Vu was shot in the rear torso while attempting to flee a house surrounded by Thurston County deputies. The deputies were attempting to effect a warrant for Mr. Vu's arrest on second-degree murder charges.

Off-duty officer Edward Stapinsk was charged with reckless homicide and drunken driving in connection with a three-car crash that killed Man K. "Mike" Wong on the Stevenson Expressway.

Richardson was the driver of a crew of four armed home invaders. Two of the four said the midnight invasion targeted a cache of money and drugs, which the owner of the modest house denied. They netted nothing. Richardson attempted to drive a Kia away from the scene, reportedly exchanged fire with the police near a Steak n Shake, and was shot to death.

Donald Whitley was shot and killed after a standoff when he allegedly pointed a gun at police. The standoff began as a domestic disturbance.

Crable came uninvited and unwelcome, drunk, belligerent, to the rural house of his brother. His own mother had taken out a restraining order against him. Two county deputies arrived and at the threshold of the house Crable pulled a handgun from his shirt and wounded both at close range, one fatally. He was killed by return fire.

After a 4 a.m. attempted break-in at a convenience store, Harrison was shot dead by deputies searching for the suspects miles away and about four hours later. Harrison "fought with" deputies but reports were unclear about whether he was armed.

Crawford fled a traffic stop. Police claimed they had stopped the chase before Crawford wrecked.

Police said they received a report that a man had shoplifted some toiletries from a Three Rivers Walgreens and left in a 2001 Chrysler Sebring at about 1:30 p.m. Constantine police chief Jim Bedell said he saw the car on Lutz Road and tried to stop it, but the driver, Robert Porter, fled. Police said the Chrysler slowed and a passenger jumped out near West Water and Hull. The passenger was taken into custody. A second Constantine unit continued the pursuit on Water Street to South Washington, where state trooper Trever Slater took over. Police said Porter failed to negotiate a curve at the south end of the village, crossed into oncoming traffic, hit a minivan, then crashed into a tree, killing Porter.

Officer Aaron Petitt, coming to the aid of bounty hunters, shot and killed a 29-year-old Cleveland man during a struggle on Signet Avenue. The bounty hunters were trying to capture the man, who was wanted on a domestic violence charge. The shooting victim had entered a home and barricaded himself in a second-floor room. Petitt and a bounty hunter tried to use a board to force open the door. Petitt was stabbed in the foot and struck in the head with a board during the struggle.

Passengers Vanessa Hurtado, Andrew Falcon and Dominic Hall were killed when driver Leo Ray Olguin, 22, ran a red light and crashed through a big rig trailer while fleeing police.

Officers Bill Swisher, Terry Dobrosky, Ed Baldwin, Mike Johnson, Rocky Marquez and Kevin Gormley shot Silas Carpenter Jr. when he allegedly rammed vehicles in a crowded McDonald's parking lot with his propane truck after a 15-minute pursuit.

The day before Christmas Aisha Warren called authorities from Publix supermarket about a argument she was having with boyfriend Richard Longstreet, 34. However she declined help when Cpl. Mark Clark arrived around 12:30 p.m. According to the sheriff's office she and Longstreet drove off with three small children in the back seat. Cpl. Clark followed at a distance. The pair soon pulled over and were violently arguing by the time Clark walked up to the vehicle. Longstreet got out to talk to Clark then got back in the car and pulled a handgun from under the seat. Warren tried to grab the gun from her boyfriend as Clark deployed his Taser to Longstreet's leg. Longstreet kicked it away and continued to wave the handgun at Clark and Warren. Clark shot and killed him.

Marshall Ray Brown, 59, shot himself in the chest in the middle of Ky. 837 in the Walltown community as Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger was closing in to make an arrest after he shot two women.

About three in the morning local officers responded to a call about a man with a gun in the nightclub district. They found ex-convict Bryant, chased him, fired on him, and fatally shot him.

Flythe purportedly came at officers with a knife as he was being questioned in connection with a prior offense. He was shot to death. Witness accounts differed dramatically from the police version, Flythe was not the man police had been looking for, and Flythe's mother pursued a case against Metro.

An off-duty officer was working securityat a grocery store. He cited Osuna-Tapia for shoplifting. When Osuna-Tapia returned and tried to run the officer over, there was a fight and Osuna-Tapia was shot and killed.

Just after 12:30 p.m., a trooper tried to stop a 2004 GMC Sierra pickup truck matching the description of one possibly linked to a shooting in Alliance. The driver, Brock Tanner Mai, fled. The ensuing 1.5 hour pursuit covered about 80 miles, winding through Box Butte, Scotts Bluff and Morrill Counties. Mai evaded two sets of stop-strips before a third set flattened his tires and forced him to a stop. Mai reportedly shot himself in the temple as officers approached his truck, and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.

Police shot and killed Andriy Zayzev when he allegedly pointed a gun at them. Shortly before 11 p.m., police responded to a call regarding a person with a gun at a residence on the Northwest Side. Police said officers were confronted by Zayzev, who allegedly aimed a handgun in their direction. The officers opened fire.

A woman complained to 911 that her boyfriend struck her at her house. Deputy Theodore Ramsey and Austin Police Department Officer Justin Berry responded. Officer Berry knocked on the door of the house. James stepped out of the house and pointed a pistol at him. Officer Berry shot at James with a pistol and missed. Deputy Ramsey shot James fatally with a shotgun. James was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

Sandra Garcia, Patricia Reyes and Maria Nieto were killed when federal immigration agent Cole Dotson ran a stop sign and crashed into their minivan.

Local officers looking to serve a warrant on another individual at a public housing complex had their attention drawn to McIntyre, who answered the door then bolted. He'd been out of jail for only a matter of hours, and his mother had won a $30K settlement against the police for a previous run-in with him. They chased him, shot him to death, and a firearm was found near his body.

Palmer was a patient at a state-run mental health center. Police were called in when he became "unruly". Initially cooperative, Palmer resisted arrest, was pepper-sprayed without result, and somehow managed to wound five officers before being fatally tasered. Police were well aware of Palmer's history of mental illness.

Derek Salmon while fleeing troopers who had a felony arrest warrant. He crashed head on with a pickup truck.

Don J. Hamilton and Donte Pearson were killed when an SUV that had been reported stolen, driven by Arlo E. Enoch, 18, ran a red light and struck the car in which they were traveling.

Smith was shot after refusing to drop a screwdriver that was recently used to stab another man in the face. Police were responding to report of domestic violence.

Cox was shot while armed with a handgun after he moved to point the gun at officers. Police had approached Cox as a suspect wanted by the FBI for suspicion of involvement in a kidnapping and assault.

Police chased Fisiitalia and three others from the scene of a botched home burglary in Midvale. When Koda, a police dog, cornered Fisiitalia, he shot the dog to death. As police continued to chase him, he allegedly pointed a gun at officers, who opened fire. A round fired by Midvale officer Brian Todd struck Fisiitalia in the head, killing him.

Davis died of a single gunshot wound to the head after pulling a gun on an officer during a traffic stop.

George Ruby, 61, went to the Mt. Orab Police Station and fired shots at Patrolman Justin Conley before being shot and killed. He was apparently angry about receiving a DUI.

Officer George Jones shot killed Prince Alim Bantu Akbar when he allegedly attacked Jones and officer Donielle Redwanc outside the Thornton Fractional High School District Board of Education office. The officers responded to a disturbance at the building and encountered Akbar, who reportedly started beating them without apparent cause. According to police, Tasers were ineffective, and Akbar knocked both officers to the ground before Jones shot him twice.

Police shot and killed Anthony Martin Del Castillo and wounded Elpidio Gerald Antolin after an alleged burglary.

At around 12:15 p.m., Clifford McLean 24 doused his mother with a flammable liquid and set her on fire. He then committed a home-invasion robbery stealing a white pickup truck. As he fled McLean struck a number of vehicles and ran a red light. Pembroke Pines K-9 Officer Heath Wagner tried to pull him over. Finally slowed down by traffic McLean got out of the vehicle and started to punch the window of another car. Wagner ordered McLean to get on the ground but he refused. The driver of the other car was able to escape. McLean walked toward Wagner with his hands in his jacket pocket as if he were armed. Wagner fired two shots at McLean who continued to approach. Wagner fired three more shots, killing him.

Ten county deputies followed Breedlove, whom they suspect of car theft, and confronted him in an apartment complex parking lot. When he got into his vehicle, started the engine, reversed and then hit several cars, they fired an estimated 137 shots, hitting him 22 times.

Police were called around 7:15 a.m. for loud noises and yelling. Police say there was blood near the door, and they entered an apartment and found Delano R. Smith with wounds on his body. The apartment was trashed with broken windows and mirrors, holes in the walls and broken furniture. Police said they tried to calm Smith down and tasered Smith several times before he stopped resisting and died.

Local police responding to early-morning reports of a suspicious person looking around in vehicles found, and chased, a suspect in a stolen F-150 Ford pickup. The suspect refused to pull over and drove recklessly. At an intersection he crashed into Velandra's car despite police attempts to block off the intersection, and Velandra was fatally injured in the crash.

Police said a trooper tried to pull over a woman about noon near I-96 and I-275 for covering her 2008 Saturn's license plate with duct tape.The driver reportedly fled, swiping another car in the process. According to police, the trooper ended the chase near Newburgh in Livonia. The Saturn struck a CSX work truck heading east at Amrhein, pushing it into a Cadillac CTS stopped at the red light on Newburgh. The Saturn slid sideways, over a curb, struck a tree, turned 180 degrees and caught fire, police said, killing the woman in the Saturn. The CSX driver suffered serious injuries.

Hendron of ABB, Inc., killed three co-workers and wounded five at the north side electric transformer plant before shooting and killing himself.

At about 2:30 p.m., an off-duty Wayne County deputy was at his east side home when an unnamed man allegedly tried to break in through a back door. Police said the deputy shot the man, killing him.

Anderson (AKA Tremall Lavar Crandell) was driving a when he didn't stop for an officer who tried to pull him over. Anderson shot the officer during the subsequent chase and was gunned down by another officer when he got out of his car.

Union Township Police attempted to stop Leray Herring in his Honda Accord, just before midnight, police said. He accelerated away and police followed him into Newark. Minutes later, he crashed into a 35-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter, injuring both and killing himself.

An officer spotted a speeding truck. The truck didn't stop when the officer turned on blue lights and a siren. As they approached Clover High School, the vehicle started swerving in and out of its lane. The officer lost sight of the vehicle's tail lights and began to slow down. When the officer entered the turn, he saw the wrecked vehicle. Brothers Robert Dewayne Davies, 36, and 38-year-old Ernest Shawn Davies were killed.

John Mai, 25, sped away from an attempted traffic stop. Deputies reportedly did not chase him because a pursuit was not authorized, but Paul E. Outzen was fatally injured when the stolen-vehicle driven by Mai crashed into his car.

Deputy Jeffrey Strickland shot and killed Jason Kastelhun, a robbery suspect, who allegedly pointed a rifle at officers at the conclusion of a car chase.

Local police attempted a traffic stop on Mojziszek for erratic driving. His history included multiple DUIs, two charges of fleeing police, and driving on a permanently revoked license that evening. Police claim he endangered other drivers by steering into incoming traffic and that he attempted to run them over, causing them to fatally shoot him. Witnesses described the victim being given no time to comply.

Brooks ran into a shed in the backyard of a residence. Constable's Deputy Carl Smith of Precinct 5 called authorities. Officers M.B. Parker, G. Ortiz and Arny responded. Brooks shot himself in the head with a .380-caliber pistol. Earlier that day, Officers Parker and Ortiz had responded to a complaint in which a man, possibly Brooks, had run away from authorities.

Jennifer L. Carr was fleeing from police after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident. She died when her car slammed into another vehicle in Rapho Township, police said.

Officer Bret Lampiris-Tremba shot and killed Ellis outside a 7-Eleven after Ellis refused to drop the gun he was holding to his head. Ellis had recently returned from Iraq and suffered from PTSD. Ellis' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, and in March 2013, a judge ruled that the shooting violated his Fourth Amendment rights.

Police said they were tipped off by a man in the Kroger parking lot who suspected two teenagers were up to no good. Benjamin Hamblin and Christopher Darice Brown allegedly stole a Dodge Ram pickup truck from the parking lot and police chased the teens during rush hour. Both teens died after the truck went out of control and struck two cars before hitting a tree.

Andrew sent a suicide note to his cousin. Sergeant O'Neill and Officers H.C. Tran and T. Huynh conducted a welfare check on him. Andrew shot himself with a .25-caliber Sterling pistol as officers approached. His mother Lucile lay dead in a bed, rotting and covered in bedsores. Neighbors knew the two as recluses. Andrew only left the residence for food, which was sent to the residence by mail.

Shot after police said he pulled a .32-caliber pistol on officers who pulled him over for driving slowly on the wrong side of a Macon street. His girlfriend told police he'd called the gun his baby.

Police responded after CVS employees reported seeing Raymond Lee Lewis, Kautilious Combs and Gordon Eugene Wright allegedly stuffing Axe brand grooming products in their pants before fleeing in a Ford Fusion. Officer Stanley Hawrylko arrived shortly before 11:30 p.m. as the Ford pulled onto a side street. According to police, the driver rammed Hawrylko's car, then drove westbound on 11 Mile. Hawrylko gave chase and was joined by a second police car. Police said they stopped the pursuit near Little Mack, and watched as the Ford got on I-94 going the wrong way. The Ford clipped a minivan and then smashed into a tow truck. Lewis, Combs and Wright were killed. The passengers in the minivan and tow truck suffered minor injuries.

Deputies were pursuing McKinnon when he ran into a house in Valdosta and held a woman at knifepoint. Deputies told McKinnon repeatedly to put down the knife. When he refused, a deputy fired one shot.

Narcotics officers tried to serve a search warrant for Guidry at his residence. Guidry dared officers and pointed a shotgun at them. Officer R. Massey and Guidry shot at each other. Guidry died.

Suspect robbed a driver at gunpoint. After a chase by police Adams threatened to shoot himself and then pointed his gun at an officer. Adams was shot by Officer Zach Petrick and Officer Chad Frodyma.

Marbilia Gabriel Mejia and Jose Ortiz drowned after a panga struck a buoy and capsized 50 yards from Torrey Pines State Beach.

Medrano was shot by Las Cruces police after he allegedly advanced to within six yards of officers - responding to a report Medrano had battered the mother of his children - with a butcher knife with an 8-inch blade and a bat. The city settled with the family for $180,000.

Fernando Lopez reportedly shot himself in the attic of an Ontario home following a 10-hour standoff with police.

Officer Musgrove tried to pull over Humphries for erratic driving. After a chase, Humphries pulled over, got out of his car and began approaching Officer Musgrove. Musgrove ordered Humphries to stop but Humphries pulled out a handgun, forcing Musgrove to fire.

Deputies discovered Wheeler lying in a ditch in front of a convenience store. A nearby book bag contained two handguns and 250 rounds of ammunition. Wheeler fired on and wounded one of the deputies, and was killed by return fire.

Steven Conklin allegedly took a hostage and committed suicide during a police standoff during which he started his home on fire. The hostage had gotten away hours before.

Maurice Evans Shavers Jr., 21, was killed during a shootout following a robbery at Walgreens.

A local officer shot Ahern five times when he felt threatened during a traffic stop, and a sixth time when he observed the reverse lights come on. Video evidence disproved his story. The officer was fired, criminally prosecuted and sentenced to 30 days, and Ahern's family won a $20K settlement with the city. The officer later became police chief in a nearby town.

Township police officials said Herne Lacoste, 38, who is assigned to the department's patrol division, fired a single shot from his .40 caliber service revolver, mortally wounding Timothy Wall, a 46-year-old burglary suspect, after a violent struggle in a Newark back yard.

Ut "Johnny" Nguyen drowned when he tried to flee police by jumping into storm-swollen San Tomas Aquino Creek.

High school freshman Catlin was a passenger in a Honda Civic when it collided with a county cruiser speeding at 89 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. The officer involved was fired and—much later—indicted for vehicular manslaughter.

Patrick Burns died after deputies Andrew Brashear, Michael Harth, John Osmer, Terrence Roderick and Brian Bressan tasered him 21 times and hogtied him. Deputies responded to a burglary at about 6:15 a.m. and found Burns in a ditch wearing just underwear, despite temperatures in the 30s. Burns allegedly became violent and the deputies used four different Tasers before hogtying him. Burns died at a hospital five days later. A pathologist hired by the coroner's office said Burns died from "excited delirium," but an inquest jury disagreed. A pathologist hired by Burns' family said he died from a lack of oxygen due to positional asphyxia. In September 2015, Sangamon County approved a $40,000 settlement with Burns' family.

Police shot and killed Arturas Kolgavas when he allegedly came at them with a sword during a domestic dispute that escalated to a barricade situation in unincorporated Glenview.

The incident started with a call regarding a man named George Sorrell Jr. Sorrell allegedly kidnapped a woman in Oklahoma and then came to Phoenix. According to the call police received, that victim had just escaped. Officers encountered the suspect walking along Bell Road. The officers asked the man if he was Sorrell. The man said he was. The officers, Andrew Barciz and James Sink, ordered Sorrell to keep his hands in sight, but he didn't.Police said Sorrell pulled a .45 from the waist of his pants and leveled it at Barciz and Sink. The officers shot and killed him.

Local police came to a trailer park for reports of two men arguing. They found Spruill there, combative and resistant, taking things out of his pockets and throwing them at police. They used a Taser once, with one barb in his neck and another in his lower back. He became unresponsive and died at the hospital.

A Platteville police officer caught with Herrera after a 20-minute chase, police said. Police said the officer got out of his cruiser and told Herrera to get out of his car. Herrera refused and then drove at the officer, who shot Herrera numerous times, killing him.

Terrence Dale Williams Jr. was accused of holding up three pizza delivery drivers in South Carolina when he shot and killed himself as Greenville County sheriff's deputies closed in on his car.

Ronald Dennis Palacios died while he was in LAPD custody after being tasered, punched and restrained during a struggle.

Rocky Allen Watson who worked for FDOT had been acting strangely for four months ever since he started taking Vicodin for a work injury. He told his son that he saw spirits and thought rocks were gold nuggets. On Jan. 29, 2010, he allegedly shot a neighbor who was sitting in his car then told his son to grab a gun because he was at war. Watson fled into the woods. His son called police and the Highland County Sheriff's Special Response Team came to try to find Watson. He soon emerged from the woods and threatened cops with a Samurai sword saying, "Come get me," and, "Who wants to be the first to die?" When he threw his sword several deputies opened fire. Watson died at the scene.

Collins was making suicidal statements and came out of his apartment. Police shot him with a beanbag then claimed he went for a gun.

Mycol French was shot by Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG) drug task force agents Charles Smith, Bernard Fapso, Jeremy Gaughan, Jeffrey Padilla and Patrick Gara. According to police, the officers shot French because he allegedly drove at them when they tried to "take enforcement action" after pulling him over at about 1 p.m. According to a lawsuit, French was waiting for a friend to return from shopping when the officers approached with guns drawn, then shot into the vehicle, striking French. French tried to flee, but crashed his car into the side of a building, according to the suit. The lawsuit also contended French died after officers prevented paramedics from providing emergency medical treatment.

Frank Palazzo, 71, was allegedly robbing banks in his silver Jaguar. He was on his fourth bank when police were chasing the car down a state highway, and Palazzo shot and killed himself.

Two Keene police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call found Turcotte holding his ex-girlfriend hostage with a 14-inch knife. When a third officer, a trained hostage negotiator, entered the small space of the bedroom, Turcotte was momentarily distracted, and he was fatally shot with a single bullet.

Bell PD Sgt. Art Jimenez and Maywood PD officer Luis Vargas shot and killed Juan Carrizoza when he shot at them in South Gate.

During a home invasion, De la Rosa and another man shot four people, killing three. De la Rosa drove away in a Toyota 4Runner. Deputies pursued him. The Toyota crashed. De la Rosa shot at the deputies. The deputies fatally shot him.

Dennis Gregory was unarmed and working for police when Officers Chris Funk and Matthew Ryckman shot and killed him when the man they were looking for shot at them.

Alakhras stole the handgun his manager kept under the counter at a Shell gas station. Officers Dominique Rhymes and Adam Reinhart confronted Alakhras, still armed, at the station. Officers Christopher Deleon and Kevin Williams, armed with rifles, entered the building to cover Officers Rhymes and Rheinhart. Alakhras disappeared behind a corner, then reappeared with the gun raised. Office Deleon shot Alakhras once. Alakhras collapsed and shot himself.

Jose Gilbert Garcia and his nephew, Luis Alberto Garcia, were killed when their car was struck by a vehicle fleeing police in Ontario.

Police said an officer tried to stop Jason Walz about 2:06 a.m. as Walz left The Homer Mill (a restaurant, bar and haunted house). Walz reportedly fled, lost control of his vehicle, and hit a tree. He died at the scene.

A police officer said Donnie Miles was wielding a hammer in a threatening way. He was shot and killed when he didn't follow police orders to drop the hammer.

McNeil, of Somerset, was denied entry to a Newark go-go bar, returned with a gun, firing into the lounge, critically injuring an off-duty Essex County Sheriff's Officer who chased the youth down a city street, firing his service revolver and killing him.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety sergeant who used the Taser on Morse said the man "became combative" and "took a fighting stance" after officers found him wandering northbound in a southbound carpool lane near Peoria Avenue. He died after a highway patrolman used a Taser during a February freeway scuffle suffered a heart attack triggered by methamphetamine abuse, according to an autopsy report.

A five-hour police standoff that started with a domestic dispute ended in suicide.

Dixon fled from a traffic stop. Police had him cornered in a shed, and he shot himself in the head.

Police responded to a report of men breaking into cars and found suspects when their vehicle crashed into a responding police car before suddenly accelerating in reverse in the direction of officers who were on foot, approaching the vehicle. At that point officers shot Adams to death.

Sgt. Casey Jiles shot Donald Sanchez when he moved toward deputies with his hands in his pockets following a car chase.

Kansas City Police and federal agents working in a task force together, saw a gun battle between two cars. They gave chase. Police say Clemons got out of a car and pointed a gun at task force members. It is unclear if Clemons was killed by a police officer or a federal agent.

While investigating a homeless man found dead in a Ford box truck, police sought information from neighbors on the block, including Harrer. For reasons unknown Harrer produced a shotgun and barricaded himself inside his house. One SWAT assembly, one established perimeter, one failed negotiation and one armed assault later, Harrer was shot dead.

An undercover officer shot Juan Castellanos when he aimed a shotgun at him.

Charlotte Grahn and her husband, a county sergeant, had started but not completed divorce proceedings on the Friday evening when Sgt. Grahn confronted his wife in the parking lot of a Gresham lounge. He shot her to death, returned inside to fatally shoot her friends Kathleen Hoffmeistre and Victoria Schulmerich, then stepped back outside to fatally shoot himself.

Long was fatally shot during a domestic violence call. Police said Long pointed a handgun at an officer, who then shot him. The woman had been beaten.

Cousins Charlie Francisco and Christian Francisco were killed in a crash during a police chase after they'd robbed a Valentine's Day gift basket stand.

Police shot and killed James Martin Smith when he pointed a gun at them.

On a late Sunday night, Lubken was driving a stolen Honda Civic and attempting to escape police when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed head-on into another police cruiser moving to block him. His female passenger went to the hospital in serious condition.

The parents of 24-year-old Stephen Reynolds called police and said their son was suicidal. Two officers found Reynolds in upstairs bedroom holding two knives. Police said Reynolds charged officers. One officer fired a stun gun. It was ineffective. The other fired his handgun, striking Reynolds in the chest, killing him.

Tucker, who is from Albany, sped away from Officers Kevin Moynihan and Christopher Pageau as they attempted to conduct a traffic stop. He lost control of his car, hit a telephone, "The suspect then ran over one of our officers and dragged him along the roadway underneath the vehicle," said Krokoff.

Deputies shot Gilfoyle while he held 23-year-old Megan Mays at gunpoint.

Outside the entrance of Universal Studios, Louis is said to have engaged a local police officer in some way at 2 a.m., an incident which left him shot dead in his red pickup truck.

Davis was involved in an armed robbery and when confronted by an officer he attacked the officer, who shot him to death.

Frias got into an argument with his girlfriend, Martha Martinez, after losing his job. He fatally shot her, put her body in the backseat of a silver Lincoln Town Car, then drove away. Officers caught up to Frias on Loop 820 due to slow traffic. Near the Holiday Lane exit, he stepped out of his vehicle and pointed a handgun at officers. Officers fatally shot him. Frias was not named in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report on Feb. 12, 2016.

Robert Lankford reportedly kidnapped his ex-wife and the couple's 1-year-old child. He drove to the Broken Bow McDonald's, and told the woman to get food. The woman indicated that she needed help and someone inside called police. According to police, Lankford shot himself when an officer confronted him in the parking lot at about 5:30 a.m. He was was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Local police found Scott, wanted on warrants for a parole violation, in his car in the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie. Two officers approached to apprehend him, Scott moved his 2009 Civic forward, the officers felt threatened, and shot him once fatally. A witness standing about 30 feet away disputed the police account.

Wheaton said he wanted to go get something to drink. While driving his girlfriend's truck on Interstate 30, investigators claim he was recklessly weaving in and out of traffic when they tried to pull him over. Instead, Wheaton took off and in the chase rammed two vehicles. That's when authorities opened fire, according to witnesses, shooting 30 to 40 bullets into the truck.

Julie Mae Wright-Allen was in a GMC Jimmy with her husband and two other people around 1:05 a.m. when the SUV collided with a police cruiser driven by officer Greg Bauer. The Jimmy flipped over, and Wright-Allen suffered fatal head injuries. According to police, Bauer, who was about to get on the freeway, had the right of way with a flashing yellow light. Bauer was reportedly going 44 mph in a 25 mph zone at the time of the crash. Wright-Allen's husband, Ronald Lee Allen, 39, was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of operating a vehicle with a suspended license causing death.

Joshua W. Guttuso collaped and died after being subdued by police and allegedly swallowing crack cocaine following a police chase.

Three officers responding to 911 call by Jones telling them he had to kill his grandmother because she was possessed by the devil. They arrived to find Jones in hallway holding a baseball bat. Officers claim he did not drop bat when asked and instead stepped toward them at which point two officers fired, killing Jones.

The officers exited their vehicles, and Jones turned around and began to drive at the officers. The officers shot at Jones and killed her.

Following an armed robbery and police chase, Akins was killed when a car in which Ntyono Pennie, 21, was a passenger, crashed into her car at an intersection. He and co-defendant Torrence Sanders were convicted of the felony murder.

The driver of a stolen red 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, Matthew Scott Henderson, was killed when the vehicle smashed head on into a blue 2005 Chevy Malibu being driven by Jaclyn Miller, 20, during a police chase.

Macias was shot by his father, a reserve LAPD officer, in self-defense.

Joan Reese died shortly after reportedly becoming unconscious and falling at the Freeport Police Department. Police arrested Reese shortly after 7 a.m. on an outstanding warrant for obstructing a court order and learned she had a heart condition. According to police, Reese became unconscious while she "was being processed through the booking procedure." She was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly before 9 a.m. An autopsy indicating a cause of Reese's was coronary heart disease, according to the coroner's office. Media reports don't state categorically whether she was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the detention system.

Waits was shot after shooting at deputy. Officers had pulled over Waits' vehicle as the prime suspect in a recent murder.

Officers responded to a call in which Rowe confronted his ex-girlfriend at her house, and when Rowe reached for an officers weapon, an officer shot him to death.

Traffic stop for drunk driving ended in officer shooting suspect.

Jose Banuelos and Juan Arteaga were shot and killed after a high-speed chase. After they were surrounded by police, they rammed police cars and were shot and killed.

Police responded to a parking ramp at about 1:15 a.m. to reports of a possible sexual assault and an unrelated disturbance. Officers said they saw a Pontiac hit a van on its way to the fourth level, where it hit a police cruiser and a parked car. According to police, the driver, Andre Arpri Klinghammer, fled on foot. He then apparently jumped over a railing and fell to the ground below. Police said there was no direct contact between Klinghammer and the officers and that no one saw him fall. Officers reportedly found Klinghammer's body beside the stairwell. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Officials said Klinghammer was not involved in either of the initially reported incidents.

Police responded to a report that the subject was trying to sexually assault a woman at a hotel and tasered him an unknown amount of times. He was taken to a hospital following the arrest where he died.

Police said the construction firm co-owner fired an AR-15 and a 9mm pistol at deputies who arrived in response to a 911 call that Pilcher had been threatening suicide and drinking heavily. Left a suicide note. Relatives and friends said he had struggled with back problems.

The shooting happened outside an apartment building. Police were responding to a 911 call from a woman who said she had been assaulted by her husband and had fled to a neighbor's apartment. The call came just after 4:30 a.m. When police arrived, they found Jones had barricaded himself inside the home. Officers tried to get in, and soon he came out with a shotgun, and he was shot and killed.

Brian Komarek reportedly killed himself during a nine-hour standoff. Police said that at about 2 a.m., Komarek's sister reported that he'd threatened suicide. Komarek allegedly brandished a rifle when officers arrived, and went back inside. Police set up a perimeter and notified the HPD Special Situation Response Team. At about 6;30 a.m., the KBI's High Risk Entry Team arrived and officers tried to contact Komarek through a loudspeaker in an armor-paneled truck, but got no response. Officers broke a window and sent in a mobile camera device. Seeing no movement, police went inside at about 11:25 a.m., and found Komarek dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Upon arriving at a residence where Amaktoolik was believed to be, Amaktoolik confronted the trooper at the door brandishing a firearm. The trooper then fatally shot Amaktoolik.

An officer shot and killed David Melgoza during an alleged exchange of gunfire. At about 1:15 p.m., the officer responded to a report that a man had yelled at passing cars and pedestrians, fired a shot at a random person, walked into an alley and fired two more shots at people. The officer drove through the alley and encountered Melgoza. Police believed Melgoza shot first at the officer, who returned fire.

At 4 a.m. on a Friday morning Gordon barricaded himself in an American Legion hall, suicidal. Gordon fired about six shots from a gun. Police negotiators made no headway with him, and refused to allow family into any conversation. He was shot and pronounced dead before noon.

Brandon Green shot at police with a rifle before he was shot and killed by officers Brandon Brooks, Brandon Cook and Sgt. Jack Holland.

Broke into his own Lithonia home after his wife told a babysitter and police by phone not to let the keyless Smith in following an argument they'd just had in Las Vegas. Police tried to tase Smith but then shot him when they said he charged at officers with a butcher knife. His family sued.

Commerce PD Lieutenant Terry Miller and Officer James Hildebrand confronted Rodriguez in response to a shots fired call. Rodriguez shot at them and drove away. Armed with an AK-47 and a pistol, he entered a Wal-Mart. Delta County Sergeant Paul Robertson, a shopper, sent his family away and confronted Rodriguez. They shot each other. Rodriguez left the store. Officer Hildebrand shot Rodriguez. Rodriguez died. Deputy Robertson lived.

William Scott Hines reportedly died after shooting himself in a vehicle following a police chase.

Police responded to a "man with a gun" call to discover D'Amato on a schoolyard playground waving a toy gun. He'd pointed it at two adults; no children were around. D'Amato leveled the toy at officers as soon as they arrived. He was duly shot to death.

Jason Kitchekeg died after plunging into the Chicago River while being chased by police. Kitchekeg was reportedly one of three men police chased off for spray-painting an abandoned building on South Ashland Avenue at around 6 p.m. Officers caught two of the men, but Kitchekeg jumped into the river, police said. About 30 minutes later, firefighters pulled Kitchekeg from the water. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Officer Mike Sargent shot Damon Keith Hill at approximately the same moment Hill reportedly pointed a gun at police, then shot himself in the head after critically injuring his estranged wife.

Blackman Township officer Darin McIntosh responded around 12:20 a.m. after Elvin D. Potts' wife reported he'd threatened her over the phone and then pounded on her apartment door. Police said Potts left before McIntosh arrived, but called several times while he was there. According to police, McIntosh answered one call, telling Potts they needed to talk, and Potts said to come to his home. McIntosh did so. Jackson officer James Bonneau, called to assist, arrived a few minutes later, as McIntosh was trying to handcuff Potts, police said. Potts reportedly charged at them and the three men wrestled in the living room. McIntosh had one cuff on Potts' right wrist when Potts allegedly reached into the sofa, pulled out .357-caliber magnum revolver with his left hand and fired four shots. One round hit McIntosh in the thigh. Another hit Bonneau, who died from his wound. McIntosh then shot Potts twice in the back of the head, killing him, police said. The total time elapsed from when Bonneau entered the house to the final shot was about 28 seconds, according to reports.

Healy's longtime girlfriend called 911 for an ambulance when Healy became agitated and "overwrought on cocaine". Instead she received five police officers in their kitchen. They restrained him and tasered him in two five-second bursts; he lost consciousness almost immediately and was pronounced dead soon after.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired, and followed Alexander, who got out of his vehicle shooting at them, at which point the officers shot him to death.

A state trooper speeding to an accident scene violently collided with another car carrying two elderly sisters, Ila Jean Moore and Karen Gummow. Both of the sisters were killed.

Officer Alex Wells, a 15-year veteran of the Fairbanks Police Department, shot and killed 21-year-old Matthew Dillingham when he pulled a gun on her and fired once. Wells had stopped a suspected stolen vehicle, in which Dillingham was a passenger. The two occupants attempted to flee the scene. When Dillingham attempted to run around the vehicle, he fell and aimed a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol at the officer.

Bartlett narcotics squad serving a search warrant for drug possession shot and killed Shaw after entering his home. Police said they knocked on Shaw's door several times and identified themselves as police before entering the home. Shaw emerged from a room and pointed a gun at plainclothes officer Patrick Cicci. Cicci fired once, killing Shaw.

Hayes escaped from a center in Oklahoma City contracted by the state Corrections Department. Officers Clifford Damon, 29, and Timothy Campbell, 30, responded to a call about a car stolen from the 1600 block of SW 68. A few minutes later they spotted a vehicle matching that description on Kentucky Avenue near SW 89.. When the officers tried to stop the car, the driver accelerated south on Kentucky, plowing through a fence and a yard. The driver turned around and began to drive north, but lost control of the car and ran over the curb. Damon and Campbell approached the car on foot—one from the front and one from the back—and the driver reversed quickly, swinging the vehicle in a half-circle. Both officers fired on the driver, killing him.

Van Zweiten was shot to death in a military-style drug raid conducted by a county SWAT team. According to officers the grandmother, who had lived in her home for 24 years, produced a handgun and refused to drop it.

A 2003 black Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling southbound in a northbound lane of Chapman Highway around 1:30 a.m. when it was stopped by a THP trooper before speeding away. The driver of the Mitsubishi, April Lawanna Keck, was later found dead in the 6000 block of Chapman Highway where it crashed.

Two officers responded to a family violence call involving a gun in the 2800 block of Materhorn Drive. When officers entered the home they encountered Black, who attempted to grab one of the officer's weapons. The second officer discharged a patrol rifle, fatally striking Black.

Four officers shot and killed Meng Xiong who reportedly shot a police dog while holding a teenage girl and her younger brother captive in their Meadowview home during a home invasion.

Frey's wife called 911 reporting that Frey was violent, had a history of domestic violence, had threatened to kill both of them, and had been drinking all day. Seven or eight deputies responded, including hostage negotiators. Frey emerged from his double-wide with a handgun under his chin. After eventually pointing it at deputies, he was fatally shot.

Wanted for a number of minor violations like traffic tickets and marijuana possession, Collins fled from an attempted stop but drove down a dead end street. He struggled and fought with the officer, reportedly with the upper hand at one point, but was then shot dead. He'd been unarmed. Collins was the suspect whose flight caused the death of motorist Earl Jamison in a May 2004 police chase.

Douglas J. Fairbanks had been under surveillance at his home after police received a child pornography complaint. Officers tried to pull over Fairbanks when he left his home. He refused to stop and led officers on a chase that ended when his car struck a vehicle. A gun went off in the car at the time of the crash, police said, when he shot and killed himself.

Police said they responded at 3:18 a.m. after an anonymous caller said someone had been shot at Tracy Renee Wilhelm-Hiltz' home on the north end of the island. According to police, officers didn't find anyone injured, but did discover Wilhelm-Hiltz in the backyard with a shotgun. Police said they negotiated with Wilhelm-Hilts for about 30 minutes, and that she asked officers to shoot her. A Gibraltar officer fatally shot Wilhelm-Hiltz after she allegedly pointed the gun at police and came toward them.

Two bank robbery suspects—David Christopher Cotton, 20, and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, 20, died when police caught up to them. Police said Cotton committed suicide, and Skinner was shot and killed by police.

Robertson died in a vehicle collision with a 16-year-old boy in a Mazda MX6 that he'd carjacked at gunpoint five days previously. He was being chased by local police and ran a stop sign. The teen was charged with Robertson's murder.

Police said officer Donald Lake stopped Gabriel Desean Hood around 4:30 p.m. for driving a moped with a passenger. According to police, Hood resisted arrest and tried to flee. Lake shot and killed Hood after he allegedly pulled a 9 mm handgun.

It's reported that after the officer identified himself, DeShields tucked his own gun into his waistband and ran. He had not gotten into the cash register and escaped with only some merchandise. Josey ran after, shouting, "Police, stop" and "Don't pull it out" when DeShields reached toward his waistband. DeShields' "aggressive movements" continued, according to the statement from prosecutors, and Josey fired six times.

Valencia tried to flee from officers on foot when he became involved in a physical altercation with officers. Officers used a Taser and shortly afterward, Valencia became unresponsive.

Police responded after receiving reports of a fight in progress. Officers heard a gunshot and found Tedlee Hargrove on his porch with a shotgun. He allegedly put the gun down then picked it back up and was shot. He died a week later.

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Bours was walking down the street carrying a hatchet when officers ordered him several times to stop and drop the weapon. Bours refused and advanced toward officers with the ax raised over his head. The officers opened fire, striking Bours.

Epstein was sought as the probable shooter at a 2:30 a.m. party who killed two and left another with critical injuries. County deputies found him after a manhunt that included federal agencies. Bottled up for hours in a house surrounded by watching police, Epstein then approached an undercover deputy's car with gun in hand and was shot dead.

Police said officers noticed a car at a local business, ran the plates and learned it belonged to Thomas Emanuel Siegler, who was wanted on a warrant out of Gladwin County. According to police, Siegler was in the passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle, and provided them with a false identity. The driver was asked to step out of the car and was talking to police when Seigler allegedly got into the driver's seat and drove off. A short chase occurred before Seigler's car left the roadway and overturned several times before hitting a semi truck that was parked in a driveway. The car flipped over the top of the semi, ejecting Siegler.

Sunbury police corporal Michael Miller shot and killed his wife, Robin L. Prentice-Miller, before fatally shooting himself in the head outside their home.

An officer shot Quentin Green as he allegedly held a knife to the throat of a 6-year-old boy. Police responded at around 8 p.m. after Green's estranged girlfriend reported he'd come to her apartment in defiance of a court order and locked himself inside an upstairs room with her son and two other young boys. Officers tried to negotiate with Green, but said he dangled the boy of the window. Police forced their way inside through a window and found Green sitting on the floor, holding a serrated knife to the boy's neck. An officer fired two shots after Green allegedly refused to drop the knife and threatened to harm the child.

Penns Grove police officers responded to an anonymous call of an unruly male wearing a white T-shirt in the area of Penn Village Apartments. As officers found MoShowon Leach, he allegedly refused to comply with police requests, which resulted in his being placed under arrest, police said. He fought and ended up with a broken neck.

According to DPD, officers tried to arrest Mendoza "for possession of illegal narcotics." Mendoza fled, then fought officers, taking a stun gun from one of them. Officers Otoniel Boudet, Jason Crow and Timothy Payovich shot at Mendoza 15 times, hitting him six times. He was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital.

Susepect wanted for burglary, threatened to kill family, stopped while driving, pulled over, shot at officers, officers returned fire and killed him.

Officer Terry Edge, responding to a hit-and-run call, followed a fluid trail to a black Pontiac Grand Ann and a gold two-door vehicle driven by Peschard. Peschard started sweating and scratching himself. He told Officer Edge that he was having an allergic reaction to his medication. Paramedics responded. Officer Edge restrained Peschard first for paramedics, then for West Texas Community Hospital staff. Peschard died of a methamphetamine overdose.

DPS Sergeant Robert Byrd and Trooper Chadrin Lee Mullenix stood over Interstate 37 as Leija, fleeing arrest, drove by them. Trooper Mullenix asked Sergeant Byrd for permission to shoot at the vehicle. Because spike strips had been laid for the vehicle, Sergeant Byrd told Trooper Mullenix to stand down. Trooper Mullenix ignored Sergeant Byrd, and used an M-4 rifle to shoot into Leija's windshield six times, striking him four times and killing him.

A Las Vegas police officer was shot while chasing a robbery suspect through the backyards of a northwest Las Vegas neighborhood. A fellow officer fatally shot Damon Edward Beal, 26.

Paul Bryon Nose shot and killed his wife, Amy Nose, during a police standoff that started when it was reported he was holding his wife hostage.

Heath James Moffatt shot and killed himself as marshals closed in to arrest him on multiple counts of theft and receiving stolen property.

Officers Trevor Nollmeyer and Dion Mason responded to a neighborhood call about an armed man. When they arrived, White was in front of his brother-in-law's house, allegedly to dispute an inheritance. He shot at the officers 3-4 times. The officers retreated back and Nollmeyer shot at White 3-4 times, killing him.

King held officers at bay for hours after wounding his estranged wife and holding her hostage in her northeastern Indiana home before being killed by a state police sniper.

Officers were called to a supermarket because a man was going around the store threatening people with a knife. When police arrived, they were told that the man was stabbing himself. They followed a trail of blood to a walk in refrigerator. Jaramillo walked out of the refrigerator holding an ax and walked toward one of the officers. Police shot and killed him.

Ratcliff died after a police chase. He crashed his vehicle into a cinder-block wall, then was dragged out through the car window by police. He experienced breathing trouble, notified medical technicians, then stopped breathing in the ambulance. The exact cause of death was unknown. His parents filed an excessive-force lawsuit against the police.

Two Laurel police officers shot and killed Harvey Fenderson. Authorities said the altercation with Fenderson started after Fenderson was kicked out of Club Lexus in Laurel. Police said once he was outside the club Fenderson opened fire with a handgun, shooting a woman in the back. Police said Fenderson also took a woman hostage at gunpoint and forced her into a car shortly before being stopped by police on First Avenue and allegedly pulling a gun on police. Police then fired, shooting Fenderson in the head, killing him.

Clark, a patient at Marshall Medical Center, stole an ambulance and led officers on a chase. The ambulance struck a patrol car and the impact pushed it into two additional patrol units. Fearing for his life and trying to stop the ambulance, an officer fired his service weapon, firing five shots. One of the shots hit Clark, killing him.

At around 3 a.m., Mansell was shot and killed during an alleged home invasion at an off-duty deputy's home. Mansell was inside the home when shot, but reportedly escaped and collapsed in the yard.

Martinez was involved in a one-vehicle collision. Responding officers arrested him for driving while intoxicated and called paramedics. Martinez died at Del Sol Medical Center.

Armed robbery suspect Mickey Owings, 26, was shot and killed by Kevin Sanchez after fleeing from the Wal-Mart parking lot on Coors NW when police attempted to surround the car he was in.

Police say Peterson pulled Wilson over because the car he was driving—with his wife and infant inside—had been connected to recent counterfeit-currency incidents. Peterson approached the car and Wilson sped away, with Peterson caught in the car. Wilson dragged the officer almost 200 yards. In an effort to stop the car, police said, Peterson fired his weapon, fatally wounding Wilson.