There was a altercation between Elias an off-duty Stanislaus sheriff's detective whose father owned Elias' rental property, and that the detective had been trying to evict the Elias. At one point Elias brought from her home a branch and a BB gun . The detective then fired at Elias, striking her multiple times.

Officer William Caughell shot and killed Lonnie George Cockren Sr. when he pointed a gun during a narcotics investigation at his home.

A suspected bank robber, David Jernigan, shot and killed himself as police pursued him, police said.

Police alleged that Daniel Turous, 18, who was 17 at the time, had been drinking and was behind the wheel of a car driving through Blair County when he led Duncansville police on a high-speed chase into Hollidaysburg. He reached speeds of 109 mph, struck a number of other vehicles and ran red lights until he overturned the car in Hollidaysburg, police said. Turous fled and tried to hide in some bushes before police apprehended him. In addition to killing Kelsey Miller the crash injured two other passengers.

An officer responding to a loud music complaint entered Lee's residential hotel room. She says that Lee reached for a weapon, so she shot and killed him. Lee's conservator says that his mental illness, previous police encounters, and 5150 was probably unknown to her.

Michael Ritchey allegedly shot at random cars on WI-70 before shooting and wounding Deputy Ryan Bybee who shot and killed Ritchey.

After allegedly robbing a shoe store, Mark Cottman fled to a library, where he was shot and killed after threatening police with a knife.

Officers ran the license plate of Schlesinger, and the vehicle came back as stolen, and the report indicated that Schlesinger was armed and dangerous, officers said. Then in pursuit, Schlesinger left the vehicle and pointed a gun at officers, who shot him to death.

John A. Johns used his shirt to hang himself inside a jail cell at the Pennsauken Police Department. He hanged himself 14 minutes after being arrested on outstanding warrants and for threatening his girlfriend, police said. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Officer Jason Lyons shot and killed a man suspected of being involved in an earlier carjacking. The man struggled with Lyons during a pat-down and the officer said the suspected pointed a gun at him while running away.

According to the sheriff's department, a deputy saw a vehicle driven by Shawn McCracken speeding on southbound I-196 around 10 p.m. and pulled out to follow. The department said it wasn't a pursuit because McCracken's vehicle was so far ahead of the deputy's car. McCracken crashed into several objects, including a tree, near the rural intersection of 126th Avenue and 63rd Street. McCracken died at the scene. A passenger was injured.

A car seen fleeing from the burglary of a stereo equipment store, with shots fired into the store windows, bolted away from a county traffic stop when the deputy approached on foot. About a mile and a half later, toward the Consolidated Tribes reservation border, that pursued car slammed head-on into a tribal police vehicle, killing all four occupants: April Scott-Kalama, Valerie Suppah, Sean Starr, and Grace Sybil Scott.

A car seen fleeing from the burglary of a stereo equipment store, with shots fired into the store windows, bolted away from a county traffic stop when the deputy approached on foot. About a mile and a half later, toward the Consolidated Tribes reservation border, that pursued car slammed head-on into a tribal police vehicle, killing all four occupants: April Scott-Kalama, Valerie Suppah, Sean Starr, and Grace Sybil Scott.

Fort Mill Police responded to "a suspicious person call" at 481 Munn Road. A First Citizens Bank employee called and said there was a suspicious person in the parking lot. Officers responded and encountered him walking through the parking lot. Officers called out to him and said they needed to speak to him. He produced a weapon and shot and killed himself.

Amron called 911 after taking a dose of cocaine that made him feel ill. Deputies and paramedics responded. Amron was handcuffed and put into an ambulance. He struggled free and got out of the ambulance. Four deputies subdued Amron. Paramedics injected him with Versed. According to Courthouse News Service, Sergeant Mary Haver kicked Amron. Deputy Kevin Vailes stepped on Amron's face for up to five minutes. His vital signs were not checked for 15 minutes.

At around 2 a.m., witnesses say Selwyn Langdon drove a Cadillac leading a caravan of three or four police cars on a chase from Gallatin to the westbound lanes of I-20, where he jumped the median and ran head-on into a SUV. Robert Williams, 67, was driving the GMC Yukon SUV and was injured in the crash. Jackson police says it was not a high-speed chase. Langdon had reportedly fled the scene of a domestic dispute, prompting the pursuit.

While on duty, in uniform and driving his marked patrol car, local officer Mark Bomia shot and killed his former girlfriend Anna Beach, strangled her with an extention cord, removed her clothes and dumped her body in the woods. In 2011 he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. The city settled a $200K wrongful death suit with Beach's family.

Adams tried to take an officer's weapon. Police said the two then got into a scuffle. "She was just swinging and she was on top of him and going crazy," said a Muskogee resident. Police said a second officer arrived and fired shots at Adams.

Vong robbed a bank and as police caught up with him, pulled into a shopping center parking lot and shot and killed himself.

Sean B. McCloughan was killed at a home in a remote area south of Ironwood Forest National Monument, after he fired a shot at two Pima County sheriff's deputies. The man's daughter called 911 to report he was attacking her mother, said a spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

In a predawn 911 call Paulino announced that he wanted to kill cops. Responding officers found him flourishing a knife and uncooperative. After attempting to Taser him, and after several warnings to drop the knife, officers fatally shot him.

According to police, Linthicum was suspected in two robberies, and wounding one shop owner with gunshots. Upon pursuit, Linthicum tried to carjack someone, and officers shot him to death.

Tony Chambers told a 911 operator to contact the woman he was living with and his son and tell them not to come home. Less than 45 minutes later, he pointed a gun at officers responding to the possible suicide call. Chambers was killed by multiple shots from Cpl. Kevin Smith.

Larry Dale Kirby, 43, was wanted for questioning in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. He shot himself in the face when officers arrived at his south Oklahoma City home, police said.

Richard Chrisman, 36, a nine-year veteran of the force, shot and killed the man after holding a gun to his temple and yelling at him, deploying a Taser on him, hitting him in the eyes with pepper spray, and killing his dog, according to the police report.

Mesa police said that Douglas Watson, 59, was shot after police received a call of a suicidal person. Police said Officer Andrew Walag, a seven-year veteran of the department, shot Watson after Watson raised his gun as if he were going to shoot at the officers.

Patrick Johnson called police to report a "person with a weapon." Johnson was mentally disabled and had the mental capacity of a 5-year-old. When police arrived Johnson was reportedly agitated and pacing back and forth from the house into the front yard. Police say he was breaking things and grabbing sticks or tree branches, which he tried to set on fire using the kitchen stove. Police said a Taser had to be used to subdue him. Two Taser shocks were used on Johnson, and after the second one he dropped to the ground. He died at Nazareth Hospital hours later.

Peace officers working as members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Interagency Task Force met Ramquist at his rental house. Ramquist let the officers into his house. The officers told Remquist that he was named in a meth-related warrant. Ramquist went to his bedroom, then returned with a gun. He was fatally shot. Fannin County Sheriff's Office was unaware that HIDTA was operating in its jurisdiction. Texas Ranger Brad Oliver investigated.

State trooper pursued Voute, an escaped felon, onto Interstate 84 after he ditched a stolen car. A police dog was released and bit Voute. He was then ordered to drop a gun but did not. He was shot multiple times. Police found a BB gun near his body.

The LA County Sheriff's Office settled by paying the son of Cuevas $875,000 for a deputy shooting Cuevas. The deputy stopped next to men walking, Cuevas ran and fell, then the deputy shot him on the ground. The deputy alleges Cuevas had a gun, but no fingerprints were found on the gun produced by the investigation.

A long-running dispute about the property boundaries on his hunting lease sent three state game wardens and a county deputy to visit Louisiana attorney Morneau on a Sunday afternoon. Morneau is supposed to have always worn two revolvers, and supposedly drew one, but did not fire a round before he was fatally shot.

Ryan Michael Bain was allegedly spotted naked by off-duty sheriff's deputy, John Smith, running through a neighborhood. Bain ran into a house. As the officer approached the house, Bain bolted, got into the officer's van, and drove off. He crashed several blocks later. Smith tackled Bain as city officers arrived. Officers used a stun gun three times in an effort to subdue Bain. He was taken to the Yellowstone County jail where, authorities said, he continued to be combative and was shocked with a Taser a fourth time. He was later found unresponsive in a holding cell, and died at the hospital less than 48 hours later.

Local officers were alerted to a man riding an ATV in Westchester County and on the New England Thruway at such a high rate of speed—80 MPH—that it seemed suicidal to callers. Officers gave chase until the driver, Johnson, exited to a residential area and wiped out on a corner. Johnson and the officer physically grappled, with Johnson gaining the upper hand and reaching for the officer's gun. He was shot once in the chest.

Officers responded to a family disturbance with a weapon. There was a loud noise at the residence named in the complaint. Officer D. Solis told a woman to leave the residence. Sergeant R. Clasen called out to Carter, then tried to reach him by cell. There was no response. With SWAT approval, Sergeant Clasen and his officers cleared the building themselves. Carter had locked himself in a bathroom and shot himself.

Moore and an accomplice robbed a variety store at gunpoint then led more than 12 officers of multiple agencies on a three-hour chase, first in a Nissan Altima out of state, then on foot through the New Hampshire woods, then back to Massachusetts in a stolen Hyundai. Although otherwise unarmed Moore rammed several police cruisers with the Hyundai, so she was shot to death.

A state trooper and two Barry County deputies responded to Anthony William Thompson's Guernsey Lake Mobile Home Community residence around 6 a.m. after receiving a report of a domestic assault and a suicidal subject armed with a shotgun, police said. According to police, Thompson walked in and out of his trailer holding the shotgun and making threats toward neighbors and police. The trooper fired two shots at Thompson. He died at the scene.

Police were investigating a home invasion. Officers stopped a vehicle that had three suspects inside. Police arrested two suspects, but the third suspect, Lopez, fled. Police chased Lopez into Glenn's Pre-owned Appliance store near 14th and Central. According to KCK police, Lopez pulled out a gun and fired shots at officers. Police returned fire, killing him.

Deputy John Chandler shot a suspect in a domestic kidnapping and assault once after spotting the man aiming a pistol at Detective Jackie Mills. Mills also shot the man after the suspect reportedly went back at his gun and aimed it at the detective after being wounded by Chandler's shot. The suspect, wounded in the arm and groin, died from his wounds.

According to police, an officer tried to stop a motorcycle operated by Dexter Lange after he ran a stop sign in Ossian. Lange reportedly sped away and the officer pursued the motorcycle on several county gravel and paved roads before turning onto US-52. Lange crashed just east of Castalia and died from his injuries at a hospital.

According to the Mount Pleasant police, officers were trying to subdue an unruly crowd outside Finnegan's Grill, a popular student hangout in Thornwood. One of the officers approached a car that was parked in the fire lane. When the officer knocked on the window, Mr. Henry tried to speed away, striking one officer and pinning another against the hood, the police said. The officer clinging to the hood then pulled out his gun and fired into the car. Another officer also fired into the car, which crashed into a parked police car and came to a stop. Henry was killed.

A Tucson Police Department officer shot Joseph E. Molina, 34, after Molina pulled a gun on the officer, who was questioning Molina for an attempted carjacking he was involved with downtown. The officer was forced to take cover in the confrontation, and Molina, wounded, drove away in the officer's police car. Molina crashed into a bus at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. He died at University Medical Center.

Antonio Mario Rogers died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Rogers was wanted for aggravated assault and for outstanding charges with the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office. He allegedly shot himself as police surrounded the house he was inside.

Troy Hooftallen died after allegedly being tasered twice by police, who were responding to a call about a drug overdose.

Undercover detectives shot and killed Pearce Cosey when he allegedly drove forward and pinned an officer between two vehicles. According to police, officers with the department's Bureau of Drug Enforcement saw what they believed was a suspicious transaction between two men at around 7:10 p.m. in the Brighton Apartments parking lot. Cosey was reportedly in a vehicle, while the second man was on foot. As the officers approached, Cosey allegedly drove forward, striking another car and pinning a detective between the vehicles. Two other detectives then fired several shots at Posey, killing him.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired. A suspect, later identified as Anthony Wheeler, 61, barricaded himself in the residence and did not respond to police demands. They tried to break in; he shot at them, and they returned fire, killing him.

Detectives Jay Hagan, Jeffrey Toll, Robbie Debois; deputies Robert Theiss, Ryan Gutierrez; and Sgt. Gary Somerville shot Amir Mansouri when he fired at them.

Ramos went to a house and kicked in the door. A resident, 19, armed himself with a handgun and a knife and shot at Ramos. Ramos ran away. The resident tried to subdue Ramos in Westhampton Drive, stabbing him in the process. A bystander called 911. Officers responded, handcuffed Ramos and called EMS. Ramos died at the scene. The resident was either no-billed or never brought before a grand jury.

It's reported that Ramirez shot his wife, then fled. When confronted by officers, he pointed his gun at them, and they shot him to death.

According to FBI special agent Paris Capalupo, confidential informant Cesar Sanchez-Gonzalez agreed to use his shop for an undercover cocaine transaction as part of "Operation Sheepdog." Capalupo, special agent Gregory Beninato and Greater Omaha Safe Streets Task Force members were staked out about a block away, listening in. Capalupo said a second informant was inside Sanchez Auto Repair "to calm things and make it look like we had more people in there, in case there was a drug rip." At about 12:50 a.m., one of four Kansas City men reportedly drew a gun and walked into the shop. Capalupo said he radioed for backup and drove toward the shop. Several shots were fired inside. Sanchez-Gonzalez was killed.

Brown was shot after shooting at police. Officers were responding to report of gunshots in neighborhood. Brown was a mentally ill veteran suffering from PTSD.

Shot after charging at deputies with obsidian knife in hand and after yelling "Shoot me." at officers. Officers were responding to report that Dodd was threatening roommate with knife.

Shot after police said he came at an officer with a crowbar in his raised hand while breaking into the office of a Cartersville scrap-metal recycling business. The officer who fired was in her first two months on the job as a cop.

Stephen Banford died after a four-hour standoff when police responded to a report about a man in the street with guns. When two officers knocked on Banford's door, he allegedly lowered a rifle and shot at the officers, who returned fire before Banford shut the door and barricaded himself inside. Dozens of officers responded to the scene including several officers from the NOPD's special response squad, along with several armored vehicles. After roughly four hours of negotiations, the standoff ended. "They did eventually send a robot that we have on the SWAT team into the residence, and the robot located the individual laying on the ground with a weapon on his chest," said NOPD Deputy Chief Kirk Bouyelas. "The robot retrieved the weapon, and then the SWAT team made entry and found the individual deceased." Police didn't know if Banford killed himself or if he was hit by the initial police fire. A neighbor said that Banford would regularly have an assault rifle, shotgun and several handguns laid out on his car while claiming to be Jesus, and proclaiming the impending end of the world. She said she'd heard loud music and Banford screaming the words, "Kill, kill, kill" that morning.

A deputy tried to stop a vehicle suspected in a reported gas drive off at Doud's Quickstop around 5 p.m. The driver, Michael Anthony Vandekamp, didn't stop and a high speed pursuit began, crossing into Jefferson County and back. Vandekamp crashed his vehicle and fled on foot into a wooded area. Officers from multiple agencies established a perimeter and searched the area. According to police, the search was called off after dark and Vandekamp's vehicle was impounded. At around 7:30 a.m. on October 28, Vandekamp's body was found nearby in a building at a vacant farm. Police said Vandekamp had hung himself.

Soman had robbed a GameStop store, was pursued by police, and was fatally shot at a major intersection. Initial police statements were clear that "some sort of confrontation" had taken place but less clear about whether Soman was armed, and whether or not he'd fired at police.

Officers ordered Nunn to drop his knife, and he charged at them, at which point officers shot him several times.

Casterline's exasperated sister called the police for help with him and his uninvited guests in her residence. She was horrified as he confronted police, drunk and truculent and armed with a knife, to the point where one of the four deputies shot him in the head from about six week away.

James Lamont had an active arrest warrant from New York for a parole violation. Further information indicated that Lamont was to be considered armed and dangerous, and was suspected of being involved in recent armed robberies of drug dealers in New York and Vermont. He was identified as a passenger in a vehicle driven by a friend. The trooper initiated a felony stop of the vehicle, which pulled in the parking lot of a Stewart's convenience store. Lamont was ordered out of the vehicle and given instructions on what to do. He failed to comply with the officer's repeated instructions, and eventually moved away from the police officers, lifted up his shirt and pulled out a gun, pointing it at the trooper, who fired 5 shots, hitting and killing Lamont.

Shot while holding knife to another man's throat. Police officer on foot patrol heard an argument and entered apartment.

Local and county officers pursued Chrisman when he failed to pull over for a traffic stop, which triggered a high-speed chase. When he finally crashed into a pole, officers emerged from their cars and Chrisman reportedly backed into them. The officers shot and killed him. Disputing the police account of events, the family settled with the town in May 2012 for $400,000.

Shot after refusing to stop waving gun after numerous police orders to do so. Police were responding to a report that Wickham was threatening to kill himself.

Officers arrived at Hargrave Ave, at Sullivan's mother's house, and when he tried to ram a cruiser with an officer inside, he was shot to death. Officers said they also thought he was grabbing a weapon at the time. Sullivan had a restraining order not to be at his mother's house.

Passenger Hugo Nicolas Cabrera-Esparza was killed when a SUV went off the road into an almond orchard and struck five trees after a police chase.

An unidentified armed man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot inside his home following a three-hour police standoff that began when the man fired a shotgun at his landlord, who was collecting rent.

Police conducting narcotics surveillance saw two people approach Joshua Madison's Nissan Maxima in a South Side KFC parking lot at about 1 p.m. Officer Robert Campbell and another officer blocked Madison and his girlfriend with their unmarked car. Campbell reportedly leaned into the passenger window, gun drawn, and Madison accelerated. Campbell fired about a dozen shots. No drugs or weapons were found. Madison's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. During Campbell's deposition, he acknowledged a drinking problem that caused him to become irritable and provoke physical altercations. On July 8, 2014, about two weeks later, police and paramedics conducted a well-being check at Campbell's apartment and found him hanging from a belt. In June 2015, Campbell's family received a $1 million settlement.

An ambitious young businessman with a history of illegal weapons dealing, Krister immediately opened fire on local officers and federal BATF agents as they attempted to serve him a warrant. Krister shot one of the officers three times, seriously wounding him, before being fatally wounded himself.

A state trooper arrived to find a man and a woman fighting in a highway median strip. The woman complied; the man became "agitated and combative and actively resisted arrest." For this the unarmed Allen was tasered, cuffed, and went into cardiac arrest.

Horton parked near his ex-girlfriend's apartment complex and began shooting at her balcony. Keenon Furnace stepped out of his apartment to investigate. Horton shot and wounded him. Officers Juan Rangel and Richard Whitt responded. Horton shot at them from cover as they stepped out of a patrol vehicle, striking Officer Whitt in the right leg. Officer Rangel shot at Horton once, and dragged Officer Whitt to cover. Horton fatally shot himself. He fired at least 36 rounds.

Connectis Guilton was reportedly fleeing from the CHP when his BMW collided with a SUV driven by Mark Aragon, killing both drivers.

As police responded to reports of a domestic assault at a Bloomington apartment building, they found a man in the building who had been stabbed. Police say Lobahanow, a suspect in the stabbing, confronted an officer while wielding two knives. The officer then fatally shot him. Lobahanow's family called the officer's response 'unjustified,' saying the Somali man had only been holding the knives and hadn't threatened officers.

Smith had been wanted on drugs charges. At a traffic stop in front of a Georgia Pig Restaurant, he refused to leave his Accord, and Tasering him had little effect. In an attempt to get away he barrelled in reverse and totalled a cruiser behind him, threatening an officer. Police fired ten shots at him, nine hit him, and he died at the scene leaving $46K in cash and 30 lbs of marijuana.

Thaddeus Bernard Banks was killed after he was thrown 30 feet from his Suzuki sports motorcycle following a police chase.

Robert A. Neill Jr. said that he had been harassed by his neighbors. Officers arrived at his home and found him to be combative and aggressive. Officers used a Taser on him twice and sprayed him with Mace. Neill died on the way to the hospital. Tyson Woods, a Mount Joy police officer who was fired after a 2010 Taser incident that ended in the man's death, was fired then reinstated.

Police responded to a domestic assault report. Upon their arrival, Rajon Chambers left the scene in a girlfriend's car, and police gave chase. At the intersection of Avon Avenue and South 17th Street, Chambers bailed out of his car and continued to flee on foot when he was struck and killed by one of the Newark police cars chasing him.

Jeff Bonner died from a gunshot wound to his chin that was apparently sustained, but not noticed by police, during an earlier standoff in Choctaw County. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Veloz was pulled over when the white truck he was driving didn't match the license plate. He was fatally shot after he got angry at the officer, punched him in the face, took away his Taser and tasered him. This was the second local fatal encounter within a three-day stretch.

It's reported that a deputy approached people drinking in a front yard, and Thomas, whom officers say was a gang member ran. In pursuit, he came to a locked gate, turned, and pointed it at deputies, and one shot him to death. Thomas didn't fire a weapon.

Police responded to a "domestic violence call involving a man with a gun," police said. SWAT team members were in "verbal contact" with Haskew when he came out of the home and opened fire on the SWAT officers, and he was shot and killed.

A police officer shot and killed Nance in a pickup stopped in the driveway of a home after she pointed a gun at the officer, police say.

An attempt to apprehend fleeing parolee, Mr. Hutchins, a deputy released his canine partner which was blocked by a fence. The deputy perceived Mr. Hutchins hand moving toward his beltline, then shot him multiple times. Mr. Hutchins was unarmed.

A deputy shot Robert "Bobby" Hatfield when he pointed a shotgun at officers during a three-hour standoff at the mobile home from which he had been evicted earlier that day.

Officers responding to a report of an armed suspicious person encountered victim. Scharoun raised rifle toward officers and was shot, killing him.

Shot after firing shotgun at police and in the air. Police were responding to report of man firing shotgun at a house.

On witnessing Lopez punch another student at a bus stop, a school-district officer chased after the unarmed 8th-grader contrary to his instructions, caught him in a nearby suburban back yard, and shot him to death. The officer's long history of discipline problems contributed to the city paying Lopez's family $925,000.

Sergio Guzman, identified as an 18-year-old white man, was shot and killed in the 500 block South Indiana Street in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Officer Jason Wilkinson shot Jaime Daniel Delgado when he ran at him with a knife.

After committing a couple of robberies, police started to chase Wesley Phillips. His car was hit when he ran a red light, and he was killed. He left a note saying what should happen should he be killed, but police did not think he committed suicide.

A Las Vegas police officer responding to a report of a domestic disturbance shoots and kills Anthony Brenes, 32, after Brenes threatens officers with a cane on E. Desert Inn Road. One officer fired the single deadly shot after officers try to subdue Brenes with a Taser and a beanbag gun.

Scrivner was contacted by a Riggins Deputy for failure to appear on a felony warrant from El Paso County, Colo. At that time, Scrivner reportedly displayed a firearm and fled. Additional law enforcement backup was summoned because Scrivner had made previous threats to officers. Details about how he was killed are not available.

Rick A. Gregory reportedly shot himself after a police pursuit that started in Johnson County ended in Henry County. At around 10 p.m., deputies spotted a suspicious car and gave chase, then troopers assisted and cornered the car after it broke down near Creighton. Gregory allegedly shot at a trooper, who returned fire and ran for cover. According to officials, Gregory refused to leave his vehicle and shot himself as SWAT officers in an armored vehicle approached.

Gunfire that reportedly hit a building in Riverside prompted a brief police pursuit that ended in a roll-over crash, killing the driver, Armando Larios-Ramirez and injuring his two passengers.

Police responded to the group home Paul lived in, on reports of a man with a knife and another man already injured. Paul had required police attention for his mental health some 37 times since 1989. He declined to surrender his 4-inch steak knife and was threatening enough this time for the police to fatally shoot him.

Philadelphia police chased after a stolen car. The driver lost control and crashed into a concrete barrier next to the University of Pennsylvania campus. Two men ran off. Officials say police ran after the men, and Karl Suppleton was shot behind a school library during an alleged exchange of gunfire.

Vu was seen moving a gun in his hand inside his parked car despite police commands to drop it. They shot and killed him.

Portland Oregonian: Police were called on a domestic disturbance. Boehler, 46, died of smoke inhalation, but was shot three times by an officer, and one time by Boehler's stepfather. The gunshots were not fatal.

Terrance Gagum of Hemingway died after being struck as he tried to run from Georgetown County sheriff's deputies during a chase. The car that struck him was driven by Deputy Christopher Naatz, police said.

Heather Michele Carr was killed when her car was struck by a 16-year-old driver fleeing from police in a SUV.

City police, a city SWAT team and at least two negotiators were called to a house because a man was threatening suicide. The man's wife had called 911. After allowing his wife to get out safely, he killed himself.

Around 6:30 p.m., Green crashed his vehicle into a pole, stepped out and started to behave oddly. After a physical struggle with officers, Green was shot with a stun gun or guns. Green was pronounced dead at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center four hours later. According to the Green family, police and hospital staff said that Green had been given three stun gun jolts. Four officers were no-billed in the death. Cocaine was present in Green's system.

Joel A. Cook was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot inside his home following an 12-hour police standoff.

Patrolman Phillip M. Flamion was on duty, and at approximately 4:30 p.m., while patrolling Indiana 66, Flamion spotted the driver of a Jeep not wearing a seatbelt. At the time, Flamion was traveling north but turned his car around in an effort to pull over the vehicle. At the same time, Genevieve Collignon was leaving the Lincoln Park Plaza Shopping Center. As she pulled out into the intersection in an effort to turn left, her SUV was struck in the driver's side door by Flamion's patrol car, killing her.

John Thompson was charged and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of children. His 5-year-old son, Gavin, accidentally shot himself with the officer's gun at home while the officer was in the house.

Deputy Tom Cruppenink shot Mike J. Brandel, who had bipolar disorder, when he allegedly attacked Cruppenink and deputies Pete Miller and Doug Miller with a sharp piece of wood. Brandel's landlord called police at around 6:45 p.m. saying that Brandel was in a rage and breaking items in his apartment. The landlord also said Brandel seemed to not recognize him when he'd tried to intervene. According to police, Brandel threw a jar through a window and then struggled with deputies before Cruppenink shot him three times, killing him.

Police officers had responded to the home of Richard Poccia on Nov. 28, 2010, when the 60-year-old nurse was in a state of mental health distress. Though Poccia told police on the phone that he would come out of his house unarmed, police escalated the situation by launching a "full-scale SWAT action." Officers shouted conflicting directions while pointing their guns at 60-year-old nurse. After Officer Brad Baker stunned Poccia with a Taser gun, Officer Nick Dalessi shot Poccia at close range in the back of the head with an assault rifle.

Police arrived at a house on Grant Avenue just before 7 p.m. answering a call about shots fired. Gabriel Field had shot and killed girlfriend Mary Kennon during an argument about custody of their one-month-old daughter. Field also shot Kennon's mother. Cpl. Steve Owens confronted Field on the back patio where he had just shot his third victim his stepfather. Field refused commands to drop his weapon and was shot and killed.

Daniel G. Arch fled a police stop and died when he crashed his van.

Nathan Fortner reportedly ran from a home and shot himself when he saw police arriving. Fortner died at the scene. Inside the home, officers found the bodies of Derek Nash and Christine Snider. A third victim, Danielle Bement, 19, was discovered in an SUV outside the home. Police also believed there was a connection between Fortner and the discovery of a fourth victim, Ericka Wade, 19, in an abandoned house not far from Fortner's home in Bismarck, Missouri.

Harold Martin Smith reportedly shot himself in the head when undercover officers attempted to question him about the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen.

Officer responded to alarm inside apartment complex. Stone was outside with shot gun. Officer claims they told Stone repeatedly to drop the gun, but he refused. Officer shot him.

Ferrell had a heart attack. Nurse Lisa Wertz tried and failed to revive him as he was transported to Titus County Jail.

Dejesus had rolled her 2002 Dodge pickup on a county road, and survived the accident, but was struck and killed by a deputy coming to the scene of the accident as she stood in the middle of the road. Another witness had seen her and successfully swerved around her.

Sergeant Ray Stubbs and Officer Gregg Bell stopped a 2010 Mazda 5 for speeding. Deandre Bradley was the driver, and Williams his passenger. When officers decided to search the vehicle, which contained at least four bags of marijuana, Bradley drove away. Officers pursued. Bradley crossed the median on US-59, killing himself and Williams in a collision with trucker Juan Cruz, who survived. The Department of Public safety processed the scene. This accident was not recorded in the Texas Custodial Deaths Report as of Feb. 11, 2017.

Derrick Bean was shot and killed by Sheriff's deputies during a four-hour standoff. Bean was holding his ex-girlfriend, Haley Wingard, hostage inside a home. Wingard was reportedly bound and Bean was holding a gun to her head when he was shot. Officials said Bean shot Wingard and then deputies shot Bean. The Sheriff's office said that negotiations failed, and the county's special ops unit felt it had no choice but to go in and try to save Wingard. With Bean pointing his 12 gauge shotgun at Wingard's head, the lead officer (point man) of the special ops unit ordered Bean to show his hands, but he didn't according to Sheriff Franklin. "It all happened simultaneously, and all the rounds were fired in about a second and a half," said Franklin. Haley's family said that video tells a different story, and that Bean shot Wingard right after he was startled by a flash bang grenade thrown into the house. Wingard's family feels the special operations unit treated the situation like a drug bust, and not a hostage situation.

Police were called on a domestic dispute. They found Daniels battering his grandfather and took him into custody during a fight, which included pepper spraying him. He died, and the coroner said the cause of death wasn't the fight or pepper spray, but the cocaine he'd taken earlier.

Magana broke into a vehicle. The owner of the vehicle and three associates pulled Magana out of the vehicle. Magana, whom the four men described as possibly intoxicated, tried to escape. They held him down and beat him. An officer responded. She requested an ambulance. The death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.

Officer K.H. Boehm responded to a suspicious person call at 319 Vance Ave. Faulkner was causing a ruckus at an apartment and refused to comply with the officer's orders to come away from the apartment. Faulkner charged at the officer and the two fought. Faulkner repeated punched the officer in the face. After numerous warnings to stop, the officer shot Faulkner in the arm, shoulder and chest, killing him.

Groom wanted to commit suicide and was being talked down by friend outside bar. Groom had one bullet in the chamber of gun and had given friend the clip. Police ordered him to drop gun and shot him when he did not. Friend says Groom was shot immediately after the order, not being given time to drop weapon and never pointed weapon at officers.

Police say 29-year-old Rufus Onel Victor was being pursued after he was seen driving erratically; 29-year-old Amanda Jean Thomas, of Fridley, her 12-year-old son, Andre, and 3-month-old boy Akeron were all killed in the crash.

A woman told a 911 dispatcher that a male relative was threatening her at her residence. Deputy J. Guillen responded. Pierce confronted Deputy Guillen with a pipe. Deputy Guillen told Pierce to drop the pipe. Pierce, pipe in hand, approached Deputy Guillen. Deputy Guillen shot Pierce once in the chest and killed him. It was Pierce's second domestic disturbance at that residence in two days.

Stephen Gregory O'Neil reportedly drowned after suffering a major neck injury while leading the CHP officers on a 20-mile high-speed pursuit.

Two officers responded around 12:45 a.m. to a report of an unwanted individual at a home. Police said the officers found Leon McCoy Jr. sitting in a car and began talking to him. According to police, one of the officers saw a gun sticking out from under the front seat and asked about it. McCoy allegedly pulled out the gun and began brandishing it. Police said the officers shot and killed McCoy when he didn't drop it.

Cousins Cory Hampton and Darius Caddell were killed when their car was struck by a car fleeing police driven by Edward Moton, who also died.

After a five-mile chase at 3:30 in the morning Flippo pulled his vehicle into an apartment building parking lot. "I'll kill myself, and I'll kill the child," he yelled, according to the sheriff, motioning toward an 8-month-old baby strapped into a car seat. Flippo was fatally shot.

County officers attempted to stop Pelkey on the interstate, following up on reports of his involvement in a prior hit-and-run accident. Pelkey's 1986 GMC pickup violently collided at high speed with a county patrol car stopped there on the freeway shoulder to lay out a spike strip to stop him.

An unidentified man was killed when his car went off a Berkeley freeway and crashed into a tree.

Deputies following up on an armed robbery encountered Joyner, and went to search him. While being searched he pulled a weapon and began a close-quarters gun battle with police. The officer was not injured, but Joyner was shot five times and died days later from his wounds.

Police served a no-knock search warrant for drugs at James Sims' home and reportedly found Sims already shot to death inside. Police claimed it was not an "officer involved shooting", and that the noises witnesses heard were flash bang grenades, but neighbors believed that police shot Sims and covered it up.

Eugene Ellison was sitting alone in his apartment with the door open. Two off-duty Little Rock police officers working security for the apartment owner stopped at Ellison's open door, saw a broken coffee table and asked if the 67-year-old was OK. He replied that he was. The inquiry escalated and Ellison was shot and killed for brandishing a cane.

Officer Frank Gutierrez shot Andres Ramirez in the back of the head when he brandished a knife in an alley.

Metro officers pulled Jones over on a traffic stop. Jones bolted and jumped into the back yard of an abandoned house nearby. Officers followed and fought Jones, who aggressively resisted according to the police story, and tasered him several times. He displayed medical distress and was declared dead at the hospital.

Shot when police said he struggled for an officer's gun in the bedroom of his Lawrenceville home. His wife had called 911 to report Felio had choked and assaulted her. Police had unsuccessfully tried to Tase him.

Tynisha Townsend had a felony warrant for a domestic assault. When police tried to stop her, she allegedly dragged one with her car, and was shot and killed.

Shot while sitting on porch of friend's house because police mistook a water nozzle for a gun.

Police were called to a residence at about 4:40 p.m., and reportedly found Justin E. Watson kicking and hitting a door with his fist. Watson was allegedly combative and struggled with officers as they arrested him. Photos indicate Watson was beaten; police contended he'd overdosed on narcotics and fell. Watson died at a hospital seven days later on December 19, 2010. A grand jury decided to clear the officers.

Tyler White reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting Brock Gibby, 20, at the home Gibby shared with his mother. According to police, White, who Gibby knew personally, was burglarizing the home when Gibby arrived. White shot Gibby in the shoulder and the waist. Gibby then called police. Police said White fled the scene, but was found 10 minutes later sitting inside his parked vehicle. Before officers could approach, White reportedly shot himself in the head with the same 9 mm handgun used to shoot Gibby. White died at a hospital.

An active-duty local officer, a seven year veteran, shot and killed his estranged wife Przasnyski before turning the gun on himself. Their two young sons were inside the home but were not hurt.

Shaun Veres killed his mother, Elaine Joyce Veres, before killing himself during a police standoff.

Officers shot Jerry Bryan after he stabbed two people and charged at police with a knife.

Police went to the apartment to serve a felony arrest warrant for drug charges. When they confirmed Patrick Green was inside, officers made their way upstairs. That's when from inside the dark apartment they were met with gunfire. One officer was shot in the head, but survived, police said. After the shots rang out, officers then fired back and got the injured 28-year-old officer to safety. Green was later found dead in the apartment of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Lee was killed when confronted by an officer who ordered her to drop her gun. When she pointed it at him, he shot her to death. Lee was allegedly a robbery suspect.

Officers Brandon Sontag, David Prewett, Tony Lee and Cpl. Manny Moreno shot Elmer Alexander Perez in front of his girlfriend and 2-year-old son when he aimed a toy gun toward them.

Police were called to the Ventura Park Plaza for a report of armed threats. The 45-year-old man, later identified as Darryel Dwayne Ferguson, was armed with a handgun, the report claimed. When the two officers encountered Ferguson they fired their weapons. Ferguson died of his injuries.

Anthony Maurice Caruthers was suspected of robbing liquor stores. Police following him watched him rob a GameStop, and when he left the store, police boxed his car in. He came out with a gun and was shot and killed.

Jamal Abdul Silvera allegedly carjacked a sport utility vehicle, then led police on a chase that ended when he jumped a curb and struck a pedestrian, James Callaway, killing him.

The estranged husband of Fatou-Mata Ntiamoah, a former Marine and an active-duty border patrol agent, interrupted her and her boyfriend Mohamed Zaine in bed together. He started shooting. He expended 30 shots, chasing his unclothed wife down the street, and shot them both to death. He was given life in prison without parole.

Jose Olguin Cabanas, a 41-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

An unidentified man reportedly shot himself during a standoff with police. At around 1:45 a.m., officers responded to a disturbance call involving an intoxicated man. When they arrived, officers made contact with the man, who allegedly threatened one of the officers with a gun, then barricaded himself inside the residence. At around 2:30 a.m., officers said they heard a gunshot and then found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Two men were killed and one was injured while the three fled a police stop and chase.

Deaton robbed a Sunoco station, was spotted by police at another nearby service station, and fled in his Jeep Cherokee. Spikes failed to stop him but may have contributed to his loss of control. The Cherokee flipped multiple times and ejected Deaton. He died at the scene.

When police sought Brown on an outstanding felony warrant, they found him hidden within the insulation of his ex-wife's attic. He was homeless and known to suffer from depression and bipolar disorder. Brown lunged at the officers as if he had a knife, and they killed him with 27 bullets. Police "found a knife at the scene."

An off-duty Newark police officer shot and killed Dawud Culver, who allegedly tried to rob him today in the city's West Ward, police said.

Michael Donald Kroger was killed when his vehicle struck a tree after trying to elude Dale County Sheriff's Deputies.

Deputies attempted to serve a warrant to Chris Walter Barrett, who fought with them. Deputies force their way into the residence, and Barrett allegedly made an aggressive move toward deputies while holding a knife. A Lancaster deputy with a LASD shot and killed him with a 12-gauge shotgun.

Bingert's mother allowed him inside her residence despite a current protection order. He had some history of substance abuse, involvement with police and mental health issues. She called police when he threatened her with a knife. Police fatally shot him eight times when he refused to surrender his weapon. In July 2014 the family settled with the city for $250K.

An Allen County Sheriff's Department deputy spotted an Infiniti going at a high rate of speed. The officer put on his vehicle's lights and siren, but the Infiniti sped off, going at speeds above 100 mph. Fort Wayne Police joined the chase, which police called off for safety reasons near Hessen Cassel Road, and were a quarter-mile behind the Infiniti when it crashed, killing the driver, Payton Randle.

Elisha Clark was killed when her car was struck by a Mazda fleeing police. Police had pursued Donald Mischke, 54, after he allegedly used his car to break into a Target and steal a flat-screen television. Police claimed the officers had called off the chase by the time Mischke ran a red light and struck Clark's Buick Century. Police said an off-duty officer was at the intersection of Belvidere and Green Bay roads and called the crash into dispatch. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene at around 3:30 a.m.

Pierce ran a stop sign in North Austin at around 10:54pm. After pulling over, Pierce fled on foot. As officer Brad Smith pursued in his vehicle, officer Frank Wilson gave chase on foot. A struggled ensued as Wilson attempted to tase Pierce, who grabbed his utility knife and slashed the officer's neck. Pierce was fatally shot attempting to flee.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Yohman fought with and fired on officers and was shot and killed.

One person was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260899) states that the crash involved a drunken driver and a curb. Two people were in the vehicle (ages 54 and 56). Additional details were unavailable.

Officer Jose Loera shot Ephraim Williams when he reached into his waistband during a foot chase on Christmas Day.

Paroled from a prison sentence for armed robbery two years earlier, Cinelli shot and killed a Woburn police officer during the robbery of a Kohl's department store, and was himself shot dead in the exchange of gunfire. He was himself the son of a police officer.

Tenino Police Chief Sean Gallagher's wife, Marlo, shot herself dead. The incident happened yesterday afternoon at the couple's home in Lacey. Chief Gallagher was apparently home at the time of the shooting. He was questioned, but not arrested. He later resigned during an inquiry into his conduct.

In masks Yoachum and an accomplice robbed a dollar store at gunpoint. Yoachum then stole a car from the parking lot and led police on a half-hour vehicle chase, then a foot chase that ended in a ditch near an elementary school. Yoachum shot and killed a police dog sent to find him, and he was fatally shot in return.

Pedestrian John Howe Jr. was struck and killed by a police car in Desert Hot Springs.

Mascari was accused of killing his girlfriend. He shot himself in the head as he was about to be arrested, the sheriff's office said.

Clyde C. Boyette barricaded himself in a hotel room. Officers were there looking for another man, Justin Tyner, 32, who was wanted on a felony warrant, police said. Ending a daylong standoff, Boyette shot and killed himself. Police later learned Tyner had been arrested in Norman and was in the Cleveland County jail at the time of the standoff. Possible reasons for Boyette's behavior were not disclosed.

Officers pulled Butler over after "riding his bicycle on the road without a headlamp" according to an HDP statement. Officers said that Butler ignored commands to reach for a revolver, which he pointed at officers. Officer C.D. Edwards fatally shot him. According to the Houston Chronicle, an autopsy showed that Butler was shot once in the back of the head.

Bui cut or scratched a 15-year-old girl in his home for making too much noise, and the family called police to get medical help for Bui. Officers arrived and were told Bui was mentally ill. Bui was ordered to come out of a bathroom and was holding a small knife or scalpel at his side. Officers claim he brandished it, but witnesses disagree. He was shot and killed. The family filed a lawsuit, the result of which is subject to a 2/11/13 confidentiality agreement.

Two officers were making a routine check on the employees of the Valero gas station. The employees alerted the officers to a suspicious man outside the building. Police say the man indicated he was suicidal and pulled a gun on the two officers. Police say they fired an unknown number of times, killing Preston.

The Pioneer Press reported that, in his review of the incident, Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan said Jeske "was depressed, suicidal and fired at least one shot at officers who confronted him early Dec. 30 at the residence of an acquaintance." Jeske fired one shot, according to officers' squad car video, at about the same time officers fired on him.

Demetria Dorsey and Kelvin Dorsey were bystanders killed in when their car collided with a vehicle fleeing police on New Year's Eve. The pursuit started at around 11:30 p.m., when officers reportedly noticed a vehicle being driven recklessly on Florence Avenue in Hyde Park. The chase ended three minutes later at Crenshaw Boulevard when the vehicle crashed into the Dorseys' car. Kelvin Dorsey died at the scene. Demetria Dorsey died at a hospital.

Rodney Brown was stopped by patrol officers during in a traffic stop. According to Sgt. Keith Campbell, Brown became uncooperative and combative. He then ran. Officers caught him a block and a half away, where he resisted arrest until more officers arrive and Brown was stunned with a taser. Brown appeared to suffer from cardiac arrest and was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Police only described "some kind of confrontation" as the cause of Weatherspoon's shooting death at the hands of SWAT members. As opposed to a normal police response to celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire, this incident involved two black and unmarked SUVs full of police. Weatherspoon was said to have been illegally armed with a 9mm handgun.

Officer Adam O'Donnell and Officer Ivan Centeno tried to stop a green van driven by Darryl Moore, after he ran a red light, police said. Moore led the officers on a chase for four or five blocks, in and out of narrow streets, before getting stuck on ice. O'Donnell got out of his cruiser and approached the driver's side of Moore's vehicle on foot, while Centeno approached the passenger's side. Moore fired gunshots out of his driver's side window and struck O'Donnell in the chest. O'Donnell, Centeno and two backup officers opened fire on the vehicle, killing Moore.

A deputy was investigating a shots fired report when Ferryman killed her with a shotgun. A massive response, and Ferryman was killed.

Officers Jeremy and Jamaal Joseph attempted to pull over Ellison Lee Frye for a defective license plate light. He fled and, in a parking lot, attempted to run down one of the sibling officers, police said. He was shot and killed.

Higginbotham approached officers with a knife. They attempted to Taser him, but he had too many clothes on.

Police responded to a call at 4:11 a.m. of a man threatening suicide with a gun. When police surrounded the house, he shot and killed himself.

White, in a stolen pickup, led police in a chase until he crashed in field in Hooper. He allegedly ran from officers and then pointed a gun at them. Diatolla fired the fatal shot; investigators did not say which of the other officers' gunfire struck White, but prosecutors cleared all involved officers of wrongdoing.

Framingham Police SWAT raided home of Eurie Stamps Sr. On information that Stamps' stepson was selling drugs. Stamps, who was unarmed was shot and killed after awakening to the raid. The family of the Framingham man who was shot and killed by police in 2011 received $3.75 million to settle its lawsuit against the town.