry Tunnel to Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office reviewed the case because Ostrovsky died at BWI, but concluded "no criminal charges were warranted or appropriate."

Shaheed Jamal Daniels died on the floor of his apartment as officers restrained him with a nylon sheath around his legs.

Rodney A. Steinbrook was struck and killed by a car after he reportedly ran from his vehicle as police chased him. At around 12:30 a.m., an officer began pursuing Steinbrook on St. Charles Rock Road because he believed Steinbrook was driving a stolen car. Steinbrook abandoned the car and fled on foot, with the officer in pursuit. Police said Steinbrook ran onto I-170, where he was hit by a Ford Focus. He died at a hospital.

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

Police came because Wyers was threatening a neighbor. After a foot chase during which he fired on officers, he was shot and killed.

The driver allegedly tried to hit the officer with a heavy steel club after he was stopped after running a stop sign. The officer believed the driver may have been drunk.

Trooper Chris J. Spinner stopped a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant with Florida tags for a seat-belt violation, police said. The unidentified driver fled and then lost control of his car and crashed into a minivan, killing William O. Thomas.

Dillard's worker Danielle Primavera, 57, volunteered to be taken hostage by the gunman, identified by police as James Hale Smith, 31, of Tucson. She volunteered to take the place of a younger woman Smith was holding at gunpoint. Smith, police said, had fled a botched robbery at a restaurant minutes earlier and headed west to the mall, with police behind him. Sgt. Paul Hawks, who killed the man, thought he was putting himself in mortal danger, up against a cornered man with a firearm, as Hawks repeatedly told Smith to drop his weapon. The firearm was an air pistol, police said, but Hawks had no way to know that. Hawks held his fire, even while the gunman repeatedly pointed the pistol at him from 10 to 15 feet away. He did not fire until the woman struggled with the gunman, giving the sergeant one clear shot.

A reported schizophrenic, Fernandez confronted three local officers, flicked a cigarette at them, and began physically engaging with two. He was pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground. At some point "they noticed he was turning blue." Fernandez died shortly thereafter from unknown causes.

Police went to Hines' home to arrest him for not paying court fines. The situation escalated to violence and Hines was shot and killed.

He was an accomplice in a bank robbery, and "was killed when he shot at police and they returned fire."

Harper opened fire on police after a traffic stop. He was shot and killed.

With an unmarked police car in pursuit, Napolean Brown and Sala Thorn allegedly pushed Lenties White out of the car on the Golden Gate Bridge, where White was fatally struck by a drunk driver.

Shot by off-duty officer when he attempted to steal her car, officer claims at gunpoint. Four shots to back right side of head and neck, including a muzzle imprint, suggesting the gun barrel was pressed against deceased's skin.

Leslie Mains was apparently fleeing from police, she didn't stop or slow down for a stop sign at Tenn. 18. The car flew across the highway as she lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. She was killed and her passenger was injured.

Smith led Officers Jason Riddlespurger, Hal Simpson and Thomas Hightower down an alley in the last of three or four high-speed chases he had recently been responsible for. He shot at officers as he fled. The officers fatally shot him.

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

Patricia Marie Smith stole a conversion van and fled police, crashing into John M. Foley, and killing him. Smith was drunk.

Police arrived at Schneider's apartment on June 12, 2000, in response to a 911 call from the building's manager. The manager told the dispatcher that Schneider was playing her music loudly and creating a "little disturbance." Officers arrived and found Schneider distraught, psychotic, and armed with a knife. When she charged at police, officers fired back and killed her. She was 49 years old.

Craig Dathan Garcia was shot to death after he climbed into the front seat of a police car and tried to run over a Clarksville police officer, police said. Garcia was shot after police arrested him at his father's home. He was shot by Officer James Waldroup, who ducked out of the car's path. Garcia, in handcuffs, took over the police car by climbing through a divider that officers left open so he could receive air-conditioned air in the back seat.

Police shot John Aram Morjig outside his apartment during a brief gun battle.

Recently fired deputy Alfredo Alvarez reportedly took a shotgun from his estranged girlfriend's patrol car and shot himself in the stomach.

Thomas M. Authier drowned in Discovery Bay after fleeing from a sheriff's deputy who'd confronted him for sleeping in a truck.

A deputy attempted to arrest Stafford for disorderly conduct and Stafford hit him with a liquor bottle. The deputy shot and killed him.

A plainclothes officer on narcotics detail was approached by Anderson, wanting to buy crack cocaine. When the officer produced his badge the two fell into a physical struggle. The police description was that Anderson "fell to the ground and hit his head on the sidewalk," which fatally injured him. The officer was quickly exonerated and was back on duty within three weeks.

Deputies were called to the home when someone reported a family fight there. At some point, the man lunged at deputies with a knife. He was shot and killed.

Officers shot and killed Cleon Allen when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers when ordered to stop.

As their 12-year-old daughter hid in the bathroom and called police, Miller shot his estranged wife twice in the head--the two shots about 15 minutes apart. Police arrived, Miller leveled the weapon at officers, Miller was shot by deputies once in the leg, and he bled to death at the scene.

Officer Brian McClung saw Joshua Fralin allegedly speeding, pulled in behind him at a stoplight, and Fralin sped away before crashing and killing Alfred Perdue.

Sergeant Alane M. Stoffregen, newly assigned to the Marine Unit, died during a deep-water training exercise in Lake Michigan about a mile off Navy Pier. Stoffregen had been underwater for half an hour when she signaled to her partner that she was heading for the surface. Once there, she apparently began showing signs of distress. According to the findings of the Cook County medical examiner's office and a U.S. Navy doctor, rough waters, exhaustion and panic contributed to Stoffregen's drowning; serious scrapes and bruises on her head and neck were apparently caused from her body colliding with the boat.

An officer shot and killed Chyraphone Komvongsa when he allegedly shot at police after crashing into an apartment building at the end of a high-speed chase.

Bradley was a suspected drug dealer. Undercover narcotics deputies arranged a trap, caught him selling crack cocaine, and shot him as he fled on foot. Initial reports varied significantly from the narrative offered six months later when the sheriff's office and a state attorney found "no statutes were violated" in the shooting of the unarmed man.

An officer shot an unidentified man who allegedly reached for a gun. According to police, the officer noticed the man sitting in the driver's seat of a Dodge Durango at about 7:10 p.m. in a residential area. Police said the car had been reported stolen moments earlier. As the officer approached, he reportedly saw a 9mm handgun in the man's lap. Police said the officer told the man to put his hands up, but the man allegedly reached for the gun so the officer shot him.

Andover Township Police Sgt. Phillip Coleman saw Dustin DeStefano driving recklessly on Route 206, police said. The motorcycle was speeding and improperly passing traffic by crossing over a double-yellow line. With his cruiser lights flashing, Coleman chased the motorcycle, trying to pull it over, but DeStefano sped away and turned left onto Route 603. At that point, Coleman lost sight of DeStefano and reportedly halted the pursuit in accordance with state guidelines for backing off high-speed chases. DeStefano crashed and died a short time later.

Local police were dispatched to Perkins' residence to help transport him to a mental health facility. He resisted, first with a (reported) knife, and then with a baseball bat. He was fatally shot.

Police chased Eugene Washington, who was suspected of robbing a woman of her purse at gunpoint, into an alley. Washington refused to drop the gun and was shot and killed.

Truck driver Lavache was killed in an early-morning crash with a speeding police car in Bensonhurst. The police had been speeding to a shots fired call. One of the officers was also killed, and the other seriously wounded.

Bernard Cornelius Simmons was killed when his car collided with a squad car driven by officer Jeff Tyler, who police said was responding to a robbery alarm at a video store shortly before 9 p.m. Tyler was treated and released. Witnesses reportedly gave conflicting statements about whether the squad car's lights and siren were activated. Police said that Simmons was at fault in the crash.

Police were tight-lipped about the exact circumstances of suspect Pingree's death, other than in the overnight hours at a trailer park, he was apprehended then escaped from a patrol vehicle, and was then shot to death when he pointed a rifle at a local police officer.

Drew Diederich was killed after he ran from police, jumped an 8-foot fence and stood in the path of a freight train until it ran him over.

Off-duty Egg Harbor Police Department officer Charles Klein III was accused of killing Gazmend Cena while driving drunk.

Grant was shot eight times as a burglary suspect although witnesses asserted his appearance and behavior didn't match that narrative. Grant was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Clarence Edward Stewart. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

Michael Scott Vanhise died after being shot in Hollywood Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Goca was one of two undercover local detectives in a one-car crash at 2:30 a.m. Goca was fatally injured. The driver, his colleague, was intoxicated and charged with two misdemeanor counts of DWI, criminally negligent homicide, and vehicular manslaughter.

Coaxum was killed during an alleged drug bust. He tried to flee, hitting two officers with his car when he was shot and killed.

Police responded to a disturbance at the home of Keith Driskel Jr.'s parents and discovered three members of the family had been shot and killed. A manhunt began for Driskel, whose Ford Escort was found abandoned. Police surrounded a nearby home belonging to Driskel's friend a few hours later after getting a tip that he was there. After about an hour of trying to convince him to give himself up, police said they heard a single gunshot coming from the garage area, and found Driskel dead.

According to police, Jason Staton, robbed the Garden Patch store in Marine City. According to the clerk, Stanton "asked the customer [inside the store] what he did for a living, and after [the customer] said he was a janitor, he gave money to [the customer] and said to buy lunch." Staton then fled on I-94 toward Macomb County. According to police, Stanton stopped under the 23 Mile overpass in Chesterfield Township and shot at passing motorists. Chesterfield officers and Macomb County deputies chased Staton, who left the freeway at North River Road, jumped a curb, bursting his tires. Police said he got out of the car firing two shotguns. Officers returned fire, striking Staton five times and killing him.

Early on a Sunday morning deputies responded to Garcia's property on neighbors' reports of numerous dead animals in his yard. He was known to struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. Deputies encountered Garcia still firing his shotgun. After refusing to surrender or drop the weapon, he was fatally shot.

Two officers were called to a home in north Sapulpa. Jason DeLoache was first to arrive where two brothers fighting. Jamie Noe arrived second. DeLoache had checked the house and was leaving when Raymond Lewis Smith Jr. 28, one of the two brothers appeared with a machete. Officer DeLoache apparently tripped and fell on the porch. According to police, Smith was advancing with the machete, threatening DeLoache. Noe, according to reports, ordered Smith to drop the knife. When the man continued to advance, swinging the machete, Noe shot and killed him.

A motorist pursued by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy early Monday smashed into a motorcycle, killing a young Pueblo couple two blocks from their motel.The driver reached speeds of more than 100 mph when he hit the motorcycle at West Colfax Avenue east of Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood police said.Daniel Fields Jr., 24, and Amanda Jo Phelps, 21, were dead at the scene. They'd come to Denver for the Blues and Bones Festival. The driver got 26 years, and the deputy and two supervisors were disciplined. Police refused to say how they were disciplined.

Suspect in drug deal, fled when officers attempted to arrest. Officers allege he pulled a gun when he fell during a foot chase. Eyewitness reports conflicted over whether or not Taylor was armed.

Police were responding to domestic violence call when Steven Solberg threatened them with a knife and was shot and killed.

A standoff began when officers went to a residence southwest of Gibbon to serve an arrest warrant to Lyle E. Rachow for violating a no-contact provision of his bond for sexual assault. At around 2 a.m., SWAT used tear gas to try to force Rachow out of a barn. Several minutes later, officers reportedly saw flames coming from the barn. They went inside and saw Rachow's body hanging. According to police, they tried to extinguish the flames and retrieve Rachow's body, but the fire spread too quickly.

SWAT officers shot Ian Reid as he allegedly held a knife to his 10-year-old daughter's throat inside a Motel 6 room in Big Bear.

Christopher Honrath kidnapped his former girlfriend Sohayla Massachi and murdered her before committing suicide. A Seton Hall University security guard and his supervisor refused to call 911 because the abduction didn't happen on campus grounds, losing precious moments to save the woman. They lost their jobs. Massachi died on May 12.

Berry lunged at police with a three-foot sword when he was shot and killed.

DEA agents shot Daughtry to death during a drug sting. Reportedly Daughtry and several others surrounded the agent's vehicle and "became belligerent." He'd been unarmed and cried out "Don't shoot me, don't shoot me" before being chased and killed.

Ware, who had no previous criminal record, was shooting guns in the early morning in his neighborhood off Green Street. He was wearing non-military camouflage pants, and exchanged gunfire with police.

Sean Lamar Williams was charged with manslaughter for allegedly driving a stolen car that struck and killed Matthew Greene. Williams was allegedly being chased or followed by police.

Traveling somewhere between 88 to 97 mph in a 45 mph zone at 3:15 a.m., without lights or siren, responding to a non-emergency situation, a local officer struck and killed pedestrian Ivey. The officer was charged and convicted of vehicular homicide, but after repeated appeals the charge was reduced to reckless driving, and the officer served a total of 40 days.

Officers Steven Rodekohr and Liza Godineaux shot and killed Karen O. Chin when she allegedly ignored their orders to stop stabbing her sister.

John Peter Serineo and David Sheehan died after the allegedly stolen car they were in crashed while fleeing police.

A deputy shot Christopher M. Carter twice after he allegedly fired a shot over Sheriff Glenn Ebker's head. Police said Carter's mother called shortly after 6 p.m., saying her son was suicidal, armed with a shotgun, and looking for his girlfriend. A few minutes later, Carter arrived in the parking lot of the Owensville Mill Tavern. When Owensville police and Gasconade County deputies arrived, Carter reportedly fired a shot above their heads. The officers sought cover as Carter started walking back and forth across the parking lot while holding the shotgun, pointing it at officers and at himself. Carter again started speaking with police after Ebker arrived. After about an hour, Carter allegedly fired his shotgun just over Ebker's head, then aimed the at Ebker, which prompted the deputy to shoot him. Carter was flown a hospital, where he died.

Albert Dougherty, a rape suspect, died at Mercy Community Hospital, where he was taken from his jail cell. He tried to escape when police removed his handcuffs.

CHP officers shot and killed Richard Stewart when he allegedly pointed a toy pistol at them following two high-speed chases.

The maroon Dodge Intrepid stolen from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn, chased by police at high speed, flipped and smashed into a tree. Apparently driver Jackie Eugene Guyton and passenger Mario Boyer were both killed by the impact.

Daryle Wayne Black, 33, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Calvin Champion died after police used pepper spray to control him. Champion, who was autistic, was outside a Babies 'R' Us store with a caregiver from his group home when she felt he was becoming aggressive toward her 3-year-old child. She put Champion out of the van and called police. When Champion grabbed at an officer, he was sprayed with pepper spray. Champion was forced face down on the ground and restrained. After he vomited, police called for medical help, and Champion later died at a hospital.

A drunken-driving suspect, Poyer, was fleeing from police and was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck and was thrown from the vehicle.

An officer was driving home at about 2:30 a.m. when he saw a Chevrolet Lumina and suspected the driver was intoxicated. The officer pulled over the car , but as he was getting out of his patrol car, the Lumina sped away, police said. There were three Waco residents inside the car: Emmanuel Thomas, 16; Nikki Gillen, 12; and Stacy Gillen, 11. Nikki Gillen was believed to have been driving. The chase reached speeds of 110 miles per hour. When the Lumina was about a half-mile ahead of the pursuing officers, the driver lost control and struck a tree killing sisters Nikki Gillen and Stacy Gillen.

Police were looking for suspected bank robbers. After a standoff, police went into an apartment and found Harris dead of a gunshot.

A deputy sheriff in Georgetown County, South Carolina, observed Martin in a place that made her suspect he was planning to dump trash illegally. When she approached to investigate, Martin fled in his truck. A second deputy saw Martin about fifteen minutes later and began pursuing him. This vehicle chase culminated at an intersection where Dishong and another deputy set up a roadblock. The deputies assert that when Martin reached the roadblock, he rammed Dishong's vehicle, backed up, collided with the vehicle again, backed up a second time, and then drove forward toward Dishong's vehicle once more. Martin's wife alleges that Martin collided with Dishong's vehicle accidentally and then tried to turn away from the roadblock. It is undisputed that Dishong fired several shots at Martin during these events, that the other two deputies fired at his tires, and that a shot fired by Doug Dishong caused Martin's death.

On April 26, 2000, Adam Boston and Darryl Lloyd Berkley allegedly robbed Jerry Comer's BP gas station. After they left the station, Comer called the police and began following after them at a distance. Boston and Berkley were detained by deputy Barbara Valor several blocks away. The deputy was handcuffing Berkley when he began struggling with Valor. According to Gregg Walker, spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office, Boston was not involved in the struggle with a sheriff's deputy. The deputy's gun went off in the struggle and Jerry Comer, who had come up right before the altercation, shot with his personal weapon as well. Adam Boston was fatally shot. The sheriff's office believes that the bullet from his body came from Jerry Comer's gun.

Gonzalez was shot and killed when he approached an off-duty officer at a restaurant trying to sell him jewelry. Sheriff's Dept. news release stated that Officer Jose Cortez Amaya called 911 before he shot Gonzalez, but that was contradicted by the recording of the 911 call in which he states that he has already shot him. Amaya's actions were ruled improper and he was suspended for two days.

Rockefeller Smith was killed when his car was hit head-on by an allegedly stolen pickup being chased by police.

Edward Wilson stole a milk truck and led police on a chase before he crashed and died, leaving a trail of white fluid. Whether anyone cried was not reported.

William Clay was killed when his motorcycle struck a traffic signal pole. While this death was not reported in news media as a police-pursuit death, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows police reported a 40-year-old man people dying in a police pursuit at 1:38 a.m. on April 23, 2000, on Alder Avenue.

Jose Perez Jr. opened fire on Elizabeth Police Officer Miguel Matos with a semi-automatic 9-millimeter pistol shortly before 3 a.m., police said. Matos was in uniform on an off-duty security assignment at the bar, Elin's Queen of Hearts.

Mac C. Sheridan reportedly shot himself in the head as a deputy shot him in the back. Police said Sheridan was sleeping at the Rail Splitter rest area inside a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier that had been reported stolen when two deputies pulled in at about 4:30 a.m. The deputies tapped on the window, and Sheridan woke up startled. The deputies said they identified themselves and told Sheridan to put his hands up, but he allegedly reached into his coat and withdrew a handgun. The deputies stepped back and drew their guns. Sheridan then shot himself. Almost simultaneously, one of the deputies shot into the car, hitting Sheridan in the back.

Chambers was shot once in the chest, killing him, by Fordyce Officer Jimmy Foreman, 26, who told investigators that Chambers pointed a gun at his chest as the two men wrestled on the ground. At least one nearby resident who claimed to have witnessed the shooting disputed Foreman's account of the incident, and family members of Chambers accused police of using excessive force.

Employees reported that a man was making faces and yelling obscenities at customers. When an officer asked Garness for his identification, he said it was in his car. Garness went to his car and instead of getting his ID unzipped a gun pouch and pulled out a long-barrelled gun, police said. When the officer tried to get him to put down the gun, Garness climbed into the officer's patrol car, which was left with its engine running. To keep Garness from driving away, officers shot out the rear tires of the patrol car. Garness then climbed on top of the car. When he pointed his gun in their direction, three officers shot and killed him.

Silvers fired on officers and had a knife at this girlfriend's throat when he was shot and killed.

Cayce Public Safety Sgt. Douglas Curry ran a red light as he sped toward a bank burglary alarm, crashing into Jessie Claytor and killing him. He was cited with a misdemeanor for failing to use due care.

An officer shot Jeffrey D. Hodges when he allegedly ran toward the officer with a knife inside a mobile home. At about 4 p.m., four officers responded when an unidentified caller told police that an intruder was in his trailer home, then hung up. Police said they found the door open and were confronted by Hodges, who was holding a hunting knife. Hodges reportedly refused to drop the knife and advanced toward the officers. One of the officers shot Hodges twice, killing him.

After a chase in a stolen 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, Jesse Smart crashed into a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

David Walker (mentally ill - but not clear whether officers knew that at the time) stole orange juice from a Safeway, firing two shots when confronted by employees. Police surrounded Walker, who was also holding a knife, waving a knife around, or lunging at police officers with a knife (different articles say different things). Officer Tommie Doran shot Walker. Another officer sprayed Walker with tear gas at the same time.

After a chase, Thomas Wylie jumped out of a van and tried to run across Interstate 64 when he was hit by a Pontiac Grand Am and killed.

Two officers shot and killed Eric Scott Denny after he allegedly threatened them with a pistol during a traffic stop.

A man driving a car that was reported stolen was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. Details about the shooting are unavailable.

Two local officers on a DUI task force shot and killed Held in his pickup truck near a warehouse, claiming he tried to run them down. The two expended 49 bullets, each reloading. They also detained Held's friend Paula Kilgore and charged her with fleeing from police. (These details assembled from multiple sources.)

State troopers responding to O'Bert's trailer park on a domestic disturbance call told him he was being arrested. He was calm. But from that point accounts vary. In the police version he disappeared inside the trailer then motioned as if he had a gun. Witnesses described him as cooperative and plainly unarmed. The state settled a $100K wrongful death suit with the family.

Donald Ray Caldwell, 44, of Moorpark failed to stop for deputies who tried to pull him over for allegedly riding without a helmet and running a red light at Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Hampshire Road, police said. He crashed his motorcycle during a chase by police through Thousand Oaks.

Kacy Lee Clark died as a result of injuries from an accident that occurred as Coffee County deputy Mark Anderson pursued her car.

The sheriff's office received a call that a home had been broken into, police said. Deputies determined that Steven M. Shelton was suspected in the break-in, but by the time officers arrived, Shelton was gone. Sgt. Todd Moser was still at the home completing a report on damage and the alleged theft of money when Shelton returned with a friend. Moser went outside where he confronted Shelton, who pulled a knife. There was a scuffle. Shelton was shot once in the chest but managed to get into Moser's vehicle and drag the officer about 50 feet before being fatally shot.

CHP officers shot and killed Thomas Allen Freeman Jr. on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge after he allegedly shot at them.

John L. Fowler Jr., 67, hired George Chapman to work on a house. Chapman murdered Fowler, and shot himself in the head after leading police on a slow-speed pursuit through Norfolk, police said.

Richard Graves, 30, was fleeing police and driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed into Augustine R. Chapa Jr.'s vehicle, killing Chapa.

Clark and her new boyfriend went to Sears and saw (Saulsbury) following them down the road. The victim told her new boyfriend to go inside, because she didn't want him to get in an argument with former boyfriend Saulsbury. Saulsbury walked up to her in the parking lot and, in front of three of their four children --- twins age 6 and a 2-year-old boy --- he shot and killed her with a .357 Magnum revolver.

Wesley Hierro led police from three cities on a 10-mile chase south from Hudson on state Route 91. He was killed when the car he was driving crashed and burst into flames in the middle of Tallmadge Circle.

Howard City police called Montcalm County sheriff's deputies and state police at 1:45 a.m. to help arrest Phillip Preston Williams, who was reportedly wanted for a parole violation, at Kenyon's Kolony in Howard City. Two troopers arrived at the bar and saw Williams get into a car. A short chase ensued until Williams stopped the car after about three blocks. Williams allegedly got out with a shotgun and shot at the troopers, who returned fire. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officer Troy Harville shot and killed Marcus "Tie" Sanders when he allegedly tried to gain control of Harville's gun.

Bourne and Fields were among a group of five men, three of whom appeared to wield semi-automatic handguns, who surrounded, threatened and robbed two Hispanics. The two happened to be undercover NYPD narcotics officers taking part in the "Operation Condor" drug crackdown. With weapons pressed against their heads and chests, the two officers opened fire with a barrage of 23 shots. Bourne and Fields were shot to death. The others fled. Their handguns had been toys wrapped in electrical tape.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: When a security guard at a mall denied entry to Chagolla, he produced a grenade. The guard let him pass and called police. Officers pursued him through the mall, where he confronted them, threatening to explode the grenade. He was shot and killed and three bystanders were wounded. The grenade was later determined to be a fake.

Robbery suspect Timothy Hayworth was shot and killed by police after being tracked down in a south Nashville apartment complex. Police say Hayworth was driving a Ford Escort that had been taken at gunpoint in a carjacking the previous evening. Hayworth tried to run over his pursuing officers, and they shot him in self-defense, police said.

Porfirio Gutierrez reportedly shot himself during an armed standoff with police.

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

While fleeing police, Sherrod Carrington's car struck a utility pole on the south side of West College Avenue, hit the curb at Cookes House Lane, flew through the air and struck brick home, killing him.

About 9 p.m., a North Carolina trooper pursued Calvert Lee Batt Jr., 30, who fled after a speeding stop. Batt crashed, killing himself and his passenger, Diane Nelms, 29.

Officer Jamie Smith pursued John Wortham for about 1.7 miles because Wortham was speeding in the wrong lane of traffic. Wortham lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline, and collided with a vehicle driven by Vonnie Ogburn. Wortham and Ogburn were both killed.

An unidentified alleged bank robber was killed when his car crashed into a utility pole while he was fleeing police.

Police were pursuing Charles Watson for being in a stolen vehicle when Watson ran into the vehicle Tiffany Addis, 10, was riding in and killing her.

Jerry Andrew Amaro III died April 21, 2000, from pneumonia caused by multiple rib fractures and a collapsed lung after he was beaten by police the month before.

An elderly deaf couple driving home from church died when their van collided with a police cruiser rushing to check on another officer feared to be in trouble.

Carnegie police officer Russell Williams went to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. He was attacked by the woman's sister. Ybarra charged Williams with a broken shovel with a jagged blade, held in a spearing position. Williams said he feared for his life and shot and killed her.

Sonoma County deputies reportedly responded to a call about a man behaving strangely at the Monte Vista Motel on Santa Rosa Avenue at 4 a.m. Curran was reported to be thrashing around the motel bathroom. Deputies claim that to prevent him from hurting himself, they handcuffed him. An ambulance took him to a local hospital; he died one hour later.

Officer Louis Villalobos died when he lost his balance and fell off a catwalk while supervising a live fire SWAT training exercise.

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

Hutchinson, who was homeless, was asked by an unidentified officer to leave the Addison L Stop for panhandling. The officer then reportedly encountered him in an alley. He claimed Hutchinson became belligerent and lunged at him with shiny object. He shot Hutchinson once in the chest. The object was a fork.

Roman R. Pisarski reportedly skipped out on a $20 gasoline bill, then died when his car hit a dump truck while fleeing police. A cab driver had called police at about noon and reported seeing Pisarski taking license plates off a car parked at gas pumps outside a convenience store. The caller suspected he was going to drive off without paying, police said. Pisarski drove away before police arrived. An officer saw Pisarski's car and tried to stop him, but he reportedly sped off. The officer gave chase and was soon joined by a second patrol car. According to police, the car went off the road at one point and became stuck in a grassy area. A female passenger got out and surrendered. Pisarski took off again and drove through an intersection on the city's outskirts, colliding with a dump truck. He died at the scene.

17-year-old Jeffrey Scott Howe was driving at about 2:15 a.m. when police gave chase. Police alleged the car was stolen in Muskegon and used in a Newaygo County convenience store burglary. Passenger Jeremy Tjapkes died after the car crashed into a tree. According to police, they found cigarette cartons, instant lottery tickets and beer in the car. Howe was sentenced to 6-15 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to fleeing police causing a death.

Kim Coates was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, fleeing police, drunken driving and three other charges for the wreck that killed Alahzar..

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

Gary Beemer allegedly robbed a Pizza Hut with a contraption that was supposed to look like a sawed-off shotgun. He was shot and killed when he raised it toward Officers Robert Vane and Steven Thomas, who shot and killed him. The county State's Attorney's Office cleared county police of any wrongdoing.

According to police, Rosemarie Forker crashed a stolen 1999 Chevrolet Silverado into a 1999 Camaro driven by Bradley Downing III. Downing died. Forker and passenger Jeffrey Kent Holland, 19, were injured. Police said officer Daniel Lovelace spotted the Silverado around 1 a.m. at the intersection of McQueen and Chandler and turned around to follow the truck. Police said the officer didn't have his lights and sirens on and followed about a quarter mile behind the truck, radioing for another unit to put out stop sticks. The truck ran a red light and hit the Camaro about two miles into the pursuit, before the other officer arrived.

An officer shot Emil M. Bachman when he allegedly came at the officer and a maintenance man with a knife inside Bachman's apartment. Two officers responded to Bachman's residence at 11:02 p.m. after a neighbor reported hearing thumping noises. Bachman, who was reportedly mentally unstable, lunged at an officer with a hunting knife and the officer shot him twice in his midsection, according to police. Bachman died at a hospital.

Robert Johnson was shot and killed after allegedly leading police on a chase, ramming several police cars, and trying to run over officers with a car.

Neighbors called 911 to report that a man was screaming and threatening to kill a woman at the Maple Tree Motel & RV, police said. A sheriff's deputy and sergeant arrived at the scene. They entered the room and the man displayed two firearms. He did not drop the guns when ordered and made threatening motions, Reagan said. The deputy fired a shot and both officers fell back out of the apartment. The man then shot himself, with the woman still in the apartment, although at the time of this report it was uncertain whose bullet hit and killed him.

Barbosa was fatally shot when he pointed a pistol at Coffee County Sheriff's Deputy Marc Smith, who was investigating a domestic disturbance.

An unnamed driver from Baja California was shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. customs agents at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

Officers Dan Anders and John T. Kurtz Jr. reportedly backed off from chasing Jason Manton before he collided head-on with another car, killing Karen O'Neal and injuring her husband. Manton, who was also killed in the crash, tried to flee police and entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 from Brecksville Rd. going in the wrong direction.

Sanders committed suicide after a nine-hour standoff with police. He was angry because his wife was leaving him.

According to police, Kristine Schneider was driving a 1991 Pontiac Grand Am north on Highway 11 at around 9 p.m. when she tried to turn left onto Husker Highway and collided with a patrol car driven by deputy Lynn Gardient. Schneider died at a hospital. Gardient was treated and released.

Charles Race was driving a pickup truck when he was killed in a head-on collision with a station wagon being pursued by police. It was not reported whether the driver of the station wagon, Yetcha Stubblefield, 53, was cited.

Alex Marin reportedly killed himself at some point after he shot and wounded officer Daniel Ichige and was shot at in return before fleeing the scene.

Douglas Copeland, 19, a drunken driver who was fleeing police at 100 mph when he crashed his car into another vehicle, killing the driver, Charles Melton, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Police shot and killed Vincent "Vinny" Smith after he'd reportedly killed Todd Widman, 21, a part-time Brown County sheriff's deputy, then shot at officers who'd tracked him to a ditch with the help of a dog. Smith, the son of a Buffalo, NY police lieutenant, had reportedly taken his mother's car, and his father's personal handgun early Tuesday morning, and then abandoned the car in Missouri, just short of the Kansas state line. Before Widman was shot, another deputy had responded to a report that Smith was walking along Rt 73 just south of the Nebraska line at around 6 p.m., but didn't see him. About an hour later, Widman radioed in that he'd found Smith, and was taking him to the sheriff's office in Hiawatha. About 15 minutes later, Widman radioed again saying he'd been shot. Widman had been shot in the back after placing Smith in the back of the patrol car, and died soon afterward at a hospital. About 50 deputies and KHP officers responded to the area and located Smith two hours later. Shots were reportedly exchanged, though no one was hit. An hour later, just before 7 p.m., three officers with dogs tracked Smith to a dry creek bed beside a Walmart on the edge of town. Smith allegedly jumped up and fired at them before he was killed by return fire. Brown County Prosecutor Kevin Hill concluded the officers were justified.

Andrew Wright was being chased by state troopers when he crashed his pickup truck into a car driven by Josh Brockington. Brockington was killed. Brockington's passenger, Daniel Sasich, suffered a severe brainstem injury in the crash, and could not speak, eat or move. In 2010, Sasich had pneumonia and his family decided to let him go. Wright was sentenced to 22-25 years for motor vehicle homicide. He was paroled in April 2012.

New York Police say undercover officers witnessed Raymond buy cocaine, and then swallow it in an attempt to thwart arrest. He began complaining of stomach pains and had multiple seizures. Raymond was taken to the hospital where he died. When Raymond's mother identified her son's body, she claimed he had multiple bruises and looked beaten. A friend believes he was in New York to investigate police brutality for a paper.

Two officers say they spotted Guy on the street with a gun in his hand. The officers began to chase Guy (one on foot, one by car), during which Guy allegedly fired at them 2-4 times. After Guy scaled a fence and allegedly shot at them again, the officers fired "several times" and Guy was shot once in the chest. A 380 semi-automatic pistol allegedly belonging to Guy was recovered from the scene.

Gary Yount, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he evaded police at a restaurant drive-through window and fled into the woods near the 3300 block of S Eastern. Before the pursuit, officers approached Yount to question him about a shooting. Yount pointed a gun through the window of his vehicle, startling an officer. The officer fell and accidentally fired one shot, which struck the car.

Officer Charles D. Hubbard shot Arthur G. Dobbins in the head when he allegedly tried to take another officer's gun during a traffic stop. Witnesses disputed the police account. According to an autopsy, Dobbins was high on PCP and drunk at the time of the shooting. Pagedale Police reportedly did not learn until after the shooting that Hubbard had been involved in two questionable shootings while employed as a St. Louis police officer. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to charge Hubbard, prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said. In 2001, the Kinloch Police Department hired Hubbard, which led to public outcry.

The drivers of two motorcycles were weaving in and out of traffic. A Wilkinsburg officer reported he had, at one point, pulled up next to the two drivers, but they took off. The officer pursued them, but he reportedly lost sight of them, police said, before coming upon James Johnson's dead body at a crash site.

Police attempted to pull over a van in northeast Detroit for not having license plates. According to police, they called off the chase at Hayes and Seven Mile, but the van sped north on Hayes until it struck a car at Lappin. The other car burst into flames. Sean Dabney and Patrick Heard, who were inside the burning car, were killed.

An off-duty officer shot and killed an unidentified man who'd allegedly fired shots at a woman. Before he died, the man reportedly was able to steal a car with a child inside. He was found dead a short distance from the stopped car.

Deputies slowed to speak to an apparently disoriented or impaired man, Woods, by the roadside. Woods was uncooperative. Police noticed a suspicious bulge in his rear pocket but Woods refused to allow a pat down and refused to remove his hands from his pockets. After a physical struggle the incident ended with the unarmed man shot twice, fatally. The pocket contained cigars.

Police went to Bruce Gilbert's house to arrest him on a domestic violence complaint. He fought with police, despite being sprayed with pepper spray then attacked police with a shovel and was shot and killed.

The estranged wife of Perez called police: he was armed and in her front yard, angry, locked out, with her and their 7-year-old child inside. He began shooting. Police arrived and Perez shot at them too. He was fatally shot in return.

After a seven-minute high-speed chase with four different police jurisdictions, a juvenile suspect recklessly driving a stolen Chevrolet pickup crashed into Green's vehicle, killing him. The suspect was to face murder charges as an adult.

Reportedly, Sanchez, on parole and afraid of being sent back to prison, sped away from a California Highway Patrol officer trying to make a traffic stop. After some miles he abandoned his vehicle and fled from the officer on foot. He disappeared into some bushes near the rain-swollen Russian River. His body was found six weeks later; he had drowned in the river.

Ilesh Ashok Abdir reportedly killed his parents, wounded deputy John Schoen, killed a police dog, and then set his house on fire during an ensuing standoff. Schoen was conducting a welfare check at around noon, after coworkers reported that Abdir's mother hadn't been at work. Upon entering, Schoen, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot in his arms, hands and face. Abdir went outside and killed Schoen's K-9, Falco, who was in the deputy's vehicle. According to police, Abdir called 911 and said, "I shot your officer ... send me more." Other officers arrived, and a second 911 call from Abdir requested a negotiator. A gunshot was reportedly heard later and the house caught fire at around 2:30 p.m. The house was allowed to burn down because of concerns that firefighters would be shot if they approached. Abdir's body was found inside the ruined house. The bodies of Snettalata Shimpi, 58, and Ashok Shimpi, 59, were found about 500 yards away. Schoen suffered extensive nerve damage in both arms.

The victim Ralph Gawor was shot by officer Paul Hurth who was having an affair with victim's wife Nancy. Hurth testified that he had gone to Gawor's home to disclose the affair but was forced to shoot Gawor when he reacted violently to the news. Hurth was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting.

DeAndre Jackson reportedly committed suicide after a police marksman tried to shoot out the tires of a U-Haul rental truck Jackson was driving during a police chase that ended when Jackson crashed into the porch of a vacant house. According to police, Jackson was a murder suspect wanted in two Chicago homicides. At the end of the pursuit, Jackson allegedly rammed two police cars that tried to block his way before apparently shooting himself.

Tinsley was shot and killed by Sgt. Alex Spears, who was responding to reports of an armed robbery at a convenience store.

Sandra L. Roberts died after being dragged 25 yards in an allegedly stolen car during a police chase. A Crown Victoria that was reported stolen Sunday night was spotted Monday afternoon by a group of men who'd been looking for it. The men flagged down a police car, which began chasing the Crown Victoria. The driver took off along 9th Street while Roberts, the passenger, was halfway out of the vehicle. Police said they didn't know whether she was trying to get into the car or out of it. The car struck a parked Cadillac and crashed into a utility pole, where Roberts fell.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: An officer was working routine security duty outside the Sports Arena holding a music concert. He went into the arena to use the restroom, and when he came out he saw Figueroa firing a handgun. Three people near a concession stand were wounded. The officer identified himself as police and shot at gunman. Figueroa pointed gun at officer, who shot again, killing him.

Dieugrand Dorcely, 45, was killed when a police car swerved into his 1994 Dodge Spirit, causing it to flip over. But Douglas Armstrong of Irvington, the driver of a second car struck by the police vehicle, said he saw no car being directly pursued when the police cruiser swerved out of control and struck Dorcely's vehicle before hitting his car.

Sgt. Richard Moreno shot and killed a drunken man who attacked him with a knife after he spotted the man urinating near a utility pole.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Louis Thomas Pass died after being shot in La Crescenta-Montrose, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Deputies stopped Montelongo for a traffic violation when they discovered that he was violating parole. He fled and entered a nearby house and shot at deputies who tried to enter, wounding one. After a seven hour stand-off, Montelongo was driven out with tear gas. He exited with weapon and was shot and killed.

Charles Kaiser left a party mad because his daughter didn't have him walk down the aisle with her at her wedding. Guests called police, who chased the drunken man until he crashed and was killed.

Olsen was shot five times in the chest by the two officers after he refused repeated orders to put down a knife he'd held to his wife, Jackie, 39.

Two officers intercepted Moore in a Queens basement apartment reportedly assaulting his girlfriend with a 9-inch knife. The police stopped him with three shots, fatally striking his arm and right side. The shooting was ruled justified.

Andrea John Ketcherside reportedly shot himself in a veterans hospital courtyard at Mather Field after a three-hour standoff with deputies.

Trinity Allen Jewell was killed at 9:34 p.m. when his car went off the road and hit an embankment during a police pursuit.[NOTE: This crash was not reported as a police chase, but the crash matches the details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data indicating a police pursuit-related death.]

According to police, two men carjacked and robbed a couple at about 1:50 a.m. in the 300 block of Madrid. Police saw a 2000 Camaro matching the description of the stolen car and said tried to stop it, but a chase ensued. The Camaro then struck a vehicle parked in a driveway off Farm Road 78 in Marion. Misty Milligan, a passenger in the parked car, was killed. A passenger in the Camaro, also died at the scene. The driver of the Camaro, a 23-year-old man, was taken by air ambulance to University Hospital.

Allan Dequito shot and wounded a police officer responding to a dropped 911 call, killed his wife, Andrea, and then himself. The couple's 2-year-old daughter, who was in the house, was not injured. A Kevlar vest saved the life of the 33-year-old police officer,

Toshua Dearman, a passenger in an allegedly stolen pickup truck, was killed when the truck collided with a police car. Three teens who were in the truck with Dearman were charged with second-degree murder.

An "FBI-led fugitive-hunting team" of 30 to 40 officers found Thompson, wanted for first-degree murder and other charges, holed up in a house. Neighbors heard about 15 shots. Officials did not disclose whether Thompson was armed or why deadly force was necessary.

Perry went to an ex-wife's house and killed her mother and her new husband before police shot and killed him.

Basil Blakeney had his throat slit by his father during a standoff with police.

Bank robbery suspect Jonathon Miller sustained 14 separate gunshot wounds when he resisted a raid on his motel room. At first still conscious and combative he died soon afterward. Suspect John Mell Camacho was also shot and killed nearby as he resisted arrest. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

Local officers attempted a traffic stop with Lewis, recognizing him from prior vehicular incidents from November. Lewis rammed numerous cars and threatened pedestrians during a prolonged high-speed chase, notable also for police (contrary to policy) speeding the wrong way down I-95 and also striking vehicles. Lewis came to a stop on surface streets, pulled a gun on officers, and was shot to death.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Alan Thomas Howard, a 35-year-old white male, died Monday, January 31, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Leonila Hernandez Guerrero was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle being chased by sheriff's deputies.

Off-duty Officer Ryan Shiver was driving home from a Super Bowl party when his car slid off the road, killing brothers John W. Brobson Jr., 27, and Steve D. Brobson, 25, who were passengers in his car. Shiver's blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit at the time of the crash.

At 1:19 p.m., an abandoned 911 call was placed, so the operator called back and was told there was a problem. Two officers entered the basement of the home, where they reportedly found Juan Monzon, AKA Manuel Perez, true name unknown, attacking a woman with a knife. According to police, both officers drew their weapons and gave a verbal warning, but Monzon continued the attack. One of the officers shot Monzon three times, killing him instantly. A grand jury said the shooting was justified.

Police shot and killed Christopher George Heimbigner after two separate shootouts within the span of one hour.

After a shooting, a robbery and car theft, a police car and the stolen black Camaro crashed, beginning a 12-hour standoff that ended with Kealoha's suicide.

Young was an off-duty, out-of-uniform black officer at a 24-hour restaurant when a conflict broke out in the parking lot. Two white uniformed officers already on the scene immediately responded. Young produced his own handgun and positioned himself to assist. Stories differ about if, and how well, he identified himself. The other officers told him to drop his weapon, Young did not, and he was shot to death.

Officers Marcell Patterson and William A. Pappas shot and killed Charles Hill.

Jojola was killed in the crash that occurred when another vehicle targeted in a high-speed police chase, driven by Samuel Gonzales, ran a red light and into the teen's truck at San Mateo Boulevard Northeast and the I-25 overpass, police said.

Steven Esquivel was killed and his older brother, Michael Anthony Esquivel, 18, jailed in connection with his death after a 100-mph chase with sheriff's deputies. The chase ended when the sport utility vehicle the youths were in flipped at about 2 a.m. Michael Anthony Esquivel, allegedly was driving the SUV, police said.

When a Taunton police officer tried to pull a vehicle over for running a red light at 4 a.m., the driver fled, and the officer pursued for five miles. The car became airborne and hit a treek, killing two passengers, Justin DeMello, 19, and Eric Brockway, 19. The driver of the car, Christopher Federici, 17, was charged with two counts of felony motor vehicle homicide

Jeremiah Cernat, 12, and his passenger, Timothy Callicoat, 14, were fleeing police in a stolen car when they crashed. Callicoat was killed in the accident.

Police shot and killed an unidentified 34-year-old man after a two-hour standoff. At about 9:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired and found that a man with a shotgun was inside a house. He refused to come out and tactical units were called to the scene, but police were unable to persuade the man to surrender. He reportedly emerged from the house at about 11:45 p.m. and pointed a shotgun at officers, who then shot him. The man died at a hospital.

Williams, a bank robbery suspect, led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle, injuring a Phoenix police officer along the way. He rammed through undercover police cars, drove over the hood of a parked Honda sedan and commandeered a Honda at gunpoint to continue his flight. When cornered by police in the parking lot of a strip mall, he refused to surrender. Instead, he reached for a shotgun on the passenger seat, which is when he was shot and killed.

Two Atlanta police officers began pursuing Mitchell after observing him selling drugs in southwest Atlanta. Mitchell first fled on a bike, then ended up jumped over a fence before turning a pointing a weapon at the officers, prompting them to fire and hit him twice. A 10-month investigation into the shooting found the officers were justified.

Kortique Walter reportedly jumped from a car during a police chase and ran onto I-80, where he was subsequently struck by a motorist in the eastbound lanes. Police had been pursuing an allegedly stolen Pontiac Grand Prix. The Pontiac was eventually crashed into a telephone by a 14-year-old driver, who police said slid into the driver's seat after Walter jumped out.

Troopers John T. Malone and Jerry Cessna shot and killed George Blair Reese after he allegedly robbed a deli and led them on vehicle and foot chases.

CHP officers shot Jose Daniel Gonzalez when he allegedly rammed a police car on a dead end street after a nearly hour-long high-speed chase that began when he ran a stop sign.

Longtime fugitive Robert H. Golding reportedly killed himself after a routine traffic stop next to a rented Ford Taurus carrying over $3.7 million in drug money. Police said that Justin DeBusk was driving the Taurus when an officer stopped him for making an illegal turn. According to police, Golding stuck a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger after the officer told him and DeBusk to get out of the car. A search of the car reportedly turned up $3,737,296 in bricks of cash; an additional $6 million was found in a storage locker in Colorado.

Chinle police said they were alerted to a crash on Navajo Route 7. The drivers of two separate vehicles were dead at the scene--Betty Lou Lee and an unidentified person. A passenger in Lee's vehicle was injured. According to police, alcoholic beverages were found at the scene. [NOTE: This crash was not reported as a police chase, but it's the only double fatal crash reported in the area that day, and it matches the details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.]

Wanted for murder, and described as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, Compton was trapped by FBI agents at a downmarket Phoenix motel. With the cooperation of the motel manager, agents flushed Compton out. He was fatally shot as he went for a weapon. NOTE: this description relies on the FBI's own documentation.

Parag Deshpande got into a dispute with two men at a video store, pulled a gun, then apologized. He shot and killed himself when police pulled him over.

Jean was the suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store where he shot the immigrant clerk in the neck, a father of four, killing him. Jean was pulled over by deputies in a van a few days later. He rushed the cruiser and fired several shots. The deputy, ducking, slammed his head into his computer and got off two blind shots. One of them struck Jean. He died in an apartment complex parking lot, revolver in hand.

An Army veteran and West Chester University student, Forbes was returning home at 5 a.m. from his security guard job, in uniform, when he was stopped on City Line Avenue on the Philadelphia border. Police officer John Salkowski shot Forbes in the heart. He claims Forbes threatened him with a carved walking stick, even though the 140-pound victim was surrounded by at least five armed cops.

Paul Carson shot and killed his wife, lying in wait for Penn Hills police and firing on them before he was shot and killed by Sgt. Ben Westwood.

Davis killed and injured several family members. He shot himself as police approached.

Deputies shot and killed Sonny Daniel Diaz when he allegedly pointed a handgun at officers responding to a home invasion robbery call in Moreno Valley.

State police were called to assist the Gloucester County Sheriff's Department at a home after a couple's 15-year-old daughter called and said Allen Smith forced his way into the residence. The girl was shot in the thigh as she fled the home, police said. After numerous attempts to communicate and negotiate with the man, police entered the home and found Allen and Nancy Smith dead.

An unidentified Lucasville man killed himself with a gunshot to the head as a Scioto County deputy sheriff arrived to investigate a possible domestic problem.

Deputy Thomas C. Land stopped Thomas Allen Figg on suspicion of drunken driving just before midnight, a few hundred feet from the Figg family's Atlee home. After attempting to do sobriety tests, Figg ran into the woods, and Land followed him. There was a fight, and Land shot and killed Figg.