Eric Fouts died in a crash during a high-speed chase after he'd allegedly robbed a Pekin service station. According to police, Fouts was driving a 1998 Dodge Dakota in excess of 100 mph with his headlights turned off shortly before the crash in rural Logan County. Officials said Fouts was also suspected in the beating death of his grandfather.

Starr was arrested after he was spotted, with another man, in a stolen white van used in the robbery of a convenience store. As two deputies tried to take them into custody they rammed the patrol car with the van, then fled on foot. Starr was tasered—police declined to say how many times—experienced "physical distress", fell face first, and evidently died at the scene.

Deputies drove Williams to College Station Medical Center after she reported overdosing on prescription medication. She was discharged. Williams returned to the deputies' vehicle and passed out. Deputies took her to Austin State Hospital. Hospital staff sent Williams to the emergency room at Seton Medical Center, where she died.

Two officers shot Bobby Pounds when he allegedly aimed a gun at them after police said he'd crawled through the drive-up window of a Dunkin' Donuts and pistol-whipped two employees. According to police, one of the employees managed to escape and flagged down a squad car. The two officers approached the building and reportedly saw Pounds beating the other employee. Pounds then walked out of the store and allegedly pointed his gun at the officers when he saw them. The officers shot Pounds several times, and he died about an hour later at a hospital. This was the department's first shooting in at least 16 years, according to reports.

Princess Young was a passenger in an allegedly stolen car, driven by her 13-year-old cousin, who was arrested and charged after the wreck.

Off-duty Indiana State Police Trooper Joel D. Wilson, 39, fatally shot Theodore E. Hixenbaugh who was trying to break into the trooper's east-side Indianapolis home, police said.

A man took a cab driver hostage after robbing a bank. He allegedly shot himself in the head as police closed in.

Philip Martin Gabales died after he allegedly fled a traffic stop, tried to get into passing vehicles, approached a house and struggled with officers before losing consciousness.

Deputy John Palmer shot Samuel Ponce Martinez four times after responding to a report of someone armed with a gun outside Red Sea Market.

Jones had more than a dozen warrants when police caught up with him. He ran, but police caught him. Police say no force was used, and it was his bad arteries and heart that killed him.

Victor Perry Jr., 33, a police officer with the Maryland Department of General Services, shot and killed Baltimore City Police officers Adam Vazquez and Leslie A. Holliday. Holliday and Perry had previously been engaged.

Joshua Omvig returned home after serving an 11-month tour in Iraq. On December 21, deputies arrested Omvig for OWI after he drove into a ditch. By 11 a.m., Omvig was released and returned home, where he asked his mother for a sheet of paper. Omvig handed her a note which described joining his buddies, went out a back door and locked himself in his truck. Officer Terry Oltman arrived after Omvig called and asked him to stop by the house. Seeing what was developing, Oltman told Omvig's mother to get back, but she refused to leave her son. Omvig raised a handgun and shot himself in the head. The Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act (Public Law 110-110) became law in 2007, and required the VA Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive suicide prevention program. However, the law was never fully implemented and other similar bills were added over the years.

Following a car chase in the early morning hours, Harvey is alleged to have exited his car with a knife in hand and advanced on Richard Lee Lowe. Harvey was shot in the head and died a short time later. Lowe planted a second knife at the scene when he could not find the first one and was fired shortly after the incident, but the killing was found justified.

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

Deputies responded to Michael Heilman Jr.'s home after a 911 hang-up call was placed from the residence at around 10 p.m. According to police, deputies learned Heilman was armed and had made statements he would harm officers. Officers from other agencies responded and set up a perimeter. At about 1 a.m. Heilman allegedly confronted officers outside the house, fired two shots from a long gun and continued to advance in a threatening manner. A trooper shot and killed Heilman.

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

Carey called 911 and said he wanted to fight with the police. County officers responded and found his mother, who said he was off his medications, suicidal, and on meth. He reportedly charged police with a kitchen knife and was fatally shot, the second person fatally shot by county officers within two weeks.

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

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

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

Yeong Cheol Chin, who was reportedly suspected of shooting four people (two fatally), shot himself at the Los Altos cemetery where his wife was buried, officials said.

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

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

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

Leslie Shawn Crone was shot and killed by police, although exactly what precipitated the killing was not disclosed. He was wanted as a probation violator in Texas.

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

Roberto Gonzalez died after being tasered four times by police. He was unarmed at the time of the incident. Officers discovered he was not breathing moments after he was shocked and handcuffed. Police said they chose to end a standoff with the man, who was holed up in a pantry, after he appeared to be cutting himself on the chest and abdomen, but the Lake County coroner said an autopsy showed no such wounds.

Billy McCurley shot and killed himself inside the Park Lane Motel during a seven-hour standoff, police said. Relatives said McCurley suffered from depression and had stopped taking his medication.

Dennis Lamar Young—driving a stolen Oldsmobile Cutlass—ran into a tree before dawn. Moments later, after 28-year-old Young put his car in reverse, and headed toward Portland Police Officers. One shot at the car. The other pulled out his Taser and jolted the wounded Young—then pulled him out of the car and performed CPR. Young died at the scene.

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

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies, serving as Rancho Cordova police, shot Isaac Granville after he allegedly seriously wounded his mother and killed her boyfriend in a knife attack.

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

Officer Joshua Simpson shot Tyrone Danell Brooks multiple times when he charged at the officer in an alley following a high-speed car chase.

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

Reputable restaurateur Alessandrello and his longtime partner, a 26-year-old business manager and single mother, had a sideline in robbing banks. In this incident they hit a bank they'd previously taken for $38K but this robbery devolved into a hostage situation and 10-hour televised standoff. When the team was apparently ready to flee, a county sniper fatally shot Alessandrello in the head.

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

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

Deputies responding to a domestic dispute call discovered Yates, armed with a handgun, arguing with his wife. It developed that she may have been stopping him from killing himself. Deputies tasered Yates, which drove him away from his wife, and after which he raised the handgun. Deputies then fired eight rounds at him, killing him.

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

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

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

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

Around 10:30 p.m., Trooper Patrick O'Connor pulled Mendez over on suspicion of drunk driving. Mendez left on foot. Trooper O'Connor pursued him. Mendez cornered himself against a fence and the back of a house, then turned and approached Trooper O'Connor. Trooper O'Connor fatally shot Mendez. Mendez was an undocumented immigrant.

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

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

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

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

Gary Patrolman Levi Randolph fatally shot unarmed Vincent Smith Jr. while responding to a burglary call. Randolph was charged with reckless homicide.

Investigating a string of robberies at AutoZone stores near closing time, officers on stake out saw three suspects who fit the description of the suspects enter a store. As they came out, police told Jones to drop his gun which he failed to do. Police opened fire and killed him.

Officer Eric Solorio died from his injuries a month after crashing while he and his partner chased a car. Solorio was in the passenger seat when the officers saw a car speeding near 67th and Union at around 10:45 p.m. The officers pursued the car east on 67th until their squad car was reportedly cut off by another driver and spun out of control, crashing into a tree and church building. Solorio suffered severe spinal injuries and died on February 12, 2006. Solorio's partner suffered minor injuries.

Marshallville's only two full-time officers sought and found Walker at the town's housing project in an unmarked pickup, in connection with probation and parole violations. He resisted, was pepper-sprayed, and died at the scene in a medical emergency. One hundred of the town's 1300 residents gathered more-or-less peacefully for news of Walker; when it came, the police chief's house was burned to the ground.

Ray Chris Robles died after fighting with deputies Lance Grimes, Ian Chandler, Paul Duncan, Joel Swanson, Jeff Colbert, Bill Starr and Reed Lovan, who were trying to arrest him for beating his wife.

Police said Richardson was with his brother, Eric Richardson, 19, in a U-Haul truck with their mother when the brothers apparently started arguing. Eric Richardson was shot in the leg, apparently by accident, and Justin Richardson ran to a nearby field. Police set up a perimeter and officer Jerry Hester saw Richardson walking out of the field. He ignored commands and witnesses told police he turned and pointed a .45-caliber pistol at Hester, who shot and killed him.

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

Jester came to Florida from Lubbock to stay with friends and work with their hurricane roof repair business—and to hide from an armed robbery warrant. Local police stopped his van in front of the friends' mobile home. Jester emerged from the passenger door with a toy gun and was shot to death.

Holden was fleeing a drug arrest when he crashed and died.

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

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

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

Officers approaching Millenson's vehicle after a chase were fired upon by victim. Officers returned fire, killing Millenson and his passenger.

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

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

Brett "Jason" Nicholas Murillo was found dead inside a house after a standoff of about two hours during which police shot at him.

Deputy Enrique Diaz shot and killed Kenny Drinkard when Drinkard took his baton during a traffic stop.

Kerry Edward Turner suffered from bipolar disorder and led Greenville police officers on a car chase that ended with a collision, gunshots and his death at 14th Street and Greenville Boulevard. The officers were trying to take him to a mental health facility to be committed for treatment.

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

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

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

Karl W. Marshall died about two hours after police shocked him three times with a Taser. Marshall was arrested after police responded to a disturbance call at an apartment complex. Marshall reportedly refused to be handcuffed and officers shocked him three times in "drive stun mode." According to police, Marshall didn't seek medical help, wasn't taken to a hospital, and was then found unconscious in a holding cell. According to Jackson County medical examiner Thomas Young, Marshall died from toxic effects of cocaine abuse. Young said Marshall was in a state of "excited delirium" and that during such a state, a person's body temperature increases and the person becomes "wild and strong and psychotic."

According to police, Officer Everett Woolums saw a vehicle being driven recklessly about 3:10 a.m. A chase began when the driver, Billy Thigpen, refused to stop. It ended when the vehicle crashed into a parked car and a fence on Alpine Avenue, police said. Thigpen then exited the vehicle and fled on foot and was shot and killed when he allegedly fought with police.

Jason Perez was killed when he crashed into the rear of another car while being chased by police.

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

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

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

Officers Sam Contino and Adrian Wardle shot and killed Manuel Mondragon when he brandished a rifle.

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

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

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

Deputies Jason Lewis and Tim Langel shot and killed Chad E. Terrio when he confronted them with a knife.

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

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

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

Carlos Cuellar Jr., 42, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Anderson was stopped for DUI. He shot himself in the head.

Wednesday in the early evening police got a lead on car that had been taken in an armed carjacking, a 2003 Buick. A male and female couple were in it. Alerted to police presence the couple got out at an apartment complex, where the female was apprehended but the male, Burton, went to the 10th floor to try to escape. He tried to scale the building exterior but slipped and fell to his death.

Teenager Culver driving with a suspended license fled from a 3 a.m. traffic stop. Police denied pursuing him, although they were close enough to observe the explosion of a transformer as Culver died striking a utility pole.

After a carjacking and chase, Lozada shot an officer and was shot and killed.

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

Eric Garrison was suspected in a Radio Shack robbery. After a vehicle chase and a foot chase, he was shot and killed when he shot at an officer.

SWAT deputies Cornelius Devries, Charles Green, Craig Hungrige, Chad Niswonger and David Whiteaker shot Juan Ramos Torres when he shot at them.

Deputies were called because Anderson was suicidal. He was drinking and behind the wheel. Both Anderson and a deputy shot Anderson, but his was the fatal wound.

Reverend Nathaniel Cole was killed when Robert Smith, who was fleeing police in a Ford Bronco, crashed into Cole's Chevrolet Blazer. Smith was also killed in the collision. Two officers stopped Smith for driving erratically at St. Louis and West Florissant avenues at about 6:30 p.m. Smith allegedly brandished a handgun and drove away with the officers in pursuit. One of two other men in the Bronco reportedly fired a shot at police who joined the chase near North Broadway at Adelaide. Smith's Bronco struck and overturned another SUV, injuring that driver, then kept going before colliding with Cole's vehicle. Cole died at the scene. Cole's wife, Annie Cole, suffered two broken legs in the collision.

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

Reverend Nathaniel Cole was killed when Robert Smith, who was fleeing police in a Ford Bronco, crashed into Cole's Chevrolet Blazer. Smith was also killed in the collision. Two officers stopped Smith for driving erratically at St. Louis and West Florissant avenues at about 6:30 p.m. Smith allegedly brandished a handgun and drove away with the officers in pursuit. One of two other men in the Bronco reportedly fired a shot at police who joined the chase near North Broadway at Adelaide. Smith's Bronco struck and overturned another SUV, injuring that driver, then kept going before colliding with Cole's vehicle. Cole died at the scene. Cole's wife, Annie Cole, suffered two broken legs in the collision.

Sergio Abel Hurtado, 29, reported by the LA Times, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Earlier the night Rivera was shot, he'd fired two shots through the windshield of his girlfriend's parents' car as she was driving and they argued about their relationship, police said at the time. After they returned to her apartment, someone called 911. Police went to the apartment to check on the woman. He found Rivera agitated and tried to calm him, police said. Stover struggled with Rivera when he advanced toward the officer, and Rivera fell and pulled a gun from his waistband, police said. Stover, sensing his own life was in danger, killed Rivera in front of the woman.

Officer Scott Slinger shot and killed Brian Dittman when he threatened officers with a large carving knife and meat fork.

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

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

Davis was suspected of having a weapon, although it's disputed whether he pointed it at officers, he was shot in the back running away. His family awarded $2.65 million.

Hall's mother called for help with her mentally-ill son in mid-afternoon. Two local officers arrived but while patting him down for weapons, he drew a 9mm pistol from a long coat and began shooting. Both officers returned fire and shot him to death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police said that Christopher McCargo "became combative" at the jail while officers were attempting to book him. He said McCargo was shocked "enough to get his attention, to get him seated." McCargo told Cleveland police he had been drinking and smoking crack cocaine and marijuana.

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

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

Nugent Raspberry fatally shot his estranged wife's boyfriend, Jerome Hunter. Nugent then physically and sexually assaulted his wife, and held her hostage for over six hours. Negotiations failed. Raspberry left the apartment handcuffed to his wife and holding a gun to his own head. Raspberry refused to drop his gun. SWAT Officers Guillermo Cantu and Joe Obregon shot Nugent when they perceived that he pointed the gun at his wife.

Rural homeowner Mizell reacted badly to a horse trailer and a deputy's patrol car with lights flashing. They were awaiting help in front of his house, on a county road at 2 a.m. After initial discussions he returned from his house with an apparent weapon, threatening the driver and the deputy. He was fatally shot once in the neck. He'd brought out a pellet gun.

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

Officer L. Levine entered an apartment in response to a burglary call. Johnson sat on a couch in a dimly-lit room. Officer Levine told Johnson to show his hands. Johnson revealed a .40-caliber Glock pistol, racked the slide and fired one shot. Officer Levine, who thought that Johnson was firing at her, shot at Johnson once, then took cover. Johnson died of what is described as one self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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

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

Cervantes argued with his girlfriend, Samantha Rivera. She called 911. He tore the phone out of the wall, ending the call before she could explain the situation. They began to strike one another. Officers Reynaldo Montes and Rachel Barnes responded. In one account, Officer Montes, who did not identify himself, shot Cervantes in the chest as Cervantes and Rivera stood silently in a bedroom. In another, Officer Montes, responding to screams still coming from inside the ruined residence, shot Cervantes once in the chest as he beat Rivera in the bedroom.

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

Simpson allegedly fled a stop for speeding and crashed and was killed.

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. Thompson, who was deaf, threatened them with a gun. Police said they gave hand signals to drop the gun before shooting and killing him.

Police shot and killed Wayne Scantlebury, who came at them with a knife at a mental health support home for people who were once homeless.

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

Hamilton, bi-polar and off his medication according to his father, was tasered during a struggle with county deputies on his living room floor at 2:30 a.m. Earlier he'd been "falling over furniture, jumping in the pool and breaking things" to the point of his father calling 911. He was pronounced dead about two hours later.

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

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

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

Johnson had been wanted for his role in a police chase the previous week; the chase had ended with a state trooper injured. On a Friday afternoon Johnson ran a red light, was spotted by local police, and chased again. Driving through an apartment parking lot he struck several cars. Cornered by police, he threatened one with his vehicle and was fatally shot through his windshield.

Police received a call reporting that a man with a knife had broken into the Delaware Valley Baptist Church. Richard Dunn was found outside the church by police, and Officer Jonathan Palmore shot and killed him when Dunn allegedly threatened Palmore with a knife.

Socorro Orozco was killed when his car was broadsided by a pickup truck being chased by police.

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

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

Las Vegas officer Bryon Bunitsky fatally shot John Frank Jackman, 43, after Jackman, who suffered from bipolar disorder, charged at officers with a knife following a domestic dispute with his wife in southwest Las Vegas. Jackman's girlfriend later told police she thought he might have been trying to commit "suicide by cop."

Joseph Heyward and a 16-year-old teenager were suspected of mugging a 35-year-old man. They exchanged gunfire with police, shooting Officer David Kalitz before Heyward was shot and killed and the 16-year-old captured.

Motcayo was shot while beating a young child with a rock. An officer shot him when he refused to drop the rock and stop beating the child.

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

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

Ryan P. Walton, 19, was at a party in the supplemental room on the sixth floor of Beaver Hall when the university police showed up at about 11 p.m. and found "a significant amount of beer and liquor" in the room, police said. He fell about 55 feet from a sixth-floor window as he tried to climb out on sheets tied together.

When a narcotics squad knocked on Oswiecinski's door at 9 p.m. to serve a warrant, he is said to have answered with shots through the door. During the ensuing shoot-out two officers were wounded (one by a bullet, the other by shattered glass) and Oswiecinski escaped two doors down, briefly, until he was fatally shot during a physical struggle for control of a weapon.

Fermin Estrada was shot on his property near his home during a party with out-of-state guests and relatives who were being shown his property where, according to police, he had fired his handgun into the ground and turned and fired toward officers before Officer James Wilkerson shot and killed him. Witnesses disputed the police version of events.

A deputy shot and killed Richard Norman Berg after he pointed a gun at officers.

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

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

Deputies shot a 61-year-old man after he fired a rifle at them during an hours-long standoff outside a house in a remote area near Desert Center.

Grant had been visiting his sister and a friend in Portland, and was apparently walking in and out of traffic when bystanders tried to assist him, then called 911. When police arrived, they allegedly had trouble getting Grant into custody. He was on the ground when Park tasered him in the back and on the neck. He died on the way to the hospital.

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

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

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

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

William Paul Blair shot his brother-in-law Shannon Brisentine during an argument. While Brisentine, 29, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Blair barricaded himself in the house and refused police orders to surrender, police said. He shot and killed himself.

Parrish was fatally shot in the lower back. A boxer recently released from prison, Parrish fled police questioning on foot and ended up in a physical struggle on the pavement with four officers. Four witnesses said Parrish was deliberately shot after being restrained.

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

The victim was fatally shot by two Tacoma police officers after he came at them with a knife.

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

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

Moss apparently attacked the police who tried to question him as he was walking back to his car with a can of gas. As he turned to run, Officer Joseph Nault shot and killed him.

Three detectives went to Champion's mother's house to arrest him. They reported finding him in the basement where he threatened them with a rifle. All three detectives fired, killing him. A wrongful death suit was filed and dismissed in 2009.

Craven shot and killed himself after a 12-hour standoff with deputies at a Hilton Head Island hotel. His reasons weren't made public.

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

After a testy conversation, argument, a physical struggle and pepper spray, Lennox threw and struck a Mesa officer with a plastic chair and was reaching for a second chair when he was shot dead. The family settled with the city of Mesa for $2 million in September 2008.

Officers Matthew Brouwer and Haglund began chasing Eladino Salvador Fraire's 1992 Saturn at around 2 a.m. after he sped past them while they were stopped at the Speedway gas station. Fraire led the officers to a parking lot, where he reportedly struck Haglund's cruiser with his car. According to police, Brouwer got out of his cruiser and told Fraire to stop. Fraire allegedly drove at Brouwer, who fired all nine rounds in his gun and hit the Saturn seven times. Fraire was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Deputies responded at about 1:32 a.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway. While checking the area, deputies saw a Pontiac matching the description leaving a driveway. According to the sheriff, the deputies turned their vehicle around, and the Pontiac sped off southbound on Mission Road. The deputies turned on their lights and siren, but couldn't catch up to the fleeing vehicle, police said. Deputies said they lost sight of the Pontiac at several points until they approached the intersection of Mission and Banwell roads where they discovered it had crashed into a parked van. The driver, Pablo Bonilla, was killed in the crash. The passenger was treated and released.

Mann was a member of the Ramapo tribe of a rocky rural pocket of deep New Jersey woods. An altercation between the Ramapo and the state park police about weapons and ATV riding, fueled by deeper cultural tensions, resulted in Mann fatally shot twice. The shooter was charged with reckless manslaughter, found not guilty. A jury awarded $2.2M to Mann's family with additional punitive damages.

Harrison entered the residence of John and Mary Thompson with a handgun. Mary called 911. Officers Glen Slaven and William Nelson responded. Harrison pointed his gun at the officers. The officers fatally shot him.

Officers were called because Brown was acting delusional or on drugs ("screaming, exposing himself and jumping on cars"). He managed to get one of the officers' tasers, at which point the other shot and killed him.

Antoine Maurice Scott died after the stolen van he was driving crashed after fleeing a traffic stop.

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

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

A deputy shot and killed Larry Moore, who appeared to be grabbing for a weapon during a foot chase.

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

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

Police were called on a report of a man with a gun. After a vehicle chase, Polk was shot and killed although it was not immediately reported what precipitated the killing.

At 11 p.m. Dobson was driving home from his job at Home Depot, waiting at a light. The light changed, Dobson advanced, and was struck by a Honda Civic being chased by police at high speed, wanted for speeding. Dobson's vehicle struck a telephone phone and caught fire, killing him.

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

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

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

Deputies Mark Drewry and Martin Machado shot and killed Oscar Garcia when he threatened them with a wooden club during a traffic stop.

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

Two officers responded to a disturbance call inside a BP gas station. As officers made contact with the man, a fight began, and one officer was cut with a knife. The other officer was bitten, and Victor Montero-Diaz was shot and killed.

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