Security detained Vanarsdale, drunk and high, at a club. They called for police help because he continued to resist. Sergeant Andrew Pence pepper-sprayed Vanarsdale and struck him twice with a baton. Vanarsdale grabbed the baton and struck Sergeant Pence. Pence told Vanarsdale to drop the weapon. Vanarsdale tried to hit Sergeant Pence again. Sergeant Pence shot Vanarsdale once with a .40-caliber pistol. Vanarsdale died at Darnell Army Community Hospital. Vanarsdale's parents, Rosie and Vinson, filed a lawsuit, claiming that Sergeant Pence was inadequately trained.

In and out of jail and mental hospitals all his life, according to his own sister, Pitts seemed geared up for some kind of finale. He shot and wounded three motorists who tried to come to his aid on the roadside, then shot and wounded a state trooper in a nine-hour overnight shooting spree, before being killed in a firefight with SWAT members.

Clyde Scott Pruitt was wanted on a murder charge when he shot himself in the head as police officers closed in on him, police said.

An officer shot Daniel R. McWilliams when he allegedly approached the officer with a knife in a threatening manner. Police said the officer had responded to a reckless driver complaint and stopped McWilliams' vehicle. According to police, McWilliams got out displaying "what appeared to be a hunting-type knife." The officer opened fire when McWilliams allegedly continued advancing toward him and refused to drop the knife.

11-year-old girl Tina Winston, who was mentally disabled, was allegedly behaving violently in the waiting room of a counseling center when a caseworker tried to restrain her by straddling her. Detective Chris Triola and other officers arrived at around 7 p.m. and found Tina unresponsive. However, the officers didn't attempt first aid or call for an ambulance for several minutes, claiming that caseworkers led them to believe Tina was "faking" it. According to police, officers shook Tina and asked her to get up, then moved her to a chair. Police eventually called paramedics, who took Tina to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Coroner David Moore listed asphyxiation as the cause of Tina's death.

Four Las Vegas police officers opened fire on Frakelin Marice Hardy, 19, a robbery suspect who led police on a car chase before ramming one of the officers with his vehicle. A 13-year-old girl who was a passenger in Hardy's car was shot and injured. Hardy's death was unanimously ruled justifiable.

During a traffic stop Erickson shot and wounded a local female rookie officer in both legs, and in turn was shot and killed by her backup, a county deputy. This was the third fatal police shooting in Montana within a seven-week period.

Police were patrolling Broad Street when they heard several shots about 3:15 a.m., police said. Officers discovered a man shooting at a crowded porch. The man had an accomplice who appeared to be unarmed. Police chased the armed man, Kristopher Christian, who was carrying a semiautomatic weapon and fled on foot, and Christian allegedly confronted Richmond police Officer R. Shane Barlow, who shot him in the chest, killing him.

Jordan allegedly shot at an officer who intended to arrest him for unspecified warrants. He was shot and killed.

Following a dispute with a postal worker about a missing package, Walker displayed a knife to a responding police officer, then ran about half a mile north and attempted to steal a pickup truck. An officer shot the uncooperative Walker to death.

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

Investigators were "baffled" by the actions of Cisco, a chef with no previous record of police contact, who jumped out of a car moving at 40 MPH on a major highway. Rolling on the pavement, accumulating some significant injuries, he then attacked two off-duty officers who had stopped to help him. Although unarmed Cisco mounted a severe assault. The officers fatally shot him four times.

Canton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.

Police shot Juan Jose Aguilera when he allegedly waved an air pistol at them from inside a wooden outbuilding during a standoff.

Ortiz was wanted on a felony warrant for violating his parole from a previous jail sentence. An officer spotted him at a convenience store. When the officer approached Ortiz, the teen pulled a weapon and grabbed the officer, who reached for his own gun. The boy was shot and killed as the two scuffled, police said.

A lawsuit claimed officers beat to death Yakov Ostrovsky after he led police on a chase from the Fort McHenry Tunnel to Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office reviewed the case because Ostrovsky died at BWI, but concluded "no criminal charges were warranted or appropriate."

Officer Eddie Hernandez conducted a traffic stop on Milo. Milo ran away on foot. Officer Hernandez pursued. Milo turned and drew a .357 Magnum revolver. They shot each other. Officer Hernandez, wearing a ballistic vest, survived. Milo was struck fatally in the chest. Milo had resisted arrest twice in the previous year.His family characterized Conroe Police Department as racist.

An unnamed man reportedly killed himself at some point during a three-hour standoff with police at a house on Whistling Drive in Redding.

Officers Barbara Melloch and Mark Stevens shot Kim Chung Kong after he allegedly shot at them when they responded to a citizen's report of a car matching one used in a recent residential burglary.

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

Stabbed to death by off-duty police officer who was sentence to four life sentences for the crimes.

The driver allegedly tried to hit the officer with a heavy steel club after he was stopped after running a stop sign. The officer believed the driver may have been drunk.

Jose Francisco Zamudio jumped into the San Joaquin River while fleeing police and drowned.

Trooper Chris J. Spinner stopped a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant with Florida tags for a seat-belt violation, police said. The unidentified driver fled and then lost control of his car and crashed into a minivan, killing William O. Thomas.

Dillard's worker Danielle Primavera, 57, volunteered to be taken hostage by the gunman, identified by police as James Hale Smith, 31, of Tucson. She volunteered to take the place of a younger woman Smith was holding at gunpoint. Smith, police said, had fled a botched robbery at a restaurant minutes earlier and headed west to the mall, with police behind him. Sgt. Paul Hawks, who killed the man, thought he was putting himself in mortal danger, up against a cornered man with a firearm, as Hawks repeatedly told Smith to drop his weapon. The firearm was an air pistol, police said, but Hawks had no way to know that. Hawks held his fire, even while the gunman repeatedly pointed the pistol at him from 10 to 15 feet away. He did not fire until the woman struggled with the gunman, giving the sergeant one clear shot.

A reported schizophrenic, Fernandez confronted three local officers, flicked a cigarette at them, and began physically engaging with two. He was pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground. At some point "they noticed he was turning blue." Fernandez died shortly thereafter from unknown causes.

Police went to Hines' home to arrest him for not paying court fines. The situation escalated to violence and Hines was shot and killed.

He was an accomplice in a bank robbery, and "was killed when he shot at police and they returned fire."

Harper opened fire on police after a traffic stop. He was shot and killed.

Daniel Austin died after struggling with an off-duty officer at a Bank One branch on the Southwest Side. According to police, Austin entered the bank and spoke with an employee at about 3:40 p.m. Austin allegedly became loud and combative, and then pushed the employee. The off-duty CPD officer, who was working as a security guard, asked Austin to leave and, when he refused, attempted to escort him out. Austin allegedly became combative again, police said, and became unresponsive.

Leslie Mains was apparently fleeing from police, she didn't stop or slow down for a stop sign at Tenn. 18. The car flew across the highway as she lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. She was killed and her passenger was injured.

Shot by off-duty officer when he attempted to steal her car, officer claims at gunpoint. Four shots to back right side of head and neck, including a muzzle imprint, suggesting the gun barrel was pressed against deceased's skin.

Smith led Officers Jason Riddlespurger, Hal Simpson and Thomas Hightower down an alley in the last of three or four high-speed chases he had recently been responsible for. He shot at officers as he fled. The officers fatally shot him.

A high-speed police chase ended when the car being chased slammed into an embankment killing all three men inside. The men were wanted in connection to a reported burglary attempt earlier.

Everett Edward Evans died after being shot in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Patricia Marie Smith stole a conversion van and fled police, crashing into John M. Foley, and killing him. Smith was drunk.

Police arrived at Schneider's apartment on June 12, 2000, in response to a 911 call from the building's manager. The manager told the dispatcher that Schneider was playing her music loudly and creating a "little disturbance." Officers arrived and found Schneider distraught, psychotic, and armed with a knife. When she charged at police, officers fired back and killed her. She was 49 years old.

Ronald Beasley accepted a ride from Earl Murray, not knowing Murray would first stop for a drug deal at a Jack in the Box restaurant. The deal was a drug sting. When 13 police converged on Murray he panicked, threw his car into reverse, locked bumpers with a DEA SUV, then tried to move forward with his tires spinning. Two officers standing in front of his car unloaded their weapons into it, a total of 21 shots, killing both unarmed men.

Off-duty constables and officers working as security guards at a bowling alley tried to end a fight by spraying Mace at participants. Hundreds ran to avoid the fumes, fatally trampling Tilmon. The Dallas County medical examiner judged Tilmon's death an accident caused by "traumatic asphyxia."

Recently fired deputy Alfredo Alvarez reportedly took a shotgun from his estranged girlfriend's patrol car and shot himself in the stomach.

Thomas M. Authier drowned in Discovery Bay after fleeing from a sheriff's deputy who'd confronted him for sleeping in a truck.

A driver speeding away from police crashed into another vehicle in Lakewood, killing 28-year-old Isaac Okoroafor of Denver, a Nigerian immigrant who was holding down two jobs and studying accounting at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Okoroafor was killed when a speeding 1997 Toyota Corolla failed to stop at a stop sign at West Colfax Avenue and Depew Street and broadsided his car, killing him.

Officer Kyle Callihan shot and killed Henry Taylor when Taylor allegedly attacked an officer with a metal pipe after several plainclothes officers entered his house looking for a rape suspect (not Taylor).

On June 12, 2000 at approx.1213 hours, Brian Poppleton pointed a loaded pistol at officers who were in the process of trying to take him into custody for a felony warrant charging him with burglary and grand theft as well as a protection order that hadn't been served concerning Poppleton's pointing a gun at his estranged wife on two occasions. Brian Poppleton was shot by police and died as a result of his wounds.

Officers shot and killed Cleon Allen when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers when ordered to stop.

Officer Brian McClung saw Joshua Fralin allegedly speeding, pulled in behind him at a stoplight, and Fralin sped away before crashing and killing Alfred Perdue.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call from Perry Park's wife Tamara Parks. Perry, allegedly drunk, was yelling and swearing at Tamara in the presence of their two teenage daughters. Tamara's call to 911 dispatch indicated she was afraid things would get physical. When officers Michael Pomeroy and Jeff Gottstein arrived at the house, Perry "had calmed down" and was loading the dishwasher and eating a snack. Gottstein told him they were going to take him, Perry refused claiming he had done nothing wrong and it was his house. Gottstein attempted to grab Perry, Perry lifted his arm to block him, causing Gottstein to fall back. When Gottstein regained his balance he grabbed Parks by the throat and sprayed him several times in the face with Oleoresin Capsicum spray. The two continued to struggle with Perry yelling "I can't see!" as they wrestled on the floor. Gottstein accused Perry of reaching for his gun, and Pomeroy attempted to shoot him twice, but his weapon misfired twice, each time Pomeroy struck the butt of it on the counter in a "malfunction drill." Tamara attempted to block Pomeroy's shot and screamed for him not to shoot, but on the third attempt Pomeroy shot Perry directly through the back of his right shoulder. Perry was still on his hands and knees and died within moments. Total time Pomeroy and Gottrieb were in the house before Perry was shot dead was approximately 3-4 minutes.

According to the Cobb Sheriff's department, an off-duty sheriff's deputy was working security at the Krystal restaurant when he noticed Mendoza and a female engaged in some suspicious activity by a car in the parking lot. The deputy approached the couple and began to question them. When the deputy attempted to pat down Mendoza, he ran away on foot. According to a initial incident report filed by Cobb Police, Mendoza "produced a handgun and attempted to fire at [the deputy], but shot himself instead."

Sergeant Alane M. Stoffregen, newly assigned to the Marine Unit, died during a deep-water training exercise in Lake Michigan about a mile off Navy Pier. Stoffregen had been underwater for half an hour when she signaled to her partner that she was heading for the surface. Once there, she apparently began showing signs of distress. According to the findings of the Cook County medical examiner's office and a U.S. Navy doctor, rough waters, exhaustion and panic contributed to Stoffregen's drowning; serious scrapes and bruises on her head and neck were apparently caused from her body colliding with the boat.

Local officers pulled over Miracle for a fictitious license plate, and then for no license or registration. After writing up the ticket they found that he'd gone. They gave chase, with Miracle getting up to 60 MPH on side streets, before Miracle's vehicle crashed into another car at an intersection, killing him.

An officer shot an unidentified man who allegedly reached for a gun. According to police, the officer noticed the man sitting in the driver's seat of a Dodge Durango at about 7:10 p.m. in a residential area. Police said the car had been reported stolen moments earlier. As the officer approached, he reportedly saw a 9mm handgun in the man's lap. Police said the officer told the man to put his hands up, but the man allegedly reached for the gun so the officer shot him.

Dale Jackson died when he was taken to jail instead of a hospital while exhibiting obvious signs of mental illness or drug use.

Local police were dispatched to Perkins' residence to help transport him to a mental health facility. He resisted, first with a (reported) knife, and then with a baseball bat. He was fatally shot.

A police chase resulted in the death of Barbara Scott and the serious injury of Richard and Rachard Scott when their vehicle was hit by a vehicle being driven by George Jason Allen and being pursued by Michigan State Police Troopers Gordon and Willett.

Truck driver Lavache was killed in an early-morning crash with a speeding police car in Bensonhurst. The police had been speeding to a shots fired call. One of the officers was also killed, and the other seriously wounded.

Bernard Cornelius Simmons was killed when his car collided with a squad car driven by officer Jeff Tyler, who police said was responding to a robbery alarm at a video store shortly before 9 p.m. Tyler was treated and released. Witnesses reportedly gave conflicting statements about whether the squad car's lights and siren were activated. Police said that Simmons was at fault in the crash.

Dimauro was wearing a face-mask, carrying a BB gun and had just completed the armed robbery of a convenience store when he was confronted and shot dead by a local officer.

Drew Diederich was killed after he ran from police, jumped an 8-foot fence and stood in the path of a freight train until it ran him over.

Richard Navarro Garcia died after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police were responding to a domestic disturbance report. When they attempted to arrest Butler, he got a knife in the kitchen and was shot and killed.

Grant was shot eight times as a burglary suspect although witnesses asserted his appearance and behavior didn't match that narrative. Grant was killed within nine hours of another police victim, Clarence Edward Stewart. Both cases were reviewed by the FBI and part of a county pattern of, in the words of the county police chief, "brutality and misconduct."

Goca was one of two undercover local detectives in a one-car crash at 2:30 a.m. Goca was fatally injured. The driver, his colleague, was intoxicated and charged with two misdemeanor counts of DWI, criminally negligent homicide, and vehicular manslaughter.

Coaxum was killed during an alleged drug bust. He tried to flee, hitting two officers with his car when he was shot and killed.

Police responded to a disturbance at the home of Keith Driskel Jr.'s parents and discovered three members of the family had been shot and killed. A manhunt began for Driskel, whose Ford Escort was found abandoned. Police surrounded a nearby home belonging to Driskel's friend a few hours later after getting a tip that he was there. After about an hour of trying to convince him to give himself up, police said they heard a single gunshot coming from the garage area, and found Driskel dead.

Donnette Ruffin was a passenger in a car who died after the driver allegedly turned into the path of a State Police cruiser.

An unarmed and apparently mentally disabled 34 yo man leads police on a "short chase." They rammed him and open fire, apparently before he even attempts to exit the car. No details found on how short the chase actually is, why they attempt to pull him over, and when he died. They claim he was shot because he tried to ram them with his car. His mother, Alice Hayes, received $6000 in a settlement with the department in 2004.

Early on a Sunday morning deputies responded to Garcia's property on neighbors' reports of numerous dead animals in his yard. He was known to struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. Deputies encountered Garcia still firing his shotgun. After refusing to surrender or drop the weapon, he was fatally shot.

A motorist pursued by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy early Monday smashed into a motorcycle, killing a young Pueblo couple two blocks from their motel.The driver reached speeds of more than 100 mph when he hit the motorcycle at West Colfax Avenue east of Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood police said.Daniel Fields Jr., 24, and Amanda Jo Phelps, 21, were dead at the scene. They'd come to Denver for the Blues and Bones Festival. The driver got 26 years, and the deputy and two supervisors were disciplined. Police refused to say how they were disciplined.

Suspect in drug deal, fled when officers attempted to arrest. Officers allege he pulled a gun when he fell during a foot chase. Eyewitness reports conflicted over whether or not Taylor was armed.

Jake Glenn Bricks allegedly killed himself while leading sheriff's deputies and Anaheim police on a high-speed chase after escaping from a hospital.

Long and a friend fired on police who were staking out drug activity. He was shot and killed.

Off-duty Fontana Cpl. Robert Ratcliffe shot and killed Danny Marinelarena, who allegedly threatened him with a gun in the rural Sunnyslope area near the San Bernardino-Riverside County line.

Christopher Honrath kidnapped his former girlfriend Sohayla Massachi and murdered her before committing suicide. A Seton Hall University security guard and his supervisor refused to call 911 because the abduction didn't happen on campus grounds, losing precious moments to save the woman. They lost their jobs. Massachi died on May 12.

Berry lunged at police with a three-foot sword when he was shot and killed.

DEA agents shot Daughtry to death during a drug sting. Reportedly Daughtry and several others surrounded the agent's vehicle and "became belligerent." He'd been unarmed and cried out "Don't shoot me, don't shoot me" before being chased and killed.

Sean Lamar Williams was charged with manslaughter for allegedly driving a stolen car that struck and killed Matthew Greene. Williams was allegedly being chased or followed by police.

Police had gone to Lewis' apartment after receiving a 911 "hang-up" call. When officers arrived and tried to talk to Lewis, he produced a handgun and opened fire on the officers, police said. During his attempt to escape from police, Lewis broke into an apartment in a neighboring building and confronted the resident at gunpoint. The pursuit returned to the third-floor landing of Lewis' building, where he refused pleas to drop his weapon and fired at officers. The officers returned fire, killing him.

Dieterle was attempting to rob a convenience store with a replica gun, and officers shot him to death.

John Peter Serineo and David Sheehan died after the allegedly stolen car they were in crashed while fleeing police.

Officers Steven Rodekohr and Liza Godineaux shot and killed Karen O. Chin when she allegedly ignored their orders to stop stabbing her sister.

A deputy shot Christopher M. Carter twice after he allegedly fired a shot over Sheriff Glenn Ebker's head. Police said Carter's mother called shortly after 6 p.m., saying her son was suicidal, armed with a shotgun, and looking for his girlfriend. A few minutes later, Carter arrived in the parking lot of the Owensville Mill Tavern. When Owensville police and Gasconade County deputies arrived, Carter reportedly fired a shot above their heads. The officers sought cover as Carter started walking back and forth across the parking lot while holding the shotgun, pointing it at officers and at himself. Carter again started speaking with police after Ebker arrived. After about an hour, Carter allegedly fired his shotgun just over Ebker's head, then aimed the at Ebker, which prompted the deputy to shoot him. Carter was flown a hospital, where he died.

Zagar, known by the police to be mentally ill, called 911 to say there was a man with a knife on his porch. When Officers Clyde Brandenburger and William Gorman arrived, Zagar pointed a cordless drill battery pack at the ground then placed it under his chin. When he allegedly pointed it at the officers, Brandenburger, who said Zagar's action was "suicide by police', shot him 4 times and Gorman 8. Zagar's family sued. In April 2007 it took a jury 10 minutes to declare the shooting justified. In 1999 Zagar had done the same thing but the police simply persuaded him to drop the object and took him to the hospital.

CHP officers shot and killed Richard Stewart when he allegedly pointed a toy pistol at them following two high-speed chases.

Calvin Champion died after police used pepper spray to control him. Champion, who was autistic, was outside a Babies 'R' Us store with a caregiver from his group home when she felt he was becoming aggressive toward her 3-year-old child. She put Champion out of the van and called police. When Champion grabbed at an officer, he was sprayed with pepper spray. Champion was forced face down on the ground and restrained. After he vomited, police called for medical help, and Champion later died at a hospital.

The maroon Dodge Intrepid stolen from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn, chased by police at high speed, flipped and smashed into a tree. Apparently driver Jackie Eugene Guyton and passenger Mario Boyer were both killed by the impact.

Salcido threatened the officers with a metal pipe and a knife and refused to back away, police said.

An officer was driving home at about 2:30 a.m. when he saw a Chevrolet Lumina and suspected the driver was intoxicated. The officer pulled over the car , but as he was getting out of his patrol car, the Lumina sped away, police said. There were three Waco residents inside the car: Emmanuel Thomas, 16; Nikki Gillen, 12; and Stacy Gillen, 11. Nikki Gillen was believed to have been driving. The chase reached speeds of 110 miles per hour. When the Lumina was about a half-mile ahead of the pursuing officers, the driver lost control and struck a tree killing sisters Nikki Gillen,12, and Stacy Gillen, 11.

Roy Pasco was killed during a high-speed police chase when officer Brad Knoblauch bumped Pasco's car from behind to "stop-the-threat," and Pasco crashed. Pasco was initially pulled over for running a stop sign.

Anthony V. Williams, 20, and Sharon M. Putman, died in a four-car accident that occurred near Gray Court. Williams and Putman were riding in separate vehicles. A Laurens city police officer attempted to stop the Mitsubishi Williams was driving after receiving a report that a car matching its description was stolen. When Williams attempted to pass a vehicle on a hill, he collided head-on with Putman's vehicle.

A deputy sheriff in Georgetown County, South Carolina, observed Martin in a place that made her suspect he was planning to dump trash illegally. When she approached to investigate, Martin fled in his truck. A second deputy saw Martin about fifteen minutes later and began pursuing him. This vehicle chase culminated at an intersection where Dishong and another deputy set up a roadblock. The deputies assert that when Martin reached the roadblock, he rammed Dishong's vehicle, backed up, collided with the vehicle again, backed up a second time, and then drove forward toward Dishong's vehicle once more. Martin's wife alleges that Martin collided with Dishong's vehicle accidentally and then tried to turn away from the roadblock. It is undisputed that Dishong fired several shots at Martin during these events, that the other two deputies fired at his tires, and that a shot fired by Doug Dishong caused Martin's death.

Brian Alexander Ward died after he reportedly jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge as police chased him.

Gonzalez was shot and killed when he approached an off-duty officer at a restaurant trying to sell him jewelry. Sheriff's Dept. news release stated that Officer Jose Cortez Amaya called 911 before he shot Gonzalez, but that was contradicted by the recording of the 911 call in which he states that he as already shot him. Amaya's actions were ruled improper and he was suspended for two days.

Rockefeller Smith was killed when his car was hit head-on by an allegedly stolen pickup being chased by police.

Cardona urinated in a park, exposing himself to minors as he did so. Parents called police. Officer Justin Taylor and Corporals Tex Phillips, Richard Weathers and Janie Moore arrested him after a brief struggle. Cardona stopped breathing. Officers performed CPR. Cardona was pronounced dead at Northwest Texas Hospital. A grand jury cleared the officers in Cardona's death and commended them for trying to revive him. An autopsy could not establish the reason for Cardona's death.

Muro was intoxicated and apparently carrying a toy gun. Police said he reached for the gun before he was shot and killed.

Jose Perez Jr. opened fire on Elizabeth Police Officer Miguel Matos with a semi-automatic 9-millimeter pistol shortly before 3 a.m., police said. Matos was in uniform on an off-duty security assignment at the bar, Elin's Queen of Hearts.

Mac C. Sheridan reportedly shot himself in the head as a deputy shot him in the back. Police said Sheridan was sleeping at the Rail Splitter rest area inside a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier that had been reported stolen when two deputies pulled in at about 4:30 a.m. The deputies tapped on the window, and Sheridan woke up startled. The deputies said they identified themselves and told Sheridan to put his hands up, but he allegedly reached into his coat and withdrew a handgun. The deputies stepped back and drew their guns. Sheridan then shot himself. Almost simultaneously, one of the deputies shot into the car, hitting Sheridan in the back.

Chambers was shot once in the chest, killing him, by Fordyce Officer Jimmy Foreman, 26, who told investigators that Chambers pointed a gun at his chest as the two men wrestled on the ground. At least one nearby resident who claimed to have witnessed the shooting disputed Foreman's account of the incident, and family members of Chambers accused police of using excessive force.

Lucas attacked Deputy Robert Viner with a pipe after a traffic stop for mismatched tags.

David W. Chassee died when his car crashed into an oncoming SUV as Chassee drove the wrong way while eluding police on I-435.

Silvers fired on officers and had a knife at this girlfriend's throat when he was shot and killed.

An officer shot Jeffrey D. Hodges when he allegedly ran toward the officer with a knife inside a mobile home. At about 4 p.m., four officers responded when an unidentified caller told police that an intruder was in his trailer home, then hung up. Police said they found the door open and were confronted by Hodges, who was holding a hunting knife. Hodges reportedly refused to drop the knife and advanced toward the officers. One of the officers shot Hodges twice, killing him.

After a chase in a stolen 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, Jesse Smart crashed into a police vehicle and was shot and killed.

David Walker (mentally ill - but not clear whether officers knew that at the time) stole orange juice from a Safeway, firing two shots when confronted by employees. Police surrounded Walker, who was also holding a knife, waving a knife around, or lunging at police officers with a knife (different articles say different things). Officer Tommie Doran shot Walker. Another officer sprayed Walker with tear gas at the same time.

After a chase, Thomas Wylie jumped out of a van and tried to run across Interstate 64 when he was hit by a Pontiac Grand Am and killed.

Officers reported that they shot McDonald to death after she pointed a BB gun at them,and that they had responded to a call in which McDonald had had a psychotic episode. Witnesses reported that officers shot before they entered the house, and were covering up bullet holes in the house the next day.

Two officers shot and killed Eric Scott Denny after he allegedly threatened them with a pistol during a traffic stop.

Police were responding to a 911 call from AuBuChon's wife, Heather, who said her husband had been drinking and that they had been fighting. Officers arriving at the scene directed AuBuChon to come out of the house, but he instead turned out the lights. Officers saw two children at a bedroom window and tried unsuccessfully to get them out of the house when AuBuChon came to the window. Officer Chris Kurtzhals yelled for AuBuChon to show his hands, then tried to pull him through the window. AuBuChon pushed Kurtzhals away and pointed a gun at the officers, and they shot and killed him.

Off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Joseph Kojer shot and killed Andre Craddock when Craddock tried to rob Kojer and his girlfriend outside of an IHOP.

The sheriff's office received a call that a home had been broken into, police said. Deputies determined that Steven M. Shelton was suspected in the break-in, but by the time officers arrived, Shelton was gone. Sgt. Todd Moser was still at the home completing a report on damage and the alleged theft of money when Shelton returned with a friend. Moser went outside where he confronted Shelton, who pulled a knife. There was a scuffle. Shelton was shot once in the chest but managed to get into Moser's vehicle and drag the officer about 50 feet before being fatally shot.

Kacy Lee Clark died as a result of injuries from an accident that occurred as Coffee County deputy Mark Anderson pursued her car.

Donald Ray Caldwell, 44, of Moorpark failed to stop for deputies who tried to pull him over for allegedly riding without a helmet and running a red light at Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Hampshire Road, police said. He crashed his motorcycle during a chase by police through Thousand Oaks.

John L. Fowler Jr., 67, hired George Chapman to work on a house. Chapman murdered Fowler, and shot himself in the head after leading police on a slow-speed pursuit through Norfolk, police said.

Off-duty deputy Robert Pronske shot Russell Allen Selander after Selander reportedly broke into a farmhouse near Turlock.

Brant Wright, 33, the driver of a vehicle involved in one-car crash that killed Meredith Fuller Robinson, was charged with crimes related to the crash, which reportedly happened during a pursuit by Franklin police about 12:30 a.m. Robinson was one of three passengers in the car.

Eric Poland was killed when he drove through the wall of a Boeing Aircraft building on East Spring Street following a short police pursuit that began at about 4:30 a.m. when an officer saw Poland commit a traffic violation.

Wesley Hierro led police from three cities on a 10-mile chase south from Hudson on state Route 91. He was killed when the car he was driving crashed and burst into flames in the middle of Tallmadge Circle.

Howard City police called Montcalm County sheriff's deputies and state police at 1:45 a.m. to help arrest Phillip Preston Williams, who was reportedly wanted for a parole violation, at Kenyon's Kolony in Howard City. Two troopers arrived at the bar and saw Williams get into a car. A short chase ensued until Williams stopped the car after about three blocks. Williams allegedly got out with a shotgun and shot at the troopers, who returned fire. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officer Michael Olsen and eight other officers fatally beat Scott. Officer Olsen was fired from APD after shooting Kevin Brown fatally in the back. He was also involved in the nonfatal beating of Jeffrey Thornton in 2003.

Bourne and Fields were among a group of five men, three of whom appeared to wield semi-automatic handguns, who surrounded, threatened and robbed two Hispanics. The two happened to be undercover NYPD narcotics officers taking part in the "Operation Condor" drug crackdown. With weapons pressed against their heads and chests, the two officers opened fire with a barrage of 23 shots. Bourne and Fields were shot to death. The others fled. Their handguns had been toys wrapped in electrical tape.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: When a security guard at a mall denied entry to Chagolla, he produced a grenade. The guard let him pass and called police. Officers pursued him through the mall, where he confronted them, threatening to explode the grenade. He was shot and killed and three bystanders were wounded. The grenade was later determined to be a fake.

Plainly exhibiting signs of mental illness—claiming to be Jesus, irrational, agitated—Kesinger was shot dead by police after he smashed out the windows of a patrol car, on the margins of an interstate highway with heavy traffic passing by. He'd recently lost his job and been divorced, and had had a traffic accident some 90 minutes before.

Ty A. Squire reportedly committed suicide after killing Denise A. White and seriously wounding John T. Montgomery at Ervin Cable Construction stealing a car, and leading officers on a chase. Police said Squire was a former employee of the company, who'd been terminated two years earlier. After the shootings, Squire reportedly demanded the car keys to a Buick from a third employee and fled. Police chased Squire for 35 miles before he apparently shot himself in the head after police shredded the car's tires with stop sticks.

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

Robert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.

About 9 p.m., a North Carolina trooper pursued Calvert Lee Batt Jr., 30, who fled after a speeding stop. Batt crashed, killing himself and his passenger, Diane Nelms, 29.

While fleeing police, Sherrod Carrington's car struck a utility pole on the south side of West College Avenue, hit the curb at Cookes House Lane, flew through the air and struck brick home, killing him.

Officer Jamie Smith pursued John Wortham for about 1.7 miles because Wortham was speeding in the wrong lane of traffic. Wortham lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline, and collided with a vehicle driven by Vonnie Ogburn. Wortham and Ogburn were both killed.

Officers went to a Budget Inn Motel to investigate a tip that a wanted man, Blackburn, was staying there. The officers entered his room. Blackburn, taking cover behind a bed, shot Officer Oscar Perez fatally in the head, then fatally shot himself.

Williams was shot and killed when he threatened police with knives inside his home. They were called because he was threatening suicide.

Jerry Andrew Amaro III died April 21, 2000, from pneumonia caused by multiple rib fractures and a collapsed lung after he was beaten by police the month before.

An elderly deaf couple driving home from church died when their van collided with a police cruiser rushing to check on another officer feared to be in trouble.

Carnegie police officer Russell Williams went to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. He was attacked by the woman's sister. Ybarra charged Williams with a broken shovel with a jagged blade, held in a spearing position. Williams said he feared for his life and shot and killed her.

Sonoma County deputies reportedly responded to a call about a man behaving strangely at the Monte Vista Motel on Santa Rosa Avenue at 4 a.m. Curran was reported to be thrashing around the motel bathroom. Deputies claim that to prevent him from hurting himself, they handcuffed him. An ambulance took him to a local hospital; he died one hour later.

Officer Louis Villalobos died when he lost his balance and fell off a catwalk while supervising a live fire SWAT training exercise.

An allegedly stolen truck carrying 22 undocumented immigrants crashed on Highway 98 near the Mexican border, killing three people and injuring 18.

Steven Hawkins Jr. was defending himself from carjackers when he was shot by Sgt. Eric Hessler, who was off-duty, in plain clothes and headed home from a bar.

Patrick, with a friend outside of the bar after work, was approached by 3 undercover cops who asked if he could help them purchase drugs. A witness claims the men/cops did not identify themselves(until after the situation was over), were overly aggressive, and started a fight with Patrick. NYPD claims the officers did identify themselves (during the scuffle), but Patrick started it, and went for one of their guns. It was at that point the gun went off, fatally wounding Patrick Dorismond.

17-year-old Jeffrey Scott Howe was driving at about 2:15 a.m. when police gave chase. Police alleged the car was stolen in Muskegon and used in a Newaygo County convenience store burglary. Passenger Jeremy Tjapkes died after the car crashed into a tree. According to police, they found cigarette cartons, instant lottery tickets and beer in the car. Howe was sentenced to 6-15 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to fleeing police causing a death.

Roman R. Pisarski reportedly skipped out on a $20 gasoline bill, then died when his car hit a dump truck while fleeing police. A cab driver had called police at about noon and reported seeing Pisarski taking license plates off a car parked at gas pumps outside a convenience store. The caller suspected he was going to drive off without paying, police said. Pisarski drove away before police arrived. An officer saw Pisarski's car and tried to stop him, but he reportedly sped off. The officer gave chase and was soon joined by a second patrol car. According to police, the car went off the road at one point and became stuck in a grassy area. A female passenger got out and surrendered. Pisarski took off again and drove through an intersection on the city's outskirts, colliding with a dump truck. He died at the scene.

According to police, Rosemarie Forker crashed a stolen 1999 Chevrolet Silverado into a 1999 Camaro driven by Bradley Downing III. Downing died. Forker and passenger Jeffrey Kent Holland, 19, were injured. Police said officer Daniel Lovelace spotted the Silverado around 1 a.m. at the intersection of McQueen and Chandler and turned around to follow the truck. Police said the officer didn't have his lights and sirens on and followed about a quarter mile behind the truck, radioing for another unit to put out stop sticks. The truck ran a red light and hit the Camaro about two miles into the pursuit, before the other officer arrived.

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

The Hobbs and their infant were killed by Johnny Caballero who was fleeing police who were attempting to stop him for driving while drunk.

Deputies began chasing Donald J. Johnson when he allegedly failed to stop for a stop sign. Johnson struck a guardrail while rounding a curve, deputies said, and his vehicle became airborne and overturned several times in a field. Johnson was ejected and killed.

A Burnett County sheriff's deputy David Keith, 42, killed his wife, Janine Keith when the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree near their home. Keith, who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, was first charged with felony homicide by drunken driving. But in a plea agreement, Keith pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of causing injury by drunken driving, a misdemeanor. He also pleaded no contest to obstructing an officer. At the time of the crash, Keith told police he saw deer by the road, then hit a patch of ice. But an investigation showed the road was dry with no ice or snow.

A high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision, killing the 18-year-old driver of the fleeing Honda Accord and critically injuring his 22-year-old brother. Two people in the other car (Mark Donley, 51, and Amy Stegehuis, 48) were seriously injured. Police said the chase started after officers responded to a report of two men hitting each other with beer bottles in the 2800 block of Loker Avenue East.

Neighbors called 911 to report that a man was screaming and threatening to kill a woman at the Maple Tree Motel & RV, police said. A sheriff's deputy and sergeant arrived at the scene. They entered the room and the man displayed two firearms. He did not drop the guns when ordered and made threatening motions, Reagan said. The deputy fired a shot and both officers fell back out of the apartment. The man then shot himself, with the woman still in the apartment, although at the time of this report it was uncertain whose bullet hit and killed him.

Two officers shot and killed Johnny McDonald when he allegedly went for his gun.

An unnamed driver from Baja California was shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. customs agents at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

Officers Dan Anders and John T. Kurtz Jr. reportedly backed off from chasing Jason Manton before he collided head-on with another car, killing Karen O'Neal and injuring her husband. Manton, who was also killed in the crash, tried to flee police and entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 from Brecksville Rd. going in the wrong direction.

Sanders committed suicide after a nine-hour standoff with police. He was angry because his wife was leaving him.

Dwayne Richardson fled a police stop, reaching speeds of up to 110 miles per hour when he crashed into a house and killed one of his passengers, Andrew Haggarty.

Charles Race was driving a pickup truck when he was killed in a head-on collision with a station wagon being pursued by police. It was not reported whether the driver of the station wagon, Yetcha Stubblefield, 53, was cited.

Terry Aungst was fleeing from police when he ran a red light and crashed his motorcycle into a car. Aungst died from his injuries. The driver of the other car was reportedly treated for minor injuries.

Douglas Copeland, 19, a drunken driver who was fleeing police at 100 mph when he crashed his car into another vehicle, killing the driver, Charles Melton, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Trooper Jack Cutler stopped Dennis Loper's pickup truck for suspicion of drunken driving. After a failed field sobriety test, Loper allegedly pulled a gun, and Cutler shot and killed him.

Andrew Wright was being chased by state troopers when he crashed his pickup truck into a car driven by Josh Brockington. Brockington was killed. Brockington's passenger, Daniel Sasich, suffered a severe brainstem injury in the crash, and could not speak, eat or move. In 2010, Sasich had pneumonia and his family decided to let him go. Wright was sentenced to 22-25 years for motor vehicle homicide. He was paroled in April 2012.

According to police reports, a group of plainclothes police officers entered into a building where Ferguson was allegedly selling heroin. Chased by a patrolman, Ferguson initially tried to run before engaging in a struggle with one officer, who during the fight withdrew his weapon and fired into Ferguson's head, killing him. Despite the officer being cleared of any wrongdoing, a jury awarded Ferguson's mother $10.5 million in damages in 2007 stemming from the shooting.

Cooper reportedly shot and killed himself while behind the wheel of a black Camaro following a brief police pursuit that began after he allegedly shot at and waved a handgun at motorists.

Gary Yount, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he evaded police at a restaurant drive-through window and fled into the woods near the 3300 block of S Eastern. Before the pursuit, officers approached Yount to question him about a shooting. Yount pointed a gun through the window of his vehicle, startling an officer. The officer fell and accidentally fired one shot, which struck the car.

Officer Charles D. Hubbard shot Arthur G. Dobbins in the head when he allegedly tried to take another officer's gun during a traffic stop. Witnesses disputed the police account. According to an autopsy, Dobbins was high on PCP and drunk at the time of the shooting. Pagedale Police reportedly did not learn until after the shooting that Hubbard had been involved in two questionable shootings while employed as a St. Louis police officer. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to charge Hubbard, prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said. In 2001, the Kinloch Police Department hired Hubbard, which led to public outcry.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Octavio Colindres Tabar, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, February 26, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Mario Cazarin was fleeing a traffic stop with Park Ranger Paul McGann pursuing him about 9 p.m. when Cazarin's Ford Taurus flipped.

Police attempted to pull over a van in northeast Detroit for not having license plates. According to police, they called off the chase at Hayes and Seven Mile, but the van sped north on Hayes until it struck a car at Lappin. The other car burst into flames. Sean Dabney and Patrick Heard, who were inside the burning car, were killed.

Police went to Bruce Gilbert's house to arrest him on a domestic violence complaint. He fought with police, despite being sprayed with pepper spray then attacked police with a shovel and was shot and killed.

Deputies slowed to speak to an apparently disoriented or impaired man, Woods, by the roadside. Woods was uncooperative. Police noticed a suspicious bulge in his rear pocket but Woods refused to allow a pat down and refused to remove his hands from his pockets. After a physical struggle the incident ended with the unarmed man shot twice, fatally. The pocket contained cigars.

Police shot and killed John Edward Weir after he reportedly pulled a gun and opened fire as officer Mitchell Vitug and reserve officer Quinton Kawahara escorted him through a downtown hotel lobby.

After a seven-minute high-speed chase with four different police jurisdictions, a juvenile suspect recklessly driving a stolen Chevrolet pickup crashed into Green's vehicle, killing him. The suspect was to face murder charges as an adult.

Jennifer Elizabeth Lowe was shot and killed by her live-in boyfriend, INS special agent Thomas Schnaible, who then killed himself.

About 9:50 p.m., a motorcyclist fled a police stop and fatally crashed during the chase.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Jason Phillip Rodriguez died after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

DeAndre Jackson reportedly committed suicide after a police marksman tried to shoot out the tires of a U-Haul rental truck Jackson was driving during a police chase that ended when Jackson crashed into the porch of a vacant house. According to police, Jackson was a murder suspect wanted in two Chicago homicides. At the end of the pursuit, Jackson allegedly rammed two police cars that tried to block his way before apparently shooting himself.

Tinsley was shot and killed by Sgt. Alex Spears, who was responding to reports of an armed robbery at a convenience store.

Sandra L. Roberts died after being dragged 25 yards in an allegedly stolen car during a police chase. A Crown Victoria that was reported stolen Sunday night was spotted Monday afternoon by a group of men who'd been looking for it. The men flagged down a police car, which began chasing the Crown Victoria. The driver took off along 9th Street while Roberts, the passenger, was halfway out of the vehicle. Police said they didn't know whether she was trying to get into the car or out of it. The car struck a parked Cadillac and crashed into a utility pole, where Roberts fell.

Rafael "Ralph" Morales was killed when his car was broadsided by a stolen Mercedes that was fleeing police. Police said they had not yet begun the chase, although they'd spotted the car.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: An officer was working routine security duty outside the Sports Arena holding a music concert. He went into the arena to use the restroom, and when he came out he saw Figueroa firing a handgun. Three people near a concession stand were wounded. The officer identified himself as police and shot at gunman. Figueroa pointed gun at officer, who shot again, killing him.

Lawrence McGraw was running errands with his girlfriend's daughter, 10. A chase began at 7:50 p.m. when the officer tried to pull over McGraw, but McGraw fled. Speeds up to 100 mph were logged during the chase, which ended 18 minutes later at 114th and Brighton, where McGraw lost control of his car. While the attached article does not say McGraw died, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists this as a police-chase involved death.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times: Louis Thomas Pass died after being shot in La Crescenta-Montrose, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Charles Kaiser left a party mad because his daughter didn't have him walk down the aisle with her at her wedding. Guests called police, who chased the drunken man until he crashed and was killed.

Police arrived to arrest Duckett for charges related to sexual abuse of children. He committed suicide during a standoff.