Kim Spalding was called to a Wainwright home early Sunday by reports that a man was pointing a rifle at family members. Spalding fatally shot Jason Tagarook, 19, after the man pointed a rifle at him, state troopers said.

Deputies Patrick Shannon, Peter Alvarado and Donna Salvador shot Sergio Ramos 15 times when he allegedly charged at them with a steak knife.

Marvin Shane England had a knife to the throat of Lacey Leona Bryant, 21, when Officer Sgt. Ken Sircy shot and killed him.

An officer approached Bedard and a female companion in a mall parking lot after observing suspected drug activity. Out of his vehicle, Bedard produced a pistol. A tense standoff and then an exchange of gunfire left the officer wounded and the suspect with a fatal head wound.

Las Vegas police officers confronted Charles M. Rorie III after a convenience store employee called police claiming Rorie brandished a knife and took a beer. The plainclothes officers stopped Rorie at Desert Breeze Park, where he pulled out the knife and charged them. The officers fired multiple times, killing him.

Suspect fled from traffic stop. Rucker shot at Officer Jason Tye Pratt. Officer Frank Platt returned fire. Pratt died from injuries.

Officers responded to a farm shortly before 8 p.m. after receiving two 911 calls first reporting that Howard Huen was being attacked by his son, Rodney Huen, 34, and then stating that Howard Huen had shot his son. An officer found Rodney Huen's body in the driveway. Howard Huen allegedly shot at the officer, but he wasn't hit. Police summoned the Storm Lake tactical team. As tactical officers approached the house, they said they noticed fires starting in multiple locations inside the home. As they moved closer, Howard Huen allegedly opened fire on them. Autopsy results indicated that Howard Huen was struck multiple times by police bullets, but the cause of death was said to be a small-caliber handgun wound to the head that did not come from police weapons.

Officer Brent Baker shot and killed Bobby Clarence Banks when he allegedly grabbed another officer's gun during a scuffle.

Smith came to a Wilmington hospital for mental health treatment but fled before checking in. Encountering local police, he stole a police car and was shot in the leg. He led officers on a 16-block chase before his cruiser was blocked in. Local police shot at him 31 times. Six of those bullets struck him, fatally.

Roger Kunz reportedly shot himself during an 18-hour police standoff. The standoff began after Kunz cut his mother's face with a knife, shot at police and barricaded himself in the house. It ended when officers forced their way inside and found Kunz dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Hudson was shot by police Cpl. Tyler Peninger and Officer Glen in the alley behind Hudson's former girlfriend's home, where police were dispatched to a report of domestic violence. Hudson was shot and killed after he approached the officers and the woman against the officers' commands and aimed a shotgun at them.

Tim was riding his bike late at night dressed in dark clothing. When he saw the police car, he ran. he banged at the door of the house he had run to begging for help. the cops shot him point blank

In a murder suicide, Rutendra Raghunandan killed his wife and children.

In a murder suicide, Rutendra Raghunandan killed his wife and children.

Officers Eric Wallace, Jeff Wallace and David Schultz shot and killed Mexican nationals Raul Chavez Rivera and Pablo Valladares Gomez, who allegedly fired at police during a multi-agency marijuana garden raid.

Officers alledge deceased charged them during a robbery, and deceased was shot to death by officers.

David Darnell Thomas, 19, died after being shot in North Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Lewis Albert Derenge was shot and killed by deputies Errol Bechtel and Lorraine Riser, and Ellen Levoi Derenge committed suicide after being wounded by deputies' gunfire.

Hopkins called 911 twice on a Friday afternoon, once for help, the second time to say that she felt she might hurt somebody. Three officers responded and found her with a seven-inch blade in each hand. She lunged at them; they fatally shot her. Neighbors described Hopkins as friendly and mild-mannered and remarked at the speed of her killing.

Stephen was gunned down on a Bronx street after he posed as a cop and then taunted police officers with a realistic toy gun. The officers repeatedly ordered Seignious to drop his weapon, but he refused, Instead, he took another step toward the officers, and they fired. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.

Police found Straughter in the yard, holding down his wife. Straughter shot his wife, then threatened the officers with the gun, police said. The officers shot Straughter, killing him.

Deputies James Dimmit, Jason Dodd, Todd Booth and Neil Simpson shot Martin Cardenas Baez and Jose Guadalupe Castaneda-Castillas during a marijuana garden raid near Feather Falls.

Police were dispatched to a home on Van Velsor Place in Newark on a report of shots fired, police said. Police saw Smith running through an alley with a gun in his hand. Smith saw the officers and fired shots at them, then ran onto Chancellor Avenue, where he carjacked a Ford Escort at gunpoint. Newark police pursued the car into Irvington, where Smith struck a parked vehicle and a utility pole. Smith got out of the car and ran west toward an alley on Chancellor. Officers chased him in there, where Smith allegedly brandished a knife and charged at the officers. Officer Onelio Tellez shot and killed him.

With gloves, bandana and a pistol, York was interrupted by county police during the attempted armed robbery of a CVS Pharmacy. York retreated to the rear of the store while exchanging gunfire with police. He was found out back in a dry creek bed, dead of a gunshot, possibly a suicide.

Off-duty Westminster Police Officer Karl Scherck went to mow his mother's lawn. He saw a suspicious looking person and called police, and followed him around the neighborhood. Later, he found him in a garage holding a 1 by 4, and he shot and killed him.

With their motorcycle chased by police through five miles of beach town roads at over 100 MPH near 1 in the morning, Ralph Boccio and his passenger Alissa Hill were hurled 260 feet through the air when the bike hit a curb. Both died at the scene.

Police were called because Anderson had shot himself in the head. When they arrived, he was conscious enough to point his gun at them, and so they shot him some more. The fatal wound was ruled to be the one he gave himself.

Bobby Joe Holcomb reportedly shot himself during a standoff.

Deputy Steve Plante shot and killed Juan Hernandez Garcia after Garcia tried to take a gun from Plante's partner, Michael Toste.

Undocumented immigrants Carlos Echeverria Bribiezca, Rosalva Maldonado Romero, Jose Refugio Ortega Nieves and an unidentified boy were killed when a SUV fleeing Border Patrol agents crashed.

Undocumented immigrants Carlos Echeverria Bribiezca, Rosalva Maldonado Romero, Jose Refugio Ortega Nieves and an unidentified boy were killed when a SUV fleeing Border Patrol agents crashed.

Iva Police Sgt. Niki Parks shot Manley after a fight as officers accompanied Manley's wife into the house after a domestic dispute.

Richard Leyba was tasered five times by police as he lay on the floor in a drug-induced stupor. Leyba was unarmed are the time of the incident. He died while being wheeled onto an ambulance.

Quillar Coleman was killed after he and his wife became trapped in their car when they were broadsided by an allegedly stolen Honda Civic fleeing police.

Garrett Henning was shot and killed by Janesville police officer Timothy O'Leary, while fighting with another officer and allegedly in control of his gun.

Teresa Perez, 40, was shot and killed by police in the Denver Police Department's Gang Bureau parking lot after she kidnapped and fatally shot Justyn Rosen, 79, former owner of Rosen-Novak Motors.

Arkansas State Police Trooper Mitch Grant, 29, saw Jimmy Darnel Thomas, 43, driving a vehicle similar in description to a car used in the robbery of a Dallas County business. Grant tried to stop the car, but the driver refused, leading Grant on a short chase. Thomas stopped and fled, Grant chased him, and Thomas got in Grant's car. He tried to run Grant over, and Grant shot and killed him.

Trooper Joseph J. Savitch shot Troy J. Brundle, who'd allegedly taken trooper Chad Broyles's gun during a struggle. Broyles had stopped a 2003 Cadillac with two occupants inside shortly before 3 a.m. Brundle, the driver, reportedly fled on foot. Broyles chased after Brundle and tackled him to the ground. Brundle allegedly disarmed Broyles and said he was going to kill him. Savitch arrived and Broyles yelled "He's got my gun. Shoot him." Savitch shot Brundle once, and he died at a hospital.

Mearis was fatally shot by Oakland police officers after Mearis grabbed one of the officer's gun during a struggle.

Police responded to the home of Hernandez for a domestic disturbance call. When they made contact, Hernandez allegedly refused to put down a semiautomatic weapon he was pointing at police. Police opened fire and killed him at the scene.

Police responded to a domestic violence call. Walker attacked the police, and was shot and killed.

Gonzales fired bullets into three vehicles in his Westminster neighborhood, injuring three people - including a 12-year-old boy who lived across the street - before police fatally shot him outside his home.

A woman was wandering around a neighborhood, threatening people with a meat cleaver. When the police arrived, she rushed him, and he shot and killed her.

Ronald Joseph Carlos, 33, died after being shot in Baldwin Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

According to the Star Tribune, police were investigating a suspected drug deal when two men ran away from them. One of them, Collins, turned and reached for a gun in his waistband. An officer fired one shot, killing Collins.

It was alleged by police that Venable ran from police after fleeing a vehicle. Venable had warrants including parole violation. It's disputed, but the officer says that a fight ensued, and Venable tried to reach for the officer's gun, and was shot to death.

Police were called on a domestic disturbance at a hotel. As he was being pursued through the hotel, Murphy pulled a gun and was shot and killed.

According to the LA Times Homicide Report, Douglas Keith Smith, a 38-year-old white male, was shot and killed by Culver City police, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

While fleeing police, Jay Gonzalez rammed his car into LeRoy Copen and Lynn Marie Olaf Copen, who were off-duty police officers, killing them. He survived and faced a variety of charges, including intentional homicide.

Sgt. Rich Wilkinson shot and killed Jennifer Lynn LeBlanc during a drug bust, in what was reportedly the first fatal officer-involved shooting in the city's history.

Police looked on from a stakeout as Tereshea Daniel robbed and killed Thomas Evans Willis, 55. Police then killed Daniel.

Ronald D'Mytro was shot when he allegedly pointed a gun on an officer responding to an attempted carjacking.

Officers shot Pedro Lopez whe he allegedy lunged at one of them with scissors at a Chevron station in University Heights.

Williams was shot to death by county officers after an attempted traffic stop at 8:45 on a Saturday morning. Williams refused to stop, was briefly chased, ran off the road, and fired on police. He was killed by return fire.

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. Rodelas-Acuna was in the backyard and threatened a policeman with a pickaxe, so the officer shot and killed him.

Gonzales allegedly exchanged gunfire with police after barricading himself into the home of his girlfriend, police said. Several hours after the standoff started, police threw a canister of tear gas into the home. They then found Gonzales' body—with a head wound believed to have been self-inflicted—in the house.

According to the Argus Leader: Police received a call that Ange was intoxicated and threatening his girlfriend. Rapid City Police Officer Richard Holt responded and after hearing yelling, entered the home and found Ange holding his girlfriend around the shoulders with a large kitchen knife in his hand. Ange headed toward Holt and said "I'm going to [explicative] kill you." Holt backed out and Ange pursued him. Holt told Ange to drop the knife. Ange ran toward him, knife over his head. Holt fired five times, including one fatal shot to Ange's shoulder.

Officers tried to stop Heather Barnes because of erratic driving at about 11:45 p.m. near 72nd and Grover Streets. Police said Barnes stopped, but then drove off before losing control of her Ford pickup truck and hitting a curb. The truck rolled several times, ejecting Barnes, who police found lying in the Villa Estates trailer court parking lot. Critically injured in the crash, Barnes remained in a vegetative state for nearly six years at a care center before she died on September 15, 2009.

19-year-old Eddie Homsombath exchanged gunfire with police during a pursuit following a minor traffic stop.

Aric Tonn shot and killed himself after shooting and killing Deputy Bruce Williams who was responding to a domestic disturbance.

According to police, Donald Moore and Jason Lavastida, Silvas was told to step out of his teal Ford Taurus because it smelled like marijuana, then was shot at eight times when he tried to ram officers with the vehicle. According to witnesses, Silvas was shot, bludgeoned and handcuffed, then tried to take cover in the Taurus. Cocaine, not marijuana, was present in the vehicle. Officer Moore had served for four years and Officer Lavastida for three. It was their first recorded shooting. Corpus Christi paid settled with Silvas' family for $200,000.

At about 5 p.m., DCSO deputies and state troopers responded to a report of a man with a gun at Siouxland Estates Mobile Home Park. As officers arrived, two men left a house. A third man, Manuel Adrian Ortiz-Ruiz, allegedly came out with a handgun and fired at police. Officers returned fire, killing Ortiz-Ruiz. Deputy Anthony D. Bos was reportedly shot in the lower left leg.

Everett Keill was shot and killed when he reportedly came out of a home with a gun after deputies arrived to serve warrants for aggravated rape and incest.

Fort Myers Police Officer Starks was killed in a high-speed collision with a second cruiser during a police chase. The other officer was only slightly injured. The suspect was charged with murder and sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Whitmore died after being stopped for suspicion of drug possession at Sea-Tac Airport. When security screeners spotted a pipe in her purse, they investigated. Airport police were called in, but she tried to walk away. An officer grabbed her arm to bring her back, and an airport spokesman said she resisted, flailing her arms and fighting. It took three officers to finally handcuff her, and one of them pinned her to a table with his leg while the handcuffs went on. But Whitmore had swallowed a plastic bag of something in the meantime. Officers couldn't get her to spit it back up. She died at the site.

After a three-hour standoff, John Bruce Cummings, 48, was shot in the head when he stepped onto his front porch with a rifle, loaded it and aimed it at officers, police said.

Police responded to a firearms violation at Club 121, an after-hours nightclub. A vehicle description led officers to the car parked outside a Waffle House restaurant, police said. As the officers approached the vehicle, one of the occupants got out of the car and shot one of the officers before running into a nearby neighborhood, where he was confronted by two officers. During an exchange of gunfire, Theodore Elroy Johnson Jr. was shot and killed.

CHP officer Perry Miller shot and killed David Grajiola when he allegedly drove toward him after a traffic stop.

A half-hour after midnight deputies fatally shot Wolf—who had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system and who'd was "apparently upset about a failed relationship"—after he'd raised the stock of a weapon at them several times.

Officers responding to a forgery call told Carlile, entering an SUV, to surrender. According to Lieutenant Gary Trupe, Officer Mike Willis, who had served APD for 11 years, fatally shot Carlile to prevent him from ramming an officer into a wall of a Money Hut. Witness Melissa Self said that no officer stood between the Money Hut and the SUV when Officer Willis started shooting.

Deputy Mark Polk and Crossland's probation officer, Officer Melinda Hieber, tried to arrest Crossland for parole violation. Crossland tried to take Deputy Polk's gun. Deputy Polk shot at Crossland twice, striking him once in the head and killing him.

Eduardo Godinez died after a Chevrolet Blazer crashed into him while officers detained him. Police were reportedly breaking up a fistfight at about 8 p.m., when the Blazer hit Godinez as he stood with his hands on the trunk of a police car that did not have its emergency lights activated. Godinez' legs were severed and he died at a hospital. One officer was treated and released, and another was hospitalized in stable condition. Police were unsure whether the officers were injured from flying debris or by the Blazer. The driver, Luis Contreras, 25, was charged with reckless homicide and DUI. In 2008, a Cook County jury awarded $7.5 million in a wrongful death suit brought by Godinez' family.

A police officer pulled over Steve Levitre during a traffic stop. The officer recognized the man as someone who had made threats on his life, according to a department spokeswoman. The officer told Leitre to put his hands where he could see them. Levitre did not. The spokesperson said the officer drew his gun, and Levitre continued to act as if he was reaching for a weapon. Levitre began to drive his car toward the officer. Fearing Levitre would run him over, the officer shot and killed him.

Officer David Keith Frendlich shot and killed his estranged wife's boyfriend, Ronald Larry Boliek, then shot and killed himself. Boliek had complained about the officer's erratic behavior, to know apparent effect, and his family was perturbed at his death.

Lowery, with a long record of minor crimes, was shot to death by local police after leading them on an erratic chase in a stolen car, then switching over to a van with a female acquaintance and a 16-year-old girl. Police fired on him 30 times. They claimed that Lowery fired on them twice with a shotgun then used the van as a weapon, claims that witnesses disputed. City prosecutors mulled criminal charges against the police for more than a year before ruling them justified. In the interim two of them were awarded Silver Medals of Valor and three others Certificates of Merit for their roles in the killing.

Humphrey N. Davis was killed when his car went off a road and rolled several times while he was involved in a traffic chase with a state trooper. Davis was thrown from his 2001 Chevrolet Malibu at 11:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. The highway patrol did not say why Davis was being pursued.

Police were called to a domestic violence incident. Dominguez was shot and killed when he pointed a gun at police.

Latarra Waters and Dennis Jones were killed when the car they were in was pursued by Garfield Heights police. The car went down an embankment and flipped over. Garfield Heights police said Waters sped off after police tried to stop the car after a computer check revealed it had an expired license plate and that the owner did not have driving privileges.

Local police spotted a stolen vehicle driven by Gerth in downtown Rockford. Ordered to stop and get out, Gerth kept driving, reportedly threatening an officer with the moving car. He was fatally shot four times. He was unarmed.

Carl Edward Fuerst died during a high-speed police chase and shootout after his car wrecked on Alabama 157.

At about 12:10 a.m., an off-duty officer and a friend left the B.M.G. bar, got into the officer's car and drove a short distance down the street. According to police, the officer stopped his car to change a CD when two men in a car drove up alongside them. The passenger in the other car allegedly jumped out, pointed a gun at the officer and his friend and told them to get out of the car and to take their clothes off. While the officer and his friend were disrobing, police said the man with a gun was distracted. The officer drew his pistol and fired several shots at the man, who returned fire. The man died and the officer was reportedly shot in the back, foot and thigh.

Police responded to a call from a woman who'd sighted her former boyfriend and neighbor on the grounds of her rental property, contrary to an order of protection. That boyfriend was Wimbush, a 300-pound former convict, whose physical struggle with the officer included throwing him onto a glass table, which shattered, and stabbing him in the shoulder. The officer fired on Wimbush once, killing him.

Police say deceased was trying to run over officer, witnesses say deceased was trying to drive away. Deceased wanted on probation violations.

James City County police officer Dale Burden was trying to arrest Charles Steven Berkley on drug and gun charges when he was shot in the head, and the Berkley was killed, at a Grove mobile home park. Both were hit by the same bullet, which went through Berkley's head before striking investigator Burden, police said.

Cortez was shot multiple times by six officers. He'd announced that he was suicidal, and sat in a vehicle with two handguns. Cortez was killed after exchanging fire to end the standoff.

Four Ball State University Police Department officers responded to a burglary call, which turned out to be Michael McKinney, a university student, drunkenly attempting to gain access to a house he mistakenly believed to be his friend's residence. 24-year-old officer Robert Duplain entered the backyard alone and discovered McKinney, who allegedly charged the officer. Duplain shot McKinney four times, three times in the chest and once in the head.

Melissa Gutierrez and Ramon Sanchez were killed when their car crashed after a police chase. The crash happened at about 12:30 a.m., half an hour after Gutierrez, Sanchez and another man inside the vehicle were reportedly kicked out of the Pub on Santa Fe for fighting. As the three left in a car, Sanchez allegedly fired 10 shots from a gun. According to police, an officer tried to stop the car for speeding. Sanchez reportedly threw the gun out of the car. Gutierrez pulled over, then allegedly drove away after officers stopped and exited their cars. The officers said they lost sight of the car as Gutierrez exited I-635 onto Shawnee Drive. Gutierrez lost control of her car, which flipped several times and ejected Sanchez before coming to a stop next to Maple Hill Cemetery. The second passenger sustained minor injuries.

Gregory Charles and Jody Perry were killed, and Charles' 7-year-old son was seriously injured, when a suspected drunken driver who was fleeing from police ran a red light and crashed into their car.

Adam Casler died shortly after diving into a dumpster to evade police.

Michael Sharp Johnson, 32, was arrested and died the next day of acute heart failure due to cocaine-induced cardiac arrest, according to Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane. Officers used a police taser weapon on him at least five times.

Sgt. David Johnson shot and killed Kyle Darryl Michael Baker when he allegedly accelerated and reached for the officer's gun.

Police shot Cox outside a convenience store after he pointed a gun at an officer, police said. The shooting occurred shortly after a robbery at a nearby service station in which two men robbed a clerk, beat him and then fled on foot

Officers responding to a shooting call walked past the body of a dead man into the front room of an apartment. Multiple children told the officers to go to a bedroom in the back of the residence. There, the officers heard what they thought was a person being choked. They forced entry. Fuentes, holding a woman hostage, shot at the officers. Three left the apartment wounded. They called a SWAT team. SWAT killed Fuentes after he fired at them as well. DPD said that Officers Douglas Brady and George Evenden fired their weapons.

Maximino Reyes, 26, died after being shot in East Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jaggers was one of two perpetrators of a midnight home invasion, assaulting two residents and holding a gun to the head of one when police arrived. Officers fatally shot him. The homeowners went unharmed. The officer later won a medal for his handling of the incident.

The 23-year-old man was walking his grandmother to her car in Yorba Linda around 10 a.m. when three cops approached him. The father of two was shot after one officer yelled "gun!"

Three people were killed when an allegedly stolen SUV crashed after a high-speed police chase.

Three people were killed when an allegedly stolen SUV crashed after a high-speed police chase.

Police responded to a man with a gun call at the bank where Alston's wife worked. After a chase, Alston shot and killed himself.

Ramon Aranda, 25, died after being shot in Burbank, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

A gunman involved in a shootout with Aurora police had a substantial amount of methamphetamine in his system when he was found dead in an apartment blew a hole in the wall where he held his girlfriend and her teen son hostage. Valdez had a fatal gunshot wound in the head, although it was never reported whose gun the bullet came from.

Doyle Kent Terry, of Providence pled guilty to two charges of second degree murder. Terry, 34 was charged with two counts of first degree murder after he fled from Danville police on November 16, 2003. The high-speed pursuit resulted in a deadly five vehicle accident, killing Wilbur Farthing 77, of Providence, NC and James Villepigue, 62.

Officers Harolton "Skip" Clayborn and Dustin Poncin shot Byron Harmon when he drove into two police cars while trying to leave a trailer park where he'd been visiting a friend. Residents of the Archway Manor mobile home park had called police at about 7 p.m. to report a suspicious car that had been parked for some time where the street dead ends. Clayborn and Poncin said they fired into the car because their safety was jeopardized, but Byron's friend who was in the car said Byron panicked and was just trying to get away. In 2004, Harmon's sister, Erika N. Nichols, 19, allegedly purchased a 9mm pistol with a silencer from an undercover detective and said she wanted to shoot the officer who'd killed her brother.

Eula Gladney was traveling with three other Texans visiting from Beaumont when their 2003 Chrysler minivan was struck by a 1991 Volkswagen Jetta involved in a high-speed police chase, killing both Gladney and the Jetta's driver, Roberto Reyes.

Williams and her daughter's boyfriend fled from police trying to pull them over, stopped briefly in the parking lot of a National Guard Armory, then lost control of the car in what was meant to be a fast exit. The car crashed; Williams died at the scene.

Christopher M. Bretag reportedly shot and killed his estranged wife and wounded a man before committing suicide while police pursued him on foot. Moments after the shooting, an off-duty Naplate officer, who was in his car with a police dog, saw Bretag's vehicle and followed it to the driveway of an office building. According to police, Bretag ran to a nearby wooded area and shot himself in the head.

When Erdman called his mother from a convenience store for a ride, she had to remind him that she couldn't drive her car because he'd kicked out her windshield. By the time she could dispatch another family member to retrieve him, he was in the midst of a crowd in a nearby alley, shot to death by police after assaulting a 33-year-old female officer there.

Two men who died in a fiery crash at the end of a police chase have been identified as Steven Gunderson and William Hogetvedt, both 37 and from Minneapolis. They died from injuries received in the accident, according to the Ramsey County medical examiner's office. Minneapolis police said they tried to stop the men for a traffic violation. A chase ensued, but police say they ended the pursuit when they lost sight of the car. Moments later, the car exited Interstate 694 and crashed into a traffic-light pole on Silver Lake Road. The car caught fire, and police reported hearing one of the men pounding on the window.

David Anthony Regen, 20, allegedly was fleeing a police stop when his car crashed and killed his passengers Cassandra Compton, 18, and Samantha Miller, 16.

According to police, the two Carlsbad officers were pursuing Cook in a car. The chase went through the center of Carlsbad and ended near the Riverwalk Recreation Center. When police pulled the car over, a shootout began between Cook and the officers. Two officers were injured; Cook was killed.

Driver Isaac Cullum fled from an attempted traffic stop and drew local police into a chase with speeds that reached 100 MPH. Cullum lost control and crashed into a tree, killing his girlfriend Josephine Grant Thomas and his cousin Patrick Eugene Harris. Police found themselves justified in the chase partly because Cullum had marijuana in his system.

Driver Isaac Cullum fled from an attempted traffic stop and drew local police into a chase with speeds that reached 100 MPH. Cullum lost control and crashed into a tree, killing his girlfriend Josephine Grant Thomas and his cousin Patrick Eugene Harris. Police found themselves justified in the chase partly because Cullum had marijuana in his system.

Delonn Arenas died after a car fleeing deputies struck the Honda in which Arenas was riding. The passenger in the fleeing car, Michael Sanchez, reportedly died of cardiac arrest after a foot chase and struggle with deputies.

Gilbert Leon Payne pointed a rifle at Officer John Latzke before Latzke shot him in a house during a drug raid, police said.

Police said 40-year-old Damien Turner shot and killed his wife, Traci Trammell Turner, 35, and shot and injured George Trammell, 61. Police said officers responding to the shooting found a white Mercedes-Benz traveling fast and running stop signs in the neighborhood. As an officer attempted to stop Turner at Pheasant Drive and Quail Court, Turner killed himself in his car.

Police said an officer pulled a car over for a traffic violation. The car then sped off. The officer gave chase but ended it because the car was being driven erratically. A few minutes later, police found the car had crashed and struck a house on Helmsdale, and Ricardo West and Lakisha Barfield were killed.

John Hinkle was shot and killed after he fired shots at troopers Earl Whitaker and Joe Lucas. The troopers were serving an emergency protection order filed a few hours earlier by his wife.

Shreveport officer Terrance Lesane shot Anthony Jamison after a nearly five-minute struggle with officers that ended when Jamison allegedly disarmed a LSU officer and pointed the weapon at the officers.

Charles Ervin Jr. was allegedly an accomplice in a bank robbery. He and bystander motorist Robert McFadden were killed when Ervin and driver Dwaine Thomas Edwards crashed into McFadden as they fled police.

According to a lawsuit, officer William "Robocop" Melendez and other officers raided the home of Ernest Crutchfield II without a warrant, then shot and killed him. The lawsuit was eventually settled by Detroit for $50,000. Melendez was indicted along with 16 fellow Detroit police officers in 2003 stemming from claims they planted evidence, falsified reports and stole cash and property from people said were suspects. A jury acquitted the officers in that case. In July 2011, working for Inkster, Melendez and seven other officers reportedly choked and beat DeShawn Acklin. In January 2015, Melendez put Floyd Dent in a chokehold and punched him 16 times before allegedly planting cocaine in Dent's car. The charges against Dent were dismissed and Melendez was fired, charged and convicted of assault with intent to cause great bodily harm in November 2015. The city settled a lawsuit with Dent for $1.4 million. Melendez was released from prison in January 2017.

Gregory J. Ganski Jr. was fleeing police when he crashed into Thomas R. Fitzgerald, killing both.

Officer Robert Cossia shot Kyle Dismukes when Dismukes allegedly dragged him during a traffic stop. Dismukes, a rapper from Overland, had finished performing at the Cougars nightclub in Normandy when the officer stopped him for a traffic violation in the 2700 block of Kienlen Avenue at about 1:45 a.m. Dismukes allegedly grabbed Cossia's arm as he approached the window and sped away, dragging Cossia, who then shot Dismukes. According to police, Cossia had been with the Pine Lawn force less than a year when he shot Dismukes.

Husband and wife Wilbur and Margaret McCoy, in their van on Thanksgiving traveling the Ohio Turnpike northwest of Fremont, were fatally rear-ended by a vehicle going upwards of 125 MPH. Weaving, with state troopers in pursuit with lights and sirens on, the vehicle had struck at least three others within the last 17 miles.

What appeared, at first, as a tragic accident when another officer fatally shot Yancey during a mobile home meth raid developed into allegations from Yancey's widow that he was deliberately killed to silence a corruption investigation, then further allegations of a cover-up. The widow prevailed with a civil jury that awarded her $5M, which re-opened a criminal probe. Another court ruling rendered the $5M uncollectable.

Ryan J. Kingsbury died January 7, 2003, as a result of injuries sustained when he crashed his car during a chase on November 28, 2002. According to reports, a deputy was pursuing Kingsbury at about 10:45 p.m. when he lost control on a curve near the Russell-Ellsworth county line, struck a stone fence post, and overturned. The reason for the pursuit wasn't given.

Tucson police Officer Justin Lane was driving south on Oracle on his way to a call when he went through a red light and hit a sport utility vehicle, which was eastbound on Glenn Street, police said. The vehicle overturned, ejecting 8-year-old Jordan, then hit another car, police said.

Jones died when his enlarged heart gave out after a fight with six Cincinnati officers in the parking lot of a White Castle restaurant.

A chase reportedly started at around 1:20 a.m. in Beverly Hills when Sgt. Jonathan Schultz tried to stop Eric Galloway for driving a 1992 Dodge Caravan with a broken taillight. The pursuit ended when Galloway ran a red light at 80 mph and broadsided a Ford Taurus with three people inside, according to police. Haimanot Teesma Amsalu, a rear-seat passenger in the Taurus, was killed. The two other people in the Taurus were injured. Galloway reportedly fled on foot, but was tracked down by the SPD canine unit. Galloway, 20, was convicted of second-degree murder.

Florissant police officer Paul Sexton chased a van from Florissant to Granite City, IL, where it crashed into John Smith's car, killing him. At about 5:30 a.m., Smith was driving to his job at the Capri Sun plant when his westbound Chevrolet Camaro was broadsided by the pursued van at an intersection. The van's driver, Richard Alsup, was found guilty of first-degree murder. During the three-day trial, Sexton testified that he lied in a police report when he said he saw Alsup committing a burglary before the pursuit. Sexton said that he lied because he feared for his career and that he would be sued for giving chase without probable cause.

Police approached Hamilton as he crossed school grounds in the middle evening. Hamilton avoided them, then stepped as if to approach, then ran. Officers believed he drew a weapon, and fatally shot him. At least one witness expressed shock at the officers' conduct.

Cops were called during suicide attempt, 3 officers shot Kelly Combs 5 times

Two deputies responding to a domestic violence report encountered Keith Edward Snover, who they said came out of the house with a pistol in each hand. The deputies said they told him to drop the guns, but he did not. One of the deputies shot Snover once when he allegedly made a threatening gesture with the guns. Snover died at the scene.

Magnusson was killed, and his mother seriously hurt, when their truck was hit by a suspect being chased by police at high speed. The pursuit reached up to 80 MPH through city streets. Police "couldn't provide information" about the reason for the chase.

Officer David Boshearis, 31, was responding to a robbery with lights and siren activated when he ran into and killed Robert Gottschall' Lexis.

Idaho Falls police officers shot Charles Hogoboom after he fired 11 shots at officers using a shotgun, rifle and handgun.

CHP Officer Larry Depee shot and killed John Watkins during a struggle behind the Super 8 Motel in Crescent City.

Hreha apparently shot himself with a shotgun after a police chase following an attempted stop for speeding.

Police responded to gunshots around midnight and later responded again at 3 am to gunshots by Lessley. Pointed a gun at an officer after repeatedly being told to put it down

Shot during traffic stop on suspicion of drug possession.

Justin L. Speakman reportedly shot himself as deputies closed in on him. The deputies had responded at around 5:30 p.m. to a report of a burglary in progress at a residence in rural Mulkeytown. The deputies encountered Speakman walking on the roadway just west of the residence and yelled at him to stop, but he didn't. Instead, Speakman walked into a ditch, pulled out a handgun and shot himself in the head, police said. He died later at a hospital.

A deputy tried to stop Jessalynn Simons for erratic driving and a broken tail light at around 5 p.m. Police said Simons led two deputies and three state troopers on a five-mile chase that ended when the officers forced her car off the road. Trooper David Rivard shot Simons when she allegedly drove her car toward him. She died the next morning from her injuries. Simons' family agreed to accept a $650,000 settlement in 2007.

Taylor was shot by deputies at the Crystal Inn. Manager Stephanie Wilson said it's her policy to call police when any guest refuses to leave by the noon check out time. Two deputies went to Taylor's room, asked for ID, but instead of an ID, Taylor allegedly produced a gun and was shot. A deputy was also wounded.

Raymond Matthew Gilkeson shot and killed Police Cpl. Thomas Roberts and Patrolman Bryan S. Verkler who attempted to arrest him for shooting a gun in a neighborhood, then shot and killed himself.

Waterman was killed by a 19-year-old suspect fleeing state troopers. The suspect was in a stolen Camry, and in a high-speed chase struck Waterman's Celica at an intersection.

Around 3:30 p.m., Agent Rodolfo Candelaria Jr. entered Saber Sales and fatally shot his estranged wife, Martinez, who worked there as a secretary.

Robert Hurlbut was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison for the deaths of his two passengers, Faye Woolever and Dusty Rhoades, who were killed when he crashed during a police chase.

Officers were called to assist the family of a man thought to be high on PCP. After a struggle he was restrained. As medical personnel attempted to sedate him, he died.

Shaun Lakes allegedly tried to back over Officer John McGinley. McGinley fired into the car, killing passenger Brett Showell. Lakes was charged for various crimes.

Timothy L. Franklin shot and killed his father, aunt and uncle before he was shot and killed by Trooper Dennis Oldham.

Eugene Swonger, 57, of Dover, walked into Union Hospital about 2:30 a.m. and said he was going to kill himself, said New Philadelphia Police Chief Jeff Urban and Dover Police Chief Ron Johnson. He showed a receptionist a gun, and she made a 911 call from the hospital about 90 miles northeast of Columbus. Police said Swonger then fired a shot that hit a wall. Some people were on other side of wall, but no one was hurt. New Philadelphia police Capt. Joe Skinner, who had just left the hospital, was first to respond, and witnesses said Swonger fired at him after the officer ordered him to put the gun down, Urban said. Police believe Skinner, 36, fired six shots, and Swonger fired five. Swonger was hit three or four times.

Family and friends were baffled as to why Charles McDonald fled from an attempted local traffic stop for an obscured license plate. Police chased him down a county road at more than 100 MPH in a straightaway. He lost control on a curve, and crashed. He died in the subsequent fire with his wife Jo Ann McDonald, his stepdaughter Lula Bates, and friend Louie Melton. The family was awarded a $228K for the death of the 9-year-old.

Family and friends were baffled as to why Charles McDonald fled from an attempted local traffic stop for an obscured license plate. Police chased him down a county road at more than 100 MPH in a straightaway. He lost control on a curve, and crashed. He died in the subsequent fire with his wife Jo Ann McDonald, his stepdaughter Lula Bates, and friend Louie Melton. The family was awarded a $228K for the death of the 9-year-old.

A straightforward traffic stop developed into a off-and-on manhunt and two-hour standoff with the armed ex-con Garza, who had out-of-state warrants. When Garza aimed his handgun at officers he was fatally shot.

Fowler was shot and killed by police, after Fowler reportedly opened fire on the officers while they were attempting to execute a search warrant at his residence.

Jones got mad when the landscaper, whose truck he was sleeping in, rousted him at 8:30 in the morning. He angrily gestured as if he had a gun and the landscaper called the police. The officer responding to the beach walkway found Jones armed only with a rock, which he used to assault the officer and another man. The officer shot him, once, fatally.

Philadelphia police fatally shot Ok Cha Kwon, a 53-year-old woman with a history of mental illness, who was holding a knife.

Sgt. Roger Carter was responding to a disturbance call. Boyce Jones, 69, was wielding a butcher knife and trying to attack another resident at the home, according to police. Carter warned Jones numerous times to drop the knife but the man moved closer to the deputy. Carter shot Jones once, killing him.

Gary Fisher was shot and killed by two police officers on Christmas Eve when he refused to drop a gun. Few details were released in this killing.

Armando Alvarado died after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Comick, running from the scene of a reported robbery, shot once at Officer Carl Sanders. Officer Sanders shot Comick in the back of the head and the back of the right leg as Comick scaled a fence. Comick died. On Oct. 9, 2003, Officer Sanders, responding to a report of vehicle theft, shot and wounded Jose Zamora. The officer was not charged in either shooting.

Robert Nabors died in a head-on collision with a minivan fleeing police.

State corrections officer Clarence Clough, 59, shot his wife, Diane, 42, in a bedroom before he killed himself with a .38-caliber revolver. Diane died two days later.

A chase that started just east of Chardon Square ended violently more than 15 miles away on Interstate 90, with Lortie's car careening into a police vehicle parked alongside the highway in Willoughby Hills. Lortie, 21, of Columbus, died in the crash.

Victim was one of seven African-American teenagers killed in an early-morning car crash after a brief police chase. Upon viewing the officer's dash cam video, questions arose about the conduct of the pursuing police car.

Victim was one of seven African-American teenagers killed in an early-morning car crash after a brief police chase. Upon viewing the officer's dash cam video, questions arose about the conduct of the pursuing police car.

Victim was one of seven African-American teenagers killed in an early-morning car crash after a brief police chase. Upon viewing the officer's dash cam video, questions arose about the conduct of the pursuing police car.

Justin Coates exchanged gunfire with IPD Patrolman Adrian S. Aurs during a foot chase at the end of a vehicle pursuit.

Off-duty Sheriff's Deputy Ron Heeg responded to a call for a home invasion and shooting. With red lights and sirens activated, Heeg attempted to drive around traffic that was stopped by a police roadblock in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 20. A car driven by Charles Leathers, of Portage, pulled out of the stopped traffic and made a U-turn in front of Heeg at 6:47 p.m., who hit and killed him. Allegedly, Leathers had more alcohol in his blood than was legally allowed.

A man driving a van apparently shot and killed himself on New Year's Eve as police attempted to stop him for weaving on Interstate 71, said Linndale Police Chief Gary Teske. The man, driving a Ford Aerostar, was not carrying any identification and has not been identified by the Cuyahoga County coroner. Crack cocaine and $20 were found in the man's pocket.

Deputy Todd Miller shot and killed Lamberto Herrera when he fired a Remington 30-06 in Miller's direction in the opening minutes of the New Year.

Police responded to a report that a possible hit and run suspect was in the area of N. E. 16th and I-35. Later reports put the vehicles at S. E. 15th and S. Eastern where Sgt. Benavides and Officer Rosko attempted a traffic stop. Cesar Leopoldo Garcia-Gonzales fled. Garcia drove into the front yard at 527 S. E. 13th and jumped out of the vehicle to flee on foot. Sgt. Benavides and Sgt. R. Barnes chased Garcia into the backyard of 533 S. E. 13th. During a brief fight, Garcia took Benavides' gun. As Sgt. Barnes arrived, he saw Garcia with the semi-automatic handgun and shot and killed him.

Newby was shot by an undercover narcotics officer near midnight during a drug buy. The victim was shot five times, and the fact that three of those shots were in the back triggered local protests and an FBI probe. Ultimately the officer was indicted for murder.

Officer fired one shot at Jose Angel Padilla, 22, at the downtown Portland Greyhound Bus depot after police said Padilla threatened to stab a woman with a knife.

Suspect in an armed robbery and car theft, Apodaca ran, hid, and ambushed pursuing officers in a 10 p.m. standoff. He wounded one of the police in the upper thigh. Apodaca died in an exchange of gunfire. Only later did officials determine his fatal wound had been self-inflicted.

Adam "Bubba" McKinnis was killed when a car in which he was a passenger was hit by a car involved in a police chase that began with a seatbelt violation.

Avalardo Saldana, 24, died after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Arturo Saldana, 22, died after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

On 01/08/04, Hempstead PD OfficerS. Hardin #108 was dispatched to a domestic violence call at the Willowchase Apartments, Apartment #103 in Hempstead Waller County Texas. Officer S. Hardin was assisted by Waller Co. SO Deputy G. Brown. Upon arrival, both officers were confronted by the suspect.

Officers Shane Shaff and Jason Hatcher shot and killed Joshua Duncan and wounded Manuel Cantu after Duncan drove a car toward the officers at a southwest Bakersfield mobile home park.

Derrick Ford and his friends were standing outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse. They heard gunshots from the west side of Winter Street, where a group of people were gathered. Two individuals, unrelated to Ford and his friends, had been involved in a verbal altercation, and one had shot the other. Upon hearing the gunshots, Ford and friends decided to leave the VFW. The four men headed toward the green Ford Taurus that Dana Jones had driven to the VFW. Detective Mark Gerardot allegedly ran past the group of people gathered on Winter Street and instead followed Ford and friends as they proceeded toward the Taurus. As he was unlocking the driver's side door of his car, Jones heard someone command, "Freeze!" As Ford was turning with his hands in the air, Detective Gerardot shot and killed him. No gun was recovered from Ford.