Police officers stopped the car Wilson was riding in after witnessing a suspected drug transaction, on the technicality of a traffic violation. When police ordered the four individuals in the car to exit, Wilson refused several times. Reportedly Wilson reached for a revolver and shot at officers, who responded firing 22 shots, 8 of which struck Wilson. A toxicology analysis indicated that Wilson had cocaine, hydrocodone, methadone, oxycodone and a small amount of alcohol in his system at his time of death.

Courtney Gary was shot in the head after he allegedly fought a deputy for his gun. Gary was reportedly selling crack cocaine from his car outside of a home in the 300 block of Perrin Drive. Gary died a little more than a month after the shooting.

Deputies report that they stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation, and Bullock ran from the passenger side. When he struggled with a deputy and drew a gun, the deputy shot him.

Police responded to a noise complaint at an apartment in the Polo Run complex around midnight. When they confronted the resident at his door, Thomas Dugger fired one shot at officers. The shot missed the officers, but traveled through the door of a neighboring apartment, striking a woman in that apartment in the leg. Police began to set up a perimeter. As they waited, Dugger came back out of his apartment, charged forward and opened fire, exchanging shots with officers, who shot and killed him.

Officers reported that they responded to a call about a prowler, and identified McMahon who ran and produced a weapon, upon which the officers shot him to death.

Antonio Thomas was found unresponsive at the Foster District police station and was pronounced dead at 2:38 a.m. at a hospital. Thomas was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. for marijuana possession at North Ridge and West Hollywood avenues, police said, and was unresponsive at the station. An autopsy was reportedly inconclusive as to the cause of Thomas' death.

Died from injuries sustained during motor vehicle accident. Police officer was estimated to be driving at twice the speed limit while not on an emergency call when she collided with another vehicle. The officer was later indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide and reckless driving.

Police were called to an apartment due to a disturbance. Russell answered the door, then tried to close the door when he saw the officers. An officer blocked the door with his foot. Russell pulled a knife. The police fired.

A patrol officer pulled over a vehicle driven by Marvin Nash for speeding and reckless driving. Police said the officer reported that Nash was going 62 mph in a 45 mph zone. After initially pulling over for the officer, Nash then took off. The officer pursued him through town. Nash turned onto Sharon Drive off Highway 54 west and lost control of his vehicle in a curve and hit a tree. He was killed on impact.

Kukulka was suicidal when he held his mother hostage. Kukulka stabbed an officer in the knee. Kukulka was shot and killed.

At around 7 a.m., an officer who spotted a 1997 Ford Ranger driven by Christopher Lynn, Jr. on Highway 61 South. Lynn's vehicle had an associated BOLO for reportedly driving in an erratic and reckless manner near the intersection of Fisher Ferry & Grange Hall Roads. The officer gave chase for a short period of time, along Belva Drive in the Warrenton Heights subdivision, but said he terminated the chase due to safety concerns. Upon reaching the intersection of Belva & Redbone Road, Lynn turned east on Redbone and apparently lost control of the vehicle in the 1300 block of Redbone Road. A passenger was injured in the rollover crash.

Police were on the lookout for a stolen white Ford Escape SUV believed to have been involved in three armed robberies and a murder, surrounded the SUV at gunpoint in the Walgreens parking lot. They heard a single gunshot and found Mario Jerome Stokes dead inside the SUV, police said.

Officers Brian Warner and Steve Pilafas shot Reginald Hardaman, who allegedly opened fire while handcuffed from the back seat of a police car. According to police the officers arrested Hardaman after receiving a complaint that he was aggressively panhandling. On the way to the station, Hardaman, who was handcuffed, allegedly managed to pull out a gun and shoot Warner in the back. The officers got out of the car at a busy River North intersection and fired through a window, killing Hardaman.

An unidentified man died after police used body weight, punches, a Taser and hobble restraints to subdue him during a struggle in Skid Row.

Police shot and killed Robert P. Lyons when he allegedly shot at an armored vehicle during a 15-hour standoff. Police responded to Lyons' home just before 2 p.m., after Lyons allegedly pointed a handgun at a firefighter trying to distribute free village address markers. When officers came to the door, police said Lyons swore at them, then slammed the door shut. Lyons reportedly came back to the door several times during the standoff and waved a weapon, and then later shot at the BearCat.

Timothy Kerns reportedly killed himself during a brief standoff. According to officials, Kern was facing prison time for child pornography. Two federal court officers were at Kerns' house and called 911 at about 1 p.m. after they said he became nervous and fled from the basement to a top-floor bedroom. The officers said they heard what they believed was a gunshot. Maryland Heights police found Kerns dead in the bedroom.

Kincaid stood in front of his residence, waving a revolver in the air. Officers told Kincaid to lower the weapon. Kincaid pointed the revolver at the officers. They fatally shot him.

Police shot Jeffrey C. Relitz after he allegedly came out of a house and started shooting at officers during a standoff. Officers responded to the home at around 10:30 p.m. and were told Relitz wouldn't let his wife leave. For two hours, police said they tried to negotiate with Relitz before he came outside. Relitz allegedly came out and started shooting, officers returned fire, killing him. The department ruled the death as suicide by police.

CHP officer Andrew Howell shot Jeffrey Street when he opened fire during a six-hour standoff on officers who'd initially come to conduct a welfare check.

Officer Sean Romer conducted a traffic stop on an SUV driven by Thomas, who was named in multiple warrants. Thomas rolled the window up on Officer Romer's arm and drove away, dragging Officer Romer with him. Officer Romer drew a handgun with his free hand and fatally shot Thomas, stopping the SUV. Three of Thomas's children, who were in the back seat of the SUV, were not struck by gunfire.

Officers had responded to a report of a man with mental health issues damaging the home. An attempt to use a Taser failed.

Martin had both a mental health history and a criminal record. Agitated, uncooperative, incoherent, and violent, four local police officers confronted Martin for not complying with court orders by not taking his medications. They left him fatally wounded with three gunshots after he reportedly charged them with a small hatchet.

Daniel LeCleir's wife called police because he was on drugs and suicidal. Police blockaded the house, and he tried to leave in a car, was unable, pulled a shotgun and was shot and killed.

A heavily-armed Beller crashed his Ford truck then shot and wounded an EMT responder coming to help. County police called to the scene noticed they were being laser-sighted. They fired on Beller and shot him to death.

Todd Bryan Rehkop, who was suspected of sexual assaults, reportedly killed himself after a short standoff on I-70. At around 7:35 p.m., a woman reported that a man approached her outside Sam's Club on Conley Road in Columbia, pointed a gun at her and drove off after she screamed. At 11 p.m., a woman ran into a Conley Road Hyvee store after a man had forced her into the back seat of her vehicle in the parking lot and sexually assaulted her. Both women described the man's truck as large and dark in color. About an hour later, Boonville police contacted Columbia police about a similar incident at a gas station. Police were able to get the license plate of the truck and passed the information on to law enforcement along the I-70/MO-63 corridor. At around 2 a.m., a Lafayette County sheriff's deputy saw the truck on I-70 and pulled the driver over. After a brief standoff with deputies, Rehkop reportedly shot himself in the head and died at the scene.

Alexander Jessie Richardson II was discovered dead inside a closet of his mother's home after law enforcement officials surrounding the home heard the sound of a shotgun blast while Stephens County Sheriff Wayne McKinney was speaking with Richardson's female companion via the telephone, police said. He was suspected in a recent string of Stephens County trailer thefts.

Police responded to a reported residential burglary that was actually a home invasion, police said. Officers met six men at the door as they tried to flee. They shot a rifle and handguns at the officers, who killed one and wounded one.

Theresa Ricciardi-Garcia died at the scene of a head-on crash with a pickup driven by Benjamin T. Farrelli. Police said Farrell was trying to elude police, who wanted to stop him for an expired inspection sticker.

Driver Jamie Summer Guillen and passenger Roosevelt Lewis Jr. were killed when their truck crashed during a high-speed chase.

Le was cutting his neck with scissors, and a neighbor called police for help. Officers said that Le wouldn't drop his scissors and lunged at them, one officer shot him dead in the forehead. The family's attorney disputes that Le lunged at officers, and Le was taking the type of medication one takes for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

The lawyer for a State Transport Police Officer Gerald Sims was on duty and speeding when the crash happened that caused the death of 91-year-old Thomas Hancock. Greenville County Sheriff’s Office investigators determined that Hancock made an illegal left turn into the path of Sims'’ police vehicle. Sims pleaded guilty to driving too fast for conditions and paid a $130 fine.

Officers chased a Green Pontiac in relation to a robbery. Herrera and another man stepped out of the Pontiac and started running. Sergeant Brad Bennett chased Herrera down an alley. Herrera turned and shot Sergeant Bennett. Sergeant Bennett shot Herrera. Both were hospitalized with gunshots to the belly and leg. Herrera died. Sergeant Bennett, wearing a ballistic vest, survived. He had served TPD for 23 years.

Harris was drinking and driving recklessly. An officer then shot and killed Harris.

Matthews Castrellon was killed when he crashed his car on the freeway after a police chase.

Christopher Michael Bruns was killed in a fiery crash during a pursuit. According to the KHP, a trooper tried to stop Bruns' pickup truck at about 11:30 p.m. near the Saline-Lincoln county line for a traffic violation. Bruns didn't stop and a chase ensued. Officers set up spike strips across all lanes near Russell. As Bruns approached, he reportedly drove head-on into an eastbound semi and died. The other driver wasn't physically injured. Due to the severity of the crash, positive identification couldn't be made through normal identification processes, the KHP said.

By accounts Rowton was distraught over some personal issues. toward midnight he was reported as armed and suicidal. Local police called in a cooperative multijurisdictional SWAT with about 24 officers and a police negotiator, who worked with Rowton for hours into early morning. Just before 3 a.m. a sniper saw him inside, pointing a weapon at police, and Rowton was fatally shot through a plate glass window.

Owen Davis reportedly shot himself during an overnight standoff with police in North Berkeley.

Mauricio Hernandez is shot and killed at The Bar after firing at an officer, who entered the bar to conduct a routine check. Police later linked Hernandez to the non-fatal shooting of a man an hour earlier. Las Vegas Review-Journal's "Deadly Force: When Las Vegas Shoot, and Kill" http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/deadly-force

Officers reported that they caught up to Hammond in a vehicle after he robbed a bank and produced a weapon, at which point they shot him to death.

Officers interupted a robbery in progress. The suspect opened fire at officers as he walked out of a 7-Eleven. The officers returned fire. Lopez, jumped into a waiting car and fled the scene. Officers stopped that car a short time later. He had died of his gunshot wounds.

Nicholas Johnson—an armed-robbery suspect who ran over an officer with his car—was shot seven times—once with a shotgun—and was bitten by a police dog, an autopsy report shows. A total of 53 shots were fired by seven Tucson police officers at Nicholas Johnson as he tried to run over one of the officers. Officers were cleared of any wrongdoing in late April by the County Attorney's Office. A toxicology report showed Johnson tested positive for methamphetamine, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, alcohol, and cannabinoid at the time of his death, according to the autopsy results released by the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office.

Officers were dispatched to a home on Pine Lake Avenue at 12:43 a.m., after a man told 911 operators he was in his basement with a shotgun to his head. Police said they heard three gunshots from inside the resident, then observed a man walking inside the home. At 5 a.m. the La Porte County Sheriff Department entered the residence and found a dead man with a shotgun nearby.

Deputies report that they responded to a call about a man waving a gun at motorists. Ford challenged them to a fight and reached toward his waist and produced what deputies thought was a gun, and they shot him to death. A replica gun was found.

Self-described Satanist and anarchist Anthony DiGeronimo ventured out onto a village main street wearing a mask and scratching cars with knives. He drew the attention of police, retreated into his parents' house, re-emerged threatening responding police with his knives, and was predictably shot to death. Meanwhile perhaps a total of twelve police from different agencies had responded. One retired officer shouted out "Gun!" on county officer Geoffrey Breitkopf and in the confusion he was also fatally shot.

Cole A. Augustyn was killed when his ATV crashed while fleeing from police. According to police, Augustyn was being pursued by southbound on northeast 10th Avenue when he drove his Polaris ATV into a ditch, went airborne across the road and landed in a field. Augustyn died at a hospital.

Michelle Ferris called police just before midnight to report her husband might be suicidal, police said. He had locked himself in an upstairs office, adjacent to a gun room where he kept dozens of weapons. Ferris was a collector and a federally licensed gun dealer. When officers arrived, they heard gunfire. Police then tried forcing him out by firing tear gas into each level of the three-story home. At about 7:30 a.m., Ferris appeared at the doorway of his house leading to an attached garage, and fired at three officers stationed just outside the garage. Officers returned fire, but apparently didn't hit Ferris. He retreated but then returned 12 minutes later and was fatally shot by officers after he was told to drop his weapon.

Christopher Davis died in LAPD custody after he was shot with bean bags and a Taser while fighting with seven officers who'd confronted him for removing his clothing in public.

Clay broke into a Bank of America branch at 3:30 a.m. Responding officers easily located and cornered her in a storage closet, and took a pair of scissors away from her. While on her knees Clay found a small knife and threatened officers with it. She was fatally shot.

Charleston police officer was in the living room of a West Ashley home when Gwendolyn Fields was allegedly shot to death by Arthur F. Peterson Jr., 34, in her kitchen just a few feet away, according to court records.

Chapman was wanted for "failure to stop" in connection with another chase. A group of officers went to a home on Reynolds Avenue. Chapman escaped through the front door and ran through backyards. Chapman climbed over the fence and fell. Archibald jumped on Chapman, and Chapman fired his gun twice, hitting another officer in the pelvis. Archibald rolled off and fired one round into Chapman. Then, several officers, including Timmons and Eric Lewis, Daniel Watt, fired. It's unclear how Archibald separated himself without getting shot himself.

Local police chased a drug-fueled suspect through downtown city streets at 60 to 70 MPH. The pursuit ended when the suspect crashed into a taxi, killing the fare Tonya Hairston and the Mauritanian immigrant driver Ould Mohamed Sidi.

Officer S. Bryant shot Thomas after he refused to exit a vehicle. Marijuana and a pistol were found at the scene.

Alexander was shot and killed by police after they say he pulled a weapon on them Wednesday afternoon in south Tulsa.

Jeffrey Douglas Filipponi was killed when he crashed his 1999 Acura Integra while fleeing police. At around 4 a.m., an officer tried to stop the Acura, but Filipponi sped away. The Pismo Beach officer and a Grover Beach Police unit followed the Acura north on Highway 101 during the ensuing chase that reached speeds in excess of 100 mph. Filipponi reportedly exited the highway in San Luis Obispo, dropped off a passenger and headed back to the freeway with the officers in pursuit. At the Santa Margarita exit, Filipponi left the road and crashed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers reported that they responded to a call to find Ortega stabbing a man, and when she approached officers with the knife, a Taser deployed by the officers didn't work, then they shot her to death. Investigators say Ortega feared her partner would hurt their children.

An officer shot an unidentified 31-year-old man after an alleged robbery at a check cashing business.

Williams escaped from a traffic stop and held a family hostage in a nearby apartment complex. Officers say they reached Williams on his phone, and he said that he would "shoot it out." When he was forced out by chemicals shot into the apartment, Williams was holding a gun, and was shot to death by officers.

Thomas found his estranged wife in bed with another man, chased the man out, and began an hours-long multijurisdictional SWAT armed standoff at her apartment complex. What began at 7 a.m. police forcibly ended with a raid at 10 p.m., killing Thomas and discovering the body of his wife, dead for hours.

Police were called to Stafford's home by his girlfriend. They found him wielding a machete and were compelled to shoot him, twice, after their attempt to control him with a non-lethal PepperBall failed.

A deputy responded around 6 p.m. to a report of shots fired at Jesse Roger Stacy's home. Stacy barricaded himself inside and a 10-hour standoff began. After hours of trying to get Stacy to come out, a Special Response Team entered the home. A fire reportedly broke out; the fire marshal speculated it could have started when officers fired smoke grenades or something similar into the home. Stacy allegedly started shooting at police, wounding an officers and killing a police dog. The officers shot and killed Stacy.

Police pursued a reportedly suicidal Perdue to four places in two cities, at one point escorting his white pickup gently away from a crowded pier restaurant for public safety. At the final standoff near the beach, according to police Perdue reached behind him as if to grab a weapon, and he was shot to death.

Straystar and Gidenko were shot on Laredo Street near East Sixth Avenue after police responded to a report of three men stealing car parts in a storage yard.

According to witnesses on E Briggsmore Ave, Miranda attempted to enter several homes and in one instance, broke a window. At this point Miranda took a piece of glass from the broken window and began to cut his own throat. During this time, an off-duty CHP officer, according to the Modesto Bee: "[C]ontacted the man. The officer shot the man, who was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries."

Local police engaged with Mitchell on a domestic dispute call, and his behavior was odd. He walked out of a stand of woods, dropped some pills on the ground, fled when police examined the pills, and ran through the neighborhood only to return to his own backyard. Tasered by police he tried to escape by crawling into a pond, moved into deeper water, and drowned there.

Lt. William Mackenzie killed his wife, Patricia, and then himself sometime before 9:30 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of Holston River Court, according to police.

David Baca and Andrew Jaramillo were responding to a report of domestic violence. The officers stopped Perea, who was riding a bike in the area, because he matched the description of the domestic violence suspect. According to police, Perea hit officers with a crucifix and was subsequently shot with a Taser. Paramedics were called to treat Perea but he became unresponsive, possibly due to cardiac arrest. Perea, who weighed 300 pounds, had heart disease and was high on methamphetamine when he died.

Colon died trying to bail out of a Ford Mustang being pursued by police at high speed. The driver was being chased after a robbery. Not to be confused with Izzy Colon, shot to death by Orlando police in February 2015.

Sgt. Steve Schindlbeck and an unidentified officer shot and killed William C. Ladew several times after he allegedly advanced on them with a butcher knife. Police responded to a 911 call made from a second-floor apartment where they were told a suicidal man was. Ladew allegedly approached the officers wielding the knife, and they opened fire when he didn't drop it.

Johnny Leija originally went to Integris Marshall Memorial Medical Center for symptoms of pneumonia, but law enforcement says he became combative and was tasered. He died shortly after.

Marlon Johnson reportedly entered the North Platte Police Department lobby at about 2:30 a.m. and started a fire in a recycling bin. When officers responded, Johnson allegedly attacked them with a knife. According to police, they fired their Tasers to no avail before officers Rick Harms and Gary Hovey shot and killed Johnson. According to family members, Johnson suffered from bipolar disorder and was frequently off his medication over the last months of his life.

Deputy Jerry Abbott shot and killed Fred Smith when he brandished a shotgun at deputies serving a narcotics search warrant.

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a standoff that began after he shot his estranged wife.

Shot after advancing on police with knife in hand and refusing commands to drop weapon. Officers were responding to report of a domestic disturbance in which Paulson's mother reported she was afraid for her own well-being regarding daughter with history of psychiatric illness.

Jeremiah Wilson Pulaski, 24, of Glendale was shot to death after several rounds were exchanged between him and the officer. Police said Pulaski had been involved in another shooting outside a Glendale restaurant just moments before he was stopped by the officer.

Officers shot and killed Jorge Jimenez after he shot at them after he'd kidnapped his daughter and led police on a pursuit.

An off-duty officer shot and killed an unidentified man outside the officer's Far South Side home. Shortly before 8 a.m., neighbors said the man jumped over a fence into the officer's yard and cut a tube to the air conditioner. The officer confronted the man, who then allegedly struck the officer with a cutting instrument before he was shot.

With readily apparent mental health issues, Chabot was prone to carrying around a battered medieval-looking sword with a bent hilt and duct tape wrapped around the handle. On a mid-morning mile-and-a-half walk to his brother's house, somebody called the police to say he was waving that sword around. This developed into a confrontation with multiple officers. Chabot tried to escape by driving away in one of the patrol cars, and he was shot to death.

Harris called police, claiming that he would cut the throat of a female hostage and kill the first officer who went to his residence. Officers went to his residence, took his mother out of the building, and confronted Harris. He threatened officers with a knife. They tried to de-escalate the situation, then fatally shot him.

Lorhetta Sue Ketchersid, 55, did not show up for work. Friends and family began searching for her, and her pastor found her body on her property along a river bank in Kiowa County. Troopers began searching for Joseph Dhayer, 44. Dhayer was pulled over in his vehicle in Mangum by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and immediately shot himself in the head, police said.

Police said they received a call around 10:15 p.m. from a woman who said she was concerned about her husband's welfare. When police arrived, the man allegedly fired several shots in ther direction and a standoff began. A neighbor said police drove some sort of large truck through the front door of the home around 1 a.m. The man stuck his head out, shouted at police and went back inside. Just before 4 a.m. police said the man came outside and shot himself in the head.

Police got a call saying that Connell Lindsey was harassing the Jasco gas station owner with a knife. Police said that the responding officer, Corliss Harris, directed Lindsey twice to drop the knife, then fatally shot him when he allegedly lunged at the store owner. Witnesses said that the owner was armed with a baseball bat, often harassed and threatened patrons, and the bat prompted Lindsey to pull out his knife. Witnesses also said that Lindsey dropped his knife before Harris shot him.

Ruben Mendoza, Gloria Mendoza and Ruben Mendoza, Jr. were killed after their car was struck by a SUV driven by Erick Joel Head, who was reportedly leading deputy Scott Mackey on a high-speed chase to avoid being cited for a traffic violation.

Ruben Mendoza, Gloria Mendoza and Ruben Mendoza, Jr. were killed after their car was struck by a SUV driven by Erick Joel Head, who was reportedly leading deputy Scott Mackey on a high-speed chase to avoid being cited for a traffic violation.

A trooper attempted to stop Ryan Bogdonovich's 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis for traffic violations on U.S. 10 in Osseo. Bogdonovich sped away. Deputy John Gunderson parked his squad car on U.S. 10 at Humbird Street and placed stop sticks on the highway. Bogdonovich crossed the centerline and struck the squad car head-on, killing Bogdonovich.

Officer Devin Stutz was chasing Leonard after a bank robbery and carjacking and ordered him to stop. As he ran toward a playground full of children, Leonard reached at his waistband for what Stutz thought was a gun. Stutz fired on Leonard, who actually was reaching for a wad of cash. The carjacking victim had said Leonard had a gun.

Deputies said they responded around 9 p.m. to a reported break-in at Rick's Garage. Millard Griffin reportedly fled through the broken window and escaped the area. Deputies said they called a tracking dog to try to locate him, but could not. At around 11:40 p.m., deputies responded to Manila Street and Division Avenue on a report of a man in the street, and found Griffin suffering from medical problems with no shirt and wet pants. Griffin died of hypothermia. The next morning police reportedly found clothing and a cell phone next to a nearby creek.

Suicidal woman shot and killed when neighbors called police.

Woods shot when a gun, not in the officer's possession, "went off" while the officer and Woods struggled over a gun.

Jack Densberger reportedly shot and killed himself in a car while police were present.

A three-hour standoff began after Jeffrey Alan Krier opened fire on Sheriff Jeff Shipley, chief deputy Casey Hinnah and Sgt. Eric Stein as they approached his home in rural Sigourney at around 11:30 a.m. to check on his welfare. Stein was killed and the other officers retreated. Officers from 25 agencies responded to the scene. Four ISP tactical teams were deployed around the residence. Negotiators were unable to contact Krier; but were later able to communicate with him through his brother. At about 3:30 p.m. one team saw Krier exit his house loading a rifle. An officer fired a rifle, striking Krier in the arm. A second team near the barn on the south side of the residence saw Krier exit with a weapon and heard the shot. They fired at Krier with an AR-15, then again from a second position halfway between the barn and the residence. From a third and final position, the second team fired again, killing Krier. In total, 139 rounds of ammunition were fired within a 45-minute period, 49 by Krier, 115 by officers. Krier was shot 23 times. According to his family, Krier had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 30 years ago.

Jonathan Clayton was shot and killed by deputy David Johnson Sr., who was responding to a domestic dispute. As Johnson approached the trailer door, Clayton claimed to have a gun and allegedly threatened to shoot. Johnson stated that Clayton eventually emerged from the trailer with one hand behind his back, then turned away toward the trailer. Johnson reportedly saw that Clayton was holding a knife. When Johnson ordered Clayton to come down from the porch, Clayton allegedly began cutting himself with the knife while yelling, "You see what you're doing?" Clayton then began to approach Johnson, throwing his hands in the air and telling Johnson to shoot him, while Johnson walked backwards with his gun drawn. It is disputed whether Clayton still had the knife at this point, while he continued walking toward Johnson, refusing to obey his commands, hollering profanities, and throwing his arms up in the air. Saying that he feared for his safety and the safety of others, Johnson fired one shot, striking Clayton in the chest, killing him.

Chaparro apparently watched Phoenix police officers shot and kill a dog. He swerved at their car, and after a short chase, the vehicles collided. Chaparro got out and was shot, but got back in and drove a little ways before running into a building.

Police pulled Singletary's vehicle over for a stolen tag and for driving erratically. He refused to pull over, then aimed an assault weapon out the window and fired at officers. Both men emerged from their vehicles, exchanged fire, and Singletary was fatally shot.

David Stewart and Kristy Sampels apparently killed their child while taking "bath salts," and then they led troopers on a high-speed chase before Stewart apparently shot and killed his wife and then himself.

Phoenix police were doing an undercover drug operation when detectives tried to pull over a pickup truck. They turned on their lights, but the driver, John Solmen, refused to stop. Police followed the truck with a chopper and unmarked vehicles. Solmen eventually pulled into a dead end and at least three unmarked vehicles and a squad car blocked him in. He rammed two of the police vehicles then drove toward officers who shot and killed him.

Sgt. James R. West and two other members of the GCPD gang unit were near the intersection of Singleton Road and Sarah Court near Norcross. They came across three men, including Darryl Fuller, who reportedly "stood in the roadway and taunted the officers." The officers exited their van and Fuller fled while pointing his weapon at them. West fired once and killed him.

Officers were serving a warrant at around 11 a.m. to David C. Cermak for a probation violation and receiving stolen property. Deputy Tom Flynn reportedly had Cermak in a bear-hug; there was a struggle and shots were allegedly fired. Flynn was hit in the side. police said. Deputies Gerald A. Kellogg, Harold V. Ohlinger and Jarrod L. Wineinger and Sgt. Shawn A. Millikan shot Cermak, killing him. Flynn's vertebrae was nicked, police said, but it didn't cause serious injury. Deputy David Heins reportedly needed stitches after another deputy's K-9 got confused and bit him.

Barsness, a suspect in the carjacking of a taxi driver at gunpoint in Minneapolis, led police on a high-speed chase in the cab. Officers forced him off the road on Interstate Hwy. 35E in Lino Lakes. As he exited the vehicle, police said, he was holding a silver handgun. Police say Barsness ignored their orders to drop the gun, and instead pointed it at them. Officers fired. The Pioneer Press reported that a silver air-gun pistol was found next to Barsness' body. The officers who fired shots were troopers Jared Sturgill and Andrew Gibbs, Minneapolis police officer Paul Dellwo and Brooklyn Park police officers Michael Ploumen and Adam Moen.

Deputies responded to a call about a man with a gun. When Monteon refused to drop his gun, the deputies shot him to death.

A car with four teenagers drew a local officer's attention by backing up down a one-way street and running stop signs. The officer gave chase. After a nine-minute, 13-mile, 2 a.m. pursuit involving city and county officers, the car crashed, killing Rashad Greer, Tyrone Seals, and Martavis Simpson. A fourth teen survived.

A car with four teenagers drew a local officer's attention by backing up down a one-way street and running stop signs. The officer gave chase. After a nine-minute, 13-mile, 2 a.m. pursuit involving city and county officers, the car crashed, killing Rashad Greer, Tyrone Seals, and Martavis Simpson. A fourth teen survived.

Wright walked into Galaxy Seafood and demanded money from the cashier. The cashier gave money to the suspect who soon found out he and the cashier weren't the only people in the store. An off-duty Youngstown police officer, Mike Walker, was working security there. The officer confronted the subject and shot and killed him.

Grand Prairie P.D. 911 received a call from Mike Bice reporting a disturbance at the Towns of Riverside apartments. Bice advised the 911 call taker there was a man (later identified as 34 year old Thanh Nguyen) running around in his boxers, yelling for help. While officers were en route to that call, Bice told the call taker that Nguyen was on the back side of an apartment and appeared to be trying to break into an apartment. Bice told the call taker that it looked to him as if Nguyen was on drugs. When Officers Olivere and Blessing came into contact with Nguyen they placed Nguyen in handcuffs while waiting on the arrival of EMS. He continued to struggle. The medics arrived and began attending to Nguyen. Suddenly Nguyen stopped breathing. Medics began to perform CPR on Nguyen. EMS then transported Nguyen to the Arlington Memorial Hospital in full cardiac arrest. Nguyen was pronounced dead at Arlington Memorial Hospital. Dr. White advised Sergeant Alan Patton that Nguyen was "loaded with a massive amount of raw cocaine."

Sergeant Terry McAllister and officers Mike Balzano, Carl Martin, Mike Rosario and Paul Segura tasered and restrained James Robert Hudson after they found him nude and bleeding in Uptown Whittier.

Michaud, facing an upcoming sentencing hearing in an assault case, called 911 to report himself suicidal. He confronted responding officers with three knives and an apparent handgun. Ordered to drop his weapons, he refused, and was shot twice and fatally wounded. Michaud father was an eyewitness to the event, disputed the police version of events, and was himself handcuffed when he tried to call his wife.

Kevin Alton Johnson's wife called 911 shortly before 3 a.m. and said her husband had tried to choke her. Officer David Johnson (no relation to Kevin Johnson) arrived and learned that the couple's 17-year-old son was inside the house and that Kevin Johnson was intoxicated. David Johnson said he entered the home with his gun drawn and found Kevin Johnson standing over the teen, grabbing at his throat and yelling at him. Kevin Johnson allegedly advanced at the officer in a threatening manner, though the officer saw he had nothing in his hands. The officer reached for his Taser, but said Kevin Johnson was moving too quickly, so he shot him three times, killing him.

Krummi's mother called police during a fight and said her son was out of control after he said he wanted to be "removed" from her life. Krummi went outside and sat in a chair on the lawn. Investigators said Black approached Krummi and asked how is day was going. Krummi allegedly pulled out what later proved to be an airsoft replica gun and pointed it at Black. After two ignored commands to drop the gun, Officer David Black shot Krummi twice in the torso. Johnson also fired but missed.

APD Detectives wearing street clothes, hopped a fence into a backyard to serve an arrest warrant to a young man with schizophrenia. Torres resisted arrest. As the three wrestled, Torres grabbed Hilger's gun – so Brown shot Torres three times in the back. Torres was dead.

Officers reported that they responded to a call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers forced their way into Johnson's home, and he was straddling his ex-girlfriend, stabbing her. When Johnson refused orders to stop, officers shot him to death.

Rains County authorities told Kaufman County authorities that Pirtle, named in warrants related to sexual contact with a child, was in their jurisdiction. A new multi-jurisdictional SWAT team served the warrants at a Villager Inn just outside Terrell. Pirtle, armed with a rifle, barricaded himself into a bathroom and fatally shot himself.

Casey S. Babovec died after a fight and being tasered while at Saline County jail but prior to being booked. Deputies originally lied about the circumstances of the death.

McDowell abruptly stopped his car on Interstate 275, got out, pointed and racked what turned out to be a pellet gun at the officers. Officers responded, shooting 40 times, and hitting McDowell a total of 13 times, said KPD Police Chief David Rausch.

Earlier in the day a woman had fled from a domestic disturbance at Felber's residence. By the time a county SWAT force arrived, Felber was angry and talking about expecting to die. He greeted police with a shotgun on the porch. Then he fired shots within the house, broke a window, and pointed the shotgun at a deputy. Police fired, Felber dropped from view, and was later found dead.

Police said Ahnee fled from a pursuit and shot at them with a shotgun before he was shot and killed by police officers pursuing him on foot. He was suspected of having participated in an unsuccessful robbery the week before.

Timothy Gilles sped away from St. Cloud police and crashing into a vehicle. The crash killed 30-year-old Timothy Casanova of Starbuck. His passenger, 22-year-old Megan Thomsen of Glenwood, was pregnant and gave birth after the crash to a baby that died days after his emergency delivery. Thomsen was also injured. He was sentenced to 432 months in prison.

Roberson rolled around in a flower bed and shouted that he had been stabbed and shot. He was uninjured, and his parents said that he was intoxicated. Officers handcuffed Roberson and called EMS. Roberson started to resist arrest. He was tasered once. EMS responded. Roberson passed out as he was put onto a gurney.

Police had been called by the man's mother, who told arriving officers that Smith had a history of mental illness and was firing the gun throughout the house.The man began using his fist to strike an officer in her face, head and neck, the police said. He also tried to take her service pistol, the police said. Fearing for that officer's life, another officer, fired his own gun, killing Smith.

Officers approached Birch at his home and then Birch shot at the officers. An officer retaliated, shooting and killing Birch.

Police had been chasing Durazo on April 17 for an unspecified parole violation, according to police, who said the suspect had also led police on a chase March 18 in a stolen vehicle. Police and Durazo exchanged shots about 1:20 a.m. in 2700 block of Verona Road near the Palm Springs Country Club. Police unleashed Ike on Durazo, but he shot the dog to death before being killed himself.

Ourada was shot after ramming into several cars while attempting to elude deputies. Deputies were pursuing Ourada for several instances of reckless driving and eluding police over the previous week.

Terry L. Dorch was killed when he crashed his car while fleeing police. According to police, officers tried to pull Dorch over at about 12:20 a.m. for driving erratically. Dorch then allegedly made a U-turn on 39th and drove the wrong way down Harrison Street. Police chased Dorch several blocks back onto 39th, where he tried to pass a car, crossed into the opposite lane, rear-ended one car and struck an oncoming SUV. Dorch's car rolled, and he died at the scene.

Police were called because an intoxicated Hebert had allegedly robbed a friend with a "pirate sword." Police claimed he was reaching in his pocket for a knife when he was shot and killed. Witnesses said he was complying with orders.

An officer shot and killed Leon James, 23, a suspected kidnapper accused of trying to run down the officer with a pickup truck following a high-speed chase through several East Side communities. Police arrested four other suspects in the kidnapping of Lloyd Davis, 58, who was held for ransom, but was not injured.

According to police, Scottie Alan Clark shot and wounded his ex-wife in in her driveway around 2:30 p.m., and then led officers on a high-speed chase to his home. Officers shot at Clark after he allegedly struck their patrol vehicles, pushing one of them into a deputy. Police initially said they didn't know if they shot Clark, if he shot himself, or if he fired any shots, per reports. Two Hillsdale County deputies, two Lenawee County deputies, one Hudson police officer and one state trooper were placed on administrative leave after the shooting. In July, it was reported Clark had shot himself, but it wasn't determined whether he died from the self-inflicted wound or from bullets fired by police.

A motorist called police to report that he saw a man sitting on the 45th Avenue overpass in Phoenix who looked like he planned to jump. When police arrived, the man made some threatening remarks, and indicated that he had a weapon. The standoff lasted about two hours when the man made more threatening remarks to police, so they opened fire.

Neumann returned home from work as a Piedmont police officer to find Nemecek banging on his back door and trying to get inside, Ly said. Neumann told him to leave several times as the man barged into the house, and Neumann shot him.

Paul Sowell shot and killed himself after a police chase during a Rockland County bank robbery.

Tomah police fatally shot 28-year-old Seth McCloskey during a traffic stop Friday. Police say McCloskey jumped out of his pickup truck and started shooting, wounding one officer

Johnson was tasered outside a movie theater during a birthday celebration. "Unruly and uncontrollable," officers shocked him four times with durations of 31, 5, 4 and 5 seconds. Paramedics were unaccountably delayed, Johnson died at the scene, and a 10-month investigation and an autopsy were inconclusive.

Collins had taken the purses of at least two women at knifepoint. He led police from multiple jurisdictions on a high-speed, high-profile chase that ended when he slammed his car into a utility pole at interstate speeds and died on the scene. Not to be confused with Charles William Collins, killed by police in Miami on August 14 2012.

Sgt. Robert Wilkinson and senior deputy Marc Hammill shot Kerry Flood when he attacked them with a cinder block at Knollwood Village retirement community in Orcutt.

Alexander M. Savage fled a DUI stop on his motorcycle and crashed and died.

Armstrong was being involuntarily committed on mental health grounds on the property of a hospital, leaving no doubt that officers were aware of his condition. He resisted being detained, was tasered, experienced some kind of medical emergency, collapsed and died shortly after.

Elkhart County Police say an officer tried to pull over a motorcycle driven by Andrew Philip Norman for a traffic violation. The driver sped off and about two minutes later, crashed into a utility pole. The impact split the pole in two and killed Norman.

Sgt. Dempsey Hunt shot and killed Mark Martin Everson when Everson allegedly pointed a rifle at him.

Late evening on Easter three local officers responded to a domestic disturbance call to find Brown, unarmed but aggressive and agitated, on the sidewalk. He made a hand motion that officers interpreted as threatening, and was shot to death.

Sarah and Jamie Gossett were killed when trooper Heath Moss hit their car from behind.

Gabriel had stolen, or tried to steal, something from the Pukana La Massage studio on the second floor of the shopping center. The man pulled a gun on a woman in the studio then fled on foot with the woman in pursuit. A police officer nearby heard her cries for help and gave chase. That is when he was shot and killed.

Officers reported that they responded to a call about a woman shooting at her daughter and grandchildren. When they arrived they saw Williams aiming her weapon at a neighbor, and they shot her to death.

Officers responding to a report of a suicidal suspect encountered Humphrey who fired at officers with a handgun. Officers returned fire, killing him.

Two officers went to Blackwell's apartment at the request of a family member who asked authorities to check on his welfare, police said. Arriving at the apartment, they found the door locked and gained entry with a manager's key. They found the door barricaded on the other side with a sofa, which they pushed aside. With the door open, the officers saw Blackwell across the room with a firearm and told him to put down the weapon. He didn't, and he was shot and killed.

Lopez was wanted for warrants. After multiple contacts with his family, he was spotted near a car lot. He'd apparently stabbed himself to death.

Espinoza was one of three men who pulled guns and started firing when caught in a coordinated multi-agency drug sting. A second suspect was injured, a local officer was shot in the thigh, and Espinoza fatally wounded.

During a rainstorm, at a bus stop, and among a crowd of observers, Simpson is said to have threatened two officers with a knife. An attempt to Taser him did not work. Police would not initially say how many gunshots they took to kill him.

Officers responded to a family violence call involving Guerra. Guerra shot himself in the head.

Deputy Brett Seacat was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated arson and two counts of child endangerment, all linked to the murder of his wife, Vashti Seacat and a fire that destroyed the couple's house while their two young sons were inside. Brett Seacat claimed Vashti Seacat committed suicide.

Freddy Jonathan Bates was killed when he crashed a 1978 Oldsmobile during a police chase. According to police, Bates was southbound on IL-1 at about 5:10 p.m. when he went into the northbound lane, hitting a 1994 Pontiac Firebird driven by John Kessler, 46, and a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Kevin McConnell, 38. Bates died at a hospital. Kessler was hospitalized in critical condition. A passenger in Kessler's car was treated and released. The report said McConnell was not injured.

Robert Smith allegedly shot and killed his mother-in-law, Alice Moore, before turning the gun on himself during a standoff with police.

Waterbury police officers detained Brown for acting suspiciously in an intake area of a local hospital early on a Sunday morning. Locked in the back seat of a patrol car, Brown began kicking violently, was threatened with a Taser, then became compliant. Once again he began physically resistant, was tasered by the officer, then once again became compliant. A short time later Brown was discovered unresponsive and in distress. He died shortly afterward.

During a standoff, an unidentified man shot and at least wounded an unidentified woman—it was not reported whether she died—before shooting and killing himself.

Roy Winn was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after police arrested him for trespassing.

Webb was simply a pedestrian in the way when a suspect drew police attention by weaving through city traffic at speeds of up to 90 MPH. After a dramatic chase the suspect crashed into a downtown building, left his car embedded 25 feet into an office building, and was found hiding in the ladies room. Webb was struck and died of his injuries.

Tyler was shot after refusing to drop his weapon. Police had confronted Tyler regarding the two people Tyler and two other men had forced into their home at gunpoint.

Car theft suspect had gun in hand, did not drop upon orders from SAPD.

Two officers responded to a 911 call from a taxicab driver about a man with a rifle or shotgun at the Metro bus transit center, according to police, Raucci reportedly refused to put down his gun after verbal commands from the officers.

Suffering from untreated schizophrenia, military veteran Campione was well known to police from previous incidents such as carrying a loaded shotgun in public and drunk driving. Three officers from the city and county intercepted him at the regional transportation center and fatally shot him when he flourished a pellet gun.

Officers went to East 4th and Prospect streets, where they found a large crowd gathered in a parking lot who said two men were firing guns. While the deputies were there, an SUV pulled into the lot and out again at a high speed. It went through a stop sign, and deputies pursued. Police say they broke off pursuit and came upon the flaming wreck moments later.

Lundquist was about to be arrested by plainclothes officers when he pointed a gun at them. The officers fired their weapons, killing Lundquist.

Jailed but uncharged, McDonnell was denied his medication for a bipolar disorder for 18 hours, despite his family's attempts to provide it and communicate its urgency to officers. When he disrobed and flooded his own cell, he was tasered twice, then went into fatal respiratory distress.

Brown, armed and wanted in connection to a triple shooting, tried to enter a bus. Off-duty Officer Fernando Meza tried to arrest Brown. Brown resisted arrest and fled. A SWAT team cornered Brown on the fourth floor of a parking lot. He fatally shot himself.

On accusations that Breton had sexually abused children, local officers went to question him. He was armed and uncooperative. They returned with a local SWAT team, a state police SWAT team, and after the hostage standoff had lasted 37 hours, seven troopers that positioned a "B.E.A.R." armored vehicle "within about an arms length of Mr. Breton's kitchen windows". Finally he was shot once, in the chest, and was handcuffed while bleeding to death.

Jones was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a police chase, fled on foot. North Little Rock Police Department officer Vincent Thornton found him hiding in a storage closet. Jones ran out of the closet, and Thornton said he shot Jones in the back during a struggle because he thought he saw a gun in Jones' hand. The "gun" turned out to be a cellphone. The shot paralyzed Jones from the waist down, and he died from complications June 17, 2013.

Jay Allen Johnson tried to ignite pumps at a Midtown gas station with a lighter, as well as the officer who shot and killed him. Officer Matthew Barth shot him at the Fred Meyer gas station on Northern Lights Boulevard and the New Seward Highway after Johnson lunged at officers with a knife.

A two-day manhunt involving nine agencies from three different counties ended with Montgomery sustaining a gunshot wound from which he died the next day.

Albert Purnell was standing on a street corner with others when he began to run from police officers, who were approaching the group in a police squad car. He was shot and killed. Police said he fired at them.

Officers Shane Shaff, Joseph Arms and Chad Haskins shot and killed Adrian Perez after he fired at police.

In the predawn hours Broeske called 911 claiming that she held her own sister hostage, and threatened to kill her. Upon arrival county officers found her in the front yard, alone, wielding a handgun, challenging officers and refusing to obey commands for some two hours. She was fatally shot.

Undercover detectives reported that they were walking and noticed Garrett cutting up what they thought were drugs, and when they attempted to arrest him, he turned toward them with a knife, and the detectives shot him to death. Garrett was found to have been shot twice in the back. The circumstances of the shooting are disputed between detectives and witnesses.

A suspected drunk driver, chased by county deputies at speeds of 100 to 120 MPH, slammed into motorcyclist McCain. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office settled a wrongful death suit with McCain's family for $175K.

Officers Eric Hardt and Kory Rafferty made a traffic stop on Michael Palomino Jr. after he ran a stop sign while riding his bike near 53rd Avenue and Glenn Drive. Palomino fled on foot and a short pursuit ensued, officers caught up and a fight took place. Police say that's when Palomino pulled out a gun and pointed it at Hardt. Rafferty fired his service weapon multiple times, killing Palomino.

California Department of Corrections Lt. Virgil Millon shot and killed his ex-fiancee, Arabella Bradford, and her boyfriend, Malvin Conley Jr. Police then shot and killed Millon outside the home he and Bradford owned.

Police said, RPD's Communications Center received numerous 911 calls with the callers saying that Millon was shooting at people in the 11500 block Trailway Drive. The first RPD officer arrived on scene, confronted and ultimately shot Millon. During further investigation at the incident location, officers located the two deceased shooting victims, an adult female and an adult male.

Officers claimed they saw Paris Turner "acting suspiciously" in "an area known for drug trafficking" in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Police attempted to take Turner into custody at about 6:30 p.m., but he allegedly resisted arrest, appeared to swallow a bag of drugs, and then collapsed while running away.

Officers responded at around 11 p.m. after Ronald Olsen's family member left the house and called police saying Olsen was threatening to shoot people with a rifle. Two or three more people left the house soon after police arrived. A 12-hour-long standoff ensued, during which Olsen allegedly fired multiple shots anytime police got near the house. A robot fired three bean bags into the house, and police knocked down part of a wall to get inside. Police said officers entered the home just before noon and found Olsen dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An undercover officer bought guns from an illegal gun trafficker when a likely accomplice of the trafficker staged a robbery, pointing a gun at the officer. The officer shot and killed him.

Deputies trying to serve a grand jury indictment to Howard Polk Jr. (sale of a controlled substance) shot Polk after a high-speed chase. The chase ended at about 1 a.m. when officers rammed Polk's truck at the intersection of Highways 13 and 35, forcing it off the road. Polk is said to have opened fire on deputies who then returned fire and killed Polk. No officers were injured.

Officers were called to a domestic disturbance, and when they arrived, Brawley attempted to attack the officers with a a two-by-four. One of the officers shot him in the chest.

Police went to the 6600 block of Backlick Road after receiving a call about a stabbing at a gas station. When police arrived, they spotted a man matching a suspect description outside the Toyota dealership. When the man displayed a weapon and advanced toward the officer, the officer opened fire, police say

Officer Jason Pernicairo shot Mohamad Shalabi in the head when he drove a SUV toward him.