Unique ID | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Date | City | State | Latitude | Longitude | Agency involved | Cause of death | Intended use of force | Brief description | Supporting document link |
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12381 | Gregory Shane Johnson | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2013 | Moulton | AL | 34.499872 | -87.1430194 | Lawrence County Sheriff's Office | Gregory Johnson was killed when he was thrown from his SUV after he crashed during a high-speed chase. | whnt.com | ||
12382 | Merle Mikal Hatch | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 02/17/2013 | Portland | OR | 45.5122765 | -122.5590789 | Portland Police Bureau | Merle Hatch reportedly checked into the emergency room Sunday evening at Portland Adventist Medical Center, then threatened a hospital employee with a black object that appeared to be a gun. He reportedly walked out abruptly and pointed the object at a security car in an employee parking lot. Soon after police arrived, Hatch sprinted towards them with the black object pointed at them. Police shot and killed Hatch. The black object was apparently a landline phone handset. | portlandoregon.gov | ||
12373 | Luis Longoria | 13 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/16/2013 | Stockton | CA | 38.0102069 | -121.3208477 | California Highway Patrol | 13-year-old Luis Longoria and 15-year-old Martel Zepeda were killed when Longoria, who was driving an allegedly stolen 1994 Honda Accord, hit the wall of a Rasputin Music store while fleeing the CHP. According to the CHP, Longoria led them on a high-speed chase that began when he didn't pull over for an officer. After the accident, the CHP said the Honda was reported stolen four days before the crash, but that they didn't know by whom. | cbslocal.com | ||
12374 | Martel Zepeda | 15 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/16/2013 | Stockton | CA | 38.0102069 | -121.3208477 | California Highway Patrol | 13-year-old Luis Longoria and 15-year-old Martel Zepeda were killed when Longoria, who was driving an allegedly stolen 1994 Honda Accord, hit the wall of a Rasputin Music store while fleeing the CHP. According to the CHP, Longoria led them on a high-speed chase that began when he didn't pull over for an officer. After the accident, the CHP said the Honda was reported stolen four days before the crash, but that they didn't know by whom. | cbslocal.com | ||
12375 | Stephanie A. Casto | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 02/16/2013 | Canton | OH | 40.794837 | -81.355528 | Ohio State Highway Patrol | Christopher William Dinger, 27, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding, killing passenger Stephanie A. Casto upon crashing. | cantonrep.com | ||
12376 | Charles A. Baker Jr. | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/16/2013 | Jamestown | NY | 42.0961665 | -79.2381007 | Jamestown Police Department | Following a traffic stop Baker was being processed in the Jamestown police station. He asked for water, was refused, and became unruly. To subdue him police Tasered him while he was handcuffed. Two hours later Baker experienced what was described as a "medical event", and was declared dead in a hospital shortly thereafter. | wrfalp.com | ||
12377 | Juan Antonio Gonzalez | 31 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/16/2013 | Tulsa | OK | 36.0598797 | -95.913211 | Tulsa Police Department | Officers responded to Gonzalez's home after a call from his roommate, saying that Gonzalez was suicidal and had chased him out of the apartment with a knife. Officer Daniel Madewell, fearing for his life, shot and killed the suspect after he appeared on his balcony and point what they thought was a scoped rifle at the officers. Madewell fired multiple rounds at the suspect who died on the scene. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun. Gonzalez's roommate said he struggled with mental health issues most of his life and seemed to be getting worse. Madewell was cleared and returned to work. | newson6.com | ||
12378 | Alberto Morales | 42 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/16/2013 | Grapevine | TX | 32.9721517 | -97.0991104 | Grapevine Police Department | Alberto Morales escaped from a long-distance prison transfer by stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses. After a four day manhunt, Morales was found in a wooded area of Grapevine. Morales was shot and killed after allegedly lunging at officers with a sharpened stick. He was shot in a wooded area of Grapevine. | cbslocal.com | ||
12379 | Dwight Morrison | 63 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/16/2013 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.0629426 | -80.3461788 | Davie Police Department, Broward County Sheriff's Office | Cyclist Morrison was struck from behind by a suspect in a high-speed police chase. Local police followed the suspect in violation of their own policies. Morrison was thrown 200 feet by the impact and was killed instantly. | usattorneys.com | ||
12370 | William J. Marcella | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2013 | Bristol | VA | 36.606185 | -82.2126154 | Bristol Police Department | William J. Marcella, 44, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for DUI and died because of a crash. | heraldcourier.com | ||
12371 | Jeremiah Eldon Johnson | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 02/15/2013 | Indianola | IA | 41.3578737 | -93.5396342 | Warren County Sheriff's Office | Fugitive father Johnson from Georgia, an Afghan and Iraq veteran, led police on a long chase ranging up to 110 MPH before smashing his vehicle full speed into an unoccupied patrol car, part of a road barricade. Johnson died instantly. His 5-year-old son in the back seat escaped with only minor injuries. | who13.com | ||
12372 | Emmanuel Franco | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/15/2013 | Monterey Park | CA | 34.0576682 | -118.1339025 | Monterey Park Police Department | Police were responding to a domestic disturbance between a couple at a motel. The couple left in a vehicle, and police followed them and initiated a traffic stop. Officers shot and killed Franco after he allegedly exited the vehicle and brandished a handgun at them. | wordpress.com | ||
12366 | Kimberly Nicole Anglin | 26 | Female | European-American/White | 02/14/2013 | Covington | GA | 33.556009 | -83.8488774 | Georgia State Patrol | Donald Justin Barnes, 27, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving erratically and speeding and died because of a crash. His passenger Kimberly Nicole Anglin also was killed. | covnews.com | ||
12367 | Donald Justin Barnes | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2013 | Covington | GA | 33.556009 | -83.8488774 | Georgia State Patrol | Donald Justin Barnes, 27, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving erratically and speeding and died because of a crash. His passenger Kimberly Nicole Anglin also was killed. | covnews.com | ||
12368 | David Christopher Adams | 58 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/14/2013 | Hagerstown | MD | 39.6509766 | -77.7527735 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | David Christopher Adams, 58, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for shoplifting 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 | ||
12369 | Alejandro Rendon | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/14/2013 | Indio | CA | 33.7212238 | -116.2271757 | Indio Police Department | Rendon, 23, a farm worker, was shot by Indio police Officer Alex Franco after he and his partner attempted to stop the suspect while he was riding his bicycle. Rendon fled and was shot by Franco who claimed the suspect was facing him down over the hood of the police vehicle and could have been armed. Experts testified Rendon's bullet wounds reveal he was shot from behind and below. The family of Alejandro Rendon was awarded a $1.9 million settlement in July 2014. | desertsun.com | ||
19132 | Brian Chesser | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/14/2013 | Orangeburg | SC | 33.5405323 | -80.9231884 | Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office | After suicidal threats and a standoff, Brian Chesser was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. | google.com | ||
12363 | Daniel R. Flexon | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 02/13/2013 | Dinwiddie | VA | 37.0816303 | -77.5826766 | Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office | Daniel Flexon, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. | progress-index.com | ||
12364 | Kenny Detrelle Montgomery | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/13/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.7334961 | -95.5419656 | Houston Police Department | Officers responding to a complaint entered an apartment where Montgomery threatened a woman and a baby with a knife. The woman dropped the baby and left when officers entered. Montgomery picked the baby up and put a knife to its throat with one hand, then lit a crack pipe with the other. Officers tried to reason with him. Officer J. Fisher fatally shot him as he tried to hide in a bathroom. The baby survived. | chron.com | ||
12359 | Christopher Dorner | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/12/2013 | Angelus Oaks | CA | 34.1849024 | -116.9089613 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office | Christopher Dorner reportedly died from an apparently self-inflicted single gunshot wound during a standoff and fire at a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains. Dorner, an involuntarily terminated LAPD officer, was the subject of a massive, multi-day manhunt after he was named as a suspect in a series of shootings that killed four people and wounded three others in Southern California. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon maintained that deputies did not deliberately set the cabin on fire. "Sheriff's Capt. Gregg Herbert, who led the assault on the cabin, said the canisters were used only as a last resort... 'This was our only option,' Herbert said of the pyrotechnic tear gas, adding that the potential for igniting a fire was taken into account. During the manhunt, police shot at three civilians in two separate incidents after mistaking their pickup trucks for Dorner's. One of the civilians was shot by police gunfire, another was wounded by shattered glass, and a third individual was injured when police rammed his vehicle and opened fire. | pottsmerc.com | ||
12360 | Kayla Moore aka Xavier Christopher Moore | 41 | Transgender | African-American/Black | 02/12/2013 | Berkeley | CA | 37.8693034 | -122.2670288 | Berkeley Police Department | Officers responded to 2116 Allston Way for a mental health evaluation. Moore was uncooperative, struggled with police and stopped breathing while under restraint. Copwatch identified Moore as a transgender woman of color (Kayla Moore) and raised concerns about the death. Coroner later ruled death as a drug overdose, accidental. 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. | berkeleyside.com | ||
12361 | Gabriel Vernon Stevenson | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/12/2013 | South Lyon | MI | 42.402721 | -83.663874 | Michigan State Police, Northfield Township Police Department | Gabriel Vernon Stevenson traded shots with police during an early-morning traffic stop, led officers on a high-speed chase, crashed his red pickup into a house, tried to smash house windows to gain entry, then advanced on and lunged at officers with a knife. With multiple agencies responding it was a state trooper who shot and killed Stevenson.. | annarbor.com | ||
12362 | Alden Patrick Anderson | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/12/2013 | St. Paul | MN | 44.954816 | -93.1297762 | St. Paul Police Department | Police entered a house where they found Anderson, who was wanted on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct warrant, armed with a knife in the basement. Anderson fatally stabbed Kody, a police dog, before the officers shot and killed Anderson, police said. | startribune.com | ||
12356 | Thomas S. Matusiewicz | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2013 | Wilmington | DE | 39.7407194 | -75.5495847 | Delaware Capitol Police Department | Texan and former officer Matusiewicz had been embroiled in an epic custody battle for his three granddaughters. His son had kidnapped them and absconded to Central America in 2005, was captured in 2009, and was in prison in February 2013. At a hearing at the county courthouse, Matusiewicz assassinated his former daughter-in-law and the friend she came to court with. Under fire from police, he shot himself in the head. | inquirer.com | ||
12357 | John Christopher Armes | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2013 | Temecula | CA | 33.530874 | -117.1454512 | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, U.S. Marshals Service | Officers were trying to take into custody a parolee who was wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. John Christopher Armes was in a taxi and when the driver fled he allegedly took control of the taxi, drove it into an unmarked law enforcement vehicle and then ran. Armes was shot by a member of the Fugitive Task Force when he reportedly appeared to be reaching for a weapon. No weapon was found and the taxi driver reported he never saw a weapon. | patch.com | ||
12358 | Jason James Shaw | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2013 | Billings | MT | 45.77609 | -108.5155866 | Billings Police Department | At 1:30 on a Monday morning a local officer approached three people in a parked car. Back-seat passenger Shaw, with an extensive criminal record, emerged from the car but refused to follow orders to keep his hands in view. An attempt to Taser him did not work because of thick clothing. He was shot and killed by police when he reportedly reached for a BB pistol in his clothes. | missoulian.com | ||
19131 | Charles Porter II | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 02/11/2013 | Williamston | SC | 34.6192629 | -82.5241222 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | Deputies had gone to Charles Porter II's home after neighbors called 911 and asked them to check on a man who lived there who was acting strange. Sheriff Skipper said deputies went to the home to try to persuade the man not to harm himself. According to reports, the man was being uncooperative and had a gun near him. When he made a threatening two Anderson County Sheriff's deputies shot the him. | google.com | ||
12352 | Ashley Browder | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 02/10/2013 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.18448 | -106.670111 | Albuquerque Police Department | Officer Adam Casaus was accused of crashing into an SUV, killing Ashley Browder and seriously injuring her sister, Lindsay Browder. He was off-duty and driving home at the time. Casaus claimed he was chasing a dangerous driver that night when the crash happened. The jury in the trial found Adam Casaus guilty of two counts of careless driving. | abqjournal.com | ||
12353 | Deanna Swinford | 37 | Female | European-American/White | 02/10/2013 | Purvis | MS | 31.166982 | -89.431565 | Lamar County Sheriff's Office | Jimmy Harrison Howard, 44, fled a stop for running a stop sign when he crashed, killing Deanna Swinford. 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. | wapt.com | ||
12354 | Name withheld by police | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2013 | New Augusta | MS | 31.195558 | -89.0365541 | Perry County Sheriff's Office | An unidentified person, 33, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for suspicion of transporting drugs 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 | ||
12355 | Daniel K. Holt | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 02/10/2013 | Dayton | OH | 39.7782746 | -84.1969453 | Dayton Police Department | Holt allegedly pulled a SKS rifle on police and refused to drop it. Holt was shot by Dayton Police sergeants Mark Ponichtera and Andrew Gillig in Island Metropark and died at Miami Valley Hospital. Police said that suicide by cop was "... a fairly accurate description." Dayton Police reports show three occasions between November 2010 and May 2011 when Holt described himself as suicidal and was taken to a hospital for a 72-hour psychiatric hold. | daytondailynews.com | ||
12348 | Sixto Eduardo Quezada | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/09/2013 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.799678 | -97.34578 | Fort Worth Police Department | Three officers conducted a traffic stop on Sixto Quezada, because a white SUV like the one he drove was wanted in connection to a shooting. Quezada backed in the general direction of an officer. All three officers shot at Quezada, striking him three times in the chest and killing him. It was later discovered that Quezada could not have been the driver from the earlier shooting. | cbslocal.com | ||
12349 | Ralph Elliott III | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 02/09/2013 | Dowling | MI | 42.5088361 | -85.2893833 | Barry County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a 911 call from Ralph Elliott III's wife saying that he had a gun and had allegedly fired two shots. When police arrived Elliott confronted them in the yard and did not respond to orders to stop advancing. When a Taser had no effect, Elliott reached for a handgun as he kept advancing. A deputy shot Elliott twice; he died of his wounds. Shooting was ruled justified by the Barry County Prosecutor in March 2013. | mlive.com | ||
12350 | Otis Roberson | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/09/2013 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6028193 | -90.2070181 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Two St. Louis patrolmen, working part-time jobs for Mardi Gras Inc., responded to a report of gunfire. When they arrived, they observed Roberson brandishing a handgun. The officers ordered him to drop the gun; he instead turned and pointed it in their direction. Both officers fired shots, wounding the man. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. | stltoday.com | ||
12351 | Stoney Eugene Rawlinson | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 02/09/2013 | Dallas | TX | 32.8650897 | -96.7435475 | Dallas Police Department | Officers had arranged to meet Stoney E. Rawlinson in a parking lot near Skillman Avenue and Abrams Road in connection with a murder investigation. He had allegedly killed his girlfriend Samantha Rasmus with a machete. When they arrived they found him armed with a shotgun in a vehicle. He refused to drop the weapon, and was shot and killed. | nbcdfw.com | ||
12343 | Mark S. Bourdase | 61 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2013 | Fresno | CA | 36.823024 | -119.7360265 | California Highway Patrol | Alexander Rey Soto was driving a car which police tried to stop for an alleged window-tint violation. Soto fled. Police pursued andthe car crashed. Mark A. Bourdase, a bystander, was killed. 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 | ||
12344 | Jordan T. Graham | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 02/08/2013 | Altoona | PA | 40.5079639 | -78.4001835 | Altoona Police Department | Jordan T. Graham, 21,, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for traveling the wrong way on 6th Avenue when he crashed into a garbage truck and died. | altoonamirror.com | ||
12345 | Tonya Michelle Buggs | 43 | Female | Race unspecified | 02/08/2013 | Bladensburg | MD | 38.9408293 | -76.9296779 | Bladensburg Police Department | Local police were called out to an apartment building on reports of a woman waving a knife around. Tonya Michelle Buggs reportedly refused to drop the weapon and was shot and killed by police when she lunged at police with the knife. | wjla.com | ||
12346 | Armando Santibanez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/08/2013 | Visalia | CA | 36.30864 | -119.2694913 | Visalia Police Department | Visalia Police Department undercover officers following Armando Santibanez allegedly witnessed him selling drugs and pulled him over on South Pinkham Street and Beech Avenue. The suspect refused to exit the vehicle and was seen reaching for something under his seat. After repeated warning, Officer Tim Haener fired five shots through the window, hitting Santibanez. He died at Kaweah Delta Medical Center. Shooting by Tim Haener was ruled justified. Police reported they found a 9mm loaded handgun under the seat of the car. | cbslocal.com | ||
12347 | Roberto Antonio Torres | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/08/2013 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.137287 | -115.199457 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Las Vegas police shot and killed Roberto Antonio Torres, who was wanted after shooting his girlfriend in the face. Torres was standing with a man and a woman when officers Joseph Parra and Scott Thomas approached. Torres pulled out a handgun and fired at the officers. They returned fire, killing Torres. The man and woman were both shot and wounded. They were selling a car to Torres. | google.com | ||
12337 | Name withheld by police | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/07/2013 | El Monte | CA | 34.08385 | -118.0119494 | El Monte Police Department | A 10-hour standoff with an unnamed suicidal man at an El Monte home ended after a SWAT team forced their way inside and found him dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Shortly before 8 a.m., firefighters responded after family members reported the man was suicidal, but backed off after learning he might have a handgun. Shortly after police arrived, they reportedly heard two gunshots from within the house and called in a SWAT team. Police said they then received several 911 calls from the home in which the caller immediately hung up. Knowing the man was alone inside, police took the calls as a sign that he was still alive. Numerous attempts to contact the man were made throughout the morning and afternoon, and a robot was sent to bring a phone into the home at about 2:30 p.m. with no response, police said. SWAT officers fired more than a dozen canisters of chemical irritant into the home to try to force the man out, but it didn't work. Officers entered the house at about 6 p.m. and found the man's body of the man inside a bedroom. The man was reportedly 36 years old. | pasadenastarnews.com | ||
12338 | Mario Hernandez | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/07/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.8514134 | -95.3593783 | Houston Police Department | Mario Hernandez, was allegedly driving without headlights when he fled a police stop and crashed into a house and died. | click2houston.com | ||
12339 | Jakob Lange | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/07/2013 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.7028781 | -97.3827413 | Fort Worth Police Department | Jakob Lange, was allegedly speeding when he fled a police stop and crashed and, was killed. | dallasnews.com | ||
12340 | Carmelo Martinez | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/07/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.83601 | -95.497621 | Houston Police Department | Officer M.K. Kaspar found Martinez, beaten by Douglas Lockerman, laying on the ground at a residence. Martinez was transported to Memorial Herman Medical Center, where he died in the presence of officers. Lockerman later told officers that he walked in on a robbery by Martinez and a second man. Martinez punched him. Lockerman beat Martinez until he no longer seemed to pose a threat, then grabbed his phone from his truck. | google.com | ||
12341 | Jonathan Tims | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/07/2013 | Pocahontas | AR | 36.2576194 | -90.9885618 | Pocahontas Police Department | Pocahontas officers were investigating a report that Jonathan Tims had allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a gun. When they arrived he fled into the nearby woods and pulled out a handgun. Police shot and killed Tims. A report from the Arkansas State Police cleared the Pocahontas Police officers. | imbodenlive.com | ||
12342 | Jason N. Noroian | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 02/07/2013 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6352928 | -90.1826877 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Police were called to Lenor K. Sullivan and Biddle after receiving a call about suspicious vehicles possibly involved in a drug transaction. On performing a traffic stop, officers found that Jason Noroian had an active warrant and an officer tried to arrest him. Noroian allegedly grabbed the officer's gun getting it out of the holster. The two continued to struggle until the officer shot Noroian in the side, killing him. A loaded handgun reportedly was found on Noroian's person. | riverfronttimes.com | ||
19091 | Laura Haskins | 30 | Female | European-American/White | 02/07/2013 | Lawton | OK | 34.6217303 | -98.4588924 | Lawton Police Department | Lauren Haskins had a gun and was threatening to take her own life when police showed up to her house to check in on her. After attempting to negotiate peacefully with her in her backyard, officers felt they were left with no other option than to fire at Haskins while her husband and two children were inside the home. This was ruled a suicide because Haskins also shot herself in the head, while police shot her lower on her body, and the headshot caused her death.. | wordpress.com | ||
23448 | Name withheld by police | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 02/07/2013 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.5022105 | -112.0543041 | Phoenix Police Department | A suicidal man was standing in front of an apartment, and he allegedly pointed a gun at responding officers who shot and killed him. | google.com | ||
12333 | James "Jamie" Roy Worley | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 02/06/2013 | Grenada | MS | 33.6791845 | -89.6646072 | Duck Hill Police Department | Worley, was allegedly speeding on a motorcycle when police tried to stop him, crashed and died. 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 | ||
12334 | Julio Cesar Rodriguez-Laureano | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/06/2013 | Poth | TX | 29.1101196 | -98.0560932 | Wilson County Sheriff's Office | Police attempted to pull over Javier Silva-Morales, 31, for a broken headlight when he fled and crashed, killing Julio Cesar Rodriguez-Laureano, Ervin Josue Sontay, and Adalid Amaya Perez who were allegedly undocumented immigrants. | mysanantonio.com | ||
12335 | Ervin Josue Sontay | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/06/2013 | Poth | TX | 29.1101196 | -98.0560932 | Wilson County Sheriff's Office | Police attempted to pull over Javier Silva-Morales, 31, for a broken headlight when he fled and crashed, killing Julio Cesar Rodriguez-Laureano, Ervin Josue Sontay, and Adalid Amaya Perez who were allegedly undocumented immigrants. | mysanantonio.com | ||
12336 | Adalid Amaya Perez | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/06/2013 | Poth | TX | 29.1101196 | -98.0560932 | Wilson County Sheriff's Office | Police attempted to pull over Javier Silva-Morales, 31, for a broken headlight when he fled and crashed, killing Julio Cesar Rodriguez-Laureano, Ervin Josue Sontay, and Adalid Amaya Perez who were allegedly undocumented immigrants. | mysanantonio.com | ||
12332 | Jacob Isaiah Dorfman | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 02/05/2013 | Spokane | WA | 47.6482809 | -117.4310303 | Spokane Police Department | A Spokane policeman shot and killed Jacob Dorfman after Dorfman allegedly pointed a handgun at another officer. | spokesman.com | ||
12330 | Victor Wilson | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/04/2013 | Fife | WA | 47.2406485 | -122.3808634 | Auburn Police Department | Brian Todd James Sicade was allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car when he crashed and killed Victor Wilson, a passenger in Sicade's car. | piercecountywa.org | ||
12331 | Jimmy Lee Dykes | 65 | Male | European-American/White | 02/04/2013 | Midland City | AL | 31.3190612 | -85.4938239 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Six days earlier, subject killed a school bus driver and abducted a 5 year old boy, then took refuge in an underground bunker on his property. After negotiations broke down, FBI SWAT team raided the bunker killing the subject. | archive.org | ||
12329 | Price Robinson Perrin | 87 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/03/2013 | Harlingen | TX | 26.2120343 | -97.681591 | Harlingen Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. They arrived to witness a man shoot a woman in the chest. The officers fatally shot the man. | wordpress.com | ||
12327 | Karen Denice Herrin | 58 | Female | European-American/White | 02/02/2013 | Quartzsite | AZ | 33.6767729 | -114.217114 | Quartzsite Police Department | Karen Herrin fled a stop for speeding when she crashed and, was killed. | github.com | ||
12328 | Kristofer Charles Gagliardi | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/02/2013 | Copperas Cove | TX | 31.1137455 | -97.9126478 | Copperas Cove Police Department | After arriving to the scene to a reported domestic disturbance call, Patrol Officer Billy Jo Ray III witnessed Kristopher Gagliardi, who was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, appear from the duplex and walk toward him with a knife. Ray reportedly retreated, while Kristopher allegedly continued to advance at which point Ray fired two shots into his chest. According to the mothers account, the shots were fired directly after Kristopher addressed the officer saying 'go ahead and shoot me' and used a racial slur. | kdhnews.com | ||
12323 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 02/01/2013 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0729026 | -118.2188277 | An unnamed man was killed when the SUV he was in crashed and flipped during a police chase. Officers were reportedly pursuing the SUV at about 3 a.m. after several suspects fled a 7-Eleven robbery in Boyle Heights. The SUV's driver struck a minivan on the northbound 5 Freeway near the Pasadena Avenue exit. One of the passengers in the SUV was killed. The driver of the mini van and another passenger in the SUV were transported to a local hospital in unknown condition, according to officials. | cbslocal.com | ||||
12324 | George Walker Jr. | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/01/2013 | Clarksdale | MS | 34.1969293 | -90.554839 | Clarksdale Police Department | According to the police report, Walker "suffered a medical emergency and died" shortly after police pulled his car over and arrested him on outstanding, unspecified warrants. | pressregister.com | ||
12325 | Chaz Devell Williams | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 02/01/2013 | Augusta | GA | 33.47001 | -82.0638471 | Richmond County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Michael J. Woodard killed Chaz Devell Williams, 21, after confronting him in a residence at Fox Den Apartments in the 3200 block of Wrightsboro Road. Deputies said they had been looking for Williams for about two hours after he had driven away from a police traffic stop, wrecked his car and fled. Williams died of multiple gunshot wounds. Sheriff Richard Roundtree says no plans to suspend Woodard; no evidence of wrongdoing. | augustachronicle.com | ||
12326 | Craig Brian Seberson | 46 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/01/2013 | Waseca | MN | 44.0514848 | -93.495864 | Austin Police Department, Mower County Sheriff's Office, Freeborn County Sheriff's Office, Waseca County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota State Patrol | Craig Seberson died after he lost control of the car he was driving, flipped and was thrown out. Seberson had fled police for more than 50 miles, reaching speeds of more than 130 mph and traveling through Mower, Freeborn and Waseca counties. Police stop sticks halted the car on Minnesota 13 just south of Waseca. Seberson was a suspect in the slaying of his father, Dennis Seberson, 86. | austindailyherald.com | ||
12320 | John L. Ericson Jr. | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/31/2013 | Bishop | CA | 37.3380443 | -118.4229139 | Los Angeles Police Department | John L. Ericson Jr. was killed when he veered off the road and crashed in the desert while fleeing the CHP. | inyoregister.com | ||
12321 | Andrew Baumgartner | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 01/31/2013 | Granger | OH | 41.1908958 | -81.7436125 | Medina County Sheriff's Office | The Medina County Sheriff's Department received a call about a suspicious person walking along the Interstate 271 at 11:14 p.m. A patrol sergeant found Andrew Baumgartner and approached him to see if he was OK. He told the officer he just wanted to go somewhere warm. The officer offered him a ride but needed to pat him down first and the man's book bag would have to be searched. The officer felt a gun in Baumgartner's waistband. They fought, and Baumgartner fled. Police received a call from a residence on Ridge Road stating a white male was at their door claiming to have gotten run over by a car. The homeowners didn't let him in the house and he left the area. One of the officers on patrol in the area noticed footprints and called for the deputies to respond to his area. They heard a shot from approximately 15 feet away, and Baumgartner was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. | google.com | ||
12322 | Dexter Lee Fair | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/31/2013 | Harvest | AL | 34.8687578 | -86.714989 | Limestone County Sheriff's Office | Dexter Lee Fair died July 20, 2013, almost seven months after he was shot by police. At the end of a chase Fair allegedly drove in the general direction of officers and they fired upon him. Fair was not charged for the burglary officers were chasing him for because he was paralyzed from the neck down by officers' bullets. | blog.al.com | ||
12315 | Shedevan Gibbs | 14 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/30/2013 | Gary | IN | 41.546171 | -87.342753 | Gary Police Department | Three male teens--Shedevan Gibbs, Ronnie Arthurs and Andre Carradine--who police said were suspected of burglarizing a home were killed in Gary when they tried to escape police before crashing into a tree, police said. | chicagotribune.com | ||
12316 | Ronnie Arthurs | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/30/2013 | Gary | IN | 41.546171 | -87.342753 | Gary Police Department | Three male teens--Shedevan Gibbs, Ronnie Arthurs and Andre Carradine--who police said were suspected of burglarizing a home were killed in Gary when they tried to escape police before crashing into a tree, police said. | chicagotribune.com | ||
12317 | Andre Carradine | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/30/2013 | Gary | IN | 41.546171 | -87.342753 | Gary Police Department | Three male teens--Shedevan Gibbs, Ronnie Arthurs and Andre Carradine--who police said were suspected of burglarizing a home were killed in Gary when they tried to escape police before crashing into a tree, police said. | chicagotribune.com | ||
12318 | Josue Jimenez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/30/2013 | Fillmore | CA | 34.406599 | -118.919963 | Ventura County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a call about a man with a gun at Mountain Vista elementary school, which included a description and license plate number. They did not find the suspect on the scene but tracked him through his vehicle to his home. They arrived to find him in his yard with a gun, which he refused to drop, and fired killing a dog nearby. A deputy fired, hitting and killing Jimenez. | fillmoregazette.com | ||
12319 | Ronette Morales | 30 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 01/30/2013 | Denver | CO | 39.74951 | -104.9799856 | Denver County Sheriff's Office | Two plain clothes officers attempted to arrest Ronette Morales for charges of burglary, assault and harassment. Deputy Givens accidentally shot the another deputy in the hand as Morales brandished a handgun and then fled. Morales was soon thereafter shot and killed by Deputy Eric Givens. | denverda.org | ||
19554 | Michael Strand | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/30/2013 | Radcliff | KY | 37.8450276 | -85.9511986 | Radcliff Police Department | Police arrived on a burglary call. After police made contact with Michael Strand, gunfire was exchanged between Strand and Officer Terry Moore. Strand eventually shot and killed himself. | wave3.com | ||
12311 | William Joseph Perneau | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/29/2013 | Pryor Creek | OK | 36.2285573 | -95.3391481 | Mayes County Sheriff's Office | Authorities say officers were trying to interview Perneau in a motel room as part of a drug investigation. Authorities say that Perneau managed to pull a gun from his waistband while handcuffed and fired at the officers. The officers weren't hit. An officer from the Salina Police Department returned fire, killing Perneau. | tulsaworld.com | ||
12312 | Cody Ira Loron | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/29/2013 | Fort Worth/Haltom City | TX | 32.7861856 | -97.2566611 | Fort Worth Police Department, Haltom City Police Department | Officers responded to a police report that a fugitive was behind a building they happened to be at. Upon discovering the suspect, he opened fire wounding an officer. The officers returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect. | nbcdfw.com | ||
12313 | Jeremy Gregory | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/29/2013 | Section | AL | 34.5618795 | -85.9718939 | Madison County Sheriff's Office | Jackson County Sheriff's deputies responded to a house on County Road 48 after receiving a shots fired call and found the suspect allegedly barricaded in his house with a rifle. After hours of unsuccessful negotiation, SWAT team were called. They threw tear gas in the house, Gregory fired back at them, and they shot and killed him. | www.al.com | ||
12314 | Angie Hall | 32 | Female | European-American/White | 01/29/2013 | Hickory | NC | 35.7180948 | -81.4010698 | Catawba County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a call that Angie Hall was suicidal, in her yard with a gun. Officers claim that they fired upon her after she raised her gun to them. | hickoryrecord.com | ||
12304 | Irving Taylor | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2013 | Cullman | AL | 34.1830354 | -86.8559526 | Cullman County Sheriff's Office | Irving Taylor was driving erratically, speeding when he fled police. He crashed and died. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12305 | Randall Davis | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2013 | Fresno | CA | 36.7528144 | -119.7272861 | Fresno County Sheriff's Office | Fresno Sheriff's Department responded to a call about a man who was acting suicidal. When a deputy arrived at the scene Davis approached him with a box cutter, prompting the deputy to shoot him. Davis kept coming and allegedly jumped the deputy. A second deputy arriving on the scene shot and killed Davis. | abc30.com | ||
12306 | Devin Peterson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2013 | Fernley | NV | 39.614656 | -119.236868 | Nevada Highway Patrol | During a traffic stop, Devin Peterson, a felon on probation for carrying a concealed weapon, managed to steal a trooper's cruiser and use his shotgun to carjack another vehicle. The chase ended with Peterson running off and then shooting himself in the chest with the officer's weapon near Fernley. Some 109 pounds of pot was found wrapped in packages in the back of the vehicle. | nydailynews.com | ||
12307 | Larry Medlock Jr. | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/28/2013 | Hollywood | FL | 26.0256201 | -80.1751615 | Hollywood Police Department | Medlock died after his Impala ran a red light, struck several other vehicles, hit a concrete utility police, flipped and caught fire. Police had been chasing him at high speed for snatching a purse. He'd been unarmed. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
12308 | Anthony Dwayne Harris | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/28/2013 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3504404 | -81.6583516 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a domestic dispute call involving Anthony Harris and his 17-year-old son. There was a physical struggle between Harris and police which ended when police shot and killed Harris in his front yard in full view of many family members and friends. Those witnesses sharply disputed the police version of events; the police responded by emphasizing Harris's criminal history. | jacksonville.com | ||
12309 | Thomas Schroeder | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2013 | Craig | MO | 40.1980993 | -95.365132 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | Trooper Sullivan pulled a vehicle over and initially was falsely identified the driver as Timothy Johnson. Several field sobriety tests were conducted in and outside of his patrol vehicle on the driver, whose actual name was Thomas Schroeder. Schroeder reportedly weighed nearly 300 pounds and stood 6-feet, 6-inches tall. After a breathalyzer test, Sullivan told Schroeder he was under arrest for driving while intoxicated. Schroeder told him that "he wasn't drunk" and became combative. An altercation ensued between the two. "Trooper Sullivan stated ... he was scared the subject was going to kill him and if he was struck one more time he might get knocked out and killed." Sullivan fired three shots, killing Schroeder. | newspressnow.com | ||
12310 | Ishmael Muhammad | 29 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/28/2013 | Harrisburg | PA | 40.2642817 | -76.8705708 | Harrisburg Police Bureau | Officers responded to a report that Ishmael Muhammad had assaulted his girlfriend. He allegedly barricaded himself inside the apartment and using a machete kept a 2-year-old and a disabled 26-year-old as hostages. Officials report that Muhammad "was obviously under the influence of some drugs." After a standoff of a few hours he was fatally shot twice when his waving of the machete prompted officers to fear for their lives and the lives of the hostages. | pennlive.com | ||
12302 | Brandon Hubert Culpepper | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/27/2013 | Homewood | IL | 41.5607606 | -87.6394217 | Homewood Police Department | Police were called to an apartment building for a disturbance. On arrival, there was a confrontation with Brandon Culpepper who was shot and killed by officers. No details have been released by police as to why Culpepper was shot . | patch.com | ||
12300 | Dustin A. Wardlow | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/27/2013 | Blue Springs | MO | 39.0094083 | -94.2866033 | Lake Tapawingo Police Department | Michael L. Garzee was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his passenger, Dustin A. Wardlow, who died during a police chase ending in a crash. | examiner.net | ||
12301 | Paul Gordon Thayer | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/27/2013 | Pensacola | FL | 30.4247761 | -87.2627804 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to an evening burglary-in-progress call at a self-storage facility. Thayer appeared with a handgun. According to police he refused to drop his weapon, and he was fatally shot. | tampabay.com | ||
12303 | James David Anderson | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/27/2013 | Seattle | WA | 47.6081719 | -122.2994198 | Seattle Police Department | Subject was ejected from a club, after which he returned and shot two people, including his girlfriend. When responding officers contacted him as he was leaving, shots were exchanged and subject was killed. | seattletimes.com | ||
12297 | Name withheld by police | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/26/2013 | Oakland | CA | 37.7648601 | -122.1295899 | El Cerrito Police Department, California Highway Patrol | An unnamed 19-year-old male passenger who resided in Antioch was killed when a car fleeing El Cerrito police and the CHP lost control and crashed in Oakland. | patch.com | ||
12298 | Edwin C. Halko | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 01/26/2013 | New Castle | DE | 39.6506344 | -75.6225107 | Delaware State Police | A trooper believed that Edwin C. Halko, 58, of Newark was operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol and requested the man exit the vehicle. Halko refused and put the vehicle in reverse, striking the front of the patrol vehicle. Halko fled in his vehicle and police pursued him. Halko eventually crashed into a utility pole and was killed. | delawarebusinessnow.com | ||
12299 | Marvin Quijada-Sarmiento | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/26/2013 | Corpus Christi | TX | 27.8609171 | -97.6182835 | An unidentified driver fled an immigration stop, crashing and killing Marvin Quijada-Sarmiento. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | |||
12293 | Isidoro Resendez | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/25/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.9883141 | -95.425009 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Resendez and another man got into a fight at Michoacan restaurant. The fight continued into the parking lot. The other man drew a gun and shot at Resendez. A off-duty deputy working as a security guard responded. By that time, Resendez was on top of the other man, stabbing him with a knife. The deputy fatally shot Resendez. | google.com | ||
12294 | Willie Davis Jr. | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/25/2013 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2525131 | -110.9119293 | Tucson Police Department | An officer responded to a report of an armed robbery. A suspect matching the description was chased in a vehicle until the suspect crashed. An altercation ensued during which the officer fatally shot the suspect. | tucson.com | ||
12295 | Douglas Ernesto Combs-Gonzalez | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/25/2013 | Vancouver | WA | 45.6355994 | -122.6671288 | Vancouver Police Department | Douglas E. Combs was a suspect in three armed robberies within the prior month. On information that Combs was armed and likely to act again soon, a SWAT team approached him in a commercial area around midnight, chased him on foot, then shot him to death as he appeared to draw a weapon. He was found to have been armed with two pistols. | oregonlive.com | ||
12296 | James Brown | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/25/2013 | Baltimore | MD | 39.296597 | -76.585922 | Baltimore Police Department | Authorities said two officers who are part of a gun and drug enforcement group in that area approached a group of people. One of those men started walking in the opposite direction, and when one of the officers tried to approach him, the man turned and started shooting at the officer, police said.Investigators said the officer chased the man on foot for six blocks while the man continued to fire shots at the officer. Officials said the officer eventually returned fire and shot the man, who later died at a hospital. | baltimoresun.com | ||
12287 | Tiffany N. James | 25 | Female | European-American/White | 01/24/2013 | Denton | TX | 33.2491223 | -97.1151542 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Troopers tried to stop a black Yamaha motorcycle on a traffic stop when the motorcyclist sped off. James P. Guy, 41, and the passenger as Tiffany N. James, 25, were both killed when the motorcycle crashed. | youtube.com | ||
12288 | James P. Guy | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 01/24/2013 | Denton | TX | 33.2491223 | -97.1151542 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Troopers tried to stop a black Yamaha motorcycle on a traffic stop when the motorcyclist sped off. James P. Guy, 41, and the passenger as Tiffany N. James, 25, were both killed when the motorcycle crashed. | youtube.com | ||
12289 | Barbara Lassere | 60 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/24/2013 | LaPlace | LA | 30.0610289 | -90.4907408 | St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office | St. John Parish Sheriff's Deputy Steven Daley shot and killed Barbara Lassere after she allegedly fled in her vehicle and fired on the deputy when he tried to pull her over for a broken headlight. She stopped briefly, then brandished a weapon and drove to her home. She refused to exit the vehicle when ordered, and fired a shot at the deputy. The deputy returned fire and Lassere died at the hospital. Her son later sued and a jury found that four St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputies were negligent and partially responsible for the shooting death of the 60-year-old woman. | nola.com | ||
12290 | Jordan Ross Hatcher | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/24/2013 | Grand Prairie | TX | 32.6391858 | -97.0721977 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Grand Prairie police responded to a felony theft call around 3:50 p.m. at the Target at Camp Wisdom Road and State Highway 360, police said. Jordan Ross Hatcher fled on foot and crossed city lines into Arlington. During the chase, Hatcher ran across a freeway and into a parking lot at the Tarrant County College Southeast Campus. Hatcher got into a physical altercation with police in which he reportedly obtained an officer's taser when he was himself tased and he was was pepper sprayed. Hatcher was also reportedly walking away from police and rubbing his eyes when a Grand Prairie officer shot and killed Hatcher. | dallasobserver.com | ||
12291 | Nijza Lamar Hagans | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/24/2013 | Fayetteville | NC | 35.0597134 | -78.9114331 | Fayetteville Police Department | Nijza Lamar Hagans was pulled over at a traffic stop. Hagans reportedly bent to get his license and registration upon request of the officer. The officer allegedly saw a handgun protruding from Hagans's pants pocket. The officer shot and killed Hagans when Hagans allegedly repeatedly reached for the gun against instructions. | fayobserver.com | ||
12292 | Jacob Grassley | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 01/24/2013 | Kalamazoo | MI | 42.2608373 | -85.5331758 | Kalamazoo Public Safety | Officers located Jacob Grassley a few hours after a complaint of domestic assault. An officer shot and killed Grassley in a hotel lobby when he allegedly saw a black object in Grassley' s hand, which object turned out to be a cell phone.. | mlive.com | ||
12286 | James Eric Griffin | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/23/2013 | Alto | TX | 31.6504447 | -95.0725766 | Alto Police Department | James Griffin allegedly tried to steal a pack of cigarettes from an Alto Pic-N-Go. In convenience store video, Griffin pulled a machete out of his pants after the store owner confronted him. In a dash cam video, Griffin pulled out the machete as he walked toward officer Smith. Officer Smith shot and killed him. | ktre.com | ||
12280 | Andrew Haynes | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/22/2013 | Richmond | VA | 37.5383319 | -77.35251 | Henrico County Sheriff's Office | Andrew Haynes fled a stop for speeding when he crashed and died. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12281 | Daniel Rey | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/22/2013 | Farmington | NM | 36.724116 | -108.171902 | Farmington Police Department | Farmington police officer Jeremy Hill responded to a 911 call of domestic violence and was confronted by the suspect allegedly holding a machete. Hill shot his weapon six times striking Rey five times. Rey was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center and died of his wounds the next day. | koat.com | ||
12282 | Craig Bondo | 20 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/22/2013 | Woodland Park | CO | 38.9749965 | -105.0391769 | Woodland Park Police Department | Officers pulled over a suspected stolen vehicle. When the officers attempted to detain the suspect, he drove away, hitting one of the officers with the vehicle. An officer opened fire on the vehicle, fatally wounding the suspect. A witness reports hearing five shots and that the back window of the vehicle was shattered. | cbslocal.com | ||
12283 | Maximillian Walters | 5 | Male | European-American/White | 01/22/2013 | Boulder City | NV | 35.9680506 | -114.8381316 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Wife and child (Maximillian) killed during a domestic dispute incident by their husband/father who was a Las Vegas Police Lieutenant. Subject then set fire to the house, called 911 and waited for officers to arrive after which he stepped inside and shot himself. | bouldercityreview.com | ||
12284 | Kathryn Walters | 46 | Female | European-American/White | 01/22/2013 | Boulder City | NV | 35.9680506 | -114.8381316 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Both child and mother killed during a domestic dispute by their husband/father who was a Las Vegas Police Lieutenant. Subject then set fire to the house, called 911 and waited for officers to arrive after which he stepped inside and shot himself. | bouldercityreview.com | ||
12285 | Hans P. Walters | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 01/22/2013 | Boulder City | NV | 35.9680506 | -114.8381316 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | After killing his wife and his child then setting fire to his house, Hans Walters called 911, waited for officers to arrive, and then stepped inside and shot himself with a handgun. | bouldercityreview.com | ||
20148 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 01/22/2013 | Lake Tomahawk | WI | 45.8342267 | -89.5058978 | Oneida County Sheriff's Office | Following a high-speed chase with police, a man who was being sought by family members who were concerned about his welfare, shot and killed himself. The police claimed to be withholding his name pending notification of family. | twincities.com | |||
12277 | Jeremiah Joseph Haas | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/21/2013 | Finksburg | MD | 39.4913469 | -76.8852127 | Carroll County Sheriff's Office | Twenty-nine-year-old Jeremiah Joseph Haas of New Windsor died after he attempted to flee from a deputy who tried to pull him over for speeding, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. | wbal.com | ||
12278 | Alfredo Emilio Villarreal | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/21/2013 | Elkhorn | WI | 42.6612269 | -88.496108 | Walworth County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Richard Lagle shot and killed a Walworth County Jail inmate under guard at Lakeland Medical Center, when he allegedly attacked the deputy and tried to escape. Lagle used a taser on Villarreal to no avail, and was forced to shoot the inmate five times when he raised a chair and came at the deputy. Lagle didn't face charges. | madison.com | ||
12279 | Ray Charles Hayes | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/21/2013 | Port Allen | LA | 30.432343 | -91.21086 | Brusly Police Department | Officers responded to a report of robbery in progress at a store. The suspect took a customer hostage at gunpoint and stole a police cruiser. The suspect crashed the cruiser at a police roadblock. As officers approached the vehicle, the suspect threatened to kill the hostage and himself. An officer fired three times, killing the suspect. | theadvocate.com | ||
12275 | Thomas S. Gustafson | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 01/20/2013 | Belvidere | IL | 42.3108601 | -88.919727 | Boone County Sheriff's Office | Thomas S. Gustafson fled a stop for speeding when he crashed and died. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12276 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 01/20/2013 | Belvidere | IL | 42.3051739 | -88.9198396 | Boone County Sheriff's Office | An unidentified man died when he crashed after refusing to stop for a deputy. The deputy spotted a vehicle on Circle Drive before 11 p.m. that matched the description of one that had fled from another jurisdiction, according to police. The vehicle did not stop and crashed at the intersection of Olson Road and Spring Creek Road, ejecting the driver. | rrstar.com | |||
12272 | James L. Francis | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/19/2013 | Brandy Station | VA | 38.500605 | -77.892655 | Culpeper County Sheriff's Office | James Francis fled a police stop for speeding when he crashed and died. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12273 | McKinnon Stenkamp | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 01/19/2013 | Renton | WA | 47.4809188 | -122.2475337 | King County Sheriff's Office | McKinnon Stenkamp's car careened off the road in the 2100 block of Martin Luther King Junior Way South. Kent police started pursuing the car on southbound Interstate 5 because they suspected the driver was intoxicated. King County sheriff's deputies later joined the chase. Stenkamp died when the car crashed. | seattletimes.com | ||
12274 | Donovan Thomas | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/19/2013 | St. Louis | MO | 38.675812 | -90.251805 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | An off-duty St Louis police officer shot and killed Thomas inside a White Castle restaurant as he allegedly tried to rob the business with a BB gun. Two off duty officers observed the suspect pull a gun on an employee and when he did not drop the gun as instructed one of the deputies shot him in the abdomen. Thomas was pronounced dead at the hospital. | fox2now.com | ||
12263 | Kathleen Marie Trombley | 25 | Female | European-American/White | 01/18/2013 | Tampa | FL | 27.9960098 | -82.45112 | Tampa Police Department | Police were called because of a fight at a bar. Kathleen Trombley fled in her car. Police followed. Trombley reportedly hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk. Soon after that she crashed her car and died. | tampabay.com | ||
12264 | Marquis De'Shawn Hughes | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/18/2013 | New Kensington | PA | 40.5707673 | -79.759428 | Arnold Police Department | Hughes died of his injuries suffered during a police chase a week after the wreck. | triblive.com | ||
12265 | Glenn George Alexander II | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/18/2013 | Bastrop | TX | 30.2462662 | -97.3212177 | Travis County Constable | Glenn George Alexander II fled an attempted stop for reckless driving. He crashed and died. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12266 | George Walter Rosenberg | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2013 | Coarsegold | CA | 37.2791997 | -119.7427423 | Madera County Sheriff's Office | Deputy patrolling near Coarsegold spotted George Rosenberg's vehicle and recognized it, knew that there was an arrest warrant out on Rosenberg for narcotics and tried to apprehend Rosenberg. As the deputy approached the vehicle, Rosenberg allegedly drove in the direction of the deputy. The deputy shot at the truck, but it accelerated away. Deputies later found the empty vehicle at Rocky Ridge and Wells Road, and Rosenberg was found dead nearby holding a rifle. | sierranewsonline.com | ||
12267 | Cody M. Kincheloe | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2013 | Olathe | KS | 38.8823776 | -94.7886522 | Olathe Police Department | Officer responded to a call of a vehicle going the wrong way down Sante Fe Street; he found the vehicle at 112 N. Clairborne Rd. in the parking lot of the Dollar General store. The officer approached the driver in the store who was allegedly holding a handgun and pointed it at the officer, so the officer fired, killing Cody Kincheloe. Female passenger of vehicle was unharmed. Shooting ruled justified. | kansascity.com | ||
12268 | Jayvis LeDell Benjamin | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/18/2013 | Avondale Estates | GA | 33.771705 | -84.2546198 | Avondale Estates Police Department | Police allegedly observed Jayvis Benjamin speeding and behaving recklessly on Kensington Road, turned to follow and came on a crashed vehicle. Benjamin allegedly ignored orders to remain in the vehicle and engaged in a struggle with an officer. Sgt. Lynn Thomas fired one shot, hitting the suspect in the chest. Civil grand jury recommended case go before criminal grand jury. Criminal grand jury recommended charging Thomas (May 2, 2015). Thomas was promoted to chief after the DA ruled the killing justified. | wsbtv.com | ||
12269 | Reginald Lamont "Deucey" Epps | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/18/2013 | Roanoke Rapids | NC | 36.4097298 | -77.6960068 | Halifax County Sheriff's Office | County deputies had made several controlled drug purchases from Epps, then went to arrest him at his residence, knowing he had a small arsenal. Epps opened fire and was fatally shot in return. | rrspin.com | ||
12270 | Anthony Scott Brown | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2013 | Oxford | AL | 33.6156314 | -85.8220979 | Oxford Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a burglary suspect with several arrest warrants who was spotted in a store. When the officers asked the suspect to step outside, the suspect produced a knife and began slashing at the officers. A Taser was ineffective and the officers fatally shot the suspect when he charged at them. | wordpress.com | ||
12271 | Jesse John France Jr. | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/18/2013 | Vancouver | WA | 45.638096 | -122.5955226 | U.S. Marshals Service | Jesse France was an ex-con who had failed to check in with his community corrections officer, and had been considered a suspect in recent felony cases. When a multi-jurisdictional task force came for him, France struck another vehicle in an escape attempt, then "the situation was escalated by Mr. France" according to officers, and he was shot dead. Police allege France had a stolen handgun and was driving a stolen car when he was shot and killed. | columbian.com | ||
12258 | Samuel Gonzales | 44 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/17/2013 | Tulare | CA | 36.2057227 | -119.3529282 | Tulare Police Department | Tulare Police officers Vince Medina and Ryan Richmond were responding to reports of suspected gang members. When they arrived there was no one in the area, so they decided to search a nearby empty house where suspected gang members allegedly frequented. They saw Gonzales exit the house, and though he did not match the description of the gang members, they used their flashlights to try to subdue Gonzales. When he continued to struggle, Medina shot and killed him. Officers were cleared in federal civil suit. | visaliatimesdelta.com | ||
12259 | Eric Ramsey | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 01/17/2013 | Frederic | MI | 44.7795632 | -84.755307 | Crawford County Sheriff's Office | Officers were searching for Eric Ramsey as the prime suspect in a recent abduction, rape and arson. Ramsey rammed his vehicle into a squad car and fled in a stolen garbage truck. He was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy when he pointed a realistic looking air pistol at the deputy. | petoskeynews.com | ||
12260 | Lloyd Hodgson Tschohl | 83 | Male | European-American/White | 01/17/2013 | Mankato | MN | 44.1742485 | -94.032546 | Mankato Department of Public Safety, North Mankato Police Department | Tschohl, armed with two handguns, resisted officers' attempts to check on his welfare, refusing to leave his house. After more than three hours of negotiations, Tschohl fired on officers who approached the house. He then came out the back door, armed, and shot again at officers, who returned fire. North Mankato police had attempted to check on Tschohl a day earlier after a relative had called to request a welfare check. Tschohl refused to talk to officers. The Star Tribune reported that, the next day, Tschohl's family called police again to say he had made "homicidal statements" and had weapons in his house. | postbulletin.com | ||
12261 | Angel Miguel Lopez | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/17/2013 | San Diego | CA | 32.7728316 | -117.0555864 | San Diego Police Department | Officers surrounded an apartment complex after receiving a report that two wanted parolees were there and at least one was armed. After several hours the men fled and one was cornered. Angel Lopez was shot and killed by Officer Kristopher Walb after refusing to show his hands and reaching into his pockets. Lopez was shot in the back and in the back of his head. The other suspect was arrested after an hours-long search. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
12262 | Steven Askew | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/17/2013 | Memphis | TN | 35.060705 | -89.888368 | Memphis Police Department | Shot to death after falling asleep in his car waiting for his girlfriend to come home from work. Two police officers, who were called to the area on another matter, claimed that when they approached Steven Askew's car, he pointed a handgun at them. They shot and killed Askew. Askew was licensed to carry a gun. A video of the incident disputes the police version of events. Numerous inconsistencies in officer's versions. | commercialappeal.com | ||
21608 | Bruce Neil Thompson | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/17/2013 | Logan | UT | 41.7556724 | -111.8221181 | Logan Police Department | Bruce Thomson was tasered by police and later hospital security officers, putting him into cardiac arrest and causing his death. Police report an encounter with a man who they allege was yelling loudly at or about "Satan." Police say he "refused to follow [officer's] orders" and then threatened to get a gun. Police tasered him and arrested Thomson. He was transported to Logan Regional Hospital. Police say he calmed down and they interviewed him--he was charged with disorderly conduct and released. Hospital staff called police three hours later about a patient allegedly scuffling with security officers. The security officers tasered the man at least once for being "combative" and when police arrived he was in full cardiac arrest and died soon thereafter. | cachevalleydaily.com | ||
12252 | Shundale M. Haney | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/16/2013 | Amarillo | TX | 35.434219 | -97.4078234 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Shundale M. Haney died after colliding head-on with a tractor-trailer following a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 40 near Bushland allegedly committed a home-invasion robbery during which a woman's throat was cut, Illinois police said. | amarillo.com | ||
12253 | Cody Shobe | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/16/2013 | Buckeye | AZ | 33.4350872 | -112.5260588 | Buckeye Police Department | Cody Shobe reportedly entered a backyard party to which he was not invited and began waving a handgun and pointing it at people. 911 was called. A responding officer reportedly shot and killed Shobe after he pointed the handgun at police and fired at least one round. | eastvalleytribune.com | ||
12254 | John Montoya | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/16/2013 | Denver | CO | 39.7705374 | -105.0054235 | Denver Police Department | John Montoya was shot and killed by police after an hours-long, high-speed chase in a stolen pickup truck in which John Montoya was riding in the bed of the pickup. Shots were fired from the stolen truck at police. It is uncertain which of the four truck occupants fired the shots. | westword.com | ||
12255 | Allen Eugene Ott | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 01/16/2013 | Calhoun | GA | 34.4981396 | -84.8797758 | Gordon County Sheriff's Office | Allen Ott was shot and killed by Gordon County sheriff's deputies after violating a protective order for his estranged wife and children, and threatening to kill her and himself. Deputies found the suspect near the home, allegedly waving a rifle around. When he refused to drop the gun and pointed it at deputies he was fatally shot. | officer.com | ||
12256 | Cody Gene Criner | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 01/16/2013 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.3513662 | -111.9949589 | Phoenix Police Department | Officers responded to a call of a home burglary and observed the suspect running from the house on arriving. Suspect allegedly pointed a gun at the officers and officers opened fire killing him on the scene. The suspect's gun is believed to have been a realistic-looking pellet gun. Maricopa County Attorney's Office has cleared four officers of any wrongdoing. | ahwatukee.com | ||
12257 | Karvis Jabbar Gamble | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/16/2013 | Orlando | FL | 28.5529418 | -81.3956139 | Orlando Police Department | Police investigating a drug complaint at a recording studio reportedly opened the door, saw a gun on a table and reportedly fired after Gamble's friend reached for it and pointed it at police. Karvis Jabbar Gamble was shot in the stomach and died. The man who reached for the gun and allegedly pointed it at police was shot and wounded. | orlandosentinel.com | ||
12247 | Humphrey Kenneth Gascon II | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/15/2013 | Galt | CA | 38.2484581 | -121.3073407 | Galt Police Department | Humphrey Kenneth Gascon II reportedly fatally shot Galt police officer Kevin Tonn, with a handgun before he was shot at by another officer, then took his own life. | galtheraldonline.com | ||
12248 | Dustin Patrick Wernli | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2013 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2274171 | -110.7882328 | Tucson Police Department | Police responded to a call from a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder stating that he was suicidal. On arriving the officers found him armed, but wanting to talk with police. After repeated warnings not to, Wernli reached for his holstered pistol and was shot by police. Wernli died at the hospital. | tucsonnewsnow.com | ||
12249 | Todd S. Weber | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2013 | Kansas City | MO | 39.1275303 | -94.4983482 | Kansas City Police Department | Officers attempted to stop Weber's vehicle. Weber led officers on a low-speed chase at no faster than 35 mph. Stop sticks slowed the vehicle, but it continued for several miles. Weber eventually stopped, and exited his vehicle. Weber reportedly pointed a shotgun at officers and began firing. He also reportedly pointed a pistol at his own head. Officers returned fire, killing him. | fox4kc.com | ||
12250 | Jimmy Ray Phea | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/15/2013 | Fresno | CA | 36.739227 | -119.74334 | Fresno Police Department | Police were responding to a domestic violence disturbance between a man and his sister. Jimmy Ray Phea allegedly attacked the policeman and was then shot and killed by the policeman. | abc30.com | ||
12251 | Gregory Gordon | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/15/2013 | Honolulu | HI | 21.283422 | -157.828311 | Honolulu Police Department | Officers responded to a truck driving fast the wrong way. Police fired multiple times when the Gregory Gordon rammed five marked police cruisers. The deceased Gordon was a soldier at Schofield Barracks. | hawaiinewsnow.com | ||
12241 | Sage A. Lopez | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2013 | Sacramento | CA | 38.611119 | -121.439243 | Sacramento Police Department | Sage A. Lopez was killed when he crashed an allegedly stolen car during a police chase. | sacbee.com | ||
12242 | Skyla Nuncio | 14 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 01/14/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.7397312 | -95.264527 | Pasadena Police Department | Fourteen-year-olds Skyla Nuncio and Justin Henry died after the vehicle they were in crashed as they attempted to flee police. | beforeitsnews.com | ||
12243 | Justin Henry | 14 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2013 | Houston | TX | 29.7397312 | -95.264527 | Pasadena Police Department | Fourteen-year-olds Skyla Nuncio and Justin Henry died after the vehicle they were in crashed as they attempted to flee police. | beforeitsnews.com | ||
12244 | Wesley Kyle Swilling | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2013 | Greenville | SC | 34.8535676 | -82.3884649 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office | Swilling was in the Law Enforcement Center parking lot and approached an officer and deputy in a "threatening manner" with what appeared to be a weapon. Fearing for their safety, they both shot at Swilling, hitting him at least once. Swilling fell down, but continued to approach them, so they took cover behind a vehicle and both fired again, hitting him at least once more. Swilling was pronounced dead at the scene. After further investigation, it was revealed that Swilling was "armed" with a hot glue gun. | wyff4.com | ||
12245 | Karlando Roberts | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2013 | East Orange | NJ | 40.7508011 | -74.22556 | East Orange Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in progress. Karlando Roberts was found to be stabbing his father-in-law and refused to drop the knife. Officers shot Roberts who died at a local hospital. | www.nj.com | ||
12246 | Robert Alan Penning | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2013 | Thornton | CO | 39.9791235 | -104.9032696 | Adams County Sheriff's Office | A vehicle was reportedly involved in a rollover accident and lying in a field. When Deputy Aragon responded, he allegedly shot and killed a male, later identified as Robert Alan Penning, after Penning had pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at Deputy Aragon. A civilian, Elise Cornett, reportedly observed the incident unfold while sitting in her Volkswagen nearby. There were no other witnesses on scene. Officer | amazonaws.com | ||
12233 | Dushine James Smith | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/13/2013 | Corona | CA | 33.8385438 | -117.5505573 | An off-duty officer shot and killed Dushine James Smith when he allegedly confronted the officer with a gun. | cbslocal.com | |||
12234 | Christopher Allen Kedrowski | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/13/2013 | Nogales | AZ | 31.3493001 | -110.926295 | U.S. Border Patrol | Christopher Kedrowski stole a blue-green Chevrolet pick-up truck near his Tucson residence that had been left "warming up." According to police reports, shortly after noon he approached the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. Kedrowski then headed south toward Mexico, spotted law enforcement officers conducting outbound checks and abruptly backed up. A Border Patrol officer took up pursuit, before the fleeing Kedrowski lost control at the curve under the SR 82/Holbrook Bridge, crashed into the tree and burst into flames, killing Kedrowski. | nogalesinternational.com | ||
12235 | Christian Joseph Murphy | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2013 | Waverly | GA | 31.0475055 | -81.6486043 | Camden County Sheriff's Office | Taylor Dawn Uhl, the 15-year-old driver of a car that crashed while fleeing police was charged in the death of a passenger, Christian Joseph Murphy, who was wanted for questioning in a gruesome Titusville slaying. | news4jax.com | ||
12236 | Christopher Greer | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2013 | Indialantic | FL | 28.0865396 | -80.5676958 | Brevard County Sheriff's Office | Corporal Jim Haman and Deputy Diomedis Canela responded to a call that the Christopher Greer was assaulting family members with a knife. Greer allegedly threatened officers with a knife when they found him in his home. Greer was shot and killed. The wrongful death case filed by the family has gone to a jury as there are so many evidence questions as to what happened. | floridatoday.com | ||
12237 | Robert Guzman | 50 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/13/2013 | Santa Maria | CA | 34.9642898 | -120.4175134 | Santa Maria Police Department | Police responded to 911 call from Robert Guzman's neighbor, when Guzman's wife and child ran into her house for help. Wife had been stabbed by Guzman. When police arrived, Guzman was in the neighbor's garage and charged officers with bolt cutters held above his head. Guzman was shot eight times by two officers. Shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office. | santamariatimes.com | ||
12238 | Gilbert S. Owens | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2013 | Senath | MO | 36.1372215 | -90.1578575 | Senath Police Department | Senath Officer J. Gentry responded to a domestic disturbance call, at which time the suspect allegedly punctured the officer's tires with a knife and approached him in an "aggressive and threatening manner." Officer used pepper spray which had no impact, and then shot Owens who was pronounced dead at the scene. | kait8.com | |||
12239 | Quintine Barksdale | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/13/2013 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.5092914 | -112.0738245 | Arizona Department of Transportation | Barksdale was a neighbor to an off-duty state DOT officer, who Barksdale had recently pointed to as a suspected burglar. The officer claimed the unarmed Barksdale had worn a ski mask and rubber gloves, and had thrown gasoline on him before charging the officer. The officer shot and killed Barksdale. The victim's family pressed for an FBI investigation and got one, pointing out that it was cold, that Barksdale was restoring an old car, and the officer had a history of "integrity questions." | aljazeera.com | ||
12240 | Frankie Pitt | 45 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/13/2013 | Midlothian | VA | 37.478722 | -77.515413 | Chesterfield County Police Department | Police say the officer involved in the shooting stopped to assist what he believed was a disabled vehicle. When the officer approached the vehicle, he discovered the driver was the suspect in the larceny of a cash drawer that had been reported stolen from the Circle K store approximately 10 minutes before. When the officer attempted to take the driver into custody, police say Pitt resisted and a struggle for the officer's gun ensued. The officer then shot and killed Pitt. | wtvr.com | ||
12226 | Harold Edward Hilton | 66 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/12/2013 | Girard | GA | 33.0324312 | -81.7464407 | Sardis Police Department | Apparently drunk, Antonio Brigham failed to pull his gold Bonneville over for the local police. This developed into a chase into the next town and onto a rural road. Brigham lost control of the Bonneville. He and his passenger Harold Hilton both died of blunt-force injuries. The second fatal police chase in the area within a week. | thetruecitizen.com | ||
12227 | Antonio Dontie Brigham | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/12/2013 | Girard | GA | 33.0324312 | -81.7464407 | Sardis Police Department | Apparently drunk, Antonio Brigham failed to pull his gold Bonneville over for the local police. This developed into a chase into the next town and onto a rural road. Brigham lost control of the Bonneville. He and his passenger Harold Hilton both died of blunt-force injuries. The second fatal police chase in the area within a week. | thetruecitizen.com | ||
12228 | Howard Edward Nevels | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/12/2013 | Smiths Station | AL | 32.5355684 | -85.0921069 | Lee County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff's deputy attempted to pull Howard Edward Nevels on County Road 243 in Smith Station because the van he was driving had been reported stolen. Nevels pulled over, but then drove in the general direction of the deputy as the deputy approached. The deputy fired several times, shooting the Nevels in the head; he later died at Columbus (Ga.) Regional Medical Center. A 7-year-old boy was in the passenger seat of the van, and was unharmed. | wsfa.com | ||
12229 | Lawrence Edward Vaughan | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/12/2013 | Elkview | WV | 38.373131 | -81.405578 | Kanawha County Sheriff's Office | Two deputies were dispatched to the residence after a 911 call of domestic violence; the suspect was beating his mother, whom he lived with. When the deputies arrived, Vaughan allegedly fired at them with a pistol. The two deputies returned fire and killed Vaughn at the scene, the mother was unharmed. | charlestondailymail.com | ||
12230 | Jason Dillon | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/12/2013 | Bluefield | WV | 37.339449 | -81.220947 | Mercer County Sheriff's Office | A deputy responded to a domestic violence call of a man reportedly vandalizing a house and a truck in the yard with a chainsaw. When the deputy arrived, the suspect allegedly threatened him with a club and refused to drop it. The deputy shot and killed Jason Dillon. | register-herald.com | ||
12231 | Robert Ethan Saylor | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 01/12/2013 | Frederick | MD | 39.3740268 | -77.4130582 | Frederick County Sheriff's Office | Robert 'Ethan' Saylor, 26, died from asphyxia after three Frederick County Sheriff's deputies handcuffed the flailing, 294-pound man who had Down syndrome as he screamed, cursed and cried for his mother. Saylor had not purchased a ticket for a repeat viewing of the movie Zero Dark Thirty. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
12232 | Jonathan F. Vasquez | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/12/2013 | San Diego | CA | 32.7131446 | -117.058033 | San Diego Police Department | Officers attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding. A high speed pursuit ensued. After Jonathan F. Vasquez drove into a vacant lot, he allegedly U-turned and drove in the general direction of the officers. The officers opened fire, fatally wounding the driver and injuring a passenger. | fox5sandiego.com | ||
12221 | Rome Alexander Ives | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/11/2013 | Uxbridge | MA | 42.0701873 | -71.6245499 | Uxbridge Police Department | Rome Alexander Ives, the driver of a stolen Ford Explorer, died after crashing into a pickup truck while fleeing from police. | milforddailynews.com | ||
12222 | Michael W. Daniel | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/11/2013 | Little Rock | AR | 34.737663 | -92.310871 | Little Rock Police Department | Police responded to a possible burglary in progress. Department's Special Investigations Division and property crimes detectives searched the area, at which time two suspects fled in a vehicle. Police attempted to pull it over. They stopped and tried to flee on foot. At one point Michael W. Daniel allegedly struggled with a detective and tried to take his gun. A second detective arrived and shot and killed Michael W. Daniel. | arkansasonline.com | ||
12223 | Chad Moretz | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 01/11/2013 | Savannah | GA | 32.2604145 | -81.227557 | Effingham County Sheriff's Office | Officers approached Chad Moretz at his home to question him about a missing man who was a friend of his. A standoff ensued which ended when Moretz walked out of his house with a rifle in hand and was fatally shot by a SWAT sniper. The dismembered remains of the friend were found in the house. | www.al.com | ||
12224 | Binh Van Nguyen | 39 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/11/2013 | Santa Ana | CA | 33.7460326 | -117.9396708 | Santa Ana Police Department | Officers on patrol attempted to speak to a suspicious person in the backseat of a car. Binh Van Nguyen jumped into the front seat and drove in the general direction of officers, who then shot and killed Binh Van Nguyen. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
12225 | Donald Moore | 67 | Male | European-American/White | 01/11/2013 | Memphis | TN | 35.2027438 | -89.7278811 | Memphis Police Department | When police came to Donald Moore's home to serve him with a warrant for animal cruelty, he allegedly pointed a pistol at them. Police shot and killed Moore. | findlaw.com | ||
20892 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 01/11/2013 | Garden City | MI | 42.3112438 | -83.3305121 | Garden City Police Department, Inkster Police Department | Police said a group of five young adults went to the police station just before midnight to report they'd attempted to recover a stolen puppy from a man who then tried to run them off the road. The man allegedly pulled up outside the police station in an SUV, fired two shots into the lobby, and then fled to Garden City. Garden City police saw the SUV and tried to stop the man. The car reportedly came to a rolling stop, and police discovered the man had shot himself. | associatednewspapers.net | |||
12218 | Daniel Alain Vail | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 01/10/2013 | Mount Airy | MD | 39.3666496 | -77.208153 | Frederick County Sheriff's Office | Frederick County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the suspect's home to execute a search and seizure warrant looking for evidence from a home invasion robbery. Deputies used a flash-bang diversionary device on entering, and found Daniel Alain Vail in his bedroom holding a shotgun. He refused to drop it when told; Deputy First Class Charles Zang and Deputy First Class Kevin Riffle fired a total of 18 shots, killing Vail. A grand jury found the deputies actions were justified. | fredericknewspost.com | ||
12219 | Rabih Ozeir | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 01/10/2013 | Cushing | OK | 35.984896 | -96.7458132 | Cushing Police Department | Officers responded to a gym after an employee reported Rabih Ozeir confronted gym staff. When officers arrived, they report Ozeir confronted them with a handgun and refused commands to put it down. The officers shot Ozeir who died in a hospital the next day. | newson6.com | ||
12220 | John Edward Dempsey | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 01/10/2013 | Man | WV | 37.7427845 | -81.8765232 | West Virginia State Police | Officers pursued John Edward Dempsey as the prime suspect in a recent murder and carjacking. Dempsey reportedly ditched his vehicle and ran up a wooded hillside. Dempsey was fatally shot after "pulling a gun on troopers".The gun was reportedly a long gun. | wvgazettemail.com | ||
30164 | Jesse Max Rubalcava | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/10/2013 | West Whittier-Los Nietos | CA | 33.9921765 | -118.0715716 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Jesse Max Rubalcava had escaped from a juvenile facility on Sept. 20, 2012. On Jan. 10, 2013, 911 was called regarding a man with a gun. When deputies arrived, they found Rubalcava running in the middle of the street. He stopped, and one of the deputies ordered him to show his hands. He allegedly grabbed for something in his waistband and was struggling to remove it when the other deputy shot twice at him. He ran and other deputies arrived. They found him, and he allegedly had a knife in his hand, which he was waving back and forth. The deputies ordered him to drop the knife, and Rubalcava reportedly grabbed for something in his pocket. The deputies shot and killed him. | latimes.com | ||
12213 | Deante Darden | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/09/2013 | North Augusta | SC | 33.4911942 | -81.9458729 | Richmond County Sheriff's Office | Deputies set out to chase a vehicle speeding and driving erratically at 2 a.m. The occupants were two brothers, Derrick Darden and Deante Darden, said to have visited a nightclub that morning. The car pulled over for a traffic stop but took off again when the deputy approached on foot. After a brief fast chase their car struck a tree. Both were killed. | augustachronicle.com | ||
12214 | Derrick Darden | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/09/2013 | North Augusta | SC | 33.4911942 | -81.9458729 | Richmond County Sheriff's Office | Deputies set out to chase a vehicle speeding and driving erratically at 2 a.m. The occupants were two brothers, Derrick Darden and Deante Darden, said to have visited a nightclub that morning. The car pulled over for a traffic stop but took off again when the deputy approached on foot. After a brief fast chase their car struck a tree. Both were killed. | augustachronicle.com | ||
12215 | Kelly Fay Simons | 38 | Female | European-American/White | 01/09/2013 | Salt Lake City | UT | 40.745093 | -111.869863 | U.S. Marshals Service | Kelly Fay Simons allegedly drove her pickup truck in reverse after she was boxed in the front by a police vehicle. The officer behind the reversing pickup shot Simons in the back of the head as the vehicle moved in his general direction. | sltrib.com | ||
12216 | Robert Earl Gary Jr. | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/09/2013 | Tampa | FL | 28.0582635 | -82.4418137 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office | Robert Earl Gary, Jr. was shot and killed by an undercover deputy after an argument broke out between them during a crack cocaine deal. Gary, with a long criminal record, had tried to rob him, then managed to get ahold of the officer's handgun. Other officers rushed in and shot Gary. | baynews9.com | ||
12217 | Linda Sue Davis | 60 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/09/2013 | Tamarac | FL | 26.1794594 | -80.2152174 | Broward County Sheriff's Office | Linda Sue Davis fatally shot an elderly neighbor with a handgun and was herself soon after shot by county police when she refused to drop her weapon and advanced towards an officer. | miamiherald.com | ||
12210 | Leroy McCaskill Junior Anderson | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/08/2013 | Saraland | AL | 30.809632 | -88.0719249 | Mobile Police Department | A car driven by Leroy McCaskill Junior Anderson crashed into a gas station while he was fleeing from police, causing an explosion. The police were chasing the car because it had been reportedly stolen by armed carjacking earlier that day. | blog.al.com | ||
12211 | Donald Keith Miller Sr. | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 01/08/2013 | Peoria | AZ | 33.7106517 | -112.2347761 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office | Police pulled Donald Keith Miller Sr. over after receiving a call from an ex-girlfriend fearing for his safety. Miller exchanged gunfire with police at a gas station at 83rd avenue and Deer Valley, then continued on in his vehicle. Police found him again a short time later in a desert area on 89th and approached vehicle. Gunfire was exchanged again, Miller died on the scene. | phoenixnewtimes.com | ||
12212 | Angella Falconi | 24 | Female | European-American/White | 01/08/2013 | Lake Worth | FL | 26.6324178 | -80.055872 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. They reportedly found Angella Falconi holding a knife to the throat of her boyfriend. The officers shot her when she allegedly refused commands to drop the knife and "turned to stab him." She died from her injuries. | palmbeachpost.com | ||
12206 | Aaron Williams | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/07/2013 | Pleasant Run | OH | 39.3080471 | -84.5713151 | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | A Hamilton County sheriff tried to pull over a car on a window-tint violation. Aaron Williams refused to stop and continued heading north at speeds of over 60 miles per hour, according to police. The chase eventually came to an end when the Toyota drove off the road and hit a fence and tree, killing Williams. | fox19.com | ||
12207 | Jimmy L. Hamlin Jr. | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 01/07/2013 | Lewisburg | WV | 37.8152279 | -80.429474 | West Virginia State Police | Police pulled over Jimmy L. Hamlin Jr. aftera report of domestic violence. He allegedly exited vehicle with a rifle, pointing it at himself and then police in a threatening gesture. Officers shot, killing Hamlin on the scene. Shooting was described by police as suicide by police officer. Greenbrier County Sheriff's Department and officers with the Alderson Police Department and the Ronceverte Police Department were also on the scene. | wvgazettemail.com | ||
12208 | Cedrick Chatman | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/07/2013 | Chicago | IL | 41.7588679 | -87.5761196 | Chicago Police Department | Cedrick Chatman was seen driving a car suspected of being stolen at gunpoint. Officers pulled him over, and saw him reach for a "dark object" and run from the car. Officers pursued, and thinking the suspect held a gun an officer opened fire. Chatman was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, no weapon was found on the scene. Chatman's accomplices Akeem Clarke, 22, of the 7600 block of South Essex Avenue; and Martel Odum, 23, of the 0-100 block of East 69th Street, were charged with his murder, as well as two counts of felony robbery and one count of felony vehicular hijacking. | cnn.com | ||
12209 | Vincent Jimenez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/07/2013 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4465456 | -112.1217452 | Phoenix Police Department | Officers attempted to stop a driver who seemed impaired. Vincent Jimenez reportedly fled and led officers on a chase that ended at the suspect's home where he crashed into a retaining wall. When officers approached the driver, the Jimenez allegedly rammed two cruisers and accelerated in the general direction of officers who opened fire. Vincent Jimenez was pronounced dead at the scene. A 6-year-old child was discovered unharmed in the passenger seat. | wordpress.com | ||
12202 | Jeremy Rucinski | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2013 | Independence Charter Township | MI | 42.7752704 | -83.4251142 | Oakland County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a 911 call from the homeowner that her live-in boyfriend, Jeremy Rucinski, had threatened her with a switchblade. She also stated that Rucinski had been agitated for days and was on medication. Arriving on the scene the two deputies found the suspect in the garage where he allegedly threatened them. One deputy tasered the suspect, when it did not stop him, the other deputy shot him once in the chest. | theoaklandpress.com | ||
12203 | Spencer Rollins Mims III | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2013 | Charlotte | NC | 35.1658443 | -80.8723825 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department | Officers responded to a report from Spencer Rollins Mims, Jr. stating that he was having trouble with his son, Spencer Rollins Mims III. When officers arrived at his home, they found Mims III holding a box-cutter to his own throat. An officer fired a stun gun intending to prevent Mims III from harming himself. Mims III instead advanced on the officer with the box cutter. An officer shot Mims III at least once. Mims III died at a local hospital. | charlotteobserver.com | ||
12204 | Daniel Autenrieth | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2013 | Coolbaugh Township | PA | 41.1664577 | -75.3961019 | Pennsylvania State Police | Officers responded to a report that Daniel Autenrieth had abducted his 9-year-old son and was armed with a handgun. A 40-mile chase ended following a PIT maneuver. Officers and Autenreith exchanged gunfire which killed one officer and Daniel Autenrieth. | lehighvalleylive.com | ||
12205 | Daniel Brawley | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2013 | Billings | MT | 45.7743711 | -108.536258 | Billings Police Department | Billings Police responded to a burglary call where two suspects and a rifle were observed. Police negotiators were able to get the suspects to surrender. Upon being placed in the patrol car, Daniel Brawley was able to slip out of his handcuffs and drive the vehicle in the general direction of Officer Dave Punt. Punt fired nine shots, causing the vehicle to crash and fatally killing Brawley. | missoulian.com | ||
12193 | Randy Thomas | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | Deatsville | AL | 32.6006126 | -86.4672563 | Autauga County Sheriff's Office | Randy Thomas was allegedly speeding when a Autauga County Sheriff's Office deputy tried to stop him. He fled and was killed in a crash. This information comes from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project. | usatoday.com | ||
12194 | Deonta Markey Griffin | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/05/2013 | Guntersville | AL | 34.3580769 | -86.2945567 | Guntersville Police Department, Albertville Police Department, Boaz Police Department | Deonta Markey Griffin reportedly jumped from a bridge into Lake Guntersville and drowned after leading police on a high-speed chase. | gadsdentimes.com | ||
12195 | David Compton | 27 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/05/2013 | Wenonah | NJ | 39.8026218 | -75.1623786 | Deptford Township Police Department | David Compton was shot in the head inside the home of Deptford Officer James Stuart, in what was called at the time a tragic accident. Compton was taken to Cooper Medical Center in Camden, NJ, and died of his wounds. Stuart was subsequently convicted of murdering Compton. | www.nj.com | ||
12196 | Theodore Keiper | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | Ventura | CA | 34.3253933 | -119.3867982 | California Highway Patrol | Theodore Keiper was observed riding a motorcycle, speeding on the southbound side of old Pacific Coast Highway. Officers pursued Keiper onto Hobson Road and then Padre Juan Canyon Road, where he crashed down an embankment. California Highway Patrol Officers Michael Trenery and Frank Paramo feared for their lives, and shot Keiper. Keiper reportedly had reached for his waist. A replica toy gun was found nearby but Keiper was not in possession of it when the shooting occurred. Shooting was ruled justified. | vcdistrictattorney.com | ||
12197 | Bernard Rowley | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | Belding | MI | 43.0878433 | -85.2131261 | Belding Police Department | Bernard Rowley allegedly fired shots from his van through the window of an empty police car outside the Belding Police Department. Officer on duty gave chase, called in State police. Low-speed chase resulted in Rowley stopping, being ordered out of van, and allegedly firing on officers. Belding Officer Jason Cooper cleared of wrongdoing. Suspect "not intentionally violent" according to family. | mlive.com | ||
12198 | Sonny Archuleta | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/05/2013 | Aurora | CO | 39.652522 | -104.7825763 | Aurora Police Department | Officers responded to a report of multiple homicides. A woman had escaped from a home and called police after discovering that three people in the home appeared to be dead. A six-hour standoff ensued with the home surrounded by SWAT officers. Sonny Archuleta was killed when he reportedly shot at police from inside the home. | westword.com | ||
12199 | Joel Byne | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | Surprise | AZ | 33.6009955 | -112.3827987 | Surprise Police Department | Police responded to a report of a man threatening suicide with a gun. Joel Byne made comments that he was going to get police to shoot him. Police attempted to negotiate with Byne and use less lethal means to stop him from shooting himself, but were unsuccessful. At some point during negotiations, Byne was shot by police and later died at hospital. | azcentral.com | ||
12200 | Chuckie Stowers | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4948819 | -112.1689492 | Phoenix Police Department | A Wal-Mart store employee reportedly observed Chuckie Stowers opening packages with a knife. Stowers removed a pistol BB gun from one package and stuck it in his waistband. Police were called and confronted Stowers, who pulled the BB pistol from his pants and pointed it at officers. Several officers opened fire and Stowers was shot. | phoenixnewtimes.com | ||
12201 | Perry Russell Coe | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 01/05/2013 | South Lake Tahoe | CA | 38.929431 | -119.9852601 | South Lake Tahoe Police Department, El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol | Perry Russell Coe reportedly shot himself in front of police in a South Lake Tahoe street following a dispute in which he had pulled out a revolver and shot at another man with it. | mtdemocrat.com | ||
12183 | Markel Kenyon Jackson-Willis | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/04/2013 | Dearborn Heights | MI | 42.3270682 | -83.2728342 | Dearborn Heights Police Department | Police allege Markel Kenyon Jackson-Willis and Adnan Berisha were traveling on Telegraph. Then Darrel "Daemon" Maniaci, while fleeing police, ran a red light and slammed in to Markel and Adnan, killing them both. Maniaci was also killed. | clickondetroit.com | ||
12184 | Darrel "Daemon" Maniaci | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2013 | Dearborn Heights | MI | 42.3270682 | -83.2728342 | Dearborn Heights Police Department | Police allege Markel Kenyon Jackson-Willis and Adnan Berisha were traveling on Telegraph. Then Darrel "Daemon" Maniaci, while fleeing police, ran a red light and slammed in to Markel and Adnan, killing them both. Maniaci was also killed. | clickondetroit.com | ||
12185 | Adnan Berisha | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2013 | Dearborn Heights | MI | 42.3270682 | -83.2728342 | Dearborn Heights Police Department | Police allege Markel Kenyon Jackson-Willis and Adnan Berisha were traveling on Telegraph. Then Darrel "Daemon" Maniaci, while fleeing police, ran a red light and slammed in to Markel and Adnan, killing them both. Maniaci was also killed. | clickondetroit.com | ||
12186 | Marcus Dewayne Slade | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/04/2013 | Marshall | TX | 32.544954 | -94.354532 | Marshall Police Department | Naked, calling out "Kryptonite, Kryptonite" in the street as police arrived according to one witness, Marcus Dewayne Slade was arrested on disorderly conduct charges. In a physical struggle with officers he was tasered. The same witness saw Slade collapse to the pavement. Taken to jail, he was dead within an hour. A wrongful death suit filed by the family went nowhere. Autopsy showed that Slade died from a PCP overdose. | marshallnewsmessenger.com | ||
12187 | Joseph Blake Powell | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2013 | Fort Myers | FL | 26.49538 | -81.849352 | Lee County Sheriff's Office | Deputies were responding to calls of a fight in the parking lot of Cadillac Jack's on US-41 near Island Park Road. They arrived to find 25-50 people fighting and heard a report of a vehicle fleeing the scene. Deputies pursued, caught up with suspects at US-41 and Alico Road. Joseph Blake Powell allegedly exited the vehicle with a gun in his hand and started firing at deputies. Witnesses reported hearing over a dozen gunshots from Powell and deputies. Powell was killed, no officers were injured. Powell had a warrant for probation violation. Deputy Jeff Pierot, Lee County Sheriff's Office and Deputy Russell Park, Lee County Sheriff's Office were awarded 2013 Officers of the Year Award. | naplesnews.com | ||
12188 | Barry Cloninger | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2013 | Edwardsville | IL | 38.8952746 | -89.9335288 | Madison County Sheriff's Office | Police responded to a report by a neighbor (part of an ongoing dispute) that flammable liquid might have been poured down a chimney. On arrival, the Madison County Sheriff's Office alleges that Barry Cloninger pointed a shotgun in Sgt. Bill Marconi's direction and refused to drop it. Marconi fired several shots, suspect ran and was later found dead behind his house. Cloninger's widow filed lawsuit stating that Marconi did not identify himself as a sheriff's deputy and no cause to suspect him of wrongdoing. She won $96,000 in a settlement of that wrongful death lawsuit in 2015. | thetelegraph.com | ||
12189 | Yolanda Thomas | 34 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/04/2013 | Westwood Lakes | FL | 25.7149214 | -80.3826625 | Miami-Dade Police Department | Yolanda Thomas and Xavier Tyrell Johnson had just allegedly stolen from a drugstore and fled in a vehicle, with Thomas driving, but she lost control of the car and crashed into a median barricade. Apparently unarmed Thomas tried to flee in the vehicle once again, allegedly driving in the general direction of officers, which police interpreted as threatening, and both were shot to death. | miamiherald.com | ||
12190 | Xavier Tyrell Johnson | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/04/2013 | Westwood Lakes | FL | 25.7149214 | -80.3826625 | Miami-Dade Police Department | Yolanda Thomas and Xavier Tyrell Johnson had just allegedly stolen from a drugstore and fled in a vehicle, with Thomas driving, but she lost control of the car and crashed into a median barricade. Apparently unarmed Thomas tried to flee in the vehicle once again, allegedly driving in the general direction of officers, which police interpreted as threatening, and both were shot to death. Police allege vehicular assault. | miamiherald.com | ||
12191 | Darrell Banks | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/04/2013 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9903659 | -75.16263 | Philadelphia Police Department | Plain clothes officers in an alley were investigating an armed home invasion when they spotted a man who matched the suspect's description. Darrell Banks fled. Police report they fatally shot him when he pulled a black object from his waistband. No weapons were recovered at the scene. The object was a cellphone. Family members report Banks was walking home from a birthday party. | pennrecord.com | ||
12192 | Seth W. O'Donnell | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 01/04/2013 | Mt. Pleasant | PA | 40.1234663 | -79.5535447 | Pennsylvania State Police | O'Donnell was well known to police for prior assaults. State troopers were called to a grocery store for O'Donnell's disturbing behavior and attempted to Taser him into submission. After assaulting and wounding a trooper with a pair of scissors, he was shot multiple times, ran out the front door, and collapsed in the parking lot. | post-gazette.com | ||
12179 | Chandler T. Guinn Jr. | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/03/2013 | Kansas City | MO | 39.032636 | -94.5734728 | Rockhurst University Safety and Security Department | A Rockhurst University officer shot Chandler T. Guinn Jr. after he allegedly got out of a disabled car, yelled at people and pointed a gun at the officer. According to police, Guinn was in a traffic accident near the campus at about 3 p.m. Guinn then reportedly tried to drive away, but his car stopped working in the intersection of 52nd and Troost. He got out of the car and started yelling at bystanders, waving a gun. Witnesses said Guinn started to take his clothes off in the street and threatened a doctor who came to help. Guinn then allegedly pointed the gun at a campus officer, who shot Guinn. Guinn died at an area hospital. | fox4kc.com | ||
12180 | Peter Jourdan | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/03/2013 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.63211 | -74.0070241 | City of New York Police Department | NYPD plainclothes transit police approached Peter Jourdan after seeing him move from one subway car to another, a violation. Jourdan responded by pulling a 9mm pistol and firing on both officers, wounding one seriously. The other returned fire and shot and killed Jourdan. He'd had significant mental health issues and an extensive arrest record, unknown to the officers. | mcall.com | ||
12181 | Amber Nashay Carter | 21 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/03/2013 | Greensboro | NC | 36.0286212 | -79.839131 | Greensboro Police Department | Carter attracted police attention on the interstate because she was driving her black Deville too slow--51 in a 60 MPH zone--and refused to pass him. She fled an attempt to stop her, exited the interstate, blew through three red lights, and fatally crashed the Cadillac. She'd had an expired license. | myfox8.com | ||
12182 | Hunter Jacob Todd | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 01/03/2013 | Citrus Heights | CA | 38.7113175 | -121.2637982 | Citrus Heights Police Department | Police responded to a report of a possible car burglary at the Glen Alta Way and Debbie Ann Court intersection in Citrus Heights. On arriving the first officer on the scene saw a man matching suspect's description and ordered him to show his hands. Suspect allegedly refused officer's commands and "was aggressively reaching for something" causing the officer to "fear for his life" and shoot the suspect. Suspect's alleged accomplice, Richard Martin Duran, was arrested on the scene. | fox40.com | ||
12177 | Leonel Bustos | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/02/2013 | Dallas | TX | 32.7203928 | -96.865731 | Dallas County Sheriff's Office | Deputies tried to pull Bustos over on suspicion that he was driving drunk. Bustos drove away. His vehicle was eventually disabled by spike strips. Bustos stepped out of the vehicle with two handguns. Deputies tried to reason with Bustos. Bustos fatally shot himself. | nbcdfw.com | ||
12178 | Kenneth Morrow | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 01/02/2013 | Ormond Beach | FL | 29.407916 | -81.1189141 | Volusia County Sheriff's Office | Deputies discovered Kenneth Morrow and his parked motorcycle on a remote road. As they approached he held a handgun to his own head and threatened to shoot. After hours of negotiations and text messages back and forth Morrow advanced on the police in a threatening way, and they shot him to death. | flaglerlive.com | ||
12167 | Leesa Rene Ramirez | 12 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | Premont | TX | 27.3666409 | -98.1222828 | Texas Department of Public Safety | A trooper pursued a truck driven by a 14-year-old male with two female passengers, Leesa Rene Ramirez and an unnamed 12-year-old. The truck spun out and stopped. All three stepped out of the vehicle and ran away. Ramirez collapsed. The trooper gave her CPR and called paramedics. Ramirez died at the scene. | google.com | ||
12168 | Kenneth Brown Jr. | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/01/2013 | Champaign | IL | 40.142805 | -88.2508164 | Champaign Police Department | Kenneth Brown Jr. fell through the ice over a retention pond while running from police, and died early the next morning at a hospital. Officers Tim Atteberry and Doug Kimme had responded to a report of a disorderly person at McAlister's Deli at around 4 p.m. Police said Brown fled and ran about 50 feet onto the ice and stood there. The officers reportedly tried to tell him to come back, but the ice broke. Temperatures were reportedly about 20 degrees outside. | news-gazette.com | ||
12169 | Sylvia Tun Cun | 29 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7571758 | -122.4167485 | San Francisco Police Department | Early in the morning on New Year's Day police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting (with no casualties). The vehicle fled police at high speed, crashed into white Toyota car at an intersection, and the Toyota crashed into the front of a liquor store. Dead: Toyota passenger Sylvia Tun Can and pedestrian Francisco Gutierrez, both Central American immigrants. | missionlocal.org | ||
12170 | Francisco Gutierrez | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | San Francisco | CA | 37.7571758 | -122.4167485 | San Francisco Police Department | Early in the morning on New Year's Day police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting (with no casualties). The vehicle fled police at high speed, crashed into white Toyota car at an intersection, and the Toyota crashed into the front of a liquor store. Dead: Toyota passenger Sylvia Tun Can and pedestrian Francisco Gutierrez, both immigrants from Central America. | missionlocal.org | ||
12171 | Andrew Derek Layton | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 01/01/2013 | Mankato | MN | 44.1659029 | -94.0065737 | Mankato Department of Public Safety | Former combat medic Andrew Derek Layton was found unconscious at 4:45 a.m. on New Year's Day in the entryway of a grocery store. Combative and resistive to officers rousing him, he was tasered twice, which stopped his heart. Layton was revived but lapsed into coma and died five days later. Friends held that he'd been injured in a fight; police refused to be open about details. | tmcnet.com | ||
12172 | Andrew L. Closson | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/01/2013 | Gordon | WI | 46.2508616 | -91.8000693 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Deputies responded to a 911 call of shots fired in Andrew L. Closson's home. They set up a perimeter, however Closson was able to escape through the back of the house. Lt. Christopher Hoyt, driving to the scene, saw a man hitchhiking on the northbound shoulder of U.S. Highway 53 just north of Gordon. Hoyt turned on lights, exited the vehicle, drew his weapon, and demanded Closson show his hands. Andrew Closson allegedly raised a rifle by his leg, pointing it at the deputy. Hoyt shot three times, killing Closson. Shooting was deemed justified by Douglas County District Attorney Dan Blank. | superiortelegram.com | ||
12173 | Tyree Bell | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/01/2013 | Omaha | NE | 41.2930875 | -95.9754491 | Omaha Police Department | Omaha Police Department responded to a 911 domestic disturbance call around 2am which indicated that the Tyree Bell had a shotgun. Bell's girlfriend left the house when police arrived but two children, Bell's son and daughter were still inside. Bell's daughter later was freed, but Bell allegedly used 3-year-old son as a shield multiple times when pointing shotgun at officers. Bell threatened officers and made suicidal statements. Around 6:30 a.m. Tyree Bell put his son back in the house and came back out with shotgun and rifle, and was shot multiple times by four officers. Suspect had criminal history and mental issues. One rifle was later found to be a pellet gun, and the shotgun was found to have been unloaded. | ketv.com | ||
12174 | Abel Gurrola | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.350558 | -119.0114107 | Bakersfield Police Department | Officers responded to reports of gunshots at an apartment complex and allegedly saw Abel Gurrola carrying a rifle. Family members state that Abel Gurrola and his brother were shooting the rifle in a nearby empty lot to celebrate the New Year but did nothing to warrant being shot. Officers ordered him to drop the gun, but he refused and ran. Officers were found to be within department policy and state and federal guidelines. Family has filed wrongful death suit. Gurrola left behind a wife and six young children. | leagle.com | ||
12175 | Mark Chavez | 49 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | Farmington | NM | 36.7395125 | -108.201021 | Farmington Police Department | An officer responded to a report by Chavez that he had killed a woman. Chavez aggressively approached the officer with a blunt impact weapon. The officer used a Taser, which was ineffective. The officer then shot Chavez in the leg and torso. Chavez died at a local hospital. Investigators could not find evidence of a woman having been killed and suspect that Chavez made the call to lure police to his residence. | amarillo.com | ||
12176 | Christopher Tavares | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/01/2013 | Pueblo | CO | 38.307688 | -104.615865 | Pueblo Police Department | Christopher was with two others in a car. Pueblo police officers attempted to pull them over after reports of gunshots in the area. They did not pull over to the side of the road, but then crashed the car. All three fled on foot. Christopher shot at the officers after getting out of the car, and struck one of them in the shoulder. They found his about an hour later and he did not cooperate with the officers. Police said Tavares was shot and killed after he refused to listen to a detective's commands and tried to flee. | pueblo.org | ||
12165 | Gregory Melvin Shafer | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 12/31/2012 | Hermiston | OR | 45.8216169 | -119.2679043 | Hermiston Police Department | Local police located and followed Shafer after a bank robbery, catching up to him in the parking lot of a liquor store. Shafer produced a semiautomatic weapon, and was fatally shot. | keprtv.com | ||
12166 | Victor Fuentes | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/31/2012 | Tyler | TX | 32.3613342 | -95.3070175 | Tyler Police Department | Fuentes shot off some bullets in honor of New Year's Eve, a Mexican tradition. Officers told him to drop his gun, and when he didn't, they shot and killed him. | kltv.com | ||
12162 | Kemal Yazar | 43 | Male | Middle Eastern | 12/30/2012 | Katy | TX | 29.8594026 | -95.7305163 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | Emergency Medical Services responded when a woman reported that her husband, Yazar, was acting abnormally. Yazar became angry and violent when EMS responded, then called deputies. Two deputies responded, shooting Yazar with stun guns. They had no effect. The deputies fatally shot Yazar. One deputy, Brady Pullen, went to Hermann Memorial Hospital with a concussion and other injuries. | khou.com | ||
12163 | Gary Meadows | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 12/30/2012 | Frankfort | KY | 38.1988852 | -84.8448516 | Frankfort Police Department | Officers responded to a call from a woman at a home on Winding Way Drive that an armed man was in her house holding her hostage and threatening to shoot anyone who entered. Meadows allegedly pointed a gun at police and refused to drop it. Six to eight officers were involved in the shooting. Internal investigation showed officers used reasonable force. The woman was unharmed. | state-journal.com | ||
12164 | Tederalle Satchell | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/30/2012 | Hearne | TX | 30.8800862 | -96.586711 | Hearne Police Department | At 2:30 a.m. police were called to an apartment complex to investigate shots fired from a white vehicle. Police offered no details about the subsequent fatal shooting of Satchell. Family and others from the apartments stated that Satchell's body appeared to have been moved from its original position, that he went without medical attention, and that witnesses were threatened. | theeagle.com | ||
12158 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 12/29/2012 | Carrollton | AL | 33.3178084 | -88.0473544 | Carrollton Police Department | Two unnamed people were killed when their car crashed during a police chase. | myfoxal.com | ||||
12159 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 12/29/2012 | Carrollton | AL | 33.3178084 | -88.0473544 | Carrollton Police Department | Two unnamed people were killed when their car crashed during a police chase. | myfoxal.com | ||||
12160 | Detandel Devon Pickens | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/29/2012 | Monroe | LA | 32.491719 | -92.0969 | Monroe Police Department | Detandel Devon Pickens was shot and killed while allegedly holding knives to a woman's neck. The shooting capped a series of events involving Pickens, police said. Att 12:30 a.m., police responded to a call and ordered Pickens to leave a residence, but Pickens returned and reportedly stabbed a man who tried to stop Pickens from assaulting a woman. Police went back to the residence at around 2 a.m. to find Pickens holding the knives. Police said Pickens refused to drop the knives, and wasn't stopped when police used a Taser on him. Police then shot Pickens, who died at the scene. | ktbs.com | ||
12161 | Todd William Shultz | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 12/29/2012 | Springettsbury | PA | 39.9598008 | -76.6837779 | Springettsbury Township Police Department | Committing retail theft at K-Mart, threatened police with knife, Tasers were used. Eventually shot | ydr.com | ||
20762 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/29/2012 | Campbelltown | PA | 40.2783456 | -76.5708563 | South Londonderry Township Police Department | South Londonderry Township police were called to a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, officers learned that a man involved in the dispute had just driven off in a vehicle after threatening to harm himself. The driver was stopped by police . As a police officer from South Londonderry and another from South Annville Township approached the vehicle, the man pulled out a handgun and shot and killed himself, police said. | blogspot.com | |||
21359 | Adam Orlando-James Carlisle | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/29/2012 | Taylor | MI | 42.239277 | -83.3080162 | Romulus Police Department | Two officers reportedly stopped Adam Orlando-James Carlisle on suspicion of drunken driving, but he reportedly sped off as an officer walked toward the car. According to police, Carlisle ran a red light, rear-ended a bystander's car, then crossed the center line and struck a Romulus police vehicle that was on its way to assist. Carlisle died at the scene. Police said two officers, the other driver and her son were taken to hospitals for treatment. | theoaklandpress.com | ||
12154 | Dan Darfler | 62 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/28/2012 | Parker | CO | 39.435483 | -104.716857 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Douglas County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the 9000 block Windhaven Drive in the Pinery shortly before 12:30 p.m. Dec. 28 on a report of a suicidal adult male armed with a shotgun. After several attempts at negotiation, and an attempted physical seizure, Darfler shot and killed himself. | da18.org | ||
12155 | Eric Roberts | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/28/2012 | Stone Mountain | GA | 33.8011692 | -84.2057151 | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office | Shot when he tried to hold up a Decatur bank where an off-duty sheriff's deputy had come into cash a check on his way to work. Roberts' gun turned out to be a replica. | myajc.com | ||
12156 | Tiffany Lee Overholser | 45 | Female | European-American/White | 12/28/2012 | Martinsburg | WV | 39.460797 | -77.978668 | Martinsburg Police Department | Police responded to a 3:00 a.m. 911 call from a woman who claimed another woman was holding a gun on her. Officers were confronted with Overholser holding her weapon on them. She was shot to death. | herald-mail.com | ||
12157 | Lamon Khiry Haslip | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/28/2012 | Moreno Valley | CA | 33.9354568 | -117.2262746 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Officers working a call about "a man with a gun" and purported gang activity apprehended Haslip, handcuffed him, and placed him face-down on the ground. Other officers arrived to work the incident and observed that Haslip was "rolling" and had access to a gun. Police shot and killed him in this position. | cbsnews.com | ||
12151 | Brianna Elaine Carmina Ford | 21 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/27/2012 | Oakland | CA | 37.7531364 | -122.1529491 | California Highway Patrol | Brianna Elaine Carmina Ford was killed when a man fleeing the CHP in his BMW broadsided a sedan in which she was a passenger. | mercurynews.com | ||
12152 | Anthony Banta Jr. | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 12/27/2012 | Walnut Creek | CA | 37.8858871 | -122.051986 | Walnut Creek Police Department | Police say Banta was armed with a knife and charged them so they shot him in his apartment. | contracostatimes.com | ||
12153 | Charles Livingston III | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/27/2012 | Memphis | TN | 35.2178779 | -89.9950729 | Memphis Police Department | Shot to death. Police claimed they killed Livingston while he was fleeing from a McDonald's restaurant, which he allegedly robbed, and that he pointed a gun at them while he was escaping. For over30 years, the MPD has been under a U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding them from shooting "fleeing felons." like Livingston in the back. | commercialappeal.com | ||
20763 | Joseph S. Pavelic | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/27/2012 | Harrisburg | PA | 40.3162909 | -76.8981033 | Susquehanna Township Police Department | Joseph S. Pavelic was a robbery suspect who engaged police in a four-hour standoff and committed suicide by tying a bed sheet to a pipe in the ceiling of his hotel room and hanging himself, police said. | pennlive.com | ||
22921 | Frank Davis Jr. | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/26/2012 | Earlysville | VA | 38.114247 | -78.459267 | Albemarle County Police Department | Police arrived to a shots-fired complaint to find a man with a gun standing over another man on the ground. Shots were fired by Albemarle County Police in the direction of the men, but James "Sonny" Marshall and Frank Davis Jr. were able to get inside a building. Davis, 44, of Rochelle, killed Marshall, 50, then turned a gun on himself, police said. | newsplex.com | ||
22922 | James "Sonny" Marshall | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/26/2012 | Earlysville | VA | 38.114247 | -78.459267 | Albemarle County Police Department | Police arrived to a shots-fired complaint to find a man with a gun standing over another man on the ground. Shots were fired by Albemarle County Police in the direction of the men, but James "Sonny" Marshall and Frank Davis Jr. were able to get inside a building. Davis, 44, of Rochelle, killed Marshall, 50, then turned a gun on himself, police said. | newsplex.com | ||
12146 | Tracey Ong Tan | 26 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 12/25/2012 | Pasadena | CA | 34.1525253 | -118.145985 | Pasadena Police Department | Cousins Tracey Ong Tan and Kendrick Ng, were killed when a SUV involved in a police chase struck their minivan in Pasadena. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
12147 | Isaiah Ng | 11 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 12/25/2012 | Pasadena | CA | 34.1525253 | -118.145985 | Pasadena Police Department | Cousins Tracey Ong Tan and Kendrick Ng, were killed when a SUV involved in a police chase struck their minivan in Pasadena. | nbclosangeles.com | ||
12148 | Antoine Tobias Jr. | 40 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/25/2012 | Alton | LA | 30.33209 | -89.765343 | St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office | Antoine Tobias was shot in a gun battle with deputies on December 25, 2011 and died on January 20, 2012. Deputies had responded to a call from a woman who said that her family had locked themselves inside a home to avoid her son-in-law, Tobias, who was armed with a handgun and trying to break into the home. By the time deputies arrived, Tobias had reportedly forced his way inside the residence. Tobias allegedly fired multiple rounds at deputies as they attempted to help Tobias' family members escape from the bathroom of the home. A K-9 dog also bit him. Tobias was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on Jan. 2 after being released from University Hospital, where he'd been treated for his wounds that police said weren't life-threatening. Police said Tobias told medical staff at the Jail Medical Clinic that he was having breathing issues, fell on the floor, and stopped, so the nurse and jail staff began CPR. Tobias appeared to be revived by the CPR and was taken by ambulance to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital, but was pronounced dead at about 1:20 a.m. on January 20, 2012. | wdsu.com | ||
12149 | Edward L Becker Jr. | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 12/25/2012 | Taneytown | MD | 39.66405 | -77.1726479 | Taneytown Police Department | Shortly after 8:30 p.m. Dec. 25, Edward L Becker's parents called 911 and reported that Becker was smashing the windows of his truck with a hammer, according to a state police press release. Three Taneytown police officers responded and "saw Becker walking down the street toward them," according to the release. The officers commanded Becker to drop the hammer and surrender, but he continued to approach, police said. The officers positioned themselves behind their police cars, according to the report. When Becker came within approximately an arm's length of an officer and raised the hammer, one of the officers shot him, according to police. Police at the scene administered first aid and called emergency medical personnel to the scene. | baltimoresun.com | ||
12150 | Richard Robert Licon | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/25/2012 | Pueblo | CO | 38.2683416 | -104.6325932 | Pueblo Police Department | Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. As the officers arrived, the suspect fired at police with a handgun, then fled through the rear of the house. Officers in the alley confronted the suspect and fatally shot him. | koaa.com | ||
12143 | Anthony Donelson Jr. | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/24/2012 | Kentfield | CA | 37.9559058 | -122.5477081 | Ross Police Department | Anthony Donelson Jr. drowned when he reportedly jumped into the rain-swollen Corte Madera Creek after police stopped him on suspicion of drunken driving. The officer pulled Donelson over at about 12:30 a.m. near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and College Avenue in Kentfield. Donelson reportedly gave his identification to the officer before running away, hopping a fence and jumping into the creek, where he swam away from officers. According to police, the officers trained their flashlights on Donelson, then lost sight of him. Donelson's body was found three weeks later floating in the creek behind Kent Middle School. | cbslocal.com | ||
12144 | Name withheld by police | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 12/24/2012 | Newton | KS | 37.9413087 | -97.3018204 | Harvey County Sheriff's Office, Newton Police Department, Halstead Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol | An unidentified 53-year-old man reportedly killed himself after a one-hour standoff with police in rural Harvey County. At around 5:05 p.m., a deputy noticed a Ford Ranger pickup truck parked in a field entrance. As he approached, the deputy said he heard a single gunshot and saw the man slump over in the seat. The deputy backed away and told the man to get out of the truck, but he refused. Backup officers arrived from several agencies and tried to convince the man to surrender, but weren't successful, police said. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., the man reportedly exited the pickup, walked toward the field and shot himself in the chest with a .45 handgun. | google.com | ||
12145 | Clyde Alvin Bailey | 62 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/24/2012 | Myrtle | MS | 34.4956673 | -89.1202043 | Union County Sheriff's Office | Shortly after 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey was shot twice on his front porch by a deputy responding to a domestic violence call. Bailey died on his way to the hospital. | wcbi.com | ||
12139 | Joshua Shoop | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 12/23/2012 | Whittier | CA | 33.9749691 | -118.0750244 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Deputies shot Joshua Shoop when he emerged from a garage with a gun following a standoff. Shortly after midnight, Whittier police tried to stop a SUV reported stolen in Colorado. Shoop reportedly fled and the chase was canceled. A sheriff's deputy saw the SUV a short time later near Washington and Norwalk boulevards. The SUV crashed through a fence and Shoop and a woman got out and opened fire on officers. Shoop and the woman then barricaded themselves inside a garage. According to officials, at least one shot was fired at officers during the standoff. The woman surrendered at about 4:30 a.m. Just before 7 a.m., Shoop emerged from the garage holding a gun and deputies shot him, killing him. | sgvtribune.com | ||
12140 | Eddie Jones III | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/23/2012 | Gloucester Township | NJ | 39.8225351 | -75.0422606 | Gloucester Township Police Department | Jones overpowered Officer Ruth Burns inside the station in Gloucester Township, a Philadelphia suburb, police said. He fired at her and two officers who had been in a nearby room and came rushing to aid their colleague. The two officers fired on Jones, killing him. | foxnews.com | ||
12141 | Gregory Stegall | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/23/2012 | Baltimore | MD | 39.286562 | -76.7115537 | Baltimore County Police Department | An off-duty officer was approached by Stegall at the rear of a Shell station at 3:40 a.m. Sunday morning. Stegall had a knife, reportedly, and wouldn't stop threatening the officer. A Taser did not work. He was shot a single time and died of his injuries. | baltimoresun.com | ||
12142 | Rodney Moore | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/23/2012 | Tahoka | TX | 33.1651768 | -101.8030795 | Tahoka Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety | A Texas state trooper tried to reason with Moore outside of his residence, carrying a knife and hallucinating due to drug use. The trooper called for backup. Tahoka Officer Lester Holsey Jr. responded, fatally shooting Moore. According to authorities, Moore attacked the officer. According to Ashley Holly Moore, the officer shot her husband after he calmed down, lowered his knife and returned to his residence. | kcbd.com | ||
12135 | Sophia Athena Strickland | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 12/22/2012 | Tacoma | WA | 47.22876770000001 | -122.4377276 | Tacoma Police Department | Strickland's mother called police to report that her daughter had just discharged a gun inside her home, possibly killing herself. When police arrived and made contact with the girl, she refused to respond or drop the weapon and was fired on my police as she came toward officers. | theolympian.com | ||
12136 | Kerwin Harris | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/22/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.597118 | -90.270187 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department | Kerwin Harris died after police tasered him. At about midnight, officers saw Harris, who they thought matched the description of a robbery suspect. When the officers approached, Harris allegedly fled on foot. The officers caught up to Harris and used a Taser to subdue him. Harris stopped breathing and was pronounced dead at a hospital. | stltoday.com | ||
12137 | Larry Pace | 60 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/22/2012 | McNeil | AR | 33.3480709 | -93.2098588 | Columbia County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Koby Schmittou shot Larry Pace, after Pace pulled a knife on the deputy. Police said the deputy was talking with when Pace pulled the knife. State Police spokesman Bill Sadler has said Pace had been missing when the deputy saw and approached him. | google.com | ||
12138 | Joshua Emerson | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/22/2012 | Huntington | WV | 38.4151707 | -82.3842973 | Huntington Police Department | Shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday after the officer on routine patrol went to investigate a collision between a tractor trailer and a small car. Police Chief Skip Holbrook said Emerson brandished the knife toward a security guard then turned it on the officer when he attempted to intervene. | wvillustrated.com | ||
21835 | William Bruce Swift | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/22/2012 | Cumberland | MD | 39.644032 | -78.7568129 | Cumberland Police Department | A patrolling officer recognized William Swift as having outstanding warrants. As the officer started to get out of the patrol vehicle, Swift reached into a backpack and produced a handgun. He pointed the gun at the officer who took cover and drew a weapon ordering Swift to drop the gun. Swift then allegedly shot and killed himself. | google.com | ||
12130 | Bernard Lynn Turner | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/21/2012 | Houston | TX | 30.0125057 | -95.457972 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 1 | Deputies went to Ashton Woods Apartments to serve a mental health warrant on Bernard Turner. Turner put a gun to his mother's head. The deputies rushed into the apartment. Turner began shooting, then barricaded his mother and himself into a bedroom. The deputies called HCSO High Risk Operations Unit. After negotiation, the unit entered the apartment. Turner had fatally shot his mother and himself. | chron.com | ||
12131 | Lilly Turner | 53 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/21/2012 | Houston | TX | 30.0125057 | -95.457972 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 1 | Around 9 p.m., deputies went to Ashton Woods Apartments to serve a mental health warrant on Bernard Turner. Turner put a gun to the head of his mother, Lilly Turner. The deputies rushed into the apartment. Bernard began shooting, then barricaded himself and Lilly into a bedroom. The deputies called HCSO High Risk Operations Unit. After negotiation, unit members entered the apartment. Bernard had fatally shot Lilly and committed suicide. | chron.com | ||
12132 | Sammie "Junebug" Davis Jr. | 49 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/21/2012 | Macon | GA | 32.8422905 | -83.6595315 | Macon Police Department | Macon Police Officer Clayton Sutton responded to a Supermarket shopping Center in reference to a Subject that was refusing to leave. Upon arrival Officer Sutton met with Sammie "Junebug" Davis, and shortly there after Davis began to struggle with Officer Sutton. Davis allegedly attempted to cut Officer Sutton with an unknown object, which he threw when Officer Sutton fatally shot him in self defense. | informationliberation.com | ||
12133 | Nicholas Byron Titus | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 12/21/2012 | Security-Widefield | CO | 38.7361927 | -104.7288959 | El Paso County Sheriff's Office | Officers began following a suspect with multiple felony warrants. The officers called for backup and attempted to contain the suspect when he parked at a store. The suspect then rammed police vehicles and was subsequently fatally shot. | gazette.com | ||
12134 | Jeffrey Lee Michael | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 12/21/2012 | Geeseytown | PA | 40.4722833 | -78.2818324 | Pennsylvania State Police | Neighbors had noted Michael's increasingly disturbing behavior and remarks for days before he apparently snapped and went on an indiscriminate shooting spree in his rural PA town. He killed three before being trapped in a gun battle by state troopers. Three troopers were slightly wounded. Michael was shot to death. | triblive.com | ||
19305 | Darrell Kurt Wilson | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 12/21/2012 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4498495 | -97.4879758 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Darrell Kurt Wilson, 36, shot and killed another man, held a woman hostage, led police on a chase and then killed himself on Interstate 35, police said. | newsok.com | ||
12129 | Jose Luis Rodriguez-Castro | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/20/2012 | Taylorsville | UT | 40.6475641 | -111.9393196 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake | Rodriguez-Castro was cutting his girlfriend with a knife outside a Department of Workforce Services office in Taylorsville when a Unified Police Department officer shot him. | sltrib.com | ||
20443 | Wayne Lamar Oxley | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 12/20/2012 | Magalia | CA | 39.8293383 | -121.6011776 | Butte County Sheriff's Office | Wayne Lamar Oxley called 911 and reported hearing shots fired. He called again to say he was mistaken but fired a gun when he was told there was a deputy in the area. Deputy Chris Dineen investigated the sound and upon arrival, Oxley threatened him with a gun and was shot and killed. Media reports called it "suicide by cop, and said he had a history of depression and attempted suicide. | paradisepost.com | ||
21834 | Anthony A. Hammond Jr. | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/20/2012 | Elkton | MD | 39.659884 | -75.7996126 | Maryland State Police | Trooper Michael Cox knew Anthony Hammond was wanted on arrest warrants. Cox followed the vehicle, but it kept driving, turned off its lights and struck a parked car before two people fled. Police said Cox chased Hammond on foot and saw him kick in the door of a townhouse. The trooper followed Hammond into the home, and Hammond ran toward Cox and tried to take the officer's gun, and Cox shot and killed him. | wjla.com | ||
12127 | John Austgen Jr. | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 12/19/2012 | Fort Pierce | FL | 27.4253849 | -80.3371475 | Fort Pierce Police Department, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office | Frequest arrestee and ex-con Austgen fled from an apparent drug deal interrupted by police, and was fatally shot when he turned his black truck toward officers in a threatening way. | tcpalm.com | ||
12123 | Alan Alvarez Jr. | 30 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/18/2012 | Fresno | CA | 36.7863542 | -119.7541389 | Fresno Police Department | Officers Gunter Meiss, Sergio Briseno, Bryan Williams and Keith Dooms shot Alan Alvarez Jr. after he ignored repeated commands to give up, and then tried to pull out a gun and fire at them. | kmph-kfre.com | ||
12124 | Tristen Paul Anderson | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 12/18/2012 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.5009685 | -97.5521382 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Officer Anthony Franklin responded to a home on a reported domestic call, police said. As Franklin was responding to the call, it was updated with the description of one of the people involved. Franklin then encountered Anderson, who matched the description of the person involved in the domestic incident and was armed with a stolen semi-automatic pistol. Franklin attempted to speak with Anderson when they fought. Franklin eventually shot and killed Anderson. | koco.com | ||
12125 | Kevdrika T. "Pretty Drika" Williams aka Kevdrinka Williams | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/18/2012 | St. Gabriel | LA | 30.257741 | -91.0986561 | Gonzales Police Department | Kevdrinka T. Williams and Tremaine R. Wickem were killed while fleeing police in a high-speed chase. Officer Brent Amy pursued Williams and Wickem until their 2002 PT Cruiser attempted to pass several other vehicles on the shoulder, lost control and collided head on with a Toyota Tundra, seriously injuring the truck's driver and killing Williams and Wickem. According to the lawsuit filed by the truck's driver, audio recordings revealed that Amy was chasing the PT Cruiser at speeds of around 90 mph. The chief said he found no policies or procedures were violated by Amy, who was cleared by an internal investigation. | neworleanscitybusiness.com | ||
12126 | Tremaine R. Wickem | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2012 | St. Gabriel | LA | 30.257741 | -91.0986561 | Gonzales Police Department | Kevdrinka T. Williams and Tremaine R. Wickem were killed while fleeing police in a high-speed chase. Officer Brent Amy pursued Williams and Wickem until their 2002 PT Cruiser attempted to pass several other vehicles on the shoulder, lost control and collided head on with a Toyota Tundra, seriously injuring the truck's driver and killing Williams and Wickem. According to the lawsuit filed by the truck's driver, audio recordings revealed that Amy was chasing the PT Cruiser at speeds of around 90 mph. The chief said he found no policies or procedures were violated by Amy, who was cleared by an internal investigation. | neworleanscitybusiness.com | ||
20764 | Abel Roman | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2012 | Harrisburg | PA | 40.2521185 | -76.8607218 | Harrisburg Police Bureau | Abel Roman was wanted for shooting a man. He was found dead after a gunbattle and standoff. | pennlive.com | ||
12117 | Ryan McCabe | 39 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/17/2012 | Parker | AZ | 34.139413 | -114.288593 | Colorado River Tribal Police Department | Officers were dispatched to a domestic violence call involving a male and a female. Upon arrival, they encountered a Native American male waving a handgun. Officers reportedly asked him to lower the gun several times. The suspect pointed the gun at the officers. Officer Daniel Martinez shot Ryan McCabe in the chest, killing him. McCabe is the son of La Paz County Sheriff's Department Administrative Secretary Claudia Stewart Seechoma. | blogspot.com | ||
12118 | Tremaine Lebis | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 12/17/2012 | Stockbridge | GA | 33.5572029 | -84.2681734 | Clayton County Police Department | Shot after fatally wounding a police officer trying to evict Lebis and his wife from a motel for bad behavior. The hotel room contained an illegal arsenal that Lebis, a felon, wasn't supposed to have, police said. | myajc.com | ||
12119 | Williams Shaw | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/17/2012 | Pella | IA | 41.400218 | -92.9269921 | Pella Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Police responded to reports of an armed man chasing a person in Pella's Brook Circle neighborhood at about 8:30 a.m. While officers were enroute, the man, identified as Williams Shaw, entered his vehicle and fled east on Idaho Drive. Officers stopped Shaw's vehicle, and a 20-minute standoff ensued. According to police, Shaw shot himself with a handgun and was pronounced dead at a hospital. | whotv.com | ||
12120 | Melvin Duane Fletcher Jr. | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/17/2012 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9392482 | -93.1525123 | St. Paul Police Department | Armed with a gun, Fletcher allegedly robbed Kowalski's Market and fled through a rear entrance. Officers shot Fletcher as they chased him down a wooded area to Ayd Mill Road. | startribune.com | ||
12121 | John E. Kaufmann Jr. | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 12/17/2012 | Columbus | OH | 40.0378783 | -82.9940007 | Columbus Division of Police | Officers responded to a report of a man holding a gun to the caller's face. Officers observed that situation through a window, entered the home and fatally shot the gunman when he refused to drop his weapon. | dispatch.com | ||
12122 | David E. "Wahp-sken" Tiscareno | 22 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/17/2012 | Topeka | KS | 39.0586758 | -95.6826466 | Topeka Police Department, Kansas Bureau of Investigation | According to a statement from the sheriff's office, the man attempted to exit the home with a gun after the tear gas was deployed. Officers opened fire, killing him. | kshb.com | ||
22077 | Derreck Mack | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/17/2012 | Atlantic City | NJ | 39.363564 | -74.433966 | Atlantic City Police Department | Following up on reports of two armed men, police chased Mack. Police said that he felt his life was in danger because Mack was trying to pull a gun from his waistband. Several witnesses reported that Mack was shot after he raised his hands trying to surrender. Autopsy showed he was shot twice in the back. | pressofatlanticcity.com | ||
12115 | Matthew A. Hollgarth | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 12/16/2012 | Decatur | IL | 39.8885206 | -88.9779568 | Illinois Department of Natural Resources | An off-duty state conservation police officer shot Matthew A. Hollgarth, who had reportedly forced his way into the officer's home in pursuit of a woman who'd fled there from a car. According to police, the woman came to the officer's door at around 12:20 a.m. pleading for help. Hollgarth followed the woman and allegedly broke down the door and came inside. Police said the officer retreated through the house while shielding the woman and his children, and that he shot Hollgarth after he continued to act aggressively and came "within mere feet." | herald-review.com | ||
12116 | Marcus S. Lee | 28 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/16/2012 | Moapa | NV | 36.499795 | -114.759547 | Moapa Tribal Police Department | Two Moapa tribal police officers tried to question Marcus S. Lee in connection with gunshots on the reservation when a struggle broke out. The officers unsuccessfully used a Taser stun gun to try to subdue Lee. When Lee pointed his gun at officers, one shot and killed him. | reviewjournal.com | ||
19306 | George S. Morris | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 12/16/2012 | Norman | OK | 35.2262538 | -97.4854024 | Norman Police Department, Oklahoma Highway Patrol | Police officers responded to an accident and found a nude man, George S. Morris, 66. He refused to communicate with the officers. Morris attempted to cross Interstate-35 on foot. After repeated commands to stop were ignored, officers used a Taser to subdue Morris. Morris was taken to Norman Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. | normantranscript.com | ||
19783 | Danny Meredith | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 12/16/2012 | Clearwater | FL | 27.9454439 | -82.760102 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office | Donna and Danny Meredith had an argument on the afternoon of Dec. 16, 2012. Donna left their house on Bugle Lane for a few hours. When she returned, she found a note on the front door warning her that there were guns in the house and that if she came in she would die. She called authorities. Two responding deputies found the note still on the door. They knocked and told Danny Meredith to come out. After a few minutes Meredith opened the door. He was naked and holding a shotgun. Deputies Robert Brown and Adam Przybysz say that he pointed the shotgun at them and made threatening comments. Both deputies fired, killing Meredith. | tampabay.com | ||
22571 | Nathaniel Lee "Nate" Phillips Jr. | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 12/16/2012 | North Vernon | IN | 38.999108 | -85.750454 | Seymour Police Department | Police were trying to catch up to Nathaniel Phillips for a variety of reasons. After a chase and a fight, he tried to escape by swimming across a pond, where he drowned. | google.com | ||
12108 | Bart Vanderlip | 76 | Male | European-American/White | 12/15/2012 | California City | CA | 35.1313643 | -118.0050231 | California City Police Department | Bart Vanderlip reportedly shot himself when officers responded to his 911 call saying he'd just killed his wife. | desertnews.com | ||
12109 | Jamaal Moore | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7940131 | -87.6646752 | Chicago Police Department | Moore was one of three suspects sought on suspicion of stealing tv sets from a truck. After a chase, police ran the unarmed Moor over as he jumped out of his vehicle, dragged him, then fatally shot him in the back as he tried to flee. His death caused neighborhood unrest. In 2013 the city settled a civil rights lawsuit with the family for $1.2M. | nbcchicago.com | ||
12110 | Robert Lamont Barnes | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/15/2012 | Zebulon | NC | 35.744298 | -78.27932 | Johnston County Sheriff's Office | Following an argument with his brother, deputies responded to Barnes's house, and Barnes opened the front door with a machete in hand. The deputy "took off running," according to a witness. Barnes threatened a second deputy at the scene and ended up shot seven times, fatally. | wral.com | ||
12111 | Tommy Kollman Jr. | 48 | Male | European-American/White | 12/15/2012 | Fort Myers | FL | 26.505351 | -81.943295 | Lee County Sheriff's Office | Tommy Kollman was pulled over by a deputy around 3:30 a.m. and pulled his vehicle into a parking lot behind an ice cream shop. The sheriff's office said Kollman was armed with the AK-47 and pointed it at Deputy Dash Lockhart who shot and killed him. | jrn.com | ||
12112 | Troy Gordon | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2012 | Palm Coast | FL | 29.5658792 | -81.2505122 | Flagler County Sheriff's Office | Gordon barricaded himself in the garage threatening officers with a machete. He charged toward the officers and they shot and killed him. | flaglerlive.com | ||
12113 | Jason Letts | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/15/2012 | Birmingham | AL | 33.5082151 | -86.7884893 | Birmingham Police Department | Officers responded to a report of an armed man inside a hospital. When the officers encountered the man, he shot at them. They returned fire, killing him. | blog.al.com | ||
12114 | Romero Roberto Moya | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/15/2012 | Oxford | AL | 33.598059 | -85.954814 | Oxford Police Department | Moya was shot multiple times by police in the town of Oxford, east of Birmingham, as he stepped from a hijacked car that struck another vehicle. A short distance away before he was killed, Moya had exchanged gunfire with other police after crashing his initial getaway car, leaving one officer critically injured. The pursuit was triggered by a triple slaying Moya was suspected of committing at a trailer home earlier in the morning in Cleburne County, AL, near the Georgia state line. | stabroeknews.com | ||
20765 | Darryll Briston | 49 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/15/2012 | Washington | PA | 40.2172274 | -80.2017271 | Pennsylvania State Police | Darryl Briston, a former police chief, died after being tasered by State Police. Briston was in a casino when he encountered his estranged wife and her companion. Briston, a former police chief in Rankin, Pennsylvania, allegedly started a fight with the companion. Local police, casino security, and state police intervened in the fight. Briston left, and police chased him. Police said Briston was uncooperative and had to be wrestled to the ground and tasered in the leg by a state police trooper. Within a few minutes of arrest he reported having trouble breathing, an ambulance was called. Briston went into cardiac arrest--he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Police say a total of 24 minutes elapsed between the use of the taser and Briston's death. | triblive.com | ||
12104 | David Garza | 43 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/14/2012 | San Antonio | TX | 29.350682 | -98.5522831 | San Antonio Police Department | Garza knocked on Jorge Peralta's door. Peralta opened the door. Garza struck Peralta with a shovel. Peralta and a neighbor subdued Garza. Responding officers cuffed Garza, then immediately uncuffed him and began CPR because he was unresponsive. Garza died at the scene. | google.com | ||
12105 | Darryl Vance Parker | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 12/14/2012 | Barton | AR | 34.5197573 | -90.819222 | Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas State Police | Police tried to stop Parker for night hunting. He hit Arkansas state trooper Jason Martin with his vehicle and was shot and killed by two Arkansas Game and Fish wildlife officers. | arktimes.com | ||
12106 | Lenny Randall "Q" Ellis | 30 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/14/2012 | Dallas | TX | 32.7053529 | -96.8971598 | Dallas Police Department | Officers responding to a drug complaint in a part of Oak Park known for drug issues approached a vehicle that they considered suspicious. According to authorities, a man who called himself Q drew a gun while inside the vehicle. Officers fatally shot him. | dallasnews.com | ||
12107 | Kelly David Bangle | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 12/14/2012 | Fort Hood | TX | 31.118534 | -97.770983 | Fort Hood Military Police | Officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked at a lake. As they approached at least one gunshot was fired from inside the vehicle. The officers returned fire, fatally wounding the occupant who was a soldier at Fort Hood. | kwtx.com | ||
19280 | Chamberlain Branch | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/14/2012 | Columbia | SC | 33.9896383 | -81.0413385 | Cayce Department of Public Safety | Officer John Reese saw a Hyundai sedan, driven by Shyborn Belton, running with only its parking lights on. Reese and the training officer with him, Luis Feliciano, then tried to stop him. Reese turned on his blue lights and followed the Hyundai for about a half-mile. At Huger Street the Hyundai struck a van driven by Chamberlain Branch, who was killed. Belton was also killed. | google.com | ||
19281 | Shyborn K. Belton | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/14/2012 | Columbia | SC | 33.9896383 | -81.0413385 | Cayce Department of Public Safety | Officer John Reese saw a Hyundai sedan, driven by Shyborn Belton, running with only its parking lights on. Reese and the training officer with him, Luis Feliciano, then tried to stop him. Reese turned on his blue lights and followed the Hyundai for about a half-mile. At Huger Street the Hyundai struck a van driven by Chamberlain Branch, who was killed. Belton was also killed. | google.com | ||
23447 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/14/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.0006408 | -75.1309855 | Philadelphia Police Department | At approximately 7:07 p.m., officers assigned to a marked patrol car observed a man standing with a bulge under his hooded sweatshirt. The officer asked the man to remove the hood from his head, and when he complied, the officer saw a handgun in the man's waistband. The man ran north on Mascher Street on the sidewalk. As the officers pursued him on foot, he turned toward them with the handgun in his hand. One of the officers shot at the offender. He turned toward the officers again, and both officers shot and killed him. | google.com | |||
12101 | Philip O. Coleman | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/13/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.6922 | -87.6252718 | Chicago Police Department | Philip O. Coleman died after police tasered him several times when he allegedly "became combative" with officers transporting him to court. Coleman was then taken to Roseland Community Hospital "where he became physically aggressive with hospital staff and accompanying CPS officers," police said. Officers tasered Coleman again. Coleman was admitted to Roseland, where he was given a sedative and later died. | chicagotribune.com | ||
12102 | Claude Devin Jolicoeur III | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/13/2012 | West Palm Beach | FL | 26.6935846 | -80.1307103 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | The deputies removed the two men from the car to question them when the passenger tried to flee. During a struggle with one of the deputies, the passenger pulled out a semi-automatic replica of a TEC 9. "The deputy grabbed him, got into a fight with him," Bradshaw said. "He refused to drop the gun. The deputies were afraid that they were going to be shot | palmbeachpost.com | ||
12103 | Marcus Lane Cass | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 12/13/2012 | Abilene | TX | 32.4350815 | -99.7863746 | Abilene Police Department | As co-owner of Abilene Gold Exchange Cass was visited by two plainclothes officers who appeared in bulletproof vests to serve a warrant. The police account describes Cass flourishing a gun during the visit, increasingly uncooperative and then threatening, to the point where they felt compelled to shoot him to death. A federal lawsuit filed by his family contends, among other things, that the police account does not match the event's timeline. | reporternews.com | ||
12099 | Christopher Michael Sheldon | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 12/12/2012 | Pollock Pines | CA | 38.7565045 | -120.5963688 | El Dorado County Sheriff's Office | Deputies shot Christopher Michael Sheldon, who was reportedly suicidal, during an exchange of gunfire. | google.com | ||
12100 | Mark Meltzer | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/12/2012 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.0777273 | -106.5862947 | Albuquerque Police Department | Meltzer was accused of firing his gun in a motel parking lot. When police pulled him over, he allegedly shot and killed himself. | abqjournal.com | ||
20766 | Noahcell Bagley | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 12/12/2012 | Chester | PA | 39.840063 | -75.3873816 | Chester Police Department | Noahcell Bagley fled a routine traffic stop, allegedly because he had an active warrant. He was shot and killed by police; what precipitated the killing was not reported. | 6abc.com | ||
23446 | Fernando Velarde-Loureiro | 53 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/12/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.2339353 | -110.9294733 | Tucson Police Department | Fernando Velarde-Loureiro was shot and killed after stealing a truck at gunpoint, leading police on a chase, and killing a police dog, police said. | google.com | ||
12094 | Andy Stuart Robles | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/11/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.0899417 | -117.2692988 | San Bernardino Police Department | Police shot and killed Andy Stuart Robles when he made a sudden movement with his hand under his shirt. | sbsun.com | ||
12095 | Gabriela Garza Aparicio | 27 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/11/2012 | Stockton | CA | 37.9561461 | -121.317129 | Stockton Police Department | Gabriela Garza Aparicio was a passenger killed when a car crashed on a highway on-ramp during a high speed-chase involving four officers. | recordnet.com | ||
12096 | Tony Allen Riddle | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 12/11/2012 | Abilene | TX | 32.3282105 | -99.8959276 | Taylor County Sheriff's Office | Riddle became suicidal and drug-dependent after the suicide of his first wife, then relapsed severely after the death of his second wife years later. He threatened suicide. Deputies responded. They tried to reason with him for about 45 minutes. He pointed a gun at them. They fatally shot him. Riddle's mother, Teresa Barker, did not blame deputies for their handling of the situation. | ktxs.com | ||
12097 | Lesly Cowan | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 12/11/2012 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3230833 | -81.4939372 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office | Cowan and a female accomplice entered a sporting goods store and forced the clerks at shotgun-point to sell them ammunition. Responding police found their pickup and Cowan fired one round from a handgun at officers. Police returned fire and struck Cowan multiple times, killing him. | jacksonville.com | ||
12098 | Name withheld by police | 27 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/11/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9633285 | -75.2323864 | Philadelphia Police Department | West Philadelphia woman shot after charging with knife at officer. Police say they were called to the scene after the 27-year-old suspect threatened her family. | nbcphiladelphia.com | ||
19307 | Aline Marie Williams | 54 | Female | European-American/White | 12/11/2012 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4877479 | -97.4767237 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Aline Marie Williams and Sammy Nugent, 60, robbed a truck driver at JR's truck stop. The pair had a rubber hammer and struck the victim multiple times, but he only sustained minor injuries. Police arrested Nugent, but Williams fled in a dark green Chevy Blazer. Following a short pursuit, she crashed into the concrete porch of an abandoned business and was killed. | koco.com | ||
21358 | Gary Michael Welch | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 12/11/2012 | Traverse City | MI | 44.7578637 | -85.6055303 | Traverse City Police Department, Crawford County Sheriff's Office | A multi-county police chase reportedly began when Crawford County deputies tried to stop Gary Michael Welch after his truck swerved over the center line. The pursuit went through Crawford, Kalkaska and Grand Traverse counties and involved officers from five different police agencies. Welch stopped in his daughter's front yard, exited his vehicle and allegedly pointed a rifle in "military style" at the officers. Traverse City officer Mark Witczak and Crawford County deputies Michael Jacobi and Matthew Swope shot Welch, killing him. | google.com | ||
22076 | Edward Eugene Clark | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/11/2012 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0120649 | -118.3549972 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers responded to a report of domestic disturbance. Clark barricaded himself in the back room with his two young children when the police arrived. After two hours of negotiation, police shot and killed him. | latimes.com | ||
12089 | Eric Todd Berg | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 12/10/2012 | Fall City | WA | 47.5668564 | -121.8879955 | King County Sheriff's Office | Deputy went to a mobile home park early Monday morning to investigate report of screaming. Made contact with Berg who allegedly took deputy's Taser and charged at him with hit. Deputy shot and killed subject. | seattletimes.com | ||
12090 | Chandler William Cardwell | 38 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/10/2012 | Beaumont | CA | 33.9588249 | -117.0126613 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | SWAT deputies shot and killed Chandler William Cardwell after he tried to enter the home where his wife and child were inside, ending a standoff during which Cardwell had threatened his wife and shot and wounded a CHP dog. | www.pe.com | ||
12091 | Brian T. McDaniel | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 12/10/2012 | Richmond | VA | 37.477401 | -77.538561 | Chesterfield County Police Department | McDaniel pointed a handgun at county officers trying to serve him with felony arrest warrants | timesdispatch.com | ||
12092 | Daniel Christopher Scott | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 12/10/2012 | Corpus Christi | TX | 27.7134518 | -97.3668333 | Corpus Christi police Department | Daniel Christopher Scott was fatally shot by Corpus Christi police early Monday after he opened fire on officers who were trying to talk him out of his home, after he called 911 to say he had barricaded himself, officials said. Scott suffered from mental illness. | caller.com | ||
12093 | Johnnie Kamahi Warren | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/10/2012 | Dothan | AL | 31.2572924 | -85.4333364 | Dothan Police Department, Houston County Sheriff's Office | Warren became unruly and combative in a bar at about 1:50 a.m., so three employees escorted him outside. Police in the area noticed the struggle of the four men. Four to five local and county officers tasered Warren and cuffed him as he began to lose consciousness. He died at the hospital shortly after. | dothaneagle.com | ||
22570 | Lenon Henry | 52 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/10/2012 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8262356 | -86.064865 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Police called to a residence on a suspected burglary. They encountered Henry hiding in basement of the house and ordered him to show his hands. Henry didn't comply. As one officer lifted the coat Henry was hiding under, police said that Henry quickly reached for his waistband. Officer Christopher Wilburn shot and killed him. | google.com | ||
12087 | Michael David Crawford | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 12/09/2012 | Lakewood | WA | 47.126476 | -122.542546 | Lakewood Police Department | On Dec. 9, 2012 two patrol officers on Interstate 5 near Tillicum conducted a routine records check on a vehicle also traveling northbound. The car was reported stolen. When the officers attempted to stop the car, a high speed pursuit ensued. Michael David Crawford took the Portland Avenue exit, lost control of the car and skidded to a stop in the center of the road. The patrol car collided with Crawford's vehicle, pinning all inside their cars. Crawford fired at the officers. The driving officer got out of the vehicle and shot Crawford. The other officer also shot Crawford.Crawford was transported to the hospital and later pronounced dead. | blscourierherald.com | ||
12088 | Lucas Hodson | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/09/2012 | Moreno Valley | CA | 33.9172098 | -117.226264 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | A deputy shot Lucas Hodson when he charged at him while holding an unspecified metallic object inside an apartment. | www.pe.com | ||
12084 | Xang Khang | 26 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 12/08/2012 | Sacramento | CA | 38.5474658 | -121.3923892 | Sacramento Police Department | A deputy shot Lucas Hodson when he charged at him while holding an unspecified metallic object inside an apartment. At around 6:20 p.m., deputies and firefighters responded to a hang-up 911 call at the home. Deputies tried to make contact with someone inside, but got no answer. Firefighters and police forced their way into the apartment when they heard noise inside and feared a medical emergency, according to officials. A deputy reportedly found Hodson sitting on the couch with a metal object in his hands. Officials didn't specify what the object was, only that the deputy thought it might be a weapon. The deputy told Hodson to drop the object, but he refused and ran into another room. Hodson returned to the living room and started charging toward the deputy with the object. The deputy then shot Hodson, who died at the scene. | fox40.com | ||
12085 | Bartholomew Paul Williams | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/08/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1788056 | -117.3164959 | California State University Police Department San Bernardino | Williams had an episode with his mental illness. The campus police were called and the incident escalated resulting in his death. | prweb.com | ||
12086 | Hector Celaya | 31 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 12/08/2012 | Lindsay | CA | 36.1817489 | -119.0011623 | Tulare County Sheriff's Office | Police said Celaya went on a shooting rampage at the Tule River Indian Reservation that left a daughter, his mother and her two brothers dead before he died in a shootout with police. | cbsnews.com | ||
23445 | Victor Santos | 45 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/08/2012 | Ridgewood | NY | 40.70325 | -73.908432 | City of New York Police Department | Two detectives assigned to the Narcotics Bureau fired at a subject who pointed an imitation pistol at them. The detectives were conducting a "buy and bust" and were attempting to place a suspect under arrest when Victor Santos approached them. Santos inquired as to what was happening and removed what appeared to be a black handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the detectives. The detectives both shot and killed him. | nypost.com | ||
27411 | Angeles Ipina | 16 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/08/2012 | Dallas | TX | 32.8877989 | -96.8705355 | Dallas Police Department | Maria Ipina was driving home with her husband in the passenger seat and her daughter, Angeles, in the back. Dallas officers were chasing a green Ford Explorer, driven by a man named Angel Palomo. Inside the SUV was another man, Cesar Ramirez. The men allegedly had robbed someone at gunpoint, taking a phone and a gold necklace. The chase lasted less than three minutes. Palomo and police officers blew through three stop signs before coming up to Webb Chapel Road. Palomo ran the traffic light, killing Angeles Ipina. | cbslocal.com | ||
12082 | Zenon San Martin Ramirez | 52 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/07/2012 | Greensboro | NC | 36.0760672 | -79.7569755 | Greensboro Police Department | A struggle with two local officers and some kind of pre-existing medical condition combined to give Ramirez extremely low blood pressure after his arrest, and that proved fatal. He'd been taken into custody after shoplifting alcohol from a Food Lion grocery store. | myfox8.com | ||
12083 | Thomas E. Ferguson | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/07/2012 | Magnolia | KY | 37.4733413 | -85.6726681 | LaRue County Sheriff's Office | An officer attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving. The driver fled in the vehicle, spun out of control and came to a stop. As an officer approached the vehicle, the driver accelerated toward the officer who fired several shots into the car. The driver died at a local hospital. | kentuckystatepolice.org | ||
12075 | Madison Ruano | 2 | Female | European-American/White | 12/06/2012 | Lancaster | CA | 34.7042981 | -118.1481117 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Two-year-old Madison Ruano was killed after a man leading police on a high speed chase struck her mother's car in Lancaster. | cbslocal.com | ||
12076 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/06/2012 | Shawnee | KS | 39.0124992 | -94.7679115 | Shawnee Police Department | An unidentified man reportedly killed himself during a standoff with police. SWAT officers surrounded Shawnee Station Apartment Homes after police had responded to reports of a suicidal man with a gun inside a unit. According to police, the last time they heard from the man was at around 10 a.m. Officers entered the apartment at about 2:20 p.m. and found him dead. | kctv5.com | |||
12077 | Charles Allan Daleske | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 12/06/2012 | New Hampton | MO | 40.2631562 | -94.1930025 | Harrison County Sheriff's Office | Charles Allan Daleske reportedly committed suicide during a standoff. At about 3:50 p.m. a neighbor reported that a man had used a sledgehammer to break into a home where Daleske's estranged wife was staying. Officers encountered Daleske at the back door and told him to leave. Daleske briefly stepped outside, but went back inside and peeked out at officers. One deputy said he saw a handgun in Daleske's possession and retreated. Deputies reportedly later heard a shot and found Daleske inside the house with a .22-caliber handgun. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. | google.com | ||
12078 | Shelly Marie Frey | 26 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/06/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.9179082 | -95.4155429 | Harris County Sheriff's Office | According to Deputy Louis Campbell, Frey and two others stole merchandise from a Wal-Mart when he worked as a security guard there. When he confronted them, they fled. Frey entered her vehicle and tried to drive away. Failing that, authorities said that she tried to run over Deputy Campbell. He shot her fatally in the neck. | dailymail.co.uk | ||
12079 | Robert Williams | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 12/06/2012 | Dallas | TX | 32.752298 | -96.6600426 | Dallas Police Department | Dallas police fatally shot a man they say aimed a shotgun at them as he walked down a Pleasant Grove street. | dallasnews.com | ||
12080 | Carlos Carrillo | 26 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/06/2012 | Hollywood | CA | 34.103591 | -118.3332035 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers responding to a report of domestic violence came into contact with a man and fatally shot him. | latimes.com | ||
12081 | Jalen Lathon Ricks | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/06/2012 | Jonesboro | GA | 33.5430403 | -84.3361643 | Clayton County Sheriff's Office | Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun. When the officers arrived at the scene, Ricks opened fire, wounding one officer. Officers returned fire, killing Ricks. | georgianewsday.com | ||
23168 | Jan Dennis "J.D." Perry | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/06/2012 | Hurricane | WV | 38.4128578 | -81.9986247 | Hurricane Police Department | According to police, Jan Dennis "J.D." Perry was suspected of trying to steal a TV from the Hurricane Walmart. Police saw Perry driving a Chevrolet Malibu around 11:30 a.m. and pursued him onto I-64. The chase reportedly reached speeds of 100 mph before Perry's car turned sideways and hit the back of a parked tractor-trailer as he apparently tried to enter a rest stop, killing him. | wvgazettemail.com | ||
23635 | Ida Murphy | 54 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/06/2012 | Buffalo | NY | 42.9092717 | -78.8390649 | Buffalo Police Department | Issac Parker's sport utility vehicle was pulled over for a faulty headlight. Officer Kenneth Agee and his partner, Officer Jared Domaracki, suspected Parker was intoxicated. As Domaracki reached in through the driver's side window to turn off the ignition, and Agee did the same thing from the passenger's side, Parker hit the accelerator and took off down Fillmore. Agee shot Parker once in the right side. Parker continued on Fillmore before crashing into three street light poles, one of which fell on Ida Murphy, killing her. | buffalonews.com | ||
23636 | Issac C. Parker | 48 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/06/2012 | Buffalo | NY | 42.9092717 | -78.8390649 | Buffalo Police Department | Issac Parker's sport utility vehicle was pulled over for a faulty headlight. Officer Kenneth Agee and his partner, Officer Jared Domaracki, suspected Parker was intoxicated. As Domaracki reached in through the driver's side window to turn off the ignition, and Agee did the same thing from the passenger's side, Parker hit the accelerator and took off down Fillmore. Agee shot Parker once in the right side. Parker continued on Fillmore before crashing into three street light poles, one of which fell on Ida Murphy, killing her. | buffalonews.com | ||
29534 | Ida Murphy (Dupe) | 54 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/06/2012 | Buffalo | NY | 42.9092717 | -78.8390649 | Buffalo Police Department | Police shot and killed Issac C. Parker, 48, as he allegedly dragged an officer who'd stopped him for DUI. Parker's careening car hit a light pole, which killed Ida Murphy, 54. | wgrz.com | ||
12068 | Michael Daraban Jr. | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/04/2012 | Schofield Barracks | HI | 21.485156 | -158.0449377 | Honolulu Police Department | Daraban was killed in a crash that also injured two other people outside Schofield Barracks after the car he was in sped away from a police vehicle following an attempt to serve a drug search warrant. Steven M. Sandry was sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing the death. | staradvertiser.com | ||
12069 | Robert Jeremiah Kresky | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/04/2012 | Colorado Springs | CO | 38.8356436 | -104.7903071 | Colorado Springs Police Department | Police said they found him driving a stolen vehicle near Powers Boulevard and Astrozon Drive and he refused to pull over. Officers chased him for about five miles, and the pursuit ended when Kresky crashed with a police car. Police said Kresky was shot during a foot chase after he got out of the car and started running. | krdo.com | ||
12070 | Desirae A. Daniel | 27 | Female | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Cedar Rapids | IA | 41.9798789 | -91.708136 | Cedar Rapids Police Department | Police were first trying to stop Desirae Daniel for a violation of a traffic rule, but then it turned into a high speed chase when Daniel refused to pull over. When she finally did stopped, police shot her in her car before she could grab hold of it. They quickly pulled her out of the car, and the paramedics soon tried to revive her, but she still ended up dying. | thegazette.com | ||
12071 | Lindal M. Johnson | 55 | Male | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Evansville | IN | 37.954698 | -87.64854 | Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office | Officers arrived at Johnson's home to investigate a criminal mischief report. During the visit, officers attempted to subdue Johnson with a stun gun. After Johnson threw a hatchet at the officers, they opened fire, killing him. He died on scene. | whas11.com | ||
12072 | Jose Antonio Hernandez-Gonzalez | 20 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/04/2012 | Buford | GA | 34.1207144 | -84.0092438 | Gwinnett County Police Department | Officers responded to a report of drug use in an apartment complex parking lot. One of the suspects pulled a handgun and held it to his own head. When he refused to drop the weapon, a stun gun was used on him. He removed the probes and pointed the gun at the officers. Three officers fired on the suspect, killing him. | ajc.com | ||
12073 | Jeffrey L. Zirkle | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Coalton | WV | 38.8966095 | -79.967997 | West Virginia State Police | Officers responded to a report of a shooting. The victim was taken to a hospital and a standoff ensued between the shooting suspect and police. The suspect came out of the house with a weapon. Officers report the suspect posed a threat and was fatally shot. | wsaz.com | ||
12074 | Karen Kelley | 55 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/04/2012 | Port St. Lucie | FL | 27.322092 | -80.337295 | St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office | Kelley is said to have simply walked in front of a deputy's vehicle, which was travelling at full speed on a major road about 10 p.m. She died at the scene. | wptv.com | ||
19298 | Bryan Corey Madden | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Anderson | SC | 34.4129334 | -82.6242272 | Anderson County Sheriff's Office | A deputy tried to stop a vehicle he thought had been stolen. Bryan Corey Madden lost control of the car in a curve and crashed into some trees. A woman in the car was in critically injured. | postandcourier.com | ||
19804 | Mary Loflin | 62 | Female | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Youngstown | FL | 30.439275 | -85.524235 | Bay County Sheriff's Office | A medical examiner's report said Mary Loflin had a history of suicide attempts and had been held for mental evaluation under Florida's Baker Act. According to WJHG, Loflin called a suicide hotline on Dec. 4, 2012, which called the authorities. A Washington County sheriff's deputy arrived about 12:30 p.m., and Loflin fired two rounds at him from her porch. Deputies from Washington County and Bay County then engaged in a two-hour standoff with Loflin and tried to convince her to surrender. The Bay County sheriff's SWAT team arrived, and one deputy fired a bean bag round at her but to no effect. Cpl. Ryan Robbins then fired one shot and Deputy Chad Vidrine several gunshots at loflin. She died 10 days later. | tampabay.com | ||
21357 | Charles Anton Byer | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 12/04/2012 | Norton Shores | MI | 43.1427815 | -86.2738354 | Norton Shores Police Department | Police responded after Charles Anton Byer's family members asked them to check his home because they were concerned for his safety. According to police, probation officers confirmed there was a probation violation detainer for Byer and that he'd missed appointments. A 2.5 hour standoff began which ended shortly after 2 p.m. when Byer reportedly fatally shot himself in the head. | mlive.com | ||
12064 | Jarmar Wesley Hutchinson | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/03/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.7811217 | -95.32017 | Houston Police Department | Officers pulled Hutchinson over for a traffic violation. Hutchinson left on foot, swallowing a bag of narcotics. Officers subdued and arrested Hutchinson. Hutchinson said he was having trouble breathing. Officers called an ambulance. Hutchinson died at a hospital. | houstontx.gov | ||
12065 | Roderick Hamilton | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/03/2012 | Childersburg | AL | 33.2821884 | -86.3620765 | Childersburg Police Department | Officer Scott Dempsey shot and killed Rodrick Hamilton during an alleged scuffle. | annistonstar.com | ||
12066 | Eric Dilworth | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 12/03/2012 | Meridian | ID | 43.6172931 | -116.3698638 | Meridian Police Department | Police were called to do a welfare check on a suicidal, drug abusing man. He charged officers wielding a knife. | bit.ly | ||
12067 | Bryan Don Scott | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 12/03/2012 | Midwest City | OK | 35.444169 | -97.387738 | Midwest City Police Department | Police responded to a report of an explosion and found Scott outside of a detached garage suffering from burns to the upper part of his body. He was shirtless and armed with a machete and camouflaged rifle equipped with a laser sight, police reported. | newsok.com | ||
12060 | Darnesha Harris | 16 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/02/2012 | Breaux Bridge | LA | 30.2685395 | -91.909715 | Breaux Bridge Police Department | Witnesses said a fight had broken out and as police were arriving on the scene, Harris got into her vehicle and tried to drive away striking a police car head-on. She then backed into a parked car, drove forward through a ditch and hit a bystander and then another vehicle. Breaux Bridge officer Travis Guillot shot and killed Harris. | techetoday.com | ||
12061 | Margarito Lopez Morelos | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/02/2012 | Nogales | AZ | 31.7898 | -111.5868 | U.S. Border Patrol | A Border Patrol agent shot and killed Guatemala-born Morales near Sasabe, Arizona. Morales was with a group of suspected illegal immigrants crossing the border, and was shot after a physical altercation. Six others were arrested after the shooting. | mohavedailynews.com | ||
12063 | Anthony Osorio | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 12/02/2012 | El Cajon | CA | 32.8071198 | -116.9106121 | California Highway Patrol | Three California Highway Patrol officers chased Osorio at high speed in the early morning hours. Osorio crashed and rolled his vehicle but emerged alive. Officers report that the victim made threatening gestures and lunged at them, causing them to fire 33 shots. Eighteen of them hit. Osorio was unarmed. | utsandiego.com | ||
23249 | Robert Lynn Human Jr. | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 12/02/2012 | Dandridge | TN | 36.02252 | -83.392272 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | Robert Lynn Human Jr. called 911 and asked to be taken to a mental hospital. When deputies arrived at his home, Human charged the officers with a gun in each hand. Officers fired, killing Human. Human's sister said Human, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, went from hospital to hospital looking for help. She said Human had stopped taking his medication, and the day after he was killed he had another appointment scheduled at a mental health facility. The appointment had taken six months to set up. | google.com | ||
12054 | Jennifer Liston | 30 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/01/2012 | Elburn | IL | 41.905418 | -88.450978 | Kane County Sheriff's Office | An allegedly stolen car driven by Jennifer Liston, who was fleeing from deputy Nicholas Wolf, hit Zachary Bingham's car head-on, killing both drivers. At about 8:40 p.m., Wolf began pursuing Liston on Route 38 near Bricher Road, shortly after a resident reported that their 2003 Nissan Altima had been stolen. After about 5 minutes, Liston crashed the Nissan into Bingham's 2002 Pontiac Grand AM and another vehicle, killing Bingham and Liston, and injuring two other people. Bingham's dog, Lucy, was also killed in the crash. | kcchronicle.com | ||
12055 | Zachary Bingham | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 12/01/2012 | Elburn | IL | 41.905418 | -88.450978 | Kane County Sheriff's Office | An allegedly stolen car driven by Jennifer Liston, who was fleeing from deputy Nicholas Wolf, hit Zachary Bingham's car head-on, killing both drivers. At about 8:40 p.m., Wolf began pursuing Liston on Route 38 near Bricher Road, shortly after a resident reported that their 2003 Nissan Altima had been stolen. After about 5 minutes, Liston crashed the Nissan into Bingham's 2002 Pontiac Grand AM and another vehicle, killing Bingham and Liston, and injuring two other people. Bingham's dog, Lucy, was also killed in the crash. | kcchronicle.com | ||
12056 | Matthew Scott Lane | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 12/01/2012 | Seal Beach | CA | 33.7593756 | -118.0788924 | Garden Grove Police Department | Lane former girlfriend called the police on him. Lane led police on a chase and evaded evaded them. Lane was later found in Seal Beach where a struggle ensued leading an officer to shoot and kill him. | orangecountyda.org | ||
12057 | Evan Hewer Bynum | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 12/01/2012 | Littleton | CO | 39.6235512 | -105.1077313 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | Evan Hewer Bynum was reported to be wandering around a King Soopers store talking to himself, and he had a handgun visible in his back pants pocket. Several deputies waited outside the store entrance while one deputy entered the store to watch his behavior. When Bynum walked out of the store, deputies asked to speak to him. He responded by pulling a gun from his pocket. They exchanged gunfire, incapacitating Bynum. A second handgun was discovered inside his jacket. He died soon after. | jeffco.us | ||
12058 | Jeovany Mendoza | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/01/2012 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.208464 | -118.4517294 | Los Angeles Police Department | Officers said that they responded to a call about a an assault with a deadly weapon, and when they arrived at the scene Mendoza was holding a woman hostage with a knife to her neck. Mendoza refused to drop the knife, and one or more officers shot him to death. | latimes.com | ||
12059 | Terrence Abel | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/01/2012 | Brunswick | OH | 41.233616 | -81.846983 | Brunswick Police Department | Officers responded to a report that a man was going to a home to hurt his ex-girlfriend. Police and SWAT surrounded the home and a 30-hour standoff ensued. A coroner reported that the man died from multiple gunshot wounds after being shot by police. | cleveland.com | ||
12051 | Vernon L. "Gunner" Lightle | 78 | Male | European-American/White | 11/30/2012 | Whitehall | OH | 39.955981 | -82.894207 | Whitehall Police Department | Lightle was killed after a collision with a Whitehall police cruiser, whose driver was backing up officers pursuing a man who had fled from a woman's residence. | thisweeknews.com | ||
12052 | Montrez Javon Virgil | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/30/2012 | Fayetteville | NC | 35.0563862 | -79.0545745 | Fayetteville Police Department | Virgil tried an armed robbery of a gas station, failed, and allowed the clerk to escape, setting up a four-hour standoff with police in armored vehicles starting around 2:30 a.m. Eventually, Virgil emerged with a rifle which he refused to drop, and he was fatally shot. | wral.com | ||
12053 | Clyde Ryan Murray | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/30/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1362989 | -117.2577351 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office | Detectives staked out a motel and saw Murray leave his room and walk down stairs with a bag slung over his shoulder. Murray was ordered to show his hands and go to the ground, but he ran toward a wrought iron fence. Murray started climbing the fence and reaching toward his bag and his waistband…. Murray did not comply with [Detective] Smith's orders and Smith fired twice, fearing Murray was going for a gun. An unloaded .45-caliber pistol was found in the bag. | www.pe.com | ||
12048 | Donald Lee Hallett | 44 | Male | European-American/White | 11/29/2012 | Tulsa | OK | 36.1487924 | -95.9537381 | Tulsa Police Department | Hallett was wanted on a shooting with intent to kill warrant when he confronted them while holding a shotgun early. Police got a lead that Hallett was in the area of the 1000 block of South Birmingham. They set up surveillance and saw him leave a house carrying a shotgun and a backpack-like bag. Police say Hallett disregarded officers' commands to stop, pointed his shotgun at officers and ran. After a short chase, he stopped and pointed his shotgun at officers so they shot and killed him, according to police. | newson6.com | ||
12049 | Timothy Ray Russell | 43 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/29/2012 | East Cleveland | OH | 41.5281054 | -81.5789115 | Cleveland Police Department | 63 police officers chased two African-American suspects through East Cleveland. 137 shots fired killing Russell and his companion, Malissa Williams. | huffingtonpost.com | ||
12050 | Malissa Williams | 30 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/29/2012 | East Cleveland | OH | 41.5281054 | -81.5789115 | Cleveland Police Department | 63 police officers chased two African-American suspects through East Cleveland. 137 shots fired killing Williams and her companion, Timothy Russell. | huffingtonpost.com | ||
12046 | Bradley Dean Almy | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 11/28/2012 | Dunwoody | GA | 33.9235944 | -84.3405389 | Dunwoody Police Department | Shot after police said he drove a black minivan toward an officer. Had been chased by police after driving erratically in parking lot of Dunwoody police headquarters, then a gas station parking lot, striking numerous cars. Tested positive for cocaine; postmortem blood alcohol level of 0.244. | myajc.com | ||
12047 | David Mahlon Scott | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/28/2012 | Pampa | TX | 35.559401 | -100.971996 | Pampa Police Department | According to authorities, officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving Scott. He pointed a handgun at the officers. The officers fatally shot him. | google.com | ||
20736 | Robert Wayne Maurina | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 11/28/2012 | West Allis | WI | 43.0013586 | -88.0234228 | West Allis Police Department | Robert Wayne Maurina was tasered by police at Aurora West Allis Medical Center when he allegedly resisted an attempt to get a sample of his blood. Maurina had gone to West Allis police station at around 4 a.m. to bail his girlfriend out of jail. Police suspected he was intoxicated and arrested him. After transporting him to a hospital to get blood drawn, Maurina allegedly fought with police and staff and was tasered so they could obtain his blood. Maurina was released just before noon on that same day. Maurina returned to his brother's home, complaining about pain in his chest and ribs. He was found dead in his bed the next morning. | jsonline.com | ||
12043 | Duncan Phillips | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/27/2012 | San Francisco | CA | 37.8229361 | -122.3702611 | San Francisco Police Department | Duncan Phillips shot at police during a pursuit before killing himself during a 6-hour standoff on Treasure Island. | patch.com | ||
12045 | Alexis Suarez Reyes | 47 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/27/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.751496 | -80.366863 | Miami-Dade Police Department | Suarez Reyes was a contracted security worker at Miami International Airport who'd been accused of an aggravated battery at the airport. Police responding to his condo residence found him armed with a permitted Smith & Wesson semi-automatic firearm, which he leveled at officers. He was shot multiple times and died at the scene. | miamiherald.com | ||
12042 | Johnny Lee Melvin Williams | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 11/26/2012 | Buchanan | GA | 33.7973698 | -85.1923109 | Buchanan Police Department | Shot after officers said he pulled out the prongs of a Taser and charged them with a knife at his mother's home. Family members told police Williams was paranoid schizophrenic, had assaulted his mother and threatened to kill her, prompting her to call 911. | myajc.com | ||
12040 | Rickey L. McFadden | 47 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/25/2012 | Leonia | NJ | 40.86579 | -73.9864649 | Leonia Police Department, Palisades Park Police Department | McFadden allegedly entered a CVS pharmacy wielding a "large knife" and left the store with cash and other stolen goods. Police responded to a 911 call and found McFadden headed north along Hillside Avenue. Four police officers, one from Leonia and three from Palisades Park, attempted to apprehend McFadden, who was still wielding the knife when they found him. About two blocks from the store, three of the officers opened fire on the man during a confrontation. | www.nj.com | ||
12041 | Lebron Warren | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/25/2012 | Miami | FL | 25.8459665 | -80.2458121 | Miami-Dade Police Department | Warren and another man were suspects in a home invasion, and were actually followed by the home invasion victim to the notorious Miami flea market. As police approached the minivan Warren drove, he put it into reverse and struck an unmarked patrol car. They fired multiple shots. Warren was dead at the scene. | nbcmiami.com | ||
12044 | Byron Holveck | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 11/25/2012 | Marion | OH | 40.524637 | -83.133193 | Marion County Sheriff's Office | Holveck was apparently distraught over the three-year anniversary of his wife's death. He rushed deputies with an Airsoft pistol and was shot and killed. | dispatch.com | ||
22075 | William C. "Billy" Gibbs III | 26 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/25/2012 | Kinston | NC | 35.2391149 | -77.5757601 | Lenoir County Sheriff's Office | Lenoir County deputies were off-duty working as security guards at a Waffle House. When they went to check the parking lot, they reported they saw Gibbs firing a gun. They ordered him to drop the gun, when he did not, Deputy Joseph Heck shot him four times, killing him. | kinston.com | ||
12039 | Daniel J. Kleinmann | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 11/24/2012 | Milwaukee | WI | 42.9755066 | -87.9110839 | Milwaukee Police Department | Kleinmann, wanted for felony escape from the nearby Washington County Jail and then reported to have committed an armed robbery, was approached by a uniformed Milwaukee County officer. The officer claimed to be in fear of his life, and shot Kleinmann to death. No weapon was found at the scene. | jsonline.com | ||
20767 | Juan "Cano" Bonilla Jr. | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/24/2012 | York | PA | 39.980287 | -76.7500628 | West Manchester Township Police Department | Juan Bonilla was fatally shot after police responded to a melee that involved between 20 and 30 people at the Veteran's Political Association, Ada's, in York City. Christopher Roosen, of York City police, and Michael Jordan, of West Manchester Township police, shot and killed Bonilla as he allegedly shot at people in a van. | findlaw.com | ||
12036 | Alan Duane Lovelace Jr. | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 11/23/2012 | San Diego | CA | 32.7614956 | -117.2504593 | San Diego Police Department | Alan Lovelace shot himself after being chased by police in San Diego. | nbcsandiego.com | ||
12037 | Chris Lee | 44 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/23/2012 | Decatur | GA | 33.719406 | -84.189913 | DeKalb County Police Department | Shot when he jumped in front of a police cruiser. Officers were responding to a call that Lee, armed with a knife, was trying to break into homes. | myajc.com | ||
12038 | Michael Jansen | 53 | Male | European-American/White | 11/23/2012 | Fairhope | AL | 30.450163 | -87.820997 | Baldwin County Sheriff's Office | The man's mother had called for medical help because Jansen was distraught, and medics called for backup when they could not subdue Jansen. The three deputies talked to the man for some time inside his mobile home before the shooting. When they were talking to him inside, his weapon was invisible. Jansen started shooting at the deputies at close range. They fired back. One deputy and Jansen were killed. | cnsnews.com | ||
12034 | Carl Davenport | 65 | Male | European-American/White | 11/22/2012 | Blue Ridge | GA | 34.9071816 | -84.3320603 | Fannin County Sheriff's Office | Shot after police said he pointed a 20-gauge shotgun at a deputy who responded to Davenport's 911 call that someone had broken into his home. Family members said he had been hallucinating prior to the shooting. Died five weeks after shooting after being removed from life support. | myajc.com | ||
12035 | Name withheld by police | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/22/2012 | Detroit | MI | 42.4293629 | -83.247429 | Detroit Police Department | An off-duty officer intervened in an argument between a man and the man's girlfriend at a gas station. The officer and man exchanged gunshots. The officer was injured and the man killed. | my9nj.com | ||
12033 | Dontez O'Neal | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/21/2012 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1499202 | -84.4830833 | Cincinnati Police Department | Police follow and corner a car containing deceased and a man who sold an undercover office heroin. The deceased allegedly fired one shot at officers. Officer shot the deceased 4 times, including once in the head. Dashboard camera "malfunctioned" during the shooting. | wcpo.com | ||
12031 | Marvin Coleman | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/20/2012 | Newark | NJ | 40.6975081 | -74.1983912 | Newark Police Department | Marvin Coleman, 19, was shot by at least two officers after he brandished a weapon and used it to hit one of the officers in the face following a brief foot chase | www.nj.com | ||
12032 | Cecil Cochran | 55 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/20/2012 | Aurora | CO | 39.686749 | -104.789699 | Aurora Police Department | Two of the three Aurora police officers involved in the deadly shooting of a naked, machete-wielding man had been specially trained on how to defuse potentially violent interactions between police and mentally disturbed people, police said Wednesday. But it was unclear whether that training came into play Tuesday, when one of the three officers fatally shot Cecil Cochran, 55, after police said he lunged at them with the machete and a carving knife inside his home. | da18.org | ||
12029 | Derrick Ambrose Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/18/2012 | Waterloo | IA | 42.5131344 | -92.3454489 | Waterloo Police Department | Officer Kyle Law was reportedly in the area at around 1:40 a.m. when police got a call about a disturbance outside New World Sports Bar and Grill. Law said he saw Derrick Ambrose Jr. pointing a gun at a crowd of people. Ambrose ran, and Law chased him on foot. Ambrose stepped out from behind a tree, and Law shot him in the back of his head and the back of his leg. A witness reportedly asked Law why he shot Ambrose since he never turned toward the officer or pointed anything at him. The family's lawsuit said that before he was shot, Ambrose had dropped a handgun for which he had a permit. Under the settlement agreement, Ambrose's parents received $2.5 million in what was believed to be the largest city settlement of a police-shooting lawsuit in Iowa history. | prnewswire.com | ||
12030 | Senovio "Novi" Maldonado | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/18/2012 | Greenville | SC | 34.8518684 | -82.3976826 | Greenville Police Department | According to police, they halted an assault by Maldonado on another man at about 12:45 a.m. in downtown Greenville. Maldonado was using a baseball bat. With the interruption Maldonado charged at the officers with the bat. They shot him to death. | patch.com | ||
22201 | Michael John Elekes | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/18/2012 | Franklin | NJ | 41.116101 | -74.581929 | Franklin Borough Police Department | Franklin Borough police responded to a 911 call around 8:15 p.m., from a woman who said her 53-year-old son was threatening her with a shotgun in their house. When police arrived at the ranch-style home, the caller, Anne Elekes, ran outside and was shot and wounded by her son, Michael, as she tried to flee, police said. A hostage negotiator was able to talk Michael Elekes into releasing his father, James Elekes Sr. At about 4 a.m., police rushed into the house, and found Michael Elekes dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | www.nj.com | ||
12027 | Stephen Crawley | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/17/2012 | Hanford | CA | 36.2111227 | -119.6907141 | Kings County Sheriff's Office | Senior deputy Marius Barsteceanu shot Stephen Crawley when he charged at officers with a golf club. | kmph.com | ||
12028 | Inzer Allen "A.J." Johnson | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 11/17/2012 | Rainbow City | AL | 33.9616916 | -86.0410169 | Rainbow City Police Department | Capt. Chase Jenkins shot and killed Inzer Allen "A.J." Johnson when Johnson allegedly threatened officers. | gadsdentimes.com | ||
12025 | Marco Gutierrez | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/16/2012 | Oceanside | CA | 33.2085111 | -117.3591832 | California Highway Patrol | Passenger Marco Gutierrez was killed in a crash while fleeing the CHP. Shortly before 1 a.m., a CHP officer tried to stop a 1991 Honda Civic on I-5 for speeding, but the driver instead exited on eastbound Mission Avenue. The driver turned onto eastbound Mesa Drive, where the Honda hit a dip at about 80 mph, fishtailed and hit a parked pickup truck. Gutierrez died at the scene. The driver, Jorge Luis Lopez, was injured in the crash. A witness claimed she heard officers laughing at the driver who was screaming for help after the crash. Lopez was charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with evading police. | sandiegouniontribune.com | ||
12026 | Vladimir Cardenas | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/16/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.271965 | -110.9780579 | Pima County Sheriff's Department | Cardenas was being investigated for selling heroin and/or methamphetamine. When pulled over, he pulled a gun on the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him. | tucson.com | ||
19299 | Gerald Edward Garraux | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/16/2012 | Easley | SC | 34.8223396 | -82.5504521 | Easley Police Department | Officers had attempted to stop Gerald Garraux while they were investigating another wreck nearby. The chase reached high speeds and ended on Rock Springs Road when Garraux ran off the side of the road, struck a culvert and overturned. Garraux was ejected and killed. | google.com | ||
12021 | Johnny Louis Gonzalez | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/15/2012 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1375926 | -117.3418692 | San Bernardino Police Department | Two officers shot Johnny Louis Gonzalez when he reached toward his waistband and threw a wooden stick at them. | www.pe.com | ||
12022 | Gloria Jean Murray | 66 | Female | European-American/White | 11/15/2012 | Cartersville | GA | 34.2203052 | -84.8164309 | Bartow County Sheriff's Office | Shot eight times after pointing a revolver at officers who burst into her home with a no-knock" warrant following tips that Murray was selling marijuana. An officer who fired told the GBI he had accidentally set his weapon to fire multiple rounds with one trigger pull. """ | rssing.com | ||
12023 | Bryce Coutinho | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/15/2012 | Marlborough | MA | 42.368456 | -71.5297939 | Marlborough Police Department | Coutinho threatened suicide with a knife in an upstairs bedroom at his ex-girlfriend's house. Police arrived with knowledge of Coutinho's mental condition and his previous suicide attempts. They entered the confined space, found the victim with a fresh bloody wound on his arm, and demanded that he surrender his weapon. He did not. He was shot twice. | boston.com | ||
12024 | Michael Wilson | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/15/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7935489 | -87.5804185 | Chicago Police Department | A Chicago police officer was grazed in the leg as officers opened fire and killed a man who lunged at them with a hammer after stabbing another man, police said. The officers first used a Taser on the man when they arrived and saw him stabbing the other man. The Taser had "no effect," police said, and the man pulled out a hammer and ran toward the officers. He was shot and killed. | chicagotribune.com | ||
12019 | José Toloza | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/14/2012 | Compton | CA | 33.9060811 | -118.1948296 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Deputies approached Toloza for an unspecified reason and he fled on foot. A struggle ensued, and and at least one deputy shot and killed the man after he allegedly tried to grab one of their guns. | scpr.org | ||
12020 | Name withheld by police | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/14/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.99622 | -75.1062179 | Philadelphia Police Department | Officers responding to report of domestic violence arrived to find a woman with multiple gunshot wounds in front of the home. When a man at the scene pointed a gun at officers, they shot him. He died at the scene from a single gunshot wound. | philly.com | ||
12015 | Cecil Ray "Tiger" Elkins Jr. | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2012 | Pixley | CA | 35.9645389 | -119.2913969 | California Highway Patrol | CHP officer Hipolito Pelayo shot Cecil Ray "Tiger" Elkins Jr. several times after he rammed a patrol car and tried to punch an officer while fleeing on foot behind a mini mart. | visaliatimesdelta.com | ||
12016 | Candice Lynn Smith | 29 | Female | European-American/White | 11/13/2012 | Brunswick | GA | 31.1935133 | -81.4769405 | Glynn County Police Department | Candice Lynn Smith, 29, who was driving a Toyota, Coray Lee Lemon, 33, and Cedric S. Daniels, 33, were killed when their vehicle, which was being pursued by a Glynn County police officer, struck the back of an ambulance. | onlineathens.com | ||
12017 | Coray Lee Lemon | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/13/2012 | Brunswick | GA | 31.1935133 | -81.4769405 | Glynn County Police Department | Candice Lynn Smith, 29, who was driving a Toyota, Coray Lee Lemon, 33, and Cedric S. Daniels, 33, were killed when their vehicle, which was being pursued by a Glynn County police officer, struck the back of an ambulance. | onlineathens.com | ||
12018 | Cedric S. Daniels | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/13/2012 | Brunswick | GA | 31.1935133 | -81.4769405 | Glynn County Police Department | Candice Lynn Smith, 29, who was driving a Toyota, Coray Lee Lemon, 33, and Cedric S. Daniels, 33, were killed when their vehicle, which was being pursued by a Glynn County police officer, struck the back of an ambulance. | onlineathens.com | ||
12012 | Mark Antuna | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 11/12/2012 | Palmdale | CA | 34.5728824 | -118.0450766 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Mark Antuna was killed when he ran a red light and crashed into a big rig after fleeing a traffic stop. | theavtimes.com | ||
12013 | Beion Womack | 14 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/12/2012 | St. Louis | MO | 38.7108595 | -90.2530285 | Dellwood Police Department, Jennings Police Department | Beion Womack was killed when the car he was driving crashed after a police chase. According to police, a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu and a 2010 Dodge Charger were carjacked at around the same time in two separate incidents. Soon afterward, at around 12:30 a.m., an officer in Dellwood spotted two cars matching the descriptions of both stolen vehicles and gave chase, but said he lost sight of the cars. A Jennings officer also saw the cars and pursued them, but said he had to back off. Womack, who was reportedly driving the Malibu, crashed into a building and died. | fox2now.com | ||
12014 | Name withheld by police (Dupe) | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/12/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9622507 | -75.2427284 | Philadelphia Police Department | Man shot after pointing a gun at police. | myfoxatlanta.com | ||
22569 | Casey Allen May | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 11/12/2012 | Auburn | IN | 41.3404666 | -84.9456343 | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office | Casey Allen May was fleeing police when he crashed into a tree and was killed. | google.com | ||
12007 | John Stanley-Ray "Lil John" McKenzie | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2012 | Garland | TX | 32.8439684 | -96.5818825 | Garland Police Department | Officer Sandoval saw McKenzie walking around in traffic. He put McKenzie into his patrol unit. McKenzie stepped out of the vehicle and walked back into the road. Officer Sandoval grabbed McKenzie, but failed to take him to the ground. McKenzie was struck by a tractor trailer. | google.com | ||
12009 | Aaron Matthew Collier | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2012 | Ogden | UT | 41.2565927 | -111.9778921 | Weber County Sheriff's Office | Barricaded himself inside a home after allegedly shooting at police, who returned fire. When SWAT eventually entered the home, the man was dead. Police were responding to a domestic violence incident. Declared a suicide. | sltrib.com | ||
12010 | Harold Joseph Collins | 64 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/11/2012 | Southfield | MI | 42.481366 | -83.2376289 | Southfield Police Department | Collins entered a police department lobby and pointed a handgun at an officer, without saying a word. Officers ordered Collins to drop the weapon. When he did not, gunfire was exchanged, injuring one officer and killing Collins. Neighbors believe Collins could not speak because of throat cancer, and that he was very ill. | huffingtonpost.com | ||
12011 | Derrick "Browny" Flynn | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/11/2012 | Philadelphia | PA | 39.9637822 | -75.2424102 | Philadelphia Police Department | Officers stopped a suspicious man riding a bike. The man was holding a gun, which the officers ordered him to drop. He refused and resisted it being taken away. When he pointed the gun at an officer, an officer opened fire. The man was shot once in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. | google.com | ||
19308 | Name withheld by police | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 11/11/2012 | El Reno | OK | 35.5419866 | -97.9810845 | A 32-year-old El Reno man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently separated from his wife. The manner of death was ruled suicide. | google.com | |||
12004 | Jeffrey Albert Musick | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 11/10/2012 | Denver | CO | 39.7455425 | -105.0068651 | Denver Police Department | A man was spotted running across campus carrying the three-foot long sword. When the officer came in contact with the man, he nearly severed the officer's finger. Jeffrey Albert Musick, 38, died from multiple gunshot wounds. | denverda.org | ||
12005 | Allan DeVillena II | 22 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 11/10/2012 | Palm Springs | CA | 33.819857 | -116.545871 | Palm Springs Police Department | Officers fatally shot DeVillena after the 22-year-old unarmed Marine allegedly drunkenly drove his car at the officers. Despite conflicting witness statements, the county District Attorney declined to file charges against the officers in 2014. | desertsun.com | ||
12006 | Jose de la Trinidad | 36 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/10/2012 | Compton | CA | 33.921701 | -118.2390028 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which De la Trinidad was a passenger. After a brief chase, he got out of the car and deputies shot him five times in the back, according to an autopsy. Police maintain that the man was reaching for his waistband when deputies shot at him. He was unarmed. | raniakhalek.com | ||
22200 | Shegan Anthony Rubin | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/10/2012 | Newark | NJ | 40.7457289 | -74.1831315 | New Jersey State Police | Shegan Rubin was walking near Central Avenue when he was run over by a vehicle driven by Newark resident Alqamar Anderson, who was fleeing police, police said. Anderson was charged with vehicular manslaughter, eluding, assault by auto, driving while intoxicated and cocaine possession. | www.nj.com | ||
23251 | Richard Todd Hansrote | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 11/10/2012 | Clarksville | TN | 36.5380067 | -87.275597 | Clarksville Police Department | Officers responded to Todd Hansrote's home after receiving a 911 call about a man threatening to kill himself, his wife or anyone who tried to enter the residence. Police set up a perimeter around the home and started negotiations with Hansrote. Officers could hear shots being fired inside the house. An officer shot and killed Hansrote after he came outside and fired several shots. | wsmv.com | ||
12000 | William Charles Mathis | 56 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/09/2012 | Baytown | TX | 29.8270114 | -94.845388 | Chambers County Sheriff's Office | Deputy Z. Gonzalves and approved rider Randy Pitman went to assess the residence of William Mathis, a registered sex offender. Deputy Gonzalves arrested Mathis because two 15-year-old girls were at his residence. Mathis had a heart attack on the way to Chambers County Jail. Deputy Gonzalves tried and failed to revive him. | google.com | ||
12001 | Paul Heenan | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Madison | WI | 43.0848166 | -89.3629571 | Madison Police Department | Heenan, intoxicated, entered his neighbors' home early that morning. Mistaking him for a burglar, the neighbors called the police. The husband then recognized Heenan as their friend and walked him toward Heenan's home. When police arrived, Heenan and the husband were grappling on the sidewalk. Heenen turned and approached Officer Heimsness, at which time Officer Heimsness fatally shot Heenan. | madison.com | ||
12002 | Steven Bowman | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Lancaster | CA | 34.7178726 | -118.1477818 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Deputies reported that they suspected Bowman of having robbed a bank, and that after chasing him in his SUV he got trapped in a cul-de-sac. He left his vehicle as if to surrender and dropped his jacket, then reached back into the SUV and began firing a gun at deputies. They returned fire, killing him. | latimes.com | ||
12003 | James Davies | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2012 | Denver | CO | 39.7464383 | -105.0590816 | Lakewood Police Department | Davies was killed early at an active crime scene when a fellow officer fired a round and accidentally killed him. The two officers were only feet away from each other at the time but were separated by a fence.Davis was seen and mistaken for an assailant with a gun. | cbslocal.com | ||
19282 | Ramel P. Wright | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/09/2012 | Columbia | SC | 34.066285 | -80.980866 | Richland County Sheriff's Office, Columbia Police Department | Wright was involved in a bank robbery and fled the scene with other suspects. They stopped their vehicle and fled on foot. A RCSD investigator and several other officers confronted Ramel Wright who threatened to fire with a weapon in his pocket. The investigator shot and killed him. | examiner.com | ||
12008 | Dakota Bright | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7726346 | -87.6207495 | Chicago Police Department | A 15-year-old who allegedly pointed a gun at officers was shot in the head by police in the South Side's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, authorities said. Officers said they saw Dakota Bright with a handgun The police state that officers approached, Dakota fled on foot, the officers chased him. During the pursuit, the officers shot Dakota. A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said. Bright, of the 7600 block South Emerald, was declared dead on the scene at 4:11 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Officials at the morgue said Saturday that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and they could not provide further details. | suntimes.com | ||
19942 | James William Hay | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 11/08/2012 | Flemingsburg | KY | 38.4405074 | -83.6714561 | Kentucky State Police | Kentucky State Police arrived after the Fleming County Sheriff's department called them in to assist with a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, Hay confronted them with a gun, and they asked him for about an hour to put it down. Hay threatened them with the gun, and a trooper shot and killed him. | wkyt.com | ||
22074 | Xavier McCord | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2012 | Maywood | IL | 41.8705792 | -87.8557495 | Maywood Police Department | Police responded to a call for unspecified reasons to an apartment building and tried to question McCord outside the building. He ran, the officer chased him through the back door into the building and allegedly noticed he had a gun. Reports are vague whether McCord raised his arm or pointed the gun before the officer shot and killed him. | thevillagefreepress.org | ||
11997 | Jonathan Silver Love | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Mount Vernon | TX | 33.1243818 | -95.2274491 | Franklin County Sheriff's Office | Franklin County deputies pursued a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle used by a suspect to flee the scene of a home invasion in Wood County. The vehicle stopped at Wooden Acres Tool Rental. Love stepped out of the vehicle with a weapon. He was fatally shot. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. | kltv.com | ||
11998 | Brian Williams | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Overfield Township | PA | 41.5091752 | -75.8445589 | Tunkhannock Township Police Department | Tunkhannock Township police officer who fatally shot a Lake Winola man, Brian Williams, while serving a mental health warrant. Williams reportedly refused to drop a fireplace poker. | citizensvoice.com | ||
11999 | Justin Hoey | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 11/07/2012 | Henderson | NV | 36.0072088 | -115.1140879 | Henderson Police Department | After assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Justin Hoey was confronted by Henderson police on a sidewalk near St. Rose Parkway and Eastern Avenue. During a standoff, Hoey held a handgun to his head and made suicidal statements. After about two hours, SWAT officers shot and killed Hoey when he pointed the gun at police. | google.com | ||
11994 | Jessie Lewis | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/06/2012 | Nanafalia | AL | 32.1037249 | -87.9647898 | Butler Police Department, Choctaw County Sheriff's Office | Jessie Lewis was killed when his car crashed during a 25-mile high speed chase. | stparchive.com | ||
11995 | Robert Lee Mongar | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 11/06/2012 | White Cloud | MI | 43.5544796 | -85.6428435 | Michigan State Police | Mongar abducted, tied up and raped a female acquaintance during a visit to a cemetery. She managed to escape with her hands and feet still bound when he stopped for gas. He fled the scene to another county. Spotted and chased by state troopers down a heavily forested dirt road, he aimed for a tree and crashed, killing himself. | 9and10news.com | ||
11996 | Lamont J. Burgess | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/06/2012 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.828152 | -82.6378749 | St. Petersburg Police Department | With a female accomplice Burgess robbed a convenience store with a shotgun and a knife held against the throat of the clerk. Undercover officers were already waiting for them outside. They fatally shot Burgess when he held up the shotgun toward them. The accomplice would be charged for his murder. | tampabay.com | ||
11993 | George William Stokes | 58 | Male | European-American/White | 11/05/2012 | Cedar Park | TX | 30.4801041 | -97.8370129 | Williamson County Sheriff's Office | Stokes broke into a house where a woman and her 12-year-old daughter lived. The woman and her daughter ran out of the house. Stokes dragged the woman back into the house. SWAT responded. Negotiators manipulated Stokes into letting the woman escape. Stokes shot at her. SWAT deputies ran to the woman, shielded her with their ballistic vests and retreated, shooting back at Stokes. One deputy was grazed by a bullet. Stokes fatally shot himself. | statesman.com | ||
11991 | Dejuan Eaton | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/04/2012 | Fremont | CA | 37.5497431 | -122.008802 | Fremont Police Department | Two officers shot and killed Dejuan Eaton, who was reportedly naked, chasing his estranged wife with a knife, and distraught over the sudden death of his younger brother earlier that same evening. | mercurynews.com | ||
11992 | Brandon Todd Obermiller | 45 | Male | European-American/White | 11/04/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.73133 | -95.6136439 | Houston Police Department | A man called police saying that his dog had been stolen by Obermiller, his armed neighbor. Officers responded. Officer J.R. D'Eugenio shot at Obermiller when he tried to draw his gun. Obermiller retreated to his residence, and a SWAT team was called to negotiate with him. The team used its armored vehicle to force entry into the residence, as Obermiller shot at officers with a rifle. Officer S.J. Hamala fatally shot him. | chron.com | ||
11988 | Richard Fontenot | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/03/2012 | Florence | AL | 34.8643967 | -87.7002588 | Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office | Two deputies shot and killed Richard Fontenot when he allegedly pointed a gun at them. | timesdaily.com | ||
11989 | David Dale Rivera | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/03/2012 | Snyder | TX | 32.7151394 | -100.9018313 | Snyder Police Department | Officers responded to a call about Rivera, suicidal, threatening to kill himself, his girlfriend and a baby. Rivera stood outside his residence with the baby and a knife. Rivera retreated back into his residence as officers tried to reason with him. He put the baby down and ran at officers with a knife in each hand. Lieutenant Brian Haggard fatally shot him. The baby was unharmed. | kcbd.com | ||
11990 | Daniel Ross Fuller | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 11/03/2012 | Port St. Lucie | FL | 27.2607309 | -80.3354667 | Port St. Lucie Police Department | Fuller's parents called police from their home saying their son was armed and suicidal. Fuller reportedly said, "Good, I'll shoot them, too." A SWAT response and a lengthy standoff ended with Fuller dead and one of the officers wounded, perhaps from friendly fire. | tcpalm.com | ||
11981 | Keith Edward Miles | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Littlerock | WA | 46.9271111 | -123.0575814 | Thurston County Sheriff's Office | Deputies had tracked a suspect from an attempted break-in at the Littlerock Grocery Store, he went inside of the house were his mother was and came out with a pool cue, hit an agent with it in the head and one of the deputies shot his gun declaring that the Taser wasn't effective. | heraldnet.com | ||
11982 | Danielle Misha Willard | 21 | Female | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | West Valley City | UT | 40.6919382 | -111.950075 | West Valley City Police Department | Willard was shot and killed by undercover officers in the parking lot of an apartment complex. They stated that they saw Willard "involved in drug activity" in her car at the apartments. WVC Police Detective Shaun Cowley was charged with manslaughter. | fox13now.com | ||
11983 | Justin Lionel Turner | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/02/2012 | Washington | DC | 38.933452 | -76.980878 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department | Turner woke up his grandparents' household before 7 in the morning, coming in to use a punching bag. His grandfather complained; Turner assaulted him. Responding police were speaking to the grandfather when Turner surprised them with a knife, wounding the officer in the face, neck and hands. The officer shot once and killed Turner. | nbcwashington.com | ||
11984 | Michael J. Webb | 56 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Pompano Beach | FL | 26.2624923 | -80.1308274 | Broward County Sheriff's Office | Bank robber Webb had developed a technique of jumping the counter. In the third crime at the same branch he was thwarted, and dismayed, by a new bulletproof glass panel. His flight from police on local interstates at lunchtime tied up thousands of motorists. Police tried a PIT maneuver, which was partly successful; when Webb emerged from his wrecked vehicle weapon in hand, he was shot dead. | sun-sentinel.com | ||
11985 | Daniel Taiwan Hathorne | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/02/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.119801 | -115.143007 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Las Vegas police officers went to the Siegel Suites after Daniel Taiwan Hathorne refused to vacate his room and threatened to take hostages if management tried to evict him. Hathorne ran when police arrived and grabbed an elderly woman along Cambridge Street. He held two knives to the woman's neck, prompting officers to shoot. He died at the hospital. | google.com | ||
11986 | Matt Daniels | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Battle Creek | MI | 42.3922741 | -85.2797694 | Battle Creek Police Department | On November 2nd, 2012, Police were called to Matt Daniels mother's house, where he was reportedly attacking his step father. Daniels' mother told police he had been acting strange and paranoid all day, and had smoked marijuana. Officer Chuck Pelfrey arrived and tried to arrest Daniels, who attacked him. Daniels choked Pelfrey and struck him several times in the face. The two fell to the ground where a single shot was fired, killing Daniels. | fox17online.com | ||
11987 | Evan Newsom | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 11/02/2012 | Stafford | VA | 38.5002318 | -77.5648284 | Stafford County Sheriff's Office | Distraught Teen, Evan had assaulted Mom and Neighbor and took mothers car without permission. Evan was contained in his residence when Stafford Deputies entered and shot Evan after unnecessarily escalating the situation through taunts and failure to coordinate with other responders. Deputies fired shots despite others being present in other residences within same structure. | potomaclocal.com | ||
19283 | Anthony A. Walker | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/02/2012 | Columbia | SC | 34.0152853 | -81.0215286 | Columbia Police Department | When Columbia Officer Michael Bailey arrived at an apartment where a domestic assault had been reported in progress, a child in the home asked him to "save my mommy," according to a solicitor's summary. Bailey saw Anthony Walker punching a naked woman while kneeling on her throat. Bailey drew his gun and ordered Walker to stop. Walker instead advanced on Bailey and tried to grab his gun. Bailey "placed his finder on the trigger of the gun in order to get a stronger grip on the weapon" and unintentionally shot Walker, fatally wounding him. | wistv.com | ||
11977 | Gregory S. Kaufman | 64 | Male | European-American/White | 11/01/2012 | Pe Ell | WA | 46.57037829999999 | -123.2976153 | Lewis County Sheriff's Office | The deputy found a car in the right line of the Road 6, got near to it trying to help. In the car was only Kaufman, with some wounds in his wrist and neck done by himself after he had some issues with his girlfriend. Kaufman abandoned the car but he didn't want to drop the knife and he started walking toward the road. The sheriff asked him to stop, but he didn't. Deputy shot him in the head and stomach. | tdn.com | ||
11978 | Jesse Gochenour | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 11/01/2012 | Riverside | MO | 39.1720385 | -94.6123714 | Riverside Police Department | Jesse Gochenour was killed after he crashed his vehicle after a police chase. Police said an officer tried to stop Gochenour at around 1:15 a.m. for speeding on northbound I-635, but that Gochenour kept going and a chase ensued. Police claimed the officer called off the chase on Gateway Avenue. Shortly afterward, Gochenour crashed into a shed by Beverly Lumber. | kansascity.com | ||
11979 | Corey Rashad Hayes | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/01/2012 | Houston | TX | 29.6417146 | -95.4009419 | Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 7 | Hayes argued with his mother and grandmother. They hid in a deputy constable's apartment. Hayes tried to confront them. The deputy constable, her own son present in her apartment, fatally shot him. It is unclear whether Hayes was armed. | kwtx.com | ||
11980 | Demetrius Bennett | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/01/2012 | Rockford | IL | 42.2586259 | -89.1233532 | Rockford Police Department | Police went to the residence to investigate a domestic violence report. Bennett rush police armed with a steak knife. | rrstar.com | ||
11975 | Marvin Donald Wilkerson | 66 | Male | European-American/White | 10/31/2012 | Odessa | TX | 31.860148 | -102.471163 | Ector County Sheriff's Office | A man called authorities to report that Wilkinson threatened people with a firearm. Deputy Johnny Joe Valderaz responded, fatally shooting Wilkerson. Wilkerson's family said that Wilkerson, disabled by Parkinson's disease, would not have drawn a gun on a deputy, though he was guilty of multiple misdemeanors. Deputy Valderaz was earlier acquitted of aggravated assault, though District Attorney Bobby Bland expressed personal dislike for the defendant. | oaoa.com | ||
11976 | Phillip Hernandez | 40 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/31/2012 | San Diego | CA | 32.6983163 | -117.1473404 | San Diego Police Department | Hernandez was suspected of series of robberies and assaults. After being pulled over Hernandez jumped out of the vehicle and allegedly began shooting at the patrol personnel with a rifle, prompting them to return fire. Struck by at least one round, the suspect turned, walked in front of the van, collapsed and died. | nbcsandiego.com | ||
29275 | Marty Maiden | 51 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/31/2012 | Tucson | AZ | 32.1146791 | -111.1025984 | Pima County Sheriff's Office | Marty Maiden shot himself on Halloween during a prolonged standoff with deputies. | tucson.com | ||
11973 | Jonathan Lopez | 28 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/30/2012 | Bakersfield | CA | 35.3797898 | -118.9817877 | Bakersfield Police Department | Officer Keith Cason shot Jonathan Lopez in an alley after he'd fired at him, then threw away his gun during a foot chase. | bakersfield.com | ||
11974 | Vishwaja Muppa | 21 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 10/30/2012 | Terryville | NY | 40.9248971 | -73.0472186 | Suffolk County Sheriff's Office | Aspiring medical student Muppa was a back-seat passenger of a car at 1:30 a.m. when the vehicle collided with a police Crown Victoria speeding, without lights or siren, to an emergency related to Hurricane Sandy. She died at the scene. | huffingtonpost.com | ||
11969 | Dustin Glenn Sims | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/29/2012 | Bloomingdale | GA | 32.1312052 | -81.3028274 | Jesup Police Department | After a chaotic high-speed chase, Sims crashed into a police car and died. | google.com | ||
11970 | William Charles Lipscombe | 49 | Male | European-American/White | 10/29/2012 | Buchanan Dam | TX | 30.7427407 | -98.4447448 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Lipscombe's mother called police to report that he was armed and behaving erratically. DPS arrived, learning over the phone that Buchanan, a Coast Guard veteran, feared a terrorist attack in the vicinity. An active layman in the Episcopal Church, he calmed down after a private prayer service. Troopers confronted him an unknown amount of time later and fatally shot him. According to Wee-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, Lipscombe's family asked for donations to PTSD-related research instead of flowers for his grave. | smalltownnews.com | ||
11971 | Derrick Anthony Birdow | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/29/2012 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.649013 | -97.269916 | Forest Hill Police Department | High on PCP, Birdow crashed into a Baptist church and fatally beat Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. with an electric guitar. Officers shot Birdow with a stun gun and subdued him. Birdow died in a patrol car of an overdose. Birdow's wife said that he was mentally ill and sought treatment days earlier. | huffingtonpost.com | ||
11972 | Ronald James Morrison | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/29/2012 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.1308667 | -115.1179125 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Las Vegas police responding to a shooting at a shopping center confronted gunman Ronald James Morrison behind a store. When he brandished a handgun, officers opened fire and killed him. | google.com | ||
19300 | Cleve P. Phillips | 68 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/29/2012 | Walhalla | SC | 34.8422362 | -83.0670029 | Walhalla Police Department | Phillips fled a traffic stop for speeding and was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck on the gravel portion of Oconee Station Road, struck an embankment, and overturned. | southcarolinaradionetwork.com | ||
11965 | Ricky Childs | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/28/2012 | Chicago | IL | 41.7456429 | -87.6027935 | Chicago Police Department | An officer shot Ricky Childs when he allegedly fired at him during a foot chase on the South Side. Shortly after 11:15 p.m., police said they were alerted to a robbery, and that Childs matched a preliminary description of the suspect. When officers approached Childs, he ran and two officers gave chase. Childs allegedly fired a gun at an officer, and the officer fired back, striking Childs in the head. Childs died the following night. | chicagotribune.com | ||
11966 | Name withheld by police | 34 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/28/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.4803419 | -112.2119121 | Phoenix Police Department | The decedent was believed to have been involved in a domestic fight with a man and woman near 71st Avenue and Thomas Road and was seen by the officer running across Thomas Road, according to the Phoenix Police Department. The officer pulled over and almost immediately got into a fight with the suspect. The officer said the decedent tried to grab the officer's sidearm with both hands, but the officer regained control and fired at the 34-year-old man., killing him. | cbs5az.com | ||
11967 | Name withheld by police | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/28/2012 | New Orleans | LA | 29.9687124 | -90.0983511 | New Orleans Police Department | A chase in which an officer tasered a man led to a standoff with the man inside a Mid-City house and ended with the man's suicide, police said. The incident began before 1 a.m., when an officer on patrol pulled the man over for driving at a high rate of speed on Banks St. The driver turned onto the 400 block of S. Genois and stopped in a driveway, before allegedly pushing the officer and fleeing on foot. The officer caught up and a struggle reportedly followed. The officer used his Taser on the man, who got away and ran to the rear of a house in which he apparently lived. The man's roommate came outside of the house and tried to talk the man out of the house. The roommate also reportedly told police that there were several guns and ammunition inside. The SWAT team was called and a short time later, police said they heard one gunshot. Later, the man was found inside with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene. | wafb.com | ||
11968 | Michael Eugene Spohn | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 10/28/2012 | Binghamton | NY | 42.0968769 | -75.9184365 | Binghamton Police Department | At 2 a.m. police responded to multiple disturbance reports from a motel. They found Spohn, an oil industry worker from Oklahoma, drunk, armed and uncooperative. Tasing Spohn didn't work. More than a dozen officers from multiple agencies fired over 100 bullets at him within six seconds. | pressconnects.com | ||
11963 | Ronald Herrera | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/27/2012 | Bronx | NY | 40.8120385 | -73.8867935 | City of New York Police Department | Two men on a dirt bike, Herrera and another man, either collided with or were rammed by an NYPD cruiser on Bronx streets. The second man was paralyzed and his family brought a major lawsuit against the city, disputing the police account. | nydailynews.com | ||
11964 | Laurie Wetzle | 58 | Female | European-American/White | 10/27/2012 | Phoenix | AZ | 33.6402417 | -112.091479 | Phoenix Police Department | Police shot and killed Wetzle after she told police that she had hostages and refused to lower a weapon. Interviews with neighbors indicated that Wetzle may have suffered from depression and was looking to commit "suicide by cop." | kfvs12.com | ||
11959 | Edwardo Maduena | 19 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/26/2012 | Visalia | CA | 36.3416901 | -119.421163 | Visalia Police Department | Edwardo Maduena and Ruben Molina were killed after pursuit and shootout with police in Visalia. | mydeathspace.com | ||
11960 | Ruben Molina | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/26/2012 | Visalia | CA | 36.3416901 | -119.421163 | Visalia Police Department | Edwardo Maduena and Ruben Molina were killed after pursuit and shootout with police in Visalia. | mydeathspace.com | ||
11961 | Jerry Matthew "Matt" Ward | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/26/2012 | Ashland | MS | 34.8419312 | -89.0510893 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | Jerry Matthew Ward led troopers on a high speed chase on US 72. Troopers had tried to stop Ward for speeding. Troopers pursued Ward for approximately 15 miles before he lost control of his 2000 Nissan Titan pickup near Faulkner on MS 370 and crashed. He was transported by ambulance to NMMC in Tupelo where he succumbed from injuries he received from the crash on October 27, 2012. | southern-sentinel.com | ||
11962 | Troy Clark Burkinshaw | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/26/2012 | Corinne | UT | 41.5498502 | -112.1106735 | Box Elder County Sheriff's Office | A deputy sheriff saw Burkinshaw urinating on the side of the highway. After an initial stop, Burkinshaw drove off. After chasing Burkinshaw down a dead end road, the deputy eventually got out of his car, cutting off Burkinshaw's exit, and shot him to death. | fox13now.com | ||
11956 | Marcos Antonio Castro Estrada | 29 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/25/2012 | La Joya | TX | 26.3440169 | -98.5087274 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Game wardens tried to pull over a red truck suspected of carrying a drug load. The truck sped away. The wardens called DPS. A DPS helicopter pursued. The vehicle continued to speed as it headed toward three schools around dismissal time. Officer Miguel Avila shot at the vehicle from the helicopter. Marco Antonio Castro and Jose Leonardo Cuj Cumar, two of nine Guatemalan migrants hiding in the truck, died. | mysanantonio.com | ||
11957 | Jose Leonardo Coj Cumar | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/25/2012 | Penitas | TX | 26.3428026 | -98.5002052 | Texas Department of Public Safety | Game wardens tried to pull over a red truck suspected of carrying a drug load. The truck sped away. The wardens called DPS. A DPS helicopter pursued. The vehicle continued to speed as it headed toward three schools around dismissal time. Officer Miguel Avila shot at the vehicle from the helicopter. Marco Antonio Castro and Jose Leonardo Cuj Cumar, two of nine Guatemalan migrants hiding in the truck, died | mysanantonio.com | ||
11958 | Mark Anthony Brooks | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 10/25/2012 | Keller | TX | 32.8983899 | -97.2573015 | Keller Police Department | Police said they were called to a Kohls store, where security had detained the man.When the officer tried to take the suspect into custody he began to struggle.The officer ordered the man to stop, police said, but he threatened to kill the officer and grabbed for his gun several times. The officer shot the man. | dallasnews.com | ||
19284 | Lacey Denise Lamb | 28 | Female | European-American/White | 10/25/2012 | Woodruff | SC | 34.7485581 | -82.0423873 | Woodruff Police Department | Police officer initiated a traffic stop. The driver fled the vehicle, Lacey Denise Lamb moved to the driver's seat and attempted to run over the officer with the vehicle. He shot and killed her. | goupstate.com | ||
11948 | Patrick Don Durnford | 47 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Sumner | WA | 47.1931038 | -122.2402471 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office | The victim was shot right to the head after the SWAT team ordered him to drop his weapon several times. He was presumed to have a hostage and attempted to shoot one officer. The SWAT team find several suicide notes inside of the house and he was under the influence of alcohol. | thenewstribune.com | ||
11949 | Ronald Walter Ossenberg | 52 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Lower Lake | CA | 38.8802616 | -122.6130049 | California Highway Patrol | CHP officer Erica Coddington shot Ronald Walter Ossenberg after he attacked her when she stopped to check on a car on the side of the highway. | lakeconews.com | ||
11950 | Jesus Salas | 42 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/24/2012 | El Paso | TX | 31.8644824 | -106.4399373 | El Paso Police Department | Salas, intoxicated, tried to assault multiple people. Officers responded. Salas left the scene. Complainants showed officers where he went. An officer found Salas. He squared up to the officer in a fighting stance. The officer drew a Taser. Salas surrendered. The officer tried to handcuff Salas. He began to resist. A second officer helped the first to handcuff Salas. A third officer took Salas to a patrol unit. Salas passed out. | google.com | ||
11951 | Phillip Haynes | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 10/24/2012 | Silsbee | TX | 30.3999386 | -94.1783105 | Hardin County Sheriff's Office | Responding to a suicide-related call, paramedics and Deputies Jason Griffin and Scott Delacerda approached a residence. Haynes laid face down on a bed. They tapped on the bedroom window. He did not respond. The deputies entered the house. When the deputies entered the bedroom, Haynes jumped up and stabbed Deputy Griffin in the arm with a knife. Deputy Delacerda shot at Haynes twice and struck him twice. Haynes was pronounced dead at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth. | 12newsnow.com | ||
11952 | Donnie Ray Plater | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.5650429 | -93.7680412 | Shreveport Police Department | Police shot and killed Donnie Ray Plater following a police chase; Plater's estranged wife (who Plater allegedly kidnapped, prompting the chase), Cindy Johnson West, was also found shot to death in Plater's vehicle. The initial call at 8:28 a.m. reported that a man was threatening a woman with a shotgun and had pulled her inside a vehicle. Officers spotted the car on Grimmett Drive in Shreveport and began to pursue the vehicle. Witnesses said it appeared that the woman attempted to get out of the car near Ute Trail and Grimmett. Officers behind Plater's vehicle then reported hearing shots fired. The chase continued onto Dixie Shreveport Road (Hwy 3049), turning on to George Road, when Plater reportedly got out of the car and started shooting at officers, striking a police car. Plater was then shot by police and died at the scene. The woman, Cindy Johnson West, was found shot to death inside the car, reportedly by Plater. | ksla.com | ||
11953 | Cindy Johnson West | 34 | Female | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Shreveport | LA | 32.5650429 | -93.7680412 | Shreveport Police Department | Police shot and killed Donnie Ray Plater following a police chase; Plater's estranged wife (who Plater allegedly kidnapped, prompting the chase), Cindy Johnson West, was also found shot to death in Plater's vehicle. The initial call at 8:28 a.m. reported that a man was threatening a woman with a shotgun and had pulled her inside a vehicle. Officers spotted the car on Grimmett Drive in Shreveport and began to pursue the vehicle. Witnesses said it appeared that the woman attempted to get out of the car near Ute Trail and Grimmett. Officers behind Plater's vehicle then reported hearing shots fired. The chase continued onto Dixie Shreveport Road (Hwy 3049), turning on to George Road, when Plater reportedly got out of the car and started shooting at officers, striking a police car. Plater was then shot by police and died at the scene. The woman, Cindy Johnson West, was found shot to death inside the car, reportedly by Plater. | cbs46.com | ||
11954 | Roger Preston Hamill | 31 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 10/24/2012 | Lewisville | TX | 33.0026243 | -96.9718355 | Lewisville Police Department | Officers responded to an accusation that a man used a gun to threaten someone at a McDonald's. Hamill's vehicle, near the McDonald's, matched the description of the suspect's vehicle. According to authorities, Hamill exited his vehicle and pointed a gun at officers. Three officers told him to drop it. They fatally shot him when he did not. | nbcdfw.com | ||
11955 | Prince James | 18 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/24/2012 | Bronx | NY | 40.8544837 | -73.9100857 | City of New York Police Department | James and two accomplices robbed a 60-year-old cabdriver at gunpoint--netting $80--but were interrupted by an off-duty NYPD officer. The officer was shot in the chest, and the three escaped in a white Mustang. Although seriously wounded the officer gave chase. The Mustang crashed, the officer opened fire with one hand while applying pressure to his own wound with the other, fatally shot James, then flagged down an ambulance for himself. | nydailynews.com | ||
22920 | Hurley E. Underwood | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/24/2012 | Pennington Gap | VA | 36.7310425 | -83.0888057 | Lee County Sheriff's Office | Hurley E. Underwood shot and killed himself in a Lee High parking lot when Lee County deputies attempted to apprehend him following a shooting in a nearby wooded area. | google.com | ||
11944 | Victor Terrance Gaddy Sr. | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/23/2012 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9628054 | -93.0737576 | St. Paul Police Department | Officers stopped Gaddy at the request of Minneapolis police, who said he was a suspect in a narcotics investigation. When Gaddy used his car to ram unmarked squad cars, officers shot and killed him, officials said in a statement. | startribune.com | ||
11945 | Chue Xiong | 22 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 10/23/2012 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9629998 | -93.0736053 | St. Paul Police Department | Xiong's family reported a shotgun and compound bow and arrows stolen from their home shortly before police spotted Xiong in a parking lot. Xiong raised the shotgun as officers arrived in a marked squad car and gunfire was exchanged, police said. Xiong was killed and officer King was wounded. | startribune.com | ||
11947 | Leon Tilden | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 10/23/2012 | Lamoine | ME | 44.5151192 | -68.3247821 | Maine State Police | After killing his father and his uncle, an armed Tilden tried to flank investigating officers, and they shot and killed him. | maine.gov | ||
19968 | Stephanie Q. Melson | 31 | Female | African-American/Black | 10/23/2012 | Louisville | KY | 38.2451654 | -85.8171201 | Louisville Metro Police Department | Joseph Johnson was fleeing the scene of a drug investigation when he ran a stop sign and collided with a car driven by Stephanie Melson, killing her. | google.com | ||
11943 | Dru Garrett Larson | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 10/22/2012 | Salem | OR | 44.9606517 | -123.0314382 | Salem Police Department | Larson led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car through the streets of Salem before crashing the vehicle. As officers approached he was initially cooperative but then attempted to escape, nearly striking police. They fatally shot him. | oregonlive.com | ||
11941 | Chase Hammer | 27 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/21/2012 | Salem | OR | 44.9022146 | -123.0420109 | Salem Police Department | Local police responded to a call from Hammer's girlfriend that he was armed, depressed and possibly suicidal. On arriving at the scene Hammer refused to drop his weapon and was fatally shot. | oregonlive.com | ||
11942 | Jeremiah Moore | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 10/21/2012 | Vallejo | CA | 38.122914 | -122.248277 | Vallejo Police Department | Two naked men were destroying property, including their home and cars. They claimed one of the men--who was on the autism spectrum--pointed a rifle at them. Witnesses dispute this claim. | kqed.org | ||
11937 | Anthony James Lawson | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/20/2012 | Eastvale | CA | 33.9536836 | -117.5871299 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department | Anthony James Lawson died after being Tased nine times, hit with a baton and hogtied during a struggle with deputies Jeremy Bracey, Ryan Rahner, Carlos Vasquez, Steven Lycopolus and John Kehrier. | cbslocal.com | ||
11938 | James D. Smith III | 65 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/20/2012 | Glacier View | CO | 40.7182663 | -105.4263061 | Larimer County Sheriff's Office | Larimer County Sheriff's Office deputies were called when an adult female called 911 to report that her former boyfriend had arrived at her residence. Deputies arrived on scene and made contact with Smith who pointed a handgun at deputies. Two shots were fired, one from Smith and one shot from a deputy. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. | northfortynews.com | ||
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