CHP officer Shane Schilperoort shot Christian John Valdez, an escapee from a Colorado youth detention facility, when Valdez appeared to reach for a weapon after Valdez and a second escapee led police on a 24-mile high-speed chase from Oroville.

Blankenship took a Mustang from a Waycross dealership showroom at gunpoint, led police on a high-speed chase and then fatally shot himself after the car ran out of gas in Folkston, police said.

Just before 10 p.m. police found Green creating a disturbance, jumping on top of a parked SUV, then jumping on top of a responding squad car. Green was tasered. In the ambulance he became uncooperative, spit out a bag apparently containing crack cocaine, had a seizure, and lapsed into unconsciousness.

Four undercover vice detectives shot and killed Willie Sudduth of Cleveland. The officers said they saw two men running from a store at East 93rd Street, and Sudduth fired shots at an unknown target. The officers ordered Sudduth to drop his handgun. Instead, he fired at officers, who returned fire, striking and killing him.

High school student Scott led police on a 15- or 20-minute chase after they'd tried to pull him over on a traffic stop. He struck a semi at an intersection and emerged from the car. Police said he had a gun. Witnesses said he was shot in the back, unarmed, with his hands up. The shooter was found guilty of 1st-degree manslaughter and given four years in prison. One of the rare cases where an officer was indicted for a line-of-duty killing.

Family called for an ambulance to get help with Francis, a schizophrenic who was off her medication. NYPD officers arrived first. After some argument eventually four officers applied pressure to Francis's back, into her mother's bed, in an attempt to handcuff her. Francis was asphyxiated.

Officers were responding to a "shots fired" call. When they arrived on the scene Duey was shooting and refused orders to drop the weapon. Duey then pointed the weapon at officers and started to move toward some nearby houses. The officer shot once, fatally striking Duey.

Martin died when Border Patrol agents attempted to apprehend him in his vehicle with a Taser, and the vehicle exploded. The border agent was also injured. Martin was unarmed. There is no explanation for the explosion.

When an 8-year-old girl turned up at University Medical Center with a bullet graze wound to her cheek, Las Vegas police went to the house of Sammie Lee Clay to investigate. Outside they found blood and went inside, where they were met by gunfire from the 56-year-old. Clay fired seven shots, and police returned fire 29 times. One officer was grazed in the head before he and four other officers retreated and summoned SWAT. The standoff lasted more than two hours before police re-entered the house and found Clay dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Around 9 p.m. two Miramar police officers were talking to man who had called 911 asking authorities for help in a dispute with a relative. Officers said that while they were talking outside an apartment 17-year-old Corey Nesbitt rushed up holding a knife and saying, "I am going to kill you." Nesbitt ignored commands to stop and drop the knife. Officers James Campo and Darcos Cruz opened fire, killing Nesbitt.

With a mental health history, Barnes fell into an argument with his aunt on the northern end of Honeymoon Island State Park. A park official approached him, then physically struggled with him. A deputy then arrived and tasered Barnes three times, which likely caused his death. His brother also reported severe facial injuries, with eye sockets and cheeks fractured.

Lopez saw some type of holster or sheath at McIntyre's waistband, so he told McIntyre to raise his hands and turn his back to the officer. Instead, McIntyre, who was three to four feet away, pulled a dagger with a 6-inch blade from his waistband and swung it at the officer, the report said.

Edward Lee Randoph reportedly committed suicide when police stopped his vehicle after he shot and killed his estranged wife and wounded her boyfriend.

Police said they went to James Paul Carleton's home at about 4 a.m. after he told a crisis counselor that he was about to kill himself and would shoot any responding officers. According to police, officers encountered Carleton holding a gun on the front lawn. Three officers shot Carleton after one of the officers allegedly heard Carleton racking the gun. Carleton was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Officer shot and killed 31-year-old Daniel Tillison outside of an apartment complex after Tillison crashed his car into Smith's cruiser after the officer responded to a call about someone selling a stolen stereo.

A deputy with the sheriff's department was eastbound on Dupont Road and was responding to a reported crash at the intersection of Tonkel and Hursh roads. Elmo Portee was driving a van that was northbound on Diebold Road that entered the intersection with Dupont and was struck by the cruiser, police said. Three people were inside the van. Portee was killed, a woman sustained serious injuries, and a girl suffered minor injuries.

Police were chasing burglary suspects. The car rolled over, killing two of four occupants.

Doll was involved in a robbery and holding a hostage, and when he refused officers' orders to show his hands, they shot him to death.

Police responded to a robbery in progress at a downtown laundromat about 5:30 a.m. (Later reports say an officer saw a man breaking into an ATM.) An officer shot William Harmon, who allegedly charged at him while holding a pipe with one end crimped flat. According to police, the shot grazed Harmon's hip. The officer then shot Harmon in the torso as he allegedly threw the pipe at him. The second shot was fatal.

Officer Tom Heslin shot and killed Chomrean Meas when he shot and wounded officer Keith Berry.

Dumas was killed in a police chase as his car crashed into a concrete pole. Police said they were not pursuing closely; witnesses at a nearby bus stop said otherwise.

Police were called to the Park on West Pointe Apartment Complex for a domestic disturbance. They found a woman outside the apartment who'd been stabbed. When they went inside, they found another man suffering from serious injuries in a bathroom.

At approximately 12:42 a.m., uniformed officers responded to a radio call for a robbery in progress at a convenience store. Upon arrival, the officers were flagged down by someone, who pointed to a man and said that he had a gun. The man was running southbound on Torresdale Avenue. The officers pulled their police vehicle alongside the offender as he was running and saw him pull a black handgun from his waistband, turn and point the weapon toward the officers. One of the officers shot and killed him. One plastic air gun, loaded with 15 small plastic projectiles, was allegedly recovered.

Police responded to a minor hit-and-run vehicle crash. A red Mazda had been struck and another vehicle fled, police said. Further investigation of the crash led Trooper J.W. Bennett to a home where he found the Ford Escape reported to have left the crash. Shortly after arriving at the residence at 7:20 p.m. the trooper heard a single gunshot from inside the home. Police found the deceased man inside the home. Virginia State Police do not release the identities of suicide victims, although this policy does not appear to be supported in public records laws.

The body of a man suspected of killing Greenland's police chief and wounding four other officers was found dead inside his home early Friday morning, police said.

Teen cousins Emanuel Nelson and Kyree Nelson snuck out of bed for an early-morning joy ride with two older teens in a stolen Toyota Echo. Police fell in behind then flipped on their lights and siren. The driver lost control and struck a tree at Chevy Chase Circle. The car burst into flames. Both cousins died in their seats; the driver Reynard Osman died five days later.

Teen cousins Emanuel Nelson and Kyree Nelson snuck out of bed for an early-morning joy ride with two older teens in a stolen Toyota Echo. Police fell in behind then flipped on their lights and siren. The driver lost control and struck a tree at Chevy Chase Circle. The car burst into flames. Both cousins died in their seats.

Officers reported that they responded to a call that Bittner had threatened family members and was drunk, and upon arriving that he pointed a gun at officers and they shot him to death.

DEA agents posing as Los Zetas cartel members conducted a sting that implicated eight current and former U.S. servicemembers in a drug running, arms dealing and contract-killing scheme. The leader was so enthusiastic he bought a knife especially to carve a Z into his target's chest. When the trap was sprung at an unnamed warehouse on the north side of Laredo, Corley, a cousin of the leader, was the only casualty. The others received federal indictments.

Lara threatened suicide. Corporals Joe Galindo, Shannon Davis and Ben Sorenson responded. Lara sat in the backyard of a house with a .22-caliber handgun. He asked corporals to get him in contact with his ex-girlfriend. They told them they would, and told him to put the gun down. Lara did not. Corporals fatally shot him. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Corporal Smith was also present when Larry Neil White killed three officers in 2007.

Reportedly, this unidentified man was despondent over an ongoing domestic dispute. During a standoff in which flash-bangs and tear gas were used, he shot and killed himself.

Officers were called to Nhekairo's apartment to investigate suspicious behavior. Nhekairo came out of his apartment naked and wielding two knives. Nhekairo allegedly attempted to attack one of the officers with the knives, that officers then shot and killed him.

Ryan Sever was shot and killed after Victoria Sever dialed 911 to report her son beating his girlfriend in the family's Chardon Avenue home. He reportedly threatened police with a knife.

Police shot Edward Irons as he fled a traffic stop on foot. Officers had attempted to stop Irons' car, which was reportedly driving the wrong way down a one-way street at 10:30 p.m. Irons lost control of his car and crashed into a fence. He allegedly jumped from the car, flashed a gun with an extended clip, then fired at police. Officers returned fire and Irons took off running. While fleeing, Irons was hit at least once by one of 5 officers who shot at him. Police found Irons in the street, where he was pronounced dead.

A 50-year-old black man, whose name the police did not release, allegedly pointed a shotgun at police on 114th and Indiana Streets. They fatally shot him.

Waveland police received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the area of a Travel Express Inn located on US Highway 90. "When police got there a foot chase ensued, a weapon was displayed by the suspect and shots were fired," agent Warren Strain (MBI) said. It was Marsh's 31st birthday.

Officers were looking for a white vehicle after receiving a report of a drive-by shooting. They spotted a white car speeding and attempted a traffic stop, and a 7-minute chase ensued. The vehicle was disabled after driving over a curb, and four people fled on foot. One officer chased Lanning over a fence into a backyard. Lanning was carrying a bag and allegedly reaching into it and the officer shot him several times, killing him. No weapons were found in Lanning's belongings or in the vehicle.

Officers were called at 2 p.m. on a report of an armed, suicidal man. Family members said Beecher Hughes was arguing with relatives when he locked himself in a bedroom and threatened to kill himself. Officers removed family members from the home and shot and killed him, police said, when he rushed at them. Family members said he was disabled and could barely get out of bed.

Deputy Alan Lebel and MSHP Cpl Troy Stegeman shot and killed Timothy Simpson when he allegedly pointed a gun at them from the doorway of his cousin's trailer. At around 6 am., Lebel and Stegeman responded to a report that Simpson was firing a gun at Green Meadows Trailer Park. Simpson allegedly aimed the gun in the officers' direction, so they opened fire. Fifteen shell casings from Stegeman's M-16 rifle and five from Lebel's .40 caliber pistol were reportedly found at the scene. Several shots that missed Simpson struck a neighboring trailer.

Derrick Outten reportedly killed himself after a four-hour stand-off with police. According to police, a woman had called at about 7:15 p.m. saying that her husband was armed with a handgun and threatening to kill himself at her Plaza West apartment. Police said negotiators tried to convince Outten to surrender and get mental health care. The JCPD brought in an armored vehicle which they said allowed officers to move in closer to the building. Negotiators used a public address system to try to re-initiate communication with Outten, but weren't successful. Tactical officers fired tear gas into the apartment. A short time later, a shot was reportedly heard. Police entered the apartment and found Outten with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Sutton was suicidal, and despite officers and mental health professionals trying to talk him down, he lunged at officers with a knife, at which point they shot him to death.

Brandon Gibbs reportedly shot himself in the head during a police chase. According to police, Gibbs, who was wanted on a felony warrant, fled from Boone County (IL) deputies on his bike, crossing the state line and running into the woods. A Boone County deputy followed Gibbs and said he killed himself in front of him. The deputy said he fired a shot when Gibbs pulled the gun to shoot himself. Autopsy results reportedly showed the deputy's bullet did not contribute to Gibbs' death.

Andrew L. May died from injuries sustained three days earlier when he was hit by a deputy's squad car. The deputy was on patrol at about 11:15 p.m. when he struck May, who police said was in the roadway "about 4 or 5 feet from the shoulder."

Benge lead CHP on a short police chase. Benge was caught and while being taken into custody he became unresponsive and died.

Officer Eric Copeland pulled over Bradley's vehicle for playing music too loudly when he believed he smelled marijuana and prepared to search the vehicle. Bradley fled in his car and then on foot, where a series of struggles ensued and police say Bradley attempted to strangle the officer with his radio cord. Officer Copeland shot Bradley three times in the chest, killing him.

Officer Wesley Grinder shot Luther Brown Jr. after he took officer Ryan Taiariol's baton and assaulted him after running away during a traffic stop.

A 39-year-old adult film actor who died days after an April 8 confrontation with police and paramedics was stunned twice with a Taser during a struggle that began inside the back of an ambulance

Prince George's County officers tried to investigate Bailey and friends as "suspicious persons." They fled, officer caught Bailey who allegedly resisted him. Police said they tasered him to no effect, and Bailey allegedly brandished a weapon. He was shot 32 times by Officer Terrence Garrett. Bailey's mother said the officer turned the ambulance away when her son was still alive.

Marcus Hayden was wanted for failure to appear in federal court. When police came to arrest him, he wounded one, jumped out a window and was confronted by an officer on the ground who ordered him to drop his gun and then shot and killed him.

Local officers investigating 2:30 a.m. calls about gunshots at a party found Drake in his vehicle, trying to get away. Drake reportedly struck one officer's vehicle and tried to run another down, and he was fatally shot. Police found a gun in his car.

According to police, Bobby Louis "BJ" Merrill Jr. was acting strangely, walking in the street and jumping onto cars at around 4 p.m. Merrill allegedly became combative and officers tasered him, but said the Taser didn't have an effect. While handcuffed in the back of the cruiser, police said Merrill began to show "symptoms of going into (cardiac) arrest". Merrill died at a hospital. An autopsy report said Merrill had alcohol and high levels of cocaine in his system and that he died of cardiac arrest.

Weldon threatened family members and told neighbors that he had bombs and booby traps. Neighbors complained to law enforcement. Sheriff Joe Walker and Sergeant Matthews confronted Weldon at his residence. Weldon reportedly drew a weapon or weapons. Walker and Matthews fatally shot him. Walker asked the ATF to diffuse the explosives that Weldon claimed he had.

Border Patrol agents stopped a minivan on U.S. 83. A man stepped out of the vehicle and ran. Smuggler Junior Benjamin Rodriguez, 15, sped away and crashed in Palmview. Three women and six men died. One woman may have been pregnant. Seven more were injured. Rodriguez was convicted of nine counts of manslaughter. The dead are not named in English-language media.

Border Patrol agents stopped a minivan on U.S. 83. A man stepped out of the vehicle and ran. Smuggler Junior Benjamin Rodriguez, 15, sped away and crashed in Palmview. Three women and six men died. One woman may have been pregnant. Seven more were injured. Rodriguez was convicted of nine counts of manslaughter. The dead are not named in English-language media.

Border Patrol agents stopped a minivan on U.S. 83. A man stepped out of the vehicle and ran. Smuggler Junior Benjamin Rodriguez, 15, sped away and crashed in Palmview. Three women and six men died. One woman may have been pregnant. Seven more were injured. Rodriguez was convicted of nine counts of manslaughter. The dead are not named in English-language media.

Border Patrol agents stopped a minivan on U.S. 83. A man stepped out of the vehicle and ran. Smuggler Junior Benjamin Rodriguez, 15, sped away and crashed in Palmview. Three women and six men died. One woman may have been pregnant. Seven more were injured. Rodriguez was convicted of nine counts of manslaughter. The dead are not named in English-language media.

Border Patrol agents stopped a minivan on U.S. 83. A man stepped out of the vehicle and ran. Smuggler Junior Benjamin Rodriguez, 15, sped away and crashed in Palmview. Three women and six men died. One woman may have been pregnant. Seven more were injured. Rodriguez was convicted of nine counts of manslaughter. The dead are not named in English-language media.

Six detectives confronted Soto, named in multiple warrants, at a Days Inn parking lot. They identified themselves as officers. Soto drew a .40-caliber pistol and shot at the detectives. The detectives fatally shot Soto.

Kevin Allen, with a history of domestic violence, was informed by his wife, at a family outing that she was leaving. Kate Allen called 911 and informed police she her husband was circling the parking lot and she was afraid he may become violent. Allen entered the restaurant carrying a gun and began shooting his family. Police heard gunshots and encountered Allen leaving restaurant when they arrived. He refused demands to drop the weapon and officers opened fire.

After a massive assault, the body of a man suspected of killing Greenland's police chief and wounding four other officers was found dead inside his home, police said.

Three NYPD officers and a fourth retired officer confronted Wyatt and another suspect fleeing from the armed robbery of a pharmacy. The retired officer, now working as a chauffeur for a hedge-fund manager, fired the shots that killed the armed Wyatt. His accomplice escaped.

Salgado was naked and aggressive, and had reportedly tried to bite another man's neck, when local police arrived. Eight to ten officers subdued him using a Taser. Salgado's family reported that another factor in his death in hospital hours later was blood loss from a severe beating.

James "Henry" Sando Madave Cooke died after he was struck with batons and put into a Safe Wrap after reportedly struggling with officers Jeremy Edens, Kevin Hess, James Manor, Gabriel Guerrero and Irshad Mohammed during a traffic stop.

Davis' mother, whom he lived with, called police because she heard gunshots. After a five-hour standoff, a SWAT sniper shot and killed him. His wife, Samantha Davis, was dead within the home.

Officer responded to an intentional overdose call at Faltesek's residence, where Faltesek was threatening his family and paramedics. He punched an officer, then was shot with a stun gun. He died of cardiac arrest as an ambulance took him to a hospital.

Deputies went to serve a warrant for stolen property. Skinner went into an RV, laid on a bed and committed suicide with a shotgun.

Around midnight, Zarzoza and two others fled the scene of a burglary in a white van. Mesquite officers pursued the van, which crashed in Dallas. Two suspects were arrested. Zarzoza, the third, ran away. According to witnesses Sha Brewer and Jerden Woodhouse, Zarzoza severely beat the officer who pursued him. The officer shot Zarzoza in the abdomen.

By reports Sheldon was a well-liked hospice nurse who cared for stray animals. Following an armed domestic dispute at her rural residence, four county officers faced Sheldon holding a shotgun at them, refusing to lower it. She was fatally shot.

According to Arkansas State Police, Billy Charles was shot and killed after he fired on two SWAT members with Arkansas State Police. The incident started when Hyde fled from an Arkansas State Trooper after being spotted in a suspected get-away vehicle. The vehicle was wanted in connection with the Bancorp South Bank robbery.

Driver Robert Fletcher and passenger Heather Parker died from injuries sustained when their car crashed while fleeing police.

Portland police said a man suspected in a domestic violence-related shooting on Sunday jumped off a building Monday morning after being spotted by an officer. Ervin Jeff Dirnbaugh, 30, was taken to a hospital and later died.

An officer shot Alejandro Hernandez when he pointed a gun at him.

After shooting two women, Omar fled to his mother's home in Suwanee where police tracked him. Officers made contact with Omar, but he shot himself in his head. He initially survived the shooting, but died a short time later.

After a foot pursuit following a robbery DeJesus got into a car. Officer James Lamoureux was positioned at the driver's side door. DeJesus backed up the vehicle at which time Lamoureux positioned himself in front of the driver's side corning. The car started forward at which time Lamoureux started to fire at DeJesus. Lamoureux step out of the path of the car and continued to fire as it drove away from officers eventually striking DeJesus in the neck causing DeJesus to die at the scene.

An officer in Willis tried to pull Carnes over for running a red light. Carnes, paraplegic, fled by vehicle through multiple jurisdictions. Law enforcement stopped the vehicle by puncturing its tires with spike strips. Carnes crashed into a retaining wall. A Montgomery county deputy confronted him. Carnes asked to be shot and reached under the driver's seat. The deputy fatally shot him.

Travis Williams killed his wife's grandmother and daughter and stabbed and shot his wife before he was shot and killed by police as he stood on the burning roof of their home.

Reportedly reaching 100 MPH on early-morning city streets while trying to evade police, Harrison ran a red light and smashed into the back end of a garbage truck. He died from the impact.

Police were told that a man standing there was "exhibiting erratic behavior and swinging a large piece of iron railing," police said. Upon the deputy's arrival at the scene, Dustin R. Williamson reportedly struck the side of the patrol car and window glass with a piece of metal believed to be the base of a vehicle lift used to change a flat tire. He was shot and killed.

Officers shot Jimmy Lee Graves, who'd barricaded himself and started a fire inside an apartment complex after a 14-hour saga that began shortly before 6 a.m. with a shooting at a West Sacramento machine shop and was followed by multiple carjackings, a car chase, a six-hour freeway closure and a manhunt involving nine law-enforcement agencies.

5/2/2012: Terrence Ellis and Tyre Leone died after a robbery, shootout and chase involving four or five officers; Ellis, was shot and killed while in the car, and Leone allegedly jumped off the elevated expressway, falling 34 feet. At around 3:30 a.m, police said Leone walked into the Circle K at 929 Lafayette Street with a gun, demanded money and threatened the female cashier. When Leone fled the scene, the cashier immediately called 911. In about one minute, police responded and spotted the 1996 Ford Thunderbird driven by Ellis. A chase began on the Westbank Expressway with speeds exceeding 100 mph and ended in Marrero when the Thunderbird hit the guard rail. Police said Leone exited the vehicle with a semi-automatic handgun and started shooting at them. "It all happened so quickly, that they were unable to even got out of their vehicle. So they shot from within their vehicle to return gunshots," said Col. John Fortunato with the JPSO. Ellis died from a single gunshot wound. Leone jumped from the expressway, falling 34 feet to his death. http://www.fox8live.com/story/17625121/men-killed-after-gretna-high-speed-chase-were-both-felons?clienttype=printable http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/04/gretna_police_chief_praises_of.html

Police received four calls from the area before the shooting, including a burglary, assault and battery, carjacking and disturbance. He said at least one caller reported a man breaking out car windows. An officer encountered Truelove in the Willow Cliff complex and the two started fighting. Zepeda used his Taser twice in an attempt to subdue Truelove, but shot and killed him when it was ineffective, police said.

Archie Lee Chambers Jr. was running from a car show where his friend had been killed. Calumet City police shot him in the back as he fled.

Police responded to an early-morning disturbance call to find Hiraldo on the porch of a house with a hammer in hand, breaking things. The victim advanced on the officers and refused to drop the hammer. He was tasered, and immediately began having trouble breathing. He died within an hour.

Sharmel Edwards was pulled over by Las Vegas police in the car of a male friend who had reported it stolen. Police tried to persuade Edwards to get out of the car and surrender for about half an hour, she exited holding a handgun in both hands, prompting five officers to shoot.

Local police were called to the scene of a man screaming, standing in the middle of the street, and wielding a machete. This was McKinney, with a history of mental illness and conflict with police. McKinney was tasered "several times" with no apparent effect. Continuing to threaten the officers with the knife, he was shot to death.

Investigators said gunfire was exchanged between three men outside the Elks Lounge on Martin Luther King Drive. Police arrived and ordered the men to drop their weapons, but Algenone Williams reportedly continued firing. An officer reportedly returned gunfire and struck Williams once in the neck. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

A pastor took officer Antonio Milo and his mother to their church parking lot after Parker crashed his vehicle there, looking for injured people. Parker tried to shoot the pastor. His 9mm pistol did not fire. The officer identified himself, ordering Parker to surrender. They exchanged gunfire. Parker advanced, fatally shooting the pastor's mother. The officer retreated to the church, shouting, "Stay back!" He subdued Parker, whose pistol was empty, at the door. Parker was hit by gunfire and died.

Shot in back of head while lying face down by a police officer who was on Folds' back. The officer said Folds cut him in the face with a boxcutter during a foot chase in a park. Had cut his wife across abdomen days before. Officer was later indicted, but prosecutors dropped the charges days later.

Thomas Borden was being chased by police who wanted to talk to him about a murder. He jumped in front of a train as he tried to evade police and was killed.

Benglan broke into a Pocatello home by diving through a glass window. He was destroying furniture and rolling in the glass when police tasered him four times. He died shortly later.

Donald Randal Crowell was shot and killed when he allegedly fired at deputies responding to a report of a suicidal man.

Passenger David Lopez was killed when the car he was in crashed while being pursued by deputy Nathan Rowley. At about 9 a.m., Rowley tried to stop a 2007 Ford Focus that had been reported stolen. The car reportedly fled west in the eastbound lanes of Valley Center Road. The deputy said the pursuit lasted less than 60 seconds before the Ford hit an oncoming 2003 Subaru Forest. Lopez died at a hospital shortly after the collision. Another passenger in the Ford survived the crash. A 76-year-old woman who was driving the Subaru was hospitalized. The Ford's driver, Jose Najara, 33, was hospitalized with major injuries. Najara was charged with murder in the crash.

Robert L. Willis was killed in a crash while attempting to elude police on a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle. Willis was reportedly driving east on Louisiana 112 at a high rate of speed when he struck the rear of a 2011 GMC Yukon at around 4 p.m., about three miles east of DeRidder. The motorcycle traveled about 616 feet before coming to rest in the westbound side of the roadway. Willis was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Yukon was not injured.

According to the Star Tribune, Pederson suffered from dementia and refused to drop the Bic pen he had used to assault a nurse. After being tased, he fell, suffered an injury and later died.

Michael Wood had barricaded himself in an apartment where he was shot to death after apparently confronting police with knife.

Police said Booth and Becker responded to a 911 call from Tatum's girlfriend, who told a dispatcher Tatum was assaulting and choking her. By the time the officers arrived, she had fled the home, leaving Tatum behind. Officers said they were able to calm Tatum, who was, according to the Pioneer Press, "in an agitated state." When they attempted to arrest him for domestic assault, he ran inside the house, grabbed a handgun and fired multiple shots at Booth, who returned fire.

Deputies fell in behind a speeding Infiniti sedan about 2 a.m. and gave chase. In the pursuit the Infiniti's driver lost control, left the roadway, struck a pole, and rolled some ten times. The driver Juan Carlos Cordero and the passenger Elizabeth Agudelo were both killed.

Danielle Weaver-Chisholm was killed when the car she was riding in was struck by a drunk driver fleeing police. Her husband, Bob Chisholm, was seriously injured. At around 8:30 p.m., officer Corrie Watson tried to stop Brooke Hames for rolling through a stop sign, but Hames reportedly fled and hit the Chisolms' car a little more than a minute later. Hames, who was driving at speeds of more than 90 mph with a blood alcohol level of 0.20 percent, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in August 2012.

Gregory "Greg" Rachel died after officers Christopher McCann and John Jackson tasered and allegedly beat him for resisting arrest, then hogtied him with help from officers Gerald Ripple and Edward Elia

Parents phoned police when Andrew Messina threatened suicide. An armored tank, deputies and a sniper arrived at the home. Police said they felt threatened and fatally shot the teen.

Gaines was killed in a shootout with officers serving search and arrest warrants.

Gregory S. Evans apparently committed suicide while police were serving a search warrant at his home. Evans' family members said there was a brief standoff between Evans and the Grayson officers, and officers negotiated with Evans in an attempt to get him to put down his weapon.

William David Dumire allegedly shot state police Cpl. Andrew S. Loudin, who was interviewing Dumire as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children Unit investigation, around 4 p.m. in Elkins. According to police, Dumire carjacked a vehicle from a nearby Walmart, then got out of the car and took off running. Multiple police agencies searched for Dumire. Police said troopers found Dumire in a culvert about 4 hours later, and he allegedly started shooting at them. The troopers returned fire. Dumire was killed in the shootout; police later said he shot himself. Loudin recovered from his injuries.

Tripp was crossing the street with several relatives—in a crosswalk but against a red light—when she was struck by an on-duty Secret Service agent's vehicle. She unfortunately attempted to duck into the path of where the driver swerved to avoid her. The agent was cooperative, tested negative for any drugs, had a clean driving record, and was not charged.

Sapun was wandering around a neighborhood shooting his gun. When police caught up with him, he pointed the gun at them and was shot and killed.

Jared R. Toothman, 26, and JenaLee C. McGrane, 21, fled a stop for speeding and crashed their 2002 Honda CBR600 motorcycle into a minivan and were killed.

Reports of Salazar shooting into the air on May 5, 2012. Police responded. Claimed Salazar pointed his gun at them. They opened fire.

An officer shot and killed Charles Waid after he allegedly pointed a gun at police.

Bailey was killed when he slammed into a parked pickup during a police chase.

According to the HPD Public Affairs Division, Davis, unstable after losing his job, tried to threaten his girlfriend with a gun as his mother and brother intervened. His mother asked officers for help. Officers S.H. Nguyen and C.M. Oates fatally shot Richards as he turned the gun on them.

Raymond Lee Brown was waving a gun in front of a hospital. When the officers commanded Brown to drop his weapon, he fired at them. Officer fired back, striking Brown once in the thigh. Brown died of his wound.

Shahied N. Ladson and Toland B. Gathers fled a police traffic stop, hit a tree and were killed.

Bailey had been asleep in his car in a Safeway parking lot when police woke him. Police claim, when they woke him, he became belligerent and attempted to drive away. During his attempt to escape he allegedly dragged an officer and rammed two squad cars. Police fired 32 rounds to stop him. The family of Dewayne Bailey dispute the police version of Bailey's death.

Williams was shot to death in a 2 a.m. traffic stop. Pulled over for driving suspiciously in an area known for drug activity, then attempting to elude officers, then running stop signs, he is said to have reached down into his vehicle as if for a weapon. Unarmed, he was shot six to eight times.

After a sheriff's deputy attempted an interstate highway traffic stop on a black Dodge Caravan, the driver, Matthews, evaded police and fled to rural surface streets. Eventually he stopped, his passengers fled on foot, and he shot and wounded the deputy. He was fatally shot in return.

Hughes, 41, went on a shooting rampage Wednesday in San Francisco's Tenderloin, at Post and Hyde streets, using at least two handguns to fire shots at random. Hughes was gunned down by police snipers perched atop a nearby rooftop.

Paul Robert Saldivar was allegedly causing problems at the Hazzard County Bar and ran into an alley when officer Shannon Aguero confronted him shortly after 11 p.m. Officer Gabriel Hepke arrived and the officers arrested Saldivar for public intoxication. Saldivar allegedly resisted, so one officer struck Salvidar's thigh while another shielded Saldivar's head as they pushed him onto the back seat on his stomach. At 11:30 p.m., Aguero arrived at the jail, but reportedly had to wait for the sally port to become available. She said tried to speak with Saldivar, but he didn't respond. Five minutes later, a deputy opened the door and found Saldivar had no pulse. Saldivar never regained consciousness and was taken off of the ventilator on May 17, 2012. An autopsy said Saldivar died from positional asphyxia. Saldivar's death was ruled accidental.

As part of a drug investigation Turnbull was asked to pull over for questioning at an apartment complex. Instead Turnbull crashed his vehicle into a police car, drove toward a second cruiser, and was shot to death by two officers.

Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun. When officers arrived the man pointed the gun at the officers. When the suspect ignored orders to drop the weapon, he was shot multiple times. He died at a local hospital

Described as "enraged" Rivers critically injured his wife with a knife, and had stabbed himself as well. When police responded he refused to drop the weapon and was shot to death.

Isaac Jackson Jr. died after his motorcycle crashed into a car during a police chase. A St. James Parish Sheriff's detective (another source says it was a state trooper) noticed a black 2003 Kawasaki motorcycle parked on the shoulder of the Veteran Memorial Bridge in Gramercy at about 8 p.m. When the officer approached to check if the driver needed assistance, Jackson reportedly sped off, then exited Louisiana 3213 and headed east on Louisiana 18 toward St. John Parish. The officer pursued Jackson as he headed east on Louisiana 18; police said the officer gave up the chase when he lost sight of him. Jackson came out of a slight right curve at a high rate of speed and crashed into the rear of a 2008 Chevrolet Impala stopped in the eastbound lane. Jackson was thrown off, and the motorcycle split in half. One half hit a pickup, while another part hit a school bus. Jackson was taken by ambulance to St. James Parish Hospital, where he died. No one else was hurt.

Deputies reported that they followed a suspected carjacking perpetrator, and that when the chase ended, he left the car and pointed a gun at deputies. At that point, deputies shot him to death.

Ernest Lynn France was allegedly off his mental illness medication when he shot at a neighbor's vehicle and after a chase, pointed his gun at police, who shot and killed him.

Police said officers responded to reports of a domestic assault in a Minneapolis apartment building. They heard a woman screaming from a second-floor apartment, but were refused entry into the unit. After the officers forced their way in, Crawford confronted them with a knife, which, according to police, he refused to put down. The officers fired.

An on-duty officer was driving north on Madison Street in his marked patrol unit. As he approached an intersection, a female pedestrian, later identified as Isabel Pablo, attempted to cross outside the crosswalk. The patrol unit collided with Ms. Pablo. She was transported to Riverside Community Hospital where she died of her injuries.

St. Ange was one of five suspects committing a suburban home invasion and armed robbery. Responding troopers went to the front and back of the house; St. Ange emerged from the rear with a sawed-off long gun. He was shot dead. The four other suspects fled but were soon located.

Officers were looking for a suspect involved in an earlier shooting. Campbell fired on the officers, injuring one. The officers returned fire, killing Campbell.

Nampa police were called to the apartment building for a noise complaint. Three officers were at the door of the apartment trying to talk to Luccari when he came out armed with a handgun pointed at police, according to police. One of the officers fired several rounds at the man, who went back inside and locked the door. Police then evacuated several nearby apartments and set up a perimeter. More than two hours later, police sent a bomb robot through the front door and into the apartment and found him dead.

Police said they received a report that a man had robbed a gas station in Gibraltar at knifepoint at about 1:15 a.m. Police then got a call a few minutes later saying the man was at a Future Fuels at Fort Street. According to police, the Trenton K-9 unit was the closest to the station and when the officer pulled up, the man drove north on Fort at a high rate of speed. Police said the officer lost sight of the car momentarily and that the driver apparently lost control of his Ford Escort and crashed into Debacker Lawn Care. The man died at the scene.

Aiken Department of Public Safety officials said Jarvis, 64, shot Lynn Carlisle, 68, in her home on Cherry Hills Drive. When officers arrived, he had already shot himself in the chest. Jarvis fired on officers, who returned fire, killing him.

Azcuy was the passenger in a green Kia caught in a narcotics trafficking sting. The vehicle's occupants were ordered to show their hands. The driver complied, but Azcuy is said to have made an evasive move, and officers perceived a dark shiny object in his right hand. He was shot to death. Later it emerged that he'd been holding a cell phone.

An officer shot and killed Rod Dankers when he shot at police after a high-speed chase ended next to the Bear River bridge.

Pennsylvania State Trooper Barry Searfoss was off duty and drunk behind the wheel and had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he collided with a car driven by 21-year-old Robin Williams. The car exploded and she was killed. He was ordered to spend at least six months behind bars.

Officers say they tried to pull over the Chico resident after spotting him in what they believed to be a stolen car, but he fled at high speed, and they called off the pursuit over safety concerns. Police caught up with Webb and his passenger again in Land Park where Webb reportedly ran from them into the back yard of a house. Webb reportedly fired at officers and hit the K9, Bodie, several times. The K9's partner returned fire on Webb, and he died at the scene.

Bessie Louise Stovall died in a crash after her vehicle was hit by a car fleeing police.

Marcella Holloman was hosting a birthday party for her 6-year-old granddaughter when she heard a crash upstairs. Her son Maurice Johnson, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2009, had smashed his wall mirror and a 42-inch television, and Holloman decided he needed to go to the hospital. Johnson was upset by that decision, and when Officers Paul Markowski and Gregory Bragg arrived, he fought with them, eventually pinning Markowski and being shot and killed by Bragg.

With seven outstanding warrants related to child pornography and other sex crimes, Combs had slipped away from the police the day before. This evening they found him hiding in the bathroom of a stranger's house. He threatened them with some kind of sword before he was shot to death.

After crashing his vehicle on Interstate 10, Shirar threatened investigating CHP officers. They shot and killed him.

Hampton took a female hostage inside her vehicle. A Greenville County deputy shot and killed him.

Langford was fatally shot when police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at the parking lot of the Mana Kai Resort. When police arrived, they found Langford in the vehicle. Police say he attempted to flee, and while doing so, allegedly pulled out a handgun and pointed it at an officer. The officer shot and killed him.

When officer Terry McDaniel, 24, arrived at the scene of a burglary with a murder, he saw a man fleeing. When he ordered him to stop, Charles Murry pointed a revolver at him, and McDaniel shot and killed him.

Boozer had a knife to his girlfriend's throat when he was shot and killed by police.

Roydell Oneal Kennedy was found unresponsive in the back of a police car after police chased him through the woods where a fence allegedly fell as he tried to jump over it.

Hunter attacked a vehicle and threatened to kill the officers inside with a box cutter. He wounded one officer as both fatally shot him.

Kerry Hullett reportedly mixed household chemicals to create hydrogen sulfide and then shot himself inside his workshop. Police responded at around 8:45 a.m. to a report that Hullett was suicidal and had locked himself in a room with a label on the door warning of poisonous gas. The neighborhood was evacuated. Armed members of a hazardous materials team entered the house at about 10:45 a.m. and were inside for about 30 minutes. They found Hullett dead inside the room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Upset over a divorce, Mestler threatened several people with his pellet gun before he pointed it at officers. They shot and killed him.

Motorcyclist Anthony Arroyo and his passenger Celia Ramirez were killed in a police chase when Arroyo fled from an attempted traffic stop, raced away, lost control of the bike, and crashed.

Officers Kevin Smith and Carmen Martin went to their beach house to renovate it over Memorial Day weekend. They found it in disarray. Merrill, in the residence, asked them what they were doing there. Officer Smith said that the residence was theirs. According to authorities, Merrill tried to draw a pistol. Smith shot him fatally in the chest and arm.

Police were responding to a call about suspicious prostitution activity when a man fled on foot. Two officers pursued him and allege that he fired shots at them. Both officers shot the man to death.

Police on the lookout for a stolen cruiser around 5 a.m. on a Sunday discovered Sordetto, who fit the description. Although innocent of the car theft he resisted arrest. This resistance developed into a violent struggle between the two. Punched in the head repeatedly, the officer was only able to draw and fire on Sordetto once, killing him, before passing out on the street.

After an attempt to stop a vehicle because of erratic driving, the police were led on a chase. When the vehicle stopped, police thought Barrett was pulling a gun, but it was a wallet. The shot and tasered him, and he died of the injuries.

Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic and suspected carjacker, climbed into the cab of a crane to escape arrest. A SWAT team set up a perimeter around the area and tried to reason with Thomas, who threatened them using a radio found on site. Hours later, some officers climbed a ladder to the cab that Thomas occupied, 150 feet off the ground. Thomas, unarmed, sprayed officers with what they thought was a lubricant, then slipped, fell and died.

Chantel Ortiz, 16, and Cameron Montoya, 18, were killed and three others were seriously injured when a stolen sport utility vehicle they were in crashed during a high-speed chase with a Colorado state trooper in Pueblo.

Mullane was shot to death to death by SWAT team members in the driveway of a home. State troopers had been attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Mullane was armed and had moved to take cover when he was shot.

Moua responded to a report of a man carrying a rifle down the middle of a Brooklyn Center street. Police said Moua pointed his gun at Wright, a 20-year-old Brooklyn Academy student just days away from getting his diploma, and told him to drop the weapon. When he didn't, Moua fired.

Officers were called to help a suicidal subject. He came out with a gun. From the police report: "Officer knew from his training and experience that action-versus-reaction dynamics meant that Officer and he were in no position to be able to react to Epperley if he decided to start shooting at officers. Officer made the decision that he felt that his life, as well as Officer were in danger so he pulled the trigger on the AR-15 patrol rifle that he was pointing at Epperley. This was done to stop the deadly threat they were confronted with. When the rifle failed to fire and function properly, Officer what he has been trained to do and that was a 'Tap-and-Rack' procedure to clear the weapon and make it functional." It is unclear from the report whether this officer was the one who shot and killed Epperley.

Officers reported that they responded to a call about gunshots fired, and upon arriving confronted Rubalcaba who had a gun, and they shot him to death.

According to a police report, Officer Leland Limbaugh pulled over a vehicle that smelled like marijuana. Officer Limbaugh told Husband to exit the vehicle and patted him down. Husband tried to draw a .40-caliber pistol, reported lost by the original owner. Officer Limbaugh, his gun in his left hand, shot Husband in the left side of the back, then disarmed and cuffed him. Husband died at Methodist Hospital. Husband's family, which conceded that Husband was armed, sued Dallas Police Department for wrongful death, saying that the officer shot Husband as he fled.

Fox had threatened suicide and came out on the lawn of his duplex apartment, rifle in hand. He ignored repeated commands of county officers to drop the weapon. He was fatally shot with a single bullet.

Fitzgerald died in a high-speed crash after fleeing from police in Truesdale. Police said he died at the scene of the crash in Wright City. That area is about three miles from Truesdale.

O'Brien, 25, was allegedly threatening people, including children, with a baseball bat after being denied access to a swimming pool. When officers responded, O'Brien moved toward them while swinging the bat. After repeated warning to stop and drop the bat, the two officers shot and killed O'Brien.

Lawrence Kitchen became involved in a dispute with a neighbor's visitor over parking in the multi-unit residential property. Kitchen armed himself with a shotgun and handgun. He confronted Michelle Velasquez and shot her with the shotgun, injuring her and killing a small dog she was holding. Kitchen then pointed his weapon at Eusebio Ruiz who was attempting to seek refuge in apartment #1. Kitchen shot Ruiz in the torso and leg. When confronted by officers and instructed to drop the weapon and get down, he pointed his weapon at Lompoc Police Officers Dan Sessions and Willie Francis. Both officers fired at Kitchen. They hit Kitchen twice.

Ortega died after being shot twice during a struggle with Officer Jonathan McCarthy after Ortega's wife called police to the couple's Flanders Drive home.

Officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant for Coan who was wanted for at least five robberies. A shootout ensued which resulted in the injury to a SWAT officer and the death of Coan.

An 1:30 a.m. police pursuit of a pickup truck with three men ended with a crash when the driver lost control. Two of the three were killed: Timothy Hardwick and passenger Travis Lay. The three were burglary suspects.

Police said they were "not actively pursuing" Moore, only following him, but somehow Moore knew to flee at high speed when an undercover officer spotted him. Moore directly ran at red light at an intersection, struck an Impala, and sustained fatal injuries.

Don Scott was facing child pornography charges when shot and killed himself while police were looking for him. His car was spotted just before 4 p.m. at a Danville cemetery. When officers pulled up behind his car, they heard a gunshot.

Deputies came upon a truck doing doughnuts late at night, rn the plate and found it it was stolen. The driver of the truck attempted to ram the deputies a number of times. They got out of the patrol car and fired, killing the suspect at the scene.

Arango died as he attempted to break up a fight involving his girlfriend outside a bar and grill. The county deputy who fatally shot him had a checkered work history, and as Arango's family described the circumstances, he'd had a broken hand and a cast on his arm inconsistent with the police version of events. One of four police shootings in the county within a month.

Purportedly Chambers had visited a city officer earlier in the day and complained about the electronic chip in his head. Police were dispatched to his mother's house to assist Department of Mental Health workers to bring him in. Chambers became combative, had a medical emergency, and died. His niece asserted that he'd been repeatedly struck on the head with a nightstick and, in her words, beaten to death.

Tasi was shot to death by an officer in the yard of an apartment complex, after refusing to drop the stick he was wielding. Officers had responded to reports of a man yelling at passing cars and attacking a dog. Tasi, 26, was pronounced dead at a hospital. The state of Alaska is conducting an independent investigation into the case.

On the basis of a witness account, Nelson's family was certain that officers used a Taser on him before he had a medical emergency and died while being arrested. The police were equally sure that Tasers were not used. Nelson had been released from jail only the previous day, and was detained on suspicion of breaking and entering.

Smith's common-law wife called police to report that he injured himself and was suicidal. Officers responded. According to authorities, Smith hid in a bathroom with a screwdriver. Officers kicked the door in. Smith threatened officers with the screwdriver. An officer shot him with a stun gun. Smith pulled away the prongs and continued to approach officers. An officer fatally shot him with a gun.

Saude kidnapped his ex-girlfriend. Police pursued them at high speeds. After Saude was arressted, he had a medical emergency and died shortly after.

Police attempted to make a traffic stop of Wallace's vehicle, a red Lincoln Continental, because it matched a car used in an armed robbery earlier in the day. Wallace sped away from the traffic stop. He hit two other vehicles before colliding head-on into a third, which stopped him. He then started a firefight with two pursuing officers and was fatally shot.

Shot to death on downtown on Beale Street. Police alleged that Freeman threatened them with a knife. Family members said Freeman had mental health problems and that police knew this because they had arrested him in April for disorderly conduct.

Army veteran of Kosovo and Afghanistan Chappell began acting erratically at home, attributed by family members to PTSD. A police visit to take him to a hospital developed into a confrontation, Chappell was tasered, and died in an ambulance. His mother called the police version of events "fabricated and corrupt".

A Tipton County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man armed with a knife, police said. The killing happened about 4:21 p.m. at 3373 Marshall in Munford. After getting a call about a possible suicidal man, deputies arrived and found the man, armed with the knife. According to the sheriff's department, deputies ordered the man to drop the knife. Instead, he charged and was shot and killed.

Reno police have identified a man they say was crushed to death by a trash compactor while running from law enforcement yesterday morning. Municipal Court Marshals saw 37-year-old Rodney Wright on his bike around 11am Wednesday at First and Virginia Streets. He was wanted for a misdemeanor, and when marshals tried to stop him, Wright sped away, crashed his bike and then ran. Less than 30 minutes later an employee at a residential complex at First and Ralston told investigators someone had been found in the building's trash compactor.

Christopher Dorais "Chris" Kline was killed when he crashed into a commercial truck during a pursuit.