Palo Alto officer Jess Perryman and Stanford officer Jeff Bell shot and killed Pedro Calderon when he pinned Perryman against a car as he tried to flee in a stolen BMW.

Chattanooga police killed William H. Whitmire when were called to his East Brainerd home and found him in the yard shooting a gun. When he allegedly fired at officers, one shot and killed him, police said.

The man who committed suicide, Antonio Darnell Jones, in an apartment on Jennie Scher Road was being sought in connection with a slaying in Brunswick County. Police said that about 10 p.m. Jones shot himself as members of the Richmond Fugitive Task Force, which includes city police and U.S. marshals, were searching for him.

Officers Phillip Franchina, Ronald Weiss, Kevin Kaufman, James Morrison, Phillip Rice IV, John Stadler and Sgt. Albert Massey shot and killed Alejandro Jimenez when he pointed an officer's unloaded beanbag gun during a confrontation that took place 14 hours after his release from a county psychiatric hospital.

Harlan County Sheriff's Office Deputy Roger D. Hall was convicted of facilitation to murder Paul L. Browning. Browning was killed because Hall was worried he'd lose his job if Browning won the office of sheriff.

Jessica Mohorko was a passenger killed when her boyfriend's car was broadsided by officers Jack and Christina Raughton (husband and wife) who were chasing an unrelated vehicle for running a red light.

Dental student Hundley was backing up his car in an apartment complex when an off-duty Metro officer told him to be more careful. The encounter between the two men developed into Hundley shot dead. The family reached a $242K settlement with the city, which would have been more except the jury found the officer "did not abuse Hundley, violate his civil rights or inflict emotional distress upon him when he killed him with a single gunshot to the chest."

A married insurance underwriter with two children, Clune robbed a bank with a toy gun and led police on a roughly 30-mile chase through upstate New York. At its close at a rural highway intersection he refused to cooperate with police and was fatally shot.

David A. Davidson killed himself and another motorist, Amanda Harman, while driving the wrong way while intoxicated on I-35. An Olathe police officer had been trying to stop Davidson just prior to the 1:42 a.m. collision. According to investigators, Davidson passed oncoming trucks and the flashing lights of a stopped police car, but never tried to turn around. Investigators said Davidson appeared to tap the brakes of his Ford F-150 pickup just before he crashed head-on into Harman's Ford Escort, but not hard enough to leave skid marks.

Police received reports of a man walking down Central Ave with two broken liquor bottles. Four officers arrived and one tried to wrestle Brandon Haywood to the ground, but he escaped. Haywood allegedly then ignored orders to stop and continued walking toward police aggressively. Officer Brad Shrader fired twice, hitting Haywood with both rounds and killing him. Although a grand jury refused to indict the officers involved, Haywood's family was awarded a large settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Lake Station Police.

Police shot Bobby Carl Washington Sr. after he waved a firearm at them in front of his home, though his family maintained he was unarmed.

William Wheeler Jr. reportedly murdered his estranged wife in Santa Monica, California, killed her mother in nearby Westchester, and then went to his father's house, halfway across the country in Kimball, Nebraska. Police approached the home at about 12:30 p.m. and Wheeler drove away. Police said he went about eight blocks before shooting himself in the head.

Geralyn Elizabeth Mornson, accused of leading law enforcement officers on a chase that ended in the death of a pedestrian, Duane P. Mumm, in Richfield was charged in connection with the incident. She initially was charged with fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle resulting in a death in Hennepin County District Court. She eventually pleaded guilty to fleeing a police officer and got four years of probation.

An NYPD plainclothes officer fatally shot an unarmed man, Mercado, attempting to steal a van. The officer, with two other police, had observed Mercado break into the van for several minutes. The officer claimed that the victim lunged at him; the other two claimed that they'd approached the other side of the vehicle and didn't witness the shooting.

Billy Kash Smith died after he fell onto the electrified third rail of the CTA's Green Line tracks while being chased by two officers who allegedly saw Smith and others dealing drugs. A lawsuit alleged that witnesses saw the officers push Smith, who was exhausted and bent over at the edge of the platform, onto the tracks. The allegations were disputed by police officials, who said the officers chased Smith up the stairs of the Cicero station. Smith reportedly got on a stopped train and told the conductor to start going, but the conductor refused. Smith then left the train, jumped from the platform to the tracks and ran, police said. According to police, Smith slipped and fell onto the electrified rail after running about 100 feet.

Dan Evans, 28, allegedly shot and killed Marci Stuart Cashen, 28, during a standoff with police before committing suicide.

Ronald M. Beale, 42, held off police in an 18-hour armed standoff and killed himself after police fired a round of tear gas into his apartment. Police said he shot himself to death before police stormed his apartment. Beale was wanted on an outstanding warrant for violating his probation.

Derek Adam Davis died in a shootout with police, sheriff's deputies and at least one state parole agent after officers attempted to serve a warrant at his sister's mobile home in Highland.

Police surrounded the area of Kelly Poe's trailer at the Dogwood Mobile Home Park and evacuated 20-some families when told about the suicide threat. When negotiations with Poe were unsuccessful, police used tear gas to enter the residence. Poe was found with a fatal gunshot wound.

Harrington, 28, is killed when his SUV flips on I-285 while being pursued by police. Police say they chased Harrington after he fled a traffic stop and nearly struck an Alpharetta detective.

Thevongsa shot a young man he just met, stole his car, shot it out with police during a car chase and was eventually shot and killed by police.

Randy Dale Sullivan died from complications from gunshot wounds sustained two weeks before during a traffic stop. At around 7 p.m., Deputy Clay Daniels pulled over a pickup truck without a license tag. The passenger, Sullivan, reportedly got out of the vehicle armed with a pistol, ran toward Daniels and shot him. Daniels and Biloxi patrolman Anthony Proctor returned fire, striking Sullivan three times. Dozens of extra officers were patrolling Highway 90 that night as part of the spring break security plan.

Thomas, his son and his son's girlfriend were lost and pulled over to get directions. Off-duty King County sheriff's deputy Melvin Miller approached the pickup and shot and killed Thomas Sr. He said Thomas pulled a gun. Critics and witnesses who disagree with the official narrative say the police officer was brandishing a gun when he approached, was not wearing a uniform, did not identify himself as a police officer, and had no reason to confront Thomas in the manner that he did.

The officer was checking on a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot when a passenger, 43-year-old Kevin Koester Senior, pulled a gun and started firing.

A local officer settled scores relating to a child-abuse allegation by killing three neighbors and another couple who'd testified on the neighbors' behalf. The active-duty officer used his 9mm service weapon, then killed himself. Dead: Dominic and Gail Galliano and their adult son Christopher Galliano, and Gary and Tina Williams.

A local officer settled scores relating to a child-abuse allegation by killing three neighbors and another couple who'd testified on the neighbors' behalf. The active-duty officer used his 9mm service weapon, then killed himself. Dead: Dominic and Gail Galliano and their adult son Christopher Galliano, and Gary and Tina Williams.

A local officer settled scores relating to a child-abuse allegation by killing three neighbors and another couple who'd testified on the neighbors' behalf. The active-duty officer used his 9mm service weapon, then killed himself. Dead: Dominic and Gail Galliano and their adult son Christopher Galliano, and Gary and Tina Williams.

Raynell E. Reed died after the SUV he was riding in crashed while being chased by KHP trooper Carl Flanagan. Flanagan had stopped the Explorer for speeding at about 11 a.m. near mile marker 80 on the Kansas Turnpike, but the driver fled when he approached. The Explorer crashed when the driver braked to avoid hitting another vehicle. Reed died of internal injuries about 9 hours after the crash. The driver, identified as Reed's cousin Shawrice Winton, 16, and two other passengers were treated at area hospitals. In May 2002, Winton pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Michael Page Jr. was shot by a Milwaukee police officer after a chase from Wauwatosa into Milwaukee. Jurors at inquest viewed video from the Wauwatosa police. They found the shooting justified, and the officer was not charged.

Talanda Holder, Luke Hannah and James Lumpkins Jr. were passengers in a car driven by a fourth, their 15-year-old friend, in a stolen Dodge Neon trying to evade police at 80 MPH on the interstate. The driver swerved to avoid a spiked stop-strip set out by police. The car passed through the median and slammed into a concrete utility pole. The sheared-off front end of the car traveled another 277 feet. The three were killed; the driver walked away without a scratch

Talanda Holder, Luke Hannah and James Lumpkins Jr. were passengers in a car driven by their 15-year-old friend, in a stolen Dodge Neon trying to evade police at 80 MPH on the interstate. The driver swerved to avoid a spiked stop-strip set out by police. The car passed through the median and slammed into a concrete utility pole. The sheared-off front end of the car traveled another 277 feet. The three were killed; the driver walked away without a scratch.

An off-duty Harvey officer shot and killed Nigel Syers and wounded another man during what police described as an attempted robbery in Chicago. At about 1 a.m., the two men reportedly approached the officer and another man and demanded valuables. Syers allegedly drew a handgun while the man with him began taking items. The officer identified himself as police and shot Syers four times when he allegedly turned the gun toward him. The officer also shot Syers' companion once in the abdomen.

Police killed Quezada near downtown Modesto after he allegedly steered his van at them. Authorities said Quezada was a suspected drug dealer, wanted for three years.

Driving on a learner's permit around 1 a.m. and with two more teen boys riding in the cab, and two in the bed, Reynolds drew the attention of two local police departments, chasing him at high speeds. After dodging a spike-strip Reynolds apparently misjudged a driveway for a road, slamming into a pine at full speed. He died, one passenger sent to ICU, the others also injured.

Goodman resisted Deputy Constable Terry Ashabranner, who pulled him over for riding his bike at night without lights. He fled on foot. Constable Ashabranner released his police dog, Nero, to stop him. Goodman, taunting the deputy, tried to drown Nero in a nearby puddle. The deputy pulled Goodman off of the ground, raising Nero's head from the water. Goodman reached for a pair of pliers in his pocket. The deputy shot him, then radioed for help. Goodman was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fernandez was killed by a local NYPD "Emergency Services Unit" as the result of a violence domestic dispute at an East Harlem pawn shop after hours. Fernandez had stalked and killed his pawn employee girlfriend, and planned to kill himself afterward.

Chief Paul Nix responded to a domestic disturbance call. Reed shot at a woman and missed. She ran away. Reed shot himself in the head.

Eddie Montes Dominguez, a 27-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in West Whittier-Los Nietos.

Officer Jesse G. Houpt was reportedly driving drunk when his SUV went off the road, rolled several times and slid nearly 200 feet before hitting a tree. Two fellow off-duty officers, Ross Hilsman and Zachary Peters, were killed. Sgt. Steve Reeves was injured. Prosecutors said the officers had two cases of beer in the vehicle. Investigators estimated that Houpt was driving between 99 mph and 109 mph when he crashed. Houpt resigned after the accident. Houpt was found guilty of motor vehicle homicide and sentenced to 90 days in jail, 120 days of electronic monitoring, 200 hours of community service, counseling for alcohol abuse, and four years of supervised probation. Peters was suspended without pay for 30 days but retained his position and rank.

Officers tried to serve a mental health commitment order on Johnny Campbell. Campbell reportedly fled into a wooded area near the Wapsipinicon River and fired a shotgun at officers. The officers fired back and killed him.

Larry Winton Doyle Jr., 29, of Evans, and Kathy Lynn Thompson, 27, of Clarks Hill, S.C., were charged with first-degree murder because they were fleeing police when they rear-ended Curran, killing her and injuring her passenger.

Detective Scott Carpenter said he fired his rifle three times into Gregory's 1994 Nissan Altima when it appeared about to run down another officer. That officer, detective Mike Hanafin, said he ran in front of the Altima to get away from Carpenter's rifle, which was pointed in his direction. Carpenter shot immediately before or after the Altima broke free and drove over a median, according to officers' statements. The car slowed then suddenly accelerated, "like a slingshot," through a Mobil gas station into the intersection where it collided with three vehicles. One of Carpenter's .223-caliber bullets hit Gregory in the head. Another hit the car. The third went over the Altima into a parked car.

During a police chase, Douglas Pollard's pickup crashed into a car on S. Layton Blvd. and W. Greenfield Avenue, killing Nels Frank, 21, of Milwaukee and Scott Stefanski, 22. Pollard, 42, was charged with two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and two counts of fleeing causing death.

Early morning drug raid. Police said Shannon threatened them with a gun when they broke into his house. No description of the gun was ever given.

Officer Joseph Taylor shot and killed a West Toledo man, Sargent, when the man turned toward him with a loaded 22-caliber revolver in a bedroom. Police were responding to a complaint about a loud party at the home.

After breaking into a home, stabbing himself and threatening to shoot the homeowner, emerged onto the porch carrying an air pistol and was shot by police.

Officers had been sent to the intersection of Clayton Road and Detroit after receiving complaints that an intoxicated man walking in the middle of the street had nearly been struck by several cars. The same man, identified by police as McCall, also tried to force his way into a woman's car, police said. Employees at a nearby Baker's Square restaurant reported that he had brandished a knife inside the restaurant and had jumped on a parked car. Officers confronted McCall in front of a liquor store and used an unspecified type of restraint to place him in handcuffs.

Southall, whose mental problems had been worsening, struck his girlfriend at their residence. When her daughters complained, Southall armed himself with a .45-caliber pistol, chased them from the house and barricaded himself inside. Officers responded. Captain George Scott Monier entered the residence. He and Southall shot one another. Captain Monier left the residence, then was taken to Harris Methodist Hospital. Fort Worth SWAT shot tear gas into the residence, entered it and found Southall already dead. Captain Monier died during surgery.

Lindy L. Garcia was killed when the pickup truck she was riding in was struck by a SUV fleeing police.

Joe Nathan Williams, 74, shot and killed 10-year-old Amber Jiles before Officer Douglas Gailey shot and killed him.

Daniel Glover was killed after a short standoff with police. Police spokesman Ron McGee said the single fatal shot was fired when Glover pointed a semi-automatic pistol at three police officers attempting to gain his surrender after Glover crashed his mother's car into a light pole.

A county officer shot unarmed Bennie Lee Clark after he reportedly broke into a home belonging to a man whose obituary had recently appeared in the newspaper. Clark was believed to have been responsible for a string of burglaries at homes whose residents were away because of family deaths. Police said he apparently chose his targets by reading obituary notices and officers were watching the obituaries to anticipate the next target. The house in which Clark was shot was one of three police were hiding in when Clark kicked in the door at around 8 p.m.

Just as police were about to call off the pursuit because of the slick conditions, a pursued suspect going 80 MPH on city streets rammed into a car with mother Tameka Anthony and son Charles Griffin Jr., killing them, also leaving Anthony's fiance, Luther Page, permanently disabled.

Jesus Robles, a 26-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Lynwood.

Deputies responded to a call that two brothers were engaged in a knife fight. They entered a garage, where they found Miller holding an ax. When he refused to drop the ax, and advanced on one of the deputies, they shot and killed him.

The Greeley City marshal and an Anderson county reserve deputy shot and killed Roger W. Lee during an alleged scuffle. At about 11:15 p.m., the officers were conducting surveillance on anhydrous ammonia tanks at a grain elevator when they saw two people approaching and confronted them. During the confrontation, the officers shot Lee. The other person was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft of anhydrous ammonia

Officer Michael D. Cruse was driving at least 53 mph in a 35 mph zone without lights or siren when he ran a stop sign and struck Leonard W. "Butch" Porter's pickup truck, killing Porter. Cruse and officer Roger A. Smith had responded in separate cars to a burglar alarm at Cargill Inc. and found evidence of a break-in. Another burglar alarm call then came in from Kanequip Inc. The officers thought it might be related to the first alarm and that they had a chance to "catch the bad guys," Smith said. Cruse ran a stop sign at NW Silver Lake Road and struck Porter's westbound truck just before 5 a.m. The second alarm turned out to be false. Cruse was fired on June 17, and was charged with unintentional and reckless involuntary manslaughter, along with failure to obey a traffic device, speeding and a seat belt infraction.

Joshua Cummins was allegedly driving a stolen truck as officers from two agencies chased him at high speeds during rush hour. Cummins crashed in a Fillmore Township ditch and collided with a tree stump at about 6 p.m. Cummins died May 18 from his injuries. According to police, they'd called off the chase shortly before the crash.

Reyes Cardoso was the purported head of a fairly sophisticated gasoline theft ring operating in southern Florida. He was shot and killed while resisting arrest in a firefight, one incident in coordinated raids by local SWAT, the state FDLE, and the Secret Service. The raids netted 11 arrests.

Acting with profound emotional issues, Twedt left a suicidal note for his social worker, made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself on fire, and left the mental health center in his car. Members of both the Southbridge police and the state police followed then intercepted his car. This evolved into a standoff where Twedt threatened several police with a knife, which he threw and missed, and with the weapon of his own gasoline-soaked clothes and a lighter. A state trooper shot him to death when he approached to within 10 feet.

While waiting in undercover vehicles for a fugitive suspect, Las Vegas police detectives with the repeat offender program heard a call on the radio for a robbery alarm. They saw a car drive past them and park that they thought might be linked to the robbery. A detective drove to the parked car and shined a flashlight on the license plate to record it. Later, the driver of the Honda pulled up to the undercover vehicle and confronted him. The detective didn't respond. Later, a pickup truck drove by the detective's vehicle, which was still parked in the neighborhood. A man, later identified as Phillip Michael Ramos, stood up out of the cab and fired several times at him. The officer returned fire, killing him.

Spikes shot himself in the head with a handgun, distraught over a breakup with his wife, which ended a standoff with police storming the house to find the man had killed himself, police said.

Off-duty Cook County jail guard John LaVelle, 32, shot Jeffrey Smith after police said LaVelle and another guard, Esteban Perkins, 31, were hired by two alleged drug dealers to collect a $70,000 debt. Investigators said LaVelle, Perkins and one of the dealers went to Smith's home to collect a debt from Smith's father at about 10 p.m. Smith allegedly opened fire, but failed to hit the men. LaVelle then shot Smith, who died three days later. LaVelle and Perkins were charged with first-degree murder. A third guard, Morris Richardson, 29, was charged with official misconduct for twice visiting Smith's home earlier.

Macoupin County Detective Ron Maedge shot John J. Metzger three times in a field just north of Bunker Hill. At about 9 a.m., a deputy tried to stop a 1993 Ford Ranger on Route 16 near Carlinville. Police were looking for the two men inside after one had allegedly threatened someone with a knife the night before. The driver fled south on IL-159 and police from Bunker Hill and Shipman joined the chase, which ended after the car hit a Bunker Hill patrol car. The driver surrendered, but Metzger ran into a nearby cornfield with a knife. Metzger allegedly lunged at Maedge, who then shot him.

Agents went to serve a search warrant to Dennis Lee Hougham at about 4:40 a.m. Hougham was one of three people suspected in a burglary and shooting in rural Attica on April 29th. According to police, Hougham shot himself after they confronted him. He died at the scene.

Marko, upset and suicidal because of marital problems, carried a .22 caliber weapon into her backyard with deputies present and said, repeatedly, that she would make them kill her. She pointed the weapon at officers, and was killed with a shotgun blast. The same deputy killed George Louis Garrett in similar circumstances 10 years later.

Tim Crotty entered the Town Hall District Police Station waving a four inch blade and babbling incoherently. Police say he lunged at an officer, so another officer shot him once in the stomach. He died a short time later.

David Taiwai Chang reportedly shot himself during a six-hour standoff with SWAT.

Two detectives shot and killed Jason Simmons when he allegedly pointed a gun at them in a Dairy Queen parking lot. At about 8 p.m., police received a tip that Simmons had been involved in a burglary in the 1600 block of South 44th Street. Simmons was in a car when the detectives approached. The officers reported seeing a firearm in his waistband and that he aimed it at them before they shot him. Simmons was hit several times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

One of four men in a vehicle may have fatally shot Jose Antonio Escobedo at his brother's residence. When five officers stopped a Ford Expedition a few minutes later, Uriostegui was the last of the three men inside the vehicle to be taken into custody. Unlike the first two, he drew a .38-caliber revolver and pointed it at an officer. Sergeant Daniel Krieger and Officer Amado Yznaga fatally shot Uriostegui. The shooting was recorded by a patrol car-mounted camera.

McMeans was a passenger in a car that came to a stop on the roadside where a rookie state trooper already had someone else pulled over. McMeans emerged from the car, yelling at the trooper in a threatening way, acting strangely. Initially cooperative, McMeans disobeyed and acted as if going for a gun. The trooper's fatal shooting of the unarmed Alabaman, four times in the back, drew press attention; the trooper quit the force.

Jason Limkemann was last seen at 3:14 a.m. on May 10th when he fled from deputies who confronted him outside a Troy Mills bar. The LCSD said Limkemann had two beers in his hands and ran when a deputy called for him; Limkemann's family said he approached the squad car and ran off after something was said. Both sides agree he ran west from the corner of Coggon and Troy Mills roads toward the Wapsipinicon River. Limkemann's body was found by family members about a week later near the roller dam outside town. Police had reportedly searched the same area earlier, but the search was called off. An autopsy indicated that Limkemann had a blood-alcohol level of 0.262 when he drowned.

The search for an unnamed man who allegedly exchanged gunfire at deputies ended after he was found dead in a wooded area southwest of Mobile, though it wasn't known whether the man died from deputies' or self-inflicted gunfire.

Lloyd Keith Lyons was killed after leading a Botetourt County sheriff's deputy on a chase that ended in a crash. He drove away from a sobriety checkpoint on U.S. 460 about 1 a.m. after a state trooper told him to pull over, police said. The checkpoint was being conducted by the sheriff's department and Virginia State Police. Sheriff's Deputy K.M. Hicks chased Lyons for 5.1 miles through Roanoke County and into Roanoke at speeds that reached 74 mph.

Police were called to a burglary at Axmann Conveying Systems and found Huff on the property. He tried to run police over, hit their dog and was shot and killed.

Ex-convict and parolee Fisher, driving a stolen car near the NY/PA border, was nervous enough during a traffic stop to draw the close attention of state troopers. This developed into a firefight. One of the troopers was wounded. Fisher was fatally shot.

Mitchell Gibson was killed when he rear-ended a flatbed truck in South Los Angeles while fleeing police.

Edgar "Justin" Meyer shot and killed his ex-wife (or girlfriend?) and her boyfriend in an apparent custody dispute. Meyer and his current wife left the scene with his son, 5, in Meyer's truck, beginning a multi-agency manhunt involving several pursuits and gunfire exchanges through three counties. The Meyers eventually fled into the woods on foot, where the couple was found dead, reportedly from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The child was unharmed. Meyer had apparently been a drug informant for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics two years earlier, when agents were trying to catch a physician prescribing painkillers outside of his medical practice. Meyer's knees had reportedly been crushed in a childhood accident.

Steve Ecker, a veteran SAU sniper, lay in the bushes across a small courtyard from the apartment of Jason Delaware, a man who had threatened to kill himself and one of his mental-health counselors. In the darkness, Delaware apparently spotted the red glow of Ecker's infrared flashlight and fired, striking the building near him. Ecker shifted position but Delaware fired again, this time directly at the partially concealed officer. Ecker shot back, striking Delaware in the bridge of the nose, killing him instantly.

Bystander Jeffrey Donaldson was killed by a stray bullet during a shootout between police and Carlos Landois, who also died.

A deputy tried to stop Chad B. Smith and William M. Cogger Smith at around 10 p.m., after seeing Smith driving erratically on westbound I-80 near Newton. A high-speed chase ensued until Smith's car struck the rear of a semi-truck. Smith and Cogger both died in the crash.

Richmond officer David D. Melvin was found not guilty of second-degree murder and lesser charges after three trials. Melvin was charged with killing Verlon M. Johnson. Melvin testified at all three trials that he thought Johnson had a gun when police came to his house to arrest him for firearms violations.

A 6 a.m. paramilitary drug raid on Rasanen's secluded rental house ended up with the accused mid-level drug dealer fatally shot in the chest at point-blank range as he either charged the police (according to the police) or simply sat up in bed (according to an eyewitness).

A motorcyclist, David Neal West, was killed when he crashed while being chased for speeding by a York County deputy sheriff.

Police responded to a hangup 911 call. Dennis Zonyk had a gunfight with police, who found a nude, bound, kidnapped woman in his house after he was shot and killed.

Officer Michael Lazare shot and Leon Anthony Morgan when he grabbed a brick and charged at him.

Steven was shot twice in the chest and a final, third shot to his head at closer range. Two articles in the Sacramento News and Review: 9/12/02 & 10/10/02 with official docs

A Minneapolis teenager not old enough to have a driver's license died behind the wheel of a stolen car while fleeing St. Paul police. Ntxuam Vang, 15, who police think stole the car in Shoreview earlier in the day, crashed into a tree at Grand Ave. and Oxford St. while making a left turn, according to police.

Deputies received a call that jewelry store owner Jones might be considering suicide. The deputy arrived and during the conversation, Jones raised a weapon at the deputy, who fatally shot her three times. Jones' husband said it was a bottle of Gatorade, not a gun.

Isaac Magana reportedly killed himself by driving full speed into the side of a building following a chase by deputies.

In the early morning hours Boston police twice spotted a stolen a stolen grey Toyota Camry. On the third sighting police were able to box the vehicle, driven by Santiago, into a dead end. In attempting a U-turn to escape Santiago accelerated toward officers on foot. In response they fired at him about 9 times. Santiago was mortally wounded, crash the Camry into three other vehicles, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Donald Bloomfield and Homer W. McFadden were suspected of drug manufacturing died when the car they were driving in collided with another vehicle as they were being pursued by Sherwood police.

Two people were killed and one injured when an SUV fleeing police crashed into Johnny Rebs Diner in Bellflower.

Officer Carl McKnight, one of several FPD officers who has been involved in multiple officer-involved shootings, shot and killed Vue Xiong in 2002.

Several officers shot and killed Mark Charles Volpa Jr. when he exited his camper brandishing an AR-15 at police during a standoff.

Police responded to Michael Estrada's home after Estrada was seen on his front lawn with a knife. After officers asked him to drop the knife, Estrada went inside. Because no one else was in the house with Estrada, police said, he wasn't considered a threat. Officers left and set up surveillance nearby. Less than 10 minutes later, Estrada reportedly left his house holding two knives and climbed a fence into a neighbor's backyard. With their weapons drawn, Cpls. James Howell and John Martin approached Estrada and tried to get him to drop the knives, but he refused, police said. The officers backed onto the street. As Estrada got to the curb, he allegedly lunged at the officers. Martin shot Estrada in the knee, and Howell shot him twice in the back. Estrada was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Officer James Peterson and a probationary officer pulled Barnes over as he left the driveway of a drug house. HIs vehicle slowed down, a passenger stepped out, and Barnes sped up again. The probationary officer chased the passenger. Officer Peterson pursued Barnes by vehicle and on foot. Barnes drew a BB gun. Officer Peterson fatally shot Barnes. Officer Peterson was no-billed in 1995 after fatally shooting a man who was involved in a domestic disturbance.

Police shot and killed Rodney Craig when he allegedly pointed a BB gun at them. Officers responded to a call about a man with a gun and found Craig on his lawn with a toy rifle and a knife. According to his family, Craig had argued with his wife earlier that night, and had been pacing behind his home with an empty BB gun and a cell phone. They also said police were informed that the gun was a toy before the shooting. Police said they tried to convince Craig to put down his weapons for more than 20 minutes, but he refused. Craig then allegedly pointed his BB gun at officers "as if to shoot," police said. The officers shot Craig multiple times.

David Randall West reportedly died in police custody after struggling with officers who were arresting him on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs.

Ball was being tried for murder and armed robbery. Just as his conviction was announced in the courtroom, Ball leapt from his seat and attempted to smash a window to escape. As two sheriff's deputies tried to capture him, Ball grabbed one of their weapons and wounded one in the leg. A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed him.

Kevin Vines was wanted for an assault on his former girlfriend with a knife. When police arrived, he slipped outside his home with an umbrella, and he was shot and killed when he threatened officers with the metal tip.

It happened around 8:45 in Parkland, when a sheriff's deputy was responding to an unrelated call for backup. With the patrol car's lights flashing, the deputy pulled into the oncoming lane, smashing into the pickup Pribnow was driving.

An argument between a man and his mother had turned physically violent when the woman ran to a neighbor's house to call police. The woman told police her son was still in the house and was armed. When police arrived they surrounded the house and attempted to talk with the man. Several attempts to contact the man failed. Police found him dead shortly after they stormed the house.

Police engaged in high-speed chase in crowded area. Car being chased ran a red light, hit a van, a light pole, before hitting girl on sidewalk.

Michael McClammey apparently killed himself during a standoff with police.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies shot and killed Garrett Wade Youngblood on the porch of his mobile home in what investigators called "a police-assisted suicide."

Deputies shot Thomas B. Ashcraft to death in an Arabi drainage canal after he allegedly firing at deputies who chased him there following the robbery of a Chalmette shoe store.

A state trooper shot pedestrian Marty R. Tennyson when he allegedly charged at him with a broken bottle on the freeway. At about 11:30 p.m., the trooper stopped when he saw Tennyson, who was walking home after checking himself out of a drug and alcohol treatment facility, bleeding from the wrist on I-635. According to police, a hostile confrontation ensued, and Tennyson allegedly turned and charged, prompting the trooper to shoot him once. Tennyson died at the scene.

Donald Jackson reportedly plunged to his death from the I-10 bridge before Iberville Parish sheriff's deputies could stop him.

Hill, a murder suspect who had been convicted of robbery, fired his gun into a police car after a robbery. An officer fired back, killing Hill

Patrolmen Daniel Jopek and Martin Rudin stopped a car driven by Stephon Keith Moore, 39, who was drunk, on Lake Shore Boulevard. The officers accused Moore of driving his car at them and putting their lives at risk, so they shot and killed him with a gunshot to the back. The shooting was ruled justified. Moore'€™s family, however, said the victim was backing up his car and posed no threat to the officers. They filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and the city agreed to pay $250,000 in damages and attorney's fees.

Deputy Mark Travis shot and killed Cindy McCure when she allegedly pointed a pistol at him. Travis and another deputy responded to a domestic dispute between newlyweds Cindy McCure and Kevin McCure over a car at about 8:30 p.m. Kevin McCure was later shot (non-fatally) by police on January 25, 2004, when he allegedly pointed a fake gun when tactical officers found him hiding in a closet during a search of a Chatsworth home.

Porter and another man were crossing and had stopped in the middle of the five-lane highway. Porter then abruptly stepped in front of the southbound patrol car. The car was responding to a call but didn't have its emergency lights or siren activated, police said.

Passenger Julian Vaughn McElroy was killed in an stolen car that crashed during a police chase

Officer Andrew Mathias attempted to stop driver Josh Boos‚ 20‚ and passenger Matthew Redding‚ 15‚ in a 1977 race-modified Chevrolet Camaro for multiple alleged traffic offenses. Mathias said he called off the pursuit after losing sight of the Camaro and then came upon the crash, which killed Boos and Redding.

Eddie Alvarado died after officers tasered him five times while his hands were cuffed behind his back.

Heard, driving a stolen automobile, was cornered by two officers on a dead-end street adjacent to Park Avenue. The 14-year-old reportedly aimed the car at the police, who fatally shot him in response. His family reached a $300K wrongful-death settlement with the city.

Deputies Ricardo Lopez, Darien Smith and Sgt. Bruce Ruff (a twice unsuccessful candidate for Sheriff) shot and killed Richard Bullock, who pointed a shotgun at them.

After Mitchell was pulled over for a traffic stop, he drove away with a police officer standing on the running board of his truck. He rammed parked cars in an attempt to dislodge the officer, but then pulled over, after which he was shot and killed. Stating that he had put up his hands in surrender, the city was sued and paid out $1.25 million dollars. The shooting was found to be "In Policy".

Marcus Hartman, 28, of Crosby, dies when a police car that's pursuing him for speeding in downtown Brainerd crashes into his motorcycle.

Harris County deputies thought they were responding to a domestic disturbance the morning they arrived at a Houston area home and faced four armed members of the Latin Kings, a street gang. Harris County Deputy Shane Bennett died after being shot by his partner. Also killed were suspects Daniel Damian Jr., 20, and Carlos Alberto Ramirez, 24. One of the surviving burglars was found guilty of Bennett's murder.

Jeffrey Neal Johnson allegedly threatened police with a knife when he was shot and killed.

Officer George Ciganik shot Rodney D. Mathews, 24, in the head, killing him, as Mathews brandished a handgun from the porch roof of his home in Marshall-Shadeland. A neighbor had summoned police because Mathews had discharged his gun several times. During an exchange of gunfire with police, Mathews shot an officer in the foot.

Deputies and the Fire Dept were called to Maxdem chemical factory with reports of a man throwing burning chemicals on people, lighting fires and stabbing people. When deputies arrived, they saw the suspect, carrying a canister of some sort, chasing a bleeding man out of the building. When he refused to drop it, he was shot and killed. Three people were burned, two of them critically, and two people were critically stabbed.

According to police, Jason Nichols' uncle, called to say that his nephew was "drunk and fighting with him" at a house. When police arrived, Nichols would not comply with their commands to settle down. They used pepper spray and a Taser with no effect. Police restrained his arms and legs with "maximum restraint devices." An officer, rather than EMSA, drove him to OU Medical Center for evaluation. About five minutes after arriving at the hospital, Nichols died.

John Andrew Hurst-Thurman, 16, died in a car crash while fleeing from police. He was driving a stolen vehicle containing numerous items of suspected stolen property, police said. His passenger, Bruce M. Thompson died a few days later on May 18, 2002.

Officers ... arrived to find ... Pearsall wielding a knife in each fist, standing over his wife and stabbing her. The officers screamed at him to stop and sprayed him with pepper-spray. But as the Navy petty officer stabbed her once more, the officers shot and killed him. "The results of a toxicology test [on Pearsall were] significant."

Willie Crawford Jr. died about an hour after being placed in a hobble restraint during his arrest.

Walter Frederick Baldwin, 48, ran down pedestrian, Donald Slater, 66, as he fled police after he allegedly set a fire and attempted a holdup.

Daleville police were reportedly unable to convince a man (Richard Bialecki?) not to commit suicide outside his home.

Sean Joseph McHugh, a 32-year-old white male, died after being shot in Tarzana.

The Oconto County Sheriff's Department reported getting a call from the Gillett area saying that a couple's son was missing, along with the family car and a weapon, and they had found a suicide note. Shawano County officers later spotted the vehicle and pursued it until it was stopped with special spikes on the roadway, and the driver shot and killed himself, police said.

Bruce Cameron allegedly threatened deputies with a pitchfork and knife, was shot with bean bags, and then died after shutting himself in the garage, climbing into a gasoline-soaked car and setting it on fire. The incident began when deputies responded to a home burglary alarm at around 5 p.m. and found Cameron in the garage. An autopsy determined that Cameron died of smoke inhalation. Police said the flames kept deputies from entering the garage.

Deputies went to the mobile home of Pedro Martinez after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office to report a domestic disturbance. She told a dispatcher that Martinez was very drunk and armed with a gun. When deputies arrived at the home, they looked inside and saw Martinez load a pistol and fire four shots into the floor near another person, police said. Deputy Hampton Jenkins fired a single shot at Martinez when he saw the suspect raise his gun toward a man sitting in a chair. The bullet struck Martinez in the head, killing him.

Twenty-eight-year-old Dean Ricketts was acting out scenarios he learned in training. A single gunshot killed Patterson, a jailer who had worked for the Fulton County sheriff's department for two years. Atlanta police say Ricketts had removed the magazine from the .40-caliber Glock pistol he was using in the role-playing game, but a bullet remained in the chamber. Ricketts—as a detention officer—was not authorized to carry a firearm, and the gun was not sheriff's department property, police said.

After an alleged bank robbery, foot chase and gun battle, Robert Cox was shot and killed.

Scott Allen Dunlap allegedly led police on a chase, crashed a pickup into his ex-girlfriend's home and shot himself dead.

Police arrested Joel Eickholt on suspicion of manufacturing methamphetamine in his room at the Vista Economy. At the scene, Eickholt reportedly told police he'd ingested an unknown quantity of meth. He was taken to a hospital. Police said they were unable to question Eickholt due to rapid deterioration of his physical condition. He died two days later.

Cunningham was killed when a pickup truck driven by a 16-year-old ran a stop sign, while being pursued after his family reported "a physical confrontation" with a relative.

Clever R. Craig died after police tasered him during a struggle.

An off-duty officer shot Finley when he found him on his property. Officer James Toomey said Finley attacked him with a metal pole.

According to reports, officers from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources were jointly patrolling the Missouri River in response to complaints about boats operating without marker lights. At around 10:30 p.m., officers saw a boat without lights and told the operator to pull to shore. According to police, passenger Daniel Kahnk fell in the water as the boat docked. Police said they were told Kahnk could not swim, and that they searched for him without success. Someone saw Kahnk's body along the Iowa shoreline two days later and called 911. The boat's operator was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol and for not having proper lights.

Antonio Vargas was killed when his motorcycle crashed during a police chase.

Police shot and killed James Hulett at his home in Decatur when he allegedly pulled a gun during a raid for illegal alcohol sales.

Victor Grygorashenko apparently was trying to elude police when his motorcycle plowed into a guardrail, bounced off a concrete-block wall, and plunged into a stream bed at the end of Wales Avenue, killing Pylpiv.

William Robizine collapsed after being arrested on the South Side. According to police, Robinzine appeared to be on drugs and was holding his bleeding hand as police investigated a quarrel in a liquor store at about midnight. Robinzine allegedly became combative and tried to drive off in an ambulance. Robinzine was pulled from the ambulance and restrained by officers, police said. Robinzine was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Forge was involved in an accident on Interstate 45. Officers Eric Tabbert and Craig Sherrill, who suspected that Forge was under the influence, handcuffed him and placed him in their vehicle. According to the officers, Forge slipped his cuffs and vigorously resisted the officers on two occasions, injuring both of them as they tried to subdue him. He was pronounced dead at Baylor Hospital. An autopsy said that Forge appeared to have been strangled. Forge's mother sued the City of Dallas unsuccessfully for violating Forge's civil rights.

Bilderrain was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a gun at an officer who had pulled over the vehicle he was in. He was one of four suspects in a car being pursued by police after the robbery of a storage facility.

Jurors deliberated nearly two days before concluding that Washington State Patrol Trooper Robert Fiorentino's negligence didn't cause the July 2, 2002, death of 15-year-old Tesia Parris.

Corporal Troy Klinglesmith and Senior Corporal Stephen Baugh questioned multiple people in relation to drug dealing complaints. Corporal Baugh tried to question Hurd. The corporals and witnesses they interviewed said that Hurd took Senior Corporal Baugh's pistol and fired it. Other witnesses, interviewed by the Hurd family's attorney, said that Hurd was unarmed. Corporal Klinglesmith shot at Hurd, striking him twice and killing him. Hurd's family sued.

Capt. Chuck Ligon responded to a call for backup and found Johnny Charles Boyce Jr., 34, holding a long-barrel revolver to his right temple and threatening to shoot himself, police said. When he pointed it at Ligon, Ligon shot and killed Boyce.

A Clear Creek County sheriff's deputy saw a couple outside a locker at Mountain Mini Storage and stopped to question them. Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger said the deputy asked the couple if the locker was theirs. After they said it was, the deputy asked them for identification. At that point, Krueger said, the man and woman ran to a white Ford Taurus and sped away, heading east on Interstate 70. The deputy gave chase. Eventually, he was joined by another deputy and a sergeant. At the Jefferson County line, the sheriff's officers backed off and allowed state troopers to take the lead. Near the Lookout Mountain turnoff, a trooper used his car to nudge the Taurus into a spin, and it crashed into an embankment. Troopers approached the car to arrest the two people inside. Meredith pulled a gun and pointed at the troopers. Four of the officers opened fire, killing the pair.

In a controversial incident, local police and a state trooper intercepted Washington at his former girlfriend's house at her request. The three met on a path in the back of the house, two shots rang out, and Washington was dead. Initial statements issued by the Utica police and the DA were inconsistent with witness accounts and with each other, one of many disturbing discrepancies in the case.

With an accomplice Partlow stole an SUV at gunpoint, robbed a Yonkers bank at gunpoint, and led police on a wild chase back into the city. Partlow was cornered and fatally shot in a small wooded area between two highways.

During a "regular Saturday night-Sunday morning gathering in a north Tulsa parking lot" of perhaps 500 people at 3 o'clock in the morning, local officers returned fire on Talton when he started shooting at them at least six times. Talton wounded two other people behind the police before he was fatally shot.

Edward Arthur Williams was a passenger killed in a pickup truck that hit a tree before crashing into a house during a police chase.

Adams County 911 center received a call that his neighbor, Lewis, had just shot two people and was holding three others as hostages. Lewis was driving from the scene when deputies arrived, police said. Lewis got out of his truck and pointed his rifle at the deputies and the deputies shot and killed Lewis after he refused repeated orders to drop his weapon.

Byron Adams was wearing a dress and wig when he was fatally shot by a Green Bay police officer in a confrontation outside a dry cleaning business. He had a can of chili powder in his purse and probably planned to rob the nearby Oneida Bingo & Casino. When the officer asked to see Adams' identification, the suspect pulled a gun from his purse. Police said Pautzke struggled with Adams, then drew his own gun and fired four times. Adams, who died from the gunshot wounds, was carrying a pellet gun that looked like a 9mm Beretta handgun.

Passaic County police were following two men as they rode through city streets on an unregistered dirt bike. Police lost sight of them before the dirt bike hit a curb and a tree, killing driver Dedrick Barker. The surviving passenger, 30-year-old Clarence Smith of Paterson, claimed that a police car followed the dirt bike the entire time, at a distance of only a few feet.

Deputy Matthew McCord stopped Romero's green Toyota Tercel, then patted him down. Authorities said that Romero reached for a gun in his pocket. The deputy shot him three times and killed him. A lawsuit by Romero's widow claims that the deputy shouted at Romero and shot him for no reason.

Connecticut resident Vosburgh engaged a taxi to drop by a Walgreens store, which he robbed before calmly returning to the unwitting driver. Vosburgh was then apprehended, shot and killed at a nearby Texaco after a brief physical struggle with local police.

Sgt. John Benas and detective Jerry Mayberry shot and killed Ignacio Rangel Gonzalez when he drew a pistol and pulled the trigger at the second largest marijuana garden busted in the northern Tulare County foothills that season.

David R. Sees, 38, killed his estranged wife, Stephanie Sees, 32, following a three-hour armed standoff and then committed suicide, police said.

An undercover police officer shot and killed Ward after claiming that he failed to stop the SUV he was driving and fired in self-defense. Ward's death prompted protests from community members, who said Ward was merely driving his mother's SUV with a group of friends and the officer had not identified himself. In 2005, the officer was indicted on murder charges but was later granted immunity by a judge in 2010.

Thomas Martz allegedly was drunk and threatening children. When Officer Todd Kobitz approached the house, Martz allegedly rushed at him with a gun, and Kobitz shot and killed him.

Deputy Wallace Wyatt fatally shot Menifee about 10:30 p.m. as he sat in a friend's car at an apartment complex. Wyatt said he fired in self-defense because the car lunged at him. He also thought Menifee had carjacked the woman driving it, police have said. But the driver, Jessica Patterson, said she had known Menifee for about eight years and that the car did not move.

Aldridge was identified as a suspect in the armed robbery of a nearby liquor store around 9 a.m.. Officers from five agencies gave chase, cornered Aldridge, and shot him "an undetermined number of times." He was declared dead by 1 p.m.

Police were called to the house on North Lakeside Drive, off Bells Ferry Road, by Peeples' father, who said his son was suicidal and had locked himself in his bedroom with a shotgun. The father was in a vehicle near the house, calling from a cellphone. When police arrived, a shot came from within the house, and a window was broken. Police entered the house later, discovering Peeples' dead body. Ruled suicide.

Two Casa Grande officers made a traffic stop. While they were taking a man into custody for an outstanding warrant, they heard a gunshot nearby. One officer stayed with the man who had the warrant, while the other went to the parking lot, got out of his vehicle and was confronted by Jackson, who raised his weapon and pointed it at the officer, who shot and killed him.

Jones ran up a $500 tab at a hotel bar and had been using large amounts of cocaine before hotel security called the police. He ended up being tasered some 11 or 13 times (accounts vary) and was strapped face-down to an ambulance mattress. His resulting death was attributed, not to the cocaine, not to the Taser, but to positional asphyxiation.

Ronnie Bullock was handcuffed when he fell from a second-story apartment landing, broke his neck and died after his arrest.

Deputy Don Dubroc was reportedly halfway inside a fleeing SUV when he shot and killed Joseph Thomas, who'd backed the SUV over Sabrina Berthelot, fatally injuring her.

Jeramy Gilliam was confronted by a lone officer who was part of a "community response team" checking the area after a July 20 burglary attempt. Richmond police have said Gilliam matched a description of the burglary suspect and was asked to show his identification. They contend he instead pulled a pistol and pointed it at Richmond officer William V. Blackwell, who shot Gilliam to death.

Police officers found Johnny Lozoya on a sidewalk suffering a seizure and frothing at the mouth after possibly falling from a roof; he was shocked with a Taser in drive-stun mode when he allegedly became combative while restrained on a board during transportation to hospital and went into cardiac arrest while still in the ambulance, dying shortly thereafter.

A 16-year-old male, suspected of a sexual assault, fled officers in a Cadillac. The officers stopped pursuing when he accelerated to a speed of about 100 mph, striking a vehicle driven by Brandy Guidry. Guidry and the suspect were both injured. Gamble, Guidry's boyfriend, and Thomas Monce-Grissom, her 18-month-old son, were killed.

Christopher Spina was killed after a chase with police that started in Bedminster Township, through Far Hills, then Bernardsville in Somerset County before ending when his vehicle hit a tree in Mendham. He was being chased because he was suspected of shoplifting at a Walmart.

Johnson was shot and killed as he attempted to rape a woman in her home.

Shane was sought for the murder of his grandparents, was tracked by Bay County deputies across the county line and found at a campsite in a state park. Shane produced a gun and was shot to death.

Dukes, said to be under the influence of drugs, apparently called the police himself a half-hour after midnight. When the police arrived and made moves to subdue him, he dashed out of his house, then physically struggled with officers—while still calling for help from the police. He was pepper-sprayed twice, lost consciousness, and died. The family arrived at a $500K settlement with the city.

A pursuit involving three city police departments through three counties ended with the death of 18-year-old Raymond Nelson, who was killed at 12:18 a.m. when his Chevy S-10 pickup truck crashed into a tree.