Initial reports described Swanson approaching two off-duty officers at a party, "armed, naked, and irrational," armed in fact with an inoperable antique pistol. It later emerged that the two of them had taken photographs of her about 15 minutes previously, walking naked through the woods and admitting to being "a little confused."

Castillo was a passenger in a car driven by her boyfriend, hit from behind by an on-duty local officer going 80 MPH without lights or siren. Their car flipped and she was fatally injured. Claims of the police, for instance that the couple were not wearing seat belts and the reasonable speed of his vehicle, were inconsistent with physical evidence of bruises and 40 yards of skid marks.

A 35-year-old Tulsa man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a standoff with law enforcement. The man was a suspect in a murder. The manner of death was ruled suicide.

Two suspected shoplifters who were fleeing from police about 10:30 p.m. struck the car Shawn Williams Jr. was in, police said. He was riding in a Ford Focus driven by a 17-year-old friend. Williams died in the crash. The Focus was one of three vehicles, including a police cruiser, that were hit.

Sazzmann was spotted by a deputy responding to a "suspicious person." The officer found a vehicle that looked like it had been broken into, and heard another vehicle starting nearby. The deputy, thinking the vehicle may have been involved in the suspected burglary, went to the vehicle and saw a man inside. The officer identified himself and instructed the male to show him his hands. The male failed to comply with the officer's instructions; instead he reached and grabbed a dark object from the center console. The officer, believing the object to be a weapon and fearing for his safety shot the man.

Officers said they responded to a call that Nestoiter was wielding a knife or machete. When they arrived, they said he had a gun, and they shot him to death.

Officers said that they tried to stop Rombeau for a red light violation, that he led them on a chase, and that when he was stopped began shooting at officers. Officers returned fire and shot him to death.

James Michael Pyles was killed in a crash while fleeing from police. At around 5:30 a.m., officers responded to a report of a man threatening someone with a gun in a parking lot at 618 North Street. When officers arrived, they saw Pyles' vehicle leaving the parking lot. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, Pyles reportedly failed to yield. According to police, Pyles drove at slow speeds and to Perryville Road and turned north. Police said Pyles accelerated and eventually left the right side of the road and struck a tree. Pyles was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Coburn crashed a black Dodge Charger. Firefighters responded. Coburn refused to step out of the vehicle. Officers V.H. Nguyen and L.C. Elizondo responded. Coburn tried to conceal a small plastic bag. Officer Elizondo pulled Coburn out of the Charger and handcuffed him. Officer Nguyen found cocaine in the vehicle. Before booking, Coburn admitted to cocaine and heroin use at Central Jail. He was sent to Ben Taub Hospital.

Roberto Carlos Hernandez and Michael Chadwick Fry were in the car. Hernandez was in the driver's seat when he allegedly put the car into reverse and rammed into the officer's patrol vehicle according to the sheriff's office. The deputy opened fire and shot Hernandez several times.

Investigators say Kanosh's mother called police to report her son was drunk and had taken her car. Kanosh was shot and killed during a confrontation at the end of a car chase. Kanosh and another man fled on foot; Josse deployed a Taser at Kanosh, but he recovered and a struggle allegedly ensued when Josie tried to handcuff him. At some point during the confrontation, investigators say Josse was "going to the ground" with Kanosh on top of him. He shot Kanosh in the arm and torso. Josse was treated for injuries after the shooting, police said.

An officer saw Guerra walking partially in the street, apparently intoxicated. The officer activated his emergency lights and approached the man, whose behavior was erratic. After putting his hands on the vehicle so the officer could pat him down for weapons, Guerra became violent. Guerra attacked the sergeant and tried to shove him into oncoming traffic.The officer then shot Guerra multiple times before summoning EMS.

Sherron apparently called police saying he wanted to commit suicide. He greeted them with a gun.

Officer Ryan Lockner shot and killed bystander, Alfonso Limon Jr., when he was unknowingly caught in the middle of a running gun battle reportedly initiated by Jose Zepeda Jr., who was also shot and killed by Lockner and officer Rocky Marquez.

Two officers shot Limon by accident, and another three officers shot Limon in error, leaving the bystander dead from 16 gunshot wounds. He'd gotten caught in the crossfire of a gang-related police shooting. All shots were deemed justified by authorities.

A man facing two arrest warrants shot an Alaska State Trooper during a traffic stop, police said. The shooter stole the wounded trooper's patrol car and was later found about a mile away, dead inside the vehicle. The trooper was not seriously injured and returned fire. Investigators have not said whether the trooper's shots killed the man, if his fatal wound was self-inflicted, or if he died some other way.

Wilcox at the time had three outstanding warrants against him; two for contempt of court and one for failure to appear. An officer tried to pull him over, but Wilcox kept driving eventually pulling into a driveway, jumped from his vehicle and ran into nearby woods where the struggle ensued. The officer shot Wilcox during the struggle.

Kelley Chase died from a head injury he sustained during self-defense training in the Oklahoma City police academy.

Officer Willis was responding to an emergency with lights and siren on when he collided with Suire's car, killing him. Officer was acquitted of negligent homicide.

Releford kicked in the door of his neighbor's home on Francis Street where a 61-year-old man, his 87-year-old father, and two nephews, ages 12 and 14, were sleeping. Releford sexually assaulted one of the boys, the 87-year-old wheelchair-bound man confronted Releford; after the two men fought, Releford walked out of the house and into the street toward his home. When police arrived, Releford aggressively approached one of the officers with one of his hands behind his back. As the officer retreated and called for additional police assistance, Releford charged toward the officer, which forced the officer to fire his gun.

Jamal Jones, 19, the driver of a 2012 Dodge Charger, tried to outrun sheriff's deputies on Interstate 95 and was stopped when Trooper Blake Taylor performed a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) maneuver on Highway 17 near Daisy Avenue. The vehicle left the roadway spinning clockwise, hit a pine tree, broke in two and overturned. One passenger, David Sessions, 28, was ejected from the vehicle and died on impact.. Kyrsten Q'Amise Veal, a 16-year-old runaway who was riding in the car, died a short time later.

Nogales police officers and a Border Patrol agent told two suspected drug smugglers to climb down on a border fence as Mexican citizens on the other side allegedly pelted them with rocks. A Border Patrol officer, Lonnie Swartz gave a verbal warning then fired into Mexico, hitting Rodriguez in the head and back.

Rita Moreno drove to a gas station to fill her vehicle with gas and asked for help with her son Marshall Moreno, a schizophrenic meth addict. Officer Albert Sanchez approached Marshall. According to authorities, Officer Sanchez chased and subdued Marshall. He and backup officers beat Marshall until he stopped resisting. Marshall died. According to a lawsuit by Rita, Marshall allowed Officer Sanchez to arrest him, but backed away because he did not understand why the arrest was occurring. He was subdued, then fatally beaten without offering resistance.

Woodfork himself called police and said he wanted to harm himself. Police found him outside where his girlfriend was a live-in nanny. They tried to talk to him but when he moved from the stairwell of the backyard, they shot him.

Shot at officers who responded to a 911 call that he was suicidal. Pointed at his chest and told officers to "make it count." Family members said he was getting divorced

Joshua Davis and Lerone Ursin were killed when their car crashed during a police chase at around 2:30 a.m. on US 61 in Gonzales. Police stopped a 1998 Dodge Stratus driven by Davis for an alleged traffic violation on Airline Highway, but Davis reportedly sped away and led officers on a high-speed chase. The car ran off the highway, struck a culvert and became airborne, flipping twice before it hit a large signpost in front of Ascension Baptist Church. Davis and Ursin were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were called out at 7 a.m. on Sznaider as he created a neighborhood disturbance, walking in traffic, acting erratically. He was tasered twice and put in a chokehold in a public park as he violently resisted arrest. Unarmed, and initially committing no crime, he died four days later of cardiac arrest.

Officer Allen Neula shot Mohammed Shah six times when he reached for some kind of weapon (later revealed to be a pocketknife) while sitting in a parked car.

Benton shot three people during a domestic dispute, then fled by vehicle. Deputies pursued him. He wrecked his vehicle and shot himself in the head. Benton died at Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas.

Police responded to reports of a man with a knife at the Richfield house O'Connor shared with his aunt. When officers arrived, police said, they encountered O'Connor, holding his aunt at knifepoint. The officers were able to subdue O'Connor briefly with a Taser, but a struggle soon followed, as O'Connor fought the officers with his knife. An officer freed the aunt from the situation as it escalated, and one of the officers fired at O'Connor. According to the investigative report, O'Connor's family members described a history of mental illness that had intensified shortly before his death.

Police said Christian Peterson was shot and killed by Eau Claire Officer Jason Ruppert as Peterson tried to carjack a truck at gunpoint in the drive-through at the Culver's restaurant. He allegedly refused several commands to drop his gun and started coming toward the officer when he was killed.

According to police, an officer tried to stop a Pontiac Grand Am for running a red light at 15 Mile and Mound Road in Sterling Heights at about 9 a.m. The officer reportedly followed the driver as he continued southbound into Warren at a high rate of speed, cut through a car dealership's parking lot, ran another red light and broadsided a Chevrolet Tahoe. The fleeing driver was crushed inside his car. The Tahoe's driver suffered serious injuries.

Grayson learned that his significant other cheated on him. He shot at her, threatened suicide and drove away. She called authorities. Officers chased Grayson, holding a gun to his head, until he crashed into another driver. Grayson shot out the glass of his driver's side window and shot at officers. Three officers fatally shot him.

Arraiol, who had outstanding warrants, was recognized by Taunton officers walking along the railroad tracks. Arraiol fled. When cornered he produced a handgun, refused police commands to surrender, remained defiant even after a police dog bit him on the leg, then pointed the gun at officers. He was shot twice in the chest and was pronounced death in a nearby hospital.

After being stopped for reckless driving, it is reported that the suspect failed to keep his hands in plain view and was reaching for the floor which led to the detective to fire a single shot in "self defense"

Maxsimillion Quarles-Gaston died after a police car stolen from officer Rodell Andrews struck her 2001 Mercury Sable. At about 8:30 a.m., Andrews had escorted Ricky Raper off a Metro bus on 80th and State streets after Raper refused to pay the fare. Raper then allegedly stole Andrews' cruiser, which had been left running and unlocked behind the bus, and sped off at nearly 100 mph before hitting two vehicles after driving about 10 blocks. Quarles-Gaston died at the scene. Raper, 42, was charged with first degree murder, aggravated possession of a stolen police vehicle and possession of a stolen police vehicle.

Terry Newhouse committed suicide after a long standoff with police in the exclusive Balboa Coves gated community.

Ivie was on duty as a Border Patrol agent and responded to a report of a tripped ground sensor. Gunfire erupted, killing Ivie and injuring another agent. An FBI investigation determined that there "are strong preliminary indications" that Ivie was unintentionally killed by gunfire from a third agent.

Eric Mandel reportedly shot himself in the head while running from police. Officers responded to reports of shots fired just before 4 p.m. According to police, an officer tried to contact Mandel, who instead ran away down Montgomery Street before rounding a turn and going out of officers' sight. Mandel then reportedly pulled a gun and shot himself. Mandel died at a hospital.

Two suspects capped their morning crime spree (armed robbery, pistol-whipping an elderly victim, etc.) with a high-speed chase with multiple police vehicles. Their white SUV struck a vehicle carrying couple Amber Nicole Verus, Ryan Max Culwell, and their 10-month-old daughter Rouge Culwell, killing all three. The suspects were caught and charged with three murders.

Two people capped their morning crime spree (armed robbery, pistol-whipping an elderly victim, etc.) with a high-speed chase with multiple police vehicles. Their white SUV struck a vehicle carrying couple Amber Nicole Verus, Ryan Max Culwell, and their 10-month-old daughter Rouge Culwell, killing all three. The suspects were caught and charged with three murders.

Officers responded to a domestic violence call involving Hargrove. They told him, armed with a rifle and a pistol, to drop his weapons. He shot at them once with a .22-caliber rifle. He was shot in the leg, then died four weeks later.

Officers tried to talk Lopez out of jumping off a boxcar. Lopez requested media presence, then jumped off of his boxcar to the next boxcar, falling through the gap in between them and severely wounding himself. He died at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Sharron Norman was arrested 1:30 a.m. after staff at Crown Fried Chicken called 911. Police said the staff reported that Norman was threatening customers and damaging property in the store. Two Haddon Township Police officers responded to the call and struggled with Norman while taking him into custody. One officer sustained "superficial injuries." Norman died in the back of a Haddon Township police car despite efforts to perform CPR on him.

Officers Mas Yoneda and Robert Zuniga shot Richard L. Chacon Jr. after he opened fire on them.

Police said a 911 call was made reporting a person breaking into a Jeep parked on the street. Thirteen minutes later, Officers Cousino and Cordero arrived and reported seeing someone standing near the Jeep, which had a broken driver's side window. He fled, they caught him and there was a fight. Parnell was shot and killed.

At around 10 p.m., deputies with St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division were conducting an investigation. Deputies approached Alton Davis Jr.'s vehicle, which they believed was involved in a narcotics transaction, in the parking lot of a grocery store. Deputies shot when he allegedly placed his vehicle in reverse and hit one of the deputies. Davis was taken to a hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries. The deputy who was hit by the car was treated for minor injuries.

Thomas Helvic of Port Allen led police on a chase after he allegedly tried to rob a Home Bank branch on Ambassador Caffery Parkway in October. That chase ended in a field where Helvic was killed. He is also a suspect in a string of bank robberies across Lafayette, Alexandria, Broussard, and Opelousas.

Brown was the longtime security guard in a recycling plant who called police to report an intruder in the early morning hours. Arriving officers saw a man with a weapon in plainclothes, Brown, and shot him without warning. He died a few days later of his injuries and two heart attacks.

Garrett was reported on a 3 a.m. 911 as suicidal. A responding deputy met Garrett coming out of his house, handgun in hand. He refused to drop it and was shot to death. The same deputy had shot and killed Margaret Marko in very similar circumstances 10 years prior.

Worley was a suspect in recent home invasions. An officer spotted him sitting in a car at a gas station. When the officer approached and ordered Worley to show his hands, Worley pulled out a gun. Worley was fatally shot when he allegedly pointed the weapon at the officer.

Police say Mohamed Bah, an immigrant from Africa, lunged at the officers with a 13-inch knife and he was shot after a stun gun and rubber bullet failed to stop him.

Paladino stole an SUV from a car dealership earlier in the day. When police found the vehicle in a hotel parking lot, they attempted to arrest Paladino. Paladino got in the vehicle and allegedly drove at an officer. The officer shot Paladino, who died the following day from his wounds.

Shot to death by off-duty police officer Terrance Shaw, who claimed Thompson tried to rob him. Shaw, who admitted that he knew Thompson prior to killing him, resigned when questioned about his relationship with the boy.

Officers were called to check on a suspicious man. While interviewing him, he became combative. One officer and the suspect began to struggle on the ground, according to a statement from Batton. The officer felt the suspect pulling on his gun belt, attempting to take his weapon. A second officer used pepper spray on the suspect, but that did not stop him. The second officer then shot and killed him.

Roseville police were called to Paul Storey's home after one witness reported Storey was intoxicated, he had pushed a woman and that he was armed with a baseball bat. Another witness reported seeing a gun in Storey's possession when he was fleeing the scene. Storey was shot close to his neighborhood after getting into a physical altercation with the officer. Police said a second officer, fearing for the safety of the officer involved in the struggle, shot the man he was attempting to arrest.

Officers were responding to a domestic dispute call when they encountered Barnes pointing an AK-47 at his wife. Officers shot him when he refused to lower the weapon. After being hit, Barnes pointed the weapon toward one of the officers, and the officer fired a second time. Barnes died later at the hospital.

Police shot Steven L. Watson after they responded to a report of a man firing a gun. At about 6:25 p.m., the man apparently fled into an apartment and witnesses directed police to the building. Watson allegedly pointed his gun at officers. An officer shot at Watson, killing him.

Officers were searching a wooded area for Ziniewicz in connection with an earlier shooting. During the manhunt, Ziniewicz was fatally shot.

A deputy arrested Chance for public intoxication and took him to Walker County Jail. Jail staff sent Chance to Huntsville Memorial Hospital.

More than five calls about shots fired on the near south side at 2:30 a.m. developed into police spotting a dark-colored Nissan Maxima, apparently with somebody handling a rifle in the back seat. Police gave chase. The pursued Maxima went out of control, smashed into the median and a light pole. Dead were Lamont Cross, Gregory Franklin, and Dasha Rhodes. A fourth occupant emerged in critical but stable condition.

Police responded to a 911 call about a stabbing. Two officers encountered the suspect, Ferguson, in the lobby. He ignored commands to drop the weapon and approached quickly, knife in hand, and both officers shot him. Officer attempts at CPR after he was down failed.

Deputy Carlos Canela shot Christopher Hannowsky after he removed the deputy's Taser from its holster during a scuffle.

A narcotics sting operation targeted several different suspects as they left a buy, each of them to be caught with several hundred pounds of marijuana for distribution. One suspect executed a dramatic U-turn on the interstate as he was being chased, narrowly missing the pursuing officers, but striking a family's SUV. Three-year-old Maspero died. The suspect was charged with his murder.

Chased by police in mid-afternoon at high speed, Lacy died when his vehicle plowed into the back of a parked semi truck. Although the chasing officer was found to have violated policy in the pursuit, Lacy was found completely at fault.

Six officers showed up and formed a perimeter around the neighborhood. They spoke with the man for about ten minutes while they waited for a negotiator to arrive. But, before that happened, police say Monge pointed the shotgun at them. All six officers opened fire, killing him in front of the home. Witnesses describe the incident as "suicide-by-cop." Monge's roommates say he had been depressed over the last couple of days.

Law enforcement disabled Rodriguez's 1992 Buick Century with spike strips. Rodriguez put a revolver to his right temple and shot himself.

A 23-year-old El Reno died following a domestic violence incident. The decedent was driving erratically and hit another vehicle, which caused his vehicle to stop. As officers approached the vehicle, the suspect shot himself. The manner of death was ruled suicide.

Stowell was being questioned in his house, with his wife present, about allegations of sexual abuse with another woman. Told that he would be taken in, Stowell went to the bathroom and returned with a knife, which he refused to drop. He was fatally shot.

Jermaine Lucas was on a furlough from the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Officers Alvin Lugod and Joseph Koenig responded to gunshots near 30th and Pratt Streets and said they saw Lucas running "toward them with his hands in his waistband." Both officers fired their guns, killing Lucas.

Officers were called to a Campgaw Road home at around 10:16 p.m. by a resident who said his son was behaving erratically. When they arrived, they found the son, Michael Garbowski, locked in a bathroom. Officers heard Garbowski kicking and punching the walls inside, and he refused several commands to come out of the bathroom. Eventually, the door was forced in by Garbowski's father. Garbowski still refused to leave the bathroom, and mumbled speech that was "indiscernible." Officers eventually forced him out, handcuffed him and placed him on the floor as they waited for ambulances to arrive. While they waited, Garbowski died.

Feliciano called 911 stating he was armed and suicidal. Responding police found him in his SUV parked outside his house. He rolled away as police approached. They followed, setting up a short pursuit. When Feliciano rammed the patrol car head on, officers fired on him and killed him.

New Hanover Township Police were told of a problem at Daniel Jobson's home. When police arrived at the residence, they saw a Mercedes SUV leaving, and although they attempted to stop it, the vehicle fled. An officer followed the SUV as it drove "erratically" around several roads before returning to 2327 Colflesh Road. Jobson fled from the vehicle, and an officer pursued on foot. Jobson allegedly ran into the residence through a garage and up a stairway to the second floor. As the officer approached the top of the stairway, Jobson fired a single gunshot toward the stairway. Jobson then barricaded himself in a bedroom, and the officer took cover on the stairway. The officer heard a second gunshot, and Jobson was found dead inside the bedroom of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Patrons of a Days Inn called authorities, saying that Schuck threatened his girlfriend. When officers arrived, Schuck threatened to kill his girlfriend if they entered the room he occupied. Officers opened the door to the room. Schuck shot at them. They fatally shot Schuck.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a chase started after a Grand River Dam Authority Police officer ran the tag of a Hyundai Sonata and discovered it was stolen. The officer tried to stop the car and the driver fled. The chase went on for about five miles before the driver crashed near a pond. The female driver, Claudia Taylor, was arrested by a Mayes County deputy. Her passenger, Shirrel, ran into the woods. A dog team found the scent and Shirrel came out of the woods. He had a handgun when he stepped out of the woods and when he brandished it, officers from the three different agencies all opened fire, killing Shirrel.

Idakoji hit his sister at a family party. Hours later, he attacked other members of the family with a knife, and was beaten with a piece of lumber and multiple pipes by family members trying to defend each other. Idakoji advanced toward two responding officers with the knife, which he refused to drop. An officer fatally shot him.

Tempe Police officers watched across the Highline Canalas a Maricopa County Deputy and Smith, holding a knife, approached each other in Guadalupe, the neighboring jurisdiction. Smith told the deputy to shoot him. The deputy told Smith to drop the knife. According to the officers, the deputy shot Smith at a distance of 20 to 30 feet, and shot again as Smith continued to advance at the same pace. Smith later died.

Pedroza was at a birthday party on the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande when a Border Patrol boat tried to stop a man swimming to the United States. Partygoers mocked the agents. The agents shot at the partygoers, killing Pedroza. According to the Border Patrol, partygoers threw rocks at agents as they mocked them. The incident occurred days after agents in a boat had been shot at from Mexico.

Police said James Burns ignored two officers' demands to drop his weapon, and instead pointed the gun at the officers, and he was shot and killed. An internal affairs investigation, within the police department, found that the officer was justified in using deadly force.

Wayne Renner was apparently having a mental breakdown, firing a gun inside his home and shooting into neighbors' homes. Details around his killing by Chico Officers Greg Rogers, Will Clark, Ben Love and Mike Caldwell were not reported.

Police responded around 10 p.m. to a report of shots fired at the home of former auto and financial executive Ricky Nelson Coley. Coley reportedly shot through the bedroom door and wall, fatally wounding officer Patrick O'Rourke in the neck. Police retreated with O'Rourke and a 20-hour standoff began. West Bloomfield police were joined by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office and SWAT team, as well as officers from several other departments. Construction equipment was brought in to tear into part of the house, then a robotic device was sent inside, but police said Coley shot at it. A special response team entered the home around 5:30 p.m. and found Coley dead in his bed.

James Walton was a passenger killed in a crash during a high speed police chase.

Deputies shot and killed a man after a two-hour standoff that started as domestic violence call. The suspect's wife called 911, telling the dispatcher her husband was drunk and had tried to choke her. The woman also gave the dispatcher an essential piece of information--there were several weapons inside the home.Deputies heard a gunshot as they arrived on the scene and immediately called SWAT and started trying to negotiate with the suspect. Those negotiations went on for two hours. At that point, according to MCSO, things went south.the suspect, armed with what "appeared to be" an assault rifle," started firing at deputies. The deputies returned fire, killing the man.

An officer allegedly spotted Wallace walking with a pistol in the waist of his pants. Police say Wallace threw the weapon down along the road, and that an officer was searching him when her pistol reportedly discharged on accident, killing him.

James Arrington Jr. allegedly shot and killed himself during a standoff that began when deputies arrived with commitment papers.

Jackson's family, worried about his depression and his removing a knife from the kitchen, first called in cousins for help, and then an ambulance. Jackson's mother opened the door to two police officers. According to those officers he approached them with the knife in a threatening way. He was shot to death.

Police arrived to a domestic violence call. Frazier threatened officers with a shotgun. One officer fired, and Frazier retreated into the home where he committed suicide.

Collin county deputies tried to serve a warrant on Hall. Hall fatally shot his mother and himself.

Gover's girlfriend reported a case of domestic abuse against Gover. Deputies show up to the scene where they were interviewing her when Gover popped his eyes in the fence. Deputies asked him to stop and he climbed a six-foot fence where he told the police that he had a gun. Deputies shot him 6 times.

With a history of bipolar disorder but no prior police contact at all, sheriff's deputies were called to Ladue's parents' house, where he was acting uncontrollable and irrational in the back yard. Police fought him, pepper sprayed him, shot a Taser then applied the Taser directly, physically piled on him then handcuffed him. Finally subdued, Ladue then stopped breathing.

Douglas Natzke was shot and killed outside his home after deputies responded to a report of gunfire at the home and had a confrontation with Natzke.

Investigators seeking answers about Lacy's mental state discovered that he'd become withdrawn, unpredictable, and had started researching the sovereign citizens' movement. Whatever the cause, Lacy shot and killed a trooper during an interstate traffic stop. He was immediately shot and killed by the trooper's partner.

Ricky Eddins died from injuries sustained after crashing his truck into a state trooper's patrol car during a high speed chase along I-65.

Officer Luis Flores was found deceased at his Carrollton residence. Officer Flores had been with the Highland Village Police Department since November 2008 and was a member of the HVPD Bike Unit. He received the Life Saving Award in December 2009 and was awarded an HVPD Certificate of Merit.

Watson was struck by a patrol car driven by Lt. Jimmy Ricks of Jacksonville's Sheriff's Office as she was walking across the Interstate at 5:40 a.m. Police and media implied she was to be blame for her own death since it is illegal to cross the Interstate,

Randall Justin Roberts reportedly shot and killed himself at some point during a standoff.

Officers were in an area known for its gang activity, around 4:30 a.m. when they saw a car with two men inside, police shined their lights and approached. Police said Romero reached for a gun, and officers then fired 31 rounds. Romero's weapon turned out to be a non-lethal pellet gun.

Officers responded to report of a disturbance at a motel. Officers arrived to find Chabot running on a freeway. Officers attempted to protect him by blocking traffic, but he continued to run. Chabot was then stunned with a Taser. Chabot was pronounced dead at a hospital.

When Johns' live-in girlfriend and her 11-year-old daughter went to the hospital, the daughter complaining of stomach upset and headaches, medical staff discovered that she was pregnant. Johns excused himself for a cigarette and never came back, reverting to his previous criminal pattern of armed robberies. County officers tracked him to a Treasure Island motel, Johns resisted with a knife, and was fatally shot.

Officer Marj Kush shot Del Rosario as the man waved a hammer and charged toward five police officers.

Police surrounded a Dollar General Store after they received a 911 call. Robert Thompson reportedly went out the back of the store as officers entered the front, and he fired at officers who were waiting behind the store. Police said two officers returned fire, killing him.

A local officer shot at Allen 41 times, reloading twice, during and after a 30-minute early-morning car pursuit. Three of those bullets fatally struck the unarmed Allen in the back. The aftermath included a dramatic change in the police narrative after the release of a video, and the deliberate destruction of evidence. One of the rare cases where an officer was indicted for a line-of-duty killing.

Police were called after a man barricaded himself inside a residence. Police said the man had been distraught and was alone in the apartment during the standoff. He committed suicide after a six-hour standoff with state police in Meadville.

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase shot and killed David Leroy Phillips during a struggle. At about 8:30 a.m., Degase responded to a call from a homeowner who was worried about a man and a woman working on a disabled car in front of his home. Degase recognized the woman as having a warrant for her arrest and tried to take her into custody, but she reportedly resisted. During an ensuing struggle, Degase alleged that Phillips threatened him and moved toward him with an unspecified weapon, so Degase shot him.

Police were frequent visitors to the Leatherwood residence for domestic disturbances. This time, at three in the morning, Leatherwood drew a gun on the three officers in his house and was shot to death in return.

The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office received a report of a man on a bicycle who was firing shots at car windows. A responding Pueblo Police officer found Edward Valdez III at a local business. Police said Valdez fired at the officer with a BB gun multiple times. Valdez reportedly hit the officer twice. The officer then returned fire and killed Valdez. Mary Valdez, Edward's grandmother, said he was shot 8 times in the torso.

Deputies reported that they tried to confront Axe, a wanted parolee, and he tried to drive his RV away from them, while injuring one deputy and endangering another with his vehicle. One deputy fearing for his partner's life, shot Axe to death.

Deborah and Robert Prine were shot and killed at around 8 p.m. by 14 deputies responding to a disturbance call at a residence. According to the Sheriff's Department, when deputies arrived, they found that both Prines were armed and refused to put their weapons down. Deputies allege that one at a time, the Pines approached the officers, prompting them to open fire. The Prines later died at the hospital. The lawsuit filed by Deborah's mother, Patricia Doyle, presented a different version of events. Doyle said she called the police to report that her daughter and son-in-law were fighting, and that her daughter was going to purposefully try to get the deputies to shoot her. After deputies arrived, Prine walked out of the house with a rifle strapped to her shoulder. Deputies told her to drop her weapon, but Deputy Christopher Powell and Sergeant Richard Dubus shot her before she had time to comply. When Deborah hit the ground, Dubus and deputies Turner Barran and Bailey Newsom "fired a second round into her." After witnessing his wife being shot, Robert Prine ran from the house toward his wife's body. He was reportedly screaming and unarmed when deputies shot him. The deputies identified as being involved in the death of Robert Prine are Dubus, Powell, and Deputy Mark Ceravolo.

A four-hour manhunt for a suspect on foot who'd attempted an armed robbery at a CVS Pharmacy drive-through, a hunt that included bloodhounds and helicopters, ended in the woods with deputies shooting the man to death. His identity was unknown.

Ex-convict and methamphetamine addict Haney barricaded himself in a motel room when police tried to arrest him on two federal warrants. The SWAT team was called. Haney said he wouldn't be taken alive. He brandished a makeshift simulated gun and three officers fired five shots killing him.

Police said they got a call around 2 p.m. from a woman in Grand Haven who said she was following a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a Douglas Norton, who had her 15-year-old daughter (who was reportedly the man's girlfiren) with him. The girl's mother said Norton had a handgun and was threatening suicide. Police said they tried to stop the truck on US-31, but Norton fled. The pursuit entered Muskegon County at 2:23 p.m. Officers attempted evasive measures to stop the truck, but weren't successful. Norton eventually pulled over on the ramp to Pontaluna Road, where he reportedly shot himself in the head and died at the scene.

Four officers shot and killed Pedro Ruiz III when he pointed a gun at them as he stood on a rooftop after a chase through Antioch. Police responded to a domestic violence call at about 11:15 p.m. on Sycamore Drive. Ruiz reportedly fled the scene armed with a gun and rammed two patrol cars. Ruiz drove more than a mile to Wainfleet Court, where a police helicopter apparently spotted him on a rooftop. Ruiz pointed a gun at police and four officers--two in one location and two in another--opened fire, killing him. Ruiz's 3-year-old niece was reportedly found in his vehicle, though police said they didn't know a child was present during the chase. She was physically unharmed.

East Orange cruisers were chasing a suspicious vehicle when it struck and killed 55-year-old Darroll Morris and his pet Shih Tzu, Jordon, with which he had been walking on a sidewalk along Lincoln Street. Tariq Sewell, the 26-year-old alleged driver, was arrested a short time later and charged with death-by-auto, police said.

Died in a car crash with her mother, Delois Epps. Officer Alex Beard, who caused the crash, was later fired, and in May, 2013, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.

Around 2 p.m. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Derek MacLaren tried to pull over Brent Blevins' maroon Dodge truck. Blevins had struck a vehicle and had been driving erratically on U.S. 90. According to a later grand jury report, he refused to stop until a Suwannee County Sheriff's Office car pulled in front of the truck east of Live Oak. Blevins got out of the pickup holding a handgun over his head refused to drop it and walked toward Trooper MacLaren. MacLaren fired six rounds hitting Blevins five times in the chest, killing him.

Officers responding to a domestic violence call found Frye pointing a gun at his wife. A 38-second shootout ensued in which Frye was shot and killed.

A cooperative city-county narcotics raid on a Friday night developed into armed resistance and gunfire from the three target suspects. One unidentified suspect was shot to death; suspects William Darryl Braswell and Thomas Arthur Austin Jr. were also apprehended and were charged later.

On August 24, 2012, a gunman shot and killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building in New York City. Following the initial shooting, the gunman, 58-year-old Jeffrey T. Johnson, was fatally shot by police officers after raising his weapon at them. Nine bystanders were wounded by stray bullets fired by the officers and ricocheting debris, but none suffered life-threatening injuries.

A robbery was reported at Shelby County Bank in Shelby. According to police, an on-duty SCSD deputy saw a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car leaving the city. Police gave chase to Avoca, where the driver, Larry Tiarks, stopped at a home and barricaded himself inside. Officers from numerous agencies surrounded the home for more than four hours. Efforts to contact Tiarks were unsuccessful, police said. An ISP Tactical Entry Team went inside shortly after 4 p.m. and reportedly found that Tiarks had hung himself.

Deputies responded to a call about a strange man in the Harriston cornfield in the Midnight community Thursday afternoon. When deputies arrived, an unidentified man fired on law enforcement. Deputies returned fire, wounding the gunman. The man was apprehended and airlifted to University Medical Center in Jackson where he was pronounced dead.

Kyle E. Brooks was allegedly towing a trailer with stolen merchandise behind a stolen pickup in a police chase when he crashed and died.

One person was killed and another injured as narcotics officers interacted with suspects in an ongoing investigation.

Driver Crystal Gray and rear-seat passenger Shelby Kraft were killed when their car crashed into a tree and burst into flames after a police chase in Hemet. A third woman in the car suffered critical injuries. According to police, an officer stopped the car on Oakland Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. because it matched the description of a vehicle used in four separate shootings in Hemet and San Jacinto two days earlier, but witnesses to those incidents identified the shooters as men. As police questioned the three women, Gray reportedly sped off, reaching speeds of 100 mph before crashing.

A Cherokee County Sheriff's deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle for traffic violation, police said. The driver of the vehicle fled the area, ran a red light and then drove north on Bells Ferry Road. The deputy, whose name was not released, advised dispatch by radio that he only had traffic charges against the suspect and would not be pursuing the vehicle. The deputy turned off his emergency lights and siren and continued north on Bells Ferry Road, where he was flagged down and advised there had just been a collision. The fleeing man died at the scene.

Officers were responding to a call about a shooting. They spotted the suspect a few blocks away and ordered him to the ground. The suspect failed to comply, and shot at officers, who fatally shot him.

McAlpin refused treatment for a staph infection that had become septic. Deputies handcuffed McAlpin and took her to Hunt Regional Hospital where she died.

Oregero was being followed by a car-theft squad. Officers spoke to him, he gave a wrong name, and ran into a trailer. He pointed a shotgun at officers, and fearing for their lives, they shot and killed him.

Kentucky State Police received a 911 call from a residence complaining that there was a fight in progress near the residence involving firearms, and shots had been fired. State Police and sheriff's deputies arrived and as the trooper walked toward the area where the incident had taken place, a man armed with a handgun appeared. As Ted Newsome approached, he raised the handgun at the trooper. The trooper, who was armed with his patrol rifle, shot and killed Newsome.

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a standoff with police. At around 8:30 p.m., the Topeka Police Department's special response team was called to an east side home, where police police said an armed man was making suicidal threats and refusing to come outside. When officers arrived, the man allegedly fired shots from inside the house through the window. According to police, the man later shot himself and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said that no shots were fired by officers during the standoff.

Kelly Davis was killed and her husband, Perry Dennis Davis Jr., was in a local hospital recovering from a gunshot wound. Police received a 911 call, and Bentonville officers responded to a disturbance call. Officers heard gunshots inside the residence when they arrived, police said. Witnesses described hearing three gunshots. Police alleged Perry shot and killed Kelly then shot and wounded himself. He received a 35-year sentence.

SAPD called for domestic disturbance. Suspect was in bedroom, asleep, and roused awake by SAPD officer. SAPD officer states suspect began choking the officer and fired in self defense.

Police received a call for a burglary on the 1600 block of West Lexington Street at about 12:30 p.m. Two officers responded and found Bell on the third floor of an abandoned building. Bell lunged at one of the officers with either a broken bottle or a knife, cutting the officer's face. The other officer opened fire, killing Bell.

Sheppard was killed when his motorcycle was hit from behind by a Newton County deputy, Sgt. David Trimble, who was responding to an emergency call.

In the early afternoon Connor took a pistol-grip shotgun into a motorcycle shop and demanded the keys to one. An undercover local detective who happened to be in the store shot Connor dead.

Jeffery Lewis Thomas, 46, had some drinks on Folly Beach, where he rented a home. His sport-utility vehicle later fatally struck 40-year-old Matthew Denton on James Island.

Undercover DNE agent Daniel Stepleton arranged to buy narcotics at Breckenridge Estates mobile home park and arrived with another agent shortly before 7 p.m. Ivan Carl Hardemon let them inside the trailer, drew a handgun from his backpack and directed two masked men to pat the officers down. Stepleton said he leaned against the wall to prevent the removal of a handgun tucked into his waistband. Hardemon allegedly aimed his gun at Stepleton's head. Stepleton tried to push the gun away, drew his own gun and fired four shots, striking Hardemon twice and hitting Demarco Dudley, 22, twice in the arm. Hardemon fled the trailer and died at the back of a vacant lot across the street.

Officer John Moss and Bobby Meredith shot and killed Randy Lynn Sheffield, who rammed a SUV into a Modesto home as officers investigated a stabbing.

Police offered few details of their encounter with Evans. They were called in the evening to the house he shared with his grandmother, he was violent and unstable, they'd been called there 10 times in the last 2 years for domestic disturbances and suicide attempts, and that they'd "fired multiple rounds and Mr. Evans died at the scene."

Riso fled to a residence after allegedly robbing a bank. A Folsom police officer and a Sacramento deputy followed him. The deputy shot Riso in the back as he tried to follow a resident into a room. Efforts were made to revive Riso, but he died at the scene.

A 1999 Chrysler Sebring driven by John C. Perkins, 44, of Maryville, crossed the centerline and hit 1999 Ford Taurus driven by Amelia Keown, 16. Officials said a trooper clocked Perkins going 73 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. The trooper was trying to turn around and pursue Perkins when the Chrysler hit Keown's car, killing her. Perkins died a short time later.

Reno Whitt Jr. fled from officers after they were called to an apartment complex to investigate car break-ins. Police said Whitt exceeded 90 mph before striking a utility pole, killing Ricky Nelson. Two other passengers were hurt. Whitt was convicted of second-degree murder.

Antwinette Holtsclaw was killed when her SUV was struck by a vehicle being pursued by state troopers. Randy L. Hartline, the driver of the fleeing car, was also killed in the crash. Troopers said they were following Hartline at around 3:30 p.m. after he'd allegedly stolen a car at gunpoint outside a Casey's General Store in Platte City. Holtsclaw died at the scene. Hartline died a short time later at a hospital.

Deputies responding to an early Monday morning domestic disturbance call discovered an uncooperative Starks handling a rifle. After escorting a woman from the house, and after he went for his rifle even after being wounded the first time, they fatally shot him.

Caffall was shot and killed during gunfight with officers, after killing a Brazos County Constable who was serving an eviction notice.

Antwinette Holtsclaw was killed when her SUV was struck by a vehicle being pursued by state troopers. Randy L. Hartline, the driver of the fleeing car, was also killed in the crash. Troopers said they were following Hartline at around 3:30 p.m. after he'd allegedly stolen a car at gunpoint outside a Casey's General Store in Platte City. Holtsclaw died at the scene. Hartline died a short time later at a hospital.

Around 2 a.m., Harrison called police to inform them that he was armed and would kill his brother. They confronted him walking drunkenly around the 1100 block of Clay street, concealing one hand and telling them to shoot him. Officers told him to stop, and officer Keith Casada Jr. shot Harrison with a rifle as he approached, allegedly at a distance of about 73 feet.

Moore and two other teens were in a stolen vehicle when they allegedly attempted to run down a police officer. The officer shot into the car, striking and killing Moore. The investigation determined that the vehicle was either stopped or moving in reverse, away from the officer. Officer Josh Hastings has been charged with manslaughter and is currently awaiting trial.

Police received four calls for the same suicidal person. The man was found with a handgun. Officers were attempting to get the suspect to drop his handgun when he raised the gun at the officers. One officer fired his weapon but did not strike the suspect. Shortly afterwards, the man shot and killed himself.

An off-duty Chicago police officer on a motorcycle laid down his bike to avoid hitting a 4-year-old girl who'd darted out into the street. The sliding bike struck the girl anyway. The girl's father, Middleton, approached the officer angrily, and the officer shot Middleton dead.

Times Square performer Kennedy typically dressed as a ninja and would do backflips for tourist tips. Mid-afternoon on a Saturday Kennedy was engaged by officers for publically smoking marijuana. Pepper-sprayed six times on a slow-walk pursuit he pulled an 11-inch IKEA kitchen knife, reportedly threatened officers with it, and was shot to death.

Hattersley, 28, threatened his wife and a hotel worker before police arrived. Police said that Hattersley pointed a gun at them as they exited an elevator, and they shot and killed him.

A narcotics officer doing neighborhood surveillance saw Young open fire on two other people, without result. Confronted, Young refused to drop his weapon, and was fatally shot.

Sgt. Greg Pieper shot and killed Keith Gabriel after he refused to follow the officer's orders to drop his gun. Police said Gabriel had a Colt .45 handgun in his hand and started turning toward Pieper when he was killed. The officer was investigating a report of illegal fireworks, police said.

An officer shot Gustavo Pedro Moreno when he charged at him with a knife in front of the Vacaville Police Department.

At about 8 a.m. APD officers and HCSO deputies went to arrest David James Hogan for domestic abuse and violation of a no-contact order. Police said Hogan was armed when he met the officers at the door, so they retreated and called for backup and negotiators. About four hours later, the officers reportedly heard a single gunshot and found Hogan dead inside the home with an apparent self-inflicted head wound.

Police were attempting a traffic stop when two men fled on foot and the driver fled in the vehicle. After a foot chase, an officer caught up to one suspect and a struggle ensued. The suspect allegedly reached for the officer's taser, and the officer shot the man two times, killing him.

Police wanted Percy Holland with regard to a domestic dispute. He refused to show police his hands when they tried to arrest him at a friend's house, and he was shot and killed.

Police shot and killed Dennis Allen Clore after he threatened them with a baseball bat.

Police shot and killed Elijah Haggerty after they reportedly encountered him with a shotgun. Haggerty allegedly shot Jolette Frazier, 28. Police said when they arrived at the home, they found Frazier outside suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso. Police said they shot Haggerty after they encountered him with a shotgun inside the house.

It was reported that House was a part of a robbery of a Rite-Aid, and that officers shot him to death.

Joseph Allan Weeks was killed in the driveway of a home where officers found him struggling over a gun with his girlfriend, police said. Officers went to the house after the girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter called E-911 to report her mother's boyfriend was threatening suicide. He was told to stop struggling and was shot and killed.

Gonzalez, driving a 2001 GMC Yukon, made a right turn without using a turn signal. A trooper pursued him. Gonzalez accelerated, lost control and crashed.

Shelton died at the end of a high-speed police chase when she was ejected from the car her mother was driving. Initially pursued for tailing other cars and erratic driving, the mother fled from an attempted traffic stop and sped to 100 MPH before the crash.

With his wife at home, Cash threatened suicide and also threatened to shoot any police officers who came to stop him. His wife called the police. Responding officers found Cash armed, uncooperative and menacing. He was fatally shot.

Shot when he refused deputies' orders to drop the knife he was holding to a friend's neck in his front yard. The friend had called 911 to say Evitts was threatening him. The two men had been drinking beer and bourbon after rain curtailed their plans to go fishing.

Driving a stolen car, Lagene Lawson was fleeing from a domestic dispute when he sped through Adams Township and into Cranberry. There, using a stolen handgun, he fired a single bullet into his head, killing himself. The car crashed through the glass front entrance of the Lane Bryant, causing extensive damage.

Darren Burley died 12 days after being choked by deputies who acknowledged punching, tasering and using their body weight to force handcuffs on him.

Officers responded to a report that Roedig was intoxicated, had been asked to leave a neighbor's party, and had subsequently fired shots at the neighbor's house. When officers arrived at Roedig's home he threatened suicide. A special response team was called to assist. Roedig was fatally shot when he stepped out of his home and pointed a rifle at officers.

Police shot and killed Robert Padilla Reyes when he brandished a fake pistol after a high-speed chase through Santa Maria, Nipomo and Guadalupe.

Officers executing an arrest warrant shot and killed Berger when he exited his garage holding a long-barreled shotgun.

Fears was discovered with a bloodstained butcher knife in each hand which she refused to drop. She'd just stabbed and seriously wounded her own 4-year-old grandson. Police shot her twice in the midsection, which killed her. The boy died in the hospital shortly afterward.

An officer spotted McMurtry in the yard; he had a machete with him. Deputies attempted to talk with him, but McMurtry became more agitated and ran at the deputies. One deputy attempted to Taser McMurtry, but apparently he didn't make a good connection. The other deputy had his gun drawn and shot McMurtry. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Garcia, sweaty and dazed, entered Interstate Motor Lodge and asked the night clerk for help. She called 911. Firefighters responded. Garcia refused treatment. Officers Tovar, Pruitt, Fletcher and Laska responded. All came to the conclusion that Garcia was intoxicated, and tried to arrest him. Garcia resisted. Officer Raska tasered Garcia three times during the struggle. Officers and firefighters put Garcia onto a gurney and transported him to East Houston Medical Center, where he died.

Officers had arrested a man for weapons and drug charges and were transporting him handcuffed inside a vehicle. The man allegedly was able to remove the cuffs and began to attack the officer driving the car. An officer driving behind them stopped to help, and Ryberg was shot to death.

As officers approach a suspected marijuana grow house, Delgado gets out of the car and starts shooting, wounding an officer before getting shot and killed.

Two officers responded to a report of shots fired. Hughes reportedly fired a shot at an officer, who returned fire and fatally wounded him.

Jose Naveja allegedly told the sergeant he was armed and had guns in his vehicle, and ultimately led deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and Santa Maria police officers on a slow pursuit. Jose Naveja stopped his car at the north end of Preisker Lane and threw several guns out of his car, Then he allegedly got out of his vehicle, picked up a gun and confronted officers, who fired multiple shots and killed the man.`

Jesus Bugarin Mercado was killed when an alleged pickup truck thief being chased by police crashed into his car.

Connor fatally shot two people at a trailer park after an argument. Sergeant Steven Means arrived on the scene. Connor shot at him, using an oak tree for cover and as a rest for his scoped .30-30 rifle. Vic Stacy, a welder, saw Connor shooting at Sergeant Means, who hid behind his vehicle, looking for his shooter. Stacy shot Connor in the thigh with a .357 magnum Colt Python at a distance of 150 feet. Connor fell, exposing himself as he turned to face Stacy. Sergeant Means fatally shot Connor.

Police said a woman fired several shots then went inside a residence. Police declared a barricade situation. After police gained entry, they found the woman inside, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Police were playing a prank on undocumented immigrant Popoca, after arresting him for erratic driving. They dropped him off at a Taco Bell where the intoxicated man wandered off and was struck on the highway.

Pazin says Turlock police ended the life of 29-year-old Joseph Davis after they say he led them on a chase. Eventually he tried to carjack another driver on Bradbury Road and Highway 99.

In a high-risk traffic stop following a "shots fired" call, a Portland Police Bureau officer shot and killed Billy Wayne Simms, 28.

Officer Justin Penrose spotted a stolen vehicle occupied by two men in a fast food parking lot and called for backup. As backup arrived, the driver began to try and drive out of the parking lot. When the car came toward him, Penrose shot and killed the driver, Girardot.

Aubrey N. Nothum was killed after a pickup truck driven by a 13-year-old girl fleeing a deputy crashed into her car. At around midnight, the deputy reportedly saw a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 crossing onto the shoulder and suspected the driver might be intoxicated. According to police, the deputy turned around and attempted to stop the pickup, but the driver refused to stop. As the truck entered the city, the driver accelerated. The deputy reportedly slowed down, but continued the pursuit until the driver lost control of the truck while trying to turn right onto Highway 100. Nothum's 2002 Mazda was stopped at a red light waiting to turn left when the truck struck her car. The impact pushed both vehicles off of the north side of Highway 100. Nothum was pronounced dead at a hospital.

McEachin is said to have regularly walked from the adult care home where he lived, down a quarter-mile to a convenience store where he'd pump gas for a dollar and cadge rides into town. Police tasered him twice after he'd assaulted several people with a stick then tried to steal the county cruiser when deputies showed up. He collapsed and died.

Steven W. Sanchez reportedly shot himself following a high-speed police chase. The chase began at around 4 p.m. on the LSU campus when a black Ford Ranger pickup driven by Sanchez crashed through barricades, according to LSU police. City police and sheriff's deputies pursued Sanchez as he left the campus and followed him onto the interstate. Sanchez crashed at the Essen Lane exit, after police deployed spike strips. Police said Sanchez then shot himself in the head at the scene.

Jim Kenneth Bailey showed up at his estranged wife's house heavily armed, with a gas mask and flak jacket, and began shooting. One of his shots killed John Neal Shull simply driving by in his pickup. A local SWAT force contained Bailey and later found him with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two officers were also wounded and a police dog killed (by friendly fire).

Open 911 call received, officers responded. Trivette shot and killed one officer, Deputy William Mast. Trivette in turn was killed by Mast's partner, Preston Russell.

Officers shot Richard Heeter after a manhunt that began after he reportedly shot two deputies and ended when he stabbed another officer. According to police, Heeter had gone to a residence near to collect a debt at around 1 a.m. Neighbors called police to report gunfire and screams coming from the home. Deputies were reportedly ambushed by Heeter as they approached. One deputy was shot in the wrist and a second officer was hit in the arm. Heeter fled and a manhunt began that lasted the rest of the night. After 5 a.m., officers encountered Heeter back on Circle Drive. Heeter allegedly lunged at them with a knife hidden behind his back, stabbing one officer in the shoulder. The officers opened fire, killing Heeter.

Ex-con Larrance with outstanding warrants for a variety of offenses reportedly opened fire on local police unprompted. They returned fire. Larrance retreated to his unit of an apartment complex. He was found dead there later.

An unidentified off-duty corrections officer fatally shot Steven McCrae who the officer said tried to carjack him in Newark. The two exchanged gunfire, and both suffered gunshot wounds.

Three officers surrounded a house where a kidnapping had falsely been alleged. They chased four people who left the building. Officer Brian Rowden chased James Harper, trying to subdue him three times as they jumped over three fences. Rowden lost his handcuffs when Harper escaped during the second fight. The two jumped a third fence and grappled at a corral, where Harper said, "You're gonna have to kill me." Rowden broke away, drew his weapon and fatally shot Harper, who was unarmed.

A 1 a.m. 911 from Badgett's wife brought local police to their house. She'd complained of a man with a gun inside the house, and she'd met officers at the door, bleeding from a head wound, just before Badgett himself appeared and fired on the police. He managed to shoot and wound one of them before being shot to death.

An off-duty officer shot and killed one of two burglars in his home

Patterson, former civilian police employee, was "well-known in the neighborhood and regarded as disagreeable." Local police visited his residence to serve him a warrant for aggravated stalking. He met them at the door with a gun, which he refused to put down. He was fatally shot.

Richard Andrew Glanzman reportedly killed himself after he attacked a neighbor and prompted a standoff with police.

Walsh was shot to death by officers after aiming a rifle at them. Police were responding to a report of shots fired.

A local officer took Thomas into custody after she'd left her two children, ages 3 and 12, at a police station with clean clothes and their grandmother's telephone number. After Thomas was leg-bound and cuffed, the arresting officer physically assaulted her, slapping and kicking. Thomas lost consciousness and died soon after the beating. In June 2015 with the help of video evidence the officer was found guilty of assault under color of authority.

Payne had an extensive criminal record of felonies and was among a group of men observed exchanging firearms in public. Police chased his vehicle, he was said to ram a police car with his car, and he was struck by two bullets.

Deputies responded to a 911 call about a man shooting a gun and threatening to commit suicide. They arrived at 6:13 p.m. at the Paradise Village Mobile Home Park to find Craig Douglas Vilsack sitting on his porch holding a handgun and drinking. While Deputy Teddy Lynn talked with Vilsack he began pacing and waving the gun. He came within 10 feet of the deputy and pointed the weapon. Lynn and Deputies Katherine Gabel, Jeremy Goff and William Irvin opened fire striking him four times and killing him.

An officer shot and killed an armed man during a chase. The officer fired one shot and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

An officer responding to a call with lights and siren on struck another vehicle at high speed in an intersection. Culp died from injuries sustained in the accident. The officer was charged with second degree vehicular homicide.

Police responded around 2 a.m. to the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro, where Craig M. Keith was drunk and causing problems, then refused to leave when asked. When police arrived, Keith reportedly ran to an SUV and led officers on a chase to Lincoln County, through Kanawha County and into Jackson County. According to police, Keith tried to ram their cruisers during the pursuit, which eventually included officers from multiple agencies. Police deployed spike strips on I-77, stopping the SUV. Keith got out and allegedly refused to obey the officers' commands. Multiple officers shot Keith several times. Keith died en route to the hospital. Police said they believed Keith wanted to die, and called his death "suicide by cop." They didn't say whether or not he was armed.

Dobson's aunt called 911 for a welfare check, as he was "acting crazy". He'd recently been given a new medication for his schizophrenia. Three responding county deputies could not get the unarmed Dobson to cooperate, after using Tasers and a baton, and so ended up shooting him nine times. The killing was deemed justified.

Police Sgt. Bruce Harris was on patrol when he spotted Mark Tanouye making a disturbance in the High Velocity Sports Bar parking lot. Tanouye was armed with a small-caliber handgun. Harris shot and killed Tanouye after he ignored orders to drop the weapon.

County deputies responding to a reported burglary found Mojica waiting in a getaway car, with an accomplice obviously burglarizing a house. Officers called for her to stop and she did not, reportedly threatening officers with the car. She was fatally shot and her accomplice charged with her killing.

Del City police officers responded to reports a man had taken his 6-year-old daughter hostage. About three hours later, the child walked out of the house, and police found the man dead inside of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Longoria, drunk, sped past officers at 115 mph. Officers pursued him. Longoria crashed.

Destin Thomas called 911 when David O'Neal broke into his apartment and confronted him with a gun. Thomas wrestled the gun away from O'Neal and both men ran out of the building. Police arrived and saw Thomas with the gun trained, "dead on him," and shot Thomas (the victim of the break-in, who had summoned police).

After a chase covered about eighty miles across three counties--Lake, Chaffee and Saguache--and engaged six different law enforcement organizations, VanderBeek was stopped and got out of the car with a gun. He was shot and killed.

Tulsa Police say Sanchez first tried to rob a man at a Taco Mayo, but the man drove off. Then Sanchez confronted a woman at the car wash and ran off into the neighborhood, where he attempted a couple of carjackings. Within just a couple of minutes, he was confronted and shot and killed by police.

Rex Michael Sherwood fired about 40 shots at tribal officers after a traffic stop and then fled into the surrounding countryside. Jicarilla Tribal Police then responded to the 64-Express Gas Station in Dulce in reference to a break-in. A witness described the suspect as a tall, thin man, in a blue jacket and backpack carrying a rifle. Jicarilla Tribal Police, New Mexico State Police responded and surrounded the building. Shots were fired from within the building at officers, and two State Police officers and one Jicarilla officer returned fire. A short time later, police sent a robot in and found Sherwood dead of a gunshot.

Paris D. Williams was killed and two people were critically injured after their car flipped into a ditch during a high-speed chase. Cooper and two other men allegedly pepper-sprayed a clerk at Bernie's Marathon, held her at gunpoint and fled with some cash at around 9:20 p.m. Officers chased them south at speeds of 100 mph until Williams lost control of the car.

Lake County Sheriff's Office deputies shot and killed a man they assumed was an attempted murder suspect on Sunday, but they now know they shot the wrong man. In the early-morning hours, deputies knocked on 26-year-old Andrew Lee Scott's door without identifying themselves as law enforcement officers.

An officer shot Alex Ayala when he made threats during a foot chase.

Trooper pulled over Devin Taylor for speeding. Taylor failed a field sobriety test but resisted arrest. Trooper used a Taser but was unable to subdue him, so he fired two shots and killed Taylor.

Jaimie Lynn Wilson Dennis was shot and killed by her husband, Michigan Department of Corrections Officer Robbie Dennis, who then reportedly shot himself in the driveway after calling a family member to say what he had done. Police responded to the scene at around 4:52 p.m. and said both died of single gunshot wounds.

After escaping while getting medical attention at a hospital and stealing the officer's gun, Alaniz attempted a carjacking, then a home invasion before shooting and killing himself.