Unique ID | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Date | City | State | Latitude | Longitude | Agency involved | Cause of death | Intended use of force | Brief description | Supporting document link |
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17232 | William Berrain Bradford | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/06/2016 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4712121 | -82.5332217 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to the Sheriff's Office, a man discovered the 16-year-old inside his father's truck. When he and his father confronted the youth, the boy got out of the truck and threatened them with a handgun before running away. Two deputies tracked the teen to a wooded area. They say he fired shots at them, and they returned fire, killing him, but the death was later ruled a suicide. | bradenton.com |
17231 | Dylan Westerburg | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 02/06/2016 | Uvalde | TX | 29.1588872 | -99.7351101 | Uvalde County Sheriff's Office |
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| Westerburg apparently killed his mother, then two neighbors, and then himself during a standoff. | dailymail.co.uk |
17240 | Phillip Luchsinger | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 02/07/2016 | Austin | AR | 34.9496093 | -91.9338324 | Lonoke County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers were sent to a domestic disturbance. Luchsinger came out with a gun and was shot and killed. | katv.com |
17239 | Marese Vince Collins | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/07/2016 | Columbus | OH | 39.945352 | -83.0558271 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Whitethorne when police said Collins fled in a dark-colored SUV. After police spotted and followed the vehicle, Collins then fled by foot through the neighborhood. Witnessess said officers gave numerous commands for the suspect to drop his gun before they opened shot and killed him. | nbc4i.com |
17248 | Gustavo Najera | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/08/2016 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8422426 | -117.9337749 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| Police were called about a suspicious person who was knocking on strangers' doors. Gustavo Najera was shot and killed by Officer German Alvarez because he glared at him in a threatening way. | orangecountyda.org |
17245 | Joy Lambert | 55 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/08/2016 | Rockford | IL | 42.2623563 | -89.1435331 | Winnebago County Sheriff's Office |
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| Joy Lambert was killed when a car fleeing from deputy Chris Moski struck her car. According to police, Moski tried to stop a car driven by Laronda Graham, 22, for speeding at around 8 a.m., but Graham took off at speeds of up to 80 mph. Investigators said Moski ended the chase at Springfield and Preston. Graham crashed into Lambert's vehicle about half a mile later at Cunningham. Lambert was ejected from the car and died at the scene. Graham was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI involving death, reckless homicide, aggravated DUI involving bodily harm, aggravated fleeing from police and other charges. | wifr.com |
17242 | Shalamar Longer | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/08/2016 | Chester | PA | 39.8402328 | -75.4045709 | Chester Police Department, Upland Police Department, Chester Township Police Department |
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| An officer tried to stop an SUV driven Longer for a burned out license plate light. Instead of stopping, police said, the Blazer took off, leading police on a chase through Upland Borough, onto I-95, then into Chester via the Highland Avenue exit. It ended about 6-10 minutes later when Shalamar jumped out of the SUV, pulled out a loaded gun and pointed it at police. Six officers shot about 100 rounds, killing him. | delcotimes.com |
17244 | Todd Steven Herreid | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/08/2016 | Windom | MN | 43.8638357 | -95.1167135 | Windom Police Department |
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| Police were called to a disturbance. Shots were fired inside the home. Hours later, they went in and found Herreid dead, an apparent suicide. | dglobe.com |
17241 | David Joseph | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/08/2016 | Austin | TX | 30.3963529 | -97.6674463 | Austin Police Department |
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| According to Austin police, officers responded after receiving multiple calls about a man acting aggressively toward neighbors. APD said when officers arrived, the man was naked, running through the neighborhood and continued acting aggressively. Details are sketchy, but at some point, a 10-and-a-half-year Austin Police shot and killed him. | nydailynews.com |
17243 | Eric Harris | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/08/2016 | New Orleans | LA | 29.9390996 | -90.0869109 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said Harris was pointing a gun at people in a mall. He led them on a short chase, wrecking the car. When they approached the car, he attempted to back over them, and he was shot and killed. | theadvocate.com |
17247 | Nathan Roman | 10 | Male | European-American/White | 02/09/2016 | Latham | NY | 42.770434 | -73.787417 | Colonie Police Department |
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| Police said Colonie Patrol Officer Israel Roman shot both his wife and younger son, lit his home on fire, and then shot himself. | news10.com |
17249 | Deborah Roman | 44 | Female | European-American/White | 02/09/2016 | Latham | NY | 42.770434 | -73.787417 | Colonie Police Department |
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| Police said Colonie Patrol Officer Israel Roman shot both his wife and younger son, lit his home on fire, and then shot himself. | news10.com |
17246 | Scottie I.K. Yanagawa | 29 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 02/09/2016 | Hilo | HI | 19.7005982 | -155.0621983 | Hawaii Police Department |
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| Yanagawa was wanted for his alleged involvement in a Jan. 31 shooting at Honolii that left a Kona man hospitalized and for furlough escape from Hale Nani Reintegration Center in Hilo on Nov. 19. Police say a traffic stop was made on a Toyota minivan known to be operated by Yanagawa, who was described Monday in a wanted bulletin as armed and dangerous. Officers commanded Yanagawa, who they say was in the passenger seat, and the female driver to get out of the van. Yanagawa, while getting out of the van, shot at officers with a handgun, police say. Four officers shot and killed Yanagawa. | khon2.com |
17251 | David Brian Evans | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2016 | Abingdon | MD | 39.4687662 | -76.3089671 | Harford County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy entered a restaurant, and David Evans shot him. Leaving the restaurant, he shot and killed another deputy before he was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com |
17250 | John Birkeland | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2016 | Roseville | MN | 45.0062165 | -93.1687159 | Roseville Police Department |
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| According to the Star Tribune, police responding to noise complaints from neighbors made a forced entry and sent in a dog. When officers found Birkeland hiding in a closet, he stabbed the dog in the head with a kitchen knife, and police shot him dead. | startribune.com |
17255 | Anthony Bertoni aka James Frederick Torres | 56 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 02/10/2016 | Kemp | TX | 32.354928 | -96.239292 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Henderson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Bertoni allegedly shot his neighbor and then barricaded himself inside his rural Henderson County home. There was a stand-off, and Bertoni apparently came out shooting. He was shot and killed. | google.com |
17254 | Kenneth Barton | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2016 | Tyler | TX | 32.3287385 | -95.4206927 | Smith County Sheriff's Office |
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| Kenneth Barton, 61, died during the standoff when law enforcement officers attempted to serve a search warrant at his residence. Officers believe Barton was connected with the disappearance of his mother, Frances Barton, who was reported missing three years ago. She was 78 at the time of her disappearance. It was not stipulated at the time of report whether Barton committed suicide or was killed by police. | tylerpaper.com |
17252 | Vincent Nageak III | 36 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 02/10/2016 | Barrow | AK | 71.3012499 | -156.7383903 | North Slope Borough Police Department |
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| Vincent Nageak III reportedly confronted borough police officers responding to an emergency call of a "domestic disturbance" involving a man with a gun. Nageak, armed with a shotgun, pointed it at officers, and the officers shot and killed him. | ktuu.com |
17253 | Timothy Vessels | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2016 | Louisville | KY | 38.1916985 | -85.857968 | U.S. Marshals Service |
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| Timothy Vessels was wanted in Jefferson County for possession of a firearm and forced burglary. He was on federal supervised release with pending violations. An investigation led the U.S. Marshals to Ladd Avenue around 11:45 where Vessels and a female associate, also wanted by the law, were believed to reside. Before arriving at the house, a Deputy Marshal noticed Vessels was a passenger in a car near the home. The two Deputy Marshals conducted a traffic stop. Vessels refused to comply with the traffic stop and, while seated in the car, pulled a gun out and pointed it at the Marshals. In response to the threat, the U.S. Deputy Marshals shot and killed Vessels. | wdrb.com |
17259 | Matthew Quinn | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2016 | Lancaster | CA | 34.682049 | -118.0790211 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Police went to reported disturbance and found a man with an ax. He walked toward them, and they shot and killed him. | theavtimes.com |
17262 | Mohamed Barry | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/11/2016 | Columbus | OH | 40.0401927 | -82.909491 | Columbus Division of Police |
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| Barry apparently attacked several people in a restaurant with a machette. After leading police on a short chase, he crashed into a car, and when he got out, he was surrounded by police, who tried to shock him with a Tazer, then he was shot and killed. Terrorism is suspected. | 10tv.com |
17258 | Corey Paul Kieffer | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2016 | Canyon Country | CA | 34.4265764 | -118.4784645 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Details are sketchy, but deputies were pursuing a parolee. He was spotted in a shed, surrounded and then apparently shot himself, according to police. | dailynews.com |
17260 | Joaquim Dinon Gerry | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2016 | Cordele | GA | 31.9361886 | -83.7470142 | Ashburn Police Department, Crisp County Sheriff's Office, Turner County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol |
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| Ashburn police attempted to stop the driver of a car that was believed to have been stolen. The woman driving the car instead fled north on Interstate 75 with the officers in pursuit. Police said as the chase continued, it was joined by officers with the Turner County Sheriff's Office, Crisp County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol. After a male passenger inside her vehicle fatally shot himself, the driver stopped the car. The Crisp County Sheriff's Office said that before shooting himself, the passenger, Gerry, had fired at least three shots at law enforcement. | gazette.com |
17263 | Jerand Edward Ross | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/11/2016 | Riverdale | GA | 33.57412 | -84.4155346 | Riverdale Police Department |
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| Police were serving a no-knock warrant at an apartment when Jerand Ross ran out the back door shooting a gun, killing Maj. Greg Barney. Other police on the scene shot Ross, who died two months later. | cbsnews.com |
17257 | Alijah Jackson | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2016 | Maiden | NC | 35.5601042 | -81.1929867 | Maiden Police Department |
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| Police responded to a call of a person cutting himself with a knife. He had the knife in his hand when they arrived and did not drop it. Police said he threatened them with it, and he was shot and killed. | observernewsonline.com |
17261 | Marcus Schumacher | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2016 | Fargo | ND | 46.8856509 | -96.7838022 | Fargo Police Department |
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| Police were called on a domestic violence complaint. There was a standoff of several hours, and an officer, Jason Moszer, was shot and killed. Marcus Schumacher reportedly killed himself. | twincities.com |
17268 | Jonathan Fowler | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 02/12/2016 | College Park | GA | 33.6413084 | -84.456278 | Georgia State Patrol |
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| Fowler failed to stop when deputies tried to pull him over for speeding on Roosevelt Highway, police said. Fulton deputies pursued Fowler, who was driving a 2004 Ford F-350, and contacted the Georgia State Patrol for help. The pursuit ended on Roosevelt Highway at Leslie Drive after a trooper performed a PIT maneuver, bumping into Fowler's vehicle to try and stop it. After the PIT maneuver, Fowler lost control of the vehicle and it rolled over, he was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. | ajc.com |
17267 | David Glen Watson | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 02/12/2016 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7169676 | -97.4421268 | Fort Worth Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Weatherford Police Department |
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| Watson was wanted in connection with an aggravated robbery of a convenience store in Cressen. When police approached, they say, he pulled a gun, and they shot and killed him. | nbcdfw.com |
17264 | Peter Fanfan | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/12/2016 | Boston | MA | 42.3081465 | -71.078382 | Boston Police Department |
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| Police were responding to a 911 call about a shooting when they were confronted by a man with a gun. He was shot and killed. | suffolkdistrictattorney.com |
17266 | Kenneth Clark | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/12/2016 | Omaha | NE | 41.2973583 | -96.1333678 | Omaha Police Department |
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| Police said Clark was involved in a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend. He fatally shot her two brothers who had arrived at her home with a trailer to help her move out, then held the woman hostage during a standoff with police before releasing her and taking his own life. | times-standard.com |
17265 | Sahlah Ridgeway | 32 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/12/2016 | Syracuse | NY | 43.0689918 | -76.1433176 | Syracuse Police Department |
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| A woman refused to drop a shotgun when police arrived. It has not yet been reported as to why they arrived at the scene in the first place. | syracuse.com |
17270 | Calin Devante Roquemore | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/13/2016 | Beckville | TX | 32.2396044 | -94.4583728 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| A state trooper tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on Texas 149, but the driver fled in his vehicle. The driver then exited his still-running car in a Beckville residential neighborhood, where the car traveled a short distance and struck a tree. Roquemore then ran about 300 yards before he fell to the ground and then tried to get back up. The trooper told investigators he asked Roquemore to show his hands, and when Roquemore failed to comply, the trooper shot and killed him. No gun was found. | news-journal.com |
17272 | Dyzhawn L. Perkins | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/13/2016 | Arvonia | VA | 37.6730418 | -78.3954459 | Buckingham County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police were initially called because someone was attacking people inside a store. The suspect then went to a home and attacked the people within and when police arrived, he attacked them. He was shot and killed. | times-standard.com |
17269 | Ali Eisa Abdalla Yahia | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/13/2016 | Urbandale | IA | 41.649079 | -93.6995061 | Urbandale Police Department |
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| Police say they initially went to the hotel on a drug complaint. After entering the lobby, officers confronted three people and a scuffle began with one of them. The person in scuffle was in possession of a handgun and fired it. He was shot and killed by Sgt. Jeff Casey and Officer Anthony Brooks. | whotv.com |
17271 | Calvin Smith | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/13/2016 | Baton Rouge | LA | 30.4676797 | -91.1333134 | Baton Rouge Police Department |
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| Officers were responding to a report that someone was damaging property when a suspect jumped into a vehicle and drove off. He led police on a 2-mile chase before bailing out of the car with a rifle. He fired at the two officers, striking both of them before officers Theodore Smith III and Sean Garic shot and killed him. | theadvocate.com |
17274 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/14/2016 | East Los Angeles | CA | 34.0217108 | -118.1633746 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| A man became combative during a traffic stop, which deputies made in the course of a stolen-vehicle investigation, according to police. During the fight, deputies said they believed the man was reaching for a gun. He failed to obey orders and was shot and killed. | lacounty.gov |
17273 | Marc Stoddart | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2016 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4575996 | -82.4983352 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Marc Stoddart's wife called law enforcement saying her husband was drunk, armed with a knife and threatening to hurt her and himself. Stoddart was outside and armed with a knife when deputies arrived and had cut his wrists. Deputies told him to drop the knife. He refused, then approached a deputy in what police said was a threatening manner. He was shot and killed. | bradenton.com |
17275 | Rammy Sam Jaradat | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.1960275 | -118.4574765 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a report of "unknown trouble." The call was subsequently upgraded to a report of a hot-prowl burglary and later to an assault with a deadly weapon. The officers arrived to find a male victim suffering from a stab wound. As they attempted to render aid and called for an ambulance, they were directed to a man who was armed with a knife, police said. Police shot and killed him as he advanced upon officers. | google.com |
17276 | Brandon Lee Witt | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2016 | Yorba Linda | CA | 33.8726235 | -117.7392924 | Orange County Sheriff's Department |
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| Deputies responded to a call of a suspicious-vehicle parked outside the Extended Stay America. When deputies, arrived they found Witt sitting in the vehicle. Police said a fight occurred between the deputy and a person in the car. Authorities have not released more details about what happened. | orangecountyda.org |
17277 | Guadalupe Sauceda | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/15/2016 | Jal | NM | 32.1659656 | -103.4261943 | Lea County Sheriff's Office, Jal Police Department |
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| Police responded to a call about a home invasion. They met the suspect on the back porch and exchanged gunfire, killing him. | abqjournal.com |
17280 | Mary Lena Pettiet | 33 | Female | European-American/White | 02/15/2016 | Canton | TX | 32.5465919 | -95.8469626 | Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputy Emily Ann Grubbs was driving a marked police vehicle, which had its emergency lights and sirens activated. She was traveling eastbound on 64 to assist another deputy who was checking on an alarm call. Pettiet's vehicle, a white 2012 Nissan Maxima, had a green light and was attempting to turn onto Highway 64 from Highway 243. Grubbs disregarded a red light and crashed into the driver's side of Pettiet's car. Pettiet died after several months on life support. | kltv.com |
17278 | Jayden Readon | 5 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/15/2016 | Lantana | FL | 26.5576009 | -80.060625 | Boynton Beach Police Department |
|
| According to police, the driver of a white SUV that struck and killed a 5-year-old Saturday afternoon has been identified as 20-year-old Lex Lugard Eugene. Eugene was fleeing from Boynton Beach police. He lost control of the SUV when attempting to make a right turn. The vehicle went onto the sidewalk striking 5-year-old Jayden Readon. Eugene continued fleeing police until the vehicle came to a stop and he tried to flee on foot. | sun-sentinel.com |
17279 | Inocencio Juarez Cardenas Jr. | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/15/2016 | Donna | TX | 26.1695891 | -98.0568111 | Donna Police Department |
|
| Police were called to help someone who was having some kind of emotional crisis or drug reaction. Cardenas was tasered several times and had several police on top of him. He died at the scene. Police said preliminary information suggested Cardenas died from a drug overdose. | google.com |
17282 | Shawn Henry Allen Dickens | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 02/16/2016 | Mena | AR | 34.580045 | -94.249018 | Mena Police Department |
|
| According to police, an officer approached Dickens outside a convenience store on Reeves Avenue around noon. During the confrontation, Dickens fled, dropping a handgun. The release says the man turned around to try and pick up the gun when he was ordered not the by the officer. Police say he repeatedly disobeyed this command and the officer shot and killed him. | katv.com |
17283 | Christopher Andrews | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 02/16/2016 | Fairfield | CT | 41.1792778 | -73.2641078 | Fairfield Police Department |
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| Police killed a man who attacked his wife and children with a knife. | www.ct.gov |
17284 | Destry Meikle | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 02/16/2016 | Republic | MO | 37.1183001 | -93.4685232 | Republic Police Department |
|
| Police responded to a car accident that involved two homes. Driver Destry Meikle suffered a seizure and drove in the general direction of Sgt. John Tinsley, who shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault. | news-leader.com |
17285 | Paul Gaston | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/17/2016 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1554991 | -84.6044691 | Cincinnati Police Department |
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| Police responded to a crash in which a man left the vehicle with a gun and appeared disoriented or intoxicated. At first, he appeared to cooperate with police who told them to drop the gun, and then he didn't, and he was shot and killed. | wcpo.com |
17286 | Dennis Solis | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2016 | La Mirada | CA | 33.9217853 | -118.0077685 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Dennis Solis reportedly shot himself during a 5-hour standoff with deputies. | whittierdailynews.com |
17290 | Ronnie Lee Padron | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/18/2016 | Reno | TX | 33.673715 | -95.5109709 | Reno Police Department |
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| Police responded because someone was shooting out of a home. After several hours of standoff, Padron came out with a gun, shooting at police, and was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com |
17294 | Edward Greene | 69 | Male | European-American/White | 02/18/2016 | Topeka | KS | 39.0585156 | -95.7246557 | Kansas Highway Patrol |
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| Edward Greene was killed when his car was hit by a car being chased by a KHP trooper. At about noon, the trooper attempted to stop a Chevrolet Impala driven by Marcos Cruz Jr. for a traffic violation. After a brief pursuit, the Impala struck a Toyota passenger car traveling westbound on 6th Avenue. Greene, a passenger in the Toyota, was killed. The Toyota's driver was hospitalized. Two of Cruz's passengers were injured, including his 8-month-old son. Cruz, 20, was charged with first degree murder. | ksnt.com |
17288 | Oscar Reyes | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/18/2016 | Santa Ana | CA | 33.7480326 | -117.854206 | Santa Ana Police Department |
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| Officers responded after a report of a burglary. The officers made contact with four suspects and a confrontation ensued, police said. At some point, police opened fire. The spokesman did not know the specific circumstances that led to the shooting. Two people were killed by police and two arrested. | orangecountyda.org |
17289 | Jose Manuel Quintanilla | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/18/2016 | Santa Ana | CA | 33.7480326 | -117.854206 | Santa Ana Police Department |
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| Officers responded after a report of a burglary. The officers made contact with four suspects and a confrontation ensued, police said. At some point, police opened fire. The spokesman did not know the specific circumstances that led to the shooting. Two people were killed by police and two arrested. | orangecountyda.org |
21762 | Stephen Alan Burnett | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 02/18/2016 | Powdersville | SC | 34.7870499 | -82.4837204 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies went to an address on South Florida Avenue to serve warrants on 25-year-old Dexter Davon Reeves. Deputies arrived to find Reeves sitting in a vehicle, and said he sped off as the deputies approached him. When deputies reached the Highway 153 intersection, they saw that Reeves' car had hit a pickup truck at the intersection, killing Steve Burnett. | wspa.com |
17293 | Tiffini Kuuipo Tobe | 48 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/18/2016 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8554365 | -117.8374328 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| Tiffini Kuuipo Tobe apparently suffered a heart attack when she was handcuffed by police after she'd reportedly jumped from a moving bus, leapt onto a car, then got into a confrontation with a few men before an off-duty police officer drove up to the scene and subdued her. | ocweekly.com |
17291 | Trevor Tyreke Chambers | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/18/2016 | Midway | FL | 30.495089 | -84.4745827 | Midway Police Department, Gadsden County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to Midway Police, authorities initiated a pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Police say the chase began in Midway, and ended in a residential neighborhood when the vehicle crashed. The passenger was killed. | wctv.tv |
17292 | Travis Wood Jr. | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/18/2016 | Westminster | CO | 39.8562789 | -105.0250706 | Westminster Police Department |
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| A Westminster Police Department officer was responding to a call of a disturbance with weapons on Federal Boulevard. The officer was heading south on Federal Boulevard as a silver Chevy Malibu, driven by Wood, was heading north. He tried to turn onto westbound West 88th Avenue from Federal, and was struck by the patrol car, which had its lights and siren on. The man driving the sedan was killed in the collision. | denverpost.com |
17287 | Joseph Noel | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 02/18/2016 | Commerce | GA | 34.1990456 | -83.4490019 | Commerce Police Department |
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| Three police responded to a call of a man allegedly beating his wife. When they arrived at the home, Brian Noel told the officers to arrest his son, Joseph Noel. The officers found Joseph Noel hiding in the attic. They said Noel held up an object that the officers believed to be a firearm. The officers said Noel charged at them. The officers deployed a Taser and fired shots at Noel. He was shot in the leg, which killed him. | wsbtv.com |
17297 | Curtis James Dugger | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/19/2016 | Elizabethton | TN | 36.330895 | -82.23632 | Elizabethton Police Department |
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| An officer was in the area looking for Dugger who was wanted on federal warrants. They exchanged gunfire, the officer was wounded and Duggar was killed. | wjhl.com |
17296 | Justin Patrick Moses | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 02/19/2016 | Ogden | UT | 41.2666184 | -111.9687689 | Ogden Police Department |
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| Details are sketchy, but Ogden police say they found Moses, 35, stabbing a woman near 400 N. 600 East when they responded to a domestic violence call. An officer shot and killed Moses. | sltrib.com |
17295 | Michael McClanahan | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 02/19/2016 | Cave City | KY | 37.101422 | -85.8741452 | Barren County Sheriff's Office |
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| The sheriff's department responded to a complaint of a loud car. A deputy pulled the car over; as he approached the deputy heard a gunshot from inside the car and saw glass from the driver's side window blow out. He found McClanahan dead from a gunshot wound. | wbko.com |
17298 | Danny Rendon | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/20/2016 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8083982 | -117.9523323 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| A call of shots fired in the 900 block S. Roberts Street. Police said a male victim was shot in the leg by the suspect and is in stable condition. Police said the victim and suspect were related. Family members said one was a brother-in-law of the other, and the two were fighting before making their way to a second location where the fatal encounter took place. Rendon had apparently fired at a police helicopter. | orangecountyda.org |
17302 | Leroi D. Kocsis | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2016 | Bay City | MI | 43.5953683 | -83.8780822 | Bay City Police Department |
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| Police attempted to serve a felony arrest warrant on Kocsis. When approached by the officers, Kocsis fled into his home and opened fire on them. After a standoff, Kocsis apparently shot himself. | mlive.com |
17303 | Edward Shabbaz Currie | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2016 | Sacramento | CA | 38.606906 | -121.475311 | Sacramento Police Department |
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| Edward Shabbaz Currie died in police custody after he reportedly appeared to suffer a seizure in the nurse's station at the jail while undergoing medical clearance to be booked. | sacbee.com |
17301 | Marcos Perea | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2016 | Lakewood | WA | 47.2069649 | -122.534857 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office |
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| Perea had killed his girlfriend as she worked at a nursing facility in University Place, police said. Police soon spotted him and chased his vehicle southbound on I-5 as he shot at them. He headed north on I-5, at which point the pursuing officers forced his car to spin out near an exit for Tillicum. He took cover behind his vehicle and engaged police in a shootout. Twelve officers from three agencies—Lakewood and Steilacoom police, as well as the sheriff's department—shot back, killing him. | times-standard.com |
17299 | Charles Lee Lambert | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 02/20/2016 | Iuka | MS | 34.7542645 | -88.1405843 | Tishomingo County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics |
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| Tishomingo County Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic situation at a residence. Lambert, his wife and 10-year-old daughter were in the house when deputies arrived. The situation escalated to a stand-off when the man refused to comply with officers' instructions to come out. The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) troopers and agents from Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) responded at the request of the Tishomingo County Sheriff. After several hours, two combined tactical teams from MHP and MBN entered the home. Upon entry, shots were fired between the man and law enforcement officers and MBN Agent Lee Tartt and Lambert were killed. Additionally, three state troopers who entered the home were wounded. | wreg.com |
17300 | Edgar Camacho-Alvarado | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/20/2016 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0770117 | -106.722744 | U.S. Marshals Service, Albuquerque Police Department |
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| Police are withholding much information, but it appears agents went to arrest George Bond, who lived a couple trailers away. A confrontation occurred with Camacho-Alvarado, who brandished a handgun and was shot and killed. | krqe.com |
17308 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 02/21/2016 | Aurora | CO | 39.6529202 | -104.7498271 | Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a call for a welfare check. Upon arrival, they were shot at. Several hours later, a SWAT team entered the house, where the man had apparently committed suicide. | aurorasentinel.com | |
17306 | Sherrisa Homer | 36 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 02/21/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4977453 | -112.1062603 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Police responded to shots fired at an apartment complex. They could see Homer throught the window, and she pointed her gun at them, at which point she was shot and killed. | azcentral.com |
17309 | Augustine "Augy" Joe Chavez | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/21/2016 | Springfield | MO | 37.2005763 | -93.3035744 | Springfield Police Department |
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| Police were called out to a house to check on a man who had been making suicidal statements to family members. A standoff ensued with officers using a megaphone to try to coax the man outside. Police entered the home and found Chavez dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | news-leader.com |
17307 | Che Andre Taylor | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/21/2016 | Seattle | WA | 47.6902932 | -122.3042977 | Seattle Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a suspictious car when they came upon an armed man. He didn't follow police orders and was shot and killed by Officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding. | kiro7.com |
30167 | Kisha Shelly Michael | 31 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/21/2016 | Inglewood | CA | 33.9617074 | -118.3617203 | Inglewood Police Department |
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| At approximately 3:10 a.m., Marquintan Sandlin, 32, and Kisha Shelly Michael, 31, were found asleep in a vehicle. A 9mm handgun was on Michael's lap. Police shot and killed them. In 2018, Inglewood agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit by the families. | nbclosangeles.com |
30168 | Marquintan Sandlin | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/21/2016 | Inglewood | CA | 33.9617074 | -118.3617203 | Inglewood Police Department |
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| At approximately 3:10 a.m., Marquintan Sandlin, 32, and Kisha Shelly Michael, 31, were found asleep in a vehicle. A 9mm handgun was on Michael's lap. Police shot and killed them. In 2018, Inglewood agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit by the families. | nbclosangeles.com |
17304 | Marquintan Sandlin | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/21/2016 | Inglewood | CA | 33.9616106 | -118.3617385 | Inglewood Police Department |
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| Officers said they received a call of a suspicious vehicle stopped. When they approached the car, they noticed the woman in the car had a gun and ordered her and a male occupant out of the vehicle, said Scott Collins, a spokesman for the Inglewood Police Department. Officers then took cover and opened fire, killing both people. The familiy believes the woman is Kisha Michael, the man is still unidentified. | scpr.org |
17305 | Kisha Michael | 31 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/21/2016 | Inglewood | CA | 33.9616106 | -118.3617385 | Inglewood Police Department |
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| Officers said they received a call of a suspicious vehicle stopped. When they approached the car, they noticed the woman in the car had a gun and ordered her and a male occupant out of the vehicle, said Scott Collins, a spokesman for the Inglewood Police Department. Officers then took cover and opened fire, killing both people. The familiy believes the woman is Kisha Michael, the man is still unidentified. | scpr.org |
17310 | Sean Paul Mabbun Jr. | 17 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/21/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.8340303 | -95.6559382 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
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| Mabbun fatally shot James Ayala, 25, in a dispute over a woman. Mabbun's mother drove him to Harris County Courthouse Precinct Five and told a sergeant that she was turning him in for murder. The sergeant asked Mabbun if he had been involved in the shooting in Katy earlier that day. Mabbun said he had been, drew a handgun and shot himself in the forehead. | chron.com |
17311 | Patricia Kruger | 38 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 02/22/2016 | Houston | AK | 61.5853224 | -149.7804559 | Alaska State Troopers |
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| Patricia Kruger entered a residence. Kruger was allowed into the residence by the homeowner at which time she grabbed the homeowner's gun. As the homeowner fled the residence, Kruger fired the gun. Troopers attempted to make contact with Kruger. Shots were fired by Kruger, and she was shot and killed. | adn.com |
17318 | Thomas Lane | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/22/2016 | West Haven | CT | 41.2689336 | -72.9738888 | Connecticut State Police |
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| Lane was driving an SUV when he crashed into a tractor-trailer. When police attempted to remove him from the vehicle, he resisted, breaking a rescuer's hand. A trooper tasered him. He died a short time later. Police said he had a head injury from the accident, and final determination of whether the Taser had an effect was apparently never reported by news media. | ctpost.com |
17314 | Rouven Loch | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2016 | Fairborn | OH | 39.8366123 | -84.0100257 | Fairborn Police Department |
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| Loch was suspected of burglary. Police contacted him on the telephone and asked him to come out. He refused and said he had a gun. They shot tear gas into the house, and when he came out, he pointed a pellet gun at them and was shot and killed. | daytondailynews.com |
17317 | Gerardino Cayetano Gonzalez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/22/2016 | Denver | CO | 39.7657533 | -105.0346296 | Denver Police Department |
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| Police said officers investigating a burglary call made contact with two suspects on Irving Street. One of the two was taken into custody. One of the suspects fled on foot and was chased by police. Police said the suspect then carjacked a vehicle and police began chasing that car. The chase ended a short time later when the suspect lost control and officers stopped the car at 35th and Lowell Boulevard. Shots were exchanged and the suspect was shot and killed. | denverpost.com |
17315 | Tyler O. Persellin | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2016 | Murray | UT | 40.6319739 | -111.9075781 | Murray Police Department |
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| Police responded to a domestic disturbance when they were fired upon by Persellin. After a standoff, they found Persellin dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. | deseretnews.com |
17313 | Stanley Thomas Killebrew Jr. | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2016 | Wayne | MI | 42.2857307 | -83.383776 | Wayne Police Department |
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| A man barricaded himself inside a home. After several hours of standoff, police entered the home and found him dead. | freep.com |
17316 | David Michael Green II | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2016 | Mission | TX | 26.23781 | -98.324115 | Mission Police Department |
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| Mission police received a call for a domestic disturbance between a man and his adult son. The man said his son was outside with an ax, hitting the house and a car. When police arrived, they said David Green was outside with a machete. Officers told Green to put the weapon down, but he got into his truck and drove in the general direction of an officer. The police fired shots at Green. He led police on a chase through the RV park and struck a patrol car. Green again drove in the general direction of officers with the car and was shot and killed. He reportedly was off his medication. Police alleged vehicular assault. | google.com |
17312 | Jamie Clark Long | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2016 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3721912 | -119.0076905 | Bakersfield Police Department |
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| Bakersfield Police Department received a report of a male brandishing a knife and threatening employees at the Amtrak Station. Several minutes later, a second call was received from an employee of Amtrak who stated this same suspect was now charging at employees with a knife. Within minutes of the second call, a Bakersfield police detective arrived and contacted the suspect. During the contact, the detective shot and killed him. | bakersfield.com |
17320 | Angel Alan Gleason | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/23/2016 | Ripon | CA | 37.752922 | -121.143354 | Manteca Police Department |
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| Police said Gleason was driving a stolen BMW when officers from the San Joaquin County Delta Regional Auto Theft Team spotted him. They gave chase, and at some point Manteca police got involved. It went south on Highway 99 and entered Ripon, where Gleason took the Jack Tone Road offramp. His car struck another car occupied by a woman and her young daughter, causing it to overturn. Gleason got out of the BMW armed with a handgun, jumped over a guard rail and onto an embankment above railroad tracks. Police shot and killed him. | manteca.ca.us |
17324 | Kerry Peters | 34 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 02/23/2016 | Chadron | NE | 42.9163983 | -102.9170476 | Fall River County Sheriff's Office (SD), Oglala Sioux Tribal Department of Public Safety (SD) |
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| A deputy started chasing a vehicle that had been parked on US-18 east of Oelrichs, South Dakota, at around 4 a.m. Oglala Sioux officers then took over and followed the vehicle south into Nebraska. According to police, the vehicle suddenly reversed course and headed north, striking a tribal police cruiser and injuring an officer. The vehicle went out of control and crashed, catching fire. The driver, Kerry Peters, died in the crash. Two passengers were hospitalized. | rapidcityjournal.com |
17322 | Leo Mackie Sr. | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/23/2016 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.5560261 | -97.6206425 | Oklahoma City Police Department |
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| Police were looking for someone else when they found Mackie, who was apparently wanted. He barricaded himself in a home and then shot himself. | theweeklychallenger.com |
17323 | Baltazar Silva-Ramos | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/23/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.7127106 | -95.3172237 | Houston Police Department |
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| The decedent caused a disturbance at a bus station. He was opening gas tanks with a machete, and apparently trying to light them. He may have struck an officer with the machete before he was shot and killed. | abc13.com |
17319 | Alex Buckner | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 02/23/2016 | Glendale | AZ | 33.5922347 | -112.162911 | Phoenix Police Department, Glendale Police Department |
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| Buckner shot his family and set their home ablaze. Killed were Kim, his mother, his father, Vic, and his sisters, Kaitlin, 18, and Emma, 6. Alex was shot by police as he pointed a gun at them. | azfamily.com |
17321 | Travis Stevenson | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/23/2016 | Baton Rouge | LA | 30.4362489 | -91.1751531 | East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies were called out to a home after Stevenson's girlfriend reported that he had allegedly broken into her apartment and sprayed mace at her and her daughter. Stevenson left before the deputies arrived, but they were able to reach him on the phone when he threatened to jump from a bridge. Law enforcement checked both bridges crossing the Mississippi River in the area and were unable to find Stevenson. Two EBRSO homicide detectives found him and tried to get Stevenson out of his vehicle. Police say the detectives shot and killed Stevenson after he tried to ram into them with his vehicle. | theadvocate.com |
17328 | Christopher J. Davis | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/24/2016 | East Troy | WI | 42.7964607 | -88.3846995 | Walworth County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police from the Town of East Troy Police Department, Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Village of East Troy Police Department approached a car in the parking lot of Roma's Ristorante and Lounge, according to the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office was assisting village of East Troy police with a drug investigation. Deputy Juan Ortiz shot Davis, it is alleged, as he drove in the general direction of officers. Police alleged vehicular assault. | jsonline.com |
17325 | Martin Wirth | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 02/24/2016 | Bailey | CO | 39.446133 | -105.475033 | Park County Sheriff's Office |
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| Eight deputies were trying to serve a high-risk eviction notice. Martin Wirth had been going through a lengthy eviction dispute over the property. Police say Wirth came out to his deck, paused and then went back inside. Officers then followed him inside the residence. As they entered, police say Wirth fired at the officers. Officers returned fire, shooting and killing Wirth. Corporal Nate Carrigan, who was with Park County Sheriff's Office for 13 years, was shot and died at the scene. | 9news.com |
17327 | Bobby Keith Brumfield | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 02/24/2016 | Auburn | AL | 32.5894508 | -85.4791558 | Auburn Police Department |
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| Police were investigating an armed convenience store robbery. Officers soon found the 1987 Jeep Wrangler and driver that matched the suspect description. Police said Brumfield refused to pull over for the traffic stop and led them on a pursuit. During this time, Brumfield allegedly shot at one of the pursuing officer and struck his vehicle. The officer was not injured and returned fire. The pursuit ended when Brumfield crashed into a 2008 GMC Yukon. The 47-year-old driver and a juvenile were injured and taken to a hospital. Authorities found Brumfield dead inside the Jeep from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound. | ledger-enquirer.com |
17326 | Robert Keil | 16 | Male | European-American/White | 02/24/2016 | Blue Springs | MO | 39.0013235 | -94.2879946 | Blue Springs Police Department |
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| Keil is said to have called police, saying there was a burglarly in progress, and then when they arrived, rushed them with a knife. | fox4kc.com |
17329 | Victor Rivera | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/24/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.46574 | -112.2206346 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Phoenix police say Rivera was driving a stolen car when he was shot and killed by police after using the car as a battering ram in an attempt to flee. Police alleged vehicular assault. | azcentral.com |
17330 | Francisco Garcia | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/24/2016 | Norwalk | CA | 33.8876024 | -118.0999869 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| A deputy was investigating a stolen car. He told Garcia to get out of the car, but Garcia attempted to flee and was shot and killed. | latimes.com |
17332 | Elvin Clyde Lloyd III | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/25/2016 | Rockport | TX | 28.0622572 | -97.0545013 | Rockport Police Department |
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| A man is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a three-hour standoff with police. Police say the man barricaded himself and a child inside the home. San Patricio county SWAT entered the home after 3 hours and found the man dead, and the child unharmed. | caller.com |
17335 | Luke Nathan Miller | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2016 | Evans | CO | 40.3773694 | -104.6935319 | Evans Police Department |
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| Officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle. Two suspects ran. One temporarily got away, but a couple hours later, police caught up with him. According to police, he shot at them and was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com |
17337 | Codey Matthew Harris | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.7127956 | -95.2727092 | Houston Police Department |
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| Harris slapped his common-law wife at their residence and threatened to shoot her and commit suicide. She left the house with her children. Officer E. Perez responded. Harris barricaded himself into the house. SWAT responded. After some hours of negotiation, Harris shot at himself twice, striking himself once in the head. | houstontx.gov |
17336 | Alex J. Zoucha | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2016 | Bellevue | NE | 41.1375639 | -95.9016107 | Bellevue Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a disturbance call. When police arrived, they saw Zoucha attempting to force entry into a home. Neighbors told news media that they heard yelling; some said Zoucha was shouting about Jesus or God. Police said Zoucha was non-compliant and fought. Police tasered him, and he died at the scene. | ketv.com |
17333 | Cedric Larry Ford | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/25/2016 | Hesston | KS | 38.1373822 | -97.4269776 | Hesston Police Department |
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| Ford led police on a miles long shooting spree before being killed at a factory. He'd killed three and injured 14 before Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder shot and killed him. | nytimes.com |
17334 | Tristan Stearns Conti | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2016 | Silver Springs | NV | 39.4162438 | -119.2249666 | Lyon County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy was shot, one suspect was killed and another was hurt in an officer-involved shooting that stemmed from a Sparks, Nevada, carjacking and ended in Silver Springs, 45 miles away. | rgj.com |
17331 | Greg Gunn | 58 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/25/2016 | Montgomery | AL | 32.348615 | -86.331481 | Montgomery Police Department |
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| An officer noticed a suspicious looking man walking in the area and stopped to talk to him. That's when a struggle between the officer and the man occurred, police say. The struggle lasted for about a block before the officer fired a shot at the man and killed him. The man was believed to have been armed with a painting pole or stick. Montgomery Police Officer AC Smith was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death and sentenced to 14 years in prison. | wsfa.com |
17338 | David Wayne Campbell | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 02/26/2016 | Belfair | WA | 47.5041617 | -122.9313557 | Mason County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police say they used tear gas to flush a suicidal man who had killed several family members and a neighbor from his house—and that's when he stepped outside and killed himself. | kitsapsun.com |
17343 | David Lenzen | 57 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/26/2016 | Bloomington | IL | 40.4952798 | -88.9631606 | Normal Police Department |
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| David Lenzen reportedly shot himself during a police chase. Police said officers responded to a residence in Normal at around 10:30 a.m. after a woman reported that Lenzen was holding her against her will. Lenzen fled in a vehicle and police chased him until they said he shot himself as the vehicle stopped on Towanda Avenue near Rowe Drive in Bloomington. | wglt.org |
17340 | Travis Smith | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/26/2016 | Goose Creek | SC | 32.9704233 | -80.0107193 | Berkeley County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Kimber Gist was investigating a suspicious vehicle with two people inside behind the Food Lion in Goose Creek. She had detained Smith, and as she was getting information from him, a fight broke out. That struggle turned into a gunfight, police said. Smith was later found in a North Charleston home on Bexley Street. He was alive when found, but eventually died of either Gist's shots or a self-inflicted gunshot. | live5news.com |
17342 | Keisha Redding | 23 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/26/2016 | St. Louis | MO | 38.7014661 | -90.2925825 | Velda City Police Department |
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| Velda City police tried to stop a Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Mikal Hamilton. The car sped away from police and ran a red light at the intersection, where it struck Keisha Redding, 23, of St. Louis, killing her. | stltoday.com |
17341 | Abraham Mitchell Fryer | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 02/26/2016 | Rapid City | SD | 44.0674667 | -103.1555329 | Pennington County Sheriff's Office |
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| After a traffic stop, Fryer and Pennington County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Schoeberl fought, although it has not been reported what caused the fight. Schoeberl shot and killed Fryer. | kotatv.com |
17339 | Kionte DeShaun Spencer | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/26/2016 | Cave Spring | VA | 37.2314755 | -80.0080891 | Roanoke County Police Department |
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| Officers told Spencer several times to stop walking northbound on Electric Road, but he would not, according to police. Police say there were two attempts to tase Spencer, but neither were effective. The Roanoke County police chief says two officers then fired shots at Spencer after he turned toward them. A BB gun was still in Spencer's hand when he was shot. | roanoke.com |
17344 | Brian Danis | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 02/26/2016 | George West | TX | 28.3372399 | -98.028676 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| Trooper Carlos Martinez responded to a complaint that Danis, was behaving oddly at a Valero gas station, which he had vandalized. Trooper Martinez tracked Danis to a Flying J gas station, where he started playing with a fuel nozzle and spilling gasoline on the ground. When he was confronted, Danis ran away, drew a revolver from his pocket and shot himself. Texas Ranger James Bennett investigated. | etypeservices.com |
17345 | Fernando Hernandez | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/27/2016 | Floresville | TX | 29.1313272 | -98.155939 | Wilson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said Hernandez had stolen a car and fired shots at a house on a Wilson County road and began driving around Highway 181. Deputies began pursuing the man until he stopped, got out of the car and began firing at the deputies. Deputies returned fire, killing Hernandez. | mysanantonio.com |
17346 | Nathan Grissom | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 02/28/2016 | Ashville | AL | 33.8373129 | -86.2507997 | Ashville Police Department |
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| Police were called to a domestic disturbance. Police say Grissom took out a gun as officers approached him, and he was shot and killed. | wbrc.com |
17347 | Earl Wesson Hicks | 44 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 02/28/2016 | Rapid City | SD | 44.0798069 | -103.2170235 | Rapid City Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a shooting. Police say Hicks pointed a gun at an officer, prompting him to shoot and kill him. | kotatv.com |
17348 | D'Londre Tyrell Minifield | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/28/2016 | Winchester | VA | 39.1613852 | -78.1769202 | Winchester Police Department |
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| Police say they responded after receiving reports of a fight in progress with the possibility of a firearm present. Once officers arrived, they made contact with two men. One of the men is said to have fled on foot and officers pursued. Police say the man stopped, and as officers approached, shot and killed himself. | whsv.com |
17349 | Akiel Rakim Lakeith Denkins | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/29/2016 | Raleigh | NC | 35.7657357 | -78.6329557 | Raleigh Police Department |
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| Police say they were arresting Denkins on a warrant when he bolted. They say he pulled a gun, and they shot and killed him. | abclocal.go.com |
17350 | Mickey Dewayne Sweatt | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/01/2016 | Gautier | MS | 30.4473634 | -88.6458818 | Gautier Police Department |
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| Mickey Sweatt was shot and killed by a Gautier officer as he fired on the officer, after a two-hour standoff that started over a domestic disturbance, police said. | gulflive.com |
17351 | Dimitri Corcino | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 03/01/2016 | Palm Bay | FL | 28.0290981 | -80.6402753 | Palm Bay Police Department |
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| Corcino was shot and killed by a Palm Bay police officer after a two-hour standoff that started over threats about construction work next door, police said. | clickorlando.com |
17352 | Jorge Brian Gonzalez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/01/2016 | Euless | TX | 32.8303631 | -97.0913575 | Euless Police Department |
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| Officer David Hofer was shot and killed by Gonzalez after responding to a call of possible shots fired at the park. Gonzalez was then shot and killed by police. | star-telegram.com |
25334 | Gerardo Cruz | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/01/2016 | San Diego | CA | 32.5750242 | -116.9147637 | U.S. Border Patrol |
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| Gerardo Cruz suffered a fatal medical condition while in custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. This incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system. News media have not reported whether Cruz was charged with a crime or was applying for asylum in the United States, so his incarceration status is uncertain. | abcnews.go.com |
17355 | David Perry Peeples | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/02/2016 | Odessa | TX | 31.8656395 | -102.3271498 | Ector County Sheriff's Office |
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| Peeples struck his girlfriend with a hammer, threatened to shoot her, apologized for his behavior and threatened to commit suicide. He drove away. Deputies tried to pull him over. Peeples shot himself in the chest. | force.com |
17353 | Travis Boyd Bradley | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/02/2016 | Bel Air | MD | 39.4924034 | -76.3319585 | Harford County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said Bradley was shot and killed after firing on sheriff's deputies and refusing to surrender during a standoff at a home. The Harford County Sheriff's Office said that deputies responded after reports of a suicidal person. Deputies had attempted to communicate with the man in person and by phone, but after some negotiations, he came out of the home and fired a gun. Police shot and killed him. | baltimoresun.com |
17354 | Daniel David Burkhardt | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 03/02/2016 | Johnstown | PA | 40.3539953 | -78.948951 | Johnstown Police Department |
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| Three police arrived at the location after being dispatched to the area for a report of a man with a knife. State police said the Johnstown officers said they came in contact with Burkhardt and that he was armed with two knives, one in each hand. State police said the officers told him to drop the knives, but he wouldn't and moved toward the officers. Officers fired bean bag rounds from a shot gun and a Taser at Burkhardt, but he continued to move toward them. That's when Officers Erin Kabler, Kevin Fickes and Justin Green shot and killed him. | tribdem.com |
17357 | George Biehs | 66 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/03/2016 | Livermore | CA | 37.6745274 | -121.7566084 | Livermore Police Department |
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| Biehs was sitting inside a car outside the Livermore Police Department when he shot himself, which caused an officer to shoot at the car, police said. The officer fired his gun four times after arriving to the back parking lot of the station on Pacific Avenue around 3 a.m. after hearing a shotgun blast that shattered the car's glass. | mercurynews.com |
17358 | Robert James Covington | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/03/2016 | Dallas | TX | 32.9087702 | -96.7466421 | Dallas Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service |
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| Police said they were attempting to serve an arrest warrant out of Nebraska, and when they arrive, a shot was fired. Robert Covington barricaded himself in the apartment, there was a four-hour standoff, which ended abruptly. Police said that Covington shot and killed himself. | google.com |
17356 | Sergio Ochoa | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/03/2016 | Gilbert | AZ | 33.3356575 | -111.7729691 | Mesa Police Department |
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| After threatening his girlfriend with a gun, Ochoa led police on a chase. Police tracked him down at a home with seven people inside. Officers chased him into the backyard where police say he pulled out several large kitchen knives. Officers attempted to use a less lethal beanbag round, but were unsuccessful. Ochoa continued to advance toward officers with the knives, and police shot and killed him. | azcentral.com |
17359 | Alexander Warren Thompson | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/03/2016 | Princeton | NC | 35.479249 | -78.228967 | Kenly Police Department |
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| Police said after a high-speed chase and crash, Thompson got out of his truck and ran toward the officer. The officer gave multiple commands to stop. When the driver kept advancing, the officer tasered him. He died three days later. Jesse Craig Santifort, 34, eventually pled guilty to assault when the police narrative reported above proved false. A grand jury initially had indicted Santifort in September 2016 for involuntary manslaughter. | newsobserver.com |
17360 | George Kmetz | 60 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/04/2016 | Fort Wayne | IN | 41.0850517 | -85.1541151 | Fort Wayne Police Department |
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| Police were called after Kmetz's wife fled the home and told police Kmetz had pointed a loaded handgun at her during an argument, according to police. He refused to come out the home for responding officers, so the police department's Emergency Services Team and Crisis Response Team were called to assist. Kmetz was found dead by the police department's Emergency Services Team after members deployed a flash bang device in an attempt to get him to come out the home. | wishtv.com |
17363 | Pedro Rocha | 51 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/04/2016 | Stevinson | CA | 37.3276498 | -120.8511249 | Merced County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police say a deputy was driving his patrol car through an intersection when he hit Rocha. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | yourcentralvalley.com |
17362 | John Alan Chamberlain | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 03/04/2016 | Mount Ida | AR | 34.5567637 | -93.6340814 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |
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| Chamberlain was shot and killed when he confronted two deputies responding to a call. | swarkansasnews.com |
17361 | Brandon Stanley | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 03/04/2016 | East Bernstadt | KY | 37.1902454 | -84.1078007 | Laurel County Sheriff's Office |
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| A constable was attempting to serve an arrest warrant inside a gas station when Brandon Stanley was shot and killed. Stanley was unarmed. The officer was convicted of manslaughter. | sentinel-echo.com |
17364 | Eric Russell Deese | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 03/04/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.775638 | -95.178958 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 3 |
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| Deputies responding to a man with a gun call found Deese with a gun to his head. Deese ignored the deputies and walked away. A deputy tasered Deese in the back. When the five-second jolt was over, Deese put the gun to his head again and shot himself. | force.com |
17367 | Dimitrius Baldwin | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/05/2016 | Chicago | IL | 41.820582 | -87.744214 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Dimitrius Baldwin reportedly died after jumping into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal after a police chase on the Southwest Side. At around 11:30 p.m., officers said they stopped a minivan in an alley because the driver ran a stop sign. When officers approached, the van drove off. According to police, the officers followed and saw three people get out. Baldwin ran down an embankment of the Cicero bridge and jumped into the water, police said. CFD divers found Baldwin after about 10 minutes, but he died at a hospital. | suntimes.com |
17366 | Darrell P. Bosell | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 03/05/2016 | Buffalo | NY | 42.935915 | -78.715136 | Cheektowaga Town Police Department |
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| Bosell was wanted by state police on suspicion of stealing a handgun from a relative. When police caught up to him, he didn't drop the gun, which was not loaded. | buffalonews.com |
17365 | Herbert Ballance | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 03/05/2016 | Beaumont | TX | 30.070871 | -94.141466 | Beaumont Police Department |
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| Beaumont police officers fatally shot Ballance, a suspect of car theft, when he confronted the officers when they responded to the trailer park regarding a car theft. | beaumontenterprise.com |
17368 | James "Tony" Anthony Scott | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 03/06/2016 | Bismarck | ND | 46.8089534 | -100.7427999 | Bismarck Police Department |
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| Police responded to a 911 call regarding a person with a gun threatening another. When police arrived, Scott ran, leaving the weapon in the building. He was shot and killed by Officer Shaun Burkhartsmeier. | billingsgazette.com |
17370 | Osvaldo Torres | 41 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/06/2016 | South Gate | CA | 33.9406938 | -118.1755234 | South Gate Police Department |
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| Police said Torres led police on a car chase after refusing to pull over for a traffic stop. After crashing, he shot at police and was shot and killed. | lacounty.gov |
17369 | Mark Damien Minnick | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 03/06/2016 | Azle | TX | 32.864083 | -97.5137048 | Azle Police Department |
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| Police responded for a report of a man firing a gun. The first officer to arrive encountered Minnick and told him to drop his weapon. Minnick didn't comply and moved toward the officer, pointing his gun at him when the officer shot and killed him. | dallasnews.com |
17376 | Byron Rosas | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2016 | San Jose | CA | 37.3236301 | -121.8783621 | San Jose Police Department |
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| Rosas apparently stabbed his estranged wife and another person before police shot and killed him. | cbslocal.com |
17375 | Phillip Vitullo | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2016 | Rochester | NY | 43.2376877 | -77.6228607 | Rochester Police Department |
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| Officers were called to an apartment building for a report that a man there had threatened someone with a shotgun. A standoff ensued, with the suspect firing at least twice from inside the apartment building. When Vitullo leaned out of an apartment window with a shotgun, Officer Jeremy Nellist fired once, killing him. | democratandchronicle.com |
17372 | Name withheld by police | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/07/2016 | Liberty | MO | 39.236826 | -94.4195201 | Liberty Police Department, North Kansas City Police Department, Independence Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Clay County Sheriff's Office, Riverside Police Department |
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| Police said they went to a home on Leonard Street after the call came in from a woman who needed help with her adult son, a man in his 50s. Investigators said officers were in the home with the man's family members when they heard a single gunshot. Police sent a robot and SWAT team into the home and said the man was dead inside. They said they believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | kmbc.com |
17377 | Randall J. Selsor | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2016 | Topeka | KS | 39.055537 | -95.6823859 | U.S. Marshals Service |
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| Police attempted to serve warrants on Selsor. Police say a fight started and that's when he was shot and killed. | cjonline.com |
17374 | Daniel Chavez | 41 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/07/2016 | Carlsbad | NM | 32.4217803 | -104.2802851 | Carlsbad Police Department, Eddy County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to police, the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force had gone to a home in Carlsbad to arrest Chavez. They say Chavez tried to escape on foot, and then in a vehicle before he was shot. | everythinglubbock.com |
17371 | Abelino Cordova-Cuevas aka Jose Cordoba | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/07/2016 | Stockton | CA | 37.9398679 | -121.286277 | Stockton Police Department |
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| Cordova-Cuevas was pulled over at El Dorado and Clay and ran from police. When police caught up to the suspect, he allegedly began physically fighting with the officers. Police said officers tased him an unknown number of times, and he became unresponsive, then died. | kqed.org |
17373 | John Charles "JC" Graham | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2016 | Joliet | MT | 45.481793 | -108.971371 | Carbon County Sheriff's Office |
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| Three deputies were dispatched to a domestic disturbance, and around 20 minutes after their arrival Graham came out the front entrance of the residence and fired a shot at the deputies, police said. Deputies shot and killed Graham. | kulr8.com |
17380 | Cornelius "Corn" Holly | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/08/2016 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1083812 | -117.300942 | San Bernardino Police Department |
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| Cornelius "Corn" Holly was killed when an allegedly stolen car T-boned Holly's Honda Civic. The pursuit started at Baseline Street and Sierra Way when police reportedly spotted the stolen car and tried to pull it over. The driver instead sped off and drove onto the southbound 215 Freeway. Holly was driving through an intersection where the freeway exits onto 5th Street at about 4:45 a.m. when he was struck. Holly died at the scene. | latimes.com |
17378 | Jeffery Glen Casale | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 03/08/2016 | Tampa | FL | 28.0836467 | -82.4624204 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office |
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| Casale appeared to be having some sort of breakdown when he threatened officers with a CO2 powered toy gun. He pointed it at police and was shot and killed. | tampabay.com |
17379 | Jessica Holman | 33 | Female | European-American/White | 03/08/2016 | Westminster | CO | 39.8671712 | -105.085495 | Westminster Police Department |
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| Two men stole a Ford F-350 pickup truck, a trailer with two off-road vehicles. The owner saw the thieves, began to follow them and called police. Patrol officers caught up with the stolen truck as the driver was headed northbound on Wadsworth Parkway. Police activated their lights and sirens and tried to make a traffic stop. They say that's when the driver of the stolen truck veered across the median and into the southbound lanes, striking Holman's car head-on. The young mom died at the scene. | thedenverchannel.com |
17381 | Stephen Allen Austin | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 03/09/2016 | Chino | CA | 34.0448386 | -117.6827045 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, Chino Police Department |
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| A court services deputy went to serve an eviction notice and a person inside the home shot at the deputy, who called for backup from the the Chino Police Department. According to police, the man then allegedly shot multiple times at responding officers, engaging in a "gun battle" from the front of the home. The officers then deployed a non-incendiary chemical agent, but the residence became fully engulfed in flames, according to police. Investigators say the man set the fire himself. An autopsy ruled he died of a gunshot wound. | sbcountyda.org |
17387 | Derek Todd Richardson | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/10/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0108183 | -118.3223819 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Derek Todd Richardson allegedly nearly hit an LAPD officer's patrol car while popping a wheelie and was killed after crashing into an SUV during a subsequent high-speed police chase in Leimert Park. | mynewsla.com |
17384 | Arteair Porter | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/10/2016 | Reno | NV | 39.6049266 | -119.8558755 | Reno Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office |
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| Porter called police claiming his child had died and that he wanted to shoot someone. They tracked him by his cell phone, and he threatened them with a BB gun before he was shot and killed. | kolotv.com |
17388 | Kenneth Alan Rich | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 03/10/2016 | Lakehills | TX | 29.5934893 | -98.9455731 | Bandera County Sheriff's Office |
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| Rich began dying of what deputies believed to be an overdose when they arrested him for possession of methamphetamine. His cause of death was not confirmed by the time Bandera County Sheriff's Office filed the custodial deaths report. | force.com |
17386 | German Gustavo Anchondo Gonzalez | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/10/2016 | Colorado City | CO | 37.9614695 | -104.7943727 | Colorado State Patrol |
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| Police say German Gonzalez was pulled over a gas station off the interstate, ran, stole a nearby car, and drove in the general direction of officers. He was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault. | 9news.com |
17382 | Martin Rene Hurtado | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/10/2016 | Long Beach | CA | 33.8776896 | -118.2027059 | Long Beach Police Department |
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| Hurtado pointed a gun at police as he tried to run from a traffic stop. | nbclosangeles.com |
17385 | Jason Wade Meador | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 03/10/2016 | Odessa | TX | 31.8886817 | -102.373296 | U.S. Marshals Service, Odessa Police Department |
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| Police say a man was cornered in an alley and he poured flammable liquid on himself before he pointed his gun at law enforcement and was shot and killed. | oaoa.com |
17383 | Wesley Sheppard | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/10/2016 | Biloxi | MS | 30.4225685 | -88.9742314 | Biloxi Police Department |
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| Motorists reported a man with a gun on Popp's Ferry Bridge. At the time of this writing, it is uncertain if he fired on police before he was shot and killed. Sgt. Will Hipple and patrol officers Lance Miller and Matthew Boone were cleared in the killing. | sunherald.com |
17393 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 03/11/2016 | Mesa | AZ | 33.3648762 | -111.8424673 | Chandler Police Department |
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| A man robbed a bank and when police caught up with him at a gas station, showed them a gun, and then a few minutes later, shot and killed himself. | azcentral.com | |
17392 | Teodoro "Teo" Valencia Jr. | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/11/2016 | Newark | CA | 37.5400138 | -122.0276843 | Newark Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a call of a male gunman holding up the restaurant. About three minutes later, the robbery suspect left through the kitchen where a police officer positioned outside the back of the restaurant ordered him to stop, police said. The man turned toward the officer and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at him, police said. The officer shot and killed him. | insidebayarea.com |
17389 | Jack Goodman | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 03/11/2016 | Clinton | IL | 40.1452192 | -88.9553872 | Clinton Police Department |
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| Goodman called police saying he was armed and was going to kill himself. He advanced on police with a knife and was shot and killed. | news-gazette.com |
17390 | Tyre Devon Privott | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/11/2016 | Norfolk | VA | 36.9296513 | -76.2436771 | Norfolk Police Department |
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| Privott was wanted for questioning in a murder investigation. When police approached him, he shot at them and was shot and killed by Officer Ryan Crowder. | pilotonline.com |
17391 | Manford Moore Jr. | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 03/11/2016 | Rosalia | KS | 37.8101896 | -96.5942031 | Butler County Sheriff's Office |
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| A man was sitting in his truck with a gun pointed out the window, about a mile outside of town. He got out of the car and pointed it at deputies and was shot and killed. | kansas.com |
17397 | Keith Montgomery Jr. | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/12/2016 | Chester | PA | 39.843614 | -75.3671967 | Chester Police Department |
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| Police say the incident started as a suspected stolen car stop and escalated. A chase of three armed suspects ended in a shootout. Montgomery and Chester Police Captain Alan Davis was injured. | 6abc.com |
17394 | Marco Antonio Loud | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/12/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.9936767 | -95.4866628 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy interceded during an apparent carjacking attempt involving Loud, then struggled with him, police said. The deputy used a Taser to control the situation, to no avail. Police said Loud grabbed the Taser and struck the deputy, who shot and killed Loud. | chron.com |
17396 | Peter William Gaines | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/12/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.7773156 | -95.3394298 | Houston Police Department |
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| Police said the man was along the feeder road of the Eastex Freeway where he appeared agitated and under the influence while yelling obscenities. An officer tried to calm down the man, but he charged at the officer and kept coming even after a Taser was used on him, police said. The officer then fired his weapon multiple times and struck the man. | chron.com |
17398 | Michael Roll | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 03/12/2016 | Bowling Green | KY | 36.9432674 | -86.4471721 | Kentucky State Police |
|
| Police received reports of an overturned vehicle and a driver who was combative and appeared to be under the influence. When officials arrived to the scene, they found a 1995 Toyota 4-Runner overturned onto its side. Police say the driver, Michael Roll, became combative and police tasered him. He died at the scene. | bgdailynews.com |
17395 | Christopher Michael Tokazowski | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 03/12/2016 | Greensboro | NC | 36.1077244 | -79.8091666 | Greensboro Police Department |
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| Police went to a house and resolved a domestic dispute. Hours later, they returned to the home to serve papers, and Tokazowski met them at the door with a gun. After a standoff and a shootout, he was found dead. | greensboro.com |
17399 | William John Jennings Jr. | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/12/2016 | Birch Run | MI | 43.2486277 | -83.7730388 | Michigan State Police |
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| Michigan State Police troopers responded to a call of a despondent person who reportedly had a gun in his vehicle, according to police. Troopers spotted the vehicle and attempted to pull it over, and the driver failed to stop. Troopers eventually ran the vehicle off the road. Troopers found the driver unresponsive. Jennings died at the scene. | mlive.com |
17404 | Gevork Alachadzhyan | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2016 | Glendale | CA | 34.1463326 | -118.2471899 | West Covina Police Department |
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| Alachadzhyan stole a West Covina police car and after a chase was shot and killed. | lacounty.gov |
17403 | Amy Jean McCoy | 38 | Female | European-American/White | 03/13/2016 | Vancouver | WA | 45.6813175 | -122.5745971 | Clark County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A woman driving erratically crashed her car, then tried to break into homes armed with hammer and knife. She attacked the police who responded to the attempted breakins, and they shot and killed her. | spokesman.com |
17400 | Jose Raul Cruz | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/13/2016 | Addison | TX | 32.9400024 | -96.8557398 | Farmers Branch Police Department |
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| Off-duty Officer Ken Johnson saw a burglary and pursued the stolen car. While attempting an arrest, Johnson alleged that Jose Raul Cruz made a sudden threatening movement and shot and killed him. | google.com |
17402 | Joshua Grubb | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2016 | Lenoir City | TN | 35.8290162 | -84.2815536 | Lenoir City Police Department |
|
| Police responded to a call from the Ruby Tuesdays restaurant across the street from the Bimbo's gas station. Police were arresting the driver of a pickup, when a passenger took off. Officer Tyrel Lorenz got in the back of the truck and shot and killed Grubb. Lenoir City was later ordered to pay "six figures" to stave off the threat of a lawsuit from the family of the man. | police1.com |
17405 | Jacai Colson | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/13/2016 | Landover | MD | 38.9170672 | -76.8759246 | Prince George's County Police Department |
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| Prince George's County Police Officer Jacai Colson was killed when a gunman opened fire on officers outside the department's District III station, which is near the county headquarters, police said. Colson was intentionally shot and killed by another officer during the exchange of gunfire. He was not in uniform, and it may have been a case of mistaken identity. | washingtonpost.com |
17401 | Wesley Chad Deerman | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2016 | Piedmont | AL | 33.9245454 | -85.6113501 | Piedmont Police Department |
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| Police say Deerman fired on them after he ran into a ditch, fleeing capture while driving a stolen car. He was shot and killed. | wvtm13.com |
17406 | Lamar Harris | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/14/2016 | Chicago | IL | 41.8710302 | -87.7181233 | Chicago Police Department |
|
| Officers were investigating "possible narcotics activity," police said. They approached Harris, who took off running and then turned and fired, hitting one officer in the back, another in the foot and the third officer in the chest, possibly in his bulletproof vest, police said. At least one of the officers shot and killed Harris. | chicagotribune.com |
17409 | Daniel Wooters | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2016 | Evansville | IN | 37.9929525 | -87.5095105 | Evansville Police Department |
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| Evansville officers fatally shot a man after a chase that started when he charged at another officer with a knife and stole her squad car. | courierpress.com |
17408 | Joseph Harris | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2016 | Russellville | KY | 36.8508644 | -86.8918894 | Russellville Police Department |
|
| Harris apparently shot his girlfriend and then fled. Police caught up with him a few blocks away and shot and killed him. | apnews.com |
17407 | Ed Russell McIver Sr. | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2016 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7309319 | -97.4957204 | Fort Worth Police Department |
|
| Fort Worth police officers attempted a felony traffic stop for 43-year-old Ed McIver Sr., who was with his 21-year-old son, Ed McIver Jr. The pair fled, and the father was shot and killed not long later. The son was later captured. | google.com |
23457 | Name withheld by police | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/15/2016 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2398059 | -110.9011857 | Tucson Police Department |
|
| An unidentified person was shot and killed by a Tucson officer. No news reports are available for this death. The person was allegedly armed with a handgun. | google.com |
17410 | Charles Thomas Sellers Jr. | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2016 | Willow Park | TX | 32.731819 | -97.622604 | Parker County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Sellers shot himself during a DUI traffic stop. | force.com |
17412 | Dennis Matthew Penny | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 03/16/2016 | Lilesville | NC | 35.0204217 | -79.8940806 | Anson County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputies were called to check the welfare of a woman on Blewett Falls Road in Lilesville. The woman's boyfriend, Penny, exchanged gunfire with the deputies and was shot and killed. | ansonrecord.com |
17413 | Cristian Rene Medina | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/16/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9811937 | -118.2411736 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
|
| Deputies responded to a false robbery report and found Medina, who held his hands as though he were holding a gun, pointing his finger at the deputies. He was shot and killed. | latimes.com |
17418 | Vincent Avila | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/16/2016 | Apple Valley | CA | 34.5071819 | -117.2253505 | Fontana Police Department |
|
| An off-duty Fontana police officer shot and killed a suspected robber at the officer's home, according to police. The officer said he woke up and found a man—armed with a handgun—in his home, trying to steal property. The off-duty officer briefly struggled with the man, eventually holding him at gunpoint, but the man refused to comply with commands to show his hands or to lie down on the ground. When he reached for his waist, the officer shot and killed him. | ktla.com |
17414 | Syiid Brinkley | 13 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/16/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3185296 | -76.6526122 | Baltimore Police Department |
|
| Two teenagers, Cornell Gilbert and Syiid Brinkley in a stolen car were killed in a crash after the driver fled police, police said. Patrol officers had been on the lookout for the car after it was reported stolen nearby earlier in the day, police said. Officers in a marked police cruiser spotted the car and attempted to stop it, police said. They said the BMW hit a curb and then crashed into the utility pole. The driver was not injured. | baltimoresun.com |
17415 | Cornell Gilbert Jr. | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/16/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3185296 | -76.6526122 | Baltimore Police Department |
|
| Two teenagers, Cornell Gilbert and Syiid Brinkley in a stolen car were killed in a crash after the driver fled police, police said. Patrol officers had been on the lookout for the car after it was reported stolen nearby earlier in the day, police said. Officers in a marked police cruiser spotted the car and attempted to stop it, police said. They said the BMW hit a curb and then crashed into the utility pole. The driver was not injured. | baltimoresun.com |
17411 | Eric Hernandez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/16/2016 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3627304 | -98.4894756 | San Antonio Police Department |
|
| Hernandez got into an altercation with neighbors who were moving furniture and fired shots at their home around 2 a.m. He went back inside his home, and while a search warrant was being prepared, police kept watch to make sure he didn't come out again with a gun. When SWAT arrived around 10 a.m. to the serve the warrant, the man came out of the house armed with a weapon and started pacing in front of his home and in the street. He was shot and killed. | ksat.com |
17417 | Dallis Hernandez | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 03/16/2016 | Davie | FL | 26.0418063 | -80.3536378 | Miramar Police Department |
|
| A Miramar police officer shot someone who attempted to break into his home, police said. The incident was reported shortly after 6 a.m. while Det. Tate Thomas was at home with his children. | local10.com |
17416 | Richard Gonzalez | 55 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/16/2016 | Bronx | NY | 40.8079247 | -73.9225994 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Police responded to a domestic disturbance, regarding Gonzalez, who may have been high on cocaine. A fight happened, and he was restrained, dying at the scene. | nydailynews.com |
17424 | Sunny Chin | 53 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/17/2016 | Tampa | FL | 27.888922 | -82.4991115 | Tampa Police Department |
|
| Police say officers responded to a domestic disturbance call. Once on scene, officers spoke to Sunny Chin, 53, who they say who refused to cooperate and pointed a handgun at them, misfired, and when back into the house. Later, Chin came out of the house and onto his carport, with a gun tucked into a towel around his waist. Officers approached the suspect while carrying a shield, and ordered him to keep his hands visible and not fire on them. Chin then reportedly reached for the weapon at his waist and fired one shot, which hit the shield. Officers then shot and killed Chin. | baynews9.com |
17421 | Wyllis J. "Will" Spillars | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2016 | Conway | SC | 33.6913605 | -78.9983368 | Horry County Police Department |
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| Police responded to a suicidal call. After a five-hour standoff, he apparently shot himself. | myrtlebeachonline.com |
17422 | Ryan Shorak | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2016 | Midland | PA | 40.698386 | -80.4934 | Midland Police Department, Ohioville Police Department |
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| Authorities said Shorak, who had been drinking alcohol, threatened his wife and was armed with an AK-47 and 50 caliber pistol. She left the home, but when police arrived the man fired at least ten shots at officers with a semi-automatic rifle. After several hours of standoff, police shot and killed him. | ncnewsonline.com |
17423 | Map Kong | 38 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/17/2016 | Burnsville | MN | 44.7746951 | -93.3170555 | Burnsville Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a call about a man acting suspiciously outside the McDonalds off Hwy. 13 and Washburn Avenue. They confronted the man, who police say was brandishing a knife, and Officers Taylor Jacobs, John Mott and Maskim Yakovlev shot and killed him. | patch.com |
17419 | Christopher Demond Nelms | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/17/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.929321 | -95.4105634 | Houston Police Department |
|
| Police were surveiling five suspects who attempted to rob an Affordable Furniture store, police said. The men came out running and ignored verbal commands to drop their weapons. Two were shot and killed. | chron.com |
17420 | Scott Lance Bennett | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/17/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.929321 | -95.4105634 | Houston Police Department |
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| Police were surveiling five suspects who attempted to rob an Affordable Furniture store, police said. The men came out running and ignored verbal commands to drop their weapons. Two were shot and killed. | chron.com |
17425 | Ngoc Dung Tran | 54 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/17/2016 | Lubbock | TX | 33.5778123 | -101.8552625 | Lubbock Police Department |
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| Lubbock police officers were authorized to collide with a fleeing suspect, later identified as Jonathan Lovato, 33, in order to stop him, according to police. But, police say Lovato crashed his gray Chrysler Sebring into another vehicle, which caused a chain-reaction crash that killed Tran and injured five. | everythinglubbock.com |
17426 | Deontea Perry Mackey | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/18/2016 | Greenville | SC | 34.837258 | -82.381533 | Greenville Police Department |
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| Officer Allen Jacobs and his partner were on patrol when they spotted Mackey on Rebecca Street and pulled over for a field interview, police said. But Mackey ran, leading officers on a foot chase that snaked through woods and behind houses. Jacobs' partner radioed in, saying an officer was down. Jacobs was struck multiple times, despite wearing a bulletproof vest. Mackey kept running for about a half mile, crossing onto Baxter Street toward a spur to the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Two officers were there waiting. Cornered, police said officers saw Mackey call his mother before taking his own life. | greenvilleonline.com |
17427 | Michael Mallet aka Michael Mallett | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/18/2016 | Byron | CA | 37.878525 | -121.64742 | Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police went to arrest a man for child molestation. After an overnight standoff, police sent in tear gas. He came out with a gun and was shot and killed. | sfgate.com |
17428 | David Alma Giles | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 03/18/2016 | Idaho Falls | ID | 43.4701735 | -111.9914279 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy was initially responding to a 911 call regarding a medical issue along U.S. Highway 20. When the deputy arrived with Giles at the EIRMC parking lot, a fight occurred and Giles was shot and killed. | eastidahonews.com |
17431 | Thurman Reynolds | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/19/2016 | Park Forest | IL | 41.4765106 | -87.6861845 | Park Forest Police Department |
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| Park Forest Police were investigating a break-in at a vacant home and a stolen vehicle found at the location. After learning a person was inside the building, police set up a perimeter around the home. As the suspect left, police say they tried to take him into custody, he produced a handgun and started shooting at the officers, and he was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com |
17434 | Torrey Lamar Robinson | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/19/2016 | Port Richey | FL | 28.2907375 | -82.6793257 | Pasco County Sheriff's Office |
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| Robinson broke into a home on Dresden Lane and began fighting with the person who was home at the time. Deputies and fire rescue came and tried to take the suspect into custody, but he fought them. Deputies tasered Robinson. He was handcuffed and became unconscious, and died a short time later. | fox13news.com |
17433 | Tony Shakir | 38 | Male | Middle Eastern | 03/19/2016 | Maricopa | AZ | 33.0468027 | -112.0516197 | Maricopa Police Department |
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| Maricopa Police Department officers responded to a call of shots fired. When officers arrived, they learned of a domestic dispute between an ex-husband and ex-wife and discovered Randy Phillips, 49, had already been fatally shot. A woman and two children were still inside the house with the shooter, identified as 38-year-old Tony Shakir. Negotiations with Shakir lasted more than five hours as officers were in contact with him via telephone. When police made their way inside the home, where Shakir was found dead in the garage from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. | inmaricopa.com |
17430 | Dylan R. Whitaker | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 03/19/2016 | White Plains | KY | 37.1418509 | -87.415275 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Kentucky State Police says a trooper was involved in a chase with an ATV that ended on Dragline Road. Police said the driver of the ATV, Whitaker, lost control and overturned. The suspect then allegedly brandished a handgun and fired shots at the trooper, who shot and killed him. | wbko.com |
17429 | India M. Beaty | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/19/2016 | Norfolk | VA | 36.9265566 | -76.1909179 | Norfolk Police Department |
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| Police said Beaty threatened officers with a replica gun when they shot and killed her. | cbsnews.com |
17432 | Joshua Douglas | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 03/19/2016 | Covington | LA | 30.4256261 | -90.0602948 | St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said a deputy killed Douglas in a residential area off Helenberg Road south of Covington. Deputies had been chasing Douglas for a traffic violation. | nola.com |
17437 | Boyd Keith Ballard | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2016 | Hopewell | VA | 37.2911428 | -77.2888827 | Hopewell Police Department |
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| Ballard stabbed his daughter's boyfriend and was shot and killed in the parking lot when he advanced toward officer with knives saying, "Shoot me." | nbc12.com |
17438 | Evan Dorsey | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2016 | Russiaville | IN | 40.4141504 | -86.2744378 | Howard County Sheriff's Office |
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| Several Howard Co. sheriff's deputies attempted to deliver an outstanding warrant out of Clinton County for possession of a syringe. The sheriff's department said Dorsey didn't respond when deputies knocked on the door, but he simply started shooting, hitting two officers; one died. After a two-hour standoff, police entered the residence and found him dead of an apparent suicide. | theindychannel.com |
17435 | Abraham Martinez | 62 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/20/2016 | Fort Wayne | IN | 41.0496417 | -85.1332755 | Fort Wayne Police Department |
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| Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department and Indiana State Police responded to a call about shots fired at an AutoZone. When they arrived on scene, officers found a man with a gun outside of the business. According to police, the suspect began to fire shots at officers while trying to flee. He was shot and killed by Fort Wayne Police Officer David Wilkins and Indiana State Police trooper John Grant. | dailyherald.com |
17436 | Robert Dentmond | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/20/2016 | Gainesville | FL | 29.6404206 | -82.4055113 | Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Gainesville Police Department |
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| Officials say they responded to the Majestic Oaks apartment complex after Dentmond called 911 saying he had an automatic weapon and that he was going to shoot himself. Dentmond was shot and killed after officials told him to drop his gun, but he didn't comply. | gainesville.com |
17439 | Clarence Briggs | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2016 | Fort Littleton | PA | 40.0505088 | -77.9597247 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Armed with a handgun, Briggs, who retired from the police force four years ago, went to the toll booth and ordered two of the workers into the booth, police said. Briggs then attempted to tie up the victims, but when they began to fight back, Briggs tried to leave the scene, as the victims also tried to run. About that time, a turnpike fare collection vehicle arrived at the toll station, as Ronald Heist, who worked as a security guard at the turnpike, also came into view. At that point, Briggs opened fire, striking Grouse and Heist. The driver of the collection vehicle then fled, and Briggs took off in the vehicle and drove it to his own car, which was parked several hundred yards away. Briggs began to unload money from the collection vehicle into his own car when police arrived, and there was an exchange of gunfire. Briggs was shot and killed. | mcall.com |
17440 | Pablo Alejandro Perez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/20/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.7637038 | -95.3594914 | Houston Police Department |
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| Officer S. Running tried to pull over a white Lincoln Town Car that he regarded as suspicious. The driver, Perez, evaded Officer Running. Officers J. Allen, V. Lagunas, K. Rogers and J. Kilty joined the pursuit. The Lincoln crashed into a tree. Perez left the vehicle and jumped into Buffalo Bayou. Sergeant C. Sedita and Sergeant S. Jewell, and Officers K. Clopton, J. Martin, C. Nguyen and N. Byrd tried and failed to pull Perez from the water. | force.com |
17442 | Ralph "Phil" Grenon | 76 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2016 | Burlington | VT | 44.4769761 | -73.2158345 | Burlington Police Department |
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| Grenon, who was mentally ill and known to police, advanced on police with knives when he was shot and killed by Officer David Bowers. | burlingtonfreepress.com |
17444 | Lonnie Blue Jr. | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/21/2016 | Jackson | MS | 32.3246909 | -90.2301333 | Clinton Police Department |
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| Lonnie Blue Jr. was killed when a car fleeing an alleged shoplifting at a Walmart crashed into his car head on. Blue died at the scene. Donnell Williams Johnson, 28, Ashley Travis, 23, and James Williams, 35, were arrested after the crash, which occurred shortly before midnight. Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance disputed claims by Clinton police that Jackson police were informed of the high-speed pursuit in advance. | clarionledger.com |
17443 | Edward Gorinski | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2016 | Greensburg | PA | 40.27928 | -79.5471946 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Gorinski was using a rifle in an attempted carjacking. He was shot and killed. | wtae.com |
17441 | Dylan Pape | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2016 | Stamford | CT | 41.1135038 | -73.5278929 | Stamford Police Department |
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| Police responded for a report that Dylan Pape had a gun and was threatening harm. After an hour of negotiations, police said Pape appeared with what appeared to be a gun and was shot by Lt. Christopher Baker and Sgt. Steven Perrotta. Assistant Police Chief James Matheny said the gun was a BB gun, although it appeared to be a real semiautomatic pistol. | stamfordadvocate.com |
17447 | Travis J. Blair | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2016 | Fredericksburg | VA | 38.2808636 | -77.4786511 | Fredericksburg Police Department |
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| During a traffic stop, Blair refused to comply with the officer's commands, and they fought. Blair then put his vehicle in drive, dragging the officer before the car crashed into a ditch. The fight continued between Blair and the officer. Blair then fled the vehicle on foot. The officer pursued the suspect on foot for a few hundred feet before catching up to the suspect. Blair again refused to comply with the officer's commands, another fight happened, and the officer shot and killed Blair. Blair apparently was wanted for failing to appear in court on a felony drug possession charge. | wjla.com |
17445 | David Gillispie | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2016 | Spencerville | OH | 40.6729009 | -84.3175933 | Lima Police Department, Auglaize County Sheriff's Office |
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| Sgt. David Gillispie, of the Lima Police Department, shoots and kills himself in cemetery in front of Auglaize County deputies. | daytondailynews.com |
17446 | Ethan James Rincon | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/22/2016 | Palmetto Bay | FL | 25.5998868 | -80.3359092 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| Ethan James Rincon was shot and killed by police late Tuesday after cracking the windows and slashing the tires of six cars, then threatened three officers with a pickaxe, police said. | miamiherald.com |
17452 | Dustin Edward Jones | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 03/23/2016 | Okaloosa Island | FL | 30.3966304 | -86.6008301 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Investigators say a disturbance began outside the Red Rose Gentleman's Club on Santa Rosa Boulevard and spilled over into a parking lot across the street where shots were fired. An off-duty Escambia County Sheriff's deputy was injured, as was another man. Jones was killed. | thegoodcountry.com |
17450 | Raymond Gonzalez | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/23/2016 | Fresno | CA | 36.770475 | -119.7906315 | Fresno Police Department |
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| Gonzalez was standing with another man in front of Scotty's Liquor Store when officers spotted him. A plainclothes officer thought he was acting "suspiciously" and tried to contact him, police said. Gonzalez dropped a backpack and fled, and as he ran he pulled a handgun out of his waistband.An officer fired one round and missed. Police said body cam video shows when Gonzalez raised himself up, he had a black object in his hand that the officer believed was a gun. The officer fired again, this time killing Gonzalez. | fresnobee.com |
17449 | Sean Curtis | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 03/23/2016 | Ventura | CA | 34.2593774 | -119.2088773 | Ventura Police Department |
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| Police say Curtis shot himself when they arrived to question him about the molestation of two 10-year-old girls. | nbclosangeles.com |
17448 | Daven Scott Hannu | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 03/23/2016 | Thornton | CO | 39.8526338 | -104.9823125 | Thornton Police Department |
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| Police said an officer saw a suspicious driver pull into an RTD station lot. The car's lights were turned off. The officer talked to the driver, and walked back his patrol car. Police said the officer was seated back in his car when the suspect shot at him with a shotgun. The officer fired back, but the man returned to his car and drove off. The driver stopped in the middle of the road at Grant Street and E. 86th Avenue. Police said the suspect approached them with the shotgun and started shooting. Police shot and killed him. | thedenverchannel.com |
17451 | Alexio Allen | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/23/2016 | Memphis | TN | 35.2113734 | -89.9457056 | Memphis Police Department |
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| Officers were called to the house by a woman who said Allen was having a mental episode that included hallucinations. Police said the officer shot and killed Allen as he struggled with a woman believed to be his girlfriend or fiancee over a rifle. | wreg.com |
17453 | Taylor Devon Smith | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/23/2016 | Richmond | TX | 29.6868948 | -95.6930943 | Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office |
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| The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force served a warrant on Smith at a residence for aggravated robbery. Smith hid under a bed with his hands beneath his chest. Task Force members tasered him twice. Smith shot himself. The Task Force is composed of local law enforcement who cooperate with the US Marshall's Service to capture fugitives and people accused of violent crimes. | force.com |
17454 | Joel Gonzales | 48 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/24/2016 | Pueblo | CO | 38.2937092 | -104.6252116 | Pueblo Police Department |
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| Police were responding to a disturbance call. When they arrived they encountered Gonzales inside the home, armed. He was holding a handgun in one hand and a knife in the other. Officers repeatedly told him to drop the weapons, but Gonzales refused and advanced on officers who shot and killed him. | kktv.com |
17458 | Andrew Bermudez aka Andrew Mike | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2016 | Redlands | CA | 34.0608958 | -117.1809505 | Redlands Police Department |
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| A man abducted his ex-girlfriend from an Office Depot, holding her hostage for nearly three hours during a standoff with police before shooting her and being killed by police sharpshooters. | nbclosangeles.com |
17459 | Dominique "Nonny" Silva | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/24/2016 | Pawtucket | RI | 41.8905642 | -71.3710211 | Pawtucket Police Department |
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| Police responded to a call regarding an armed robbery. Police said the officer said Silva, who matched the description, tried to question him, and he ran, pointing a gun—later found to be a BB gun. He was shot and killed by Officer Julianne Borsari. | necn.com |
17457 | John Melvin Toles | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2016 | Cape Coral | FL | 26.6743828 | -82.0600795 | Cape Coral Police Department |
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| Police detectives have identified the terminally ill man they say exchanged gunfire with officers. Police say after the exchange of gunfire, Toles re-entered his home. Police heard a gunshot from within the home and found Toles dead. | news-press.com |
17460 | Robert L. Dussourd | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2016 | Braintree | MA | 42.1683929 | -71.0027436 | Braintree Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a domestic dispute. Police found Dussourd hiding under a parked car, police said. Police tried to talk Dussourd into surrendering, but he emerged from underneath the car brandishing a knife, which he continued to hold even after officers fired at him with non-lethal bean bags.He was shot and killed after reportedly telling police to shoot him. | patriotledger.com |
17456 | Mario Sandoval | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/24/2016 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0284477 | -106.9510475 | Laguna Tribal Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a stolen vehicle. Police say Sandoval fired first and was shot and killed. | abqjournal.com |
17455 | Jermon J. Seals Sr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/24/2016 | Blue Springs | MO | 38.9993708 | -94.2737377 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a series of robberies. Seals was one of the suspects, and he was shot and killed during a robbery. Police said he pointed a gun at them. | kshb.com |
17461 | Robert Adams | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 03/25/2016 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.0990416 | -115.1083293 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Adams shot himself during a foot chase with the police, according to police. | ktnv.com |
17468 | Benjamin E. Beary | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Waukee | IA | 41.5617993 | -93.8849909 | Des Moines Police Department |
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| DMPD officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting Tosha Nicole Hyatt, who was in custody for unlawful possession of a prescription drug, when their police SUV was hit head-on by a vehicle being driven by Benjamin E. Beary. Beary was reportedly driving the wrong direction on I-80 when he caused the fiery crash at around 12:40 a.m. Hyatt, Farrell, Puente-Morales and Beary were all killed in the crash. According to police, Beary had a blood alcohol level of 0.22, and was traveling at 102 mph in a 70 mph zone. An investigation found that the police SUV was going 79 mph. | kniakrls.com |
17469 | Carlos Puente-Morales | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/26/2016 | Waukee | IA | 41.5617993 | -93.8849909 | Des Moines Police Department |
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| DMPD officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting Tosha Nicole Hyatt, who was in custody for unlawful possession of a prescription drug, when their police SUV was hit head-on by a vehicle being driven by Benjamin E. Beary. Beary was reportedly driving the wrong direction on I-80 when he caused the fiery crash at around 12:40 a.m. Hyatt, Farrell, Puente-Morales and Beary were all killed in the crash. According to police, Beary had a blood alcohol level of 0.22, and was traveling at 102 mph in a 70 mph zone. An investigation found that the police SUV was going 79 mph. | kniakrls.com |
17470 | Susan Farrell | 30 | Female | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Waukee | IA | 41.5617993 | -93.8849909 | Des Moines Police Department |
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| DMPD officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting Tosha Nicole Hyatt, who was in custody for unlawful possession of a prescription drug, when their police SUV was hit head-on by a vehicle being driven by Benjamin E. Beary. Beary was reportedly driving the wrong direction on I-80 when he caused the fiery crash at around 12:40 a.m. Hyatt, Farrell, Puente-Morales and Beary were all killed in the crash. According to police, Beary had a blood alcohol level of 0.22, and was traveling at 102 mph in a 70 mph zone. An investigation found that the police SUV was going 79 mph. | kniakrls.com |
17471 | Tosha Nicole Hyatt | 32 | Female | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Waukee | IA | 41.5617993 | -93.8849909 | Des Moines Police Department |
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| DMPD officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting Tosha Nicole Hyatt, who was in custody for unlawful possession of a prescription drug, when their police SUV was hit head-on by a vehicle being driven by Benjamin E. Beary. Beary was reportedly driving the wrong direction on I-80 when he caused the fiery crash at around 12:40 a.m. Hyatt, Farrell, Puente-Morales and Beary were all killed in the crash. According to police, Beary had a blood alcohol level of 0.22, and was traveling at 102 mph in a 70 mph zone. An investigation found that the police SUV was going 79 mph. | kniakrls.com |
17464 | Jose Perez | 39 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/26/2016 | Lowell | MA | 42.6317907 | -71.3167432 | Lowell Police Department |
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| Two 911 callers reported a man at 75 Cambridge St. "threatening to kill everyone." Officers Guillermo Rojas and Chase Suong shot and killed Perez when he advanced on police and refused to drop his weapons. | necn.com |
17462 | Robert Guerin | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Roswell | NM | 33.3848993 | -104.5546989 | Roswell Police Department |
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| People called 911 Saturday night to report Robert Guerin driving erratically while waving a gun out the window, police said. When officers pulled him over, there was a brief standoff. Police say Guerin pointed his gun at three officers, and one of the officers shot and killed him. | rdrnews.com |
17466 | Terrence Shane Blackburn | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Grundy | VA | 37.2853345 | -82.0661847 | Grundy Police Department |
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| Virginia State Police say a Grundy Police officer and a Buchanan County Sheriff's Deputy responded to a call of a suicidal person. Before they got to the scene a second call came in saying the man was armed and outside the home firing a weapon. When the deputy and officer arrived, they got into a confrontation with Blackburn. Police say the Grundy Police Officer shot and killed him. | wset.com |
17467 | Baelyn Kruger | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Shelbyville | MI | 42.630422 | -85.642497 | Allegan County Sheriff's Office |
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| Kruger, an armed robbery suspect, shot himself following a brief police chase and car crash, police said. | mlive.com |
17465 | Donald Andrew White | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Myrtle Beach | SC | 33.7112497 | -78.882302 | Myrtle Beach Police Department |
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| According to Myrtle Beach Police Department, a person called to say that a man was acting strange at the intersection of 21st Avenue North and Robert Grissom Parkway. Officers arrived at the intersection and saw that the man had a gun in his hand. The man presented the gun in a manner that made officers fear for their lives, and they shot and killed him. | myrtlebeachonline.com |
17463 | Patrick Matthew McManamon | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Tampa | FL | 28.0804697 | -82.4266069 | Tampa Police Department |
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| Police say two people started arguing and shooting at each other. A witness called 911 and followed the men to the Hyatt Place Hotel and led police right to where they could find the suspects. Police say one of the suspects, Edward King, 51, was already dead once officers arrived at the Hyatt parking lot. That's when police say 46-year-old Patrick McManamon opened fire and shot Officer Jose Rodriguez, 53. Rodriguez and another officer were able to return fire, killing McManamon. | tampabay.com |
24448 | Lisa Smith | 50 | Female | European-American/White | 03/26/2016 | Frankfort | IN | 40.2879583 | -86.5194507 | Colfax Town Marshall |
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| Deputy town marshal Keith Smith shot and killed his wife, Lisa Smith. Keith Smith stated he and his wife Lisa had been discussing a suicide pact between them when he apparently accidentally shot her. | wane.com |
17476 | Michael Alison | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2016 | Little Rock | AR | 34.723433 | -92.193432 | Little Rock Police Department |
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| Officers responded to the residence after receiving reports that a man wearing a bullet-resistant vest had been firing a rifle in the area. According to a police incident report, Alison told officers to leave and then officers heard a single gunshot from inside the residence. Police sent a tactical robot inside the house and found Alison lying dead on the floor with a rifle beside him. | katv.com |
17473 | Deriante Deon Miller | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/27/2016 | Kinston | NC | 35.33212 | -77.635437 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
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| A trooper responded to a call for assistance by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office involving a shooting that had occurred at Club Aries. As the trooper approached the scene, he encountered two men running toward him. The trooper saw that one of the subjects had a gun. The man failed to comply with the trooper's commands to stop and drop the weapon. Police say he pointed the weapon at the trooper who shot and killed him. | wnct.com |
17475 | Earl Thomas Ashby | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2016 | Splendora | TX | 30.2333 | -95.1811 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a home on a welfare check. When they arrived they were told Ashby had a gun and had gone into a shed near the home. A person in the home told deputies she heard a gunshot from the shed after Ashby went there. After deputies surrounded the shed and tried to speak with Ashby, the door of the shed suddenly swung open. Ashby came out carrying a handgun. Deputies ordered him to drop the gun and get down onto the ground, but they said Ashby ignored their commands. He moved toward the deputies, raised the gun and pointed it them, and he was shot and killed. | chron.com |
17472 | Jeffrey K. Lanahan | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2016 | Lee's Summit | MO | 38.989028 | -94.3863343 | Lee's Summit Police Department |
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| Police responded to a domestic disturbance at Lanahan's home, police said. According to police, Lanahan charged out of the front door in the direction of the officer with a large knife in his hand. The officer shot Lanahan in the chest, killing him. | fox4kc.com |
17477 | Cornelius Towns | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/27/2016 | Arlington | TX | 32.6673991 | -97.1355678 | Arlington Police Department |
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| Towns fell from a balcony as officers went to his room at InTown Suites to investigate a domestic disturbance. | force.com |
17474 | Loreal Tsingine | 27 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 03/27/2016 | Winslow | AZ | 35.0264256 | -110.7025117 | Winslow Police Department |
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| Two officers who responded to a reported shoplifting of beer from the Circle K in Winslow. The shoplifter was described as a Native American female wearing gray sweatpants and a white top. Two blocks from Villaescusa's house, the two officers attempted to apprehend Tsingine. According to police, while attempting to take the subject into custody, a struggle ensued. The subject displayed a weapon which the responding officer perceived as a substantial threat. The officer shot and killed Tsingine. Video contradicts some of the threat expressed by police. | azcentral.com |
17478 | Rudy Javier Vargas | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/28/2016 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1008423 | -117.313841 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office |
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| Rudy Javier Vargas died instantly after the Honda Accord he was driving crashed into a Ford Mustang, killing Alejandro "Alex" Peyro, a passenger in the Mustang. According to officials, a deputy began chasing Vargas' Honda in Colton at around 5 a.m. but then backed off as the car hit speeds of up to 100 mph. A short time later, the Honda ran a stoplight and struck a Ford Mustang in San Bernardino. Both cars crashed through the fence of a nearby business and hit the building. | latimes.com |
17479 | Alejandro "Alex" Peyro | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/28/2016 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1008423 | -117.313841 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office |
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| Rudy Javier Vargas died instantly after the Honda Accord he was driving crashed into a Ford Mustang, killing Alejandro "Alex" Peyro, a passenger in the Mustang. According to officials, a deputy began chasing Vargas' Honda in Colton at around 5 a.m. but then backed off as the car hit speeds of up to 100 mph. A short time later, the Honda ran a stoplight and struck a Ford Mustang in San Bernardino. Both cars crashed through the fence of a nearby business and hit the building. | latimes.com |
17480 | Kevonte Jernigan | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/28/2016 | Smyrna | TN | 35.9877919 | -86.5327971 | Smyrna Police Department |
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| Kevonte Jernigan was killed after a crash following a police chase. At around 2 a.m. police said they intervened during an alleged burglary attempt at the Smyrna Pawn and Gun store when the suspects tried to use a Ford pickup truck to crash through the store's front door. They weren't successful, and the Ford fled when an officer tried to stop them. The officer chased the truck up Rock Springs Road for about half a mile before police deployed spike strips. The pickup lost control and crashed into a telephone pole and tree. Jernigan died at a nearby hospital. Two juveniles were injured. Three other people fled the scene and weren't yet found at publication. | newschannel5.com |
30169 | Alice Suzanne Goudie | 64 | Female | European-American/White | 03/28/2016 | Plymouth | CA | 38.4576473 | -120.9274712 | California Highway Patrol |
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| At 10:56 p.m., an officer was traveling westbound on Highway 16 and saw a vehicle in the opposite direction that was speeding. The 49-year-old officer was preparing to make a turn to pursue that vehicle when she failed to notice a 2004 Toyota Camry in front of her that was also traveling westbound. The officer hit the Camry, sending that car into the opposite lane where it collided into a 2005 Toyota Matrix traveling eastbound. The driver of the Camry, Alice Suzanne Goudie, was killed. | sacbee.com |
17481 | Robert Morgan Garrison Jr. | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 03/29/2016 | Piedmont | SC | 34.7835562 | -82.4160112 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy was investigating an assault report when Garrison came out with a knife and gun. Garrison was ordered repeatedly to put the rifle down but police said Garrison did not comply. Garrison reportedly yelled at deputies "Kill me! Kill me! Kill me!" and then pointed his rifle as if to shoot. Two deputies complied. | wspa.com |
17484 | Trinity Jean Jackson | 16 | Female | European-American/White | 03/29/2016 | Portales | NM | 34.1787436 | -103.3384278 | Portales Police Department |
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| An as-yet officially unidentified teenage girl died from injuries sustained when in a crash after a police chase that began when officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in an alleyway. The vehicle reportedly fled from police, leading to a brief pursuit before the car crashed. Three people were reportedly in the vehicle: an 18-year old driver, the 16-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy. The driver and the girl were airlifted to a Lubbock hospital in critical condition where the girl later died. Police said the vehicle was reported stolen out of Lubbock and the two juveniles were listed as runaways. | everythinglubbock.com |
17483 | Denise Renie Fairchild | 50 | Female | European-American/White | 03/29/2016 | Fleming Township | MN | 46.6206768 | -93.5702639 | Aitkin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies were called to check on the woman's welfare and located her vehicle in a rural area northeast of Aitkin. Police say the woman was armed with firearms and threatened to harm herself. Deputies and Department of Natural Resources personnel talked to the woman. Sheriff's officials say she shot at officers at least twice during negotiations. Officers returned fire, killing the woman. | startribune.com |
17482 | Joseph Louis Melvin | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 03/29/2016 | Clearlake | CA | 38.9730142 | -122.6542898 | Clearlake Police Department |
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| Police responded to a burgary alarm and found Melvin. They fought and the officer eventually shot and killed Melvin. | pressdemocrat.com |
17486 | Angel Montion | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.012382 | -118.126995 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
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| Deputies were investigating a kidnapping. A man came out of the home and threatened deputies with a handgun, police say. Deputies shot him several times in the upper torso, killing him. | latimes.com |
17485 | Ruben Cossyleon | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/30/2016 | Glendale | AZ | 33.5094006 | -112.2032339 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Phoenix police received a call about a fight, possibly involving someone with a weapon. A few minutes later, a second call came in from that location reporting that a man with a gun had forced another man into a vehicle. Officers in the area spotted the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in Glendale. Police said the suspect immediately fired at the officers. The passenger, Cossyleon, was shot and killed. The driver, Fernando Jaime, was to face murder charges. The owner of the bullet has not been disclosed. | azfamily.com |
17488 | Anthony Raymond Castillo | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/30/2016 | Lemoore | CA | 36.2648817 | -119.8713623 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Driver Anthony Raymond Castillo and passenger Melissa Marie Miller were killed when their SUV crashed through a gate at the Naval Air Station Lemoore base and hit a parked FA-18E Super Hornet while leading the CHP on a high-speed chase. The chase reportedly began off base at around 11:30 p.m., when a CHP officer stopped to check on a Jeep Grand Cherokee parked on the roadside. Castillo allegedly sped off, driving erratically and going the wrong way at one point before leaving CA 198. Castillo eventually crashed into the fighter jet, which was parked about 7 miles inside the base, officials said. The chase lasted about 15 minutes. Miller died at the scene, and Castillo died at a hospital. Beither Miller or Castillo had any military affiliation, according to officials. | ocregister.com |
17489 | Melissa Marie Miller | 36 | Female | European-American/White | 03/30/2016 | Lemoore | CA | 36.2648817 | -119.8713623 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Driver Anthony Raymond Castillo and passenger Melissa Marie Miller were killed when their SUV crashed through a gate at the Naval Air Station Lemoore base and hit a parked FA-18E Super Hornet while leading the CHP on a high-speed chase. The chase reportedly began off base at around 11:30 p.m., when a CHP officer stopped to check on a Jeep Grand Cherokee parked on the roadside. Castillo allegedly sped off, driving erratically and going the wrong way at one point before leaving CA 198. Castillo eventually crashed into the fighter jet, which was parked about 7 miles inside the base, officials said. The chase lasted about 15 minutes. Miller died at the scene, and Castillo died at a hospital. Beither Miller or Castillo had any military affiliation, according to officials. | ocregister.com |
17487 | Thomas Lagano | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2016 | Jackson | GA | 33.2817525 | -83.9633106 | Jackson Police Department |
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| Police were called to respond to a domestic situation. Lagano met them with a gun, and he was ordered to put it down and he didn't. When he pointed it at police, he was shot and killed. | 11alive.com |
17493 | Michael Brown | Male | European-American/White | 03/31/2016 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.8025263 | -82.6617735 | St. Petersburg Police Department |
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| Brown likely killed the mother of his child, and then shot himself as police closed in. | abcactionnews.com | |
17490 | Matthew Vincent Wood Jr. | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3090543 | -76.6104761 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Police caught Wood and his son allegedly unloading loaded weapons from a van before a planned gang-related mass-shooting. Police fired and killed both armed men at the scene. | baltimoresun.com |
24571 | Ashaunti Niemah-Renee Butler | 15 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.8499736 | -82.6689911 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dominique Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died when the stolen Honda Accord they were driving plunged into a cemetery pond, while they were fleeing deputies who had tried to pull them over. | tampabay.com |
24572 | Dominique Battle | 16 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.8499736 | -82.6689911 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dominique Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died when the stolen Honda Accord they were driving plunged into a cemetery pond, while they were fleeing deputies who had tried to pull them over. | tampabay.com |
24573 | Laniya Miller | 15 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.8499736 | -82.6689911 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dominique Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died when the stolen Honda Accord they were driving plunged into a cemetery pond, while they were fleeing deputies who had tried to pull them over. | tampabay.com |
17491 | Kimani Michael Johnson | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3090543 | -76.6104761 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Police came upon a father and son (Johnson) who were unloading loaded weapons from a vehicle and taking offensive positions, allegedly about to use the guns in a gang-related act of violence when they were shot and killed by police. | baltimoresun.com |
17494 | John Parham | 67 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | Hackensack | NJ | 40.9035925 | -74.0515987 | Hackensack Police Department |
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| Parham was killed when his vehicle was struck by a police cruiser responding to a call about an accident stemming from a police chase. | www.nj.com |
17495 | James Craig Simpson | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.3269859 | -115.2959831 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Police said Simpson shot and killed Branden Hughes, 31, and Felicia Wimberly-Hughes, 46, before Metro officers arrived in the neighborhood. Metro K-9 Officer Nicky was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Simpson and the officers. | reviewjournal.com |
17492 | James Brown III | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2016 | Richmond | VA | 37.571874 | -77.4656995 | Virginia State Police |
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| Subject with an alleged history of hatred toward police opened fire at a Virginia State Trooper at a Greyhound station in Richmond, Virginia. Nearby officers shot and killed the man. | richmond.com |
17499 | Grant Hamilton | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/01/2016 | Carencro | LA | 30.2978148 | -92.0703534 | Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Hamilton was standing in the eastbound lane of LA 98 when he was struck by a 22-year-old Deputy John Malveaux, who was traveling eastbound on LA 98 to a non-emergency call. | klfy.com |
17496 | Jesus "Chuy" Juarez | 65 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/01/2016 | Lockhart | TX | 29.873895 | -97.670155 | Caldwell County Sheriff's Office |
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| Lockhart police were called to assist Caldwell County deputies looking for a person involved in a burglary. A deputy on the scene was flagged down by the initial complainant who had located Jesus Juarez near the Dairy Queen directly behind the burglary victim's home. The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office said the deputy told other officers Juarez had armed himself with a weed cutter. He was shot and killed as he advanced upon the officer. | kxan.com |
17498 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 04/01/2016 | Surprise | AZ | 33.6316666 | -112.4079643 | Surprise Police Department |
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| Officers were dispatched to a Surprise bank about a robbery that had just occurred. They say an adult female suspect fled the area in a vehicle. Police located the car not far from the bank and say the woman pointed a handgun to her head. At some point during negotiations with officers, police say she shot herself in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. | cbs5az.com | |
17497 | Joel Fabela | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/01/2016 | Odessa | TX | 31.869146 | -102.3202152 | Odessa Police Department |
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| Police were trying to arrest Jody Threadgill at a Quality Inn & Suites. Joel Fabela allegedly grabbed a gun and pointed it at police officers during a fight and was shot and killed. Threadgill escaped. | newswest9.com |
29896 | Jesse Juarez | 65 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/01/2016 | Lockhart | TX | 29.873895 | -97.670155 | Caldwell County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police responded to a burglary in progress. Police asked for backup from the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office. By 4:24 a.m., deputies arrived at the home and began questioning the homeowners. They told deputies a man broke several windows and verbally threatened them before running away. As deputies searched for the burglary suspect, the homeowner alerted them the man, Jesse Juarez, had returned to the house. Deputy Michael Taylor said the man was carrying a long-handled weed cutter. Taylor ordered Juarez to drop the weed cutter but he allegedly refused and with the long-handled tool raised, he moved in the direction of the deputy who took several steps of retreat into a field, and Taylor shot and killed him. | kxan.com |
17501 | Jeffrey Ponce Aguilar | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/02/2016 | Alexandria | VA | 38.7413184 | -77.1645034 | Fairfax County Sheriff's Office |
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| The victim allegedly stepped in front of a police car on Saturday night around 11 p.m. giving the officer no chance to apply the brakes. The subject was killed. | nbcwashington.com |
17500 | Cameron Gover | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/02/2016 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8233225 | -86.2373424 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Police were called to a McDonald's as it was allegedly being robbed by Cameron Gover and another man. Police shot and killed Gover as he brandished a gun, and wounded his partner. | indystar.com |
17502 | Darrin Andrew Martin | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2016 | Austin | TX | 30.2695977 | -97.7514338 | Austin Police Department |
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| A man was seen breaking into cars in the Austin City Lofts parking garage by private security, who was assisted by an APD cop on patrol in the area. As the officer attempted to restrain the suspect, the private security guard sees a gun, yells "Gun!" and the suspect fires a round at the officer, who returned fire and killed Martin. | kxan.com |
17504 | Melissa Boarts | 36 | Female | European-American/White | 04/03/2016 | Notasulga | AL | 32.5205771 | -85.6522753 | Auburn Police Department |
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| Police received a call about a possibly suicidal woman with a history of mental illness, threatening to hurt herself with a pocket knife. They made visual contact with her on the Interstate moving south toward Auburn and pulled her over when she exited on Red Creek Road. The woman allegedly got out of her car and charged at officers, who opened fire, killing her at the scene. | www.al.com |
17505 | Preston Paul Perez Sr. | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2016 | Raceland | LA | 29.7356385 | -90.620118 | Louisiana State Police |
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| Stopped for reckless driving on April 3, Preston Perez was shot and killed as he brandished a flip-flop. He died on April 29, 2016. | houmatoday.com |
17503 | David S. Mack | 69 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2016 | Eau Claire | WI | 44.8236414 | -91.5466031 | Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to police, a deputy was conducting a traffic stop in a parking lot of Hope Gospel Mission. During the stop, it was discovered David Mack was wanted on two federal parole and probation warrants. He became confrontational when the deputy tried to take him into custody and was armed with a Taser. As the deputy tried to move away from him, Mack continued to be confrontational and advanced upon the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him. | startribune.com |
17507 | Raul Salvador Marquez Heraldes | 63 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/04/2016 | Minneapolis | MN | 44.9623578 | -93.244125 | Minneapolis Police Department |
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| Responding to an early morning call, police encountered Marquez Heraldes in a foyer armed with a knife. He lunged at them with the knife and escaped to the bathroom of an apartment. After attempting to contact the man, officers heard screams for help, forced their way inside and found Heraldes stabbing a man. Officer Eric Malmberg and Officer David Robins opened fire, killing him. | startribune.com |
17506 | Ivan Arellano | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/04/2016 | Arlington | TX | 32.6809779 | -97.1219712 | Arlington Police Department |
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| Arellano, a convicted felon was wanted at the time of his death for felony violence assault in attacks on his 17-year-old former girlfriend, Desiree Morris, who had been killed, presumably by Arellano. | wfaa.com |
17508 | Kevin Hicks | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/05/2016 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.7815692 | -86.1160977 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| A woman called 911 to report her husband was hitting her in the car at a local gas station. An officer already on the scene made contact with the suspect and an altercation ensued. The officer's TASER was allegedly knocked out of his hand and he fired at the subject, killing him at the scene. | indystar.com |
17509 | Peter Doherty | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 04/05/2016 | West Springfield | MA | 42.1330746 | -72.6264733 | West Springfield Police Department |
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| Neighbors called police to report cries of help during an alleged domestic situation. Upon arrival, the suspect, who had just allegedly stabbed his wife to death, charged them with a knife. They killed him at the scene. | masslive.com |
17515 | Christopher Erdman | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 04/06/2016 | Manatee | FL | 27.475909 | -82.539535 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a disturbance at Centerstone Florida, Bradenton's mental health and addiction treatment facility. Employees at Centerstone called the sheriff's office when Erdman showed up at the facility and began acting erratically. Deputies tried to secure Erdman but he resisted, so they used Tasers and eventually handcuffed him. He died at the scene. | bradenton.com |
17513 | Cesar Frias | 20 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/06/2016 | Sylmar | CA | 34.3076087 | -118.4529836 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Officers made contact with the subject, known to be possibly mentally ill and armed with a kitchen knife. They attempted to subdue him with a Taser and a beanbag gun but the subject escaped into a nearby house. Officers fired gas shells into the home and the man walked out. They attempted to subdue him again with a Taser and bean bag gun but the man ran into the backyard of the house. Attempting to subdue him, the man allegedly attacked an officer with his knife. The officer fired his gun and the subject died later that night at a nearby hospital. | latimes.com |
17510 | LaRonda Sweatt | 40 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/06/2016 | Gallatin | TN | 36.3702482 | -86.4367475 | Gallatin Police Department |
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| Police were serving eviction papers on the subject when she allegedly took an ax and attacked a member of the sheriff's department. Officer James Spray fired and killed the woman. | tennessean.com |
17514 | Marvin Cremeans | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 04/06/2016 | Oak Hill | OH | 38.877284 | -82.669214 | Jackson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police responded to a home-invasion, domestic violence call, shooting and killing Cremeans when he threatened his ex-wife with an ax. | wsaz.com |
17511 | Malik Henry | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/06/2016 | Rochelle | IL | 41.9339915 | -89.0215952 | DeKalb Police Department |
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| A carjacking and pursuit ended when the suspect shot and killed himself. | wspynews.com |
17512 | Triandos Sherrard | 56 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/06/2016 | St. Louis | MO | 38.7390075 | -90.2562716 | St. Louis County Police Department |
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| Police said they responded to a shooting call. When they arrived, they found a 78-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. Around the same time, officers responded to the same block for a house fire. They said the house belonged to Sherrard. Police said the fire appeared to be started either prior to or just after the shooting, and believe Sherrard was the one who started it. Then, officers responded to a residence for an attempted suicide call, where a man was walking around outside with a gun. Officers arrived on the scene, but before they could make contact with the man, he committed suicide. Police identified him as Sherrard. | stltoday.com |
17517 | Luis Demetrio Gongora Pat | 45 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/07/2016 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7620235 | -122.4161084 | San Francisco Police Department |
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| A homeless outreach team of the police department was called about a homeless man allegedly wielding a knife. They tried to subdue him with beanbag shots. Gongora allegedly got up and charged at police, who opened fire and killed him at the scene. | patch.com |
17518 | Devin Calvin Ray Francis | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 04/07/2016 | Seattle | WA | 47.5385616 | -122.3465848 | Seattle Police Department |
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| Three men allegedly stole a Honda at gunpoint near 15th Avenue South and South State Street, police said. Three hours later, a Seattle police officer tried to pull over the vehicle at 21st Avenue Southwest and Southwest Webster Street. The driver took off and was speeding until reaching Highland Park Drive Southwest, where the car crossed the centerline and struck an Acura, killing its driver, Devin Francis. Police say they found a handgun in the stolen vehicle. It is unclear how the 16-year-old is connected to the carjacking. | seattletimes.com |
17516 | Lance McIntire | 44 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 04/07/2016 | Omaha | NE | 41.2125711 | -95.9604827 | Omaha Police Department |
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| Lance McIntire was wanted for evading police earlier in the day. They caught up with him outside Sol's Jewelry and Loan. Officers said that McIntire attempted to flee and drove in the general direction of an officer and was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault. | omaha.com |
17519 | Kenneth Dion Williams Jr. | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/07/2016 | Seattle | WA | 47.5385616 | -122.3465848 | Seattle Police Department |
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| Three men allegedly stole a Honda at gunpoint near 15th Avenue South and South State Street, police said. Three hours later, a Seattle police officer tried to pull over the vehicle at 21st Avenue Southwest and Southwest Webster Street. The driver took off and was speeding until reaching Highland Park Drive Southwest, where the car crossed the centerline and struck an Acura, killing its driver, Devin Francis. Police say they found a handgun in the stolen vehicle. It is unclear how the 16-year-old is connected to the carjacking. | seattletimes.com |
17522 | Melissa M. Abbott | 25 | Female | European-American/White | 04/08/2016 | Chippewa Falls | WI | 44.8835267 | -91.4218027 | Lake Hallie Police Department, Chippewa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police responded to a disturbance call at a Wal-Mart where a developmentally disabled woman (shopping with chaperones) had allegedly "armed herself with a hatchet in the sporting goods department" and refused police commands to drop the weapon. Instead, she allegedly lunged toward an officer and was shot twice by Officer Adam Meyers, dying later at nearby hospital. | jsonline.com |
17523 | Marcial Param Menina | 34 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/08/2016 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.2176164 | -115.0933542 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Marcial Param Menina was killed when she reportedly jumped from a truck and was struck by the truck's tires, According to police, Menina was a passenger in a truck that had been reported stolen. Just after 7 a.m., police had reportedly tried to stop the vehicle—a box-type work truck—when the passengers jumped from the still-moving truck. Menina was struck by the rear tires and the truck crashed into a nearby wall. | reviewjournal.com |
17520 | Dazion Flenaugh | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/08/2016 | Sacramento | CA | 38.481371 | -121.440523 | Sacramento Police Department |
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| Police received a report that there was a man wandering around the Parkway neighborhood acting suspicious and appearing drunk or perhaps drugged. A couple hours later, police had detained the man in the back of a patrol car while they tried to sort out if there was any crime to hold him on. He allegedly escaped on foot and a chase ensued. He had managed to grab an ax and/or knives of some sort and when he allegedly charged officers, they opened fire and killed him. | dailymail.co.uk |
17521 | Lamont Gulley | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/08/2016 | Kentwood | MI | 42.8974144 | -85.6071228 | Kentwood Police Department |
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| Gulley killed his wife, and fled as officers arrived. He was shot and killed a short time later when he resisted officers. | mlive.com |
17525 | Quron Williams | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/09/2016 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0397078 | -75.1433925 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Police say off-duty officer, Erik Bullock, intervened when he saw the armed suspect robbing an elderly citizen. After identifying himself as police, the officer ordered the suspect to drop his weapon. The alleged robber then pointed a gun at the officer who fired his weapon, police say. He fled on foot with the officer in pursuit. Police say during the foot chase, the suspect fired his gun at the officer, and the officer shot and killed him. | 6abc.com |
17528 | Ebony Franklin | 26 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/09/2016 | Manchester | MO | 38.6048883 | -90.5103002 | Manchester Police Department |
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| Police say that the SUV Franklin was driving matched the description of a suspected vehicle involved in a "stealing in progress" call from Plato's Closet. A Manchester police officer located the vehicle stopped at a red light and attempted to pull the SUV over. The car didn't pull over and drove onto the ramp for northbound Highway 141 and accelerated. The officer followed, realized the vehicle was not going to yield and stopped pursuit. The vehicle continued to drive at a high rate of speed on in the far left lane until hitting the sedan. Franklin, the driver, was killed. | fox2now.com |
17526 | Hollis "Mario" Daryl Crump Sr. | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/09/2016 | East Cleveland | OH | 41.5448365 | -81.5705316 | East Cleveland Police Department |
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| A chase started when a traffic stop was attempted. The suspect vehicle fled the traffic stop and officers pursued after the vehicle, police said. Officials said the driver of the police cruiser called off the pursuit 12 seconds before the crash. The fleeing vehicle, driven by James Smith Jr., struck another vehicle head on, killing Hollis Daryl Crump. | newsnet5.com |
17527 | James Smith Jr. | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/09/2016 | East Cleveland | OH | 41.5448365 | -81.5705316 | East Cleveland Police Department |
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| A chase started when a traffic stop was attempted. The suspect vehicle fled the traffic stop and officers pursued after the vehicle, police said. Officials said the driver of the police cruiser called off the pursuit 12 seconds before the crash. The fleeing vehicle, driven by James Smith Jr., struck another vehicle head on, killing Hollis Daryl Crump. | newsnet5.com |
17524 | Diahlo Grant | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/09/2016 | New Brunswick | NJ | 40.4907687 | -74.4604024 | Franklin Township Police Department |
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| Grant was pursued by two Franklin Township police officers after an encounter on Somerset and Home Streets, officials said. The officers followed Grant across the town border on Somerset into New Brunswick where an exchange of gunfire and Grant was killed, according to police. Details are scant. | tapinto.net |
17534 | Randi Louise Harris | 65 | Female | European-American/White | 04/10/2016 | Dubuque | IA | 42.4928445 | -90.6619477 | Dubuque Police Department |
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| Police in Grant County, Wisconsin tried stopping a car reportedly being driven aggressively by Randi Louise Harris. Harris didn't pull over, even after police deployed stop sticks in Dickeyville and again near the on-ramp to the Mississippi River bridge going into Dubuque, Iowa. Dubuque police also put out stop sticks after several near-collisions. Harris' car finally stopped on US-151 in Dubuque. According to police, Harris was incoherent and appeared to be suffering from a medical condition. She told police she didn't know why she didn't stop. Harris died at a hospital the next day from cardiac arrest. | koel.com |
17531 | Arturo Yobani-Torrez Valdez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/10/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0491373 | -118.2269281 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| A man smashed the windows of a house where an 83-year-old man lived alone. The suspect forced his way inside and began ransacking the home, Beck said, then took the older man hostage. Some neighbors grabbed baseball bats and knives, police said, and were getting ready to try to rescue the resident when two officers from the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division arrived at the scene. The officers ran inside and saw the man holding a knife to the victim's neck. The suspect "began to do things that indicated that he was going to kill the victim." One of the officers shot and killed the suspect. | latimes.com |
17532 | Lonnie Ball | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 04/10/2016 | Modesto | CA | 37.6485725 | -120.9618276 | Modesto Police Department |
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| Lonnie Ball was shot and killed after a woman called Modesto police to report a man was at her door with a gun. When police arrived, Ball drove off. Police chased him through the area until he returned back to the house. Neighbors said they heard police ask Ball to get out of the car. Modesto Police said he brandished a handgun and was shot and killed. | stanislaus-da.org |
17533 | Henry Ramone Brown | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/10/2016 | Sanford | FL | 28.8285559 | -81.3266159 | Seminole County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brown stabbed and ran over his estranged wife and shot his two young children before shooting and killing himself as deputies closed in. | wesh.com |
17530 | William J. Clark III | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 04/10/2016 | Rotterdam | NY | 42.7758137 | -73.9365691 | Rotterdam Police Department |
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| Police responded to a mother's call regarding her son, a former Marine, who was having an emotional crisis. Police came in, and Clark attacked them with a knife. They tried less-lethal means, but Patrolman Mark Frodyma ultimately shot and killed him. | dailygazette.com |
17529 | Luis Philipe Soto | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/10/2016 | Memphis | TN | 35.0852169 | -89.9312113 | Memphis Police Department |
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| An off-duty Memphis Police Department officer shot and killed acquaintance's ex-husband, as he brandished a gun, during child visitation exchange. | commercialappeal.com |
17538 | David Aaron Janish | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 04/11/2016 | Watkins | IA | 41.8897531 | -91.9876023 | Linn County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy tried to pull over a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze for an alleged traffic violation just after 3:30 p.m. Instead of pulling over, David Aaron Janish led police on a chase along gravel and paved roads in Linn and Benton counties for about 15 minutes until he lost control and ran into a tree. Janish died at the scene. Two passengers were injured. | wqad.com |
17535 | Efren Eloy Trujillo-Soriano | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/11/2016 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1472468 | -115.1560311 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Police responded to reports of a shooting. They found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. While helping the victim, bystanders pointed out the possible suspect in the shooting, police said. As officers approached Trujillo, he started to run and officers pursued him. Trujillo fired several rounds at the officers, and the officers shot and killed him. | clarkcountynv.gov |
17537 | Mary Louise Bailey Theard Truxillo | 72 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/11/2016 | Marrero | LA | 29.8503005 | -90.113521 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Jean-Fritz Cadet had just shut off his lights and siren, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, when he crashed into a woman's vehicle, killing her. | nola.com |
17536 | Pierre Loury | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/11/2016 | Chicago | IL | 41.8674429 | -87.7109419 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Officers on patrol were trying to pull over a car they thought had been involved in a shooting when someone jumped out of the car and ran, according to police. A brief chase led to an "armed encounter" between the person and the officer, and it ended with the officer shooting and killing the teen. | chicagotribune.com |
17542 | Adam Troy Weimer | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2016 | Waseca | MN | 44.0914294 | -93.5050976 | Shakopee Police Department, Waseca County Sheriff's Office |
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| A man and woman were found fatally beaten in their suburban Twin Cities home southwest of Minneapolis and the man's son, who had been identified by police as a suspect in the killings, fatally shot himself in a standoff with police at his home in Waseca, Shakopee police said. | dailymail.co.uk |
17540 | Ted Neil Hanson | 58 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/12/2016 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1582465 | -115.1054648 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| A woman being murdered called police. The apparent murderer killed himself as police surrounded the mobile home. | ktnv.com |
17541 | Travis Wood | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2016 | Noma | FL | 30.991877 | -85.6157779 | Holmes County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to a news release from the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, a deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop after seeing a GMC Jimmy run a stop sign near Main Street in Noma. A check of the truck's license plate revealed the tag was assigned to another vehicle. The driver, Wood, led the deputy on a chase that crossed several miles over the state line into Geneva County, Ala., and back into Noma. HCSO reported that as deputies were setting up a roadblock, Wood swerved and left the roadway, almost striking a patrol car before steering the truck toward a deputy. The deputy shot and killed Wood. | chipleypaper.com |
17543 | Dion Ray Damon | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2016 | Denver | CO | 39.738449 | -104.9902579 | Denver Police Department |
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| Damon, a bank robbery suspect, was unarmed when he was shot and killed in front of his wife and child by Officer Jeffrey Motz. Police say he made a threatening gesture. | denverpost.com |
17539 | Joshua Moreno | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/12/2016 | Benton | IL | 37.9747385 | -88.9288724 | Franklin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Benton fled a burglary with stolen guns. He crashed a car, carjacked a second car, and after shooting at police, was shot and killed. | stltoday.com |
17544 | Rodney Watts | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/13/2016 | Stockton | CA | 38.024229 | -121.2948176 | Stockton Police Department |
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| Shot while attempting a carjacking. | cbslocal.com |
17546 | Koltlee Whitson | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 04/13/2016 | Sparta | TN | 36.0666219 | -85.489328 | White County Sheriff's Office |
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| Following a pursuit with White County Sheriff Office deputies, officers say Whitson shot at them when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop on his vehicle. | wkrn.com |
17545 | Jeffrey Gray Wise | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 04/13/2016 | Llano | TX | 30.7593422 | -98.6751801 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Llano County Sheriff's Office |
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| Wise, 52, of Austin, was stopped as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into bank robberies in Louisiana and Round Rock, near Austin. Authorities say a trooper stopped Wise near the town of Llano. Wise refused to put down his gun and then pointed the weapon toward officers who opened fire, killing him. | dailytrib.com |
17547 | Jeff Robertson | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 04/14/2016 | McPherson | KS | 38.3767002 | -97.5743332 | McPherson County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Two deputies were trying to serve an arrest warrant when the suspect resisted and then started fighting with both deputies. One of the deputies fired his Taser numerous times with no success. The man hit one of the deputies several times in the face. The other deputy called for him to stop but the attack on both deputies continued. One of the deputies pulled his gun and shot and killed the man. | kwch.com |
17550 | Clemente Najera Aguirre | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/15/2016 | Lake Elsinore | CA | 33.6706036 | -117.3296734 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department |
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| A Riverside County Sheriff's Department news release said an officer responded to multiple reports of a man breaking windows on South Poe Street. The officer encountered a man a few blocks away on West Heald Street who matched the description of witnesses and asked him to surrender, according to the release. Police said the suspect had used a piece of wood to break windows and a sliding glass door to a residence, which he attempted to enter and was confronted by the occupants, one of whom was struck by the suspect and sustained injuries. In an effort to subdue the suspect the officer used pepper spray, but the man did not appear to be affected, said police. The man came back at the officer armed with two baseball bats, and he was shot and killed. | patch.com |
17551 | Name withheld by police | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2016 | Silverhill | AL | 30.5601879 | -87.7425944 | Baldwin County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A sheriff's deputy was called on a welfare concern. A man, who was inside his trailer, had been involved in a recent dispute with family members. A relative contacted sheriff's deputies after not being able to contact the man. The relative informed deputies that the man had weapons inside his home. When a sheriff's deputy came to the home, he was able to contact the man via phone and tried to lure the man out of the home. Deputies tear-gassed the mobile home in a final effort to draw the man out of the home. When officers observed no response, a SWAT team entered the home and discovered the man was deceased, having suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | www.al.com | |
17552 | David Swatsky | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2016 | Cache | OK | 34.604498 | -98.6026274 | Comanche County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police say says deputies responding to a report of a suicidal person at the home found Swaatsky in a bedroom, and when he came out of the room, he refused to put down a gun. He was shot and killed. | kswo.com |
17549 | Joseph Harper | Male | Race unspecified | 04/15/2016 | Vienna | GA | 32.0599557 | -83.6211985 | Dooly County Sheriff's Office |
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| During a standoff involving a domestic disturbance, there were gunshots. Eventually, police sent a robot in and found Harper dead. | walb.com | |
17553 | Robert Jerome Howard | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.2886738 | -76.6397477 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| An off-duty police officer shot and killed Robert Howard who was attempting to rob him and brandished a replica handgun inside a West Baltimore liquor store. | baltimoresun.com |
17548 | Storm Allen Smith | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2016 | Muncie | IN | 40.1929134 | -85.3384253 | Muncie Police Department |
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| The officer involved was dispatched to the 4200 block of East Jackson Street on a report of a threat. Police would not elaborate on the nature of the threat. Police say an altercation between the officer and Storm Allen Smith, 26, occurred. A foot pursuit and a struggle ensued between the two. Smith obtained the officer's Taser and aimed it at him. The officer shot and killed Smith. | thestarpress.com |
17555 | Bennie D. Bennett | 56 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/16/2016 | Newberry | SC | 34.283292 | -81.5814807 | Newberry County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputy David Brandt with the Newberry County Sheriff's Office was driving north on S.C. 219 with the lights and sirens activated on his patrol car while heading to a report of an overturned vehicle on Interstate 26. Bennett's vehicle entered the intersection from Chapman Drive as the deputy's vehicle was approaching, and the vehicles collided. Bennett was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene. | indexjournal.com |
17554 | Gerald Robert Boyes | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 04/16/2016 | Antioch | IL | 42.4716715 | -88.1448807 | Lake County Sheriff's Office, McHenry County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police fatally shot Boyes, suspected of killing his father and the father's girlfriend in western Kentucky, in a pizzeria parking lot. Police said he was killed when he brandished a gun, | dailyherald.com |
17556 | Wade Austin Kloesel | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 04/16/2016 | Victoria | TX | 28.8922599 | -96.9969867 | Refugio County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Off-duty Refugio County Sheriff's Deputy Tammy Gregory fatally shot Wade Austin Kloesel, 27, on April 16 when he entered Gregory's home. Kloesel's mother said he was high on synthetic marijuana. | victoriaadvocate.com |
17558 | Kisha Arrone | 35 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/17/2016 | Dayton | OH | 39.7421206 | -84.2425843 | Dayton Police Department |
|
| Arrone had threatened her girlfriend with a gun, and she fled when police arrived. After a chase, she got out of the pickup and threatened officers with the gun before she was shot and killed. | wdtn.com |
17560 | Eric John Wilson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 04/17/2016 | El Paso | TX | 31.872423 | -106.553971 | El Paso Police Department |
|
| Police responded to suicide threat, and Wilson moved toward officers with something in his hand. He was shot and killed. The something was a cell phone. | kvia.com |
20926 | David Scott | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 04/17/2016 | Hastings | MI | 42.6097676 | -85.3329887 | Barry County Sheriff's Office |
|
| According to police, deputies responded around 2 a.m. after a caller reported a suspicious Pontiac Grand Prix parked in the road and hearing an argument. Deputies saw the car at the corner of Quimby and Tanner and attempted to contact the occupants, but the Pontiac fled east on Quimby and crashed after about a quarter mile. The driver, identified as David Scott, died at the scene. | mlive.com |
17557 | George Tillman | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/17/2016 | Queens | NY | 40.6790399 | -73.8054241 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Police shot and killed a man early Sunday morning when he reached for his gun after being chased by a team of officers in Queens, the NYPD said. They originally approached him because he had an apparent open container with alcohol. | nbcnewyork.com |
17562 | Richard Bard Jr. | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/17/2016 | Vineland | NJ | 39.480877 | -75.0214828 | Vineland Police Department |
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| According to prosecutors, two men allegedly mugged two other men. In the melee that ensued, police got involved, arresting one and killing Bard. | thedailyjournal.com |
17561 | Matthew Hall McCravy | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 04/17/2016 | Florence | AL | 34.8392918 | -87.6877194 | Florence Police Department |
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| Police say following a vehicle chase just after 1 a.m., the suspect crashed in a church parking lot and fired multiple gunshots at officers, who didn't return fire. Holmes says the suspect was found in his vehicle with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | timesdaily.com |
17559 | Edson Thevenin | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/17/2016 | Troy | NY | 42.740125 | -73.686366 | Troy Police Department |
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| Thevenin tried to evade a traffic stop but got hung up at the entrance to the Collar City Bridge where he pinned one officer against his car. He was shot and killed. | timesunion.com |
17565 | David Pollard | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/18/2016 | Columbus | GA | 32.4549699 | -84.9447669 | Columbus Police Department |
|
| David Pollard, a baseball coach at Carver High School, was killed when an Audi fleeing police ran a red light crashed into his Chevrolet Malibu and a third vehicle. The crash occurred on Buena Vista Road near Andrews Road shortly before 2 p.m. According to police, the Audi had been stolen and was being pursued by officers prior to the crash. | ksla.com |
17564 | Demetrius Dorsey | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/18/2016 | Mableton | GA | 33.7947012 | -84.5608315 | Cobb County Police Department |
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| Police responded to a robbery call at the gas station, officers found an armed robber still in the station and holding two employees hostage. The SWAT team was called out. Police shot and killed Dorsey. | georgia.gov |
17563 | Rico Don Rae Johnson | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/18/2016 | Greenbelt | MD | 39.0037463 | -76.9002989 | Greenbelt Police Department |
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| Police say Johnson was fatally shot by an officer after he fired at police from a third-floor balcony. | wusa9.com |
17566 | Josue Roberto "Tito" Adrianzen-Cavallini | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/18/2016 | Savoy | TX | 33.5981703 | -96.3599246 | Fannin County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Bryan County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma warned neighboring Fannin County Sheriff's Office in Texas that Adrianzen had carjacked a white Chevy pickup in Oklahoma and was likely headed south. When Fannin County deputies cornered Adrianzen in a white pickup in Savoy, he shot himself in the head. | force.com |
17570 | Linda Cochran | 65 | Female | European-American/White | 04/19/2016 | Pittsburg | CA | 38.0142826 | -121.9119722 | Pittsburg Police Department |
|
| Aroldo Vela-Chavez, allegedly struck and killed a woman and then went crashing through a Pittsburg golf course's fence after he fled when an officer tried to stop him for speeding, according to police. | cbslocal.com |
17571 | Lance McCormick | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 04/19/2016 | Council Bluffs | IA | 41.2817273 | -95.8674338 | Iowa Department of Transportation |
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| An Iowa Department of Transportation officer tried to stop two motorcycles near the Pottawattamie County jail at around 10 p.m. Instead, the riders sped away and the officer reportedly watched Lance McCormick lose control of his 2006 Yamaha, go over the curb and hit a fence. | wowt.com |
17567 | Daniel Eric Blackmon | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 04/19/2016 | Blountsville | AL | 34.1599125 | -86.4690854 | Blount County Sheriff's Office, Marshall County Sheriff's Office, Snead Police Department, Blountsville Police Department |
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| Blackmon led police around two counties, while he went on a shooting spree. He was eventually shot and killed. | www.al.com |
17568 | Sylasone Ackhavong | 41 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/19/2016 | Charlotte | NC | 35.245803 | -80.936933 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department |
|
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and a SWAT unit were called to the 7-Eleven on Little Rock Road after a gunman barricaded himself in the store around 3 a.m. Officer Olin Lester with the SWAT team shot and killed Sylasone Ackhavong during the standoff after he raised a gun at officers, police said. | charlotteobserver.com |
17569 | Jorevis Scruggs | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/19/2016 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6541509 | -90.2197716 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
|
| A St. Louis officer who tried to stop a car that had been reported taken in a carjacking Monday shot and killed a passenger, Scruggs, who pointed a gun at the officer, according to police. | stltoday.com |
17573 | Jackie Kirkham | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 04/20/2016 | Perryville | AR | 34.9735862 | -92.7969676 | Johnson County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Little is known about this fatal shooting, except that the Memphis man wanted in connection with a Pulaski County theft investigation. | 5newsonline.com |
17574 | Paul Arthur Gianelos | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 04/20/2016 | Falls Church | VA | 38.8544105 | -77.1920293 | Fairfax County Police Department |
|
| Fairfax County Police officers from the Mason District Station said they were dispatched to the area of Round Tree Park for a report of a critical missing man who had wandered from the park on foot. Police said officers located the man and were attempting to return him to caretakers when a struggle ensued. While attempting to take him into custody, police said the man "experienced an apparent medical emergency" and died soon after. | fairfaxtimes.com |
17572 | Francis Scot Dufore | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 04/20/2016 | Homestead | FL | 25.4371775 | -80.4966027 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
|
| Miami-Dade police officer fatally shot a shotgun-wielding man, Dufore, who kidnapped his ex-wife and forced her into a stolen car, police said. | local10.com |
17576 | Nikki Shae Bascom | 31 | Female | European-American/White | 04/21/2016 | Silver City | NM | 32.790628 | -108.262275 | Silver City Police Department |
|
| Police were called to a home after it was reported that off-duty Silver City police Capt. Marcello Contreras had fatally shot his girlfriend Nikki Bascom and then shot himself. | koat.com |
17575 | Mario Mejia-Martinez | 48 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/21/2016 | Everett | MA | 42.402881 | -71.0418939 | Everett Police Department |
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| Witnesses saw Martinez acting strangely. They said he was walking around a light post and muttering to himself. But when police arrived, the situation escalated quickly. Police ordered him to drop his knife, and when he lunged at police, he was shot and killed by Officer Joseph Pepicelli. | patch.com |
17578 | Carl Baranishyn | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 04/22/2016 | Berne | NY | 42.589216 | -74.1829659 | New York State Police |
|
| Baranishyn called the police, saying he was feeling suicidal and homicidal. Two troopers found Baranishyn outside his house holding two 3- to 4-inch folding knives, police said. Baranishyn did not respond to several commands to drop his knives and then "aggressively approached" the troopers, who both shot and killed him. | timesunion.com |
17577 | Tyler Geoffrey Hunkin | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 04/22/2016 | Austin | TX | 30.1741433 | -97.8864655 | Austin Police Department |
|
| The first officer to arrive found a 29-year-old man standing outside his vehicle and holding knives in both hands, police said. The officer got out of his patrol car to confront the man. The officer instructed the man to drop the knives, the man charged toward the officer, who shot him with a long rifle. | statesman.com |
17584 | Willie Sherman Tillman | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/23/2016 | Fayetteville | AR | 36.095109 | -94.152683 | Fayetteville Police Department |
|
| Fayetteville Police stopped Tillman for driving without headlights, according to police. Tillman stepped out of the vehicle, but dove back inside the car and attempted to flee from police. A struggle then began between the officers and Tillman, who was able to drive the vehicle while the officers were partially inside. Police said both officers attempted to deploy their tasers but were unsuccessful. One of the officers was able to get out of the vehicle, but another was still inside while Tillman continued driving. Officer Brandon Jones fired off multiple shots and struck Tillman in the chest, abdomen, and leg. He died on May 9. | 5newsonline.com |
17580 | Jakob E. Wagner | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 04/23/2016 | Antigo | WI | 45.1329663 | -89.1740467 | Antigo Police Department |
|
| A teenage gunman shot two students outside a Wisconsin high school's prom Saturday night, police said. Police, who were on campus, shot Wagner. | nbcnews.com |
17579 | Eric Wakup | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 04/23/2016 | Norfolk | VA | 36.869628 | -76.2799188 | Norfolk Police Department |
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| Wakup barricaded himself inside a home Friday night. Early Saturday, police say Wakup fired at officers, and Officers Montrell Martin and Jason Casel fatally shot him. | pilotonline.com |
17581 | Mitchell Oakley | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 04/23/2016 | Chandler | AZ | 33.2891775 | -111.8380362 | Chandler Police Department |
|
| According to the Chandler Police Department, a Walmart employee saw a man trespassing on the premises. Two officers were called out and when the first officer arrived, witnesses saw Oakley fire at the officer. Chandler police said an "ambush" on the officer occurred, and he was shot in the face. A second officer responded to the scene and fired back at the suspect but was also shot by Oakley. The second officer shot and killed Oakley who was pronounced dead at the scene. | azcentral.com |
17582 | Demarcus "D-Mar" Semer | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/23/2016 | Fort Pierce | FL | 27.4566181 | -80.3437382 | Fort Pierce Police Department |
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| Two Fort Pierce officers conducted a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, the driver attempted to flee and ran over one of the officers, injuring his leg. The second officer was partially inside the car attempting to stop the driver and was trapped inside until it finally stopped approximately 600 feet from the original location. The driver fled on foot and allegedly brandished a cell phone. The officer fired his service weapon, killing the driver. | cbsnews.com |
17583 | Orlando Collins | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/23/2016 | Topeka | KS | 38.9989899 | -95.6873432 | U.S. Marshals Service |
|
| According to the FBI, police were serving an arrest warrant for Collins at the motel when gun fire erupted as they approached the motel room door. During the barrage, a fire started in the room and spread to envelop the entire motel. The FBI is still processing the crime scene, while ATF and the fire marshal are conducting the fire investigation. The Topeka Police Dept., Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Office, and Kansas Highway Patrol are assisting with the investigation. | wibw.com |
17585 | Bradford Alden Macomber | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 04/24/2016 | Gulfport | MS | 30.3691295 | -89.0831711 | Gulfport Police Department |
|
| Officers were called to Shaggy's Restaurant after a complaint of erratic and disorderly behavior from man inside the business, police said. Police found the man outside the restaurant and attempted to investigate the incident, but he was "resistive." Officers tasered and handcuffed the man, but his erratic behavior continued and American Medical Response ambulance service was called to the scene, he died shortly thereafter. | gulflive.com |
17587 | Jonathan Watson | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 04/25/2016 | Captain Cook | HI | 19.112571 | -155.783463 | Hawaii Police Department |
|
| The Hawaii Police Department reports that officers responded to 911 call of a shooting. Officers arrived at a Hukilau Drive home when a man came out of the house in an "aggressive manner" and began to fight with the officers, according to police. The man was taken into custody. When officers went into the house to check for a suspect or victims, police say the man in custody kicked officers and soon became unresponsive and died. | khon2.com |
17586 | Kay Frances Campbell | 60 | Female | European-American/White | 04/25/2016 | East Flat Rock | NC | 35.284624 | -82.417936 | Henderson County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Deputies were sent to conduct a health and welfare check at the residence, police said. The shooting occurred during the encounter, as Kay Campbell brandished a weapon, and while awaiting the arrival of involuntary commitment papers. | wspa.com |
17591 | Antonio Gonzalez | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/26/2016 | Lawrence | MA | 42.7001143 | -71.1725598 | Lawrence Police Department |
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| Gonzalez barricaded himself in his house on Melrose Street with wife and child hostage and fired on officers before he killed himself. | cbslocal.com |
17588 | Jacquelyn Burke | 24 | Female | European-American/White | 04/26/2016 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.1462006 | -106.5282598 | Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Jacquelyn Burke was wanted for assaulting a police officer. When police caught up with her, she reportedly brandished a gun and was shot and killed. | krqe.com |
17589 | Joshua Brooks | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/26/2016 | Chesapeake | VA | 36.8168083 | -76.2334082 | Chesapeake Police Department |
|
| Officers responded to serve Brooks an emergency custody order, and met a female family member at the door. An emergency custody order is secured when there is concern a person could harm themselves or someone else. Officers saw Brooks enter the house through the back door. He was armed with a .9mm handgun, and police say he shot one round inside the home. Brooks then came out of the house through the back door and kept firing the gun. He hit the female as she tried to run away and then fired at officers. Police shot and killed him. | pilotonline.com |
17590 | Robin Alan Barber | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 04/26/2016 | Lakewood | CO | 39.7232904 | -105.0814686 | Lakewood Police Department |
|
| Officers had been monitoring a suspicious vehicle that did not seem to be associated with any room at the Motel 6. When a man approached the car, police moved in to question him. Police said the man fled and, during a brief foot chase, fired shots at the officers. He was shot and killed. | jeffco.us |
17594 | David Shane Anderson | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 04/27/2016 | Murray | UT | 40.6466243 | -111.8713661 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake |
|
| Police were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Anderson for an alleged assault on a police officer the week before, when their dog, "Aldo," was shot, and there was an exchange of gunfire. Anderson barricaded himself inside a closet in the residence as officers backed out, and then refused demands to surrender for the next five hours. SWAT police entered the home in a haze of tear gas and took Anderson into custody. Anderson died days later, killed by Sgt. Chad Reyes, Det. Kresdon Bennett and Det. Nathan Clark. | sltrib.com |
17592 | Cin Lam Mung | 34 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/27/2016 | Atlanta | GA | 33.8521282 | -84.2658983 | DeKalb County Police Department |
|
| Police said a man was walking in the neighborhood with a machete and a rooster. The officer told the man to drop the items in his hand but he refused. A fight ensued and the officer hit the man with his baton several times. Police said when the man did not drop his items after the scuffle, the officer shot the suspect. | ajc.com |
17595 | Damon Blair | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 04/27/2016 | Westminster | CO | 39.828783 | -105.043952 | Westminster Police Department |
|
| Police say several officers were investigating a stolen car when a man pulled out a gun and fired. He was shot and killed. | denverpost.com |
17593 | Darrel Machemehl | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 04/27/2016 | Seguin | TX | 29.5981826 | -97.9509721 | Seguin Police Department |
|
| After a botched robbery and a high speed chase, Machemehl refused to drop a backpack, and he was shot and killed. | kxan.com |
17599 | Ashtian Duane Barnes | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/28/2016 | Houston | TX | 29.7044547 | -95.5567897 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A deputy pulled a car over for toll violations. After initially stopping, he tried to flee. The officer was carried with the car and shot and killed the driver. | abc13.com |
17600 | Matthew Ryan Melton | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 04/28/2016 | Friendswood | TX | 29.54639 | -95.190566 | Friendswood Police Department |
|
| Officers knocked on Melton's door after receiving a complaint that Melton had cut his wrist and was about to cut the other. Melton opened the door, looking confused, and pointed a pistol at the officers. The officers retreated. SWAT and crisis negotiators responded, communicating with officers by text. When Melton's cell phone battery ran down and officers received their last text message from him, they forced entry into his apartment. Melton shot himself. | chron.com |
17596 | Lee Howard Easter | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 04/28/2016 | Meridian | ID | 43.5535456 | -116.3213337 | Ada County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Dispatchers got a 911 call; a man told dispatchers that there was someone in his house and then hung up. Dispatchers called back and a man answered, put the phone down and left the line open. The deputies arrived and heard someone upstairs, so they went inside to investigate. Around this time, another man called 911 and said he was concerned about the mental state of the person inside the house. He told dispatchers that he had talked to the man and believed he might be suicidal. He also told dispatchers the man had a gun. Several minutes passed as the deputies waited at the bottom of the stairs and asked whoever was upstairs to come down. Easter moved down the stairs, pointing a handgun at deputies, both deputies shot and killed him. | idahostatesman.com |
17597 | Michael S. Kurtz | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 04/28/2016 | Spokane | WA | 47.655975 | -117.412994 | Spokane Police Department |
|
| Witnesses said that a man, armed with a knife, approached police officers. The officers told him to disarm himself as he approached them but he refused. The man was then reportedly tasered but continued to approach officers. He was shot and killed by Officers Ryan Akins and Brandon Lynch. | kxly.com |
17598 | Kendar del Rosario | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/28/2016 | Miami | FL | 25.775735 | -80.2060853 | Miami Police Department |
|
| According to police, an officer saw a man attacking a woman with a knife. When he tried to intercede, he was attacked, and he shot and killed the man. | miamiherald.com |
17603 | Stephen Robert Heberliing | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 04/29/2016 | Wood Village | OR | 45.5427432 | -122.4183718 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Heberliing was struck by a deputy on patrol along Northeast Sandy Boulevard in Wood Village, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said. The crash happened around 4:10 a.m. near the Walmart Store. The deputy told investigators that the man was not in a crosswalk and was wearing dark clothing. | kcby.com |
17602 | Jeffrey Darrell Hobbs | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 04/29/2016 | Jackson | MO | 37.4708056 | -89.5708299 | Missouri State Highway Patrol |
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| Missouri State Highway Patrol tried to pull Hobbs over for swerving. They fought, and Hobbs dragged the trooper, who shot and killed him. | semissourian.com |
17601 | Bender Dass | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 04/29/2016 | San Tan Valley | AZ | 33.2197958 | -111.5840902 | Pinal County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A hit and run crash led to a pursuit involving a Pinal County deputies. Bender Dass led police to the area of Combs and Rittenhouse, and began driving in circles. At one point, Dass crashed into a marked car. Police ordered him to get out of the car and surrender. He accelerated the car in the direction of the officer, and the police shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault. | azfamily.com |
17605 | Marion Jose Habana | 28 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/30/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.228036 | -118.471433 | Los Angeles Police Department |
|
| Los Angeles police officers responded to a call of an assault of a woman, according to police. Police entered the apartment and found Marion Jose Habana with a woman. Police said the suspect was armed with two knives. He was shot and killed as he advanced upon police. | lacounty.gov |
17604 | Mark Daniel Bess | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 04/30/2016 | Spanish Fork | UT | 40.1486286 | -111.7311002 | Utah County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A deputy had been looking for Bess—who was wanted on drug-related felony and misdemeanor warrants and a traffic-related warrant—when he learned Bess had been spotted nearby. Police said Bess fled on foot, and the officer encountered him behind a barn at another residence. The deputy stopped about 50 feet away from Bess, who produced a knife. The officer told Bess several times to drop the knife and get on the ground, but instead he charged the deputy, who shot and killed him. | sltrib.com |
17606 | Oswald Mattner | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 04/30/2016 | Wausau | WI | 44.9795911 | -89.6215525 | Wausau Police Department |
|
| Police were responding to a domestic violence call. Oswald Mattner pulled a knife, advanced upon police, and police shot and killed him. | state.wi.us |
17608 | Charlin Charles | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/01/2016 | Orlando | FL | 28.5356065 | -81.397288 | Orlando Police Department |
|
| Police were called to Orange Blossom Trail on reports of a man walking up and down the road with a chrome firearm, police said. The first officer to respond found Charles and asked for back-up, saying he had Charles at gunpoint. Three additional officers arrived to help and commanded Charles to drop the gun. He refused and raised it. Officers Michael Ragsdale and Joseph Imburgio then fired at Charles, killing him. | cityoforlando.net |
17610 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 05/01/2016 | Austin | TX | 30.4554714 | -97.7680858 | Austin Police Department |
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| Austin Police say a maintenance worker at a North Austin apartment complex reported a man firing a gun from a balcony into the parking lot. The man went back inside his apartment and would not respond to APD officers. APD then evacuated everybody from the nearby apartments and called in the SWAT team. The SWAT situation ended around 3:00 a.m. when the man allegedly killed himself inside of his apartment. | fox7austin.com | |
17607 | Benston Calvin Clinkscales | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/01/2016 | Anderson | SC | 34.5052519 | -82.6344685 | Anderson Police Department |
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| Clinkscales' mother called 911 around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, saying her son was acting strange and had been drinking heavily before putting his arm through a window, police said. Police who arrived at the residence found a belligerent man, and they tasered him, but the effects didn't last long because Clinkscales removed the prongs from the Taser. First aid workers took him to a hospital where he died. | independentmail.com |
17609 | Ronald Branch | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 05/01/2016 | Alamo | TN | 35.8585678 | -89.1277472 | Crockett County Sheriff's Office, Maury City Police Department |
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| Crockett County deputies and a Maury City police officer were executing a search warrant at a home when Branch, who is not a resident of the home, entered the residence brandishing a weapon, according police. There was an exchange of gunfire during which officers fired their weapons, killing Branch. | johnsoncitypress.com |
17611 | Reginald Darnell Dogan | 53 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/02/2016 | Taylors | SC | 34.9073786 | -82.3291015 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies received a call about a person waving around a gun. The first deputy to respond found Dogan armed on Tappan Drive. After making contact with Dogan, the deputy asked for backup and another deputy responded, police said. When the second deputy arrived, Dogan began walking toward the deputy; the deputy told the man to get to the ground, and he did not. The second deputy shot Dogan in the neck, and he died two weeks later. | wyff4.com |
17612 | Zachary "Zach" W. Klink | 25 | Female | European-American/White | 05/02/2016 | Carthage | MO | 37.1619871 | -94.3280049 | Carthage Police Department |
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| Klink was the driver of a motorcycle that crashed into a pickup truck after an attempt by a Carthage officer to stop it. | joplinglobe.com |
17615 | Desmond "Malik-Bucky" Taylor | 54 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/03/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3643727 | -76.5869403 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| A wanted robber was surrounded by police and came out the back door of a house and shot himself in the head. | baltimoresun.com |
17613 | Raymond Hopper | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2016 | Visalia | CA | 36.3426444 | -119.2638562 | Visalia Police Department |
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| Hopper was armed with a steak knife when he approached a police officer. The officer fired three rounds and then attempted CPR. The man's family watched from the lawn, and neighbors watched from their windows. | abc30.com |
17614 | Jeffrey Y. "Bubba" DeLong | 67 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2016 | Ocean City | MD | 38.4091714 | -75.0586044 | Ocean City Police Department |
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| DeLong was walking across Coastal Highway from east to west and was in the north crosswalk against the pedestrian signal when he was struck and killed, police said. The driver of the vehicle was Ocean City Officer Xeniya Patterson, a five-year veteran officer who was on duty and traveling southbound on Coastal Highway while on routine patrol. | delmarvanow.com |
28269 | Willard Truckenmiller | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2016 | Fort Myers | FL | 26.7031499 | -81.7559065 | Lee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Willard Truckenmiller, a Lee County sheriff's deputy, died two days after having an incident at an east Fort Myers bar where emergency medical services administered ketamine. Truckenmiller was pronounced brain dead on May 5, 2016. The medical examiner deemed his death an accident and listed "agitated delirium" as a cause. | news-press.com |
17619 | Richard Ferretti | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2016 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9789773 | -75.2683021 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Several college students called police when they saw a man circling the neighborhood in a minivan and thought he was casing homes in the neighborhood. A marked unit turned on its emergency lights behind the minivan while an unmarked police car stopped in front of the minivan. Police say both officers exited their car and ordered the driver of the minivan to turn off the engine. At that time the driver allegedly drove in the general direction of plainclothes officer's direction. An officer fired four shots, killing Richard Ferretti. Police alleged vehicular assault. | 6abc.com |
17620 | Cayce A. DiTullio | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2016 | Burien | WA | 47.4713662 | -122.3606737 | King County Sheriff's Office |
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| DiTullio was apparently shot and killed by police when he brandished an AR-15 rifle from inside his truck. Police said that DiTullio led them on a chase around town before returning to his home, where he was shot and killed after showing the weapon. | b-townblog.com |
17616 | Matthew Tucker | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/04/2016 | Temecula | CA | 33.4777335 | -117.0902298 | Temecula Police Department |
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| Tucker was shot by Temecula Police Officers after he advanced upon them wielding a knife. Police responded to a 911 call within a residence. As police arrived on scene, they were directed to the garage at the residence. During the contact, the male advanced toward the officers with the knife, and he was shot and killed. | riversidecountynewssource.org |
17618 | Gerry J. Thompson | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2016 | Buffalo | MO | 37.5781187 | -93.1306625 | Missouri State Highway Patrol |
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| Police responded to a reported domestic violence incident five-miles south of Buffalo. Officers made contact with a white man who was suspected of being armed. The subject allegedly failed to obey officers' commands and was shot and killed. | kspr.com |
17617 | Travis John Swol | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2016 | Roseville | CA | 38.7425641 | -121.2812125 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Officers went to the residence to talk to a man. When he spotted the officers, the man went into the home and refused to come out. A one-block section of King Road was closed to traffic and homes in the immediate area were evacuated. Police negotiators responded and tried to make contact with the man. After several attempts failed to elicit a response, officers used a robot to enter the residence. The robot searched the residence and found the man dead. | sacbee.com |
17621 | Marion Guy Williams | 65 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2016 | Katy | TX | 29.8014601 | -95.7435097 | Harris County Sheriff's Office |
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| Williams, armed with a shotgun, went to Knight Transportation and killed Mike Dawid, the supervisor who had fired him. SWAT deputies responding to an active shooter call heard gunshots and found Williams dead of a gunshot wound. | click2houston.com |
17624 | Burt T. Johnson | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/05/2016 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.1340836 | -88.0058937 | Milwaukee Police Department |
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| Police responded to a reported domestic violence incident five-miles south of Buffalo. Officers made contact with a white man who was suspected of being armed. The subject allegedly failed to obey officers' commands and was shot and killed by Officers Jesse Mattson and Jason Daering. | fox6now.com |
17622 | Deresha Armstrong | 26 | Female | African-American/Black | 05/05/2016 | Orlando | FL | 28.5507268 | -81.4418144 | Orange County Sheriff's Office |
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| Officers responded to a burglary in progress and found Armstrong outside and armed. They shot and killed her. | clickorlando.com |
17625 | Tyler G. Everitt | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/05/2016 | Carthage | MO | 37.1656719 | -94.3459308 | Carthage Police Department |
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| Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan said Tyler Grant Everitt, 22, was killed when the 2003 Buick Regal he was driving ended up crashing into a tree at high speed as he fled a police stop. | joplinglobe.com |
17623 | Corey DiGiovanni | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/05/2016 | Gretna | LA | 29.920944 | -90.043548 | Gretna Police Department |
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| Police were attempting to serve a warrant for drugs on Corey DiGiovanni when he led them on an extensive chase. Police shot and killed him when he allegedly drove in the general direction of police. | wwltv.com |
17626 | Ronald D. Williams Jr. | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/06/2016 | Weirton | WV | 40.4098512 | -80.5368228 | Weirton Police Department |
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| Williams' girlfriend called to report a domestic incident. She said Williams was holding a knife up and threatening to harm himself after she said she was breaking up with him. The girlfriend said Williams pushed her into a closet and went to get a gun from his vehicle, telling her of his intention to get police to shoot him. Williams met police officers outside the home, brandishing the gun in their direction. He was then shot and killed. | wtov9.com |
17627 | Ronald Couch | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/06/2016 | Lincoln Township | MI | 43.9297824 | -84.8929812 | Clare County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police |
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| Police were trying to arrest Richard Thompson for parole violations when Couch apparently fired on police and committed suicide. | clarecountyreview.com |
20927 | Jeffrey Dunigan | 57 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/06/2016 | Kalamazoo | MI | 42.2855143 | -85.5804185 | Kalamazoo Public Safety |
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| Jeffrey Dunigan was arrested for trespassing when he allegedly refused to get out of a wheelchair after being discharged from Bronson Methodist Hospital. Officers handcuffed Dunigan and placed him in a police car with the assistance of Bronson security. On the way to the Kalamazoo County Jail, officers Derek Nugent and Eric Shaffer stopped to check on Dunigan after hearing what they described as "snoring." The officers said they tried to sit Dunigan upright as he had slid down to the floorboard. They arrived at the jail at 6:56 a.m. Life-saving efforts were reportedly started by jail staff with assistance from Nugent and Shaffer. Dunigan was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m. Dunigan's death was ruled an accident caused by "hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end stage renal disease complicated by acute intoxication by the combined effects of hydrocodone, diphenhydramine, ephedrine and gabapentin," according to a postmortem examination report. Nugent and Schaffer were suspended for failing to recognize his condition. | mlive.com |
17628 | Patrick David Linggi | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/06/2016 | Arden Arcade | CA | 38.5847975 | -121.4107314 | Sacramento County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies hoped to arrest Linggi on a felony warrant. He barricaded himself in the house, and when they broke in, they found him dead of a self-administered gunshot. | sacbee.com |
17631 | Lionel Gibson | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/07/2016 | Long Beach | CA | 33.795311 | -118.1910691 | Long Beach Police Department |
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| Police received a call reporting a man with "an Uzi-style gun" speaking to three individuals inside a vehicle near 21st Street and Locust Avenue, Zabel said. Officers arrived within minutes and the shooting happened shortly after. The man had an airsoft toy gun. | lacounty.gov |
17630 | Robert E. Crittsinger Jr. | 79 | Male | European-American/White | 05/07/2016 | Norfolk | VA | 36.896628 | -76.3028129 | Norfolk Police Department |
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| An officer was responding to a call about gunshots on Graydon Avenue, and had the cruiser's lights and sirens on when he crashed into Crittsinger at an intersection. | wavy.com |
17633 | Alton Witchard | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/07/2016 | Saint Petersburg | FL | 27.749078 | -82.6733526 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Auto Theft Task Force deputies were following a minivan they thought was stolen. The passenger in the van, Alton Witchard, got out of the van holding an AR-15 assault rifle. Deputies say Witchard failed to heed multiple warnings to drop the weapon, and he was shot and killed. | fox13news.com |
17629 | Kelly Wilson | 26 | Female | European-American/White | 05/07/2016 | Decatur | IL | 39.8635897 | -88.9729269 | Illinois State Police |
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| Illinois State Police say a trooper involved in a crash Saturday night that left a Decatur woman dead was on his way to respond to the officer shooting in Mahomet. The state trooper was heading north on Oakland Avenue, in Decatur, en route to intercept a suspect who shot a police officer. He had his lights and sirens turned on. At that time, a 26-year-old Decatur woman was driving west on Harrison Avenue in a Honda Odyssey. As the trooper's vehicle approached the Harrison Avenue intersection, the Honda pulled into the intersection. The trooper struck the driver's side of the vehicle, causing extensive damage to both vehicles and injuring both drivers. The woman was taken to Decatur Memorial Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead from her injuries. The trooper was last reported to be in critical condition at an area hospital. | wandtv.com |
17634 | Derek Sam | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 05/07/2016 | Presque Isle | ME | 46.6856865 | -68.0143427 | Presque Isle Police Department |
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| Sam was shot by Presque Isle police officer Lucas Hafford. Responding to calls about erratic behavior, Hafford encountered Sam carrying a knife and used verbal orders and a stun gun before shooting and killing him, according to police. | bangordailynews.com |
17632 | Nathan Quinn Cates | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 05/07/2016 | Lake Stevens | WA | 48.0359589 | -122.0589802 | Snohomish County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police responded to reports of gunshots and a suicidal man. Snohomish County Sheriff's deputies found an armed man who, at times, was holding a gun to his head. They began negotiations. A SWAT team arrived at 1 a.m. A family member also spoke to him. Police say they used several "less lethal" methods to try to subdue him. Officers approached the man about 7:20 a.m. Saturday after police believed he put down the gun. As officers approached, he "made a movement to the gun," and two officers shot and killed him. | heraldnet.com |
17635 | Alexander Daniel Larmon | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 05/08/2016 | Cromwell | OK | 35.387258 | -96.448025 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
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| Larmon was killed when his car was knocked off the road by a pursuing state trooper. | tulsaworld.com |
17642 | Norman Eric Stauber | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2016 | Port St. Lucie | FL | 27.3124282 | -80.3714654 | Port St. Lucie Police Department |
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| Stauber was riding northbound along the sidewalk of Southwest Bayshore Boulevard and Southwest Swan Avenue when he drove off the raised curbed sidewalk and fell onto Southwest Bayshore. As he did that, Officer Steve Camara was traveling southbound in his Port St. Lucie Police patrol car and collided with the cyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene. | tcpalm.com |
17637 | Michael D. Johnson | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2016 | Chicago | IL | 41.8040418 | -87.7261639 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Police responded to a holdup alarm, as a security guard chased the armed suspect out of the bank, according to police. The officers chased the suspect about a block. Officers ran into a gangway between buildings, and the robber turned around with a gun and an officer shot and killed him. | chicagotribune.com |
17636 | Christian Bowman | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2016 | Biloxi | MS | 30.4610091 | -88.8456753 | Jackson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded at the request of the clerk on duty to investigate possible drug activity in a Ramada Inn room. When the deputies made contact with the suspect, he became "aggressively combative" toward the officer, police said. Another deputy arrived to assist in subduing the suspect, and the fight escalated until one of the deputies shot and killed Bowman. | clarionledger.com |
17641 | Jamie Allen Stotts | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2016 | Nacogdoches | TX | 31.5501193 | -94.5871922 | Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| A deputy and a trooper responded to an assault. Stotts fled on a motorcycle, arriving at his home. He went for a shotgun, and was shot and killed. | ktre.com |
17640 | Arthur R. Williams Jr. | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/09/2016 | El Paso | TX | 31.9299017 | -106.4183925 | El Paso Police Department |
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| Williams was shot by two officers as he ran out of a house toward them, waving what appeared to be a handgun and ignoring commands to drop it. After the officers shot and disarmed Williams, the handgun was found to be a BB gun. | kvia.com |
17639 | Joseph Napoli | 59 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/09/2016 | Fort McCoy | FL | 29.382546 | -81.890258 | Marion County Sheriff's Office |
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| Marion County Sheriff's Office's wanted to locate Joseph Napoli for questioning in a case they were working. A deputy located Napoli's vehicle pulled over on the side of the road and parked behind the man's vehicle, exited the patrol car and began to approach Napoli's vehicle. The deputy noticed Napoli had a handgun as she walked up to the vehicle. The deputy stated Napoli raised his gun, and she discharged her weapon. It's uncertain at this time who shot him. | ocala.com |
17638 | Jaffort Demont Smith | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/09/2016 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9644015 | -93.0931724 | St. Paul Police Department |
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| A man seen waving a gun at a St. Paul impound lot was later shot and killed by police officers after he fired on them, police said. | startribune.com |
17644 | Arthur DaRosa | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/10/2016 | Taunton | MA | 41.8674793 | -71.0508034 | Plymouth County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police responded to the Silver City Galleria shopping mall after DaRosa crashed a black Honda Accord into the entrance of a Macy's store. Moments later, police say DaRosa exited his car, assaulted multiple people inside Macy's, and then walked into a Bertucci's restaurant inside the mall. Inside the restaurant, DaRosa allegedly stabbed multiple people including a 56-year-old man who died. DaRosa was shot and killed by an off-duty Plymouth County sheriff's deputy. | cbslocal.com |
17645 | Nancy Lynn Friedrich | 35 | Female | European-American/White | 05/10/2016 | Kennedale | TX | 32.608425 | -97.2367698 | Tarrant County Sheriff's Office |
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| A woman with a history of mental illness threatened a deputy with a log. | dallasnews.com |
17643 | Robert Walesa | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 05/10/2016 | Tempe | AZ | 33.421244 | -111.923653 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Walesa was wanted for shooting a deputy. When police arrived, he shot and killed himself. | azcentral.com |
17647 | Thongsoune Vilaysane | 30 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 05/11/2016 | San Diego | CA | 32.704182 | -117.0558711 | San Diego Police Department |
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| After an attempted traffic stop, Vilaysane fled. Eventually, he was surrounded, and he responded by running into police cars with his. He was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault. | nbcsandiego.com |
17651 | Michael Kennedy | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/11/2016 | Grafton | WI | 43.3171325 | -87.9190226 | Grafton Police Department, Saukville Police Department |
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| Saukville police were called regarding a possible burglary. Officers believed Kennedy broke into a woman's house, held her at gunpoint and forced her to drive him around. She was released without being hurt. Grafton police later noticed a car they believed to have been involved in the Saukville incident parked at the Hampton Inn. Police from both police departments tried to reach Kennedy. When they attempted to make contact, they heard a shot; they regrouped and when they attempted to make contact again, there was a second shot. Eventually, when they went in the room, he was dead. | wisn.com |
17648 | Stephen Ray Schuster | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 05/11/2016 | Aurora | CO | 39.608039 | -104.7325942 | Aurora Police Department |
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| Multiple Aurora police officers shot and killed an armed suspect following a carjacking and a police chase right after the suspect rammed a police vehicle, police said. | cbslocal.com |
17646 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 05/11/2016 | Eureka | CA | 40.7393071 | -124.1973974 | Humboldt County Sheriff's Office |
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| Sheriff's Office received a call from a female victim stating her elderly husband was threatening to kill her. Upon arrival, deputies negotiated while reinforcements assembled. The man went inside and shot himself in the head. | lostcoastoutpost.com | |
17649 | Shawn Mondragon aka Sean Ryan Mondragon | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/11/2016 | Evans | CO | 40.3845794 | -104.6904958 | Greeley Police Department |
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| Two Greeley police officers shot and killed a suspect at the intersection of U.S. 85 and 31st Street. The man had tried to rob two women at gunpoint near a bowling alley earlier in the night, pointed his gun at police officers, led police on a high-speed chase and attempted to carjack a vehicle after crashing into another car, according to police. | greeleytribune.com |
17650 | Stephen Godfrey | 69 | Male | European-American/White | 05/11/2016 | Byng | OK | 34.8831599 | -96.6743089 | Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police were called to help a suicidal man. They did. | theadanews.com |
17653 | Kevin Robinson | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/12/2016 | Chicago | IL | 41.7069509 | -87.6404071 | Chicago Police Department |
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| An 11-hour standoff with a triple homicide suspect ended after the man was found dead. Police said Robinson is a convicted felon suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and two of her relatives during a domestic dispute. | abc7chicago.com |
17652 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 05/12/2016 | Killeen | TX | 31.0910109 | -97.7693624 | Killeen Police Department |
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| Police were called to help an elderly man with suicidal ideation. He shot himself in the garage. | kdhnews.com | |
17654 | David Dementarius Canty | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/12/2016 | Birmingham | AL | 33.55199 | -86.73861 | Birmingham Police Department |
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| Police said Canty ran out into traffic and in front of the patrol vehicle. The officer, they said, didn't have time to stop, and Canty was killed. | www.al.com |
17656 | Emmanuel Giddings Jr. | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/13/2016 | Bear Creek Township | PA | 41.2174374 | -75.674189 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Giddings shot himself in the head after being pulled over in Bear Creek Township. When a trooper asked Giddings to get out of the vehicle for a sobriety test, he pulled out a handgun and shot himself in the head, according to police. | timesleader.com |
17658 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 05/13/2016 | Jackson | TN | 35.6896437 | -88.8556543 | Jackson Police Department |
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| Police were called to assist a suicidal woman. When they arrived, she tried to get them to shoot her, but ended up shooting herself. | wbbjtv.com | |
17659 | Kimberly King | 46 | Female | European-American/White | 05/13/2016 | Mascotte | FL | 28.59298 | -81.8899087 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Mylynda Martinez was on the run after police tried to pull her over for a traffic infraction. Police said they had been following her from a drug house in Leesburg. Martinez was on County Road 33, fleeing Lake County deputies, when she lost control of the car, which had been disabled by spike strips, and went into oncoming traffic. Martinez then crashed head-on into the Escalade driven by Kimberly King, killing them both. | wesh.com |
17660 | Mylynda Martinez | 27 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 05/13/2016 | Mascotte | FL | 28.59298 | -81.8899087 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Mylynda Martinez was on the run after police tried to pull her over for a traffic infraction. Police said they had been following her from a drug house in Leesburg. Martinez was on County Road 33, fleeing Lake County deputies, when she lost control of the car, which had been disabled by spike strips, and went into oncoming traffic. Martinez then crashed head-on into the Escalade driven by Kimberly King, killing them both. | wesh.com |
17655 | Robert "Huero" Mark Diaz | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/13/2016 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0262177 | -118.2019596 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Police said the suspected gang member displayed a weapon as officers were conducting a pedestrian stop. There was an exchange of gunfire and the man was killed, LAPD said. | latimes.com |
17657 | Michael Gaffney | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 05/13/2016 | Union | NJ | 40.6954213 | -74.2709648 | Newark Police Department |
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| Gaffney was killed before closing time Friday morning outside Paddy's Place after he and an off-duty police got into a fight. Gaffney was unarmed. Newark police officer Joseph Macchia was convicted reckless manslaughter. | www.nj.com |
17663 | Cody Nathaniel Marsh | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2016 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3325516 | -81.6529273 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office |
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| After posting suicidal thoughts on Facebook, Marsh went to a McDonalds armed with knives and was shot and killed. | jacksonville.com |
17661 | Ryan Johnson | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2016 | Stockbridge | GA | 33.5878398 | -84.1915586 | Henry County Police Department |
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| Police were called twice to a home regarding a domestic dispute between a son and his father. The second time, Johnson refused to talk and when police broke in, he was shot and killed. | 11alive.com |
17664 | Francis Clark | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/14/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4653429 | -112.1402939 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a report of a possible armed home invasion. Several people called 911 and told dispatchers there was a man with a gun chasing a woman, later identified as 41-year-old Mercy Cordova. Police arrived to find Cordova dead. When the officers turned a corner, Clark started shooting from the second floor. Police returned fire and killed Clark. | abc15.com |
17665 | Terry Leroy Hamblin | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2016 | Pittsburg | KS | 37.4257857 | -94.7161569 | Pittsburg Police Department |
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| Terry Leroy Hamblin died after the 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving crashed during a police chase. According to police, Hamblin fled when an officer tried to stop him for running a red light. Hamblin's SUV left the roadway, crossed back, went off the other side of road, then struck a utility pole and a chain link fence. Hamblin was pronounced dead at the scene. | littleapplepost.com |
17662 | Jeffrey Sims | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2016 | Osteen | FL | 28.8998336 | -81.13416 | Volusia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies Miguel Kent and Djhon Knight saw what they thought was an abandoned two-door passenger car on the side of the road, police said. As they approached the car, they noticed Sims in the driver's seat and a handgun in the back seat. The deputies, who were in uniform, positioned themselves on either side of the car and ordered Sims to remain still and not reach for the gun. Sims instead took off his shirt and placed it to obstruct the deputies' view. When the shirt fell from the window, the deputies saw Sims was in the back seat holding the gun. When Sims refused orders to lower the gun, Kent shot and killed him. | news-journalonline.com |
17666 | Dracy "Clint" Pendleton | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 05/15/2016 | Golconda | IL | 37.4977546 | -88.5008441 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Illinois State Police |
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| After a massive manhunt because Pendleton was suspected of shooting a police officer, Pendleton was killed in a gunfight. | news-gazette.com |
17667 | Jabril Robinson | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/16/2016 | Riverdale | GA | 33.5767104 | -84.439743 | Clayton County Police Department |
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| Robinson was shot and killed after trying to run away from officers who were responding to a domestic dispute between him and his girlfriend. Police said he had a gun; family members disputed this. | 11alive.com |
20928 | Devin Lamar Young | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/16/2016 | Jackson | MI | 42.2069925 | -84.3996297 | Jackson County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to police, a deputy stopped Devin Young's SUV shortly before 5 p.m., but Young drove away as the deputy approached. A short high-speed chase ensued until the SUV hit the median, went out of control, hit a tree and burst into flames, killing Young. | seattletimes.com |
17668 | Scott Macomber | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 05/16/2016 | Fall River | MA | 41.6778519 | -71.1824541 | Fall River Police Department |
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| Police went to a home to arrest a woman on outstanding warrants. Macomber also had warrants. He resisted and was shot and killed. | newbedfordguide.com |
19411 | Kersha L. Arrington | 32 | Female | European-American/White | 05/16/2016 | Hot Springs | AR | 34.5085888 | -93.0520424 | Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dakota Avants, 22, of Pine Bluff, the car's diriver, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two passengers in the vehicle, Kersha L. Arrington, 32, and Ashley Nicole Whittington, 30, both of Pine Bluff, died as the result of injuries sustained in a crash, which occurred after a highspeed pursuit that originated in Hot Spring County. | pbcommercial.com |
19412 | Ashley N. Whittington | 30 | Female | European-American/White | 05/16/2016 | Hot Springs | AR | 34.5085888 | -93.0520424 | Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office |
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| Dakota Avants, 22, of Pine Bluff, the car's diriver, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two passengers in the vehicle, Kersha L. Arrington, 32, and Ashley Nicole Whittington, 30, both of Pine Bluff, died as the result of injuries sustained in the crash, which occurred after a highspeed pursuit that originated in Hot Spring County. | pbcommercial.com |
17670 | Jeremy Thompson | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2016 | Fountain | CO | 38.7288275 | -104.7263774 | Fountain Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a disturbance. Police Thompson was being uncooperative. While being placed into custody, he became unresponsive and died. | kktv.com |
17669 | Luke Sanders | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2016 | Montague | CA | 41.6471941 | -122.5204362 | Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies received a called about an armed man acting irrationally with a severe injury. Deputies said Sanders had cut off his own hand. Officials explained they tried to help the man, but he resisted and a confrontation ensued, which escalated based on the threat he posed to deputies, a California Highway Patrol officer and citizens. Deputies said Sanders was armed with an ax and failed to follow commands. He was shot and killed. | siskiyou.ca.us |
17675 | Antwand Tyreese Cousins | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/18/2016 | Minneapolis | MN | 45.0038742 | -93.308196 | Minneapolis Police Department |
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| Dash camera video shows officers approaching his vehicle and attempting to get him to roll down his window before he refused and fled at a high rate of speed. The chase ended when Cousins hit a minivan at Penn and West Broadway before hitting the building. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | cbslocal.com |
17671 | Israel Santos-Banos | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/18/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.3775554 | -112.16399 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| Police say up to six officers who went to a home knowing that they would be confronting an armed suspect. The 911 caller made the disclosure while meeting with police in a nearby parking lot beforehand. Santos-Banos opened fire at police while sitting inside a vehicle in the driveway and he was shot and killed. He killed Officer David Glasser. | azcentral.com |
17674 | Erwin J. Acree Jr. | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/18/2016 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3512035 | -76.4779985 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| After apparently shooting his ex-girlfriend, Acree barricaded himself in a home. When police arrived, they say he shot himself. | baltimoresun.com |
17672 | Joseph Weatherby | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2016 | West Sullivan | MO | 38.1893503 | -91.1880941 | Missouri State Highway Patrol |
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| Weatherby fled a stop. There was a car chase, then a foot chase, and then Weatherby pulled a gun on the trooper and was shot and killed. | kmov.com |
17673 | Garry Conrad Jr. | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2016 | New York City | NY | 40.7618119 | -73.9860701 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Conrad entered the Food Emporium and became aggressive toward workers in the store. After an NYPD officer was alerted, he confronted Conrad and a struggle between the men ensued. Both of them fell to the ground, but when Conrad stood up, he displayed an 8-inch knife and approach the officer and two other officers. He was shot and killed. | nydailynews.com |
23171 | LaDonna Crites | 27 | Female | European-American/White | 05/19/2016 | Morgantown | WV | 39.5825996 | -80.0618662 | Monongalia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputies responded to a report of an unattended child in a minivan at the Morgantown Mall around 3 p.m. According to police, the deputies saw the van leaving the parking lot and tried to stop the driver, Ladonna Crites, but she continued south. The pursuit reportedly reached speeds between 60-70 mph on the curvy road before Crites lost control of the van on a curve and hit some trees about 20 yards down a hill. Crites died at the crash site. A toddler and an infant inside the van were taken to a hospital. Police said the children's injuries were not believed to be life threatening. | wajr.com |
17679 | Timothy Brandon Stacy | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/19/2016 | Fisty | KY | 37.3334 | -83.1009 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Troopers responded to a complaint about an intoxicated man who was fighting with several people at a home. Stacy was standing outside and became combative. He then went inside. Troopers say after several attempts to get him to come out unarmed, Stacy came out with a gun. They say he refused to drop the gun, made threats then raised the gun toward officers, and he was shot and killed. | kentucky.com |
17676 | Jessica Williams | 29 | Female | African-American/Black | 05/19/2016 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7385146 | -122.4039197 | San Francisco Police Department |
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| Jessica Williams attempted to flee officers in a suspected stolen car. She allegedly drove in their general direction and was shot and killed. | ktvu.com |
17678 | Kentrill William Carraway | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/19/2016 | Miami | FL | 25.8440512 | -80.2304707 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
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| A Miami-Dade detective on a narcotics detail in the county's north end shot and killed Carraway, who was on probation for armed robbery, after a confrontation behind an apartment complex in which police said he drew a weapon. | miamiherald.com |
17680 | Jeremias Cruz | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/19/2016 | North Las Vegas | NV | 36.1993184 | -115.1244092 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Cruz apparently beat a man to death and refused to follow orders. He attacked an officer and was shot and killed. | reviewjournal.com |
17677 | Jaime Ide | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/19/2016 | Citrus Heights | CA | 38.6738546 | -121.276267 | Citrus Heights Police Department |
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| Ide was shot and killed by Citrus Heights police after a standoff with police. Ide was shot and killed at an apartment complex after police said he threatened police with a knife in a narrow corridor. | sacda.org |
17682 | Wesley Wayne Ford | Male | African-American/Black | 05/20/2016 | Amarillo | TX | 35.225377 | -101.840284 | Amarillo Police Department |
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| Police were investigating a shots-fired complaint. They found Ford inside an apartment, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. | abc7amarillo.com | |
17681 | Joshua S. Beebee | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/20/2016 | Omaha | NE | 41.2920439 | -96.1725607 | Omaha Police Department |
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| According to police, Beebee was carrying an 11-inch kitchen knife, and he charged at Officer Rowe after repeatedly refusing commands to drop the weapon. People had called police because they had seen Beebee walking in the area for some time with the knife. | ketv.com |
17683 | Brian Steen | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/20/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4875439 | -112.0782226 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| The Phoenix Fire Department was called to a store because a man was complaining of chest pains, police said. When firefighters arrived, Steen became combative, refused treatment and ran away from the store. Firefighters contacted police, who found Steen in the middle of Osborn Road at Third Avenue. Steen became combative with the officers. Steen had been taken to the ground and placed in handcuffs before he went into medical distress and died. | azfamily.com |
30170 | Bijan Fardnazari | 58 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/20/2016 | Fontana | CA | 34.0904578 | -117.4636452 | San Bernardino Sheriff's Department |
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| At about 5:13 p.m., there was a call for service at a home, and the reporting party indicated that Bijan Fardnazari, was stabbing himself in the backyard. Deputy Daniel Armenta responded to the call. He entered the house through the front door and saw Fardnazari in the backyard, behind an exterior security door, holding a knife. Armenta, with his Taser out, ordered Fardnazari to drop the knife, but the man did not comply with the deputy's orders. Fardnazari opened up the security door and entered the house, walking toward Armenta with the knife raised up in the air. Armenta put away his Taser and pulled out his firearm as he backed away from Fardnazari, who kept moving toward him. Armenta shot and killed Fardnazari. | fontanaheraldnews.com |
17684 | Mark Nelson | 31 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 05/21/2016 | Flagstaff | AZ | 35.2337599 | -111.482375 | Coconino County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said Nelson's mother called 911 reporting Nelson was armed and suicidal behind the home. Coconino County Sheriff's Office, Flagstaff Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety all arrived at the area and tried to convince Nelson to surrender his gun. Nelson drove his truck to the front of the home and got out of the truck with a high-powered rifle. After more negotiation, Nelson pointed the gun at himself, then at officers, which is when CCSO deputies shot and killed him. | 12news.com |
17687 | John Cousins Jr. | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 05/21/2016 | Statesville | NC | 35.7801659 | -80.8860063 | Statesville Police Department |
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| Sgt. Scott Reed, in a marked vehicle, struck and killed pedestrian John Cousins Jr. on South Center Street. Few details have been released. | charlotteobserver.com |
17685 | Travis Anthony Moore | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 05/21/2016 | Oregon City | OR | 45.3514038 | -122.614514 | Oregon City Police Department |
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| Police say the man was shot when he resisted arrest. Details are pretty sparce. | katu.com |
17686 | Norman Campbell | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 05/21/2016 | Chesterfield | SC | 34.8007731 | -80.0311042 | Florence County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division |
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| Police were investigating shots fired. After a 15-hour standoff, Campbell came out and threatened police with a gun, and he was shot and killed. | wpde.com |
17692 | Robert D. Reinold | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/22/2016 | Quincy | IL | 39.9784431 | -91.300825 | Adams County Sheriff's Office |
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| Robert D. Reinold was killed when his car crashed while fleeing from a deputy. A deputy responded to a complaint involving Reinold at about 2 p.m. Another deputy saw Reinold's vehicle and stopped him. Shortly after the stop, Reinold fled and the deputy followed, though police said he turned off his emergency lights. Seconds later, the deputy reportedly saw Reinold's vehicle hit a train bridge and start on fire. Police said the deputy tried to extinguish the fire, but was unable to get Reinold out. | khqa.com |
17689 | Bryson Fischer | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 05/22/2016 | Boulder | CO | 40.0143592 | -105.2773457 | Boulder Police Department |
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| Officers Ryan Austin and Ross Maynard fired on Fischer when they confronted him about 2:15 p.m. at Boulder Creek under the Broadway bridge, where he had been firing a gun into the creek. Police said Fischer pointed a gun at the officers before they shot and killed him. | denverpost.com |
17688 | Michael Eugene Wilson Jr. | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/22/2016 | Hallandale Beach | FL | 25.9829839 | -80.1284995 | Hallandale Beach Police Department |
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| According to police, officers were responding to reports of a burglary in progress. Wilson was shot sitting behind the wheel of a car as he and a suspected accomplice attempted to flee, driving in the general direction of police. Police alleged vehicular assault. | sun-sentinel.com |
17690 | Vernell Charles Bing Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/22/2016 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3466898 | -81.6491877 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office |
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| Vernell Bing Jr. led officers on 3.7-mile high-speed chase that ended when he struck the officer's cruiser on a Springfield street, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Bing exited the car and was shot and killed. | jacksonville.com |
17691 | Jorge Zambrano | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/22/2016 | Oxford | MA | 42.1914335 | -71.9021772 | Auburn Police Department |
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| Jorge Zambrano is suspected in the shooting and killing of Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino, Jr. during a traffic stop. He was eventually killed at an Oxford home as he fired at police. | telegram.com |
17693 | Verl Bedonie | 26 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 05/23/2016 | Flagstaff | AZ | 35.1942012 | -111.653962 | Flagstaff Police Department, Northern Arizona University Police Department |
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| Officers responded to reports of an armed man in the High Country Conference Center, after a short chase, an exchange of gunfire and a carjacking, Bedonie was shot and killed. | azcentral.com |
17694 | Melvin Toran | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/24/2016 | Park Forest | IL | 41.4828516 | -87.6938708 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| Toran was wanted on a variety of charges, most related to drugs. When | chicagotribune.com |
20929 | Jeremy Dorrell Hudson | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/24/2016 | Holland | MI | 42.7905856 | -86.1057555 | Holland Police Department |
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| According to police, an officer saw Jeremy Dorell Hudson speeding away from an apartment complex in a Mitsubishi Outlander about 10 p.m. Hudson reportedly refused to stop for the officer and ran a stop sign and red light, then hit a northbound Ford Taurus and struck a Chevy Silverado at the intersection. Hudson was ejected and died at the scene. | mlive.com |
17697 | Bodhi Wilson Dean Phelps | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 05/24/2016 | Gresham | OR | 45.5066362 | -122.4690517 | Gresham Police Department |
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| Bodhi Phelps was fatally shot by officers while brandishing a pair of knives, after allegedly assaulting and forcing a woman into a car. | oregonlive.com |
17696 | Mario Montoya | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/24/2016 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0662325 | -106.5088691 | U.S. Marshals Service |
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| Marshals were trying to arrest Montoya for walking away from his assigned halfway house on May 20. They say he pulled a gun and was shot and killed. | squarespace.com |
17695 | Leslie Wayne Goletz | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 05/24/2016 | Peculiar | MO | 38.7409593 | -94.4710194 | Cass County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police received a report of a suspicious driver on I-49 north of Harrisonville. A caller said the driver had caused several wrecks on the highway. When a deputy tried to stop the driver, the man sped off. Police said an officer from the Peculiar Police Department deployed stop sticks and the driver stopped just north of Highway J on I-49. There was a struggle when the deputy tried to arrest him and the man was shot and killed. | kansascity.com |
17700 | Derek Allan Prophet | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 05/25/2016 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4664734 | -97.5300845 | Oklahoma City Police Department |
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| Two Oklahoma City police bike patrol officers made contact with a man. They say the man refused to follow officers verbal directions and then produced a knife and made threatening gestures. He was shot and killed by Master Sgt. Steve Helmer. | kfor.com |
17698 | Doll Pierre Louis | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/25/2016 | Miami Gardens | FL | 25.9260819 | -80.26061 | Florida Highway Patrol |
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| A Florida Highway Patrol motorcycle officer pulled over a red Nissan at N.W. 168th St. and 37th Ave. But as the officer gets off his bike to confront the driver, the suspect quickly put his car into reverse and tried to get away. The trooper then jumped on the hood of the car and pulled his gun, firing several shots into the driver's windshield. Louis made it a few blocks before he died. | cbslocal.com |
17699 | Terry Frost III | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/25/2016 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1465611 | -84.4441794 | Cincinnati Police Department |
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| Frost vaulted over a bank counter, pointing a gun before an off-duty officer pushed a teller out of the way and shot and killed him. | cincinnati.com |
17704 | Warren Christian | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 05/26/2016 | Lansing | IL | 41.5898888 | -87.5566792 | Lansing Police Department |
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| Warren Christian tried to steal meat from an Ultra grocery store. Employees called police, and when officers tried to take him into custody, police said he grabbed an officer's gun, shot the officer, and tried to run before he was shot and killed by another officer. | abc7chicago.com |
17705 | Eugene "Geno" Francis Smith | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 05/26/2016 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9628208 | -93.0119129 | St. Paul Police Department |
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| Police say officers were working on an investigation on St. Paul's east side when they ran into 29-year-old Eugene Smith inside a bedroom of a home. Smith fired at officers, according to police, and Officer Joshua Raichert fired back, hitting and killing Smith. A pit bull also died in the confrontation. | cbslocal.com |
17706 | Angel Daniel Navarro | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/26/2016 | Socorro | NM | 34.0584024 | -106.8916663 | New Mexico State Police |
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| Police were searching for a carjacked SUV. When they attempted to pull Angel Navarro over, he fled, and eventually stopped. Police said that after Navarro left the vehicle, reached to his waist, and advanced upon them, when they shot and killed him. | dchieftain.com |
17702 | Tonnia Reshelle Jarvis | 48 | Female | European-American/White | 05/26/2016 | Sneads | FL | 30.7079148 | -84.9414132 | Sneads Police Department |
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| Police were called to a domestic disturbance. The unidentified woman advanced on the officer with a knife and was shot and killed. | jcfloridan.com |
17707 | Donovan Garcia | 44 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/26/2016 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4066455 | -98.6487071 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Police said the unidentified man was a wanted man who wasn't willing to be arrested. He fought and was tasered, but he grabbed one of the officer's guns and was shot and killed. | ksat.com |
23458 | Name withheld by police | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/26/2016 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.392169 | -112.1250043 | Phoenix Police Department |
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| A man allegedly killed someone and fled the scene. When police caught up to him, he allegedly told officers he still had the gun. He did not obey commands and was tasered and shot with stun bags. He allegedly reached for his gun, and he was shot and killed. | google.com |
17701 | Fernando Castro | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/26/2016 | Solvang | CA | 34.5903319 | -120.1516172 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Castro was wanted on an Amber Alert for kidnapping. After a chase and a carjacking, he was shot and killed after reportedly firing on police. | noozhawk.com |
17703 | Devonte Gates | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/26/2016 | Washington Park | IL | 38.6313531 | -90.0960354 | U.S. Marshals Service, Caseyville Police Department |
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| Gates was wanted for murdering a 21-year-old St. Charles County mother during a carjacking in downtown St. Louis was shot and killed by police. Few details have been released in the news media. | stltoday.com |
17709 | Steven Lee Christensen | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2016 | Fort Collins | CO | 40.649276 | -105.074356 | Larimer County Sheriff's Office |
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| Christensen, a serial window peeping suspect in Fort Collins took his own life as police were attempting to serve a search warrant. | cbslocal.com |
17708 | Terry Edwards | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2016 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.7273056 | -86.1600544 | Indiana State Police |
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| While serving a search warrant regarding an earlier shooting, Indiana State Police broke down the front door of a home and were met by an armed suspect. There was an exchange of gunfire, and Edwards was shot and killed. | fox59.com |
17710 | Derrick Long | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/27/2016 | Forrest City | AR | 34.9939298 | -90.8035777 | St. Francis County Sheriff's Office |
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| St. Francis County Sheriff Bobby May said the incident started when Long fled a traffic stop and was chased by deputies. Long then got his vehicle stuck in someone's front yard and took off running. As deputies searched the area, May said Long ran into the road and was struck by a deputy's vehicle. He died several days later. | katv.com |
17715 | Ernesto Carrman | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/28/2016 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3769477 | -98.5236764 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Police responded to a family disturbance at a home. The family of the suspect told police the man, Ernesto Carrman, was causing a disturbance and throwing items around inside the house. When the officers arrived, they made contact with Carrman. The officers said they attempted to place him in handcuffs, but Carrman resisted and tried to punch on of the officers. The officers said they then used their taser on Carrman to try to bring him under control, but it did not have any effect on him. The officers said they were eventually able to handcuff Carrman and called EMS to the scene to evaluate him. He died inside the EMS unit. | news4sanantonio.com |
17716 | Jerome "Joe" Bonnett Jr. | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 05/28/2016 | Omaha | NE | 41.294974 | -95.9998931 | Omaha Police Department |
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| Police were alerted to a black Chevrolet Tahoe occupied by a man parked near 56th and F Streets. As an officer got out of his cruiser, the man, Jerome P. "Joe" Bonnett Jr., 51, shot himself in the head. Bonnett was a longtime investment adviser in Omaha accused by state regulators of misappropriating more than $1.35 million of client funds. | omaha.com |
17711 | Marcus D. Felton | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/28/2016 | Appleton | WI | 44.254544 | -88.36104 | Appleton Police Department |
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| Felton was a suspect in two retail thefts when he attacked an Appleton police officer, taking her handgun and shooting her and a person who came to her aid before killing himself on the city's east side, police said. | postcrescent.com |
17714 | Ollie Lee Brooks | 64 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/28/2016 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1490566 | -95.8500355 | Tulsa Police Department |
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| Officers went to the motel to search the register for guests with outstanding warrants, police said. They found that Brooks—who was wanted in Okmulgee County—was staying there. Two officers went to his room, knocked on the door and, when Brooks answered, reportedly saw drug paraphernalia. Police entered the room to arrest Brooks, and he fought them, getting pepper-sprayed, tasered and killed. | tulsaworld.com |
17713 | Dennis Humphrey | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 05/28/2016 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.1283218 | -106.6010255 | Albuquerque Police Department |
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| Officers responded to a domestic violence call, police say. A man identified as Dennis Humphrey pointed a gun at them, and police shot and killed him. | abqjournal.com |
17712 | Dennis Hudson | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/28/2016 | Eastaboga | AL | 33.62304 | -85.9792495 | Lincoln Police Department |
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| Police have released little information. A witness said she heard police telling the man to put down his gun before he was shot and killed. | wbrc.com |
17719 | Todd Brent Burroughs | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 05/29/2016 | Stoneville | NC | 36.531368 | -79.893224 | Rockingham County Sheriff's Office |
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| Two deputies were investigating a car parked behind a business when the vehicle drove away. Authorities say the deputies tried to pull the car over for several miles before it stopped. Investigators say a man inside the car then started to fight with the officers and was shot and killed. In February 2020, a federal magistrate judge approved a $1.2 million settlement agreement to the family. | abc11.com |
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