Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

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Displaying 21,501 - 22,000 of 63,002

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
18209William Joseph Ryan55MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2016RutherfordtonNC35.3649775-81.9599918Rutherfordton Police Department, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call about a suicidal person with a gun. The man went to a gas station a block from his house, and gave the clerk a package. The man told the clerk not to open it until after he left. The content in the envelope indicated the man was suicidal, and the clerk called 911. Multiple agencies went to the man's house. Ryan was shot and killed after firing at police.

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18206Robert Duh42MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2016BeaumontCA33.9292957-116.9472655Beaumont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded after receiving a report of a man armed with a hatchet and stick who was approaching vehicles in the drive-thru lane of a Burger King. At some point during the confrontation, police shot and killed Duh.

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18205Robert Young45MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2016HuntsvilleAL34.6588551-86.5399644Huntsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responding to an alarm call discovered a burglary was in progress. There was broken glass in the front of the building and a man inside of the store. Police say the man ran out of the store with what appeared to be a gun in each hand pointed at the officers. He was shot and killed.

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18207Lucas Anderson29MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2016OwensboroKY37.7700344-87.1472307Owensboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Owensboro Police were responding to a domestic violence call. There they found Anderson and a female victim. Officers say Anderson grabbed the woman by the hair and put a knife to her throat. Officers say they told Anderson to let the woman go and put down the knife before the suspect threw her to the side and charged them and was shot and killed.

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18212Tawon Boyd21MaleAfrican-American/Black09/18/2016Middle RiverMD39.3471945-76.384848Baltimore County Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were attempting to subdue Boyd, who appeared to be on drugs and/or alcohol. After a fight, he died.

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18213Philip Hasan61MaleAfrican-American/Black09/18/2016AkronOH41.041962-81.5632706Akron Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called on reports of a fight. When they arrived, Hasan attempted to pull a rifle from a car and was shot and killed.

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18214Maclovio Tsudyunn "Hummingbird" Romero19MaleHispanic/Latino09/18/2016Santa RosaCA38.4277298-122.7691217Santa Rosa Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer tried to make a traffic enforcement stop on a vehicle. When the driver failed to yield, a pursuit ensued, police said. The suspect vehicle crashed as it was approaching the intersection of state Highway 12 and Fulton Road.

patch.com
18211Kadeem Trotter24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/18/2016JamaicaNY40.7024907-73.7905452New York State Court Officers
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trotter allegedly tried to rob an off-duty court police officer who shot and killed him.

nydailynews.com
18219Marvin Wallace Martin III23MaleAfrican-American/Black09/19/2016StaffordTX29.639501-95.582171Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An officer spotted a black Mazda 6 traveling the wrong way on Smith, police said. The officer tried to pull over the car, but the driver refused to stop and sped away. During the chase, the driver leaned out of the car window and fired gunshots at the officers. No officers returned gunfire or were wounded. Later the man exited the freeway at Kirkwood, sideswiped a guard rail, slammed into a power pole and stopped. Police were unable to see the man inside the car after the crash until one of them shattered a window with a bean bag fired at the vehicle. Then they saw the man slumped in the front seat. He died at the scene. Police are trying to determine if the man died from injuries related to the crash or shot himself.

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18218Jeremy Michael Nabozny35MaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2016OcalaFL29.186066-82.1015745Ocala Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to the Marion County Library main branch parking lot where they say they tried to communicate with a man who was threatening suicide but could not reach him. They shot tear gas into the car. Police say two loud pops were heard after that, and Nabozny had apparently shot and killed himself.

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18217Jeremy Ray Swenson30MaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2016LoganUT41.7800549-111.6311574Cache County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were called to the area 10-miles up Logan Canyon to check the welfare of an individual who had been making suicidal threats. Deputies made contact with the man who was reportedly pointing a gun at a woman. He did not respond to commands to drop the weapon and made a threatening motion with the weapon, at which point the deputy shot and killed him.

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18220Joseph John Sanchez26MaleHispanic/Latino09/19/2016San AntonioTX29.4039898-98.6237158San Antonio Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • No

Officers responding to a burglary in progress found Sanchez already restrained by witnesses. Officers handcuffed Sanchez and transported him to a medical center. Sanchez had a medical episode. EMS took him to a hospital, where he died.

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18215Gary Don Lafon56MaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2016HawkinsTX32.7299643-95.2579249Wood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wood County Deputies responded to a call regarding a suicidal man. The man was identified as 56 year-old, Gary Don Lafon. Deputies arrived on scene and made several attempts to make contact with Lafon by phone and the vehicles loud speaker. Deputies made entry to the residence by the front door. Upon entry Lafon pointed a firearm at the deputies and was shot and killed.

force.com
18216Michelle Dieterich Miller46FemaleEuropean-American/White09/19/2016SpringTX30.0671236-95.3776789Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Family members near Waco called deputies to say a woman at the home was making threatening calls against them and law enforcement. Deputies say they arrived at the home, and the woman arrived a short time later. She got out of her vehicle armed with a gun and allegedly ignored commands to put down the weapon. Deputies say she raised her weapon in their direction, and one deputy shot and killed her.

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18226Keith Lamont Scott43MaleAfrican-American/Black09/20/2016CharlotteNC35.29573-80.726731Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant, but Scott was not the person they were attempting to take into custody. Police said Scott was armed, he did not comply with orders to drop the gun, and a gun was recovered at the scene. Officer Brentley Vinson fired the fatal shot. Scott's family says he was reading a book in his car while waiting for his son to be dropped off by a school bus. The killing sparked unrest in Charlotte.

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20933Joshua Nance29MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016WyandotteMI42.2137657-83.1806377Wyandotte Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said they chased Eric Lamont-Allen Turnipseed when he ran a red light around 8:30 p.m. Turnipseed then lost control of his vehicle, ran off the road, struck a large sign and overturned. Turnipseed's passenger, Joshua Nance, was partially ejected and sustained fatal head injuries during the crash.

detroitnews.com
18225Charles Dove35MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016HolladayTN35.8405574-88.0848252Decatur County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were trying to arrest Dove for questioning regarding two armed robberies. After a chase and a wreck, he was shot and killed. Police said a gun was recovered from Dove's body.

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18222Sandy Joe Duke43MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016Talbot's CornerTN36.2114944-86.7652462Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, the incident stemmed from a home invasion earlier in the day in Robertson County, where the suspect broke into a home, tied up a senior citizen inside and then stole items including money, a pistol, a shotgun, a cellphone and a vehicle. Police tracked the suspect to Nashville where Metro police, with the help of the stolen cell phone, tracked him to the Dickerson Pike area. When police located the suspect and commanded him to stop, he fled to a gravel lot at a nearby recycling business. Police commanded the suspect to stop, but he turned toward them with pistol in hand, so an officer, identified by police as Wesley McClelland, shot and killed him.

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18221Michael Goodale23MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016LedyardCT41.4749192-71.9583175Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police
  • Fell from a height
  • Deadly force

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal police officers attempted to serve Goodale an active arrest warrant inside the Fox Tower parking garage. However, as they were trying to take him in to custody, Goodale reportedly pointed a firearm at them. Mashantucket police ordered him to drop his weapon, but he did not comply. At least one Mashantucket officer shot at him. Goodale then fell from the fourth level of the Fox Tower parking garage, onto a paved driveway below.

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18223Thomas Tucker49MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016WestminsterCO39.9159637-104.9968652Westminster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Five people burglarized a home. One fled on a motorcycle. Tucker crashed and ran and was shot and killed.

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18224Joshua Scott22MaleEuropean-American/White09/20/2016Port St. LucieFL27.20651-80.388398St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies came to serve a court ordered Baker act for Scott. Deputies say he was resistant, refused to come out of his home, and armed himself with a handgun. After a standoff, he came out of the house, pointed his gun, and was shot and killed. The officers cleared by the grand jury included Special Investigations Unit detectives Paul Pearson Jr., 37; Nathaniel Stubley, 36; Michael Favale, 27; Charles Singletary III, 33; and deputy David Batchford, 46.

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18229Steven Boes31MaleRace unspecified09/21/2016AuburnWA47.3058143-122.2240889Auburn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police say a robbery happened at the KeyBank at 101 E. Main Street. The suspect jumped in a getaway car with a woman behind the wheel. They got as far as 2nd Avenue and D Street SE where he encountered a bicycle officer. Police say the man got out of the car and fired at the officer, who then fired back. The man was hit and went down in an alley between D Street and Main Street. It's was immediately unclear whether he was shot by a police officer or if it was self-inflicted. He died on Sept. 27.

auburn-reporter.com
18228Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/21/2016NaplesFL26.16261-81.794796Naples Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A fight between a man and a woman led to the man barricading himself inside the home. Police say the couple was fighting in the street when officers got there. The woman was able to get away before the man barricaded himself inside. Police called him on the phone more than a dozen times and then they did hear one gunshot. SWAT teams used tear gas and pepper spray to try and force him out. Eventually, police found the man dead inside.

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25159Harry Velez41MaleEuropean-American/White09/21/2016DairyvilleCA40.1138808-122.1170077Tehama County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Harry Velez called 911 after he thought he had been drugged. He was apparently unruly when deputies arrived, and a fight began. He was shocked with a stun gun at least twice, and he died five days later.

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18227Austin M. Baier23MaleEuropean-American/White09/21/2016LouisvilleNE41.0021841-96.1633034Cass County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Baier died after a confrontation outside his car during a traffic stop in Louisville, the Nebraska State Patrol said. The agency did not offer a complete description of the encounter or say whether Baier held a weapon.

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18230Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/22/2016Salt Lake CityUT40.7453115-111.8916811Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A Unified Police officer was driving his patrol vehicle on 1300 South when a man who was crossing the street east of the crosswalk stepped out in front of the car, according to Salt Lake Police. It was raining and the officer didn't see the pedestrian in the roadway until he actually struck him, police said. He was thrown into the westbound lanes where a westbound vehicle struck him a second time.

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18231David A. Howard33MaleRace unspecified09/22/2016RingtownPA40.8562309-76.2317125Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Howard held his child hostage. When police arrived, he released the child and shot and killed himself.

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18232Carl Snellings51MaleAfrican-American/Black09/22/2016YorkPA39.9561449-76.7211024York City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Carl Snellings died after being thrown from a vehicle after it struck a wooden post during a police chase.

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18236Marie Ann Weber45FemaleRace unspecified09/23/2016TucsonAZ32.172188-111.1576Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Weber killed her father, attempted to kill her brother and nephew, and then killed herself when police responded.

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18237Clarence Sanford24MaleAfrican-American/Black09/23/2016EnglewoodOH39.8606836-84.3088646Englewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police received the report of a suicidal/homicidal subject armed with a handgun. Family reported the subject wanted "suicide by cop." Once the man was found, he fired a shot over police and then shot and killed himself.

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18233Christopher Montez Contreras30MaleHispanic/Latino09/23/2016San AntonioTX29.3726077-98.5340909San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Contreras was running from police after he assaulted and threatened to kill his girlfriend. The man ran into the house on Humboldt Street. An occupant called police. Police said Contreras then pulled a gun on the occupant. Police surrounded the home, and then the suspect came out of the house through the back door. Officers approached the suspect and told him to drop his weapon several times. He was shot and killed when he did not follow directions.

force.com
18238Robert Warrant Musser69MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2016AnchorageAK61.1056529-149.7268308Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Musser fired on a tree-trimming crew and then police before barricading himself in his home. He was killed himself after a daylong standoff. It's uncertain as to whose bullet killed him, but Officers Jason Penman, Robert Wurst, Matthew Barth, Daniel Henegar, Seth McMillan, and Sgt. Steve Childers were absolved of responsibility.

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18235Oddis Bernard Colvin Jr.33MaleAfrican-American/Black09/23/2016BrooklandvilleMD39.400199-76.6674017Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said two men were fleeing a robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank. An officer fired through the windshield of their car, killing the driver. The car then crashed into other vehicles stopped on Ruxton Road near Falls Road in Brooklandville, police said. No other drivers were injured. The other man was arrested.

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18234Jesse Attaway41MaleEuropean-American/White09/23/2016Fair OaksCA38.664526-121.2306303Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because someone was breaking into homes. When police found Attaway, they confronted and shot him when they couldn't determine that he was unarmed.

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20934Deqouya Carroll14MaleNative American/Alaskan09/24/2016PlymouthMI42.3745404-83.4456353Livonia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said around 9:07 p.m., they got a report of a Ford Mustang doing doughnuts and crashing into garbage cans before leaving the Garfield Elementary School parking lot. Police located the car at Yale and Plymouth and attempted a traffic stop,but the Mustang reportedly accelerated. Livonia police said they gave chase, but stopped after the driver shut off the car's lights near Newburgh. The Mustang hit another vehicle about a mile from where police said they ended their pursuit. When police arrived, the Mustang was "fully engulfed in flames," the statement said. Deqouya Carroll and Mark Wittrock, both 14, died at the scene. They were reportedly identified by way of dental records.

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20935Mark Wittrock14MaleEuropean-American/White09/24/2016PlymouthMI42.3745404-83.4456353Livonia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said around 9:07 p.m., they got a report of a Ford Mustang doing doughnuts and crashing into garbage cans before leaving the Garfield Elementary School parking lot. Police located the car at Yale and Plymouth and attempted a traffic stop,but the Mustang reportedly accelerated. Livonia police said they gave chase, but stopped after the driver shut off the car's lights near Newburgh. The Mustang hit another vehicle about a mile from where police said they ended their pursuit. When police arrived, the Mustang was "fully engulfed in flames," the statement said. Deqouya Carroll and Mark Wittrock, both 14, died at the scene. They were reportedly identified by way of dental records.

detroitnews.com
18239Cody Lafont25MaleEuropean-American/White09/25/2016ClaremontNH43.3881354-72.3563482Claremont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a home and Cody LaFont was killed by Cpl. Ian Kibbe. Police said LaFont advanced toward Kibbe with a revolver drawn and ignored commands to drop the weapon.

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18240Anthony Ray Bauer52MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2016Garden CityID43.6437147-116.2654137Garden City Police Department, Boise Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eagle police responded to a report of a suspicious person on Elliot Street in Eagle. When officers arrived, Bauer fled in a white Dodge Durango. Eagle officers initially chased Bauer, but called off the pursuit. Boise and Garden City officers later spotted the Durango when it pulled into the parking lot at the Garden City Police Department. According to preliminary reports, two Garden City and two Boise police officers approached Bauer, who pointed a firearm at the officers. Garden City Cpl. Scott Crimin, Garden City Officer Joel Ellsworth, and Boise Police Officers Jason Green and Joe Martinez shot and killed Bauer.

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18243Nathan DeSai46MaleAsian/Pacific Islander09/26/2016HoustonTX29.7212559-95.4413401Houston Police Department, Bellaire Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say a total of nine people were wounded when a man opened fire on vehicles near West University just before the morning rush hour. DeSai was killed during a gun battle.

cbsnews.com
18242Jamie Joseph Lewis48MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2016BurnsvilleMN44.7900421-93.1978543Burnsville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Burnsville Police Department responded to a call about a suicidal man at an apartment complex. Officers were told that the man had threatened suicide, and had left the apartment complex with a gun. Police began searching the area and a state patrol helicopter was called in for the search. Heat sensors from the helicopter identified an individual in a tree line near the apartment complex. Officers approached the individual and saw he carrying a firearm. Sgt. Steven Stoler then shot and killed the man.

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18241Leeland White32MaleEuropean-American/White09/26/2016Little RockAR34.7404378-92.5237212Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leeland White was apparently acting erratically on a stranger's porch, and was armed with a shotgun. Police responded, White did not follow police orders and brandished a shotgun, and was shot and killed.

kark.com
18246John Ethan Carpentier26MaleEuropean-American/White09/27/2016PhoenixAZ33.6761281-112.1003577Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were attempting a drug bust when Carpentier presented a gun and tried to ram his vehicle free. He was shot and killed.

azfamily.com
18244Jeremy Russo40MaleEuropean-American/White09/27/2016MaricopaAZ33.077932-112.006402Maricopa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Two officers responded to a domestic violence situation after Russo's wife called and reported she had been in a fight with her husband. As soon as police arrived, they started taking gunfire from in the house. Alvarado described the weapon as an AR-15-style rifle. One of the officers returned fire and took cover. Russo's wife, along with her 10-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son, who were also home at the time, made it out safely. Troopers used an explosive to blow out the front door and sent a robot in. They found Russo in a closet, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.

azfamily.com
18245Alfred Olango30MaleAfrican-American/Black09/27/2016El CajonCA32.8074283-116.9521018El Cajon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Olango, was acting erratically and failed to comply, although they did not release details on the specific threat he presented to officers. He was shot and killed by Officer Richard Gonsalves when he allegedly pulled out a vaping device.

sandiegouniontribune.com
18248Christopher Sowell32MaleAfrican-American/Black09/28/2016PhiladelphiaPA39.9509071-75.249231Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed a man who injured five people, including his son and daughter, during a stabbing spree, police said.

fox29.com
18247Johnathan Lozano-MurilloMaleHispanic/Latino09/28/2016ValdostaGA30.8710432-83.2655532Valdosta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Officer Alyssa Shirey was threatened with a knife after she attempted to stop Murillo's assault on a woman, and she shot and killed him as he advanced upon her..

valdostadailytimes.com
18249Jeffrey Clair Cave53MaleEuropean-American/White09/29/2016KingmanAZ35.2125446-114.0400549Kingman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Few details were immediately released, but police said there was a gunfight, and Cave was shot and killed.

abqjournal.com
18250Reginald Thomas Jr.36MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2016PasadenaCA34.157836-118.1464365Pasadena Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were called to a residence for a "domestic disturbance with a suspect at the location armed with a knife." The man did not comply with officers' orders and tried to re-enter the occupied apartment, according to police. After a Taser was used on the man, a fight ensued. He was eventually restrained and killed.

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18252Cheyenne Hyer3FemaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2016KilnMS30.5391185-89.3750813Long Beach Police Department
  • Other
  • No

Two Long Beach police officers are on paid administrative leave after a child was left in a hot car and died. Hancock County authorities said a 3-year-old girl was left in a car unattended Friday afternoon for "some time." The child's mother and a male officer are both on leave, according to media reports.

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18256Douglas Marrickus Rainey32MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2016CampobelloSC35.1129193-82.2149597Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were searching for an armed robber when they caught up with Rainey. He reportedly had a gun and was shot and killed.

greenvilleonline.com
18251Richard Parent37MaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2016BellevilleMI42.172964-83.4319641Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers shot a man in the side after he got out of his truck with a gun and took a shooting stance near the entrance to Lower Huron MetroPark after a police chase from Taylor.

mlive.com
18257Clayton Eugene Baker38MaleEuropean-American/White09/30/2016GrovetonTX31.0566315-95.127269Trinity County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to an assault in progress. Baker was striking a woman with a hatchet, and an officer shot him. He advanced upon the officer and was shot again, and killed.

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18255Jacquarius M. Robinson20MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2016ColumbusOH39.9507786-82.846287Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jacquarius Robinson was wanted for questioning in a murder, police said. An officer saw Robinson take a handgun from his waistband and put it in his jacket. When Robinson saw a dog unit in a marked cruiser, he ran. The dog unit and two other officers chased Robinson. Witnesses said they heard the officers yelling for the man to stop running. Robinson was killed by Officers James Sandford and Stephen Galiffo and canine handler Anthony Rogers. Police alleged that he brandished a handgun.

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18253Najier Salaam18MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2016NewarkNJ40.7670662-74.183977Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were reportedly attempting to arrest three people suspected of being involved in multiple robberies around the city. Najier Salaam and George Richards-Meyers were shot and killed while attempting to flee by vehicle. Police allege that one of them brandished a weapon. A pellet gun was found in the car.

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18254George Richards-Meyers18MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2016NewarkNJ40.7670662-74.183977Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were reportedly attempting to arrest three people suspected of being involved in multiple robberies around the city. Najier Salaam and George Richards-Meyers were shot and killed while attempting to flee by vehicle. Police allege that one of them brandished a weapon. A pellet gun was found in the car.

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18258Carnell Snell Jr.18MaleAfrican-American/Black10/01/2016Los AngelesCA33.9391252-118.3090427Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers spotted a car with paper plates and tried to stop it, thinking the car may have been stolen, police said. When the driver of the car failed to stop, officers began a pursuit. The car stopped, and two passengers got out of the car and ran in different directions. The officers chased Snell, who was armed with a handgun, toward the back of a house on 107th Street, where police shot and killed him as he aimed the handgun.

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18259Joshua Allen Perry28MaleEuropean-American/White10/01/2016HometownWV38.5350649-81.8596229Putnam County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to calls of a suspicious vehicle near the Putnam PSD Water Plant. According to police, a deputy pulled over a vehicle, and three people got out and ran in different directions. A Putnam County deputy chased one of the men, Joshua Allen Perry, into Hometown, where he reportedly pointed a gun at the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him.

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18261Sadine Dixon84FemaleEuropean-American/White10/02/2016RectorAR36.2590232-90.2926649Clay County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were pursuing a stolen vehicle when a deputy ran into Sadine Dixon's car, killing her. She was not involved with the chase. Of the people the deputy was chasing, Robert Huffines was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and Lea Mamino faces 25 years behind bars.

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18265Brian A. Harris30MaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2016RichmondVA37.506284-77.432627Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Neighbors called police after they heard shots fired during what police said was a domestic situation. When police arrived, an armed male suspect, identified as Brian Harris, was holed up inside the residence and refused to come out. As police approached the apartment, one heard a gunshot from inside the home. Police said they backed off, established a perimeter and called the Richmond SWAT Team to assist. When heard a second gunshot, the SWAT team entered the home. Officers discovered Harris and 29-year-old Shantisha L. Dortch dead from apparent gunshot wounds. It's uncertain whether Dortch was killed before police arrived.

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18266Shantisha L. Dortch29FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2016RichmondVA37.506284-77.432627Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Neighbors called police after they heard shots fired during what police said was a domestic situation. When police arrived, an armed male suspect, identified as Brian Harris, was holed up inside the residence and refused to come out. As police approached the apartment, one heard a gunshot from inside the home. Police said they backed off, established a perimeter and called the Richmond SWAT Team to assist. When heard a second gunshot, the SWAT team entered the home. Officers discovered Harris and 29-year-old Shantisha L. Dortch dead from apparent gunshot wounds. It's uncertain whether Dortch was killed before police arrived.

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18264Shawn Anthony Johnson25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2016MansfieldOH40.728563-82.473895Ohio State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Johnson apparently killed a man at a rest stop and then fled. He shot himself after troopers deflated his tires.

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18267Jose Cesar Viloria63MaleHispanic/Latino10/02/2016BakersfieldCA35.326988-119.0225293Bakersfield Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were called because Viloria apparently had a machete and had taken some items. Police said he resisted arrest, and he stopped breathing while he was being arrested.

turnto23.com
18262Daniel Enrique Perez16MaleHispanic/Latino10/02/2016Los AngelesCA34.000223-118.2499631Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a complaint about shots fired. Two men were stopped, and one was shot and killed. Little information was immediately released.

latimes.com
28282Dwain A. Lasit46MaleAsian/Pacific Islander10/02/2016WaianaeHI21.4359641-158.1848755Honolulu Police Department
  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined

Virtually nothing is known about this death, except that the Honolulu police were involved. The name and place resulted from public records requests made by Honolulu Civil Beat, which is the associated link.

civilbeat.org
18263Donte T. Jones36MaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2016MarkhamIL41.593869-87.666541Markham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was trying to break up a fight in the parking lot outside the Stadium nightclub when Jones approached him with a gun at about 3:30 a.m., police said. The officer opened fire and killed him.

cookcountystatesattorney.org
18260John H. Fetter III49MaleEuropean-American/White10/02/2016VentnorNJ39.3490734-74.4860385Ventnor Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Few details were released by police. A man barricaded himself inside a home and came out with a gun and was shot and killed.

pressofatlanticcity.com
18269Antoine L. Ladeaux32MaleNative American/Alaskan10/03/2016GordonNE42.8435706-102.202877Nebraska State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Ladeaux apparently fled an attempted stop for failure to stop at a stop sign. He crashed after and extended chase and died.

ketv.com
18268Robert "Bobby" Dapkus57MaleEuropean-American/White10/03/2016LynnMA42.4596403-70.9342947Lynn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had come to a high-rise building on Lynn Shore Drive to serve a search warrant on Dapkus, who was under investigation in an armed robbery of the Porthole Pub in Lynn, police said. He was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a gun at police.

bostonglobe.com
18273Thomas Wayne Binkley66MaleEuropean-American/White10/04/2016BurbankCA34.176044-118.322514Burbank Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were called to a domestic dispute. They tasered Binkley, who died. Another man went into the house with a gun, causing a standoff, but he eventually surrendered.

lacounty.gov
18270Olajuwon M. James21MaleAfrican-American/Black10/04/2016StatesboroGA32.4099527-81.7765044Statesboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to an armed robbery/home invasion. Three suspects, police said, entered the home and held the victims at gunpoint. Officers searched for and arrested one person near the scene, a second was found but was able to escape. The third was located near the back of another home in the area, and the officer reported he had a gun, and the man was shot and killed.

wsav.com
18274Zachary Sutton26MaleEuropean-American/White10/04/2016SpringdaleAR36.1707466-94.133833Springdale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers made a traffic stop when a man was driving a scooter. After stopping, the man on the scooter produced a pistol and fired at the officers. Sgt. Josh Kirmer and Officer Roger Eubanks shot and killed Zachary Sutton.

4029tv.com
18272Isaias Salgado31MaleHispanic/Latino10/04/2016RiverviewFL27.8605492-82.3293858Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Poice said the incident began with a three-car crash in Riverview. After the crash, one of the drivers ran from the scene and to a nearby business, where he tried to carjack a vehicle, but was unsuccessful. He unsuccessfully tried to carjact two other vehicles. The man then tried to break into vehicles and residences. Deputy Stuart Gray arrived and confronted the suspect. The man grabbed a brick and attacked the deputy, who shot and killed Salgado.

wtsp.com
18275Anthony "Scarface" Martell18MaleHispanic/Latino10/04/2016AuroraIL41.751648-88.3147681Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Martell was fleeing traffic stop when he exchanged fire with a pursuing officer, then committed suicide during a standoff

patch.com
18271Dean Allen Bruning51MaleEuropean-American/White10/04/2016HesselMI46.0630285-84.40433Mackinac County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a suicidal person. Bruning met them at the door with a handgun. He was shot and killed.

uppermichiganssource.com
18276Brandon Simmons28MaleEuropean-American/White10/05/2016BoulderCO40.0104853-105.2660036University of Colorado - Boulder Police Department, Boulder Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A religious zealot was apparently threatening people with a machete and was shot and killed CU Officer Clay Austin and Boulder police Officer Jason Connor.

dailycamera.com
18277Lucas Felkel35MaleEuropean-American/White10/05/2016Moncks CornerSC33.060942-79.943429Berkeley County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lucas Felkel was apparently upset about a hurricane evacuation route. He argued with police then fled. When other officers caught up with him, he allegedly drove toward them with his car. He later stopped, brandished a handgun, and was shot and killed.

postandcourier.com
18279Ricky Lynn Hall46MaleEuropean-American/White10/06/2016HoustonTX29.7105497-95.3933405Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ricky Lynn Hall took a medical student hostage by holding a sharp, metal object to her neck. A deputy inside the hospital responded to her screams and shot him. He died on Oct. 19.

chron.com
19015Trey Alston Short29MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2016GatesvilleTX31.4296712-97.7250467Gatesville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers observed that Short, riding a Harley Davison, was speeding. They pursued him. Short evaded arrest and died in the resulting crash. A Cossack, Short was among the 192 people arrested after the 2015 gunfight in Waco that killed nine men.

kwtx.com
18281Christopher Darnell Shackleford28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/07/2016AlexandriaLA31.339106-92.5168188Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shackleford was a suspect in fatal shooting. He was shot and killed as he exited a building firing a gun he pointed at law enforcement officers, police said.

thetowntalk.com
18280Thomas Jeffery Burns49MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2016BentonAR34.5822175-92.5695318Benton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer with the Benton Police Department responded to a report of unknown trouble with a male screaming. The officer spoke with Burns and a woman who were arguing, and they were separated. The officer encountered Burns a short time later. Police said Burns threatened the officer with a handgun, and he was shot, dying a few days later.

arkansasonline.com
30173Jaquar Derraile Tyheem Mathis21MaleAfrican-American/Black10/07/2016SebringFL27.500331-81.431338Highlands County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At approximately 8:30 p.m., police received calls of shots fired at a business called The Spot. Dequante Rashad Yarde, 19, was shot and killed. A second shooting victim was seriously wounded. A drive-by shooting was reported shortly thereafter. Desmond La'aies Edwards, 21, Jaquar Derraile Tyheem Mathis, 21, and Ricky Lenford Hugh Nelson, 20, allegedly were involved. Desmond La'aies Edwards had already fled from the vehicle and ultimately turned himself in. Both Mathis and Nelson fled from deputies in the vehicle; deputies pursued with lights and sirens activated. After ramming three Sheriff's Office vehicles, and stop sticks being successfully deployed, both men fled from the vehicle on foot and into an apartment. A police dog was sicced on Jaquar Mathis at the door of the apartment, however, he began pulling the dog inside, and deputies shot and killed Mathis.

facebook.com
18283Larry Daniel Matthews57MaleAfrican-American/Black10/07/2016MaconGA32.8125863-83.642654Bibb County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a shoplifting complaint, and after a Taser and pepper spray were used, a fight continued and the deputy shot and killed Matthews.

macon.com
18284Eddie Collins42MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2016KillenAL34.85257-87.5673796Florence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

U.S. Marshals and Lauderdale County deputies went to a motel to serve a warrant on Eddie Collins. Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Richard Richey said the officers identified themselves, and the suspect fired a shot through the door. According to law enforcement, Collins tried to escape through the backdoor. Richey said he then fired several shots at the officers, went back inside and locked the door. Police say Collin's was a fugitive from Florida and was wanted for firing a missile or weapon into a vehicle or dwelling and four counts of aggregated assault with a deadly weapon. He was eventually killed, presumably, by police. A woman in his room, Venita Keen, was also killed, again, it's uncertain who fired the fatal shot.

waff.com
18285Venita Keen38FemaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2016KillenAL34.85257-87.5673796U.S. Marshals Service, Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, Florence Police Department, Huntsville Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

U.S. Marshals and Lauderdale County deputies went to a motel to serve a warrant on Eddie Collins. Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Richard Richey said the officers identified themselves, and the suspect fired a shot through the door. According to law enforcement, Collins tried to escape through the backdoor. Richey said he then fired several shots at the officers, went back inside and locked the door. Police say Collin's was a fugitive from Florida and was wanted for firing a missile or weapon into a vehicle or dwelling and four counts of aggregated assault with a deadly weapon. He was eventually killed, presumably, by police. A woman in his room, Venita Keen, was also killed, again, it's uncertain who fired the fatal shot.

waff.com
18282Joseph S. Schroeder36MaleEuropean-American/White10/07/2016Fort WayneIN41.1278373-85.1300129Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fort Wayne police responded to a domestic dispute. They said when officers arrived a man grabbed a young child and barricaded himself inside the residence. The woman escaped. Eventually his actions made police feel the child was in immediate danger, and they shot and killed Schroeder. The child was not hurt.

wane.com
18289Ricardo Hernandez21MaleHispanic/Latino10/08/2016Federal WayWA47.3433585-122.2964731Federal Way Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were dispatched for a reported domestic violence situation between two adult brothers. One of the brothers was armed with a knife. After officers arrived, they assisted family members as they escaped out through a window. The 21-year old Hispanic suspect was armed with knives when he confronted police officers. According to police, the man made a statement about wanting to die, and then he moved toward the officers who shot and killed him.

q13fox.com
18286Charles E. Antrup62MaleEuropean-American/White10/08/2016Fort WayneIN41.0734657-85.090919Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call about an armed and threatening man in the rear of Hallmark Inn, police said. The officer gave repeated commands for the man to drop his knife, which he refused to do. Then, the man "closed the distance," and he was shot and killed.

journalgazette.net
18288Kim Jackson53FemaleEuropean-American/White10/08/2016ModestoCA37.6652905-120.9676461Modesto Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to a family disturbance. According to police, the caller reported his 53-year-old daughter was intoxicated and vandalizing the inside of his residence. When officers arrived, the woman had left the home, but she returned and was armed with a knife. When police returned to the residence, the woman, armed with knives, confronted them in the street. Police said officers told her to drop the knives but she "advanced rapidly at them with the knives raised above her head." Officers used a Taser and bean bags before one officer shot and killed her.

modbee.com
30174Romarion Lamar White49MaleAfrican-American/Black10/08/2016PalmdaleCA34.551013-118.071952Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Romarion Lamar White was shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies on February 5, 2011. He became paralyzed from the waist down from the shooting. He reportedly had a history of smoking PCP, and reportedly still using the drug at the time of his death. On October 8, 2016, he was found dead at a friend's house. Drug paraphernalia was found. On February 5, 2011, at about 9:45 p.m., a person was driving on Thomas Avenue in Palmdale, when he allegedly saw Romarian Lamar White walking in the middle of the street holding a handgun. His friend called 9-1-1 to report the incident. Deputies Scott Sorrow, Michael Luter, and Nathan Gillespie responded. Deputy Sorrow was driving a marked patrol vehicle while Deputies Michael Luter and Nathan Gillespie were in a second marked patrol vehicle. They received the call from dispatch of a man carrying a gun and acting strangely. As deputies approached Thomas Avenue, they saw White walking on the sidewalk. Deputy Sorrow used his vehicle spotlight and illuminated White. When White saw Deputies Luter and Gillespie's patrol car, he started running toward Sorrow. Sorrow and Luter exited their patrol vehicles and pointed their guns at White. Sorrow commanded White to put his hands up and get on the growid. White placed his bands inside his waistband and began running away. White stopped, turned toward Sorrow and simultaneously brought his hands up from his waistband. Fearing that White was drawing a gun from his waistband, Sorrow fired one shot that struck White in the left shoulder area. White fell to the ground and placed his hands into his waistband. Deputies ordered White to show his hands. Eventually, White complied and was handcuffed.

google.com
18290Lance David Martin31MaleEuropean-American/White10/08/2016TexarkanaTX33.4484166-94.0792565Texarkana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A mother called police to check on her son. When police arrived and knocked, they heard gunshots. Later, they found Martin killed by a presumed self-inflicted gunshot.

ktbs.com
18287Dylan Rogers39MaleNative American/Alaskan10/08/2016WetumkaOK35.1739109-96.230058Wetumka Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police began a chase after a car ran a stop sign and failed to stop for police. Rogers was arrested after a police chase ended near county roads 127 and 381. Rogers was handcuffed in a Wetumka police cruiser, but he managed to get out of his restraint and into a Hughes County deputy's car. Officers said Rogers drove in the direction of a Wetumka police officer, who shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

tulsaworld.com
18291Deric J. Brown41MaleAfrican-American/Black10/09/2016SyracuseNY43.0453294-76.1321455Syracuse Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Joseph Mauro pulled over a car, allegedly for a traffic violation. The driver got out of the car and shot at the officer, police said. The driver was shot and killed by Officers Stephen Krebs and Anthony Lavolpa.

syracuse.com
18292Luis Michael Hoff40MaleEuropean-American/White10/09/2016ScottsdaleAZ33.6690192-111.9613588Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a chase and a gunfight and a crash, a person was shot and killed by troopers.

azcentral.com
18295Cassandra Marie Braun26FemaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2016Hot SpringsAR34.4718173-93.1276266Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Police said ASP Trooper 1st Class Brian Ray Burke's vehicle was headed east on Airport Road (Highway 70 west), while Braun and Jenkins' vehicle, a 2011 Chevy Malibu, was headed west on Airport, when the collision occurred. The report only says that the two "impacted at the intersection of Highway 70 at Kleinshore Road," but does not elaborate on how the collision occurred.

katv.com
18299Tavon Desean Jenkins24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/10/2016Hot SpringsAR34.4718173-93.1276266Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Police said ASP Trooper 1st Class Brian Ray Burke's vehicle was headed east on Airport Road (Highway 70 west), while Braun and Jenkins' vehicle, a 2011 Chevy Malibu, was headed west on Airport, when the collision occurred. The report only says that the two "impacted at the intersection of Highway 70 at Kleinshore Road," but does not elaborate on how the collision occurred.

katv.com
18298Mauricio Andre Barron27MaleHispanic/Latino10/10/2016IrvineCA33.6689572-117.7548432California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barron was already struck by a car on the I-5 freeway in Irvine when he told a California Highway Patrol officer that he had a gun and went into "a shooting stance" while standing, before Officer Daniel Agee shot and killed him, police said.

orangecountyda.org
18300Matthew John Vogel22MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2016BurnsvilleMN44.7667396-93.3040674Apple Valley Police Department, Burnsville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said Matthew John Vogel, 22, was driving a Chevrolet Astro minivan pursued by Burnsville and Apple Valley police when he crashed into a Toyota SUV driven by Aida Leticia Sevilla Ocampo, 39, and killed them both.

twincities.com
18301Aida Leticia Sevilla Ocampo39FemaleHispanic/Latino10/10/2016BurnsvilleMN44.7667396-93.3040674Apple Valley Police Department, Burnsville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said Matthew John Vogel, 22, was driving a Chevrolet Astro minivan pursued by Burnsville and Apple Valley police when he crashed into a Toyota SUV driven by Aida Leticia Sevilla Ocampo, 39, and killed them both.

twincities.com
18294Kheyanev Madison Little Dog19MaleNative American/Alaskan10/10/2016MidlandTX31.9982874-102.0682447Midland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to check on a suspicious person. Police said the man armed with a gun and causing a disturbance. He was shot and killed as he reportedly reached to his waist for a firearm.

force.com
18293Devan Desnoyers26MaleEuropean-American/White10/10/2016WestlakeOH41.4636929-81.9510526Westlake Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Westlake Police Officers Stephen Krebs and Anthony Lavolpa fatally shot Devan Desnoyers, suspected of robbing several pharmacies, after another officer, Jason Carman, clipped Desnoyers's car, bringing a pursuit to an end, police said. Family members said Desnoyers was seatbelted in a car with the doors locked and windows up when he was shot and killed without warning.

cleveland.com
18296Dennis Hunt56MaleNative American/Alaskan10/10/2016LumbertonNC34.6254314-79.0415199North Carolina State Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. J.F. Hinson and two Robeson County deputies were searching for flood victims. They were in swift-moving water that was 3 or 4 feet deep, when they encountered Hunt, who became hostile toward them and produced a gun, police said. When Hinson saw the gun, he shot and killed Hunt.

robesonian.com
18297Jose Ventura Roman-Capdeville66MaleRace unspecified10/10/2016DunbarWV38.3659643-81.7235771Dunbar Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to a shots fired call on Westmoreland Drive. The victim was shot in the head, but left the scene and went to the hospital before police arrived. When police arrived, the second man, Jose Ventura Roman-Capdeville, refused several orders to drop his weapon before shooting and killing himself.

wsaz.com
18302Dominick Musulman30MaleEuropean-American/White10/11/2016ConcordCA37.9720936-122.0275376Concord Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 2900 block of Crawford Street, police said. About a half-hour later, officers located the suspect, Musulman, in the backyard of a home not associated with him. After ordering Musulman to surrender, officers set a police on him, and he used some sort of garden shears to stab the dog in the face. Two officers shot and killed Musulman.

patch.com
18303Michael L. Taylor44MaleAsian/Pacific Islander10/11/2016SeattleWA47.5818877-122.321406Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Seattle police fatally shot Taylor after encountering a fight near The Jungle as city crews were moving out the last remaining residents of the troubled homeless camp.

seattletimes.com
18304Blaine Justin Beason31MaleEuropean-American/White10/12/2016Denham SpringsLA30.4544579-90.9734039Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Beason was wanted in Livingston Parish for firing a gun at a deputy during a chase. A deputy looking for him found him hiding inside a barn in Denham Springs and opened fire when Beason pointed a weapon, according to police.

nola.com
18306Matthew Brewer22MaleEuropean-American/White10/12/2016MoreheadKY38.2262051-83.4938046Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A trooper went to a home on Old Hilda Road to serve the arrest warrant on Brewer. Police say Brewer was outside and, as he was going into the house, he pointed a gun at the trooper, who shot and killed him.

wtvq.com
18305Kirk P. Figueroa33MaleAfrican-American/Black10/12/2016BostonMA42.3893553-71.0065298Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Figueroa put on a bulletproof vest and opened fire with an assault rifle and handgun on police as they responded to investigate a fight between roommates.

bostonglobe.com
18307Patrick D. Reddeck38MaleEuropean-American/White10/12/2016KentWA47.3842748-122.2256503Kent Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said detectives were at the home to serve a search warrant related to a suspicious death in August at the residence. Kent detectives, accompanied by a patrol officer, made contact with the suspect, who was armed with a handgun, and he was shot and killed.

kentreporter.com
18308Rex Vance Wilson50MaleNative American/Alaskan10/12/2016Las VegasNV36.281164-115.3096536Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Rex Wilson was a suspect in a recent string of robberies and a Henderson carjacking. Officers saw him driving near the Stratosphere. They attempted to stop his car. He did not stop, and the pursuit began. Officers chased him in a car they identified by its license plates. The pursuit continued several miles through the valley before ending on the 215 Beltway near North Hualapai Way. Police said Wilson had a gun and was shot and killed. He was holding a hose spray nozzle that resembled a gun.

reviewjournal.com
18310Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified10/13/2016BlanchardOK35.0732043-97.6662313Oklahoma Highway Patrol, McClain County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A unidentified man shot and killed himself while a trooper and McClain County Sheriff's deputies attempted to serve a search warrant.

okcfox.com
18309Larry Zamora37MaleHispanic/Latino10/13/2016TulareCA36.221731-119.3302143Tulare County Sheriff's Office, Tulare Police Department, Visalia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An hours-long standoff with a man wanted in the early morning shooting of a 39-year-old mother and her 9-month-old daughter ended with the man taking his own life, police said.

fresnobee.com
18311Shawn Pappe46MaleEuropean-American/White10/13/2016Grants PassOR42.4367486-123.3029077Grants Pass Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said several 911 calls about an SUV driving erratically preceded a traffic stop. The driver had a knife. He said officers attempted to negotiate with the driver after he left his vehicle. Officers used a taser and less-than-lethal rounds before he was shot and killed by Detective Ryan Brown, Detective John Lohrfink, Corporal Michael Miner and Officer Scott Williams.

mailtribune.com
18312Chaz Logan York23MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2016BeaumontTX30.1166913-94.168544Beaumont Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said York was involved in multiple disturbances and had assaulted several men and women. An off-duty Beaumont police officer, Chase Welch, 26, who was not involved in the disturbances, intervened. York tried to assault the officer with a bat, and Welch shot and killed him.

12newsnow.com
18313George Zapata24MaleHispanic/Latino10/14/2016DallasTX32.7113747-96.8205873Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was conducting an investigation of an unrelated property crime when a deadly shooting unfolded in front of him. The officer – in plain clothes, driving an unmarked police vehicle, whose identity has not been released – returned fire, killing the shooter, but not before he was struck in the foot. Three other men were taken to the hospital. Police said the suspect, 24-year-old George Zapata and the man he shot died.

force.com
18314Nicholas McWherter26MaleEuropean-American/White10/14/2016San FranciscoCA37.7388961-122.4851003San Francisco Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received reports of a man who was threatening people and causing a disturbance at the Lakeshore Plaza Shopping Center. Police said the man was "behaving erratically." Officers found the man nearby and attempted to contact him. The man turned toward officers and fired multiple shots at them, striking one in the head and then fled. Arriving officers surrounded the area and began looking for the gunman who emerged from bushes near 28th Avenue and Vicente Street and tried to run away. He was shot by Officers Nathan Chew and Paul Dominguez and died a few days later.

sfdistrictattorney.org
18315Daniel Richard Murphy38MaleEuropean-American/White10/15/2016Phenix CityAL32.4785938-85.1006053Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a four-hour negotiation with Murphy—suspected of killing a woman—barricaded inside a home, he pointed what appeared to be a laser, possibly attached to a weapon, at a police officer. At that point, the officer shot and killed Murphy.

wrbl.com
18316Kristofer Paul Talancon30MaleAsian/Pacific Islander10/15/2016SparksNV39.543917-119.7240254Sparks Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were investigating a domestic battery, and police developed probable cause to arrest a suspect, police said. Police found the suspect in the 1200 block of Coachman Drive in Sparks. Police attempted to arrest the man, and there was a struggle. They took him into custody and a short time later he became unconscious and died.

google.com
18317Eric St. Germain39MaleEuropean-American/White10/16/2016HolidayFL28.2076508-82.7279974Pasco County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor heard arguing from a couple inside of the home. The neighbor heard more arguing and heard the suspect yell "call the cops, I have a gun." Pasco County sheriff's office arrived on scene. Deputies, along with SWAT team members, spent two hours trying to get the suspect to come out. After 2 hours, negotiations broke down and the suspect stopped communicating with officials. Deputies used tear gas, flash bangs and a robot to try to get him to come out. SWAT members ultimately forced entry into the home and found the suspect in the bathroom with a knife in his hand. They told him to put the knife down but he refused, so they tasered him, but it was ineffective, and they shot and killed him.

abcactionnews.com
18318Micah D'sheigh Jester26FemaleEuropean-American/White10/16/2016AustinTX30.198358-97.7892321Austin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Austin police say they were called to the apartment complex for a husband who called stating his wife had a weapon. When the officers arrived, a white woman came out of the breezeway. The woman had a pellet gun in her hands and "extended the weapon towards the officers and said "shoot me, shoot me, kill me.'" Police told her to drop the weapon, but she proceeded to move toward the officers, and they shot her. As she was lying on the ground, police say she was still moving after being shot so they shot her some more.

patch.com
18319Sean Arlt32MaleEuropean-American/White10/16/2016Santa CruzCA36.9541881-122.0460713Santa Cruz Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The resident of a home reported a man "pounding" on his front door. While Santa Cruz police were en route, the man called back and said the man was now at the back door of the residence and yelling that he wanted to kill everyone inside, according to police. When officers arrived, they called the man out of the backyard. The man proceeded to attack the officers with a metal bow rake and refused repeated commands to drop the tool. When Tasers proved ineffective in stopping the suspect, he was shot and killed.

ksbw.com
18322Name withheld by police40MaleRace unspecified10/17/2016Shelby Charter TownshipMI42.6626849-82.9865646Shelby Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic violence call. After a standoff, an unidentified man was dead. Little information was released. Possible suicide.

macombdaily.com
18321Rolando Roman Delgado50MaleHispanic/Latino10/17/2016MiamiFL25.9393845-80.2939135Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unidentified man had just stolen a sport utility vehicle, refused to get out after several verbal commands and threatened officers with "medieval-looking" type of sword, before he was shot dead.

miamiherald.com
18323Jason Edward Drain31MaleEuropean-American/White10/17/2016ParkersburgWV39.2497936-81.553012Parkersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jason Edward Drain allegedly murdered Brian Duanne Shann. When police caught up with Drain, he shot himself in the head. His companion, Cassandra Michelle "Cassy" Bailey, picked up the gun and shot herself in the head. Both died.

tristateupdate.com
18324Cassandra Michelle "Cassy" Bailey28FemaleEuropean-American/White10/17/2016ParkersburgWV39.2497936-81.553012Parkersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jason Edward Drain allegedly murdered Brian Duanne Shann. When police caught up with Drain, he shot himself in the head. His companion, Cassandra Michelle "Cassy" Bailey, picked up the gun and shot herself in the head. Both died.

tristateupdate.com
18320Keegan Schweikle aka Keagan Schweikle17MaleEuropean-American/White10/17/2016BentonAR34.5920686-92.6013598Benton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a family disturbance with a 17-year-old who had a handgun. Responding officers were told the teen had fled into a wooded area near the home. Officers found the teen nearby, where police say he failed to comply with officers' orders to drop the gun. Police say he pointed the gun toward an officer, which led to the officer shooting and killing him.

bentoncourier.com
18327Deborah Danner66FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/18/2016BronxNY40.8189532-73.8535295City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 911 caller told police the woman was naked and in the hallway armed with scissors. Five cops and their patrol sergeant rushed to the scene. They found her in the apartment with the scissors in her hand. The sergeant convinced her to put them down. After putting down the scissors, the female subject approached the sergeant and grabbed a baseball bat. As she attempted to strike the sergeant, he shot and killed her.

abc7ny.com
18328Salvador Reyes Sanchez42MaleHispanic/Latino10/18/2016TulsaOK36.0982029-95.7877008Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sanchez was holding a child hostage when he was shot and killed.

tulsaworld.com
18326Darius Wimberly28MaleAfrican-American/Black10/18/2016Benton HarborMI42.1016362-86.4525303Benton Harbor Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As police left the home where a hostage situation was reported, Wimberly came out and allegedly began firing at the home's occupants. Police shot and killed him.

heraldpalladium.com
18325Charles Stidham34MaleEuropean-American/White10/18/2016ParisKY38.1969549-84.2662661Paris Police Department, Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police went to Stidham's house. Stidham shot an officer, who was not injured due to his bulletproof vest. After a gunfight and standoff, Stidham was found dead. It has not been reported as to why the police went to the home.

wtvq.com
18329Anthony Garcia24MaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2016DallasTX32.7410016-96.8769739Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Dallas detective investigating a carjacking found Garcia behind the wheel. Garcia pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

dallasnews.com
18331Javier Munoz28MaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2016HendersonNV36.0442765-115.0283738Nevada Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a carjacking and a crash, Munoz attempted another carjacking and was shot and killed.

apnews.com
18330Frank Sandor38MaleEuropean-American/White10/19/2016WilloughbyOH41.6270774-81.4284234Willoughby Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sandor was shot and killed after he hit a police motorcycle and drove in the general direction of officers. Apparently, he had unspecified warrants for his arrest. Police alleged vehicular assault.

cleveland.com
18332Jacob Shawn DePetris29MaleEuropean-American/White10/20/2016JacksonvilleFL30.467561-81.581937Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DePetris was carrying a shotgun in one hand and a bottle of liquor in the other when he was shot and killed by a Jacksonville police officer following an apparent home invasion and domestic issue.

jacksonville.com
18334William H. Frost Jr.58MaleEuropean-American/White10/21/2016TulsaOK36.1596546-95.9670147Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An unidentified man was holding a knife and reportedly didn't listen to police commands to drop the weapon when he was first tasered then shot and killed.

tulsaworld.com
18333Renee Davis23FemaleNative American/Alaskan10/21/2016AuburnWA47.2588526-122.1307939King County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were doing a welfare check on Davis. Allegedly, the pregnant woman had a gun and two children nearby and was shot and killed when she pointed the gun at deputies.

pbs.org
18337Nathaniel B. Dorough21MaleEuropean-American/White10/22/2016SterrettAL33.355192-86.5799456Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a residence to try to de-escalate a domestic situation where one of the family members was mentally ill. Upon arrival, the deputies spoke with the caller and were then confronted by the other family member who had a weapon and charged at one of the deputies. Dorough was shot and killed.

abc3340.com
18335Elaine Bowden Merritt52FemaleEuropean-American/White10/22/2016WetumpkaAL32.4984063-86.2165605Wetumpka Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Elaine Merritt was killed when the 2016 Honda Pilot she was driving collided with a 2010 Dodge Charger driven by an on-duty Wetumpka police officer. Few details have been released

montgomeryadvertiser.com
18336Junef Ragadio Monzon31MaleHispanic/Latino10/22/2016Lake ElsinoreCA33.648847-117.2893322Murrieta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers spotted a stolen car in Murrieta. When they tried to stop the driver of the car, Junef Monzon, he fled, police said. After leading police in a chase up the freeway, Monzon got off on Bundy Canyon Road in Wildomar and continued down several city streets before crashing into a fence. After crashing into the fence, he crashed into multiple Murrieta police cruisers before driving toward officers, who shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

www.pe.com
20936Henry Lowe56MaleRace unspecified10/23/2016Lincoln ParkMI42.2417279-83.1951179Wayne County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

According to reports, off-duty deputy Matthew John Doss was driving his truck over the speed limit at about 10:30 p.m. when he hit another vehicle in Lincoln Park. Henry Lowe, the front seat passenger in that car, died from his injuries the following day. In April 2017, Doss was charged with reckless driving causing death in connection with the crash.

cbslocal.com
18340Charles Edward Roberts34MaleRace unspecified10/23/2016Lake PanasoffkeeFL28.803846-82.140589Sumter County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies were investigating an allegation of child molestation. Standing outside his home, they called Roberts, asking him to come out, and Roberts shot and killed himself.

dailycommercial.com
18338Demetrius Mac Moore40MaleAfrican-American/Black10/23/2016Colorado SpringsCO38.8386399-104.7944333Colorado Springs Police Department, El Paso County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brothers Demetrius and Daniel Moore, were being sought by police after a woman was found shot inside a home in Security-Widefield. The victim was taken to the hospital where she later died. One of the brothers, Demetrious, was located early Sunday. According to police, he fired at least one shot at officers before he was shot and killed by Deputies Jeremy Juhl and Chris Donatell and Colorado Springs Police Officer Armando Newell.

koaa.com
18341David Lem Sprague34MaleEuropean-American/White10/23/2016LansingMI42.7500285-84.6330215Eaton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sprague was apparently trying to return a car he'd stolen. The victims called police saying he had a gun. After a chase, he was trapped in a shed by deputies and shot and killed himself.

lansingstatejournal.com
18339Kenny Tomblin38MaleEuropean-American/White10/23/2016EdmontonKY37.0213123-85.5835229Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Metcalfe County dispatch received a call from a woman who said she and her boyfriend, Tomblin, had been in a fight, and that he was outside shooting a gun into the air as she called police from a neighbor's home. When police arrived on scene, Tomblin talked with the deputy before going into his home, and coming back outside with a rifle. Tomblin approached troopers and fired the weapon. He was shot and killed.

wbko.com
18344Garrett Schmidt33MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2016ModestoCA37.6508905-120.9771254Modesto Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Garrett Schmidt died three days after suffering a "medical emergency" while in custody following his bizarre break-in at a Grantland Court home and subsequent rampage through the neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to more than a half-dozen 911 calls of a man apparently under the influence and forcing his way into homes used physical control holds, beanbag guns and a Taser to apprehend the Schmidt.

modbee.com
18342Aaron Marquis Ballard19MaleAfrican-American/Black10/24/2016St. LouisMO38.6710536-90.2257235St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ballard was shot and killed by an officer following a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that ended in a crash. He was the passenger.

fox2now.com
24574James L. Dexter91MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2016WichitaKS37.723165-97.3798954Wichita Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Alex Dee Davis, 20, was fleeing from police in a Volkswagen Jetta when he slammed into James Dexter's Ford Fusion. The crash happened 14 seconds after an officer saw Davis run a stop sign and started chasing him. Davis was sentenced to life in prison.

kansas.com
18343Kristofer Daniel Youngquist45MaleEuropean-American/White10/24/2016LanesboroMN43.6593501-91.9130494Rochester Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a domestic violence call at another location. They located Youngquist at home later and shot and killed him when he presented a gun.

winonadailynews.com
18345Roy Lee Richards46MaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2016Little RockAR34.7407988-92.26691Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to calls of a disturbance involving a man with a weapon. Officers engaged with the man and shots were fired outside the home. The man was killed.

katv.com
18350Yshaneeta Magee33FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2016CollinsMS31.6240369-89.7341665Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Yshaneeta Magee, 33, Jeremiah Barnes, 2, and Chiquita Barnes Flowers, 22, died when their Pontiac G6 ran off the road following a high-speed police chase and struck a tree on Lone Star Road in Covington County. Brandon Flowers was driving.

clarionledger.com
18351Jeremiah Barnes2MaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2016CollinsMS31.6240369-89.7341665Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Yshaneeta Magee, 33, Jeremiah Barnes, 2, and Chiquita Barnes Flowers, 22, died when their Pontiac G6 ran off the road following a high-speed police chase and struck a tree on Lone Star Road in Covington County. Brandon Flowers was driving.

clarionledger.com
18352Chiquita Barnes Flowers22FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/25/2016CollinsMS31.6240369-89.7341665Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Yshaneeta Magee, 33, Jeremiah Barnes, 2, and Chiquita Barnes Flowers, 22, died when their Pontiac G6 ran off the road following a high-speed police chase and struck a tree on Lone Star Road in Covington County. Brandon Flowers was driving.

clarionledger.com
18349George E. Murphy41MaleRace unspecified10/25/2016Moncks CornerSC33.20077-80.018001Moncks Corner Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man was calling a grade school, asking students be removed from the playground, but apparently not making threats. Police caught up with him in the parking lot of the Berkeley County Courthouse where he shot and killed himself.

postandcourier.com
18346Brandon Wayne Millard37MaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2016LincolnCA38.8888929-121.2930491Lincoln Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a man with a gun, police said. An officer spotted the man's car in a McDonald's parking lot a short time later. Brandon Millard allegedly threatened Officer Peter French with a knife, and he was shot and killed as he advanced upon the officer.

sacbee.com
18347Brandon Jones25MaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2016ElktonMD39.5984881-75.8210676Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Jones and Chelsea M. Porter were wanted by the Delaware State Police on warrants listing numerous charges against them, including possession with intent to distribute heroin, four counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, three counts of possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited and receiving a stolen firearm, according to police. When police caught up with them, they brandished BB guns before they were shot and killed. EPD Officers Sgt. William Wadsworth, Ofc. Brian David, Ofc. Kevin Forster, Ofc. Dennis LaSassa, Ofc. Edward Donnelly, Ofc. Christian Mlodzianowski and CCSO Deputies Martin Allen, Cpl. Jonathan Pristash, and Cpl. Michael Zack, and MSP Sgt. Michael Bonczewski were relieved of responsibility in the killings.

wbaltv.com
18348Chelsea M. Porter25FemaleEuropean-American/White10/25/2016ElktonMD39.5984881-75.8210676Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Jones and Chelsea M. Porter were wanted by the Delaware State Police on warrants listing numerous charges against them, including possession with intent to distribute heroin, four counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, three counts of possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited and receiving a stolen firearm, according to police. When police caught up with them, they brandished BB guns before they were shot and killed. EPD Officers Sgt. William Wadsworth, Ofc. Brian David, Ofc. Kevin Forster, Ofc. Dennis LaSassa, Ofc. Edward Donnelly, Ofc. Christian Mlodzianowski and CCSO Deputies Martin Allen, Cpl. Jonathan Pristash, and Cpl. Michael Zack, and MSP Sgt. Michael Bonczewski were relieved of responsibility in the killings.

wbaltv.com
18353William Clifford Cole36MaleEuropean-American/White10/26/2016BartlesvilleOK36.753259-95.9443848Bartlesville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bartlesville police responded to a domestic assault and battery call at a home, but Cole had gone down the road. When police got to the street for the second time, they say a woman came out of the house and Cole followed her, rushing through the door and tackling her to the ground. Officers used a Taser on Cole but said it didn't stop him. Cole punched an officer in the face, who then shot and killed him.

newson6.com
18354Malcolm Loren Hickson25MaleAfrican-American/Black10/26/2016CarrolltonTX32.9841027-96.9187115Carrollton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they responded to the InTown Suites after one of two women who were being held against their will showed up at the Carrollton Police Department and said she had escaped the man. When the SWAT team arrived, the man, Hickson, left his room with a gun in his waistband and his hands up, according to police. Officers shot Hickson when he reached for the weapon.

dallasnews.com
18356Kyle W. Killough32MaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2016BillingsMT45.7524868-108.5518798Billings Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Billings Police got a call from a Days Inn desk clerk saying a man had come in with a semi-automatic handgun. Kyle Killough, at one point, held the gun to his own head, police said. The clerk got out of the office, and police arrived at the Days Inn within minutes. Eight to nine officers were in the lobby with the man, with more officers outside the building. Killough stood up and began to turn around. He had a gun in his left hand and was shot and killed by Officer David Raschkow.

billingsgazette.com
18359Thad Demarco Hale33MaleAfrican-American/Black10/27/2016San AntonioTX29.4925407-98.4397374San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a report of woman being held against her will. When an officer kicked down the door, the man pointed a rifle at him. The man with the rifle was shot and killed.

ksat.com
18358Brayton "Braytie" Thaxton Burnham38MaleEuropean-American/White10/27/2016HamptonNH42.8999618-70.8155159Hampton Police Department, Seabrook Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were investigating a burglary. When they went into a hotel room, Burnham, who was in the restroom, fired a shot at police, and then shot and killed himself.

unionleader.com
18355Edwin Amaya Maldonado24MaleHispanic/Latino10/27/2016Dewy RoseGA34.232578-82.896879Georgia State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Elbert County Highway Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle for a traffic offense. During the stop, police say Maldonado was found to be driving without a license and was suspected to be driving under the influence. When the trooper attempted to arrest Maldonado for the offenses, Maldonado reached for the trooper's gun belt. The trooper shot and killed Maldonado.

walb.com
18357Lamont Perry32MaleAfrican-American/Black10/27/2016WadesboroNC34.9740598-80.07847Anson County Probation Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Perry was killed when Probation and Parole Officer William Kyle Torrence attempted to arrest him for parole violations. Wadesboro police were there, but their role is not clear. No shots were fired.

ansonrecord.com
18362Jun Wang45MaleAsian/Pacific Islander10/28/2016North RoyaltonOH41.3268724-81.7576856North Royalton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wang died when an officer shot him at a condominium. Officers had gone to the condo to serve a probate order and take him to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, police said. Wang became defiant during the encounter, grabbed a knife and stabbed an officer's face and leg, police said. The officer's partner shot and killed Wang.

cleveland.com
18363Rene Burrola44MaleHispanic/Latino10/28/2016San AntonioTX29.6211877-98.5131598Bexar County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A county law enforcement officer, charged solely with providing bailiff services for justices of the peace and serving civil papers, had tried to stop Burrola for speeding and not having a visible license plate on his motorcycle. When he fled, the deputy chased him at speeds up to 100 mph. Burrola crashed and died.

expressnews.com
25438Joseph "Joey" W. Slaver Jr.23MaleEuropean-American/White10/28/2016Livermore FallsME44.4469871-70.1553986Livermore Falls Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A police cruiser driven by Livermore Falls Officer Troy Reed fatally hit Joseph Slaver Jr. when he was crossing the road. Police said Slaver had a less than .01 BAC, but it might have been enough to affect his judgment.

wgme.com
18360Jason King38MaleAfrican-American/Black10/28/2016SacramentoCA38.6592367-121.3551738California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said King was shot and killed after failing to obey two California Highway Patrol officers' commands to get on the ground and instead, pulled a gun out of his waistband, turned and pointed it at an officer.

sacda.org
18361Jay Johannes Holmgren37MaleEuropean-American/White10/28/2016WheatonMN45.777251-96.562677Stevens County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a 50-mile chase across three counties and a short foot chase, Holmgren was shot and killed by Stevens County Sheriff's Deputy Ron Hensinger.

westfargopioneer.com
18366Luis Armando Lopez21MaleHispanic/Latino10/29/2016Van HornTX31.0433317-104.8270387Culberson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Culberson County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call. When officers arrived to the scene, a man holding a knife charged toward a deputy. The deputy shot the man in the stomach. The man also apparently had self-inflicted knife wounds.

cbs7.com
18365Edward Charles Moore Jr.62MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2016MemphisTN35.1880923-89.8407259Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to Memphis police, a caller told police he shot two people at the home and barricaded himself inside. The man shot his wife and sister-in-law as they tried to leave and then went back into the home and barricaded himself inside. Negotiators were on the scene in the afternoon trying to make contact with the man. Later, he was found dead in the house of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

commercialappeal.com
18364Kenneth Jack Kennedy34MaleEuropean-American/White10/29/2016KingmanAZ35.2393983-114.0377147Mohave County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kenneth Kennedy was stopped for an alleged traffic violation, attempted to leave in his car, struck two police cars and was driving in the general direction of a deputy when the deputy shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

azcentral.com
18370Name withheld by police21MaleRace unspecified10/30/2016KilleenTX31.1186518-97.6809404Killeen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A standoff began when an apparent domestic dispute led to shots being fired. A neighbor contacted the police, who arrived on the scene shortly thereafter. Although they made contact with the man, he eventually shot and killed himself.

kdhnews.com
18371Thomas Allan Richter74MaleRace unspecified10/30/2016NorwichCT41.5241274-72.0698117Norwich Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A suspected drunken driver fled police through downtown Norwich, striking a car and killing the passenger, Thomas Allan Richter, police said. The driver, Carol Jean Richter, 72, also was taken to the hospital. The occupants of the fleeing car also had injuries that appeared serious. Both Cory Long, 35,—the driver—and Isaiah Lee, 35, the passenger, were being treated.

courant.com
18368Michael Dale Vance Jr.38MaleEuropean-American/White10/30/2016ButlerOK35.6365855-99.1859277Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Vance was wanted in the shootings of two Oklahoma police officers and in connection with the deaths of two relatives. He was killed in a shootout after being found near the western Oklahoma town of Hammon.

tulsaworld.com
18369Jordan Love Gonzales23MaleEuropean-American/White10/30/2016Corpus ChristiTX27.7938604-97.3925439Corpus Christi Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call about multiple shots fired. Police found the man and there was an exchange of gunfire. The man was killed.

force.com
18367Terrence Coleman31MaleAfrican-American/Black10/30/2016BostonMA42.3436706-71.0683265Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Boston EMS and Boston police responded to an apartment after a mother called 911 reporting her emotionally disturbed 31-year-old son was out of control. Police said the man was suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia. While trying to help the man, a struggle ensued and the man armed himself with a knife. Officers ran in to assist, and police said the man swung repeatedly at the officers and EMTs as they struggled to get the knife away. After failed attempts to disarm the man, he was shot and killed.

masslive.com
18372Michelle Lee Shirley39FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/31/2016TorrenceCA33.8197718-118.3163591Torrance Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police intercepted Michelle Shirley, who was driving erratically, and forced her to stop. She resumed fleeing, driving toward officers, and struck a police vehicle. Police shot and killed her through the windows of the moving car. Police alleged vehicular assault.

ktla.com
18375Kychaun Hines16MaleAfrican-American/Black10/31/2016East St. LouisIL38.6278517-90.1328338East St. Louis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, Kychaun Hines sped away when they tried to stop his Pontiac at around 2:30 p.m. The car continued for another block or two before crashing into a sign, a tree, and then a wooden light pole. The light pole snapped in half before coming to rest on top of the Pontiac. Hines was pronounced dead at the scene.

bnd.com
18374Ashley Sides31FemaleEuropean-American/White10/31/2016BrookvilleOH39.8454217-84.4252994Brookville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sides was traveling east on Interstate 70 when a trooper attempted to pull her over for a traffic violation, police said. The driver would not pull over so the trooper terminated the pursuit because of the high rate of speed, the nature of the offense, and the driver of the Cadillac was driving recklessly. When the driver exited onto Arlington, the trooper was not able to get in a position to take the exit as well because of traffic. Brookville police responded when the car crashed into the Wendy's restaurant, and she was shot and killed.

fox45now.com
18373Jose Armando Cueva55MaleHispanic/Latino10/31/2016ChatsworthCA34.2412716-118.5702748Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cueva allegedly stabbed a woman, possibly his estranged wife, as she drove him to the Chatsworth Courthouse. He was wielding a knife when he was shot and killed by a deputy.

patch.com
27828Jay E. Dailey56MaleEuropean-American/White10/31/2016LynnwoodWA47.8719343-122.2700753Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

About 8 p.m., a 911 caller requested medical assistance at a home for a man who was exhibiting strange behavior and acting confused. Two sheriff's deputies responded, and the man was handcuffed and died. Details about methods used to restrain Jay Dailey were withheld by police.

heraldnet.com
25456Rod Barron Lucas46MaleEuropean-American/White10/31/2016FresnoCA36.7708343-119.7313381Fresno County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Rod Lucas was shot to death in a sheriff's office when Detective Jared Mullis pulled out his gun to show Lucas his holster. The felony charge of involuntary manslaughter appears to have been withdrawn before trial. Since the police were discussing their armaments at the time of the reportedly accidental shooting, Sgt. Lucas may have been armed when he was shot and killed.

odmp.org
18378Michael Everett Shriver II39MaleEuropean-American/White11/01/2016EnidOK36.3977903-97.8964646Enid Police Department
  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined

Police wanted Shriver for questioning regarding a murder. They found him under a house, sicced a dog on him and used chemical weapons to bring him out. He was killed beneath the house with the manner of death not immediately determined.

enidnews.com
18377Keenan Bradley21MaleAfrican-American/Black11/01/2016StocktonCA38.0065738-121.3589207San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty San Joaquin County sheriff's deputy was threatened by two armed, masked men when he pulled out his personal gun and fatally shot one.

recordnet.com
18379Matthew J. "Matty James" Peters23MaleRace unspecified11/01/2016CentraliaIL38.5170482-89.1446163Centralia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Centralia police received a report of a suspicious/unwanted subject, possibly under the influence of drugs, outside a residence. An officer responded to the call and shortly after arriving was fired upon by Peters. The officer returned fire at Peters, who then turned and walked a few steps before stopping, raising the gun to his head and shooting and killing himself.

wmix94.com
18376Henry Simpson76MaleEuropean-American/White11/01/2016Carson CityNV39.1605671-119.7610111Nevada Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, deputies and troopers responded to the Senator Apartments. Furlong said the trooper made contact with the male suspect, and the suspect was shot and killed. Furlong could not specify why the suspect was shot.

rgj.com
18383Wade T. Sargent23MaleEuropean-American/White11/02/2016Montgomery CityMO38.9763509-91.5140575Callaway County Sheriff's Office, Audrain County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

The sheriff's office received a report of a vehicle stolen from a private residence. Later in the day, three men on the run from a halfway house reportedly robbed Martinsburg Trust Bank in Martinsburg. Audrain County Sheriff's deputies pursued the men into Montgomery County. After shooting at police, the men fled on foot. Two were immediately caught, but Sargent ran into a nearby dwelling where he was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

fultonsun.com
18382Wilton Henry59MaleEuropean-American/White11/02/2016HoumaLA29.6307362-90.7050562Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy responded to a call about a suspicious person in a green Dodge Durango in the parking lot of the Coteau Truck Plaza. The deputy found Henry, who appeared to be sleeping in the SUV's back seat. After a deputy asked Henry for his identification, he picked up a handgun. The deputy ordered him several times to put down the gun, but Henry shot himself in the upper part of his chest. Police said, the deputy ordered him again to put down the gun, and he refused. Allegedly, Henry pointed the gun at the deputy, and the deputy shot and killed him.

houmatoday.com
18380Ariel Galarza49MaleHispanic/Latino11/02/2016BronxNY40.8495696-73.834017City of New York Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police responded to a 911 call about a man armed with a knife who was acting violently. Three officers and the sergeant confronted the man in a basement apartment of the home. The distraught man menaced them with a glass bottle, police said. He was shocked twice with a Taser, killing him.

nydailynews.com
18381Jesse Jay Taylor40MaleEuropean-American/White11/02/2016West JordanUT40.5891892-111.9220764West Jordan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Taylor was killed after a shootout with police in West Jordan, which followed a robbery at local credit union and a chase, police said.

ksl.com
18384Dennis Kirk64MaleRace unspecified11/03/2016ChambersburgPA39.9345758-77.6463672Chambersburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to Chambersburg Hospital for a report that Kirk, who was a patient, was armed with a knife was making threats toward hospital staff. When police arrived, Kirk turned his threats toward the officers. Police say Kirk was shot and killed after he continued to brandish the knife and threaten officers while they attempted to subdue him.

fox43.com
18385Ferguson Claude Laurent Jr.23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/03/2016SalisburyNC35.6679949-80.4580013Salisbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police served a "no-knock" warrant in search of narcotics, weapons and stolen property, police said. It was known at the time that the suspects inside were armed, officials said. At least one shot was fired at officers before Laurent was shot and killed by Officer Karl Boehm.

salpostmedia.com
18387William Edwin "Bill" Gaul58MaleRace unspecified11/03/2016Port AngelesWA48.0580392-123.302597Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Washington State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Gaul had threatened to harm himself during negotiations with law enforcement while he was barricaded inside an 18-foot travel trailer parked by the side of Robinson Road. Officers heard a single gunshot from within Gaul's trailer, but because yelling had been heard from the trailer after the gunshot, and they could see no obvious signs of trauma, they did not know he had shot himself, police said. His body was found an hour and a half after the gunshot.

peninsuladailynews.com
18386Rita Carol King56FemaleRace unspecified11/03/2016LoganvilleGA33.7919251-83.9611025Walton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a reported shooting after a what was first believed to be a possible break-in at the home. Rita King allegedly brandished brandished a gun and was shot and killed.

patch.com
18390Edward Lowell Hills59MaleRace unspecified11/04/2016BeaverWA48.0562594-124.3481609Forks Police Department, Clallam County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A neighbor called 911 to report that the man was acting erratically. The man was at the threshold of his RV when Sheriff's Sgt. Edwin Anderson and Forks Police Department Officer Michael Gentry arrived. One of the officers fired a Taser at him. The man then retrieved a handgun from inside the RV. He was shot and killed.

peninsuladailynews.com
18388Abraham Ortiz26MaleHispanic/Latino11/04/2016Palm SpringsCA33.8179159-116.5461567Palm Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received multiple calls about a man who was acting erratically, shouting homophobic and racial slurs, urinating in public and exposing himself to passersby. One caller said the man was possibly armed. After two uniformed officers found the man in the parking lot of Rite Aid there was a struggle that went to the ground, and Ortiz was shot and killed by Officer David Etchason.

patch.com
18389Manuel Rosales35MaleHispanic/Latino11/04/2016BronxNY40.8381733-73.8717568City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Manuel Rosales fatally shot NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo and wounded a second officer as police approached his car. The encounter began when Rosales broke into an apartment where his estranged wife had been staying with their 3-year-old son and another woman. He was shot and killed by a second pair of officers.

nydailynews.com
18393Joshua Beal25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/05/2016ChicagoIL41.6915801-87.6995991Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joshua Beal was shot and killed by an off-duty policeman as he brandished a gun during a traffic incident at a funeral procession.

wgntv.com
18395Russell Elswick56MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016ClendeninWV38.4273337-81.337605Kanawha County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A 911 call came in that reported someone shooting their residence twice with a shotgun, then leaving. When other deputies arrived to the scene, they attempted to talk to Elswick through a window on his barn door, but he refused to come outside. Hours after the standoff started, deputies say they opened the door's window, and Elswick was standing behind a barricade with a shotgun. Elswick allegedly pointed his shotgun at deputies, and he was shot and killed.

wvmetronews.com
18394Patrick Michael Wise34MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016GladewaterTX32.5422852-94.9548942Gladewater Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a failed traffic stop and pursuit, the man got out of the vehicle and failed to comply with the officer's orders, and he was shot and killed.

force.com
18391James Carl Coale36MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016OkemahOK35.4325854-96.3050064Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy pulled over James Coale because he was driving a car deputies had been looking for in connection to a stabbing earlier in the day, police said. One of the deputies was outside his patrol unit when Coale drove in the direction of the officer. He was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

readfrontier.org
18396Christopher Cadenbach43MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016St. LouisMO38.4608653-90.2907029St. Louis County Park Rangers, St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Christopher Cadenbach had spent the day with his sons, 5-year old Ethan and 4-year old Owen Cadenbach, and his own mother at a park. When they returned to a home, Cadenbach took the mother's car and the kids and left. Cadenbach's mother contacted police and that led to the issuance of an Amber Alert. The county police helicopter was up, spotted the car, and saw someone moving toward it. Police officers responded and when they arrived, shots were heard. They believe that was when Christopher Cadenback was shooting his own children. He then shot and killed himself.

stltoday.com
18397Ethan Cadenbach5MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016St. LouisMO38.4608653-90.2907029St. Louis County Park Rangers, St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Christopher Cadenbach had spent the day with his sons, 5-year old Ethan and 4-year old Owen Cadenbach, and his own mother at a park. When they returned to a home, Cadenbach took the mother's car and the kids and left. Cadenbach's mother contacted police and that led to the issuance of an Amber Alert. The county police helicopter was up, spotted the car, and saw someone moving toward it. Police officers responded and when they arrived, shots were heard. They believe that was when Christopher Cadenback was shooting his own children. He then shot and killed himself.

stltoday.com
18398Owen Cadenbach4MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016St. LouisMO38.4608653-90.2907029St. Louis County Park Rangers, St. Louis County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Christopher Cadenbach had spent the day with his sons, 5-year old Ethan and 4-year old Owen Cadenbach, and his own mother at a park. When they returned to a home, Cadenbach took the mother's car and the kids and left. Cadenbach's mother contacted police and that led to the issuance of an Amber Alert. The county police helicopter was up, spotted the car, and saw someone moving toward it. Police officers responded and when they arrived, shots were heard. They believe that was when Christopher Cadenback was shooting his own children. He then shot and killed himself.

stltoday.com
18392John F. Zemola49MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016St. PetersburgFL27.8191391-82.7246635Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a home after a 911 call came in for a domestic disturbance. Deputy Jake Guathier and Deputy Jonathan Segrete responded. At the scene, the deputies saw Zemola ramming a car and their house, knocking a front pillar down, with his pickup truck. Deputies said that when they approached Zemora, he put the truck in reverse and pulled onto 64th Street where his vehicle became disabled. He then got out of the truck with a knife in his hand and after deputies told him several times to drop the knife, they shot and killed him.

wtsp.com
23173Shane Herbert Adkins25MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2016SissonvilleWV38.5049601-81.644997Kanawha County Sheriff's Office, Wood County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, deputies were called at about midnight Friday to the Ashford area to investigate a possible murder. Deputies found Edward Crose, 46, had been shot dead in his home. Deputies began looking for Crose's roommate, Shane Adkins, in connection with the crime. Wood County deputies intercepted Adkins, who was driving Crose's vehicle. Adkins led deputies on a pursuit along I-77 through Jackson County and into Kanawha County. Adkins allegedly fired several shots at pursuing officers. Kanawha County deputies used spike strips to disable the vehicle, ending the pursuit shortly after 7 a.m. near Sissonville. Moments later, Adkins reportedly shot and killed himself.

wvgazettemail.com
18403David Contreras Jr.33MaleHispanic/Latino11/06/2016Santa AnaCA33.7272854-117.9025178Santa Ana Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police spotted a white pickup truck parked in front of a business, and attempted to contact the driver, police said. The driver got into a fight with police, and he was shocked with a Taser. He was then shot and killed.

ktla.com
18402Joseph Newcomb32MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016HensleyWV37.4740011-81.6998327West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers were called to Newcomb's home after his family requested a well-being check. Troopers announced their presence when arriving at Newcomb's residence, and "subsequently encountered Mr. Newcomb advancing toward them with a hammer raised in his hand." When he would not drop the hammer, he was shot and killed.

bdtonline.com
21589Bruce Snyder66MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016Warner RobinsGA32.6018286-83.6650696Houston County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bruce Snyder was broadsided by a motorist fleeing a Houston County sheriff's deputy and died three weeks later. Vernon Jerome Gibson, 40, was accused of fleeing the scene of the three-vehicle crash, was arrested two days later and charged with fleeing, serious injury by motor vehicle and several other traffic-related offenses, police said.

macon.com
18404Randy Clark Jr.43MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016MorgantownKY37.2283084-86.6898314Butler County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Butler County Sheriff's Office made a traffic stop on a vehicle that was believed to have people who had outstanding warrants. During attempts to positively identify the passenger, Clark became aggressive and got involved in a fight with Deputy Chris Reneer. During the fight the driver of the vehicle got out. Reneer used his taser on Clark, who gained access to the driver's side of the vehicle and accelerated, dragging Deputy Reneer. Reneer shot and killed Clark.

wbko.com
18399Christian Redwine17MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016Phenix CityAL32.4994545-85.0013547Columbus Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a short car chase from J.R. Allen Parkway to Riverchase Drive in Phenix City, the driver, Christian Redwine, was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

ledger-enquirer.com
18400Jimmy L. Testa31MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016LeesburgNJ39.2526684-74.9813285New Jersey State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Testa was reportedly shot once by a trooper during an outdoors struggle with state police, police said. Testa was said to have fled the scene of a burglary.

www.nj.com
18401Joel Burt Keenan43MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2016Beech IslandSC33.458879-81.848789Aiken County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a couple of incidents pointing guns at strangers, police found Keenan. When police caught up to him, he pointed the gun at them and was shot and killed.

wrdw.com
18407Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/07/2016DetroitMI42.3281897-83.1550595Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Detroit police say a man fatally shot himself following a short foot chase during which an officer fired at the man and missed. Police were responding to a call about a man assaulting a woman at a hotel.

abc12.com
18406Palak P. Desai34MaleRace unspecified11/07/2016South HollandIN41.578783-87.599424Hammond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Desai, a shoplifting suspect, shot and killed himself after fleeing police and crashing in South Holland.

fox32chicago.com
18405Darryl Chisholm31MaleAfrican-American/Black11/07/2016PhiladelphiaPA39.9990217-75.1449323Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Chisholm was a suspect in the shooting of a 44-year-old man in North Philadelphia, police said. Officers were searching the area around Darien when someone pointed out the suspect. The suspect started running, with officers in pursuit. He pulled out a gun and was shot and killed.

philly.com
18408Carlos Mendez45MaleHispanic/Latino11/08/2016AzusaCA34.1279887-117.9024302Azusa Police Department, Irwindale Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mendez killed a 77-year-old man and wounded two women, ages 59 and 65, who happened to be in the neighborhood when he began a shooting rampage. He was allegedly binging on cocaine.

lacounty.gov
18412Evan Cox26MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2016AshtabulaOH41.859909-80.8044427Ashtabula Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a robbery when Cox attempted to run down officers. He was shot and killed.

newsnet5.com
18409Juan Ramos23MaleHispanic/Latino11/08/2016DenverCO39.7802199-104.7646852Denver Police Department, Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An investigation into a drive-by shooting led police to a man. When he fired at police, he was shot and killed.

denverpost.com
18410Kenton J. Kobza19MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2016PlainvilleKS39.2347331-99.29829Ellis County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kobza fled a traffic stop. He was shot and killed after a high-speed chase.

hayspost.com
18411Ritchie Lee Harbison62MaleAfrican-American/Black11/08/2016HendersonvilleNC35.3722537-82.4668518Henderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police received a call about a vehicle crash involving multiple parked cars at an apartment complex. Deputies found the driver of the wrecked vehicle naked in the middle of Howard Gap Road. They say Harbison was not compliant and "acting extremely irrational." They tasered and killed him.

wyff4.com
18413Daniel Erickson36MaleEuropean-American/White11/09/2016LakesideAZ34.1601058-109.9806715Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Erickson allegedly killed a Show Low police officer and kidnapped a girl. He was shot and killed as he fired at officers during a standoff.

azcentral.com
18414John Pacuicrk53MaleEuropean-American/White11/10/2016LakelandFL28.0768214-81.9012221Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say Pacuicrk shot his mother in both legs and then pointed his gun at deputies before he was shot and killed.

theledger.com
18415George Delacruz Jr.41MaleHispanic/Latino11/10/2016San AngeloTX31.4621349-100.4427432San Angelo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Multiple agencies were apparently trying to arrest Delacruz when he pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

force.com
18417Andrew Depeiza30MaleAfrican-American/Black11/10/2016East PointGA33.6474801-84.4886268East Point Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers responded to a call of a suspicious person at the apartment complex. As they approached the suspect, he became combative, police said. There was a struggle and officers used a Taser and then shot and killed the man.

11alive.com
18419Rebecka J. Pearce30FemaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2016Fuquay-VarinaNC35.6093656-78.7699433Granville County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Granville County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy S. Pearce, and his wife, Rebecka J. Pearce, were found shot dead at a house in Fuquay-Varina in a case of domestic violence.

abc11.com
18418Marco Romero33MaleHispanic/Latino11/11/2016BoiseID43.6152294-116.2424667Boise Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a shooting when Romero fired on them. Romero injured to officers before he was shot and killed.

idahostatesman.com
23477Jaymes Tequan Jacques Morrow-Traylor24MaleRace unspecified11/11/2016RosevilleCA38.797405-121.3079248Placer County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A Placer County sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Industrial Avenue in an unincorporated area, shortly after 3 a.m. The driver, Dejour Lamon Jamerson, 24, sped away in an effort to evade the deputy, according police. Jamerson and the passenger, Jaymes Tequan Jacques Morrow-Traylor, 24, were killed.

sacbee.com
18420William Ray Score Jr.47MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2016ParadoxCO38.319319-108.969644Montrose County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William Ray Score Jr. died of a "distant" gunshot wound to the head. Officials did not provide an exact location. Investigators have not said what precipitated the shooting.

co7da.org
18421D'Juan Raemel Beverly38MaleAfrican-American/Black11/11/2016Sioux CityIA42.4992988-96.4283493Woodbury County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A deputy tried to stop a vehicle on Hamilton Avenue at around 3:45 a.m., but the driver reportedly turned onto another street and accelerated. The deputy pursued the vehicle, which went out of control and hit a wall. D'Juan Raemel Beverly was killed and another man in the vehicle was critically injured.

siouxlandnews.com
18416Brian Gaither24MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2016Grand JunctionCO39.0643813-108.5576832Grand Junction Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a suspicious car driven by Brian Gaither, police said. Officer Jacob Steele thought the car was involved in a previous weapons violation with a known suspect. Gaither, with Steele pinned between the car door and frame, drove away, with Steele being dragged alongside a building. Steele shot and killed him. Backup officers found the Steele pinned between a car and a building and broke a window to move the car and free the officer.

kjct8.com
23476Dejour Lamon Jamerson aka Dejour Lamon Miller24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/11/2016RosevilleCA38.797405-121.3079248Placer County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A Placer County sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Industrial Avenue in an unincorporated area, shortly after 3 a.m. The driver, Dejour Lamon Jamerson, 24, sped away in an effort to evade the deputy, according police. Jamerson and the passenger, Jaymes Tequan Jacques Morrow-Traylor, 24, were killed.

sacbee.com
18424Jackie Sanders Weems Jr.44MaleEuropean-American/White11/12/2016McDonoughGA33.4289494-84.1792007McDonough Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

McDonough Police Department responded to robbery at the Economy Inn where a guest allegedly pushed his way into another guest's room in an attempted robbery. Police encountered Jackie Sanders Weems Jr., 44, who was non-compliant and fought with officers. Weems was tasered before he was taken into custody, became unresponsive and died.

11alive.com
18422James Dale Ritchie40MaleEuropean-American/White11/12/2016AnchorageAK61.2175686-149.8792139Anchorage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

As an officer responded to a robbery, an unidentified man ambushed an unidentified officer.

adn.com
18423Richard T. Herrera Jr.29MaleHispanic/Latino11/12/2016SahuaritaAZ31.9244552-110.9932022Sahuarita Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to a home in Rancho Sahuarita, according to police. As they arrived, the man tried to run over them with a car and a pursuit began. The pursuit ended five miles to the southwest, when Herrera was shot and killed.

gvnews.com
18425Juan Carlos Fernandez22MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2016San DiegoCA32.7477854-117.1057279San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fernandez shot a City Heights family, killing one member and taking another hostage, before being fatally shot by a San Diego police officer.

sandiegouniontribune.com
25089Jonathan Young38MaleEuropean-American/White11/13/2016BloomsburgPA41.0123936-76.407111Scott Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers went to Jonathan Young's home to serve a mental health warrant. Police said Young barricaded himself inside the home for an hour before police broke in. One officer reportedly shocked him with a Taser, but it did not incapacitate him. Young allegedly came at an officer with a hatchet and a baseball bat and was shot and killed by police.

wnep.com
18426Daniel Laguna21MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2016Oklahoma CityOK35.371128-97.5273811Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Oklahoma City police officers were involved in a confrontation when one of the officers shot and killed Laguna. Few details have been released.

news9.com
18427Michael Alan Sawyer31MaleEuropean-American/White11/13/2016LadsonSC33.0035668-80.1217064Charleston County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Details are sketchy. Apparently, there was a fight and the man was tasered, restrained and killed by a group of people who were helping police.

postandcourier.com
18429Norman Elling86MaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2016IndianapolisIN39.8535865-85.9914924Lawrence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Officer Johnathan Clark, was heading east on Pendleton Pike to a reported shoplifting in progress. As the officer reached the intersection of Pendleton Pike and North Mitthoeffer Road, a sedan was making a left turn. The two vehicles then crashed in the intersection. The officer did not have his lights or sirens on at the time of the accident, police said. Norman Elling, 86, and his wife, Selma Elling, 87, were killed.

indystar.com
18430Selma Elling87FemaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2016IndianapolisIN39.8535865-85.9914924Lawrence Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Officer Johnathan Clark, was heading east on Pendleton Pike to a reported shoplifting in progress. As the officer reached the intersection of Pendleton Pike and North Mitthoeffer Road, a sedan was making a left turn. The two vehicles then crashed in the intersection. The officer did not have his lights or sirens on at the time of the accident, police said. Norman Elling, 86, and his wife, Selma Elling, 87, were killed.

indystar.com
18432Omar Alshammary26MaleRace unspecified11/14/2016DelawareOH40.281105-83.0676306Ohio State Highway Patrol, Delaware County Sheriff's Office, Delaware Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a chase and a gunfight, Alshammary was dead. It was not immediately apparent whether it was the gunfire or crash that killed him. The Delaware County coroner's office said he shot himself.

dispatch.com
18431Michael Hartman38MaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2016Ormond BeachFL29.2242938-81.2304839Volusia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hartman had his family in the house when police arrived to check on a suicidal man. After the family left, there was a gunfight, and Hartman was killed. It was not immediately apparent who killed him.

news-journalonline.com
18428Edward Strother53MaleAfrican-American/Black11/14/2016EsteroFL26.4332124-81.7768807Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man with a concealed carry permit shot a man who was attacking a Lee County deputy on an I-75 off-ramp. Witnesses said a deputy tried to pull over a man near the Corkscrew exit. The suspect took off in his vehicle, reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Eventually, the driver got out of his car on an off-ramp and attacked the deputy. That's when witnesses say a third person came over and shot and killed Strother.

news-press.com
18435Robert Tobe Daffern37MaleEuropean-American/White11/15/2016WebsterTX29.5423386-95.1357914Webster Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they went to the motel to serve a warrant to a known violent offender. When officers approached Daffern, he was in the front seat of a vehicle in the parking lot. The officer commanded Daffern to show his hands before he pulled out a handgun and pointed it at officers, and two officers shot and killed him.

click2houston.com
18433Michael Cookson48MaleRace unspecified11/15/2016TemeculaCA33.52744-117.1626344Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a fight between a man and a woman at Temecula Courthouse. When police arrived, Cookson grabbed something, a fight started, and he was shot and killed.

ktla.com
18434Rasheem Singletary25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/15/2016YorkPA39.9901116-76.7336368Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A trooper pulled over Rasheem Singletary for a traffic violation, police said. He fled, dragging the officer for about a third of a mile before he was shot and killed. A later investigation concluded that Singletary attempted to slam the officer into a road barrier.

ydr.com
18437Jose Gregory Anthony Franco37MaleHispanic/Latino11/16/2016WhittierCA33.9754332-118.0326703Whittier Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of an armed man walking down the street in a threatening manner. The suspect picked up a stick, threw it and struck one of the officers, according to police. The man charged at police with a machete, and he was shot and killed.

abc7.com
18439Brandon Christopher Adams24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2016SavannahGA31.9853637-81.1294552Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An SCMPD patrol officer had conducted a pedestrian stop and check on White Bluff near Magnolia and during that check, 24-year-old Brandon Christopher Adams fled from the officer on foot. The officer then gave chase on foot and at some point during the chase, the officer reported hearing a shot and observed the individual fall. Officials say the officer did not discharge his firearm, and another gun was recovered at the scene.

savannahpd.org
20937Johnathon Miller25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2016DetroitMI42.3894109-82.993813Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police said officers responded to a report of someone being threatened with a gun and saw a Pontiac Grand Prix drive by that matched the description the caller gave them. A single police car gave chase. After almost five miles, the Pontiac hit a utility pole and was torn in half before bursting into flames. The driver, Johnathon Miller, died instantly.

fox2detroit.com
18438Bruce Lee Edward Johnson39MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2016St. JosephMO39.716477-94.811352Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police attempted to make contact with a man who had a warrant out for his arrest at a home. As officers approached the house they were confronted by a middle-aged, white male who threatened officers with a ball bat. When officers responded, Johnson dropped the bat and ran toward the back of the home. After being tasered, he continued to fight, trying to bite the investigators. Johnson was eventually restrained and died.

stjosephpost.com
18436Edmund Charles Leighty Sr.56MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2016ReddingCA40.5665575-122.3449956Redding Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to an apartment complex, after Redding police received reports of a disturbance involving a man armed with a rifle and handgun, police said. The man, allegedly armed with a pistol and rifle, refused to leave the apartment, which wasn't his home. About 15 minutes later, four officers shot the man after he allegedly refused to follow officers' commands to drop his gun.

krcrtv.com
18441Michael Anthony Griffin25MaleEuropean-American/White11/17/2016BeaumontTX30.0800681-94.1357104Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A deputy stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. While outside the vehicle, the deputy attempted to identify the driver. The driver ran back to his vehicle and retrieved a firearm and shot himself inside the vehicle in front of the deputy.

fox4beaumont.com
18440James Michael Balch53MaleEuropean-American/White11/17/2016Pauls ValleyOK34.7391503-97.2616231Pauls Valley Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A Pauls Valley Police Officer struck and killed a pedestrian. No details were immediately released.

paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com
25090Terrance R. Williams36MaleAfrican-American/Black11/17/2016TickfawLA30.5267386-90.55111Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Deputies Michael D'Amato and Brian Koretzky were investigating a burglary report made by Terrance Williams. Williams was in declining health and dependent on an oxygen tank when he fled and then fought with the pursuing deputies. He was subdued with a chemical agent and physically restrained when he collapsed and died.

theadvocate.com
18442Gabriel Parker48MaleAfrican-American/Black11/18/2016Casa GrandeAZ32.8827002-111.7572979Casa Grande Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers arrived at Parker's house after being called because Parker had a knife and was threatening to hurt himself. After they arrived, he went into the home and came back out with a machete, charging at the officers, police said. Officers used non-lethal means on Parker, shooting him with a bean bag and using a Taser on him, but neither stopped him, and he was shot and killed.

12news.com
18444Samson Fleurant25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/18/2016Port St. LucieFL27.3107617-80.3649107Port St. Lucie Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Fleurant was allegedly attacking a house with a machete. Police tasered him, and Officer Colin Duncombe shot and killed him.

tcpalm.com
18443Joseph Leland Fletcher35MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2016Fort Walton BeachFL30.429866-86.642554Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputies were serving Joseph Fletcher, 35, with a felony warrant on charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, and fleeing and eluding. When they got to his home, his girlfriend answered the door and told them that Fletcher was hiding in a closet. When they found Fletcher, at first it seemed he was going to comply, but he lashed out at officers. One of them used a Taser on Fletcher to get him under control, but it didn't work, and a struggle followed. Fletcher went for one of the deputy's guns, got a hold of it, and another deputy shot and killed him.

wjhg.com
18446Brian K. Trowbridge52MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2016LakevilleIN41.5496623-86.2726895St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Trowbridge was under investigation by the Special Victims Unit after allegations of inappropriate contact with a minor. Shortly after police knocked on his door, they heard a single gunshot. They found Trowbridge dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

wndu.com
18445Dontrell Montese Carter25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/18/2016LudowiciGA31.6902359-81.7294423U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carter was wanted in connection with a shoot-out with deputies two months prior and was shot and killed by law enforcement agents after he shot and killed a U.S. Marshal.

apnews.com
18450Erickson Gomez Brito21MaleAfrican-American/Black11/19/2016BrooklynNY40.6673224-73.9059042City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A male and female uniformed NYPD housing police officers were struck in the head with a metal police baton during a scuffle with a man inside a housing development. The officers were responding to a 911 call about a suspicious man in the Van Dyke housing development. They encountered the man in a ninth floor hallway. The officers approached the man, asking for identification, and a scuffle ensued. The male officer took out his baton, but the suspect got a hold of it, and repeatedly hit both officers. The male officer suffered a two-inch gash. The officers shot the man several times, killing him.

cbslocal.com
18449Darius Jones26MaleAfrican-American/Black11/19/2016ChicagoIL41.7684289-87.6736208Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jones was shooting another man when he was shot and killed by police.

chicagotribune.com
18452Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/19/2016El CajonCA32.8052-116.93136El Cajon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An armed man at the center of an 8-hour-long hostage standoff in an El Cajon home was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but his young son emerged safe from the ordeal, police said.

nbcsandiego.com
18448Luke Smith15MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/19/2016WatsonvilleCA36.971418-121.793595Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded when two people were stabbed. After speaking to responders, Smith fled. When police caught up with him, he threatened them with a knife. Police said they tried some less-lethal methods to stop him, before they shot and killed him.

santacruzsentinel.com
18451Steve Dwayne Vananda56MaleEuropean-American/White11/19/2016ChickashaOK35.0253552-97.957849Chickasha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Chickasha Police Department, officers responded to a home after receiving a disturbance call. Police said they were informed the involved suspect had a gun. Officers entered the home and approached a room. Vananda and another family member were inside, and Vananda grabbed a gun. He exchanged gunfire with an officer and was killed by Officer Chad King.

kfor.com
18447Adalid Flores29MaleHispanic/Latino11/19/2016AnaheimCA33.8516481-117.9067037Anaheim Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After hitting several cars, Adalid Flores and another man fled as police approached. He was shot and killed by Officer Lorenzo Uribe.

ocregister.com
18455Bronson Williams24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/20/2016KnoxvilleTN35.9703254-83.9299615Knoxville Police Department
  • Fell from a height
  • Suicide

An officer began following an SUV because he believed the driver may have been under the influence. When the officer attempted to get close, the SUV accelerated. As the vehicle took the exit to I-40 East, it lost control and crashed into a wall. As the officer approached the crash he saw two passengers. The driver, Williams, climbed into the back seat and exited through the back door. He fled on foot, and jumped off a bridge. He fell 36.5 feet onto a gravel lot, and Williams was killed.

wate.com
18453Jacob Stevens18MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2016Kansas CityMO39.18188-94.5944727Gladstone Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to Kansas City police, who were called to assist Gladstone police, a passenger ran from the car after it was stopped. Officers pursued Jacob Stevens on foot and attempted to take the person into custody. Police say a fight followed, and Stevens produced a handgun, fired it, and police shot and killed him.

kansascity.com
18454Andrew Moreno24MaleHispanic/Latino11/20/2016San AntonioTX29.5101325-98.5975335San Antonio Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they received a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had broken into her apartment. When she walked in, he put a gun to head, then went past her and fired a round, stepped back and pointed the gun at her head. She got out safely, but he barricaded himself inside. For several hours, negotiators tried to convince the man to surrender. When he came out of the building, he pointed a gun at officers. Three SWAT officers responded by each firing a single shot, killing him.

force.com
18456Michael Giles27MaleEuropean-American/White11/21/2016LompocCA34.6555732-120.457616Lompoc Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to the Jet Action Laundromat. The caller said that a man, possibly intoxicated, was harassing and threatening patrons and staff at the business, according to police. Officers responded and upon arrival, they were confronted by a male subject who immediately drew a large knife. Giles took off running, eventually losing the officers who were chasing him. Police ultimately found Giles, who confronted the officers with the knife. He was shot and killed.

lompocrecord.com
18457George P. Bush III19MaleAfrican-American/Black11/21/2016St. LouisMO38.6066994-90.2994032St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

George Bush III allegedly wounded a police sergeant in an earlier incident. Police found his car abandoned at a parking garage. A woman had picked him up there, and officers tracked their vehicle to the intersection of Smiley and Leola avenues in St. Louis. Bush apparently realized he was being followed, jumped out of the car and fired a shot at the officers, striking the windshield of their pickup truck. He ran, and police pursued. He was shot killed in front of a house about 100 yards up the street.

stltoday.com
18458Sarah Louise Palmer35FemaleEuropean-American/White11/21/2016HoquiamWA46.9775287-123.8945964Hoquiam Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Two women in a Hoquiam group home for "patients dealing with chronic mental health issues." While one of the women was being treated by paramedics, TK became combative, according to police. The officers struggled with her as she fought with the officers. The officers tasered her, and after they wrestled her to the floor, she was handcuffed and died.

thedailyworld.com
18473Amari Brown-Glaspie18MaleRace unspecified11/22/2016SunnyvaleCA37.3523554-122.0122246California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Passenger Amari Brown-Glaspie died in a crash after a police pursuit from San Francisco to Sunnyvale. The driver, Zain Dadabhai, was allegedly driving under the influence of drugs. The men were wanted on suspicion of armed robbery, police said.

cbslocal.com
18466Gregory R. Simmons36MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2016JohnstownPA40.3045405-78.8305933Richland Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a five-hour standoff at the Super 8 Hotel, Greg Simmons, of Summerhill, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head inside a bathroom in one of the hotel's rooms. Simmons had threatened to shoot anyone who tried to take him into custody for what began as a stolen firearm investigation.

wjactv.com
18467Jaylon D. Phillips18MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016MalvernAR34.3651019-92.766446Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jaylon D. Phillips, Michael L. Murphy and Jamien A. Phillips were killed when their vehicle left a highway in Hot Spring County and caught on fire. Police said the car was linked to a pursuit that day that spanned Grant and Hot Spring counties, but refused to provide additional information.

state.ar.us
18468Michael L. Murphy31MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016MalvernAR34.3651019-92.766446Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jaylon D. Phillips, Michael L. Murphy and Jamien A. Phillips were killed when their vehicle left a highway in Hot Spring County and caught on fire. Police said the car was linked to a pursuit that day that spanned Grant and Hot Spring counties, but refused to provide additional information.

state.ar.us
18469Jamien A. Phillips20MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016MalvernAR34.3651019-92.766446Arkansas State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jaylon D. Phillips, Michael L. Murphy and Jamien A. Phillips were killed when their vehicle left a highway in Hot Spring County and caught on fire. Police said the car was linked to a pursuit that day that spanned Grant and Hot Spring counties, but refused to provide additional information.

state.ar.us
18460Greta Kurian22FemaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2016Long BeachCA33.7789824-118.1397635South Gate Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A South Gate police officer and his wife were found fatally shot at their Long Beach condo, and police said the double shooting was under investigation as a possible murder-suicide. Police were called to a possible domestic violence incident. The condo's door was ajar, and inside, officers found Kyle Kurian, 25, and his wife, Greta Kurian, 22, with gunshot wounds in their upper torsos. Greta Kurian was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, a rookie South Gate police officer, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

latimes.com
18461Mark Daniel Sly45MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2016La MiradaCA33.908618-117.9770593Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies received a call about a robbery in progress at the gas station. After firing at police, Sly was shot and killed.

pasadenastarnews.com
18464Ivory Charles Pantallion III36MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016BaytownTX29.8082491-94.9653672Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A chase started when its deputies tried to carry out a traffic stop. Ivory Pantallion refused to pull over, however, and police chased him westbound into Chambers County and then Baytown. Once in Baytown, deputies say he drove in the direction of an officer who was trying to set up a spike strip to stop the speeding SUV. Police immobilized the vehicle. Pantallion then allegedly exchanged gunfire with police and was killed.

google.com
18465Elijah Mark Cobb17MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016ShenandoahTX30.1771219-95.4584071Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Raising Cane's locations had been robbed over the last few weeks and this location hired an off-duty Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy to act as security. When the man came in he had a gun and grabbed an employee. The deputy told him to drop his weapon and shot and killed the would-be robber.

force.com
18462Frank Nathaniel Clark34MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016DurhamNC35.9730185-78.8896304Durham Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Master Officer C.S. Barkley, Officer M.D. Southerland and Officer C.Q. Goss. Southerland, in uniform but in an unmarked vehicle, were on patrol when they encountered Frank Nathaniel Clark and stopped to speak with him. During the conversation, Clark made a movement toward his waistband, and the officers fought with him. During the struggle, the officers heard a gunshot, and an officer fired his weapon, killing Clark, according police.

newsobserver.com
18463Talif Scudder23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2016NewarkNJ40.738861-74.2278123Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Talif Scudder was shot and killed by an officer who was responding to a scene at which a 16-year-old male was allegedly shot by Scudder.

www.nj.com
18471Kajuan Raye19MaleAfrican-American/Black11/23/2016ChicagoIL41.775683-87.665705Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a call of a battery in progress when a police sergeant saw a man matching the suspect's description. When the sergeant said he was an officer, police say that Raye ran off. During the foot chase, the sergeant says Raye pointed a weapon at him twice, and he shot and killed him in an alley.

wgntv.com
18470William J. Beavers43MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2016St. PetersburgFL27.8177322-82.691238Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic dispute. Beavers greeted them with a knife, refusing to put it down. He was shot and killed.

tbreporter.com
18472David Leroy Thelen43MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2016HollandMI42.80693-86.103985Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a medical call. Thelen met them at the door with a knife and was shot and killed.

mlive.com
18479Elijah Cox20MaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016TempleGA33.788842-84.991155Carroll County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Elijah Cox, 20, and his fiancee, Raina Reed, 16, were killed in a fiery car crash while fleeing police after he abducted her from her home at gunpoint during a Thanksgiving dinner.

dailymail.co.uk
18480Raina Reed16FemaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016TempleGA33.788842-84.991155Carroll County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Elijah Cox, 20, and his fiancee, Raina Reed, 16, were killed in a fiery car crash while fleeing police after he abducted her from her home at gunpoint during a Thanksgiving dinner.

dailymail.co.uk
18474Logan Ron Augustine17MaleRace unspecified11/24/2016CarmichaelCA38.6173582-121.3456512Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Augustine was upset about national events when he called police. When he began stabbing himself, he was shot and killed. The Inspector General's report raised questions as to whether the gunshots or knife wound were the cause of death.

saccounty.net
18475Donald Fitzgerald White45MaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016JacksonTN35.6368063-88.834304Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Don Fitzgerald White was being treated at Pathways and stabbed an employee with a knife. Two officers from the Jackson Police Department responded to the scene, where, during an exchange with White, the situation escalated and resulted in at least one of the officers shooting and killing White.

tennessean.com
18476Kailey Meinineger21FemaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016North VersaillesPA40.3679424-79.7798253East McKeesport Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

East McKeesport police pulled over a sedan driven by Demetrius Coleman, 22, for making an illegal turn, and the driver sped away on Route 30 before crashing at the intersection with Route 48/​Jacks Run Road about six minutes later. There, police said, the sedan T-boned the vehicle carrying Kailey Meinineger, David Bianco and Annika Meinineger, killing them.

wpxi.com
18477David Bianco28MaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016North VersaillesPA40.3679424-79.7798253East McKeesport Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

East McKeesport police pulled over a sedan driven by Demetrius Coleman, 22, for making an illegal turn, and the driver sped away on Route 30 before crashing at the intersection with Route 48/​Jacks Run Road about six minutes later. There, police said, the sedan T-boned the vehicle carrying Kailey Meinineger, David Bianco and Annika Meinineger, killing them.

wpxi.com
18478Annika Meinineger2FemaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2016North VersaillesPA40.3679424-79.7798253East McKeesport Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

East McKeesport police pulled over a sedan driven by Demetrius Coleman, 22, for making an illegal turn, and the driver sped away on Route 30 before crashing at the intersection with Route 48/​Jacks Run Road about six minutes later. There, police said, the sedan T-boned the vehicle carrying Kailey Meinineger, David Bianco and Annika Meinineger, killing them.

wpxi.com
18482Jerome Chris Harmon23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/25/2016HattiesburgMS31.2777719-89.2656745Hattiesburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Hattiesburg police officer spotted someone driving down the road who appeared to be a suspect in a burglary and credit card fraud, police said. When the officers attempted to stop him, he fled. Harmon's vehicle eventually was stopped, and he fled on foot. He allegedly fired shots at the officer in pursuit, who shot and killed him.

clarionledger.com
18481Carlos Valencia26MaleHispanic/Latino11/25/2016TucsonAZ32.1995539-110.9683832South Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were responding to a call about a man's erratic behavior at the Gospel Rescue Mission. The man fought officers who were attempting to take him into custody, using pepper spray and Tasers, and he was shot and killed.

tucsonnewsnow.com
18484Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/25/2016Santa FeNM35.6073633-106.0012673Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sheriff's Office spokesman Juan Rios said an armed man took his life in an open field near the Santa Maria de la Paz church on Friday evening at about the time the sun was setting. Deputies had shut down roads in the area as they responded to a report of a distraught, armed man.

krqe.com
18487Name withheld by police54MaleRace unspecified11/26/2016PhiladelphiaPA40.0503759-75.2584022Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Philadelphia police responded to an Upper Roxborough home after a report of gunshots being fired. When they arrived, they heard more gunshots and saw muzzle flash in front of the house, police said. Five hours later, police sent in a robot through a window. The robot, which had a camera, showed the man "was down."

nbcphiladelphia.com
18485Derek Adame20MaleHispanic/Latino11/26/2016SurpriseAZ33.6079664-112.4400063Surprise Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called after receiving reports about a suspicious car. When officers arrived, Adame began being combative and attempted to drive away from the area. An officer shot and killed Adame.

azcentral.com
18486Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/26/2016ReddingCA40.63416-122.3534322Redding Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Redding Police officers tried to pull over a car after reports of a suspicious person driving in the neighborhood. The driver parked in a residential driveway. As police approached the driver, multiple shots were fired from inside the car. The driver then got out of the car, laid down on the ground and shot and killed himself.

redding.com
18488Walter R. Echols50MaleEuropean-American/White11/27/2016OlatheKS38.8861522-94.8379349Olathe Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say a man swung a stick at an officer at Walmart, and he was shot and killed.

fox4kc.com
18492Jairus Jeremiah Little4MaleAfrican-American/Black11/27/2016BranfordCT41.2951374-72.7832496East Haven Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Tyler Carey allegedly fled a police stop for malfunctioning tail lights. He crashed, killing Jairus Little, a passenger in the car.

courant.com
18493Shane David Warren20MaleEuropean-American/White11/27/2016LubbockTX33.5772426-101.8990921Lubbock Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were called to a report of shoplifting at Walmart. The suspect, Shane Warren's vehicle, a blue Volkswagen Beetle had been reported stolen the day before. The vehicle refused to stop for the officer and led him on a high-speed chase that, at times, approached 130 miles per hour before crashing and killing Warren.

kcbd.com
18491Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified11/27/2016NashvilleTN36.1005927-86.8569454Belle Meade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Belle Meade Police attempted to stop a man for driving under the influence. As officers approached the car, police said, the man hit the gas and sped away. The man, who police said was not from the area, eventually shot himself in the head on Belle Meade Boulevard.

patch.com
18490Norman J. Strobel59MaleEuropean-American/White11/27/2016NaplesME43.9533449-70.5741122Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Norman Strobel shot his ex-girlfriend's daughter's boyfriend and killed his own roommate before he brandished a handgun and was shot and killed by police.

centralmaine.com
18489Terrell Walker48MaleAfrican-American/Black11/27/2016Baton RougeLA30.410582-91.1007637East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Walker first killed his girlfriend, April Peck, and then was killed in a gunfight with deputies later.

wafb.com
18494Anthony Lamont Whit24MaleAfrican-American/Black11/27/2016San AntonioTX29.4621738-98.4737986San Antonio Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Whit ran away from officers responding to a suicide call and drowned himself in the San Antonio River.

force.com
18497Richard Grimes36MaleAfrican-American/Black11/28/2016ChicagoIL41.882214-87.738113Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call of the domestic battery in which a 24-year-old pregnant woman had been shot in the abdomen. Grimes left the scene but ran into officers in the first block of North Kenton, where he fired a handgun at the officers before running away. Grimes was spotted again in a gangway, where he again shot at the officers and was shot and killed.

abc7chicago.com
18495Pablo Renato Cartagena23MaleHispanic/Latino11/28/2016Los AngelesCA34.0225876-118.2659903Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police spotted a man who they believed was about to burglarize a vehicle. When the officers stopped their own vehicle to investigate, the man ran away, police said. Police briefly chased the man on foot to the back of a nearby home, and when they got to the rear of that residence, they shot and killed the man.

mynewsla.com
18498Abdul Razak Ali Artan18MaleAfrican-American/Black11/28/2016ColumbusOH40.0030863-83.0119904Ohio State University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Artan ran his car into a crowd at Ohio State University then got out and started slashing with a knife. He ran a short distance away before he was shot and killed.

cnn.com
18496Irecas Rayshion "Suga Ray" Valentine41MaleAfrican-American/Black11/28/2016HickoryNC35.7427047-81.3066154Catawba County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Catawba County Sheriff's Office, Irecas Valentine crashed into an undercover deputy's car during a narcotics investigation. He was shot and crashed a short distance away. Police alleged vehicular assault.

hickoryrecord.com
18500Jason Stringer35MaleAfrican-American/Black11/28/2016CahokiaIL38.5559776-90.1675177Washington Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Washington Park officer, Christopher Heatherly, 53, called police to report seeing a wanted man with a woman outside a store. Two Cahokia officers tried to take Jason Stringer into custody, but he fled after a struggle. Cahokia Police Chief Dave Landmann said the man got into a car and fled, driving in the direction of the Washington Park officer, who shot and killed him. Cahokia police did not shoot. Police alleged vehicular assault.

stltoday.com
18499Thomas Joseph "TJ" Scheibel28MaleEuropean-American/White11/28/2016MoorheadMN46.8549925-96.7503778Moorhead Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A woman who lived with Scheibel in a third floor apartment fled after she was threatened by a man with a gun. She ran to a neighbor's apartment where police were called. Officers surrounded the building and evacuated other tenants while roadblocks were set up. After several hours, police found the suspect dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

twincities.com
18502Alexander Chance Partain31MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2016IvaSC34.3426824-82.6474919Anderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy had pulled the vehicle over just outside Iva city limits when a man in the car jumped out and ran into a wooded area. The man was later identified as Partain. There was a fight during the chase, and Partain was shot and killed.

independentmail.com
18503Bradley King29MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2016AvonIN39.780303-86.3978385Hendricks County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

King, who suffered from mental illness, called police several times, and when they arrived, he met them with a knife and was shot and killed by Deputy Jason Hays.

indystar.com
18501Michael McInnis41MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2016LynnMA42.4563639-70.9541277Lynn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said McInnis had robbed a gas station on the Lynnway and was allegedly carrying a handgun. When police caught up with him, he refused to remove his hands from his pockets and was shot and killed by Officer John Bernard. McInnis was unarmed.

itemlive.com
18504Toby Dean Cummins55MaleEuropean-American/White11/29/2016FriendswoodTX29.534033-95.2060406Friendswood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to reports of a theft. Cummins was armed with a box cutter, police said. They have not released information on what led to the shooting. Witnesses described seeing a man walking while a police officer chased him on foot. They say the man was ignoring the officer and at some point the officer drew his weapon.One witness said the officer began shooting when Cummins appeared to start throwing rocks at the officer. Cummins was killed.

khou.com
18508Carol Isom55FemaleAfrican-American/Black11/30/2016PhiladelphiaPA39.9558069-75.2257104Philadelphia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police were chasing two men wanted in connection to a shooting. The chase ended when police say the suspect's car slammed into a Kia being driven by Carol Isom.

6abc.com
18506David K. Crosby-Dowdy25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/30/2016Kansas CityMO39.1026374-94.5259137Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kansas City police patrol and street narcotics officers pulled over a car as part of a planned arrest. The man, a suspect in several robberies, had told police that he was armed and ready for a shootout with officers if they attempted to arrest him, police said. Initially, the man complied with the officers who pulled him over. The shooting happened when officers, both uniformed and in plain clothes, tried to remove the man from the car. Police shot the man as he reached for a gun.

kansascity.com
18505Daniel Landeros41MaleHispanic/Latino11/30/2016Elk GroveCA38.4090693-121.4139714Elk Grove Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

A man was in multiple car crashes and fled from police on foot. He was tasered at least twice, killing him.

sacbee.com
18507Raymond Updegraff74MaleEuropean-American/White11/30/2016ManchesterPA40.0456298-76.7243381Northeastern Regional Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Updegraff, who was homeless, was struck and killed by a Northeastern Regional Police vehicle. The officer killed him while Updegraff tried to cross North George Street.

ydr.com
18511Quinton Phillips83MaleEuropean-American/White12/01/2016DoverAR35.3612986-93.080713Pope County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Phillips was fatally shot by police after he fired a weapon toward sheriff's deputies, police said. According to police, he was shot when he confronted arriving officers while armed with a gun and ignored orders to drop the weapon.

katv.com
18510Jose Noe Barron Gomez27MaleHispanic/Latino12/01/2016TucsonAZ32.165869-110.944272Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two police officers were attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant to 27-year-old Jose N. Barron Gomez for aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument, when gunfire was exchanged. Gomez was shot and killed.

azcentral.com
18509Bruce R. Johnson II38MaleAfrican-American/Black12/01/2016TacomaWA47.2099546-122.4259863Pierce County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was suspected of shooting and killing Tacoma police officer Reginald Jake Gutierrez. He was shot and killed by police after an hours-long standoff.

cbsnews.com
18517Joseph Edward Turner Jr.58MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016BentonAR34.5772919-92.5777677Benton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joseph Edward Turner Jr., suspect in an attempted bank robbery, was fatally shot by an off-duty Benton police officer. Turner was shot after the off-duty officer "intervened in the attempted armed robbery of" Simmons Bank at 1323 Military Road, police said.

arkansasonline.com
18518Steven Ray Blankenship41MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016BradshawWV37.3517789-81.7987249West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Blankenship shot and killed a man at a grocery store in McDowell County and then barricaded himself inside of a residence, before shooting and killing himself, according to police.

bdtonline.com
18515Randall Allan Farris56MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016KenwoodCA38.464726-122.651399Santa Rosa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Farris allegedly shot another man inside a home in Kenwood then shot himself in the head as he fled the scene of the shooting and police, according to police.

sfgate.com
18514Paul LeeAnthony MeBane II28MaleRace unspecified12/02/2016BrandonFL27.9237699-82.3261883Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies were contacted by Tampa police to locate Mebane who was reported to be suicidal. Deputies found the missing man's vehicle in a parking lot, and as they approached, they saw the man with a firearm in his hand. Deputies told him to drop the weapon, but he raised it instead, and one deputy shot and killed him.

wtsp.com
18513Joshua Clay Dunne36MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016Las CrucesNM32.2873671-106.7414959Las Cruces Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were trying to make contact with a man who was believed to be thinking about committing suicide and who had barricaded himself in a third-floor room at a hotel. Officers attempted to negotiate with the man for several hours, police said. Eventually, the Las Cruces Police Department's SWAT and Hostage Negotiation teams made contact, but the subject remained uncooperative. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Sgt. Cody Austin and Officer David Rodriguez shot and killed him. Dunne was a graduate student studying social work at New Mexico State University, was a veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.

kvia.com
18512Derek Lynn Scott33MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016TuscumbiaAL34.7174195-87.6953757Tuscumbia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police suspected the driver and passenger, Scott, of having pot. As Scott was being searched, he pulled a gun, shot himself, and then was shot and killed by police.

timesdaily.com
18516Dylan M. Dalzell22MaleEuropean-American/White12/02/2016SimpsonvilleKY38.2213988-85.3582606Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kentucky State Police say Dylan M. Dalzell broke into a small-town Kentucky church and was holding a crowbar and moving toward a sheriff's deputy when the deputy shot and killed him.

wdrb.com
18519Isreal Flores38MaleHispanic/Latino12/03/2016MetairieLA29.985441-90.1613759Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy Nicholas Songy arrived to investigate a domestic disturbance call. After speaking with the woman who made the call, Songy, who was alone, went into the backyard, where he encountered an armed man, police said. Songy and Flores exchanged gunfire. Songy was shot in the leg, and Flores was hit as well. When backup arrived, police ordered Flores to lower his weapon and shot and killed him when he refused.

theadvocate.com
18520Bertram Ellis Jr.72MaleRace unspecified12/03/2016Council BluffsIA41.2745795-95.882147Council Bluffs Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

According to police, officer Josh Horner was in his parked patrol car conducting traffic control alongside I-29 when Bertram Ellis' vehicle rear-ended the cruiser at around 3:30 p.m. Ellis was pronounced dead at a hospital. Horner was injured in the crash.

wowt.com
18524Tiffany S. Fitzgerald26FemaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2016DanburyCT41.3734828-73.4386759Danbury Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Ricardo Andre, 32, was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer on Mountainville Road, and Danbury Police Officer Jamie Hodge, 38, was working a roadside construction assignment as an extra duty job. He noticed the Explorer, which he recognized as having been reported stolen. Police say Hodge jumped into his own car and began chasing the Explorer. He reportedly called the chase into Danbury Police dispatch. The officer was unable to stop the car, and while the Explorer was on a left hand curve in the road it crashed. Andre was taken to the hospital with a serious injury. Fitzgerald, the passenger, died a few days later.

fox61.com
18522Saif Nasser Mubarak Al Ameri26MaleMiddle Eastern12/04/2016HudsonOH41.2626622-81.3929428Hudson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Saif Nasser Mubarak Alameri was driving on the Ohio Turnpike when he sideswiped another vehicle and flipped his vehicle. He climbed out of his car and fled the scene before the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrived. Around an hour later, a Hudson police officer found him in a nearby wooded area off of Hudson-Aurora Road. There was a struggle between the officer and the man, and he was shot and killed. Alameri was a citizen of the United Arab Emirates and was a student at Case Western Reserve University.

cleveland.com
18521James Dean Smith33MaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2016American ForkUT40.3767512-111.8159317American Fork Police Department, Lehi Police Department, Utah County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Smith shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, fled, and was shot and killed when police saw he had a gun, although it was not immediately reported whether he pointed it at them.

ksl.com
23881Aviel Gutierrez38MaleRace unspecified12/04/2016MiamiFL25.7716946-80.2637086Coral Gables Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Aviel Gutierrez was in a rage, refusing to surrender, while attacking his girlfriend alongside LeJeune Road when he was tasered by police, killing him. Police called the death "excited delirium."

miaminewtimes.com
18523Norman Gary29MaleAfrican-American/Black12/04/2016ElkhartIN41.6681938-85.9596563Elkhart Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a burglary and heard gunfire nearby. Two officers saw a vehicle driving in their general direction and fired upon it, killing Norman Gary and injuring another. Police alleged vehicular assault.

wndu.com
18528Westley Daum47MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2016Orange CityFL28.947728-81.305953Orange City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Orange City police officers encountered Westley Daum, 47, after receiving three 911 calls about a person standing in the middle of Volusia Avenue pointing a gun at passing cars. After a search, they found him a in front of a home, and after trying less lethal methods, he was shot and killed. Volusia sheriff's Sgts. Joel Hernandez, Kyle Bainbridge and Justin Stewart and deputies Miguel Roman, Joshua Sheen and Austin Weber, of the Sheriff's Office, and Orange City Police Officer Stephen Nesbitt fired their guns at Daum, killing him.

volusiaexposed.com
18527Wayne Donald Dorsey49MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2016Fruitland ParkFL28.8573357-81.8881775Lake County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Lake County sheriff's deputy shot and killed Wayne Donald Dorsey who repeatedly tried to hit him in the head with an oar as he attempted to escape in a boat, police said. Deputies were called to a hit-and-run at a store in Fruitland Park, where the driver crashed into the store and another vehicle. When deputies arrived, they realized the man had just tried to carjack an occupied vehicle.

clickorlando.com
18525Richard R. Jones55MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2016HutchinsonKS38.093-97.9101Hutchinson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hutchinson Police Department were dispatched regarding a "trouble with subject" call. Police entered the residence. As the officers were announcing their presence, they encountered Jones in a bedroom armed with a handgun. He pointed the gun at officers and was shot and killed.

kansas.com
18526Steven Wayne Liffel52MaleEuropean-American/White12/06/2016PortlandOR45.5223864-122.5106559Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Liffel was allegedly shooting a gun outside an apartment. When police arrived, he came out with a gun and was shot and killed by Officer Lawrence Keller.

oregonlive.com
18534Steven Garrett Ward20MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2016AvellaPA40.3104978-80.5014387Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic dispute call in Avella. When state police arrived, they heard several shots. Police say Steven Ward then walked toward the troopers carrying a large, Bowie-style knife. Ward refused to drop the weapon, and they shot him. He died a week later.

cbslocal.com
18529Daniel Anthony Riedmann36MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2016Sioux CityIA42.4939569-96.4224101Sioux City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After pulling over a Chevy Suburban, officers learned there was an outstanding warrant for the lone passenger, Daniel Anthony Riedmann, 36, and the Dakota Dunes man could be armed and dangerous, police said. Officers tolk Riedmann to get out of the vehicle. The vehicle was locked, and as they were making their demands, there were some furtive movements at which time Officer Dylan Grimsley stepped back and shot and killed Riedmann.

siouxcityjournal.com
18532Toneio Spann18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2016Highland ParkMI42.4053564-83.0891184Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A Detroit officer fatally struck a bicyclist while responding to an unrelated call in Highland Park, according to Detroit police.

detroitnews.com
18531Mark Anthony Hicks31MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2016FayettevilleNC35.0887534-78.987207Fayetteville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hicks stabbed Amanda Williams to death and was killed by Fayetteville police after he lunged at them with a knife, police said.

abc11.com
18533Redrick Jevon Batiste37MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2016HoustonTX29.9359747-95.3978708Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

HPD says three suspects arrived at an Amegy Bank. HPD had a bait-armored car in place. Police say Batiste was nearby with a long rifle and believe he was a sniper planning to take out the armored car driver. Batiste was shot and killed by police.

force.com
18535Minquell Lembrick32MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2016AmericusGA32.0827731-84.2360251Americus Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers responded to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex near Georgia Southwestern State University. Officer Smarr and Officer Smith responded to call and engaged with Lembrick, who shot them and fled the scene. As a SWAT team closed in, he shot and killed himself.

cbsnews.com
18530Keelan Charles Murray37MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2016DallasTX32.779799-96.798303Duncanville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said the Duncanville officer who shot Keelan Charles Murray, 37, was a member of a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force serving Murray a warrant. It was not immediately released as to why Murray was wanted for arrest. During the operation, the officer shot and killed Murray for an unknown reason.

dallasnews.com
25160Christopher Victor Murphy41MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2016SacramentoCA38.671403-121.591351California Highway Patrol
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Christopher Murphy was driving north at 11:26 p.m. Dec. 7 and crashed into another vehicle before police arrived, police said. Murphy's car, a 2001 Toyota Highlander, rolled and caught on fire. CHP officers reportedly found Murphy walking in and out of the lanes of traffic. They said Murphy began struggling with an officer when they tried to move him off the road. Two officers shocked Murphy with their Tasers. Shortly after being hit with the Taser, Murphy died.

sacda.org
18537Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified12/08/2016SeattleWA47.6850853-122.3148298Seattle Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police responded to reported gunfire. The first officer who arrived reported seeing a Honda speeding away, police said. That officer then followed the Honda, which police said sped through stop lights and signs. More officers joined the pursuit—which in total lasted about three minutes—until the driver crashed into two parked vehicles, killing the driver.

seattletimes.com
18536Robert Wilburn Head64MaleEuropean-American/White12/08/2016AllenTX33.0980499-96.6241211Allen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Allen Police shot and killed a man while responding to a reported domestic disturbance. Police said a man came out of the home and fired a gun at the officers. The officers shot and killed him.

force.com
18542Tyran Jenkins29MaleAfrican-American/Black12/09/2016BardstownKY37.8081925-85.4601666Bardstown Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

According to police, Tyran Jenkins had been following his ex-girlfriend in a vehicle. She called police, who then began following Jenkins. The chase continued through town, and the suspect bumped the woman's car with his car. When the chase reached the intersection of Bloomfield Road and Stephen Foster, police say they heard a gunshot from the suspect's vehicle. The Jenkins' car then crashed into a golf course on Stephen Foster Road, and he was dead inside it.

wdrb.com
18541Stephen Joshua Whitney30MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/09/2016KeaauHI19.6385136-155.0435559Hawaii Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were searching for Stephen Joshua Whitney of Hilo who was a suspect in an attempted murder investigation during a domestic incident. Police say Whitney drove in the direction of an officer with a stolen truck, and he was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

bigislandnow.com
18538Brent Quinn43MaleEuropean-American/White12/09/2016LelandNC34.2615601-78.0754596Leland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leland Police Officer Jacob Schwenk was shot several times and Brent Quinn was killed during an exchange of gunfire, according to police. A 911 caller reported a vehicle driving "all over the road" and that it had "taken out multiple mailboxes." Schwenk responded, and was shot several times in the leg, as well as once in the chest, according to police before shooting and killing Quinn.

starnewsonline.com
18539David Scott Winkler44MaleEuropean-American/White12/09/2016MadisonvilleTN35.4765819-84.4162407Monroe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy saw a man attempting to steal some of his property on Chestua Road before a confrontation between the two men. David Scott Winkler, 44, then attempted to hit the deputy with his car, according to police. The deputy shot at Winkler's car and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

wate.com
18540Scott MacIntosh35MaleEuropean-American/White12/09/2016EastonPA40.7092989-75.2269172Forks Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Forks Township police were called to 531 Apple Blossom Road around 4 p.m. in reference to a suicide attempt. Few details were immediately released regarding exactly what precipitated the killing.

wfmz.com
19150Ricky Stuart Deacon55MaleRace unspecified12/10/2016FairfieldVA37.8891703-79.3000648Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police have said they tried to pull Tuquanne Corelle McCargo over on Interstate 81 after his Nissan Pathfinder was clocked going 93 mph in a 70 mph zone. After first stopping for a state trooper, McCargo sped away—leading police on a chase that ended when his SUV crossed a centerline on Virginia 710 and struck a Dodge Ram driven by Ricky Stuart Deacon. Deacon was killed.

roanoke.com
18543Samson G. Varner36MaleEuropean-American/White12/10/2016GreenwoodIN39.5997567-86.1280468Greenwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman called police, saying her boyfriend had stabbed her. When the officer arrived, they found a man and a woman in a garage with the door open. The man had the woman at knifepoint, police said. The man wasn't following orders, and Sgt. Eric McElhaney was afraid he would take the woman's life, so he shot and killed the man.

theindychannel.com
18544Waltki Cermoun Williams35MaleAfrican-American/Black12/10/2016SumterSC33.9328519-80.369297Sumter Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sumter Police said the incident began as a domestic disturbance call at the Sumter Mall. When officers arrived, they say Waltki Cermoun Williams drove off, and officers chased him. That pursuit ended when at least one of the vehicle involved crashed near the intersection of North Guignard Drive and Miller Road. At the end of the chase, there was an exchange of gunfire, and Williams was killed.

wistv.com
18545Gary Leon Herd Jr.24MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2016Medicine LodgeKS37.2921966-98.5791733Medicine Lodge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Four officers went to a house in Medicine Lodge to serve a warrant and were conducting a search when an officer encountered Herd in a bedroom. Herd was holding a handgun. According to police, both Herd and the officer fired shots, and Herd was killed.

kansas.com
18546Jose Angel Vallarta30MaleHispanic/Latino12/11/2016LaredoTX27.4703769-99.4684182Laredo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A person had called 911 saying there was an individual in an apartment on Norton who was threatening to harm himself and was armed with a knife. Police said that when officers encountered the man in or near the apartment, he refused to drop the knife. Officers then opened fire, killing Vallarta when he stabbed an officer more than once in his arm.

lmtonline.com
18549Timothy Case53MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2016YorkNE40.882476-97.592109York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

York Police Chief Don Klug said officers were dispatched to York General Hospital because a man was reportedly wielding a knife and threatening hospital staff. They tasered him, used pepper spray and then shot and killed him.

omaha.com
18547Amber M. Lewis44FemaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2016Bullhead CityAZ35.1094018-114.5926673Bullhead City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, a woman called 911 and said she was going to shoot her girlfriend and herself. The first officer arrived at the house, and a short time later, he encountered a woman outside the home who pointed a replica handgun at the officer, police said. The officer then shot and killed her.

12news.com
18548Randy Lee Cumberledge39MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2016FairmontWV39.4246785-80.1909195White Hall Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Cumberledge allegedly "operated a motor vehicle in an aggressive manner toward officers" and was shot and killed outside the White Hall Walmart. State police confirmed it happened when two police officers from different agencies attempted to serve outstanding warrants on the man.

timeswv.com
18554Ramsey J. Adams18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/12/2016OmahaNE41.3147465-95.9949769Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ramsey J. Adams, 18, was wanted for damaging some cars in north Omaha. Police say his parents called police to report the vandalism. Police say that when officers showed up, Adams ran into his bedroom, locked himself inside, and shot and killed himself.

fox42kptm.com
18552Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified12/12/2016Palm BayFL27.9587371-80.6712688Palm Bay Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police said a family member called to report that the man was in the house and 'out of control,' reports show. Officers physically restrained the man who was then taken to Palm Bay Hospital's emergency where doctors pronounced him dead. Few details were immediately released.

floridatoday.com
18550Francisco Serna73MaleHispanic/Latino12/12/2016BakersfieldCA35.3013883-119.0900927Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, a man, identified by family as 73-year-old Francisco Serna, was brandishing a gun when Officer Reagan Selman shot and killed him. No gun was found. Serna apparently suffered from dementia. The Police Department's Board of Review had originally cleared the officer following the shooting—but the District Attorney's office also chose to review the incident.

bakersfieldnow.com
18551Kenneth Robledo28MaleAfrican-American/Black12/12/2016PhiladelphiaPA40.0421884-75.0789472U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

U.S. Marshals were searching for Kenneth Robledo, 28. Investigators say Robledo was wanted in connection to a shooting that occurred in Philadelphia in July, and the marshals were serving a warrant. Police say Robledo walked out of the home he was staying in and ignored their commands and pulled out a gun and was shot and killed.

cbslocal.com
18553Rainer Tyler Smith31MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2016CullodenGA32.870916-83.9942626Byron Police Department, Peach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two Byron officers were shot while serving a search warrant for drugs in Crawford County. A multi-jurisdiction drug task force knocked on the door of a home on Highway 42 around 2:30 a.m. When no one answered, they went inside. One person in the home started firing at the officers, and he was shot and killed.

macon.com
18556Lavar Montray Douglas18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2016BaltimoreMD39.3123453-76.6565842Coppin State University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police saw the passenger of one car get out to shoot at another car. When the officer shot and killed the shooter, the driver who had the suspect in the passenger side of the car fled. The man killed was 18 years old, and not a student at Coppin State University.

cbslocal.com
18557Boubacar Kanoute26MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2016MetairieLA29.9965105-90.1584975Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Boubacar Kanoute fled a traffic stop and was killed when he was ejected from his SUV after hitting a utility pole while being chased by Jefferson Parish deputies.

fox8live.com
18559Paul Hardesty43MaleRace unspecified12/13/2016NashvilleTN36.2056274-86.7726921Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were investigating drug activity when an officer was shot in the shoulder. The gunman was found dead inside the bathroom of the motel room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

wsmv.com
18558Timothy Davis18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2016CharlotteNC35.3070515-80.986278Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Timothy Davis, 18, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a home on Sparrow Valley Way after barricading himself inside where police say they were trying to serve warrants, police said.

charlotteobserver.com
18555Earl Labon Eubanks Jr.32MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2016HamptonGA33.3841529-84.2831087Henry County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at a dentist office. They said the fight spilled out into the alleyway out back. When police arrived, the man was assaulting the woman in the alley. Henry County Police Officer Justin Boggs shot the man after he pulled out a gun and began to point it toward them and advanced upon them, police said.

henryherald.com
18561Gabriel Lincoln Davis26MaleRace unspecified12/14/2016WichitaKS37.6775124-97.3196987U.S. Marshals Service
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Marshals were approaching the man to serve an arrest warrant for murder when the suspect opened fire. Police returned gunshots as the man then got into a car, police said. He drove off with a woman, police said, then crashed into a home a few blocks away while fleeing. Police were able to corner the suspect and as they began to approach him, he shot himself and died a short time later.

news4jax.com
18560Marcia Lawton18FemaleAfrican-American/Black12/14/2016CharlotteNC35.2717336-80.8461113Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Sabrina Burdea allegedly fled when cops tried to pull over a car believed to be stolen. When Burdea tried to exit the freeway, she lost control. The Ford ran off the road and traveled through a wooded area hitting several trees and rolling down an embankment. Burdea and rear passenger, a 15-year-old, were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The front seat passenger, Marcia Lawton, was killed.

wcnc.com
25246Kristin B. Dyer27FemaleEuropean-American/White12/14/2016CarnesvilleGA34.375777-83.258225Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Franklin County Sheriff's deputy Antwune McCurry tried to pull over Joseph Starks' car when he clocked him driving at 95 mph. Starks sped away. McCurry followed Starks, two other deputies joined the pursuit, and all three tried to stop Starks as he weaved all over I-85 at speeds topping 100 mph. He crashed and killed his passenger Kristin Dyer and was sentence to life in prison.

11alive.com
18567James Bacon49MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2016CameronWI45.408076-91.712283Barron County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies went to a motor home after a woman reported being held against her will there by her armed husband the previous night. James Bacon refused to come out, threatened officers, threatened to blow up the motor home and fired three shots when officers in an armored vehicle deployed gas into the motor home. Deputies eventually entered the home and found Bacon dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

cbslocal.com
18566Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified12/15/2016KillenAL34.8717113-87.4932703Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said a man left the scene of an accident. When deputies tried to approach him, they heard gunshots. Deputies were not sure at the time whether the suspect was shooting into the air or at deputies, but he was dead.

www.al.com
18564Alicia Faith French20FemaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2016FolsomCA38.6776156-121.1766858Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Less-than-lethal force

Deputies tried to pull over French's vehicle for stolen license plates, but French fled. Police put down spike stripes and at least one tire was flattened. French lost control and slammed into a salon, police said.

kcra.com
18563Robert James Hess60MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2016Hacienda HeightsCA33.9789661-117.9760915Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Downey police officers responded to a report of a person armed with a knife and a gun who was threatening to kill family members. When officers arrived, the suspect fled on a motorcycle, initiating a chase. The fleeing man escaped. An unmarked police vehicle watched his home on Windrush Drive and saw him walk toward the home. When officers approached the man, he said he was armed with a gun. When he reached for it, he was shot and killed.

latimes.com
18565Earl W. Tarvin34MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2016Round Lake BeachIL42.3792043-88.0647778Grayslake Police Department, Round Lake Beach Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Earl W. Tarvin killed after he led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle just prior to crashing into a retention pond and drowning, police said.

chicagotribune.com
18562Marlon Lewis37MaleAfrican-American/Black12/15/2016BadinNC35.410511-80.1240559Badin Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Marlon Lewis was agitated and called police. He fought with one officer, and two deputies arrived. He was tasered several times, killing him.

wcnc.com
18569Andrew B. Davoli27MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2016WoodburyNJ39.8157204-75.0919723Deptford Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Andrew B. Davoli died when he crashed his car while fleeing a police stop. He was on probation for an eluding offense.

courierpostonline.com
18570Michael A. Winters51MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2016St AugustineFL29.9633778-81.4916506St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An armed robbery at a Christmas tree lot prompted a high-speed pursuit that ended 9 miles away with a crash and the suspect dead. Investigators believe Winters put a gun to his head and took his own life shortly before the crash.

news4jax.com
18571John Henry Jones36MaleRace unspecified12/16/2016ChattanoogaTN35.0473008-85.1581498Chattanooga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jones abducted his estranged wife at gunpoint. Later, the two got out of the car and began fighting. When a man stopped John Jones rammed his car, fled and then shot and killed himself when police arrived.

wdef.com
18568Jeremiah Nels Anderson36MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2016DallasOR44.9332745-123.3057343Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Three Dallas police officers contacted a man in the Wal-Mart parking lot for a DUI related incident when gunfire was exchanged. One officer was shot in the leg. The suspect was also shot and killed. A grand jury found Dallas Police Sergeant Rob Hatchell and Dallas Police Officer Michael Fleming were justified.

polkio.com
18572Fidel Barrios33MaleHispanic/Latino12/17/2016East Los AngelesCA34.0215187-118.1626182Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call about a gunshot victim, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Deputies entered the residence to investigate the shooting and encountered a man armed with a shotgun, and the man was shot and killed.

lacounty.gov
18573Chassady LeClair44MaleNative American/Alaskan12/17/2016EverettWA47.9658866-122.2135984Lynnwood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man was shot and killed after he allegedly tried to grab Lynnwood Officer Sam Zacharia's gun while struggling during an arrest over a domestic violence charge.

heraldnet.com
18576Billy David "Trey" Clakley III28MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2016CantonmentFL30.616122-87.326987Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Clakley apparently killed himself when deputies attempted to deliver multiple felony warrants. Family members told deputies the man was armed with a handgun and making multiple statements about not going back to jail.

northescambia.com
18574Jimmy Lee Lawson48MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2016ArlingtonTN35.318868-89.748924Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call about a violent man. Jimmy Lee Lawson, a convicted sex offender who had at least two prior domestic violence incidents this year, allegedly walked out on the driveway armed with a knife. The deputies opened fire, killing Lawson.

commercialappeal.com
18575Kaden Christen21MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2016ScipioUT39.2516766-112.115238Utah Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Kaden Christen was killed after leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing his vehicle on Interstate 15 in central Utah.

ksl.com
18578Ryan Joseph20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/18/2016Los AngelesCA33.9850504-118.3089669Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said a man was shot and killed after officers saw the man holding what was believed to be a weapon in his waistband. Ryan Joseph ran near an apartment building, and the man was shot and killed as he brandished a gun.. Police said a handgun was recovered.

lacounty.gov
18579Ronald Roy Massengale72MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2016TulsaOK36.1481982-95.9903952Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police arrived about five minutes after a call about shots fired and encountered a man outside the home, police said. Shortly after, the man reportedly walked toward officers and pointed a gun at them. Officer Steve Dickson shot and killed Massengale. Massengale's wife and three dogs were found killed inside the house.

tulsaworld.com
18577Paul Kolar37MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2016RidgefieldWA45.829462-122.67292Clark County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paul Kolar was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after he was found trespassing on a homeowner's property in the Ridgefield area with a handgun, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

columbian.com
18580Walter Ricardo Pimentel34MaleHispanic/Latino12/19/2016BrawleyCA32.9830646-115.5349554Brawley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say they were called out after someone reported a suicidal man. When police arrived, the man was holding a knife and refusing to comply with their orders and allegedly posing a threat. The man was shot and killed.

kyma.com
18581Roy Lee Minton52MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2016Granite FallsNC35.843098-81.403231Caldwell County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Few details were immediately released, but deputies when to Minton's home to investigate a domestic disturbance, and a deputy shot and killed Minton.

wcnc.com
18584Name withheld by policeMaleAfrican-American/Black12/20/2016HoustonTX29.8741291-95.429714Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Few details were released, but Houston police say the chase started on South Lane and Ferguson and lasted about two minutes. The suspect, in his late teens, crashed into a car and was thrown off the stolen motorcycle.

abc13.com
18585Codey Allen Hardman27MaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2016StonewoodWV39.2535564-80.3164508Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies went into a home to serve a probation violation warrent. They said Hardman pointed a pellet gun at an officer, and he was shot and killed.

wdtv.com
18582Nick Hamilton31MaleNative American/Alaskan12/20/2016HemetCA33.7309393-116.9542204Hemet Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Nick Hamilton led Hemet police on a chase that ended in the man being fatally shot by a police officer. Hamilton exited the car and brandished a handgun.

myrcns.com
18583Martin Gomez46MaleHispanic/Latino12/20/2016PharrTX26.2087286-98.1793178Pharr Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Emil Street for a domestic disturbance. When police arrived, they encountered a man holding a knife, police said. Officers ordered the man to drop the knife, but he refused. Police said he lunged at them, and they shot and killed him.

force.com
18587William R. Newman46MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2016KnoxIN41.257449-86.620686Knox City Police Department, Starke County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Knox City police and Starke County deputies arrived to serve a felony warrant. Within seven minutes, police say, William Newman drove through a garage door, hit a police car and drove in the general direction of a police officer when he was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

wsbt.com
18593Anthony Lovell Eddington24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/21/2016CoalingaCA36.144842-120.3711008Fresno County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Eddington was sought in a double homicide in Riverside was shot and killed by a Fresno County sheriff's deputy after he stormed out of a home firing a handgun at a SWAT team, police said.

fresnobee.com
18590Colton Dale Calaway25MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2016Burns FlatOK35.3608951-99.1765506Elk City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Elk City officer pulled over a vehicle with several people inside when the driver, Colton Dale Calaway, drove off. The officer pursued the vehicle into Burns Flat where he performed a PIT maneuver, which caused the vehicle to stall. Calaway then fled into a neighborhood and attempted to enter a home. Calaway was shot and killed when he turned toward the officer with a gun in his hand.

news9.com
18591John Prince GladneyMaleAfrican-American/Black12/21/2016TulsaOK36.192786-95.9668858Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

John Prince Gladney, the boyfriend of a Tulsa woman, Samantha Puckett, who has been missing since early November, appeared to have fatally shot himself while officers attempted to enter his home

tulsaworld.com
18589Benjamin Ortiz25MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2016FayettevilleAR36.0071805-94.1729766Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, a deputy was at the Tire Tracks and was approached by the other person. Police said the deputy fired shots, but they have not disclosed the reason the shots were fired.

5newsonline.com
18588Matthew Blake Richardson27MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2016SaralandAL30.835815-88.098782Saraland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Matthew Blake Richardson opened fire at Saraland Police Officer Jackie Tucker, striking her in the head, when she got to a residence in response to a domestic dispute. Richardson's death was ruled a suicide.

www.al.com
18592Ian Shea King31MaleNative American/Alaskan12/21/2016Ponca CityOK36.7037306-97.0853658Ponca City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ponca City Police received a 911 call that a man was assaulting a delivery driver with what appeared to be a tire iron. Police said King confronted officers with a sword and was shot and killed.

poncapost.com
18586Luis Ambrosio-Aguilar30MaleHispanic/Latino12/21/2016StocktonCA37.9744557-121.2652722San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The sheriff's office received a report of a disturbance involving a man wielding a knife, police said. The fatal shooting occurred shortly after the deputy arrived at the scene, although what precipitated the killing was not immediately released.

recordnet.com
18596Terrence Toshay Thomas Jr.19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/22/2016Capitol HeightsMD38.8675412-76.9369901Prince George's County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were checking on a report of a suspicious vehicle. Terrence Thomas brandished a handgun and was shot and killed.

fox5dc.com
18594Raymond James Salaiz38MaleHispanic/Latino12/22/2016RenoNV39.527778-119.8254047Reno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reno police officers were attempting to talk to Raymond Salaiz, who was suspected of committing a recent burglary and arson. Salaiz backed up and struck two officers. He then drove forward in the direction of officers and was shot and killed. Police alleged vehicular assault.

kolotv.com
18595Stanley Eversol55MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2016Palm HarborFL28.0658635-82.7699778Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies fatally shot 55-year-old Stanley Eversole after he pointed a loaded crossbow toward deputies who were investigating a domestic disturbance between Eversole and his girlfriend, Lora Richter.

wflx.com
18602Kenneth Edward Morris Jr.31MaleRace unspecified12/23/2016WashingtonDC38.8897134-76.9302714Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Alleged carjackers fleeing police caused a four-car accident, which killed Morris.

dcw50.com
18597Marcus Dushane White41MaleAfrican-American/Black12/23/2016JacksonvilleFL30.364312-81.6669238Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

White was acting erratically when deputies were called. They found him attempting to get into other people's cars. He was restrained and died. Allegedly, he was found with cocaine.

jacksonville.com
18600Larry Taylor Shurden Jr.51MaleEuropean-American/White12/23/2016KnoxvilleTN35.9612139-83.9268741Knoxville Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Two men called 911 when they caught a man breaking into an apartment. The man tried to discard a duffel bag full of stolen items and then attacked them in front of the building. The three men were struggling, and the suspect was on the ground when police arrived. He continued to fight as police restrained him, and then he died. Police said the beating, restraint weren't the cause of death, but rather, "It appears at this time that a preexisting heart condition and excited delirium were significant factors in his death."

knoxnews.com
18598Michael Tyler Jacques31MaleEuropean-American/White12/23/2016BendOR44.057433-121.3139988Bend Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Bend Police Officer Scott Schaier shot and killed Jacques when the he resisted arrest during a traffic stop for drunken and reckless driving, after use of a Taser failed to subdue him.

ktvz.com
18601Jonathan Wayne Barrio35MaleEuropean-American/White12/23/2016TronaCA35.7881742-117.3625654San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

A deputy was dispatched after a report of an unwanted subject, police said. The deputy found a man matching the description, Jonathan Barrio, 35, of Trona, who appeared to be under the influence of an unspecified substance. Barrio fought when the deputy tried to arrest and handcuff him, but eventually was placed in the back seat of the patrol car and hobbled. Sometime after being hobbled, Barrio died.

sbsun.com
18599Jose Luis Sanchez30MaleHispanic/Latino12/23/2016El MonteCA34.0874113-118.0391647El Monte Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An El Monte officer attempted to stop an SUV in the area of Valley Boulevard and Tyler Avenue for a suspected DUI. The driver fled. He stopped at an intersection, and police officers got out of their cars. The driver then drove into a cul-de-sac, turned around and drove in the direction of the officers, who shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

latimes.com
18606Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified12/24/2016Elizabeth CityNC36.3075963-76.2164213Elizabeth City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man shot himself in the head after a brief standoff with police. Exactly what prompted the standoff was not reported.

dailyadvance.com
18603Miriam Ann Savino53FemaleEuropean-American/White12/24/2016Lake WalesFL28.004597-81.56831Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman called police several times, saying her son needed help. When they arrived, Savino pulled a knife and was shot and killed.

orlandosentinel.com
18605Zhonghua Li48MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/24/2016Pico RiveraCA34.018337-118.0634832Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Li suffering from mental health issues attacking family members with a pair of scissors was shot and killed by deputies. He allegedly threatened the deputies with the scissors.

latimes.com
18604Orande Kandie HayesMaleRace unspecified12/24/2016GadsdenAL34.0217232-86.0177836Gadsden Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to reports of a woman shot by a man. The woman was killed. The man fled the scene on foot, and was spotted a few minutes later by two Gadsden police officers, police said. He ran from police, and after a short foot pursuit produced a gun. Officers then shot and killed him.

www.al.com
18609Joseph Garcia33MaleRace unspecified12/25/2016DeshaAR35.7186737-91.6898658Independence County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy with the Independence County Sheriff's Office came into contact with the man on Jamestown Road. Garcia told the officer he was armed and refused to comply with the deputy's orders. He shot at officers and was shot and killed.

5newsonline.com
18610Michael Alan Altice61MaleEuropean-American/White12/25/2016MiddleburgFL30.0478922-81.9246508Clay County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Alan Altice, 61, called 911 and threatened to shoot himself, others or police. Altice was inside an RV behind a family home in the area where he lived when officers arrived. Beseler said Altice came out with a handgun and would not put it down when instructed by officers. Two officers shot and killed him.

firstcoastnews.com
18607Gerald Javon Hall29MaleAfrican-American/Black12/25/2016WashingtonDC38.9308268-76.9628032Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic disturbance and found Hall with a knife. When he did not drop it, he was shot and killed.

wusa9.com
18608James Tylka30MaleEuropean-American/White12/25/2016SherwoodOR45.3338206-122.8812366Sherwood Police Department, Tualatin Police Department, Hillsboro Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to reports of shots fired. Officers who arrived reportedly found a woman's corpse, police said. James Tylka was seen driving away, and police pursued. It ended with an exchange of gunfire off Hwy 99W, when Tylka was shot. Tylka also shot himself. OSP Trooper Nic Cederberg, 32, was shot multiple times. Officers Stanley Smith, Christopher Smith and Joseph Twigg of Sherwood police, Eli Sanders of Tualatin police, and Anthony Christofaro of Hillsboro police were involved. An autopsy did not determine which gunshot killed Tylka.

oregonlive.com
18611Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified12/26/2016CrosbyTX29.8785016-95.0419299Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A standoff with a distraught accident victim ended when the man decided to shoot and kill himself in front of deputies and paramedics

khou.com
18616Judy Boardman Hundley71FemaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2016PearlandTX29.554606-95.3680838Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to calls of a suspicious person with a gun. Deputies say they arrived to the area and found a white female armed with a pistol. She was asked repeatedly to drop the pistol but refused. She raised her gun and pointed it in the direction of the deputies. Two officers shot and killed her.

khou.com
18613Alfonso Lopez41MaleHispanic/Latino12/27/2016North RiversideIL41.84874-87.8061944North Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A bank robbery suspect, Alfonso Lopez, held an elderly man at knifepoint and used him as a human shield before police officers fatally shot him, police say.

abc7chicago.com
25335Samantha Lynn Norris29FemaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2016Lake GenevaWI42.5929737-88.4141229Lake in the Hills Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Lake in the Hills police Sgt. Mark Mogan, 49, of Hebron was arrested by Lake Geneva police and charged with injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle, police said. Mogan allegedly drove intoxicated about 5:20 p.m. and struck pedestrian Samantha Norris, who was crossing the road. DUI charges were dropped against Mogan because he wasn't legally intoxicated three hours after the crash when the police drew blood because he refused the field sobriety test.

dwihitparade.com
18614Julio Bald Eagle19MaleNative American/Alaskan12/27/2016KyleSD43.4249934-102.1765463Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Oglala Sioux Tribal public safety officer was on patrol in Kyle. He reportedly had a gun pulled on him by the man to whom he was speaking. The officer drew his own gun, and shot and killed the man. When backup arrived, the officer was rendering first aid to the victim. On his person, officers allegedly found methamphetamine, two 9-millimeter caliber firearms, and 200-300 rounds of ammunition.

keloland.com
18615Jake Russell Childers36MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2016CampbelltonTX28.7485359-98.3031012Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An escaped inmate, Jake Childers, 36, was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with the DPS SWAT team in Atascosa County.

kvue.com
18612Dustin Kirk35MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2016Grass ValleyCA39.182372-121.0187985Nevada County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were told that a drunken man had assaulted his mother. Deputies say that within minutes of getting to the scene, a man armed with a firearm confronted them. The deputies shot and killed Kirk.

yubanet.com
18617Nathan Howard Hamilton39MaleAfrican-American/Black12/28/2016TampaFL27.9595157-82.5056453Tampa Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police say a naked man, Nathan Howard Hamilton, was behaving erratically, running on Dale Mabry Highway and jumping on cars near Spruce Street. He was subdued and died a short time later.

wfla.com
18618Christopher Blake Tucker28MaleEuropean-American/White12/28/2016Spring HillTN35.709287-86.916101Spring Hill Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to the home after reports of a domestic disturbance. At some point, an officer encountered Christopher Blake Tucker, outside the home and opened fire. Tucker was killed, but it was unclear what led up to the shooting.

newschannel5.com
18619John Sellinger34MaleEuropean-American/White12/28/2016Land O LakesFL28.1946666-82.4652264Pasco County Sheriff's Office
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

After several attempted carjackings, Sellinger fled a mob and when police arrived, he was shot and killed.

tampabay.com
18621Name withheld by police54MaleRace unspecified12/29/2016O'FallonMO38.80071-90.6776912O'Fallon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A man suspected of forcing his way into his daughter's St. Peters home fatally shot himself as he was approached by police outside a convenience store.

stltoday.com
18620James Linwood Rich II52MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2016ChestertownMD39.213613-76.029264Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic violence call. Rich shot a deputy and was shot and killed.

the-chesapeake.com
18629Daniel Ralph Daily34MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2016PensacolaFL30.439347-87.284112Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Ralph Daily invaded a home on Talladega Trail. Daily and the home's owner got into a shootout. The homeowner was shot and another person in the home was taken hostage. When deputies arrived, Daily pointed a gun at them and was shot and killed.

weartv.com
18625Anthony Mure18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/30/2016Des MoinesIA41.6058846-93.6426477Des Moines Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, the Des Moines narcotics unit was tipped off that there were drugs and weapons inside an SUV driven by Will Howard IV. The officers stopped the SUV near 19th and University, where a passenger reportedly got out and ran. Howard, allegedly took off and crashed into a car near MLK and Forest, then hit another vehicle at 19th and Clark. The SUV flipped and rolled into a yard. Anthony Mure, a passenger in the SUV, died from his injuries at a hospital on January 2, 2017. Howard, 29, was charged with homicide by eluding, homicide by reckless driving, and two counts of serious injury.

whotv.com
18624Cody Handrahan22MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2016LuckWI45.5839039-92.46824Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A Polk County sheriff's deputy was patrolling the village of Luck when he saw a vehicle drive off the road. When the deputy turned on his cruiser's emergency lights, the vehicle fled and the deputy and a Luck police officer pursued. The fleeing vehicle sped south of town before leaving the roadway, rolling over, ejecting and killing Cody Handrahan.

twincities.com
18622Dustin Lee Selby31MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2016PhoenixAZ33.547055-112.056452Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a report of a robbery at a 99 Cents Only store where the suspect was allegedly putting items into his pockets. An employee confronted the man and police say the suspect threatened the employee with a knife and left the store. Police found a man matching the description a few blocks from the store. Police tasered the man, but police say he covered himself with a blanket before one officer shot and killed him.

azcentral.com
18623Jamal Rollins21MaleAfrican-American/Black12/30/2016MiamiFL25.605338-80.355917Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police pulled Rollins over because he was driving erratically. A passenger got out and fled, then Rollins jumped out and produced a firearm, police said. He was shot and killed. The family disputes the police version of events, saying he had his hands in the air when he was killed.

miaminewtimes.com
18630Jonathan Tyrone "Little Wolf" Barbour25MaleNative American/Alaskan12/31/2016MinneapolisMN44.948354-93.2741209Minneapolis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Minneapolis Police say three suspects ran from a stolen car, after it crashed near Lake Street and 2nd Avenue during a police chase. The three ran onto the interstate, where two of them were caught by police in the northbound lanes. But the third, identified by the Minnesota State Patrol as Jonathan Barbour, 25, jumped the median wall and was hit by a van driving in the center lane of southbound I-35W. Police say a handgun was found on the road near where he was struck.

mprnews.org
18628Jason Michael Robison32MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2016HesstonPA40.3985587-78.0955096Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Trooper Landon Weaver, 23, responded alone to a domestic call before he was shot and killed Robison who had reportedly violated a protection from abuse order, police said. Robison was found nearby and was shot and killed when he threatened officers.

inquirer.com
18626Ricky Kevin Whidden46MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2016LoxahatcheeFL26.7094619-80.25407Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Whidden apparently shot people inside a home and pointed his gun at deputies when they arrived. He was shot and killed.

palmbeachpost.com
18627Chase Anthony Tuseth33MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2016MankatoMN44.1778296-93.9471123Mankato Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to the Country Inn & Suites when a clerk at the hotel called police to say that a man had gotten behind the front desk and was throwing things at her, police said. When officers arrived, they got into a fight with the man, and Officer Gary Schnorenberg shot and killed him.

swnewsmedia.com
18635Kevin Lee Henry37MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2017Del CityOK35.4402388-97.4577388Del City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were investigating a murder, which precipitated a standoff, in which a man killed himself.

okcfox.com
18631Chad Erik Roberts35MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2017KennesawGA34.0561764-84.5932386Woodstock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Canton police found the driver parked outside a closed business. After speaking to the officer, the driver sped off, striking the officer as he left, police said. Police used a tire deflating device to stop the car. The man got out of his car with a gun in hand. Two Woodstock police officers shot and killed him.

ajc.com
18634Juan Carlos Cuadra23MaleHispanic/Latino01/01/2017HoustonTX29.6026251-95.4281391Harris County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to neighbors fighting on a man's front lawn, and a Harris County sheriff's deputy fatally shot Juan Carlos Cuadra when he pointed a gun at deputies, and refused commands to put down his gun, police said.

click2houston.com
18633John Charles McLaughlin42MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2017CincinnatiOH39.2332931-84.5148272Springfield Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Springfield Township Police Department responded to reports of a domestic dispute, according to police. John McLaughlin pointed a handgun at police and was shot and killed.

wlwt.com
18638Trevon Johnson17MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2017Villa ParkIL41.85605-87.97772DuPage County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A man was shot to death by a DuPage County sheriff's deputy after the two got into a fight when the deputy responded to a domestic call involving violence, according to police.

cbslocal.com
18636Mark Guirguis21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2017AllenTX33.0914722-96.6637069Allen Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Allen police officers say they fired into a pickup truck, killing Mark Guirguis, as he backed up the vehicle in the direction of an officer, "at a high rate of speed." Police alleged vehicular assault.

google.com
18632James E. Lewis44MaleAfrican-American/Black01/01/2017SpringfieldMO37.2198466-93.2779375Springfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Silver Springs Park in reference to a man who was armed with a gun and was threatening to kill his wife. Police allegedly tried to detain the man using less lethal weapons, but those efforts were not successful. The man then displayed a gun, and officers opened fire, killing him.

news-leader.com
18641Eric Clanton23MaleRace unspecified01/02/2017DetroitMI42.3509327-83.1944322Detroit Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

According to police, officers saw a Dodge Caravan driving without a license plate. The van had allegedly struck a pole near Joy Road and Livernois Avenue when officers attempted a traffic stop, and the minivan fled. Police said the van hit another car, a 2015 Ford Focus, and then several other parked cars. The passenger in the Caravan, a 23-year-old Redford man, was ejected from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The 23-year-old driver, Eric Clanton of Detroit, was taken to the hospital in critical condition with multiple injuries, but died from his injuries.

fox2detroit.com
18639Andrew Bolden-Velez20MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2017New HavenCT41.3287302-72.9614567New Haven Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

New Haven Police said they responded to a carjacking report shortly after midnight. A little more than an hour later an officer spotted the stolen car, called for backup, and began pursuing the suspects. Once reinforcements arrived, police tried to stop the car, only for the driver to take off again. Minutes later, police came upon the Highlander, which had crashed into the Congregation Beth El Keser Synagogue, killing Tommy Brown and his passenger Andrew Bolden-Velez.

foxnews.com
18640Tommy Clayton Brown23MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2017New HavenCT41.3287302-72.9614567New Haven Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

New Haven Police said they responded to a carjacking report shortly after midnight. A little more than an hour later an officer spotted the stolen car, called for backup, and began pursuing the suspects. Once reinforcements arrived, police tried to stop the car, only for the driver to take off again. Minutes later, police came upon the Highlander, which had crashed into the Congregation Beth El Keser Synagogue, killing Tommy Brown and his passenger Andrew Bolden-Velez.

foxnews.com
18637Jose Nieves38MaleHispanic/Latino01/02/2017ChicagoIL41.9259445-87.7353812Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

There was an alleged confrontation between Jose Nieves and an off-duty Chicago police officer, who shot and killed him. The family says Nieves had problems with the officer before, reporting it to Chicago police, but nothing was apparently done. The officer, Lowell Houser, was later charged with murder.

cbslocal.com
18643James Owens63MaleAfrican-American/Black01/03/2017BrooklynNY40.643596-73.897446City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to reports of an emotionally disturbed person in a first-floor apartment, police said. The man's sister, who called 911, let the cops into the home. When James Owens saw the officers he grabbed a 13-inch knife and refused to put it down. One of the cops fired a Taser, but it "didn't make complete contact." Another officer then fired his gun three times, killing Owens.

nydailynews.com
18644Dale Maurice Hightower Jr.53MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2017GilmerTX32.6351405-95.0000418Upshur County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Upshur County deputies and a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper responded to a check welfare call. Dale Hightower, 53, was shot and killed by Trooper John Smith III and Deputy Alex Ortiz when he pointed a rifle at officers.

news-journal.com
18646Ruben Lamont Randolph51MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2017PomonaCA34.0686787-117.7366554Pomona Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pomona officers responded to a man who'd been shooting into an apartment who was walking in the area of East Columbia Avenue and North San Antonio Avenue with a handgun, police said. Randolph then fled into an alley behind the apartment building he had been shooting into, where he exchanged gunfire with police, and was killed.

ktla.com
18645Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin Jr.43MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2017PhoenixAZ33.5009434-112.1688494Phoenix Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Phoenix police said officers were called to a community center where a man was reported to be "acting erratically," refusing to leave and had allegedly assaulted an employee. Multiple officers restrained the man as he continued to fight with officers, even after he was handcuffed. He died a short time later.

12news.com
18649Welby O'Dell Mullins Jr.64MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2017LancasterKY37.6023243-84.5886415Garrard County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Welby O'Dell Mullins Jr., 64, was wanted for suspected drug dealing was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Lincoln County special Deputy Colby Reik.

amnews.com
18650Joshua Martino18MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2017BrooklynNY40.6803512-73.9611258City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Joshua Martino, who'd been firing shots into a lounge moments before police pursued and then confronted him, police said. Two officers shot Martino twice in the torso after he turned toward them with a .38 caliber revolver in his hand. The man never fired.

nbcnewyork.com
18647Joshua George Dove35MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2017St. PetersburgFL27.7774949-82.6530067St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Tasered
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police were dispatched to the area because they received a tip that Dove and other men were using drugs. Dove was with four other men when officers arrived. Police said they told the men to leave and all but Dove obeyed. Dove became confrontational and threw a punch at an officer, Patrick McGovern, a 21-year veteran of the department. Officers struggled with Dove for several minutes before they used a Taser twice in an effort to restrain him. He died a short time later.

tampabay.com
18648Richard A. Jackson45MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2017EnglishIN38.3349037-86.5458428Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jackson was wanted in connection with a stabbing in Henry County, Kentucky. The vehicle he was driving was involved in a hit-and-run in Harrison County. The pursuit began after the hit-and-run in Harrison County. During the pursuit, police said Jackson rammed a law enforcement vehicle, got out of his vehicle and charged the officer with a weapon and was shot and killed.

wlky.com
20256Dora Alice Clarke80FemaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2017CharlestonWV38.3605162-81.6409321Charleston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Charleston police were dispatched to a domestic call at Orchard Manor. A woman had called about a burglary involving a knife. Officer Stephen Doss, who was on Bigley Avenue when the call came in, collided with a woman driving in the 400 block of Washington Street West, killing her.

timeswv.com
18654Luis Vargas20MaleHispanic/Latino01/05/2017DinubaCA36.5539311-119.3937992Dinuba Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dinuba Police say one of their officers interrupted an armed robbery and was shot at by two suspects. Police say one of the suspects jumped in a getaway car, while the other ran and continued to shoot at the officer. The officer ran after the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Luis Vargas, through different apartment complexes to the east. The officer ultimately shot and killed Vargas.

abc30.com
18652Nichelle Hill17FemaleAfrican-American/Black01/05/2017YorkvilleIL41.6542841-88.4335572Yorkville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Yorkville police said someone reported seeing a package being stolen from a porch. Officers spotted the car reported to be involved, and pulled over the 17-year-old girl who was driving. However, she then hit the gas and sped away, and police started chasing her through the subdivision. Police said the girl eventually lost control of the 2003 Toyota Avalon, which had been reported stolen, and crashed into a tree, killing Nichelle Hill.

cbslocal.com
18653Randy Wayne Cole40MaleEuropean-American/White01/05/2017SewaneeTN35.239695-85.8895575Monteagle Police Department, Sewanee Police Department, Franklin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Randy Wayne Cole, called 911 and said he was either going to kill himself or have an officer kill him. Six officers responded to the scene, and police said they attempted to negotiate with Cole before he reportedly fired shots at the officers, prompting five of the six to shoot and kill him.

wkrn.com
18655Ian L. Halverson25MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2017TamaIA41.9624105-92.5694845Tama Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Troy Marvin, 31, was fleeing police when his pickup truck T-boned a car driven by Ian Halverson, 25, in Tama. Both vehicles rolled, police said. Both drivers were killed.

desmoinesregister.com
18656Troy Charles Marvin31MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2017TamaIA41.9624105-92.5694845Tama Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Troy Marvin, 31, was fleeing police when his pickup truck T-boned a car driven by Ian Halverson, 25, in Tama. Both vehicles rolled, police said. Both drivers were killed.

desmoinesregister.com
18658Sean Marie Hake aka Sean Ryan23TransgenderEuropean-American/White01/06/2017SharonPA41.2478916-80.5026005Sharon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic violence call. Sean Hake advanced upon officers while brandishing a knife and was shot and killed.

cbslocal.com
18657Jamal Parks32MaleAfrican-American/Black01/06/2017DeerfieldIL42.1521597-87.8424147Deerfield Police Department, Cook County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Officers with the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force were tracking a suspect in the fatal Evergreen Park shooting and determined that he was aboard a northbound Metra train stopped at the Lake Cook Metra station in Deerfield. Parks shot and killed himself as police closed in.

dailyherald.com
18664Daniel Scott Giberson25MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2017PrincetonWV37.3292872-81.1462003West Virginia State Police, Princeton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daniel Scott Giberson, 25, was shot and killed by officers following a pursuit with state police and Princeton police that ended with Giberson allegedly advancing upon officers with a knife.

wvmetronews.com
18661Carlos A. Cruz41MaleHispanic/Latino01/07/2017IndependenceMO39.0508173-94.356966Independence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called regarding an armed, suicidal man. When officers arrived they encountered a man outside an apartment armed with a shotgun. Officers removed other occupants of the apartment to a safe location. As the officers began to communicate with the man he pointed the shotgun in the direction of the officers and one of the officers shot and killed him.

kshb.com
18663Travis Edward Baker42MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2017FairlandOK36.7065402-94.75654Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Travis Edward Baker was suspected of several car thefts and home break-ins in the Ottawa County area when he was shot and killed by deputies after he allegedly pointed a handgun at them.

tulsaworld.com
18660William Tucker Mathis41MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2017ElkridgeMD39.1963485-76.7766297Howard County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

William Tucker Mathis was shot and killed by police after officials say he attacked several police officers during a domestic violence incident. Police say Mathis was believed to be in violation of a protective order when he broke into his estranged wife's home on Woodland Forest Drive.

wusa9.com
18659Hector Ruben Navarrete31MaleHispanic/Latino01/07/2017NorthglennCO39.8918637-105.0082594Northglenn Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping on Carmela Lane. They made contact with Hector Ruben Navarrete on Pecos Street. He was allegedly in a stolen car. He attempted to flee, rammed the officer's car, and the officer shot and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault.

denverpost.com
18662Gilbert Zambronio Lovato38MaleHispanic/Latino01/07/2017AlbuquerqueNM35.1236192-106.6041992Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gilbert Lovato and his getaway driver, Audrey Hapke, were wanted for a string of armed robberies. Police, who had been on the case for weeks, say they finally caught up with the pair after they fled yet another robbery and pulled the pair over. Lovato, 38, brandished a pellet gun and was shot and killed. Hapke, 35, was not harmed in the shooting and was booked into the county jail.

krqe.com
18666Jason Aldridge44MaleEuropean-American/White01/08/2017CummingGA34.2360666-84.0595464Forsyth County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called regarding a suicidal man in an RV. Deputies said the man confronted them with the knife inside the RV, and he was shot and killed.

wsbtv.com
13132Zachary Khabir Anam19MaleMiddle Eastern01/08/2017AustinTX30.2685236-97.7454808Austin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Zachary Anam's hands were cuffed behind his back when he was placed into the back seat of a police car driven by officer Iven Wall. As the two headed to police headquarters, Anam told Wall he was suicidal. Anam retrieved a pistol from the back of his pants and brought the gun to his head by bringing his cuffed hands around to the right side of his body, police said. Wall pulled over and got out of the car. Anam shot and killed himself.

mystatesman.com
18665JR Williams38MaleAfrican-American/Black01/09/2017PhoenixAZ33.5638984-112.1342327Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police stopped a vehicle for a felony warrant. The passenger fled and somehow communicated that he had a gun. He spun aggressively and was shot and killed.

azcentral.com
18668Name withheld by police31MaleRace unspecified01/09/2017AbingdonVA36.6640607-81.888329Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. The man was combative when officers arrived on scene. As officers tried to calm the 31-year-old, he pulled out a handgun and shot himself, according to Virginia State Police.

heraldcourier.com
18669Annita Harmon40FemaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2017OntarioOR44.0321061-117.0029438Ontario Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Annita Harmon was in a pickup driven by Anthony Montwheeler that fled from the convenience store as police gave chase. It had been reported that she had been stabbed and kidnapped. The pickup collided with an SUV a short time later. Harmon died at the scene and Montwheeler was seriously injured. The driver of the SUV, David Bates, was also killed.

oregonlive.com
18670David Joseph Bates38MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2017OntarioOR44.0321061-117.0029438Ontario Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Annita Harmon was in a pickup driven by Anthony Montwheeler that fled from the convenience store as police gave chase. It had been reported that she had been stabbed and kidnapped. The pickup collided with an SUV a short time later. Harmon died at the scene and Montwheeler was seriously injured. The driver of the SUV, David Bates, was also killed.

oregonlive.com
18667Davion Henderson21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/09/2017St. LouisMO38.6556744-90.2496046St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were pursuing a stolen vehicle. When it crashed, one of the men allegedly pointed a gun at police and was shot and killed.

stltoday.com
18673Joshua Brandon Sanford33MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2017Oklahoma CityOK35.4850452-97.4896622Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said a man was involved in a hit-and-run. An OU officer reportedly located the suspect's vehicle, a red truck, some time after. Police said that's when a shot was fired at the officer. The suspect reportedly took off, there was then a short pursuit, and the suspect's truck crashed about three blocks away. Sanford was dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot.

kfor.com
18671Michael Rogers32MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2017Los AngelesCA34.0413778-118.261715Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An employee at an apartment building told police a man with a knife snuck into the building and later ran out chasing a woman into a business across the street. Officers confronted the man and shot and killed him.

ktla.com
18675John Patrick Gracy50MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2017MartinsburgWV39.4265882-78.0460797Berkeley County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a man's home to investigate a reported domestic situation involving his girlfriend, police said. Gracy left the home in a van and passed deputies who were en route to the residence. Gracy fled in the vehicle when deputies attempted to pull him over, eventually stopping. Deputies were talking to Gracy and directing him to get out of the vehicle when he retrieved a firearm and shot himself in the head.

heraldmailmedia.com
18674Darrion M. Barnhill23MaleAfrican-American/Black01/10/2017ReaganTN35.501343-88.379394Henderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two deputies responded to a report of a man beating on a door at 50 Tumbleweed Lane around 11 p.m. and found Darrion Barnhill outside the home. Deputies ordered Barnhill to surrender because he had outstanding warrants. When Barnhill was ordered to surrender, he began to assault the deputies. Reports say he was first tasered then shot and killed.

jacksonsun.com
18676Taylor Duvall23FemaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2017YoungstownOH41.0752465-80.6371423Boardman Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Boardman Police charged Nicole Mitchell with complicity to commit theft and failing to comply with a police order or command. It's alleged that Mitchell was driving the car that crashed into a utility pole following a police pursuit. A passenger in that car, Taylor Duvall, 23, was killed when the car flipped over.

wfmj.com
18672Hector Arreola30MaleHispanic/Latino01/10/2017ColumbusGA32.5158984-84.984281Columbus Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Members of the Columbus Police Department's Patrol Division responded to a call on Moss Drive. During the investigation, Arreola resisted officers' efforts to place him in custody and sustained an injury, which apparently killed him.

wtoc.com
18681Eric Deshaun Willis32MaleAfrican-American/Black01/11/2017FresnoCA36.8227461-119.8262787Fresno County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Willis was fleeing a sheriff's deputy who had spotted him speeding and pulled up behind him at a red light. When he turned on his lights to make a traffic stop, the light turned green, and Willis took off. The deputy said that he got up to 100 miles an hour. The chase lasted only 30 seconds before Willis crashed into a minivan, causing the car to spin out into a street light pole, killing him.

abc30.com
18677Hafez Abousamra41MaleMiddle Eastern01/11/2017Lake ElsinoreCA33.6825654-117.2844133Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After an attempted driving while drunk stop, a man shot at police officers, fled, tried to break into a house, and shot at police again before being shot and killed.

ktla.com
18680Mario Walker30MaleRace unspecified01/11/2017ClevelandOH41.4833951-81.7679099Cleveland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

There was a SWAT standoff through the afternoon after a woman was reportedly shot by her boyfriend, who reportedly shot hand killed himself.

cleveland.com
18679Jose Antonio Fernandez Ventura38MaleHispanic/Latino01/11/2017CamdenNJ39.946198-75.0863296Camden County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Jose Antonio Fernandez Ventura after he allegedly shot a woman in the neck during a domestic assault, police say.

www.nj.com
18678Ronald Dean Johnson41MaleEuropean-American/White01/11/2017AustinMN43.6593014-92.986271Austin Police Department, Mower County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Austin officers and Mower County sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in Austin. Police say an officer shot and injured a man during the disturbance. He was airlifted to Mayo Clinic in Rochester where he died.

postbulletin.com
18688Rodney L. Hoback Jr.26MaleEuropean-American/White01/12/2017PearisburgVA37.2947739-80.66941Giles County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Giles County Sheriff's Office got a call from a private security company service about a potential fire at a home on Guinea Mountain Road. Fire crews and deputies were dispatched to the home. When they got there, a firefighter and two deputies encountered Hoback armed with a large knife.Police said Hoback was outside the home at the time and refused to comply with commands of the deputies to drop the weapon. Police said Hoback began advancing on the deputies, and he was shot and killed.

wset.com
18683Vanessa Monique Lopez-Ruiz23FemaleHispanic/Latino01/12/2017TonopahAZ33.4969868-112.9359614Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Arizona state trooper was investigating a traffic accident, when an occupant of the vehicle, Leonard Penneles-Escobar, shot him and and then attacked him. A passerby saw them fighting and shot and killed Pennales. Pennales' passenger, Vanessa Monique Lopez-Ruiz, 23, was killed.

fox10phoenix.com
18682Leonard Pennelas-Escobar37MaleHispanic/Latino01/12/2017TonopahAZ33.4969868-112.9359614Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An Arizona state trooper was investigating a traffic accident, when an occupant of the vehicle, Leonard Penneles-Escobar, shot him and and then attacked him. A passerby saw them fighting and shot and killed Pennales. Pennales' passenger, Vanessa Monique Lopez-Ruiz, 23, died at the scene.

fox10phoenix.com
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