Gant had not yet completed the booking process for assault and drug possession when she started to behave oddly at around 2:20 a.m. She was sent first to the Medical Section of Central Booking Facility, then Breckenridge Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 3:44 a.m. It was the first TCSO death in custody in 2007.

When four cars of Georgia state troopers followed a Mitsubishi Galant that sped away from a traffic stop, they couldn't help but notice the grass and crack cocaine jettisoned out the windows. Collected, it was enough for a felony charge. A PIT maneuver caused the Galant to lose control, hit the guardrail and flip. Dunstan Dejuan "Duck" Bailey and Mijoi Tilyn Evans died at the scene. Reginald Allen died six days later.

When four cars of Georgia state troopers followed a Mitsubishi Galant that sped away from a traffic stop, they couldn't help but notice the grass and crack cocaine jettisoned out the windows. Collected, it was enough for a felony charge. A PIT maneuver caused the Galant to lose control, hit the guardrail and flip. Dunstan Dejuan "Duck" Bailey and Mijoi Tilyn Evans died at the scene. Reginald Allen died six days later.

Calvin crashed her Honda Accord at a roundabout at U.S. Highway 6 and William J. Post Boulevard. Her passenger Matthew E. Lopez, 23, a Wheatridge man who had been living in Eagle County, died in the crash. Troopers tried to stop the vehicle when they saw it speeding and weaving while headed west on Interstate 70 near Dowd Junction, the Colorado State Patrol said.

Thurston was sought by authorities for the murder of his cousin. Trapped by police in a Comfort Inn, he took off on foot, unarmed, to try to escape. Officers shot at him 27 and hit him 13 times, which was "consistent with statements of the officers and (did) not show an excessive use of force," according to a police spokesman.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Officers from LAPD's Newton Division pulled over a car with three occupants for a traffic stop. They said Wright ran from the car. He pulled a gun, and one or more officers shot him and killed him.

Rideout threatened police with a knife and a metal pole when he was shot and kiled. His

Officer Jason Ellerbach responded after Frank Elfgen's roommate said Elfgen was threatening suicide at around 9 p.m. The power was reportedly out when Ellerbach arrived and found Elfgen on the bedroom floor with a knife. Ellerbach called for backup and six officers arrived. According to police, officer Jonathan Tatum unsuccessfully tried to Taser Elfgen before he allegedly swiped at officer William Hurt with the knife, then charged at Ellerbach. Ellerbach and Hurt each shot Elfgen twice.

Obi Bailey's Honda Accord, carrying two friends-of-friends Larry Smith Jr. and David Demetrius Austin, was pulled over by a county deputy for burned-out headlights. Bailey bolted from the traffic stop and fled at speeds up to 80 MPH. The eight-minute police chase ended with the Accord crashed into a tree and the three teens dead. Legal battles addressed whether or not Smith and Austin were "fleeing suspects."

Limon and Cecilio Mendoza, wearing ski masks, broke into a house and tried to rob the family of six that lived there. Officers entered the house through the sliding glass back door. Mendoza and Limon shot at the officers. The officers shot back. Officer Rolando Trujillo, who had served BPD for 12 years, killed Limon. Officer Trujillo, who was not wearing a ballistic vest, survived four gunshot wounds. District Attorney Armando Villalobos did not present the shooting to a grand jury.

Justin Brimmer, 28, was killed in a gunfight with Las Vegas police officers who sought to question him about a fight outside a nearby restaurant. Brimmer wounded an officer with several shots. Officers returned fire, killing Brimmer. Later, it is revealed that he was uninvolved in the earlier incident. It is unclear why he shot at police.

Bryan Bright died during a high-speed chase. Police were trying stop him for allegedly drunken driving.

During a gas station robbery in 2007, an officer confronted as he was running out of the convenience store. According to the police report, the officer fired when Walden pointed a gun at him and refused to drop it.

A deputy patrolling U.S. 412 saw two motorcycles racing east about 100 mph, police said. The cyclists split up, and the deputy chased one north on Boulder Drive until he lost sight. A passer-by found Coffelt's body the next day at the edge of a wooded area.

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance involving Whitmill. Whitmill pointed a gun at Deputies Brister and Enochs, who shot at him four times, striking him fatally in the chest and right arm.

Whitmore fled a stolen vehicle stop, dragging an officer, and was shot and killed.

Deatherage fatally shot Susan Bucks at a Poncho's Mexican Buffet. Officers tried to pull over his pickup truck. Deatherage fatally shot himself in front of the officers.

Gwinnett County police officers were sent to investigate reports of a domestic disturbance. A Lawrenceville woman told police her ex-boyfriend was after her and had threatened to kill himself. She also said he may have a gun. Kaulbach of Bethlehem confronted the woman at her residence, police said. After the encounter, officers found Kaulbach in a grocery store's parking lot. Officers kept Kaulbach in the parking lot, but his combativeness prompted police to call out the SWAT team, police said. During the standoff, Kaulbach continuously threatened to hurt himself and repeatedly placed the handgun to his head. A SWAT officer shot and killed Kaulbach after he pointed his gun at police.

A deputy pulled Vierow over for speeding on a cul-de-sac street in a mobile home park. Vierow, bipolar, violently resisted the deputy, physically struggled with him, and at one point had him pinned down. The deputy tried unsuccessfully to Taser Vierow to get him under control, then resorted to shooting him dead.

Officers Joseph Salazar and Monica Macdonald shot and killed Rene Alexander Robinson when he charged at them with two large kitchen knives after trying to stab two occupants of a Jeep Cherokee through an open sunroof, police said.

Tribal police investigating reports of a break-in found Osceola sitting on his own porch at 2 a.m. with an AR-15 in his lap. He is said to have threatened officers with a knife. Tasered three times, he continued to advance, and was fatally shot.

RPD officers Andrew Criner and Joseph Bennett shot and killed Ceasear Cooper when he fled a police blockade that was checking for seat belt compliance. He allegedly drove at officers.

Hutchinson was a passenger in a car that fled from police and then fired upon police when it crashed.

McKenzie shot his handgun at an off-duty officer during a fight on the floor of a packed dance club at 3:30 a.m., and pinned those wounded officer to the ground. Another off-duty officer shot at McKenzie eight times, fatally striking him with four of those shots.

Trooper Reuben Mankin pulled Steggall over for a traffic violation. A Cisco PD drug-sniffing dog found methamphetamine in the vehicle. Steggall left the vehicle on foot. Trooper Mankin and a Cisco officer pursued him. Steggall tried to take the officer's gun off of his duty belt. Trooper Mankin fatally shot Steggall.

During a traffic stop, Lucero ingested a fatal dose of what deputies believed was methamphetamine.

K-9 officer Eric South shot and killed Michael Eugene Sullivan when he stabbed the officer, police said.

Nazzaire was caught driving without a license. He fled the traffic stop on foot and was standing in a canal when tasered. Observers described his instant, sickening collapse and suggested that the water might have somehow contributed to his death.

Webb shot and killed another man with a shotgun before being killed by a Little Rock police officer. He was serving out his federal prison sentence at a local halfway house, which is where the killings took place.

Frustrated filmmaker and former Marine Garvin set out with multiple weapons and disguises into Greenwich Village to settle scores. He shot a bartender and two unarmed auxiliary officers to death before NYPD cornered him and killed him with a total of 56 shots.

Kopp and two other suspects were beating an undercover operative during a narcotics sting gone south. Agents intervened and tried to apprehend all three. Only Kopp resisted, by refusing to freeze and show his hands, and only Kopp was fatally shot. A gun found some 40 feet away justified the killing.

Felton Frankley reportedly died of a heart attack after being arrested. Police had responded at about 4 p.m. to a report of a deceptive practice in progress in a LaSalle Bank branch. Officers saw a woman run to a vehicle and get in. The officers stopped the vehicle, but the woman fled. Frankley, the driver, was taken into custody, and shortly thereafter began complaining of difficulty breathing, police said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Antonio Escareal allegedly charged at a sheriff's deputy with a knife, and the deputy shot him. Escareal was hospitalized until he died on May 1, 2007.

Ryan Meyers died after being tasered 10 times by police. Ryan Meyers was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 15 years old and lived with his parents for his entire life. Prior to his death, the Meyers family contacted law enforcement on five different occasions to have Ryan detained during a psychotic episode. On the night of Ryan's death, Ryan's brother Billy came home to find Ryan involved in a confrontation with their mother, Mrs. Meyers. Billy punched Ryan, a fight ensued and Mrs. Meyers called the police. Officer Romeo arrived at the scene and found Mr. Meyers and Billy standing in the front yard. Mr. Meyers was nursing a swollen and lacerated nose. Officer Romeo investigated and saw Ryan walking through the house, carrying a baseball bat. Officer Gaedke arrived at the scene, and she and Officer Romeo tried to convince Ryan to surrender. He responded by stating, "No, you're going to have to kill me." Officer Romeo requested the assistance of an officer trained to use a taser and Officer Mee responded. The officers entered the home and Officer Mee ordered Ryan to drop the baseball bat. Ryan did not immediately comply. Officer Mee fired the probes of his taser into Ryan and shocked him three times before Ryan dropped the baseball bat and fell to the ground. While three officers sat on Ryan's back, Officer Mee shocked Ryan a fourth time in probe mode and then six times in drive stun mode. According to some of the officers, Ryan was actively resisting and fighting with the officers when these additional shocks were administered. Officer Gaedke testified that Ryan was not fighting with the officers, but was "keeping his body rigid and keeping his hands underneath his body." Billy Meyers testified that Ryan merely tried to move his legs while the officers were sitting on his back. After Ryan had been shocked for the tenth time, the officers noticed that he was unconscious. Paramedics arrived and found Ryan in a state of cardiac arrest. They were unable to revive him.

Officers approached a vehicle; one officer observed the driver of the vehicle reaching beneath his seat and produced a gun. The officer immediately alerted his partner. The suspect pointed his gun at one of the officers, his partner fired upon notice, striking and killing the suspect. It was later determined that the killing wound was self-inflicted.

David Mendoza died of asphyxiation after being shocked 14 times with a Taser by officer Enrique Macias, and pinned to the floor by Macias and three other officers in an emergency room.

Police responded to reports of gunshots near Whitman Park. Two officers spotted James Cohen with a gun, and Officer Kevin Parry shot and killed him when Cohen pointed the gun at them.

A deputy shot Jorge Quiroz Salgado after he allegedly struck the deputy with a 4x4 post outside a lumber yard.

Officer R. Hensley pulled Franklin over for driving without headlights and without a front license plate. During the stop, Officer Hensley found what was later confirmed to be cocaine, arrested Franklin and offered him medical attention in case he had swallowed any drugs. Franklin denied having done so. He started to convulse when Officer Hensley took him to a police station.

Around 11 p.m., a deputy responding to a suicide in progress followed Fagan as he walked away from his house. A second deputy arrived, telling the first that Fagan had a knife. The first deputy told Fagan, still facing away, to show his hands or be shot with a stun gun. Fagan ignored him. The deputy stunned Fagan once. Fagan either stabbed himself or fell on his knife when struck by stun gun probes. He died at Memorial Hermann Medical Center at 2:40 a.m.

Trooper James Horn stopped Mathias Ringle's vehicle at around 11:45 p.m. on M-24 near Bevens Road in Indianfields Township. As Horn approached, Ringle allegedly opened fire, and Horn fired a number of shots at Ringle. Police said Ringle drove off southbound on M-24, and Horn tried to again to stop his vehicle. According to police, the vehicles collided, causing Ringle's vehicle to be pushed into the ditch. Horn and a Caro police officer reportedly found Ringle dead in the front seat. An official autopsy determined Ringle died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that none of Horn's shots hit him.

A man shot his estranged wife before he shot and killed himself when stopped by a deputy.

Officers Jeffrey Everett and Jose Pelayo shot Benjamin "Ben" Brown after he allegedly pulled a gun outside a liquor store on the Far North Side. The officers were on patrol at about 5:30 p.m. when they saw Brown pull his shirt down outside the store, so they thought he had a weapon. The officers followed Brown into the store to question him and he resisted. The officers took Brown outside, where he allegedly drew a .45 caliber Glock from his waistband. The officers then shot Brown. Everett and Pelayo's version is disputed. Another account said the officers shot Brown after he started to run away, then shot him several more times after he was on the ground. The city later settled with Brown's estate for $100,000.

Anthony Bosworth II was killed by law enforcement in Nampa a few hours after he murderd bail bondsman Joshua Schmidt. Three oficers and police dog chased Bosworth he turned and began firing at them. Oficers returned fire, the Nampa oficer shot Bosworth in the head killing him.

Vallejo drove by the Precinct 4 substation while firing a gun. Deputies responded. Vallejo struck Deputy Demetrio Medina with the vehicle and drove away at speeds of up to 100 mph. Deputies David Carroll and Juan Arispe pursued. In Bastrop, Vallejo stopped the vehicle, stepped out and shot at the deputies. Deputies fatally shot him. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. It was the first fatal TCSO shooting since that of Lennon Johnson in 2003.

Jacob Brock and Jennifer Kois were killed when a drunk driver, Patrick Strawmatt, rear-ended them while fleeing California Highway Patrol.

Around 6 a.m. FBI agents arrived at Smith's apartment to serve a warrant related to an armed robbery. Smith fired and officers and began a lengthy 9-hour standoff. Agents attempted to flush out Smith, using 10 tear gas canisters, with no effect. Ultimately they stormed the residence and shot Smith dead.

Around 11:51 p.m., Johnson and three other men left a Blockbuster Video, the scene of a reported robbery. Officers Christopher Garrison and Spence Jones pursued them. Johnson pointed a handgun at the officers. The officers fatally shot him. Officer Garrison had served for five years. Officer Jones had served for 2 1/2 years.

An off-duty officer working as a security guard at the Lexington Village apartment complex on East 79th Street, shot and killed Angelo Miller, 17, who was suspected of breaking into cars on the property. John Lundy stopped the teen'€s car in the parking lot, and fired at least five shots into Miller'€s car. One bullet struck the teen in the back, killing him. Investigators said Miller accelerated toward Lundy, and the officer fired in self-defense.

Drennan shot and killed himself in a vehicle that a Pulaski County sheriff's deputy stopped for a traffic violation. He had skipped a court date after losing an appeal of an attempted murder conviction, according to police.

Sergeant Daniel Torok stopped Alford for suspected drug activity on the street. "A fight ensued", Torok pepper sprayed Alford, and Alford allegedly punched him in the face then ran. Torok chased Alford and another "fight" ensued, at which time Torok shot Alford. Witnesses allegedly backed Torok's incident statement. The Spokane County Prosecutor ruled the death justifiable homicide.

After drinking and injuring himself, Salguero, schizophrenic, asked neighbors to call paramedics. When paramedics arrived, Salguero told them to leave and said that he had a gun. Officers arrived as Salguero smeared blood on a sliding glass door at an apartment. Officers forced entry. Salguero attacked Officer Jorge Garcia with bleach. Officer Garcia shot Salguero in the face and arm with a shotgun. Officer Garcia was at least temporarily blinded. Salguero was unarmed.

Kody Southichack and Kyle Foreman died when the stolen car Southichack was driving crashed into a sign post during a police chase that began when an officer attempted to alert Southichack that the headlights weren't on.

Senior Corporals Willhoite and Blaine Hultquist, and Officer Antonius Charles responded to a robbery in progress. Rodriguez, standing in an empty convenience store, shouted that the people in the store were going to kill him. Senior Corporal Hultquist and Officer Charles took Rodriguez to Parkland Memorial Hospital for a mental evaluation. He died in the emergency room.

During a traffic stop a tan 2001 Chevy Blazer driven by David Munn attempted to back over two motorcycle police, triggering a high-speed chase involving four jurisdictions in hot pursuit and covered by news helicopters. The chase ended when Munn veered into oncoming traffic and slammed into another vehicle at 70 MPH. He died at the scene, one of his passengers, Jodi Fleisher, died the next day, and several others were wounded.

Johnson robbed a bank about 9 a.m. Deputies caught up to him walking along a highway not long afterward. Although he hadn't shown a weapon in the bank, he fired on the officers, wounding one in the leg. After a foot chase into a residential area, he was fatally shot.

Perry was struck by a speeding unmarked local police cruiser, lost a leg in a gory accident scene, and subsequently lost enough blood to kill him. Although Perry was in dark clothing, drunk, and seven feet into the street, his family sought a settlement from the city and received $65K.

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed an undocumented immigrant who threatened him with a softball-size rock at the border, police said.

After apparently shooting his elderly mother in the drive, Peters withdrew to the house. Police fired tear gas in, Peters returned gunfire. Later, two troopers saw him near a window and shot him.

According to media reports, Lewis allegedly fled from a hit-skip scene and attacked officers with a garden tool.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Flores stepped out from behind a parked car as deputies pulled up. He was holding what looked like a silver pistol. Deputies got out and ordered him to drop it, but instead he pointed it at them, they said. One deputy fired, fatally wounding him.

Sgt. Greg Heitkamp, Sgt. Justin Wyatt, Detective Glenn Stark and Cpl. Eric Baarts shot Cesar Mendez after he allegedly fired at them during a multi-agency gang and probation sweep.

Andrew Lukasiak, 32, was in his house with a rifle and threatening suicide. Oil City Police went to Lukasiak's house and tried to contact him, but were unable to do so. Members of the Pennsylvania State Police Special Response Team fired tear gas into the house. Police entered the house and found Lukasiak dead.

Died from injuries sustained during motor vehicle accident. Wilcox was the passenger in a vehicle struck by a police cruiser just after the officer "looked down to adjust his computer and C-D player."

Two officers shot Damien Conner after he allegedly opened fire on them. According to police, the officers tried to stop Conner at about 7 p.m. as he was walking near Broadway and Locust Street because he was clutching his waistband. Conner allegedly fired a shot at the officers when they told him to stop, ran and then came back and shot some more. Both officers opened fire, killing Conner.

Coulson led three police cars during the chase into a field north of Oakwood. One police vehicle was stuck in the mud just as the chase left the road and went into the wheat field, police said. The other police unit and Coulson's vehicle were stuck in the mud about a quarter-mile into the field. Coulson fled on foot, and Officer Clay Sander gave chase in his vehicle for about a quarter-mile. Coulson turned and charged the officer as Sander was opening his door and shot Sander before he was shot and killed by a deputy.

Several hundred people gathered in the neighborhood, some of whom threw rocks and bottles, to protest the fatal police shooting of McIver. Officials were not forthcoming with all details of the incident. The chief cited "other circumstances here in play that we can't get into." Reportedly McIver was in the street and clad only in a T-shirt when officers arrived, and he went for an officer's gun.

Patrick Reilly allegedly shot and killed himself during a chase with Perryopolis police. Reilly was apparently wanted for burglary and related charges out of Huntingdon County.

Officers Gregory Epley and David Poe tried to pull Woods over. Woods did not stop for several blocks. When he did, officers said that he appeared to put something up to his head. Officers handcuffed Woods and called for cover. Senior Corporal Patty Carter and Officer Carl Freeman responded. Woods began to seizure. He died on April 12 of cocaine intoxication.

James M. Cummings was killed when an Ford F-150 fleeing police struck his Saturn. The 25-mile chase began in downtown St. Louis, when officer Robert Lang, who was in an unmarked police car, thought the truck fit the description of one connected to recent burglaries. Several other officers joined the pursuit as it continued onto I-70 and through residential north St. Louis. According to police, a supervisor called off the chase before it crossed into Illinois, though it was disputed whether officers obeyed. The Ford's driver, Sean Like, said police stayed close behind the entire time as he circled back to Missouri on I-270, exited at Riverview Drive and re-entered I-270. Like was driving west in the eastbound lanes when he hit Cummings' car at 3 a.m. Like, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. The SLMPD paid $550,000 and the city paid $150,000 to settle a wrongful death suit—the highest settlement the department paid in 2010. No formal admission of wrongdoing—six officers were given a refresher course on pursuit policy; one sergeant was verbally reprimanded, and two lieutenants were suspended for one day. Three of the officers involved had since left the department (as of Feb. 2011), including one who testified that he had been involved in a number of chases that resulted in crashes.

Aries Owens was killed after firing on officers following a pizza store robbery.

Mario Alberto Garay became unresponsive while being detained on the side of the 15 freeway by the CHP.

Officer Maria Christina Hasz shot and killed Frazier Ellison when he allegedly grabbed her gun during a traffic stop. A passenger in Ellison's car said he was placing his keys and cell phone on the car when he was killed.

Two officers responded to a 911 call for help. On entering the apartment of Garrido Morales, they found him holding a knife over his own head. He refused to obey commands to drop the knife. Fearing for their own safety, officers shot him to death.

Goudeaux was shot and killed by police. He died about two hours after a confrontation with police. The officer was responding to a report of a kidnapping, police said.The said Goudeaux was wielding a metal rod and was naked when he confronted the officer.

Michael L. Williams fled a police stop in a stolen van and crashed and died.

An unidentified man reportedly killed himself while talking with police after a chase. At about 11:20 a.m., officers were asked to help locate a 41-year-old man believed to be depressed. Later that afternoon, a deputy saw the man's truck in Richmond but the driver didn't stop. Officers pursued the truck for about a half hour, at speeds of up to 90 mph in drizzling rain on US 59 before the chase was called off. Officers found the truck at a Richmond residence, where they reportedly talked to the man for about 10 minutes before he shot himself.

Reported by the LA Times, Luis Salinas, 23, was shot multiple times by a police officer in the San Fernando Valley.

Police were trying to arrest Miller on a warrant at an Anderson home when Miller struggled with them and led them on a foot chase along 34th Street and into the garage of a different home, police said. He pulled a knife that looked like a gun--as opposed to a knife being mistaken for a gun--and was shot and killed by Anderson police Officer Lincoln Brooks.

Two officers shot Roberto Perez after they responded to a family dispute in Indio.

Lili Stephens, who a trooper was attempting to stop, died in a head-on crash that also killed the other second driver, Jeffery Frazier. The KHP had received a report from a motorist of a 2000 Saturn being driven erratically on US 54 at around 7:30 a.m.. The trooper attempted to stop Stephens by first activating his vehicle's emergency lights, then his siren, but she allegedly kept driving and the trooper followed her. Less than four minutes into the pursuit, the Saturn crossed the centerline and struck Frazier's 1985 Toyota Camry head-on.

Johnson was shot and killed in a police standoff as he held an infant hostage and threatened to kill him with a knife. After about 30 minutes of negotiation, he actually walked outside with a knife to the baby's throat, and a sniper shot him once in the head.

Jacob Matthew Hooper shot and killed himself after being approached while walking on a road.

Reported by the LA Times, Javier Orantez Chavez, 30, was shot by police during a gun battle in near pitch darkness and died at the scene.

Crismon had warrants for his arrest when he was pulled over for a broken taillight. Police say he fired, although witnesses disputed this. The officer shot and killed him.

Officers Adam Affrunti and Chris Gray shot and killed unarmed Jerriel Da'Shawn Allen because they couldn't see his hands after he exited a SUV that got stuck on a backyard fence following a police chase.

Shot outside a bar. Police were responding to report of a fight.

Rose Marie Hurley had been the subject of an "attempt to locate" report in Lynwood, Ill., where she reportedly pulled a hotel fire alarm and left behind her medicine, police said. Hurley surfaced at the Pilot truck stop in Burns Harbor about 6 a.m., and employees told police she walked in without shoes and with a sheet wrapped around her lower body. Employees said she was babbling and they thought she was impaired. A Burns Harbor officer walked in to get some food, and employees told him about the woman. The officer tried to talk to the woman, but she ran to her car and took off. A chase ensued and Hurley was killed a few miles down the interstate when she swerved to try to avoid a set of tire-flattening devices police placed on the road, crashed and was ejected, police said.

Holliness ran away from a traffic stop. An officer pursued and pepper-sprayed him. Holliness took the officer's pepper spray. The officer struck Holliness with a baton. Holliness took the baton, took the fight to the ground and grabbed at the officer's service weapon. The officer drew his service weapon and shot Holliness once, fatally, in the belly. Holliness was in possession of 141.1 grams of crack cocaine.

Croskey showed up at the home of his ex-girlfriend and held her at gunpoint, threatening to kill her and himself. She was able to talk him into leaving. Phoenix police caught up with him as he was attempting to drive away from his home. During a two-hour standoff, police negotiated with him as he held a gun to his head and threatened suicide. Croskey eventually got out of his car and fired on police. Two officers fired back and Croskey was shot and killed.

After stealing a van, Gilbert Bradley fled police before crashing. He fought with an officer over the officer's gun and was shot and killed.

Garvin Huggins killed himself after he shot the mother of his 18-month-old son with a shotgun and barricaded himself in his residence with the boy. Huggins was found dead after police entered his residence, after failing to get a response from the suspect, but hearing the child continuously crying. Officers forced their way into the home, found the child and Huggins' body a short distance away. The boy was not harmed.

Edgar Garcia Torres was killed when his car was hit by a vehicle fleeing police.

John Bridges was shot while brandishing a sword and advancing on officers, police said. His roommate, who was present, said that Bridges had been standing still and had not fully unsheathed the 21-inch blade.

At about 9:20 p.m. a patrol car traveling east on Van Born Road struck a 1996 Pontiac Grand Am turning into the parking lot at Hazel's Party Store. Two women and two children were in the car, which was hit on the passenger side. The impact caused the Grand Am to flip onto its side, killing the passenger, Amber Iverson.

Because he'd driven away without paying for $8 of gas, deputies and state troopers pursued 13-year-old Keeley in his 1985 Accord. He refused a traffic stop, fired a shotgun, continued to drive after stop sticks had flattened his tires, and lost a final confrontation on the roadside. Both officers fired about 17 times, killing the teen. His family pursued a $2M wrongful death suit which failed.

Police said Benjamin James Sonnenberg had started to run toward a local nightclub and appeared to be drawing a weapon when he was shot and killed by four officers who had pulled over a car he was driving. He was unarmed.

Mills was in an early-morning fight with a friend when police arrived to separate them. Mills, with PCP in his system, became violently uncooperative. Police tasered him four or more times as he kicked, punched and bit officers. Within an hour Mills was dead. The city settled with the victim's mother for $125,000 in October 2012 against a claim of unreasonable force and improper training.

Police shot and killed Joni Park and Kevin Park, who traded off pointing a handgun at officers in an oceanfront bungalow at the Montage Resort & Spa in Laguna Beach, police said.

Local police reported that Henderson was the prime suspect in a domestic-dispute stabbing at a residence. The suspect returned there, purportedly threatened an officer with his vehicle then immediately fled, and was later in the evening involved in a three-car collision. Police shot him to death at that scene, finding a "long barrel inside a sock" in lieu of a weapon, and a suicide note.

Officer Darrin Dougherty and a mental health worker went to Reyes' home, police said on a report of an unstable person in the home. As the two entered the house, Reyes walked up from the basement and approached Dougherty with a knife. Followed by Reyes, Dougherty walked out the front door and about halfway down the block. When Reyes came within a few feet of him, Dougherty fired one shot that struck Reyes in the chest and killed him.

Officers made contact with vehicle containing victim. While being dragged by the vehicle, an officer shot and killed the driver.

Officers were responding to reports of gunshots at 1:37 a.m. when they Scott Alan Barnaby at the Wooden Indian Motel. Corporal Nick Polizzotto was killed. Patrolman Michael Norby was wounded. Barnaby was shot and killed. At least one person with charged with illegally selling a gun or guns to Barnaby.

More than 80 shots were fired as fugitive Travis Trim was cornered in an unoccupied upstate farmhouse by a number of state troopers. Trooper David Brinkerhoff fired the shots that killed Trim, then Brinkerhoff was immediately fatally shot in the back of the head by a fellow officer. One newspaper described the subsequent investigation as "shrouded in secrecy".

Ruel F. Dempster fled a drunken driving stop. He got out of the car and ran and Luke Hoffman chased after him on foot before being run down by fellow officer Stephen J. Wofsey. A county jury found Dempster guilty of several misdemeanors—including failure to stop after an accident, driving without a license and possession of marijuana—but was unable to reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge.

A little after 4 a.m. agents were installing a tracking device on Mulato's Mercedes when he spotted them on a closed-circuit security camera. He emerged, angry, holding a 9mm to confront the plainclothes agents. They gut-shot him immediately before identifying themselves, struck an artery, and Mulato bled to death in the parking lot.

An officer conducted a traffic stop on McLemore. She swallowed a bag of drugs to hide it from the officer. The officer arrested her. McLemore passed out in the officer's patrol vehicle due to a drug overdose. She was taken off of life support at Round Rock Medical Center on May 3.

According to police, Willie Norwood was suspected of being the man who had brandished a gun during a robbery at a university cafeteria. When the campus officer approached Norwood and ordered him to drop the gun and get on the ground, Norwood refused and pointed what appeared to be a chrome handgun at officers, who shot and killed him. It was a toy gun.

Michael McCarter died after being thrown from his motorcycle when it crashed into the back of a car. It wasn't specified why he was being chased.

Police were called by Beasley's sister-in-law, who was frightened when she saw Beasley dragging his wife out of the front door of their home. When police arrived, Beasley ran into the kitchen to grab a knife. He then charged at one of the officers, police said, and an officer responded by firing several shots. Police say Beasley pinned a police officer to the ground while still holding the knife, and he was shot and killed.

According to police, officers chased a man who'd been driving erratically. The chase led to a home in the area of Ferris and John R streets. The man allegedly got out and began firing a weapon. An officer reportedly broke his leg when he tried to get out of the way of the gunfire.

An officer shot and killed Christopher Michael Garcia after he brandished a handgun during a foot chase and aimed it toward the officer, police said.

Logsdon killed a neighbor and stole her car. Police confronted him at a gas station, where Logsdon and police exchanged gunfire. Logsdon fled to a mall where he killed two shoppers before police caught up with him and shot and killed him.

Officer Ben Ihde and another officer responded at about 1:15 a.m. after a caller reported that David Michael Stehl had forced his way into a house, smashed some windows and fought with a one of the residents. According to police, the officers found Stehl standing near the front door holding a shard of glass. Ihde pepper sprayed Stehl after police said he refused to drop the shard, but it had no effect. Stehl allegedly continued walking toward Ihde, who fired two shots at Stehl, killing him.

Tenorio shot at officers responding to a gunfire complaint. He struck two officers with bullets and three with shrapnel. Officers shot back at Tenorio. It is unclear whether the officers killed Tenorio or he died by his own hand. LPD listed Tenorio in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report.

Harlow was one of two youths spotted burglarizing a house in the evening. The other fled; an officer chased Harlow into the woods where—according to the police account—Harlow produced a handgun and the officer was forced to shoot him to death.

Sheriff Deputies Michael Wall, Scott Bonney, Griffen Criswell and K-9 officer John Cook responded to a 911 call for suspected drug activity or a fire and entered the trailer in which Yohe was sleeping. The officers state that he appeared to have a seizure (Yohe's acquaintances state that he was epileptic) and that when they touched him, he "became combative". After they tasered, handcuffed and hogtied him, they kicked him numerous times according to witness Cecile Jones. They then noticed he was not breathing and performed CPR. Yohe died in a hospital two weeks later. It was ruled that the officers did not use excessive force. In 2010 the Spokane County Commission gave a $50,000 Excessive Force settlement to Yohe's daughter.

Elam was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a shotgun at police.

According to police, Officer Dan Flanders and other officers were responding to a call of a man smoking drugs and playing with a knife south of downtown Phoenix. Robles ran when officers tried to talk to him. At one point, he turned and lunged with the knife. Flanders shot and killed Robles.

Deputies Mike Frank, Greg Myers and Joe Dulworth fired 21 shots, five of which struck Luis Felipe Sanchez after he shot Frank at the Rancho Feliz mobile home park, police said.

Dodge City police officer Chris Tahah reportedly killed Erin L. Jones, his ex-girlfriend. During a taped interview, Tahah told investigators that he was upset after seeing Jones dancing with another man at Central Station, a bar in Dodge City. Talah later went to his apartment, changed into dark clothing, loaded three cartridges into his .270 Winchester short mag rifle, then drove and parked a short walk from Jones' residence. Talah waited in the alley behind Jones' house. After she'd come home, Tahah went into Jones' backyard, where he said he pointed the rifle at a window, then thought better of it and had begun to lower the gun when a round went off. Tahah got in his car and drove home. During his trial, Talah testified that he'd confessed to a crime he didn't commit. Talah was found guilty of Jones' murder in 2008, but the Kansas Supreme Court reversed the conviction in 2011 and ordered a new trial. In September 2011, a jury found Tahah guilty of first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a weapon at an occupied dwelling.

Salazar stabbed himself and his girlfriend with a knife. Officers took Salazar to University Hospital. His family took him off of life support the next day.

Young was reported acting strangely at 2 a.m.: stripping, walking back and forth across a major street, speaking incoherently, playing with garbage cans. Responding police found him uncooperative and tasered him three times. The medical examiner attributed his death to excited delirium syndrome.

Around 3:20 a.m, Walker jumped from behind the bushes near a DART station, grabbing Officer Stephanie Branch from behind and possibly reaching for her gun. Officer Branch shook Walker off. Officer Branch and her partner, Officer Nikesha Owens, drew their handguns and told Walker to back away. He did not. Officer Owens shot him fatally in the neck. Walker, diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), had run away from home that Tuesday. Both officers had served for two years.

Robledo and another man went into a Cadillac at an apartment parking complex. Officer Hernandez told them to step out of the Cadillac, believing they had caused a disturbance at a party. Robledo, the driver, rammed Officer Hernandez with the Cadillac. Officer Hernandez, who was knocked onto the hood, drew his sidearm and shot Robledo in the chest and neck. Officer Hernandez attempted CPR and called paramedics. Robledo died at Christus Spohn Medical Center.

A complainant told dispatch that a woman attacked her and was beating on her office door. Responding officers found Crawford, foaming at the mouth, banging on a door and demanding money. Crawford ignored the officers. They assumed she was high and tried to take her to their patrol vehicle. Crawford kicked and spat at the officers until paramedics took her to Spohn Memorial Hospital, where she died the next day.

A county officer observed Keske behind the wheel of his pickup parked under a causeway bridge, reportedly flailing his arms and speaking nonsense. He answered an attempted contact by backing the pickup into the officer's car, then forward over a fence, then launched into a low-speed chase, all while deputies shot at his vehicle. Untouched by the bullets he stopped with flattened tires. Officers tasered him, he became unresponsive, and died in hospital shortly afterward. One of two local Taser deaths within two days.

At around 4:20 p.m., an officer approached Roy Hamner on reports he was beating a woman in the CVS parking lot. Hamner allegedly refused to reply to the officer's commands to show I.D. After being hit with a taser, Hamner hit his head on the ground, was hospitalized, and died.

James Christopher Allen died after being tasered as many as 18 times by police. He was unarmed during the incident. An officer went to Allen's home in response to a 911 call placed by Allen himself. Allen had told the operator that "demons were trying to get him." When the officer arrived on the scene Allen dove into the patrol car and grabbed the officer's shirt, saying that the officer "was a demon who needed to be killed." The officer forced Allen out of the car and ordered him to lie face down on the ground. Allen complied. A second officer arrived and began trying to handcuff Allen. But when Allen refused to put his hands behind his back, the two officers tasered him repeatedly in an attempt to make him comply. They eventually gave up, physically forced Allen into the handcuffs and placed him in the back seat of a patrol car. When the officers arrived at the police station, they discovered that Allen was unconscious in the back seat and that he had no pulse. Allen was pronounced dead at Bacon County Hospital. (Hoyt v. Cooks, 672 F.3d 972 (11th Cir. 2012)

An off-duty officer had a gun stuck in his back by an armed robber. He surrendered $11, was asked if that was all he had, so he also gave over a book of stamps. The officer was able to distract the robber Simpson, draw his weapon, and fatally shoot him.

The Dodge Caravan that Lawrence Ray was driving at a high rate of speed to elude police hit a Jeep Cherokee, killing its driver, 45-year-old John J. Rankin of Cleveland.

Monroe, at 1:45 a.m. outside the Club Mate and Lounge, retrieved a loaded handgun from his car. He threatened one local officer working off-duty as security, and a second off-duty officer shot him to death.

The officer was responding to a call about a man holding a knife, The officer said MacEarchern advanced toward him with the knife out and wouldn't drop it, and was shot to death.

According to the Star Tribune, after robbing a credit union, Hines pointed a gun at officers and was shot.

According to HPD, Gonzalez pointed a pistol at officers during a narcotics investigation. They shot him. He died Feb. 3, 2008.

Young died after three tribal officers tried to subdue him at the tribe's Takopid Health Center. Tribal officials say Young was trying to sneak in by posing as a doctor. He was not a tribal member.

Young killed Two children and a 23-year-old woman, and Young later killed himself during a standoff with Arkansas State Police.

Parrilli, 17, of Littleton died after the stolen Ford Expedition he was driving struck spikes that police had set out and rolled about eight times, police said. His girlfriend was severely injured.

Police were called by estranged wife because Benitez was at the house despite a restraining order. He came at officers with a knife.

A state trooper reportedly clocked Brandon M. Halbach's motorcycle traveling 96 mph and gave chase. According to police, the trooper lost sight of the motorcycle after Halbach turned north onto a Webster County road. The motorcycle went off the road, down an embankment, hit a tree and then rolled several times. Halbach died at the scene.

Raymundo Guerrero Garcia died nearly a week after senior officer Brian Murray tasered him 11 times during a struggle with Murray and senior officers Butch Hale and Rich Lamb, Sgt. James Buckley, and officers Chris Johnson, Matt Brill, Carl LeBlanc, Frank Mika, Brian Young.

Ornelas was shot by a police officers. Police said Ornelas was wielding a sword. A day earlier, he had attacked and cut another man with it. Police tracked him down to the wash, where a confrontation occurred.The officers shot him multiple times. Suspected church arsonist is fatally shot by police

According to DPD, Mesquite officers chased Smith into Dallas after he robbed a store, took a hostage and tried to escape in the hostage's vehicle. He made a stand on R.L. Thornton Freeway. Dallas officers responded. Officers Gerald Melgoza, Michael Fontenot, Mark Edwards and Artie Christian shot at Smith a total of 22 times. Smith died at the scene.

Police were chasing a vehicle after an apparent burglary. it crossed the grassy median on I-575 and drove into the southbound lanes, police said. The station wagon hit a Buick, causing it to roll over. The wreck killed the Buick's driver, Barbara T. Robbins, and injured two of her passengers.

Police allege Ball ran from police, hid under a car, and when pulled out by an officer, pulled out a gun, and was shot to death.

Two federal marshals shot Nathan Ellry Noel when he fired at them in a La Mirada restaurant, police said.

Police spotted Ernest Barber riding a bike with a "large bulge in his back." When they tried to stop the suspect, he fled, ditched the bike and ran into a residence on the 700 block of Hoffman. When officers attempted to gain entry to the home via the front door, the suspect hit the male cop in the right eye with the barrel of his gun, then tore out of the doorway, pushing past the officers. As police pursued the man east on Hoffman, he allegedly raised his weapon, at which point both officers shot and killed him.

Luis Nunez and Francisco Jimenez died when their Volkswagen Passat was struck by a fleeing Crown Victoria driven by Dwayne Becton, who also died. According to police, officers stopped an unmarked Ford Crown Victoria with municipal plates near 95th and Avenue N at around midnight. The officers were reportedly suspicious because of the car's tinted windows and because they saw a woman in the passenger seat. Becton allegedly sped away and crashed into the Volkswagen. The woman was treated for minor injuries and released. Police later determined that the plates were stolen from a vehicle assigned to Calumet Area detective headquarters.

Luis Nunez and Francisco Jimenez died when their Volkswagen Passat was struck by a fleeing Crown Victoria driven by Dwayne Becton, who also died. According to police, officers stopped an unmarked Ford Crown Victoria with municipal plates near 95th and Avenue N at around midnight. The officers were reportedly suspicious because of the car's tinted windows and because they saw a woman in the passenger seat. Becton allegedly sped away and crashed into the Volkswagen. The woman was treated for minor injuries and released. Police later determined that the plates were stolen from a vehicle assigned to Calumet Area detective headquarters.

Kevin Hill died after being tasered three times by police. He was unarmed during the incident. He allegedly fought with police and was tasered during the fight. Police said he died of "cocaine-induced excited delirium."

Police said they responded to a call for an attempted armed robbery and shots fired. A Milwaukee police officer approached Steve Bucholtz who pulled out a gun. He was shot and killed.

Gibson's father had sought help on worries that his mentally disturbed son would hurt himself or somebody else. After Gibson stole a rental car, robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, and drew police on a 70-mile high-speed car chase across multiple counties, officers observed Gibson still holding his handgun and shot him to death.

Albert Dwain Dodge and his infant son, Typhoon, were killed in a shootout with deputies.

Despite a case of mistaken identity, Williams refused to stop for police, fled and eventually jumped off an I-55 overpass, killing himself.

Randall Leroy Rollins "failed to comply with verbal commands and produced a handgun. He was shot several times by one officer, killing him. The police were at the motel on a drug-related criminal investigation.

Officer Chad LaCost shot Brian Pitzer twice in the back when he allegedly pointed a gun at police during a five-hour standoff. According to his mother, Pitzer was suicidal and depressed. Negotiators from the Central Illinois Emergency Response Team (CIERT) tried unsuccessfully to coax Pitzer to surrender. Pitzer left his house three times to speak with officers. The third time, Pitzer walked down the street while CIERT members snuck into his home. When Pitzer tried to re-enter his house, officers tasered Pitzer, but police said it was ineffective. An officer began to reload the Taser and CIERT members closed in on Pitzer. LaCost shot Pitzer when he allegedly raised his shotgun into a firing position. However, two witnesses said Pitzer had dropped the shotgun after being Tased. A Peoria County Coroner's jury decided that Pitzer's death was a suicide.

Steve Salinas, who was unarmed and naked, died after officers beat, kicked and tasered him in room 119 at the Vagabond Inn.

A convenience store clerk flagged down an officer to tell him that a citizen had reported seeing a man waving a gun, police said. Officers Jeffrey Stover and Zachary Currier found a man matching the suspect's description and saw he had two guns inside his waistband. The man, later identified as Walter Canez, refused to show the officers his hands and he was shot and killed as he reached toward his waistband.

Kirk was killed in a car crash after fleeing Akron police who tried to pull him over for a minor traffic violation. Kirk had a felony warrant from the Summit County sheriff on a parole violation in a racketeering case.

Taxicab driver Walid Chahine and his fare Paul Farris were both fatally injured in a vehicle collision with a speeding black Mercury Mountaineer with a state trooper in pursuit. Farris died immediately, Chahine about a week later, and another female passenger was critically injured. The Mercury was being pursued for erratic driving.

About 5 in the morning on a Sunday Walter R. Rivers refused to stop for a local officer, and drew her into a five-mile pursuit on a country highway. At speeds of 80 to 100 MPH Rivers ultimately lost control of his stolen pickup and drove into a tree, which killed him and young passengers Stephen K. Hayes and Christian Lackey.

About 5 in the morning on a Sunday Walter R. Rivers refused to stop for a local officer, and drew her into a five-mile pursuit on a country highway. At speeds of 80 to 100 MPH Rivers ultimately lost control of his stolen pickup and drove into a tree, which killed him and young passengers Stephen K. Hayes and Christian Lackey.

A vehicle crashed after a high speed chase, ejecting two people, one of whom died.

Officers responded to two shootings, and they allege that Witherspoon ran when he saw officers, rushed them, and had a gun in his belt, so the officers shot him to death.

Val Joe Strong was suspected of bank robbery. He was shot and killed after a chase when he refused to show his hands. He was unarmed.

Delbert Jennings Jr. was found dead inside a trailer after three-hour standoff, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Perez drove a van through a parking lot, dragging a sergeant along with him. The sergeant fatally shot Perez.

Smashum was shot while climbing fence to escape from police. Officers approached Smashum attempting to arrest him on a warrant. Smashum fought with officers before fleeing. The officer was initially charged with murder, he plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and finally pulled three months in jail.

A woman called police saying her daughter's estranged husband, identified as Andres Avita, was possibly in her daughter's bedroom, and he wasn't supposed to be there. Shots were also heard coming from the room. Police arrived and evacuated the house, aside from the daughter's bedroom. An officer tried to kick in the bedroom door, but his foot became stuck. Avita fired multiple times, hitting the officer once in the foot. Several officers returned fire. A robot operated by the SWAT team entered the room to find Avita dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His estranged wife, Naira Villarreal-Gonzalez, 21, was found dead from gunshot and stab wounds that investigators determined came from Avita.

Kevin McCarter and Sidney Clanton were the two fatalities among other injuries suffered by innocent motorists as a result of a county officer's 120-MPH vehicle chase of a motorcyclist ending in an eight-car pileup. Fifteen others were wounded. The cyclist's only crime was speeding. The officer was indicted but acquitted.

Gonzalez is said to have approached a lone US Border Patrol agent in a park-and-ride lot after the interception of a van-full of undocumented workers. According to the agent, Gonzalez provided a fictitious name, started a physical struggle, then went for the agent's gun. The agent was compelled to shoot him to death. Gonzalez had no criminal record, was unarmed, was unconnected with the intercepted van, and was mis-labelled an illegal in the first incident reports. His reported appearance and behavior here remains a mystery.

A SWAT team arrested David Sepulveda at his trailer on drug-related warrants. The team went to the neighboring trailer. Sepulveda's bodyguard, Linares, emerged from the neighboring trailer with an AK-47 style rifle and shot Deputy Angel Perez in the mouth, wounding him. SWAT deputies fatally shot Linares.

Officers David Green, Adam Affrunti and Von Verbanic shot and killed Tabari Barnes and Isaiah Henderson, who held guns after a high-speed chase, police said.

According to HCSO, Deputy A. Waybright, who had served for five years, approached Gragert's grey El Camino. Gragert exited the vehicle and said that he was having car trouble. Deputy Waybright asked for identification. Gragert said he would get it, stepped into his vehicle, started the engine and reached behind his seat. Deputy Waybright drew his pistol and told Gragert to show his hands. Gragert, steering, said he could not. Deputy Waybright fatally shot Gragert.

Cleveland Clinic police officer Robert Grzywaczewski shot and killed his girlfriend, Mary C. Lyons, before turning the gun on himself, Parma police said.

Simpson and a 28-year-old female accomplice started in Louisiana with a week-long string of burglaries. They fled to Florida, stealing then abandoning a total of three different cars, breaking into a house, and stealing weapons. Simpson going solo was tracked on foot to a wildlife management area, where he shot at a deputy closing in. The deputy returned fire and fatally wounded him with three shots to the chest.

APD officers and CCSD deputies arrived at around 6:30 p.m. to serve a search warrant for drugs at Randy Allen Maraccini's house. Maraccini answered the door and allegedly lunged at an officer with a knife, cutting him on the wrist. Maraccini then ran through the house and jumped out a window. Police chased Maraccini on foot for about half a mile until Maraccini walked down an embankment into a gully filled with shallow water. According to police, the officers were talking to Maraccini when he stabbed himself in the chest, pulled the knife out and dropped it. He died at a hospital.

Deputy John S. Williams served a warrant on Choate at his residence. Choate became unresponsive in the patrol vehicle. Deputy Williams requested that paramedics meet him at the sally port of Hardin County Detention Center. Choate died of a pulmonary embolism.

Sheriff Jason Smith responded to reports that Christopher Miller of College Station was walking down the road unclothed. Smith told Miller, 26, to lie on the ground. Miller initially complied, but later officials say he jumped up and started yelling. Miller quickly advanced toward Smith and when Miller refused to back down, Smith fired three shots hitting Miller twice in the chest.

Police shot and killed Hector Montoya when he leveled a sawed-off shotgun in officers' direction, police said.