Kevin G. Carlin, a fugitive from Texas, reportedly shot and killed himself after a traffic stop in East Baton Rouge Parish; he did so seconds after a deputy shot him in the arm.

About 1:30 a.m. Balentine led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car, then died in a firefight with two local officers as he tried to conceal himself on a porch.

Sanchez was wanted in two armed robberies. He was killed by police after he shot a female officer three times after a brief vehicle chase.

An officer shot and killed Don Alan Campbell, who was allegedly trying to wrestle a gun from another deputy after car and foot chases. Shortly after 3:15 p.m., police had responded to a disturbance in Harrisonville involving a gun. Campbell got into a vehicle and drove toward Peculiar. Campbell allegedly rammed a police car and pulled over on a rural road, where he got out of his vehicle and ran. The officers chased him down on foot. A struggle reportedly ensued and the officer shot Campbell.

A Nissan Sentra chased by a CHP officer ran a red light and collided with an Eagle Talon, killing the Talon's passenger, Claudio Gonzalez and injuring the driver.

Two officers shot and killed Andre Dunn after he allegedly rammed his car into a police lieutenant's car, trapping the officer inside, and then started to get out of his vehicle with a pistol in his hand at about 2:45 a.m.

Kathleen Savio was murdered by her husband, officer Drew Peterson. Savio was reportedly found dead in a waterless bathtub, and her death was initially ruled an accidental drowning, until her body was exhumed following the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Saycy Peterson, in 2007. An examination indicated that Savio had died of drowning following a struggle, and her death was reclassified as a homicide. Drew Peterson was convicted of killing Kathleen Savio in 2012.

Officer Floyd Dwayne Thomas, speeding to respond to an emergency call, struck a 1994 Cavalier in which Turner was a passenger.

Robert Daniel Payne shot and killed his wife, Cindy Walker Payne, during a standoff with police before shooting and killing himself as police entered the home.

Eren Beyah, 27, kept a police SWAT team at bay during an 11-hour standoff, refusing to surrender and pointing a 9mm handgun at an officer, shouting, "€You're going to have to kill me."€ SWAT team member William Johnson fired and killed the man, striking him with at least seven bullets to the face, chest and legs. Beyah had been scheduled to appear in court the following week on felony drug charges. He also was wanted in Florida for violating probation on a drug-related conviction.

Mariline Sacks was killed when her Honda Civic was broadsided by an stolen Toyota Previa minivan fleeing police.

Luis Ponce Rios was a passenger who died from injuries sustained in a crash while fleeing police. At about 4:20 p.m., police pursued four men in a 1992 Honda who'd allegedly cashed $20,700 in bogus Tyson Fresh Meats checks at the Money Stop Convenience Store. The Honda ran a red light at the Five Points intersection and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, then hit the base of the Sonic Drive In sign and a light pole. Ponce Rios died at a hospital two days later. A witness filed a complaint, saying the police car was "on their tails" when it drove past her at 13th. Police claimed the chase was called off before the crash. The driver, Raul Melendes, 24, AKA Angel Estrada, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery and sentenced to over five years in prison.

An officer shot and killed Roy Curtis Gomes when he started to hurl a knife.

Davenport appeared in the apartment of his estranged wife in violation of a restraining order. Four officers responded. Flourishing a knife, Davenport threatened the officers at the front door. He was shot three times and died from his wounds.

Rodriguez got into some kind of dispute in a grocery parking lot with a group of women, and pushed a shopping cart into a car. He fled when deputies arrived. When they followed him to his house, he was apparently waiting for them. He wielded an ax, his wife was arrested for attacking the injured deputy, and his dog had to be pepper-sprayed. Rodriguez was fatally shot.

Sylvester Bristol Jr. was killed in a crash during a police chase.

Police said Mark Duewer was suspected of killing his ex-wife in Rochester, NY, on Monday. A deputy saw Mark Duewer's at about 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday, and a computer check on the license plate revealed that he was wanted by Rochester police. A high-speed chase ensued that ended in Whiteford Township, when Duewer reportedly shot himself in the head. He died the following evening at a hospital.

Two veteran officers - Phil Yahnke and Shane Pueschner - shot and killed Velasquez as he threatened the center's director with two meat cleavers.

By police accounts, Jean had tried to burn his girlfriend's house down, was a suspect for attempted murder, was found hiding on the balcony of a relative's apartment, and fired his gun at police as they approached. Officers returned fire and killed him. The same apartment block was the scene of Denzell Smith's fatal shooting by police about four months previous.

Melvon Winston was killed while he was robbing a store. An officer and the store owner were wounded in a gunbattle.

Michael Leon Barnett was killed during a shoot-out. He was a passenger in a pickup driven by William Elmer Harris, 30, when law officers surrounded the vehicle. Police were trying to arrest Barnett on five warrants. Barnett first shot Harris in the head, killing him, then turned his gun on the officers. One bullet nicked Deputy Chris Back in the ear before Barnett was shot dead.

During a standoff with police, Donald Charles Walter was killed by Mark Anthony Davidson in the duplex where both men lived, police said. Davidson then killed himself with the same shotgun. Davidson reportedly referred to Walter as his stepfather.

In the parking lot of a shopping center local police encountered Haithcock, acting strangely, having just shoplifted a bottle. An attempt to arrest him developed into Haithcock going for an officer's gun, then a number of police physically restraining him. A witness didn't see "anything over excessive" in the police behavior. Haithcock had some kind of seizure and died at the scene.

Police responded because Betty Hodoe had called City Hall said everyone in her house was going to die. She refused to drop her gun and was shot and killed.

Huntingdon Officer John Logan conducted a traffic stop on Roberts's black pickup truck. Roberts fatally shot Officer Logan with a handgun, shot the camera on Officer Logan's vehicle and drove to Nacogdoches. There, he barricaded himself at a residence. DPS, ATF, and Angelina and Nacogdoches county peace officers responded. Two hours later, Roberts fatally shot himself.

Neuman was wanted for an attempted murder of a police officer earlier in the week. When officers got a report of him at a friend's house, they spotted him pacing outside the house. Within moments Neuman exchanged gunfire with twelve responding officers, who hit him 27 times and continued firing after he'd dropped, dead. Neighbors told reporters "the suspect's naked body was left outside for several hours".

Passenger Tracie B. Lindsey was killed after the 1992 Dodge Ram pickup she was in crashed during a police chase. Deputies were looking for someone in an unrelated case at around 3:45 a.m., when they heard a report of a carjacking nearby. A deputy saw the Dodge drive past "in a suspicious manner" and thought it might have been involved in the carjacking, police said. The driver refused to pull over and deputies gave chase until the truck hit a utility pole. The driver, Reginald Gray, 43, was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated fleeing from police.

Police were called to a domestic dispute. When they arrived, Howell shot himself in the head.

Family members called 911 saying the man was trying to kick down the door of their apartment. They said they had locked the man out earlier after he had punched his daughter. When officers arrived, the man was angry and intoxicated, police said. He refused repeatedly to put down a two-by-four and instead advanced toward the officers, police said. The officers shot and killed the man.

Officers attempted to arrest Jiron, but he ran into the apartment when he saw police at the door. He pulled a knife in the kitchen and after a failed attempt to stun him, he was shot and killed.

Responding to a "shots fired" call, officers found a woman dead from gunshot wounds and Owens armed and reloading a shotgun. After a chase, Owens pointed the shotgun at the officers, and was shot three times by Officer Mike McDonald.

Freeman was killed in a police chase when he lost control of his Pontiac Sunfire, struck a tree, and sustained fatal injuries. He'd had outstanding warrants and fled from an attempted traffic stop.

An officer shot Steven McCullough when he allegedly charged another officer with a knife at Kingston Cove Apartments. According to police, McCullough called 911 shortly after 11 a.m., claiming that someone was in his apartment. The officers found McCullough in his living room with a knife. When an officer asked him to put the knife down, McCullough reportedly refused, saying he wanted to die and that police would have to shoot him. An officer sprayed mace at McCullough, but he allegedly chased the officer out of the apartment. Another officer shot McCullough, who died at the scene.

Police from a neighboring town chased a 19-year-old child molestation suspect, Steven Halbert, into Omaha at 1 a.m. Saturday. The suspect's stolen Blazer struck two motorcycles and the crash killed three: Michael Rock, Terry Partain, and Yvonne Campbell. Halbert was ejected from the Blazer and was also hospitalized.

Police from a neighboring town chased a 19-year-old child molestation suspect, Steven Halbert, into Omaha at 1 a.m. Saturday. The suspect's stolen Blazer struck two motorcycles and the crash killed three: Michael Rock, Terry Partain, and Yvonne Campbell. The chased suspect was ejected from the Blazer and was also hospitalized.

Todd Allen Fuller was in some kind of fight at a bar, went home to get a gun, wrecking twice, and when he got back to the bar, he fired on two state troopers and pointed his gun at a deputy before the deputy shot and killed him.

After reportedly shooting at law enforcement and committing crimes in multiple Texas counties, Vaughn took members of his family hostage at a residence in Friona. Lubbock, Department of Public Safety and Amarillo SWAT teams responded, as local peace officers had insufficient resources. Seventeen hours later, Vaughn shot at police. Lubbock SWAT Officer Scott Weems shot Vaughn once, killing him. Vaughn's hostages were not harmed. Texas Rangers, including Ranger Dusty McCord, investigated the shooting.

Officer Timothy Frydendall shot and killed Walter Trevino when he reversed at Frydendall after a chase.

Near midnight police were called to Painter's house on a shots-fired call. It was a domestic disturbance with Painter flourishing a shotgun. Told to put it down, he refused, and was fatally shot.

A state trooper shot and killed Andrew Arway during a traffic stop because the trooper reportedly feared that Arway was reaching for a weapon. No weapon was found.

Police said they received a call about an armed man just after 5 p.m. An officer who was reportedly in the neighborhood on an unrelated call saw John Vernon Grant Sanford outside carrying a shotgun. The officer walked toward Sanford, who allegedly pointed the gun at him. A witness said the officer had his gun pointed back at Sanford when another officer arrived and aimed his gun at Sanford, as did a man in civilian clothes. The witness said she heard 10-15 shots after Sanford backed into the porch by his side door. According to police, Sanford ignored officers' warnings to drop his shotgun and then fired at an officer, who fired several shots in return.

Local police noticed an SUV at 2:45 a.m. speeding and disregarding traffic signs. When officers fell in behind with lights and siren the SUV only sped up. The pursued Suburban lost control, careened into a concrete ditch, wrapped itself around a gum tree, and caught fire. Killed were driver Chauncey Evon Cooper and passenger Allen Donnell Stowes. Another passenger was seriously hurt.

Officer Ron Varner shot and killed Dorothy Lee Lugo during a confrontation following a police chase.

Deputy T. Jackson served a warrant on Meyers for a drug-related offense. Meyers lunged at him with a screwdriver. The deputy shot him in the stomach, killing him.

Sherilyn Richenberger and her passenger Jonathan Rayford Whigham were both killed when her car slammed into a tree and burst into flames after a police chase through two counties. She'd refused to roll down the window or even make eye contact in a police checkpoint; the car was potentially stolen.

Marty Baker tried to take a Phoenix cop's gun from him during a routine stop. The cop shot him to death. Afterward, police reportedly learned that Baker was on meth at the time.

A police chase with state troopers ended after only a couple of minutes. Troopers spotted a car going over 100 MPH and initiated a pursuit. The suspect vehicle hit a curve in the road, lost control, and crashed. Passenger McClelland was thrown from the car and died from the impact.

Police responded to a domestic dispute call at the McWaters residence. McWaters, the son of an LEO, had a history of mental illness, and five months previously had been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation by a local judge, greeted them by running into the house and returning with a gun. He managed to wound one officer before being shot. He died of his wounds a couple of days later.

Deputies Guillen, Landeta and Clancy shot and killed Kayne Michael Reodica when he came at them with knives.

Terry L. Williams reportedly collapsed after police tasered him. Two officers had responded to a domestic dispute at Williams' house at about 11:30 p.m. Williams allegedly became combative, so the officers shocked him with a Taser. Williams lost consciousness en route to jail, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. The official autopsy claimed that alcohol and agitation contributed to the death, but not the Taser.

Tyrone Hughes Sr. died after lapsing into convulsions during booking at the city jail.

Officers shot and killed Dax Gonzalez after he came at police with a kitchen knife.

Deputies shot and killed Salvador Andres Mosqueda when he jumped from his car with a high-capacity rifle, and shot and wounded an unrelated roofer.

Atwater was accused of strangling a man in Pennsylvania during a home invasion. He apparently shot and killed himself when police arrived at the place he was staying.

Phillip Wayne LeBlanc died after officer William Skett tasered him twice and five other officers pinned him down.

Rolando Lappin-Mendez, upset over a gaming machine payout at the Eureka Casino, shot at the bartender and shot and killed a customer who tried to stop him. Las Vegas police officers were in a nearby parking lot and saw people running from the casino and yelling about a shooting. They went to investigate and a witness pointed to Lappin-Mendez, who was driving away in a car. When he saw the officers Lappin-Mendez got out and pointed a gun, the officer fired several times, killing him.

Gustavo Ortego, a diabetic amputee, physically deteriorated for three days on a jail lobby bench before he was noticed by deputies and taken to a hospital where he later died on April 5, 2004.

Three officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress. According to police, when the officers arrived they called for the man to come out of the house. They then went inside, and he rushed toward them before Rome police Sgt. Carla Pearson shot and killed him.

Mathew Morris and Matthew Timm died when the stolen 1986 Ford Mustang 5.0 they were in crashed into a pine tree and split in half after a police chase.

Five BPD officers shot Rowland Henry Duffey once in the head and four times in the chest after he reportedly beat his wife and shot her in the stomach, then backed a car toward the officers.

Officers were called to check reports of a naked man shooting a gun outside his apartment. When Officer Claude Ralls and Officer Heriberto Orozco arrived, the man had gone inside his apartment. A short time later, he came outside with a handgun tucked in his pants. Positioned outside the man's apartment, the officers were in the process of trying to reach him by phone when he came outside. Police said he pulled the gun and pointed it at officers. He was shot and killed.

A trooper responding to a domestic disturbance heard a gunshot inside a home. Police forced their way into the home and discovered that Charles David Doerrer, 87, had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest, according to police.

Trooper Angel Rodriguez reportedly shot Darrell Taylor by mistake due to the light trigger pull associated with his Glock .40 service pistol.

A man who called 911 threatening to commit suicide and expressing a wish to have police kill him was tracked down by Las Vegas police officers outside a convenience store. The officers mistook a black noose in Larry Lloyd Dague's pocket for a gun, and when Dague reached for it, officers shot and killed him.

Joseph Davis reportedly shot and killed himself inside the East Bayou Baptist Church during a standoff that began when he shot and killed two people and fled to the church.

Local undercover narcotics officers had bought drugs from Brown before, collecting evidence against him, but something alerted him this time. In the parking lot of a service station he tried to bolt as an officer was halfway in his car then drove toward officers, endangering them. He was fatally shot.

A Union County sheriff's deputy assigned to the Essex-Union Auto Theft Task Force shot and killed a suspected car thief, Juan Correa Arroyo after the officer and his partner were struck by a stolen car that Arroyo was pulling away from a curb on North Seventh Street in Newark, police said.

LaMont Robinson died July 10, 2004, three months after he'd slipped into a coma during an altercation with police who used a chokehold to prevent him from swallowing what they believed was crack cocaine.

On April 10, Javier Hernandez Rivera, 30, died in the custody of Marion County Deputy Jason Hickam after he began foaming at the mouth. The deputy claims to have removed several plastic bags of methamphetamine from Rivera's mouth prior to the death (Salem Statesman-Journal, April 13).

Police were trying to arrest Barron Wright for drugs. He allegedly drove at police and was shot and killed by Officer Jeffrey Aster.

Crenshaw was shot and killed during a marijuana sting after the suspect fled and then twice turned a gun on the officer, police said.

Police were investigating a carjacking. The individuals in the car drove it at officers who shot and killed them.

Sgt. Perry Phipps and officers Mike Curran, Kevin Grant, Jeff McIntosh and Gilbert Torres shot Donald Bochat when he got out of a car with a rifle after he'd crashed during a car chase through Visalia.

Cesar Lira, 33, made a dramatic escape in Wisconsin the day before he crashed and killed his wife, Marilyn Ordonez, 27, and injured his 6-year-old daughter, while fleeing police. Lira jumped handcuffed from a wheelchair as he was being taken into a Milwaukee hospital and leaped into the open window of a car that sped away. Troopers in Oklahoma had stopped Lira for an improper lane change, but he sped off. As he attempted to exit at Bristow, he rolled off a curve and down an embankment. He and his daughter were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled.

Larry David Romero, 61, died after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Sgt. Ricky Wilson used a Taser gun on Robert Harold Allen, 45, after he refused help from officers and medical personnel, killing him.

Passenger Reynolds died when the Chevy Blazer he was riding in, driven by a suspect in a high-speed police chase, struck a parked 1983 Cadillac and rolled. Reynolds was ejected and suffered fatal injuries. Another passenger was also seriously wounded.

According to DPD, a civilian flagged down a police vehicle and identified Bobby McDuff and Marcus Hibbler as participants in a shooting. An officer pursued a vehicle associated with the men. Officers James Jablin, Mike Mondy and James Owen fatally shot both men.

A member of the Utah National Guard, Thompson was shot and killed by county deputies after he'd threatened them with a shotgun. He'd paid a drunken 2:40 a.m. visit to his estranged wife's house, and was located by police in a neighbor's back yard.

Curtis C. Dring died after a struggle with Sgt. Mark Von Rader, Deputy Suzanne "Bille" Cobb and Union Pacific Railroad inspector Randy Anderson near the railroad tracks.

Deputies responded to the Quail Quest condominium development at about 2:15 p.m., after a man called 911 saying shots had been fired, and that he and his wife were being beaten up by their adult son, Carl DiMaria, police said. The deputies got the parents away from the home and set up a perimeter. At 3:53 p.m., police said detective Rick Coxon felt he had convinced DiMaria to put down the weapons. DiMaria was outside the front door and agreed to lay the rifle on the ground, but went back inside. According to police, they heard a shot and found DiMaria on the floor. DiMaria died early the next morning at a hospital.

Authorities say the suspect, Julio Ramos, took off in reverse, dragging one of the officers toward Victoria Avenue. While Detective James Arroyo was being dragged, authorities say his partner shot Ramos once in the chest. The 31-year-old Ramos later died at University Hospital.

Fernando Cruz was seen by two plainclothes detectives from the department's vehicle theft unit driving an allegedly stolen Lexus at 1:15 p.m. They approached the car, but he sped away, dragging one of the detectives, James Arroyo, a short distance. The other detective, Anthony Brown, shot and killed Cruz.

Officer Karl Benson shot and killed Alex Martinez when he rammed patrol cars after a chase.

Gregory L. Silverthorn allegedly shot and killed himself after shooting a female friend and fleeing to his own home, beginning a seven-hour standoff with police.

Trollman's 92-year-old mother called for police because her son started acting erratic when making breakfast. This developed into his stabbing a home health care worker, who escaped with only superficial cuts. Trollman greeted the police with a kitchen knife. When pelted with pepper balls, he ran back inside and retrieved a bigger knife, refused to cooperate, threw one of the weapons, and finally was shot to death.

Deputy Roy Carrera tried to pull over a 1993 Nissan for speeding and driving through a stop sign. The driver, a human smuggler, evaded arrest and crashed the vehicle. Three of the driver's undocumented immigrant passengers were injured. The fourth, Munoz, was killed.

Police responded to a call at the Rio Bravo Bar that there was a man in the parking lot who had a gun. Several officers responded and shortly after there was a report of shots fired and an officer down. Officer Brian Bennett was shot in the chest. Officer Chad Vontungeln was shot in the right arm and Connie Atilano was shot in the right arm. Silverio Luis Jimenez was shot and killed.

Little is known about this encounter. Before the week of April 24, 2004, ended, Phoenix police had killed two more men, Frank Romero and Rudy Chavarria, in separate incidents. They had large amounts of meth in them, according to the Phoenix New Times newspaper. The dates are dates of death from obituaries.

North Las Vegas narcotics officers with a search warrant crossed their jurisdiction's boundaries to storm the downtown apartment of drug suspect Cipriano Gerardo Lopez, 44, who fired at them. An officer returned fire, killing him.

Police responded to an east side Sunoco gas station at about 5:30 a.m. after a clerk reported a man was insisting that he needed to "hide" behind the counter and wouldn't leave. Police said the first officer at the scene was unable to restrain the man, but two other officers arrived a couple of minutes later and they were able to forcibly remove him. According to police, the man became violent and began vomiting while officers tried to restrain him. He was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly before 6 a.m.

Costello fled from a traffic stop and started a police pursuit back and forth across the NJ state line. Warwick officers and a state trooper stopped Costello with a spike strip then smashed out a car window to extract him. At that point Costello's car lurched back and forth, wounding several officers, and he was shot to death.

Deputies Keith Nessel, Dorta, Petievich, Autrey, Geist and Michael Woodbury shot and killed Todd Wolkoff who first wielded a shovel, then a medieval-style mace at deputies responding to a domestic dispute.

Two officers shot Antoine Lavender when he allegedly pointed a shotgun at them after a holdup at a US Bank branch. At around 9:30 a.m., Lavender reportedly robbed the bank while pressing a sawed-off shotgun into a bank guard's back. A passer-by flagged down the officers after seeing Lavender go inside with a gun. The officers were waiting outside when he emerged, and shot him when he allegedly aimed the gun at them. Lavender's relatives said he had been depressed because he was unable to support his children.

Hillsdale police tried to stop a vehicle. Powell refused to pull over, accelerated, and turned onto Mechanic Street. The vehicle then turned onto Sand Lake Road, heading south, and fled at a high rate of speed. Powell lost control and ran into the tree about a quarter-mile south of West Bacon Road.

Yett shot himself in the head as police approached his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Police were called because Smith was acting in a threatening manner. He immediately fired on police. After a standoff, he came onto the driveway, pointed his gun at police and was shot and killed.

Deputies Chad Smith and Dusty Meadows shot and killed Marshall Wayne Powers when he allegedly made a quick movement with a gun.

South Carolina residents George Jenkins and John Dzibinski were two of three armed home invaders who attacked a mother, an 8-year-old child and 2-year-old twins. They targeted at least 340 pounds of marijuana in the house. Deputies initiated a firefight with the three, ending with Jenkins killed outright, Dzibinski with a fatal head wound, the third suspect in custody, and two deputies seriously wounded.

Dwight La Vincent Slater, 25, died after being shot in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police chased Kermith Jr.'s truck into a wooded area and opened fire after it appeared he was trying to run them down.

Dr. Jehangir M. Jehangir was killed when his car collided with a squad car driven by state trooper Timothy D. Roush, who was reportedly responding to a bank alarm in Pecatonica. Winnebago County prosecutors declined to charge Roush.

Police were at an apartment complex on an unrelated matter, when one spotted Martinez, who was wanted for violating a restraining order. He tried to escape and shot at officers who shot and killed him.

Hudson was involved in a domestic violence incident. When a police officer arrived on the scene and attempted to speak with Hudson, he became agitated and uncooperative, police said. When the officer attempted to arrest him, he resisted and a fight began. The officer attempted to use pepper spray to subdue Hudson, however, Hudson was able to take the pepper spray from the officer, and he sprayed the officer instead. At that point, the officer shot and killed Hudson.

Police said officer David Foster went to the apartment after a man called 911 and said, "Some guys are getting ready to come in my apartment and jump me. They're right behind me." The caller then disconnected. When Foster knocked on the door, it swung open abruptly, and the officer saw a man pointing a handgun at two other men inside the apartment. Foster ordered him to drop the weapon. The man hit one of the others in the head with the weapon. Again, Foster ordered the man to drop the gun, but instead he turned and pointed the gun at Foster, at which point, Foster shot and killed him.

Armed with a "large survival knife", Messer was caught at 5:45 a.m. by officers as he tried to wrangle a convenience store cash register toward a getaway vehicle. He dropped it several times. Finally he fled to a neighboring back yard, refused to drop his knife, and was shot dead.

Pino fled on foot following a traffic accident. When officers caught up with him, he pulled a pistol and was shot and killed.

Details are sketchy, but Lundell apparently fled from St. Paul police, and crashed and died in Minneapolis.

Driver Monica Clark-Heit and her grandmother, Janice Moutray, died after officer Byron Ratliff's patrol car hit their vehicle. Ratliff was chasing Walter L. O'Neal, 49, who was suspected in a motel robbery.

Garner, said to be "troubled" and a robbery suspect, was fatally shot three times by local officers after being tracked down the campus of a community college. Officers felt threatened by his aggressive gestures and his knife. The knife was a Sharpee.

During an undercover drug sting, Grajeda-Rodriquez attempted to escape from officers. After a short chase, Grajeda-Rodriquez was shot and killed after driving his vehicle toward officers.

Glenn Joseph Sweeting had his 4-year-old son and a large amount of heroin with him in a rented SUV when he was shot to death by a Richmond FBI agent after ramming the agent's car, police said. The boy was not hurt during the 11 a.m. shooting. FBI agents and Chesterfield County police officers were unaware the boy was in the Chevrolet TrailBlazer when they tried to arrest Sweeting on a federal interstate narcotics warrant.

Sweeting had a large amount of heroin, his four-year-old son, and no weapon in his rented SUV in his late-morning encounter with federal agents. As they attempted to apprehend him he rammed an FBI vehicle, put it into reverse, and was shot to death.

Police were conducting a narcotics sweep of a park near Yesler Terrace. Vanderhoek was seen standing apart from a group of people, keeping his back to police and ignoring their commands. When he turned around, police say, he opened fire. Officers shot back, killing him.

Police were investigating a report of an assault. The person who was eventually charged, had called Blaine County Dispatch stating that he had been attacked at his campsite near River Run by Algiers and that he had defended himself. He told police he had defended himself with a machete and that Algiers might be dead. Algiers was killed when Deputy Curtis Miller shot him twice in a confrontation at the campsite. The sheriff said his deputy shot Algiers after he refused to heed police orders to drop a knife he was holding.

Officer Adam Thomas Shaffer shot and officer Ian Christopher Parsons tasered Robert Anthony Carrillo after he stabbed a police dog in his family's vacant house when the officers returned after an earlier standoff was called off, and entered without a warrant.

Khamhane Philapandeth died in a confrontation with deputy Gregory Dean during which Philapandeth was thrown to the ground, pinned to the floor, pepper-sprayed, struck with the pepper spray canister and had his legs bent up against his back for several minutes.

Jones was struck and killed by a speeding unmarked squad car, with two officers and a 17-year-old arrestee in it, as he crossed the street with an 11-year-old relative. The 11-year-old was also seriously hurt. The officers were found to have fabricated a story about observing and chasing gunmen, a black car with gang members in it, to justify their behavior. The city settled with the family for $6.5M in 2011.

Ken Bacque was shot and killed by officer Byron Romero during an altercation with his father, Larry Bacque, at the family business.

Pete Nick Thoma Jr., 63, died after being shot in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Corporals John E. Christensen and Kevin G. Haywood, Sergeant Dale E. Knox, and trooper Eric R. Kolb; PCSD deputy Joshua Quimby shot Seth L. Martin after he reportedly drove over two sets of spike strips and began firing at officers during a high-speed chase. According to the patrol, Christensen tried to stop Martin's Dodge pickup in in Buchanan County for speeding just after 10:30 p.m. on I-29, but he didn't pull over. A 20-minute chase ensued and Christensen was joined by Kolb and Quimby. Martin eventually stopped his truck and allegedly grabbed an Armalite M15A2 rifle, got out and shot at the officers, who returned fire. Officials said that Martin ran up an embankment on the west side of the freeway, where he sat facing the officers and appeared to be doing something with his weapon. After about a 30-second pause, Martin allegedly lifted and aimed his rifle at the officers and began to fire. Officers returned fire, striking Martin eight times including two shots to his head. Martin died at a hospital at 5:45 the next morning.

Jaecaron Patrick Ellis was shot and killed after he allegedly pulled a chrome handgun on a Henrico police officer who was attempting to speak with him. The gun turned out to be a CO2 pellet gun, police said.

Police shot and killed Brett Alan Cherry when he didn't comply after he was ordered to drop a knife and raise his hands.

Hallucinating from a potent batch of homemade jimson tea, Cuban immigrant Santana struggled with officers trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct. Santana was in police custody for a couple of hours, with back-and-forth attempts at getting him medical attention, but apparently never booked. Police said he died from the drug. Family said he died of a severe beating at police hands, a possibility consistent with previous incidents in Hialeah.

According to the Argus Leader: Deputies responded to the home of James Anderson after he reported his son Justin was out of control and threatening to harm himself. He barricaded himself in his parent's home and attempts to negotiate were unsuccessful. He told negotiators he wanted to kill a cop. He fired at least nine rounds. Marc Black fired one shot through a glass door, hitting Justin in the abdomen.

A private security company officer (who, unique to North Carolina, are sworn officers with authority from the state) attempted a traffic stop for speeding and reckless driving. The suspect pulled over but fled when the officer approached his car. The officer chased the suspect, who struck a truck, a rock wall, and then three young pedestrians, killing Winchester. Police were quoted saying the officer had obeyed the speed limit during the pursuit, and that there was no pursuit.

Christopher Hicks lost consciousness as one officer held him in a chokehold while two others handcuffed him. Police said they saw Hicks moving between cars inside a northbound Red Line train at around 10:20 p.m. Hicks fled the train as officers approached him. The officers chased Hicks, who allegedly became combative when they tried to arrest him. According to an autopsy, Hicks died of asphyxia due to restraint in a homicide.

Dobby appeared to be drunk before police arrived and he lost consciousness . Police performed CPR on him until an ambulance came, but he later died. A deadly mix of the drugs Ecstasy and PCP killed a Minneapolis man who died while in police custody, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office ruled

Strachan was one of three suspects caught in a narcotics sting organized by the BATF and executed by the county. A deputy met with the three in a warehouse to plan a home invasion to steal cocaine. The trap sprung, Strachan reached for a handgun and was fatally shot.

Travis was involved in a chase on May 28 with the Rock Springs Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Sweetwater County Prosecuting Attorney Jason Petri officially closed the case, clearing all law enforcement officers involved after ruling Posselt died of an accidental methamphetamine-related overdose.

According to police, officers were called to the two-story rowhouse on a quiet block well-kept homes to investigate a report of an intoxicated man armed with a gun inside the house. A second complaint was received reporting an "intoxicated, abusive husband at the same residence." Weaver's wife and two of the couple's three children, but the couple's oldest child was inside. Weaver came to the front door, armed with a shotgun and .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol. He was shot and killed.

Richmond Police Officer Michael Couture shot Santana Olavarria during a traffic stop. The officer said he acted in self-defense after spotting a gun in Olavarria's car. The officer said there was a struggle to remove Olavarria from the car, and he was dragged by the car and pulled into the vehicle as it started to move. Couture was tried twice and convicted of manslaughter, served no jail time, but was given a fine.

Green Oak officers Steve Kramer and Patrick Moll, and Brighton officer Mike Zaccagni responded at around 1:30 a.m. to a report of a 1988 Chevrolet Metro on fire. A bicycle track led to Steven Gyori's home, where police said they found a bicycle and empty gas can. Moll and Zaccagni went inside and announced themselves, police said. Moll tried to open a bedroom door, but Gyori was holding it shut. The door opened a bit and Gyori allegedly pointed a Romtehnica Cugir rifle at Moll. Police said Moll pushed inside where he and Gyori struggled over the gun. Gyori allegedly shot Moll five times, then aimed the rifle at Zaccagni. Moll said he got up, grabbed Gyori's shoulder, drew his gun and shot Gyori in the back three times. Zaccagni shot Gyori once in his left side. Zaccagni said he tried to push Gyori's gun away from him, and that the rifle fired and hit him in the abdomen.

Two county deputies arrived at Kight's apartment to investigate a local robbery involving Kight's vehicle, and were greeted by Kight with a gun. He opened fire, wounding both deputies, and was shot to death in return. Both deputies recovered.

Investigating a murder, police pursued Ramon Rael. Following a high speed chase, and a gunfire exchange, Rael was shot and killed.

Agents and deputies flooded a neighborhood off U.S. 17 after receiving a tip that a bank robbery suspect--considered armed and dangerous--was staying at 24 Shasta Place in Apartment 104. Police spotted Kelvin Clark at 5:22 p.m. He got into a car and apparently tried to flee, but an FBI agent blocked his path with his Chevrolet Tahoe. As the agent and a Stafford deputy riding with him tried to take Clark into custody, he pulled a handgun and fired one round. The agent shot and killed him.

Wearing a mask and carrying a pistol, Washington tried to rob a veteran off-duty Washington, D.C., Metro officer at gunpoint. The officer drew his service weapon and they exchanged fire, killing each other.

According to the Star Tribune, Hubbell shot and killed his father-in-law and led police on a chase before dying in a shoot-out with authorities.

After several hours of standoff, a man was found dead from suicide in his home. He may have pulled the trigger before police arrived, while on the telephone with police.

Optometrist Kissel made an appointment with another eye doctor under an assumed name, appeared at the other doctor's office, and shot him twice, once in the head and once in the hand. Kissel was then trapped in the office. When Seymour police arrived, Kissel reportedly "lunged" at them, and they shot him to death. The other doctor survived.

Three undercover police in an unmarked car cornered city resident Andrew L. Smith, 24, sought for questioning in an earlier shooting. A shootout between Smith and the undercover officers ensued. Officer James A. Palange pulled up nearby and, seeing what appeared to be rival gangs firing at each other, began shooting, firing four times at the rear of a car. One bullet killed Officer Michael H. Wise II, 32, of Myerstown, who was in the car.

Deputies tasered Jerry Pickens, who then fell and sustained a fatal head injury.

Married CPD officer Steven Rios murdered his secret lover, University of Missouri student Jesse Valencia. Valencia was found dead on a lawn near campus with his throat slit. Investigators believed that Rios killed Valencia because he'd threatened to expose their relationship. The two began an affair seven weeks before the murder, when Rios arrested Valencia for mouthing off to police breaking up a wild off-campus party. Their relationship included trysts at Valencia's apartment when Rios was in uniform and supposed to be patrolling the neighborhood. Valencia, who was open about his homosexuality, had reportedly told friends that he suspected Rios was married and planned to confront him, and that he was also considering informing the police department of the relationship. In 2005, Rios was convicted of first degree murder. In 2007, a Missouri appellate court ruled that a witness's testimony was hearsay and shouldn't have been admitted. The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals granted Rios a retrial. In 2008, Rios was convicted of second-degree murder.

Two bail bondsmen from ABC Bail Bond service went to the house after Dennis missed a court appearance. When they went to his house, he slammed the door on them and said he had a gun and would kill himself. Police were called, and a SWAT team surrounded the house. In the coming hours, Dennis spoke repeatedly with police. Occasional gunshots were heard from the house. When negotiators could no longer get a response from Dennis, police entered the house and found him dead.

Police said they began chasing a speeding van on Ferry at about 1:15 a.m. The van turned onto southbound Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where the driver lost control. The van flipped over and crashed into some trees. Siblings Shamari Adams and Damarias Adams were thrown from the van and died. Two other kids were injured. Police reportedly didn't know who was driving the van.

John Arnold Barnett died after being pepper-sprayed by deputies during an altercation that apparently broke out when the officers found Barnett in illegal possession of hypodermic needles.

Murder suspect John Peck fatally shot himself in the head with a rifle before his Toyota pickup tumbled 60 feet over a cliff in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Police responded after Troy Williams' estranged wife called 911 at 3:17 p.m. saying he was home alone with a weapon and threatening suicide. An officer briefly spoke with Williams, then took cover behind his police car. According to police, Williams released two dogs from his backyard to try to attack the officer, and fired twice in the air. State troopers and officers arrived from Clayton and Flint townships, among other departments. Police said a Clayton Township officer fired two rounds to try and knock the gun from Williams' hand but missed. Williams reportedly walked down his driveway, yelling at police to shoot him, and then shot himself in the head at the same time a trooper fired.

Officers shot and killed Gilberto Alicea after a nine-hour standoff.

Paul Kenneth Smith, 51, died after being shot in Venice, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Sparks police sought out Lair at his home, found him asleep in the mid-afternoon, and ended up pepper-spraying him and Tasing him 10 to 15 times. Medical responders arriving about 20 minutes later found Lair naked, hobbled, handcuffed, and no longer breathing. The county coroner ruled his death accidental.

According to the Star Tribune, Cobb died after struggling with police who used tasers, chemicals and batons to try to subdue him. His death was deemed an accident.

Police shot and killed Lorenzo Ruben Ybarra when he fired shots at the end of a two-hour standoff during which he'd threatened to kill himself while standing on the roof of a church.

County deputies found Martinez-Rodriguez poised with a large knife above a woman protectively cradling a child, both of them with knife wounds. Officers ordered him to drop the knife, he refused, and they shot him to death. The woman emerged in critical condition. The child was okay.

Deputies went to the Morrow College Apartments to serve an arrest warrant on Leuang Souvannasinh for a probation violation. When they entered his apartment, he "came toward the officers with a machete," said Clayton County Sheriff Stanley Tuggle. The three deputies then shot and killed him.

Jesus Nunez became unresponsive in the back of a patrol car following a police pursuit.

Jeremy Ryan Marshall would not pull over after Sgt. William "Butch" Avera pulled in behind him and turned on his cruiser's blue lights. Marshall tried to evade Avera during an 8-mile chase through Lafayette. Several miles out of town Marshall's car had a flat tire. He jumped over a fence and ran into a field, where he was shot and killed by one shot from Avera's gun.

Johnson was shot dead when he pointed a gun at investigators breaking up a drug lab at his home.

Paula Denise Bradley was killed after she was thrown from her 1999 Isuzu Rodeo while fleeing from deputies.

Two uniformed officers in a marked official boat tried to stop Knopp's motorized canoe in a state park waterway—he'd been belligerent earlier. Knopp responded with gunfire. The officers returned fire and killed him.

Pollock was known to have longstanding mental issues that were perhaps aggravated this day by the disruption of a film shoot in his small town. A neighbor heard a loud pop outside, discovered Pollock on the roof of his house cutting electrical wires, called the police. Despite his mother's explanations, and begging the police not to shoot him, he was shot dead anyway.

Police said Morse was the driver of a stolen pickup truck that dragged an officer May 21. Plainclothes officers knocked on the door of a third-floor apartment where Morse was believed to be, and identified themselves as police. Officers at the rear of the building saw three men climb out of a window and lower themselves to a second-floor ledge. The officers ordered the men to put their hands up. One of the men, believed to be Morse, drew a gun and pointed it in the direction of the officers It was then that the shootout began, and Morse was killed.Police said Morse was the driver of a stolen pickup truck that dragged an officer May 21. Plainclothes officers knocked on the door of a third-floor apartment where Morse was believed to be, and identified themselves as police. Officers at the rear of the building saw three men climb out of a window and lower themselves to a second-floor ledge. The officers ordered the men to put their hands up. One of the men, believed to be Morse, drew a gun and pointed it in the direction of the officers It was then that the shootout began, and Morse was killed.

Calvin Baxter and Brian Behnke were sitting together in a Jeep in an apartment complex as FBI agents attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Baxter. He's been implicated in a gang-related death in Norfolk Virginia. One died from a bullet wound to the chest, the other from a bullet wound in the back. The agency refused to release details of the shooting. Later it emerged both men were unarmed.

According to witnesses and police, Saucedo showed up at Kara Jones' residence wielding a knife and demanding entry. Two Rathdrum police officers arrived at about 1 a.m. and backed off at the sight of the knife until two sheriff's deputies arrived. He charged the four officers, who then fired nonlethal beanbag rounds before sheriff's deputies resorted to lethal force.

Bridgett Denise Sing of Barling was pregnant when her car was hit by Robert Ray Hyatt, who was fleeing police and driving a stolen vehicle in Fort Smith.

Officers responded to complaints about a domestic disturbance at a residence. Tedder fled the residence each time police approached. Tedder ran into the woods, eventually taking refuge in a mobile home, adjacent to the site of the reported domestic disturbance. He was shot and killed when it appeared he was about to pull a weapon, police said.

Apparently, untrained Mequon Police Officer Gregory Klobukowski put a plastic bag, the Survivair Quick2000 Escape Hood Respirator, over Matthew Sheridan's head, thinking it would prevent him from spitting on the officer. Sheridan died. Sheridan's family received a cash payout.

Heurta had a considerable criminal record and had spent most of the prior 13 years in prison. Police were flagged down by a man who was beaten and robbed, then located and chased Heurta into the subway, off the platform and 100 yards down a dark sooty subway tunnel. He was fatally shot once at close range.

Marcos Gerardo Reyes died at a hospital of an apparent drug overdose in custody of TCSD deputies after a three-hour manhunt led to his arrest.

Grimes had recently been released from a substance abuse center, and the state had denied him a driver's license. Upset, he went to his parents' house, wouldn't leave, and started handling a pistol. They called the police. Police arrived and set up a standoff of multiple hours that only ended when Grimes was shot eight times, fatally. A 700-page report exonerated the officers.

Police called to a domestic disturbance were confronted with the Marine veteran Shea, at the home of his former wife and armed with a knife. Shea refused to comply with orders to drop it. He advanced on the officer, and the officer fatally shot him.

Kris Lieberman was tasered by police, allegedly because he was "acting strangely" banging his head against the ground in a pasture. Police told him to remain calm, but he charged at them. The officer fired his taser at Lieberman. Lieberman fought for a few more minutes before he lost consciousness. Lieberman was unarmed during the incident. He died two hours later at hospital.

Jose Luis Lopez, 50, died after being shot in Echo Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jewish American was shot by police for no apparent reason. Deceased's family filed an unsuccessful hate crime suit based on the deceased's Middle-Eastern appearance.

Green was shot to death by local officers while brandishing an ax. Green had himself called police, close to midnight, and offered to resolve a "cash purge" warrant (paying oustanding court costs) but was uncooperative then threatening when police arrived.

Craig Parro was shot and killed when he allegedly pointed a weapon at two officers outside of their jurisdiction who were trying to arrest him.

Deputy Constable Brian Kirsch conducted a traffic stop on Garza's vehicle. According to the deputy, Garza fled. Deputy Kirsch followed Garza. The two struggled over the deputy's gun. Deputy Kirsch shot and killed Garza.

Six or seven officers responding to a domestic violence call subdued Fernandez, killing him. A medical examiner ruled that restraint asphyxiation, cocaine, methamphetamine, and Fernandez's obesity were all contributing factors in the death. After reading the examiner's report, Chief David Kunkle put Senior Corporal Michael Pottorff, and Officers Glenn Thompson, Brandi Kramer, Julio Ortiz, Benustiano Avila, Randall Presley and Chad Smith on desk duty until they were cleared by a grand jury. Chief Kunkle later fielded controversy about whether he had hurt their reputations by doing so.

Easterly was sought by local officers on outstanding warrants from Washington state—warrants relating to molestation and exploitation. Reportedly he was now living with his victims. At 6'4" and 270 lbs Easterly met the officers inside the house with a handgun. This developed into a firefight with Easterly ultimately dead from his own bullet.

Michael Adam Long was parked in a Chevrolet truck along Route 40 at Summit Mountain's overlook point. Long fled when a patrol unit approached to investigate why the truck was parked there. The truck stopped after hitting a guardrail and crashing into a concrete barrier. Police discovered that Long had shot himself in the head.