Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

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Displaying 44,001 - 44,500 of 63,002

Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
15794Shaquille Barrow20MaleAfrican-American/Black03/02/2015JolietIL41.5081071-88.0724436Joliet 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
15784DeOntre Lamontz Dorsey32MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2015White PlainsMD38.5602288-76.9349199Charles 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
15785Mario Lamar Sledge26MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2015HuntsvilleAL34.7488383-86.7962384Limestone 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
15786Larneal Donell McDonald29MaleRace unspecified03/01/2015HuntsvilleAL34.7488383-86.7962384Limestone 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
15787Yoneko Renee Cain31FemaleRace unspecified03/01/2015HuntsvilleAL34.7488383-86.7962384Limestone 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
15788Terrance Walker40MaleRace unspecified03/01/2015HuntsvilleAL34.7488383-86.7962384Limestone 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
15789Donald Lewis Matkins49MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2015LucedaleMS30.7907464-88.5982957George 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
15790Darrell "Hubbard" Gatewood47MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2015Oklahoma CityOK35.4058834-97.5244766Oklahoma 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
15791Jeffrey C. Surnow63MaleEuropean-American/White03/01/2015Waikoloa VillageHI19.9153502-155.778043Hawaii 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
15792Charly Leundeu "Africa" Keunang43MaleAfrican-American/Black03/01/2015Los AngelesCA34.0438983-118.2437994Los 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
15793Hector Rodolfo Morales-Esquivel22MaleHispanic/Latino03/01/2015San AntonioTX29.3738419-98.6103671San 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
15776Ian Sherrod40MaleAfrican-American/Black02/28/2015TarboroNC35.9169247-77.5471212Tarboro 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
15777Stephanie LeJean Hill37FemaleEuropean-American/White02/28/2015EhrenbergAZ33.6034785-114.5254542Riverside 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
15778Deven Guilford17MaleEuropean-American/White02/28/2015Grand LedgeMI42.7556155-84.8370579Michigan 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
15779Thomas Allen Jr.34MaleAfrican-American/Black02/28/2015St. LouisMO38.6731893-90.2913443Wellston 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
15780Cornelius J. Parker28MaleAfrican-American/Black02/28/2015ColumbiaMO38.9493533-92.3104383Boone 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
15781Chazsten Noah Freeman24MaleEuropean-American/White02/28/2015PelzerSC34.6641041-82.5116011Greenville 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
15782Jessica Uribe28FemaleHispanic/Latino02/28/2015TucsonAZ32.229649-110.9895727Tucson 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
15783Keila Medina Verdusco17FemaleHispanic/Latino02/28/2015Santa RosaCA38.4147498-122.7135452Sonoma 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
15775Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz27MaleHispanic/Latino02/27/2015Santa AnaCA33.7470915-117.8776235Santa 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
15770Kevin Eugene Miller27MaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2015CheyenneWY41.1231775-104.8403964Wyoming 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
15771Rodney Dewayne Biggs49MaleAfrican-American/Black02/26/2015GulfportMS30.4247588-89.0925502Gulfport 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
15772Crystal Lee Miley Harry34FemaleEuropean-American/White02/26/2015SylvesterGA31.3645972-83.9370591Worth 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
15773David Cuevas42MaleHispanic/Latino02/26/2015LakelandFL28.1036538-81.9506159Lakeland 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
15774Amilcar Perez-Lopez21MaleHispanic/Latino02/26/2015San FranciscoCA37.7525063-122.4141068San 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
15765Troy Austin Robertson21MaleRace unspecified02/25/2015HoustonTX29.8944051-95.6380211Harris 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
15766Russell Edward Sharrer54MaleRace unspecified02/25/2015ChambersburgPA40.0015556-77.6444084Pennsylvania 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
15767Glenn Contay Lewis37MaleAfrican-American/Black02/25/2015Oklahoma CityOK35.4973564-97.552111Oklahoma 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
15768Francis Lamantia Spivey43MaleEuropean-American/White02/25/2015Las VegasNV36.2407704-115.0569671Las 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
15769Alexander Phillip Long31MaleEuropean-American/White02/25/2015Terre HauteIN39.4629327-87.3788314Terre 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
15763Sheila "Waterbaby" Shornak-Besley56FemaleEuropean-American/White02/24/2015SuffolkVA36.7669777-76.6034752Virginia 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
15764Joseph Biegert30MaleEuropean-American/White02/24/2015Green BayWI44.526891-88.058095Green 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
15758Michael Wayne Smashey37MaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2015Powder SpringsGA33.9112562-84.6925982Cobb 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
15759Daniel A. Elrod39MaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2015OmahaNE41.2419562-95.9328848Omaha 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
15760Robert Kohl47MaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2015Denham SpringsLA30.4503784-90.9620021Denham 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
15761Jerome Nichols42MaleEuropean-American/White02/23/2015AllentownPA40.6261085-75.4328814Catasauqua Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police

Nichols stabbed woman in Whitehall Township and then stabbed Catasauqua police officer before he was shot

lehighvalleylive.com
15762A'Donte Washington18MaleAfrican-American/Black02/23/2015MillbrookAL32.5302185-86.3623972Millbrook 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
15755Anthony Giaquinta40MaleEuropean-American/White02/22/2015ClarkesvilleGA34.630979-83.597945Habersham 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
15756Bradford Samuel Leonard50MaleEuropean-American/White02/22/2015Palm BayFL27.9889846-80.6449801Palm 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
15757Calvon Andre Reid39MaleAfrican-American/Black02/22/2015Coconut CreekFL26.256551-80.1680926Coconut 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
15753Kent Norman51MaleEuropean-American/White02/21/2015IndianapolisIN39.7926013-85.9918715Indianapolis 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
15754Jason Moncrief Carter41MaleEuropean-American/White02/21/2015CapitanNM33.4480397-105.6655607New 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
15747Alejandro SalazarMaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2015HoustonTX29.9832697-95.4014541U.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
15748Stanley Lamar Grant38MaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2015BirminghamAL33.4815391-86.8243174Homewood 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
15749Terry Price41MaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2015TulsaOK36.2053932-96.0102478Osage 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
15750Chance Dale Thompson35MaleEuropean-American/White02/20/2015MarysvilleCA39.1690845-121.4390646Yuba 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
15751Douglas Harris77MaleAfrican-American/Black02/20/2015BirminghamAL33.563937-86.724527Birmingham 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
15752Rubén Garcia Villalpando31MaleHispanic/Latino02/20/2015EulessTX32.8541718-97.1085653Grapevine 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
19549Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/20/2015AshlandKY38.4825047-82.6812046Kentucky 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
22178Don Wesley Lannin32MaleEuropean-American/White02/20/2015GriffithIN41.539739-87.418605Griffith Police Department

Don Wesley Lannin committed suicide during an armed hostage and standoff situation that went on for several hours.

google.com
15745Jeffrey S. Dyer40MaleEuropean-American/White02/18/2015DaphneAL30.6627287-87.8501796Alabama Department of Public Safety, Baldwin County Sheriff's Office

Jeffrey Dyer reportedly committed suicide while being pursued by police along I-10.

fox10tv.com
15746Janisha Fonville20FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/18/2015CharlotteNC35.2508512-80.8184991Charlotte-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
15739Doug Sparks30MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2015TewksburyMA42.6142177-71.2844035Tewksbury 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
15740Pedro "Pete" Juan Saldivar50MaleHispanic/Latino02/17/2015Del RioTX29.3685162-100.8306006Del 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
15741Michael Steven Ireland31MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2015SpringfieldMO37.6087024-93.4359042Springfield 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
15742Betty Diane Sexton43FemaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2015GastoniaNC35.2285802-81.1694279Gastonia 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
15743Matthew Lundy32MaleEuropean-American/White02/17/2015Eaton Rapids TownshipMI42.5106864-84.6999127Eaton 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
15744Isidro Alejandro Martinez22MaleHispanic/Latino02/17/2015SugarlandTX30.3611062-95.4731538Fort 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
15737Michael Kenneth Casper26MaleEuropean-American/White02/16/2015BoiseID43.5789233-116.2223611Boise 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
15738Daniel Lawrence Caldwell56MaleRace unspecified02/16/2015MaranaAZ32.3585665-111.0902407Marana 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
15732Anthony Dean Marino58MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2015VictorvilleCA34.4735081-117.2669685Victor 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
15733Howard Brent Means Jr.34MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2015IukaMS34.8044431-88.2025316Iuka 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
15734Lavall Hall25MaleAfrican-American/Black02/15/2015Miami GardensFL25.9505954-80.2072358Miami 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
15735Cody Evans24MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2015ProvoUT40.2257785-111.6907061Provo 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
15736Bruce Lee Steward34MaleEuropean-American/White02/15/2015ColtonOR45.1760727-122.4381067Clackamas 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
24819Mark Gamar19MaleRace unspecified02/15/2015GardenaCA33.9018922-118.2852825Gardena 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
15730Jason C. Hendrix16MaleEuropean-American/White02/14/2015EssexMD39.2973689-76.4410618Baltimore 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
15731Roy Joe Day51MaleEuropean-American/White02/14/2015LaredoTX27.5536661-99.4748414Laredo 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
22177Kerry Reed67MaleRace unspecified02/14/2015WalkertonIN41.4619101-86.468658Walkerton 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
15725Daniel Mejia37MaleHispanic/Latino02/13/2015San ManuelAZ32.6102275-110.6316586Pinal 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
15726Matthew D. Belk27MaleEuropean-American/White02/13/2015AtwoodTN35.9501995-88.5721311Carroll 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
15727Jonathan Larry Harden23MaleEuropean-American/White02/13/2015San BernardinoCA34.2251173-117.4076667San 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
15728Andres D. Lara-Rodriguez21MaleHispanic/Latino02/13/2015Kansas CityKS39.0714535-94.6377116Kansas 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
15729Richard Carlin35MaleHispanic/Latino02/13/2015ReadingPA40.3287593-75.9080038Pennsylvania 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
15724Benjamin Alexander Gwyn33MaleRace unspecified02/12/2015WashingtonDC38.9162869-77.0345328Washington 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
15720Phillip Watkins23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/11/2015San JoseCA37.3166901-121.876126San 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
15721Jonathan Paul Pierce37MaleEuropean-American/White02/11/2015Port St. JoeFL29.812507-85.3021107Port 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
15722Fletcher Ray Stewart46MaleEuropean-American/White02/11/2015DadevilleAL32.8718426-85.7059239Tallapoosa 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
15723Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified02/11/2015ArletaCA34.2456451-118.4356835Los Angeles Police Department

An unidentified man reportedly shot himself after a police chase in the San Fernando Valley.

abc7.com
15714Benjamin Zanders Jr.30MaleRace unspecified02/10/2015Amite CityLA30.728575-90.507871Amite 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
15715Kenneth Kreyssig61MaleEuropean-American/White02/10/2015Smyrna MillsME46.1595173-68.1033892Maine 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
15716Anthony Bess48MaleAfrican-American/Black02/10/2015MemphisTN35.0257196-90.0541696Memphis 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
15717Brian P. Fritze45MaleEuropean-American/White02/10/2015Glenwood SpringsCO39.5747212-107.4481297Garfield 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
15718Antonio Zambrano-Montes35MaleHispanic/Latino02/10/2015PascoWA46.2284258-119.1019587Pasco 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
15719Tracy Lee Potter47FemaleRace unspecified02/10/2015FostoriaOH41.1636277-83.4134837Fostoria 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
15710Desmond Dwayne Luster Sr.45MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2015DallasTX32.6591946-96.7516655Dallas 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
15711Dean Joseph Bucheit64MaleEuropean-American/White02/09/2015Marina Del ReyCA33.9774513-118.4318286Los 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
15712Larry Bryan Hostetter40MaleEuropean-American/White02/09/2015NoconaTX33.7873468-97.7128484Nocona Police Department

An officer reportedly responded to a domestic disturbance call and shot an off-duty deputy living there to death.

cbsnews.com
15713Gerdle Moise27MaleAfrican-American/Black02/09/2015Pompano BeachFL26.2109946-80.1412365Broward 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
15705Brandon Lee Davis20MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2015MobileAL30.663151-88.099295Mobile Police Department

Brandon Davis died of undetermined causes during a standoff and hostage situation.

www.al.com
15706John Martin Whittaker33MaleHispanic/Latino02/08/2015AnchorageAK61.2076377-149.8587624Anchorage 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
15707Vincent Cordaro57MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2015New CityNY41.15199-74.000905Clarkstown 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
15708Sawyer Burleson Flache27MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2015AustinTX30.247011-97.8883818Austin Police Department

Flache allegedly shot a rifle at a police helicopter and then police shot and killed him.

statesman.com
15709Joseph Andrew Paffen46MaleEuropean-American/White02/08/2015OrlandoFL28.4818441-81.3293638Orange County Sheriff's Office

Paffen opened fire on officers, they responded and shot him.

orlandosentinel.com
15704James Howard Allen74MaleAfrican-American/Black02/07/2015GastoniaNC35.265836-81.227062Gastonia 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
4807Joshua "Bomber" S. Harrison25MaleEuropean-American/White02/06/2015Beaver DamsNY42.29341-77.036673Schuyler 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
15702Herbert Hill26MaleAfrican-American/Black02/06/2015Oklahoma CityOK35.403065-97.532566Oklahoma 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
15703Dario Colin33MaleRace unspecified02/06/2015Palm DesertCA33.7405846-116.3039209California Highway Patrol

Dario Colin was killed in a crash while fleeing the CHP.

desertsun.com
15701John Steven Sawyer36MaleEuropean-American/White02/05/2015CalimesaCA33.9932339-117.0571344Riverside 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
15692Thomas Jessie Ramirez50MaleHispanic/Latino02/04/2015SacramentoCA38.5830006-121.4976286Sacramento 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
15693Joaquin Hernandez28MaleHispanic/Latino02/04/2015PhoenixAZ33.3782417-111.9784046Tempe 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
15694Jimmy Ray Robinson Jr.51MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2015LorenaTX31.3858121-97.2124251Waco 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
15695Salvador Muna28MaleHispanic/Latino02/04/2015PhoenixAZ33.3782417-111.9784046U.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
15696Paul Alfred Eugene Johnson59MaleEuropean-American/White02/04/2015ChinoCA33.9532701-117.650501Corona 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
15697Markell Atkins36MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2015MemphisTN35.1647745-89.9336694U.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
15698Kevin D. Garrett60MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2015ChicagoIL41.7520698-87.5567102Chicago Police Department

An unmarked police car hit and killed a man crossing a street without proper streetlights.

chicagotribune.com
15699Jeremy "Jed" Antwan Lett28MaleAfrican-American/Black02/04/2015TallahasseeFL30.4658909-84.3306146Tallahassee 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
15700Izzy Sabore Colon37MaleHispanic/Latino02/04/2015OrlandoFL28.499575-81.305503Orlando 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
15686Dewayne Deshawn Ward Jr.29MaleAfrican-American/Black02/03/2015AntiochCA37.9993842-121.8182557Contra 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
15687Wilber Castillo-Gongora35MaleHispanic/Latino02/03/2015ElectraTX34.0292311-98.918975Wichita 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
15688Yuvette Henderson38FemaleAfrican-American/Black02/03/2015OaklandCA37.827484-122.2846188Emeryville 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
15689Ledarius D. Williams23MaleAfrican-American/Black02/03/2015St. LouisMO38.5817118-90.2368889St. 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
15690Anthony Purvis45MaleEuropean-American/White02/03/2015DouglasGA31.523361-82.845175Douglas 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
15691Matthew Leon Thompson34MaleEuropean-American/White02/03/2015WinesburgOH40.6135144-81.6991447Ohio 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
15918Sidney Averett46MaleEuropean-American/White02/03/2015Denham SpringsLA30.5086711-90.9263948Livingston 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
15683Jacob M. Haglund17MaleEuropean-American/White02/02/2015Bay CityMI43.5999245-83.8730138Bay 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
15684Francis Murphy Rose III42MaleEuropean-American/White02/02/2015Apple ValleyCA34.4172026-117.1768769San 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
15685David Anthony Kassick59MaleEuropean-American/White02/02/2015HummelstownPA40.273445-76.712734Hummelstown 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
15682Hung TrieuMaleAsian/Pacific Islander02/01/2015HoustonTX29.7040764-95.6208364Harris 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
19550James M. Dilliplane27MaleEuropean-American/White02/01/2015PaducahKY37.0520264-88.6491769McCracken 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
15680Edward Donnell Bright Sr.56MaleAfrican-American/Black01/31/2015RandallstownMD39.3816374-76.8225979Baltimore 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
15681Victor Reyes31MaleHispanic/Latino01/31/2015KatyTX29.8607521-95.7193988Houston 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
23008Philip Franklin Endicott Jr.14MaleEuropean-American/White01/31/2015Oak HillWV38.0090039-81.1451377Oak 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
15678Robert Brandon Edwards25MaleEuropean-American/White01/30/2015AustinTX30.1887231-97.7686868Austin 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
15679John Barry Marshall48MaleEuropean-American/White01/30/2015BillingsMT45.7896391-108.513216Yellowstone 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
15673Catherine Breeding21FemaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2015ConroeTX30.2798273-95.4585079Montgomery 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
15675Alan James31MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2015WyomingMI42.8944307-85.6609774Wyoming 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
15676Ralph W. Willis42MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2015StillwaterOK36.1233308-97.0514719Stillwater 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
15677Grady Wendell King II40MaleEuropean-American/White01/29/2015Fort WorthTX32.678602-97.380734Fort 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
15669Larry Kobuk33MaleNative American/Alaskan01/28/2015AnchorageAK61.2184085-149.858016Anchorage 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
15670Cody Wade Karasek26MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2015RosenbergTX29.5575344-95.7848822Rosenberg 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
15671Alan Lance Alverson45MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2015SunsetTX33.4562976-97.8100295Montague 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
15672Matautu Nuu35MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/28/2015StocktonCA38.029084-121.316245Stockton 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
20017Justin John Hay42MaleEuropean-American/White01/28/2015Pleasant HillsPA40.3383674-79.9673828Pleasant Hills Police Department

Justin John Hay shot and killed himself after allegedly shooting and wounding his father, police said.

wtae.com
15665Paul Walls61MaleEuropean-American/White01/27/2015MadisonAL34.702626-86.779947Madison Police Department

Police opened fire on Walls after a police chase when Walls allegedly shot himself with a shotgun.

www.al.com
15666Tiffany D. Terry39FemaleEuropean-American/White01/27/2015OmahaNE41.2427474-95.9904437Omaha 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
15667Jermonte Fletcher33MaleAfrican-American/Black01/27/2015ColumbusOH39.8795447-82.9985998Ohio 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
15668Nicholas Tewa26MaleNative American/Alaskan01/27/2015PhoenixAZ33.4963923-112.1142435Phoenix 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
15484Daniel Trevor Gross21MaleEuropean-American/White01/26/2015AftonTN36.147443-82.7072188Greene 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
15659Joshua Omar Garcia24MaleHispanic/Latino01/26/2015TahokaTX33.1664401-101.7937704Lynn 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
15660Rhiannon L. Steele35FemaleRace unspecified01/26/2015SalemOR45.0155902-122.8765522Mt. 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
15661Raymond Kenneth Kmetz68MaleEuropean-American/White01/26/2015New HopeMN45.0357324-93.3857138New 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
15662David Garcia34MaleHispanic/Latino01/26/2015WascoCA35.5890428-119.3351329Kern 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
15663Chris Ingram29MaleEuropean-American/White01/26/2015MorenciAZ33.0562823-109.3285615Greenlee 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
15664Jessie Hernandez aka Jessica Hernandez17TransgenderHispanic/Latino01/26/2015DenverCO39.7534059-104.9093803Denver 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
15656Slye Mier18MaleEuropean-American/White01/25/2015RayneLA30.2302718-92.3124987Rayne 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
15657William Campbell59MaleRace unspecified01/25/2015WinslowNJ39.7364359-74.9303198Winslow 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
15658Orlando Jude Lopez26MaleHispanic/Latino01/25/2015PuebloCO38.2868825-104.5722382Pueblo 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
15652Vincent Palance Chancellor50MaleRace unspecified01/24/2015BirminghamAL33.5392826-86.793694Birmingham Police Department

Vincent Palance Chancellor was killed when he was hit by a train while running from police.

www.al.com
15653Daryl Myler45MaleEuropean-American/White01/24/2015RexburgID43.8257117-111.7787141Rexburg Police Department

Shortly after robbing a Walgreens, Daryl Myler brandished a gun and was shot and killed by officers.

rexburgstandardjournal.com
15654Darin Hutchins26MaleAfrican-American/Black01/24/2015BaltimoreMD39.284467-76.646863Baltimore 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
15655James G. Caffrey51MaleEuropean-American/White01/24/2015Shaker HeightsOH41.4806023-81.5450547University 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
15649Robert Francis Mesch61MaleEuropean-American/White01/23/2015AustinTX30.1671859-97.7885265Austin 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
15650Jose Antonio Espinoza Ruiz56MaleHispanic/Latino01/23/2015LevellandTX33.5775561-102.3691449Levelland 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
15651Demaris Turner29MaleAfrican-American/Black01/23/2015LauderhillFL26.150783-80.2089979Lauderhill 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
15647Kristiana Joy Coignard17FemaleEuropean-American/White01/22/2015LongviewTX32.4952158-94.7466202Longview 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
15648Tiano Meton25MaleAfrican-American/Black01/22/2015Sierra BlancaTX31.1733708-105.3574652U.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
15642Miguel Angel de Santos-Rodriguez36MaleHispanic/Latino01/21/2015ChapeñoTX26.561949-99.1242441U.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
15643John Ballard Gorman45MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2015RobinsonvilleMS34.8274631-90.3283779Mississippi 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
15644Isaac Holmes19MaleAfrican-American/Black01/21/2015St. LouisMO38.6649101-90.2501309St. 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
15645Andrew J. Toto54MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2015DerryNH42.908086-71.3366894Derry 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
15646Todd Allen Hodge36MaleEuropean-American/White01/21/2015HemetCA33.7417065-116.958603Riverside 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
23169Patrick Bogden44MaleEuropean-American/White01/20/2015Charles TownWV39.2925994-77.89253Charles 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
15641Paul Campbell49MaleEuropean-American/White01/19/2015WeymouthMA42.2566965-70.9315849Weymouth Police Department

Police arrived at a residence and found a woman dead. They encountered her son holding knives and shot him.

wickedlocal.com
15638Carter Ray Castle67MaleEuropean-American/White01/18/2015GunlockKY37.5358631-82.9207172Kentucky 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
15639Johnathon Craig Guillory32MaleEuropean-American/White01/18/2015MaricopaAZ33.0838932-112.0380796Maricopa 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
15640Andres Nunez21MaleHispanic/Latino01/18/2015SugarlandTX29.5914538-95.6321929Fort 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
26773Hanna Shuppert20FemaleEuropean-American/White01/18/2015St. LouisMO38.6462722-90.2387005St. 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
26774Marissa Volner18FemaleEuropean-American/White01/18/2015St. LouisMO38.6462722-90.2387005St. 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
15635Daniel Jon Brumley27MaleHispanic/Latino01/17/2015Fort WorthTX32.8103766-97.3345051Fort Worth Police Department

Brumley stabbed an officer in the leg. The officer then shot and killed Brumley.

star-telegram.com
15636Terence Walker21MaleAfrican-American/Black01/17/2015MuskogeeOK35.7671755-95.3934845Muskogee 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
15637Pablo Meza24MaleHispanic/Latino01/17/2015Los AngelesCA34.0382621-118.2327262Los 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
15629Scott Wesley Hall41MaleEuropean-American/White01/16/2015MabankTX32.407081-96.064569U.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
15630Phillip Adam Garcia Jr.26MaleHispanic/Latino01/16/2015HoustonTX29.6125905-95.2140635Houston 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
15631Sinthanouxay Khottavongsa57MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/16/2015Brooklyn CenterMN45.060207-93.3192976Hennepin 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
15632Rodney Walker23MaleAfrican-American/Black01/16/2015TulsaOK36.1467098-95.9925863U.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
15633Zaki Shinwary48MaleRace unspecified01/16/2015FremontCA37.5864513-122.0599902Fremont Police Department

Shinwary was reported threatening kids on street with knife. Officers arrived. One tasered him; another shot and killed him.

sfgate.com
15634Laranthony Moore23MaleAfrican-American/Black01/16/2015HoustonTX29.977958-95.437389Harris 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
15620Christopher Minichini38MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2015NutleyNJ40.8272845-74.152343New Jersey Department of Corrections

Minichini first killed his girlfriend, Cristina Prestaianni, and subsequently committed suicide by gun.

patch.com
15621Christina Prestianni37FemaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2015NutleyNJ40.8272845-74.152343New 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
15622Nathan Ryan Massey33MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2015Ville PlatteLA30.748445-92.4400369Louisiana 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
15623Howard "Robert" Robbins69MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2015Crab OrchardKY37.4671684-84.5152709Stanford 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
15624Jose Ceja36MaleHispanic/Latino01/15/2015FairfieldCA38.2654569-121.9973075Fairfield 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
15625Quincy Reed Reindl24MaleEuropean-American/White01/15/2015BloomingtonMN44.8257432-93.3579193Bloomington 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
15626Kavonda Earl Payton39MaleAfrican-American/Black01/15/2015AuroraCO39.7255142-104.7725198Aurora 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
15627Donte Sowell27MaleAfrican-American/Black01/15/2015IndianapolisIN39.826282-85.991069Indianapolis 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
15628Dewayne Carr45MaleAfrican-American/Black01/15/2015ScottsdaleAZ33.509394-111.9086866Scottsdale 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
15614Robert Edwards68MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2015Lake JacksonTX29.034467-95.4283562Lake 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
15615Michael T. Goebel29MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2015RobertsvilleMO38.3187552-90.7943153St. 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
15616Mario A. Jordan34MaleAfrican-American/Black01/14/2015ChesapeakeVA36.7820284-76.3479715Chesapeake 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
15617Louis F. Becker87MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2015CatskillNY42.262431-73.9357393New 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
15618Talbot "Talby" Anthony Schroeder Sr.75MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2015Old BridgeNJ40.405239-74.301112Old 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
15619Marcus Ryan Cullars Golden24MaleAfrican-American/Black01/14/2015St. PaulMN44.957908-93.0941173St. 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
17119Jeffrey R. Nielson34MaleEuropean-American/White01/14/2015DraperUT40.5398401-111.8873576West 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
15612John Edward O'keefe35MaleEuropean-American/White01/13/2015AlbuquerqueNM35.099199-106.585967Albuquerque 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
15613Richard Brett McClendon43MaleEuropean-American/White01/13/2015JourdantonTX28.9115688-98.5430876Jourdanton 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
15607Elarry Brumfield Jr.31MaleAfrican-American/Black01/11/2015PascagoulaMS30.3617896-88.5145135Pascagoula 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
15608Tommy E. Smith39MaleEuropean-American/White01/11/2015ArcolaIL39.6919192-88.3027459Arcola 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
15609Salvador Figueroa29MaleHispanic/Latino01/11/2015Las VegasNV36.1848492-115.1161587North 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
15610Brian Barbosa23MaleHispanic/Latino01/11/2015South GateCA33.9524541-118.1889799Los 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
15611Joel Aaron Heck26MaleEuropean-American/White01/11/2015AtwaterCA37.3501163-120.5796933Atwater Police Department

Joel Aaron Heck reportedly shot himself during a six-hour standoff with police.

mercedsunstar.com
22176George Tingler Jr.56MaleEuropean-American/White01/10/2015JeffersonvilleIN38.326532-85.7515874Clarksville 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
15604Andy Martinez33MaleHispanic/Latino01/09/2015El PasoTX31.8576785-106.439739El 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
15605David Wayne Kattner47MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2015Little ElmTX33.1656864-96.9372813Dallas 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
15606Jimmy Foreman71MaleEuropean-American/White01/09/2015EnglandAR34.542133-91.965851England 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
15600Artago Damon Howard36MaleAfrican-American/Black01/08/2015StrongAR33.1112832-92.3590764Union 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
15601James Dudley Barker42MaleEuropean-American/White01/08/2015Salt Lake CityUT40.7716992-111.8714946Salt 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
15602Thomas Hamby49MaleEuropean-American/White01/08/2015SyracuseUT41.083125-112.083141Syracuse 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
15603Loren Benjamin Simpson28MaleEuropean-American/White01/08/2015HuntleyMT45.8547582-108.3146107Yellowstone 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
15593Keith Leo Jenkins41MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2015OrangeTX30.1004371-93.7665686Orange 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
15594Nicholas Ryan Brickman30MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2015Des MoinesIA41.5810414-93.6096201Des 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
15595Omarr Julian Maximillian Jackson37MaleAfrican-American/Black01/07/2015New OrleansLA29.9374752-90.0904992New 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
15596Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed41MaleAfrican-American/Black01/07/2015ColumbusOH39.9980574-82.8838088Columbus 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
15597Ronald "Maynard" Sneed31MaleAfrican-American/Black01/07/2015FreeportTX28.9553131-95.3684656Freeport 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
15598Andre Larone Murphy Sr.42MaleAfrican-American/Black01/07/2015NorfolkNE42.0168386-97.4236949Norfolk 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
15599Joseph Caffarello31MaleEuropean-American/White01/07/2015RosemontIL41.9896575-87.8758712Rosemont 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
15588Autumn Mae Steele34FemaleNative American/Alaskan01/06/2015BurlingtonIA40.810027-91.118587Burlington 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
15589Patrick Wayne Wetter25MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2015StocktonCA37.929792-121.2981387Stockton 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
15590Leslie Sapp III47MaleAfrican-American/Black01/06/2015KnoxvillePA40.4132265-79.9911548U.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
15591Brock Nichols35MaleEuropean-American/White01/06/2015AssariaKS38.7112198-97.5680419Saline 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
15592Brian Pickett26MaleAfrican-American/Black01/06/2015Los AngelesCA33.9208908-118.2462156Los 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
15587Kenneth Arnold Buck22MaleNative American/Alaskan01/05/2015ChandlerAZ33.3279337-111.8329285Chandler 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
15584Michael Ray Rodriguez39MaleHispanic/Latino01/04/2015EvansCO40.3840945-104.6921746Evans 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
15585Kenneth Joseph Brown18MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2015GuthrieOK35.8769929-97.422764Oklahoma 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
15586Matthew Hoffman32MaleEuropean-American/White01/04/2015San FranciscoCA37.763304-122.4217566San 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
18984Damien Williams24MaleAfrican-American/Black01/04/2015CharlotteNC35.2765803-80.794763Charlotte-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
15581Paul Mark Yasher53MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2015New CastlePA40.9971229-80.337265New 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
15582Michael Kocher Jr.19MaleEuropean-American/White01/03/2015KaumakaniHI21.934926-159.6439954Kauai 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
15583John Paul Quintero23MaleHispanic/Latino01/03/2015WichitaKS37.6937969-97.2805489Wichita 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
15578Matthew Ajibade22MaleAfrican-American/Black01/02/2015SavannahGA32.066691-81.167881Chatham 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
15579Tim Elliott53MaleAsian/Pacific Islander01/02/2015SheltonWA47.2465339-123.119497Mason 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
15580Lewis Lee Lembke47MaleEuropean-American/White01/02/2015AlohaOR45.4873752-122.8914221Washington 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
15576Roberto Fausto Ornelas18MaleHispanic/Latino01/01/2015Key LargoFL25.1561037-80.3902679Monroe 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
15577Garrett Gagne22MaleEuropean-American/White01/01/2015ChathamMA41.6893889-69.9659954Chatham 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
15571Romeio Castillo20MaleHispanic/Latino12/31/2014Santa MariaCA34.9221211-120.4359517Santa 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
15572Eric Tyrone Forbes28MaleAfrican-American/Black12/31/2014MiamiFL25.8360513-80.2071472Miramar 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
15573Mayra Cornejo34FemaleHispanic/Latino12/31/2014ComptonCA33.8963069-118.2250263Los 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
15574Kaileb Cole Williams20MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2014MissoulaMT46.897038-114.037992Missoula 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
15575Ernest Lee Erwin48MaleEuropean-American/White12/31/2014Olive HillKY38.2745548-83.3111938Carter 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
15567Cassandra Garcia aka Sandra Alicia Garcia38FemaleHispanic/Latino12/30/2014PenitasTX26.2697596-98.4416342Penitas Police Department

Arnoldo Santana Ochoa, 45, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for shoplifting, killing passenger Sandra Alicia Garcia upon crashing.

valleycentral.com
15568Joseph Anthony Pacini52MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2014Drexel HillPA39.9465212-75.2925495Clifton 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
15569Jerame C. Reid36MaleAfrican-American/Black12/30/2014BridgetonNJ39.4219645-75.2299538Bridgeton Police Department

Reid was exiting car with hands raised when he was shot by Officer Braheme Days - caught on dash cam video.

patch.com
15570Robert Earl Lawrence30MaleEuropean-American/White12/30/2014DothanAL31.2614741-85.3309102Dothan 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
15562Mark Eric Anderson25MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2014GlenoldenPA39.8992963-75.2900883Folcroft 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
15563Thomas Monts Jr.39MaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2014SaffordAL32.2874883-87.3712863Dallas 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
15564Kevin Davis44MaleAfrican-American/Black12/29/2014DecaturGA33.7758928-84.2563021DeKalb 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
15565Timothy Edward West48MaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2014St AugustineFL29.8428325-81.3273649St. 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
15566Robert Battaglia28MaleEuropean-American/White12/29/2014ParadiseCA39.7105896-121.6115081Butte 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
15559Matthew McCloskey10MaleEuropean-American/White12/28/2014FranklinvilleNJ39.613885-75.076089Franklin 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
15560Daniel Gray51MaleRace unspecified12/28/2014DeweyAZ34.5602751-112.2807778Yavapai 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
15561Nicholas McGehee28MaleEuropean-American/White12/28/2014Stansbury ParkUT40.6321508-112.3038023Tooele 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.

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15555Aaron Prado21MaleHispanic/Latino12/27/2014PharrTX26.1982605-98.2018866McAllen Police Department

Aaron Prado, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for running a red light and died because of a crash.

ktxs.com
15556David Andre Scott28MaleAfrican-American/Black12/27/2014JacksonvilleFL30.36899-81.598443Jacksonville 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
15557Craig Schiffer54MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2014IslipNY40.729586-73.2119729Suffolk 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
15558Darren Robert Kindgren51MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2014Holly PondAL34.1857004-86.6129487Cullman 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
15551Taylor Heathman Miller22FemaleEuropean-American/White12/26/2014GreenvilleSC34.8880757-82.3727212South 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
15552Carlton Wayne "Chimmy" Smith20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2014Texas CityTX29.3791256-94.9809581Texas 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
15553John Hebebrand43MaleEuropean-American/White12/26/2014BedfordOH41.399546-81.5210177Bedford 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
15554Quentin Smith23MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2014CocoaFL28.3602795-80.7456714Brevard 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.

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15549Omar Rodriguez35MaleHispanic/Latino12/25/2014CoachellaCA33.6876042-116.2076901Riverside 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
15550Terrance Gilbert25MaleAfrican-American/Black12/25/2014ChicagoIL41.7729669-87.6153402Chicago 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
15543Harold D. Nichols23MaleEuropean-American/White12/24/2014FultonKY36.5057337-88.8348537Fulton 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
15544Kevin Lloyd Smith-Franklin21MaleAfrican-American/Black12/24/2014PlanoTX33.048445-96.7103142Plano Police Department

Regis Hayes, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for DUI, killing passenger Kevin Lloyd Smith-Franklin upon crashing.

starlocalmedia.com
15545Ned Lamar Womack47MaleEuropean-American/White12/24/2014JasperGA34.4014049-84.450295Pickens 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
15546Francisco Manuel Cesena40MaleHispanic/Latino12/24/2014San DiegoCA32.5448068-117.0300991U.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
15547Gregory Marcus Gray33MaleAfrican-American/Black12/24/2014WashingtonDC38.857074-76.967356Washington 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
15548Khamis Shatara21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander12/24/2014Delray BeachFL26.4451783-80.0682007Palm 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
27401Michael Frederick Mears39MaleEuropean-American/White12/24/2014Los AngelesCA33.9762515-118.381573Los 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
15540Jennifer C. Hurlbut45FemaleEuropean-American/White12/23/2014PhelpsNY42.962837-77.075099Newark Police Department

Todd Maddox, 47, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic violence, killing Jennifer C. Hurlbut upon crashing.

democratandchronicle.com
15541Antonio Martin18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/23/2014BerkeleyMO38.7630626-90.336422Berkeley 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.

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15542Robert J. Jenkins55MaleRace unspecified12/23/2014ReedsportOR43.7048491-124.1037046Reedsport 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.

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15535Timothy Rundquist62MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2014Elbow LakeMN45.9869536-95.9707923Minnesota 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.

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15536Allen Berly Todd Jr.27MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2014IndependenceKY38.9524856-84.5741549Kenton 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
15537Austin Leake20MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2014DecaturGA33.6709364-84.2607404DeKalb 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
15538Jose Salas29MaleHispanic/Latino12/22/2014Las CrucesNM32.3045933-106.7672222Las 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.

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15539James Arlen Monroe Jr.61MaleEuropean-American/White12/22/2014LakelandFL28.0785202-81.9511834Lakeland 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
15532Deandre Washington24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/21/2014ChicagoIL41.7279246-87.5754871Chicago 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
15533William Everett Corson53MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2014AuburnCA38.9301464-121.0945946Placer 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.

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15534Andrew McIlvain39MaleEuropean-American/White12/21/2014Port OrangeFL29.1234033-81.0120802Port 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.

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15527Grant Oliver McClure26MaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2014FairwayKS39.0331314-94.6177386Westwood 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.

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15528Eulalio V. DeLeon Jr.26MaleHispanic/Latino12/20/2014AustinTX30.1858056-97.7992041Austin Police Department

Eulalio V. DeLeon, 26, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for sexual assault and died because of a crash.

statesman.com
15529Soumalia Alphonse Kremian41MaleAfrican-American/Black12/20/2014Camp HillPA40.2595916-76.9118112West 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
15530James Long52MaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2014DoverDE39.1607212-75.5606847Dover 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
15531Allen Locke30MaleNative American/Alaskan12/20/2014Rapid CitySD44.1090845-103.2237212Pennington 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
15519Mike Santoyo28MaleHispanic/Latino12/19/2014RiversideCA33.9755225-117.3596265Riverside 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.

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15520Anna Kauska33FemaleRace unspecified12/19/2014San YsidroNM35.5217336-106.7780424Sandoval 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
15521Barbara M. Arriola30FemaleHispanic/Latino12/19/2014San YsidroNM35.5217336-106.7780424Sandoval 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
15522Jack Mills68MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2014San YsidroNM35.5217336-106.7780424Sandoval 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
15523Willy Timmerman22MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2014GreenwoodNE40.9578693-96.4446727Cass 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
15524Terrell Beasley28MaleAfrican-American/Black12/19/2014St. LouisMO38.659614-90.208661St. 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
15525Aaron Martin41MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2014HolidayFL28.2065974-82.7510556Pasco 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.

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15526Nicholas Tyson Frazier28MaleEuropean-American/White12/19/2014Deer LodgeMT46.401587-112.733094Anaconda-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
15512Thao Chao35MaleRace unspecified12/18/2014OrovilleCA39.4490706-121.5521073California 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
15513Linda Weaver78FemaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2014ShreveportLA32.4202637-93.7973163Shreveport 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.

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15514Damian Pea30MaleAfrican-American/Black12/18/2014ShreveportLA32.4202637-93.7973163Shreveport 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
15515Clayton Weaver81MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2014ShreveportLA32.4202637-93.7973163Shreveport 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.

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15516Brent Kyle Krout39MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2014ParagonIN39.3792109-86.6074313Indiana 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
15517Joshua G. Dawson35MaleEuropean-American/White12/18/2014PhoenixAZ33.6562164-112.1093183Phoenix 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
15518Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada17MaleNative American/Alaskan12/18/2014Willow CreekCA40.9089201-123.6596995California 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
15507James Wall21MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2014TacomaWA47.1692964-122.4594538Pierce 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
15508Adam Padilla34MaleHispanic/Latino12/17/2014AlbuquerqueNM35.0762267-106.7235782Bernalillo 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
15509Andrew Jay Worsfold25MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2014MarshalltownIA42.0467014-92.9096685Marshalltown 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
15510Henry Castoreno48MaleHispanic/Latino12/17/2014San AntonioTX29.4626285-98.5706372San 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
15511Johnathon Dean "JD" Mar18MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2014ShoreviewMN45.042792-93.1022601Hennepin 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.

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15504Joseph Lilly20MaleAfrican-American/Black12/16/2014San FranciscoCA37.8088095-122.3679926California 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
15505William R. Osterlind18MaleEuropean-American/White12/16/2014PhoenixAZ33.6805791-111.9772265Phoenix 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
15506Julius L. Pinson48MaleRace unspecified12/16/2014Costa MesaCA33.6803566-117.8908649Costa 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
15497Cordatrist Deontrell McCall19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/15/2014MontgomeryAL32.3432219-86.2778367Montgomery Police Department

Cordatrist Deontrell McCall, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for shots fired and died because of a crash.

montgomeryadvertiser.com
15498Ethan J. Plath25MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2014Beaver DamWI43.521895-88.871086Fox 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
15499Rebecca Tavera26FemaleNative American/Alaskan12/15/2014TahlequahOK35.9298142-95.0006345Hulbert 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
15500Brandon Tate Brown26MaleAfrican-American/Black12/15/2014PhiladelphiaPA40.03095-75.054974Philadelphia 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
15501Dennis Grisgby Jr.35MaleAfrican-American/Black12/15/2014TexarkanaTX33.3999048-94.0736351Texarkana 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
15502Chad Simpson34MaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2014MIdlandTX32.038207-102.07889Midland 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
15503Sandra Simpson32FemaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2014MidlandTX32.038207-102.07889Midland 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
27882Valerie Ann Morrow40FemaleEuropean-American/White12/15/2014GlenoldenPA39.9016837-75.3044785Colwyn 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
15492Asia Roundtree25FemaleAfrican-American/Black12/14/2014DetroitMI42.4076252-82.9421741Detroit 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
15493Martin Sanchez-Juarez34MaleHispanic/Latino12/14/2014NormanOK35.2020958-97.4766881Norman 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
15494Daniel Torres51MaleHispanic/Latino12/14/2014St. JohnsFL30.0977519-81.4818707St. 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
15495Michael D. Sulton23MaleAfrican-American/Black12/14/2014RidgelandMS32.4201174-90.1327674Ridgeland 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
15496Xavier McDonald16MaleAfrican-American/Black12/14/2014NashvilleTN36.0871262-86.6474372Metropolitan 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
15485Jason Alan Van Leuven26MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2014TustinCA33.7587603-117.8020206California 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
15486Jeremy Roggero29MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2014TustinCA33.7587603-117.8020206California 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
15487Aidan Lee Hickman21MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2014HoustonTX29.606373-95.2051071Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4

A deputy pulled Hickman over for speeding. Hickman shot himself in the head.

google.com
15488Leo Blackmon Jr.46MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2014St. LouisMO38.6680262-90.2577244St. 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
15489Logan Patrick Hall22MaleEuropean-American/White12/13/2014Mt VernonOH40.4018369-82.4586599Mount 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
15490Joseph Michael Rodriguez19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/13/2014TopekaKS39.0558017-95.6889698Topeka 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
15491Charles Gluchacki65MaleRace unspecified12/13/2014PerrisCA33.7576037-117.2719238Riverside 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
15475Alex Reyna Garcia45MaleHispanic/Latino12/12/2014AndersonSC34.4932403-82.6800047Anderson 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
15476Brandon Charles Franks34MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2014AndersonSC34.4932403-82.6800047Anderson 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
15477Jose Medrano Castillo54MaleHispanic/Latino12/12/2014AndersonSC34.4932403-82.6800047Anderson 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
15478Randall Gorden27MaleRace unspecified12/12/2014SeviervilleTN35.8464979-83.522826Sevierville 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
15479Timothy Shyler Kincaid28MaleRace unspecified12/12/2014NewtonNC35.64443-81.208134Newton 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
15480Brayden Scott Traxler3MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2014ForestMS32.4581054-89.5117241Mississippi 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
15481Justin Harrell13MaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2014ForestMS32.4581054-89.5117241Mississippi 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
15482Marinan Reese79FemaleEuropean-American/White12/12/2014Oklahoma CityOK35.6232035-97.5944234Oklahoma 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
15483Thurrell Jowers22MaleAfrican-American/Black12/12/2014Poplar BluffMO36.759289-90.3999901Poplar 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
15473Anthony Landi27MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2014Palm Beach GardensFL26.8098879-80.0993682Palm 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.

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15474Brandon Atencio28MaleEuropean-American/White12/11/2014Canon CityCO38.464908-105.2179206Canon 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
15470Lamont Ford Jr.22MaleAfrican-American/Black12/10/2014PittsburghPA40.4547041-79.8806489Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Lamont Ford Jr., 22, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash.

wtae.com
15471Thomas Edward Brazeail38MaleEuropean-American/White12/10/2014WildomarCA33.6135432-117.2535427Riverside 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.

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15472Travis Faison24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/10/2014SanfordNC35.474075-79.175042Sanford 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
15468John Laco84MaleEuropean-American/White12/09/2014Lake StationIN41.573362-87.2369329Lake 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
15469Calvin Peters49MaleAfrican-American/Black12/09/2014BrooklynNY40.6690137-73.9429056City 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
15465Michael Joe Landes59MaleEuropean-American/White12/08/2014RichardsTX30.541878-95.736779Montgomery 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
15466Randall Clifton Minier Jr.27MaleHispanic/Latino12/08/2014LansingMI42.7301869-84.5854049Lansing 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
15467Christopher Bernard Doss31MaleAfrican-American/Black12/08/2014San AntonioTX29.3988891-98.4859846Bexar 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
15459Thomas McGinty45MaleRace unspecified12/07/2014ChicagoIL41.691783-87.703573Chicago 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
15460Anthony Wade Moore31MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2014las VegasNV36.1175838-115.1884813Las 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
15461Joshua David Merritt32MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2014YuleeFL30.67316-81.529262Nassau 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
15462Guadalupe Manzo Ochoa27FemaleHispanic/Latino12/07/2014OaklandCA37.7484391-122.1604624San 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
15463John Bonnell Snyder29MaleEuropean-American/White12/07/2014Trent WoodsNC35.075228-77.093744Trent 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
15464Jerry Demonte Nowlin39MaleAfrican-American/Black12/07/2014Oklahoma CityOK35.495742-97.4929609Oklahoma 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
15453Decter Torry Hudson18MaleAfrican-American/Black12/05/2014CincinnatiOH39.20209-84.5322706Springfield 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
15454Demarco S. Leary17MaleAfrican-American/Black12/05/2014CincinnatiOH39.20209-84.5322706Springfield 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
15455Franklin Lee58MaleEuropean-American/White12/05/2014CairoGA30.8951706-84.2027223Cairo 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
15456Joseph Glenn Folsom Jr.61MaleEuropean-American/White12/05/2014CamdenSC34.3766973-80.7274039U.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
15457David Scott Wear42MaleEuropean-American/White12/05/2014Los AngelesCA34.101406-118.3208436Los 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
15458Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez21MaleHispanic/Latino12/05/2014MiamiFL25.7999916-80.2030244Miami 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
15449Keenan Ardoin24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/04/2014Ville PlatteLA30.6849313-92.2751278Ville 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
15450Raymond Keith Martinez51MaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2014West MonroeLA32.5062294-92.1383213West 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
15451Alejandro Noel Cordero-Rivera32MaleHispanic/Latino12/04/2014OrlandoFL28.529626-81.308182Orlando 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
15452Karin S. Moller55FemaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2014South BerwickME43.263237-70.6789941South 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
15445John Frank50MaleRace unspecified12/03/2014Kansas CityMO39.3326418-94.5612192Clay 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
15446Carlos Tuger22MaleHispanic/Latino12/03/2014KingsvilleTX27.375459-97.8373967U.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
15447Jose Garcia-Paso37MaleHispanic/Latino12/03/2014KingsvilleTX27.375459-97.8373967U.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
15448Cody Raymond Layne18MaleRace unspecified12/03/2014West PointGA32.814075-85.0249151Harris 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
15438Raymond Mathieu24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2014BellaireTX29.7075811-95.4680227Houston Police Department

Raymond Mathieu, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for armed robbery and died because of a crash.

click2houston.com
15440Isaac Lee Ricks68MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2014Los AngelesCA34.0426942-118.2477071Los 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
15441William Mark Jones50MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2014Red SpringsNC34.754244-79.1007124Robeson 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
15442Gilbert Richard Reyna55MaleHispanic/Latino12/02/2014Fort WorthTX32.7286598-97.4144578Fort 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
15443Lincoln Price24MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2014Oklahoma CityOK35.482476-97.6366554Oklahoma 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
15444Rumain Brisbon34MaleAfrican-American/Black12/02/2014PhoenixAZ33.6253011-112.1135184Phoenix 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
15432Alberto Marquez43MaleHispanic/Latino12/01/2014Long BeachCA33.764447-118.2069218Westminster 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
15433Byron Scales30MaleAfrican-American/Black12/01/2014PhiladelphiaPA39.9616754-75.238792Philadelphia Police Department

Craig Monroe, 30, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for malfunctioning tail lights, killing Byron Scales upon crashing.

6abc.com
15434Fiyaz Hussain16MaleMiddle Eastern12/01/2014HoustonTX30.0023097-95.4833341Harris 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
15435Cody Robert Healey28MaleEuropean-American/White12/01/2014PensacolaFL30.4357708-87.2906647Escambia 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
15436Rosendo Gino Rodriquez49MaleHispanic/Latino12/01/2014MidlandTX31.9841719-102.0997488Midland 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
15437John Earl Pepper45MaleEuropean-American/White12/01/2014AndersonSC34.5111279-82.6753366Anderson 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
15428Eric Gerod Brooks40MaleAfrican-American/Black11/30/2014TuskegeeAL32.5013759-85.7505804Alabama Department of Public Safety

Eric Gerod Brooks died after being ejected from his vehicle when he crashed while fleeing a traffic stop.

wtvm.com
15429Sherman Rodney Brown25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/30/2014Virginia BeachVA36.8102489-76.1946048Virginia 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
15430Fernando Escobedo19MaleHispanic/Latino11/30/2014CarsonCA33.8191091-118.2705499Los 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
15431Tabanico "Tommy" Ysidro Pirtle24MaleEuropean-American/White11/30/2014ElkoNV40.833031-115.767496Elko 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
23880Casey E. Kressin29MaleEuropean-American/White11/30/2014Chippewa FallsWI44.9148027-91.3888591Chippewa 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
15422Michelle Yen Nguyen21FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/28/2014HoustonTX29.8982844-95.5492324Harris 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
15423Donshay James17MaleAfrican-American/Black11/28/2014IndianapolisIN39.8253431-86.102709Indianapolis 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
15424Samuel Torres52MaleHispanic/Latino11/28/2014DearbornMI42.3271465-83.1757868Dearborn 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
15425Myles Roughsurface27MaleNative American/Alaskan11/28/2014AztecNM36.8266967-108.0611121New 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
15426Mark Allan Bartlett42MaleEuropean-American/White11/28/2014JacksonMS32.266083-90.046451Pearl 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
15427Larry Steven McQuilliams49MaleEuropean-American/White11/28/2014AustinTX30.2707405-97.7561091Austin 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
15421Matthew Cormier45MaleEuropean-American/White11/27/2014WestchaseFL28.0407409-82.6011896Hillsborough 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
15418Davis Jay Thomas22MaleEuropean-American/White11/26/2014LewisvilleTX33.0015425-96.9839459Lewisville 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
15419Randall Dewayne Roden41MaleEuropean-American/White11/26/2014VersaillesMO38.4193836-92.8547913Versailles 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
15420Daniel Cedar Saulsbury39MaleEuropean-American/White11/26/2014Point ArenaCA38.9084388-123.6907123California 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
15411John McAfee III15MaleAfrican-American/Black11/25/2014St. PaulMN44.9352908-93.0801743St. Paul Police Department

John McAfee, 15, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving stolen vehicle and died because of a crash.

twincities.com
15412Justin Kile Brown31MaleEuropean-American/White11/25/2014Powder SpringsGA33.9015747-84.6722798Paulding 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
15413Stephen Mark Fox58MaleRace unspecified11/25/2014DallasTX32.8424566-96.6648078Mesquite 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
15414Robert Edwin Eaves52MaleEuropean-American/White11/25/2014ClevelandTN35.149992-84.890154Cleveland 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
15415Jon Jaquez26MaleEuropean-American/White11/25/2014PuebloCO38.2715956-104.5729002Pueblo 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
15416Eric Ladale Ricks30MaleAfrican-American/Black11/25/2014MesquiteTX32.709824-96.616337Balch 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
15417Sebastian Thomas Lewandowski31MaleEuropean-American/White11/25/2014VancouverWA45.6573842-122.5524167Vancouver 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
15409John David Myer49MaleEuropean-American/White11/24/2014Peach BottomPA39.7747543-76.1518995Pennsylvania 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
15410Leonardo Marquette Little33MaleAfrican-American/Black11/24/2014JacksonvilleFL30.247919-81.760279Jacksonville 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
15405Name withheld by police41MaleRace unspecified11/23/2014BrisbaneCA37.700952-122.4085649Daly 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
15406Juan Jose Enriquez27MaleHispanic/Latino11/23/2014West CovinaCA34.0863175-117.9375761West 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
15407Justin Howard Roady33MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2014Lake Havasu CityAZ34.478687-114.293492Lake 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
15408Donald R. Wendt50MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2014BradentonFL27.47629-82.5941019Bradenton 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
15396Leo A. Almanzor68MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/22/2014SeattleWA47.6104043-122.3355903Seattle Police Department

An unknown driver was allegedly fleeing a police stop for suspicious vehicle, killing pedestrian Leo A. Almanzor.

seattlebikeblog.com
15397Jason A. Minson22MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014MulvaneKS37.477951-97.238644Sumner 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
15398Jennifer BondFemaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014CrittendenKY38.7860251-84.6054987Grant 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
15399Bruce Thomas Snyder29MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014SonoraCA37.9852232-120.3834209Sonora 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
15400Nestor Cruz-Ciriaco27MaleHispanic/Latino11/22/2014SeasideCA36.6100627-121.8383358Seaside 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
15401Curtis Wade Holley53MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014TallahasseeFL30.495849-84.3397169Leon 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
15402Pamela Edwards40FemaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014EustisFL28.8641881-81.6610903Lake 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
15403Tamir E. Rice12MaleAfrican-American/Black11/22/2014ClevelandOH41.47719-81.7541365Cleveland 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
15404Ty Worthington26MaleEuropean-American/White11/22/2014South JordanUT40.5461542-111.9082605South 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
15393Aaron David Skinner20MaleEuropean-American/White11/21/2014HumbleTX30.0509093-95.2231715Montgomery 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
15394Hugh Melvin Washington44MaleAfrican-American/Black11/21/2014BremertonWA47.588332-122.6230236Bremerton Police Department

Hugh Melvin Washington, 44, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for DUI and died because of a crash.

kitsapsun.com
15395Carey Smith-Viramontes18MaleHispanic/Latino11/21/2014Long BeachCA33.7990973-118.1969777Long 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
15388Chalyssa Marie Mae "Boo" Yokley14FemaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2014KewaneeIL41.2491526-89.9442995Kewanee 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
15389Charles Marcus McCauley35MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2014ShreveportLA32.4836634-93.7332287Centenary 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
15390Myron May31MaleAfrican-American/Black11/20/2014TallahasseeFL30.4430585-84.2949798Florida 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
15391Akai Gurley28MaleAfrican-American/Black11/20/2014BrooklynNY40.6687108-73.8638572City 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
15392Chelsea Fresh29FemaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2014BeavertonOR45.4479435-122.7990509Beaverton 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
27873John Thomas Rotzin33MaleEuropean-American/White11/20/2014EnglewoodCO39.65575339999999-105.0293045Arapahoe 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
15386Elton R. Loughrey Jr.41MaleEuropean-American/White11/19/2014ClarktonMO36.4518884-89.9642678Dunklin 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
15387Keara Crowder29FemaleAfrican-American/Black11/19/2014MemphisTN35.0237867-89.8238267Memphis 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
15381Johnny Robertson27MaleRace unspecified11/18/2014SealeAL32.3690363-85.0942468Russell County Sheriff's Office

Johnny Roberson reportedly shot himself after a 15-mile chase.

ledger-enquirer.com
15382Ronald Glennlewis Evans30MaleAfrican-American/Black11/18/2014BunnellFL29.466228-81.257657Flagler 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
15383Michael Case34MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2014DunedinFL28.016782-82.779237Pinellas 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
15384Vincent Martinez34MaleHispanic/Latino11/18/2014RiversideCA33.9329806-117.4810767Riverside 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
15385Charles McBennett45MaleEuropean-American/White11/18/2014FayettevilleNC35.1216846-78.9079882Fayetteville 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
15374Casey Leighann Maxwell18FemaleEuropean-American/White11/17/2014WausauFL30.627014-85.592417Washington 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
15375Daylon Cummings15MaleRace unspecified11/17/2014LumbertonNC34.5415732-79.0300087Robeson 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
15376Kashawn Leonard19MaleRace unspecified11/17/2014LumbertonNC34.5415732-79.0300087Robeson 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
15377Tylek McNair18MaleAfrican-American/Black11/17/2014LumbertonNC34.5415732-79.0300087Robeson 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
15378Kadaufei Worley16MaleRace unspecified11/17/2014LumbertonNC34.5415732-79.0300087Robeson 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
15380Thomas Read36MaleEuropean-American/White11/17/2014PhillipsburgNJ40.6859993-75.1918654Phillipsburg 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
15364Thanh "Tony" H. Pham34MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/16/2014HoustonTX29.6940765-95.64306769999999Harris 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
15365Zamiro Williams16MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2014AtlantaGA33.7553973-84.3397475Atlanta 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
15366Tommy Christopher David44MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2014MonroeOH39.4446172-84.3780384Springboro 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
15367Ricardo Avelar-Lara57MaleHispanic/Latino11/16/2014East Los AngelesCA34.0180253-118.1569584Los 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
15368Eduardo Bermudez26MaleHispanic/Latino11/16/2014East Los AngelesCA34.0180253-118.1569584Los 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
15369John R. Smelko40MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2014DaytonOH39.7584669-84.1499096Dayton 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
15370Dawn Renee Cameron46FemaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2014InvernessFL28.8710266-82.3653747Citrus 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
15371Christopher Neil Horine42MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2014ShelbyvilleKY38.2084613-85.1999391Kentucky 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
15372Cecil Chaney Tinker-Smith37MaleAfrican-American/Black11/16/2014DemingWA48.836481-122.163483Whatcom 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
15373Lenny Miles37MaleEuropean-American/White11/16/2014Klamath FallsOR42.2139045-121.7378206Klamath 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
15359Annal Upadhyaya21MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/15/2014RockvilleMD39.0789419-77.090068Montgomery County Police Department

Annal Upadhyaya, 21, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for undisclosed violations and died because of a crash.

nbcwashington.com
15360Antonio Daniel Forton24MaleEuropean-American/White11/15/2014MacombMI42.6304723-82.8606007Macomb 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
15361Lonnie Charles Wimberly45MaleAfrican-American/Black11/15/2014MacombMI42.6304723-82.8606007Macomb 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
15362Orlando LaPorte-Santana52MaleHispanic/Latino11/15/2014ShillingtonPA40.299929-75.96952Shillington 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
15363Juventino Bermudez-Arenas33MaleHispanic/Latino11/15/2014McMinnvilleOR45.1957705-123.2086241McMinnville 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
15351Thomas Isaac Medlin34MaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2014LadoniaTX33.3524211-95.9689785Hunt 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.

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15352Maurice Chester Dodd44MaleAfrican-American/Black11/14/2014MattesonIL41.5280654-87.7324947Matteson 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
15353Edgar Allen Brown III26MaleAfrican-American/Black11/14/2014AmericusGA31.9709457-84.3167166Sumter County Sheriff's Office

Edgar Allen Brown III, 26, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for domestic dispute and died because of a crash.

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15354Eli Guadalupe Ruiz16MaleHispanic/Latino11/14/2014AustinTX30.2930325-97.6315164Travis 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
15355Shonda E. Mikelson33FemaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2014BoycevilleWI45.0438862-92.0441642Boyceville 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.

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15356Wesley Castillo35MaleRace unspecified11/14/2014Chula VistaCA32.6394091-117.0829738Chula 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
15357Sharrinder Garcha20MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/14/2014Chippewa FallsWI44.9279934-91.3419785Chippewa 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
15358William F. McNulty41MaleEuropean-American/White11/14/2014ClaymontDE39.7982801-75.4746828Delaware 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
15343Name withheld by police58MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2014Los AngelesCA34.0506023-118.2616825Los 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
15344Name withheld by police22MaleEuropean-American/White11/13/2014Los AngelesCA34.0506023-118.2616825Los 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
15345Ramiro James Villegas22MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2014BakersfieldCA35.3936855-118.9698897Bakersfield 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
15346Andrew Brady Davidson33MaleEuropean-American/White11/13/2014DaytonOH39.8429576-84.1909352Butler 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
15347George Armando Ramirez35MaleHispanic/Latino11/13/2014San BernardinoCA34.1014632-117.2637068San 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
15348Tanisha N. Anderson37FemaleAfrican-American/Black11/13/2014ClevelandOH41.5209972-81.6226943Cleveland 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
15349James Christopher McCown Jr.29MaleEuropean-American/White11/13/2014KnoxvilleTN35.8999699-83.8190226Knox 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
15350Darnell Dayron Stafford31MaleAfrican-American/Black11/13/2014TrentonNJ40.229201-74.769328Trenton 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
15342Jose Avalos26MaleHispanic/Latino11/12/2014ConcordCA37.970261-122.0567365Concord 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
15336Ivan Cruz14MaleHispanic/Latino11/11/2014AshlandCA37.698395-122.1188576Alameda County Sheriff's Office

Ivan Cruz was killed when he was struck by a car leading deputies on a high-speed chase.

abc7news.com
15337Richard Lee Snouffer II30MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2014McLeansvilleNC36.113057-79.713756Guilford 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
15338Jerry Lee Matheny52MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2014Menlo ParkCA37.4517479-122.166773Menlo 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.

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15339David Daniel McBrayer26MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2014JacksonvilleAL33.8259499-85.7738513Jacksonville 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
15340Aaron Forgash38MaleEuropean-American/White11/11/2014PerrisCA33.839986-117.1917853Riverside 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.

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15341Trung Thanh Do31MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/11/2014Plant CityFL28.0156924-82.1093374Plant 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.

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15329Ian Santamaria31MaleHispanic/Latino11/09/2014DenverCO39.637935-104.8886975Denver 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
15330Jorge Trejo34MaleHispanic/Latino11/09/2014Los AngelesCA34.085977-118.22072Los 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
15331Daniel Zamora48MaleHispanic/Latino11/09/2014PhoenixAZ33.5384771-112.1428775Phoenix 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
15332Josue Narciso Fuentes22MaleHispanic/Latino11/09/2014Van NuysCA34.1866479-118.4749313Los 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
15333Ashif Anwar38MaleAsian/Pacific Islander11/09/2014IrvingTX32.8365129-96.899663Irving 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
15334Christopher Keith O'Neal56MaleEuropean-American/White11/09/2014LucerneCA39.0859471-122.7900822Lake 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
15335Aura Rosser40FemaleAfrican-American/Black11/09/2014Ann ArborMI42.276936-83.7740479Ann 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
27866Keith Atkinson Jr.23MaleEuropean-American/White11/09/2014ManchesterNJ39.924839-74.37508969999999Manchester 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.

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15323Anthony Aurelio44MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2014DivideCO38.7996313-105.1178078Colorado State Patrol

Anthony Aurelio, 44, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for carjacking and died because of a crash.

mountainjackpot.com
15324Adam Thomas27MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2014HemetCA33.7280812-116.9427128U.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
15325Troy Hart27MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2014WestlandMI42.2953642-83.354193Westland Police Department

Hart, a severely handicapped man, was shot and killed after police after disobeying orders to drop a knife.

inquisitr.com
15326Joy Ann Sherman52FemaleNative American/Alaskan11/08/2014MitchellSD43.6984343-98.0189683Mitchell 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.

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15327Carlos Davenport50MaleAfrican-American/Black11/08/2014Kansas CityKS39.1186109-94.6428146Kansas 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
15328Jeremy Michael Sherbon34MaleEuropean-American/White11/08/2014Oklahoma CityOK35.5074737-97.5472633Oklahoma 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
15320Larry Donnel Johnson51MaleAfrican-American/Black11/07/2014HoustonTX29.9658075-95.4021803Harris 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
15321Jean Pierre Boniec72MaleEuropean-American/White11/07/2014Spring BranchTX29.828623-98.38772Comal 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
15322David Grayson57MaleRace unspecified11/07/2014Fort WorthTX32.801679-97.40791Sansom 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
15317Daniel Young26MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2014JeromeID42.6659771-114.5019141Jerome 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
15318Cinque D'Jahspora20MaleAfrican-American/Black11/06/2014JacksonTN35.6429162-88.7757708Jackson Police Department

Shot and killed after stabbing a police officer.

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15319William Forrest Spargur II36MaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2014PalmdaleCA34.6156194-118.2047479Los 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
15314Anthony Duane La Violette27MaleEuropean-American/White11/05/2014YakimaWA46.6290858-120.5821516Yakima 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
15315William Anderson71MaleRace unspecified11/05/2014HartselleAL34.450987-86.939365Hartselle 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.

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15316Robert William Hampton III33MaleAfrican-American/Black11/05/2014RenoNV39.5405816-119.81778Washoe 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.

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15312William Lee Honea33MaleEuropean-American/White11/04/2014GrantOK33.9357913-95.5267131Hugo 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.

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15313Ernest F. McKnight Jr.64MaleRace unspecified11/04/2014Kitts HillOH38.602783-82.5625955Lawrence 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.

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