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 30,001 - 30,500 of 31,467

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
1142Noemi Aida Berry28FemaleRace unspecified08/12/2001AntiochCA38.0031972-121.8398373Antioch Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Bloxom shot Noemi Aida Berry and Scott Hall at an Antioch bowling alley when Hall pointed a gun.

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21916Peter Wilson45MaleRace unspecified08/11/2001MarionIN40.5301863-85.6585497Jonesboro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Peter Wilson, 45, was killed when the pickup truck he was driving was rear-ended by Joseph Williams II, who police said was fleeing from Jonesboro Police Officer Mark Chenoweth.

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1138Jairo Govea Gomez13MaleHispanic/Latino08/11/2001NorcrossGA33.9078098-84.1676083Chamblee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

13-year-old Jairo Govea Gomez fatally shot himself with a police service weapon that had been handed to him by Timothy Heiberger, a police officer with the police department of the City of Chamblee.

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1135Joel HernandezMaleHispanic/Latino08/10/2001AustinTX30.267153-97.7430608Austin Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Hernandez died five days after he was restrained and arrested by Officer B. Armstrong.

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1137Michael Hamm39MaleRace unspecified08/10/2001Texas CityTX29.3839542-94.9166352Texas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hamm entered a bar and told patrons to leave, brandishing a .45-caliber pistol. They did. A SWAT team responded, negotiating with him for an hour. Officers heard a shot inside the bar, then threw a canister of tear gas into the bar. Hamm left the bar, shooting three officers before officers fatally shot him. Civilians held a blood drive for the officers. Though Hamm was a registered sex offender, the reason for his outburst is unclear.

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20841Justin OlmsteadMaleRace unspecified08/10/2001AdrianMI41.9050475-84.0712241Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Justin Olmstead was suspected of killing his grandfather the previous afternoon in Raisin Township. Police went to the Days Inn motel in Adrian at around 3:30 p.m. after the elder Olmstead's Oldsmobile Allero was seen in the parking lot. Officers tried to contact Justin Olmstead, who was in one of the rooms. He allegedly opened fire and was killed by troopers.

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1136Derion Brooks6MaleRace unspecified08/10/2001St. LouisMO38.6655253-90.259912St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Six-year-old Derion Brooks was killed after a vehicle fleeing police struck his mother's car. Terrye Martin and Antonio G. Robinson had reportedly just robbed a man of $38 and his shoes at gunpoint at a North Kingshighway bus stop, then fled in a 1988 Buick LeSabre. Witnesses flagged down a patrol car and pointed out the Buick. Police pursued the car on Kingshighway, through a residential area, then back onto Kingshighway for six blocks until Martin ran a red light and broadsided a Toyota Camry. Derion died after he was thrown from the car and landed headfirst against a tree. His brothers, Tyrice Dobbins, 2, sustained minor injuries and Eric Brooks, 9, was comatose for several weeks. Martin was sentenced to 25 years for murder, robbery, armed criminal action and assault.

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1134Rosa Hammer27FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander08/09/2001GorstWA47.5255973-122.7045537U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a traffic stop, officer attempted to search passenger Rosa Hammer's backpack, to which she did not consent and which contained marijuana. They struggled over the bag and wrestled on the ground; officer warned Hammer to stop resisting. Per Officer Ron Kessler's statement, he saw a gun in the backpack and attempted to draw his own weapon, which did not fire after he pulled the trigger twice. Hammer then shot him in the hand with her gun. Officer drew his backup weapon and shot Hammer three times in the torso. She died at the scene. Witnesses included the vehicle driver and Hammer's 5-year-old daughter.

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1133Rodrigo Campos20MaleRace unspecified08/08/2001PerrisCA33.8380984-117.2006316Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Perris Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A deputy shot Rodrigo Campos when he pointed a gun after a group of barefoot residents chased Campos through backyards in a Perris neighborhood.

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1132Nelson Martinez-Mendez24MaleHispanic/Latino08/08/2001BellevueWA47.6211262-122.1586894Bellevue Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Mike Hetle drove up to Martinez' apartment complex and a 911 call from a 26-year-old woman who reported that Martinez had threatened her with a knife. Martinez had left the apartment and was attempting to drive out of the complex in his blue Chevrolet Corsica. Hetle turned on his emergency lights and turned his cruiser sideways to block the Corsica from leaving, and the two cars collided. Police say that Officer Hetle ordered Martinez (in Spanish and English) to get out of the car and put his hands in the air. According to the official report, Martinez did not get out of the car, and reached for something in his waistband, at which point Officer Hetle shot him twice. A knife was found on the front passenger seat in Martinez' car, under some clothes.

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1131Thomas Joseph Opalinski34MaleEuropean-American/White08/07/2001ChaskaMN44.8077139-93.5845502Scott County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, a call about a possibly suicidal and armed man brought officers to a mobile home park. Opalinski opened fire on officers, hitting one in the leg as he tried to evacuate others. Officers fired back. Opalinski kept firing through the walls of his home, until a police sniper fatally shot him.

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1130Cornelius McFarland21MaleAfrican-American/Black08/07/2001AtlantaGA33.7489954-84.3879824Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McFarland was inside his ex-girlfriend's apartment was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer after he refused to drop his gun, police said.

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19422John Taylor21MaleRace unspecified08/06/2001PhiladelphiaPA40.1121895-75.0222623Philadelphia Police Department
  • Drug overdose
  • No

John Taylor was drunk and shot a police officer. He was found dead after a 12-hour standoff.

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1128Name withheld by police37MaleRace unspecified08/06/2001RyanOK34.0200965-97.9575353Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Waurika Police Department, Ryan Police Department, Fort Worth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After a kidnapping and carjacking that started in Oklahoma and ended in Texas, an unidentified man shot and killed himself when police pinned the car against a fence.

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1129Tyrone F. Thomas34MaleAfrican-American/Black08/06/2001SpokaneWA47.6576962-117.4232142Spokane Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When Thomas visited a girlfriend who had a protective order against him, she called the police. Officers Shane Oien and James Erickson shot and killed Thomas after he allegedly drew a handgun and fired 1-4 shots at them. A witness claims Thomas was denied medical attention. He bled to death at the scene. The officers were awarded Medals of Valor in 2002.

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1127Michael Correa32MaleRace unspecified08/05/2001HanfordCA36.3103006-119.6729231Hanford Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

Michael Correa died 10 hours after he reportedly went limp as he wrestled with police, who'd pepper-sprayed and hit him with batons during his arrest.

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21917Ibuyahya Rasheed19MaleRace unspecified08/05/2001Fort WayneIN41.1166698-85.1834754Fort Wayne Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they interrupted a robbery in a hotel room and shot and killed Ibuyahya Rasheed when he shot at them.

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1126Dilcia Pena16FemaleHispanic/Latino08/04/2001New York CityNY40.649374-74.013447City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Around 9PM on August 4th, 2001 Herrera/Pena family were crossing 3rd Avenue on 46th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, when all of them were struck by NYPD officer Joseph Gray who was driving a minivan, drunk, after 12 hours of drinking and hanging out in a strip club.

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1125Maria Pena Herrera24FemaleHispanic/Latino08/04/2001New York CityNY40.649374-74.013447City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Around 9PM on August 4th, 2001 Herrera/Pena family were crossing 3rd Avenue on 46th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, when all of them were struck by NYPD officer Joseph Gray who was driving a minivan, drunk, after 12 hours of drinking and hanging out in a strip club.

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1123Andy Pena Herrera4MaleRace unspecified08/04/2001New York CityNY40.649374-74.013447City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Around 9PM on August 4th, 2001 Herrera/Pena family were crossing 3rd Avenue on 46th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, when all of them were struck by City of New York Police Department officer Joseph Gray who was driving a minivan, drunk, after 12 hours of drinking and hanging out in a strip club.

nypost.com
1122Steven Kazerski45MaleRace unspecified08/03/2001Imperial BeachCA32.5787965-117.1295967San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Steven Kazerski died from his injuries two months after a deputy shot him when he fired at officers.

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1121Gerald Benjamin Abney Jr40MaleRace unspecified08/03/2001AsheboroNC35.73132-79.944355Randolph County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Deputies took off after motorcyclist Abney when they observed him passing in a double-yellow-line zone. In several ways Abney eluded and evaded two different deputies chasing him and led them on a fairly short pursuit, ending with one of the county vehicles accidentally striking his motorcycle and killing him.

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1118Kenneth J. Drew40MaleRace unspecified08/02/2001Kansas CityMO39.1647588-94.5599718Kansas City Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Kenneth J. Drew reportedly died following a struggle with police on a I-35. Police said Drew was arrested at about 6:15 a.m. after an off-duty motorcycle officer found him standing in the highway swinging a floor lamp at traffic. Two more officers were sent to the scene and at least two off-duty officers and an officer from the police academy stopped to assist. Officers pepper sprayed Drew, handcuffed and later shackled him. Ambulance workers said Drew was facedown on the pavement when they arrived at about 6:30 a.m. He reportedly stopped breathing when he was rolled over onto a board. Ambulance workers revived Drew, but he stopped breathing again while hospitalized and died.

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1119Boyd White38MaleRace unspecified08/02/2001Washington TerraceUT41.172722-111.9766083Washington Terrace Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

White was fatally shot in the chest by an officer responding to a domestic disturbance call. White had two hunting knives that he refused to put down "despite continuous warnings."

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1120Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified08/02/2001North Miami BeachFL25.9255999-80.1616316Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two suspects robbed a rental car agency in the early evening. Police tracked them with unmarked cars, which the suspects recognized and shotgunned. Their stolen grey LaSabre crashed into a hydrant and they took off on foot running north, one of them approaching a Burger King and firing at pursuing officers. He was fatally shot. Police did not release his name.

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1117Haywood Louis Ogburn32MaleAfrican-American/Black08/01/2001HoustonTX29.778513-95.4074118Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to HPD, Ogburn resisted arrest, pointing a gun at SWAT and homicide officers. They fatally shot him.

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1116Jeremy Mendoza Purganan17MaleRace unspecified08/01/2001WaipahuHI21.4018318-158.0025448Honolulu Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Purganan was killed in a crash while fleeing police in a stolen car.

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1113Brandi Kaye Sanders Kret2FemaleRace unspecified07/29/2001North Little RockAR34.7559518-92.2617615North Little Rock Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Latarris Robinson killed a 2-year-old girl, Brandi Kaye Sanders Kret, and paralyzed a 7-year-old girl as he fled from police in a stolen car. Robinson, 24, was sentenced to 42 years in prison and fined $45,000 after his convictions for manslaughter, theft by receiving, leaving the scene of an injury accident and fleeing.

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1115Abdullah Kaamil Simmons-Muhammad15MaleAfrican-American/Black07/29/2001MinneapolisMN45.0224561-93.2968878Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, Abdullah was shot by a Minneapolis police officer after a car chase in which he was a passenger. Police say the teen raised a gun at the officer.

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1114Carter Wertheim33MaleRace unspecified07/29/2001TucsonAZ32.2862584-110.9365359Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tucson police detective Kenneth Dillard killed Wertheim, who owned a mortgage company, after finding Wertheim with Dillard's estranged wife. Dillard forced his way into the apartment leased by his wife, Shari Dillard, and shot Wertheim before shooting himself to death. Shari Dillard was not hurt.

tucsoncitizen.com
1112Joseph Mason20MaleRace unspecified07/29/2001HoustonTX29.8986289-95.4130388Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 8
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Steven Hastings, off duty, napped in his truck after a road trip. A black vehicle approached. Mason stepped out, pointed a .22-caliber rifle at Deputy Hastings and ordered him out of the truck. Mason then told Deputy Hastings to return to the truck for his wallet. Deputy Hastings took a .40-caliber pistol from the center console and shot Mason fatally in the chest. A second man stepped out of the vehicle. Deputy Hastings shot and wounded him.

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1111Kevin Pelcha26MaleRace unspecified07/28/2001Pembroke PinesFL26.0212641-80.3017831Pembroke Pines Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pelcha sat as a passenger, with his business partner, in a Dodge Ram stopped at a stop sign. A Jeep Cherokee driven by a veteran former officer and current civilian employee of the local police department. The Cherokee could not get around. This developed into a road rage incident, a physical struggle for a cell phone, and the unarmed Pelcha shot to death.

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1107Jose Luz Mares-NavarroMaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2001AustinTX30.3673562-97.7062802Austin Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mares, a Mexican national, and two or three others reportedly harassed a man outside a Diamond Shamrock convenience store. Officer Steven McCurley responded. Mares refused to drop a claw hammer. Officer McCurley shot him once, fatally, in the chest.

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1106Albert Compoz36MaleHispanic/Latino07/27/2001DenverCO39.672127-105.033509Denver Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Police arrested Campoz for assault. Police said that he was violently resisting arrest. Police used pepper spray, handcuffs and a "hobble device" to restrain him. Campoz died while being treated for the effects of the pepper spray, police said.

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1109Travis Dale Harris28MaleRace unspecified07/27/2001Oklahoma CityOK35.4032806-97.5124919Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police went to the Pine Ridge Apartments to check on a tip of a methamphetamine lab operating in the apartment, police said. When officers arrived, they reported smelling chemicals used in meth production. They arrested three men, but Harris tried to escape through the back door. He saw more officers and ran inside the apartment and barricaded himself in a bedroom. Around 10 hours later, officers heard two gunshots in the bedroom, and police found Harris dead with a handgun and an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face.

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1110Andrea Nicole Reedy32FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/27/2001HamptonVA37.0306057-76.3430461Hampton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reedy was the subject of an early-morning low-speed chase for driving erratically. When officers boxed her in she threatened them with her car, and was fatally shot. A grand jury returned no indictments for the controversial incident but had recommendations, including that one of the police involved should undergo "therapy for aggressive behavior".

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1108Ricky Moore Jr.22MaleAfrican-American/Black07/27/2001CincinnatiOH39.1484801-84.5533137Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Moore was wandering the neighborhood with a gun. He fired on police who caught up with him and was shot and killed.

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1104Alfred Torres23MaleHispanic/Latino07/26/2001ProvidenceRI41.8171545-71.4261832Rhode Island State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police attention was drawn to an unregistered Buick with four people in it because of minor traffic violations. Torres was a passenger and one of four people in the car. Before the traffic stop police saw a pistol thrown out of the car—they later recovered a .22—and during the stop Torres made movements the police found suspicious and threatening. He was shot once in the head.

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21458Patricia Trammell46FemaleRace unspecified07/26/2001NewarkNJ40.7311922-74.1746608Newark Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patricia Trammell was hit by a speeding and stolen Lexus as she was crossing Broad Street in Newark near police headquarters and City Hall. The police said that the Lexus was going about 100 miles per hour when it struck her and that it was being pursued by officers who saw the driver trying to burglarize a vehicle. Ali Carney, 23, was charged with murder.

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20097Darwin L. Wittig51MaleRace unspecified07/26/2001AlmondWI44.2617055-89.3675077Portage County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to a rural Almond home on a report of a man with a gun. During the incident, a shot was fired, and a 51-year-old Almond man was killed. Police were called to the home because the man had been threatening to harm people with his gun.

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1103Charmene Pickering27FemaleRace unspecified07/26/2001New York CityNY40.6461212-73.957361New York State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Slug grazed driver's shoulder when he bumped into a trooper who had drawn his 9-mm. weapon. The bullet then struck Charmene Pickering, 27, who was in the passenger seat, in her neck.

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1105Richard Gerald Bracklow46MaleEuropean-American/White07/26/2001Stirling CityCA39.9228431-121.5316416Butte County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lt. Larry Estes and Deputy William Hunter died in a gun battle with Richard Gerald Bracklow, who also died, inside a tiny cabin in a remote mountain area.

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20840Adrian Woodard17MaleRace unspecified07/23/2001South HavenMI42.4030865-86.2736407Bridgman Police Department, Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Adrian Woodard and two other youths allegedly stole a car in Bourbonnais, Illinois and then carjacked another vehicle in St. Joseph Township, Michigan. Police saw the cars and gave chase. The cars split up. The teen driving one of the vehicles soon surrendered. According to police, Woodard and the other boy were trying to steal another car in South Haven when officers saw them and chased them on foot into a wooded area. Police surrounded the area and told the boys to come out of the woods. As they came out, Woodard reportedly shot and killed himself.

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1102Andrew David Mays18MaleRace unspecified07/23/2001FlorenceKY35.998709-83.9602651Boone County Sheriff's Office, Florence Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mays was in a stolen car when he was approached by police in a rest area off I-75. He pulled a pellet gun and was shot and killed.

enquirer.com
1101Ricardo Barney48MaleAfrican-American/Black07/22/2001ToledoOH41.6621357-83.5549853Toledo Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police chased a 20-year-old suspect and his 14-year-old passenger in a stolen car at a high rate of speed through city streets for several blocks, which took about 35 seconds. The suspect barrelled through a busy intersection and struck the vehicle of married couple Ricardo Barney and Darlene Barney, killing them both.

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1100Darlene Barney44FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/22/2001ToledoOH41.6621357-83.5549853Toledo Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police chased a 20-year-old suspect and his 14-year-old passenger in a stolen car at a high rate of speed through city streets for several blocks, which took about 35 seconds. The suspect barrelled through a busy intersection and struck the vehicle of married couple Ricardo Barney and Darlene Barney, killing them both.

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1099Julian "Boo Boo" Celaya25MaleHispanic/Latino07/21/2001FresnoCA36.7286224-119.7539555Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Celaya and three others stole two 12 packs of beer from a store and drove away. Police surrounded the van and three surrendered. Celaya attempted to drive away. Police fired as many as 45 shots and killed Celaya. He was unarmed. Protests followed. The DA found the killing justified because they believed Celaya was armed. The family filed a wrongful death suit on 7/27/01, outcome not found via web search

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1098Name withheld by police40MaleRace unspecified07/20/2001PalmdaleCA34.5801973-118.0850512Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unnamed 40-year-old man died after his car flipped in a Palmdale field following a high-speed chase.

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21457Crystal Lee aka Chrystal C. Lee17FemaleRace unspecified07/19/2001NewarkNJ40.7437314-74.1949328Newark Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Rashad Cotten, and two 17-year-olds were the occupants of an SUV, which was fleeing police when it crashed into Crystal Lee, killing her, and paralyzing 19-year-old Curtis Berry. An unidentified 17-year-old allegedly was driving.

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1097Elizabeth Withers33FemaleRace unspecified07/18/2001IndianapolisIN39.77921-86.157625Cumberland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Withers was gravely injured when her car was struck by a speeding suspect in a high-speed chase with police in the downtown core of Indianapolis. She died of her injuries a week later, in the same hospital where she'd worked as a pediatric nurse.

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19453Larry Johnson33MaleRace unspecified07/18/2001MiracleKY36.7139858-83.5286111Bell County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Johnson shot and killed the mother of his 7-year-old child, Donna Sue Newcomer, when they were doing a custody exchange. He was shot and killed by two Bell County Sheriff's deputies.

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1096Hakijah Ogbonna Ector24MaleAfrican-American/Black07/18/2001DenverCO39.7654077-104.9198532Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were responding to a shooting. When they arrived, two people were fighting over a gun. One pointed it at police, and he was shot and killed.

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19454Donna Sue Newcomer28FemaleRace unspecified07/18/2001MiracleKY36.7139858-83.5286111Bell County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Larry Johnson shot and killed the mother of his 7-year-old child, Donna Sue Newcomer, when they were doing a custody exchange. He was shot and killed by two Bell County Sheriff's deputies.

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21456Willie May Stewart52FemaleRace unspecified07/17/2001Cherry HillNJ39.9052111-74.9663013Voorhees Township Police Department, Cherry Hill Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An unidentified boy, 16, took the family car after his family were in bed. He fled a police stop and crashed into Willie May Stewart, killing her.

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1092Willie Greenlow19MaleRace unspecified07/16/2001OmahaNE41.2687547-95.9743442Omaha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A woman called 911 just after 1 p.m. and said her husband was threatening her with a gun. She called again 10 minutes later to say she'd escaped, but that her 4-year-old child remained inside. As police approached the apartment, 8-10 shots were reportedly fired, and OPD officer Alfred Orsi and DCSD deputy Guy Williamson returned fire. Police said two officers were injured—officer Juan Fortier sustained a leg injury from metal shrapnel from a nearby car and officer Dave Preston sustained cuts to his face when a car window was shot out. The child was physically unharmed.

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1094Roderick Lee "Crash" Bertolette33MaleRace unspecified07/16/2001FresnoCA36.8086703-119.8532173Fresno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roderick Lee Bertolette was killed in a shootout during a drug bust at a northwest Fresno motel that also left officer Julian Cruz Vinton Jr. recovering from bullet wounds to his leg, wrist and face.

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1093Maziar Badie25MaleMiddle Eastern07/16/2001West HollywoodCA34.0949458-118.3655413Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Maziar Badie, a 25-year-old white male, died after being shot in West Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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1095Frank Hurtado22MaleRace unspecified07/16/2001San BernardinoCA34.1358584-117.2436702San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police fatally shot Frank Hurtado when he fired at officers during a standoff.

latimes.com
22273Anthony Jerome Downing Jr.21MaleRace unspecified07/16/2001NorfolkVA36.8839263-76.2820259Norfolk Police Department, Old Dominion University Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Anthony Jerome Downing Jr. after he fled a traffic stop and wounded an Old Dominion University police officer.

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21430Robert Charles Pennepacker41MaleRace unspecified07/15/2001Perry HallMD39.3947417-76.4275933Baltimore County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Pennepacker was shot by Officer Kevin C. Felbinger after police conducted a nearly five-hour search for him, police said. Police were called to the home after Kathy Rasinski reported Pennepacker was intoxicated and armed with a shotgun. When police arrived, he went into the woods behind the home with a shotgun. When Felbinger spotted him, he raised the gun and was shot and killed.

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1090Christopher Ingle20MaleRace unspecified07/15/2001AshevilleNC35.533609-82.605341Asheville Police Department, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Ingle fled from a violent 3 a.m. confrontation with his father and sister where he'd critically wounded both of them. Chased by local and county officers, he pulled into the parking lot of a Holiday Inn and fired his shotgun. He was killed by return fire—6 of the 30 rounds fired at him struck him.

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1091Michael Duarte22MaleHispanic/Latino07/15/2001La HabraCA33.9294702-117.9430717La Habra Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot Michael Duarte after he pointed a sawed-off shotgun at them after a two-block foot chase.

latimes.com
1087Rene Romain19MaleRace unspecified07/14/2001BostonMA42.2673035-71.0937268Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Romain was identified to police by the victim of a knife assault in a nearby pizza restaurant. When approached by two officers, Romain threatened them with a 12-inch knife, making several slashing motions. One officer shot him in the stomach. He lost too much blood from the stomach wound to be revived at hospital.

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1088Tyron Johnson30MaleRace unspecified07/14/2001BakersfieldCA35.3732921-119.0187125Bakersfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Tyron Johnson when he shot and wounded the officer and a bystander.

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21918Robert E. Franklin Jr.40MaleRace unspecified07/14/2001AvonIN39.7544411-86.4136394Avon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Andrew Manek responded to a domestic disturbance with shots fired and shot and killed Robert Franklin when he came to the door with a gun.

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1089Ryan Dean Farr29MaleRace unspecified07/14/2001TucsonAZ32.2070551-110.8979062Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Farr, who police said appeared suicidal, was shot after he confronted his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend with a knife and then threatened officers with a knife.

tucsoncitizen.com
1085Kevin Dale Cox38MaleEuropean-American/White07/13/2001LubbockTX33.5150163-101.8869666Lubbock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer accidentally shot Sergeant Cox in the back of the head while officers were trying to remove a barricaded man from a residence.

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1086Larry Gene Brown27MaleAfrican-American/Black07/13/2001OxnardCA34.2036005-119.1776076Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Timothy Kelley and Jack Kujawa shot Larry Gene Brown when he pointed a gun at them at Posters Donuts.

latimes.com
1084Leroy Casanelli83MaleRace unspecified07/12/2001SacramentoCA38.5681389-121.4423207Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Leroy Casanelli died three days after he was shot by a member of the SPD's SWAT team when he pointed a shotgun at an officer during a standoff at his home.

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1081Jerome Walker57MaleRace unspecified07/12/2001DeWittAR34.2989869-91.331679DeWitt Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

DeWitt police officer Dustin Heath James, 23, shot and killed Jerome Walker, 57, of DeWitt, outside the man's home, ending a six-hour standoff that began as a domestic disturbance call. Walker was killed by a single gunshot fired by he came out of the house and fired a shot at officers.

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1083Gerald Hollis31MaleRace unspecified07/12/2001West Palm BeachFL26.7466654-80.0504248West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A motorcycle officer investigating reports of a burglary stepped around the corner of a house to find Hollis holding a knife, and part of a window that had been sliced and removed. According to the officer Hollis refused to drop the knife and was shot to death. This was the fourth on-duty shooting for the officer.

sun-sentinel.com
1082Melvin Holland20MaleRace unspecified07/12/2001OrlandoFL28.5549873-81.4200967Orange County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Holland was the passenger in a stolen car pulled over by police. During the traffic stop Holland and the driver approached the police and made threatening gestures. Although the driver was armed and Holland was not, Holland was fatally shot in the stomach. Police later said the shooting might have been accidental.

orlandosentinel.com
1080David Menard39MaleRace unspecified07/11/2001MercedCA37.2955772-120.4756133Merced Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

David Menard reportedly led police on a low-speed chase, then shot himself in front of the Marie Green Psychiatric Center after a brief standoff.

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1079Zacheus Anderson22MaleRace unspecified07/11/2001ColumbiaSC34.0689434-80.9582806Richland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zacheus Anderson was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies after he apparently went on a shooting rampage. Anderson man was involved in at least three shooting incidents just before he opened fire on several deputies and was shot and killed.

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1078Charles Gray Smith22MaleRace unspecified07/11/2001AugustaGA33.4863296-82.1141212Richmond County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Smith was fleeing Richmond County sheriff's deputies on a motorcycle when he lost control of his bike and hit a guardrail, police said.

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19414Anthony Donald Wood32MaleRace unspecified07/11/2001NottinghamPA39.7248414-76.0643435Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were told Wood was making threatening phone calls to his estranged wife at her job in New Jersey. He had been calling his wife, from whom he is separated, and reportedly told her he had been drinking, and he had a loaded 12-gauge shotgun. He said he was going to kill her and then himself. New Jersey Police were notified, and they determined he was making the calls from his home in the 100 block of Pleasant Drive in West Nottingham. Pennsylvania State Police were contacted and went to serve an involuntary emergency commitment warrant to Wood. Police arrived at the house, but Wood would not come out or answer them. Eventually, Wood came out of the house with a shotgun and started walking toward the corner of his property. At that time, Trooper Barry Brinser fired three shots from his "non-lethal AL-6" weapon but did not incapacitate him. He stopped and pointed the shotgun in the direction of Cpl. Martin Henry and Cpl. William White. The troopers fired three shots—Henry fired two shots, White fired one—from their guns at Wood, hitting all three times, killing him.

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1076Randy G. Leathers18MaleRace unspecified07/10/2001DunnellonFL29.0416773-82.4819385Crystal River Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Leathers was a pedestrian struck and killed as he walked down the centerline of a highway, in dark clothes, rigidly "as if at attention." He was thrown more than 30 feet by the impact. The driver was an off-duty deputy with a spotty driving record, with a license suspended twice and a history including at least two crashes.

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1075Dan Taylor54MaleRace unspecified07/10/2001BrandonMS32.288108-90.037457Jackson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Taylor was shot and killed after fleeing the scene of a bank robbery, leading police on a 10-mile chase. The chase ended in the Crossroads subdivision where Taylor's father lived. Taylor was chased down and allegedly tried to take his father hostage before officers shot him.

google.com
1073James Johnson19MaleRace unspecified07/10/2001CharlestonSC32.793105-79.9476782Charleston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Johnson participated in a string of armed robberies downtown, shot at officers who chased him, invaded a stranger's home and wounded a police officer. He was shot dead by another officer who saw Johnson approaching with a gun.

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23118Joshua Phillip Morgan21MaleRace unspecified07/10/2001UnionWV37.591512-80.5436807West Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers V.S. Deeds and T.D. Bradley shot Joshua Morgan after he allegedly ran from them during a traffic stop and fired a handgun. Police said Morgan was wanted in Greenbrier County on warrants for drug and theft charges. An autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist, John T. Cooper, M.D., showed that Morgan was shot several times, in the arm and the head. According to the autopsy report, "Death was the result of multiple bullet wounds to the head, administered at close range by one or more handguns. Three of these injuries exhibit characteristics of contact wounds. This injury pattern indicates purposeful execution of a defenseless victim." Morgan's mother believed her son was murdered because of his knowledge about the illegal conduct of some officers, which included drug sales and buying alcohol for underage girls in exchange for sex. She said they'd harassed and threatened her son in the weeks before his death.

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1077Rodney "Lucky" Stevenson38MaleRace unspecified07/10/2001San FranciscoCA37.7852675-122.4114319San Francisco Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot Rodney "Lucky" Stevenson on the fire escape of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church when he brandished a pistol.

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1074John A. Tall Chief35MaleNative American/Alaskan07/10/2001PawhuskaOK36.6764565-96.3172489Osage Nation Tribal Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received a report of a man pointing a firearm at people on Main Street. The suspect was located in the Pawhuska Indian Village. Officers stopped the suspect's vehicle. Two officers, weapons drawn, repeatedly ordered the suspect out of his vehicle, but Tallchief continued to move around the front seat of his pickup truck. Tallchief got out of the vehicle and allegedly rushed toward one of the officers who ordered him to stop several times as he retreated. But Tallchief continued charging the officer, at which time the officer shot and killed him.

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1072Name withheld by police14FemaleRace unspecified07/09/2001AnchorageAK61.3636716-149.5164473Anchorage Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patrol Officer Wollam was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by Robert M. Esper. The vehicle was being pursued by law enforcement officers for several traffic violations. While in pursuit, the vehicle crossed the median into opposing traffic and struck Officer Wollam's cruiser. Officer Wollam was killed instantly. The driver and two passengers were also killed in this accident.

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1071Makayla Lewis16FemaleRace unspecified07/09/2001AnchorageAK61.3636716-149.5164473Anchorage Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patrol Officer Wollam was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by Robert M. Esper. The vehicle was being pursued by law enforcement officers for several traffic violations. While in pursuit, the vehicle crossed the median into opposing traffic and struck Officer Wollam's cruiser. Officer Wollam was killed instantly. The driver and two passengers were also killed in this accident.

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1070Justin Todd Wollam28MaleEuropean-American/White07/09/2001AnchorageAK61.3636716-149.5164473Anchorage Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patrol Officer Wollam was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by Robert M. Esper. The vehicle was being pursued by law enforcement officers for several traffic violations. While in pursuit, the vehicle crossed the median into opposing traffic and struck Officer Wollam's cruiser. Officer Wollam was killed instantly. The driver and two passengers were also killed in this accident.

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1069Robert M. Esper19MaleRace unspecified07/09/2001AnchorageAK61.2954102-149.5883101Anchorage Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Patrol Officer Wollam was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by Robert M. Esper. The vehicle was being pursued by law enforcement officers for several traffic violations. While in pursuit, the vehicle crossed the median into opposing traffic and struck Officer Wollam's cruiser. Officer Wollam was killed instantly. The driver and two passengers were also killed in this accident.

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1067James Guinter51MaleRace unspecified07/09/2001WarsawOH40.3353465-82.006807Coshocton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy James McDonald shot and killed James Guinter, 51, after he went to Guinter's home in a remote area about 1 mile south of Warsaw. McDonald was investigating an allegation that Guinter fondled a girl in a Warsaw grocery store. Guinter shot at McDonald from his front door. The deputy's bullet proof vest stopped the round. Guinter chased McDonald around an attached garage, then the deputy shot and killed him.

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1068Raymond Leonard Youngberg Jr.50MaleEuropean-American/White07/09/2001PortlandOR45.5295528-122.6463158Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot and killed after pulling gun on police after woman complained he touched her

portlandtribune.com
1066Benjamin W. Hillaire55MaleNative American/Alaskan07/07/2001Birch BayWA48.9473874-122.7866251Whatcom County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lummi Tribal member Ben Hillaire was killed by Whatcom County Sheriff's Deputy Rod Cadman. Cadman shot Hillaire five times while at his home in response to a 911 hang-up call. When a 911 operator called back, there was no answer at the Hillaire home. Cadman was dispatched to the residence to do a welfare check on the occupants. Upon his arrival, he discovered the family had been involved in a domestic dispute. Hillaire?s girlfriend Mira Valencia told Cadman that Hillaire had injured her. After a struggle, Hillaire was shot and killed.

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1062Charles Sims16MaleRace unspecified07/06/2001Baton RougeLA30.5042582-91.1173755East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Charles Sims was killed in a crash while fleeing from deputy Davin Smith, who'd tried to stop him on a traffic violation.

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1060Richard Vaughn Dutson Jr.39MaleRace unspecified07/06/2001DenverCO39.7486175-104.9786876Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Investigating a carjacking and following a chaotic pursuit and several crashes, Dutson tried to run over police and was shot and killed.

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22272Dewey Lee Summerlin44MaleRace unspecified07/06/2001Rocky MountVA37.0197501-79.8883513Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Rocky Mount Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Dewey Lee Summerlin shot and killed himself when he was surrounded by police after abducting Jennifer Barker and taking her around the East Coast over a week's time. Summerlin's son, Lee, 15, accompanied them. They were spotted in a parking lot in Rocky Mount.

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20098Nester Luis DeJesus25MaleHispanic/Latino07/06/2001TampaFL27.9437318-82.5086503Tampa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Nester Luis DeJesus robbed a Bank of America and escaped to The Crossing apartment complex where he got into an altercation with police. A police officer was slain and another was wounded as they chased DeJesus into the apartment complex, sparking a four-hour standoff. The standoff ended when DeJesus killed himself inside the barricaded apartment of an innocent bystander.

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1063Billy Ray Stone53MaleRace unspecified07/06/2001SaltilloMS34.3697393-88.6786328Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Billy Ray Stone kidnapped Charlene Wright and was chased by Lee County Sheriff's deputies after fleeing at a roadblock. Wright was ejected and run over (by the Sheriff's car) during the chase. Stone crashed and killed Sheriff Harold Ray Presley during a shootout. Stone was then shot and beaten by deputies. He died from his injuries. Wright died the following day.

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1061James Edward Sharpley33MaleAfrican-American/Black07/06/2001TannerAL34.6280656-86.9108772Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Edward Sharpley was shot and killed by state conservation officer John Raley after Raley chased Sharpley for reportedly driving dangerously.

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1064Charlene Wright55FemaleRace unspecified07/06/2001TupeloMS34.3034991-88.6295084Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Charlene Wright was kidnapped by Billy Ray Stone and was thrown from Stone's truck as Lee County Sheriff's deputies pursued. Sheriff Harold Ray Presley's patrol car ran over Wright following her ejection from Stone's truck. She died a day later.

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1065Nam Quoc Nguyen21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/06/2001Garden GroveCA33.788535-117.9586376Garden Grove Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Nam Quoc Nguyen Nguyen when he emerged from his car with a gun.

latimes.com
1059Kevin Auggie Fincke35MaleRace unspecified07/05/2001SeasideCA36.6285346-121.8377513California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Kevin Auggie Fincke was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a pickup truck while fleeing from the CHP.

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1058Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified07/05/2001Stone MountainGA33.8210055-84.1940153DeKalb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An eight-hour standoff at a DeKalb County apartment complex ended with an unidentified man killing himself. Police said the man had holed himself up at the Parklake Apartments following a domestic dispute.

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22683Larry Dewayne Lambert48MaleRace unspecified07/05/2001KnoxvilleTN35.9431023-83.9994936Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Larry Lambert allegedly killed himself after a gunfight with Knoxville officers Norman Rickman and Jim Vichich. Lambert allegedly pulled a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol from his pants and shot Rickman in the chest after being pulled over for a minor traffic violation. He then exchanged gunfire with the two officers and sustained several bullet wounds before turning the gun on himself, police said.

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22271Joey Franklin Kerns38MaleRace unspecified07/04/2001WinchesterVA39.1750943-78.1486609Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joey Franklin Kerns was suspected of firing a shot through the windshield of a woman's unoccupied car in Berryville shortly after 3 p.m. He was shot and killed by a Virginia State Police trooper after a pursuit through Clarke and Frederick counties, police said.

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1055Fiti-velevele Maile58MaleRace unspecified07/04/2001Ewa BeachHI21.3746129-158.0300852Honolulu Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Maile had a blood-alcohol level of twice the legal driving limit when his car overturned, and he was killed in the crash during a high-speed chase by police.

honoluluadvertiser.com
1056Robert W. Furler44MaleRace unspecified07/04/2001New TripoliPA40.6834852-75.781233Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Charismatic minister Furler walked out of his house in a black mask and dressed as a ninja at 4:30 a.m., ending overnight negotiations on an involuntary psychiatric evaluation order. He levelled a shotgun at state troopers and was fatally shot. After the shooting police pointed out that he'd been heavily armed, including a sword, and that his family hadn't been as cooperative as they would have liked.

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1057Perry B. Keifer41MaleRace unspecified07/04/2001North HollywoodCA34.1404087-118.3701284Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Perry Keifer was reportedly found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after SWAT officers fired tear gas into the Unocal 76 station at Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue, then entered the building.

latimes.com
21919Jimmy J. Russell24MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2001ElkhartIN41.7230867-85.9727763Elkhart Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, police were looking to arrest Jimmie Russell for some warrants, and he pulled a gun, and he was shot and killed in a fight.

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1052Randy Lee Stroble35MaleRace unspecified07/03/2001WarsawMO38.2430811-93.3818711Warsaw Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer John Platt shot and killed unarmed Randy Stroble as he backed away in thigh-deep water. Stroble had fled from a hearing at the Benton County Courthouse after a judge said he'd have to take a blood-alcohol test. Stroble ran through a boggy area where he allegedly taunted Platt, splashed water at him and told Platt that he'd have to shoot him to bring him in. Platt had his gun drawn as Stroble backed away from him. The two men then disappeared from view before witnesses reported hearing gunshots about two minutes later. A coroner's jury ruled that Platt wasn't acting in self-defense.

ljworld.com
1054Brandon Lee Lewis Carney21MaleEuropean-American/White07/03/2001OwassoOK36.2761021-95.8256589Owasso Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Lee Lewis Carney and three others allegedly were causing a disturbance at the swimming pool of Green's Apartments, when the apartment's management called police. Officer Shaun Jones was assaulted as he confronted the four men involved in the disturbance. Carney was shot and killed when he went for Jones' gun.

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1053Kirk M. Massie48MaleRace unspecified07/03/2001SparksOK35.6081226-96.8211333Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kirk M. Massie, 48, died after being shot three times by an agent after barricading himself in a bathroom and pointing a double-barreled shotgun at officers, police said. Narcotics agents and Lincoln County deputies went to Massie's home to serve a search warrant.

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19455Harold G. "Jay" Lee Jr.29MaleRace unspecified07/02/2001CeciliaKY37.6396918-86.0030317Elizabethtown Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Following a high-speed chase, Elizabethtown Police Officer William Bland accidentally fired a shot that killed a passenger in the car, Harold G. "Jay" Lee. Randall Babb, the driver of the vehicle, fled the scene after the vehicle was stopped and was apprehended a short time later. Babb was indicted in Hardin County on 11 charges, including complicity to commit manufacturing in methamphetamine.

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20099Josh Steif20MaleRace unspecified07/02/2001BonduelWI44.6603306-88.4362009Shawano County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Josh Steif was reported to have threatened his sister with a gun. When officers arrived at the home, Steif had left with a rifle, but he later rode by on a bicycle and threatened officers with the gun. He continued to work his way toward the house where family members were. At one point, Steif put the gun under his chin and threatened to shoot himself. When he was going toward the entrance of the house, officers shot and killed him.

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22685David Eugene Minis56MaleRace unspecified07/01/2001DonelsonTN36.1530415-86.6276788Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had been searching for David Minis in connection with the shooting death of 52-year-old Robert Lewis Criswell. They found him in a hotel parking lot, where he took a hostage and was shot and killed.

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22684Mitchell Todd Ledford Jr.23MaleRace unspecified07/01/2001HixsonTN35.132327-85.2667634Chattanooga Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police said Mitchell Ledford was suspected of several burglaries when he barricaded himself inside a house and committed suicide during a SWAT team standoff.

google.com
1051Sengsadaphet Phongsavanh29MaleAsian/Pacific Islander07/01/2001BeavertonOR45.4430491-122.8269958Beaverton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were summoned to an apartment complex on a 911 call describing a "mental subject armed with a knife." Almost immediately on arrival officers were confronted by Phongsavanh charging at them down a grassy hill with a knife overhead. He died of five bullet wounds.

seattlepi.com
1050Jonathon Russell25MaleEuropean-American/White07/01/2001Jefferson CityMO38.5736064-92.1710259Jefferson City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jonathon Russell killed three people and wounded four others at a manufacturing plant before shooting himself in front of police headquarters. Russell, an employee at the Modine Manufacturing, opened fire at around 10:45 p.m. shortly after arriving for the night shift. Russell first shot and killed two co-workers, Terry Wilson, 44, and Ricky Boortz, 29, then walked toward the exit, shooting supervisor Tim Wilbers, 44, who died enroute to the hospital. Russell then got into a pickup truck, drove about six miles into town and pulled into an alley next to police headquarters, where he was spotted by officer Patrick McCutcheon. As McCutcheon approached, Russell reportedly fired at least one shot and McCutcheon returned fire. It was unclear whether McCutcheon's shots also struck Russell.

wnd.com
1046Diana Reese40FemaleEuropean-American/White06/30/2001Missouri ValleyIA41.5563713-95.8877767Missouri Valley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Aaron Brensel responded to a neighbor's complaint that two people were engaging in sexual activity in Diana Reese's front yard. When Brensel arrived, Reese reportedly went inside and returned with a knife or a screwdriver. According to police, she began arguing with the man she was with and stabbed him in the forearm. Reese then allegedly threatened Brensel, who fired two shots, killing Reese.

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1049Cuong Tran33MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/30/2001SyracuseNY43.0714158-76.151715Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

For reasons unknown Tran locked himself in his apartment on an evening with his wife gone to methodically stab his three young sons. Two of them were killed and the third gravely wounded with his throat cut. Neighbors were able to see him through the windows, completely bloodied. Local police shot him to death.

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1045Orlando Armstrong32MaleRace unspecified06/30/2001East St. LouisIL38.607931-90.109821East St. Louis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were chasing Orlando Armstrong at about 2 a.m., and said they'd fired a single warning shot before finding him dead moments later in a backyard with a pistol nearby. An official investigation said that Armstrong had shot himself.

google.com
21455Danny Larkin13MaleEuropean-American/White06/30/2001Hamilton TownshipNJ40.217419-74.658921Mercer County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Danny Larkin, son of Kevin Larkin, chief warrant officer for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, died of a shot fired from a .40-caliber Glock semi- automatic handgun, police said. Danny got the gun from his father's truck.

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1047Jeremy Pickup22MaleRace unspecified06/30/2001ChouteauOK36.2266649-95.3300019Mayes County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Sheriff Jeff Yarborough was responding to a report of two intoxicated people in a parking lot at the Mid-America Industrial Park. When Yarborough arrived, the man ran. The deputy chased Pickup around two buildings before cornering him. At that point, the man began walking toward Yarborough, threatening to take his gun away and kill him. Pickup ignored repeated orders to get on the ground and charged at the deputy, who shot and killed him.

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21431Dwayne Thomas Lynch21MaleRace unspecified06/30/2001DundalkMD39.2703131-76.506076Baltimore County Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A detective saw two men, whom he suspected of drug activity, in a Jeep on Merritt Boulevard, police said. The men fled and fired several shots at police while leading them through residential streets. At Holabird and Monumental avenues, the Jeep ran a red light and was struck by a pickup truck, killing Dwayne Lynch and injuring his passenger.

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1048Scott Andrew Curtis43MaleRace unspecified06/30/2001Elk CityOK35.4016204-99.3892104Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shot and killed after leading troopers on a car chase.

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1044Raimond Quintin29MaleRace unspecified06/29/2001Santa CruzCA36.9748194-122.0196115Santa Cruz Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Rudy Escalante and 5 other officers shot into Raimond Quintin's van at around 2 p.m., when he waved a gun at them as they tried to arrest him after a long standoff.

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1042Kyle Britt14MaleRace unspecified06/26/2001CozadNE40.9752442-99.9165987Cozad Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

14-year-old Kyle Britt reportedly sneaked out just before midnight, took his mother's 1992 Pontiac Bonneville, ran a stop sign and was driving erratically before he led officers Steve Molden and John Westman on a nearly 10-mile pursuit. Britt lost control and was ejected from the Pontiac as it rolled into a ditch, where the car pinned him. A grand jury decided that police were not at fault in Britt's death.

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1041Lucienne Crystal Hurst20FemaleRace unspecified06/26/2001HinesvilleGA31.7902431-81.6181299Fort Stewart Military Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hurst, a 32-year-old staff sergeant at Fort Stewart, killed his wife, then shot himself. Three months pregnant, she'd told him she wanted a divorce.

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1040Bertran Hurst32MaleRace unspecified06/26/2001HinesvilleGA31.7902431-81.6181299Fort Stewart Military Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Hurst, a 32-year-old staff sergeant at Fort Stewart, killed his wife, then shot himself. Three months pregnant, she'd told him she wanted a divorce.

google.com
1043Alan Adams18MaleRace unspecified06/26/2001CeresCA37.5582212-120.9207524California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

CHP officer John Speers shot and killed Alan Adams after an hour-long high-speed chase when Adams drove at him.

findlaw.com
1037Marc Turpin32MaleRace unspecified06/25/2001ManchesterMO38.5724341-90.505312Manchester Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Mike Huffman and Josh Niewoehner shot Marc Turpin, a mentally disturbed man who allegedly twice lifted a 2-feet-long pruning saw over his head to strike officer Thomas C. Koch Jr. in a confrontation at Turpin's parents' home. Huffman was flagged down at 3:14 a.m. by Turpin's father, who said he needed help because his son was acting violently. Huffman radioed for assistance, and Niewoehner and Koch responded. According to police, Turpin charged at Koch with the saw and struck him on the head twice before Koch could raise his arms to block the blows. The officers reportedly maced Turpin and hit him with batons before deciding they were out of other options. Turpin died at a hospital.

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1036Leonard A. "Tony" Moore37MaleRace unspecified06/25/2001ColumbusOH39.9372522-82.9593955Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Moore lunged at them with a knife during a domestic disturbance call. He was shot and killed.

enquirer.com
1038James Britton Morris36MaleRace unspecified06/25/2001NormanOK35.2135419-97.415486Norman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Lonnie Kiener shot James Morris after ordering him to stop stabbing his wife in front of their house. Morris had stabbed his son, Heath Morris, who died from multiple stab wounds, police said.

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1039Raymundo T. Espinoza52MaleRace unspecified06/25/2001MesaAZ33.3685811-111.8903291Mesa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mesa police shot and killed Espinoza who was living in a group home for mentally and physically disabled residents after he threatened officers and the house's occupants with a knife, police said. The home's caregiver called to report that Espinoza was threatening him and the home's two other residents. The officers shot Espinoza with non-lethal beanbag rounds after they said he approached them with the knife at the front door. The man ran into the kitchen, and officers followed. Martinez said he ignored repeated orders to put down the knife. Espinoza advanced toward the officers and was threatening them with a butcher knife when all four officers shot and killed him.

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1034Julie Michelle McLean33FemaleRace unspecified06/24/2001GreshamOR45.5398104-122.4778877Portland Police Bureau
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

McLean, 33, of Battle Ground, Wash., died instantly when a Datsun 280Z driven by Wayne Cole at speeds reaching 120 mph smashed into a tree in Gresham on June 24.

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1035Felipe Alvarado22MaleHispanic/Latino06/24/2001PhoenixAZ33.4392956-112.0957034Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Alvarado was wanted for questioning regarding the robbery and beating of a taxi driver. He attempted to flee, hitting an officer with his car, before officers shot and killed him.

google.com
1031Bradley Wadds Morton58MaleRace unspecified06/23/2001Long BeachCA33.7826082-118.177967Long Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bradley Wadds Morton was killed in a collision with a drunk driver fleeing police.

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1030Bernardo Ancheta Caberto55MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/23/2001HendersonNV36.0248192-115.0854228Henderson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Henderson police officer saw Bernardo Ancheta Caberto blatantly run a red light on Green Valley Parkway just south of I-215 and pulled him over. Caberto became agitated during the traffic stop, complaining that he was late for his job as a security guard. The officer called for another officer from his portable radio, but its batteries were not working. When he called from the radio in his car, he was told that there were no backup units available. Caberto continued to be agitated, and eventually grabbed a knife from his vehicle and charged the officer, who fired twice, killing him.

google.com
1032Keith Thomas Ewing34MaleRace unspecified06/23/2001Simi ValleyCA34.2637391-118.7638048Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty LAPD officer Geno Patrick Colello pulled up in front of Kenneth Thomase Ewing's Simi Valley house in a white pickup truck and fired at least five shots at Ewing, who was outside washing his own truck, before shooting himself.

thefreelibrary.com
1028Torrence Mull16MaleRace unspecified06/23/2001St. LouisMO38.6671103-90.2303772St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Anthony Martin shot Torrence Mull once when he allegedly pulled a BB pistol out of his waistband in an aggressive manner.

midwestpeaceprocess.com
1029Dorothy Zakrzewicz70FemaleRace unspecified06/23/2001HillsideIL41.8632073-87.8825934La Grange Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dorothy Zakrzewicz was killed when the car she was in was hit by a vehicle fleeing police. Julie B. Zaitz, 35, was charged with reckless homicide, felony fleeing and eluding police, aggravated driving under the influence of drugs, and aggravated battery of a police officer.

chicagotribune.com
1033Robert Glenn Crawford72MaleEuropean-American/White06/23/2001PrincetonMN45.5865257-93.5205492Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, deputies were responding to a disturbance call at a home in Princeton Township. Crawford reportedly ran into the house and fetched a shotgun. Deputies went inside, saw Crawford raising the shotgun and opened fire.

ecmpublishers.info
1025Richard Waters30MaleRace unspecified06/22/2001St. LouisMO38.5532514-90.4219105Shrewsbury Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Richard Waters reportedly committed suicide after a carjacking and police chase. According to police, Waters sought help from a friend after the carjacking. The friend instead called police, setting off the chase that ended when Waters shot himself. Waters died at a hospital.

google.com
20100Jasen Lamson25MaleRace unspecified06/22/2001MilwaukeeWI43.0697465-87.9486109Milwaukee Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jasen Lamson, 25, was named in a warrant charging him with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide when police attempted to arrest him. Police exchanged more than 100 gunshots with Lamson, who was holed up in a west side house with two guns and at least one hand grenade, before he killed himself, ending a 22-hour standoff. Police used a large amount of tear gas in an attempt to drive Lamson out of the building. The tear gas did not seem to affect Lamson, who remained in regular telephone communication with police. Officers took positions on the porch late Friday morning and fired concussion grenades into the building. Officers entered the house and found Lamson had shot himself in the chest.

google.com
1026Ralph Meyer44MaleRace unspecified06/22/2001EdmondOK35.6611941-97.4833702Edmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Meyer was killed by Edmond Officers John Zeigler, Jason Stearns and Kyle Stoy after he killed one man and wounded another in an Edmond neighborhood.

newsok.com
1027Glenda Lee Reymer48FemaleEuropean-American/White06/22/2001Long BeachCA33.852426-118.1867324Long Beach Police Department
  • Other
  • Less-than-lethal force

After a violent seizure, an addled Reymer made a bogus 911 call stating that her boyfriend had overdosed. When paramedics and police determined that he was fine, she became angry and threatened them with a knife. After a stand-off in the street, the ill 89-pound woman was shot with bean bags, which killed her.

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1023Carolyn Petrillo39FemaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2001AuroraCO39.7028558-104.77996Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Aurora police officer George Petrillo wrote out a suicide note, then killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself.The woman's two teenage sons apparently slept through the gunfire before awakening around 9 a.m. to discover the bodies in the family's three-bedroom condominium

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1022Knight Petrillo4MaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2001AuroraCO39.7028558-104.77996Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Aurora police officer George Petrillo wrote out a suicide note, then killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself.The woman's two teenage sons apparently slept through the gunfire before awakening around 9 a.m. to discover the bodies in the family's three-bedroom condominium

docketalarm.com
1021Gabrielle Petrillo6FemaleEuropean-American/White06/21/2001AuroraCO39.7028558-104.77996Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Aurora police officer George Petrillo wrote out a suicide note, then killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself.The woman's two teenage sons apparently slept through the gunfire before awakening around 9 a.m. to discover the bodies in the family's three-bedroom condominium

docketalarm.com
1024James Frederick Wolf50MaleRace unspecified06/21/2001FargoND46.8742165-96.7852437Fargo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police accompanied a bail bondsman to Wolf's place of employment. He'd skipped a court date and threatened the bondsman. Wolf resisted being taken into custody and was fatally shot on the shop floor.

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1020Yi Tzu Chen43FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/19/2001FremontCA37.4686468-121.9078965San Jose Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Chen was rear ended in her stalled vehicle by an off duty K9 officer going 86 mph in a 65. CHP found him primarily at fault but manslaughter charges were later dropped and no settlement was made public. The officer was never tested for drugs, although she was.

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1018Dwayne Woodrum24MaleRace unspecified06/19/2001SpringfieldIL39.799312-89.687631St. Charles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A false robbery report and a stolen newspaper vending machine led to a police pursuit that ended with a 1980 Chrysler LeBaron crashing and killing the driver, Dwayne Woodrum and seriously injuring the passenger. An officer allegedly saw three men trying to shove an object into the back of the LeBaron. When they saw the officer, two of the men jumped in the car and fled while the third took off on foot. Police caught up with the man who ran, and he claimed the other men tried to rob him. Two officers saw the men in the car and gave chase until Woodrum lost control of the LeBaron and crashed into a tree in front of the fire station.

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1019Robert Phelps31MaleEuropean-American/White06/19/2001KillinglyCT41.8054969-71.8905631Connecticut State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A Connecticut state trooper intercepted Phelps with an armload of stolen cigarette cartons in the early morning hours. Phelps responded by assaulting the trooper with a pry bar in an attempt to get away, wounding him in the face and head. Bleeding profusely, the trooper shot Phelps twice, fatally wounding him.

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23117Charles Franklin Rihtaric35MaleEuropean-American/White06/18/2001MorgantownWV39.613113-79.970608Morgantown Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Three men were reportedly seen breaking into the Aldi Supermarket in Morgantown at about 1:40 a.m. They fled from police. Two men jumped into the Monongahela river behind the store, and the third man fled on foot, police said. Police arrested the third man at about 8 a.m. At about the same time, rescue crews recovered Charles Franklin Rihtaric's body from the river.

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1017Alphaeus "Duke" Dailey30MaleRace unspecified06/17/2001MiamiFL25.9161389-80.16892North Miami Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wheelchair-bound Dailey was fatally shot four times in the back. Dailey had a considerable police record; the gun officers believed he flourished was found, after much searching, 15 or 20 feet away and behind a chain-link fence. The incident sparked community outrage and extensive investigations.

sun-sentinel.com
1015Robert Tackett29MaleEuropean-American/White06/15/2001DiamondMO36.9953411-94.3160526Neosho Police Department, Diamond Police Department, Newton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Robert Tackett reportedly took his own life after exchanging fire with police. At around 12:30 p.m., captain John Trimble and officer Jerrod Jarvis were returning from a training in Carthage when they were waved down by a pedestrian. Tackett had allegedly entered Barb's One Stop with a shotgun and robbed the store. The store's owner and a customer chased Tackett in separate cars until he ran off the road. Newton County sheriff's deputies and officers from Neosho and Diamond followed Tackett on foot to a farm outbuilding, where they said he shot himself.

google.com
1016Nmeregini D. Beck27MaleRace unspecified06/15/2001MobileAL30.7029059-88.0774046Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Thomas Leland Terrell shot and killed Nmeregini Beck during a struggle when Beck reportedly shot Terrell.

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1014Jody Gayle Rowlls24MaleEuropean-American/White06/14/2001MariettaGA33.9359302-84.5560016Marietta Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Hayes led police on a high-speed chase that began on the west side of the city and worked its way up through the Marietta Square. The stolen Chevrolet Caprice Hayes was driving crashed into another car, killing Rowlls.

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1012Roy Wright43MaleRace unspecified06/13/2001FreeportNY40.6558961-73.5760474Nassau County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

By reports "drunk, agitated and pointing a loaded shotgun at cops", Wright was shot dead by police in the parking lot of a Home Depot at 1:40 a.m. after he threatened police and gestured as if committing suicide.

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1013Idriss Stelley23MaleAfrican-American/Black06/13/2001San FranciscoCA37.784516-122.4042942San Francisco Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stelley's girlfriend called SFPD from the Metreon (a multiplex cinema) requesting 5150 (medical care for a mental health emergency) for Stelley who was having an emotional emergency/breakdown. 9 SF police officers arrived, emptied the theater, and killed Stelley, shooting 48 bullets.

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1011Timothy J. Whettam36MaleEuropean-American/White06/12/2001WaukeshaWI42.9827661-88.2572687Waukesha Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Whettam, upset about recent felony charges for drunk-driving, is acting erratically with a weapon outside his home. Family call police for assistance, police attempt to take Whettam into custody, but shoot him in a wild barrage after claiming Whettam shot at them.

google.com
1010Lethaniel Lee Glenn Jr.23MaleAfrican-American/Black06/11/2001St. PaulsNC34.80347-78.989794Lumberton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Glenn committed an armed robbery of a shoe store, netting him $393, then escaped in his van followed by police. He wrecked the van on the guardrail of the interstate, near a wetland, and was able to walk away as the van caught fire. Eventually he stood in the water with his hand behind his back, refusing to surrender, and was fatally shot once in the chest by police. No gun was found in the water.

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22270Pablo Hercules29MaleRace unspecified06/10/2001RichmondVA37.5022068-77.4736302Richmond County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty deputy sheriff, Russell Hicks, shot and killed Pablo Hercules outside the Tropico 2000 restaurant. Police reported that Hicks shot and killed Hercules after he was hit on the head by rocks thrown from relatively close range.

google.com
1008Vanpaseuth Phaisouphanh25MaleAsian/Pacific Islander06/10/2001RiversideCA33.9489507-117.4252013Riverside Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer was dispatched on a 911 call to a residence to assist a man, who was allegedly stabbed by Phaisouphanh. After the officer exited his car, Phaisouphanh approached him with a steak knife in each hand. The officer yelled at Phaisouphanh to drop the knives, and at that point, Phaisouphanh allegedly charged the officer, who shot and killed him.

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1009Beau Kirnol Blain28MaleEuropean-American/White06/10/2001OxnardCA34.2189891-119.177216Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

LAPD officers Sean Gregory, Leo Lussier and Erik Dagley shot and killed Beau Kirnol Blain in Oxnard when he tried to run them over after a 40-mile chase that began near Venice Beach.

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1007Scott Hamm19MaleRace unspecified06/10/2001ZionIL42.4426062-87.8256303Zion Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An officer responding to a domestic disturbance call ran a red light and hit a van, killing passenger Scott Hamm. The officer was reportedly going 57 mph in a 30 mph zone. According to police, the squad car's emergency lights and siren were on at the time. In 2003, the ZPD agreed to pay $500,000 to Hamm's family.

chicagotribune.com
1006Samuel Jackson24MaleRace unspecified06/10/2001ChicagoIL41.8960519-87.8803281Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Cook County sheriff's correctional officer shot and killed Samuel Jackson, and wounded another man during an alleged attempted armed robbery on the West Side. The officer said he was on his way to work at 4 a.m. when two men followed him into a store and announced a robbery. One of the men allegedly pointed a pistol at the officer, who identified himself as law enforcement before firing several shots at the men, police said. Jackson was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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1003Alexander A. Gray22MaleRace unspecified06/09/2001WashingtonDC38.8241792-76.9996583Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Only a couple of hours after Gray was the victim of an anti-gay assault, and reportedly the same day as his grandmother's funeral, police shot and killed Gray for swinging a knife and being uncooperative. Multiple eyewitnesses said there was no knife.

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1005Gary Michael Gamblin30MaleEuropean-American/White06/09/2001CottonwoodAZ34.6928313-111.9797588Yavapai County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a domestic violence investigation, deputies attempted to place Gary Michael Gamblin, 30, under arrest. Gamblin resisted arrest, and both he and an officer were shot in a confrontation that ensued. The deputy's injury was not life-threatening. Gamblin was shot and killed.

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1004Larry Kenneth Turner45MaleAfrican-American/Black06/09/2001San DiegoCA32.7104614-117.0851017San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer shot and killed unarmed Larry Kenneth Turner, who lunged at him after a brief foot chase near the Euclid Avenue trolley stop in Lincoln Park.

latimes.com
1002Levester Carter Jr.22MaleAfrican-American/Black06/08/2001RichmondVA37.5486527-77.4062272Richmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police Capt. Walter Almond, the events leading to Carter's death began when Agee stopped a black 1997 Honda because of complaints that "loud music" coming from the vehicle was bothering some residents. A license check revealed the driver was wanted on a misdemeanor charge of property damage. When Agee returned to the vehicle, he asked the car's two passengers to step outside. When Carter emerged from the backseat, Almond said, four packets of marijuana fell from his clothing. Carter then bolted and led Agee on a circular foot chase. The ensuing pursuit ended with a tussle on Rosetta Street in which Agee tried to use pepper spray to subdue Carter. During the struggle, police say Carter got hold of Agee's revolver and shot him in the right arm, fracturing a bone. When Goldie and Goins arrived, they ordered Carter to drop the weapon. Instead, Almond says, Carter kept the gun trained on Agee. Goins and Goldie then fired numerous rounds, striking Carter from his leg to his left side. Police acknowledge Carter was shot at least 12 times

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1001Curtis Merriwether45MaleRace unspecified06/08/2001BrooklynNY40.6409358-73.9485182City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a street argument caused by Merriweather sitting on a car belonging to another man, Williamson, Merriweather left and returned with a handgun. Williamson produced a knife. The police arrived and ordered both men to freeze. Merriweather shot Williamson six times in the torso, then turned the gun on police; he was promptly shot to death. Williamson survived.

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1000Joseph "Joey" Cushman26MaleEuropean-American/White06/07/2001ArlingtonTX32.6409421-97.0969342Arlington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During training to prevent school shootings, newly promoted Corporal Cushman put on plastic body armor and a helmet to show other officers that fake "Simunition" bullets from specially-converted weapons would not harm them. Officer Blane Shaw shot Corporal Cushman in the head with what he thought was a converted pistol, but was in fact his service weapon.

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998Robert Johnson50MaleAfrican-American/Black06/06/2001TulsaOK36.1701659-96.0145673Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Johnson was apparently a suspect in a burglary. He apparently approached Officers Dave Hickman and Leigh Busey with a chainsaw that was not started. He was shot and killed.

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997Steven Walters32MaleAfrican-American/Black06/06/2001AtlantaGA33.772554-84.377702Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were attempting to arrest three heroin suppliers. Two were arrested without incident, the third attempted to hit an officer with his car. He was shot and killed.

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999Richard Wayne Beatty55MaleRace unspecified06/06/2001MiamiFL25.7854549-80.2143582Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Homeless and well known to the police, Beatty reportedly threatened cafeteria customers with a knife in the early morning hours. After a 12-block foot chase he turned and directly threatened officers, and was shot to death with 17 rounds. Police remained tight-lipped about the shooting due in part to then-current federal investigations about allegations of their department planting weapons and fabricating evidence.

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995Cathey Jo Howard Kalimah31FemaleRace unspecified06/05/2001McKinneyTX33.2137549-96.6762643McKinney Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Kalimah returned to her residence to investigate the sound of an alarm. Officer Joyce VanDertuin had already responded. Kalimah opened the backdoor of the residence. The door struck Officer VanDertuin's .40-caliber Glock pistol, which she shot once. The bullet struck Kalimah fatally in the chest. McKinney Police Department raised funds for Kalimah's children because they lost their mother. The most up-to-date reporting available showed that Officer McKinney continued to work at MPD, in spite of the objections of Kalimah's husband Jeemil.

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996Eric Hanson27MaleEuropean-American/White06/05/2001LindenhurstIL42.4153869-88.0456909Illinois State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hanson, described by the police as a white supremacist and who'd served time on a hate-crime charge, stalemated with police alone in a grocery store. After a brief gun battle in the parking lot, he entered the store, ordered customers and employees out, and barricaded himself inside. Fourteen hours later he was fatally shot as officers stormed the building.

culteducation.com
19456Luke Thorpe37MaleRace unspecified06/04/2001St. HelensKY37.5828647-83.6471349Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Luke Thorpe was drunk and randomly firing a shotgun when he pointed the gun at responding police and was shot and killed.

google.com
992LaShunda Freeman20FemaleRace unspecified06/04/2001SwainsboroGA32.580258-82.2977592Swainsboro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Allen fled a police stop with LaShunda Freeman on the back of his motorcycle. He crashed, killing both.

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991Tracy Allen27MaleRace unspecified06/04/2001SwainsboroGA32.580258-82.2977592Swainsboro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Allen fled a police stop with LaShunda Freeman on the back of his motorcycle. He crashed, killing both.

google.com
994Jairo "Gori" Dario Rodriguez16MaleHispanic/Latino06/04/2001RenoNV39.5128916-119.8005436Reno Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police say that Rodriguez threw a baseball bat at a car (possibly a rival gang) and then fired into the vehicle with a .380 semi-automatic handgun. Roney shouted, in English, that he was a police officer and to drop the gun. Rodriguez couldn't speak English. Rodriguez didn't drop the gun. Roney fired five shots killing him.

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993Charles "Chuck" Kuyper26MaleEuropean-American/White06/04/2001Reeds SpringMO36.7497827-93.3779641Stone County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy David Loe shot and killed Charles Kuyper after he allegedly brandished a rifle in the basement of his mother's home. Loe and deputy Richard Hayes were responding to a fight between Kuyper and his brother. According to Loe, he announced his presence and proceeded to the basement where he encountered Kuyper holding an SKS rifle on the landing. Loe told Kuyper to drop the gun, but he allegedly raised it to a firing position and Loe shot him. The DA later cleared Loe in the shooting.

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989David Lynn Compton45MaleRace unspecified06/03/2001SacramentoCA38.637455-121.4370471Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed David Lynn Compton after he stabbed an officer.

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19457Greg Sexton36MaleRace unspecified06/03/2001DeaneKY37.2110512-82.7068858Kentucky State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. After a standoff, and the use of less-lethal methods to subdue Sexton, he was shot and killed as he threatened police with a knife. Sexton was shot twice at the end of a standoff with police in a cemetery near the Jackhorn Old Regular Baptist Church, about one mile north of Fleming-Neon on Ky. 317

google.com
987Jose Antonio Medina25MaleHispanic/Latino06/03/2001HoustonTX29.7269482-95.4892376Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An officer working an extra job as a security guard fatally shot Medina, who was in a vehicle that was speeding in a parking lot.

google.com
985Oscar Gene Flynn Jr.29MaleRace unspecified06/03/2001StilwellOK35.81453-94.6285553Stilwell Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Thomas England, 23, was arrested after a police pursuit that ended when England rolled his pickup truck, killing passenger Oscar Flynn. Assistant District Attorney Faye Teague said that England would be charged with first-degree manslaughter, eluding an officer and causing a personal injury accident while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

google.com
22686Thomas Gray31MaleRace unspecified06/03/2001MemphisTN35.1152124-90.0589774Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Officer Kevin Bryant was patrolling alone at about 6 p.m. when he stopped a car for a traffic violation. One of two men in the car ran into an apartment complex. Bryant chased him and shot and killed Thomas Gray in a gunfight.

google.com
988William W. Kennan39MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2001VernonCT41.8672291-72.4543266Vernon Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police received calls from Mr. Kennan's physicians reporting that he was potentially suicidal. On arrival to his residence they found he'd barricaded himself inside a vehicle, and was flourishing two knives. Uncooperative, and then gesturing in a way that the police found threatening, he was fatally shot three times.

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986Erik Daniels18MaleAfrican-American/Black06/03/2001New OrleansLA29.9335739-90.0326531New Orleans Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Erik Daniels when police thought he was reaching for a weapon after he allegedly jumped from a balcony in an attempt to escape from police and bail bondsmen serving an arrest warrant.

bestofneworleans.com
990Jacob Ryan Allen20MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2001TucsonAZ32.2542461-110.9033361Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jacob Ryan Allen, 20, was shot and killed by Tucson police in front of a home in the 4200 block of East Flower Street. Police suspected him of stealing two cars earlier that night and of attempting three carjackings. When confronted by police, he fired one shot at a police officer, who returned fire, killing him.

tucsoncitizen.com
984Dustan Long20MaleEuropean-American/White06/03/2001WahiawaHI21.507551-157.9935319Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A police sharpshooter fired one .308-caliber bullet into Long's chest, killing him, after Long had already shot at police twice and earlier had sent two people to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

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983Douglas Walton57MaleEuropean-American/White06/02/2001Paradise ValleyAZ33.5239332-111.937706Paradise Valley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to check on a suicidal man. When they arrived, he said if they didn't shoot him, he'd shoot them. He was shot and killed.

google.com
21432Robert James Brockmeyer52MaleRace unspecified06/02/2001EdgewoodMD39.429707-76.2915945Harford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because Robert Brockmeyer was hurting himself with a knife and taking a quantity of pills. He lunged at police with a knife and was shot and killed.

google.com
980Jeffrey Brian Canterbury21MaleEuropean-American/White06/02/2001Las VegasNV36.146789-115.16179Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police had a warrant for murder on Canterbury. When the tried to arrest him, he took a woman hostage. Officer shot him once in the head.

google.com
982Myra Ann Rivera23FemaleRace unspecified06/02/2001VistaCA33.2046819-117.2542209Oceanside Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Myra Ann Rivera was killed when her car collided with one driven by Daniel Umpriani, who was fleeing police.

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981Daniel Umpriani19MaleRace unspecified06/02/2001VistaCA33.2046819-117.2542209Oceanside Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Myra Ann Rivera was killed when her car collided with one driven by Daniel Umpriani, who was fleeing police.

sandiegouniontribune.com
978Wayne G. Law31MaleAfrican-American/Black06/01/2001ChicagoIL41.8986768-87.7458856Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police got a call that the subject may have stolen his mother's car and was on his way to the west side of the city to buy drugs. When officer's tried to arrest him for stealing his mother's car, the subject began fighting. During a struggle for an officer's gun it was discharged three times, killing the subject.

google.com
979Larry Eugene Boyd32MaleRace unspecified06/01/2001San BernardinoCA34.2986168-117.458215California Highway Patrol, Barstow Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Larry Eugene Boyd was killed when his car drove off I-15 on the Cajon Pass during a police pursuit from Barstow that reached speeds of more than 130 mph.

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977Aaron Roberts37MaleAfrican-American/Black05/31/2001SeattleWA47.6129416-122.3027107Seattle Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roberts after Officer Craig Price shot him once as Roberts drove away from a traffic stop. Police said Price fired to protect Officer Greg Neubert, who was being dragged down the street by Roberts' car.

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976Timothy Jesse Posey17MaleRace unspecified05/30/2001Ocean SpringsMS30.4159656-88.8279071Ocean Springs Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

At about 2:50 a.m., Timothy Posey was killed in a police chase when the car he was a passenger in crashed on US 90. Officers pursuing the car believed those inside had stolen beer from an Amoco convenience store on Mississippi 609.

google.com
975Warren McCain35MaleRace unspecified05/30/2001ColumbusOH39.9435535-82.9705505Columbus Division of Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

McCain was killed last night after the motorcycle he was driving slammed into a sport-utility vehicle. Witnesses to the horrific crash say Columbus police were chasing the motorcyclist. Columbus police said they weren't chasing the bike but simply trying to stop a speeder on Whittier Street.

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19021Name withheld by police54MaleRace unspecified05/30/2001Corpus ChristiTX27.7863234-97.3985323Corpus Christi Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer John Lay shot and killed a homeless man who attacked him with a knife.

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974Jose Pineda31MaleHispanic/Latino05/29/2001BostonMA42.3837471-71.0154656Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Pineda was an immigrant Salvadoran restaurant worker who was confronted by plainclothes police officers and stabbed on of them in the leg. Officers responded by shooting him to death. Reporting of the incident raised the possibility that the language barrier may have contributed to Pineda's demise.

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973Steven Speranzella50MaleRace unspecified05/29/2001Boynton BeachFL26.5295452-80.1076425Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In December 2000 Speranzella shot and killed his girlfriend of 13 years in a domestic argument. Months later, deputies dispatched to go retrieve him when he missed a hearing on second-degree murder charges found him in his apartment, with a steak knife sticking out of his chest. He was fatally shot when he pointed a gun at them.

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972Victor Corral30MaleHispanic/Latino05/28/2001PhoenixAZ33.62169-112.013321Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police who chased down a theft suspect and found him pointing a weapon at an officer shot and killed him, police said. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun.

google.com
969Daniel Hamilton40MaleRace unspecified05/28/2001LaSalleIL41.3693908-89.098496LaSalle County Sheriff's Office
  • Drug overdose
  • No

Officers responded at about 8 p.m. to the Flying J Travel Plaza because a man in the parking lot was "exhibiting erratic behavior and causing a disturbance." Officers found truck driver Daniel Hamilton behaving "in an extremely bizarre manner," according to sheriff Tom Templeton. Hamilton was taken to a hospital where coroner Jody Bernard pronounced him dead at 8:44 p.m. Bernard said an autopsy was performed, and that "preliminary results indicate the death was drug-related."

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967Ronald Klein46MaleRace unspecified05/28/2001WathenaKS39.7591606-94.9496907Kansas Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

KHP 2nd Lt. Robert Sharp and trooper Joseph Whitam shot and killed Ronald Klein during a standoff at his home in rural Wathena. Officers had responded at around 10 a.m. after receiving a call that he was disturbed and armed. Sheriff Mike Batchelder, along with members of the WPD and the KHP arrived and found Klein allegedly threatening three men with a rifle. Batchelder reportedly convinced Klein to release the men and to put the rifle down, though Klein maintained control of the gun while Batchelder tried to get him to surrender. Batchelder requested two more troopers at about 12:20 p.m. Eleven minutes later, shooting reportedly broke out as officers tried to take Klein into custody.

google.com
971Bruce Edward Seward42MaleAfrican-American/Black05/28/2001HaywardCA37.6698401-122.0870767Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A BART policeman, on a routine beat, came across Seward sleeping naked by a BART station. Seward was initially unresponsive, and was then extremely agitated. The officer claimed Seward lunged for his baton, and in response the officer shot him.

sfbg.com
970Herman Joseph Daretz Jr.31MaleAfrican-American/Black05/28/2001HoustonTX29.6415933-95.2390335Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Daretz fasted for two days without sleeping for discernment about leaving Christianity for Islam. At around 4:30 a.m., he asked God for forgiveness and stabbed his mother-in-law Doris Basset, son Qualyan and daughter Deandrea. Quaylan died. Basset and Deandrea begged neighbors for help. Neighbors, seeing their wounds, refused. Six houses down, Earl and Jackie Guyton let them in. Earl armed himself with a revolver and called police. Officers confronted Daretz, still at his house. He charged at officers with his knife. They fatally shot him.

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968Delia Grimmett43FemaleHispanic/Latino05/28/2001MidlothianIL41.6345602-87.7571008Cook County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Delia Grimmett died and Margaret Petraski was left a quadriplegic when a car driven by officer Debra Thedos hit their car. Grimmett's family's lawyer said Thedos ran a red light at over 70 mph, and had only turned on her lights and siren moments before the 2:25 a.m. crash. The department said Thedos was responding to a call, and claimed Petraski had been drinking that evening. Thedos was reportedly suspended for 10 days and still worked for the sheriff in May 2006. In 2006, the County settled for $5.75 million with Grimmett's family. A jury awarded over $26 million to Petraski.

chicagotribune.com
966Allan Duarte26MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2001UniondaleNY40.7175621-73.5940676City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police Officer Sgt. William Miley rear ended a car with five men, two of whom died

nypost.com
965Juan Carlos Garcia25MaleHispanic/Latino05/27/2001UniondaleNY40.7175621-73.5940676City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police Officer Sgt. William Miley rear ended a car with five men, two of whom died

nypost.com
964James John Balen43MaleEuropean-American/White05/26/2001DuluthMN46.6685682-92.2309545Duluth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, a domestic dispute between Balen and an ex-girlfriend turned into a standoff at a Duluth home. Balen fired shots outside, threatened to kill himself and tried to set the house on fire before being killed by a police sniper.

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962Alfred Woelfle43MaleRace unspecified05/25/2001BrewsterNY41.423796-73.607766New York State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reportedly Woelfle rushed out of his house on a Friday night and attacked state troopers with a 32-inch black metal rod. An eyewitness called that version "ridiculous" and said that Woelfle was only running out of the house during a heated argument, and that he hadn't even seen the police.

rogerwitherspoon.com
963Jeffrey Deen Shipp42MaleRace unspecified05/25/2001BozemanMT45.6819745-111.0357818Bozeman Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

At about 2:30 a.m. a local officer pulled Shipp over for a traffic stop on several offenses. He promptly emerged from his car and shot the officer in the leg. The officer returned fire, fatally wounding Shipp.

missoulian.com
20837Stephen R. Fiegel23MaleRace unspecified05/24/2001LapeerMI43.0585518-83.2994463Imlay City Police Department, Lapeer County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police, Lapeer Police Department
  • Stabbed
  • Suicide

An Imlay City officer tried to stop Stephen R. Fiegel for speeding and driving erratically, Police said. Fiegel instead led police on a high-speed chase for 18 miles through Lapeer County. LCSD deputies, state troopers and Lapeer city police assisted in boxing in Fiegels truck and stopping it on Oregon Street in Lapeer at about 3:30 a.m. Fiegel was reportedly found inside the pickup with fatal stab wounds. According to police, a small knife was found next to him.

google.com
20839Nicholas Ackerman62MaleRace unspecified05/24/2001KimballMI42.9843001-82.5385157Michigan State Police, Marysville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

John Albert Gillis reportedly fled police after getting caught breaking into an East China Township home shortly before 2 p.m.. Trooper Steven Kramer and a Marysville officer pursued Gillis' Dodge Shadow as he drove the wrong way on I-94 and then I-69. The chase ended east of Wadhams Road in Kimball Township when Gillis crashed his vehicle head-on into a car carrying Nicholas Ackerman and Gayle Ackerman, killing them both. Gillis was convicted of murder in the couple's death and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2002.

thetimesherald.com
20838Gayle Ackerman57FemaleRace unspecified05/24/2001KimballMI42.9843001-82.5385157Michigan State Police, Marysville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

John Albert Gillis reportedly fled police after getting caught breaking into an East China Township home shortly before 2 p.m.. Trooper Steven Kramer and a Marysville officer pursued Gillis' Dodge Shadow as he drove the wrong way on I-94 and then I-69. The chase ended east of Wadhams Road in Kimball Township when Gillis crashed his vehicle head-on into a car carrying Nicholas Ackerman and Gayle Ackerman, killing them both. Gillis was convicted of murder in the couple's death and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2002.

thetimesherald.com
961Mario E. Merino29MaleHispanic/Latino05/24/2001San DiegoCA32.8039667-117.1506449San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rookie officer Steve Staton shot and killed Mario Merino after Merino shot at him during a traffic stop.

10news.com
21920Bryan S. Shaw38MaleEuropean-American/White05/23/2001Fort WayneIN41.1271112-85.1403498Indiana State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Troopers went to a home regarding a neighborhood disturbance involving fireworks. Trooper Bruce Johnson shot and killed Bryan Shaw, and Fort Wayne officer Brian Martin was wounded.

google.com
958Jeffrey Jacob Scott26MaleRace unspecified05/23/2001Citrus HeightsCA38.681202-121.2776506Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In the parking lot of a duplex apartment, SWAT forces shot a shoeless, shirtless, beltless and unarmed Scott to death as he tried to run away. Officers were acting on information that he was on a murderous 12-day meth binge, which turned out to be an exaggeration.

yahoo.com
21454Eugene Goldsmith56MaleRace unspecified05/23/2001PatersonNJ40.9293023-74.1778953Paterson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A Paterson police officer, reported missing from his shift, was found shot to death at his rental property, apparently by a tenant who also killed himself, police said. It was unclear what preceded the shooting deaths of police Sgt. Enrico "Rick" Venditte, 47, of Kinnelon, and his tenant, Eugene Goldsmith, 56, but it was reported that Venditte wanted to evict Goldsmith.

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959Anthony Almendarez33MaleHispanic/Latino05/23/2001NorthridgeCA34.2209334-118.4999638Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Milo Flores was killed when his car was hit head-on by one driven by William Tanielian, a robbery suspect fleeing police whose alleged accomplice, Anthony Almendarez was shot and killed by LAPD officers later that day.

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960Milo Flores34MaleRace unspecified05/23/2001GlendaleCA34.1735802-118.1928511Los Angeles Police Department, Glendale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Milo Flores was killed when his car was hit head-on by one driven by William Tanielian, a robbery suspect fleeing police whose alleged accomplice, Anthony Almendarez was shot and killed by LAPD officers later that day.

glendalenewspress.com
22269James Aaron Crick20MaleRace unspecified05/22/2001BuchananVA37.5555956-79.6603409Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

James Aaron Crick died at the end of a 27-mile chase down the interstate in which speeds reached 100 mph, police said. He was killed after he got out of his car and ran into the path of an 18-wheeler.

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955Phillip Harrell18MaleRace unspecified05/22/2001KentwoodLA30.930991-90.669811St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Phillip Harrell died from injuries he sustained during a two-vehicle accident that occurred while he was fleeing from St. Helena Parish Sheriff's deputies.

hammondstar.com
956Edward L. Williams63MaleRace unspecified05/22/2001PascagoulaMS30.371596-88.5401546Pascagoula Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Michael Byrd shot and killed Edward Williams after Williams reportedly failed to obey the order to drop his rifle.

djournal.com
957Laura Gassaway33FemaleRace unspecified05/22/2001RockfordIL42.3152437-89.0320439Rockford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

With her considerable history of mental issues and encounters with law enforcement, a Wal-Mart clerk declined to sell Gassaway ammunition. Observed in the store afterward, she stole a wallet and sunglasses, was taken into the backroom for shoplifting, and there pulled a revolver and wounded two security guards. She was shot to death by local officers on scene.

chicagotribune.com
21453Donald Sutton36MaleRace unspecified05/20/2001NewarkNJ40.7263159-74.1907263Newark Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Two men died and three people were injured in a shooting spree that ended when Donald Sutton barricaded himself inside an apartment and killed himself.

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954James Connelly17MaleRace unspecified05/20/2001Boynton BeachFL26.5147567-80.062267Boynton Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In the early-morning incident Connelly exchanged gunfire with police while holed up in a pharmacy he'd attempted to rob, while a blaze ignited by SWAT-fired tear-gas canisters consumed the building. He'd had a record of felonies. Connelly was killed in the exchange along with a police dog.

sun-sentinel.com
953Thomas Miller44MaleRace unspecified05/19/2001El CajonCA32.823264-116.930736San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies Peter Larson, Michael Bradburn and Sgt. Mike Radovich shot and killed Thomas Miller when he lunged at them with a knife.

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951Early Thomas Lanier42MaleRace unspecified05/19/2001StatesboroGA32.4804828-81.8205092Bulloch County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Wilbur Berry, 53, was fatally shot and fellow Deputy William Black was wounded in the shoulder while trying to arrest a suspected auto thief, police said. A third deputy shot and killed Lanier.

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952Juan Antonio Gutierrez24MaleRace unspecified05/19/2001AngletonTX29.1681939-95.4249396Angleton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When Gutierrez learned that Hayley Lazar, mother of his daughter Robin Gutierrez, made plans for Robin's birthday that interfered with his own. He attacked Robin. Neighbors called 911. Officer Curtis Adams responded. Gutierrez tried to scalp Robin. Officer Adams shot Gutierrez fatally in the neck. Lazar claimed that it was the first time Gutierrez had been abusive. Angleton Police Department celebrated Robin's birthday with her after she returned from Hermann Memorial Hospital.

chron.com
947Richard Adam Spearing56MaleRace unspecified05/18/2001North CharlestonSC32.8521496-79.9638063North Charleston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Richard Adam Spearing attacked and beat Officer Kimberlee Hope McCord when she tried to arrest him for assaulting his girlfriend. When pepper spray had no effect on Spearing, the officer shot him as he came at her again, police said.

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19458Timothy Maynard29MaleRace unspecified05/18/2001MaysvilleKY38.6398641-83.742987Maysville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A clerk at the E-Z Cash and Pawn Shop contacted police about 3:45 p.m., saying two women were attempting to pawn stolen jewelry and other items. When police arrived, two men who had been waiting outside the shop ran around the corner, down the block and into Cobb's Radiator Shop. After a standoff at the mechanics shop, Maynard allegedly shot and killed himself.

google.com
949Tomas Flamenco34MaleHispanic/Latino05/18/2001WashingtonDC38.9278252-77.0261176Washington Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

El Salvadoran immigrant Flamenco was fatally shot by a Metro officer after being warned against drinking and driving. This developed into a physical fight. The officer was assaulted with "a metal object" and a chair, and fired in self-defense.

washingtonpost.com
950Gilbert Barber22MaleAfrican-American/Black05/18/2001High PointNC35.9569309-79.9315655Guilford County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Barber died after a violent, chaotic incident triggered by a one-car crash. Barber broke into a nearby church and returned—naked, reportedly frantic—to confront a responding deputy. He was pepper-sprayed and shot three times, fatally, but the deputy also sustained two bullet wounds from his own gun, and sizable amounts of Barber's blood and five of his teeth were found in the church.

nccu.edu
948Shelden Ward Lomax27MaleEuropean-American/White05/18/2001PerryOK36.2888514-97.3255908Perry Police Department, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shelden Ward Lomax , 27, was killed when two Perry police officers and three Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway special agents tried to arrest him on warrants alleging failure to appear in court and concealing stolen property. Police said one or more of the railroad agents fired a shot after Lomax pointed a gun at law officers outside a Sun Mart.

newsok.com
946Tammy Jolene Sanders24FemaleRace unspecified05/17/2001SpartanburgSC34.9842896-81.9770399Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Tammy Jolene Sanders walked into the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office lobby and sat in a chair in front of the duty desk, where Deputies Rhett Fox and John McKnight were taking telephone calls and incident reports. After a few minutes, McKnight asked the visibly upset woman if she was waiting for someone. McKnight walked into the lobby to talk to Sanders. She responded by pulling a small, double-barreled pistol out of her purse and unsteadily pointing it at the deputies, who were only a few feet away. She spent the next 45 minutes slumped on the floor in a corner of the lobby before shooting herself in the head.

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945Archie Burl Doty Jr.39MaleEuropean-American/White05/16/2001CupertinoCA37.3228274-122.0324063Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Frederick Zanker shot Archie Burl Doty Jr. in a shopping center parking lot less than two hours after Doty— armed with a fake pistol—carjacked a woman at an elementary school, robbed two banks, and led police on a high-speed chase.

sfgate.com
19438Thomasina Brown44FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/16/2001PittsburghPA40.452852-79.970464Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two police officers shot and killed Thomasina Brown moments after she fatally shot Carmen Collins, 37.

post-gazette.com
944Jan Marie Wright37FemaleRace unspecified05/16/2001ColumbusOH40.0059348-83.0845432Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Wright was killed as she struggled with her husband, Officer Richard Wright, for his gun. Richard Wright pled guilty to a misdemeanor offense and resigned from the department for his involvement.

blogspot.com
22268Aurelious Allen Boyd Jr.38MaleRace unspecified05/15/2001CollinsvilleVA36.7065477-79.9158035Henry County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police were called because of domestic threats. Aurelious Boyd was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a nearly four-hour standoff with Henry County deputies

google.com
943Armando Ramon Padernal19MaleHispanic/Latino05/15/2001Los AngelesCA34.0914724-118.2332926Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

A patrol officer attempted a traffic stop when she recognized Padernal from a wanted poster as being sought for shooting at a CHP officer in a May 7 incident. After a short pursuit, he exited the vehicle and fled on foot. He was surrounded by police after he jumped into a trash bin, After an hour, he popped up and shot, wounding one officer and was killed by return fire.

lapdonline.org
941Michael Sanders26MaleRace unspecified05/14/2001WelchOK36.8738389-95.0957974Craig County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Sanders, 26, and Kelly Sanders, 21, of Arkansas, were wanted for robbery and assault. They were killed after raising a pistol toward deputies who found them hiding in a wooded area 17 miles west of Welch, police said.

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940Kelly Sanders21FemaleRace unspecified05/14/2001WelchOK36.8738389-95.0957974Craig County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Sanders, 26, and Kelly Sanders, 21, of Arkansas, were wanted for robbery and assault. They were killed after raising a pistol toward deputies who found them hiding in a wooded area 17 miles west of Welch, police said.

newsok.com
942Marc Dorvil48MaleRace unspecified05/14/2001North Bay VillageFL25.848236-80.15206Miami-Dade Police Department, North Bay Village Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

A carpenter and "roving Baptist preacher," Dorvil was driving his Toyota 4-Runner at about 5 MPH, struck a restaurant, then wandered away from the collision barefoot with increasing belligerence at those who crossed his path. Eight local and county officers struggled to get him under control and in a squad car. Shortly after they did, Dorvil stopped breathing. Later it emerged that he'd been acting uncharacteristically since the prior evening.

sun-sentinel.com
938Dana Micah Lindeman29MaleEuropean-American/White05/13/2001HawthorneCA33.9238832-118.3562633Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Dana Micah Lindeman, a 29-year-old white male, died after being shot in Hawthorne.

latimes.com
939Alfonso Acosta Delgado Jr.25MaleHispanic/Latino05/13/2001VenturaCA34.2705223-119.2707579Ventura Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Special tactics Cpl. John Dean shot and killed Alfonso Acosta Delgado Jr. after a 5-hour standoff when he advanced on police with a German-made rifle.

latimes.com
937Clarence Lynch52MaleRace unspecified05/12/2001MinneapolisMN44.9917821-93.2988974Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Clarence S. Lynch was shot in the head as he and two passengers fled police before Lynch crashed the car into an apartment building on Plymouth Avenue North. Police were uncertain as to how the bullet got to be in his head.

google.com
936Name withheld by police19MaleRace unspecified05/12/2001Hot SpringsAR34.5096565-93.1670396Garland County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Matt Avant shot a man once in the chest after the man pointed a semiautomatic pistol at him, said Lt. Rodney Neighbors, a sheriff's office spokesman. Neighbors, citing instructions from Sheriff Larry Selig, refused to identify the man.

google.com
935Clinton Neal Hall21MaleRace unspecified05/12/2001BladenboroNC34.531568-78.765756Bladenboro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A car being chased by state troopers crossed a highway center line and rammed a parked police car, killing both Officer Brian Joe Ramey, 37, and Clinton Neal Hall, 21.

goupstate.com
934Brett Dost31MaleRace unspecified05/11/2001San DiegoCA32.8628061-117.2339575San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Brett Dost was found dead after a 7-hour standoff with SWAT when officers forced their way into a condo and found his body inside.

google.com
21452Antwan Corbett21MaleRace unspecified05/11/2001NetcongNJ40.89718-74.7018537Netcong Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An unidentified 17-year-old boy admitted he drove 100 mph to elude police, who began pursuing him in Dover after he and his friends were spotted trying to break into a car. He lost control of the 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 GT while trying to round a traffic circle, and the car struck a utility pole and flipped. His friend, 21-year-old Antwan Corbett of Newark, was killed.

google.com
933Mark Van Kleeck38MaleRace unspecified05/11/2001MontgomeryNY41.5257442-74.2331222City of New York Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An active-duty NYPD narcotics officer shot his estranged wife, their child, the wife's male friend Mark Van Kleeck, and then himself. The officer and Van Kleeck died.

nytimes.com
932Arthur Daum41MaleRace unspecified05/10/2001San DiegoCA32.7484482-117.1367997San Diego Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Arthur Daum died after his arrest for running through traffic and trying to enter cars in North Park.

google.com
931Robert McKinney56MaleEuropean-American/White05/10/2001Virginia CityNV39.3083732-119.6501198Storey County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McKinney made threats against two tourists in the Firehouse Restaurant. A deputy responded, but McKinney was combative and not susceptible to pepper spray. He pulled a knife and the deputy shot him

google.com
929Paul Draper22MaleRace unspecified05/09/2001Central CityIA42.1280972-91.3722463Iowa State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Paul Draper reportedly hit trooper Corey Keeney with a stolen car at a roadblock. According to police, Draper died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the chase ended at Matsell State Park in Linn County. Keeney had a fractured skull, a broken shoulder and a fractured backbone.

radioiowa.com
928Eddy L. Nelson48MaleRace unspecified05/09/2001Machesney ParkIL42.3660099-89.0088159Beloit Police Department, Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, Rockford Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Loves Park Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Eddy L. Nelson was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, ending a 48-hour manhunt. Nelson was suspected of killing one man and wounding two others. Multiple agencies had descended on Rock Cut State Park, where Nelson was believed to be hiding out. Nelson was reportedly seen by an officer near Perryville Road and Highway 173. Police said the officer made eye contact with and trained his shotgun on Nelson, but did not fire. Nelson disappeared. Shortly after that, an officer reported hearing a "single distinct gunshot" coming from the same area. Police said Beloit officer Tracy Summers and bloodhound Tucker found Nelson's body at around 12:45 p.m. in a field about 100 yards south of Illinois 173. According to police, officers found a .357 caliber revolver nearby

beloitdailynews.com
930Joseph Pasko45MaleEuropean-American/White05/09/2001CalabasasCA34.1345233-118.6456804Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies shot Joseph Pasko who was wielding a paintball gun and shouting, "I'm going to kill you."

latimes.com
20836Michael Van Der Kolk19MaleEuropean-American/White05/08/2001WalkerMI43.0160006-85.7780004Wyoming Police Department, Walker Police Department, Grandville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

A Wyoming officer started chasing Michael Van Der Kolk's 2001 Honda at about 1:35 a.m. after he allegedly ran a red light. Grandville and Walker officers joined the pursuit, which reportedly reached speeds of up to 100 mph. After nine miles, Van Der Kolk crashed his car into a ditch and was thrown from the vehicle. He died later at a hospital.

google.com
927Tabb Henderson16MaleRace unspecified05/08/2001St. LouisMO38.5970099-90.2536104St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Off-duty officer Edward Brown shot and killed Tabb Henderson, who allegedly broke into Brown's home and pointed a gun at him. Henderson had been staying with a friend in a home on the same block as Brown's house. According to Brown, he returned to his house at about 11:30 a.m. to find his kitchen window open and bedroom ransacked. Brown said he opened the door to the basement and encountered Henderson on the landing. Brown said claimed that Henderson pointed a handgun at him, so he fired one shot, striking Henderson.

highbeam.com
20835Jeff Hoover43MaleRace unspecified05/07/2001FlintMI42.9835983-83.7370467Flint Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police said they saw Jeff Hoover driving erratically on westbound I-69 near Dort Highway at about 12:20 a.m. Hoover allegedly failed to stop after police activated lights and siren. Police pursued Hoover to the I-75 interchange where he lost control of his vehicle, left the roadway and rolled over. Hoover was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

google.com
925Cleophis Craver20MaleAfrican-American/Black05/07/2001DaytonOH39.7606561-84.2856705Dayton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said Craver ignored several warnings to drop his handgun, then raised it toward the officer, before he was shot and killed.

mydaytondailynews.com
926Rutilio Gracida Castillo23MaleHispanic/Latino05/07/2001OxnardCA34.196273-119.198017Oxnard Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police responding to reports of a man peering into apartment windows discovered Castillo. Reportedly he advanced toward officers with a knife in both hands. He was fatally shot.

latimes.com
922Darryl Morris39MaleRace unspecified05/06/2001Kansas CityMO39.131057-94.5317293Kansas City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two officers shot and killed Darryl Morris after he allegedly lunged at them with a pair of scissors. At around 11:40 p.m., officers tried to stop Morris' car at 51st Street and Agnes Avenue for erratic driving, but he continued north on US 71. At Front Street and Jackson Avenue, Morris reportedly stopped, got out of his car and charged at one of the officers with scissors. The officers shot Morris when he allegedly ignored repeated warnings to put the scissors down.

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921Terry Ravon Waits36MaleRace unspecified05/06/2001AustellGA33.8514742-84.6026081Cobb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer J.P. Perry shot 36-year-old Terry Ravon Waits after he dragged Perry nearly 50 feet with his pickup while trying to flee the scene. Waits was accused of exposing himself to children inside a Target store.

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920Jose A. Galan24MaleRace unspecified05/06/2001NampaID43.5759561-116.5556064Nampa Police Department
  • Fell from a height
  • Suicide

Jose A. Galan, 24, of Nampa died shortly after falling from the overpass while trying to elude officers on foot after a short car chase that ended in an accident with another car, according to police.

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923Marvin Earl Penny35MaleRace unspecified05/06/2001GarfieldAR36.42522-93.903844Benton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Bill Crawford and Deputy Ricky Holland were dispatched to a domestic dispute involving a man with a gun. Gunfire was exchanged between Penny and deputies, and Penny was killed, Public Information Deputy Tom Brewster said.

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924Richard Carl Klensch56MaleEuropean-American/White05/06/2001VacavilleCA38.385091-121.983135Vacaville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Napa County correctional officer Richard Klensch in front of his home when he leveled a rifle at officers during a three-hour SWAT standoff.

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919James Burton Allen36MaleRace unspecified05/05/2001FallbrookCA33.3820758-117.2513682San Diego County Sheriff's Office
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

James Burton Allen died after he fought his way out of the Fallbrook Sheriff's Station and suffered medical distress when he was captured.

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917Edgar Hernandez18MaleRace unspecified05/05/2001Salt Lake CityUT40.7532393-111.8824994Salt Lake City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During questioning about an assault that happened earlier that day, Hernandez got ahold of one of the officer's weapons, shot a round into the floor harmlessly, then pointed the gun at the officer. The other officer shot him once, fatally, in the head.

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918Antonio Saldivar18MaleHispanic/Latino05/05/2001Huntington BeachCA33.7142089-117.9920708Huntington Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Mark W. Wersching shot Antonio "Rafa" Saldivar eight times after he brandished a toy rifle in the Oakview neighborhood.

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21451John Patrick Leaf35MaleEuropean-American/White05/04/2001IndianapolisIN39.916985-86.1449271Marion County Sheriff's Office, Meridian Hills Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

John Patrick Leaf got drunk and gave his keys to a friend. He broke into his own apartment, explained to neighbors what was going on. Deputy Andrew Jacobs entered the apartment, awakened Leaf, and shot and killed him when he grabbed a knife.

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20834Chad P. Conner28MaleRace unspecified05/03/2001FlintMI43.060751-83.7481635Flint Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said they saw Chad P. Conner driving a 1979 Buick erratically and gave chase until Conner lost control of the vehicle and struck a utility pole. As police approached the car, Conner allegedly leaned out the door and leveled a short-handled shotgun at them. Police said the officers took cover and exchanged gunfire with Conner, killing him.

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916Jeremy Parham19MaleRace unspecified05/02/2001West PelzerSC34.6481119-82.5016325West Pelzer Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The families of Justin Craig Harrison, 21, and James Robert Wise III, 20, filed a wrongful death complaint that accused West Pelzer police Lt. Mark Patterson of endangering the men by pursuing them down a dark, curvy road and failing to assist them after their car crashed. Nineteen-year-old Jeremy Parham, who was driving the two men in his girlfriend's Jeep Cherokee while legally drunk, was also killed in the wreck.

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915James Robert Wise III20MaleRace unspecified05/02/2001West PelzerSC34.6481119-82.5016325West Pelzer Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The families of Justin Craig Harrison, 21, and James Robert Wise III, 20, filed a wrongful death complaint that accused West Pelzer police Lt. Mark Patterson of endangering the men by pursuing them down a dark, curvy road and failing to assist them after their car crashed. Nineteen-year-old Jeremy Parham, who was driving the two men in his girlfriend's Jeep Cherokee while legally drunk, was also killed in the wreck.

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914Justin Craig Harrison21MaleRace unspecified05/02/2001West PelzerSC34.6481119-82.5016325West Pelzer Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

The families of Justin Craig Harrison, 21, and James Robert Wise III, 20, filed a wrongful death complaint that accused West Pelzer police Lt. Mark Patterson of endangering the men by pursuing them down a dark, curvy road and failing to assist them after their car crashed. Nineteen-year-old Jeremy Parham, who was driving the two men in his girlfriend's Jeep Cherokee while legally drunk, was also killed in the wreck.

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912Kelly Loomis34MaleRace unspecified05/02/2001PuyallupWA47.1910073-122.2900126Puyallup Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

The parents of Kelly Loomis are suing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, alleging Puyallup police used too much force to restrain the 34-year-old mentally ill man. They settled. He had schizophrenia.

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20833Xianqing Cao37MaleAsian/Pacific Islander05/02/2001PortageMI42.2128813-85.6158693Portage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Gregory Burke and Sgt. Jack Bogema, along with two child protective services workers went to Xianqing Cao's home to investigate allegations that Cao had sexually assaulted his two stepdaughters. The officers shot and killed Cao when he allegedly shot and wounded Burke in the leg. Cao had reportedly been arrested in December during a disturbance outside the White House, after Secret Service agents found three .22-caliber handguns in the trunk of his car. Portage police said they knew nothing of the arrest before arriving at Cao's house.

deseretnews.com
913Guadalupe Arevalos34FemaleRace unspecified05/02/2001Los AngelesCA34.0458362-118.243029Los Angeles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Guadalupe Arevalos' van was hit by a bus that had been hijacked by a shooting suspect holding a gun to the driver's head while being chased by police in downtown L.A.

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20832Jacob P. Gingrich25MaleRace unspecified05/01/2001WhitehallMI43.3435381-86.4074134Muskegon County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Just before 3 a.m., rookie deputy Joseph Gabriel confronted Jacob P. Gingrich as he sat inside his minivan parked near Duck Lake Channel. Gingrich was suspected in several sexual assaults on college campuses at Ferris, Calvin and MSU. Gingrich reportedly put a handgun to his head and killed himself when the deputy tried to arrest him.

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911Toribio Madrid "Torry" Murillo Jr.21MaleRace unspecified05/01/2001Bogue ChittoMS31.4589867-90.4917787Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

At around 11:15 p.m., driver Toribio Murillo Jr. and passenger Andrew Gitzen died after their car left a rural Lincoln County road while fleeing deputies, slammed into a hickory tree and caught fire.

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910Andrew Gitzen15MaleRace unspecified05/01/2001Bogue ChittoMS31.4589867-90.4917787Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

At around 11:15 p.m., driver Toribio Murillo Jr. and passenger Andrew Gitzen died after their car left a rural Lincoln County road while fleeing deputies, slammed into a hickory tree and caught fire.

dailyleader.com
909Bilal Dashawn Colbert29MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2001IrvingtonNJ40.7342307-74.2147102Irvington Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Colbert had the two young daughters of his fiancee loaded up for school when a local officer tried to stop him for stolen plates. Colbert did not stop, or did not stop fast enough. He was fatally shot once in the neck. The killing sparked community protests: the same officer had a similar fatal shooting four years previous, and Irvington had been the site of the near-fatal police beating of Haitian immigrant Max Antoine in 1996.

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908Nicholas Singleton18MaleAfrican-American/Black04/30/2001MiamiFL25.7833942-80.2076093Miami-Dade Police Department, North Bay Village Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Singleton and a friend were smoking marijuana and driving a stolen call when caught by police. Bailing out of their stolen Jeep, the unarmed Singleton was chased by three officers up to a building rooftop. Each of the officers mistook the muzzle flashes of the other for Singleton shooting. After 19 shots he was fatally struck in the dead. An Internal Affairs investigation stretched on for more than a year; the city settled a wrongful-death suit with the family for $500K.

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906Reginald P. Morrow34MaleRace unspecified04/29/2001Pine BluffAR34.2135817-91.9677257Pine Bluff Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Reginald P. Morrow was wanted in the death of Shanda Renae Wilson, 18, of Kansas City. He shot and killed himself as police closed in.

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907John Vincent Osolnick23MaleRace unspecified04/29/2001San Luis ObispoCA35.29612-120.665867California Highway Patrol, Santa Maria Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

John Vincent Osolnick robbed a Subway restaurant of $100, led police on a high-speed chase, fired shots at officers, and killed himself.

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904Donald Charles Mettinger49MaleEuropean-American/White04/28/2001Las VegasNV36.1293049-115.2210781Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Las Vegas police responded to a domestic disturbance on West Desert Inn Road and were fired upon by Donald Charles Mettinger, who hits an officer in the head with a shotgun blast. While shielding Mettinger's girlfriend outside the home, another officer returned fire, killing him.

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903Efrain Pompa De Paz21MaleEuropean-American/White04/28/2001MinneapolisMN44.9357982-93.2727482Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Depaz, a passenger in a car in a brief high-speed chase with police, was shot once in the neck. He died four days later. His family successfully filed a wrongful-death suit against the city for $200K.

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905Gabino Benjamin Flores Sr.60MaleHispanic/Latino04/28/2001San DiegoCA32.5693495-117.0558935San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Anthony Zeljeznjak and Terrance Lee Bryan shot Gabindo Benjamin Flores Sr. after he stabbed an officer with a pair of scissors.

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902James Russell Koehler38MaleRace unspecified04/27/2001Iowa CityIA41.6454353-91.532198Iowa City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Koehler had eluded law enforcement after a high-speed chase and was armed with a 9 mm pistol. Police spotted Koehler's car, and he pulled his car onto the shoulder. Koehler got out and pointed the handgun at his head. Two police negotiators tried to convince Koehler to put down the gun. The officers fired three shots from a bean-bag gun at Koehler. Two bullets struck him, but had no effect. Koehler shot one round from the pistol into his head.

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901Charles Anderson46MaleRace unspecified04/27/2001HallsvilleTX32.504316-94.5740934Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Lieutenant Clay Medrano and Sergeant Chris Dotson went to Anderson's mobile home after a complaint that Anderson was again threatening a neighbor with a gun. Anderson, armed with a fully-automatic AK-47, fatally shot Lieutenant Medrano and wounded Sergeant Dotson's gun hand. Anderson drove to his parents' home, walked to a tree at the edge of a pasture and shot himself. Lieutenant Medrano had been a peace officer for 25 years.

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899Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/26/2001DaytonOH39.7589478-84.1916069Dayton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man involved in a seven-hour standoff with police was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

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900Orvel Simons43MaleRace unspecified04/26/2001Bay St. LouisMS30.312555-89.3298216Bay St. Louis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said that Orvel Simons fired at the drivers of three tow trucks hired to impound cars and other items. One of the drivers, Charles Strong, 39, was killed by a fatal bullet to the back. Police say Simons continued to shoot at the drivers, and at the first police officer to arrive at the scene. Bullets hit the undercover police car, a Law office a half block away and the tow trucks. Police say Simons fired the shots from this window of the home. Police blocked off roads in the area and surrounded the house. After a 20 minute standoff, police fired tear gas in the house. Chief Frank McNeil of the Bay St. Louis Police Department said, "We entered the house from the rear with our K-9 officer and found the suspect inside the residence with a single gunshot bullet wound to the head. Apparently self inflicted."

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898Michael Bireschi54MaleRace unspecified04/23/2001Santa RosaCA38.4525383-122.7513903California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Michael Bireschi was killed when Christopher Peter Kazas' pickup ran a red light and struck his van at 73 mph while Kazas was fleeing the CHP, who suspected him of DUI.

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897Luis Bonilla32MaleHispanic/Latino04/23/2001ChicagoIL41.9245741-87.7169794Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were on patrol when they heard gunshots and saw the subject chasing another man with a gun. They chased the suspect as he got into his car and attempted to ram the police car, pinning one of the officers. Police fired and killed the man at the scene.

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896John C. Hyde25MaleRace unspecified04/22/2001KentwoodLA30.801851-90.4409029Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

John C. Hyde died when his pickup didn't make a curve and ran off the road while being pursued by police.

hammondstar.com
893Antonio Daniel27MaleHispanic/Latino04/20/2001Long BeachCA33.7802324-118.1784684Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Antonio Daniel, a 27-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Long Beach.

latimes.com
895Claro Hernandez24MaleRace unspecified04/20/2001Garden GroveCA33.7774911-117.918324Anaheim Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Sergio Perez and Claro Hernandez at a busy shopping center after tailing them for hours before the men robbed an El Pollo Loco and drove a car at officers.

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894Sergio Perez29MaleRace unspecified04/20/2001Garden GroveCA33.7774911-117.918324Anaheim Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Sergio Perez and Claro Hernandez at a busy shopping center after tailing them for hours before the men robbed an El Pollo Loco and drove a car at officers.

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891Scott Douglass Parks37MaleRace unspecified04/19/2001MobileAL30.6921708-88.2075789Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot and killed Parks when he allegedly tried to run officers over with a stolen truck.

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22687Dennis Holly52MaleRace unspecified04/19/2001MillingtonTN35.286408-89.852506Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies were called to Dennis Holly's home for suicidal threats. A standoff began about 4 p.m., and deputies talked with Holly on the telephone for quite some time, police said. As it grew dark, officers fired tear gas into the house in an attempt to get Holly out, and found that he had shot and killed himself.

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21921Michael E. Duncan II23MaleEuropean-American/White04/19/2001PortageIN41.5906881-87.1998796Portage Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael E. Duncan II was suspected in a murder, but as Portage police tried to handcuff him, he bolted from them, reached for his waistband and began firing at the officers and a police dog, police said. None of the shots connected, but both officers returned fire, police said, killing him.

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892Ali Altug16MaleEuropean-American/White04/19/2001Apache JunctionAZ33.4295801-111.5504332Apache Junction Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Robert "Woody" Haywood said he shot Ali when lunged at him with the knife and was in fear for his life. But Ali's father, Reha, who witnessed the shooting in his kitchen, said Ali was only a threat to himself. The boy had a history of mental illness and had underwent drug rehabilitation. Haywood had been diagnosed as suffering from a panic disorder. Parents Reha and Sande Altug received a $1.65 million settlement from the city after filing a civil complaint. Haywood left the department but was never charged with a crime.

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888Richard Karl McCuller28MaleRace unspecified04/18/2001MesquiteTX32.8108492-96.6410286Dallas County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy David Johnson tried to serve a warrant on McCuller, who was seated in a vehicle. The deputy reached into the cab to shut the vehicle down. McCuller drove away, dragging the deputy with him. The deputy shot at McCuller once when he feared he would be dragged under the car. McCuller died at Baylor University Medical Center. According to the Dallas Morning News, the shooting was the department's first fatality since 1994.

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887James Leon Gaston40MaleRace unspecified04/18/2001DallasTX32.8165639-96.688087Dallas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gaston pointed a gun at an officer's head during an undercover narcotics investigation. The officer ducked. Two other officers fatally shot Gaston.

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886Brian Edward Ramme17MaleRace unspecified04/18/2001BeebeAR35.0704367-91.8798577Arkansas State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Teresia Freeman, 47, was shot and killed during a robbery at the Doublebee's convenience store in Kensett. Less than an hour later, Brian Ramme was shot and killed near Beebe by Arkansas State Police Trooper Daniel Sanderson. Police said that Ramme of Beebe and the unidentified 13-year-old boy were suspects in Freeman's death and that Ramme pointed a gun at the trooper.

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890William Steven Sharpe47MaleRace unspecified04/18/2001St. AugustineFL29.9216949-81.3466519St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Shape, of Gaston South Carolina, is said to have stolen his brother's red Harley Davidson to kill his estranged wife with a .38 pistol. He'd had a history of violent domestic abuse. Confronted by a deputy two blocks away from his wife's house at 1 a.m., he was shot to death.

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889Donald Orville Smith Jr.34MaleEuropean-American/White04/18/2001BellflowerCA33.874203-118.150132Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Donald Orville Smith Jr., a 34-year-old white male, died after being shot in Bellflower.

latimes.com
22267Jake S. Moeller28MaleRace unspecified04/17/2001RoanokeVA37.225458-80.00005Roanoke County Police Department, Roanoke City Police Department, Virginia State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Jake Moeller broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, police said. Nielsen said the woman, who was asleep at the time of the break-in, called police after Moeller left her home and said that he had assaulted her. He shot himself in the head after police slowed his sport utility vehicle by throwing down a tire deflation device during a chase.

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885Theophilus Fleming III30MaleAfrican-American/Black04/17/2001TulsaOK36.152018-95.9917535Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police followed Fleming, a suspected bank robber for several blocks when he pulled over in front of his apartment building. They said he jumped out of the car, pulled his gun and began to run. They shot and killed him.

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884Levi Lopaka Esperas27MaleAsian/Pacific Islander04/17/2001WaipahuHI21.3975-158.1002777Honolulu Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a chase and a crash in a stolen van, shots were exchanged. Esperas was killed.

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882Paula Linithicumn28FemaleRace unspecified04/16/2001BakersfieldCA35.5217431-118.9062794Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Paula Linithicumn was shot and killed by Kern County sheriff's deputies after fleeing in a car she stole from a retired CHP officer, who she reportedly stabbed with a butcher knife and meat cleaver more than 50 times in his home.

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881Joshua Morgan21MaleEuropean-American/White04/16/2001RentonWA47.4450916-122.1496806King County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

The father "called police after his son became violent during an extreme bipolar episode in which he armed himself with two knives. Deputies fought with Morgan who was severely delusional at the time." Family filed a wrongful death suit. King County medical examiner couldn't determine the cause of death at the time (that is when it was ruled accidental), but an expert for the family in the later trial said it was positional asphyxia.

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883Hector Gutierrez37MaleHispanic/Latino04/16/2001GoshenCA36.3854165-119.3945772California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Hector Gutierrez was killed in a head-on collision with an stolen PT Cruiser fleeing police.

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880Emmanuel Frazier21MaleAfrican-American/Black04/16/2001Bossier CItyLA32.5157851-93.7266455Bossier City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Kirk Zaner shot and killed Emmanuel Frazer, who allegedly charged at Zaner behind a Bossier City convenience store.

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879Jacob Vincent Revill19MaleRace unspecified04/16/2001PalestineTX31.7621153-95.6307891Palestine Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers responded to a disturbance in a trailer, where Revill, drunk, yelled and broke windows and brandished an 18 to 20-inch sword. The officers told Revill to drop the weapon and tried to reason with him. Revill claimed to be a martial arts expert, exited the trailer and approached the officers. An officer shot him in the arm. He dropped the sword, but continued to struggle as the officers tried to subdue him and called paramedics. Revill died at a hospital.

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877Trevor C. Casimire32MaleRace unspecified04/15/2001ColumbusOH39.9164406-82.8950747Columbus Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Casimire was shot by Officer Stephen O'Brien. Police said Casimire, wearing a ski mask and waving a gun, lunged at O'Brien and two employees of Eastland Lanes when he was shot and killed.

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878Fernando Ibarra15MaleHispanic/Latino04/15/2001Van NuysCA34.2282978-118.46986Los Angeles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A brief police pursuit of a stolen pickup truck through the north San Fernando Valley ended when the truck crashed into another vehicle, killing one man and injuring at least three other people.

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872Name withheld by police18MaleRace unspecified04/14/2001HarveyIL41.6100344-87.6467131Cook County Department of Corrections
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-duty Cook County corrections officer shot and killed an unnamed 18-year-old man in Harvey. According to the department, the officer was in his car when the man approached, showed a handgun and ordered him out of the car. Once out of the car, the officer took out his weapon and killed the man.

highbeam.com
19427Malcolm Farmer23MaleRace unspecified04/14/2001CollingswoodNJ39.9205449-75.0881149Lindenwold Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

After hijacking a taxi, shooting at police, Malcolm Farmer shot and killed himself.

google.com
873Norman R. Rollins35MaleRace unspecified04/14/2001Little RockAR34.7407476-92.3232017Little Rock Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rollins was at his mother's beauty salon causing problems. The second time police arrived to remove him from the building, he tried to take an officer's gun and was shot and killed. Rollins was schizophrenic.

google.com
871Ascary Macias21MaleRace unspecified04/14/2001AuroraCO39.7269065-104.8484429Aurora Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Delmar Circle on a report of someone breaking into a car. When the officers approached, Macias ran and jumped into a stolen Plymouth Sundance, police said. Officer Michael McClelland grabbed the driver's-side door, and Macias drove away, dragging the officer about 200 feet. McClelland shot and killed Macias, then fell to the ground.

google.com
874Larry Nelson41MaleRace unspecified04/14/2001ClearwaterFL27.9574841-82.7948091Clearwater Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local police responded to complaints about a drunken man making a disturbance. That was Nelson, who refused to back down, wielded a foot-long screwdriver, and told the police, "I don't give a damn who you are. You're fixin' to get stabbed." He was fatally shot.

sptimes.com
875Jamil Wheatfall36MaleAfrican-American/Black04/14/2001OaklandCA37.8015517-122.2143323Oakland Police Department
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

The bank robbery suspect was beaten to death after a high speed pursuit.

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876Stacy Lee Scales32MaleAfrican-American/Black04/14/2001StuartFL27.1917325-80.2439125Stuart Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Scales was shot by a local police officer some seven times after a midnight traffic stop for driving without headlights. The officer reported that Scales was unarmed but refused to stop, dragging the officer alongside the vehicle for more than 1,700 feet.

deseretnews.com
870James Titus Walker22MaleRace unspecified04/13/2001Dana PointCA33.4691083-117.6964071Orange County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

15 deputies shot and killed James Titus Walker following a bank robbery, chase and short standoff that ended in a structure fire and more than 100 rounds fired.

latimes.com
20831Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/12/2001FlintMI43.0290907-83.6765615Michigan State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unidentified man described as troubled by neighbors and friends called police at about 10:30 a.m. and said he was barricading himself inside his home with a gun. Police cordoned off the street, and a negotiator talked by phone with the man, who reportedly held a gun in his hand throughout the standoff. At 12:40 p.m., police said they were trying to persuade the man to come outside, drop his weapon and lie face down on the ground when they heard a gunshot and discovered the man had shot himself.

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868Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified04/12/2001MoriartyNM35.0046961-106.0481447Moriarty Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

An unidentified man being pursued by police was killed when he ran in front of a semi-truck on Interstate 40 near Moriarty, police said. A police officer attempted to stop the man's vehicle one mile west of Moriarty because he matched the description of an individual being sought by the Torrance County Sheriff's Department in connection with a burglary.

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869Rene Lopez Vizzuett29MaleHispanic/Latino04/12/2001San DiegoCA32.70838-117.1466828San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Jeffrey Sterling and Bozarth shot and killed Rene Lopez Vizzuett when he pointed a toy handgun at them.

laprensa-sandiego.org
867Jose Pascua Ortiz46MaleRace unspecified04/11/2001VallejoCA38.12305-122.226501Vallejo Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Motorcycle officer Buddy Jah shot and killed Jose Pascua Ortiz after he tried to back over him during a high-speed chase.

sfgate.com
864Mi Young Blain41FemaleRace unspecified04/11/2001PearlandTX29.5419345-95.3833128Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Reynolds Blain, 43, a 16-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, was indicted by a grand jury, which accused him of a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison. Blain told investigators on April 11 that his wife, Mi Young Blain, was shot accidentally when his personal Glock semi-auto handgun fired as he was putting it away at the couple's Pearland-area home. He was convicted of criminally negligent homicide.

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863Daniel Lee Batterson28MaleEuropean-American/White04/11/2001LawtonOK34.6067912-98.430351Lawton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Anthony Vincent Aguilera shot and killed Batterson, although what exactly precipitated the killing are opaque.

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866Sophie Xanthos Savas66FemaleRace unspecified04/11/2001Yorba LindaCA33.8627007-117.7862112Brea Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Thomas Anthony Savas and Sophie Xanthos Savas were killed in a collision with officer Charles Croix's patrol car.

latimes.com
865Thomas Anthony Savas42MaleRace unspecified04/11/2001Yorba LindaCA33.8627007-117.7862112Brea Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Thomas Anthony Savas and Sophie Xanthos Savas were killed in a collision with officer Charles Croix's patrol car.

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21450Michael Teklai27MaleAfrican-American/Black04/10/2001KearnyNJ40.7489751-74.1394465Kearny Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Michael Teklai was shot and killed after he stabbed three former co-workers at a USPS mail processing center. He was found in a locker room, covered in blood from self-inflicted knife wounds. He allegedly threatened police with a gun.

google.com
862Juan P. Alvarez17MaleRace unspecified04/10/2001San AntonioTX29.3979578-98.4677851San Antonio Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Three burglary suspects in a car being tracked by two police vehicles and a helicopter fled at speeds up to 95 MPH through neighborhood streets until it plowed into a bus stop, killing the car's driver Juan P. Alvarez and two of those waiting for a bus, Bertha Acuna and her boyfriend Richard Rojas. The police chief told reporters, "It was not what we consider to be a police chase."

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861Bertha Acuna45FemaleRace unspecified04/10/2001San AntonioTX29.3979578-98.4677851San Antonio Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Three burglary suspects in a car being tracked by two police vehicles and a helicopter fled at speeds up to 95 MPH through neighborhood streets until it plowed into a bus stop, killing the car's driver Juan P. Alvarez and two of those waiting for a bus, Bertha Acuna and her boyfriend Richard Rojas. The police chief told reporters, "It was not what we consider to be a police chase."

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860Richard Rojas43MaleRace unspecified04/10/2001San AntonioTX29.3979578-98.4677851San Antonio Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Three burglary suspects in a car being tracked by two police vehicles and a helicopter fled at speeds up to 95 MPH through neighborhood streets until it plowed into a bus stop, killing the car's driver Juan P. Alvarez and two of those waiting for a bus, Bertha Acuna and her boyfriend Richard Rojas. The police chief told reporters, "It was not what we consider to be a police chase."

lubbockonline.com
858John J. Pelaccio Jr.35MaleRace unspecified04/09/2001Goose CreekSC33.0004178-80.0481449Charleston County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When John J. Pelaccio Jr. brought his infant daughter onto the porch of his home and turned back toward his front door, a police sharpshooter ended an eight-hour hostage drama with one shot, killing Pelaccio.

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19437Theodore D. Prestia47MaleRace unspecified04/09/2001East PetersburgPA40.1022291-76.3599759East Hempfield Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Theodore D. Prestia fatally shot himself while an officer was ticketing him for vehicle inspection-registration violations.

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855Joseph Daniel Martinez27MaleRace unspecified04/08/2001DenverCO39.7576587-105.0336272Denver Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were investigating a domestic disturbance. Martinez attacked Officer Andrew Raiser with a knife. Raiser shot and killed Martinez.

google.com
856John Christopher Crutcher21MaleRace unspecified04/08/2001Spanish FortAL30.6797467-87.9970877Mobile Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Crutcher after he allegedly rammed police cars and reached for a gun following a chase.

google.com
857Klaus R. Schneider78MaleEuropean-American/White04/08/2001Bullhead CityAZ35.1140554-114.5827423Bullhead City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a domestic violence call and reportedly found the man knocking on a neighbor's door, telling the victim to come out. The man started walking toward them and did not respond to warnings to stop advancing, police said. The man then reached behind his back, pulled out a gun and pointed it at one officer, at which point, the officer shot and killed him.

trivalleycentral.com
853Julie Ann French Greer20FemaleRace unspecified04/07/2001CowpensSC35.0189582-81.800162Cowpens Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

The Tobacco Outlet on North Main Street was robbed by a woman with a gun. She took a pack of cigarettes. A police officer happened to witness the robbery. An off-duty Gaffney officer in the store who called Cowpens police as she left. An off-duty Cowpens police officer was close by, and the two officers spotted the woman near Cemetery and Rutledge streets. The officers said she sat down and shot and killed herself with the pistol.

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854Timothy Thomas19MaleAfrican-American/Black04/07/2001CincinnatiOH39.1129025-84.5159401Cincinnati Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Timothy Thomas was tragically shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer, who followed the young man down a dark alley and opened fire because he thought Thomas had a gun. The 19-year-old man had 14 open warrants at the time of the shooting, and, according to Officer Roach, he was given verbal commands to stop running but he did not comply. When Thomas began lowering his arms without instruction, Officer Roach opened fire and shot Thomas in the heart with a single bullet. There was no gun ever found on Thomas.

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852Emit Sebastian Rice34MaleEuropean-American/White04/06/2001Las VegasNV36.120385-115.23358Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers arrived over a call of a man with a gun to find the man dragging his 31-year-old ex-girlfriend into the garage by her hair. After a standoff, officers heard a gunshot and a girl scream. SWAT officers entered the home and were met by gunfire by the man, later identified as Emit Rice. Officer An officer was shot in the thigh before he and another officer returned fire. Officers left the home and the standoff resumed until Rice released the woman and shot and killed himself.

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851Ronald Eugene Garrett20MaleRace unspecified04/05/2001MariettaGA33.9374494-84.5518796Marietta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Garrett was shot and killed when he opened fire on Officer Michael S. Hunt and Officer Andrew Higgins. He was wanted on robbery, burglary and assault charges. He also was wanted for violation of probation.

google.com
849Jeffrey Gardner41MaleRace unspecified04/04/2001AlbuquerqueNM35.1293556-106.567382Albuquerque Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jeffrey Gardner was killed after firing on an officer who was attempting to arrest him for writing a bad check, police said.

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848Michael Thompson30MaleRace unspecified04/04/2001AtlantaGA33.703537-84.380351Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were searching for drugs, police said, when Thompson opened a door and fired at the officers. He was shot and killed. Investigator Sherry Lyons-Williams was shot and killed.

google.com
850Jerry Judson McDonald44MaleRace unspecified04/04/2001ChandlerAZ33.3063628-111.789852Chandler Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

McDonald police chased following a bank robbery was fatally wounded as he allegedly charged at officers with a knife after initially refusing to leave his car during a two-hour negotiation, police said.

trivalleycentral.com
847Debbie Boose55FemaleRace unspecified04/04/2001DenverCO39.7387104-104.9034498Denver Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Two officers apparently observed Esau Cade coming out of an apartment complex parking lot at a high rate of speed and began following him. Near the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Jersey Street, the two officers turned on their lights to pull over Cade. Cade refused to stop and continued north on Jersey for several blocks, rolling through a stop sign at 13th Avenue. At that point, they turned off their lights but kept following Cade. A short time later, Cade ran a red light at an intersection, striking the left rear of Debbie Boose's vehicle. Her car spun about halfway around and slammed into a light pole on the corner. Cade's car hit a curb, flipped onto its roof and ejected him. Carney said Cade was traveling at least 60 mph when his car hit Boose's vehicle.

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846Esau Cade Jr.18MaleRace unspecified04/04/2001DenverCO39.7387104-104.9034498Denver Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Two officers apparently observed Esau Cade coming out of an apartment complex parking lot at a high rate of speed and began following him. Near the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Jersey Street, the two officers turned on their lights to pull over Cade. Cade refused to stop and continued north on Jersey for several blocks, rolling through a stop sign at 13th Avenue. At that point, they turned off their lights but kept following Cade. A short time later, Cade ran a red light at an intersection, striking the left rear of Debbie Boose's vehicle. Her car spun about halfway around and slammed into a light pole on the corner. Cade's car hit a curb, flipped onto its roof and ejected him. Carney said Cade was traveling at least 60 mph when his car hit Boose's vehicle.

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25833Justin M. Ronchetti21MaleRace unspecified04/03/2001BostonMA42.3639798-71.0604784Boston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

In November 2001, undercover Boston police officer Mark J. Loewen was exonerated in the fatal shooting of motorist Justin Ronchetti, 21, in Boston. The officer had climbed onto the roof of Ronchetti's moving vehicle, firing his gun into the partially open sunroof and striking Ronchetti's chest.

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844Ricardo Esparza29MaleHispanic/Latino04/03/2001BellflowerCA33.880548-118.124182Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call from Esparza's mother stating that he was mentally ill, off his medication and had become abusive. She had contacted law enforcement three times before in the last two years to get him to the hospital. They tried,unsuccessfully, to subdue Esparza, who was armed with a pan in one hand and "something shiny" in the other, with beanbag rounds and rubber bullets. When he continued to threaten them, he was shot and killed.

latimes.com
845Li Mau39FemaleRace unspecified04/03/2001Los AngelesCA34.021716-118.3723597Culver City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Li Mau was killed when her car was struck at a busy Los Angeles intersection by a SUV fleeing police.

latimes.com
843George Montoya20MaleRace unspecified04/03/2001ChicagoIL41.9959924-87.6950881Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two undercover officers responded to reports of shots fired. They found Montoya, who led them on a foot chase into somebody's backyard. Montoya leveled his weapon at both officers, and they both returned fire, killing him.

chicagotribune.com
841Walter Lee Dallas21MaleRace unspecified04/02/2001ShreveportLA32.43923-93.766267Shreveport Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Walter Lee Dallas was shot and killed after allegedly ignoring repeated police commands to drop his handgun.

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842Demitreus Marque Sesler27MaleAfrican-American/Black04/02/2001MinneapolisMN44.9196291-93.2779538Minneapolis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers heard shots being fired. A jeep sped by which they pursued. Demitreus Sesler got out of the vehicle in an alleyway and aimed a shotgun at officers who fired on him.

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840Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot29MaleHispanic/Latino04/01/2001PortlandOR45.5306583-122.5602005Portland Police Bureau
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot shot and killed after officers say he threatened them with a metal rod in a Sellwood psychiatric hospital

portlandmercury.com
839Joseph Theophilus Evans59MaleAfrican-American/Black03/31/2001GardenaCA33.9111314-118.3204418Gardena Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were met at the door by a knife-wielding Evans when they responded to a domestic disturbance call. After barricading himself inside, the officers tried unsuccessfully to talk him out. Fearing he might harm himself, they forced their way inside. Evans charged with the knife, despite the use of stun bag rounds and tasers. He was shot and killed.

latimes.com
838Ethel Mae McCall McClay66FemaleRace unspecified03/30/2001RichmondCA37.943647-122.3356157Richmond Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Ethel McClay was killed after a driver fleeing police in an stolen 1991 Honda Accord ran a stop sign and crashed into her car.

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837Timothy James Golden33MaleEuropean-American/White03/29/2001FridleyMN45.0722118-93.2611276Fridley Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to the Star Tribune, police say Golden tried to force his way into his estranged wife's nearby apartment and then was stopped by police in his car. He pointed a gun at his head, then started walking away from officers and aimed the gun at them before they shot him.

highbeam.com
22688Andrew Stokes Jr.25MaleRace unspecified03/29/2001MemphisTN35.089681-89.9306819Memphis Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

During a robbery at Advance Auto Parts, one of three robbers, Andrew Stokes, pointed a gun at an off-duty police officer, who shot and killed him. Officer James Anderson, 26, wore his police uniform while working as the store's security guard. He was able to wear the uniform as part of the Memphis Police Department's "secondary employment" program.

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19424Julian Bulat23MaleRace unspecified03/27/2001West ChesterPA39.9893146-75.5512464Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Julian Bulat and Godyin Tran were suspects in a robbery who fled police and crashed, killing them both.

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19420Godyin Tran19MaleRace unspecified03/27/2001West ChesterPA39.9893146-75.5512464Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Julian Bulat and Godyin Tran were suspects in a robbery who fled police and crashed, killing them both.

google.com
836Robert Allen Townsend25MaleRace unspecified03/27/2001PinkOK35.2606255-97.1197478Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

District Attorney Kay Christiansen ruled Deputy Randy Ivey was justified in shooting and killing Robert Allen Townsend, who lunged at the deputy with a knife and a screwdriver, police said.

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835John Franklin Aycox36MaleRace unspecified03/27/2001SpencerOK35.5482633-97.3181548Midwest City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police Cpl. Jerry Gitthens shot John Franklin Aycox, 36, twice in the shoulder when Aycox pinned him between two cars after leading law officers on a car chase through city streets, police said.

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833David Roy McInnish30MaleRace unspecified03/26/2001OxfordAL33.6107982-85.8275925Oxford Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

David Roy McInnish died after Oxford Police officers shot him during a standoff.

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21433Damon Hilton24MaleRace unspecified03/26/2001BaltimoreMD39.2852527-76.5691132Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Damon Hilton was shot and killed as police tried to remove him from a stolen vehicle. Hilton shot and wounded Officer Anthony Molesky.

google.com
834Deon Jerome Bowen28MaleRace unspecified03/26/2001San DiegoCA32.7142183-117.1598753San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Charles Marciniak and Tristan Schmottlach, and Sgt Mark Hanten shot Deon Jerome Bowen during a shootout outside The Blue Tattoo.

sandiegouniontribune.com
830Brian P. White25MaleRace unspecified03/25/2001FrankfortIL41.4838245-87.8973901Frankfort Police Department
  • Drowned
  • No

Brian P. White was killed when he crashed his Ford van into a retention pond while being pursued by officers Keith Sullivan and Kevin Lanz. The officers reportedly tried to stop White for driving with the wrong plates at about 4:35 a.m. A seven-mile chase ensued after White didn't pull over. White's van eventually went off the road and into the pond. Police said Lanz and Sullivan went into the icy water, but were unable to save White.

highbeam.com
829Richard Cooper37MaleRace unspecified03/25/2001Franklin TownshipOH39.9186241-83.0483643Franklin Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officer Troy Hughes was attempting to stop a suspected drunken driver on Harmon Road. The driver, later identified as Cooper, didn't respond to lights and sirens and led Hughes and Officer Dave Ratliff onto Frank Road, police said. The officers eventually lost sight of the car as it accelerated to a high rate of speed, but they continued their pursuit at 35 to 40 mph. As the officers came around a sharp curve, they came upon the tangled wreckage of Cooper's car and a another vehicle driven by 22-year-old Mary Gibson of Columbus. Cooper's car had crossed into the path of Gibson's car, police said.

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832Ginenne Stover18FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander03/25/2001HighlandCA34.114472-117.2511526San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, Highland Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Michael Rude shot Ginenne Stover when she lunged toward him with a knife.

indymedia.org
831Serafin C. Olvera-Carrera47MaleHispanic/Latino03/25/2001BryanTX30.6669846-96.4007834U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
  • Less-than-lethal force

During a March 25, 2001 INS raid on a house in Bryan, TX, Serafin Olvera was beaten, pepper-sprayed, and denied medical attention, which resulted in his being paralyzed from the neck down. Eleven months after the beating, he suffered heart and respiratory problems related to his paralysis and was left brain dead. He died after being taken off life support. The three officers were convicted in June 2002 of denying Olvera medical care.

latimes.com
825Darryll Lance Osley II19MaleRace unspecified03/24/2001DecaturGA33.6967043-84.2640918DeKalb County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Osley killed Atemious K. Bennett then kidnapped a 17-year-old girl. Police caught up with him at a package store. The first officer at the scene, went inside the store, drew his weapon and told Osley to drop his gun. Osley instead pointed his handgun at the officer and the two exchanged fire inside the store, according to police. Osley was killed.

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827Robert Custon20MaleRace unspecified03/24/2001CarbondaleIL37.7212382-89.2118114Carbondale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Lucia Cristaudo was taken hostage during a robbery and died when the getaway vehicle crashed during a subsequent police chase. Robert S. Custon, one of the robbery suspects, also died. Christopher M. Andrews and Custon had reportedly held up Midwest Cash, demanding money, jewelry and guns from Cristaudo, the store manager. Police cornered the men in the store, and Custon took Cristaudo hostage, using her as a human shield on his way to the parking lot. Andrews led police on a high-speed chase until the vehicle crashed into a tree.

thesouthern.com
826Lucia Cristaudo55FemaleEuropean-American/White03/24/2001CarbondaleIL37.7212382-89.2118114Carbondale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Lucia Cristaudo was taken hostage during a robbery and died when the getaway vehicle crashed during a subsequent police chase. Robert S. Custon, one of the robbery suspects, also died. Christopher M. Andrews and Custon had reportedly held up Midwest Cash, demanding money, jewelry and guns from Cristaudo, the store manager. Police cornered the men in the store, and Custon took Cristaudo hostage, using her as a human shield on his way to the parking lot. Andrews led police on a high-speed chase until the vehicle crashed into a tree.

dailyegyptian.com
824Kevin Wayne Bledsoe23MaleEuropean-American/White03/24/2001Port HadlockWA48.0240676-122.765073Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jefferson County paid $1.6 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit involving the death of a 23-year-old man while in custody but not yet booked at the county jail. The lawsuit alleged excessive force and failure to secure medical care for Kevin W. Bledsoe, who died shortly after being taken to the jail after deputies responded to a call of a public disturbance in Port Hadlock.

budgeandheipt.com
828William Dale Davis46MaleRace unspecified03/24/2001EdmondOK35.648863-97.436431Edmond Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mildred and Gilbert Tuepker were held hostage at their home in Edmond by Douglas Eugene Gray and William Dale Davis who broke out of Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown, where they were serving time for murder. They escaped by hiding in a mail cart that was loaded onto a pickup and hauled to the Stringtown post office. After a police standoff, Davis was found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot.

amarillo.com
20830Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified03/23/2001Bay CityMI43.5628776-83.9009913Bay City Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Police responded to a crash on the city's east side at 9:45 p.m. The driver of one of the vehicles had fled. Two officers went to that driver's house and reportedly heard gunshots from inside. Police fired tear gas into the house at 6 a.m. after negotiators' attempts to contact the man failed. Officers entered the home more than three hours later, and found the man dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

google.com
823Robert Bonds23MaleRace unspecified03/22/2001HydroOK35.5366551-98.4841324Hinton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Spencer Peek, 22, of Enterprise, Ala., was charged with second-degree murder after police say he and Robert Bonds, 23, led a Hinton police officer on a chase in a stolen vehicle. The chase ended when the car veered off historic Route 66 and plummeted some 20 feet below into a creek bed, killing Bonds.

newsok.com
20829Shayne Eric Cripps34MaleRace unspecified03/21/2001VassarMI43.3690512-83.581652Saginaw County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

According to police, Shayne Eric Cripps forced his way into a convenience store in Montmorency County, ordered a clerk to give him a pack of cigarettes, and left. Sgt Curtis Champers and deputy Steven Anderson saw Cripps' vehicle on a Vassar city street at about 10:30 p.m. and stopped him. Chambers was struck in the head, and Cripps was killed during an exchange of gunfire.

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822Ira Michael Perry30MaleRace unspecified03/21/2001San DimasCA34.0677893-117.8423151California Highway Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ira Michael Perry wrestled a gun away from a CHP officer in San Dimas and fled to Forest Lawn cemetery, where he killed himself.

latimes.com
21449Najee T. Brown20MaleAfrican-American/Black03/20/2001HackensackNJ40.8880702-74.0499091Hackensack Police Department, Bergen County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers were called to the same building where they said Najee Brown had gunned down his friend, Ryan Travis, 19, two days prior. As they converged on Brown, he walked down Central Avenue—past a row of two-story houses—firing a semiautomatic assault weapon at them. Police demanded that he drop the high-powered weapon, but he refused, and was shot and killed.

google.com
821Joseph Fields46MaleRace unspecified03/20/2001RidgeNY40.9134391-72.8453059Suffolk County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An armed standoff initiated by police coming to the Fields residence, with nine warrants for his arrest, ended 12 hours later with Fields shot to death. He'd answered the door with a shotgun, resisted three or four police attempts to storm his house, outwitted the remote-control siege robot, and earned those warrants with traffic violations.

nydailynews.com
20828Jaclyn Terranova12FemaleRace unspecified03/20/2001Shelby TownshipMI42.6981396-83.0544952Shelby Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Officer Daniel Bukowski was driving to work when he ran a red light and collided with another car. Jaclyn Terranova, 12, was killed in the crash. Two other girls suffered severe injuries. Butowski, who'd been dismissed from his job at one point for poor driving, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted felonious driving and one count of attempted negligent homicide. He was sentenced to two years probation and 150 hours of community service.

michbar.org
21434Dwayne Burke36MaleRace unspecified03/19/2001BaltimoreMD39.3387435-76.669443Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After being chased in a stolen vehicle, Dwayne Burke claimed to have a gun and raised his hands, which were in his jacket pockets, toward Officer Stephen A. Coughlan, who shot and killed him.

google.com
820Michael L. Darnaby21MaleRace unspecified03/19/2001WeirKS37.3098315-94.7416539Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Adam Brannin shot Michael L. Darnaby after he allegedly threatened Brannin with a sawed-off shotgun during a routine traffic stop. According to police, Brannin had stopped Darnaby's car for a traffic violation and discovered he was wanted for a parole violation. As Brannin tried to arrest Darnaby, a fight allegedly occurred and Darnaby pulled a gun. Brannin fired two shots, and Darnaby died at a hospital.

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819Gordon C. Harris36MaleRace unspecified03/18/2001Buena ParkCA33.8634801-118.0025364Buena Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Gordon C. Harris was killed when he crashed into a parked vehicle, a tree and a fire hydrant while trying to flee an officer.

google.com
818Sergio Gerardo Rodriguez-Almanza19MaleRace unspecified03/18/2001EscondidoCA33.1386758-117.1029709Escondido Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. James Lanigan and officer Damian Jackson shot Sergio Gerardo Rodriguez-Almanza when he shot at police and shot a police dog.

utsandiego.com
817Brad Blount aka Brad Blunt26MaleRace unspecified03/17/2001PonchatoulaLA30.4488916-90.4400933Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brad Blount was shot by a deputy after a scuffle and a foot chase when he allegedly reached into his sweatpants, pulled out a cell phone and lunged at a deputy.

hammondstar.com
816Jeffrey R Keith34MaleRace unspecified03/17/2001IndependenceMO39.0568812-94.4547559Independence Police Department
  • Burned/Smoke inhalation
  • Less-than-lethal force

Jeffrey R. Keith, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, shot and killed officer Terry Foster during an hour-long standoff, then was killed in an explosion. Keith's elderly parents had called police saying he was violent and needed to go to a hospital for evaluation. Foster knew Keith from earlier calls and talked to him through a locked door, police said. When officers forced the door open, Foster was shot four times. As other officers pulled Foster downstairs, the house erupted into flames after about 15 oxygen tanks Keith's ailing father kept in a closet exploded. Officials weren't sure what had triggered the explosion. Uncertain as to whether all the tanks had exploded, firefighters did not enter the house. Hours later, police found Keith's body in the garage.

examiner.net
20827Russell D. Crowe64MaleRace unspecified03/16/2001DurandMI42.9111007-83.9680671Durand Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

At about 3 p.m., police stopped Russell D. Crowe's van on Newburg Road to question him about a criminal investigation. Crowe allegedly pointed a handgun at the officer and drove a short distance with police in pursuit. Crowe stopped near the New Lothrop Road intersection, where police surrounded the van. According to police, members of the state police emergency support team approached the van about 5:30 p.m. and found Crowe dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

google.com
814Name withheld by police20MaleRace unspecified03/16/2001AlpharettaGA33.9887616-84.2737289Roswell Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Stopped for speeding, this unidentified man was shot and killed when he fired on the officer.

google.com
815James R. Levier60MaleEuropean-American/White03/16/2001ScarboroughME43.5928123-70.3330097Maine State Police, Scarborough Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

James Levier, a deaf man, took a deer rifle to the Shop and Save parking lot in Scarborough. There, he initiated a stand-off with police, which ended with Levier shot dead.

thephoenix.com
812Jose Velasquez45MaleRace unspecified03/15/2001San BernardinoCA34.0947318-117.3107628San Bernardino Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jose Velasquez was shot by police responding to a disturbance call when he opened fire on a veteran officer and wounded him.

google.com
19415Asia Williams29FemaleRace unspecified03/15/2001PhiladelphiaPA40.027059-75.129119Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Williams shot and killed his wife, Asia, before shooting and killing himself. Their young children were in the house and called police when they couldn't get into their parents bedroom.

google.com
21435Tristin D. Little Sr.28MaleRace unspecified03/15/2001BaltimoreMD39.3307061-76.5334844Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Rodney Price shot and killed Tristin Little because Little was dating Price's estranged wife. Price got 50 years, and Baltimore jury awarded $105 million in damages to the family.

google.com
813Jason Michael Wolfe24MaleRace unspecified03/15/2001PhoenixAZ33.6628107-112.021772Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police confronted Jason Michael Wolfe after a babysitter in the neighborhood called to complain about two people in his backyard, said police spokesman. Police said after discovering an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of fraud and drug offenses. After handcuffing Wolfe, police said, he pulled a gun out of a pocket and shot an officer twice in a leg. He was shot and killed.

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811Paul Jacobson40MaleRace unspecified03/15/2001Los AngelesCA34.082089-118.255658Los Angeles Police Department
  • Burned/Smoke inhalation
  • Suicide

Paul Jacobson was found dead in the charred remains of his home after holding off police for 12 hours, firing shots, and withstanding dozens of tear gas canisters until police fired a flash-bang grenade into the house and it went up in flames.

latimes.com
809Jamie Reginald McIlrath27MaleRace unspecified03/14/2001Colorado SpringsCO38.8068115-104.7463076Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were tracking a man who had been reported acting erratically and had been in an altercation with an investigating officer, injuring him slightly. A police dog helped officers locate the man in a shed in the backyard of a home. Officers opened the door of the shed, and McIlrath came out with a knife in his hand. Officers ordered McIlrath to the ground, but he continued to move toward them and one officer shot him in the head, killing him.

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810Theodore Resnick33MaleEuropean-American/White03/14/2001BerkeleyCA37.852157-122.2866063California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Theodore Resnick was killed when his car was hit by a vehicle fleeing the the CHP.

berkeleydailyplanet.com
21922Rose Marie Klopfenstein72FemaleRace unspecified03/13/2001South BendIN41.6801485-86.2257511South Bend Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kenneth Griffin was fleeing from police in a stolen minivan when he slammed into a car driven by Rose Klopfenstein, killing her.

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808Gary Lynn Holdaway55MaleRace unspecified03/13/2001San DiegoCA32.9874957-117.086615San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Gary Lynn Holdaway died instantly when shot in the head as he and an officer struggled over a gun.

sandiegouniontribune.com
20826Lucian Harris35MaleRace unspecified03/12/2001DetroitMI42.3909375-82.9659598Detroit Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Lucian Harris held police at bay for about seven hours, reportedly yelling that the president was going to kill him and firing shots at police. Officers stormed the unit about 3 p.m. and found Harris' body with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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806Brandon Stuart19MaleRace unspecified03/11/2001FairfieldCA38.2737017-122.0340464Fairfield Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Brandon Stuart was killed by officers Jimmy Bondoc and Paul Augusto during a shootout outside a Fairfield bowling alley.

sfgate.com
807Alfonso Caudillo-Celaya20MaleHispanic/Latino03/11/2001PhoenixAZ33.4504304-112.0498632Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Phoenix police say Celaya was shot because he pointed a gun at a group of people. Eyewitnesses say that never happened, and that Phoenix Police Sergeant Lowell Spalla shot an innocent kid.

phoenixnewtimes.com
805Robert J. Hejsak33MaleRace unspecified03/11/2001RingwoodIL42.392948-88.3005889McHenry County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers shot Robert J. Hejsak during a three-hour standoff when Hejak allegedly shot at them. The standoff began at about 6 p.m., after Hejsak reportedly appeared at the home of a longtime friend with a shotgun, five handguns and numerous rounds of ammunition, and said he wanted to settle a long-standing disagreement. Sheriff Keith Nygren said Hejsak exchanged gunfire with police early in the standoff, then fired several times throughout the standoff. Police used a megaphone to try and talk Hejsak out from behind a dirt embankment near a barn on the property. Just after 9 p.m., Hejsak raised his hands and stepped into police floodlights. Police told him to drop a handgun he had in his waistband, but Hejsak allegedly fired toward 20 tactical team officers crouched behind cars about 55 yards away. The officers returned fire and Hejsak fell, but then got on one knee and fired more shots. The officers shot back, striking Hejsak again. Hejsak died the next morning at a hospital.

chicagotribune.com
21436Ricky W. Leech42MaleRace unspecified03/10/2001DunkirkMD38.725585-76.646764Maryland State Police
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called because Ricky Leech was outside his wife's home, despite a protection order. He led police on a chase and was shot and killed.

google.com
22689Phillip M. Layton27MaleRace unspecified03/10/2001RockfordTN35.8610982-83.9457479Rockford Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

During a chase, a Rockford patrol car, driven by Sgt. James R. Johnson, swerved into a motorcycle, driven by Phillip M. Layton, which sent it into a guardrail and killed Layton.

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804Dante Ramon Meniefield23MaleAfrican-American/Black03/10/2001Moreno ValleyCA33.9191106-117.2624769Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Robert Marks shot Dante Ramon Meniefield, who was unarmed and had his hands up, because he reportedly thought a black glove was a gun.

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20101Michael Angelo Hill45MaleRace unspecified03/09/2001NashvilleTN36.0867672-86.6972224Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

A retired Navy man, Michael Angelo Hill, shot and killed his former girlfriend and her mother outside a courthouse following a child visitation hearing, then killed himself in a hotel room of the Pear Tree Inn after a three-hour standoff with police.

google.com
802Reginald Hannah38MaleRace unspecified03/09/2001DoverDE39.154961-75.516848Dover Police Department
  • Medical emergency
  • No

Hannah was the passenger in a car pulled over by local police for suspected DUI. His request for a ride home was granted. Things were fine in the back seat for a while, but then he assaulted his friend, the driver. Officers removed and cuffed him but did not Taser him. He died shortly after, a death attributed by the coroner to excited delirium.

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803Jason Underwood16MaleRace unspecified03/09/2001TampaFL27.958661-82.5054785Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

One of four 16- to 18-year-old suspects in a string of armed robberies, Underwood died in a shootout with an off-duty county deputy at a McDonald's restaurant after a robbery gone wrong. His three young accomplices were charged with his murder.

sptimes.com
801Rick Brekke52MaleRace unspecified03/08/2001CayucosCA35.478279-120.9918065Morro Bay Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Rick Brekke was killed when his car was hit by a vehicle fleeing police. Aaron Michael Williams, 28, reportedly failed to yield to police in Morro Bay.

google.com
799Michael Hilderbrand43MaleRace unspecified03/08/2001SterlingVA38.9658154-77.4364343Fairfax County Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Michael Hilderbrand killed his estranged wife and two children. He then headed to Virginia where he planned to harm his ex-wife and cause a gas explosion in downtown Greer. He was spotted near his ex-wife's home, and after a chase and a crash, shot and killed himself.

google.com
797David Atkins45MaleRace unspecified03/08/2001MariettaGA33.9529612-84.5196292Marietta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Brian Marshall and George Nelson responded to a domestic dispute between David Atkins and his mother. Investigators say David Atkins attacked Marshall and Nelson with a hammer. Police say Marshall told Atkins to drop the hammer, while he and Nelson backed away. When Atkins continued to advance on the officers, Marshall shot him in the chest, killing him.

google.com
798Gary Pickett39MaleRace unspecified03/08/2001PrestonIA42.0502844-90.3960275Jackson County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Deputies tried to serve a warrant on Gary Pickett, who was wanted for third-degree sexual abuse. Pickett allegedly fled, leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended near Preston. According to police, Pickett pulled out a shotgun, and when deputies tried to negotiate with him, he took his own life.

radioiowa.com
800Jose Israel Victoria24MaleRace unspecified03/08/2001Los AngelesCA34.2283114-118.5361674Los Angeles Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Passenger Jose Israel Victoria was killed when the car he was in crashed into a wall during a police chase.

latimes.com
20825Larry G. Chatman52MaleRace unspecified03/06/2001Benton HarborMI42.1052844-86.452596Benton Harbor Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Just before midnight, officer Thomas LaVanway was responding to a report of a man down in the street when he hit Larry G. Chatman with his patrol car and dragged him for several yards. Prosecutor James Cherry said an autopsy showed Chatman had a high level of alcohol in his system. An investigation concluded LaVanway, 25, did not immediately inform police that he'd hit Chatman, leading officers to believe they were looking for a hit-and-run driver. LaVanway was ordered to pay a fine and costs of $209 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge for not reporting the accident for more than 30 minutes.

heraldpalladium.com
796Carlos Callahan19MaleRace unspecified03/06/2001CarthageMS32.7326356-89.5361825Leake County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Carlos Callahan died when he reportedly somehow got a gun and began shooting while handcuffed and in the backseat of a patrol car following his arrest for an alleged residential burglary.

djournal.com
22266James Thomas Dailey41MaleRace unspecified03/05/2001RichmondVA37.5182217-77.3436426Henrico County Division of Police
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

James Thomas Dailey fatally shot himself after a seven-hour standoff with police at a motel was identified yesterday as James Thomas Dailey. Police said they had received information that Dailey was depressed and possibly suicidal.

google.com
795Roberto Chavez-Resendiz22MaleHispanic/Latino03/05/2001SellsAZ31.9183525-111.8792638U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Undocumented immigrant Roberto Chavez-Recendiz, of Hidalgo, Mexico, was fatally shot while Rivera was arresting him along with his brother and brother-in-law for allegedly being in the United States without proper documentation. The shooting was "possibly the result of what is called a 'sympathetic grip,' where one hand reacts to the force being used by the other," Chief Criminal Deputy County Attorney Rick Unklesbay wrote in a letter outlining his review of the shooting. The Border Patrol officer had his pistol in his hand as he took the suspects into custody. He claimed the gun fired accidentally.

tucsoncitizen.com
794Thomas Koza24MaleEuropean-American/White03/05/2001ChicagoIL41.953309-87.757158Chicago Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

After a lengthy car chase, the subject crashed his car and then pointed a weapon at police, who fired and killed him.

chicagotribune.com
791Ada Taylor45FemaleRace unspecified03/04/2001Kansas CityMO39.1040998-94.5709292Kansas City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Ada Taylor was killed about a block from her home after a Buick fleeing police crashed into her car. The nearly two-mile chase reportedly began when Gerald L. Johnson fled a traffic stop, and went through several residential neighborhoods until the officer determined it was too dangerous to continue, according to police.

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792Clair Juhl48MaleEuropean-American/White03/04/2001Elm CreekNE40.6997453-99.2743061Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Deputy Chad Hunt stopped a car with an expired license plate near Odessa at around 5 p.m. The driver, Clair Juhl, reportedly got out and shot Hunt. Hunt returned fire, striking Juhl. A bullet proof vest saved Hunt's life. Juhl died at a hospital. An acquaintance said that Juhl had been "more emotional than usual" and "acting out of the ordinary" in the hours leading up to the shooting.

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793William Mough42MaleRace unspecified03/04/2001PhoenixAZ33.502451-112.017281Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mough was stopped for expired tags. He refused to turn over his gun to police, and they struggled for the gun. The officer said he felt the gun coming out of its holster so he shot and killed Mough.

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21437Eric Sketers36MaleRace unspecified03/04/2001BaltimoreMD39.310249-76.61068Baltimore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police said said Eric Sketers brandished a knife and attacked a man at a substance-abuse recovery center before he was shot and killed by a city police officer. Officer John Opitz was ruled justified by the state attorney's office.

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790Dennis L. Shaw43MaleRace unspecified03/03/2001LincolnNE40.799981-96.686676Lincoln Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Just before 6 p.m., multiple callers reported Dennis L. Shaw's erratic behavior, which included running into bushes, trees, cars and a garage. "It was clear something was wrong," police chief Tom Casady said. According to police, Shaw was not arrested, but two officers took him to the ground and handcuffed him for his own safety. Shaw died minutes later.

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20102Ryan J. Kraemer17MaleRace unspecified03/03/2001ReedsburgWI43.5324809-90.0026259Sauk County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Ryan J. Kraemer shot himself once in the head with a stolen handgun as police officers approached his car after it became stuck in snow. Kraemer killed himself after stealing two cars and leading police on a chase into the city of Reedsburg.

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788Traci Hooper14FemaleRace unspecified03/02/2001SeminoleOK35.2264819-96.6710533Oklahoma Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Traci Hooper, 14, fled from an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and sped toward Seminole at speeds that topped 100 mph. Seminole police tried to slow her by setting up three roadblocks, but Hooper went through them and into a busy section of town. City police and Seminole County sheriff's deputies also pursued. Hooper was going 70 mph when she lost control of the car and it hit a traffic light pole. The impact sheared the car in half and killed her.

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789Glenn Fullard41MaleRace unspecified03/02/2001San FranciscoCA37.7836761-122.413013San Francisco Police Department
  • Asphyxiated/Restrained
  • Less-than-lethal force

Glenn Fullard died during a struggle with police trying to arrest him after he refused to stop kicking a sally port door at the Tenderloin Police Station.

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787Alan Dean Teller36MaleRace unspecified03/01/2001GentryAR36.2785412-94.4756832Gentry Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Alan Dean Teller, 36, of Bella Vista shot himself in the head with a .44-caliber black powder handgun as police closed in, Benton County sheriff's Deputy Tom Brewster said. Teller, a convicted stalker, killed himself after being chased off the property of an ex-girlfriend who'd seen him lurking outside her home.

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19428Mark Wenner41MaleRace unspecified02/28/2001IndustryPA40.6544423-80.3901279Industry Borough Police Department, Beaver County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mark Wenner was angry over a judge's order keeping him away from his family. Police were called because he was drunk and despondent. He shot and killed himself during a standoff.

google.com
784David Mercado36MaleRace unspecified02/28/2001EnglewoodCO39.6524468-104.9835241Englewood Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police named an alleged bank robber, along with the police officer who killed him while working off-duty as a security guard. The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office identified the dead man as David Mercado, 36. He was shot once in the stomach by Englewood police officer Bernie Gard, inside Liberty Saving Bank, 3531 S. Logan St.

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785George Patrick "Crazy George" James54MaleAfrican-American/Black02/28/2001Baton RougeLA30.4373134-91.171583Baton Rouge Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

George Patrick James, known by many as "Crazy George," was shot and killed after he allegedly came at officers with a knife.

brgov.com
786Ricardo Gonzalez17MaleHispanic/Latino02/28/2001Los AngelesCA34.0398974-118.3248509Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

While driving an unmarked police vehicle, Detective heard gunfire and saw a man with a gun standing over another in the street. The wounded victim was able to get up and flee, followed by the gun wielder, who shot at him again. The officer exited his vehicle, identified himself as police, and ordered the suspect to drop his weapon. He did not comply and headed toward the officer, pointing his gun at him. He was shot and killed.

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783George Adair42MaleRace unspecified02/27/2001HemetCA33.7382821-116.9318662Hemet Police Department, Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

George Adair reportedly shot and killed himself after he'd been barricaded in his ex-girlfriend's house in East Hemet for seven hours.

google.com
19436Scott Brown37MaleRace unspecified02/27/2001LindenwoldNJ39.8055026-75.0073204Lindenwold Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Patrolman Michael A. Feriozzi shot and killed Scott Brown, who was wielding two knives during a domestic dispute. He allegedly threatened Feriozzi.

google.com
781Billy Ray Finks16MaleAfrican-American/Black02/27/2001Las VegasNV36.2061009-115.209972North Las Vegas Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Billy Ray Finks, a Western High School student, and a friend were driving a stolen car when a North Las Vegas police officer noticed the vehicle and followed it to a dead-end dirt road. The officer, who had called for other officers to help him, got out of the patrol car and pointed a gun at the two occupants. Finks and his friend got out of the car, even though the officer told them to stay inside. Finks also refused orders to drop a silver-colored gun, prompting the officer to fire twice. An investigation found the gun was a toy that they found in the glove box of the stolen car, and that Finks and his friend had used it to try to rob a pedestrian.

google.com
782Joel Silvesan31MaleEuropean-American/White02/27/2001SeattleWA47.6939621-122.344666Seattle Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Shortly before dawn on Feb. 27, Officer Christopher Hansen was driving north along Aurora Avenue North while responding to a nearby traffic stop as a backup officer. His cruiser struck Silvesan, 31, as he was pedaling his mountain bike across the intersection at North 90th Street.

seattlepi.com
778Andrena Kitt21FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/26/2001PensacolaFL30.42107-87.2131489Escambia County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Andrena Kitt was killed by Pensacola undercover agents. She was 21 years old and unarmed.

themilitant.com
780Daniel McGovern41MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2001SunnyvaleCA37.3832874-122.0551592Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police shot Daniel McGovern after he pointed a gun at them.

sfgate.com
779Thomas Franklin Sealey36MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2001LakelandFL28.21242-82.044137Lakeland Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Acting on a warrant for his arrest on federal drug charges and information that he would be going to this address to collect money, three LPD officers and one FBI officer waited to arrest him. Sealey reportedly approach the home with a firearm in his hand, demanding entry. When officers inside the home identified themselves, Sealey fled toward a wooded area and scaled a chain-link fence. Officers say that from the other side of the fence, Sealey raised and pointed the firearm at them. He was shot at least 4 times and his 9MM semi-auto Taurus was not fired, despite early reports.

polksheriff.org
777Austin Riley88MaleAfrican-American/Black02/26/2001MiamiFL25.7616798-80.1917902Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Riley's wife called police in shortly after midnight claiming her husband had tried to set their residence on fire, then locked himself in his room. Officers arrived and forced his door open, only to be confronted with the elderly Riley aiming a shotgun at them. He'd been bedridden and dependent on an oxygen tank for more than a year. Riley, who refused or could not understand their commands to drop the gun, was fatally shot.

sun-sentinel.com
776Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/25/2001PacoimaCA34.2792069-118.4206947California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A motorist died Sunday after he lost control in the rain and plowed into a California Highway Patrol car carrying two officers. Both cars burst into flames but the officers escaped with minor injuries.

google.com
21448Mark F. Venuti36MaleRace unspecified02/24/2001ElizabethNJ40.6590896-74.2367185Elizabeth Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Mark Venuti claimed he was armed before lunging at police with a Bible. He was shot and killed.

google.com
774Robert L Hale39MaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2001DaytonOH39.8191216-84.1253297Dayton Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Hale allegedly tried to back over Officer Stephen Clark at a construction site. Hale was a burglary suspect.

mydaytondailynews.com
773Edward M. Phillips30MaleRace unspecified02/23/2001Warrensville HeightsOH41.4323067-81.5102655Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

An off-­duty Cuyahoga County jail guard, James L. Jones, arriving home after work shot and killed a Cleveland man, Phillips, who ambushed and stabbed him, police said.

keepandbeararms.com
775Joe Anthony Zuniga24MaleRace unspecified02/23/2001HoustonTX29.7835831-95.3032155U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Zuniga fled from a drug deal with undercover DEA agents in a Dodge minivan. After several blocks he stopped, emerged from the car, and began firing a .45 at his pursuers. He wounded one in the shoulder before being fatally shot.

chron.com
772Name withheld by police33MaleRace unspecified02/22/2001AlhambraCA34.0688668-118.1514407California Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An unnamed 33-year-old man was killed in Alhambra while trying to run from a CHP officer who was citing him for a carpool violation.

latimes.com
19433Quinton Bell24MaleRace unspecified02/21/2001PhiladelphiaPA39.9899845-75.1603661Philadelphia Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer Charles Reedy Jr. was approached by a woman who said Quinton Bell had pointed a gun at her and her companion. Reedy shot and killed Bell, but it was not reported what precipitated the killing.

google.com
768Louis E. Pool38MaleRace unspecified02/21/2001Forest HillTX32.6730766-97.280191Forest Hill Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Louis E. Pool, 38, was shot once in the chest as he drove away from the officers who were called to a disturbance with an "intoxicated and very violent" male. Pool continued around the corner before he crashed into a building. He was pronounced dead shortly after at John Peter Smith Hospital.

google.com
771Kathy Hollands36FemaleRace unspecified02/21/2001CorinthMS34.9139717-88.5012544Colbert County Sheriff's Office (AL), Cherokee Police Department (AL)
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kathy Hollands, Brandy Hollands and Jennifer Parsons were killed by an unrelated vehicle carrying three people being pursued for allegedly attempted to steal CDs and DVDs from Walmart. The pursued vehicle ran a red light at high speeds and crashed into the side of Kathy Hollands' Chevrolet Cavalier.

decaturdaily.com
770Jennifer Parsons18FemaleRace unspecified02/21/2001CorinthMS34.9139717-88.5012544Colbert County Sheriff's Office (AL), Cherokee Police Department (AL)
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kathy Hollands, Brandy Hollands and Jennifer Parsons were killed by an unrelated vehicle carrying three people being pursued for allegedly attempted to steal CDs and DVDs from Walmart. The pursued vehicle ran a red light at high speeds and crashed into the side of Kathy Hollands' Chevrolet Cavalier.

decaturdaily.com
769Brandy Hollands17FemaleRace unspecified02/21/2001CorinthMS34.9139717-88.5012544Colbert County Sheriff's Office (AL), Cherokee Police Department (AL)
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Kathy Hollands, Brandy Hollands and Jennifer Parsons were killed by an unrelated vehicle carrying three people being pursued for allegedly attempted to steal CDs and DVDs from Walmart. The pursued vehicle ran a red light at high speeds and crashed into the side of Kathy Hollands' Chevrolet Cavalier.

decaturdaily.com
763Name withheld by police17MaleRace unspecified02/20/2001WichitaKS37.6871761-97.330053Wichita Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

An unnamed 17-year-old boy reportedly shot himself during a seven-hour police stand-off. At around 2 p.m., police responded to a report of a suicidal person and found two adults outside the house. According to police, officers then heard several shots coming from inside and called in SWAT. The boy's family said he had a history of mental illness and might not have been taking his medication, and that he'd previously attempted suicide, police said. The boy reportedly shot himself at around 9 p.m. after officers threw a phone through a window to better communicate. Tactical officers entered the house after hearing the shot. The boy died at a hospital early the next morning.

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767Desiree Guzman14FemaleHispanic/Latino02/20/2001StocktonCA37.954018-121.2353718Stockton Unified School District Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bernice Martinez, Ashley Martinez, Christina Martinez and Desiree Guzman were killed when their car was struck by a driver fleeing Stockton Unified School District police officer Tim Kegarice.

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766Christina Martinez16FemaleHispanic/Latino02/20/2001StocktonCA37.954018-121.2353718Stockton Unified School District Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bernice Martinez, Ashley Martinez, Christina Martinez and Desiree Guzman were killed when their car was struck by a driver fleeing Stockton Unified School District police officer Tim Kegarice.

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765Ashley Martinez14FemaleHispanic/Latino02/20/2001StocktonCA37.954018-121.2353718Stockton Unified School District Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bernice Martinez, Ashley Martinez, Christina Martinez and Desiree Guzman were killed when their car was struck by a driver fleeing Stockton Unified School District police officer Tim Kegarice.

recordnet.com
764Bernice Martinez43FemaleHispanic/Latino02/20/2001StocktonCA37.954018-121.2353718Stockton Unified School District Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Bernice Martinez, Ashley Martinez, Christina Martinez and Desiree Guzman were killed when their car was struck by a driver fleeing Stockton Unified School District police officer Tim Kegarice.

recordnet.com
762Nathan Murphy33MaleEuropean-American/White02/19/2001AltonMO36.6904584-91.4638627Missouri State Highway Patrol, Oregon County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Oregon County chief deputy Nathan Murphy died after a head-on collision with Robert N. Raines, who was fleeing from a Missouri State Trooper. The chase began at around 8:30 a.m., when a trooper tried to stop Raines for a traffic violation on US 60. The pursuit continued into Oregon County at speeds of more than 100 mph before Raines' vehicle struck Murphy's squad car on a county road north of Alton. Murphy was reportedly on his way to cut Murphy off at an intersection. Both vehicles burst into flames following the collision. Murphy was pronounced dead at a hospital. Raines, 23, sustained serious injuries. In 2002, Raines pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in state prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

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20824Richard "Dick" Vauris54MaleEuropean-American/White02/19/2001Clinton TownshipMI42.5492936-82.8920551Clinton Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Glen Bowles, Glenn Burgess and Dave Vandenheede responded at 5:29 p.m. to the Cordova Courts Co-Op after Curry's cousin asked for help removing an "unwanted guest." Curry emerged from the basement and retreated several times until Bowles pepper sprayed him and called for backup. Officers Curt Randall, Norman Graleski and Richard "Dick" Vauris arrived, and Curry stood with his hand in his pocket as the officers sat at the kitchen table talking to him. Officer Mark Krutell arrived with his K-9. For unclear reasons, Vauris rushed Curry, grabbed him in a bear hug and backed him against the wall. Curry allegedly took Vauris' gun from its holster and fell onto his stomach with the gun under him, as Bowles grabbed Curry's wrist. Police said the gun discharged, striking Vauris, then fired again, striking Curry. The officers then shot Curry 13 times in the back, killing him. Sgt. Thomas Terzo arrived, and he and Krutell dragged Vauris to a police car and took him to a hospital, where he died. Curry's body remained on the floor for hours as an upset crowd gathered outside. About a month later, the Macomb County prosecutor said the shooting was justified. Curry's family contested the police version, asking whether Vauris was actually killed by a fellow officer. There was no gunpowder residue on Curry's hands and his fingerprints weren't on the gun. Investigators also never determined which gun the bullet that killed Vauris came from. Oakland County medical examiner Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, who was hired by Curry's family, described one of the bullet wounds as an "execution-style" wound because the gun was directly against Curry's body when fired.

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20823Timothy "Tim" Curry33MaleAfrican-American/Black02/19/2001Clinton TownshipMI42.5492936-82.8920551Clinton Township Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Glen Bowles, Glenn Burgess and Dave Vandenheede responded at 5:29 p.m. to the Cordova Courts Co-Op after Curry's cousin asked for help removing an "unwanted guest." Curry emerged from the basement and retreated several times until Bowles pepper sprayed him and called for backup. Officers Curt Randall, Norman Graleski and Richard "Dick" Vauris arrived, and Curry stood with his hand in his pocket as the officers sat at the kitchen table talking to him. Officer Mark Krutell arrived with his K-9. For unclear reasons, Vauris rushed Curry, grabbed him in a bear hug and backed him against the wall. Curry allegedly took Vauris' gun from its holster and fell onto his stomach with the gun under him, as Bowles grabbed Curry's wrist. Police said the gun discharged, striking Vauris, then fired again, striking Curry. The officers then shot Curry 13 times in the back, killing him. Sgt. Thomas Terzo arrived, and he and Krutell dragged Vauris to a police car and took him to a hospital, where he died. Curry's body remained on the floor for hours as an upset crowd gathered outside. About a month later, the Macomb County prosecutor said the shooting was justified. Curry's family contested the police version, asking whether Vauris was actually killed by a fellow officer. There was no gunpowder residue on Curry's hands and his fingerprints weren't on the gun. Investigators also never determined which gun the bullet that killed Vauris came from. Oakland County medical examiner Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, who was hired by Curry's family, described one of the bullet wounds as an "execution-style" wound because the gun was directly against Curry's body when fired.

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761Daniel Eugene Flanary19MaleRace unspecified02/19/2001KelsoWA46.1480194-122.9222522Kelso Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

The mentally ill Flanary, 19, was shot after fleeing police and breaking into an elderly woman's West Kelso apartment, refusing officer commands to drop weapons fashioned from two common tablespoons, and charging police.

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760Dervil Oribris31MaleRace unspecified02/18/2001Winter HavenFL28.0439152-81.7199358Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Responding to a report of a burglary in progress, a Polk County Deputy attempted to apprehend a suspect who had barricaded himself inside the bedroom of a mobile home. According to the police report, Oribris charged the deputy, armed with a .32 revolver. The two "scuffled" on the floor, and the deputy knocked the gun away. The deputy, trying to handcuff Oribris from behind, was able to get one hand handcuffed when the suspect broke free and grabbed the gun. Oribris reportedly then pointed the gun, which was cocked, at the deputy. In response, the deputy fired one shot at Oribris, who continued to point the gun at the deputy. A second shot was fired and the suspect collapsed. The autopsy showed one shot in the neck area and once in the back area. It was later determined that the gun was not loaded.

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759Rosa Viera43FemaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2001Los AngelesCA33.9346902-118.3000927Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rosa Viera, a 43-year-old Latino female, and Juan De La Cruz Reyes, a 30-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Westmont.

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757Juan De La Cruz Reyes30MaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2001Los AngelesCA33.9346902-118.3000927Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Juan De La Cruz Reyes, a 30-year-old Latino male, and Rosa Viera, a 43-year-old Latino female, died after being shot in Westmont.

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758Jose Valencia Mendoza21MaleHispanic/Latino02/18/2001Long BeachCA33.8922869-118.399551Long Beach Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police were called to Chittick Field Park with reports about a man with a gun. When they arrived, several people pointed out Mendoza as the suspect. He did not respond to the officers' verbal commands and several of them fired weapons, killing him. No weapon was found on him, however a handgun was found in his car.

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755Clifford Daniels40MaleRace unspecified02/17/2001Chula VistaCA32.6147448-117.0788349San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Two police officers shot and killed Clifford Daniels as he advanced on them at his home while holding knives.

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22265Roger Lee Whitlock28MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2001FloydVA36.9790859-80.1759369Floyd County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roger Lee Whitlock, 28, may have shot and killed Darlene Yoders, 30, through the door of her home as police shot and killed him on the front porch.

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22264Darlene Hicks Yoders30FemaleRace unspecified02/17/2001FloydVA36.9790859-80.1759369Floyd County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Roger Lee Whitlock, 28, may have shot and killed Darlene Yoders, 30, through the door of her home as police shot and killed him on the front porch.

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756Bert F. Salva25MaleRace unspecified02/17/2001TucsonAZ32.1881954-110.9678149South Tucson Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police believe Salva called 911 and hung up as a way to summon police to the Star Motel. After repeated attempts to negotiate with the gunman failed, investigators said, Salva fired shots from his motel room's bathroom window. He then came outside and opened fire. Police shot and killed him.

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22690Lynford Ray Smith40MaleRace unspecified02/16/2001KnoxvilleTN35.9685579-84.0064065Knoxville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Lynford Ray Smith was shot and killed after a "slow-speed" chase through parts of West Knoxville. The chase ended in a muddy field when he allegedly tried to run over several Knoxville officers who had gotten out of their cruisers at the dead end of Abercorn Road. The officers opened fire on his van after he backed toward them, and a bullet struck him in the head, police said. He allegedly had a broken tail light.

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21604Phillip E. Swantner34MaleRace unspecified02/16/2001YoungstownOH41.0605987-80.6159045Boardman Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Phillip E. Swantner was hit head-on and killed at the corner of Youngstown-Poland Road and Midlothian Boulevard by a car driven by 30-year-old Steven Mango while Mango was fleeing Boardman police. Swantner was not involved in the chase.

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754Gary BakerMaleRace unspecified02/16/2001HornellNY42.331474-77.663904Hornell Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Local officers shot and killed Baker at the residence of his estranged wife, who he had stabbed to death.

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753Gerald Tate22MaleAfrican-American/Black02/15/2001San DiegoCA32.8094805-117.1166715San Diego Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Rookie officer Steve Staton shot Navy sailor Gerald Tate after he went into a rage and repeatedly struck and kicked officer Robert Adams.

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22691Joey Kessinger27MaleRace unspecified02/14/2001NashvilleTN36.1427793-86.8145799Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Joey Kessinger was shot and killed by officers Michael Donaldson, Lewis Lawrence and Randy Brock when Kessinger tried to flee a drug bust and allegedly threatened officers with his vehicle.

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752Ramon Vasquez35MaleHispanic/Latino02/14/2001PhoenixAZ33.4687568-111.9871469Phoenix Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officer David Szenyes shot Ramon Vasquez three times during a raid, killing him. Szenyes, stationed outside a garage at Vasquez's home, saw Vasquez running toward him with a holstered gun and shot Vasquez. Szenyes told investigators he had experienced an overwhelming feeling of "sick helplessness" that Vasquez would shoot other officers inside the home. He said he yelled "police, down" and fired as Vasquez took his third stride and made an abrupt turn.

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22692Zachery Love38MaleRace unspecified02/13/2001KnoxvilleTN35.9977395-83.8772879Knoxville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Zachery Love was stealing items from a defunct clothing store when an officer started a car chase that ended with Love's fatal crash into a utility pole, police said.

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751Jason Amen Watts23MaleRace unspecified02/13/2001Walnut CreekCA37.8973309-122.0690732Walnut Creek Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Watts, who had a criminal record including theft and burglary, stood in an electronics store trying to use a fraudulent credit card. The police arrived, Watts is said to have pulled a handgun, and he was shot dead.

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20103Blong Yang25MaleRace unspecified02/12/2001MilwaukeeWI43.03777-88.0259978West Allis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Blong Yang drove at speeds of about 100 mph while fleeing West Allis police into Milwaukee, police said. He was killed when the stolen car he was driving crashed into a Milwaukee woman's bedroom, slightly injuring her.

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19008Brittany Rumsey11FemaleRace unspecified02/12/2001KatyTX29.8049315-95.8247935Katy Police Department, Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

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19007Dylan Rumsey9MaleRace unspecified02/12/2001KatyTX29.8049315-95.8247935Katy Police Department, Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

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19006Kirstie Rumsey7FemaleRace unspecified02/12/2001KatyTX29.8049315-95.8247935Katy Police Department, Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • No

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

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19005Timothy Lee Rumsey42MaleRace unspecified02/12/2001KatyTX29.8049315-95.8247935Katy Police Department, Houston Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Timothy threatened his family. His wife, Joy, left the house and asked Katy Police Department to evacuate her four children as well. KPD called Houston Police Department. HPD SWAT responded around 4:30 pm. Rumsey, armed with a 9mm Beretta pistol, threatened himself and the children. By 9:30 pm, he had shot himself and all of his children. Only Haylee, shot in the arm, survived.

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750Robert Eugene Jones Jr.38MaleAfrican-American/Black02/11/2001Los AngelesCA33.9435923-118.3090321Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Robert Eugene Jones Jr., a 38-year-old black male, died after being shot in Gramercy Park.

latimes.com
20822Travis Miles8MaleEuropean-American/White02/10/2001WestlandMI42.3104015-83.3643304Canton Township Department of Public Safety
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Police said they responded to a report of a larceny in progress at a home construction site and stopped two trucks that appeared to be loaded with construction material. Two men were arrested without incident, but John Steven Moffitt and a passenger reportedly sped away in a 1988 flatbed Chevrolet truck. According to police, Moffitt reached speeds of 60 mph before running a red light and broadsiding a car carrying 8-year-old Travis Miles. Miles died at the scene of the 8:30 p.m. crash. Moffitt, 38, was charged with first-degree murder.

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748Montgomery Alan "Monte" Mott27MaleRace unspecified02/10/2001DaytonOH39.7873749-84.234935Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Mott was killed and another man critically injured when Paul H. Hendrickson was fleeing a Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy crashed into their vehicles.

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749Matthew S. Marsh20MaleRace unspecified02/10/2001Cape GirardeauMO37.3373472-89.5824807Cape Girardeau Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Sgt. Bradley Moore and Cpl. Keith May shot and killed Matthew S. Marsh after he reportedly shot May in the abdomen and Moore in the shoulder during a drug search at a Cape Girardeau hotel. The officers responded at about 8:30 p.m. to reported drug activity in a room at a Super 8 off Interstate 55. The officers knocked on the door and started talking to Marsh and a woman, the room's occupants. Marsh reportedly went back into the room, got a gun and started shooting at the officers, who returned fire, killing Marsh. The woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

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745Mark Allen29MaleRace unspecified02/09/2001ArdmoreOK34.1727958-97.1632937Ardmore Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Suicide

Mark Allen was suspected in the murder of an Ardmore resident when he took his own life at a local motel as a police negotiator tried to talk him into giving up without a fight. Allen died in the same manner as Dwight Dill—a single gunshot wound to the head.

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744Name withheld by police40FemaleRace unspecified02/09/2001AtlantaGA33.729395-84.3844465Atlanta Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Police responded to a stabbing, police said. A woman had cut another woman during a fight, and when the officer located the suspect, she ran. The officer caught the woman and a struggle began, during which the woman picked up a chunk of concrete and struck the officer. Chambers said that when the woman tried to hit the officer a second time with the concrete, he shot and killed her.

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747Donald E. "D.J." Venerable Jr.33MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2001SacramentoCA38.4850327-121.4594094Sacramento Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Officers Joseph Ellis and Arturo Venegas shot unarmed Donald E. "D.J." Venerable Jr. when they mistook a cell phone for a weapon.

latimes.com
746Kinh Quoc Dao29MaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/09/2001Valley GlenCA34.1870125-118.4166094Los Angeles Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When an officer approached Dao after a traffic stop, he said he had a gun and would shoot. The officer called for backup. When more officers arrived, Dao exited his vehicle and threatened to shoot them. He reached into his clothing and simulated pointing a weapon. He was shot and killed. No weapon was found.

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742Willie M. Anderson63FemaleRace unspecified02/08/2001St. LouisMO38.6657708-90.2677325St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

On April 4, Willie M. Anderson went into cardiac arrest and died from injuries sustained nearly two months earlier, when a vehicle fleeing police crashed into her car. At about 8:30 p.m. on February 8, officers began to chase an allegedly stolen Chevrolet Malibu being driven at high speed. According to police, the officers backed off the chase before the Malibu collided with Anderson's oncoming car. The other driver, Derek Petty, 19, was charged with second-degree murder, three counts of second-degree assault and one count of first-degree tampering.

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743Samuel Cortez Jr.28MaleHispanic/Latino02/08/2001Los AngelesCA33.9975203-118.412954Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Samuel Cortez Jr, a 28-year-old Latino male, died after being shot in Del Rey.

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741Brian Pannebaker31MaleRace unspecified02/08/2001KremmlingCO40.0588744-106.3889199Colorado State Patrol
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

When Kremmling police officers and State Trooper Jack Desanti went to the home of Brian Pannebaker to check on his welfare, they found him in a pickup truck with the engine running and a hose attached to the tailpipe. Pannebaker, 31, smashed a window and climbed out of the truck brandishing a butcher knife, and Desanti shot and killed him.

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22693Frank I. Key Jr.29MaleRace unspecified02/07/2001GallatinTN36.4433458-86.520102Sumner County Sheriff's Office
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Frank I. Key Jr. was apparently a fugitive when he was pulled over by police. He threatened one officer with a gun and was shot and killed by another, Deputy J.D. Thomas.

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737Jack Harper78MaleRace unspecified02/07/2001TulsaOK36.099733-95.941564Tulsa Police Department
  • Gunshot
  • Deadly force

Jack Harper, 78, was fatally shot by police after he fired a shotgun at them, grazing a motorcycle officer's helmet with one pellet. Harper, wearing only pajama bottoms, had fired the shotgun into the air and spray-painted disparaging remarks about police and the mayor on his garage door before shooting at the officers, police alleged.

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740Dana Lee14FemaleRace unspecified02/07/2001RichlandMS32.22106-90.164531Florence Police Department, Richland Police Department, Rankin County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dana Lee, Robin McCoy and Steven Bledsoe were passengers in a car involved in a high-speed chase. The driver, Corey Tate, lost control and crashed. All 3 passengers were killed; Tate survived.

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739Robin McCoy18FemaleRace unspecified02/07/2001RichlandMS32.22106-90.164531Florence Police Department, Richland Police Department, Rankin County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehic/Purs

Dana Lee, Robin McCoy and Steven Bledsoe were passengers in a car involved in a high-speed chase. The driver, Corey Tate, lost control and crashed. All 3 passengers were killed; Tate survived.

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