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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15794 | Shaquille Barrow | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/02/2015 | Joliet | IL | 41.5081071 | -88.0724436 | Joliet Police Department | Officers say they responded to a robbery call and when searching the Barrow the officer noticed a gun on his person. He then ran away, reached for the gun, and the officer shot him to death. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15784 | DeOntre Lamontz Dorsey | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/01/2015 | White Plains | MD | 38.5602288 | -76.9349199 | Charles County Sheriff's Office | Dorsey drove off the road when having a seizure. Officers found him on his back kicking his legs, unaware he was having a seizure. Dorsey rolled onto his stomach, failed to comply with orders to put his hands behind his back and was tasered in the back. | washingtonpost.com | ||
15785 | Mario Lamar Sledge | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/01/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.7488383 | -86.7962384 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office | Yoneko Renee Cain, Larneal Donell McDonald and Mario Lamar Sledge were killed in a wreck with Terrance Walker who was apparently being pursued for running a stop sign. | www.al.com | ||
15786 | Larneal Donell McDonald | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/01/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.7488383 | -86.7962384 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office | Yoneko Renee Cain, Larneal Donell McDonald and Mario Lamar Sledge were killed in a wreck with Terrance Walker who was apparently being pursued for running a stop sign. | www.al.com | ||
15787 | Yoneko Renee Cain | 31 | Female | Race unspecified | 03/01/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.7488383 | -86.7962384 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office | Yoneko Renee Cain, Larneal Donell McDonald and Mario Lamar Sledge were killed in a wreck with Terrance Walker who was apparently being pursued for running a stop sign. | www.al.com | ||
15788 | Terrance Walker | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/01/2015 | Huntsville | AL | 34.7488383 | -86.7962384 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office | Yoneko Renee Cain, Larneal Donell McDonald and Mario Lamar Sledge were killed in a wreck with Terrance Walker who was apparently being pursued for running a stop sign. | www.al.com | ||
15789 | Donald Lewis Matkins | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 03/01/2015 | Lucedale | MS | 30.7907464 | -88.5982957 | George County Sheriff's Office, Jackson Police Department | Police responded to a 3 a.m. call concerning a man who was shooting at mailboxes and into the air and at the house of a neighbor. On police arrival, the subject went into his house and refused to come out. Officers fired tear gas grenades into the home. When he finally emerged, he pointed a gun at police and was shot dead. | msnewsnow.com | ||
15790 | Darrell "Hubbard" Gatewood | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/01/2015 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4058834 | -97.5244766 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Police responded to a disturbance call about a man breaking things and "fighting with the air." When they arrived at the scene, the man started fighting with them. Deputies tasered the man an unknown number of times and he went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at the hospital. | news9.com | ||
15791 | Jeffrey C. Surnow | 63 | Male | European-American/White | 03/01/2015 | Waikoloa Village | HI | 19.9153502 | -155.778043 | Hawaii Police Department | Sunlow was having a sunrise bike ride, when an officer hit him with a police vehicle. The officer was arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide, but released pending an investigation. | patch.com | ||
15792 | Charly Leundeu "Africa" Keunang | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/01/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0438983 | -118.2437994 | Los Angeles Police Department | Four to five police officers are seen on video surrounding man on the ground and wrestling with him. Whether he actually grabbed an officer's gun is unclear, but there are at least five gunshots heard on the video. Officers Francisco Martinez, Daniel Torres, and Sgt. Chand Syed shot and killed him. | lacounty.gov | ||
15793 | Hector Rodolfo Morales-Esquivel | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 03/01/2015 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3738419 | -98.6103671 | San Antonio Police Department | Morales, drunk, went to Crestwood Apartment Homes and threatened family members with a shotgun. Apartments were evacuated. A Spanish-speaking officer tried to negotiate with Morales by phone. The Spanish-speaking officer heard a gunshot. An entry team found that Morales had laid on a bed, tucked the muzzle of the shotgun underneath his chin and shot himself. | mysanantonio.com | ||
15776 | Ian Sherrod | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/28/2015 | Tarboro | NC | 35.9169247 | -77.5471212 | Tarboro Police Department | The subject, a suspect in the murders of three people was located by police in his truck with a gun. He is believed to have suffered with paranoid schizophrenia. After trying repeatedly to get Sherrod to surrender, police say he got out of the truck and pointed the gun at officers, who shot and killed him. | abc11.com | ||
15777 | Stephanie LeJean Hill | 37 | Female | European-American/White | 02/28/2015 | Ehrenberg | AZ | 33.6034785 | -114.5254542 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Police tried to pull over two suspects wanted in a Sonoma, CA murder of an 84-year-old woman. They led police eastbound from Riverside County across the AZ border. The two were shooting at cars behind them trying to get them to crash into the police in pursuit. Once in AZ, the suspects abandoned the vehicle and the female ran off into the desert. Officers report she raised a weapon and was shot dead at the scene. | cbslocal.com | ||
15778 | Deven Guilford | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 02/28/2015 | Grand Ledge | MI | 42.7556155 | -84.8370579 | Michigan State Police | A routine traffic stop turned into a struggle between the subject and the officer. The officer shot and killed the subject. The officer was treated for wounds at the hospital. | eatoncounty.org | ||
15779 | Thomas Allen Jr. | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/28/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6731893 | -90.2913443 | Wellston Police Department | An officer pulled over a vehicle driven by the subject for a traffic violation. While questioning the subject, a passenger got into the car and attempted to drive away. The officer, fearing for his life, fatally shot the subject who died in the hospital the next day. | stltoday.com | ||
15780 | Cornelius J. Parker | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/28/2015 | Columbia | MO | 38.9493533 | -92.3104383 | Boone County Sheriff's Office | Officers tried to stop Parker's vehicle at El Chaparral Avenue and Route WW and a chase ensued, O'Sullivan said. Parker tried to turn the vehicle south onto Highway 63 and ran off the road in the snowy conditions, a release said. Parker allegedly got out of the vehicle with a handgun, shots were exchanged and he was fatally shot by a deputy. | columbiatribune.com | ||
15781 | Chazsten Noah Freeman | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/28/2015 | Pelzer | SC | 34.6641041 | -82.5116011 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office | After robbing a store Freeman was found at a home by deputies. Freeman fired a gunshot prompting deputies to shoot and killed Freeman. | wyff4.com | ||
15782 | Jessica Uribe | 28 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 02/28/2015 | Tucson | AZ | 32.229649 | -110.9895727 | Tucson Police Department | Police received a report of a suspicious woman around 9 pm near St. Mary's Road and Grande Avenue. When the officer arrived, the woman allegedly charged at him with a knife. The officer shot her and she died hours later in the hospital. | kvoa.com | ||
15783 | Keila Medina Verdusco | 17 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 02/28/2015 | Santa Rosa | CA | 38.4147498 | -122.7135452 | Sonoma County Sheriff's Office | Keila Medina Verdusco was killed and two teenagers in the car she was driving were seriously injured in a crash during a high-speed chase. | pressdemocrat.com | ||
15775 | Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/27/2015 | Santa Ana | CA | 33.7470915 | -117.8776235 | Santa Ana Police Department | Officers who were searching for a robbery suspect spotted a man sitting inside a car who matched the description of the suspect. It's not clear what ensued but police shot the man to death. | ocregister.com | ||
15770 | Kevin Eugene Miller | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/26/2015 | Cheyenne | WY | 41.1231775 | -104.8403964 | Wyoming Highway Patrol | Troopers responding to a 911 hang-up call at 3:30 a.m. saw Miller fleeing the scene in his blue Subaru. They identified him as a suspect in a felony domestic abuse matter and gave chase. He slammed into a concrete barrier during the pursuit and sustained fatal injuries. | kgab.com | ||
15771 | Rodney Dewayne Biggs | 49 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/26/2015 | Gulfport | MS | 30.4247588 | -89.0925502 | Gulfport Police Department | Biggs crashed his truck into a power pole. When police arrived at the scene, they asked Biggs to get out of the truck, but he refused to cooperate. When an officer tried to remove him, he reportedly reached for his gun, and police fired and killed him. | fox10tv.com | ||
15772 | Crystal Lee Miley Harry | 34 | Female | European-American/White | 02/26/2015 | Sylvester | GA | 31.3645972 | -83.9370591 | Worth County Sheriff's Office | Worth County sheriff's deputies tried to pull over Harry and Kelly in their Nissan Sentra, but they refused to stop, Johnson said. "They got into a chase with them and had an accident in the ditch," Johnson said. "They overturned the car." Harry, he said, got out of the car brandishing a pistol. He said he couldn't confirm reports that she had a gun in both hands. "She pointed it at the deputies and they fired on her and killed her," the coroner said. | www.al.com | ||
15773 | David Cuevas | 42 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/26/2015 | Lakeland | FL | 28.1036538 | -81.9506159 | Lakeland Police Department | Cuevas' ex-girlfriend alerted police as the man, arrested then released in Pennsylvania on Florida sexual battery charges, sent her a string of threatening texts as he returned to Florida. Police encountered him in a hamburger restaurant parking lot. He was armed, went for the gun in his waistband, and was fatally shot. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
15774 | Amilcar Perez-Lopez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/26/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7525063 | -122.4141068 | San Francisco Police Department | Police shot a man they said was carrying a knife and attempting to rob a bicyclist. Witnesses dispute police account and say the bicyclist had actually stolen the man's cellphone prior to the officers' arrival. Officers Eric Riboli and Craig Tiffe were relieved of responsibility for the killing. | sfgate.com | ||
15765 | Troy Austin Robertson | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/25/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.8944051 | -95.6380211 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a domestic violence call reporting that Robertson and his father were arguing about a shotgun, and that Robertson had then taken a rifle and gone off into the neighborhood. When they arrived they found Robertson in his backyard hiding behind an air conditioning unit with the rifle. He allegedly refused to drop the gun and pointed it at a deputy. The deputy shot him and he died of his wounds at North Cypress Hospital. Deputies had been called to the home before; Robertson had been having psychological problems. | abc13.com | ||
15766 | Russell Edward Sharrer | 54 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/25/2015 | Chambersburg | PA | 40.0015556 | -77.6444084 | Pennsylvania State Police, Catasauqua Police Department | While on his way from patrol car to booking area, the subject had an altercation with police followed by an unexplainable medical emergency and was sent to the hospital where he later died. | tri-cityherald.com | ||
15767 | Glenn Contay Lewis | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/25/2015 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4973564 | -97.552111 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Officers attempted to pull over Glenn Contay Lewis' car for a traffic stop, but he didn't stop. He led them on a chase and ended up at the end of a dead-end street. Lewis allegedly turned the car around and drove in the general direction of the officers. They fired upon him and killed him. Police alleged vehicular assault. | news9.com | ||
15768 | Francis Lamantia Spivey | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2015 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.2407704 | -115.0569671 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | The subject, a military veteran was dressed in military fatigues and armed with a rifle outside an apartment building. He shot into the air and into a neighbor's apartment. A SWAT sharpshooter fired and killed him at the scene. | fox5vegas.com | ||
15769 | Alexander Phillip Long | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/25/2015 | Terre Haute | IN | 39.4629327 | -87.3788314 | Terre Haute Police Department | Authorities had a warrant out for the arrest of a suspect charged with rape, criminal confinement, and domestic battery. Officers said they located the man around 5:30 EST, and he drove off in his vehicle. After a chase, authorities were able to box in the vehicle to get him to stop. Officers broke the side windows of the vehicle and used a Taser, but they say it had apparently no effect on the suspect. Police say the suspect then made an "aggressive threatening move" with his hands inside the car, causing a police officer to shoot him in the right torso area. | tribstar.com | ||
15763 | Sheila "Waterbaby" Shornak-Besley | 56 | Female | European-American/White | 02/24/2015 | Suffolk | VA | 36.7669777 | -76.6034752 | Virginia State Police | Besley in her 1997 Ford Explorer drew state troopers into a 40 mile police chase at 8 a.m., at speeds ranging up to 105 MPH, before sideswiping a trooper's vehicle, hitting a tree at full speed, and bursting into flame. Besley, the only person in the car, died at the scene. Her motive was not reported. | wtkr.com | ||
15764 | Joseph Biegert | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 02/24/2015 | Green Bay | WI | 44.526891 | -88.058095 | Green Bay Police Department | Police responded to a welfare check on a suicidal man. On arrival, the man stabbed a police officer. The officer shot him dead at the scene. | wearegreenbay.com | ||
15758 | Michael Wayne Smashey | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 02/23/2015 | Powder Springs | GA | 33.9112562 | -84.6925982 | Cobb County Sheriff's Office, Paulding County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service | Officers from multi-agencies attempted to arrest a man on a warrant for allegedly robbed a Waffle House at gunpoint. Details have not been released, but officers shot and killed the subject at his home. | wsbtv.com | ||
15759 | Daniel A. Elrod | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 02/23/2015 | Omaha | NE | 41.2419562 | -95.9328848 | Omaha Police Department | Elrod just robbed a dollar store. When police arrived he shouted he had a weapon and reached for his waistband. An officer tasered him, but it was ineffective. Elrod was ultimately shot and killed. There was no weapon found. | ketv.com | ||
15760 | Robert Kohl | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 02/23/2015 | Denham Springs | LA | 30.4503784 | -90.9620021 | Denham Springs Police Department | Kohl's mother called police saying that he was talking about killing himself. Officers said that when they confronted Kohl, he pointed a gun at them, and they shot him to death. | walb.com | ||
15761 | Jerome Nichols | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 02/23/2015 | Allentown | PA | 40.6261085 | -75.4328814 | Catasauqua Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police | Nichols stabbed woman in Whitehall Township and then stabbed Catasauqua police officer before he was shot | lehighvalleylive.com | ||
15762 | A'Donte Washington | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/23/2015 | Millbrook | AL | 32.5302185 | -86.3623972 | Millbrook Police Department | Millbrook PD received a report of a possible house burglary. Responding officers were advised that a suspicious vehicle pulled into the driveway of a residence and that several male subjects went into the backyard, behind the residence. When officers arrived, took one person into custody and set up a perimeter around the residence to await backup. There was movement at the front door of the residence and officers confronted an individual at the door who retreated into the home and fired several shots at the officer. Four suspects fled the residence into the backyard, firing at the officers. The officers returned fire. Three suspects jumped the back fence and fled the area on foot. Washington exited the backyard through a fence toward the front of the residence, brandishing a firearm. He encountered an officer who shot him. | wsfa.com | ||
15755 | Anthony Giaquinta | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2015 | Clarkesville | GA | 34.630979 | -83.597945 | Habersham County Sheriff's Office | Officers reported that they responded to a domestic dispute call from Giaquinta's daughter, and when they arrived at the home they found a sheriff's deputy and his girlfriend, Giaquinta's ex-wife dead. Giaquinta exchanged gunfire with officers, and he was shot to death. Giaquinta had previously worked with the sheriff's office. | nowhabersham.com | ||
15756 | Bradford Samuel Leonard | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 02/22/2015 | Palm Bay | FL | 27.9889846 | -80.6449801 | Palm Bay Police Department | Police were called out on a 5:30 a.m. 911 call and arrived to find Leonard shooting out of his residence windows at them. They returned fire and shot him fatally. | googleusercontent.com | ||
15757 | Calvon Andre Reid | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/22/2015 | Coconut Creek | FL | 26.256551 | -80.1680926 | Coconut Creek Police Department | No press release, no public statement, no official confirmation of the number of officers involved or how many times the unarmed Reid was tasered--local police stonewalled after the incident. They'd been summoned by apartment security. Reid died two days later. The embattled chief of police chose to retire rather than answer questions (such as why 3 of 4 officers weren't certified for Tasers) or address allegations of "enhanced interrogation" in another case. Officers Daniel Rush, Thomas Eisenring and David Freeman were absolved of responsibility. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
15753 | Kent Norman | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 02/21/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.7926013 | -85.9918715 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Officers received a 911 call and heard screaming on the other end of the phone but no voice. Arriving at the scene, they allegedly found the subject trying to kill his 74-year-old mother. Police entered the home and killed the subject. | indystar.com | ||
15754 | Jason Moncrief Carter | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 02/21/2015 | Capitan | NM | 33.4480397 | -105.6655607 | New Mexico State Police | Authorities said that Carter was on the run for a warrant for sexual contact with a minor, and after a 16-hour standoff with him inside of his RV with a gun and threatening officers, they shot him to death. | abqjournal.com | ||
15747 | Alejandro Salazar | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.9832697 | -95.4014541 | U.S. Marshals Service, Texas Department of Criminal Justice | According to Harris County deputies, U.S. Marshals attempting to arrest Salazar followed a car that had been parked in front of his residence to a grocery store. Marshalls tried to question the driver as she got out of the vehicle. Salazar left the vehicle with a weapon and pointed it at marshals, who fatally shot him. A child in the vehicle at the time was unharmed. | click2houston.com | |||
15748 | Stanley Lamar Grant | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2015 | Birmingham | AL | 33.4815391 | -86.8243174 | Homewood Police Department | Police were trying to serve a warrant for drugs when they entered the apartment and were immediately shot at. They returned fire and killed the subject. | www.al.com | ||
15749 | Terry Price | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.2053932 | -96.0102478 | Osage County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a call from casino security saying the subject who was banned from the premises was there and needed to be removed. The subject fled the scene and then returned. He ran into the woods where police tasered him. The subject collapsed and died. | fox23.com | ||
15750 | Chance Dale Thompson | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 02/20/2015 | Marysville | CA | 39.1690845 | -121.4390646 | Yuba County Sheriff's Office | Witnesses saw a man on a wall who looked like he was performing karate or dancing. A deputy was telling the man to come down. "The cop grabs him by the back of the pants and pulls him down. As he's coming down, he lands on top of the cop and throws his arm around the cop." "The two start pushing each other and the female cop is standing back with a Taser pointed at him. You hear the Taser go off and taser him. The guy went down on the ground." | appeal-democrat.com | ||
15751 | Douglas Harris | 77 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/20/2015 | Birmingham | AL | 33.563937 | -86.724527 | Birmingham Police Department | Police conducting a February 20 welfare check on the elderly man found him in his room pointing a gun at them. They fired at him and he died a month later. | www.al.com | ||
15752 | Rubén Garcia Villalpando | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/20/2015 | Euless | TX | 32.8541718 | -97.1085653 | Grapevine Police Department | A witness said she drove by and saw a body by the side of the road alone. A Grapevine police officer had chased undocumented immigrant Villalpando out of his jurisdiction. Some say the dashcam shows Villalpando with his hands up and that he was unarmed. All of these details are disputed. Villalpando was an undocumented Mexican immigrant with four children. | reuters.com | ||
19549 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 02/20/2015 | Ashland | KY | 38.4825047 | -82.6812046 | Kentucky State Police | A man broke into a home with the intent of harming the residents, but they had already fled. He barricaded himself inside the home as KSP surrounded the area with troopers. The standoff ended when troopers entered the home to find the suspect dead. | google.com | |||
22178 | Don Wesley Lannin | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 02/20/2015 | Griffith | IN | 41.539739 | -87.418605 | Griffith Police Department | Don Wesley Lannin committed suicide during an armed hostage and standoff situation that went on for several hours. | google.com | ||
15745 | Jeffrey S. Dyer | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 02/18/2015 | Daphne | AL | 30.6627287 | -87.8501796 | Alabama Department of Public Safety, Baldwin County Sheriff's Office | Jeffrey Dyer reportedly committed suicide while being pursued by police along I-10. | fox10tv.com | ||
15746 | Janisha Fonville | 20 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/18/2015 | Charlotte | NC | 35.2508512 | -80.8184991 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department | Police say Janisha Fonville, 20, refused to drop a kitchen knife and lunged at officers before Officer Anthony Holzhauer pulled his service pistol and shot her twice – in the hand and in the shoulder. | charlotteobserver.com | ||
15739 | Doug Sparks | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2015 | Tewksbury | MA | 42.6142177 | -71.2844035 | Tewksbury Police Department | Tewksbury Police Department received 911 calls about the possible stabbing of two individuals at the Salter School, 515 Woburn St. Officers responding to the call saw a man matching the description of the stabbing suspect in the area of 55 Forest Ave. Ryan said when officers approached the suspect, they saw the Sparks holding a handgun. Sparks refused to comply with the officers' orders and shots were fired by the officers. He was transported to Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell where he was pronounced dead. | bostonglobe.com | ||
15740 | Pedro "Pete" Juan Saldivar | 50 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/17/2015 | Del Rio | TX | 29.3685162 | -100.8306006 | Del Rio Police Department | Pedro Saldivar, an 18-wheeler driver, reportedly caused a disturbance in a nearby location, threatening individuals with a machete, before driving in the general direction of several officers with his rig. Officers opened fire and killed Saldivar. Police alleged vehicular assault. | kens5.com | ||
15741 | Michael Steven Ireland | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2015 | Springfield | MO | 37.6087024 | -93.4359042 | Springfield Police Department | Police were called to a location on Springfield's north side to investigate "suspicious activity." They pursued Ireland on foot. He was unarmed but police shot, killing him. Police allege that they thought he was reaching for a weapon. | stltoday.com | ||
15742 | Betty Diane Sexton | 43 | Female | European-American/White | 02/17/2015 | Gastonia | NC | 35.2285802 | -81.1694279 | Gastonia Police Department | It's reported that Sexton called the police to help he remove unwanted house-guests, but was shot in the chest to death by one of the officers. Family said that Sexton had the gun to protect herself against the unwanted guests, and that she was trying to put it down when the police arrived. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
15743 | Matthew Lundy | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2015 | Eaton Rapids Township | MI | 42.5106864 | -84.6999127 | Eaton County Sheriff's Office | Matthew Lundy was shot and killed as he brandished a handgun when police approached him while responding to a call involving a car in the ditch on Canfield Road in Eaton Rapids Township, a statement from the Michigan State Police said. | lansingstatejournal.com | ||
15744 | Isidro Alejandro Martinez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/17/2015 | Sugarland | TX | 30.3611062 | -95.4731538 | Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office | Deputies spotted a man allegedly driving erratically and attempted to pull him over. Deputies said Isidro Alejandro Martinez jumped out of the car and began to struggle with them before breaking free and attempting to run across several lanes of traffic. He was fatally hit by a vehicle. | click2houston.com | ||
15737 | Michael Kenneth Casper | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 02/16/2015 | Boise | ID | 43.5789233 | -116.2223611 | Boise Police Department | Casper was fatally shot by Officer Jason Green of the Boise Police Department after Casper pointed a gun at another officer, according to a description of events sent out Monday by the police department. Police were responding to an early morning report of a man using a crowbar to break windows at the home at Malad and Gourley streets on the Boise Bench. | ksl.com | ||
15738 | Daniel Lawrence Caldwell | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/16/2015 | Marana | AZ | 32.3585665 | -111.0902407 | Marana Police Department | Marana Police Officer Cesar Nelson was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel Restaurant, when he saw Caldwell walking up behind him, holding a firearm, police said. Officer Nelson left his vehicle and saw Caldwell raise the gun in his direction, before shooting Caldwell. | tucson.com | ||
15732 | Anthony Dean Marino | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2015 | Victorville | CA | 34.4735081 | -117.2669685 | Victor Valley Community College Police Department | According to a sheriff's officials, Marino and a second white male subject were attempting to break into several vending machines on the campus when they were contacted by a Victor Valley Community College Police Officer. Marino and the second subject fled the area on foot. Marino was taken into custody by Victor Valley College Police, after a short chase. He died a few days later. | vvdailypress.com | ||
15733 | Howard Brent Means Jr. | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2015 | Iuka | MS | 34.8044431 | -88.2025316 | Iuka Police department | According to Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Warren Strain, Means was shot and killed after he ran into the store and exchanged gunfire with officers. | clarionledger.com | ||
15734 | Lavall Hall | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/15/2015 | Miami Gardens | FL | 25.9505954 | -80.2072358 | Miami Gardens Police Department | Hall's mother placed a 911 call to report that her schizophrenic son had awoken in a violent rage. Multiple officers responded at about 5am, were confronted with Hall using a broomstick as a weapon against them. Well aware of his mental illness, they promptly shot him to death. The family has since filed a $10M wrongful death suit. | cbslocal.com | ||
15735 | Cody Evans | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2015 | Provo | UT | 40.2257785 | -111.6907061 | Provo Police Department | Cody Evans, 24, of Springville, was shot and killed by police after he pointed an AR-15 style airsoft gun at officers. | sltrib.com | ||
15736 | Bruce Lee Steward | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2015 | Colton | OR | 45.1760727 | -122.4381067 | Clackamas County Sheriff's Office | Steward called 911 just after 10:30 Sunday morning to report that someone had been stabbed and the suspect at the scene was armed with a gun, said Sgt. Nathan Thompson.Deputies responding to the area, in the 29000 block South Wall Street, did not find a stabbing victim. But they encountered Steward and he was armed with a hatchet.Thompson said Steward refused the deputies' commands to drop the hatchet and he charged at them. | oregonlive.com | ||
24819 | Mark Gamar | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/15/2015 | Gardena | CA | 33.9018922 | -118.2852825 | Gardena Police Department | A Gardena police car chased a pickup truck being driven by someone who officers suspected had just stolen two cellphones at gunpoint at about 11:30 p.m. Just over a minute after the pursuit began, a Gardena police officer driving nearly 50 mph rammed the truck in an attempted PIT maneuver to disable it. Mark Gamar, 19, a passenger in the truck, was killed. | rcdsa.org | ||
15730 | Jason C. Hendrix | 16 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2015 | Essex | MD | 39.2973689 | -76.4410618 | Baltimore County Police Department | The 16-year-old, identified by police as Jason C. Hendrix of Corbin, Ky., was killed Saturday morning by Baltimore County police officers, who shot him after they say he opened fire on them at Route 702 and Hyde Park Road. Hendrix was suspected of killing his father, mother and sister. | baltimoresun.com | ||
15731 | Roy Joe Day | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2015 | Laredo | TX | 27.5536661 | -99.4748414 | Laredo Police Department | Police say they pulled Day over for accelerating too quickly. When he got out of the vehicle, police say he was acting nervously, and went to frisk him. That's when they say he started shooting. They returned fire and killed him. | google.com | ||
22177 | Kerry Reed | 67 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/14/2015 | Walkerton | IN | 41.4619101 | -86.468658 | Walkerton Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call. A man came to the door several times, waving the gun and screaming, then locked himself inside the home. Several hours later, police made entry into the home and found the man dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. | google.com | ||
15725 | Daniel Mejia | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/13/2015 | San Manuel | AZ | 32.6102275 | -110.6316586 | Pinal County Sheriff's Office | Mejia moved toward a deputy with a knife after refusing to drop the weapon. The deputy shot and killed Mejia. | azcentral.com | ||
15726 | Matthew D. Belk | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/13/2015 | Atwood | TN | 35.9501995 | -88.5721311 | Carroll County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a call about a domestic disturbance. Once on the scene they pursued the subject who drew a gun. Officers fired and killed the man. | jacksonsun.com | ||
15727 | Jonathan Larry Harden | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 02/13/2015 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.2251173 | -117.4076667 | San Bernardino Police Department | Police were chasing the subject in a stolen car on the freeway. The subject crashed into several motorists and attempted to ram the officers with his car. Five officers shot 18 rounds into the car killing the subject at the scene. | abc7.com | ||
15728 | Andres D. Lara-Rodriguez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/13/2015 | Kansas City | KS | 39.0714535 | -94.6377116 | Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas City (KS) Police Department | Officers allege that Lara-Rodriguez carjacked someone at gunpoint and led police on a chase. Upon crashing Lara-Rodriguez attempted to point a gun at officers, and they shot him to death. | kansascity.com | ||
15729 | Richard Carlin | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/13/2015 | Reading | PA | 40.3287593 | -75.9080038 | Pennsylvania State Police | Shot by state police officer who was assisting in warrant being served for arrest on multiple charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon | mcall.com | ||
15724 | Benjamin Alexander Gwyn | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/12/2015 | Washington | DC | 38.9162869 | -77.0345328 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department | Patrolling police interrupted a robbery in progress and traded fire with Gwyn, who fled on foot. He was discovered some blocks away with a fatal gunshot wound. | mpdc.dc.gov | ||
15720 | Phillip Watkins | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/11/2015 | San Jose | CA | 37.3166901 | -121.876126 | San Jose Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call about a man entering a home with a knife. When they arrived, the subject allegedly charged them and was shot dead. | ktvu.com | ||
15721 | Jonathan Paul Pierce | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2015 | Port St. Joe | FL | 29.812507 | -85.3021107 | Port St. Joe Police Department | Pending investigation, all that is known is that the subject was arrested and transported to jail and was involved in an "officer related shooting." | newsherald.com | ||
15722 | Fletcher Ray Stewart | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2015 | Dadeville | AL | 32.8718426 | -85.7059239 | Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office | The sheriff's department received a call around noon Wednesday that deceased was walking on Booger Hollow Road in Dadeville waving a pistol. The deceased lived on that street, according to officials. When a deputy made contact, Stewart allegedly ran into a wooded area and brandished his weapon - a BB gun --at law enforcement. The shooting was captured on a body camera the deputy was wearing, which has been turned over to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation. | tuscaloosanews.com | ||
15723 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 02/11/2015 | Arleta | CA | 34.2456451 | -118.4356835 | Los Angeles Police Department | An unidentified man reportedly shot himself after a police chase in the San Fernando Valley. | abc7.com | |||
15714 | Benjamin Zanders Jr. | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/10/2015 | Amite City | LA | 30.728575 | -90.507871 | Amite City Police Department | Benjamin Zanders Jr. died after crashing his vehicle into a residence while being chased by police. According to a press release, Amite police officers called state troopers for assistance with a pursuit of a 2005 Ford Focus on Louisiana 1046 at around 3:30 p.m. Police initially lost site of the Focus, the press release said. However, when troopers arrived, they found the vehicle crashed into a residence near the intersection of Louisiana highways 1046 and 441 in St. Helena Parish. | wafb.com | ||
15715 | Kenneth Kreyssig | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2015 | Smyrna Mills | ME | 46.1595173 | -68.1033892 | Maine State Police | The subject's family called 911 to report that he was suicidal and armed with a gun. When officers made contact, the man refused to put the gun down and was killed at the scene by police. | bangordailynews.com | ||
15716 | Anthony Bess | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/10/2015 | Memphis | TN | 35.0257196 | -90.0541696 | Memphis Police Department | Officers said that they were attempting to serve an assault warrant and that gunfire was exchanged at the home, killing Bess. | wmcactionnews5.com | ||
15717 | Brian P. Fritze | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2015 | Glenwood Springs | CO | 39.5747212 | -107.4481297 | Garfield County Sheriff's Office | Suspect in domestic violence incident was shot multiple times after a high-speed chase. After stopping and exiting the vehicle, the suspect held a gun to his head, and then headed with the gun toward the highway, after which he was shot multiple times by one or more sheriff's deputies. | thedenverchannel.com | ||
15718 | Antonio Zambrano-Montes | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/10/2015 | Pasco | WA | 46.2284258 | -119.1019587 | Pasco Police Department | Zambrano-Montes was throwing rocks at cars about 5 p.m. Tuesday near Fiesta Foods when police were called. He hit two officers with rocks and refused to listen to commands, Police Chief Bob Metzger said. Police gave him orders to surrender and unsuccessfully tried using a Taser. Officers Adam Wright, Ryan Flanagan and Adrian Alaniz chased him across the intersection of 10th Avenue and Lewis Street and eventually shot him in front of a business on Lewis Street. | tri-cityherald.com | ||
15719 | Tracy Lee Potter | 47 | Female | Race unspecified | 02/10/2015 | Fostoria | OH | 41.1636277 | -83.4134837 | Fostoria Police Department | Police were called on a report of a female barricaded in her house and threatening suicide with a handgun, police reported. During the standoff, attempts were made to negotiate with the woman. After an 11-hour standoff, she shot and killed herself. | thecourier.com | ||
15710 | Desmond Dwayne Luster Sr. | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/09/2015 | Dallas | TX | 32.6591946 | -96.7516655 | Dallas Police Department | Luster was chasing a teenagers who may have vandalized his home. An officer saw Luster in his truck coming his way and fired shots and killed Desmond Dwayne Luster Sr. Police alleged vehicular assault. | dallasnews.com | ||
15711 | Dean Joseph Bucheit | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 02/09/2015 | Marina Del Rey | CA | 33.9774513 | -118.4318286 | Los Angeles Police Department | Bucheit was hit and killed by an officer driving their vehicle. The officer was on the way home early morning during foggy conditions. | latimes.com | ||
15712 | Larry Bryan Hostetter | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 02/09/2015 | Nocona | TX | 33.7873468 | -97.7128484 | Nocona Police Department | An officer reportedly responded to a domestic disturbance call and shot an off-duty deputy living there to death. | cbsnews.com | ||
15713 | Gerdle Moise | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/09/2015 | Pompano Beach | FL | 26.2109946 | -80.1412365 | Broward County Sheriff's Office | Deputies stopped Moise and another man on their bicycles near midnight. The other man was cooperative, but Moise bolted on foot. Deputies attempted to Taser him, with no success, but then Moise shed his clothes while running through a church parking lot and tried to get away in a drainage canal. He was drowned by 12:15. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
15705 | Brandon Lee Davis | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2015 | Mobile | AL | 30.663151 | -88.099295 | Mobile Police Department | Brandon Davis died of undetermined causes during a standoff and hostage situation. | www.al.com | ||
15706 | John Martin Whittaker | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/08/2015 | Anchorage | AK | 61.2076377 | -149.8587624 | Anchorage Police Department | Whittaker was shot and killed Sunday after allegedly leading police on a pursuit through the streets of the city and exchanging gunfire with officers in the Anchorage neighborhood of Fairview Sunday morning. | adn.com | ||
15707 | Vincent Cordaro | 57 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2015 | New City | NY | 41.15199 | -74.000905 | Clarkstown Police Department | Officers received a call from the subject's family saying they felt threatened and he was armed and possibly drunk or high. On arrival, the subject fired at the officers who returned fire and killed the man. | patch.com | ||
15708 | Sawyer Burleson Flache | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2015 | Austin | TX | 30.247011 | -97.8883818 | Austin Police Department | Flache allegedly shot a rifle at a police helicopter and then police shot and killed him. | statesman.com | ||
15709 | Joseph Andrew Paffen | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2015 | Orlando | FL | 28.4818441 | -81.3293638 | Orange County Sheriff's Office | Paffen opened fire on officers, they responded and shot him. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
15704 | James Howard Allen | 74 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/07/2015 | Gastonia | NC | 35.265836 | -81.227062 | Gastonia Police Department | The family of the deceased asked police to check on elderly hard-of-hearing man after heart surgery, officers kicked in door, deceased had gun, police shot after he didn't obey to drop gun. | charlotteobserver.com | ||
4807 | Joshua "Bomber" S. Harrison | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 02/06/2015 | Beaver Dams | NY | 42.29341 | -77.036673 | Schuyler County Sheriff's Office | Joshua Harrison allegedly hit a vehicle and fled. As police chased him, he abandoned his vehicle and ran into the 12 degree night as police pursued on foot. Family members found him near his workplace, apparenly having frozen to death. | stargazette.com | ||
15702 | Herbert Hill | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/06/2015 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.403065 | -97.532566 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Reports say they tried to take him into custody, but he refused. Hill then flashed a firearm at the five officers and proceeded to shoot. That's when the officers returned fire, killing the suspect. | kfor.com | ||
15703 | Dario Colin | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/06/2015 | Palm Desert | CA | 33.7405846 | -116.3039209 | California Highway Patrol | Dario Colin was killed in a crash while fleeing the CHP. | desertsun.com | ||
15701 | John Steven Sawyer | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 02/05/2015 | Calimesa | CA | 33.9932339 | -117.0571344 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Deputies made contact with two men who they thought were engaged in narcotics activity. One man removed a handgun from his pocket and was killed by deputies. | newsmirror.net | ||
15692 | Thomas Jessie Ramirez | 50 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/04/2015 | Sacramento | CA | 38.5830006 | -121.4976286 | Sacramento Police Department | Officers were alerted to a man acting suspiciously, possibly tampering with vehicles near 19th and H streets. When the officers made contact with the suspect, there was a short struggle, and the suspect was taken to the main jail. Shortly after his arrival, he became unresponsive and was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system. | sacbee.com | ||
15693 | Joaquin Hernandez | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/04/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.3782417 | -111.9784046 | Tempe Police Department, Chandler Police Department, Mesa Police Department | Officers were attempting to arrest Salvador Muna. Hernandez was driving the vehicle and got shot and killed in the crossfire. | azcentral.com | ||
15694 | Jimmy Ray Robinson Jr. | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/04/2015 | Lorena | TX | 31.3858121 | -97.2124251 | Waco Police Department | Police believe Robinson was responsible for at least five local store robberies that occurred within a week of Wednesday's chase. The chase ended with Robinson being shot and killed. | wacotrib.com | ||
15695 | Salvador Muna | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/04/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.3782417 | -111.9784046 | U.S. Marshals Service, Tempe Police Department, Chandler Police Department, Mesa Police Department | Trying to apprehend Muna, the subject escaped in a vehicle with a friend. Police pinned his car making it unable for him to escape. He brandished a weapon and was shot dead by at least three different officers. | azfamily.com | ||
15696 | Paul Alfred Eugene Johnson | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 02/04/2015 | Chino | CA | 33.9532701 | -117.650501 | Corona Police Department | Police were pursuing a suspect in a bank robbery in Corona, CA when he carjacked a van and led them on a chase to Chino. The man lost control of the van and crashed into a light pole. Police opened fire and killed the subject. | abc7.com | ||
15697 | Markell Atkins | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/04/2015 | Memphis | TN | 35.1647745 | -89.9336694 | U.S. Marshals Service | Marshals were serving a warrant on the subject in the death of a 1-year-old. The subject allegedly met them outside with a knife and was shot dead. | wmcactionnews5.com | ||
15698 | Kevin D. Garrett | 60 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/04/2015 | Chicago | IL | 41.7520698 | -87.5567102 | Chicago Police Department | An unmarked police car hit and killed a man crossing a street without proper streetlights. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15699 | Jeremy "Jed" Antwan Lett | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/04/2015 | Tallahassee | FL | 30.4658909 | -84.3306146 | Tallahassee Police Department | An officer responding to a burglary call at an apartment complex encountered Lett, and the two entered into a physical confrontation. The officer tried the Taser, but in the rain he only shocked himself. Lett had the officer pinned to the ground when the officer fired and fatally wounded him. | wctv.tv | ||
15700 | Izzy Sabore Colon | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/04/2015 | Orlando | FL | 28.499575 | -81.305503 | Orlando Police Department | Two undercover narcotics detectives were working in an apartment complex when they noticed two nearby men openly firing handguns. After a brief confrontation, one of the men, Izzy Colon, allegedly brandished a gun and was fatally shot, and the other taken into custody. | wesh.com | ||
15686 | Dewayne Deshawn Ward Jr. | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/03/2015 | Antioch | CA | 37.9993842 | -121.8182557 | Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office | Ward was being served a restraining order. When deputies arrived Ward charged at them with a knife. A deputy responded by shooting and killing Ward. | contracostatimes.com | ||
15687 | Wilber Castillo-Gongora | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/03/2015 | Electra | TX | 34.0292311 | -98.918975 | Wichita County Sheriff's Office | The subject called police to report that he was out of gas. He was said to be behaving erratically, running in the lanes of the highway. When he refused to come back from the other side of the highway, deputies tasered him at least twice. The man became unresponsive and died in the hospital several days later. | texomashomepage.com | ||
15688 | Yuvette Henderson | 38 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/03/2015 | Oakland | CA | 37.827484 | -122.2846188 | Emeryville Police Department | Police chased a woman armed with a gun who was allegedly stealing from a store for about four blocks. They saw her with a gun and immediately opened fire, killing her at the scene. | evilleeye.com | ||
15689 | Ledarius D. Williams | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/03/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5817118 | -90.2368889 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Officers on patrol in the Dutchtown section of St. Louis saw a man run away from them. They chased him into the bushes and struggled with him to get his gun away. Officers fired and killed the man. | stltoday.com | ||
15690 | Anthony Purvis | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 02/03/2015 | Douglas | GA | 31.523361 | -82.845175 | Douglas Police Department | Officers said they responded to a call from a woman who'd been shot in the hand, and when they arrived they found Purvis sitting on a front porch with a gun to his chin. When Purvis pointed the gun at an officer, the officer shot him to death. | walb.com | ||
15691 | Matthew Leon Thompson | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 02/03/2015 | Winesburg | OH | 40.6135144 | -81.6991447 | Ohio State Highway Patrol | Thompson used a shotgun to kill his estranged wife's boyfriend, Anthony W. "Tony" Shields, at a bar in Tuscarawas County, led authorities on a low-speed chase and negotiated for nearly five hours before killing himself, police said. | google.com | ||
15918 | Sidney Averett | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 02/03/2015 | Denham Springs | LA | 30.5086711 | -90.9263948 | Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office | Sidney Averett was shot by off-duty deputy David Johnson Sr. when Averett allegedly walked into the home occupied by Johnson and Averett's estranged wife and began shooting. Officials said Johnson shot Averett three times during the incident, but that the fatal wound was self-inflicted. | wafb.com | ||
15683 | Jacob M. Haglund | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 02/02/2015 | Bay City | MI | 43.5999245 | -83.8730138 | Bay City Police Department | While the other officer spoke with the homeowner, Murphy tracked the suspect's footprints through freshly fallen snow, encountering him in the 1600 block Fourth Street at 1:36 a.m., police said. The suspect responded to Murphy's orders by pulling a gun and opening fire on him, striking him once in the left thigh, police said.Murphy returned fire, police said. | mlive.com | ||
15684 | Francis Murphy Rose III | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 02/02/2015 | Apple Valley | CA | 34.4172026 | -117.1768769 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to the location and Rose allegedly began firing at the deputies in their patrol cars and in the helicopter. Those on the ground returned fire and Rose was struck, authorities said. | vvng.com | ||
15685 | David Anthony Kassick | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 02/02/2015 | Hummelstown | PA | 40.273445 | -76.712734 | Hummelstown Borough Police Department | An officer reported that she attempted to stop Kassick for expired stickers, at which point he fled in his vehicle to where he was staying. Upon fleeing the vehicle, the officer used her stun gun, and thought that Kassick was reaching for his waist, and shot him to death in his back while he was lying on the ground. The DA noted that the camera footage seemed as though Kassick was reaching to pull the stun-gun probe from his back. Drugs were found near Kassick and in his system. | cumberlink.com | ||
15682 | Hung Trieu | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 02/01/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.7040764 | -95.6208364 | Harris County Attorney's Office | County investigator Anthony Yet broke up a fight at a restaurant at the request of its owner. He pushed the two men involved in the fight out of the restaurant and did not let them back in. One disputant, Trieu, began shooting into the restaurant. Yet fatally shot him as he tried to re-enter the restaurant. | click2houston.com | |||
19550 | James M. Dilliplane | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/01/2015 | Paducah | KY | 37.0520264 | -88.6491769 | McCracken County Sheriff's Office | A McCracken County Sheriff's Deputy tried to pull James M. Dilliplane, 27, for speeding on John Puryear Drive, but he fled west on I-24 at speeds exceeding 150 mph. Dilliplane lost control as he exited onto US 45. His car then hit a concrete median, crossed the southbound lanes and struck a dirt embankment, killing Dilliplane and injuring his passenger. | westkentuckystar.com | ||
15680 | Edward Donnell Bright Sr. | 56 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/31/2015 | Randallstown | MD | 39.3816374 | -76.8225979 | Baltimore County Police Department | Bright had a knife and refused officer's orders to drop his weapon. Officers then tasered him, but he was still approaching the officers. Bright was subsequently shot and killed. | wbaltv.com | ||
15681 | Victor Reyes | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/31/2015 | Katy | TX | 29.8607521 | -95.7193988 | Houston Police Department | The subject was seen by a deputy shooting at another vehicle. The deputy pursued the subject until the man crashed into a field. He got out of his vehicle with a gun and refused to drop it so the deputy fired and killed the man. | texastribune.org | ||
23008 | Philip Franklin Endicott Jr. | 14 | Male | European-American/White | 01/31/2015 | Oak Hill | WV | 38.0090039 | -81.1451377 | Oak Hill Police Department | Around 4 a.m., an Oak Hill Police officer tried to pull someone over for a minor traffic offense. When the officer activated his emergency lights, the car sped away at a speed estimated to be in excess of 80 mph across the Lochgelly overpass over U.S. 19 toward Lochgelly, police said. Because of the icy roads, the officer decided not to continue chasing the car. The car crashed and the driver, a 17-year-old teenager from Fayetteville, was injured, and his 15-year-old passenger was killed. | google.com | ||
15678 | Robert Brandon Edwards | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 01/30/2015 | Austin | TX | 30.1887231 | -97.7686868 | Austin Police Department | Witnesses reportedly told police that Edwards was struggling to walk around, screaming erratically for help and said someone was trying to kill him. As employees tried to escort him out of the store, Edwards began to struggle with them. Outside, police held him on the ground until medics arrived and tried to perform CPR. He was taken to St. David's South Austin Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy shows he died as a result of the "combined effects of methamphetamine, PCP, and the stress associated with restraint procedures," as reported by the Travis County medical examiner's office. The officers involved will not face charges. | statesman.com | ||
15679 | John Barry Marshall | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 01/30/2015 | Billings | MT | 45.7896391 | -108.513216 | Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals Service, Billings Police Department | Officers were trying to arrest Marshall for violating the terms of his release on the burglary charge when he ran away, tripped and a shot fired from his gun into the window of the Billings Clinic hospital Friday, authorities said. Three city police officers, two deputy U.S. marshals and a Yellowstone County sheriff's deputy then fired multiple shots at Marshall. | mtstandard.com | ||
15673 | Catherine Breeding | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 01/29/2015 | Conroe | TX | 30.2798273 | -95.4585079 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office | Breeding, a Montgomery County deputy and a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a fellow deputy, was killed in an early-morning crash after a night of heavy drinking. The driver had twice the legal level of alcohol in his bloodstream and was angrily adamant that he'd been in a passenger car ("Who put me behind the wheel?") before being told of Breeding's death. He was charged with intoxication manslaughter. | yourhoustonnews.com | ||
15675 | Alan James | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/29/2015 | Wyoming | MI | 42.8944307 | -85.6609774 | Wyoming Police Department | Police were called about a domestic dispute. After James allegedly opened fire, police returned fire, and James was struck in the chest with a bullet. | woodtv.com | ||
15676 | Ralph W. Willis | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 01/29/2015 | Stillwater | OK | 36.1233308 | -97.0514719 | Stillwater Police Department | Authorities responded to a fire at an apartment, where Ralph Willis lived. He was identified as a person of interest and when he was spotted later at a Walmart, he began running after officers approached him. According to authorities, Willis made an aggressive move toward officers two blocks from the Walmart, and officers shot him in response. | newsok.com | ||
15677 | Grady Wendell King II | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 01/29/2015 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.678602 | -97.380734 | Fort Worth Police Department | King locked himself into a bedroom in his mother's house. Fearing that King was mentally unstable, his mother called 911. Officers responded. King opened the bedroom door and shot Sergeant Shane Drake in the belly. An unnamed officer or officers fatally shot King. | star-telegram.com | ||
15669 | Larry Kobuk | 33 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 01/28/2015 | Anchorage | AK | 61.2184085 | -149.858016 | Anchorage Corrections Department | Kobuk was taken into custody as a suspect in a car theft. Corrections officers said they restrained him because he was being combative during booking. As they put him in in a cell, they noticed he was unresponsive. | adn.com | ||
15670 | Cody Wade Karasek | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2015 | Rosenberg | TX | 29.5575344 | -95.7848822 | Rosenberg Police Department | Officers confronted Karasek, who had a gun, as he left the scene of a shooting. They fatally shot him. It is unknown if he also fired. | chron.com | ||
15671 | Alan Lance Alverson | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2015 | Sunset | TX | 33.4562976 | -97.8100295 | Montague County Sheriff's Office, Bowie Police Department | Bowie Police and Montague County sheriff's deputies attempted to stop Alverson for two felony warrants. He failed to stop and ran from police out U.S. 287. At one point when officer had him cornered in the car, he allegedly put a pistol outside the window and pointed it toward the cop's vehicle. Three DPS troopers and two Wise County Sheriff's deputies and one dog pursued the man into the woods. He was tracked by the dog and when he was found, Alverson reportedly began shooting toward the officers. Officers shot and killed Alverson. | newschannel6now.com | ||
15672 | Matautu Nuu | 35 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/28/2015 | Stockton | CA | 38.029084 | -121.316245 | Stockton Police Department | Officers asked Nuu repeatedly to put down a hammer, but Nuu yelled back at the officers to shoot him, according to police. When Nuu refused to put down his weapon, a 3-year-old police dog was sent to take Nuu into custody. Nuu then hit Nitro with the hammer, which cut him on his snout, officials said. As officers went near Nuu to rescue Nitro, Nuu then came at them with the claw hammer, so two police officers shot and killed him. | kcra.com | ||
20017 | Justin John Hay | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2015 | Pleasant Hills | PA | 40.3383674 | -79.9673828 | Pleasant Hills Police Department | Justin John Hay shot and killed himself after allegedly shooting and wounding his father, police said. | wtae.com | ||
15665 | Paul Walls | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 01/27/2015 | Madison | AL | 34.702626 | -86.779947 | Madison Police Department | Police opened fire on Walls after a police chase when Walls allegedly shot himself with a shotgun. | www.al.com | ||
15666 | Tiffany D. Terry | 39 | Female | European-American/White | 01/27/2015 | Omaha | NE | 41.2427474 | -95.9904437 | Omaha Police Department | Police responded to a report about a mother attacking her children. When they showed up, the subject threw a knife at an officer and was shot dead. | omaha.com | ||
15667 | Jermonte Fletcher | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/27/2015 | Columbus | OH | 39.8795447 | -82.9985998 | Ohio State Highway Patrol, Columbus Police Department | Police located Jermonte Fletcher, who was a member of gang being investigated by authorities. They located him at a residence and told him to surrender. Fletcher shot at officers, so they fired back. | dispatch.com | ||
15668 | Nicholas Tewa | 26 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 01/27/2015 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4963923 | -112.1142435 | Phoenix Police Department | Phoenix police say they got a tip a man wanted in connection with at least six armed robbery attempts was staying at Motel 6. When they tried to arrest Tewa; he attempted to leave in a stolen vehicle. Officers ordered him to display his hands and leave the vehicle. Police said Tewa refused to comply and began ramming the occupied police vehicle with the stolen vehicle. Authorities say two officers shot at Tewa "to end the violent encounter." | azcentral.com | ||
15484 | Daniel Trevor Gross | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/26/2015 | Afton | TN | 36.147443 | -82.7072188 | Greene County Sheriff's Office | According to police, a Greene County Sheriff's deputy was chasing the car driven by Jason Mistele, 22, when it ran off the road and flipped. The passenger of the car Daniel Trevor Gross, 21, was killed. | wate.com | ||
15659 | Joshua Omar Garcia | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/26/2015 | Tahoka | TX | 33.1664401 | -101.7937704 | Lynn County Sheriff's Office | The subject was arrested after leading officers on a chase. Once arrested, he slipped the handcuffs to the front and tried to drive off in a deputy's cruiser. He was shot and killed at the scene. | letitbefaster.world | ||
15660 | Rhiannon L. Steele | 35 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/26/2015 | Salem | OR | 45.0155902 | -122.8765522 | Mt. Angel Police Department | Police chased a 17-year-old suspect, with his mother (Steele) and another person in the pickup, for about three miles from downtown Mt. Angel on rural roads west of town. This followed an attempted traffic stop that the suspect drove away from. The truck crashed into a ditch, killing Steele and seriously injuring the other passenger. | keizertimes.com | ||
15661 | Raymond Kenneth Kmetz | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 01/26/2015 | New Hope | MN | 45.0357324 | -93.3857138 | New Hope Police Department | Two officers were being sworn in at a city council meeting when Kmetz shot at the officers, injuring them. Other officers returned fire, killing Kmetz. | hometownsource.com | ||
15662 | David Garcia | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/26/2015 | Wasco | CA | 35.5890428 | -119.3351329 | Kern County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to call from suspect who was making threats to harm himself. They forced themselves in and were met by Garcia wielding a knife. Suspect was shot. | bakersfieldnow.com | ||
15663 | Chris Ingram | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/26/2015 | Morenci | AZ | 33.0562823 | -109.3285615 | Greenlee County Sheriff's Office, Clifton Police Department | Authorities said the two officers responded to a domestic violence call at around in the town of Morenci, which is northwest of Clifton. The suspect had left the scene and a traffic stop was made on U.S. Highway 191. Gunfire was exchanged, and the two officers were struck, authorities said. The suspect, Chris Ingram, 29, was also shot and died from his wounds later in the emergency room at the Gila Health Clinic in Morenci. | eacourier.com | ||
15664 | Jessie Hernandez aka Jessica Hernandez | 17 | Transgender | Hispanic/Latino | 01/26/2015 | Denver | CO | 39.7534059 | -104.9093803 | Denver Police Department | Witnesses say police shot the victim in a car from the side-corroborated by forensics; police say they shot in self-defense. 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. | westword.com | ||
15656 | Slye Mier | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 01/25/2015 | Rayne | LA | 30.2302718 | -92.3124987 | Rayne Police Department | Slye Mier's body was found facedown in a field off Ebeenezer Road just east of Crowley the morning after Mier reportedly fled a traffic stop on foot. Mier was wanted in connection with an armed robbery earlier that night. Police allegedly tried to stop the vehicle Mier was riding in, but they say the driver fled on West Jeff Davis in Rayne and ended up underneath the Highway 90 overpass. Police say the two occupants then jumped out the vehicle, and a K-9 was brought in to locate them. | kplctv.com | ||
15657 | William Campbell | 59 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/25/2015 | Winslow | NJ | 39.7364359 | -74.9303198 | Winslow Township Police Department | An officer responded to a domestic disturbance after a report of a woman being held at gunpoint by a relative. When the officer arrived at the home, a woman approached his vehicle and tried to get inside while screaming about a man armed with a gun. The officer saw William Campbell approaching his vehicle while pointing his gun at him. The officer shot Campbell. | courierpostonline.com | ||
15658 | Orlando Jude Lopez | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/25/2015 | Pueblo | CO | 38.2868825 | -104.5722382 | Pueblo Police Department | Lopez and a second man, Roberto Felix Rodriguez-Garcia, 22, were being pursued by police as suspects in a home invasion. Police caught up to Lopez where there was an exchange of gunfire between he and police officers. | krdo.com | ||
15652 | Vincent Palance Chancellor | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/24/2015 | Birmingham | AL | 33.5392826 | -86.793694 | Birmingham Police Department | Vincent Palance Chancellor was killed when he was hit by a train while running from police. | www.al.com | ||
15653 | Daryl Myler | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 01/24/2015 | Rexburg | ID | 43.8257117 | -111.7787141 | Rexburg Police Department | Shortly after robbing a Walgreens, Daryl Myler brandished a gun and was shot and killed by officers. | rexburgstandardjournal.com | ||
15654 | Darin Hutchins | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/24/2015 | Baltimore | MD | 39.284467 | -76.646863 | Baltimore Police Department | Authorities said a person flagged down an officer on routine patrol and that a man was threatening to stab people at a house celebrating a toddler's birthday. According to police, when the officer located the man, identified Tuesday as 26-year-old Darin Hutchins, he refused to drop the knife and obey commands. The officer shot him once in the chest. | wbaltv.com | ||
15655 | James G. Caffrey | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 01/24/2015 | Shaker Heights | OH | 41.4806023 | -81.5450547 | University Heights Police Department | James Caffrey, 51, was jogging along South Park Boulevard when he was struck by a gold 1998 Toyota Avalon XL that was fleeing a police stop by a University Heights police officer who had stopped the car on Warrensville Center Road after running the car's plates and finding the registered owner's license was suspended. The Toyota initially pulled over, but sped away toward South Park Boulevard as the officer approached. | cleveland.com | ||
15649 | Robert Francis Mesch | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 01/23/2015 | Austin | TX | 30.1671859 | -97.7885265 | Austin Police Department | Police got the report of a despondent possibly suicidal man from his wife in Austin, who they located and proceeded to chase for some blocks. The truck came to a stop after spike strips were used and the man was shot and killed by officers in what appears to be "suicide by cop." | statesman.com | ||
15650 | Jose Antonio Espinoza Ruiz | 56 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/23/2015 | Levelland | TX | 33.5775561 | -102.3691449 | Levelland Police Department | Officers responded to a domestic disturbance call where they allegedly found the subject with a knife, threatening his wife. Officers discharged their weapons and killed the man at the scene. | conchovalleyhomepage.com | ||
15651 | Demaris Turner | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/23/2015 | Lauderhill | FL | 26.150783 | -80.2089979 | Lauderhill Police Department | Local police investigating a stolen car found Demaris Turner in a Hyundai Genesis. Turner is said to have rammed "the marked K-9 car with the officer and his K-9 partner inside," and he was fatally shot. Police alleged vehicular assault. | cbslocal.com | ||
15647 | Kristiana Joy Coignard | 17 | Female | European-American/White | 01/22/2015 | Longview | TX | 32.4952158 | -94.7466202 | Longview Police Department | The teen girl entered the police station presumably to get help. Officers believed she was armed with a gun. She allegedly had a knife and was tasered to no effect. Officers shot and killed her. | wsws.org | ||
15648 | Tiano Meton | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/22/2015 | Sierra Blanca | TX | 31.1733708 | -105.3574652 | U.S. Border Patrol | Tiano Meton drove through a West Texas checkpoint without stopping and drove 30 more miles before he stopped. "Four agents approached the car and one of them yelled 'gun,'" the AP reported. Two of the agents fired their weapons at the car. A pistol-shaped pellet gun was recovered from Meton's car. | fox4news.com | ||
15642 | Miguel Angel de Santos-Rodriguez | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/21/2015 | Chapeño | TX | 26.561949 | -99.1242441 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Starr County police responded to the area of FM 2098 near Falcon Lake around 1:30 a.m. in reference to a shooting involving a border patrol agent as he attempted to apprehend a drug smuggler. According to border patrol Chief Kevin Oaks, his agents had apprehended four subjects and were searching for a fifth one when the unnamed agent was met with gunshots. The officer then returned fire ending the suspected smuggler's life. Eight hundred pounds of narcotics were seized during the encounter. | themonitor.com | ||
15643 | John Ballard Gorman | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 01/21/2015 | Robinsonville | MS | 34.8274631 | -90.3283779 | Mississippi Gaming Commission | Gorman was shot during at the Mississippi Gaming Commission office during a training exercise when another agent's gun discharged accidentally. The agent involved in the shooting has been suspended with pay during the investigation into the shooting. Gorman had been with the MGC for 22 years and had been promoted to Director of Investigations the day before he was killed. | wreg.com | ||
15644 | Isaac Holmes | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/21/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6649101 | -90.2501309 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Police attempted to make a traffic stop, but the car fled. They located at an intersection and followed it. The car drove down an alley and hit a wall. Holmes got out of the car and pulled out a gun. Officers told him to drop the weapon and when he didn't, they shot him. | latimes.com | ||
15645 | Andrew J. Toto | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 01/21/2015 | Derry | NH | 42.908086 | -71.3366894 | Derry Police Department | An officer responded to a residence after Toto's wife called 911 to report her husband as "depressed" and "suicidal." She reported that he left their home with a shotgun. The officer started toward the residence but found Toto by his truck before arriving there. Toto shot at the officer from about 150 feet away. The officer shot back, killing him. | nutfieldnews.net | ||
15646 | Todd Allen Hodge | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 01/21/2015 | Hemet | CA | 33.7417065 | -116.958603 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Todd Hodge was under a house. Deputy Mark Wallace and his dog, Sultan responded. Sultan was unleashed to the crawl space. Hodge shot Sultan in the neck. Sultan retreated, and was taken to the veterinarian where he died of his injuries. A lengthy standoff began. Later in the evening S.W.A.T. fired tear gas and flash grenades forcing Hodge from under the house. When the subject appeared he was carrying a handgun, at which time officers shot and killed him | ktla.com | ||
23169 | Patrick Bogden | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 01/20/2015 | Charles Town | WV | 39.2925994 | -77.89253 | Charles Town Police Department | Patrick Bogden was reportedly suspected of fatally shooting one man and wounding another. Police saw Bogden's vehicle and tried to stop him, but he fled. According to police, Bogden killed himself following a chase that ended in Berkeley County. | wvgazettemail.com | ||
15641 | Paul Campbell | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/19/2015 | Weymouth | MA | 42.2566965 | -70.9315849 | Weymouth Police Department | Police arrived at a residence and found a woman dead. They encountered her son holding knives and shot him. | wickedlocal.com | ||
15638 | Carter Ray Castle | 67 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2015 | Gunlock | KY | 37.5358631 | -82.9207172 | Kentucky State Police, Magoffin County Sheriff's Office | Officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Castle. When they arrived at his home, they found him waiting outside where he revealed a gun. officers attempted to negotiate with him and used taser but they didn't work. Castle turned toward the officers with his gun in hand. An officer shot Castle. | lex18.com | ||
15639 | Johnathon Craig Guillory | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2015 | Maricopa | AZ | 33.0838932 | -112.0380796 | Maricopa Police Department | Police went to the Guillory's home after receiving several hang-up 911 calls. They found 32-year-old Johnathon Guillory walking down the street with a weapon. After some sort of confrontation, authorities say two officers felt threatened and shot and killed Guillory. | azfamily.com | ||
15640 | Andres Nunez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/18/2015 | Sugarland | TX | 29.5914538 | -95.6321929 | Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office | Nunez shot at his ex-girlfriend's house. Deputies responded. Nunez drove away. Deputies pursued. Nunez shot at deputies. After two hours of driving, Nunez's vehicle spun out and crashed. He had a gunshot wound to the head. Nunez made suicidal statements to his girlfriend at her house. During the pursuit, he made suicidal statements to his friends. It is unclear if deputies were aware of his mental state during the chase. | abc13.com | ||
26773 | Hanna Shuppert | 20 | Female | European-American/White | 01/18/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6462722 | -90.2387005 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Malik Henderson was under the influence of alcohol and drugs during a police chase that reached speeds up to 106 mph before the stolen car crashed into a tree. Hanna Shuppert, 20, and Marissa Volner, 18, were killed. Both were friends of Henderson and had been passengers in the car. Henderson was sentenced to five years for two counts of involuntary manslaughter. | fox2now.com | ||
26774 | Marissa Volner | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 01/18/2015 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6462722 | -90.2387005 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Malik Henderson was under the influence of alcohol and drugs during a police chase that reached speeds up to 106 mph before the stolen car crashed into a tree. Hanna Shuppert, 20, and Marissa Volner, 18, were killed. Both were friends of Henderson and had been passengers in the car. Henderson was sentenced to five years for two counts of involuntary manslaughter. | fox2now.com | ||
15635 | Daniel Jon Brumley | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/17/2015 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.8103766 | -97.3345051 | Fort Worth Police Department | Brumley stabbed an officer in the leg. The officer then shot and killed Brumley. | star-telegram.com | ||
15636 | Terence Walker | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/17/2015 | Muskogee | OK | 35.7671755 | -95.3934845 | Muskogee Police Department | Police responded to domestic disturbance involving a man and woman. The woman was trying to enter a church to attend a wedding but the man, Terence Walker, was outside with a gun and asked the woman to exit the building. When a police officer arrived, Walker reportedly began running from him. While running, an item fell from him and he reached to pick it up, then turned toward the officer. A witness reported that Walker tried to hand them the weapon but they refused to carry it. The officer saw the weapon and shot Walker. | tulsaworld.com | ||
15637 | Pablo Meza | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/17/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0382621 | -118.2327262 | Los Angeles Police Department | A shirtless man was shooting a gun in the air and waving the gun around in the middle of the street and tried to carjack a car. Police arrived on the scene and ordered him to put the gun down. Meza pointed the gun at police instead and officers shot him. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
15629 | Scott Wesley Hall | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 01/16/2015 | Mabank | TX | 32.407081 | -96.064569 | U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety | Apparently, Hall was being pursued, and when his vehicle malfunctioned, he came out shooting. He was shot and killed, although it's uncertain whose bullet killed him. | inforney.com | ||
15630 | Phillip Adam Garcia Jr. | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/16/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.6125905 | -95.2140635 | Houston Police Department | A woman told an off-duty officer that a man who had been told to leave a bar was carrying a gun. The officer went to the parking lot, and saw Garcia pointing a pistol at another man. The officer ordered Garcia to drop his weapon, but Garcia pointed it at the officer instead. The officer shot him. Garcia died at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center. | houstonpress.com | ||
15631 | Sinthanouxay Khottavongsa | 57 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/16/2015 | Brooklyn Center | MN | 45.060207 | -93.3192976 | Hennepin County Sheriff's Office | Police were called to investigate a disturbance or fight with weapons in a parking lot near the Brooklyn Center Pizza Hut. The subject allegedly had a crowbar in his hand that he refused to drop and was tasered. He fell head first to the pavement and later died from blunt force trauma to the head. | cbslocal.com | ||
15632 | Rodney Walker | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/16/2015 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1467098 | -95.9925863 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Witnesses say they saw a domestic disturbance occur blocks from a concert, in which Walker was abusing a woman. An off-duty officer witnessed the altercation and tried to intervene. When he approached Walker, the officer said he saw Walker reach for a gun so he shot Walker. | kfor.com | ||
15633 | Zaki Shinwary | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/16/2015 | Fremont | CA | 37.5864513 | -122.0599902 | Fremont Police Department | Shinwary was reported threatening kids on street with knife. Officers arrived. One tasered him; another shot and killed him. | sfgate.com | ||
15634 | Laranthony Moore | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/16/2015 | Houston | TX | 29.977958 | -95.437389 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Deputies tried to pull Moore over for not using his turn signals. Moore sped away, struck a curb and crashed, killing himself. A pregnant woman in the car survived. The condition of her child is unknown. Marijuana was found in the vehicle. | chron.com | ||
15620 | Christopher Minichini | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2015 | Nutley | NJ | 40.8272845 | -74.152343 | New Jersey Department of Corrections | Minichini first killed his girlfriend, Cristina Prestaianni, and subsequently committed suicide by gun. | patch.com | ||
15621 | Christina Prestianni | 37 | Female | European-American/White | 01/15/2015 | Nutley | NJ | 40.8272845 | -74.152343 | New Jersey Department of Corrections | Authorities said they believe Minichini shot his live-in girlfriend, and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide. | www.nj.com | ||
15622 | Nathan Ryan Massey | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2015 | Ville Platte | LA | 30.748445 | -92.4400369 | Louisiana State Police | State Police said it began after 9 a.m. in a trailer park on Becky Sue Road in rural Evangeline Parish when a Massey threatened his girlfriend and neighbors said they heard gunshots. After several hours, a trooper fatally shot Massey when the victim busted a window, screaming that he was going to kill her, Master Trooper Brooks David said. | theadvocate.com | ||
15623 | Howard "Robert" Robbins | 69 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2015 | Crab Orchard | KY | 37.4671684 | -84.5152709 | Stanford Police Department | Robbins, 69, of Crab Orchard, was walking along KY150 around 9:30 p.m. when a Standford city police cruiser hit him.Troopers said Robbins was wearing dark clothes. | lex18.com | ||
15624 | Jose Ceja | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/15/2015 | Fairfield | CA | 38.2654569 | -121.9973075 | Fairfield Police Department | The subject was allegedly drunk and threatening, in his home armed with a knife. He allegedly charged officers when they arrived and was killed at the scene. | dailyrepublic.com | ||
15625 | Quincy Reed Reindl | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2015 | Bloomington | MN | 44.8257432 | -93.3579193 | Bloomington Police Department | Police responded to a call of a suicidal man. When they arrived, they found Reindl outside his residence with a gun. They shot him. | cbslocal.com | ||
15626 | Kavonda Earl Payton | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/15/2015 | Aurora | CO | 39.7255142 | -104.7725198 | Aurora Police Department | Payton was involved in an armed robbery. Officers caught up with him and after a short chase Payton left his vehicle with a gun. He ignored officer's orders and was shot and killed. | cbslocal.com | ||
15627 | Donte Sowell | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/15/2015 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.826282 | -85.991069 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Officers made a traffic stop at a gas station. One of the passengers of the car, Donte Sowell got out of the car and ran running toward an apartment complex. An officer chased after the man. When Sowell got to the apartment complex, he turned around and shot at the officer, and the officer returned fire. | theindychannel.com | ||
15628 | Dewayne Carr | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/15/2015 | Scottsdale | AZ | 33.509394 | -111.9086866 | Scottsdale Police Department | Dewayne Carr appears to have been driving a car that the police attempted to box in. He rammed the police cars and was shot. Police alleged vehicular assault. | azcentral.com | ||
15614 | Robert Edwards | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2015 | Lake Jackson | TX | 29.034467 | -95.4283562 | Lake Jackson Police Department | The subject's roommate alerted police that the subject had a gun and had pointed it at him. Police responded and found the subject in his room where he raised the gun at them and they fired and killed him. | abc13.com | ||
15615 | Michael T. Goebel | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2015 | Robertsville | MO | 38.3187552 | -90.7943153 | St. Louis County Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Franklin County Sheriff's Office | An alleged car thief drove through a garage door and in the direction of police officers, who shot him dead. Police alleged vehicular assault. | stltoday.com | ||
15616 | Mario A. Jordan | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/14/2015 | Chesapeake | VA | 36.7820284 | -76.3479715 | Chesapeake Police Department | Police were called about a suicidal man. When they arrived, the man pointed a rifle at them and allegedly fired. The man was killed at the scene. | hamptonroads.com | ||
15617 | Louis F. Becker | 87 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2015 | Catskill | NY | 42.262431 | -73.9357393 | New York State Police | Becker was turning onto a road when he was struck by a police SUV. He died of his wounds at the hospital. | syracuse.com | ||
15618 | Talbot "Talby" Anthony Schroeder Sr. | 75 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2015 | Old Bridge | NJ | 40.405239 | -74.301112 | Old Bridge Township Police | Police were called to a domestic disturbance at a residence. The Schroeder had cut a family member with the knife and was threatening another family member when officers came into the house. The officers told the man to put down his weapon multiple times. When he didn't, an officer shot him. | www.nj.com | ||
15619 | Marcus Ryan Cullars Golden | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/14/2015 | St. Paul | MN | 44.957908 | -93.0941173 | St. Paul Police Department | Police responded to a call at 2:15 a.m. because Marcus Golden was allegedly making death threats via text message from a parking lot. Golden allegedly drove in the direction of the officers, who shot and killed him. A handgun was found in the vehicle. Police alleged vehicular assault. | fox9.com | ||
17119 | Jeffrey R. Nielson | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2015 | Draper | UT | 40.5398401 | -111.8873576 | West Valley City Police Department | A West Valley City policeman, who was on his way to work, spotted Nielson slumped over the wheel of an SUV. Nielson and three officers who also arrived, spoke calmly to one another, without a heated word, as the officers investigated him for an alleged narcotics violation. But as officers removed Nielson's handcuffs to swap them with a different pair, Nielson ran to his SUV. The officers grappled with him, trying to pull him out--but within seconds, one officer saw Nielson had a knife and shot him five times, killing him. | sltrib.com | ||
15612 | John Edward O'keefe | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2015 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.099199 | -106.585967 | Albuquerque Police Department | Police were called at 4:45 p.m. to the 2000 block of San Mateo NE on a report of two suspicious men, with possibly stolen property, on the north side of a business.Responding officers arrived and spotted the two. One was quickly arrested, and Okeefe took off running, according to APD's report of the events. During the foot chase, he fired at police, who took cover and didn't return fire. He then started running east across San Mateo, and when he started shooting at officers again they returned fire, fatally wounding him, according to police | krqe.com | ||
15613 | Richard Brett McClendon | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2015 | Jourdanton | TX | 28.9115688 | -98.5430876 | Jourdanton Police Department | Officers responded to call from Richard McClendon's mother who said he was having a violent episode, destroying things inside the home and possibly had a shotgun. Officers arrived to McClendon inside the bathroom and they tried to get him to come out. McClendon then confronted the officers with a knife in one hand and a pipe in the other. One of the officers tried to subdue McClendon by tasing him. When that failed, they opened fire on him once, fatally wounding him | ksat.com | ||
15607 | Elarry Brumfield Jr. | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/11/2015 | Pascagoula | MS | 30.3617896 | -88.5145135 | Pascagoula Police Department | Elarry Brumfield was found dead in his home on Merrywood Court after a standoff. Police say a few hours before, Brumfield was in a nearby Walgreens parking lot attempting to shoot his wife. "A victim had told us that her husband had started shooting at her and her mother, so we brought them to the police station, and then officers went to look for the suspect and found him at his house," Capt. James Massey said. Massey said police made several attempts to get Brumfield to come out of his home, but he refused and barricaded himself inside. The standoff lasted more than an hour, during which Brumfield reportedly set the house on fire while he was inside. About 30 minutes after the fire started, police went in and found Brumfield dead. | wlox.com | ||
15608 | Tommy E. Smith | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 01/11/2015 | Arcola | IL | 39.6919192 | -88.3027459 | Arcola Police Department | Arcola police shot and killed Smith, who confronted them with guns as they responded to a domestic dispute Sunday night. | news-gazette.com | ||
15609 | Salvador Figueroa | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/11/2015 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1848492 | -115.1161587 | North Las Vegas Police Department | Officers were investigating a call involving a man and woman. While officers were investigating, Figueroa fled the area on foot, leading the police on a chase. Police said the man circled back to the parking lot and toward his vehicle, where officers used a stun gun on him. The stun gun wasn't able to subdue the man and Figueroa showed a handgun, prompting an officer to shoot him multiple times. | fox5vegas.com | ||
15610 | Brian Barbosa | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/11/2015 | South Gate | CA | 33.9524541 | -118.1889799 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Police were investigating a carjacking when the suspect, Barbosa, walked by and was spotted by police. He ran from police and attempted to carjack another vehicle. He failed at his second attempt at carjacking and ran into a residential neighborhood. He was spotted by police with a gun and got into a confrontation with officers and was shot. | ktla.com | ||
15611 | Joel Aaron Heck | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 01/11/2015 | Atwater | CA | 37.3501163 | -120.5796933 | Atwater Police Department | Joel Aaron Heck reportedly shot himself during a six-hour standoff with police. | mercedsunstar.com | ||
22176 | George Tingler Jr. | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 01/10/2015 | Jeffersonville | IN | 38.326532 | -85.7515874 | Clarksville Police Department | George Tingler Jr. killed Howard Couch on Bank Street and Bernard Abell on Southland Terrace before hanging himself during a standoff with police. | wlky.com | ||
15604 | Andy Martinez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/09/2015 | El Paso | TX | 31.8576785 | -106.439739 | El Paso Police Department | Police said Martinez was a passenger in a Dodge sedan that was pulled over for having an expired temporary Texas registration. During the stop, Martinez got out of the vehicle with a handgun and failed to comply with the officer's orders to drop the handgun, police said. Martinez reportedly yelled at the officer and refused commands. The officer then shot and killed him. | cbs4local.com | ||
15605 | David Wayne Kattner | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 01/09/2015 | Little Elm | TX | 33.1656864 | -96.9372813 | Dallas Police Department | Senior Corporal David Kattner fatally shot himself after a prostitute told authorities that he sexually assaulted her. In a 2007 article by D Magazine, Officer Shannah Lopez also said that Kattner, and Officers Jeffrey Nelson, Alfred Schoelen Jr., Timothy Stecker and Walter Clifton, harassed prostitutes and homeless people with false citations. In 2004, Kattner was cleared in the fatal shooting of Kevin Sinning. | dallasnews.com | ||
15606 | Jimmy Foreman | 71 | Male | European-American/White | 01/09/2015 | England | AR | 34.542133 | -91.965851 | England Police Department | Foreman killed his son. When officers arrived, Foreman did not comply with officer's orders to drop his weapon so they shot and killed him. | fox16.com | ||
15600 | Artago Damon Howard | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/08/2015 | Strong | AR | 33.1112832 | -92.3590764 | Union County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a burglar alarm at a pharmacy. The deputy officer struggled with the suspect, and the gun discharged. The man fled but was caught outside where he later died while awaiting an ambulance. | katv.com | ||
15601 | James Dudley Barker | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 01/08/2015 | Salt Lake City | UT | 40.7716992 | -111.8714946 | Salt Lake City Police Department | Police responded to a suspicious person call and when they approached the man he attacked an officer with a snow shovel. The officer fired multiple shots, killing the man. | fox13now.com | ||
15602 | Thomas Hamby | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/08/2015 | Syracuse | UT | 41.083125 | -112.083141 | Syracuse Police Department, Davis County Sheriff's Office | A woman called police to report her boyfriend was "acting strangely" and was armed. On arrival, the man came out with a gun and was shot dead by police officers. | sltrib.com | ||
15603 | Loren Benjamin Simpson | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 01/08/2015 | Huntley | MT | 45.8547582 | -108.3146107 | Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office | Deputies received multiple calls on a stolen purple Explorer, driven by Loren Simpson. Two deputies pursued him and paused at the head of a dead-end road, where they knew he would have to exit. Simpson drove in the general direction of the officers, who opened fire and fatally shot him. The two deputies involved later resigned from the force. Police alleged vehicular assault. | billingsgazette.com | ||
15593 | Keith Leo Jenkins | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 01/07/2015 | Orange | TX | 30.1004371 | -93.7665686 | Orange Police Department | Jenkins was a passenger in a car that was pulled over with expired registration. The officer who conducted the stop learned that Jenkins was named in a warrant for failure to appear in court. The officer arrested Jenkins and took him to Orange County Jail. Jenkins started having chest pain, and tested positive for methamphetamine and THC. He was taken to Baptist Hospital, cleared for release, then returned to Baptist Hospital and died. | force.com | ||
15594 | Nicholas Ryan Brickman | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 01/07/2015 | Des Moines | IA | 41.5810414 | -93.6096201 | Des Moines Police Department | Officers were called to a robbery at a credit union where Brickman had pointed a gun at a teller and took off with cash. While police were heading to the scene, one officer spotted the Brickman's vehicle and began to pursue him. Brickman abandoned his car and carjacked another. Officers continued pursuing him until Brickman hit a car parked on the street. He left his stolen car behind and ran on foot. Officers continued after him. He pointed a gun at an officer pursuing him and another officer shot him. | desmoinesregister.com | ||
15595 | Omarr Julian Maximillian Jackson | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/07/2015 | New Orleans | LA | 29.9374752 | -90.0904992 | New Orleans Police Department | Officer Matthew Bencik and his partner Devin Ashmore stopped to investigate a suspicious vehicle. The Chevrolet Avalanche truck was occupied by two men and a woman, had heavy front-end damage and was smoking from under its hood. Police allege that the driver, 37 year-old Omarr Jackson, fled when asked to step out of the vehicle and fired a handgun at the officers. | nola.com | ||
15596 | Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/07/2015 | Columbus | OH | 39.9980574 | -82.8838088 | Columbus Division of Police | Police were called when the illegally parked subject (a Muslim) tried to buy a plane ticket at the Port Columbus airport with a fake ID. As he was discussing the matter with the officers, the suspect drew a knife and lunged at one of them. Another officer opened fire, killing the subject. | nydailynews.com | ||
15597 | Ronald "Maynard" Sneed | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/07/2015 | Freeport | TX | 28.9553131 | -95.3684656 | Freeport Police Department | Responding to a domestic disturbance over text messages, an officer found Sneed's door kicked down and found him on top of his girlfriend with a gun which he pointed at the officer. The policeman opened fire, killing Sneed. | abc13.com | ||
15598 | Andre Larone Murphy Sr. | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/07/2015 | Norfolk | NE | 42.0168386 | -97.4236949 | Norfolk Police Department | Officer responding to a disturbance call at a Super 8 Motel struggled with Murphy, finally using his taser against the suspect. Murphy died soon after at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, NE. | omaha.com | ||
15599 | Joseph Caffarello | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/07/2015 | Rosemont | IL | 41.9896575 | -87.8758712 | Rosemont Police Department | Officer Rick Drehobl, an off-duty Rosemont Police Officer got involved in a domestic incident between his brother-in-law, Joseph Caffarello and his wife. The argument escalated into a car chase where Caffarello allegedly rammed his car into his brother-in-law's, which was carrying Caffarello's wife and his baby son. Officer Drehobl opened fire, killing Caffarello. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15588 | Autumn Mae Steele | 34 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 01/06/2015 | Burlington | IA | 40.810027 | -91.118587 | Burlington Police Department | Officer responding to a domestic violence call was apparently, according to a witness, attacked by a dog. Shooting at the dog, which he hit once, he hit Steele in the chest, killing her. | policeone.com | ||
15589 | Patrick Wayne Wetter | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2015 | Stockton | CA | 37.929792 | -121.2981387 | Stockton Police Department | Wetter appeared to be intoxicated when he broke into a group home. Officers released a K9 on him when he did not comply with orders. Wetter stabbed the dog. Afterward Wetter reportedly raised his knife in a threatening way toward officers prompting the officers to shoot and kill Wetter. | recordnet.com | ||
15590 | Leslie Sapp III | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/06/2015 | Knoxville | PA | 40.4132265 | -79.9911548 | U.S. Marshals Service | Marshals went to serve a rape warrant on the suspect who pointed a pellet gun at the officers and was killed at the scene. | post-gazette.com | ||
15591 | Brock Nichols | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2015 | Assaria | KS | 38.7112198 | -97.5680419 | Saline County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a call from a woman concerned for the safety of her child. The officers arrived at the home of Nichols, who apparently had been drinking in violation of a court order. Nichols needed to go to the bathroom and was being escorted by deputies when he went into a dark room. One officer shot Nichols after turning on the light and seeing Nichols pointing a semi-automatic handgun at him. | ksnt.com | ||
15592 | Brian Pickett | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/06/2015 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9208908 | -118.2462156 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Pickett's mother called police to report he was under the influence and had threatened her. When police arrived, Pickett allegedly charged at them and was Tasered by a deputy. He stopped breathing when the paramedics arrived and was pronounced dead at area hospital. | latimes.com | ||
15587 | Kenneth Arnold Buck | 22 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 01/05/2015 | Chandler | AZ | 33.3279337 | -111.8329285 | Chandler Police Department | Buck was driving westbound on Knox Road when he slid open the truck's rear window and began firing at Chandler officers. Buck then brought the truck to a stop on Knox Road just east of Arizona Avenue and continued firing at officers Chandler police returned fire, striking Buck several times and killing him at the scene. | azcentral.com | ||
15584 | Michael Ray Rodriguez | 39 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/04/2015 | Evans | CO | 40.3840945 | -104.6921746 | Evans Police Department | Rodriguez was shot by police outside Paradise Billiards after officers were called on a report of a "man armed with a gun threatening bar patrons and assaulting his girlfriend," police said. He appeared to be holding a gun and refused officers' orders to drop it. They shot and killed him. He was holding a nail gun. | denverpost.com | ||
15585 | Kenneth Joseph Brown | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2015 | Guthrie | OK | 35.8769929 | -97.422764 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | A trooper made a traffic stop on the subject for allegedly driving without headlights. After asking if he could search the car and being told no, the officer patted the subject down and found a handgun in his waistband. A struggle ensued and the subject was shot, succumbing to his injuries weeks later. | news9.com | ||
15586 | Matthew Hoffman | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2015 | San Francisco | CA | 37.763304 | -122.4217566 | San Francisco Police Department | A man shot and killed by San Francisco police outside a police station after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun left a suicide note on his phone, officials said Monday | insidebayarea.com | ||
18984 | Damien Williams | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/04/2015 | Charlotte | NC | 35.2765803 | -80.794763 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department | Williams was to be charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the death of 30-year-old Vanessa Williams, who was found dead inside her Allen Street home. He committed suicide during a standoff at a motel. | google.com | ||
15581 | Paul Mark Yasher | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 01/03/2015 | New Castle | PA | 40.9971229 | -80.337265 | New Castle Police Department | Just after midnight going into Saturday motorcyclist Yasher was chased by police. He was driving recklessly, and on a suspended license. Yasher crashed into a tree and died of multiple blunt force injuries. | ncnewsonline.com | ||
15582 | Michael Kocher Jr. | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 01/03/2015 | Kaumakani | HI | 21.934926 | -159.6439954 | Kauai Police Department | Kocher was walking on the roadway at around 9:35 p.m., just east of the Kaumakani Post Office, when he was struck by a Toyota Corolla heading east-bound. The driver stopped and police were called. That's when a responding officer, also heading east, struck Kocher a second time. | inquisitr.com | ||
15583 | John Paul Quintero | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/03/2015 | Wichita | KS | 37.6937969 | -97.2805489 | Wichita Police Department | The 23-year-old was shot twice by a Wichita police officer Saturday after reports of a violent disturbance involving a knife in the 500 block North Oliver in east Wichita. Quintero later died at Wesley Medical Center. | kwch.com | ||
15578 | Matthew Ajibade | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/02/2015 | Savannah | GA | 32.066691 | -81.167881 | Chatham County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a domestic violence call. Ajibade reportedly became violent during booking. He died from blunt force trauma. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the system. | cnn.com | ||
15579 | Tim Elliott | 53 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/02/2015 | Shelton | WA | 47.2465339 | -123.119497 | Mason County Sheriff's Office | Mason County Sheriff's deputies received a 911 call around 9:30 .pm. from a family member of the man that he had just shot himself, but was still alive.When two deputies arrived at the home, Tim Elliot threatened the police, and the deputy shot and killed the man. | masonwebtv.com | ||
15580 | Lewis Lee Lembke | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 01/02/2015 | Aloha | OR | 45.4873752 | -122.8914221 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a call from the wife of the subject saying he was overdosing on alcohol. Having committed no crime, first responders left only to get a 911 call a few minutes later from his wife saying he was trying to kill her. The subject locked himself in the bathroom with a gun, brandished it, and police shot and killed him. | oregonlive.com | ||
15576 | Roberto Fausto Ornelas | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2015 | Key Largo | FL | 25.1561037 | -80.3902679 | Monroe County Sheriff's Office | A county police spokesperson was quick to deny that the Tasering of Omelas, in his own bedroom in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, had anything to do with his death. He was put in a spit mask, cuffed, hobbled, and forcibly sedated. There was speculation that it might have been some new drug undetectable in blood tests. | miamiherald.com | ||
15577 | Garrett Gagne | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/01/2015 | Chatham | MA | 41.6893889 | -69.9659954 | Chatham Police Department | An officer was responding to an emergency. The officer ran over a large object, and immediately pulled over. The officer discovered that he'd run over a human body. The victim was fatally wounded. The District Attorney said that Gagne was "seriously impaired" from drugs and alcohol. | masslive.com | ||
15571 | Romeio Castillo | 20 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/31/2014 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.9221211 | -120.4359517 | Santa Maria Police Department | Romeio Castillo was killed when he was struck by several vehicles while running across the freeway after crashing his car following a police pursuit. | santamariatimes.com | ||
15572 | Eric Tyrone Forbes | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/31/2014 | Miami | FL | 25.8360513 | -80.2071472 | Miramar Police Department | A white Nissan Altima was believed to have been the getaway vehicle in the robbery of a Western Union in Miami-Dade County. During the investigation, police went to a home in Miramar, but nobody was there. As they were leaving, they spotted the car and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver of the car led officers on a chase that ended in Miami. The suspects left the car and fired at officers, at which point, one of the suspects was killed. | latimes.com | ||
15573 | Mayra Cornejo | 34 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/31/2014 | Compton | CA | 33.8963069 | -118.2250263 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Deputies responded to a gas station regarding a report of a person with a gun. They encountered Mayra Cornejo who was threatening a man at gunpoint. She refused to drop the weapon, and police shot and killed her. | presstelegram.com | ||
15574 | Kaileb Cole Williams | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 12/31/2014 | Missoula | MT | 46.897038 | -114.037992 | Missoula Police Department | Missoula Police officers were responding to a domestic disturbance involving Williams, his mother and his girlfriend. Williams assaulted his mother, abducted the girlfriend and led police on a high speed pursuit until he stopped on an onramp. Police said they couldn't see what was going on in the car. but could hear the girlfriend crying for help. An officer shot Williams through the window, killing him. | billingsgazette.com | ||
15575 | Ernest Lee Erwin | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 12/31/2014 | Olive Hill | KY | 38.2745548 | -83.3111938 | Carter County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky State Police | Officers responded to a report of domestic violence at Erwin's home. Officers saw Erwin assaulting a woman and Erwin fired at officers. Officers shot back at Erwin, killing him. | dailyindependent.com | ||
15567 | Cassandra Garcia aka Sandra Alicia Garcia | 38 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/30/2014 | Penitas | TX | 26.2697596 | -98.4416342 | Penitas Police Department | Arnoldo Santana Ochoa, 45, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for shoplifting, killing passenger Sandra Alicia Garcia upon crashing. | valleycentral.com | ||
15568 | Joseph Anthony Pacini | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 12/30/2014 | Drexel Hill | PA | 39.9465212 | -75.2925495 | Clifton Heights Police Department, Upper Darby Township Police Department, Haverford Police Department | A gym owner reported Pacini was making threats. After police contacted him, he began making paranoid threats against police on social media. When they tried to arrest him, he fled, ramming their cars in the process. Fearing for their lives, they shot and killed him. | 6abc.com | ||
15569 | Jerame C. Reid | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/30/2014 | Bridgeton | NJ | 39.4219645 | -75.2299538 | Bridgeton Police Department | Reid was exiting car with hands raised when he was shot by Officer Braheme Days - caught on dash cam video. | patch.com | ||
15570 | Robert Earl Lawrence | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 12/30/2014 | Dothan | AL | 31.2614741 | -85.3309102 | Dothan Police Department | Lawrence, was attempting to turn over a stray animal at the Dothan City Animal shelter at around 12:30 p.m., but he allegedly became disorderly after he was told he couldn't leave the animal without showing identification. The shelter called police, an altercation ensued, and the deceased was shot once in the abdomen by the police officer. | www.al.com | ||
15562 | Mark Eric Anderson | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/29/2014 | Glenolden | PA | 39.8992963 | -75.2900883 | Folcroft Police Department | Mark Eric Anderson, 25, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for an improperly displayed inspection sticker and died because of a crash. | nbcphiladelphia.com | ||
15563 | Thomas Monts Jr. | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 12/29/2014 | Safford | AL | 32.2874883 | -87.3712863 | Dallas County Sheriff's Office | According to police, Monts was shot and killed during a shootout in Safford after deputies responded to a domestic dispute call at his home. | wsfa.com | ||
15564 | Kevin Davis | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/29/2014 | Decatur | GA | 33.7758928 | -84.2563021 | DeKalb County Police Department | Kevin Davis called police because a roommate assaulted his girlfriend. When they arrived, they shot his three-legged dog, and then him. A witness says he had a gun because he didn't know who was shooting the dog. Police shot him, and he later died in a hospital. | decaturish.com | ||
15565 | Timothy Edward West | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 12/29/2014 | St Augustine | FL | 29.8428325 | -81.3273649 | St. Johns County Sheriff's Office | West shot and killed his wife. When deputies arrived West pointed his shotgun at them prompting them to shoot and kill him. | actionnewsjax.com | ||
15566 | Robert Battaglia | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 12/29/2014 | Paradise | CA | 39.7105896 | -121.6115081 | Butte County Sheriff's Office | Deputies went to a home on a welfare check, because the resident, Robert Battaglia's mother believed that her son who is bipolar and schizophrenic had broken into her home. While the officers attempted to talk to him, Battaglia allegedly went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife and ran at them. Battaglia stabbed one of the deputies and reached for the officer's gun. The other deputy shot Battaglia, which was fatal. | newsreview.com | ||
15559 | Matthew McCloskey | 10 | Male | European-American/White | 12/28/2014 | Franklinville | NJ | 39.613885 | -75.076089 | Franklin Township Police Department | Matthew McCloskey, 10, was crossing Delsea Drive in Franklin Township on his way to a sleepover with two friends, when he was struck by a Franklin Township patrol car speeding to a non emergency call without lights or sirens. Police officer was not charged, family sued police officer and city. | courierpostonline.com | ||
15560 | Daniel Gray | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/28/2014 | Dewey | AZ | 34.5602751 | -112.2807778 | Yavapai County Sheriff's Office | Gray was reported in by relative as suicidal, and armed with a gun. When deputies arrived, Gray refused to put gun down, and threatened two deputies with gun. Gray was shot by Deputy White, and transported to Yavapai Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his injury. | azcentral.com | ||
15561 | Nicholas McGehee | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 12/28/2014 | Stansbury Park | UT | 40.6321508 | -112.3038023 | Tooele County Sheriff's Office | A deputy and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper went to a Stansbury Park home on a report that McGehee had cut his foot and needed medical help. But through a window they saw a man holding a shotgun, investigators said. At some point, McGehee's wife came out of the house. McGehee followed, holding a handgun, investigators said. After ignoring two or three commands to put the gun down, McGehee allegedly pointed the gun at the deputy, who fired three times on McGehee, killing him. McGehee, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, was awarded a Purple Heart after twice being hit by IEDs in Iraq. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, his family said. | sltrib.com | ||
15555 | Aaron Prado | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/27/2014 | Pharr | TX | 26.1982605 | -98.2018866 | McAllen Police Department | Aaron Prado, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for running a red light and died because of a crash. | ktxs.com | ||
15556 | David Andre Scott | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/27/2014 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.36899 | -81.598443 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Officers had a warrant for Scott in connection for a murder. Scott said he was not coming out without a fight. Scott came out of the apartment screaming, officials feared for their lives prompting them to shoot and kill Scott. Scott did not have a gun. He brandished a dark object, which proved to be a small box in a black sock. | news4jax.com | ||
15557 | Craig Schiffer | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 12/27/2014 | Islip | NY | 40.729586 | -73.2119729 | Suffolk County Police Department | Suffolk County police say two officers in a squad car were responding to an emergency call on Long Island when they struck a pedestrian who later died. | nydailynews.com | ||
15558 | Darren Robert Kindgren | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 12/27/2014 | Holly Pond | AL | 34.1857004 | -86.6129487 | Cullman County Sheriff's Office | Kindgren harmed himself, when deputies arrived Kindgren become uncooperative and grabbed a sword from his home. Deputies tasered him, but Kindgren was still not complying. A deputy ultimately shot and killed Kindgren as he advanced upon officers. | cullmantimes.com | ||
15551 | Taylor Heathman Miller | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 12/26/2014 | Greenville | SC | 34.8880757 | -82.3727212 | South Carolina Highway Patrol | Radrecus De Mario Young, 23, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for avoiding a traffic checkpoint. The police cruiser collided with another car, killing Taylor Heathman Miller upon crashing. The driver of Miller's vehicle was charged with DUI and not stopping for an emergency vehicle. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
15552 | Carlton Wayne "Chimmy" Smith | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/26/2014 | Texas City | TX | 29.3791256 | -94.9809581 | Texas City Police Department | Carlton Wayne "Chimmy" Smith was shooting at patrons of H.T.'s lounge when he turned his gun on officer Chris Wayne Ham. Officer Ham fatally shot Wayne. | chron.com | ||
15553 | John Hebebrand | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 12/26/2014 | Bedford | OH | 41.399546 | -81.5210177 | Bedford Police Department | Officers responded to a disturbance call at a home. Hebebrand, who was allegedly causing the disturbance, confronted officers. During that time, he admitted to having a weapon and kept reaching behind his back.Officers attempted to talk to the Hebebrand and then deployed a Taser to gain control of the situation. According to the Bedford Police Department, the Taser was not effective and Hebebrand advanced toward officers with a knife. An officer shot and killed him. | cleveland19.com | ||
15554 | Quentin Smith | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/26/2014 | Cocoa | FL | 28.3602795 | -80.7456714 | Brevard County Sheriff's Office | Smith was wanted by authorities for shooting nine rounds in his brother's home, where one of the rounds almost hit his two year old and his brothers wife. The police were able to contact Smith, who said he wouldn't be "taken alive" and that he talked about "killing cops". Smith was sighted a day later on School Street by a deputy named Richard Clements. Smith went into an apartment and threatened Clements with a gun. Clements shot and killed Smith. | wesh.com | ||
15549 | Omar Rodriguez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/25/2014 | Coachella | CA | 33.6876042 | -116.2076901 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Officials from the Sheriff's Office said a female deputy and the suspect fought. The deputy was in the area responding to a report of a "suspicious person." Rodriguez allegedly tried to take the deputy's baton and that's when she shot and killed him. | desertsun.com | ||
15550 | Terrance Gilbert | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/25/2014 | Chicago | IL | 41.7729669 | -87.6153402 | Chicago Police Department | Officers responded to a call about a man threatening suicide. When they arrived Gilbert charged at officers with a knife, stabbing one officer in the vest. Gilbert started walking away, and officers went after him asking him to put down the knife. He ran at the officers again with the knife and was shot twice. | cbslocal.com | ||
15543 | Harold D. Nichols | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 12/24/2014 | Fulton | KY | 36.5057337 | -88.8348537 | Fulton Police Department | Harold D. Nichols, 23, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for having a stolen vehicle and died because of a crash. | kfvs12.com | ||
15544 | Kevin Lloyd Smith-Franklin | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/24/2014 | Plano | TX | 33.048445 | -96.7103142 | Plano Police Department | Regis Hayes, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for DUI, killing passenger Kevin Lloyd Smith-Franklin upon crashing. | starlocalmedia.com | ||
15545 | Ned Lamar Womack | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 12/24/2014 | Jasper | GA | 34.4014049 | -84.450295 | Pickens County Sheriff's Office | Pickens Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence located in the Bethany Moorings area in Pickens County on Christmas Eve. The deputies arrived at the residence and encountered a man with a gun in the yard of the residence. The man fired his weapon at the deputies and they returned fire, striking the suspect. | fetchyournews.com | ||
15546 | Francisco Manuel Cesena | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/24/2014 | San Diego | CA | 32.5448068 | -117.0300991 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Francisco Manuel Cesena, 40, was crossing into the United States when he was taken aside and identified as a felon, according to San Diego police and the Medical Examiner's Office. Cesena allegedly jumped over a counter and attacked a border agent that came to take him to jail. During the fight that ensued, Cesena was shocked and collapsed, federal agents said.He later died. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
15547 | Gregory Marcus Gray | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/24/2014 | Washington | DC | 38.857074 | -76.967356 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department | Gray robbed a man at gunpoint. Officers tracked Gray down. Gray shot at the officers, who returned fire and killed him. | washingtonpost.com | ||
15548 | Khamis Shatara | 21 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 12/24/2014 | Delray Beach | FL | 26.4451783 | -80.0682007 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | Khamis Shatara got into a physical fight with his mother and began choking her. His father, a deputy, pulled his service weapon and shot his son in the head on Christmas Eve. The shooting was ruled justified. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
27401 | Michael Frederick Mears | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 12/24/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9762515 | -118.381573 | Los Angeles Police Department | Michael Mears' roommate called paramedics on Christmas Eve 2014 and reported that the military veteran was having a "paranoid episode" and complaining that someone was coming to get him. An LAPD sergeant and five officers responded to Mears' South Los Angeles apartment and tried to physically restrain him before using pepper spray and batons. During the confrontation, one of the officers, Jonathan Gan, shocked Mears with a Taser six times over the course of three minutes. Mears died two days later. Los Angeles City Council approved a $5.75 million settlement. | latimes.com | ||
15540 | Jennifer C. Hurlbut | 45 | Female | European-American/White | 12/23/2014 | Phelps | NY | 42.962837 | -77.075099 | Newark Police Department | Todd Maddox, 47, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic violence, killing Jennifer C. Hurlbut upon crashing. | democratandchronicle.com | ||
15541 | Antonio Martin | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/23/2014 | Berkeley | MO | 38.7630626 | -90.336422 | Berkeley Police Department | An officer arrived at a convenience store in response to a reported shoplifter. The officer talked to two men outside the store who matched the description of the shoplifters. Martin made attempts to walk away while the officer was talking to him. The last time he was told to come back, Martin pulled out a gun and pointed it at the police officer. The officer fired his gun three times at Martin in response, killing him. | wikipedia.org | ||
15542 | Robert J. Jenkins | 55 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/23/2014 | Reedsport | OR | 43.7048491 | -124.1037046 | Reedsport Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Jenkins was pulled over on the side of the highway because his car was on fire. A bus driver pulled over to help put out the fire, but saw that Jenkins had a gun and called police for help. When officers arrived, Jenkins pointed a gun at them (which turned out to be a replica). The officer fired at Jenkins. | katu.com | ||
15535 | Timothy Rundquist | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 12/22/2014 | Elbow Lake | MN | 45.9869536 | -95.9707923 | Minnesota State Patrol | A Minnesota State Patrol trooper tried to pull over a Volkswagen Jetta for speeding on Highway 54 near Elbow Lake. Rundquist kept driving, leading law enforcement on a 15- to 20-mile chase. Rundquist slowed down as he drove through the city of Elbow Lake and did not drive erratically. The chase reached speeds of 80 mph at some points. Law enforcement officers put down "stop sticks," which Rundquist's car struck. He then drove head-on into an unoccupied Ashby Police Department squad car. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | mprnews.org | ||
15536 | Allen Berly Todd Jr. | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 12/22/2014 | Independence | KY | 38.9524856 | -84.5741549 | Kenton County Sheriff's Office, Ludlow Police Department | Todd was fleeing officers after being a suspected of robbery. When finally officers found Todd he was armed and did not comply with officers orders, resulting in Todd being shot and killed. | cincinnati.com | ||
15537 | Austin Leake | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 12/22/2014 | Decatur | GA | 33.6709364 | -84.2607404 | DeKalb County Police Department | Police were called to the scene of a suicide attempt. When they arrived, Leake started shooting at officers and saying he was going to kill all the police. They evacuated the neighborhood and tried to talk Leake down but he kept firing at officers. They returned fire and when they rushed into the home later, they found him dead from gunshot wounds that they had fired. | ajc.com | ||
15538 | Jose Salas | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/22/2014 | Las Cruces | NM | 32.3045933 | -106.7672222 | Las Cruces Police Department | Officers responded to a fight and one of the suspects, Jose Salas, stole an unoccupied police car and fled the scene. Police searched for him and found a man fitting the description run into a storm drain. Police surrounded the area and told the man to surrender. He didn't, so they released chemicals into the tunnel, but he still didn't surrender. An hour and half later the man emerged on the other side of the storm drain where officers had been positioned. Salas was armed with a handgun stolen from the police car and refused orders to drop the weapon. Officers shot and killed him. | krwg.org | ||
15539 | James Arlen Monroe Jr. | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 12/22/2014 | Lakeland | FL | 28.0785202 | -81.9511834 | Lakeland Police Department | Neighbors called police when they saw Monroe stalking around inside his house with a gun. His wife had sought help from police the week before, on fears that he might hurt himself. After pointing handgun at police, Monroe was fatally shot by police following a five-hour standoff with SWAT forces. Subsequently his wife was also found dead inside the house. | floridatoday.com | ||
15532 | Deandre Washington | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/21/2014 | Chicago | IL | 41.7279246 | -87.5754871 | Chicago Police Department | Deandre Washington died in a crash during a high-speed chase on the South Side. According to police, Washington was sought in connection with a shooting that had in the 8000 block South Manistee Avenue at about 9:45 p.m. Police had reportedly been staking out a home on the block, and the officers saw the alleged gunman drive away and gave chase, police said. After about two miles, the car collided with a sedan and then hit a tree. | chicagotribune.com | ||
15533 | William Everett Corson | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 12/21/2014 | Auburn | CA | 38.9301464 | -121.0945946 | Placer County Sheriff's Office | Corson had been drinking and arguing with relatives, and had sprayed his girlfriend with bear repellant before he began shooting with a handgun, a shotgun and what sounded like a fully automatic weapon.The man fired more than 100 rounds at officers and neighboring houses. Investigators working at the scene Monday also determined that the fire, which destroyed the house, was started by Corson with a Molotov cocktail-style device. The fire drove Corson to a back door, where he was fatally shot by one of the deputies surrounding the home. | kcra.com | ||
15534 | Andrew McIlvain | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 12/21/2014 | Port Orange | FL | 29.1234033 | -81.0120802 | Port Orange Police Department | Navy veteran McIlvain was legally riding a "scooter style motorcycle" when he was rear-ended by a speeding local police cruiser, thrown, and seriously injured by the crash. He was taken off life support three weeks after the crash. His family has filed suit. | wftv.com | ||
15527 | Grant Oliver McClure | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 12/20/2014 | Fairway | KS | 39.0331314 | -94.6177386 | Westwood Police Department | Grant Oliver McClure was killed in a crash while fleeing police. An officer tried to stop McClure for a traffic violation at around 2:30 a.m. on Shawnee Mission Parkway near Belinder. Police said McClure drove into Fairway, pulled into a parking lot, exited back onto the street and struck another vehicle. Police said McClure then sped south on Norwood Street, where he struck two parked cars and two trees. McClure was pronounced dead at the scene. | kctv5.com | ||
15528 | Eulalio V. DeLeon Jr. | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/20/2014 | Austin | TX | 30.1858056 | -97.7992041 | Austin Police Department | Eulalio V. DeLeon, 26, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for sexual assault and died because of a crash. | statesman.com | ||
15529 | Soumalia Alphonse Kremian | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/20/2014 | Camp Hill | PA | 40.2595916 | -76.9118112 | West Shore Regional Police Department | Kremian died as the target of a high-speed police chase, which ended when he lost control of his vehicle, struck a tree, and died. | wgal.com | ||
15530 | James Long | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 12/20/2014 | Dover | DE | 39.1607212 | -75.5606847 | Dover Police Department | Long contacted a crisis center stating he had suicidal thoughts and wanted to commit suicide by cop. Officers were notified and responded to Long's apartment. After officers tried negotiating with Long they entered the apartment, Long had a BB gun. Officers shot and killed him. | delawareonline.com | ||
15531 | Allen Locke | 30 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/20/2014 | Rapid City | SD | 44.1090845 | -103.2237212 | Pennington County Sheriff's Office | Police were dispatched to remove an unwanted person from a house. Locke attacked with a knife, so they shot and killed him. | rapidcityjournal.com | ||
15519 | Mike Santoyo | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/19/2014 | Riverside | CA | 33.9755225 | -117.3596265 | Riverside Police Department | Mike Santoyo was ejected from his car while on fire after a police chase in Riverside ended in a crash that split the car in two. At around 1:40 a.m., an officer reportedly say Santoyo driving a truck the wrong way on a one-way street downtown. According to officials, the officer followed Santoyo, who crashed into a parked car on University Avenue. The officer tried to pull Santoyo over, but he allegedly backed up and fled. The officer chased Santoyo at speeds reaching 80 mph until Santoyo crashed into a palm tree. The truck split in half and burst into flames. Santoyo was thrown from the truck, on fire, and officers extinguished the flames. He died at a hospital. | www.pe.com | ||
15520 | Anna Kauska | 33 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/19/2014 | San Ysidro | NM | 35.5217336 | -106.7780424 | Sandoval County Sheriff's Office | Anna Kauska, 33, and Barbara M. Arriola, 30, were allegedly fleeing a police stop for weaving and driving without headlights and died because of a crash. They ran head-on into Jack Mills, 68, killing him. | abqjournal.com | ||
15521 | Barbara M. Arriola | 30 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/19/2014 | San Ysidro | NM | 35.5217336 | -106.7780424 | Sandoval County Sheriff's Office | Anna Kauska, 33, and Barbara M. Arriola, 30, were allegedly fleeing a police stop for weaving and driving without headlights and died because of a crash. They ran head-on into Jack Mills, 68, killing him. | abqjournal.com | ||
15522 | Jack Mills | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 12/19/2014 | San Ysidro | NM | 35.5217336 | -106.7780424 | Sandoval County Sheriff's Office | Anna Kauska, 33, and Barbara M. Arriola, 30, were allegedly fleeing a police stop for weaving and driving without headlights and died because of a crash. They ran head-on into Jack Mills, 68, killing him. | abqjournal.com | ||
15523 | Willy Timmerman | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 12/19/2014 | Greenwood | NE | 40.9578693 | -96.4446727 | Cass County Sheriff's Office, Saunders County Sheriff's Office, Nebraska State Patrol, Lincoln Police Department | At around 6 p.m. a deputy saw a Ford Ranger pickup truck suspected in an earlier hit-and-run at a gas station in Waverly. The driver, Willy Timmerman allegedly wouldn't stop and a chase ensued. Timmerman drove into the Greenwood Cemetery where officers from several agencies reportedly tried to get him to exit the vehicle before LCSD deputies broke a window in the truck and found Timmerman dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. | ketv.com | ||
15524 | Terrell Beasley | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/19/2014 | St. Louis | MO | 38.659614 | -90.208661 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Terrell Beasley was with a group of men in a car who shot at an off-duty police officer as he got out of his pickup truck. The officer returned fire, killing Beasley, whose body was found in a burning car hours later. | stltoday.com | ||
15525 | Aaron Martin | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 12/19/2014 | Holiday | FL | 28.2065974 | -82.7510556 | Pasco County Sheriff's Office | Martin was suspected of beating his ex-wife and refused to let her and their son out of the house. Deputies entered the home, used a stun gun on him - with no effect - and then Martin charged at a deputies with a wooden stand, prompting a deputy to shoot and kill him. | tampabay.com | ||
15526 | Nicholas Tyson Frazier | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 12/19/2014 | Deer Lodge | MT | 46.401587 | -112.733094 | Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Agency | Police were called to help an armed, suicidal man. He pointed his gun at them, so they shot and killed him. | mtstandard.com | ||
15512 | Thao Chao | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/18/2014 | Oroville | CA | 39.4490706 | -121.5521073 | California Highway Patrol | Thao Chao, 35, was allegedly fleeing a police stop on a motorcycle for a registration violation and died because of a crash. | krcrtv.com | ||
15513 | Linda Weaver | 78 | Female | European-American/White | 12/18/2014 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4202637 | -93.7973163 | Shreveport Police Department | Damian Pea was wanted on warrants and his girlfriend worked with local police to arrest him at a convenience store. Instead, Pea stole her car and led police on an 11 minute chase that ended when he crashed head on into a car carrying Linda and Clayton Weaver. Pea was killed instantly and the Weavers died later in the hospital. | casetext.com | ||
15514 | Damian Pea | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2014 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4202637 | -93.7973163 | Shreveport Police Department | Damian Pea was wanted on warrants and his girlfriend worked with local police to arrest him at a convenience store. Instead, Pea stole her car and led police on an 11 minute chase that ended when he crashed head on into a car carrying Linda and Clayton Weaver. Pea was killed instantly and the Weavers died later in the hospital. | casetext.com | ||
15515 | Clayton Weaver | 81 | Male | European-American/White | 12/18/2014 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4202637 | -93.7973163 | Shreveport Police Department | Damian Pea was wanted on warrants and his girlfriend worked with local police to arrest him at a convenience store. Instead, Pea stole her car and led police on an 11 minute chase that ended when he crashed head on into a car carrying Linda and Clayton Weaver. Pea was killed instantly and the Weavers died later in the hospital. | casetext.com | ||
15516 | Brent Kyle Krout | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 12/18/2014 | Paragon | IN | 39.3792109 | -86.6074313 | Indiana State Police | During a meth investigation, police were led on a chase after a drug dealer, Krout. They went on a chase after him through several counties. When he finally pulled over, there was a seven hour standoff. Krout fired out of his car once during the standoff. He finally got out of his car and pointed his gun at SWAT officers and they fired at him. | indystar.com | ||
15517 | Joshua G. Dawson | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 12/18/2014 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6562164 | -112.1093183 | Phoenix Police Department | A man called 911 because Dawson was throwing rocks at him while he was sitting in his car. When the officers arrived, Dawson began screaming and kicking the squad car. When the second officer arrived, Dawson started throwing throwing knives at him. The officer shot Dawson. | kpho.com | ||
15518 | Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada | 17 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/18/2014 | Willow Creek | CA | 40.9089201 | -123.6596995 | California Highway Patrol | Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada, 17, crashed his car at 1 a.m. A CHP responded and Estrada attacked him with a machete. The Officer shot at Estrada 11 times and then locked himself in the car and called for help. Second officer came to the scene and found the boy naked & unarmed on the ground, bleeding out from gunshot wounds and unresponsive. He tasered Estrada, who later succumbed to his gunshot wounds. | northcoastjournal.com | ||
15507 | James Wall | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 12/17/2014 | Tacoma | WA | 47.1692964 | -122.4594538 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office | Wall was suspected in a murder. When officers caught up with him, he shot at them, they shot and hit him, but it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound that killed him. | thenewstribune.com | ||
15508 | Adam Padilla | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/17/2014 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0762267 | -106.7235782 | Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office | After deputies pulled over Padilla there was a struggle between them. Deputies believed Padilla had a weapon leading deputies to shoot and kill Padilla. A gun was recovered from the scene. | koat.com | ||
15509 | Andrew Jay Worsfold | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 12/17/2014 | Marshalltown | IA | 42.0467014 | -92.9096685 | Marshalltown Police Department | Officers were on patrol at 3:50 a.m. and encountered Andrew Jay Worsfold, a mentally ill 25-year-old with a handgun. He pointed the gun at officers and they shot and killed him. | desmoinesregister.com | ||
15510 | Henry Castoreno | 48 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/17/2014 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4626285 | -98.5706372 | San Antonio Police Department | Police responded early to a disturbance call at a restaurant's parking lot at where two men apparently had argued and one ran over the other with a pickup, fatally injuring him. Police tracked the suspect down, leading to a chase on foot. Shots were fired, killing Castoreno. | mysanantonio.com | ||
15511 | Johnathon Dean "JD" Mar | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 12/17/2014 | Shoreview | MN | 45.042792 | -93.1022601 | Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, Brooklyn Center Police Department | Maple Grove police said they found a man dead of a gunshot wound at a Maple Grove rest stop. An SUV driven by Mar was seen leaving the rest stop. Police said Mar led them on a high-speed chase that ended when Mar crashed into the median of I-694. Mar "emerged from the vehicle with a knife and began repeatedly stabbing himself," according to a statement from the BCA, which added that he "ignored repeated commands from law enforcement to stop and get on the ground." Investigators said that Mar then "charged" officers. Two officers fired. | mprnews.org | ||
15504 | Joseph Lilly | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/16/2014 | San Francisco | CA | 37.8088095 | -122.3679926 | California Highway Patrol | Motorcyclist Lilly was killed trying to elude pursuing officers on the Treasure Island exit in the middle of the Bay Bridge. Lilly had no license plate. After some back-and-forth with police, Lilly miscalculated and crashed into a pole. | sfweekly.com | ||
15505 | William R. Osterlind | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 12/16/2014 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6805791 | -111.9772265 | Phoenix Police Department | Osterlind was threatening to harm himself. When police arrived they told him to drop his gun - instead, Osterlind pointed the gun at his head. Osterlind was walking toward the home where two young girls were. An officer, worried Osterlind posed a threat toward the girls, shot Osterlind. Osterlind fired a round, striking a 12-year-old girl. Osterlind died from his wound. | fox2now.com | ||
15506 | Julius L. Pinson | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/16/2014 | Costa Mesa | CA | 33.6803566 | -117.8908649 | Costa Mesa Police Department | Pinson had warrants out for his arrest and officers arrived to arrest him at his apartment. Pinson tried to resist arrest and pulled out a gun. Shots were exchanged between Pinson and the officer. Pinson was pronounced dead at the scene. | ocregister.com | ||
15497 | Cordatrist Deontrell McCall | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2014 | Montgomery | AL | 32.3432219 | -86.2778367 | Montgomery Police Department | Cordatrist Deontrell McCall, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for shots fired and died because of a crash. | montgomeryadvertiser.com | ||
15498 | Ethan J. Plath | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 12/15/2014 | Beaver Dam | WI | 43.521895 | -88.871086 | Fox Lake Police Department | Ethan J. Plath, 25, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for warrants (probation and parole) and died because of a crash. | wiscnews.com | ||
15499 | Rebecca Tavera | 26 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 12/15/2014 | Tahlequah | OK | 35.9298142 | -95.0006345 | Hulbert Police Department | Mid-afternoon on a Monday a Ford Mustang being chased by police crashed, ejecting the driver and his passenger Tavera. She died about a week later from her injuries. The driver had feared being deported for the third time. Drive sentenced 15 years for vehicular manslaughter. | tahlequahdailypress.com | ||
15500 | Brandon Tate Brown | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2014 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.03095 | -75.054974 | Philadelphia Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Brown was pulled for a traffic stop and when they asked him to exit the vehicle a struggle began. Brown tried to reach back into his vehicle, allegedly for a handgun and officers shot him. | nbcphiladelphia.com | ||
15501 | Dennis Grisgby Jr. | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2014 | Texarkana | TX | 33.3999048 | -94.0736351 | Texarkana Police Department | Dennis Grisgby Jr. was a schizophrenic man who wandered into his neighbor's garage at night. Police were called to a burglary in progress. When they arrived on the scene, Grisgby walked toward officers holding a metal object. An officer shot and killed Grigsby. The metal object turned out to be a spoon. | texarkanagazette.com | ||
15502 | Chad Simpson | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 12/15/2014 | MIdland | TX | 32.038207 | -102.07889 | Midland Police Department | A sergeant shot his wife before turning the gun on himself in a murder suicide. Midland Police say Sgt. Simpson most recently worked in the traffic division and had been employed with the department for more than nine years, also serving patrol and K-9 assignments throughout his career. | mrt.com | ||
15503 | Sandra Simpson | 32 | Female | European-American/White | 12/15/2014 | Midland | TX | 32.038207 | -102.07889 | Midland Police Department | A sergeant shot his wife before turning the gun on himself in a murder suicide. Midland Police say Sgt. Simpson most recently worked in the traffic division and had been employed with the department for more than nine years, also serving patrol and K-9 assignments throughout his career. | mrt.com | ||
27882 | Valerie Ann Morrow | 40 | Female | European-American/White | 12/15/2014 | Glenolden | PA | 39.9016837 | -75.3044785 | Colwyn Police Department | Stephen "Roz" Rozniakowski, 35, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder in the first degree for Valerie Morrow's shooting death. Rozniakowski, who was a Colwyn police officer when he murdered Morrow, also pleaded guilty to other counts against other members of Morrow's family. | delcotimes.com | ||
15492 | Asia Roundtree | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/14/2014 | Detroit | MI | 42.4076252 | -82.9421741 | Detroit Police Department | A suspect with his girlfriend and his 9-year-old brother in the car fled police and ended up crashing his white sedan into a tree so hard that it split. His girlfriend, Roundtree, died at the scene. The 9-year-old emerged with painfully damaged legs. | clickondetroit.com | ||
15493 | Martin Sanchez-Juarez | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/14/2014 | Norman | OK | 35.2020958 | -97.4766881 | Norman Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call came in about a man – later identified as Martin Sanchez-Juarez – who was acting irrationally. According to police, Sanchez-Juarez approached the first officer on the scene with a hammer and refused to comply with the officer's request to drop it. He reportedly knocked a mirror off the officer's patrol car. The officer shot, striking Sanchez-Juarez three times, killing him. | normantranscript.com | ||
15494 | Daniel Torres | 51 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/14/2014 | St. Johns | FL | 30.0977519 | -81.4818707 | St. Johns County Sheriff's Office | Officers were called to a domestic dispute at a residence on Black Cherry Drive. Torres had forced entry into his estranged wife's house. When officers arrived, he tried to escape through the window when deputies arrived. There was a confrontation between officers and Torres and officers saw that Torres was holding a knife. They shot Torres during the confrontation. | jacksonville.com | ||
15495 | Michael D. Sulton | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/14/2014 | Ridgeland | MS | 32.4201174 | -90.1327674 | Ridgeland Police Department | Sulton carjacked a Mercedes and drove off in it. Police pursued him and during the pursuit, Sulton rammed his car into one of the police cars and came to a stop. Sulton ran and fired shots at officers and they fired back, hitting him. | wapt.com | ||
15496 | Xavier McDonald | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/14/2014 | Nashville | TN | 36.0871262 | -86.6474372 | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | Police were investigating a robbery in the area, and they were led to the apartment complex where McDonald lived. When officers arrived they saw a group people and were patting them down. When they attempted to pat McDonald down, he barricaded himself in the bathroom. When MCDonald finally came out of the bathroom, an officer tried to take him into custody and used a taser on him. McDonald fired a gun at officers, hitting one officer. Officers fired back at McDonald. | tennessean.com | ||
15485 | Jason Alan Van Leuven | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 12/13/2014 | Tustin | CA | 33.7587603 | -117.8020206 | California Highway Patrol | Jeremy Roggero and Jason Alan Van Leuven were killed and another man was seriously injured after leading the CHP on a high-speed chase that ended in a fiery crash in Tustin. | caraccidentcaselaw.com | ||
15486 | Jeremy Roggero | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 12/13/2014 | Tustin | CA | 33.7587603 | -117.8020206 | California Highway Patrol | Jeremy Roggero and Jason Alan Van Leuven were killed and another man was seriously injured after leading the CHP on a high-speed chase that ended in a fiery crash in Tustin. | caraccidentcaselaw.com | ||
15487 | Aidan Lee Hickman | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 12/13/2014 | Houston | TX | 29.606373 | -95.2051071 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4 | A deputy pulled Hickman over for speeding. Hickman shot himself in the head. | google.com | ||
15488 | Leo Blackmon Jr. | 46 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/13/2014 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6680262 | -90.2577244 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | On a Saturday night police speeding to a call, without lights or siren, collided with one of three ATV running at a high rate of speed on city streets. The ATV rider Blackmon was killed. While it is illegal to ride ATVs in the street in St. Louis, it is unclear from press reports whether the police cruiser struck the ATV, or the ATV struck the police cruiser. | fox2now.com | ||
15489 | Logan Patrick Hall | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 12/13/2014 | Mt Vernon | OH | 40.4018369 | -82.4586599 | Mount Vernon Police Department | Logan Patrick Hall was involved in a domestic dispute when police arrived. He was armed, but reports don't say what with. He refused to drop weapon and police shot and killed him. | dispatch.com | ||
15490 | Joseph Michael Rodriguez | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/13/2014 | Topeka | KS | 39.0558017 | -95.6889698 | Topeka Police Department | Rodriguez was attempting to carjack a car when police were called to the scene. He was pointing a gun at bystanders and police and police told him to drop his weapon, but he wouldn't. Police shot Rodriguez. | cjonline.com | ||
15491 | Charles Gluchacki | 65 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/13/2014 | Perris | CA | 33.7576037 | -117.2719238 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Gulchacki broke into an elderly woman's home, saying he did it because he was cold. Her son asked him to leave but he wouldn't and appeared to have a mental illness so the son had him sit at the table with the woman called police. Gulchacki fell asleep and woke up when police arrived. Deputies shot Gulchacki (no details about why have been reported). | www.pe.com | ||
15475 | Alex Reyna Garcia | 45 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/12/2014 | Anderson | SC | 34.4932403 | -82.6800047 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | Brandon Charles Franks, 34, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. Passengers Jose Medrano Castillo and Alex Reyna Garcia were also killed. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
15476 | Brandon Charles Franks | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 12/12/2014 | Anderson | SC | 34.4932403 | -82.6800047 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | Brandon Charles Franks, 34, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. Passengers Jose Medrano Castillo and Alex Reyna Garcia were also killed. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
15477 | Jose Medrano Castillo | 54 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/12/2014 | Anderson | SC | 34.4932403 | -82.6800047 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | Brandon Charles Franks, 34, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. Passengers Jose Medrano Castillo and Alex Reyna Garcia were also killed. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
15478 | Randall Gorden | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/12/2014 | Sevierville | TN | 35.8464979 | -83.522826 | Sevierville Police Department | A woman told authorities that her ex-boyfriend, Gorden, was trying to break into her residence. Gorden, drinking and armed, sat in a vehicle near the residence. After 75 minutes, Gorden lighted a cigarette. Officers tried to detain him while he was distracted. Gorden revealed a pistol. Officer of the year Adam Akers shot him. It was reported as the first fatal shooting by the department in 25 or more years. | wbir.com | ||
15479 | Timothy Shyler Kincaid | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/12/2014 | Newton | NC | 35.64443 | -81.208134 | Newton Police Department | Local police were following motorcyclist Kincaid, preparing for a traffic stop, for three and a half miles. They saw him run a red light, then they saw him crashed in the woods on the other side of a three-way intersection. He'd left a skid mark 35 feet long. Kincaid died from the impact. | hickoryrecord.com | ||
15480 | Brayden Scott Traxler | 3 | Male | European-American/White | 12/12/2014 | Forest | MS | 32.4581054 | -89.5117241 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | A 2003 Mercury Sable driven by 9-year old TyJun Thigpen reportedly evaded a checkpoint. A MHP trooper pursued the car down Old Jackson Road before it turned sharply onto Old Hillsboro Road and eventually veered off the road, crashed through a metal gate and hit utility poles, killing Justin Harrell and Brayden Scott Traxler, and injuring Thigpen and a 13-year old girl. Thigpen had reportedly snuck his mother's keys and the kids went for a ride. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
15481 | Justin Harrell | 13 | Male | European-American/White | 12/12/2014 | Forest | MS | 32.4581054 | -89.5117241 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | A 2003 Mercury Sable driven by 9-year old TyJun Thigpen reportedly evaded a checkpoint. A MHP trooper pursued the car down Old Jackson Road before it turned sharply onto Old Hillsboro Road and eventually veered off the road, crashed through a metal gate and hit utility poles, killing Justin Harrell and Brayden Scott Traxler, and injuring Thigpen and a 13-year old girl. Thigpen had reportedly snuck his mother's keys, and the kids went for a ride. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
15482 | Marinan Reese | 79 | Female | European-American/White | 12/12/2014 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.6232035 | -97.5944234 | Oklahoma City Police Department | An officer on a high speed chase collided with an elderly woman waiting to make a left turn. The officer has been indicted. | koco.com | ||
15483 | Thurrell Jowers | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/12/2014 | Poplar Bluff | MO | 36.759289 | -90.3999901 | Poplar Bluff Police Department | Jowers was suspected of stabbing somebody. When he was confronted by officers, he didn't comply with orders to drop the knife and then reportedly charged officers, so they shot and killed him. | kfvs12.com | ||
15473 | Anthony Landi | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 12/11/2014 | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | 26.8098879 | -80.0993682 | Palm Beach Gardens Police Department | Palm Beach Gardens police say a motel staff member called 911 after the suspect told the front desk clerk he had a gun and asked her to call the police. When officers arrived at the scene Landi raised his gun and pointed it at the officers. Three police officers shot and killed him. The gun turned out to be a BB/pellet gun. | tampabay.com | ||
15474 | Brandon Atencio | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 12/11/2014 | Canon City | CO | 38.464908 | -105.2179206 | Canon City Police Department | Police say Atencio tried to run away. Stage and Gautreaux chased him down the residential street. Suddenly, he dropped down on his knees, took out a box cutter, and began to cut his throat. Atencio stood up, he yelled, Fuck this and charged toward Corporal Stage with the box cutter. Stage shot Atencio twice in the chest. | canoncitydailyrecord.com | ||
15470 | Lamont Ford Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/10/2014 | Pittsburgh | PA | 40.4547041 | -79.8806489 | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | Lamont Ford Jr., 22, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. | wtae.com | ||
15471 | Thomas Edward Brazeail | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 12/10/2014 | Wildomar | CA | 33.6135432 | -117.2535427 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Riverside sheriff's deputies began a chase at Lakeshore and Riverside drives in the Lake Elsinore area after attempting to pull over a Thomas Edward Brazeail in a stolen car. He fled and traveled south on I-15 to the Baxter Road offramp in Wildomar. The pursuit ended at the dead end of Killarney Lane roughly a half-mile northeast of I-15 and Baxter Road. Brazeail then drove in the general direction of officers, who opened fire and killed him. | www.pe.com | ||
15472 | Travis Faison | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/10/2014 | Sanford | NC | 35.474075 | -79.175042 | Sanford Police Department | Faison was being a served a warrant for his arrest. Police allege Faison ran to the back of house and armed himself. Eyewitnesses claimed Faison was unarmed and on the telephone when police shot and killed him. Police recovered a weapon at the scene but declined to say if it had been used by Faison. | wral.com | ||
15468 | John Laco | 84 | Male | European-American/White | 12/09/2014 | Lake Station | IN | 41.573362 | -87.2369329 | Lake Station Police Department | John Laco was upset that his home was being condemned by the city due to fire damage. He showed up in the city hall parking lot with a shotgun, fired a few shots, then waited in his car with the barrel out the window for police to show up. When they showed up, Laco got out of the car with the shotgun and advanced on the officer who shot and killed him. | nwitimes.com | ||
15469 | Calvin Peters | 49 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/09/2014 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.6690137 | -73.9429056 | City of New York Police Department | Calvin Peters attacked student with knife in a Jewish school. At first he put knife down when confronted by police, but then picked it back up and charged at police. Police shot and killed him. | nydailynews.com | ||
15465 | Michael Joe Landes | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 12/08/2014 | Richards | TX | 30.541878 | -95.736779 | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office | Deputies conducted a welfare check at the Landes residence. Landes, armed with an AK-47, told deputies that he had been drinking and had killed his wife's dogs. When he refused to put the rifle down, a deputy tasered Landes. Landes was arrested for cruelty to animals, cleared by Conroe Regional Medical Center and booked into Montgomery County Jail. He became ill a second time, returned to Conroe Regional and died of pancreatitis. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. | google.com | ||
15466 | Randall Clifton Minier Jr. | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/08/2014 | Lansing | MI | 42.7301869 | -84.5854049 | Lansing Township Police Department | Investigators have said Minier displayed a gun and refused orders to drop the weapon before he was shot through the rear window of the stopped car. Driver Tyrell Washington has said Minier was not threatening officers and showed the gun simply to alert them that he had it. | lansingstatejournal.com | ||
15467 | Christopher Bernard Doss | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/08/2014 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3988891 | -98.4859846 | Bexar County Sheriff's Office | Police were serving a warrant on a homicide suspect when he reached for his gun, resulting in a deputy shooting him. | mysanantonio.com | ||
15459 | Thomas McGinty | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/07/2014 | Chicago | IL | 41.691783 | -87.703573 | Chicago Police Department | An off-duty Chicago police sergeant shot and killed a man after the man shot and wounded a fellow patron at Blackthorn Pub, police said. | cookcountyrecord.com | ||
15460 | Anthony Wade Moore | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 12/07/2014 | las Vegas | NV | 36.1175838 | -115.1884813 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Detectives suspected Anthony Wade Moore of several casino robberies and tracked him to a hotel. When confronted, Moore resisted arrest and was tased by the detectives. A struggle ensued during which Moore reached for his waistband. The detectives fired and killed Moore. A firearm was found in Moore's waistband. | casino.org | ||
15461 | Joshua David Merritt | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 12/07/2014 | Yulee | FL | 30.67316 | -81.529262 | Nassau County Sheriff's Office | Police responding to a number of 911 man-with-a-gun calls found Merritt on a porch with a handgun. Merritt fired at police, who fatally shot him, but initially would not disclose how many deputies were at the scene, how many shots were fired, or other details. | ncflindependent.com | ||
15462 | Guadalupe Manzo Ochoa | 27 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/07/2014 | Oakland | CA | 37.7484391 | -122.1604624 | San Leandro Police Department | Guadalupe Manzo Ochoa was shot dead by San Leandro police after she allegedly rammed several police cars at the end of a chase. Police alleged vehicular assault. | sfgate.com | ||
15463 | John Bonnell Snyder | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 12/07/2014 | Trent Woods | NC | 35.075228 | -77.093744 | Trent Woods Police Department | Trent Woods police officers were attempting to serve misdemeanor larceny warrants to Snyder when he pulled out a gun. Snyder refused to drop the gun and pointed it at officers, who shot and killed Snyder.The firearm turned out to be a BB pistol. Woods had been suicidal in recent weeks. | newbernsj.com | ||
15464 | Jerry Demonte Nowlin | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/07/2014 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.495742 | -97.4929609 | Oklahoma City Police Department | OKC PD tried to pull over a guy in a car. The guy drove for a couple of blocks and crashed into the fence of an apartment complex. He exited the car and ran through the complex. Officers gave chase and shot the man after he brandished a firearm at them, OKC PD claims. Eyewitnesses claim Nowlin was unarmed, had his hands up and was shot in the back. | koco.com | ||
15453 | Decter Torry Hudson | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/05/2014 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.20209 | -84.5322706 | Springfield Township Police Department | James L. Walker, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for breaking into cars, killing Demarco S. Leary and Decter Torry Hudson upon crashing. | wlwt.com | ||
15454 | Demarco S. Leary | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/05/2014 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.20209 | -84.5322706 | Springfield Township Police Department | James L. Walker, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for breaking into cars, killing Demarco S. Leary and Decter Torry Hudson upon crashing. | wlwt.com | ||
15455 | Franklin Lee | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 12/05/2014 | Cairo | GA | 30.8951706 | -84.2027223 | Cairo Police Department | According to police, Lee appeared to be intoxicated. During the arrest, Lee was sprayed with pepper spray. He was taken to the Grady County Detention Center where he was decontaminated from the Pepper Spray and placed in a holding cell. A Grady County Jailer later found Lee unresponsive in the cell. Lee was he was pronounced dead at Grady General Hospital. An autopsy determined Lee died from a preexisting heart condition and that pepper spray did not contribute to his death. | walb.com | ||
15456 | Joseph Glenn Folsom Jr. | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 12/05/2014 | Camden | SC | 34.3766973 | -80.7274039 | U.S. Marshals Service | Joseph Glenn Folsom Jr. was convicted in June of interstate transportation of stolen money. U.S. Marshals went to the 61-year-old's home near Lake Wateree when he failed to report to prison. Inside the home, marshalls found Folsom in an upstairs bedroom with a shotgun pointing at his neck. When ordered to put down the weapon, he waived it around and the Marshalls shot and killed him. | wistv.com | ||
15457 | David Scott Wear | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 12/05/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.101406 | -118.3208436 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon near a busy intersection. When police arrived, they were directed to Wear, who was holding a knife and swinging it at pedestrians, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers ordered Wear to drop the knife, and he refused, prompting two officers to fire multiple rounds, killing him. | latimes.com | ||
15458 | Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/05/2014 | Miami | FL | 25.7999916 | -80.2030244 | Miami Police Department | Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, a street artist who goes by the name "Demz," died Tuesday night after being struck by an unmarked Miami police car during a chase in Wynwood. | miamiherald.com | ||
15449 | Keenan Ardoin | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/04/2014 | Ville Platte | LA | 30.6849313 | -92.2751278 | Ville Platte Police Department | Police were called to Keenan Ardoin's home where they found him wrestling with his girlfriend in the backyard. They pepper sprayed the couple then struggled with Ardoin for 10 minutes before handcuffing him. Ardoin collapsed during the arrest, became unresponsive and died. | evangelinetoday.com | ||
15450 | Raymond Keith Martinez | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 12/04/2014 | West Monroe | LA | 32.5062294 | -92.1383213 | West Monroe Police Department | Raymond Keith Martinez was intoxicated and refusing to leave a convenience store. West Monroe Police Officer Jody LeDoux arrived at the scene and Martinez still refused to leave. Martinez reached for something in a bin, the police officer thought it was a gun and shot and killed Martinez. The object turned out to be a cell phone. | thenewsstar.com | ||
15451 | Alejandro Noel Cordero-Rivera | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/04/2014 | Orlando | FL | 28.529626 | -81.308182 | Orlando Police Department | Local police suspected ex-con Alejandro Noel Cordero-Rivera in a burglary. When they arrived at his house, they found Cordero-Rivera sitting in a car in the driveway, armed with a gun. One officer instantly opened fire on Corero Rivera, killing him. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
15452 | Karin S. Moller | 55 | Female | European-American/White | 12/04/2014 | South Berwick | ME | 43.263237 | -70.6789941 | South Berwick Police Department, York Police Department | Moller was fatally shot Thursday afternoon about a quarter-mile from the small house she shared with her father, Ronald. She had threatened to harm herself in a 30-minute telephone call to a medical facility and warned she had a gun. When she tried to drive away from the house, police used a spike mat to stop her car. As officers from South Berwick and York approached the car, she got out, pointed a gun at them and was shot, police said. | fosters.com | ||
15445 | John Frank | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/03/2014 | Kansas City | MO | 39.3326418 | -94.5612192 | Clay County Sheriff's Office | John Frank was reportedly found dead following a police standoff. The standoff began at around 9 p.m. after police responded to a domestic dispute at a home. A woman told officers Frank had fired a shot during an argument. She was able to escape. Tactical officers entered the home at about 6 a.m. after unsuccessfully trying to persuade Frank to surrender. The officers discovered Frank inside dead. According to police, no shots were fired by officers. | kmbc.com | ||
15446 | Carlos Tuger | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/03/2014 | Kingsville | TX | 27.375459 | -97.8373967 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Amurabi Medina-Cruz, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for human smuggling, killing Jose Garcia-Paso and Carlos Tuger upon crashing. | valleycentral.com | ||
15447 | Jose Garcia-Paso | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/03/2014 | Kingsville | TX | 27.375459 | -97.8373967 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Amurabi Medina-Cruz, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for human smuggling, killing Jose Garcia-Paso and Carlos Tuger upon crashing. | valleycentral.com | ||
15448 | Cody Raymond Layne | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/03/2014 | West Point | GA | 32.814075 | -85.0249151 | Harris County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol | Passenger Layne was killed in a 4:30 a.m. high-speed vehicle crash with county and state officers in pursuit. Layne and the driver had been caught trying to burglarize cars in a residential district, and had led police on a fast chase across two counties before crashing. | ledger-enquirer.com | ||
15438 | Raymond Mathieu | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/02/2014 | Bellaire | TX | 29.7075811 | -95.4680227 | Houston Police Department | Raymond Mathieu, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for armed robbery and died because of a crash. | click2houston.com | ||
15440 | Isaac Lee Ricks | 68 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/02/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0426942 | -118.2477071 | Los Angeles Police Department | LAPD officers responded to a call of a screaming woman. Officers arrived and heard a woman screaming that she was being stabbed and needed help. Officers forced their way into an apartment and saw Ricks stabbing the woman with a pair of scissors. An officer opened fire, killing Ricks. | lacounty.gov | ||
15441 | William Mark Jones | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/02/2014 | Red Springs | NC | 34.754244 | -79.1007124 | Robeson County Sheriff's Office | Police found William Mark Jones walking in the road, bleeding and acting erratically. Jones refused to get out of the roadway and attempted to flee, but an officer hit him several times with a baton. Officer then used a taser in regular and drive stun mode and body weight to subdue Jones. A deputy realized Jones had stopped breathing after he'd been placed handcuffs and leg irons. An autopsy determined Jones had cocaine in his system and had died because of police restraints. | ems1.com | ||
15442 | Gilbert Richard Reyna | 55 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/02/2014 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7286598 | -97.4144578 | Fort Worth Police Department | Reyna was confronted by officers after a burglary. Reyna then charged at an officer with a baseball bat. The officer then fired a shot at Reyna, killing him. | star-telegram.com | ||
15443 | Lincoln Price | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/02/2014 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.482476 | -97.6366554 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Oklahoma City police Monday shot and killed a man after he fired a semi-automatic weapon at officers, police said. Lincoln Price, 24, was shot and killed, police said. | newsok.com | ||
15444 | Rumain Brisbon | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/02/2014 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6253011 | -112.1135184 | Phoenix Police Department | Police looking for a burglary suspect approached Brisbon. The suspect fled on foot. When caught Brisbon struggled with the officer. The suspect reached into his pocket. The officer felt what he believed to be a gun in the suspect's pocket. When he could no longer control Brisbon he fired two shots. The item in Brisbon's pocket turned out to be a bottle of oxycodone pills. Family awarded 1.5 million civil settlement. | phoenixnewtimes.com | ||
15432 | Alberto Marquez | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/01/2014 | Long Beach | CA | 33.764447 | -118.2069218 | Westminster Police Department | Passenger Alberto Marquez was killed in a fiery crash following a police pursuit. Driver sentenced 35 years to life for 2nd degree murder. | pursuitresponse.org | ||
15433 | Byron Scales | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/01/2014 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9616754 | -75.238792 | Philadelphia Police Department | Craig Monroe, 30, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for malfunctioning tail lights, killing Byron Scales upon crashing. | 6abc.com | ||
15434 | Fiyaz Hussain | 16 | Male | Middle Eastern | 12/01/2014 | Houston | TX | 30.0023097 | -95.4833341 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Two Harris County sheriff's deputies, one of whom just graduated from the academy, responded to a 911 call about a suspicious person. At the same time, there was a 911 call made regarding a medical emergency at a home next door. A woman inside that house reported she heard a loud noise and found a female victim lying on the first floor, bleeding from the head. As the deputies were responding to the suspicious person call a man popped out from behind a fence and fired two shots at them. One deputy returned fire, killing him. | chron.com | ||
15435 | Cody Robert Healey | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 12/01/2014 | Pensacola | FL | 30.4357708 | -87.2906647 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office | Officers were called to the scene after school administration witnessed Healey screaming outside of the school and throwing himself against trees and cars, wearing only a T-shirt. The officers tried to handcuff Healey but he resisted and kicked officers. They tasered him three times but he managed to escape and run away. They chased him and tasered him twice more. Healey turned blue and stopped breathing. Police called medics and Healey was taken to the hospital where he was put on life support. His family decided to terminate his life support two weeks later. | pnj.com | ||
15436 | Rosendo Gino Rodriquez | 49 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/01/2014 | Midland | TX | 31.9841719 | -102.0997488 | Midland Police Department | Officers were sent to check up on Rodriquez to try to talk him into taking his medication. When Rodriquez saw the officers he ran and barricaded himself inside a bathroom. SWAT was eventually called because the officers felt Rodriquez was acting aggressively by locking himself in. When they finally broke down the door Rodriquez had a machete. Rodriquez was swinging the machete in the small space and struck one of the officers with the flat side of it. Officers feared for their lives and shot and killed Rodriquez. | midlandtexas.gov | ||
15437 | John Earl Pepper | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 12/01/2014 | Anderson | SC | 34.5111279 | -82.6753366 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of an angry man holing up in his home with a gun(s). Expressed much anger toward responding deputies. Displayed handgun, threatened to shoot. Killed by Lt. Christopher Vaughn with rifle. | greenvilleonline.com | ||
15428 | Eric Gerod Brooks | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/30/2014 | Tuskegee | AL | 32.5013759 | -85.7505804 | Alabama Department of Public Safety | Eric Gerod Brooks died after being ejected from his vehicle when he crashed while fleeing a traffic stop. | wtvm.com | ||
15429 | Sherman Rodney Brown | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/30/2014 | Virginia Beach | VA | 36.8102489 | -76.1946048 | Virginia State Police | State troopers in a heavy enforcement area clocked Brown going about 100 MPH at 1 a.m. and gave chase. He sped away but attempted to exit. He lost control and wrecked his car in a fatal crash. | accidentdatacenter.com | ||
15430 | Fernando Escobedo | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/30/2014 | Carson | CA | 33.8191091 | -118.2705499 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | [Escovedo] was wielding a steak knife when he confronted one of the deputies and was shot and killed. | latimes.com | ||
15431 | Tabanico "Tommy" Ysidro Pirtle | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 11/30/2014 | Elko | NV | 40.833031 | -115.767496 | Elko Police Department | Pirtle was in a domestic situation, struggling over a semi-automatic weapon with others. When an officer arrived Pirtle retrieved the weapon, ignored officer's commands to drop the weapon. Pirtle was subsequently shot. | elkodaily.com | ||
23880 | Casey E. Kressin | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/30/2014 | Chippewa Falls | WI | 44.9148027 | -91.3888591 | Chippewa Falls Police Department | Around 2 a.m., a police officer pulled over a speeding car that ran through a red light. The driver yelled to the officer that her passenger, Casey Kressin, was having an asthma attack and needed to go to the emergency room. Kressin got out of the car and was on the ground and said he needed his inhaler. Police say the girlfriend was too distraught to continue driving. Rather than transporting him, the officer called for an ambulance. By the time paramedics arrived about seven minutes later, Kressin was dead. | chippewa.com | ||
15422 | Michelle Yen Nguyen | 21 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/28/2014 | Houston | TX | 29.8982844 | -95.5492324 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Michelle Y. Nguyen, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving erratically and died because of a crash. Since Fatal Encounters could not find a supporting media internet link, this information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. | usatoday.com | ||
15423 | Donshay James | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/28/2014 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8253431 | -86.102709 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Donshey took off with a 2001 Pontiac Aztec left running in a stranger's driveway. Police spotted him and pulled him over. He complied, at first, with his hands in the air, but then drove off again. During the high-speed pursuit, he lost control of the Aztec and had a fatal crash. | indystar.com | ||
15424 | Samuel Torres | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/28/2014 | Dearborn | MI | 42.3271465 | -83.1757868 | Dearborn Police Department | Police shot and killed the man who they say beat a woman to death with a hammer earlier at a home on St. Lawrence Street. The man's daughter told police her father did it. Detroit police officers trailed the man to Macy's Cleaners in Dearborn. Police say he pulled a gun on officers, who then shot and killed him inside the business. | arabamericannews.com | ||
15425 | Myles Roughsurface | 27 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 11/28/2014 | Aztec | NM | 36.8266967 | -108.0611121 | New Mexico State Police | Roughsurface was suspected of pointing a gun at someone. Officers searched for Roughsurface and saw a silhouette of a man who had a gun. An officer fired at the silhouette. Roughsurface was the one with the gun who was shot and killed by officers. | koat.com | ||
15426 | Mark Allan Bartlett | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 11/28/2014 | Jackson | MS | 32.266083 | -90.046451 | Pearl Police Department | Mark Allan Bartlett, 42, was killed after police say he brandished a gun at an officer in a threatening way when police were called out to a domestic disturbance. | clarionledger.com | ||
15427 | Larry Steven McQuilliams | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 11/28/2014 | Austin | TX | 30.2707405 | -97.7561091 | Austin Police Department | McQuilliams fired shots and tried to burn down the Mexican consulate building. Austin police ultimately shot and killed McQuilliams, ending the rampage. | washingtonpost.com | ||
15421 | Matthew Cormier | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 11/27/2014 | Westchase | FL | 28.0407409 | -82.6011896 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office | Cormier barricaded himself in his condominium for more than five hours and took several pot shots at surrounding deputies, one of which struck a patrol car. Police had responded to an early afternoon call from family members about his welfare. When Cormier appeared to be fixing on a target, SWAT members fatally shot him. | tampabay.com | ||
15418 | Davis Jay Thomas | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 11/26/2014 | Lewisville | TX | 33.0015425 | -96.9839459 | Lewisville Police Department | A carjacker led police on a car chase, which ended when Davis Thomas crashed into three cars and officers shot him. | crosstimbersgazette.com | ||
15419 | Randall Dewayne Roden | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 11/26/2014 | Versailles | MO | 38.4193836 | -92.8547913 | Versailles Police Department, Morgan County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a call alleging that Randall Roden had assaulted someone. Officers tasered Roden twice. Roden fired multiple shots with a weapon, wounding one officer, and was shot and killed by police. | kansascity.com | ||
15420 | Daniel Cedar Saulsbury | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 11/26/2014 | Point Arena | CA | 38.9084388 | -123.6907123 | California Highway Patrol, Mendocino County Sheriff's Office | Daniel was a robbery suspect who actively resisted arrest by California Highway patrol. CHP received backup from 2 deputies and all three tasered Daniel during arrest. He showed medical distress almost immediately and died soon after. | pressdemocrat.com | ||
15411 | John McAfee III | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/25/2014 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9352908 | -93.0801743 | St. Paul Police Department | John McAfee, 15, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving stolen vehicle and died because of a crash. | twincities.com | ||
15412 | Justin Kile Brown | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 11/25/2014 | Powder Springs | GA | 33.9015747 | -84.6722798 | Paulding County Sheriff's Office | Justin Kile Brown, 31, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for suspicious vehicle and died because of a crash. Since Fatal Encounters could not find a supporting media internet link, this information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. | usatoday.com | ||
15413 | Stephen Mark Fox | 58 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/25/2014 | Dallas | TX | 32.8424566 | -96.6648078 | Mesquite Police Department | Police and the suspected drunk driver they targeted reached speeds of 80 to 90 MPH on surface streets before the suspect caused a seven-car crash at a major intersection, killing uninvolved motorist Fox. | cbslocal.com | ||
15414 | Robert Edwin Eaves | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 11/25/2014 | Cleveland | TN | 35.149992 | -84.890154 | Cleveland police Department | Eaves kidnapped a woman and broke into a home. When officers arrived a threatened them with a knife prompting the officers to shoot and kill Eaves. | timesfreepress.com | ||
15415 | Jon Jaquez | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 11/25/2014 | Pueblo | CO | 38.2715956 | -104.5729002 | Pueblo Police Department | Pueblo police and sheriff's deputies arrived at the gas station, looking for a person of interest in an assault that happened earlier that day. When they arrived, they found an armed man. A law enforcement official fired at the man and he died at the scene. | chieftain.com | ||
15416 | Eric Ladale Ricks | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/25/2014 | Mesquite | TX | 32.709824 | -96.616337 | Balch Springs Police Department | Ricks was suspected of having drugs in his system when he was violent with officers. Officers tasered Ricks, but the tasers did not seem to have an effect on him. Eventually he was cuffed. Ricks died by the time he arrived at the Balch Springs Jail. | statesman.com | ||
15417 | Sebastian Thomas Lewandowski | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 11/25/2014 | Vancouver | WA | 45.6573842 | -122.5524167 | Vancouver Police Department | The man shot and killed by vancouver police after setting his apartment on fire was brandishing an air soft gun made to look like an AR-15. | columbian.com | ||
15409 | John David Myer | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 11/24/2014 | Peach Bottom | PA | 39.7747543 | -76.1518995 | Pennsylvania State Police | John David Myer, 49, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for suspended license, expired registration and died because of a crash. | wgal.com | ||
15410 | Leonardo Marquette Little | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/24/2014 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.247919 | -81.760279 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Little was resisting arrest. He was tasered several times until he managed to retrieve the taser from the deputy. The deputy responded by shooting and killing Little. | jacksonville.com | ||
15405 | Name withheld by police | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/23/2014 | Brisbane | CA | 37.700952 | -122.4085649 | Daly City Police Department | An unnamed driver fleeing police was killed when his vehicle careened down an embankment and crashed into several trees and a building. | mercurynews.com | ||
15406 | Juan Jose Enriquez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/23/2014 | West Covina | CA | 34.0863175 | -117.9375761 | West Covina Police Department | Authorities say Enriquez was shot to death by West Covina police after he opened fire on officers during a foot chase, hitting and wounding a police dog. | sgvtribune.com | ||
15407 | Justin Howard Roady | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 11/23/2014 | Lake Havasu City | AZ | 34.478687 | -114.293492 | Lake Havasu City Police Department | Roady crashed his car and began shooting his gun. Officers responded to the scene and Roady pointed his gun in the officer's direction. Roady was shot and killed. | reviewjournal.com | ||
15408 | Donald R. Wendt | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 11/23/2014 | Bradenton | FL | 27.47629 | -82.5941019 | Bradenton Police Department | Iraq veteran, recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, and firefighter Wendt appeared on his front lawn with a weapon to confront local police, responding to an evening call about a suicidal man. Wendt retreated into the house while SWAT members set up a perimeter. He then came back out to point his weapon at police. He was fatally shot. | heraldtribune.com | ||
15396 | Leo A. Almanzor | 68 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/22/2014 | Seattle | WA | 47.6104043 | -122.3355903 | Seattle Police Department | An unknown driver was allegedly fleeing a police stop for suspicious vehicle, killing pedestrian Leo A. Almanzor. | seattlebikeblog.com | ||
15397 | Jason A. Minson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | Mulvane | KS | 37.477951 | -97.238644 | Sumner County Sheriff's Office | Deputies tried to pull over motorist Minson for speeding, 20 MPH over the posted limit. Minson sped away and deputies gave chase for about five miles. Losing control, Minson's car hit a tree at full speed, which sent his three passengers to hospitals with serious injuries, and which killed him. | kansas.com | ||
15398 | Jennifer Bond | Female | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | Crittenden | KY | 38.7860251 | -84.6054987 | Grant County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a woman acting up at a gas station. When she resisted arrest, she was tasered and killed. | archive.org | |||
15399 | Bruce Thomas Snyder | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | Sonora | CA | 37.9852232 | -120.3834209 | Sonora Police Department | Police say the car chase ended on Washington Street in downtown Sonora. However, when Snyder got out of his car, he opened fire at officers. Snyder was fatally shot. | cbslocal.com | ||
15400 | Nestor Cruz-Ciriaco | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/22/2014 | Seaside | CA | 36.6100627 | -121.8383358 | Seaside Police Department | Seaside police responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed 27-year-old Nestor Cruz-Ciriaco who was wielding a sharp instrument and may have taken a small child hostage. | montereyherald.com | ||
15401 | Curtis Wade Holley | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | Tallahassee | FL | 30.495849 | -84.3397169 | Leon County Sheriff's Office, Tallahassee Police Department | Sovereign citizen Holley set his residence on fire as a trap for first responders, and made a mid-morning 911 call. Dispatchers ignored system warnings and sent firefighters and police in. Holley fired on and killed a county deputy. As more fire engines arrived and the house fire raged, Holley engaged with officers in a 12-minute firefight, and was killed. | splcenter.org | ||
15402 | Pamela Edwards | 40 | Female | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | Eustis | FL | 28.8641881 | -81.6610903 | Lake County Sheriff's Office, Eustis Police Department | Involved in a hit and run Edwards was followed to Grant Street by an off-duty officer. Edwards then pointed a gun at investigators prompting officers to shoot and kill Edwards. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
15403 | Tamir E. Rice | 12 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/22/2014 | Cleveland | OH | 41.47719 | -81.7541365 | Cleveland Police Department | Cleveland Police got a 911 call saying "probably a juvenile" was playing with a "probably fake" gun. Two policemen arrived at the scene without knowing the gun was fake. Car was driven up within 12 feet of Tamir Rice. Video footage revealed one of the officers jumping out and fatally shooting Tamir Rice within 10 seconds of the squad car's arrival. | wkyc.com | ||
15404 | Ty Worthington | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 11/22/2014 | South Jordan | UT | 40.5461542 | -111.9082605 | South Jordan Police Department | The shooting happened in the neighborhood near 11300 S. and 600 West. According to police they arrived on scene and went looking for the man someone had called in about. Sometime later a neighbor says they heard about six shots and two officers standing by the man."The officer confronted Mr. Worthington in a horse corral, and during the confrontation multiple shots were fired," said Officer Sam Winkler of the South Jordan Police Department. | ksl.com | ||
15393 | Aaron David Skinner | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 11/21/2014 | Humble | TX | 30.0509093 | -95.2231715 | Montgomery County Constable's Office Precinct 4 | A deputy pursued Skinner, who was riding a 1998 Suzuki 1200 at a high rate of speed. Skinner ran multiple red lights, and fatally collided with an SUV that had right of way. The driver of the SUV survived. | montgomerycountypolicereporter.com | ||
15394 | Hugh Melvin Washington | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/21/2014 | Bremerton | WA | 47.588332 | -122.6230236 | Bremerton Police Department | Hugh Melvin Washington, 44, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for DUI and died because of a crash. | kitsapsun.com | ||
15395 | Carey Smith-Viramontes | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/21/2014 | Long Beach | CA | 33.7990973 | -118.1969777 | Long Beach Police Department | An officer went to the home in response to a report of a missing young girl, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department. The officer learned the girl was inside the house with a young man with whom she once had a relationship. "The male adult armed himself with a knife," the police statement read. "Fearing for the safety of the parties, the officer discharged his weapon, striking the suspect." Smith-Viramontes was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. | presstelegram.com | ||
15388 | Chalyssa Marie Mae "Boo" Yokley | 14 | Female | European-American/White | 11/20/2014 | Kewanee | IL | 41.2491526 | -89.9442995 | Kewanee Police Department | Rashawn K. Clark, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for possibly being involved in a different wreck, killing Chalyssa M. Yokley upon crashing. | pjstar.com | ||
15389 | Charles Marcus McCauley | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/20/2014 | Shreveport | LA | 32.4836634 | -93.7332287 | Centenary College Department of Public Safety | Shreveport resident Charles Marcus McCauley, 35, was being escorted off campus because of his "peculiar behavior" when he revealed a handgun in a struggle with two Centenary College Department of Public Safety officers, prompting one of them to shoot him dead, according to police. | shreveporttimes.com | ||
15390 | Myron May | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/20/2014 | Tallahassee | FL | 30.4430585 | -84.2949798 | Florida State University Police Department | Returning to Florida State University where he'd taken a degree in 2005, May went to the library in the middle of the campus and began firing at random. He ended up shooting three people, critically wounding one of them, but was the only fatality of the incident when police arrived. | nytimes.com | ||
15391 | Akai Gurley | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/20/2014 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.6687108 | -73.8638572 | City of New York Police Department | Akai Gurley and his girlfriend were walking down the stairwell of his apartment building. Officer Peter Liang, one floor above Gurley, claims his gun went off accidentally as he patrolled the building stairwell, which was against policy. The bullet ricocheted and shot Gurley in the chest. Liang called his union rep instead of emergency aid for Gurley, who bled to death in the stairwell. | google.com | ||
15392 | Chelsea Fresh | 29 | Female | European-American/White | 11/20/2014 | Beaverton | OR | 45.4479435 | -122.7990509 | Beaverton Police Department | Fresh had a history of mental health issues. Her boyfriend called the police on a mid-afternoon when he felt threatened, informing them that she had firearms and knives. Police surrounded the house for about an hour, with a police negotiator on the phone. Fresh was in and out of the house with a rifle (unloaded) but was fatally shot when she pointed it. | mentalhealthportland.org | ||
27873 | John Thomas Rotzin | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 11/20/2014 | Englewood | CO | 39.65575339999999 | -105.0293045 | Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office | John Rotzin was a patient at the Arapahoe Community Treatment Center when he suffered from an acute mental breakdown. He suffered from depression and addiction to drugs and alcohol. Staff members at the center called 911 and restrained Rotzin as they waited for police. Arapahoe County Deputy James Wightman, demanded that Rotzin stand. Once Rotzin stood, he began to wander away, but Wightman allegedly slammed him into a wall and shocked him at least three times with a Taser, killing him. | denverpost.com | ||
15386 | Elton R. Loughrey Jr. | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 11/19/2014 | Clarkton | MO | 36.4518884 | -89.9642678 | Dunklin County Sheriff's Office | Loughrey was suspected of killing a Clarkton officer. Deputies were called about a man who had a gun. When they arrived it was Loughrey - he fired his gun at the deputies resulting in their retaliation and Loughrey's death. | kfvs12.com | ||
15387 | Keara Crowder | 29 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/19/2014 | Memphis | TN | 35.0237867 | -89.8238267 | Memphis Police Department | Keara Crowder was officer Jaselyn Grant's wife. News articles do not specify if officer was on duty at time. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft sentenced 36-year-old Jaselyn Grant to 20 years in prison for killing Crowder with her police service weapon. | wmcactionnews5.com | ||
15381 | Johnny Robertson | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/18/2014 | Seale | AL | 32.3690363 | -85.0942468 | Russell County Sheriff's Office | Johnny Roberson reportedly shot himself after a 15-mile chase. | ledger-enquirer.com | ||
15382 | Ronald Glennlewis Evans | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/18/2014 | Bunnell | FL | 29.466228 | -81.257657 | Flagler County Sheriff's Office | A county deputy pulled Evans over on his motorcycle just after noon and got his identification, but Evans then sped off, achieving 100 MPH in a 45 MPH zone. Less than a mile later Evans ran a red light, swerved, struck a pickup, and careened into a Citgo gas station striking two cars there. He was fatally injured. | flaglerlive.com | ||
15383 | Michael Case | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 11/18/2014 | Dunedin | FL | 28.016782 | -82.779237 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office | Deputies were called about a disturbance in a trailer park. When the deputies entered a home Case confronted them with a knife, he refused to comply and was shot and killed. | tampabay.com | ||
15384 | Vincent Martinez | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/18/2014 | Riverside | CA | 33.9329806 | -117.4810767 | Riverside Police Department | Police said they were conducting a narcotics investigation near Martinez's house when they spotted his car and tried to stop it. Martinez kept driving until he reached his driveway, pulled in and got out of the car, then led officers on a foot chase before pulling a loaded gun. Martinez died in a neighbor's backyard. | www.pe.com | ||
15385 | Charles McBennett | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 11/18/2014 | Fayetteville | NC | 35.1216846 | -78.9079882 | Fayetteville Police Department | McBennett suffered from depression and was committed three times 6 months before his death. On the day of his death McBennett fired shots at officers - officers retaliated, killing McBennett. | wral.com | ||
15374 | Casey Leighann Maxwell | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 11/17/2014 | Wausau | FL | 30.627014 | -85.592417 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | Jayvon James Burns, 35, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for warrants (felony), killing Casey Leighann Maxwell upon crashing. | chipleypaper.com | ||
15375 | Daylon Cummings | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/17/2014 | Lumberton | NC | 34.5415732 | -79.0300087 | Robeson County Sheriff's Office | Police spokespeople drew a careful distinction between "following" (which they admitted to doing at 80 MPH) and "pursuing" (which they denied) the "suspicious" vehicle which then rammed head-on into an empty school bus. Dead were all four occupants: Kadaufei Worley, Tylek McNair, Kashawn Leonard, and Daylon Cummings. | wral.com | ||
15376 | Kashawn Leonard | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/17/2014 | Lumberton | NC | 34.5415732 | -79.0300087 | Robeson County Sheriff's Office | Police spokespeople drew a careful distinction between "following" (which they admitted to doing at 80 MPH) and "pursuing" (which they denied) the "suspicious" vehicle which then rammed head-on into an empty school bus. Dead were all four occupants: Kadaufei Worley, Tylek McNair, Kashawn Leonard, and Daylon Cummings. | wral.com | ||
15377 | Tylek McNair | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/17/2014 | Lumberton | NC | 34.5415732 | -79.0300087 | Robeson County Sheriff's Office | Police spokespeople drew a careful distinction between "following" (which they admitted to doing at 80 MPH) and "pursuing" (which they denied) the "suspicious" vehicle which then rammed head-on into an empty school bus. Dead were all four occupants: Kadaufei Worley, Tylek McNair, Kashawn Leonard, and Daylon Cummings. | wral.com | ||
15378 | Kadaufei Worley | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/17/2014 | Lumberton | NC | 34.5415732 | -79.0300087 | Robeson County Sheriff's Office | Police spokespeople drew a careful distinction between "following" (which they admitted to doing at 80 MPH) and "pursuing" (which they denied) the "suspicious" vehicle which then rammed head-on into an empty school bus. Dead were all four occupants: Kadaufei Worley, Tylek McNair, Kashawn Leonard, and Daylon Cummings. | wral.com | ||
15380 | Thomas Read | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 11/17/2014 | Phillipsburg | NJ | 40.6859993 | -75.1918654 | Phillipsburg Police Department | When officers arrived at the home, they found Read on the first floor holding a knife in a "threatening manner" and refusing to come outside. Police entered the home and confronted Read, who refused to drop the knife and was shot by police. | mcall.com | ||
15364 | Thanh "Tony" H. Pham | 34 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/16/2014 | Houston | TX | 29.6940765 | -95.64306769999999 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Deputies went to a hotel to arrest Pham in relation to a shooting that left two wounded in San Diego. Pham killed himself. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
15365 | Zamiro Williams | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/16/2014 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7553973 | -84.3397475 | Atlanta Police Department | Zamiro Williams, 16, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving without headlights and died because of a crash. Since Fatal Encounters could not find a supporting media internet link, this information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. | usatoday.com | ||
15366 | Tommy Christopher David | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/16/2014 | Monroe | OH | 39.4446172 | -84.3780384 | Springboro Police Department, Warren County Sheriff's Office | David pounded on the back door of his ex-girlfriend's house at 5:30, made some armed threats, then led police on a high-speed chase for about 45 minute. It ended when he crashed into a tree and sustained fatal injuries. No gun was found in his car. | daytondailynews.com | ||
15367 | Ricardo Avelar-Lara | 57 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/16/2014 | East Los Angeles | CA | 34.0180253 | -118.1569584 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Bermudez and Avelar-Lara were driving in a car with a fake gun and pointed it at someone. Deputies were notified and when they arrived on scene Bermudez and Avelar-Lara allegedly pointed a gun in the deputies direction, prompting the deputies to shoot and kill both of them. | abc7.com | ||
15368 | Eduardo Bermudez | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/16/2014 | East Los Angeles | CA | 34.0180253 | -118.1569584 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Bermudez and Avelar-Lara were driving in a car with a fake gun and pointed it at someone. Deputies were notified and when they arrived on scene Bermudez and Avelar-Lara allegedly pointed a gun in the deputies direction, prompting the deputies to shoot and kill both of them. | abc7.com | ||
15369 | John R. Smelko | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 11/16/2014 | Dayton | OH | 39.7584669 | -84.1499096 | Dayton Police Department | After a disconnected 911 call officers arrived at a home to Smelko pointing a gun at them. The police then shot and killed Smelko. | whio.com | ||
15370 | Dawn Renee Cameron | 46 | Female | European-American/White | 11/16/2014 | Inverness | FL | 28.8710266 | -82.3653747 | Citrus County Sheriff's Office | Citrus County Sheriff's Office got a call about a woman trying to set her neighbor's truck on fire. When Deputy Jacob Chenoweth arrived at the park entrance, the woman identified as Dawn Renee Cameron, 46, charged at him, grabbed his taser, and pointed it at him, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Deputy Chenoweth then shot Cameron and kicked the taser away from her. Paramedics treated the woman but she died shortly after midnight Monday morning. | leagle.com | ||
15371 | Christopher Neil Horine | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 11/16/2014 | Shelbyville | KY | 38.2084613 | -85.1999391 | Kentucky State Police | Authorities said a woman called police asking officers to get someone off her front yard. When the trooper stopped, the suspect started firing shots. The trooper ran back to his car and returned fire, hitting Christopher Horine. | wlky.com | ||
15372 | Cecil Chaney Tinker-Smith | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/16/2014 | Deming | WA | 48.836481 | -122.163483 | Whatcom County Sheriff's Office | Law enforcement reached the home to arrest Tinker-Smith for warrants and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Once they rolled up to the house, however, they saw him running into a building and heard what sounded like a single gunshot." SWAT was brought in. Tinker fired at SWAT resulting in SAT firing back, killing Tinker. | bellinghamherald.com | ||
15373 | Lenny Miles | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 11/16/2014 | Klamath Falls | OR | 42.2139045 | -121.7378206 | Klamath County Sheriff's Office, Klamath Falls Police Department, Oregon State Police | Miles was shot and killed in the immediate aftermath of his armed robbery of a market and a firefight with police. He had multiple outstanding felony warrants. | heraldandnews.com | ||
15359 | Annal Upadhyaya | 21 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/15/2014 | Rockville | MD | 39.0789419 | -77.090068 | Montgomery County Police Department | Annal Upadhyaya, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for undisclosed violations and died because of a crash. | nbcwashington.com | ||
15360 | Antonio Daniel Forton | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 11/15/2014 | Macomb | MI | 42.6304723 | -82.8606007 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | Antonio Daniel Forton, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic assault and died because of a crash. He crashed into Lonnie Charles Wimberly, 45, killing him. | freep.com | ||
15361 | Lonnie Charles Wimberly | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/15/2014 | Macomb | MI | 42.6304723 | -82.8606007 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | Antonio Daniel Forton, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic assault and died because of a crash. He crashed into Lonnie Charles Wimberly, 45, killing him. | freep.com | ||
15362 | Orlando LaPorte-Santana | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/15/2014 | Shillington | PA | 40.299929 | -75.96952 | Shillington Police Department | Orlando LaPorte-Santana, 52, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for fleeing a crash (no injuries) and died because of a crash. | readingeagle.com | ||
15363 | Juventino Bermudez-Arenas | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/15/2014 | McMinnville | OR | 45.1957705 | -123.2086241 | McMinnville Police Department | For reasons unknown, undocumented Christmas-tree-farm worker Bermudez-Arenas encountered a 20-year-old college football player at a 7-11 across from his school and stabbed him to death. Awhile later Bermudez-Arenas returned to the convenience store--according to his family, he was turning himself in--and was shot to death by local police. | kgw.com | ||
15351 | Thomas Isaac Medlin | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 11/14/2014 | Ladonia | TX | 33.3524211 | -95.9689785 | Hunt County Sheriff's Office | Multiple law enforcement agencies served a warrant on Medlin, believed to be armed and dangerous, in connection to the murder of Eddie Caballero. Peace officers cornered Medlin, driving a stolen vehicle, on a rural road. Medlin stepped out of the vehicle, went into a pasture on foot and fatally shot himself. | ketr.org | ||
15352 | Maurice Chester Dodd | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/14/2014 | Matteson | IL | 41.5280654 | -87.7324947 | Matteson Police Department | Maurice Chester Dodd, a former lieutenant with the Atlanta Police Department, reportedly committed suicide after a bank robbery and police chase. According to police, an officer was in a BMO Harris Bank branch in Matteson at about 11 a.m. and saw Dodd carrying a wad of cash. A bank teller, who had fallen to the ground and began hyperventilating, told the officer that Dodd had robbed the bank, police said. Dodd fled in a 2003 Nissan, leading police on a high-speed chase before exiting onto Vollmer Road. As he passed Cicero Avenue, an officer reportedly saw Dodd put a handgun to the right side of his head, then heard a shot. Dodd's car veered into a field, flipped over and hit a utility pole. Dodd died at the scene. | nbcchicago.com | ||
15353 | Edgar Allen Brown III | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/14/2014 | Americus | GA | 31.9709457 | -84.3167166 | Sumter County Sheriff's Office | Edgar Allen Brown III, 26, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic dispute and died because of a crash. | walb.com | ||
15354 | Eli Guadalupe Ruiz | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/14/2014 | Austin | TX | 30.2930325 | -97.6315164 | Travis County Sheriff's Office | Eli Guadalupe Ruiz, 16, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for no tail lights and died because of a crash. Since Fatal Encounters could not find a supporting media internet link, this information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. | usatoday.com | ||
15355 | Shonda E. Mikelson | 33 | Female | European-American/White | 11/14/2014 | Boyceville | WI | 45.0438862 | -92.0441642 | Boyceville Police Department | When a Boyceville police officer responded to the home a 33-year old woman came to the door carrying a rifle in her hand. When the officer told the woman to drop the rifle she refused and then pulled a handgun out and pointed it at the officer. Detectives say that's when the officer fired one fatal round at the suspect. | chippewa.com | ||
15356 | Wesley Castillo | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/14/2014 | Chula Vista | CA | 32.6394091 | -117.0829738 | Chula Vista Police Department | Police Officer was visiting his family when his brother (Wesley Castillo) began fighting with their mother. The fighting escalated and Castillo stabbed his brother (police officer). The officer shot and killed his brother. | timesofsandiego.com | ||
15357 | Sharrinder Garcha | 20 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/14/2014 | Chippewa Falls | WI | 44.9279934 | -91.3419785 | Chippewa County Sheriff's Office | Garcha was being questioned by the sheriff's office about information on a runaway girl. The sheriff drove Garcha into town and both were in the sheriff's car when Garcha stabbed the deputy. The deputy shot Garcha. | chippewa.com | ||
15358 | William F. McNulty | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 11/14/2014 | Claymont | DE | 39.7982801 | -75.4746828 | Delaware State Police | McNulty was a suspect in several local robberies. Police tried to pull him over and his car veered off the road. Police instructed him to exit vehicle, but suspect but car in reverse and drove toward officers. They shot him through the car's back window. | philly.com | ||
15343 | Name withheld by police | 58 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/13/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0506023 | -118.2616825 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | An unidentified person, 58, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving erratically and died because of a crash. Since Fatal Encounters could not find a supporting media internet link, this information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. | usatoday.com | ||
15344 | Name withheld by police | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0506023 | -118.2616825 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | An unidentified person, 22, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving erratically and died because of a crash. | usatoday.com | ||
15345 | Ramiro James Villegas | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/13/2014 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3936855 | -118.9698897 | Bakersfield Police Department | Police attempted to pull over vehicle, which resulted in a high speed chase. Villegas crashed into a pole and exited the vehicle. Witnesses state that Villegas refused to comply with officer's directions and shouted obscenities. Ramiro then reached for his waist and was shot by three officers. Another officer used his taser. Some witnesses claimed that he raised his hands in the air. | bakersfield.com | ||
15346 | Andrew Brady Davidson | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2014 | Dayton | OH | 39.8429576 | -84.1909352 | Butler Township Police Department | Police said Davidson, 33, had threatened to kill employees at the Nitto Denko automotive factory in Piqua. Authorities said Davidson also threatened to kill Officers Carter and Stanley, and tried to pepper-spray them. Stanley shot and killed him. | daytondailynews.com | ||
15347 | George Armando Ramirez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/13/2014 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1014632 | -117.2637068 | San Bernardino Police Department | Ramirez was being investigated by undercover police agents from Los Angeles. He was followed to San Bernardino where he shot one of the agents and was subsequently shot and killed. | sbsun.com | ||
15348 | Tanisha N. Anderson | 37 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/13/2014 | Cleveland | OH | 41.5209972 | -81.6226943 | Cleveland Police Department | Anderson suffered from schizophrenia, and officers agreed with the family that she should be taken to a medical center for evaluation. when officers cuffed Anderson and tried to place her inside their vehicle she resisted. Officers then tasered her and tackled her to the ground, forcing her head onto the ground. Anderson became unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the hospital. | cleveland.com | ||
15349 | James Christopher McCown Jr. | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2014 | Knoxville | TN | 35.8999699 | -83.8190226 | Knox County Sheriff's Office | Officers tracked McCown to the Chatterbox bar. They found him outside, set up a perimeter and tried to arrest him around 5:45 p.m. But they say when they tried to take him into custody, McCown fired at officers. Officers returned fire, killing McCown. | wbir.com | ||
15350 | Darnell Dayron Stafford | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/13/2014 | Trenton | NJ | 40.229201 | -74.769328 | Trenton Police Department | Officers were dispatched after police received a 911 call reporting a man with a gun who had just invaded a home. Police say the call was made by an adolescent who escaped from the house. When the officers arrived, they saw Stafford, who fired at them while they were sitting in their police vehicle. Officers Robert Albanowski and Marlon Parrot then returned fire, killing him. | trentonian.com | ||
15342 | Jose Avalos | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/12/2014 | Concord | CA | 37.970261 | -122.0567365 | Concord Police Department | Avalos was suspected of stealing a car. He led police on a short car chase until he drove the car into a police vehicle. Officers then shot and killed him. | cbslocal.com | ||
15336 | Ivan Cruz | 14 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/11/2014 | Ashland | CA | 37.698395 | -122.1188576 | Alameda County Sheriff's Office | Ivan Cruz was killed when he was struck by a car leading deputies on a high-speed chase. | abc7news.com | ||
15337 | Richard Lee Snouffer II | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2014 | McLeansville | NC | 36.113057 | -79.713756 | Guilford County Sheriff's Office | Motorcyclist Snouffer was being chased at high speed by county deputies when his bike struck a road sign, propelling him into a cemetery fence and killing him. | wxii12.com | ||
15338 | Jerry Lee Matheny | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2014 | Menlo Park | CA | 37.4517479 | -122.166773 | Menlo Park Police Department | Police responded to a call of a suspicious person in the area of Willow Place. Upon arrival, officers found a male suspect involved in a burglary in progress. A foot pursuit ensued of the suspect, and a Taser device was deployed to stop the suspect. The male suspect brandished a gun at the officers. Officers shot the suspect, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by medics. | mercurynews.com | ||
15339 | David Daniel McBrayer | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2014 | Jacksonville | AL | 33.8259499 | -85.7738513 | Jacksonville Police Department | McBrayar had a knife in his hand. He disobeyed officers orders to drop it. McBrayar then pointed the knife in an officer's direction prompting an officer to shoot and kill him. | abc3340.com | ||
15340 | Aaron Forgash | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2014 | Perris | CA | 33.839986 | -117.1917853 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Forgash led police on a chase after trying to use a fraudulent check and I.D. After the chase Forgash exited his vehicle. A deputy shot and killed Forgash, saying later he had been moving his upper body in a twisting motion. He reportedly did not have a weapon. | www.pe.com | ||
15341 | Trung Thanh Do | 31 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/11/2014 | Plant City | FL | 28.0156924 | -82.1093374 | Plant City Police Department | Police responded to a 911 call to a fire. When officers arrived the car port was burning and a woman was inside the home being stabbed by Thanh Do. Officers then shot and killed Thanh Do. | tampabay.com | ||
15329 | Ian Santamaria | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/09/2014 | Denver | CO | 39.637935 | -104.8886975 | Denver Police Department | Deputy Robert Dahlberg pulled Santamaria over for a routine traffic stop, and went to the driver's window. Dahlberg alleged that Santamaria was talking on the phone and reached down near his leg, drew out a handgun and shot himself in the head. Dahlberg then shot him three times in the back. | westword.com | ||
15330 | Jorge Trejo | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/09/2014 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.085977 | -118.22072 | Los Angeles Police Department | JorgeTrejo was wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. Trejo was spotted and began a slow police pursuit in which Trejo pointed a sawed off shotgun at officers. At the end of the pursuit, Trejo pointed the shotgun at officers, who shot and killed Trejo. | latimes.com | ||
15331 | Daniel Zamora | 48 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/09/2014 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.5384771 | -112.1428775 | Phoenix Police Department | Zamora appeared to be hallucinating. He was asking officers for help until he tried to punch an officer. That is when officers struggled Zamora to the ground and handcuffed him. Zamora stopped breathing and was pronounced dead at the hospital. | azcentral.com | ||
15332 | Josue Narciso Fuentes | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/09/2014 | Van Nuys | CA | 34.1866479 | -118.4749313 | Los Angeles Police Department | Fuentes was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department West Valley Division officers after they responded to a radio call of a man cutting himself with a knife. Police saw a man holding a knife to his own neck. They said he ignored officers' commands to stop cutting himself and to drop the knife. At one point, the man "became aggressive" toward the officers, police have said, so they shot and killed him. | dailynews.com | ||
15333 | Ashif Anwar | 38 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/09/2014 | Irving | TX | 32.8365129 | -96.899663 | Irving Police Department | Anwar was surrounded by IPD tactical forces when he tried to flee in a vehicle. As Anwar reversed the vehicle toward officers they fired their weapons killing Anwar. | nbcdfw.com | ||
15334 | Christopher Keith O'Neal | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2014 | Lucerne | CA | 39.0859471 | -122.7900822 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | The officers were responding to a call at a home on 16th Street when the incident occurred. The man came outside with a knife and allegedly threatened to harm the officers. When he allegedly charged them, they shot him multiple times, Anderson said. | pressdemocrat.com | ||
15335 | Aura Rosser | 40 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/09/2014 | Ann Arbor | MI | 42.276936 | -83.7740479 | Ann Arbor Police Department | A 40-year-old woman confronted the officers with a knife when Ann Arbor Police officers were dispatched to a home for a domestic disturbance, according to police. One officer shot and killed her, and the woman died at the scene, police say | mlive.com | ||
27866 | Keith Atkinson Jr. | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2014 | Manchester | NJ | 39.924839 | -74.37508969999999 | Manchester Police Department | An officer was dispatched for a report of man who tried to enter a residence by forcing his way through the door, police said. The homeowner confronted the man, who appeared to be intoxicated and confused, and he fled on foot. Investigators said Keith Atkinson was intoxicated, confused at where he was and thought he was trying to get into a friend's home. Just before arriving at the home the patrol officer, who was driving westbound New York Avenue, fatally struck Atkinson. | www.nj.com | ||
15323 | Anthony Aurelio | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2014 | Divide | CO | 38.7996313 | -105.1178078 | Colorado State Patrol | Anthony Aurelio, 44, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for carjacking and died because of a crash. | mountainjackpot.com | ||
15324 | Adam Thomas | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2014 | Hemet | CA | 33.7280812 | -116.9427128 | U.S. Border Patrol | Sheriff's deputies were dispatched on an assault call, but when they pulled up to the home they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Riverside County sheriff's Deputy Patty Stoyer said. The victim, identified as Adam Thomas, 27, of Moreno Valley, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Stoyer said. Sheriff's deputies arrested suspect Demery in connection with the shooting. He was booked on suspicion of murder. | desertsun.com | ||
15325 | Troy Hart | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2014 | Westland | MI | 42.2953642 | -83.354193 | Westland Police Department | Hart, a severely handicapped man, was shot and killed after police after disobeying orders to drop a knife. | inquisitr.com | ||
15326 | Joy Ann Sherman | 52 | Female | Native American/Alaskan | 11/08/2014 | Mitchell | SD | 43.6984343 | -98.0189683 | Mitchell Police Department | According to the Argus Leader: Mitchell dispatchers received a call from a treatment facility counselor saying that a former resident, Sherman, was at the Quality Inn and Suites and had a gun. Sherman was intoxicated and threatening to hurt herself and anyone else. Mitchell Police Sgt. David Beintema and an Emergency Response Unit arrived at the hotel and attempted to negotiate with Sherman. Sherman opened her door and made eye contact with Sgt. Beintema, who ordered Sherman to show her hands. At that point she stepped into the hallway and aimed her gun at Sgt. Beintema. He shot Sherman three times, and she fell onto the floor in the doorway of her room. | google.com | ||
15327 | Carlos Davenport | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2014 | Kansas City | KS | 39.1186109 | -94.6428146 | Kansas City (KS) Police Department | Suspect reportedly charged at officers with a sword who were responding to a 911 call of a man who was attempting to stab a woman. | cjonline.com | ||
15328 | Jeremy Michael Sherbon | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2014 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.5074737 | -97.5472633 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Police responded to a robbery at 7-Eleven and an officer found Sherbon, who fit the robber's description. He attempted to detain him. They fought and Sherbon took Hynd's gun and fired at the officer, missing him. Other officers arrived, and a gunfight took place, with Sherbon being shot and killed. | oklahoman.com | ||
15320 | Larry Donnel Johnson | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/07/2014 | Houston | TX | 29.9658075 | -95.4021803 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Wanted for drug-related charges, Johnson drove away from deputies in a stolen SUV. Deputies pursued. Johnson lost control of the SUV and fatally crashed. | chron.com | ||
15321 | Jean Pierre Boniec | 72 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2014 | Spring Branch | TX | 29.828623 | -98.38772 | Comal County Sheriff's Office | Deputies Tony Martin and Domingo Valdez went to Boniec's house to serve multiple warrants relating to sexual contact with a child. Boniec shot himself in the head. | google.com | ||
15322 | David Grayson | 57 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/07/2014 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.801679 | -97.40791 | Sansom Park Police Department | Officers responded to a domestic disturbance call. David Wyatt Grayson was armed with a knife and holding a woman inside the home. Grayson refused to let the woman go or to leave the house, so officers went inside the house, officials said. One officer shot and killed Grayson. | dallasnews.com | ||
15317 | Daniel Young | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 11/06/2014 | Jerome | ID | 42.6659771 | -114.5019141 | Jerome County Sheriff's Office | A deputy contacted three men, one of them Young, walking south on South 100 East. Young was armed with a handgun. Officials have released little information about the events leading up to the shooting. | ktvb.com | ||
15318 | Cinque D'Jahspora | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/06/2014 | Jackson | TN | 35.6429162 | -88.7757708 | Jackson Police Department | Shot and killed after stabbing a police officer. | wbbjtv.com | ||
15319 | William Forrest Spargur II | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 11/06/2014 | Palmdale | CA | 34.6156194 | -118.2047479 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Deputies received a call of a possibly suicidal man with a gun, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. When deputies arrived, Spargur allegedly pointed a gun at them and a deputy shot and killed him. | latimes.com | ||
15314 | Anthony Duane La Violette | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 11/05/2014 | Yakima | WA | 46.6290858 | -120.5821516 | Yakima County Sheriff's Office | Laviolette wouldn't pull over his vehicle after reportedly stealing a bicycle. Laviolette crashed into a ditch. A deputy told Laviolette to exit his vehicle, but instead he accelerated, knocked over the deputy prompting him to shoot and kill Laviolette. | nbcrightnow.com | ||
15315 | William Anderson | 71 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/05/2014 | Hartselle | AL | 34.450987 | -86.939365 | Hartselle Police Department | Lt. James Holladay was on a routine patrol when a man crossed the street in front of him, and he ran him down. Anderson died his injuries. | www.al.com | ||
15316 | Robert William Hampton III | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/05/2014 | Reno | NV | 39.5405816 | -119.81778 | Washoe County Sheriff's Office | Robert William Hampton III, 33, was killed by Washoe County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Wood following a traffic stop on Terrace Drive just west of the Wolf Den Bar and Grill. Police said Hampton had three felony warrants for his arrest and had served time in prison in Kentucky. | washoecounty.us | ||
15312 | William Lee Honea | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 11/04/2014 | Grant | OK | 33.9357913 | -95.5267131 | Hugo Police Department, Choctaw County Sheriff's Office | The incident started with a foot pursuit of a man by numerous law enforcement agencies, OSBI reported. The pursuit ended in the parking lot of the Choctaw Nation Casino and Resort, when the man got out of a stolen pickup and raised a rifle at officers, according to a news release from OSBI. Two Hugo officers and two Choctaw County sheriff's deputies fired their weapons, killing him. | newsok.com | ||
15313 | Ernest F. McKnight Jr. | 64 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/04/2014 | Kitts Hill | OH | 38.602783 | -82.5625955 | Lawrence County Sheriff's Office | Investigators were executing a warrant at a home when they say they were confronted by Ernest F. McKnight, Jr. They say McKnight pointed a weapon at them, and refused to put it down. Detective Aaron Bollinger, fearing for his life, shot and killed McKnight. | herald-dispatch.com | ||
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