Unique ID | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Date | City | State | Latitude | Longitude | Agency involved | Cause of death | Intended use of force | Brief description | Supporting document link |
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16267 | Taylor Culbertson | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 06/23/2015 | Omaha | NE | 41.2782714 | -96.1572949 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Chad Miller ordered Culbertson out of his vehicle after Miller was told by a store clerk that Culbertson seemed to be intoxicated, police said. Culbertson pulled a gun, which went off as he and Miller struggled. Deputy Wade Grim, who had arrived to back up Miller, then shot and killed Culbertson. Neither deputy was injured. | omaha.com | ||
16268 | Randall Tabor Waddel | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 06/23/2015 | Weatherford | TX | 32.7365535 | -97.7953637 | Weatherford Police Department | Witnesses called police when they saw Waddel acting strangely and after he had fallen down. Paramedics came to help Waddel, but he pulled a knife on them. He then walked inside of a business and had a confrontation with a man inside, at which point an officer shot him to death, and kicked the knife away. Waddel suffered from schizophrenia. | weatherforddemocrat.com | ||
16269 | Joshua Dyer | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 06/23/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8253632 | -86.1203299 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Officers approached a car in a parking lot driven by another man, with Dyer in the vehicle. Officers reported that the driver tried to back up quickly once officers brought the men to a stop in their car. Then, officers fired into the car, killing Dyer. | fox59.com | ||
16270 | Jonathan P. Wilson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 06/23/2015 | Hutchinson | KS | 38.0617785 | -97.9437723 | Hutchinson Police Department | Officers reported that they attempted to calm Wilson but he threw a knife and other objects at them before they shot him to death. He was said to have confessed to a previous murder and holding children hostage by a neighbor. | hutchnews.com | ||
16262 | Robert W. "Robbie" Kenkel | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2015 | O'Fallon | MO | 38.8070584 | -90.7162 | O'Fallon Police Department | Kenkel was standing in the middle of Westbrook Drive yelling for someone to call the police. When police arrived, they met with the Kenkel's mother, who said her son was acting paranoid. Officers met with Kenkel, and he was having hallucinations, exhibiting signs of manic behavior and at times speaking incoherently. He agreed to go to the hospital for an evaluation and when medics came to transport him, he voluntarily got into the ambulance. But shortly thereafter, he jumped out. Officers found Kenkel. They ordered him to the ground, and he complied but he began to fight as they tried to handcuff him. He died while he was being subdued or calmed down. | stltoday.com | ||
16263 | James Monroe Barrett | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2015 | Ronda | NC | 36.2300365 | -80.980235 | Wilkes County Sheriff's Office | Deputies went to a call about a domestic dispute involving Barrett. That's when Barrett opened fire, and set a nearby house on fire, the State Bureau of Investigation said. Authorities say Barrett was shot, then ran into nearby woods before being caught. | journalpatriot.com | ||
16264 | Eduardo Reyes | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2015 | Citrus Heights | CA | 38.676879 | -121.290018 | Citrus Heights Police Department | Officers reported that they were responding to a domestic dispute, at which point Reyes allegedly fired at them from. Officers shot him to death. Reyes' wife was treated for having been allegedly beaten with Reyes' pistol. | sacbee.com | ||
16265 | Tyler James Wicks | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2015 | Augusta | GA | 33.4145793 | -82.0195987 | Richmond County Sheriff's Office | Deputies reported that they responded to a call about a man holding a gun, and when they ordered him several times to put the gun down, he refused and threatened to kill the deputies, and they shot him to death. He had been ordered in the past to attend drug counseling. | wjbf.com | ||
16266 | Tyrone Dale Harris Jr. | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/22/2015 | Pittsburgh | PA | 40.4113451 | -80.0070583 | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | Officers said that Harris had fired shots in various parts of the city for about 30 minutes, before he was stuck in traffic in a stolen car and opened fire on police who were following him. They shot him to death in the subsequent shootout. Harris had past problems with drug use. | wpxi.com | ||
20913 | Daniel B. Wilson | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2015 | Pellston | MI | 45.5797611 | -84.7920394 | Emmet County Sheriff's Office | According to reports, deputies tried to stop Daniel B. Wilson's 1999 Pontiac for speeding and running a stop sign around 8:50 p.m. near Reed and Van roads. Instead, Wilson reportedly sped away from the deputies before he lost control of his car, which rolled and struck several trees, killing him. | mlive.com | ||
16259 | Allen Hernandez | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/21/2015 | Homedale | ID | 43.646384 | -116.97664 | Owyhee County Sheriff's Office | After getting in a late-night traffic accident and entering a stranger's home for help, Hernandez fought with residents and responding officers and deputies. The 23-year-old stopped breathing while being held down by police and later died at a nearby hospital. | idahopress.com | ||
16260 | Adrian Simental | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/21/2015 | Azusa | CA | 34.12891 | -117.900485 | Azusa Police Department | Police responding to calls that Simental was acting bizarrely fatally shot the 24-year-old after he broke into a neighbor's house and, according to witnesses, verbally challenged police and told them to "shoot me." Simental ws allegedly brandishing a glass shard. | lacounty.gov | ||
16261 | Charles David Marshall | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 06/21/2015 | Houston | TX | 30.0305277 | -95.4425881 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responding to a 911 call from Marshall's wife found the 49-year-old man intoxicated and was fatally shot after attempting to attack responding deputies with a power drill. | google.com | ||
16257 | Alfontish Cockerham | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/20/2015 | Chicago | IL | 41.766265 | -87.5726398 | Chicago Police Department | Officers began pursuing Cockerham on foot after responding to a call of a person with a gun. An officer fatally fired at the 23-year-old after he allegedly pointed a gun at the officer, but witnesses disputed the official police account. | abc7chicago.com | ||
16258 | Kevin Bajoie | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/20/2015 | Baton Rouge | LA | 30.5346701 | -91.1922962 | Baton Rouge Police Department | Police responding to calls of two men fighting tased Bajoie after the 31-year-old tried to attack officers. Bajoie later died at a nearby hospital, and a coroner report showed that he had multiple illicit drugs in his system. | theadvocate.com | ||
16253 | Zamiel Kivon Crawford | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/19/2015 | Vance | AL | 33.1121766 | -87.140195 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office | Zamiel Crawford died after he crashed and was tasered after leading several law enforcement agencies on a lengthy, high-speed chase, during which he twice rammed a police vehicle | tuscaloosanews.com | ||
16254 | Santos Laboy | 44 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/19/2015 | Boston | MA | 42.3507725 | -71.1002688 | Massachusetts State Police | Police pursued Laboy after seeing the 44-year-old wielding a knife and discovering he was wanted on several warrants. Officers fatally fired at Laboy, who suffered from mental illness, after he made threatening motions at officers. | bostonglobe.com | ||
16255 | Louis Atencio | 50 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/19/2015 | Greeley | CO | 40.4271637 | -104.704134 | Greeley Police Department | Police fatally shot Atencio after responding to reports of a bloody woman calling for help, and fired at the 50-year-old after he refused to lower his gun. | greeleytribune.com | ||
16256 | Trepierre Hummons | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/19/2015 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.15572 | -84.3936666 | Cincinnati Police Department | Hummons, who had earlier been charged with a sex crime, called 911 on himself and fatally shot the first responding officer before more officers arrived and fatally shot the 21-year-old. | usatoday.com | ||
16251 | Oleg Tcherniak | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 06/18/2015 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.5753128 | -73.969084 | City of New York Police Department | After fighting with a store owner and 78-year-old woman, Tcherniak was fatally shot by a police officer after the 58-year-old slashed and injured the officer with a hunting knife. | nydailynews.com | ||
16252 | Graciela Lopez Franco | 32 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 06/18/2015 | Encinitas | CA | 33.0369867 | -117.2919818 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Graciela Lopez Franco was killed after the panga she was riding in seven miles off the coast of Encinitas collided with a US Customs and Border Protection vessel occupied by marine interdiction agents Christopher Hunter, Arian Linscott and Craig Jenkins. | sandiegoreader.com | ||
16249 | Kenneth Lanphier | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 06/17/2015 | Hobbs | NM | 32.7317881 | -103.1354736 | Hobbs Police Department | Police responding to a call of a suicidal man fatally shot Lanphier after the 48-year-old opened fire with officers inside the home. A stray bullet fatally struck a neighbor, and police said evidence indicated that the bullet was fired from Lanphier's firearm. | abqjournal.com | ||
16250 | Wendy Michelle Chappell | 40 | Female | European-American/White | 06/17/2015 | Clanton | AL | 32.8858839 | -86.6233047 | Alabama Department of Public Safety | A man approached an Alabama state trooper who was stationed at a construction zone on Interstate 65. He told the trooper that his wife threatened to shoot him. The trooper tried to stop the woman's vehicle, but she refused to pull over. Several other law enforcement agencies joined in. Authorities say the woman brandished a firearm during the chase. Officers put out "spike strips," and stopped her vehicle. After a brief standoff,troopers say the woman fired on officers, and officers returned fire. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene. | www.al.com | ||
16245 | Joe Charboneau | 31 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 06/16/2015 | Fort Totten | ND | 47.9799986 | -98.9929005 | Spirit Lake Tribal Police Department | Tribal police fatally shot Charboneau on a Native American reservation during a late-night incident, as he allegedly brandished a handgun. | justice.gov | ||
16246 | Jermaine Benjamin | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/16/2015 | Vero Beach | FL | 27.6714369 | -80.4211589 | Indian River County Sheriff's Office | Officers responding to a disturbance call with Benjamin reportedly acting erratic performed CPR on the 41-year-old man before transporting him to a local hospital, where he later died. | tcpalm.com | ||
16247 | Christopher DeLeon | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 06/16/2015 | Visalia | CA | 36.3046274 | -119.3131829 | Visalia Police Department | Officers responding to a trespassing and vandalism call fatally shot DeLeon after the 28-year-old left a vacant office building holding a weapon and refused to comply with police demands. | visaliatimesdelta.com | ||
16248 | Tamara Seidle | 51 | Female | European-American/White | 06/16/2015 | Asbury Park | NJ | 40.222287 | -74.024957 | Neptune Township Police Department | Seidle was fatally shot by her ex-husband and Neptune police officer Philip Seidle, who rammed his ex-wife's car with his own vehicle and fired several fatal rounds at her in front of the couple's 7-year-old daughter. Philip Seidle is being held on $2 million bail. | app.com | ||
16242 | Robert "Rob" Ryan Otto Bryan Whitworth | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 06/15/2015 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4498495 | -97.4879758 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Burglary suspect Whitworth fled from the police after an attempted traffic stop, although the police were careful to say they did not engage in a pursuit. His vehicle had been reported stolen. Whitworth drove to the interstate, into oncoming traffic, and died in a head-on collision with a semi on an exit ramp. High school student Dane Scott died after a police chase at the same intersection in March 2012. | koco.com | ||
16243 | Kris Jackson | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/15/2015 | South Lake Tahoe | CA | 38.9508889 | -119.950824 | South Lake Tahoe Police Department | An officer responding to a domestic disturbance fatally fired at Jackson after seeing the 22-year-old man climb through a back window at a Lake Tahoe motel. | sacbee.com | ||
16244 | Kevin Higgenbotham | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/15/2015 | Trenton | NJ | 40.2261284 | -74.771404 | Trenton Police Department | Higgenbotham called police to report a trespasser. He was beaten and pepper-sprayed by responding officers. He went into a coma and died on March 12, 2016. | trentonian.com | ||
18981 | Holland Grey Wood | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 06/15/2015 | Rock Hill | SC | 34.9681323 | -80.9864691 | Rock Hill Police Department | Police were investigating an assault and kidnapping. They thought Wood was holed up in a hotel, but he'd gone into the woods behind the hotel after the assault and shot and killed himself. | heraldonline.com | ||
16236 | Bianca Davis | 23 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/14/2015 | St. Martinville | LA | 30.1150463 | -91.8329302 | St. Martinville Police Department | Bianca Davis was shot and killed after police sprayed mace into a crowd after reports of a fight--police said officers fired no shots; two witnesses filed reports stating that police did fire shots, including one witness who said he saw an officer shoot Davis by mistake. The fight broke out at a party held at The Casino Lounge on Main Highway. After officers on the scene sprayed mace into the crowd, "the first shots rang out," St. Martinville Police Chief Calder Hebert said. Herbert denied that any of his officers fired shots during the gunfire that left former Ragin' Cajuns basketball star Bianca Davis dead. The next day, two people filed reports saying that an officer fired shots. A security guard at the lounge, Dequincy Lewis, said that he saw a St. Martinville police officer fire the shot that hit Davis. "He wasn't aiming to shoot at anybody," Lewis said Monday. "(He came) around the corner shooting wildly thinking he was shooting at the people shooting at that truck, but he made a mistake and hit that girl." Police arrested twin brothers in connection with Davis's shooting; Herbert said they didn't have any physical evidence linking Jakil or Jamir Sophus, but relied on witness statements to connect the brothers to Davis' death. | katc.com | ||
16237 | Pierce Norman Beach | 15 | Male | European-American/White | 06/14/2015 | Hungry Horse | MT | 48.385666 | -114.07792 | Columbia Falls Police Department | Police said a broken tail light led them to try to pull over a 1995 Ford F-150 with three teenagers around midnight. The pickup turned up stolen, though, and the driver tried to get away. In the high-speed chase the vehicle went airborne and was still 15 above ground when it struck a roadside tree, killing the driver Beach. | missoulian.com | ||
16238 | Zane Terryn | 15 | Male | European-American/White | 06/14/2015 | Cocoa | FL | 28.359091 | -80.7924577 | Florida Highway Patrol | Terryn, who planned on traveling to Ohio with his 16-year-old girlfriend to commit suicide, was fatally shot after the 15-year-old opened fire and struck a responding trooper in the shoulder. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
16239 | Kenneth Garcia | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/14/2015 | Stockton | CA | 37.9766161 | -121.3433035 | Stockton Police Department | Garcia led police on a lengthy chase after officers observed him hitting his girlfriend, and he drove in the general direction of police officers with his car before being fatally shot. Police alleged vehicular assault. | sacbee.com | ||
16240 | Justin Morrissey | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 06/14/2015 | Pekin | IL | 40.54372 | -89.631619 | Pekin Police Department | Justin Morrissey reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police. Police said officers responded at around 9:30 p.m. after Morrissey called 911 and said he was armed and going to kill himself. Officers made multiple attempts to contact Morrissey over a two-hour period. The man never responded. Police sent in a robot and discovered that Morrissey had shot himself. | pjstar.com | ||
16241 | Ernest Furr | 56 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/14/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.9065445 | -95.3190328 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Deputies handcuffed Furr as he resisted EMS personnel who were trying to treat him. Furr later died of a heart attack. He was diabetic. | force.com | ||
18982 | Name withheld by police | 75 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/14/2015 | Conway | SC | 33.7638217 | -79.1733563 | Horry County Police Department | A couple were assaulted by the wife's father who was suffering from dementia. After a standoff, the father shot and killed himself. | myhorrynews.com | ||
16230 | James Payne Jr. | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 06/13/2015 | Clayton | OH | 39.8492894 | -84.3299493 | Clayton Police Department | Officer Mark Gau, 47, drove his police cruiser out of the driveway of a Shell gas station. His cruiser turned west onto Ohio 49 near Hoke Road and collided with Payne's motorcycle, which was traveling east on Ohio 49. Payne died weeks later. Gau later quit his job, claiming PTSD, which is not an unusual reaction when an law enforcement officer kills someone accidentally or in the line of duty. | whio.com | ||
16231 | James Lance Boulware | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 06/13/2015 | Hutchins | TX | 32.6485975 | -96.7079382 | Dallas Police Department | Boulware unleashed a barrage of gunfire on Dallas' police headquarters and planted explosives outside the building--failing to wound anyone--leading to a chase to a suburb that ended with SWAT officers killing him in his parked van at a Jack in the Box parking lot. | cnn.com | ||
16232 | Deng Manyoun | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/13/2015 | Louisville | KY | 38.2350183 | -85.7603295 | Louisville Metro Police Department | Surveillance video shows Blanford getting out of a squad car and talking to Manyoun, who appeared unsteady on his feet. Manyoun then walks out of the picture and re-emerges with a flagpole that he then swings at Blanford. The video shows Blanford firing his weapon, leading to Manyoun's death. | washingtonpost.com | ||
16233 | Candace L. Blakley | 24 | Female | European-American/White | 06/13/2015 | North Augusta | SC | 33.530218 | -81.9751815 | Aiken County Sheriff's Office | Matthew Jordan Blakley, an Aiken County deputy, was fired after what the sheriff's office says was an accidental shooting. Matthew Blakley was arrested on Sunday, charged with accidentally shooting and killing his wife, Candace Blakley. | wrdw.com | ||
16234 | Anthony W. Hodge | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 06/13/2015 | Fort Wayne | IN | 41.0975135 | -85.1562014 | Fort Wayne Police Department | Police were called because a man with a gun was causing a disturbance. Police said he answered the door armed with a handgun. He wouldn't drop it and officers opened fire, killing him. | journalgazette.net | ||
16235 | Alan Craig Williams | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/13/2015 | Greenville | SC | 34.9409902 | -82.4352052 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office | Williams was northbound in the left lane on Poinsett Highway when the Greenville County deputy was trying to pass another vehicle. In the process, the patrol car struck the moped from behind. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
20020 | Jerome Simmons | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/13/2015 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9978971 | -75.1043096 | Philadelphia Police Department | Jerome Simmons allegedly shot and killed Bobby Roane before shooting and killing himself. | google.com | ||
16229 | Shelly Lynn Haendiges | 17 | Female | European-American/White | 06/12/2015 | Kokomo | IN | 40.4687715 | -86.1650783 | Kokomo Police Department | Officer Roy Smith responded to a call that the convenience store was being robbed by an armed woman. Smith arrived to find a woman pointing a gun at the store clerk, according to police. When Smith ordered Haendiges to drop the gun, she pointed it at him and he fired, hitting her twice. | wthr.com | ||
16224 | Mark Anthony Flores Jr. | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/11/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5228124 | -98.3554374 | Bexar County Sheriff's Office | Flores, who suffered from depression and schizophrenia, was fatally shot by police after firing a round at his father and firing several shots at responding officers. | ksat.com | ||
16225 | Raymond Phillips | 86 | Male | European-American/White | 06/11/2015 | Columbia | TN | 35.633504 | -86.9433859 | Columbia Police Department | It's reported that Phillips was threatening suicide, and when officers stopped him while driving, he pointed a gun at them, at which point they shot him to death. | wsmv.com | ||
16226 | Raymond Peralta-lantigua | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/11/2015 | Hackensack | NJ | 40.907289 | -74.040021 | Hackensack Police Department | Officers reported they shot Peralta-lantigua after he attempted to attack them with a knife. His mother had called 911 after he hit her and she had locked herself in her bedroom. She said Peralta-lantigua was walking slowly toward officers with the knife, and that she told him in Spanish to drop the knife, but that he couldn't understand the officers' orders. Peralta-lantigua had drug problems and had sought mental help. | nbcnewyork.com | ||
16227 | Fritz Severe | 46 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/11/2015 | Miami | FL | 25.786305 | -80.201065 | Miami Police Department | Severe was shot five times by an officer, who claimed that Severe was holding a metal pole. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
16228 | Charles Allen Ziegler | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/11/2015 | Pompano Beach | FL | 26.2756154 | -80.104512 | Broward County Sheriff's Office | Ziegler was suspect of a bank robbery,cops found his car & show up to his house, he pulled a revolver and officers react to the attack. | local10.com | ||
16222 | Kernell Harrell Jr. | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/10/2015 | New Orleans | LA | 30.00824 | -90.031175 | New Orleans Police Department | Kernell Harrell reportedly died after shooting himself during a nearly 6-hour standoff with the New Orleans SWAT team. Harrell barricaded himself inside a room at the New Orleans Inn at around 9 a.m. Harrell was wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Melissa Hunter, 23, who was shot and killed the previous week in Desire. SWAT commander Capt. James Scott says Harrell refused to surrender and insinuated he had a hostage, though it was later determined that Harrell was alone. Harrell allegedly told police he was suicidal and asked to speak with his mother during the negotiations, but officials said they generally do not allow communication with family during standoff situations. Harrell reportedly remained armed throughout the standoff, but at no time did he point the weapon at law enforcement, Scott said. Some of Harrell's family members gathered just down the street from the motel. Initially believing Harrell had surrendered, they screamed in horror when they learned he'd been shot--with some accusing police of shooting him. Scott reiterated that the gunshot wound was self inflicted. Harrell was rushed to the hospital where he later died. | nola.com | ||
16223 | Isiah Hampton | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/10/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.8506495 | -73.9002467 | City of New York Police Department | Hampton was fatally shot by police during a hostage standoff in the apartment of the 19-year-old's ex-girlfriend. Police fired the fatal shots after Hampton put a gun to the woman's head. | abc7ny.com | ||
16218 | Gregory Scott Hartley | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 06/09/2015 | Tomball | TX | 30.0305803 | -95.6169794 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Tomball Police Department | After a chase that started with a report that the man was pointing a pistol-grip shotgun at drivers, Hartley drove into the neighborhood off Northpointe Boulevard and State Highway 249 with officers in pursuit. He reportedly was killed after ignoring officers' instructions to put down his weapon. He was reported wanted on a felony warrant out of Grime County. | yourhoustonnews.com | ||
16219 | Ryan Keith Bolinger | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 06/09/2015 | Des Moines | IA | 41.6221817 | -93.697744 | Des Moines Police Department | After a vehicle chase, Bolinger--unarmed--advanced upon a police vehicle and was shot and killed. | usatoday.com | ||
16220 | Jeremy Linhart | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 06/09/2015 | Findlay | OH | 41.0371899 | -83.661583 | Findlay Police Department | Linhart was fatally shot by police during an early morning traffic stop after he struggled to get back in his car after being detained by officers. | limaohio.com | ||
16221 | QuanDavier Hicks | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/09/2015 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.163981 | -84.54631 | Cincinnati Police Department | Officers reported that they responded to a 911 call from a woman claiming that Hicks had threatened to break into her house to kill her. Officers also claim that Hicks pointed a rifle at them when they entered a house he'd fled into, before one officer shot him to death. However, witnesses at the scene said that Hicks was complying with officers' orders. | cincinnati.com | ||
27279 | Tyrinde Mason-Thompson | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/09/2015 | Hartford | CT | 41.7967958 | -72.7008258 | Hartford Police Department | At approximately 7:45 p.m., Titilayo Mason-Thompson called the Crisis Line at the Capital Region Mental Health Center, to report that her son, Tyrinde Mason-Thompson, was at their home and was agitated, upset and yelling, and reported hearing voices. When police arrived Mason-Thompson fled on foot, and police chased him. He allegedly turned threatened police with knives, and they shot and killed him. | portal.ct.gov | ||
12950 | Donna Niblock | 63 | Female | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.7523974 | -86.1306664 | Beech Grove Police Department, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Beech Grove Police Officers were sent to Walmart on a report that Matthew Edmonds was shoplifting. When Edmonds saw the police, he sped away in his vehicle, leading them on a high-speed, chase that also involved Indianapolis Metropolitan Police. During the chase, the officers turned off their lights and sirens on multiple occasions to avoid creating a chase that would be dangerous to the public, yet continued to track Edmonds. While Edmonds was fleeing, he ran a red light and hit a truck, killing driver Donna Niblock. | theindianalawyer.com | ||
16212 | Ross Allen Anthony | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/08/2015 | Dallas | TX | 32.7889567 | -96.7001426 | Dallas Police Department | Anthony was in the car when a cops ordered him to abandoned the car, "exhibiting erratic behavior" and was shot with the taser. He died at the hospital. | statesman.com | ||
16213 | Mario Ocasio | 51 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/08/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.8607856 | -73.9093885 | City of New York Police Department | Officers responding to a call from Mario Ocasio's girlfriend, who told police that Ocasio was acting erratic and high on drugs. Ocasio brandished scissors, was tasered, and later died. | nytimes.com | ||
16214 | James Johnson | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Beech Grove | IN | 39.7217266 | -86.0861862 | Beech Grove Police Department | Johnson was fatally shot by responding officers after approaching them with a firearm and saying "shoot me." Neighbors told media outlets that the 54-year-old had a history of mental illness. | wishtv.com | ||
16215 | Rene Garcia | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/08/2015 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8472179 | -117.922842 | Anaheim Police Department | It's reported that Garcia had mental health issues and past drug issues as well. He allegedly pulled up behind an officer involved in a traffic stop, and moved toward the officer with a knife. Two officers fired multiple shots killing Garcia. It's not clear why Garcia carried out the actions that he did before his death. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
16216 | Matthew Wayne McDaniel | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Melbourne | FL | 28.0837243 | -80.6056693 | Melbourne Police Department | Officers reported that they were pursuing McDaniel as he was suspected in several robberies. They claim that when he was unable to escape in his car, that he waved a gun, and the officers shot him to death. | mynews13.com | ||
16217 | Richard Warolf | 69 | Male | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Sun City | AZ | 33.6313533 | -112.2574708 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office | Deputies got a 911 call from a woman who had left the house saying her husband was suicidal and texting relatives he was going to kill himself. The woman told deputies he had been drinking and had several weapons inside the home. Authorities say the 911 dispatcher asked the man to come out and he said, "If anybody got any closer to him there would be a shootout." After three hours, the man came out of the home and pointed his gun at deputies at which point shots were fired. | azcentral.com | ||
24179 | Kayle D. Claypoole | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | 26.8550591 | -80.0866445 | Palm Beach Gardens Police Department | A federal judge rejected claims by the mother of Kayle Claypoole that Officer Tatsuaki Hayashi was responsible for her daughter's death because the officer chased the car her boyfriend, Taylor Giese, was driving. Both were killed when Giese crashed into a parked truck. | palmbeachpost.com | ||
24180 | Taylor Giese | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 06/08/2015 | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | 26.8550591 | -80.0866445 | Palm Beach Gardens Police Department | A federal judge rejected claims by the mother of Kayle Claypoole that Officer Tatsuaki Hayashi was responsible for her daughter's death because the officer chased the car her boyfriend, Taylor Giese, was driving. Both were killed when Giese crashed into a parked truck. | palmbeachpost.com | ||
16210 | Gene Marshall | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 06/07/2015 | Woodland | WA | 45.9029491 | -122.7505625 | Woodland Police Department | Police said Marshall was fatally shot after approaching an officer while armed with a handgun. The officer had been dispatched to deal with a call reporting that Marshall was threatening to kill himself and his wife, according to authorities. | columbian.com | ||
16211 | Clarissa Eileen Smith | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 06/07/2015 | Springfield | OH | 39.9105909 | -83.807633 | Springfield Police Department | Driver Nicholas Cochran, 24, was fleeing police when he crashed on Clifton Avenue, killing his passenger, Clarissa Eileen Smith. | daytondailynews.com | ||
20911 | Gemel Deshawn Brown | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/07/2015 | Detroit | MI | 42.4297243 | -83.2333444 | Michigan State Police | According to police, siblings Gemel Deshawn Brown and Lakreisha Marie Johnson were riding a 2003 Honda motorcycle when Brown pulled out of a private business at a high rate of speed in front of a state trooper around 5:18 p.m. The trooper turned around and activated his lights and siren trying to stop the motorcycle, police said. Brown reportedly failed to stop at an intersection and struck a 2008 Pontiac. Brown and Johnson were pronounced dead at a hospital. The Pontiac's driver and passenger sustained minor injuries, police said. | detroitnews.com | ||
20912 | Lakreisha Marie Johnson | 15 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/07/2015 | Detroit | MI | 42.4297243 | -83.2333444 | Michigan State Police | According to police, siblings Gemel Deshawn Brown and Lakreisha Marie Johnson were riding a 2003 Honda motorcycle when Brown pulled out of a private business at a high rate of speed in front of a state trooper around 5:18 p.m. The trooper turned around and activated his lights and siren trying to stop the motorcycle, police said. Brown reportedly failed to stop at an intersection and struck a 2008 Pontiac. Brown and Johnson were pronounced dead at a hospital. The Pontiac's driver and passenger sustained minor injuries, police said. | detroitnews.com | ||
16205 | Joe Don Nevels | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 06/06/2015 | Midland | TX | 32.009125 | -102.1397184 | Midland Police Department | Nevels was fatally shot by police behind a Midland liquor store after charging at officers with a box cutter. The officers were cleared of any wrongdoing following an internal investigation. | yourbasin.com | ||
16206 | James Smillie | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 06/06/2015 | North Port | FL | 27.0583711 | -82.249608 | North Port Police Department | Smillie was fatally shot by police after the 53-year-old reached into his shorts during a standoff with police. Smillie's wife had earlier reported a domestic disturbance and told police that her husband was extremely intoxicated at the time of the shooting. | heraldtribune.com | ||
16207 | Demouria Hogg | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/06/2015 | Oakland | CA | 37.8099206 | -122.2461916 | Oakland Police Department | Hogg was asleep in his car, and when police came, he allegedly reached for a gun. Officer Nicole Rhodes was cleared in the killing. | times-standard.com | ||
16208 | Damien James Ramirez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/06/2015 | Strasburg | CO | 39.7333975 | -104.3261701 | Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office | Ramirez had a record as a sex offender and after being chased by the police on Interstate 70, he allegedly resisted the arrest and responded with gunfire and was shot and killed. | kdvr.com | ||
16209 | Alejandro Campos Fernandez | 45 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/06/2015 | Pájaro | CA | 36.9044794 | -121.7503281 | Watsonville Police Department | Fernandez was wanted for robbing homeless people. When police arrived, he made a run for it. Shots were exchanged. He hit an officer, and was shot and killed. The officer survived. | ksbw.com | ||
16202 | Jesus Quezada Gomez | 50 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/05/2015 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.97058 | -120.439089 | Santa Maria Police Department | Gomez was fatally shot by police responding to a domestic disturbance call after the 50-year-old exchanged gunfire with officers. Police later announced that they found a deceased woman with multiple stab wounds inside Gomez's home. | independent.com | ||
16203 | Donald Pinkerton-DeVito | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 06/05/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7182878 | -122.4258657 | San Francisco Police Department | Pinkerton-Devito was killed by a patrol car. Details are very sketchy, and it appears that major media in San Francisco have completely ignored this story. | streetsblog.org | ||
16204 | Christie L. Cathers | 45 | Female | European-American/White | 06/05/2015 | Morgantown | WV | 39.623202 | -79.9061647 | Monongalia County Sheriff's Office | Cathers tried to run over a deputy, and they shot into the vehicle several times. | wboy.com | ||
16200 | Andrew Ellerbe | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/04/2015 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0560432 | -75.0897674 | Philadelphia Police Department | Ellerbee was shot and killed by police after allegedly firing blank rounds at an off-duty officer during a robbery attempt at a pizza parlor. | 6abc.com | ||
16201 | Name withheld by police | Male | European-American/White | 06/04/2015 | Pollock Pines | CA | 38.7565045 | -120.5963688 | El Dorado County Sheriff's Office | An unidentified man died after being arrested by El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies. | kcra.com | |||
20910 | Raymond Melvin Meloche Jr. | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 06/04/2015 | Spring Lake | MI | 43.0815503 | -86.220132 | Michigan State Police | Troopers tried to stop Raymond Melvin Meloche Jr.'s 2012 Yamaha motorcycle for a traffic violation at approximately 11:52 p.m. in Norton Shores. Meloche reportedly fled and troopers pursued him into Ottawa County, where he failed to negotiate a curve on a rough patch of road and hit a curb. Meloche was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene. In September 2015, Ottawa County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Greg Babbitt said his office had decided Meloche was "the cause of his own death". | mlive.com | ||
16192 | Dennis "Mooney" Lazard | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/03/2015 | Opelousas | LA | 30.5487107 | -92.086683 | Opelousas Police Department | Dennis "Mooney" Lazard died while police were trying to arrest him after a foot chase and struggle. Witnesses said Lazard was acting erratically before officers responded to the area of Herman Drive after receiving several calls about someone trying to break into multiple houses and threatening the residents at around 5 a.m. "I heard a loud bang on my door and I jumped up out of my sleep and asked who is it and he was like, its Mooney," Macro Lastrapes said. "He said, 'open the door for me, I'm about to die, man I'm about to die.' I said 'what?' And he said, 'please man open the door, I'm about to die'.'" Lastrapes said he started to put on clothes, but by the time he walked outside Lazard was gone. Another resident said Lazar came to his house next. "He just started running through the house, beating on all the walls, saying he couldn't breathe and something was wrong," Antonio Green said, "it looked like white foam was coming out of his mouth at one point." Lazard reportedly walked into a home under construction when police arrived. Lazard climbed through a window and was crawling out the other side when police tried to arrest him. Master Trooper Brooks David said "A struggle ensued," and Lazard then "just drops to the ground. No heartbeat. No nothing." Lazard was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. | theadvocate.com | ||
16193 | Sherman Byrd Jr. | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/03/2015 | Chester | PA | 39.8343665 | -75.4003365 | Chester Police Department | A woman report a robbery, when the deputy showed, they pursued Sherman. He fell off his bike, and he was run over by the cops. He died at the hospital. | cbslocal.com | ||
16194 | Rudy Baca | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/03/2015 | Los Lunas | NM | 34.7526077 | -106.7556897 | Valencia County Sheriff's Office | His mother called the police because her son was drinking too much, when the cops showed, he opened fired against them. | koat.com | ||
16195 | Lorenzo Garza Jr | 46 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/03/2015 | Delano | CA | 35.7869082 | -119.2231916 | Delano Police Department | Officers responding to reports of criminal threats and a drive-by shooting pursued and exchanged gunfire with Garza, who lead police on a short car chase before being fatally shot. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
16196 | Ronald Neal | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 06/03/2015 | Byram Township | NJ | 40.9512844 | -74.6676428 | Byram Township Police Department | It's reported that Neal exited his home telling officers to shoot him, while he pointed a shot gun at them. The officers were responding to a call from a neighbor reported that they heard a gun shot. | www.nj.com | ||
16197 | Edelmiro Hernandez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/03/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.6149794 | -95.2142592 | Houston Police Department | Officers reported that Hernandez was a suspected car burglar, and that when confronted in his SUV, he wouldn't come out of the vehicle. After a 20-minute standoff, the officers sent in the dog, and they said Hernandez tried to hurt the dog with a knife, at which point the officers shot Hernandez to death. | click2houston.com | ||
16198 | Daniel Dankert | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/03/2015 | Forreston | TX | 32.2574246 | -96.8733143 | Ellis County Sheriff's Office | Miguel Martinez stole a police SUV from an officer who arrested him and his brother, Daniel Dankert. Authorities pursued. A negotiator asked Martinez to stop the car over the police radio. He did. Both threatened suicide. A shot was fired inside the vehicle. Martinez exited the vehicle, pointing a gun at deputies. They fatally shot him. Dankert also died, killed either by his brother or himself. | elliscountycitizen.com | ||
16199 | Miguel Martinez | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/03/2015 | Forreston | TX | 32.2574246 | -96.8733143 | Ellis County Sheriff's Office | Miguel Martinez stole a police SUV from an officer who arrested him and his brother, Daniel Dankert. Authorities pursued. A negotiator asked Martinez to stop the car over the police radio. He did. Both threatened suicide. A shot was fired inside the vehicle. Martinez exited the vehicle, pointing a gun at deputies. They fatally shot him. Dankert also died, killed either by his brother or himself. | elliscountycitizen.com | ||
16190 | Gerald Lee Dukes | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/02/2015 | Falkville | AL | 34.3794708 | -86.8943624 | Falkville Police Department | Gerald Lee Dukes died when his vehicle left the road and overturned during a police chase. | whnt.com | ||
16191 | Usaama Rahim | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/02/2015 | Boston | MA | 42.2754747 | -71.1389477 | Boston Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Shot after lunging at FBI agent and police officer with knife. | bostonglobe.com | ||
16187 | Kamal H. Dajani | 26 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 06/01/2015 | Azle | TX | 32.8683392 | -97.5165134 | Tarrant County Sheriff's Office | Azle police called for backup when two people fled a domestic disturbance bleeding and a third . According to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, deputy Christen Jarvis entered the residence and ordered Dajani, stabbing a woman, to drop his knife. When he did not, Jarvis fatally shot Dajani. | cbslocal.com | ||
16188 | Joseph Ladd | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 06/01/2015 | Rochester | NY | 43.2066828 | -77.6922188 | Greece Police Department | Officer Eric Hughes pulled over a vehicle driven by Ladd's girlfriend because Ladd, her passenger, fit the description of a suicidal man. The vehicle drove away during the stop, dragging Hughes about 70 feet. Hughes used a stun gun at some point and fatally shot Ladd after he reached in his waistband for a semiautomatic pistol. | rochesterhomepage.net | ||
16189 | Nicholas Raymond Zaenglein | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 06/01/2015 | Lorain | OH | 41.421695 | -82.179186 | Amherst Police Department | Zaenglein was killed when police said his car struck a utility pole while fleeing a drunk driving stop/ | chroniclet.com | ||
16181 | Curtis Jordan | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/31/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.767537 | -86.6742894 | Huntsville Police Department | Officers responded to the scene after Jordan's wife called police to report that he was threatening to set their house on fire, according to authorities. Jordan allegedly threw hot coals in an officer's face before he began fighting with police, according to officials. Jordan was unresponsive after the struggle and died several days later. | www.al.com | ||
16182 | Richard Gregory Davis | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/31/2015 | Rochester | NY | 43.147847 | -77.630957 | Rochester Police Department | Davis drove into a truck and a church before leaving his vehicle. Police and firefighters confronted Davis, who returned to his vehicle and locked himself inside, ignoring orders. He then left his vehicle and rushed at responders. Officer Thomas Frye shot him with a stun gun. Davis, whose brother said he had a breathing problem, died at Strong Memorial Hospital. | democratandchronicle.com | ||
16183 | Jeffrey Pitts | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/31/2015 | Conyers | GA | 33.594177 | -84.045644 | Rockdale County Sheriff's Office | Pitts shot up a liquor store using a rifle with a double drum magazine, then returned to his house, shooting his parents. As an officer entered the home, Pitts's wounded father told him what had happened. The officer shouted repeated orders at Pitts and shot at him. Pitts shot himself in the head with a pistol. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | ||
16184 | James Morris | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/31/2015 | Medford | OR | 42.3115648 | -122.8319034 | Medford Police Department | Morris armed himself with a semiautomatic pistol after a breakup with his significant other. She called police, saying that he was threatening himself and would shoot police if they responded. A responding officer found Morris walking away from his house in the vicinity of an elementary school. He tried to stop Morris. Morris pointed his gun at the officer, who fatally shot him. Morris died at a hospital. | mailtribune.com | ||
16185 | James Douglas Bushey | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/31/2015 | Palestine | TX | 31.7344578 | -95.6169293 | Palestine Police Department | Officers arrested Bushey at an Applebee's bathroom in connection with a robbery. They did not use handcuffs. When Bushey broke away from them and brandished a BB gun, police shot and killed him. | wmur.com | ||
16186 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 05/31/2015 | Maquoketa | IA | 42.0544167 | -90.66541459999999 | Iowa State Patrol | Davenport police sent out an alert about a distraught man driving a car on US-61. Trooper Milan James saw the car traveling southbound near Fulton at around 8:30 p.m. Police said the unidentified driver did not stop after James activated his squad car's lights and sirens. Maquoketa officers joined the pursuit as the vehicle continued southbound. According to police, it was not a high-speed chase, but the man would not stop or pull over. Police said James moved his squad car in front of the man's vehicle and was struck from behind. The collision sent the man's vehicle into the median. | telegraphherald.com | |||
16178 | Robert Box | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 05/30/2015 | Grants Pass | OR | 42.360075 | -123.446426 | Oregon State Police | Kelsey Box, a paraplegic and tough truck racer, called troopers at 10:27 p.m. to report that her father, Robert, was abusing her. Troopers Gregor West and Heather Smyth responded. One or both shot Robert, carrying a pistol, on the driveway of the residence. He died at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. | mailtribune.com | ||
16179 | Ebin Lamont "Kumar" Proctor | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 05/30/2015 | Cottonwood | AZ | 34.6892741 | -111.9865945 | Yavapai County Sheriff's Office | Deputies pulled a car over that contained Proctor and five others. They asked for his identity. Violating probation, Proctor gave an alias instead, then fled his vehicle. Deputy Steven Gorman chased him on foot, shooting him in a backyard with a stun gun to no effect. Proctor turned and attacked the deputy, who then tried to subdue Proctor with pepper spray. Proctor, unaffected, grabbed for the deputy's gun. The deputy fatally shot him, then was taken to a hospital. | journalaz.com | ||
16180 | Alexander Tirado Rivera | 39 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/30/2015 | Nashville | TN | 36.1255801 | -86.7088915 | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | Rivera, robbing a loan center, pointed what appeared to be a gun at Sgt. Scott Carter as Carter responded to the incident. Carter fired a shot and retreated. Rivera then exited the building, holding his weapon to a woman's head. Just as she broke free, wrenching Rivera's weapon away, Carter fatally shot Rivera. His weapon was an air pistol. | wsmv.com | ||
16170 | Ethel D. Ellis | 66 | Female | African-American/Black | 05/29/2015 | Glen Allen | VA | 37.6686944 | -77.487909 | Virginia State Police | Double-homicide suspect Stafford L. Shaw located in motion on I-295 by state troopers took his 1997 Corvette into the grass median in an attempt to escape. Within seconds he'd caused a four-car pileup, killing himself and two innocent motorists, Wendell E. Hayman and Ethel D. Ellis. | whsv.com | ||
16171 | Wendell E. Hayman | 65 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/29/2015 | Glen Allen | VA | 37.6686944 | -77.487909 | Virginia State Police | Double-homicide suspect Stafford L. Shaw located in motion on I-295 by state troopers took his 1997 Corvette into the grass median in an attempt to escape. Within seconds he'd caused a four-car pileup, killing himself and two innocent motorists, Wendell E. Hayman and Ethel D. Ellis. | whsv.com | ||
16172 | Stafford L. Shaw Sr. | 46 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/29/2015 | Glen Allen | VA | 37.6686944 | -77.487909 | Virginia State Police | Double-homicide suspect Stafford L. Shaw located in motion on I-295 by state troopers took his 1997 Corvette into the grass median in an attempt to escape. Within seconds he'd caused a four-car pileup, killing himself and two innocent motorists, Wendell E. Hayman and Ethel D. Ellis. | whsv.com | ||
16173 | Kevin Allen | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/29/2015 | Lyndhurst | NJ | 40.8124892 | -74.124708 | Lyndhurst Police Department | Allen, who had warrants for his arrest, was in the top floor of a library when Lyndhurst officers tried to arrest him. According to their Chief of Police, the officers used a baton and pepper spray on Allen, who attacked them with a knife. He was fatally shot. | www.nj.com | ||
16174 | Billy J. Collins | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 05/29/2015 | Louisa | KY | 38.1159206 | -82.6034341 | Louisa Police Department, Lawrence County Sheriff's Office | Collins was arrested after behaving erratically. He resisted officers at Louisa Police Department, striking a sergeant multiple times and barricading himself in the department foyer. Officers shot him twice with a stun gun and struck with their hands and batons. When officers subdued Collins, he showed signs of medical distress and was taken to a hospital, where he died. | wsaz.com | ||
16175 | Nehemiah Blessed Fischer | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 05/29/2015 | Mounds | OK | 35.8424513 | -96.0525671 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State Troopers tried to call two brothers out of flood waters. Nehemiah Fischer attacked officers | newson6.com | ||
16176 | Jesus Raymond Abrego | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/29/2015 | Adrian | MI | 41.8969531 | -84.0190424 | Lenawee County Sheriff's Office | Jesus Raymond Abrego killed himself after a police chase. The pursuit began in Fulton County and continued into Michigan after a 911 caller reported that a female passenger with an apparently bloody face was waving from a vehicle. He hit stop sticks and pulled into a driveway on East Maumee Street in Adrian, where he shot himself, police said. | lenconnect.com | ||
16177 | Justin D. Young | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 05/29/2015 | Fremont | NE | 41.4153511 | -96.4735928 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | A deputy tried to stop Justin D. Young's 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle for speeding. Young reportedly didn't pull over, turned around, looked at the deputy and accelerated. According to police, the deputy called off the chase after Young sped up to an estimated 110 mph. Young continued westbound, passing other vehicles in the eastbound lanes before colliding with a tow truck. Young died at the scene of the 3:43 p.m. crash. | fremonttribune.com | ||
16165 | James "Jamie" Leppell | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 05/28/2015 | Fort Berthold | ND | 47.9488007 | -102.6858146 | Three Affiliated Tribes Police Department | Leppell was being pursued by tribal law enforcement at high speed when he hit a curve in the road, lost control of his vehicle, rolled the vehicle, and was fatally injured. | wdaz.com | ||
16166 | Kyle Baker | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 05/28/2015 | Trenton | MI | 42.1412234 | -83.2159201 | Trenton Police Department | Officers responded to a call that Baker was behaving threateningly, possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Officers shot Baker with a stun gun but he advanced and wounded an officer in the hand with a lawn mower blade. He was fatally shot in the abdomen. | freep.com | ||
16167 | Kenneth Joel Dothard | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/28/2015 | Carrollton | GA | 33.5905999 | -85.0489277 | Carrollton Police Department | A 911 caller reported a suspicious man near an ATM, and Cpl. Chad Cook responded. Cook met with the man, Kenneth Joel Dothard. During the conversation, Dothard admitted to carrying a handgun without license and previously being convicted of a felony. Cook ordered Dothard not to touch his gun, but, he allegedly did, and Cook shot and killed him. | ajc.com | ||
16168 | James Edward Strong Jr. | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/28/2015 | Northglenn | CO | 39.8945412 | -104.9767955 | Northglenn Police Department | Strong shot a member of a SWAT team twice as it served a warrant. SWAT officers fatally shot him in response. The officer survived. | 9news.com | ||
16169 | Darrell Morgan | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 05/28/2015 | Lancaster | SC | 34.7966941 | -80.7968325 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office | Morgan, a Baptist pastor, followed his wife of 40 years into a store and confronted her for abandoning him for his best friend, their neighbor. The owner of the store called 911 as he waved a pistol in the air and made threats. Major Matt Shaw and investigator Brad Whitesides responded. They shot Morgan. He died at Springs Memorial Hospital. | charlotteobserver.com | ||
16159 | Simon D. Hubble | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2015 | Alpine | CA | 32.7510509 | -116.7013245 | San Diego County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Aaron Miller responded to a call that Hubble was behaving erratically at a residence. At the residence, an associate of Hubble's told the deputy that Hubble was trying to provoke a shooting. The deputy found Hubble on a street outside of the residence. Hubble attacked the deputy with a screwdriver. The deputy shot him with a stun gun. Hubble continued his attack. The deputy fatally shot him. | nbcsandiego.com | ||
16160 | Scott Ryan McAllister | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2015 | Middletown | NJ | 40.4441826 | -74.1128049 | Monmouth County Sheriff's Office | Officers arrived at McAllister's house at 11:30 a.m. after he drunkenly beat his partner and threatened to kill their 1-year-old son. A hostage negotiator spoke with him until 4:30 a.m. the next day, when police broke into the residence and fatally shot McAllister as he advanced upon them while brandishing a knife. His son was unhurt. | app.com | ||
16161 | Randall C. Torrence | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2015 | Kansas City | KS | 39.1361443 | -94.6423828 | Kansas City (KS) Police Department | Both officers and paramedics responded when Torrence began to behave erratically in a parking lot. Officers and paramedics tried to load Torrence into an EMS vehicle. He was shot with a stun gun as he resisted. He died of cardiac arrest. | fox4kc.com | ||
16162 | Harry Davis | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2015 | Eatonton | GA | 33.3435107 | -83.2064657 | Putnam County Sheriff's Office | Davis, an Army veteran with PTSD, had a drunken argument with his son while parked in Oconee Springs Road. An associate of his called deputies shortly before midnight. They separated Davis and his son. Davis went to his vehicle for a knife, and threw it at a deputy. He returned to his vehicle for another knife and ran at deputies with it. Deputy Justin Brock fatally shot him. | macon.com | ||
16163 | Garrett Roderick Sandeno | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2015 | Edmond | OK | 35.6344009 | -97.4555651 | Edmond Police Department | A woman asked officers to do a welfare check on her husband, Sandeno, who threatened himself after she asked him for a divorce. Officers found him outside of his house with a pellet gun. Officers told him to drop it. They allege that he pointed the pellet gun at them, provoking the fatal shooting. | news9.com | ||
16164 | Feras Morad | 20 | Male | Middle Eastern | 05/27/2015 | Long Beach | CA | 33.7854079 | -118.139309 | Long Beach Police Department | Morad, a college student, physically fought friends during his first trip on hallucinogenic mushrooms. He then fell or jumped through a window, injuring himself in the process. A neighbor's 911 call described Morad as covered in blood and "violent." Morad advanced on the officer who responded to the call. He shot Morad with a stun gun, struck him with a flashlight and gave him repeated verbal warnings before fatally shooting him. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
16156 | Millard Tallant III | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 05/26/2015 | Snohomish | WA | 47.8385474 | -122.0140768 | Snohomish County Sheriff's Office | A deputy responded to a call about Tallant, distraught and in the process of divorce, going to the door of the caller. According to the deputy's conversation with dispatchers, the deputy shot Tallant as he advanced, and Tallant fired once after he was hit. He died. | heraldnet.com | ||
16157 | Jessie Williams | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 05/26/2015 | Bossier City | LA | 32.5170604 | -93.7076214 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | An Amber Alert was issued after Williams transported his niece, Caitlynn from Texas to Louisiana. An FBI Task Force confronted Williams at a motel in Louisiana, where he shot an officer in the leg and an officer fatally shot him. | star-telegram.com | ||
16158 | Dalton Branch | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/26/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.6564803 | -73.8883512 | City of New York Police Department | Three officers approached Branch in his car after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend. He began shooting at officers from his car with a .380 Beretta pistol and continued to shoot as he exited his vehicle. Officers fatally shot Branch from a distance of about eight feet. | nytimes.com | ||
16152 | Thomas Ramey | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 05/25/2015 | Luray | VA | 38.6764729 | -78.4256296 | Virginia State Police | Ramey and his wife were crossing Route 211 when their car was struck by a state trooper's, police said. The state trooper was pursuing a different vehicle that was speeding, according to authorities. | whsv.com | ||
16153 | Barbara Ramey | 64 | Female | European-American/White | 05/25/2015 | Luray | VA | 38.6764729 | -78.4256296 | Virginia State Police | Ramey and her husband were crossing Route 211 when their car was struck by a state trooper's, police said. The state trooper was pursuing a different vehicle that was speeding, according to authorities. | whsv.com | ||
16154 | Cassandra Caye Bolin | 31 | Female | European-American/White | 05/25/2015 | Austin | TX | 30.332203 | -97.7211058 | Austin Police Department | Officers responded to a 1:30 a.m. 911 call by Bolin's boyfriend, who said that she was suicidal. SWAT officers who responded tried to reason with her, but she exited her residence so quickly that officers shot at her with a "less-lethal projectile." She returned to her residence, then went outside again, threatening herself and then officers with her pistol. A SWAT sniper fatally shot her. | statesman.com | ||
16155 | Anthony Dewayne Briggs | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/25/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.613796 | -86.5642419 | Huntsville Police Department | Briggs attacked his brother, Quinten, with a knife, then stabbed Matthew Shane Hooks. Hooks called 911. When officers responded, Briggs rushed at them with his knife, ignored commands to drop it and was fatally shot. | www.al.com | ||
16151 | Coy Wayne Walker | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 05/24/2015 | Weatherford | TX | 32.7445537 | -97.8429822 | Parker County Sheriff's Office | Parker County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 domestic disturbance call in the 2000 block of Ranger Highway, where a woman reported her adult son had become physically violent and was destroying the residence. Once deputies arrived on scene and made contact with the suspect, he became physically combative with deputies. Deputies then attempted to detain the suspect. During the course of attempting to restrain the suspect, he became unresponsive. | weatherforddemocrat.com | ||
16148 | James Barton Horn Jr. | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/23/2015 | Green Ridge | MO | 38.6578573 | -93.5118664 | Pettis County Sheriff's Office | Deputies followed a tip about Horn, suspected in a double murder, to J. N. Turkey Kearn Memorial Wildlife Area. They fatally shot him at a house when he threatened them with a pistol. | kansascity.com | ||
16149 | Eric Robinson | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/23/2015 | Eagar | AZ | 34.1134767 | -109.2910852 | Eagar Police Department, Apache County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Forest Service, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Springerville Police Department | Robinson, from his pickup truck, shot a pregnant woman at the parking lot of a Mormon stake center. She called 911. Robinson shot an Eagar police officer who responded. After, he fled to his residence, and was quickly surrounded by authorities from multiple agencies. He continued to shoot. When he emerged, he was fatally shot. | wmicentral.com | ||
16150 | Caso Jackson | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/23/2015 | Detroit | MI | 42.385912 | -83.187617 | Detroit Police Department | Jackson, ignoring a personal protection order, held his estranged wife and two children hostage, threatening them as well as himself. SWAT officers responded. After negotiation, Jackson jumped from the front door of the residence with a gun and shot an officer in the face. He was fatally shot in response. The officer survived. | myfoxdetroit.com | ||
16147 | Michael J. Lowrey | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/22/2015 | Somerset | PA | 40.0341513 | -79.0735068 | Pennsylvania State Police | Michael J. Lowrey was carrying a black BB gun that looked like a handgun. He was shot and killed at Save-A-Lot grocery store in Somerset, PA, as he brandished the weapon | triblive.com | ||
16138 | Antonio Perez | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/21/2015 | Corry | PA | 41.956317 | -79.7499549 | Pennsylvania State Police | Five suspects fleeing from a burglary, with state troopers in hot pursuit, lost control of their vehicle and crashed. The crash killed Ranfis Perez-Magro, Jarred A. Conner, Santiago Perez, and Antonio Perez. The subsequent police investigation revealed the ring's large cache of firearms. | goerie.com | ||
16139 | Santiago Perez | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/21/2015 | Corry | PA | 41.956317 | -79.7499549 | Pennsylvania State Police | Five suspects fleeing from a burglary, with state troopers in hot pursuit, lost control of their vehicle and crashed. The crash killed Ranfis Perez-Magro, Jarred A. Conner, Santiago Perez, and Antonio Perez. The subsequent police investigation revealed the ring's large cache of firearms. | goerie.com | ||
16140 | Jarred A. Conner | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/21/2015 | Corry | PA | 41.956317 | -79.7499549 | Pennsylvania State Police | Five suspects fleeing from a burglary, with state troopers in hot pursuit, lost control of their vehicle and crashed. The crash killed Ranfis Perez-Magro, Jarred A. Conner, Santiago Perez, and Antonio Perez. The subsequent police investigation revealed the ring's large cache of firearms. | goerie.com | ||
16141 | Ranfis Perez-Magro | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/21/2015 | Corry | PA | 41.956317 | -79.7499549 | Pennsylvania State Police | Five suspects fleeing from a burglary, with state troopers in hot pursuit, lost control of their vehicle and crashed. The crash killed Ranfis Perez-Magro, Jarred A. Conner, Santiago Perez, and Antonio Perez. The subsequent police investigation revealed the ring's large cache of firearms. | goerie.com | ||
16142 | James Dalton Reese | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 05/21/2015 | Roan Mountain | TN | 36.2032037 | -82.0892095 | Avery County Sheriff's Office | A 17-year-old passenger in a stolen Honda Pilot died as the 23-year-old driver fled from county deputies. Both were from North Carolina. The driver lost control on a curve and also suffered serious injuries. The victim, reportedly from Newland, was dead at the scene. | elizabethton.com | ||
16143 | Jerome Thomas Caldwell | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/21/2015 | Charleston | SC | 32.7782747 | -79.939164 | Charleston Police Department | Police say they shot and killed a man who was wanted for the attempted murder of Berkeley County Sheriff's Lt. Will Rogers Thursday after the man emerged from a downtown apartment and opened fire at officers. | abcnews4.com | ||
16144 | Javoris Reshaud Washington | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/21/2015 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.1071261 | -80.1828348 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Police shot and killed a man who had barricaded himself inside a home in Fort Lauderdale and threatened a woman with a sharp object. There were reports Washington was on the drug Flakka. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
16145 | Elvin Jesus Diaz | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 05/21/2015 | Hackensack | NJ | 40.9011128 | -74.0408426 | Hackensack Police Department | Three city police officers went to 10 Temple Avenue around 1:30 p.m. to check on Elvin Diaz at the request of county probation officials. Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga said Diaz was armed with "a very large knife" when the shooting occurred. | www.nj.com | ||
16146 | David Alejandro Gandara | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/21/2015 | El Paso | TX | 31.9028006 | -106.424418 | El Paso Police Department | El Paso police shot and killed a 22-year-old man who was armed and possibly suicidal moments after he tried to enter a children's day care center in the Northeast, police officials said. | elpasotimes.com | ||
16131 | Markus Clark | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/20/2015 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.1293123 | -80.1778617 | Broward County Sheriff's Office | Deputies were called to a robbery at an Exxon gas station on Northwest 27th Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, deputies found Clark struggling with one of the clerks. Deputies fought with Clark. Clark was brought to the hospital before he died - his temperature was 106.3˚F. | local10.com | ||
16132 | James Anthony Cooper | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 05/20/2015 | Charleston | SC | 32.857792 | -80.077665 | North Charleston Police Department | Authorities said when they encountered Cooper on the second floor of the home, he ran at the deputy with a knife or other sharp object and swung at him, but the deputy deflected the attack. | postandcourier.com | ||
16133 | Chrislon Talbott | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/20/2015 | Owensboro | KY | 37.7262775 | -87.122625 | Owensboro Police Department | Officers tracked the suspect, 38-year-old Chrislon Talbott, to a motel on Frederica Street late Wednesday night. Kentucky State Police say Talbott came out of a room around midnight and shot at officers | tristatehomepage.com | ||
16134 | Marcus D. Wheeler | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/20/2015 | Omaha | NE | 41.3244089 | -95.957065 | Omaha Police Department | An Omaha police officer and a suspect were shot and killed after a confrontation at North 30th Street and Martin Avenue just before 1 p.m. Marcus D. Wheeler was shot and killed as he fired on police. | omaha.com | ||
16135 | Jonathan Colley | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 05/20/2015 | Uniontown | OH | 40.9662146 | -81.4294551 | Summit County Sheriff's Office | Deputies say Jonathan L. Colley, 52, approached deputies with a butcher-style knife. The deputies asked him to drop the knife, but he continued to approach them. | cleveland.com | ||
16136 | Nikki Jo Burtsfield | 39 | Female | European-American/White | 05/20/2015 | Gillette | WY | 44.3018461 | -105.449958 | Campbell County Sheriff's Office | Near midnight Burtsfield was spotted trespassing in a rural area. Deputies chased her, then stopped her vehicle with deflating spikes. She emerged from her vehicle brandishing a knife. A Taser wasn't effective in stopping the threat deputies felt, so she was shot to death. | gillettenewsrecord.com | ||
16137 | Paul J. Dawson | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/20/2015 | Springfield | MO | 37.200968 | -93.327821 | Springfield Police Department | Paul J. Dawson and Robin L. Cameron were reportedly found dead inside a home after a one-hour standoff with police. Police said they were called to the home at around 6:30 p.m. by a young girl who said her mother had just been shot. The girl said she and her two younger siblings had escaped to a neighbor's. Officers reportedly tried to reach someone inside the home for about an hour before entering and finding the couple dead. According to a police news release, physical evidence and witness statements indicate that Dawson shot and killed Cameron and then shot and killed himself. | news-leader.com | ||
16124 | Johnathan Nelson | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 05/19/2015 | Albertville | AL | 34.268116 | -86.2199697 | Albertville Police Department, Marshall County Sheriff's Office | Nelson was shot after jumping on a deputy's car, according to authorities. | waff.com | ||
16125 | Jonathan McIntosh | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 05/19/2015 | Cabot | AR | 34.9674891 | -92.0082151 | Arkansas State Police | While questioning a 35-year-old man at 905 East Main Street it was determined the individual was the subject of outstanding warrants. The man was placed into custody and held in a law enforcement vehicle. officers reported gunshots coming from inside the car and returned fire striking the individual who had moments earlier been taken into custody. | policeone.com | ||
16126 | David Benjamin Gaines | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 05/19/2015 | Grand Junction | CO | 39.0744714 | -108.5559889 | Grand Junction Police Department | After a fight with his father, Gaines drove away from his house in a pickup truck containing a gun. He sped through Grand Junction, hitting a motorcycle and a car. He left his truck, carrying a gun, and forced a mother and her children out of their SUV. Authorities from several departments converged on Gaines. A Grand Junction officer fatally shot him. | westword.com | ||
16127 | Anthony Quinn Gomez Jr. | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/19/2015 | Lancaster | PA | 40.042046 | -76.299677 | Lancaster Police Department | Officers served a warrant on Gomez for beating a woman and threatening to kill her and her children. When Gomez refused to be taken in, an officer shot him with a stun gun. Gomez shot the officer with a pistol. A second officer fatally shot Gomez. | wgal.com | ||
16128 | Alfredo Rials-Torres | 54 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/19/2015 | Arlington | VA | 38.8734459 | -77.1046606 | Arlington County Police Department | Two officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at the residence of Rials-Torres, a violent schizophrenic. During a confrontation, the details of which are unclear, one officer was cut and another shot with a stun gun. A woman in the residence was slightly wounded. Rials-Torres was fatally shot. | washingtonpost.com | ||
16129 | Leland Kane Smithson | 26 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/19/2015 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3726144 | -118.9893618 | Bakersfield Police Department | Leland Kane Smithson reportedly crashed into a tree during a police chase, then shot himself in the head. Smithson had allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo bank at 1300 22nd St. shortly after 10 a.m., police said. He fled in a Chevrolet Impala and led officers on a short chase through downtown Bakersfield before he hit a tree. According to police, officer Isaac Garcia fired at Smithson, but did not strike him. | theavtimes.com | ||
16130 | Paul Jerome Berry | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/19/2015 | Cypress | TX | 29.8812817 | -95.7102127 | Harris County Sheriff's Office, Houston Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service | A SWAT team served a murder warrant at Berry's residence. Berry fatally shot himself. The reported murder occurred on May 8, when Anthony Story, Jr. tried to break up a fight between Berry and a woman. Story was shot fatally in the chest. | chron.com | ||
16122 | Jeffery Ryan Conlin | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.8692808 | -95.4124375 | Houston Police Department | Officers responding to a burglary call saw a U-Haul driven by Conlin make an illegal U-turn as they passed by. Officers pursued Conlin. Conlin left the U-Haul, carjacked a minivan and shot at officers. Officer Richard Martin laid down spike strips for the minivan. Conlin struck and killed Officer Martin, then pulled the minivan over and shot himself in the head. Officer Martin had served for four years. | click2houston.com | ||
16123 | Richard Martin | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.7814949 | -95.5903064 | Houston Police Department | Jeffrey Ryan Conlin reportedly shot himself after running over officer Richard Martin during a police chase. Police began pursuing Conlin after he made an illegal turn in a U-Haul and ran a red light while officers were responding to an unrelated burglary at about 3 a.m. Conlin allegedly exchanged gunfire with police and led them down the Katy Freeway, then got off the highway and carjacked Raquel Padilla. Padilla jumped out of her minivan and Conlin continued to Kirkwood Road and hit Martin at St. Mary's Lane. Martin had reportedly heard the approaching chase and acted to help by laying out spike strips. Martin died at the scene. Conlin drove to 7500 North Shepherd, where police said he shot himself in the head. Conlin died from his injuries the next day. | abc13.com | ||
20909 | Glen Shepard | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2015 | Saginaw | MI | 43.4044589 | -83.957849 | Michigan State Police | According to police, troopers tried to stop Glen Shepard's motorcycle for speeding at about 11:30 p.m. on Williamson near Tausend. Shepard reportedly fled with troopers in pursuit. Shepard lost control of the bike, struck a fence and a building and was thrown from the motorcycle, police said. | mlive.com | ||
16108 | Matthew Mark Smith | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.1481481 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | |||
16109 | Manuel Isaac Rodriguez | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.1481481 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16110 | Richard Matthew Jordan II | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.1481481 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16111 | Jesus Delgado Rodriguez | 65 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.1481481 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16112 | Charles Wayne Russell | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.148148 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16113 | Daniel Raymond Boyett | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.148148 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16114 | Wayne Lee Campbell | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.148148 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16115 | Jacob Lee Rhyne | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.148148 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16116 | Richard Vincent Kirshner | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Waco | TX | 31.4992001 | -97.148148 | Waco Police Department | Motorcycle club members, mostly Cossacks and Bandidos who were armed with pistols, bludgeons and knives, attacked each other at a biker rally that was being monitored by police. Officers Andy O'Neal, Michael Bucher and Heath Jackson fired 12 rifle rounds into the crowd, striking four of the nine men who died. Two of the dead were struck only by .223-caliber rifle bullets. Waco Police Department and the Texas Ranger Division investigated. | theatlantic.com | ||
16117 | Name withheld by police | 70 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/17/2015 | New Orleans | LA | 29.9461899 | -90.0883588 | New Orleans Police Department | At around 11 p.m., an unnamed cyclist was struck and killed by off-duty officer Eric Prinz's pick-up truck. Investigators said a 70-year-old man on a bicycle was traveling against traffic on Martin Luther King Boulevard approaching South Claiborne Avenue, when he allegedly disregarded a red light at the intersection. He died at the scene. Prinz reportedly took a field sobriety test, including a breathalyzer. The NOPD said the results were negative. | theneworleansadvocate.com | ||
16118 | Timothy Jones | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | Ruidoso | NM | 33.3563406 | -105.673389 | Ruidoso Police Department | Ruidoso Police Department Corporal Lance Ledford and Officer Joseph Baily were investigating a domestic disturbance when they both fatally shot Jones in his home. In spite of orders, he had approached them and his mother with a sword. It was the department's first fatal officer-involved shooting. | abqjournal.com | ||
16119 | Ronell Wade | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/17/2015 | Harvey | IL | 41.6030289 | -87.6342957 | Harvey Police Department | Wade, a suspect in a dollar store robbery, fled officers on foot to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, where he tried to hide his money before leaving the building. Wade shot at officers, who fatally shot him. | chicagotribune.com | ||
16120 | Dennis Richard Fiel aka Dennis Kiel | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/17/2015 | San Diego | CA | 32.8018545 | -117.1533382 | San Diego Police department | Officers chased a speeding jeep on Interstate 805, finding it abandoned near Mesa College Drive. They spread out, looking for the driver, Fiel. When they found him, he ran, shooting. Fiel hit Officer Heather L. Seddon in the neck. Officers Joshua Hodge and Mario Larrea fatally shot him in response. Seddon survived. | utsandiego.com | ||
16121 | Austin Goodner | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 05/17/2015 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.8200788 | -82.6588011 | St. Petersburg Police Department | Officers Brian Lynch, Michael Cordiviola and Matthew Enhoffer went to Goodner's residence to investigate him for a shooting. He emerged from the backyard, armed, as officers spoke to his mother. He pointed a gun at an officer, who shot at him. He retreated, then shot an officer in the leg, daring officers to kill him. Officers fatally shot him. | tbo.com | ||
16106 | Matthew Coates | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 05/15/2015 | Sacramento | CA | 38.5517888 | -121.4343071 | Sacramento Police Department | Officers responded to a call about Coates shouting at his girlfriend, Sonja Morrow, and hitting the caller, Norman Petersen. Over an hour later, officers went to the couple's residence. Morrow let officers in. Coates, in their bedroom, refused to speak to the officers and pointed a BB gun at them. They fatally shot him as Morrow tried to tell them that the weapon was fake. | kcra.com | ||
16107 | Mark T. Farrar | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 05/15/2015 | Rockford | IL | 42.250393 | -89.068507 | Rockford Police Department | Informed that he was suicidal, officers visited Farrar's residence to do a welfare check. From his front porch, he began shooting at officers with an AR-15, hitting one. An officer shot him fatally in the chest. He died at Swedish American Hospital. | wrex.com | ||
16103 | Cary Lloyd Martin | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2015 | St Augustine | FL | 29.8500376 | -81.277995 | St. Johns County Sheriff's Office | Cary Lloyd Martin fired at least eight rounds toward authorities after they thought he was ready to give up during a May 14 confrontation at his Florida Avenue home in St. Augustine Beach, according to the Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Earl Edenfield III and Deputy Joshua Butler returned fire striking him multiple times | jacksonville.com | ||
16104 | Denis Reyes | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/14/2015 | Bronx | NY | 40.864668 | -73.8924023 | City of New York Police Department | Denis Reyes, an emotionally disturbed man, died after on his way to the hospital after physical confrontation with police in his own home. | nydailynews.com | ||
16105 | Sean Michael Pelletier | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 05/14/2015 | Portage | MI | 42.2282339 | -85.6411921 | Michigan State Police | A chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. One of the men was wanted on a warrant of resisting/obstructing an officer. A sheriff's deputy initially was involved in the chase, which later included the state police, Kalamazoo Public Safety and Portage Public Safety. A state trooper, a sheriff's deputy and a Kalamazoo Public Safety officer all fired their weapons as Sean Michael Pelletier allegedly brandished a rifle. | mlive.com | ||
22179 | Name withheld by police | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/14/2015 | Daleville | IN | 40.1169714 | -85.5582598 | Daleville Police Department | Delaware County deputies were dispatched on a report of a 50-year-old man threatening suicide. He shot and killed himself during a four-hour standoff. | google.com | ||
16100 | Alan Edward Dunnagan | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 05/13/2015 | Winston-Salem | NC | 36.1369171 | -80.2941374 | Winston-Salem Police Department | A criminal summons alleges Sgt. John William Leone Jr. was driving a patrol car on Reynolda Road when he ran a red light. The patrol car and Dunnagan's Chevrolet pickup truck collided in the intersection, killing Dunnagan, Winston-Salem police said. | myfox8.com | ||
16101 | Lorenzo Lamont Hayes | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/13/2015 | Spokane | WA | 47.7065516 | -117.4032835 | Spokane Police Department | While en route to jail, police said the man began kicking on the back of the patrol car. Jail staff took him into the booking area while he was handcuffed. Police said the man was still uncooperative, so jail staff were preparing to place him in a restraint chair when he had a medical emergency.Mielke said he was told the man went into cardiac arrest during processing. | spokesman.com | ||
16102 | Allen Grisham | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 05/13/2015 | Springfield | MO | 37.2126046 | -93.3838824 | Greene County Sheriff's Office | Grisham died in a crash while he was fleeing from a sheriff's deputy, according to the Greene County Sheriff's Office. | news-leader.com | ||
16094 | Cartez Alexander | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/12/2015 | Shreveport | LA | 32.437054 | -93.772094 | Shreveport Police Department | Cartez Alexander reportedly shot and killed himself during a standoff with Shreveport police. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Cynthia McCray's home and found McCray's 16-year-old son lying outside with a gunshot wound to his leg. As officers approached the home, they heard what sounded like a gunshot from inside. They called out hostage negotiators in attempts to contact Alexander, but had no luck getting him to come out. Investigators sent robotic equipment into the house and determined Alexander had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cynthia McCray, who was reportedly Alexander's ex-girlfriend, was fatally shot in the doorway. | ksla.com | ||
16095 | Cesar Enriquez | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/12/2015 | Mesa | AZ | 33.40779 | -111.819482 | Mesa Police Department | Enriquez led officers on a short foot pursuit before he confronted an officer with a gun and fired one shot into the air, an officer discharged his weapon but it is unclear if Enriquez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | azcentral.com | ||
16096 | D'Angelo Reyes Stallworth | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/12/2015 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.2144068 | -81.7389271 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Two Jacksonville police officers fatally shot Stallworth at a Westside apartment complex after police said he stuck a gun in an officer's chest. | jacksonville.com | ||
16097 | Dajuan Graham | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/12/2015 | Silver Spring | MD | 39.0842596 | -76.9424537 | Montgomery County Police Department | Police responded to a disturbance call about a man on the street acting erratically and reportedly on PCP (Angel Dust). Dajuan Graham made a threatening movement, and police shot and killed him. | wtop.com | ||
16098 | Bruce Zalonka | 46 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 05/12/2015 | Honolulu | HI | 21.3105811 | -157.8621482 | U.S. Marshals Service | Marshalls approached Zalonka's vehicle to arrest him on weapon-related charges. He yelled at deputies, who broke a window to shoot him with a stun gun. When it had no effect, and Zalonka reached for a pistol, he was fatally shot. | hawaiinewsnow.com | ||
16099 | Alec Ouzounian | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/12/2015 | Rancho Santa Margarita | CA | 33.654708 | -117.613078 | Orange County Sheriff's Department | Alec Ouzounian of Rancho Santa Margarita was killed after Orange County sheriff's deputies encountered him inside a home where they had been called to assist a suicidal man. | ocregister.com | ||
16090 | Kelvin Antonie Goldston | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/11/2015 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.6614168 | -97.3954257 | Fort Worth Police Department | Officers advanced on a residence occupied by Goldston, named in multiple outstanding warrants. Goldston left the residence, entered a pickup truck and backed up, allegedly striking a female narcotics officer. Other officers shot him, the fatal bullet entering his neck. Police alleged vehicular assault. | star-telegram.com | ||
16091 | Justin Edward Way | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 05/11/2015 | St. Augustine | FL | 29.9728595 | -81.480941 | St. Johns County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a 911 call about Way, who was threatening suicide. When they entered Way's residence, they alleged that Way pointed a machete at them and they fatally shot him. The shooting is still under investigation. | news4jax.com | ||
16092 | Benjamin James Edwards III | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 05/11/2015 | Shiprock | NM | 36.7930213 | -108.7015059 | New Mexico State Police, Navajo Nation Police, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs | A Florida man, Benjamin James Edwards III, and his 14-year-old niece, Shyanne Sexton, who both died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after a high-speed chase, were believed to be having an "inappropriate relationship," according to police. They sparked the dramatic pursuit after driving away from a fuel station in Cortez, Colorado, without paying for $41 worth of gas, police said. The pursuit ended with each committing suicide when their SUV went off the road near Shiprock. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
16093 | Shyanne Leigh Sexton | 14 | Female | European-American/White | 05/11/2015 | Shiprock | NM | 36.7930213 | -108.7015059 | New Mexico State Police, Navajo Nation Police, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs | A Florida man, Benjamin James Edwards III, and his 14-year-old niece, Shyanne Sexton, who both died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after a high-speed chase, were believed to be having an "inappropriate relationship," according to police. They sparked the dramatic pursuit after driving away from a fuel station in Cortez, Colorado, without paying for $41 worth of gas, police said. The pursuit ended with each committing suicide when their SUV went off the road near Shiprock. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
20019 | Brandon Raymond Buss | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 05/11/2015 | Easton | PA | 40.7009608 | -75.2059348 | Easton Police Department | Brandon Raymond Buss shot and killed himself during a police standoff. Easton police surrounded the home on a report that Buss was armed and acting erratically. | mcall.com | ||
16088 | Stephen Cunningham | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 05/10/2015 | Tacoma | WA | 47.2292445 | -122.4885041 | Tacoma Police Department | Tacoma police shot and killed a man after being called to a noise complaint. Stephen Cunningham allegedly brandished a handgun. | thenewstribune.com | ||
16089 | Lionel Lorenzo Young | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/10/2015 | Landover | MD | 38.9031837 | -76.8756388 | Prince George's County Sheriff's Office | Around 9 p.m., Corporal Jamal Deider and Deputy Anthony Bynum engaged Young, a domestic violence suspect with two knives, in a car chase. Young rammed the deputy's vehicles in the parking lot of Cora L. Rice Elementary School. Deider and Bynum fatally shot him in response. | nbcwashington.com | ||
16084 | Brandon Bigner | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2015 | Covington | LA | 30.5040166 | -90.2062431 | Louisiana State Police | Passenger Sloan McDow and driver Brandon Bigner died after a high speed police chase when their vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler. The pursuit started just after midnight in Covington when a trooper stopped a Chevrolet Cobalt for going more than 100 mph in a 55 mph zone on US 190 near the intersection of Louisiana 1077. The driver, a 14-year-old boy, was being interviewed outside the car when the front seat passenger, later identified as Bigner, allegedly jumped over the center console into the driver's seat and took off. The trooper put the original driver into his patrol car and radioed for backup. The trooper then followed the speeding Cobalt. Approximately two miles west of the initial traffic stop, the trooper arrived at the scene of the crash. Investigators said the car swerved completely across the eastbound lane of US 190 onto the eastbound shoulder, then overcorrected to the right and into the path of an oncoming 18 wheeler. The front of the 18 wheeler hit the left side of the Cobalt, sending Bigner flying from the car, resulting in severe injuries from which he later died. Sitting in the backseat was Sloan McDow, who died at the scene. | nola.com | ||
16085 | Sloan McDow | 14 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2015 | Covington | LA | 30.5040166 | -90.2062431 | Louisiana State Police | Passenger Sloan McDow and driver Brandon Bigner died after a high speed police chase when their vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler. The pursuit started just after midnight in Covington when a trooper stopped a Chevrolet Cobalt for going more than 100 mph in a 55 mph zone on US 190 near the intersection of Louisiana 1077. The driver, a 14-year-old boy, was being interviewed outside the car when the front seat passenger, later identified as Bigner, allegedly jumped over the center console into the driver's seat and took off. The trooper put the original driver into his patrol car and radioed for backup. The trooper then followed the speeding Cobalt. Approximately two miles west of the initial traffic stop, the trooper arrived at the scene of the crash. Investigators said the car swerved completely across the eastbound lane of US 190 onto the eastbound shoulder, then overcorrected to the right and into the path of an oncoming 18 wheeler. The front of the 18 wheeler hit the left side of the Cobalt, sending Bigner flying from the car, resulting in severe injuries from which he later died. Sitting in the backseat was Sloan McDow, who died at the scene. | wlox.com | ||
16086 | Michael Tyrone Gallagher | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 05/09/2015 | Enfield | NC | 36.1813485 | -77.6669416 | Enfield Police Department | Lt. Jerry Powell arrived at a break in caused by Michael Tyrone Gallagher. He confronted Gallagher, and then Powell, along with a witness, got into an altercation with Gallagher.During the confrontation, authorities said Powell's taser was used on Gallagher. Powell and the witness then handcuffed him.When Halifax County EMS crews arrived, they found Gallagher unresponsive and immediately took him to the Halifax County Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. | wtvr.com | ||
16078 | Roger Allen Kirby | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 05/08/2015 | Cowpens | SC | 35.0184953 | -81.7831906 | Gaffney Police Department | Motorcyclist Roger Allen Kirby and his passenger Lori Michelle Walker were pursued by local police for reckless driving, refused to cooperate with a traffic stop, and drove off at 100 MPH or better. He lost control on a curve. The crash left a debris field 150 feet long. Walker was pronounced dead at the scene; Kirby died of his injuries weeks later. | foxcarolina.com | ||
16079 | Lori Michelle Tolleson Walker | 38 | Female | European-American/White | 05/08/2015 | Cowpens | SC | 35.0184953 | -81.7831906 | Gaffney Police Department | Motorcyclist Roger Allen Kirby and his passenger Lori Michelle Walker were pursued by local police for reckless driving, refused to cooperate with a traffic stop, and drove off at 100 MPH or better. He lost control on a curve. The crash left a debris field 150 feet long. Walker was pronounced dead at the scene; Kirby died of his injuries weeks later. | foxcarolina.com | ||
16080 | Shaun Johnson | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 05/08/2015 | Kearny | AZ | 33.079329 | -110.9225777 | Kearny Police Department | A Kearny man wielding a Samurai sword was shot and killed by police officers on Friday night after refusing to drop the sword and swinging at police officers. | tucson.com | ||
16081 | Sam Matthew Holmes | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/08/2015 | Fridley | MN | 45.0694858 | -93.2643903 | Lino Lakes Public Safety Department | Sergeant William Owens stopped a vehicle for speeding, then attempted to arrest the driver, Holmes, for intoxication and outstanding warrants. Holmes, struggled with Owens, who shot him with a Taser. Owens then shot Holmes with a pistol as Holmes re-entered his vehicle and drove away, dragging the sergeant with him. The car veered off into a parking lot. Holmes died on the scene. | twincities.com | ||
16082 | Dedrick Marshall | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/08/2015 | Harvey | LA | 29.86002 | -90.0724582 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a call about an aggravated assault after Marshall, armed, threatened a group that included his ex-girlfriend. Deputies went to Marshall's home to ask him about the incident. He pointed a semiautomatic pistol at the deputies. Deputy Justin McLin fatally shot him. | nola.com | ||
16083 | David A. Schwalm | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 05/08/2015 | Constantia | NY | 43.2778314 | -76.0077723 | Oswego County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Mark Walton did a welfare check on Schwalm, who was suicidal. Schwalm pointed a shotgun at the deputy, who told him to drop the weapon. When Schwalm did not, Walton fatally shot him. | syracuse.com | ||
16075 | Nephi Arriguin | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/07/2015 | Cerritos | CA | 33.8743745 | -118.050416 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | A deputy responded to a call about an unfamiliar woman knocking on doors at Beach Street residences and asking for people who did not live there. The deputy arrested her, then looked into the car that she was associated with, occupied by Arriguin. Told to put his hands up, he drove in the general direction of the deputy. The deputy shot at him, then pursued him as he drove away. Arriguin's car lost control and crashed half a mile later. Police alleged vehicular assault. | lacounty.gov | ||
16076 | Joseph Roy | 72 | Male | European-American/White | 05/07/2015 | Lawrenceville | GA | 33.9330627 | -84.0866326 | Gwinnett County Police Department | A neighbor called 911 about Roy, a cancer patient threatening suicide. When police responded, he had locked himself into a bathroom. Later, he opened the door, lunging at two officers with a steak knife. They fatally shot him. | wsbtv.com | ||
16077 | Michael G. Murphy | 35 | Female | European-American/White | 05/07/2015 | Beacon | NY | 41.5188605 | -73.9946365 | Beacon Police Department | Michael G. Murphy, who had carjacked a vehicle in southern Dutchess County, was shot and killed by police after he threatened them with a knife.The shooting happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday just off Interstate 84, near Exit 11, in the city of Beacon. | dailyfreeman.com | ||
21378 | Marissa Leigh Vasquez | 32 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 05/07/2015 | Pomona | CA | 34.0899017 | -117.7528385 | Claremont Police Department | Michael D. Gardner, 39, stole a car from his neighbor while intoxicated and fled from police at high speeds, slamming into another vehicle and killing the driver, Marissa Leigh Vasquez, was convicted of second-degree murder and other charges. | mynewsla.com | ||
16070 | John Paul Kaafi | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/06/2015 | Sarasota | FL | 27.3431072 | -82.5386322 | Sarasota Police Department | Officer Juan Jaimes arrested Kaafi during a traffic stop for drug possession. He called Officers Adam Arena and Laura Markey for backup. Jaimes shot Kaafi three times with a Taser for resisting arrest. When Kaafi claimed to suffer asthma, Jaimes called EMS, then cancelled aid. Tim Bess, driver of the car, alleged that officers told him to write a false statement. On the drive to jail, Kaafi escaped the police car. He was shot again with a Taser, struck with a flashlight and recaptured. Before he was jailed, Kaafi complained again of asthma. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. | jacksonville.com | ||
16071 | David William Johnson | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 05/06/2015 | Wake Forest | NC | 35.9508934 | -78.5261438 | Wake Forest Police Department | After crashing his vehicle, police said Johnson exited the vehicle armed with a handgun in plain view and was told to drop his weapon before being shot multiple times. | wsoctv.com | ||
16072 | Nuwnah Laroche | 34 | Female | African-American/Black | 05/06/2015 | Secaucus | NJ | 40.7797619 | -74.0558987 | Washington Township Police Department | State police officers in high speed pursuit crashes and creates accident where two pedestrians died. | cbslocal.com | ||
16073 | Jason Champion | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/06/2015 | Secaucus | NJ | 40.7797619 | -74.0558987 | Washington Township Police Department | State police officers in high speed pursuit crashes and creates accident where two pedestrians died. | cbslocal.com | ||
16074 | Terence Jerrod Brown | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/06/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.9911976 | -95.4924533 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force served a warrant on Brown. Brown shot himself in the head. Harris County Sheriff's Office filed the custodial death report. | dylanlf.com | ||
16067 | Thong Kien Ma | 32 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 05/05/2015 | South El Monte | CA | 34.0536566 | -118.0446759 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | When deputies arrived, they found a man stabbing another man and when he refused to obey orders and walked toward deputies they open fire. | sgvtribune.com | ||
16068 | Robert Frost | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 05/05/2015 | Pulaski | VA | 37.058884 | -80.7450293 | Pulaski Police Department | A Desert Storm veteran with PTSD, Frost sat in his truck near Pulaski Storage when Officer A.M. Abdelaziz looked into the driver's side window and saw that he had a pistol in his lap. Abdelaziz called for backup. Frost woke and began shooting. Abdelaziz shot Frost. Frost opened the door of his truck and collapsed on the ground. It is not yet known whether any of his wounds are self-inflicted. | wset.com | ||
16069 | Brendon "Dizzle" Glenn | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/05/2015 | Venice | CA | 33.9874155 | -118.4723039 | Los Angeles Police Department | The officers attempted to detain Glenn, and an altercation occurred between them. During that fight, Glenn was shot and killed. | latimes.com | ||
22501 | Willa C. Good | 56 | Female | Race unspecified | 05/05/2015 | Buchanan | VA | 37.5326523 | -79.6868629 | Virginia State Police | A state trooper stopped Willa Good for speeding on I-81. When Good displayed a firearm, police blocked traffic and attempted to negotiate with Good. She was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. She had allegedly shot Ralph Siron a few hours prior. | roanoke.com | ||
16064 | Ricardo Blackmon | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/04/2015 | Jackson | MS | 32.3502295 | -90.1948196 | Jackson Police Department | Ricardo Blackmon crashed into a tree at high speeds while being pursued by police. JPD claims that it wasn't really a chase because the officer hadn't had time to truly begin chasing Blackmon. "The officer noticed the vehicle driving at a high rate of speed with no headlights. He turned around and tried to catch up with it," said Chief Lee Vance of the Jackson Police Department. "Before he even got close to this individual, he turned off of Northside Drive and crashed." The family questions this account due to witnesses who contradict the police statements. Antonio Blackmon said there are two sets of tire tracks on the street and he thinks an officer chased his brother. "They told us that there wasn't a chase, that he was just speeding, but the witnesses at the store say he was being chased by a police officer," Antonio Blackmon said. | wapt.com | ||
16065 | Roark K. Cook | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2015 | Kennewick | WA | 46.201609 | -119.1683519 | Richland Police Department, Benton County Sheriff's Office, Kennewick Police Department, Pasco Police Department | Richland police, the Benton County Sheriff's Office and the Tri-City SWAT team responded to help Kennewick officers with a disturbance call. Police shot and killed Roark Cook as he allegedly brandished a replica firearm. | tri-cityherald.com | ||
16066 | Alfredo Vasquez | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/04/2015 | Alvin | TX | 29.4067819 | -95.2587347 | Alvin Police Department | Vasquez, reportedly drunk and high, kidnapped his one-month-old son. Alvin officers found Vasquez in an SUV outside his mother's trailer home. Vasquez shot at officers. Officers, unsure if they had a clean shot, did not fire back. During negotiations, Vasquez told officers that the baby was in the trailer and shot at them again. The officers shot at Vasquez, who died of a gunshot wound to the head. | click2houston.com | ||
16056 | Reginald L. Moore Sr. | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/03/2015 | Greenville | MS | 33.4175539 | -91.0311408 | Greenville Police Department | Greenville Police Sergeant Kvonya Moore was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband Reginald Moore. Moore and her husband had just returned home from her birthday party when the shooting occurred, and the couple's two children were at home when it happened. Reginald Moore had been shot in the head and died at Delta Regional Medical Center. Moore, who oversees Washington County's CrimeStoppers Program was suspended with pay pending action by the Greenville City Council. | msnewsnow.com | ||
16057 | Michael Asher | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2015 | Chavies | KY | 37.3799036 | -83.2449111 | Kentucky State Police | During a traffic stop, a constable heard gunshots coming from Asher's camper. He called state police, who investigated. Given his phone number, troopers tried and failed to contact Asher. Around 9:30 p.m., Asher exited his camper, pointing a gun in the direction of a trooper, who fatally shot him. | wkyt.com | ||
16058 | Kevin Vance Norton | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2015 | Roosevelt | UT | 40.3034034 | -109.9951855 | Roosevelt Police Department | Police shot and killed a man Sunday that they say was wielding a handgun and acting erratically near the Uintah Basin Medical Center. | deseretnews.com | ||
16059 | Elton Simpson | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/03/2015 | Garland | TX | 32.9593136 | -96.6418415 | Garland Police Department | Police in Garland say they believe the two men killed outside a controversial art show Sunday night were there to shoot the approximately 200 people attending the event before a traffic officer intervened. According to Harn, the two suspects pulled up to the event in a car, immediately got out with assault rifles and began shooting at a police car that was parked next to a barricade.a single police officer initially subdued Simpson and Soofi, but that after his initial shots, SWAT officers also opened fire, killing both men outside their car. | usatoday.com | ||
16060 | Billy Grimm | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 05/03/2015 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0515663 | -106.688368 | Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office | Grimm and his girlfriend were having car trouble. Grimm refused to exit the vehicle - an argument ensued and Grimm produced weapon. The deputy shot and killed Grimm. | koat.com | ||
16061 | Nadir Hamid Soofi | 34 | Male | Middle Eastern | 05/03/2015 | Garland | TX | 32.9593136 | -96.6418415 | Garland Police Department | Police in Garland say they believe the two men killed outside a controversial art show Sunday night were there to shoot the approximately 200 people attending the event before a traffic officer intervened. According to Harn, the two suspects pulled up to the event in a car, immediately got out with assault rifles and began shooting at a police car that was parked next to a barricade.a single police officer initially subdued Simpson and Soofi, but that after his initial shots, SWAT officers also opened fire, killing both men outside their car. | usatoday.com | ||
16062 | Name withheld by police | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/03/2015 | Orange | CA | 33.7882008 | -117.8530327 | California Highway Patrol | An unidentified motorcyclist was killed after crashing while being pursued by the CHP. | mynewsla.com | ||
16063 | Joseph Anthony Pihota | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/03/2015 | Hallettsville | TX | 29.2843204 | -96.9934651 | Lavaca County Sheriff's Office | At 3:27 p.m., deputies found Pihota's cousin in a parked vehicle on a rural road. Pihota's cousin said that Pihota was in a field looking for mushrooms. Deputies arrested Pihota's cousin. At 5:41 p.m., deputies called Lavaca County Rescue Services for Pihota. Pihota arrived at Lacava County Medical Center at 6:47 p.m., wearing handcuffs and leg irons. Pihota died at 7:34 p.m. of methamphetamine toxicity. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. | statesman.com | ||
16054 | Kenneth Mathena | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 05/02/2015 | Smyrna | DE | 39.2800574 | -75.6029704 | Smyrna Police Department | Responding to a domestic violence dispute Smyrna Police Officers found an armed man attempting to break into the house. When they arrived, they reported the man, armed with a shotgun pointed it in their direction and they opened fire. | scsuntimes.com | ||
16055 | Dawaski Kewa Sanders | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/02/2015 | Dallas | TX | 32.9013623 | -96.7150456 | Dallas Police Department | Officers responding to a suicide call found Sanders already dying of a cocaine overdose. | statesman.com | ||
20908 | Brian Essian | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 05/02/2015 | Lapeer | MI | 42.9998293 | -83.3214445 | Michigan State Police | According to police, trooper Kevin Primel tried to stop Brian Essian's Kawasaki motorcycle around 10:35 a.m. for going 71 mph in a 55 mph zone. Essian allegedly accelerated, clipped a pickup truck and crashed. Essian died from his injured on May 27, 2015. According to reports, Essian was on probation for fleeing from Waterford officer Annette Miller in May 2012. | theoaklandpress.com | ||
16050 | Shawn Watashe | 55 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 05/01/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1605484 | -95.9021444 | Osage Nation Tribal Police | Officer Corey Stewart was off duty but driving a patrol car when he hit Shawn Watashe and left the scene. He returned later and told invistigators that he was the one that hit Watashe. He has been fired and criminal charges have been brought up against him. | news9.com | ||
16052 | Tevin Corey Harris | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/01/2015 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7476218 | -84.3492207 | Georgia State Patrol | An unidentified man was killed as he fled a police stop in a stolen vehicle and hit a tree. | gainesvilletimes.com | ||
16053 | Louis Davis | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/01/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6830847 | -90.2046041 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Labradford Davis is facing second-degree murder and resisting, interfering with a lawful stop for leading police on a chase. Louis Davis was killed in the crash. | google.com | ||
16087 | Martin Eugene Bayless | 66 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/01/2015 | Carbondale | KS | 38.8422328 | -95.6964557 | Osage County Sheriff's Office | Martin Bayless died on May 9 after being hospitalized from a Taser incident on May 1. The standard offense report described Martin as fleeing or attempting to elude Burlingame Police Department Officer James Lovett. Martin's death is being investigated by the KBI. Liitle information and no updates have been released on the incident. | och-c.com | ||
16047 | John D. Acree | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 04/30/2015 | Nashville | TN | 36.054037 | -86.778671 | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | Four officers served a warrant on Acree at his home at 7:45 a.m. for missing a court date. Acree, who was mentally ill and believed he was under surveillance, refused to come outside. Officers blocked the front and back doors of his house. As Acree exited the back door with a semiautomatic pistol, he and Officer William Wright exchanged fire. Acree was fatally shot. | wsmv.com | ||
16048 | Fridoon Zalbeg Rawshan Nehad | 42 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/30/2015 | San Diego | CA | 32.7542598 | -117.2055965 | San Diego Police Department | Officer Neal N. Browder responded to a 911 call alleging that Fridoon Nehad threatened a clerk with a knife at a HI-Lite Adult Video and Bookstore. His body camera off, the officer confronted Nehad just after midnight in the alley behind the bookstore and gave him orders that he did not obey. When he advanced, Browder fatally shot him. The family of Fridoon Nehad will receive $3 million in a settlement with San Diego made in August 2021. | cbs8.com | ||
16049 | Alexia Christian | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/30/2015 | Atlanta | GA | 33.751416 | -84.390963 | Atlanta Police Department | Officers shot and killed a woman who allegedly fired shots from the back seat of a patrol car. | ajc.com | ||
16041 | Luis Martin Chavez-Diaz | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/29/2015 | Elk Grove | CA | 38.3709689 | -121.4954952 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | Officers encountered Chavez-Diaz during a raid on a marijuana grow operation on public lands. He was alone when they encountered him and said that he had a gun and pointed it at a game warden when he was shot. | sacbee.com | ||
16042 | Jeffery O. Adkins | 53 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/29/2015 | Emporia | VA | 36.6111366 | -77.5012457 | Greensville County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police | Deputies went to Adkins's residence to serve an emergency custody order around 6:45 p.m. The mentally-ill Navy veteran confronted them with sawed-off shotgun. Negotiators were sent to reason with Adkins. Around 10 p.m., authorities used a diversionary device, or flashbang grenade, against Adkins. He shot at authorities, who fatally shot him in response. | richmond.com | ||
16043 | Erick Emmanuel Salas Sanchez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/29/2015 | El Paso | TX | 31.6944353 | -106.3420756 | El Paso Police Department | Two officers investigating a burglary around 9 p.m. confronted Sanchez. Police alleged that Sanchez advanced on officers with a metal object, threatening them. When one officer shot him with a Taser, officers said that Sanchez rushed at them. The other officer shot him, and he died at a hospital. | kfoxtv.com | ||
16044 | Joshua Deysie | 33 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 04/29/2015 | Mesa | AZ | 33.3895695 | -111.8007656 | Mesa Police Department | Police said 33-year-old Joshua Deysie spent a half hour in a standoff with officers, eventually pointing a gun right at the officers. He was shot and killed. | azcentral.com | ||
16045 | Andrew Dalray Jackson | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 04/29/2015 | Chickasha | OK | 35.040062 | -97.9479067 | Chickasha Police Department | Chickasha police received a call about a burglary in the 1200 block of S. 16 Street. While on the way to the scene, officers spotted two men walking, Authorities say one of the men ran from police. When two Grady County deputies and a Chickasha police officer went inside, they say Jackson pulled out a knife. An officer then shot Jackson, killing him. | kfor.com | ||
16046 | Roobelson Viciere | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/29/2015 | Savannah | GA | 32.0237972 | -81.2293788 | Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department | After hours of trying to save the life of a soldier believed to have a gun, police entered Biciere's Berwick-area apartment to find him dead. | savannahnow.com | ||
16037 | Rashod Bryan Overstreet | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/28/2015 | Sylvester | GA | 31.5186679 | -83.8362067 | Worth County Sheriff's Office | 30-year old Bryan Overstreet was run over by a Worth County deputy while lying in the road | walb.com | ||
16038 | Joshua A. Green | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 04/28/2015 | Marion | IL | 37.7309131 | -88.9412634 | Illinois State Police | Joshua A. Green, 27, of Marion was pronounced dead outside a 1408 W. Main St. apartment where he reportedly took a woman hostage. | thesouthern.com | ||
16039 | Jared Johnson | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/28/2015 | New Orleans | LA | 30.0190106 | -89.9658311 | New Orleans Police Department | Police officers who responded to a report of an armed robbery shot and killed a suspect. A semi-automatic gun was found near the body of the dead suspect. A bag with about $2,000 worth of stolen merchandise was also found inside the store. | wwltv.com | ||
16040 | David Parker | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 04/28/2015 | Mansfield | OH | 40.7386679 | -82.515629 | Mansfield Police Department | David Parker was shot in his home at around 11 a.m., ending a police standoff that lasted more than 24 hours at the home. Parker had repeatedly fired upon officers with a rifle. | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | ||
16034 | Denise Moreira | 21 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/27/2015 | Avon | MA | 42.1220636 | -71.0408377 | Brockton Police Department | Local police attempted an early-morning traffic stop on a black Nissan sedan for "motor vehicle infractions." The Nissan took off instead. With five passengers and police in pursuit, it sped recklessly through residential sections before the driver lost control and crashed into a utility pole. The impact killed Matthew Andrade and Denise Moreira, and injured the three others. | wcvb.com | ||
16035 | Matthew Andrade | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 04/27/2015 | Avon | MA | 42.1220636 | -71.0408377 | Brockton Police Department | Local police attempted an early-morning traffic stop on a black Nissan sedan for "motor vehicle infractions." The Nissan took off instead. With five passengers and police in pursuit, it sped recklessly through residential sections before the driver lost control and crashed into a utility pole. The impact killed Matthew Andrade and Denise Moreira, and injured the three others. | wcvb.com | ||
16036 | Terrance Kellom | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/27/2015 | Detroit | MI | 42.364703 | -83.2360354 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | A fugitive task force involving ICE and officers with the Detroit Police Department--was attempting to serve an armed robbery warrant at a home. Kellom was shot and killed after an officer felt threatened. | amsterdamnews.com | ||
16030 | Dean Kristian Genova | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 04/26/2015 | Fountain Valley | CA | 33.6970428 | -117.9541787 | Fountain Valley Police Department | Officers responded to a burglary in progress call at the drugstore, the suspect fought with officers as they tried to detain him. During the struggle, the suspect bit one officer on the arm and then grabbed another officer's handgun. After making repeated commands to let go of the firearm, an officer fired a single round. | ocweekly.com | ||
16031 | Billy Joe Patrick | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 04/26/2015 | Bunch | OK | 35.7458258 | -94.7719241 | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation | A warden asked Patrick and other fisherman for their fishing licenses and discovered that Patrick was wanted for a parole violation. When the warden tried to arrest Patrick, he attempted to drown the warden. The warden freed himself, then fatally shot Patrick. | tulsaworld.com | ||
16032 | Albert Hanson Jr. | 76 | Male | European-American/White | 04/26/2015 | Hanford | CA | 36.2109161 | -119.6005424 | Kings County Sheriff's Office | The SWAT team responded to the scene and tried to start negotiations with the suspect. During the process, the sheriff's office says a round was fired from the suspect's vehicle. SWAT officers then opened fire. | fresnobee.com | ||
16033 | Linda Hull | 61 | Female | European-American/White | 04/26/2015 | Sacramento | CA | 38.6174645 | -121.4404102 | Sacramento Police Department | Linda Hull, was killed and her passenger suffered life-threatening injuries when a van fleeing police hit their pickup truck. The pursuit began at about 6:15 p.m. when officers tried to stop Trevon Brown, who police said had an outstanding warrant. Brown allegedly tried to hit an officer with his van and then drove off with police in pursuit for less than a minute before the van ran a stop sign and T-boned the pickup. Hull died at the scene. Brown was arrested on a vehicular manslaughter charge and multiple other charges. | sacbee.com | ||
16027 | Brandon Lawrence | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 04/25/2015 | Victoria | TX | 28.8776801 | -97.0016067 | Victoria Police Department | The shooting happened after officers were confronted by a suspect with a weapon | victoriaadvocate.com | ||
16028 | Daniel Howard Davis | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 04/25/2015 | Clermont | FL | 28.567081 | -81.812325 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | Daniel Davis, 58, was visiting his parents' home on Firestone Circle in a subdivision at the Green Valley Country Club when he caused a fight and refused to leave. Two deputies arrived at the home shortly before 3:30 p.m. to order Davis to leave the residence. The man pulled out a knife during the encounter and was killed. | wftv.com | ||
16029 | David Felix | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/25/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.7245394 | -73.9822911 | City of New York Police Department | David, who was a schizophrenic living in a home for the mentally ill, was said by police to have involved them in a struggle, in which officers shot him to death. The police had responded to a call in which David was suspected of a robbery. | theguardian.com | ||
16022 | Gary Timmie Collins | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 04/24/2015 | Miami | OK | 36.8974006 | -94.88661 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | Collins ignored a driver's license checkpoint and was pursued by troopers. He exited his vehicle with a gun, and a trooper fatally shot him. | newsok.com | ||
16023 | Todd Jamal Dye | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/24/2015 | Trinidad | CO | 37.1747378 | -104.4912512 | Trinidad Police Department | An officer came in contact with Dye in an empty trailer. Dye ran away then pointed a gun at the officer. | krdo.com | ||
16024 | Mark Cecil Hawkins | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 04/24/2015 | Salem | OR | 44.9155804 | -123.0001204 | Salem Police Department | Before Friday's tense, hours-long standoff ended with the gunman mortally wounded in a Walmart parking lot, he had repeatedly fired his weapon at police while ignoring their demands to surrender, Salem police said. | statesmanjournal.com | ||
16025 | Gregory Daquan Harris | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/24/2015 | West End | NC | 35.2269405 | -79.4604886 | Pinehurst Police Department | Local police attempted to stop a speeding vehicle, which developed into a police chase. The 25-year-old suspect lost control of his car, left the road and crashed into a tree, which killed his two passengers, Lashonda Ruth Belk and Gregory Daquan Harris. | fayobserver.com | ||
16026 | Lashonda Ruth Belk | 29 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/24/2015 | West End | NC | 35.2282345 | -79.4606949 | Pinehurst Police Department | Local police attempted to stop a speeding vehicle, which developed into a police chase. The 25-year-old suspect lost control of his car, left the road and crashed into a tree, which killed his two passengers, Lashonda Ruth Belk and Gregory Daquan Harris. | wral.com | ||
20907 | Juanita Lee | 50 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/24/2015 | Portage | MI | 42.2033645 | -85.5902059 | Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office | A deputy said he stopped Juanita Lee for speeding at 3:08 a.m., and she pulled her car into a commercial parking lot and exited her vehicle. The deputy reportedly told Lee to get back into her car and she complied. Lee then allegedly fled at high speeds. According to the sheriff's office, the deputy tried to pursue Lee, but lost sight of her car on Westnedge near Romence Road, then came upon the crash on Westnedge near Shaver Road, across the street from the Portage Department of Public Safety. Lee died at the crash site. | mlive.com | ||
16017 | Karen Audra Janks | 46 | Female | European-American/White | 04/23/2015 | Sebastopol | CA | 38.3752693 | -122.7926485 | Sonoma County Sheriff's Office | After a car chase, deputies ordered the woman driving, later identified as Karen Janks, to surrender, but she allegedly accelerated in reverse and struck three deputies and a patrol car behind them. As she drove forward, four deputies fired rounds into the car striking the driver an undetermined amount of times. | sonoma-county.org | ||
16018 | Hector Morejon | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/23/2015 | Long Beach | CA | 33.7807969 | -118.1736239 | Long Beach Police Department | Officers responding to a trespassing and vandalizing call at about 2:45 p.m. discovered two open windows on scene. The officer shot and killed Morejon after it appeared he pointed an object toward the officer. No weapon was found. | presstelegram.com | ||
16019 | Terry Lee Chatman | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/23/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.6586813 | -95.3364397 | Houston Police Department | Houston police say Officer R. Scott was traveling westbound on Reed Road and had the green light when they say a man on a bicycle heading southbound on MLK biked into Reed Road and collided with Officer Scott. The impact killed the Chatman. | abc13.com | ||
16020 | Andrew George Valadez | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 04/23/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.310305 | -118.4532315 | Los Angeles Police Department | Around 7 a.m., officers responded to 911 calls about a man brandishing a gun in public. Officers responded, and Valadez pointed the gun at his head. He then turned around as if to walk away. He turned back and pointed his gun at officers, at least one of whom shot him. Valadez died at a nearby hospital. | lacounty.gov | ||
16021 | Joseph Potts | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 04/23/2015 | Rufe | OK | 34.1311226 | -95.157212 | Choctaw County Sheriff's Office, Hugo Police Department | Police received a report that a man was shooting at neighbors. The man then set fire to his house and walked out, allegedly trying to grab an officer's gun. He was shot multiple times and died. | newson6.com | ||
16012 | Lue Vang | 39 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/22/2015 | Eldorado Springs | CO | 39.9383438 | -105.2574821 | Boulder County Sheriff's Office | Deputies chased an alleged kidnapper in a white Honda Civic to Dowdy Draw trailhead. There, they approached the vehicle and spoke to three occupants. Deputy Jeffrey Brunkow watched through his riflescope as Lue Vang, sitting in the back, waved a .357 magnum revolver over his head and refused to exit the vehicle. Vang pointed his revolver at another occupant of the vehicle. Using his own vehicle as a rest, Brunkow fatally shot Vang in the head. | bouldercounty.org | ||
16013 | Jonathan Efraim | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 04/22/2015 | Queens | NY | 40.709976 | -73.7947113 | City of New York Police Department | Police responded to a report of a man inside a bar who fired a gun. On arrival, they chased the subject who allegedly fired at them. NYPD opened fire and shot and killed the man. | nytimes.com | ||
16014 | Carlos Saavedra Ramirez | 51 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/22/2015 | Bisbee | AZ | 31.4005159 | -109.9174098 | Cochise County Sheriff's Office | A woman called police reporting the subject was banging on her windows and being aggressive over a reported parking issue in a Safeway parking lot. When officers arrived, the homeless man, armed with a knife, was shot and killed by police. | kvoa.com | ||
16015 | William L. Chapman II | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/22/2015 | Portsmouth | VA | 36.8293152 | -76.3422941 | Portsmouth Police Department | Walmart security called the police about a shoplifter. Police found the man in the parking lot. The officer pulled his taser out, there was a tussle, and the taser got knocked out of the officer's hand. The policeman pulled out his gun and the subject allegedly took off his shirt as though he was ready to fight. The officer opened fire, killing the subject on the scene. | wavy.com | ||
16016 | Reginald Duane McGregor | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/22/2015 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7669266 | -97.3039111 | Fort Worth Police Department | Police were called about a home that was being broken into. He allegedly struggled with the homeowner and fled the house, firing on the homeowner and police, who opened fire and killed the subject. | star-telegram.com | ||
20906 | Name withheld by police | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/22/2015 | Troy | MI | 42.5350707 | -83.1203208 | Madison Heights Police Department, Rochester Police Department, Oakland County Sheriff's Office | At around 12:30 p.m. a woman called police and said she'd confronted a 56-year-old man who'd been stalking her as he was cutting wires outside her home. The man fled in a Ford C-Max, and a neighbor reportedly chased him a short distance and told police his location. Police pursued the man, who crashed through the gate of Mt. Avon Cemetery and later struck a tree, but kept driving. Rochester police said they ended the pursuit. The man then parked at an auto repair shop in Rochester Hills and got a ride to Madison Heights. Madison Heights police determined he was at the Fairfield Inn. According to police, he fled on foot when the officers came to talk to him, entered a nearby room open for maid service, and jumped to his death from the third-floor window. | candgnews.com | ||
16005 | David "Levi" Dehmann | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 04/21/2015 | Mount Vernon | OH | 40.399116 | -82.4373902 | Mount Vernon Police Department, Knox County Sheriff's Office | Dehmann, autistic, was driven home by Corporal Travis Tharp around 6 p.m. after being hospitalized for intoxication and a possible head injury. He continued to drink vodka until he was arrested, after a struggle, by Tharp and others, around 7:43 p.m. At Knox County Sheriff's Office, he hit his head after he hit a deputy, who threw him to the ground. Dehmann was rushed to a hospital, where he died. | washingtonpost.com | ||
16006 | Kimber Key | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 04/21/2015 | Irmo | SC | 34.072834 | -81.199642 | Lexington County Sheriff's Department | The subject's brother called police to seek help for his brother who was allegedly suicidal. When officers arrived, the man was in the kitchen wielding a knife. The man was shot by a deputy and died. | wach.com | ||
16007 | Luis Molina Martinez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/21/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.071761 | -118.204985 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a man who might be trying to fatally stab himself with a knife. On the scene, the man refused to drop the knife and allegedly moved toward the officers who opened fire and killed him. | theeastsiderla.com | ||
16008 | Daniel I. Covarrubias | 37 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 04/21/2015 | Lakewood | WA | 47.1598385 | -122.4851185 | Lakewood Police Department | Police responded to a call about a man running through a lumber yard "as if he were being chased by police." So, police chased him. The man vaulted a fence and climbed to the top of a 25-foot pile of wood. Police told him to put his hands up, and Daniel I. Covarrubias reached into his pocket and brandished a cell phone, and they opened fire, killing him. | komonews.com | ||
16009 | Daniel Wolfe | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/21/2015 | Union | NJ | 40.7124197 | -74.2525277 | New Jersey State Police | Police intercepted Daniel Wolfe at a car he allegedly stole. Possibly fleeing, Wolfe drove the vehicle in the general direction of an officer and was shot, and later died. Police alleged vehicular assault. | nj1015.com | ||
16010 | Stephen Gene Davenport | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 04/21/2015 | Meridian | MS | 32.3055193 | -88.5170691 | Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a call of two men fighting, apparently, in the middle of Highway 19 in rural Mississippi. While trying to arrest the subject a stun gun was used "unsuccessfully" according to deputies and as soon as the man was in handcuffs he became unresponsive. He was transported to a hospital where he died. | meridianstar.com | ||
16011 | Allen Paul Shuemaker | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 04/21/2015 | Tenaha | TX | 31.9585144 | -94.1773546 | Shelby County Sheriff's Office | Deputies served a warrant on Shuemaker for reportedly violating an emergency protective order. Shuemaker fatally shot himself. Texas Ranger Travis Brazil investigated. | cbc-radio.com | ||
16003 | Santos "Cuate" Cortez Hernandez | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/20/2015 | Mission | TX | 26.294719 | -98.3504986 | Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office | A fugitive who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies this week had led a criminal organization, made up mostly of teenagers, that was involved in a string of crimes across Hidalgo County, authorities said Thursday | themonitor.com | ||
16004 | Ladarrius McSwain | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/20/2015 | Woodstock | GA | 34.0883392 | -84.5907835 | Woodstock Police Department | McSwain was in one of three vehicles that fled from an early-morning merchandise robbery of a jeans outlet store. The other two vehicles got away, but the Acura McSwain was riding in lost control and overturned during a police chase. He died of his injuries. | googleusercontent.com | ||
16000 | Dana Duwane Hlavinka | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 04/19/2015 | Sidney | NE | 41.1219856 | -102.9828442 | Sidney Police Department | Officers responded to a domestic call and found the subject's wife running from the house. Inside, the subject was armed with a knife and officers fired and killed him. | starherald.com | ||
16001 | Norman Lee Cooper | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/19/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5922469 | -98.4030565 | San Antonio Police Department | Police were called on a report of a family disturbance and found the subject under the influence of "some sort of narcotic." The subject was uncooperative and wouldn't be escorted out so police fired a Taser at him. The subject then allegedly pulled the probes of the Taser out and a second Taser was fired at him. Shortly after, the subject became unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene. | mysanantonio.com | ||
16002 | Michael Foster | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 04/19/2015 | Wilmore | KY | 37.8668349 | -84.6608966 | Wilmore Police Department | Police were called to a residence they had been to several previous times, found a man outside with a gun who allegedly pointed it at them. Police fired at the man, killing him. | kentucky.com | ||
15997 | Brian Acton | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/18/2015 | Columbia | TN | 35.6144257 | -87.0435019 | Columbia Police Department | Habitual sex offender Acton was apparently naked, drunk to the point of incoherence, and in the middle of trying to rape an acquaintance from church when police captured him and handcuffed him. He is said to have simply stopped breathing as an EMS crew arrived at the scene. | wkrn.com | ||
15998 | Erik Tellez | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/18/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4802298 | -112.0388414 | Phoenix Police Department | Officers were called to a park by a report of a man acting suspicious. The man was armed and said he thought there were snipers and others pointing guns at him. Before police had a chance to establish a conversation with the subject he allegedly opened fire and police returned fire, killing the man. | kpho.com | ||
15999 | Grover Zeno Sapp Jr. | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 04/18/2015 | Panama City | FL | 30.170123 | -85.701208 | Panama City Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a white male carrying a "long gun" in the around 5:30 a.m. Police encountered the suspect and after numerous commands to put down the gun the suspect "engaged" officers and they returned fire, killing him. | wesh.com | ||
15993 | Thaddeus McCarroll | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/17/2015 | Jennings | MO | 38.7237068 | -90.2450257 | St. Louis County Police Department | Police received a call from a mother concerned about her son, who she said had locked her out of her house and was walking around being very strange, speaking of "black revolution" and carrying swords and knives inside the house. The man left the house carrying a knife and a Bible, was hit by the "not-so-lethal" round and then allegedly charged at officers who opened fire, killing him at the scene. | stltoday.com | ||
15994 | Jeffery Kemp | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/17/2015 | Chicago | IL | 41.760724 | -87.5724757 | Chicago Police Department | Officers on patrol near 71st Street and Paxton Avenue heard shots fired and saw a van speeding away from the area. A chase ensued and a man jumped from the vehicle with a gun in his hand. After a foot pursuit, officers commanded the man to drop the weapon. The man allegedly refused and pointed the gun at officers who fired and killed the man at the scene. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15995 | Elias Cavazos | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/17/2015 | Hemet | CA | 33.7439978 | -116.954295 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol | Officers on anti-gang task force duty stopped a vehicle because they recognized the man in the passenger seat who was on parole and had a felony warrant for his arrest. As soon as the car stopped, the subject allegedly flung open his door and started firing at officers. Officers returned fire, killing the man at the scene. | www.pe.com | ||
15996 | Stephen Cook | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 04/17/2015 | Cedar Rapids | IA | 41.9618586 | -91.68120770000002 | Cedar Rapids Police Department | An officer attempted to stop a pickup truck for a registration violation at around 8:40 a.m. The driver, Lawson Chadwick, 47, allegedly drove through the Hawkeye Oil parking lot before speeding through a residential area. The officer, who police said was more than a block behind Chadwick's pickup, saw Chadwick run a stop sign and hit a City of Cedar Rapids Water Department van driven by Stephen Cook. Cook died at a hospital. | wgem.com | ||
15989 | Delonte Lee | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/16/2015 | Waldorf | MD | 38.6400565 | -76.8975448 | Maryland State Police | State troopers attempted to pull Lee over at 1 a.m. for a bad license plate light. Lee refused to stop, possibly because of an outstanding failure-to-appear warrant. He pulled off Route 301 and onto Acton Lane. Police describe the chase halted and then the trooper coming across Lee's fatal one-car wreck shortly after. | nbcwashington.com | ||
15990 | Darrell Lawrence Brown | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/16/2015 | Hagerstown | MD | 39.649337 | -77.7204749 | Hagerstown Police Department | Police responded to a call of a man attempting to break-into a house. They had reason to believe he was on drugs. The man allegedly made an aggressive stance toward police and was tasered an unknown number of times. He became unresponsive and was put in an ambulance and died at the hospital early the next morning. | heraldmailmedia.com | ||
15991 | David Kapuscinski | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 04/16/2015 | Gibraltar | MI | 42.0947325 | -83.2036263 | Gibraltar Police Department | Officers arrived on the scene and confronted the subject who was allegedly in the act of assaulting the victim. Officers TASERed the man an unknown number of times. The man became unresponsive and died. | thenewsherald.com | ||
15992 | Rodolfo Velazquez | 47 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/16/2015 | Shafter | CA | 35.4998488 | -119.2805294 | Shafter Police Department | Officers shot and killed a man after he reportedly pulled a knife and approached them in an alley, not complying with their demands for him to put the knife down but instead moving closer to them. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
15980 | Mark W. Adair | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2015 | Columbia | MO | 38.9484747 | -92.3255537 | Columbia Police Department, University of Missouri Police Department | Police recognized the subject, an alleged sex offender, in a parking garage and approached him. Shots were fired after an "altercation between the two where the officer cornered him." The details are not yet known. | como.gov | ||
15981 | Joseph Slater | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2015 | Highland | CA | 34.1212445 | -117.1999563 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a report of a man damaging property a gas station. They pepper-sprayed him at least once, and he allegedly tried to escape. They finally got him under control after "force was used to overcome his resistance" and got the subject in the patrol car when the man had a medical emergency and became unresponsive. He died soon after at the hospital. | sbsun.com | ||
15982 | Ernesto Flores | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/15/2015 | Pomona | CA | 34.0520998 | -117.7210673 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a report of a man barricaded in his home and threatening to blow it up. At one point he allegedly started a fire inside. Police alleged Ernesto Flores brandished a pellet gun, and police shot and killed him. | dailybulletin.com | ||
15983 | Tevin Barkley | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2015 | Miami | FL | 25.8440248 | -80.2110838 | Miami-Dade Police Department | Officers on bicycle patrol responded to a call about shots fired and at least one made contact with the subject who was found to have a Cobray M-11 assault-style weapon on his person. The officer fired and killed the subject. | local10.com | ||
15984 | Donte Adaryll Noble | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2015 | Spartanburg | SC | 34.9038585 | -81.9112376 | Spartanburg Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call of a man stabbing a woman in an apartment complex. Once they located the apartment, officers kicked down the door and shot the suspect dead as he was stabbing the woman. | goupstate.com | ||
15985 | Frank Ernest Shephard III | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.8063733 | -95.1731913 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Police tried to initiate a traffic stop on a man due to "suspicious activity," including two unsafe lane changes. The man got out of the vehicle and then appeared to reach back into the vehicle when the two officers fired on him and killed him. No weapon was found in the vehicle. | chron.com | ||
15986 | Stanley Watson | 72 | Male | European-American/White | 04/15/2015 | Cañon City | CO | 38.4465679 | -105.1922276 | Cañon City Police Department, Fremont County Sheriff's Office | The subject called police and said he was suicidal and was going to shoot his wife and his dog. Police responded and found out that he had carried out his threat. The man barricaded himself in his trailer, eventually coming out shooting with two guns. Police returned fire and killed the man at the scene. | gazette.com | ||
15987 | Michael Anthony Charles | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.6574322 | -95.3959319 | Houston Police Department | Charles apparently swallowed baggies with cocaine when police tried to pull him over during an undercover drug investigation. | statesman.com | ||
15988 | Alisha Trevino | 25 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 04/15/2015 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7090701 | -97.4494518 | Fort Worth Police Department | Trevino overdosed on meth during a traffic stop. | force.com | ||
20151 | Marco Hilson | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/15/2015 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.0898945 | -87.9868255 | Milwaukee Police Department | Marco Hilson, the driver of a vehicle that was stolen during an armed robbery, was killed when he was involved in a crash involving five vehicles while fleeing police. | fox6now.com | ||
15978 | Christopher Grant Finley | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 04/14/2015 | Jonesboro | AR | 35.834247 | -90.71736 | Jonesboro Police Department | Finley struck an officer in the arm with a machete. Finely was then shot and killed. | kait8.com | ||
15979 | Colby Robinson | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/14/2015 | Dallas | TX | 32.6623086 | -96.823482 | DeSoto Police Department | Robinson was wanted for murder and was found in Dallas. After a short foot chase Robinson was shot and killed. | google.com | ||
20150 | Mitchell F. Owens | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 04/14/2015 | Fall Creek | WI | 44.8370194 | -91.3401922 | Eau Claire Police Department, Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office | Mitchell F. Owens, 24, kidnapped a young woman, eventually leading local law enforcement on a high-speed chase, fleeing into the woods armed with a high-powered rifle, forcing residents from their homes and causing a tense rural standoff before he shot and killed himself with the rifle. | leadertelegram.com | ||
15974 | Celin Nunez | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/13/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.9494859 | -95.4162933 | Houston Police Department | The Guardian reports that Nunez's name was released to them by Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciances. Nunez was shot by Houston Police Officer David Sudderth while sitting in his truck at a gas station. Police say he was acting erratically. Officer Sudderth was in full uniform and working an approved extra job. Nunez brandished a welding gun, and Sudderth shot and killed him. | google.com | ||
15975 | Isaac J. Jimenez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/13/2015 | Alton | IL | 38.8922565 | -90.1353665 | Alton Police Department | Police were called about a report of a suspect being in the area who was wanted for murder. On arrival, Jimenez allegedly displayed a handgun and was shot and killed at the scene. | stltoday.com | ||
15976 | Alex Jimenez | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/13/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0522342 | -118.2436849 | Los Angeles Police Department | Alex Jimenez died in South Los Angeles on April 13, 2015, when one or more unnamed LAPD officers dropped the handcuffed man to the ground and held him down with a knee to his neck or throat, according to a federal lawsuit. | courthousenews.com | |||
15977 | Fitzgerald Dewayne Crockett | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/13/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.6072304 | -95.2836852 | Houston Police Department | Crockett took his wife's phone and learned from her text messages that she had been unfaithful. He punched her, armed himself with a pistol and threatened suicide. Officers J. Alexander, M. Paskett, and J. Rambo responded. Crockett shot himself. | dylanlf.com | ||
15968 | Ricky Carl Clark II | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/12/2015 | Opelika | AL | 32.6767841 | -85.2773543 | Lee County Sheriff's Office | Ricky Carl Clark II reportedly took his own life while hiding under a house during a more than five-hour standoff with law enforcement. | ledger-enquirer.com | ||
15969 | Mack Long | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/12/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8124465 | -86.1029318 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Officer Christopher Wilburn, an IMPD spokesman, said the officers chased the suspect, who was armed, and a struggle ensued. One officer was grazed by a bullet but suffered only minor injuries. Long was killed. | indystar.com | ||
15970 | Jason Lee Evans | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2015 | Salemburg | NC | 35.0643806 | -78.4907834 | Sampson County Sheriff's Office | Evans fired a shot into the ceiling of a convenience store during an armed robbery. Deputies caught up with his vehicle about 20 miles away. Evans fired at the officers, who fatally shot him. | abc11.com | ||
15971 | Richard Dale Weaver | 83 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2015 | Newalla | OK | 35.3752345 | -97.1720798 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Police responded to a call about an elderly man carrying a machete and making threats to passing cars and people in the area. An officer approached and the man refused to put the machete down. The officer shot and killed the man at the scene. | koco.com | ||
15972 | Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/12/2015 | Baltimore | MD | 39.3081469 | -76.644909 | Baltimore Police Department | According to police, Freddie Gray was arrested because he "fled unprovoked upon noticing police," and he was found to have a knife in his pocket. He died from complications from broken vertebrae/partially severed spinal cord | baltimoresun.com | ||
15973 | Marcus Fanning | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2015 | Blue Springs | MO | 39.030684 | -94.3137655 | Blue Springs Police Department | Marcus Fanning was killed in a crash after fleeing from police in an allegedly stolen car. Fanning's family said that the teen suffered from depression. They say that police were called to the home, but that Fanning drove away. According to police, two officers pursued Fanning as he drove at around 100 mph on Valley View until he crashed into a pickup truck driven by an elderly couple shortly after 2 p.m. Fanning was pronounced dead at the scene. The couple in the pickup were taken to an area hospital in stable condition. | fox4kc.com | ||
15966 | Donald Wayne Allen | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 04/11/2015 | Sand Springs | OK | 36.0916919 | -96.1339416 | Sand Springs Police Department | Police said they received a call that a man was firing a gun in his backyard in Prattville and went to the neighborhood just after 8 a.m. Officers say he wouldn't drop the gun and threatened them. The man again confronted officers, rushing at one with the gun pointed, according to Sand Springs Chief of Police Daniel Bradley. That's when Bradley said the officer fired three shots and the man was killed. | newson6.com | ||
15967 | Anthony Nguyen | 24 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 04/11/2015 | Richmond | CA | 37.9443638 | -122.3454613 | Richmond Police Department | Anthony Nguyen was killed when a driver fleeing officer Brandon Hodges broadsided a car he was riding in. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
15963 | Richard Brian Reed | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 04/10/2015 | Topeka | KS | 39.0519109 | -95.7614134 | Topeka Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol | The subject allegedly carjacked two cars, the second of which he allegedly rammed into police cruisers. Police opened fire and the subject died nine days later in the hospital. | graytvinc.com | ||
15964 | Angel Cresencio Corona Jr | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/10/2015 | Corning | CA | 39.9366645 | -122.2007311 | Tehama County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a call of a disturbance in a mobile home park and found the subject outside a mobile home stabbing a relative. The deputy shot and killed the subject. | krcrtv.com | ||
15965 | Bridget Klecker | 42 | Female | European-American/White | 04/10/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7926612 | -122.4044384 | San Francisco Police Department | Pedestrian Bridget Klecker was killed when she was struck by a car fleeing police in San Francisco. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
15959 | Phillip Michael Burgess | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 04/09/2015 | Boiling Springs | SC | 35.022749 | -82.00614 | Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office | Police went to the subject's house to serve a narcotics warrant when he allegedly pointed a gun at them and was killed by the officers. | goupstate.com | ||
15960 | Don Oneal Smith Jr. | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/09/2015 | Monon | IN | 40.8761329 | -86.8779382 | Indiana State Police, Watseka Police Department | Don Oneal Smith Jr. allegedly committed an armed robbery and carjacking in Illinois where he took a hostage and drove to Indiana. There, he held up a check cashing business and eventually was run off the road by a set of police spike strips. He was shot and killed as he brandished a handgun. | jconline.com | ||
15961 | Jess Leipold | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 04/09/2015 | Gettysburg | PA | 39.8587225 | -77.158166 | Pennsylvania State Police | Jess Leipold showed up to the Adams County prison and brandished a rifle, and state police shot and killed him. | pennlive.com | ||
15962 | Gordon Talmage Kimbrell Jr. | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 04/09/2015 | Navarre | FL | 30.4143563 | -86.8465423 | Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a call about a man with a weapon and encountered the subject in possession of a samurai sword. He allegedly attacked the officers who shot him dead. | northescambia.com | ||
15952 | Roston Lee Hanson | .17 | Male | European-American/White | 04/08/2015 | Jetmore | KS | 38.0844625 | -99.8934619 | Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office | The infant died recently at a home in the Hodgeman County town of Jetmore. The circumstances are unclear, but as the death was being investigated by the Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations, they found evidence significant enough to arrest the infant's father, Kody Hanson, and charge him with first degree murder and felony child abuse. Circumstances surrounding Roston's death have not yet been released. | dodgeglobe.com | ||
15953 | Joseph Jeremy Weber | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 04/08/2015 | Sunnyvale | CA | 37.403527 | -121.9957344 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Police confronted the suspect in an alley after a liquor store robbery. The subject, an army veteran said to be suffering from PTSD allegedly moved toward one of the officers with a knife and was shot dead. | cbslocal.com | ||
15954 | Douglas Dewayne Faith | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 04/08/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4893826 | -98.4277322 | San Antonio Police Department | Police attempted a traffic stop, but Douglas Dewayne Faith allegedly led them on a chase. When they caught up to him, he fired at officers and they shot and killed him. | ksat.com | ||
15955 | Dexter Bethea | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/08/2015 | Valdosta | GA | 30.8440833 | -83.3319403 | Lowndes County Sheriff's Office | Officers arrested two and shot Dexter Bethea at an Econo Lodge motel. Bethea was attempting to flee by vehicle, and struck on officer. Police alleged vehicular assault. | valdostadailytimes.com | ||
15956 | Roberto Rodriguez | 39 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/08/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0408919 | -118.2101012 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers chased Roberto Rodriguez, wanted for an earlier murder, on foot. Rodriguez allegedly fired on police and was shot and killed. | lacounty.gov | ||
15957 | Mark Dean Smith | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 04/08/2015 | Kellyville | OK | 35.9593409 | -96.2797279 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | Deputies responded to a domestic violence call at the subject's residence and an officer shot the subject, killing him at the scene. No further information has been released. | tulsaworld.com | ||
15958 | Michael Earl Lemon | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 04/08/2015 | Lake Isabella | CA | 35.6438756 | -118.4139391 | Kern County Sheriff's Office | The Kern County Sheriff's Office says they used less than lethal force on Lemon while trying to get him in handcuffs. They now say the two deputies used batons, tasers and pepper spray to control Lemon though its not clear which deputy used what. | bakersfield.com | ||
22500 | Joseph Ray Chappell | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/08/2015 | Cana | VA | 36.5767067 | -80.6792378 | Carroll County Sheriff's Office | The Carroll County Sheriff's Office initiated a pursuit of a vehicle that refused to stop for a deputy shortly before 9:45 a.m. Joseph Chappell reportedly fled police first in a vehicle, then on foot. He ran behind a residence before shooting and killing himself. | google.com | ||
15951 | Erick Rose | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 04/07/2015 | Shawnee | OK | 35.3363068 | -97.0616631 | Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office | Erick Rose led police on a high-speed pursuit and refused to get out of his car after it crashed. He brandished a handgun, and officers shot and killed him. | news-star.com | ||
15946 | Alexander Myers | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 04/06/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.6819504 | -86.2734269 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Police say the man, later identified as 23-year-old Alexander Myers, confronted officers with a rifle after they were called out on a report of a suicidal individual. | wishtv.com | ||
15947 | Tyrell Jon "TJ" Larsen | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 04/06/2015 | Rigby | ID | 43.6410913 | -111.9063075 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | A Bonneville County deputy tried to initiate a traffic stop on the subject who was a felon with charges of Larsen was a convicted felon with drug, weapons, traffic, and hunting violations. The subject refused to stop and turned off his lights, leading the deputy on a high-speed chase in the dark. Eventually he pulled into a driveway and drove into a cement foundation. When the deputy got out to see if the subject was OK, he drew a .22 caliber rifle and refused to drop it. The deputy fired and killed the subject. | localnews8.com | ||
15948 | Desmond Willis | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/06/2015 | Harvey | LA | 29.8768702 | -90.0482236 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office | Detectives attempted a vehicle stop of Mr. Willis on suspicion of drug dealing. Willis initially stopped but drove away. Detectives chased. Willis drove to an area of retail businesses, wrecked his vehicle and fled on foot. Witnesses say Willis pointed a gun at deputies and fired. A gun battle ensued. Willis was eventually killed. A gun was found near Willis' body with another gun in his pocket. | nola.com | ||
15949 | Jared Forsyth | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 04/06/2015 | Ocala | FL | 29.323241 | -82.194845 | Ocala Police Department | During a firearms training session at a local correctional institution Officer Forsyth accidentally took a round in the side, which bypassed his bulletproof vest and entered his chest. He died several hours later in surgery. | mynews13.com | ||
15950 | Jeffrey Stogsdill | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/06/2015 | Oroville | CA | 39.3865514 | -121.5765631 | Butte County Sheriff's Office | Passenger Jeffrey Stogsdill was killed after the driver lost control of a 1993 Honda Accord, went off the road, crashed through a fence and overturned in a field while he was being pursued by a deputy. Stogsdill was initially thought to be the driver and sole occupant of the car. However, after further investigation, deputies determined that Stogsdill was the Honda's passenger and that the driver, George Daniel Ellis III, 43, had survived and fled the scene before deputies arrived. Ellis had allegedly fled an attempted traffic stop just before 9 p.m. | krcrtv.com | ||
15943 | Richard August Hanna | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 04/05/2015 | Tehachapi | CA | 35.1274546 | -118.4142444 | Tehachapi Police Department | Officers responding to a domestic violence call found Hanna in a vehicle with a weapon. He allegedly fired once while in the vehicle, exited and advanced on officers, who shot him. He died at Tehachapi Hospital. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
15944 | Ken Cockerel | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 04/05/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6546101 | -112.1432014 | Phoenix Police Department | Police officers responded to a 911 call that a man had stabbed himself in the chest and after not responding to authorities, he was shot and killed. | azcentral.com | ||
15945 | Robert DuBray Jr. | 15 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 04/05/2015 | Rapid City | SD | 44.0676855 | -103.1667596 | Rapid City Police Department | Robert DuBray Jr. was killed died in a rollover crash that left at least five others injured after a police chase. At about 2:40 a.m., police responded to a report of suspicious activity and immediately became involved in the pursuit. Police said they'd identified the vehicle as being stolen. Police said the chase lasted about two minutes, ending when the driver failed to negotiate a turn, struck the curb and rolled several times through the grassy right-of-way in front of Neumiller Truck & Auto Body. | rapidcityjournal.com | ||
15938 | Paul Anthony Anderson | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/04/2015 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8356103 | -117.8524965 | Anaheim Police Department | An Anaheim police officer shot and killed an armed man as he brandished a submachine gun following a traffic stop. | orangecountyda.org | ||
15939 | Justus Howell | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/04/2015 | Zion | IL | 42.4522964 | -87.8449568 | Zion Police Department | The officer fired two shots, reportedly hitting the victim in the back, when an officer spotted what he thought was a gun. | suntimes.com | ||
15940 | Ethan Noll | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 04/04/2015 | Edgewood | NM | 35.0539409 | -106.1946583 | New Mexico State Police | The fatal shooting of an Edgewood man by State Police officers early Saturday came after at least three calls to the police in a neighborhood dispute and ended when the man stepped from his truck and pointed a semiautomatic-type rifle at officers and refused to drop it, | abqjournal.com | ||
15941 | William J. Dick III | 28 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 04/04/2015 | Tonasket | WA | 48.4618195 | -119.0012171 | U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Patrol | Police pursued the subject who had allegedly just robbed a hitchhiker of .22-caliber pistol at his head and took $150 and a fly rod. The subject crashed his van into a tree and fled on foot. the Forest Service officer used the Taser on Dick to gain compliance but Dick became unresponsive and died at the scene. | seattletimes.com | ||
15942 | Walter Lamar Scott | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/04/2015 | North Charleston | SC | 32.8994129 | -80.0142688 | North Charleston Police Department | Scott was pulled over by a North Charleston police officer Michael Slager. He pulled into the Advance Auto Parts store's parking lot. At that point, witnesses say the suspect tried to get out of his car which led to an argument. The man was shocked with a Taser and then tried to run away. Video evidence suggests Slager shot him in the back and then attempted to plant evidence to support his story that Scott took his Taser, and Slager feared for his life. | abcnews4.com | ||
15935 | David Tyre | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2015 | Bridgeville | DE | 38.7078012 | -75.5514507 | Delaware State Police, Bridgeville Police Department | As state and local police closed in on a car linked to the armed robbery of a branch bank, the Impala slowed and a shot was heard. The shot was passenger Tyre killing himself. The female driver was released without charges, at first, but then implicated in the crime. | delmarvanow.com | ||
15936 | David Cody Lynch | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2015 | Warner | OK | 35.494616 | -95.3053035 | Warner Police Department | When a Warner officer arrived at U.S. 64 near 158th Street South to investigate, Lynch assaulted the officer, according to an OSBI news release. The officer "deployed his Taser," the release stated. After Lynch was handcuffed, the officer noticed Lynch was not breathing. An ambulance took him to a Muskogee hospital where he was pronounced dead | newsok.com | ||
15937 | Christopher A. Prevatt | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 04/03/2015 | Winchester | VA | 39.1920115 | -78.1284376 | Frederick County Sheriff's Office | Frederick County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call from a residence in the 100 block of Gregory Place in the Regency Lakes subdivision. The emergency call was for a domestic situation. When the sheriff's deputy arrived on scene and entered the residence, he encountered Christopher A. Prevatt who brandished a knife, and police subsequently shot and killed him. | localdvm.com | ||
27421 | Darnell Glen Benson | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/03/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7759174 | -122.4043399 | San Francisco Police Department | Police initially responded to a trespassing call and took Benson to jail on a warrant. He became so agitated that they decided to move him to General Hospital on a possible 5150 before booking him in jail. He became "combative" and was sedated. He suffered a heart attack and anoxic brain injury. | sfdistrictattorney.org | ||
15930 | Darrin A. Langford | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/02/2015 | Rock Island | IL | 41.4995894 | -90.5807355 | Rock Island Police Department | Police say arriving officers engaged in a foot pursuit with an individual who was observed to be armed with a handgun. | qctimes.com | ||
15931 | Donald "Dontay" Shaw Ivy | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/02/2015 | Albany | NY | 42.661048 | -73.757971 | Albany Police Department | At approximately 12:36 a.m., officers questioned Ivy, a paranoid schizophrenic with a heart condition. He fled down Second Street. Officers chased Ivy, shooting him with a Taser at least once. The Taser failed to subdue Ivy, whom they chased and handcuffed. When he stopped breathing, officers attempted CPR and called for help. Ivy died at Albany Medical Center. The City of Albany was ordered to pay Dontay Ivy's family $625,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. | timesunion.com | ||
15932 | Aaron Marcus Rutledge | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 04/02/2015 | Pineville | LA | 31.3454853 | -92.4058347 | Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office | A Rapides Parish Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man Thursday morning in Pineville after he had pointed a gun at deputies and had refused to drop the weapon, according to a release. | thetowntalk.com | ||
15933 | Donald J. Hicks | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 04/02/2015 | Metropolis | IL | 37.1760102 | -88.6766482 | Metropolis Police Department | Authorities reported that Hicks was suicidal, and when they responded to a call they found him driving. As a car chase ended because Hicks drove over spike strips, officers allege that he pointed a gun at an officer, and the officer then shot him to death. | thesouthern.com | ||
15934 | Eric Courtney Harris | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/02/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1830206 | -95.9403099 | Tulsa Police Department | Eric Courtney Harris was shot and killed by Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, who claimed he accidentally fired his pistol instead of his Taser. Robert Bates, 76, who was sentenced to four years in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, Eric Harris, was released after serving a little more than two years. | cnn.com | ||
15928 | Robert Washington | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/01/2015 | Hawthorne | CA | 33.9019056 | -118.3373317 | Los Angeles Police Department | Denise Chiffon Berry pulled up to an officer, claiming that she and her son, 12, were being followed. She parked in front of the officer's car. A white Cadillac pulled up to the officer and the woman. Washington, in the passenger seat, began shooting. The officer shot back. Washington killed the woman and wounded her son. The officer killed Washington. Two other men in the Cadillac were arrested. | cbslocal.com | ||
15929 | Sean Clyde aka Shawn Clyde | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 04/01/2015 | Hamilton Township | NJ | 40.2159776 | -74.7106932 | Hamilton Police Department | Shawn P. Clyde, who was shot by police earlier in the month when he was found repeatedly stabbing his father and refused to drop the knife, succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital. | www.nj.com | ||
15919 | Carl Andre Conway | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 03/31/2015 | Jackson | MS | 32.386153 | -90.127996 | Jackson Police Department | Carl Andre Conway barricaded himself in a Jackson home and reportedly shot himself in the head as SWAT members attempted to go in. Conway was wanted for three robberies in the metro area. | msnewsnow.com | ||
15920 | Benjamin Quezada | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/31/2015 | Baytown | TX | 29.7330608 | -94.970686 | Baytown Police Department | An officer responded to a complaint that an armed man was standing in a street. Quezada, mentally disabled, was confronted by the officer, unaware of his disabilities, as he walked around with a pellet gun that resembled an AR-15. When Quezada ignored three orders to drop the weapon and turned to face the officer, the officer killed him with a shotgun. | click2houston.com | ||
15921 | Jeremy James Anderson | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/31/2015 | Tampa | FL | 28.1020178 | -82.4895945 | U.S. Marshals Service, Tampa Police Department | Anderson was wanted on sex-related charges and was deemed a high-risk arrest. Federal and local officers encountered him in a residential backyard, and Anderson was fatally shot after he exchanged fire with them. | baynews9.com | ||
15925 | Anthony Stokes | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2015 | Roswell | GA | 34.0609273 | -84.3245574 | Roswell Police Department | Stokes was a robbery suspect and involved in a high speed car chase with police, when he collided with a pole and died. | wsbtv.com | ||
15926 | Phillip George White | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/31/2015 | Vineland | NJ | 39.48458420000001 | -75.0355498 | Vineland Police Department | Police called about a subject acting "erratic." Upon contact, they tried to arrest him, handcuff him and are shown punching him in the back while a police dog attacked him. He died on the way to the hospital. Officers Louis Platania and Rich Janasiak were cleared. Despite the physical trauma, a medical examiner ruled the killing accidental and caused by Phencyclidine Intoxication, caused by the PCP in his system. | www.nj.com | ||
15927 | Sammy Glen Cook | 71 | Male | European-American/White | 03/31/2015 | Dallas | TX | 32.6453975 | -96.8764968 | Dallas Police Department | Working an off-duty job as a security guard, Officer Mason told Cook that he was trespassing. Cook refused to leave and fell to the floor during a scuffle with Officer Mason. Officer Mason offered to call an ambulance. Cook refused him and crawled away. Cook later died at a hospital due to a hip fracture and heart problems. | dylanlf.com | ||
15915 | Dominick R. Wise | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/30/2015 | Culpeper | VA | 38.4835174 | -77.9795155 | Culpeper Police Department | An officer used a Taser "with limited effect" on Wise and then, with even more officers on the scene, the man was subdued and cuffed. | fredericksburg.com | ||
15916 | Mya Hall aka Ricky Shawatza Hall | 27 | Transgender | African-American/Black | 03/30/2015 | Fort George Meade | MD | 39.0978927 | -76.7291781 | National Security Administration Police Department | Officers reported that Mya Hall was driving with another person toward a restricted access gate the National Security Administration, and when she disobeyed orders to leave and sped toward a police cruiser, she was shot to death. Hall was a transgender woman who was born Ricky. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset. It's disrespectful, and we're sorry about the necessity. Police alleged vehicular assault. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15917 | Brian Avon Babb | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2015 | Eugene | OR | 44.0892696 | -123.1811479 | Eugene Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call when Brian Babb pointed a rifle at police, and police shot and killed him. | registerguard.com | ||
28202 | Anthony D. Clark-Reed | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/30/2015 | Detroit | MI | 42.3091876 | -83.1327139 | Detroit Police Department | Detroit police officers Tracy Moreno, Robin Carver, and Eric Carthan pulled Clark-Reed's burgundy Dodge Charger over because it had partially tinted windows. Clark-Reed turned off the car, open all its windows, and placed his hands behind his head. Moreno opened the driver's door, ordered Clark-Reed to exit and lay on the ground, then handcuffed him while sitting on his back. He asked the officers to get his inhaler because he thought he was having an asthma attack. But the officers stood him up, while they unsuccessfully searched his car. They brought him his inhaler and ineffectively administered it themselves, allegedly killing him. | voiceofdetroit.net | ||
15912 | Byron Herbert | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/29/2015 | Elizabethtown | KY | 37.7340086 | -85.8890606 | Elizabethtown Police Department | Police responded to call about a man beating a woman in a supermarket parking lot. On arrival, the man pointed a gun at the officers and was shot dead. | wlky.com | ||
15913 | Jason Moland | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/29/2015 | Modesto | CA | 37.691049 | -120.97069 | Ceres Police Department | Off-duty police officer Thomas Miller and Jason Moland's wife were in a park at night, and Moland approached them. There was a confrontation in which Moland pointed a BB gun, and the officer shot Moland to death. | mercedsunstar.com | ||
15914 | John Marcell Allen | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 03/29/2015 | Boulder City | NV | 35.9729714 | -114.841534 | Boulder City Police Department | Officers reported that they responded to a call about gunshots fired, and when they arrived Allen was outside his apartment and shot at them, at which point they shot him to death. | washingtontimes.com | ||
15909 | Robert Rooker | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 03/28/2015 | Peebles | OH | 39.0824231 | -83.2544904 | Pike County Sheriff's Office | The fatal shooting occurred after Rooker had led deputies on a chase for several miles in western Pike County. | scribd.com | ||
15910 | Meagan Hockaday | 26 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/28/2015 | Oxnard | CA | 34.227815 | -119.182885 | Oxnard Police Department | Meagan Hockaday was fatally shot by Oxnard Police Officer Roger Garcia responding to a domestic dispute. She advanced upon the officer while brandishing a knife. | cbslocal.com | ||
15911 | Earlie Lee Kepley Jr. | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/28/2015 | Thomasville | NC | 35.8769637 | -80.0446478 | Thomasville Police Department | Kepley was the passenger in a vehicle chased by police around 2:00 a.m. for failure to stop for an officer. The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a roadside lake at a country club; Kepley drowned. | journalnow.com | ||
15903 | Gary Kendrick | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2015 | Encinitas | CA | 33.0497291 | -117.2429074 | San Diego County Sheriff's Office | A San Diego County sheriff's deputy, Steven Block, shot Gary Kendrick, after Kendrick was found sitting in the grass with a shotgun pointed at himself. Officials said that Kendrick had told deputies to shoot him and began to turn the weapon in their direction, so they shot and killed him.. | nbcsandiego.com | ||
15904 | Neil J. Seifert | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2015 | Webster | MA | 42.0558829 | -71.8781751 | Webster Police Department | Girlfriend called the police saying suspect assaulted her and took her car. Suspect led them on a short chase back to girlfriend's home where he fired a shotgun at them. Police opened fire. | telegram.com | ||
15905 | Jamalis Hall | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/27/2015 | Fort Pierce | FL | 27.4355977 | -80.3268212 | St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office | Task force trying to serve a warrant pulled suspect over. Suspect allegedly reached for a filet knife, and police opened fire. | wesh.com | ||
15906 | Angelo West | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/27/2015 | Roxbury | MA | 42.3126181 | -71.0899224 | Boston Police Department | Officers of The Youth Violence Strike Force pulled West over and he began firing at them, hitting one cop point blank. They returned fire, killing him. | streetwise.co | ||
15907 | Adrian Hernandez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/27/2015 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.395577 | -119.0027807 | Bakersfield Police Department | The suspect in a rape and murder, Hernandez set fire to his ex's house and led police on a chase, ending when he got out of his car brandishing a gun. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
15908 | Harvey E. Oates | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 03/27/2015 | Fort Ashby | WV | 39.4823458 | -78.8095903 | West Virginia State Police | Police responded to a man with known warrants who was "agitated" and armed. After a 90-minute negotiation, Harvey Oates allegedly brandished a gun and was shot and killed. | wvmetronews.com | ||
15898 | Gregory Thomas Joseph Smith | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2015 | Crown Point | IN | 41.4479418 | -87.3685688 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | Smith died while being transferred from the Hobart Police Department to the Crown Point Police Department due to violent behavior. Police tried to subdue him with a taser and he died at 1:45 p.m. The Northwest Indiana Gazette reported that he was in the process of being booked. Smith's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sheriff John Buncich. | nwitimes.com | ||
15899 | Adrian Solis | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/26/2015 | Wilmington | CA | 33.7824146 | -118.2701369 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers responded to a call about a suicidal man with a knife. | dailybreeze.com | ||
15900 | Deanne Choate | 53 | Female | European-American/White | 03/26/2015 | Gardner | KS | 38.8166982 | -94.9134526 | Gardner Police Department | Police responded to a call from boyfriend saying his girlfriend had discharged a gun inside her house. The details are unknown at this point. | kansascity.com | ||
15901 | Robert Timothy McAlister Jr. | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2015 | Greenville | SC | 34.8252416 | -82.3281923 | Greenville Police Department | Officers reported that McAlister had been involved in an accident, and when confronted he fled in the police cruiser. Later in the chase, McAlister crashed the vehicle and died. | wyff4.com | ||
15902 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 03/26/2015 | Independence | MO | 39.0974916 | -94.4384359 | Independence Police Department | An unidentified man reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police. Officers had surrounded the residence just before 9 a.m.,when the man, who was wanted on suspicion of aggravated assault, barricaded himself inside. A police spokesman said officers went inside the home just after 2 p.m. and found the man dead. Police said the man took his own life. | kmbc.com | |||
19548 | Matthew Dale Grider | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/26/2015 | Gravel Switch | KY | 37.544648 | -84.98517 | Boyle County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky State Police | Kentucky State Police had been seeking Matthew Dale Grider, 34, who allegedly exchanged fire with the KSP Drug Enforcement Unit when a trooper attempted to execute a search warrant on him. Police received a tip that Grider had been seen in the area of Curtis Road in rural Boyle County. Police began tracking Grider in that area. The search led them to a barn in a field where Grider was spotted as he left on foot out the rear of the barn. After a lengthy pursuit, Grider pulled a gun and fatally shot himself. | wdrb.com | ||
15896 | Victor Daniel Terrazas | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/25/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9437564 | -118.291593 | Los Angeles Police Department | Police were investigating the murder of a woman just four block away when they found the suspect armed with a shotgun. Police opened fire killing the suspect. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
15897 | Jeremy L. Kelly | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/25/2015 | Johnsonville | SC | 33.8195019 | -79.461952 | Johnsonville Police Department, Florence County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a call of shots fired, SWAT team called and opened fire when suspect pointed gun at them. | carolinalive.com | ||
18983 | John Larrell "Mookie" Marqese Hampton | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/25/2015 | Greenville | SC | 34.7853698 | -82.411241 | South Carolina Highway Patrol | A trooper tried to pull over a vehicle that was suspected to be stolen. The vehicle had a broken window and a paper tag, according to police. The suspect pulled over in a parking lot, but then drove away. The trooper started to chase the vehicle, but then stopped because of heavy morning traffic and John Hampton's reckless driving. The trooper continued to drive down White Horse Road and found Hampton crashed into another vehicle near Old Grove Road. Hampton was killed in the crash. | wyff4.com | ||
15891 | Walter J. Brown III | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/24/2015 | Portsmouth | VA | 36.820378 | -76.36943 | Virginia State Police | Suspect was pursued by police to his home where he struggled and was Tasered twice. Police say he pulled a gun and shot him dead. | pilotonline.com | ||
15892 | Steven T. Snyder | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2015 | Fond du Lac | WI | 43.784291 | -88.48254 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State trooper on his first day out alone on duty thought he recognized man from bank robbery and tried to pull him over. Suspect shot and killed officer whose shots killed him.. | state.wi.us | ||
15893 | Nicholas Taft Thomas | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/24/2015 | Atlanta | GA | 33.863998 | -84.4777977 | Smyrna Police Department | Officers claim that Nicholas Taft Thomas fled from a Goodyear store in his car when they attempted to serve him a warrant. Then, they say that he was speeding toward them, and they feared for their lives so they shot him to death. | atlantablackstar.com | ||
15894 | Joseph Tassinari | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2015 | Glendale | AZ | 33.5817447 | -112.2027482 | Glendale Police Department | Tassinari, a Vietnam veteran, "showed a gun" to a woman at an ATM machine. She gave his license plates to the police, who showed up at his home and found him in his car. He reached for something in the waistband and was tasered (to little or no effect) and then shot. | azfamily.com | ||
15895 | Scott Dunham | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 03/24/2015 | San Jose | CA | 37.3052149 | -121.841491 | San Jose Police Department | Three officers approached Dunham's condo and were ambushed. One officer killed, Officer Douglas Potwora shot and killed Dunham. | mercurynews.com | ||
15883 | Chad Cullen Childress | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2015 | Loxley | AL | 30.6915222 | -87.6839823 | Loxley Police Department | Chad Cullen Childress was killed after his vehicle crashed while fleeing from police. | www.al.com | ||
15884 | John Kenneth Hedden | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2015 | Opelousas | LA | 30.510183 | -92.0752007 | Opelousas Police Department, Louisiana State Police | John Kenneth Hedden was reportedly killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ended an 8-hour standoff at the Chateau Wein apartment complex. Hedden had barricaded himself in his apartment at around 3 a.m. when police responded to a call from Hedden's girlfriend during an argument. Officers arrived to see both Hedden and the woman outside in an argument. Hedden then went inside and did not come out. After the woman warned police of Hedden owning several guns, Opelousas police officers and Louisiana State Police officers surrounded the complex. After trying to negotiate with Hedden, state police sent a robot into the complex with a camera, which discovered that Hedden dead from a gunshot wound. | dailyworld.com | ||
15885 | Devin J. Gates | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/22/2015 | Santa Clara | CA | 37.3609969 | -121.9594889 | Santa Clara Police Department | Gates allegedly walked into a 7-11 and tried to rob it at gunpoint. Officers responded in the parking lot, shooting him dead. | mercurynews.com | ||
15886 | James Moore | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.0780483 | -95.9584026 | Tulsa Police Department | Officers were driving down highway and a man in dark clothing walked into their path and was killed. | newson6.com | ||
15887 | Christopher R. Healy | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2015 | Portland | OR | 45.5058618 | -122.5299599 | Portland Police Bureau | Police called to a home for a burglary and were confronted by the subject with a knife. Officers opened fire and killed the man. | oregonlive.com | ||
15888 | Denzel Brown | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/22/2015 | Islip | NY | 40.7398235 | -73.2370029 | Suffolk County Police Department | Brown was suspected of shoplifting from a Best Buy. Police responded and found him hiding in the parking lot. Subject attempted to open car doors in lot. Tried to steal a car from a couple with children in back seat. Officers shot and killed him. | longislandexchange.com | ||
15889 | Jeffrey L. Jackson | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 03/22/2015 | Williamsburg | KY | 36.7330785 | -84.1546919 | Kentucky State Police | Police responded to a call of a man trying to flag down traffic on a highway jumping on the hoods of cars. He allegedly fought with police and then stopped breathing at the scene where he was pronounced dead. | thetimestribune.com | ||
15890 | Oscar Chavira Almeida Sr. | 60 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/22/2015 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.1152946 | -106.7015101 | Albuquerque Police Department | Ofimiano Herrera fled from police and lost control of his car slamming into an SUV. Oscar Almeida Sr. was killed in the crash. Almeida's wife is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. His son and son's girlfriend also suffered serious injuries. | krqe.com | ||
15877 | Romeo Roddrick Staples | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/21/2015 | Palatka | FL | 29.6488758 | -81.6622703 | Putnam County Sheriff's Office | Pursued by police at high speed in a stolen Nissan Pathfinder, and wearing gloves and a handkerchief over his face at the time, Staples' vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a black Mercedes, killing him and injuring his passenger. | news4jax.com | ||
15878 | James J. Ellis | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Holley | NY | 43.192651 | -78.032075 | Orleans County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a call about a man shooting a gun in the town of Shelby. James J. Ellis fled at high speed and crashed into a telephone pole. He then went into the woods, fired at police, and police shot and killed him. | orleanshub.com | ||
15879 | Gary Page | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Harmony | IN | 39.533257 | -87.074414 | Clay County Sheriff's Office | Subject called police and asked them to come shoot him. They found him waving a gun and fired at him, killing him at the scene. | tribstar.com | ||
15880 | Jason Lee Smith | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Columbus | OH | 40.0295138 | -82.9989424 | Columbus Division of Police | Man was making threats to his family. He returned when the police arrived and struggled with an officer who shot and killed him. | legacy.com | ||
15881 | Philip Conley | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Vallejo | CA | 38.1317014 | -122.2226364 | Vallejo Police Department | Man with a fake gun in his waistband commits suicide by cop wielding knife in parking lot. Left note for his loved ones. | patch.com | ||
15882 | Enoch Gaver | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Cottonwood | AZ | 34.7123782 | -112.0024206 | Cottonwood Police Department | Police responded to an assault on a female at Walmart and were greeted by a group of people who allegedly attacked them. Gaver was shot and killed in the melee. Family allegedly lived on the lot and were a Christian band. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
20018 | Jeremiah Michael Herrold | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 03/21/2015 | Port Trevorton | PA | 40.72862 | -76.8971059 | Pennsylvania State Police | Jeremiah Michael Herrold died from injuries suffered when his pickup truck struck a tree while he was fleeing a police stop. | pennlive.com | ||
15872 | Frank C. Viggiano | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.555988 | -74.2068898 | Linden Police Department | Several off-duty officers had been out drinking together, and were involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. Two of the off-duty officers in the smaller vehicle, including Viggiano died. | nydailynews.com | ||
15873 | Joseph "Joe" A. Rodriguez | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2015 | New York City | NY | 40.555988 | -74.2068898 | Linden Police Department | Several off-duty officers had been out drinking together, and were involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. Two of the off-duty officers in the smaller vehicle, including Rodriguez died. | nydailynews.com | ||
15874 | Richard White | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2015 | Kenner | LA | 29.9864503 | -90.2581384 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office | Subject allegedly chased a TSA agent with a machete and was shot by police. | nola.com | ||
15875 | Tyrel Wes Vick | 34 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 03/20/2015 | Wapanucka | OK | 34.4692959 | -96.3725521 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | Police were looking for subject in the death of his brother and saw him on the highway in brother's truck. A chase ensued. Subject shot at police. Police shot back, killing subject. | newson6.com | ||
15876 | Steven Wayne Bruce | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2015 | White Oak | TX | 32.514439 | -94.84284 | White Oak Police Department | A man robbed Gladewater National Bank, then drove away in a dark SUV. An officer conducted a felony stop on a dark SUV driven by Bruce. Bruce fatally shot himself. The Texas Ranger Division and the FBI investigated. | news-journal.com | ||
18988 | Braydon Keith Lee Creech | 5 | Male | European-American/White | 03/20/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.0501576 | -95.9650621 | Tulsa Police Department | Bryon Creech was arrested following a 16-hour standoff in which he fired multiple shots at police and, at some point, allegedly shot and killed his 5-year-old son, Braydon. | tulsaworld.com | ||
15865 | Jamison Edward Childress | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/19/2015 | Sumas | WA | 49.0000608 | -122.2780703 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | It's alleged that Childress was wanted in a murder, and sprayed something into the agent's eyes, and the agent shot him to death. | www.cbc.ca | ||
15866 | Justin Fowler | 24 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 03/19/2015 | Lukachukai | AZ | 36.413976 | -109.213988 | Navajo Nation Police | Officers reported that Fowler was holding his family at gunpoint with an assault rifle, then led police on a chase, at which point he fired on them, killing one officer and was himself shot to death. | nativenewsonline.net | ||
15867 | Adam Jovicic | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/19/2015 | Munroe Falls | OH | 41.1485784 | -81.4299552 | Kent Police Department | An off-duty female officer called 911 because her ex-boyfriend had broken into her home and was beating her, then she shot him to death. Beer bottles were found outside of the house, and investigators are swabbing them for DNA evidence. | mytownneo.com | ||
15868 | Brandon Jones | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/19/2015 | Cleveland | OH | 41.528574 | -81.6090784 | Cleveland Police Department | Officers reported that they responded to a robbery call at Parkwood Grocery early in the morning when the store was closed. Accounts vary about the time of the shooting. Officers say they had a scuffle with Jones, who had a bag, and they shot him to death. There was no weapon found on Jones. | cleveland.com | ||
15869 | Shane Watkins | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 03/19/2015 | Langtown | AL | 34.5295269 | -87.1591547 | LAwrence County Sheriff's Office | Subject was having a schizophrenic episode and called police to say his mother was going to kill him. He grabbed a box cutter and went to meet the deputies outside. He allegedly charged at them, refusing to stop and was killed. | www.al.com | ||
15870 | Kendre Omari Alston | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/19/2015 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3776171 | -81.6834921 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Police were chasing a stolen car when the driver wrecked. The two subjects got out and the driver pointed his gun at the officer but didn't fire. They both fled on foot but the officer tracked down the driver and killed him. | jacksonville.com | ||
15871 | Robert P. Burdge | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/19/2015 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.4135887 | -119.0582319 | Bakersfield Police Department, California Highway Patrol | Subject involved in a love triangle, shot and killed his rival and barricaded himself in the lobby of the Vagabond Inn. SWAT teams killed him. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
15862 | Kaylene Stone | 49 | Female | European-American/White | 03/18/2015 | Peoria | AZ | 33.5817546 | -112.202885 | Glendale Police Department | Stone was seated in her vehicle when two officers approached her, she displayed a weapon and she refused to comply with officers' commands to drop the weapon and, fearing for their lives, they fired multiple shots, killing her. | azcentral.com | ||
15863 | Brandon Rapp | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 03/18/2015 | Middleton | ID | 43.7042704 | -116.5778482 | Canyon County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a domestic disturbance call and were met by a man carrying a gun. Police shot and killed the man. | idahostatesman.com | ||
15864 | Garland Lee Wingo | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 03/18/2015 | Tallahassee | FL | 30.4624861 | -84.2794722 | Tallahassee Police Department | Officers were called to Lake Ella for a report of a white male armed with a weapon who was reportedly sitting on a park bench. Officer approached and somehow discharged his weapon, killing Wingo. | tallahassee.com | ||
15854 | Jeff Alexander | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2015 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3760297 | -119.0148139 | Bakersfield Police Department | Alexander threatened multiple people with a knife at the Hart Hotel after. Officer Nestor Barajas warned him to drop his weapon, which he refused to do. Barajas shot him, and he died at the scene. | bako.com | ||
15855 | Andrew Charles Shipley | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2015 | Medford | OR | 42.3301784 | -122.8987523 | Medford Police Department | Officers were in a standoff after 2 welfare calls to the house of Shipley who was thought to have weapons and to be in the process of being evicted by his girlfriend. Officers reported that Shipley opened the garage and fired at them, and they returned fire killing him. | oregonlive.com | ||
15856 | Eugene Franklin Smith II | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2015 | Onalaska | TX | 30.8114655 | -95.116815 | Onalaska Police Department | Police responded to a call reporting a man at a gas station with a shotgun. When they arrived, there was a firefight, and the man was killed. | kjas.com | ||
15857 | Declan Owen | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 03/17/2015 | Dublin | NC | 34.6411639 | -78.7513028 | Bladen County Sheriff's Office, Bladenboro Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a man near the high school lying in a ditch with a gun. He caught a ride with a stranger and fled into the woods. officers found Owen lying down with his back on the ground and his head propped up against a tree, he was reportedly facing the road. He allegedly pointed the gun at them and the officers fired, killing the subject. | wect.com | ||
15858 | Roberto Jose Leon | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/17/2015 | Sacramento | CA | 38.6822199 | -121.5033149 | California Highway Patrol | A CHP officer attempted to stop a motorcycle. The driver fled and carjacked a Bronco. Officers hit him with several shots, and Leon barricaded himself in his home refusing to surrender. He bled to death from his wounds. | kcra.com | ||
15859 | Askari Roberts | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/17/2015 | Rome | GA | 34.218567 | -85.386994 | Floyd County Sheriff's Office | Roberts who allegedly used meth and cocaine the day before was showing signs of paranoia and thought a gang was coming to kill him. His wife pried his hands away from his son and police arrived and Tasered him two or three times until he became unresponsive and died at the hospital. | northwestgeorgianews.com | ||
15860 | David P. Watford | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/17/2015 | Tallulah | LA | 32.4084435 | -91.1867015 | Louisiana State Police | A trooper reported that they hit Watford with their vehicle while Watford, a truck driver, was walking on a dark highway. | wtvy.com | ||
15861 | Alice Brown | 24 | Female | European-American/White | 03/17/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7894225 | -122.4220832 | San Francisco Police Department | Plainclothes officers reported that they suspected the car that Alice Brown was in as being stolen, and when they showed her their badges, she fled hitting a gas station building, and other cars along the chase. Officers shot her to death. Police alleged vehicular assault. | sfdistrictattorney.org | ||
15849 | Librado Perez-Leon | 61 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/16/2015 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4784259 | -82.5466096 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office | Perez-Leon was struck and killed on his bicycle by a suspect in a stolen Cadillac, fleeing from county deputies in a high-speed chase. | bradenton.com | ||
15850 | Justin Todd Tolkinen | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 03/16/2015 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9538059 | -93.025547 | St. Paul Police Department | Police responded to a call about a man carrying a rifle outside his house. Justin Todd Tolkinen allegedly brandished the weapon, and police shot and killed him. | twincities.com | ||
15851 | Sheldon Haleck | 38 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/16/2015 | Honolulu | HI | 21.3070204 | -157.8603287 | Honolulu Police Department | Police responded to a call about a man running erratically down the street in downtown Honolulu. He kept running and officers used pepper spray and an electric gun. Finally, the man tripped and fell, allowing officers to control him. He became unresponsive and died at the hospital. | hawaiinewsnow.com | ||
15852 | William Dean Poole | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 03/16/2015 | Gaston | NC | 35.203621 | -81.2416658 | Gaston County Police Department | Officers reported that they responded to a call to a veterans' hotline. Poole said that he was suicidal and not to send help because it "would not end well." When officers arrived he was sitting on his lawnmower, opened fire, and the officers returned fire shooting him to death. | charlotteobserver.com | ||
15853 | Robert Dahl | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 03/16/2015 | Napa | CA | 38.4214058 | -122.486006 | Napa County Sheriff's Office, Napa Police Department, California Highway Patrol | Robert Dahl reportedly killed his chief investor Emad Tawfilis in front of deputies at his winery, then led the deputies on a high speed chase through the heart of Napa Valley's wine region before turning gun on himself. | kcra.com | ||
15846 | David Werblow | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/15/2015 | Branford | CT | 41.2693273 | -72.8428871 | Branford Police Department | An unarmed David Werblow died after Branford police shot him with a Taser when he refused to get out of a parked car. Police said Werblow was being uncooperative and had previously attempted to stop cars and enter those vehicles as they passed him walking along Burban Drive in Branford. Police said they initially responded to a call of a disturbance at Werblow's residence. | courant.com | ||
15847 | Troy Ray Boyd | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2015 | Ruth | MS | 31.3258703 | -90.3025247 | Pike County Sheriff's Office | A sheriff and deputy reported that they were called by a witness to a bloody man riding a 4-wheeler with a machete. When the officers tried to stop Troy Ray, he continued driving, and the deputy shot him to death. Police alleged vehicular assault. | wapt.com | ||
15848 | William R. Williams | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 03/15/2015 | Springfield | MO | 37.1479498 | -93.3217694 | Springfield Police Department | William R. Williams reportedly killed his son Brodie, 4, and daughter Marley, 2, and then committed suicide during a 24-hour police standoff. Police initially responded at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to a "check person" call at Lake Shore Apartments. Police said the officers encountered an armed man and set up a perimeter. Negotiations reportedly continued throughout the day. At around noon on Monday, tear gas was fired into the apartment. At 6:06 p.m., an explosion was heard and was reportedly from police trying to get into the apartment. According to police, the bomb squad deployed robots before officers stormed the apartment and found the bodies. Williams died of an an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said the children were shot in their father's apartment, and said they'd likely been dead for 24-48 hours. | dddnews.com | ||
15844 | Richard Castilleja | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/14/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5128155 | -98.5359943 | San Antonio Police Department | An officer responded to a call about a bar fight. One of the participants, Richard Castilleja, allegedly ran out and came back to the scene and fired into a crowd. The officer shot and killed him. | ksat.com | ||
15845 | Aaron Siler | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 03/14/2015 | Kenosha | WI | 42.5835498 | -87.835691 | Kenosha Police Department | Officers reported that they followed Aaron Siler around 9:30 a.m. in a car as he was wanted for a warrant and on parole and probation. Siler crashed, and ran away. The officer claimed that Siler "armed himself," and the officer shot him to death. Siler was holding a bucket. | fox6now.com | ||
15837 | Terence Deon "Ted" Welch | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/13/2015 | Warrior | AL | 33.8181369 | -86.8079563 | Alabama Department of Public Safety | Terence Deon Welch was killed when he was ejected from a car after a colliding with a pickup truck while trying to elude a state trooper. | www.al.com | ||
15838 | Clifton Daniel Reintzel | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2015 | Follansbee | WV | 40.331414 | -80.596043 | West Virginia State Police | Police responded to a call in which a man said he was cutting himself with a knife and they heard a woman screaming in the background. On arrival, Reintzel, a military veteran, allegedly charged officers with the knife. Police opened fire and killed him. | wvmetronews.com | ||
15839 | Andrew Driver | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2015 | Fontana | CA | 34.077612 | -117.4296908 | Fontana Police Department | Driver made several calls to Fontana police threatening to kill them with a knife. When officers showed up at his house he was allegedly weilding a knife. Officers shot him and he died at the hospital. | www.pe.com | ||
15840 | Salome Rodriguez Jr. | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/13/2015 | Pomona | CA | 34.0567701 | -117.7509489 | Los Angeles Police Department | Witnesses reported that an officer shot Salome Rodriguez in what was most likely an alcohol-fueled incident at a bar. Officer Henry Solis was arrested by Mexican police in Juarez and deported to the United States about 2 1/2 months after Rodriguez's killing. On March 11, 2020, the officer involved was sentenced to 40 years in prison. | latimes.com | ||
15841 | Fred E. Liggett Jr. | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 03/13/2015 | Kansas City | MO | 38.9474133 | -94.4867157 | U.S. Marshals Service | Marshals serving an arrest warrant encountered the victim and opened fire in "response to the subject's actions." | kansascity.com | ||
15842 | James Richard Jimenez | 41 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/13/2015 | Napa | CA | 38.3055368 | -122.2746898 | Napa Police Department | Officers reported that they went to serve Jimenez with a warrant for drugs and gun possession, and saw him riding by on a motorcycle. They reported that they followed him, he crashed and even though officers ordered him to raise his hands, he reached for a gun, and they shot him to death. A gun and possible methamphetamine was reported found at the scene. | sfgate.com | ||
15843 | Michael David Winston | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/13/2015 | Cleveland | OH | 41.5071733 | -81.6285392 | Cleveland Police Department | Winston, a former East Cleveland prosecutor, shot himself dead in front of Cleveland police. | google.com | ||
15835 | Bobby Gross | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/12/2015 | Washington | DC | 38.8984752 | -77.0322183 | Metro Transit Police Department | Metro train operator noticed a man inside one of the tunnels and alerted Transit Police. Gross allegedly charged at the female officer with two large sticks, and she opened fire and killed him, | washingtonpost.com | ||
15836 | Antonio Perez | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/12/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.027914 | -118.2734572 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | The subject was allegedly driving a stolen car, crashed it and ran, along with his female passenger. Police shot and killed him when it appeared he was reaching into his waistband. | presstelegram.com | ||
18989 | Williams David Parks Jr. | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 03/12/2015 | Bartlesville | OK | 36.7487883 | -95.9345861 | U.S. Marshals Service, Bartlesville Police Department, Osage County Sheriff's Office, Washington County Sheriff's Office | Williams David Parks Jr., 36, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a shopping center parking lot as police and U.S. Marshals were attempting to take him into custody. | examiner-enterprise.com | ||
15828 | James Greenwell | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 03/11/2015 | Memphis | TN | 35.1569859 | -90.0001686 | Memphis Police Department | Police responded to a call about a mentally ill man who was intoxicated and threatening his father. Police arrived to find the man sitting on his porch with a handgun. Shots were fired and the man died at the scene. | wmcactionnews5.com | ||
15829 | Terry Garnett Jr. | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/11/2015 | Elkton | MD | 39.5734576 | -75.815785 | Cecil County Sheriff's Office | Deputy attempted a traffic stop. Driver of car pulled into side road and then turned car around and started in the general direction of the police car. Officer opened fire and killed Terry Garnett Jr. | myeasternshoremd.com | ||
15830 | Benito Osorio | 39 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/11/2015 | Santa Ana | CA | 33.743165 | -117.867984 | Santa Ana Police Department | Police responded to reports of a shooting. Osorio allegedly shot at another man but missed then got into his truck and shot himself under the chin. Police asked him to get out and drop the gun and Osorio got out with a pistol in his hand. Officers David Garcia, David Enriquez, Nicole Quijas, Ryan Shifflett, and William Sweet opened fire and killed him. | latimes.com | ||
15831 | Aaron Valdez | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/11/2015 | South Gate | CA | 33.9404145 | -118.2182615 | South Gate Police Department | Officers responded to report of an attempt to steal a car. As they detained a man who wasn't involved, Valdez drove in their general direction, driving a stolen Camry. Police opened fire and killed him. | lacounty.gov | ||
15832 | Ryan Dean Burgess | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 03/11/2015 | Kingman | AZ | 35.2039152 | -114.0269235 | Mohave County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a domestic call from a mother who said her son was her son was punching holes in the wall of the residence and was acting in a violent manner. Police arrived and Burgess pointed a BB gun at an officer and refused to out it down. The officer opened fire and killed Burgess. | reviewjournal.com | ||
15833 | Gilbert Fleury | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 03/11/2015 | Bay Minette | AL | 30.8618031 | -87.8905921 | Baldwin County Sheriff's Office | Neighbors called police about a man who was reportedly destroying his home. When they arrived the man pointed a shotgun at them and was killed by police. | www.al.com | ||
15834 | Name withheld by police | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/11/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9632687 | -118.273922 | Los Angeles Police Department | An unidentified 17-year old driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured when a high speed police chase ended in a fiery head-on crash in South Los Angeles. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
15821 | Edixon Ivan Franco | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/10/2015 | Ontario | CA | 34.0501046 | -117.6546866 | Ontario Police Department | Franco threatened suicide to police, then led responding officers on a car chase. When they stopped Franco's vehicle, he got out with a samurai sword. Officers shot him with rubber bullets, then shot him with real bullets as he continued to advance. He died at a nearby hospital. | abc7.com | ||
15822 | Theodore J. Johnson Sr. | 64 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/10/2015 | Cleveland | OH | 41.4501801 | -81.6409598 | Cleveland Police Department | Around 11:30 p.m., a woman went to the Fourth District Station of the Cleveland Police Department, claiming that her partner was threatening her and her landlord with a gun. Multiple officers confronted Johnson at his home. He shot officer David Muniz, who survived, in the chest with a .45-caliber pistol. When he refused to put down his weapon, officers fatally shot him. | 19actionnews.com | ||
15823 | William Russell "Rusty" Smith | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 03/10/2015 | Hoover | AL | 33.4156382 | -86.8512549 | Hoover Police Department | Hoover PD called by a neighbor regarding a domestic incident. They responded around 5:34 pm CST, but were unable to find any evidence of a domestic disturbance. Three vehicles were reported leaving the scene. Those vehicles were found after 6 p.m. near a Piggly Wiggly close by. There, police found three people who had been involved in the incident, including one woman who had a minor cut. Officers then went back to the original house on Valley Street to try to talk to the fourth person involved in the incident. Two officers found Smith, who was armed, and the officers shot the man. | www.al.com | ||
15824 | Christopher Mitchell | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 03/10/2015 | Port Wentworth | GA | 31.9079254 | -81.052835 | Port Wentworth Police Department | Police responded to a call about a stabbing at a mobile home park. They found two men stabbed and a man with a knife who tried to stab a police officer. Police shot and killed the man. | wtvm.com | ||
15825 | Terrance Moxley | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/10/2015 | Mansfield | OH | 40.7608796 | -82.5620975 | Mansfield Police Department | Suspect was displaying violent behavior at a community service location. Police tasered him, he broke free and they tasered him again. He went into medical distress and died at the hospital. | 19actionnews.com | ||
15826 | Jamie Croom | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/10/2015 | Baton Rouge | LA | 30.5367976 | -91.1684402 | U.S. Marshals Service | Marshals report that they were attempting to apprehend Croom from his hotel in Baton Rouge, as he was wanted in two murders. They report that he fired at them, killed one of the marshals, and later died himself from the marshals' return gunfire. | wtaq.com | ||
15827 | Hai Thanh Tran | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/10/2015 | Firebaugh | CA | 36.8486795 | -120.7722918 | California Highway Patrol | Hai Thanh Tran stopped breathing and died shortly after struggling with the CHP during his arrest near Los Banos. | mercedsunstar.com | ||
15815 | Lester Randolph Brown | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 03/09/2015 | Penrose | NC | 35.2745215 | -82.6269344 | North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transylvania County Sheriff's Office | Police and agents from multiple law enforcement agencies were serving a warrant on Brown for allegedly operating an illegal still. Brown ran upstairs as officers arrived and grabbed a rifle, refusing to put it down. Officers from all agencies opened fire and killed Brown. | wyff4.com | ||
15816 | James Brent Damon | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 03/09/2015 | Craig | CO | 40.5129148 | -107.7105198 | Moffat County Sheriff's Office | Officers saw a suspicious car pulled off the highway and upon investigating a man and a woman tried to take them them hostage. Man was killed in the scuffle. | deseretnews.com | ||
15817 | Hue Dang | 64 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/09/2015 | Hackensack | NJ | 40.8683771 | -74.0417261 | Bergen County Prosecutor's Office | Detective was turning onto a street and hit and killed a female pedestrian. | www.nj.com | ||
15818 | Cedrick Lamont Bishop | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/09/2015 | Cocoa | FL | 28.3526797 | -80.7487637 | Brevard County Sheriff's Office | Reports of shots fired in a residential district brought deputies to encounter ex-con Bishop. Reportedly Bishop fired into the deputy's vehicle. Return fire killed him. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
15819 | Anthony Hill | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/09/2015 | Chamblee | GA | 33.8891246 | -84.2863441 | DeKalb County Police Department | Police responded to report of naked man running around apt. complex. When man ran toward cop he was shot twice and killed. | ajc.com | ||
15820 | Juan Antonio Torres-Saldana | 67 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/09/2015 | Laredo | TX | 27.5156527 | -99.5074126 | Laredo Police Department | Torres, armed with a .38 caliber revolver, held the Martinez family hostage after begging them for money. Officers responded. Torres had already shot Anel Martinez, 16, and Alyson Martinez, six, in the backyard. Officers jumped the fence to help the girls. Negotiators contacted Torres. Torres stepped out onto his front porch and pointed the revolver at officers. Officers shot at Torres six times, striking him twice and killing him. Anel and Alyson later died. | google.com | ||
15811 | Aurelio V. Duarte | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/08/2015 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.426507 | -97.583328 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a disturbance and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. They found the subject armed with a rifle. He allegedly refused to put it down and police shot and killed the man. | news9.com | ||
15812 | Michael L. McKillop | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/08/2015 | Claymount | DE | 39.8174449 | -75.4579429 | Delaware State Police | A state trooper responded to a burglar alarm in a shopping center and saw a man quickly getting into his vehicle and trying to leave. The officer tried to stop him and the subject allegedly kept driving, dragging the officer with him as well as hitting his police vehicle. Trooper shot the man in the torso and the subject died at the scene. | delawareonline.com | ||
15813 | Monique Jenee Deckard | 43 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/08/2015 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8201998 | -117.9414358 | Anaheim Police Department | Police responded to a report of a stabbing at a laundromat. Investigating the alleged crime, the police couldn't find a victim but found the suspect, who neighbors described as "unstable" in her apartment. After refusing to come out, the woman came out with two knives and allegedly charged at officers, who fired on her and killed her. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
15814 | Glenn Ward | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 03/08/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4899134 | -98.5849535 | San Antonio Police Department | Officers responded to an assault call. A woman explained that her boyfriend, Ward, had pistol-whipped and choked her. Officers approached Ward's residence. Ward fatally shot himself. | mysanantonio.com | ||
15808 | Charles Permint Jr. | 74 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/07/2015 | Harbeson | DE | 38.697595 | -75.25868 | Delaware State Police | State troopers said "they terminated the pursuit after (the suspect) began driving in an extremely reckless manner" on rural Delaware roads. The suspect was wanted for a number of offenses. Shortly afterward, the suspect ran a stop sign at a country intersection and killed Permint, a passenger in an uninvolved vehicle. | wboc.com | ||
15809 | Adam O'Neal Reinhart | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4693769 | -112.0433176 | Phoenix Police Department | According to police, witnesses and officers said Reinhart pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the officers. An officer then shot and killed him. | azcentral.com | ||
15810 | Antjuan M. Gant | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/07/2015 | Quincy | IL | 39.9336902 | -91.4009398 | Quincy Police Department | Antjuan M. Gant was killed after his 2008 Chevrolet Impala hit a building after a police pursuit. According to police, two officers tried to stop Gant near Eighth and Ohio at about 11:35 p.m. because of a broken headlight. Gant allegedly fled at a high rate of speed, and "due to the specific circumstances," the officers stopped the pursuit. Shortly afterward, Gant hit a parked car and a snow bank, and then crashed into the Arnold, Behrens, Nesbit & Gray P.C. building. | whig.com | ||
15801 | Tyrone Ryerson Lawrence | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2015 | Milwaukee | WI | 42.96828 | -87.9054938 | Milwaukee Police Department | Officers responded to a disturbance call about a man threatening his wife with a knife at her home. The subject had been issued a restraining order against seeing her. When officers arrived the man refused to drop his knife and, fearing he would stab his wife, shot the man dead. | wisn.com | ||
15803 | Andrew Anthony Williams | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2015 | Melrose | FL | 29.7425519 | -81.9585072 | Putnam County Sheriff's Office | During a drug-buying sting operation Andrew Williams was said to have resisted, tried to flee in his car, drove into a tree, then drove in the general direction of deputies. Four deputies fired at him numerous times and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault. | jacksonville.com | ||
15804 | Bernard Moore | 62 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2015 | Atlanta | GA | 33.703393 | -84.408062 | Atlanta Police Department | A deputy on routine patrol hit and killed a man crossing the street. Deputies say the man was more than 100 feet from the nearest crosswalk. | wsbtv.com | ||
15805 | Naeschylus LaDonta Carter-Vinzant | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2015 | Aurora | CO | 39.73558 | -104.798269 | Aurora Police Department | Officers say the deceased was wanted for several crimes, and during a SWAT team interaction, they shot him to death, and didn't realize he was unarmed. | cbslocal.com | ||
15806 | Tony Terrell Robinson | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2015 | Madison | WI | 43.0820322 | -89.366141 | Madison Police Department | Officer broke down the door to an apartment and allegedly was assaulted by Robinson and responded by shooting him. | cnn.com | ||
15807 | James Fred Sizer Sr. | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 03/06/2015 | Austin | TX | 30.39867199999999 | -97.696077 | Austin Police Department | Sizer called police, saying that an armed man was trying to enter his house. He said he would shoot the man if he had to. Corporal Salvatore Reale and Officer Martha Cameron responded. The man left. Sizer waited for officers outside of his house. The officers told Sizer to get on the ground. Sizer said he was disabled and could not. Officer Cameron tasered Sizer. His head struck the sidewalk. He died eight days later. According to a lawsuit, Sizer told police that he would be unarmed when he met them. APD fatally shot six people in 2015. | keyetv.com | ||
15800 | Sergio Alexander Navas | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/05/2015 | Burbank | CA | 34.1510382 | -118.3435502 | Los Angeles Police Department | A suspected car thief led police on a short chade from North Hollywood to Burbank. Police first claimed that the subject intentionally rammed their cruiser but later admitted it was from an accident. Police fired into the driver's side window, killing the subject at the scene. | abc7.com | ||
15802 | Tyson Damian Hubbard | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 03/05/2015 | Lincoln | NE | 40.8745817 | -96.6818421 | U.S. Marshals Service | Officers reported that they were attempting to apprehend Hubbard, a fugitive, and that he eluded them and got into his car and tried to flee, but they shot him to death. They reported that he had a gun in the car, but it's not clear whether he pointed it at officers. | journalstar.com | ||
15797 | Carl Lao | 28 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/04/2015 | Stockton | CA | 37.9482671 | -121.2858516 | Stockton Police Department, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to reports of an argument and found a man with a gun who allegedly opened fire at them. | recordnet.com | ||
15798 | Derek Cruice | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 03/04/2015 | Deltona | FL | 28.886214 | -81.253092 | Volusia County Sheriff's Office | Officers were serving a marijuana warrant, and an officer shot the unarmed Cruice in the face. Police allege he was resisting arrest, but witnesses say otherwise. | clickorlando.com | ||
15799 | Ricardo Guillen Estrada | 58 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/04/2015 | Stockton | CA | 37.953931 | -121.276487 | California Highway Patrol | Ricardo Guillen Estrada was killed when a driver fleeing the CHP crashed into his car. According to officials, the crash occurred after the CHP called off the chase. The CHP in Calaveras County tried to stop a gold sedan, whose driver was reportedly suspected of being impaired. The driver fled and the CHP gave chase. According to the CHP, officers called off the pursuit once the chase reached east Stockton. The crash occurred soon afterward. | abc10.com | ||
15795 | Fednel Rhinvil | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/03/2015 | Salisbury | MD | 38.379207 | -75.6070929 | Maryland State Police | Deputies were alerted of a threat made to shoot up a nearby house. At the scene officers made contact with two suspects but Rhinvil ignored their requests to stop and kept walking away. A chase ensued, and Rhinvil was grabbed climbing a fence. The subject and deputy struggled, and Rhinvil pulled his gun. The deputy fired and killed the man at the scene. | wmdt.com | ||
15796 | Matthew Metz | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 03/03/2015 | Tempe | AZ | 33.4402888 | -111.9308606 | Tempe Police Department | Police responded to a domestic violence call, heard screaming in the apartment and made entry. They were confronted by a man with a knife who had just stabbed a woman and stabbed a female officer. They shot and killed the man at the scene. | azcentral.com | ||
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