Gregory Edwards was arrested outside of a Walmart on the charges of battery, violation of probation, and resisting arrest and taken to jail. Police officers beat Gregory Edwards in an effort to subdue him after an altercation that occurred when he failed to comply with directions to move toward booking and fingerprinting. As many as seven officers kicked and punched, pepper sprayed, tasered, covered his head with a spit hood, restrained him in a chair, and locked him in a room by himself. About 20 minutes later, an officer removed the spit hood and wiped the mace from his face and found him unresponsive. He died a short time later. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Officers responded to a domestic dispute call and encountered an intoxicated man carrying a knife with a 10-inch blade, police said. Faustino Dioso was ordered to drop the weapon. An officer shocked him with a Taser, but it did not incapacitate Dioso. Dios struck an officer with the knife. Officers fired 10 to 12 shots, killing him and wounding one of the officers.

Around 7 p.m., police tried to pull over a vehicle with three people inside. Police withheld details as to what prompted the traffic stop or where it started. The driver fled, and police chased the vehicle. Gunfire was exchanged at the side of the road at the end of the vehicle chase, and one officer was shot in the arm and torso. As gunfire was being exchanged, a police dog was shot and killed. Quinntin Andrew Castro was shot and killed, and 28-year-old Rosa Cuevas was seriously wounded. A third person , Cameron ware, was caught, and initially accused of shooting at police and killing the dog. It was determined that Ware had neither driven the vehicle nor did he fire any shots.

Deputies were called to a home around 9:45 p.m. for a domestic disturbance call. Once inside, deputies said they encountered Terry Don King, who pointed a shotgun at the deputies. Deputies shot and killed King.

South Bloomfield Police Department were chasing Yoni Cruz Martinez, 35, in a 2014 Hyundai Elantra at a high rate of speed, when the Elantra went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. Martinez, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was killed immediately. Two other passengers, a 3-year-old child and a 4-year-old child, were critically injured in the crash. The 4-year-old, Rojer Lemus died.

South Bloomfield Police Department were chasing Yoni Cruz Martinez, 35, in a 2014 Hyundai Elantra at a high rate of speed, when the Elantra went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. Martinez, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was killed immediately. Two other passengers, a 3-year-old child and a 4-year-old child, were critically injured in the crash. The 4-year-old, Rojer Lemus died.

Police responded to a call about a shooting at the America's Best Value Inn. Upon arrival, they found 28-year-old Sandee Warren suffering from a fatal gunshot wound near the lobby of the motel. People told officers that a possible suspect was in a nearby room at the same motel. Officers found Joshua Boyd, who reportedly was armed with a handgun. Police shot and killed Boyd.

Julius Tate was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer after police said he tried to rob an officer in plain clothes at gunpoint.

An officer tried to stop a vehicle about 1:30 a.m. for a traffic violation. The driver fled. Police said the officer didn't chase the vehicle, but it crashed at the entrance of Glen Oak Park. Police said a male was seen running away, and officers found another male, later identified as Denardo Williams, 17, and a 16-year-old girl ejected from the vehicle. Williams was killed, and the girl was hospitalized.

Dimaggio McNelly allegedly caused a disturbance at a dentist office. Responding officer Michael Smith reportedly used a Taser on him more than once, but it proved ineffective. He advanced upon the officer, and Smith fired one shot, killing McNelly and wounding himself.

Deputies were serving a warrant on John Guerin. They said a gunshot came from inside the home and opened fire. They soon heard another gunshot from inside the home. The person they were serving the warrant to was found dead inside the home by self-inflicted handgun gunshot.

Officers tried to stop Ray Reyes Soto, 19, for an expired registration, but he refused to pull over allegedly because he had active warrants for his arrest. The chase, which hit speeds of 20-30 mph, ended in the parking lot of an H-E-B. Soto allegedly kept pulling into parking lots as though he was going to stop. He would hit his brakes and then the officer would start to get out and then he'd drive off. Soto lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete basin for a telephone pole with his girlfriend in the passenger seat, and his girlfriend's grandmother, Yolanda Mesa, in the backseat, killing Mesa.

Richmond Police Officers Thomas Davis and David Torrence shot and killed Anthony Edwards after he stabbed a woman and her parents. He was reportedly stabbing the mother when he was killed.

Police reportedly were conducting surveillance on a Honda Accord that they suspected was stolen. When officers turned a corner, they allegedly were ambushed with one of the men opening fire on them from outside the Accord. One officer fired back. The car then took off, and police pursued. Gunfire was exchanged a second time. The Accord crashed head-on into a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Kevion Smith, 21, and 23-year-old Andrew Chanerl were killed in the crash. De'Trell Crews was shot and killed. The driver of the F-150 was also hospitalized in stable condition.

Police reportedly were conducting surveillance on a Honda Accord that they suspected was stolen. When officers turned a corner, they allegedly were ambushed with one of the men opening fire on them from outside the Accord. One officer fired back. The car then took off, and police pursued. Gunfire was exchanged a second time. The Accord crashed head-on into a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Kevion Smith, 21, and 23-year-old Andrew Chanerl were killed in the crash. De'Trell Crews was shot and killed. The driver of the F-150 was also hospitalized in stable condition.

At 1:10 a.m., officers from the Arvin Police Department responded to a report of spousal abuse. Officers made contact with a Hispanic man inside the home. The man allegedly was holding some type of stabbing object in his hand. The man ignored officers commands to drop the object and continued to advance. Officers reportedly used their Tasers to no effect and shot and killed Richard Posadas.

Navy veteran Shelby Gattenby was involved in a Dec. 5 fight at about 2:30 a.m. with Alameda police that ended with the hospitalization of Gattenby as well as two officers. Gattenby died on Dec. 13 after an apparent cardiac arrest after being tasered by officers. During the fight Gattenby had reportedly attempted to gain control of a police weapon from inside a police vehicle.

Jacob Cadena was wanted in connection with a weekend assault on his girlfriend, police said. Patrol officers spotted Cadena just before noon. Cadena refused repeated orders to stop and talk about the weekend incident. An officer in an unmarked unit pulled in front of Cadena as other officers came up behind him. In an attempt to subdue Cadena, a detective grabbed him from behind, but Cadena allegedly used a gun he was carrying to shoot himself in the head.

Marcus McCrary, a pedestrian, was hit and killed by Emmitt Daniels' car after an officer ran Daniels' car off Flat Shoals Road around 1 p.m. on Dec. 4. His body was not found for five weeks.

Cayce K. Wilson was fleeing from police in St. Charles County when she was struck and killed as she tried to run away from her car and was hit by another vehicle on Interstate 70, police said.

Police received a report of a car stolen shortly after 8:10 p.m. The victim said the sedan had been left unattended and running. About 30 minutes later, officers responded to shots fired. The gold sedan involved reportedly matched the description of the stolen car. An officer then saw what appeared to be the gold sedan at 30th Street and Hickman Road, police said. The sedan fled when the officer tried to pull it over. A minute later, the sedan crashed into a U.S. Postal Service, killing Emilio Esteban Garcia, 16, and Jair Sanchez-Banos, 17. Sanchez was allegedly driving.

Antonio Aguilar was sought following a traffic stop in which an SUV backed into a DPS vehicle, a trooper opened fire and then a man shot at the trooper. Police received a tip that Aguilar was at a home in Center, Texas. Police reportedly negotiated with Aguilar until he came out and began firing at officers with a rifle and was shot and killed.

Officer Paul Bruning, 48, pulled Demontry Boyd over on suspicion of driving recklessly. After stepping out of his vehicle, Boyd allegedly reached for "a large bulky item in his waistband." Police did not say whether Boyd was armed. Boyd ignored commands to stop reaching for the item which was later reported to be a homemade knife. Bruning reportedly used his Taser, but Boyd got back on his feet after falling and continued to struggle with him. Bruning shot and killed him.

Deputies responded to a call about a murder in an apartment complex. When deputies arrived at the apartment, John Young "opened the door holding a meat cleaver and another cutting instrument." He was allegedly threatening to kill himself and officers. The deputies reported that he refused orders to drop the weapons, and he was shot and killed when he threw the meat cleaver at the officers.

Jonica J. Walker was killed around 11:30 p.m., when she ran into a tree during a police chase.

Catherine Gilles shot and killed herself in a high school parking lot after a pursuit by deputies. A Thurston County sheriff's deputy reportedly tried to arrest the woman on felony assault and meth possession warrants, but police said she rammed the detective's vehicle with her van and then fled.

Noel Flores allegedly shot 44-year-old Arthur Johnson to death and shot and killed himself when police found him in a closet.

Francis Mihalovits was hit about 7:20 p.m. by a vehicle that spun off the road. The driver, who was being tailed by Blue Island and Posen police squad cars in connection to a theft, ran away before being caught two months later and charged with reckless homicide. Mihalovits family filed a civil suit against two towns because of the police chase.

Miguel Angel Duran Delgado allegedly stole a semi-truck at gunpoint and then parked in front of a house. Delgado pointed a replica AR-15 at people in the street and refused to obey officers' orders, police said. Officers tried less lethal methods to no effect. An officer shot and killed Delgado.

An officer saw a Hyundai speeding around 3:20 p.m. and attempted to make a traffic stop. The driver fled, and the officer pursued him, activating his scout car's lights and sirens. As the driver accelerated, police said, the officer ended his pursuit and deactivated the lights and sirens. The Hyundai ran a red light, hit two cars and rolled over, trapping the driver in the car and killing him.

Erika Gonzalez-Cardoso, Celerino Jimenez-Flores and Jorge Luis Garcia-Isordia were killed and eight injured when a pickup fleeing Border Patrol agents rolled over near the Mexican border after agents deployed a tire deflation device. Three counts of second-degree murder were filed against the driver, Luis Alberto Virgen, 21. Virgen received 20 years in prison.

Grenada police responded to a disturbance at 5:30 a.m. Officers made contact with Robert Loggins, whom they incapacitated with a Taser. The local ambulance service cleared him to travel. Loggins was pronounced dead at the Grenada County Jail while waiting to be processed at around 7 a.m.

During an undercover drug sting, Bobby Calhoun fled police and fired shots at them. An officer shot and killed Calhoun. Another man, Jeremy Lawrence also fled and suffered a cardiac arrest after he was apprehended by a police dog. Six men were arrested.

During an undercover drug sting, Bobby Calhoun fled police and fired shots at them. An officer shot and killed Calhoun. Another man, Jeremy Lawrence also fled and suffered a cardiac arrest after he was apprehended by a police dog. Six men were arrested.

Bemidji police officer Bidal Duran and Beltrami County sheriff's deputy Brandon Newhouse shot and killed Vernon May, who was a passenger in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation. May allegedly had a warrant for his arrest. When officers attempted to get him out of the backseat of the car, May pulled a handgun. The officer struggled with May for possession of the gun. Failing that, the officer shot May nine times, killing him. Another officer also shot May.

Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at a restaurant. The man, who had been denied entry into the same restaurant the day before for carrying a gun, fired a round and grazed an employee in the head, police said. After the shooting, the man fled to an adjacent game room. The officers cleared the game room and found the gunman hiding upstairs in an attic-like area between two air-conditioners. They ordered him to show his hands, but he did not. A shot rang out, and the officer, thinking that he was being fired at, shot at the man. Officers weren't able to make contact with the man again. They approached him and found him shot in the head, with a pistol in his left hand, around 5:30 a.m. It was not immediately clear if the fatal round was fired by an officer or by the man himself.

Cheryl Karpinecz shot and killed herself after an argument with a neighbor and during a standoff with police.

A Ford Expedition SUV that was driving away from a traffic stop. The SUV allegedly was dragging a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and a Topeka police officer. Police said the trooper shot and killed the SUV's driver, Jarmane Dywane Logan, after he refused commands to stop. The coroner said Logan was intoxicated on methamphetamine. Two female passengers fled and were later apprehended.

A deputy was trying to pull a driver over after seeing the car run a red light at about 50 miles per hour. The driver did not pull over, and the deputy pursued him. The deputy reportedly stopped the pursuit because the driver was going more than 100 miles per hour on city streets during the chase. About 12 seconds later, the deputy found the crash. Narayan Sanwal was dead.

Around 6 p.m., police responded to a disturbance call at a home. The officer found an agitated man who within seconds allegedly started fighting with the officer. When more officers arrived, Nathan May began fighting all three officers as they tried to get him under control. Police said one officer electrocuted him with a drive stun Taser, killing him and placing him in handcuffs.

Allen Scott Culpepper was emotionally distraught and called 911 from the Clinton Police Department parking lot about 11 a.m., police said. Officers ran outside and saw that the man had multiple firearms within his reach. A standoff began and four hours later, police tried to disarm Culpepper. One officer broke his window and grabbed Culpepper by the arm, another officer shot him with two rounds from a less lethal beanbag gun. Culpepper broke free and grabbed a gun on the dash and shot himself in the chest. At the same, an officer shot him twice, killing Culpepper.

Lucas Vanderpool was suspected in multiple robberies and a shooting. He was fleeing a robbery and police pursued until he started driving recklessly. Vanderpool failed to negotiate and curve and hit a tree and was killed.

Police said Felix Anthony Calata was the driver of a car that struck and killed 31-year-old South Salt Lake police officer David Romrell. Romrell and another officer were responding to a burglary when a fleeing car ran him over. Both officers apparently fired at the car, killing Calata. Police alleged vehicular assault.

Jerome Hart was in Waycross and on his way back to Atlanta. A Ware County deputy pulled him over for an unlit tag light around 10 p.m. Hart allegedly fled on foot. The deputy reportedly lost track of Hart and then he saw him run through several dark backyards near Jamestown Road. The officer said he climbed a fence and saw Hart in the bottom of a homeowner's pool. Hart's mother said he was a strong swimmer and found the drowning death unlikely.

Martez Webb was being transported from an area hospital to the Wayne County Jail, where he was to be checked into the infirmary. He was in a wheelchair inside the ambulance on westbound I-94 near I-75 when he became violent and grabbed the deputy's weapon, police said. The deputy used mace and was able to get his gun back with the help of the ambulance driver, at which point, he shot and killed Webb.

Police allegedly saw Jose Chapa, 40, and Gerardo Garcia, 35, traveling in the wrong direction at Bynum Avenue and Quintana Road. When a deputy attempted to stop the men, the driver led police on a chase and lost control, hitting a curb and striking a telephone pole, killing both men.

Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was at the mall on Thanksgiving when a shooting occurred. The shooter fled after wounding an 18-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl. Bradford had a license to carry a firearm and was helping people escape when two off-duty police officers moonlighting as mall security responded. Bradford was brandishing a handgun, and one of the officers, mistaking Bradford the shooter, shot him three times in the back, killing him. No verbal warning was given. The officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but Bradford's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and the city.

A Colorado State Patrol trooper shot and killed a person following a single-vehicle crash in Gunnison County on Thanksgiving afternoon. The officer initially responded to the crash, which happened around 4 p.m. near mile marker 23 on Colorado State Highway 135, police said. Langhoff allegedly brandished a gun when the trooper arrived at the crash location.

Portland State University police responded to calls about a man yelling and running in the street. Police located Richard A. Barry, who reportedly struggled with PSU officers. PPB Central Precinct officers were then called. Police said they restrained Barry because of his behavior. Barry became unresponsive and died at the hospital. The coroner determined the death was accidental and that it occurred due to acute methamphetamine and cocaine toxicity, not the fact that Barry was restrained by six officers.

At 9:46 a.m., Fort Collins police received a call of a suspicious vehicle. The caller reportedly saw firearms inside the vehicle. Officers arrived in the area and contacted the vehicle's occupant. He fled in the vehicle. Officers reportedly didn't pursue him. The crash happened a moment later. Marcos Orozco receivJohn "Rick" Nees and his daughter Nicole A. Nees were killed instantly.The driver Marcos Orozco received a number of charges related to burglary and vehicular eluding.

Police responded to a call about a possible kidnapping when the driver of a silver Kia started firing at officers. Those officers returned fire and killed Eugene Benjamin Weathers. While investigating, cops found Brianna Nicole Post dead inside the car. An officer was also shot and wounded. It was not immediately reported whether Weathers or police shot and killed Post.

Jeff Hamblin parked his motorcycle at the Sullivan police station at 6 p.m. and began walking toward the front door with a handgun. Hamblin fired a shot toward the side of the building before fatally shooting himself in the stomach, police said.

Kevin Maguire, who was wanted for questioning regarding a robbery, allegedly committed suicide during a three-hour standoff with police.

A traffic stop was made around 7:30 p.m. The officer allegedly saw Nathan Alexander Schenke run a stop sign. The officer then attempted to stop the vehicle, but Schenke fled on foot. The officer tasered Schenke twice to no effect, then tackled Schenke. A struggle ensued, and when the officer was separated from Schenke, he shot and killed him. A federal excessive force lawsuit was filed by Schenke's family in 2020.

Around 8 a.m., New Braunfels police tracked down Austin Meade, 26, in a stolen work truck out of San Antonio to an apartment complex. When they approached him, he fled. He ran a stop sign and crashed into a Ford Edge at an intersection. The impact of the collision killed the driver, Amber Rachelle Williams, 39. Meade allegedly fled and turned himself in later. Police said he was charged with murder for the fatal hit-and-run.

Phoenix Police Department responded to assist three U.S. Marshals conducting a fugitive investigation on Craig Allen, a fraud suspect out on bail while awaiting trial in Texas. Allen was not complying with pretrial conditions. According to Phoenix police, Allen was contacted in his backyard where he pointed a handgun at a deputy marshal. An accompanying deputy marshal shot and killed Allen.

At about 11:10 p.m., officers went to Preston Apartments to serve a first-degree murder warrant to Roderick McDaniel. Officers encountered McDaniel in a vehicle outside the apartments. When officers attempted to contact McDaniel, he rammed the patrol unit. An office shot him in the chest, killing him.

Two officers responded to an incomplete 911 call allegedly came under fire by a homeowner, Daniel Cedars. The officers shot and killed Cedars. Cedars was a retired police officer and had no known motive for firing at police officers.

Moraine police initiated a traffic stop around midnight, but the driver took off, police said. About a minute later, the car crashed, ejecting and killing Guy and injuring another person. Michael E. Wade received felony charges of failure to comply and willfully fleeing.

Deputy Austin Rissanen was responding to assist a Charleston County deputy after a suspect fled on foot from a traffic stop. Megan Eichman reportedly turned in front of him, and he hit and killed her.

An officer pulled over Aron Richardson at about 4:15 p.m. on Highway 94, but Richardson allegedly drove off. Krystofer Batsell was making a left turn onto Highway 94. Richardson crashed his vehicle into the driver side of Batsell's vehicle, killing Batsell. Aron Richardson was charged in St. Charles County with driving while intoxicated in the deadly crash and possession of a controlled substance.

Warren Seelye, a veteran who suffered from PTSD, shot and killed himself during a standoff with police that reportedly began as a domestic disturbance.

Officers responded about 9 p.m. to a report of a fight between Agustin "Augie" Andres Gonsalez and his ex-girlfriend's neighbor in front of her house. When police encountered Gonsalez, he was allegedly armed with a razor blade. Within seven seconds of their arrival, police shot and killed Gonsalez. His family has filed a civil suit.

Deputies spotted a man wanted in connection to a double homicide case from 2014. G.D. Hendrix saw the officers coming for him, prompting him to get in his car and flee down Highway 70. He was stopped with spike strips. A police dog got in a fight with Hendrix's pit bull. Hendrix took a shooter's stance and aimed what appeared to be a gun at the officers. Seven officers from three different agencies shot and killed Hendrix, who was armed with a piece of pipe. Both dogs were killed in the crossfire. All officers cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

Steve Smith, a former Alabama state trooper, allegedly fired a shotgun at regional district attorney Greg Griggers from across the street when Griggers was returning from lunch. Two police officers who had lunch with Griggers shot and killed Smith. Broken glass from a car windshield hit Griggers in the face and he had to go to the hospital overnight.

Officers were at a gas station investigating a vehicle accident. A man who was not involved in the accident approached officers with a knife. An officer ordered the man to put down the knife, but he failed to comply. David Manning allegedly continued to approach the officers while holding the knife, and one officer shot and killed him.

Officer Ashley Kelley responded to a call about a man hitting random cars with a flag pole around 5:30 p.m. She encountered Jose S. Banda lying down on the median when she arrived. As the officer approached Banda, Banda rushed her, tackled her to the ground and put the officer in a choke hold. The officer broke free and ordered Banda to stop. He continued to advance on her, and she shot and killed Banda.

A deputy tried to pull over a person driving an Impala 42 mph in a 30 mph zone. Gregory Tobias never stopped, speeding off to I-10 where he started to go the wrong way. He hit speeds of 103 mph as he went westbound in the eastbound lanes. The deputy pursued him as he led them on a chase that lasted about 30 minutes. The chase ended when Tobias crashed into one of the extra barriers in place due to construction near the East Freeway and Magnolia Street, causing his vehicle to burst into flames.

A road rage incident turned into a shoot out when Russell Cooley shot at police 55 times with a high-powered rifle. One officer was hit in the arm. Cooley's girlfriend who was with him was shot in the leg. Cooley ran to his house, where he barricaded himself and shot and killed himself.

Timothy Odell Leon was suspect in at least three carjackings and two armed robberies in a five-day span. Phoenix police were trying to arrest Leon in a stolen vehicle and followed him into Glendale. Police boxed in Leon's car at an apartment complex, so Leon fled on foot brandishing a handgun. Leon was running away from police when he allegedly pointed the gun at officers and the officers opened fire, killing him.

Police were called to a bar to make contact with Andrew Kana who allegedly had several warrants. Kana was inside when they attempted to place him in custody for the warrants. Once one of Kana's wrists was placed in handcuffs, he allegedly failed to comply with orders for his other hand, pulled a firearm, and an officer shot and killed him.

Deputies responded to an apartment complex after hearing multiple reports from neighbors saying they heard a man screaming and saying that he was going to kill someone. Daniel Ayala allegedly lunged at responding deputies with a knife before he was shot and killed by multiple deputies.

Police received a call at 11:30 a.m. from a woman at a home who feared a man in the home with a history of recent mental health issues might try to kill himself, police said. Marty West had previously been a captain in the Fresno PD. A veteran officer who knew West and a trainee responded. Through the window, the veteran could see West in a pool of blood on the floor and he tried to reassure him. Instead West stood up brandishing a 12-inch blade and charged them. The veteran fired his Taser, but one of the darts hit West's belt and did not stop him. West kept advancing and the trainee officer shot and killed him. The officers were cleared of any wrongdoing.

After security asked a group of drunken men to leave Manny's Blue Room Bar around 4 a.m., someone came back with a gun and opened fire. Security returned fire, and armed security guard Jemel Roberson restrained one of the men involved outside. A responding officer shot and killed Roberson, according to witnesses, despite being told he was a security guard. The Roberson family has filed a wrongful death civil suit.

Officer Deonte Walker, 25, reportedly was chasing a stolen Mercedes Benz when he collided with a work van, which burst into flames. Three men--Clemente Flores, 22, Marcus Martin, 22, and Camerino Sanchez-Hernandez, 20--inside the van died. The Mercedes got away. The van's driver, Gilmar Gomez-Lopez, 25, the officer blew through a red light and hit the GMC van while Gomez-Lopez was turning on a green. South Fulton PD changed pursuit policy to no longer chase stolen vehicles.

Police said Deontae Hawthorne was speeding in a stolen Jeep Wrangler, and hit a parked Chevy then flipped over, and was fatally ejected from the vehicle. Witnesses said police were chasing the Jeep, but police didn't immediately confirm their involvement.

According to family members Patrick Bryant was walking to the store with his girlfriend's young son to get a cigarette. According to witnesses, Bryant attempted to break into two homes with the youngster standing lookout. Bryant was a security guard and was armed with a handgun. Police responded to reports of a prowler and encountered Bryant outside a home. Police said Bryant brandished a handgun at them so an officer shot and killed him.

Steven Goddard, 22, and Amy Gutierrez, 20, were being pursued by a police vehicle the wrong way down a one-way street when they crashed head-on into a van. While police did not include information about the police chase, videos surfaced showing the pursuit with lights activated.

Police attempted to stop a car driven by 33-year-old Matthew Stuard for speeding. Stuard fled at high speed. Stuard crashed into two utility poles. Passenger Juan Palacios was killed instantly.

Police encountered Cody Paris "See Smoke" Belgard parked in a car that had been involved in a prior police chase. Officers ordered Belgard to show his hands, but he refused. A woman on the passenger side got out of the car, and Belgard then fled in the car. Officers caught up to Belgard and ordered him to show his hands and get on the ground numerous times. Belgard reportedly kept reaching in his pockets as though he had a gun and then made a pointing motion. The officers shot and killed him. Belgard was unarmed.

Minneapolis police officers were dispatched to perform a welfare check on Travis Jordan at the request of his girlfriend. When they arrived they could see Jordan through a window, he ignored their knocks at the front door. Jordan talked on the telephone to his girlfriend and then picked up a large kitchen knife. He came out of the front door and approached the officers while brandishing the knife. The officers backed up and ordered Jordan to drop the knife. He kept approaching, and both officers shot and killed Jordan.

Jesus Guzman was wanted in connection with eight murders. U.S. Marshals tracked him to the California/Nevada border. When officers encountered Guzman he allegedly brandished a handgun and the officers shot and killed him.

Deputies responded to the Garden City Trailer Court just before 6 p.m. at the report of a suicidal subject inside a residence with a gun, police said. Family members identified the man to officers and said he had an active felony arrest warrant from Fayette County. Police entered the residence, finding the person dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police responded to a call about a disturbance involving a gun when they met up with an armed man, police said. Officers allegedly tried using a Taser on the man, but it did not incapacitate him. He allegedly shot at officers and was shot and killed.

Police received a shots-fired call, then a report of an injured female and a man with a gun at about 8:30 p.m., police said. Responding officers found a woman who had been shot and wounded outside the residence. They positioned an armored vehicle outside the home and attempted to communicate with Delson Silva, who was armed with a rifle. Silva allegedly pointed the rifle in the direction of officers, who shot and killed him.

Two officers were called to a home around 3:30 p.m. The two white male officers were confronted by an Asian man allegedly acting aggressively. Anovath Kongvongxay went inside a home and picked up an ax. Bobo said Kongvongxay thought he was going to be taken to jail and approached the officers swinging the ax. One officer shot and killed him.

At 5:12 a.m., dispatchers got 911 calls about a man with a gun at a McDonald's. One caller followed George Smith who claimed to have an AK 47. At 5:15 a.m., Deputy Austin Oskey arrived and tried to talk with Smith, ordering him to drop his gun. Deputy Deryk Alexander then arrived with a shield team and carried a less-lethal shotgun. He fired three rounds at Smith from 72 feet away and hit Smith twice. Those shots did not incapacitate Smith, and he allegedly tried to aim his gun at law enforcement. Deputy Oskey was at back of the vehicle and fired four rounds, killing Smith.

Richard Paige allegedly stabbed his neighbor, Adam Burley, 36, in the chest with a knife, then retreated to his house, where, after a 10-hour standoff with police, he shot and killed himself, deputies said.

A deputy pulled over Robbie Ramirez for not signaling a left hand turn about a block from his home. Ramirez, who suffered from a form of schizophrenia, pulled his pickup truck over, but would not roll down his window to talk to the officer. Ramirez then drove around the corner to a vacant lot. The officer blocked Ramirez in. and Ramirez got out of the car yelling at the officer and waving his arms. The officer told Ramirez to put his hands down but he refused. The officer tasered Ramirez twice to no effect. When Ramirez continued his advance, the officer shot and killed him.

Police respond to calls of an armed man outside the Lakeland Manor banquet hall, where Theoddeus Gray's girlfriend was having a baby shower. Gray was armed with a handgun outside outside when police arrived. Police did not know that Gray had armed himself because a drug dealer he owed money to planned to assassinate him at the baby shower. Gray refused to disarm and took of running, firing at the police at the same time, who shot and killed him. The officers were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, but Gray's family has filed a $10 million wrongful death suit that claims Gray was unarmed when he was killed by police.

Police responded to a citizen's call shortly after 11 a.m. regarding a person who got out of a vehicle, walked toward several homes with bags in his hands, went back to his car and circled the neighborhood. When police arrived, Arboleda allegedly refused orders to stop and drove away. During the chase that followed, Arboleda allegedly pulled over twice as though preparing to stop, then drove away as officers got out of their patrol vehicles.Confronted with a blockade of police vehicles, Arboleda drove between two police cars to escape. As he did so, an officer standing to the right side fatally shot Arboleda through the windshield and passenger side window as he drove by. Police alleged vehicular assault.

A car drove through a Mississippi Highway Patrol checkpoint. Starkville police said the officer chasing Perry soon turned off his blue lights because of safety concerns, briefly lost sight of the car, and then saw it stopped off the road. Brandon Perry's car went off of the highway, veered back across the highway and hit a tree, killing Perry.

An Idaho state trooper pulled over a vehicle around 11:40 p.m. Police said that during the traffic stop the vehicle's driver, Jesse J. Quinton, fled on foot and was chased by the trooper. The trooper had twice deployed his taser to no effect when Quinton stopped running and wrestled the trooper to the ground. Quinton put the trooper in a chokehold, wouldn't let him go. Reportedly on the verge of passing out, the trooper shot Quinton once in the rib cage. The trooper was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

Justin Hallmark was driving a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle at about 4:10 a.m. when a Johnson County sheriff's deputy tried to pull him over because he did not have a license plate, police said. He fled and crashed and died after a high-speed chase.

According to police, Tony Bernard Smith Jr. was part of a group of four men, at least one of whom allegedly had a handgun, that approached a 66-year-old man at the Star Wash Car Wash around 11 p.m., beat him unconscious and left in his truck. Police quickly found the truck using the vehicle's OnStar navigation system. An officer spotted the truck about 11:45 p.m. and attempted to stop it at the Hilltop Village Apartments. All four men bailed out of the truck. The officer followed Smith, whom police alleged was driving the truck, and chased him up a flight of stairs. Smith, who was unarmed, did not obey commands from the officer, who shot and killed him. Police found a handgun between the truck and the apartment. The shooting was ruled justified by State Attorney General Office 8/31/2020.

Two North Las Vegas police officers stopped at a residence where a felony battery suspect was known to live. Gonzalo Rico-Jimenez, who was not the suspect, was standing in front of the residence and got into a blue pickup. Officers Ramin Nassiri and Christopher Colwell stood in front of the pickup, commanding Rico-Jimenez to stop. Rico-Jimenez continued driving at a slow speed with the officers in front of him, who then shot and killed Rico-Jimenez. Police alleged vehicular assault. While officers were cleared of wrongdoing, North Las Vegas paid $1 million wrongful death settlement to Rico-Jimenez's family.

A police officer began pursuing Jose Luis Centento after he failed to stop for a school bus that was unloading. The slow speed chase ended after several miles when Centento drove off road and got stuck. With their guns drawn, officers commanded Centento to get out of the car but Centento shot at them with a replica handgun powered by CO2. Five officers opened fire, killing the boy.

Ruben Huerta, a former Bexar County jailer and ex-San Antonio Park police officer facing a charge of receiving child pornography, killed himself as federal police moved in to arrest him.

Officers were called for a report of an argument. Arnaldo Caraveo allegedly displayed a handgun during a confrontation with someone while in a white truck. Mesa police attempted to stop Caraveo, but he fled. Police, including DPS and Phoenix police, pursued. A DPS officer successfully performed a PIT maneuver. Caraveo exited the vehicle and opened fire with a fully automatic M16 assault rifle. Two officers were injured from flying glass. The M-16 turned out to be stolen from a police department.

Ida Christy Stiles called 911 and asked for Monroe County deputies to come to her home. Once deputies arrived, Stiles wouldn't open the door. Police entered her home and were confronted by Stiles allegedly holding a pistol. Three deputies shot and killed her. The pistol she held was a CO2 pellet gun.

Officers responded to a battery call at a 24-Hour Fitness gym. Albert Ramon Dorsey was a gym member who allegedly confronted an employee at the gym. Officers encountered Dorsey in the locker room wearing only a towel. Dorsey refused to leave the locker room and the officers attempted to cuff him. Dorsey violently resisted, causing one officer to taser him and drive-stun him several times, to no effect. Dorsey overpowered both officers by punching them in the face numerous times, knocking both officers to the ground. As Dorsey straddled one officer and punched her in the face, the other officer shot Dorsey five times, killing.

Police responded to a distress call from the Veterans Crisis hotline around 12:45 a.m. According to police, family members were trying to calm down Christopher Carroll who was armed with a handgun. Carroll reportedly suffered from PTSD. Police encountered Carroll outside, naked and hiding behind a bush armed with the handgun. Carroll refused orders to drop the gun and pointed it toward the officers. One officer shot and killed him.

Jacob Rodriguez, 23, was allegedly driving on the wrong side of Interstate 15 around 11 p.m. CHP failed to stop the Rodriguez, and he continued north in the southbound lanes. Rodriguez, in a Hyundai Elantra, crashed into a Honda Civic at around 11:15 p.m., killing 20-year-old Jessica Neumeyer. Rodriguez died at the hospital.

Around 12:30 a.m., a car allegedly driven by Dayquan Hibbert was driving on I-91. The car tried to turn a curve on the exit ramp, flew off the left side of the ramp and slammed into a tree. Police say Hibbert failed to stop earlier when signaled by police, and had engaged state police in a pursuit. Hibbert suffered minor injuries, but John Griffin, his passenger, was killed.

According to police, Taylor Arms was driving a silver Mercedes with tinted windows and no license plates. When police began to follow her on West Capitol Drive, Arms fled north on 72nd Street and reached speeds of 60 mph before turning east on Marion and then crashing into a tree. Front seat passenger, April Stegall, was killed and a toddler was injured. Arms was sentenced to 3 years for eluding police and causing death.

Joshua Jay Langley was arrested at a Motel 6 when police received a report around noon of a disturbance coming from the room Langley was staying in. Motel management wanted him removed and when he reportedly failed to listen to officers, Langley was shocked with the stun gun and handcuffed. When an ambulance arrived, Langley became unresponsive. He died several days later in the hospital. Methamphetamine was found in his room.

Salvador Morales was suspected of holding his estranged wife and baby at gunpoint, shooting his brother in law in the neck, then fleeing with his wife and the child, leading police on a chase to Concord and back, and ultimately barricading himself in a Pittsburg home. Officers fired a 40mm beanbag projectile, designed to be "less-lethal," at him, and he allegedly returned fire at officers and was shot and killed.

A deputy with the Scott County Sheriff's Department stopped Robert Mitchell for a broken taillight. A female friend was riding with him. The deputy then discovered Mitchell was driving on a suspended license and had a warrant out for his arrest. According to Mitchell's female friend, when the deputy attempted to arrest Mitchell, he resisted and jumped back in the vehicle. A second struggle occurred, and this time the deputy jumped into the car on top of Mitchell as Mitchell attempted to drive off. The deputy warned Mitchell he was going to shoot him, but Mitchell kept going, and the deputy shot him twice. The deputy got out the car, and Mitchell drove four more miles to a gas station, dropping his friend off on the way. He died later in the hospital.

At approximately 7:02 p.m., officers were attempting to arrest a man suspected of killing Stephen Alexander Frazier 20 hours earlier. Police said that Valentino Pritchett shot and killed himself while inside the car.

Jason Whittle's mother called 911 to get help for her mentally ill son. Police officers responded to the call with lights flashing and sirens blaring and encountered Whittle holding a butter knife to his mother's throat. An officer shot Whittle in the head and killed him right in front of his mother. The mother claims her son had put the butter knife down and was not a physical threat to her. She filed a civil suit against the city and police department in 2020.

An officer reportedly attempted to make a traffic stop at 3:59 p.m. Cedric Pritchard allegedly got out of his vehicle with a gun as the officer approached and attempted to flee. The officer shot twice hitting Pritchard in the back and killing him. Officer cleared of wrongdoing.

Around 4 p.m., just a few hours before the Kansas City Chiefs were scheduled to play against the Cincinnati Bengals, a Kansas City police officer was speeding in a blue Kansas City police Ford van when he struck the rear of a red Mitsubishi Lancer that was caught up in traffic congestion. The driver of the Lancer was Chandan Rajanna. He was killed. Two passengers were injured. Former officer Terrell E. Watkins, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault and a misdemeanor count of careless and imprudent driving.

Kimberly Norris was walking erratically in a yard on Clyde School Road. A man stopped to check on her, and she reportedly told the man her father had been shot. The man called 911, and deputies were dispatched at 8:43 a.m. Before the deputies arrived, she allegedly pointed a gun at the man and ordered him out of the vehicle. When deputies arrived, the woman pointed the gun at them and fired, police said. Deputies shot and killed her.

About 9:30 p.m., deputies responded to a report of domestic violence in Spanaway. A woman had called 911 to report that her boyfriend, Robert Smith Jr., was intoxicated and armed, and she had locked herself in the bathroom. Once there, deputies said they confronted Smith at the front door of the home. He was allegedly armed with a handgun in a hip holster. He allegedly did not comply with orders not to touch his handgun. Then deputies said Smith drew the handgun out of his holster toward the deputies, and they shot and killed him.

Police from the Meade County Sheriff's Office, the Vine Grove Police Department and the Radcliff Police Department were pursuing Shawn Welsh, 36, when his 2000 Chevrolet Silverado collided with a 2000 Honda Accord around 8:37 p.m. between Radcliff and Elizabethtown, police said. Jacob Barber, 18, and Katarina Peeters, 17, who were in the Accord, were killed. Welsh was sentenced to four concurrent life sentences for murder and assault.

Jonathan C. Tubby was allegedly depressed after relapsing with cancer and suicidal, according to family members.Tubby was stopped by police, who discovered he had a felony warrant for his arrest. As Tubby was being transported to the jail, he began acting strangely, as if he might be concealing a weapon. When the police cruiser arrived at the jail's sally port, Tubby had turned himself around completely backwards. Officers had to remove the back window to get Tubby out of the car. Tubby was standing on the police car's trunk when for uncertain reasons police shot him twice with a beanbag gun, to no effect. An officer then shot and killed Tubby.

Police had been tracking Andrey Tkachenko who was wanted on felony charges. Police followed him to a parking lot in Salt Lake City. There they observed Tkachenko allegedly selling drugs out of his car. Police blocked the exit of the parking lot. As two officers approached Tkachenko, he revved up his engine and attempted to escape, driving in the general direction of the officers. The officers shot and killed killed him.

Christopher J. Antone was allegedly wanted on charges including one count of aggravated robbery, three counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, one count of especially aggravated burglary, and theft under $1,000. Police spotted the vehicle Antone was riding in at a market. When police turned on their lights to stop the vehicle, Antone told his two friends in the vehicle, "Tell my mother I love her," and fatally shot himself in the head.

State troopers encountered Kenneth Martin Anderson, a wanted felon, after the car he was riding was pulled over for going too slow. Anderson gave a false name, but troopers discovered he was wanted, so they handcuffed him and placed him in the backseat of a patrol car. Unknown to the troopers, Anderson had a gun hidden behind his back. When he exited the patrol car, he turned toward one trooper and fired three times from behind his back, hitting the trooper in his bulletproof vest. Two troopers opened fire and killed Anderson.

Police had received a report of a vehicle that was driving recklessly before 10 p.m. Deputies found the vehicle, driven by Sean Dutcher, and attempted a traffic stop. Dutcher didn't stop, and deputies pursued it. A PIT maneuver by one police vehicle failed to stop Dutcher. When Dutcher came to a stop, a deputy got out of his squad car and ordered Dutcher to put his hands up. Dutcher allegedly drove in the general direction of the deputy, who shot and killed him.

About 11 p.m., officers spotted a suspect in a domestic assault and burglary case getting into a pickup truck. He fled when police attempted to pull him over, and officers did not pursue him. Later, officers and sheriff's deputies found the man standing outside the truck near the Blue River. The man walked into the Blue River and appeared to be struggling to swim before he drowned.

At 1 a.m. Officer Steve Casanova approached an alleged "drug house" to investigate an assault by someone in the house. The officer did not announce himself and said "Hey what's going on?" as he attempted to push the front door open. One man in the living room stood up and asked "Who the fuck is that?!" The officer then opened fire, shooting through iron burglar bars on the front door, wounding the man who stood up and killing Charles D. "Chop Chop" Roundtree Jr. who was sitting on the sofa. Neither Roundtree nor the other man was armed. The entire incident was over in 5 seconds. Officer Casanova was cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury. Roundtree's family has filed a civil suit that is still pending.

Deputies were on the search for Keyshon Parham, who had numerous felony warrants, including attempted first degree murder. They encountered Parham at an apartment complex, Parham jumped out a window to elude them. When a deputy caught up with Parham, a struggle ensued, and Parham attempted to grab the deputy's gun. The gun went off and wounded the deputy. A second deputy shot and killed Parham.

Longview police were called at 2:52 a.m. on a report of an unwanted person. Cowlitz County deputies also responded. Officers and deputies contacted Weston Willow Well Cole, who displayed a gun. Police said Cole ran away and forced his way into a home with people inside. The people left safely. Cole, from inside the home, allegedly began shooting at the officers. Officers shot and killed him.

Daniel Paul Lehmann was allegedly drinking and doing drugs in a house when he became aggravated and stabbed several people. Hunt County deputies encountered Lehmann after the vehicle he was fleeing in crashed. Lehman exited the vehicle brandishing a knife and advanced on a deputy, who shot and killed Lehman.

Timothy W. Roberts, 44, and Nicole Y. Beran, 39, were in a stolen vehicle being pursued by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department when they collided with a commercial delivery vehicle, killing them.

Dallas patrol officers spotted a possibly stolen truck and attempted to pull over the driver. Officers did not pursue when the truck turned right onto West Simonds Road and sped up, police said, although they were close enough to see the truck leave the roadway, killing two people and injuring two others.

Timothy W. Roberts, 44, and Nicole Y. Beran, 39, were in a stolen vehicle being pursued by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department when they collided with a commercial delivery vehicle, killing them.

Police were dispatched to a home about 11 a.m. When they arrived, they learned that Gregory Allen Tilly had shot out of a window of his mobile home. Officers tried to get Tilly out of the home, but he refused to leave. While officers were talking with Tilly, he exited the home with a shotgun in his hand, and a trooper shot and killed him.

Deputies were dispatched to a Quality Inn/Amerihost at approximately 12:43 a.m. to investigate a disturbance inside the motel. As deputies attempted to place Eric Jamar Lupain Stromer under arrest, a woman attempted to interfere. Deputies tasered the woman, and Stormer pulled a gun and shot one of the deputies. The deputies shot and killed Stromer.

Officers went to an apartment to investigate a domestic disturbance involving weapons and allegedly found Samuel Morris threatening his girlfriend at knife-point. When Morris did not drop the knife as ordered, one officer told his girlfriend to move and when she did, the officer shot and killed Morris.

Matthew Chambers had been shooting at vehicles and pointing a gun at them at the Walton on the Chattahoochee apartments, police said. Police responded to the complex about 6:08 a.m., and found Chambers with a gun at a bus stop near the apartment entrance. As officers approached him from a distance, Chambers was seen to have a gun, and he was shot and killed.

Two officers were sent to a residence after 911 operators received a call of a family dispute. The officers entered the home and encountered Jacob E. Albreths in a bedroom closet brandishing a knife. One of the officers reportedly shocked him with a Taser, but it failed to stop him. Both officers opened fire, killing the boy.

Police fatally shot a man and arrested a woman after a chase of a stolen vehicle ended with a foot pursuit, police said, reporting that a gun was recovered after the incident. Police did not say what prompted the shooting.

Two detectives from the Florida Department of Financial Services encountered Dakota Frank Brooks attempted to steal their vehicle during a hurricane. One detective engaged in a struggle with Brooks that went to ground. When Brooks attempted to gain control of the detective's gun, the second detective shot and killed Brooks.

Michael Johnson was involved in a crash at 1:14 a.m. Johnson allegedly confronted responding deputies with a knife and moved toward them when deputies attempted to contact him. Deputies fired beanbag rounds, striking Johnson multiple times. Johnson kept advancing toward the deputies, and Sgt. Russell King and Deputy Justyn Czyrklis shot and killed him. Johnson's blood-alcohol content was .27, three times the legal limit.

Officers Kenneth Pilette and Chad Betts responded to a crash. Police said Busse left the scene briefly to hide something in a nearby bush before officers arrived. Police asked the man to complete a field sobriety test, but he allegedly ran to the bush and grabbed a gun. The man fired a round at police, and the officers shot and killed him.

Police encountered Samuel Edward Rice barricaded in a motel room, where he was holding his girlfriend hostage at knifepoint. When Rice refused to let his girlfriend go, a police sniper killed Rice with a single shot. Rice had a history of mental illness and altercations with police.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired outside an apartment building on the city's northwest side. They confronted Alonzo Smith in a car outside his aunt's house. When officers ordered Smith to show his hands, he began firing at them as he exited the car. The officers shot and killed Smith. Smith had a history of mental illness.

A car was being chased by police when it hit a garbage truck. It spun out of control and burst into flames. The driver of the car, Robert Jones, 31, was killed, as was his daughter, Myah Jones, 5 months.

Brent Graber ran from police after officers closed in on the LKQ Pick Your Part auto parts business shortly after 4 p.m. Police had received a 911 call reporting that a wanted Miami County suspect was at the business, possibly driving a stolen pickup truck. Graber saw the officers and fled out the back door. He ran across the lot, climbed over a security fence, then ran along two sets of railroad tracks with officers chasing him, police said. Graber climbed up some parked rail cars and ran back and forth on top of them, refusing to come down. He eventually climbed into an empty coal car where he was apprehended, and he collapsed and died.

Union City police saw a stolen pickup truck and pursued. The chase went from Union City to El Reno to Okarche. North of Okarche, the man was passing vehicles on the shoulder. The ground was wet from the rains, and the driver lost control and went into the center median and stopped. A deputy shot a tire, and the man got out of his truck with a gun, and he was shot and killed.

An Oak Ridge officer tried to stop Isaiah Ramirez, who fled, and the officer chased him. That chase reportedly ended at the Anderson County General Sessions Court parking lot. The officer blocked the exit from the parking lot and got out of his car with gun drawn. He ordered Ramirez to stop but Ramirez instead drove in the general direction of the officer, who shot Ramirez 3 times through the windshield. Ramirez's vehicle struck the officer in the leg then hit a parked bus before coming to a stop. Ramirez died in the hospital and the officer was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Nicholas Salisbury called 911 at about 1:30 a.m. and told dispatchers he was planning to kill residents at an Auburn in-patient rehab facility and also threatened to shoot any deputies who arrived there, police said. He told the dispatcher he was high on marijuana and "speed." The man was holding a firearm when deputies found him. Deputies reportedly ordered him to drop the gun, but he raised it toward the deputies, and they shot and killed him. The weapon was a replica firearm, and Salisbury allegedly had a suicide note.

Deputies responded to a mental health emergency call encountered Anthony Lee Hodges armed with an assault type rifle. Upon contacting Hodges, he opened fire with the rifle, and the deputies sought cover. Hodges continued firing, and the deputies returned fire, shooting and killing Hodges. Grand jury cleared officers of any wrongdoing.

Around 11 p.m., police got a report of a shooting on US Hwy 900. They found a woman who had been shot in the arm. Officers found Kenneth Bingham's car, and attempted to pull him over, and he fled. Around 3 a.m., Dixie County deputies found a car matching the description of Bingham's at the El Dorado Motel in Cross City. They attempted to talk to Bingham, but they heard a gunshot from inside his motel room, and when police went inside, they found Bingham dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Phillip Samuel Moskios Jr. and a passenger were pulled over after a police dog alerted on the car for possible illegal drugs. Moskios assaulted a deputy and both he and his female passenger fled on foot. Two deputies and a DEA agent pursued Moskios. They shot and killed Moskios but no details have been provided.

Two deputies got a call about a domestic situation around 1:45 a.m. When they arrived, deputies said a man was standing on the porch with a shotgun in one hand and a rifle in the other. Deputies ordered the man to put down the guns. He reportedly put the shot gun down, but not the rifle. Officers shot and killed him.

William Cox was shot and killed after allegedly making threats against a hostage's life and pointing a gun toward police.

A deputy attempted to stop pedestrian Chinedu Valentine Okobi for alleged jaywalking. Okobi ignored the deputy who called for backup. When backup arrived, Okobi resisted arrest and the first deputy tasered him. Okobi fell to the ground on his back, but refused orders to turn over on his stomach, so he was tasered three more times. After the fourth tasering, Okobi, who weighed 300 pounds, got to his feet and began struggling with several deputies attempting to restrain him. After five minutes they were able to handcuff Okobi and put him in a seated position. By the time the ambulance arrived, Okobi had died. According to coroner, Okobi died from "cardiac arrest following physical exertion, physical restraint, and recent electro-muscular disruption." Deputy cleared of wrongdoing, but two civil suits were filed against the city, including one for racial profiling.

Officers were called around 7 p.m. for a domestic disturbance in which a minor had been stabbed in the neck. Another family member allegedly had been stabbed by Arthur Harbison earlier in the day, but he had fled before police arrived. On their second trip, they made contact with Harbison, and a fight began before he ran into a nearby field as officers chased him. Harbison allegedly turned during the chase toward an officer with a knife, and he was shot and killed.

James Edward Martin lived in the home with 81-year-old Faye Spruell, her granddaughter Jessica Adams, and Adams' 7-year-old daughter. Martin was Adams's former boyfriend and reportedly pulled a gun on Adams, so the family kicked him out of the house. Martin came back and allegedly killed Spruell and then held Jessica and her daughter hostage at gunpoint. According to Adams, Martin was pointing a gun at both her and her daughter in her grandma's bedroom when members of SWAT came in and shot and killed Martin.

Police were dispatched to a group home around 4 p.m. on reports of a stabbing between two residents. When officers arrived, Keagan Johnson-Lloyd, had fled. Police received a report about two hours later, shortly before 6 p.m., of Johnson-Lloyd's whereabouts. Responding officers saw him walking, and Officer Geoff Latsch shot and killed Johnson-Lloyd after Johnson-Lloyd advanced upon the officer holding a razor blade in his hand.

Orlando police shot and killed Brian Baker, who claimed to have a gun at Orlando Regional Medical Center, police said. Three officers shot Baker when he reportedly reached into his waistband as though he had a gun. State attorney's review of the case said Baker was holding an unknown object after he reached into his waistband, but also said he was unarmed. Officers cleared of any wrongdoing.

Antonio Cowan, 24, Cabari Turner, 3, Chrishawn Turner, 25, were occupants of a Ford Fusion who were killed when their vehicle was struck by a car driven by Christopher Carter, 27. Carter was fleeing police and ran a red light just before the collision. The policed alleged that they had ceased pursing Carter by the time of the crash because it was too dangerous. Carter fled on foot and was captured a month later and charged with three counts of reckless homicide and murder. Parents of the deceased have sued the city and the police department.

Antonio Cowan, 24, Cabari Turner, 3, Chrishawn Turner, 25, were occupants of a Ford Fusion who were killed when their vehicle was struck by a car driven by Christopher Carter, 27. Carter was fleeing police and ran a red light just before the collision. The policed alleged that they had ceased pursing Carter by the time of the crash because it was too dangerous. Carter fled on foot and was captured a month later and charged with three counts of reckless homicide and murder. Parents of the deceased have sued the city and the police department.

Around 3:40 p.m., a deputy responded to a home after a family member of Brian Rogers called E-911 to report Rogers was acting erratically, police said. When the deputy arrived, Rogers began chasing him with an ax. Rogers allegedly ignored commands to drop the weapon and charged toward the deputy, who shot and killed him.

City police conducted a traffic stop about 12:50 a.m. The man was an occupant in the vehicle and he fled on foot. During the pursuit, the man pointed a gun at officers and fired several shots, police said. Police also fired, but no one was hit. The man then ran into a home. Occupants of the home saw the man enter with a gun. The man told them there was shooting outside, and he was very upset and talking about suicide. The occupants left the home and tried to get the man to leave with them, but he refused. Officers could see the man through windows in the home and tried to make contact. Police entered the home before 10 a.m. and the man committed suicide.

Shortly before 7 p.m. after state police dispatchers received a 911 call about an erratic driver in a white pickup truck traveling westbound on Route 101. A trooper spotted the truck stopped off Exit 6 around the overpass. As the trooper approached the pickup, he asked the driver, Walter Welch Jr., if he'd been drinking. "A lot," reportedly said Welch, who then opened fire on the trooper. The trooper retreated and took cover and ordered Welch to disarm. When Welch didn't respond, the trooper shot through the back of the pickup cab four times. Some of rounds struck Welch, who was already dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

At 10:09 a.m. Joseph Dawson's wife called 911 to report her husband was threatening her and other family members. When deputies encountered Dawson at his residence, he drew a gun, and one deputy took him down to the ground, and a struggle began. Dawson got off several shots, and another deputy shot and killed Dawson.

At 12:30 am, police received a call that Willie Earl Simmons was allegedly holding Kendra Jones at gunpoint in his apartment on Winrock Boulevard. When officers arrived, they heard screaming. Officers covered the front and back doors and then broke down the front door. Simmons fired at officers through the open door. Police took cover, getting into a shootout with Simmons. Simmons shot Jones five times in the arm. Simmons attempted to flee out the back door and got in another exchange of gunfire with police. Simmons dropped his handgun as he retreated back into the apartment. He picked up a large knife and advanced upon officers, who shot and killed him.

A Louisiana State Police trooper pulled over Coltin Brennan Leblanc on suspicion of impaired driving. Leblanc complied at first, but when he returned to his pickup to get his license, he attempted to flee in the truck. The trooper was holding on to the driver's side door and was pulled along. The trooper ordered Leblanc to stop, but he did not comply and attempted to grab the trooper's gun. The trooper shot Leblanc three times, killing him. Leblanc's BAC was .20 more than twice the legal limit for driving. The trooper was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Just after 10:20 a.m., police responded to an armed robbery at Famous Footwear. Officers were told that Joey Nelson had fled in a vehicle and was armed with a handgun and a knife, police said. Officers found Nelson driving the vehicle and attempted to stop the vehicle, but Nelson fled. The vehicle later stopped , and Nelson reportedly left the vehicle armed with a weapon. Officers ordered him to drop the weapon before he allegedly pointed it at them, and he was shot and killed. The weapon turned out to be an Airsoft gun that looked like a firearm.

Deputies responded to a restraining order violation. Deputies tried to pull a vehicle over, but the driver fled. Christopher Giron, 48, allegedly attempted to elude police. When Giron tried to turn onto Hwy 140 from Hwy 62, the Tundra left the road, hit an electrical box operating the nearby traffic light and settled down an embankment. Passenger Teddy Geaney was killed.

Nicolas Garza was found by police. Reports had indicated he was acting erratically and possibly on drugs. Officer Ealy-Thomas was the first to arrive, and shocked Garza with his Taser after Garza got up off the ground and displayed an 11-inch kitchen knife. After being tasered, it was apparent it didn't immediately incapacitate Garza, but Garza obeyed officer's commands and was taken into custody. Officers asked paramedics to check on Garza's physical condition. He had a high fever and diffictulty breathing and died in the hosptial. An autopsy found that Gaza died from accute methamphetamine intoxication.

Police officers were investigating Paul Braswell, 29, and Philip Belton, 39, for alleged illegal weapons dealing. Police followed the pair as they completed several alleged gun sales from a pickup truck. After the third sale, several police vehicles moved in to block Braswell and Belton at an intersection. Belton, who was driving, panicked and jammed it into reverse, hitting an officer and a vehicle blocking his rearward escape. Belton then went forward, hitting the officer and the car in front of him. At this point, eight officers began firing into the pickup truck a total of 74 times. Belton was hit 10 times but survived. Braswell was killed. Police alleged vehicular assault. All officers cleared of criminal wrongdoing. The Braswell family has filed excessive force civil lawsuit.

Police said officers were called after 11 p.m., when somebody heard a woman screaming during an argument with a man. A shot was fired while officers were responding, police said. Upon arriving, officers confronted Dravious Burch. Burch moved toward officers with two handguns, refusing to comply with commands from officers, police said. Four officers shot and killed him.

Luther Gilmore was a parolee with outstanding warrants who fled when deputies responded to a family disturbance, police said. Gilmore allegedly stole a vehicle in Empire around 4:30 p.m. and was able to lose pursuing deputies in rush hour traffic, according to the sheriff. Gilmore drove to southeast Modesto, where he collided with another vehicle and was killed.

Deputies stopped a vehicle they deemed suspicious. A struggle began when one of the people in the backseat, Ivan Pena, got out of the vehicle and allegedly produced a handgun and an officer attempted to gain control of the weapon, which went off during the struggle. The officer's partner shot and killed Pena but also wounded her partner with friendly fire.

Deputy Kirk Keithley shot and killed his wife, then shot and killed himself. Four children were inside the home when it happened.

Bruce Huntley shot and killed his estranged wife's mother and her boyfriend after his wife sought refuge with the couple to escape domestic violence, police said. He took his wife and children hostage, released them, and eventually shot and killed himself.

About 6:30 p.m., police officers in a car were trailing alleged drug trafficker Nathaniel Sassafras on foot. The officers stopped the car 10 shots and when they got out, Sassafras opened fire on them with a handgun, firing shots, injuring officer Phillip Lippe. The officers returned fire, killing Sassafras.

Kimberly Gunderson and Kenneth and Sheryl Carpentier were riding in a truck around 1 a.m. when a man allegedly driving a stolen SUV rammed into them. All three were killed. Minnesota state troopers were chasing the driver, 18-year-old Dayquan Jayru Hodge. Hodge was charged with criminal vehicular homicide and four counts of criminal vehicular operation for the injuries suffered by the teens in the SUV he was driving.

Kimberly Gunderson and Kenneth and Sheryl Carpentier were riding in a truck around 1 a.m. when a man allegedly driving a stolen SUV rammed into them. All three were killed. Minnesota state troopers were chasing the driver, 18-year-old Dayquan Jayru Hodge. Hodge was charged with criminal vehicular homicide and four counts of criminal vehicular operation for the injuries suffered by the teens in the SUV he was driving.

At approximately 4:52 a.m., Henderson police were dispatched in reference to a violent armed robbery. Officers found Joshua Works's car, but he had fled on foot. Officers caught up to Works, who was armed with a handgun and pointing it at his head. Then Works leveled the handgun at officers, who shot and killed him.

Gillie Thurby was wanted on a felony failure-to-appear warrant out of Boulder County. He faced a number of charges related to sexual assault on a child and child pornography. Three officers, one in plain clothes and two in uniform, encountered Thurby at a fire pit outside a movie theater. When officer moved to physically arrest Thurby, he stood up and reached for a handgun in his waistband. One officer tasered Thurby, who fell flat on his back with the gun in his hand. When Thurby allegedly fingered the trigger on the gun, one officer shot and killed Thurby.

Chrissy Saale was killed after a police chase ended in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70. The driver, Collan Cross, 24, of Black Hawk, Colorado, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of criminal damage to property, one count of eluding a police officer and one count of possession of cocaine.

Bruce Rogal began his day by allegedly shooting his ex-wife six times while she was changing the oil in her car in her driveway. She escaped and called police. Rogal next went to his parents' retirement home, where he shot and killed his mom and dad. A police manhunt tracked Rogel down just as he was driving back to his ex-wife's home. Rogal crashed his vehicle into the side of the home and then shot and killed himself.

Patrick Shawn Dowdell and his wife were in the middle of getting a divorce Dowdell did not want. Dowdell had attempted to strangle his wife with a belt and had been charged with assault. His wife decided to drop the assault charges and immediately after she'd signed documents to that effect, Dowdell shot her with a handgun in the courthouse lobby. Dowdell shot and injured three others, including a police officer, before another police officer shot and killed Dowdell. Dowdell's wife had a restraining order against him, but a judge allowed Dowdell to keep his guns.

Royce Leon Sedotal Jr. had escaped custody after officers responded to a disturbance call involving an assault at his home. League City police officers searched for Sedotal unsuccessfully until making contact with a female occupant at his house the following day. The officers found Sedotal hiding in a closet. Sedotal had escaped custody while still handcuffed but was no longer handcuffed when killed at his home. Sedotal was ordered to come out of the closet, but he allegedly threatened the officers with a folding utility knife. Officer Shane Yount shot and killed Sedotal.

About 1:30 a.m., police were called to the Mayflower Apartments for a report of a woman being assaulted by a man. When officers arrived, they learned the Michael Murphy had fled the building, and they found him. He was shot by one of the officers after he refused to drop his weapon, a replica gun, and pointed it at them, police said.

Garden Grove police responded to a domestic violence call in a car in a supermarket parking lot. Police said Steve Disanzo was choking a woman, who was screaming for help and saying she couldn't breathe. When an officer arrived, he found Disanzo choking the woman in her car and ordered Disanzo to stop. Disanzo continued choking the woman who was making gurgling sounds. Fearing for the woman's life, the officer shot Disanzo three times in the ribcage, killing him.

Walter Wiemann, a Vietnam vet with PTSD and Alzheimer's, barricaded himself in a house just before noon. His daughter called state police and agreed to commit her father to a mental institution. Troopers called to try to talk to Wiemann, but he'd disconnected the ringer from his phone. Frustrated, troopers called in the Special Emergencies Response Team and more than 30 troopers surrounded the house. An outbuilding caught fire and Wiemann left his barricade and walked toward the burning structure carrying a rifle. As he did, he turned toward some of the troopers surrounding the house, who opened fire and killed Wiemann. Wiemann's family as filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the case.

Stephen Merritt was killed in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in a motorcycle crash during a police pursuit that began in New Hampshire. It happened shortly before 2 a.m. Merritt had allegedly been speeding.

Someone spotted Jose Alvarez allegedly stealing items from their car and called 911. When officers arrived, Alvarez ran into a building and hid in the laundry room. Alvarez refused to surrender and a struggle ensued. One officer tasered Alvarez to no effect. Alvarez pulled a handgun from his waistband and officers struggled to gain control of the weapon. Alvarez fired his gun twice, missing both times, before one of the officers shot and killed him.

Susan Muller called 911 to report a woman had broken into her home just after 5:25 p.m., police said. Four officers responded and entered the home, and Muller followed them in. Muller allegedly pulled out a 10-inch kitchen knife and lunged at them, and the officers shot and killed her.

The officers responded to a report of a suicidal person armed with a firearm when they found Christopher Adam Borland, police said. Borland was inside a vehicle when officers arrived. After a short police pursuit, Borland stopped and exited the vehicle while armed with a gun. Borland did not comply with officer commands, and the officers shot and killed him. Walla Walla officers Eric Eastman, Nathanael Small and Kevin Toon were placed on administrative leave after the shooting.

Shreveport police said Jerry Foster was shot and killed when he allegedly was holding a woman at gunpoint and firing a gun.

Ricardo Avenia was shot while holding a woman at gunpoint inside a home. A neighbor called 911 around 10 p.m. to report children at the home were yelling that their father was going to kill their mother, and she was being beaten. An officer with a rifle shot Avenia in the back of the head, killing him.

Corey Joseph Taylor was killed when he was hit and killed by a teen carjacker. The carjacker, Nafarious Howard, was being pursued by police. Howard was charged in the death.

Officers were sent to the Hy-Vee gas station for reports of a robbery in progress, police said. When officers arrived, police said a man fled on foot to a nearby Kum & Go store. A caller had told authorities there was a suspicious man dressed in black near the area. The caller said it looked like a gun fell out of his pants. A responding officer found the man near a Kum & Go. The man allegedly drew his handgun and pointed it at the officer, police said. The officer shot and killed Christopher Leonard.

Officers were called in reference to an aggravated assault. Officers arrived to find one person had been stabbed. They said they saw Stephen Dove on top of another victim with a knife at that person's throat. Officers ordered Dove to put down the knife. After he refused, a Jacksonville officer fired two shots and killed Dove.

Ludowici Police Chief Frank McClelland Jr. and Marvin Pope were struck and killed during a high-speed police chase. Police say a Liberty County deputy attempted to stop 23-year-old Daniel Hill's car at around 7 p.m. McClelland was directing traffic and Marvin Pope was on a motorcycle when they were killed. Hill was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts of murder and vehicular homicide and DUI.

Dacion Steptoe and two accomplices were under police surveillance when they robbed the Los Vaqueros bar. Armed with a handgun, Steptoe ran to a driveway about a block away and opened fire on pursuing police, fatally wounding police officer Garrett Hull. Two officers returned fire, killing Steptoe. Steptoe's accomplices survived and have been charged with Hull's murder.

Police searching for the murderer of a 5-year-old child at a certain residence encountered Detric Driver, aka Abdullah Abdul Muhiman, who was not the murder suspect. Driver was seated on a couch armed with an AK-47 like weapon when police came through the door using a flashbang grenade. The first officer through said Driver pointed the weapon at him so he shot and killed Driver. The alleged killer of the 5-year-old was apprehended at the same residence.

According to police, officers were called to a domestic disturbance at 11:38 p.m. where a woman told emergency responders that a man had shot at her and kicked her out of the residence. As the first officer to arrive got out of his car in the driveway he was confronted by Johnny Lloyd, who lived at the address. Lloyd allegedly attacked him and knocked the deputy down in a culvert into the water. By the time the deputy came up out of the water Lloyd had a rifle, and the deputy shot and killed him.

At about 11:49 p.m., police responded to a report of an assault. While interviewing the victim, Antonio Aguirre drove by in a pickup and police pursued him until he reached his residence. Officers surrounded the vehicle and could see Aguirre was armed. He refused commands to disarm and then reportedly made a sudden movement that caused nine officers to shoot and kill him.

Stacy Allen Rowan allegedly shot two people in La Quinta, one of them fatally, then led law enforcement on a chase from the desert to Ontario before police said he fatally shot himself.

Police received a call at about 10:30 a.m. to perform a welfare check on a woman at a residence on Diamond Street. Two St. Albans officers responded and knocked on the door. A gunshot was allegedly fired from inside the residence through a frosted glass pane in the closed door. The officers retreated from the porch to a home across the street and attempted to make verbal contact with the individuals in the initial residence. The woman was evacuated from the residence by ladder from a second-floor window in the rear of the home. She was unharmed. Police made entry into the residence at 11:31 a.m. and found Bruce L. Hill dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Javier Casarez allegedly shot down his recently divorced wife and four other people in a span of just over a half hour at several different locations in east Bakersfield, police said. He shot and killed himself when he was stopped by a deputy.

Officers responded at about 3:05 a.m. to a call of a man with a gun. An officer encountered Rafael "Pito" Rivera with a handgun. The officer engaged in a foot pursuit that covered about a half a block and ended in a parking lot in the 400 block of Plymouth. Rivera reportedly did not comply to orders by the officer to put the gun down, and the officer shot and killed him. A video of the incident reportedly shows Rivera running away from the officer when he is shot. Rivera's family has filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit.

George Luster, 49, and Kathaline Luster, 51, were killed in a crash when their car was struck by stolen Sonata that had been involved in a police pursuit. The Sonata's driver, 19-year-old Gystin Michael Parker faces charges of felony theft by receiving and felony fleeing in a vehicle and two counts of first-degree murder.

Police reported that a White Settlement officer shot David Najera after he refused to put down his handgun, but the medical examiner's office issued a ruling that Najera died from a gunshot wound to the neck and ruled his death a suicide. Najera was shot after he allegedly refused to drop his handgun when he was stopped by a White Settlement marshal. The incident began about 12:15 p.m.

Luis Arreguin was killed and two others were hospitalized after their SUV crashed in the aftermath of a high-speed police chase in Santa Ana. The deputy initiated the chase because the vehicle's lights were turned off after dark. The driver was charged with second degree murder and evading police.

Bradley Barboza allegedly held up a Walmart and exchanged gunfire with responding Pierce County sheriff's deputies. The county Medical Examiner determined Barboza died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officers called to a domestic dispute learned from other family members that Joel R. Andrade ad locked himself in a bathroom. The family was moved out of the house while officers attempted to coax Andrade out of the bathroom for about two hours, police said. Andrade began cutting his neck with a knife. Police said Andrade came out of the bathroom carrying a rifle, and raised it toward officers and was shot and killed.

Police responded to a vehicle accident at the Quail Valley Apartment Homes. When they arrived to investigate, Dereshia Blackwell was standing outside holding a gun and a knife. When police ordered the woman to drop the weapons, she refused. A police officer tasered Blackwell to no effect. Another officer shot Blackwell at least five times, killing her.

Deputies responded around 12:15 p.m. on a report of a man with a firearm intending to harm himself or others. Police reportedly attempted to contact the man, who was inside a residence, but when they entered the home, they found Rodolfo Gomez Jr. dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. Gomez was an Iraq War veteran who suffered a mental crisis in the days before his death.

Donte Finch was killed after leading police on a chase that ended in a fiery crash when he struck an SUV, police said. Finch was initially stopped about 1:22 a.m. for speeding.

Layton Woodard, 17, and William Howard, 17, were killed in a crash allegedly stemming from a drag race and police chase. Driver Michael Fitch, 19, was charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide.

Frederick Pierce was on his cell phone and speeding when he was involved in a wreck that killed Catina Isaacs. He was found guilty of vehicular homicide. Pierce's truck was involved in a chain reaction crash in which police said his vehicle slammed into Isaacs' SUV from behind amid stopped or slowed traffic, touching off a cascade of vehicles rear ending the one in front of them.

Dispatch received a phone call around 8 p.m. about a man driving around while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, carrying a rifle and making threats toward others. Deputies said that they spotted James Randall McKendree around 9:50 p.m. and attempted to stop the vehicle. McKendree, armed with an assault rifle, ditched his vehicle on Dees Lane. McKendree entered into a wooded area before getting into an altercation with a resident that led to shots being exchanged. McKendree was found dead by dogs from a gunshot wound to the head. No deputies fired their weapons. At this time, police believe McKendree was killed by the resident he exchanged fire with.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance and encountered Ulman Roberts barricaded in his ex-wife's home. Roberts shot at officers twice with a handgun during a 45-minute standoff. The second time, officers returned fire, killing Roberts.

Darell Richards allegedly threatened people with a fake gun and fled from investigating officers. He was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed the imitation gun at police.

Omar Enrique Santa Perez shot and killed three people in the lobby of a building. Four police officers shot and killed Perez.

Police said Luis Young, 26, hit seven cars while driving down Main Street after speeding off when police tried to pull him over. A woman in a Jeep, Gaudencia Meza, was killed when the stolen white pickup smashed into her. Young was charged with murder.

Officers responded to a report of trespassing shortly after 4:20 p.m., police said. Officers discovered Michael Zahn had a felony warrant for his arrest because of a parole violation. Zahn fled on foot as officers attempted to arrest him. An officer fired a shot before Zahn broke into a nearby building. Police found Zahn's body in the building with a gunshot wound, which they later reported as self-inflicted.

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance involving the man and a woman on Laura Lynn Drive around 5 p.m. When two deputies arrived, they were confronted by an armed Christopher Keith Sage outside the home. The deputies shot and killed Sage.

Police were investigating a narcotics complaint just before 11 a.m. when Jamarese DeAngelo Coleman fled the home in a red Dodge SUV, police said. Coleman allegedly refused to stop for officers, and he ran a red light and was fatally struck by a black car.

Rodney Williams, 28, and his brother, Thomas Williams, 21 were killed when the allegedly stolen car they occupied crashed into a tanker truck during a police chase. Police said an undercover police unit from Alton flagged a car that was reportedly involved in a crime 24 hours prior and followed the vehicle to Roxana.