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Police chased a car they felt may be stolen at high speed until it crashed into another motorist, killing the driver who was being pursued and injuring the third party.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/driver-of-stolen-car-police-chase-crash-delaware-county-pennsylvania/3995430/

https://6abc.com/post/tinicum-township-crash-route-420-rt-291-leaves-1-dead/15414094/

Wilkes-Barre City Police Department shot and killed a man at Peters Auto and Body Repair at 95 Holland Street in Wilkes-Barre on 10/06/2024.

https://www.tiogapublishing.com/news/state/man-shot-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-wilkes-barre-on-sunday/article_6503946d-4886-5367-9249-27f4d4e0ece2.html

https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/crime-emergencies/da-man-killed-by-police-pulled-ghost-gun-on-officers/article_65ae87da-8590-11ef-a6f7-2b6d891ba665.html

An off-duty Philadelphia police officer engaged in some sort of altercation with a man and shot and killed him.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/video/off-duty-philadelphia-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-in-northeast-philadelphia/

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/video/off-duty-philadelphia-officer-shoots-kills-man-in-northeast-philly/

Pennsylvania State police recall to White Township for domestic dispute between our father and son. Police escalated a standoff during which Henry Divinskiy fired a gun at police and his father before dying from suicide under police duress.

https://www.indianagazette.com/news/troopers-shot-at-after-responding-to-white-township-domestic-dispute-gunman-found-dead/article_2fa6f096-7ece-11ef-8c07-1fbf9dcbe7b3.html

David Pacoe was seen and was chased by New Holland PD. When police ran his record, they discovered that he had an arrest warrant for “threat of mass violence.” The high-speed chase continued until he ran into a tractor trailer and died.

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-man-dies-in-crash-during-police-pursuit/62195357

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/warwick-township-man-dies-after-crashing-into-semi-trailer-while-fleeing-traffic-stop-coroner/article_3d280d28-71f3-11ef-923b-eb1cd5a5e7fc.html

Witnesses heard 5-6 gunshots and called police to the 4100 block of Strawbridge Court in Dover Township where a man and woman had been seen entering a residence. Police arrived, brought SWAT and established a perimeter. SWAT made contact during which he and the female were reportedly alive inside. Police allege they heard shots fired and broke into the residence. Police found a woman shot to death and a man who fired a bullet and killed himself when he heard SWAT breaking into the home. Megan Saunders, 29, was killed and Devon Elias, 31, died by suicide under police duress.

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/09/13/two-found-dead-in-murder-suicide-after-daylong-standoff/70846734007/

Earl Township PD chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons until it crashed on N. Railroad Avenue and Gristmill Road, killing the driver.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/1-dead-after-earl-township-vehicle-pursuit-ends-in-fiery-crash-police/article_f7f286be-7127-11ef-8e38-5feda5e062a3.html

https://www.abc27.com/local-news/driver-fleeing-from-traffic-stop-dies-after-crashing-in-lancaster-county/

Gary Lee McCartney had allegedly gotten into an argument with a neighbor and pointed a gun. Police were called and arrived, saw him point gun through his window and brought the special emergency response team SERT. Officers surrounded the trailer and when they spotted him with a gun, they shot and killed him.

https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/psp/documents/pirrs/montoursville-press-releases/f_mont_09sep2024_1444.pdf

https://dailyvoice.com/pa/dauphin-middle-paxton/trooper-shoots-man-dead-during-standoff-at-trailer-park-pa-state-police/

Police chased a vehicle for registration sticker violations at high speed until the driver lost control and hit a bystander vehicle head-on, killing 67-year-old Susan I. Henderson in the bystander vehicle. Henderson had been a special needs teacher.

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/nazareth-northampton/deadly-hecktown-road-crash-occurred-during-high-speed-police-chase-state-police-say

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/lowerprovidence/montco-woman-popular-school-aide-killed-amidst-police-pursuit

Jacob Grebbien was accused of “terroristic threats with intention to terrorize another. "Pennsylvania sSate Police arrived and escalated a standoff in the shooting and killing of Grebbien.

https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/elk-county-man-killed-in-standoff-with-pa-state-police/article_91cdfb42-5698-11ef-b690-f3f8ae58ffbe.html

https://www.wjactv.com/news/local/da-psp-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-johnsonburg-elk-county-pennsylvania-investigation-death-police-standoff

Pennsylvania State Police alleged that they received a call from the ex-husband of a woman who was involved in a domestic violence situation and had called for help. Police arrived, but the woman had left and was allegedly not cooperating with police. Police made entry into the home and heard a shot fired. The man had died from suicide under police duress.

https://www.wfmj.com/story/51103462/one-dead-following-july-23-standoff-in-enon-valley

Churchill PD were sent to a disturbance call. They allege that they heard a man chambering a shot and shot and killed him.

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/1-person-hurt-officer-involved-shooting-forest-hills/AWTRUNGMRRGX3OD7RPLFHSJNIY/

https://www.audacy.com/kdkaradio/news/local/suspect-dies-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-churchill

A shooter fired at Donald Trump during an election rally, grazed the erar of Trump, also killed another person in the rally. A Secret Service sniper shot and killed the shooter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sut9pcNvTUs

Police searched the vehicle of Logan Cumberland and found a number of weapons. He fled into the woods with a rifle. Police found and shot and killed him.

https://www.cranberryeagle.com/2024/07/03/armed-man-shot-by-police-in-cranberry-township-after-search/

Pennsylvania State Police hunted a vehicle at high speed for unknown reasons when they slammed into an uninvolved motorist in a pickup truck, killing him. Police never publicly identified the bystander who was killed when the police cruiser crashed into him.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-trooper-crash-philadelphia/3885923/

Police executed a search warrant for weapons and shot and killed Selwyn Brown who allegedly fired a shot at police.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/allegheny-county-whitehall-borough-police-shooting-incident-parkline-drive-hillside-meadows-apartment/

Ridge Rhodes allegedly fired several shots. Police arrived and shot and killed him.

https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/adams/ridge-rhodes-29-of-lewistown-shot-dead-by-police/

https://www.wgal.com/article/mifflin-county-police-shoot-kill-armed-man-lewistown/61074096

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/06/officers-kill-man-whod-been-firing-shots-in-pa-neighborhood-state-police.html

https://www.wkok.com/lewistown-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-monday/

Harrisburg Police officers with a K9 chased someone on foot at 1:30 a.m. in the streets of Harrisburg. The man eventually allegedly fired shots at police. They shot and killed him. In a police press release, police stated they did not know why the man was running from them. They did not state why they were chasing him but evidently could not find anything he had allegedly done wrong.

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/one-dead-in-harrisburg-officer-involved-shooting-fox43/521-023699fc-55e8-4188-8dd5-e30201263a1e

Scranton Police arrived at a domestic violence incident with one woman shot and injured. The man locked himself into the home and a tense standoff was escalated by SWAT. Tactical and explosive units were deployed for unknown reasons. When police breached the home, they found the man dead from apparent suicide under police duress.

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/tense-daylong-standoff-in-scranton-ends-with-one-dead/article_08671e82-2c1c-530f-b7d8-311d2a58d0b8.html

https://fox56.com/news/local/man-who-died-in-scranton-standoff-identified

Police chased Matthew Stepp for undisclosed reasons until he crashed into a tree and died.

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/carbon-county/man-dies-after-crash-in-carbon-county-matthew-stepp-franklin-township-towamensing-township-hazelwood-road-laurel-road/523-4f56d179-7ba2-40e6-acf3-72c9fb3f5c48

Brentwood PD saw a vehicle they believed to be stolen and chased it until it stopped. The man exited and police engaged him in a shootout, killing him.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/police-shooting-brentwood-hillson-avenue/

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-prompts-major-police-response-brentwood/DCZNRQOSBBHGTBBX4RGQBW4F7A/

Hilltown PD chased an off-road vehicle on a small residential street because it had no license plate until it crashed, killing the passenger, Joey Kay, who was a local firefighter.

https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/bucks/slain-firefighter-was-passenger-in-unlicensed-utv-that-crash-during-pursuit-in-pa/

Delaware County Police began chasing Yazmyn Stewart for a prior shooting. The chase led into Chester, PA. Stewart fled into a private home and tried to hide, finally taking the resident’s car. As she tried to flee again, she was met by numerous officers from five agencies, 10 of whom opened fire on her. She died in the shootout.

https://6abc.com/post/officers-with-guns-drawn-involved-in-apparent-standoff-chester-pennsylvania/14814067/

Zachariah White walked around in traffic erratically, then entered a nursing home where he entered random rooms. Police attacked him with a taser, then shot and killed him. Police allege he took the metal foot rest of a wheelchair, apparently after he was tasered, and came at police with it. This was the explanation given why the apparently unarmed man was killed. White reportedly wore a hospital wristband at the time he was killed. It is not immediately clear what his connection to the nursing home was. It is also unknown what he may have wanted when he entered the nursing home where he was killed. He was not reported to be violent other than a self-attempt effort with a wheelchair footpad after the taser attack.

https://www.abc27.com/local-news/police-presence-outside-rest-haven-york-nursing-home/

Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 1 passengers died. One of them was a pregnant teenage girl. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html

Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html

Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/crash-pennsylvania-pregnant-teen.html

Pennsylvania State Police began chasing a Ford Taurus because a retail shoplifting at a Lulemon store had been reported. Police chased the vehicle at high speed until the vehicle crashed and the driver and 3 passengers died. Pursuit laws vary from state to state but generally, shoplifting is not considered an emergency that warrants risking multiple fatalities in pursuit.

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/crash-boothwyn-route-322-lululemon-shoplifting-20240424.html

A man walked into a gas station and shot and injured a security guard who had been involved in a dispute about the parking of a barbecue truck. Police chased the man and shot and killed him.

https://www.fox29.com/news/gunfire-at-a-gas-station-kills-1-injures-private-security-guard-police

Mount Pleasant Township Police tried to traffic-stop Mark Michael Miller who refused to stop. Police escalated a chase at high speeds that ended when Miller crashed and died.

https://www.observer-reporter.com/news/local-news/2024/apr/05/police-pursuit-ends-with-death-of-avella-driver/

Police were sent on a welfare check for a suicidal man with a knife. Police arrived and shot and killed him.

https://6abc.com/man-with-knife-shot-by-police-reading-pennsylvania-officers/14569880/

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2024/03/armed-man-was-suicidal-when-police-shot-killed-him-at-pa-home-da.html

Pennsylvania troopers tried to traffic-stop a vehicle. When it did not stop, troopers escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle struck a retaining wall and tree, and crashed into several buildings before stopping in the 700 block of Washington Boulevard. Two men died in the chase crash.

https://www.pahomepage.com/news/two-killed-in-crash-after-driver-fled-traffic-stop/

https://fox56.com/news/local/two-men-killed-in-crash-during-state-police-pursuit

https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2024/03/two-wsport-men-killed-in-violent-early-morning-crash/

Pennsylvania troopers tried to traffic-stop a vehicle. When it did not stop, troopers escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle struck a retaining wall and tree, and crashed into several buildings before stopping in the 700 block of Washington Boulevard. Two men died in the chase crash.

https://www.pahomepage.com/news/two-killed-in-crash-after-driver-fled-traffic-stop/

https://fox56.com/news/local/two-men-killed-in-crash-during-state-police-pursuit

State police and local police from Warren County were sent to a Stillwater Road residence for an undisclosed reason. During a confrontation, there a state police trooper shot and killed the man. The shooting was ruled justified 30 days later by the DA. On 07/28/2024, police still had not released the name of the deceased.

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2024/03/23/warren-county-pa-man-killed-police-shooting-confrontation/73077331007/

https://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2024/04/officer-involved-shooting-justified/

Hampden Township Police were called to a disturbance, found a man with a gun and shot and killed him.

https://local21news.com/news/local/psp-one-dead-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-cumberland-county

Blair County deputies chased Jeremy Ross into the Juniata River after a domestic disturbance call. He drowned.

https://bnnbreaking.com/local-news/pennsylvania-man-dies-in-rain-swollen-river-while-fleeing-police

A man wanted for other offenses was chased until he shot an officer in the stomach and was shot and killed. The officer survived.

https://6abc.com/officer-shot-police-pursuit-chester-county-cop-upland-pennsylvania/14438073/

During a traffic stop, a man allegedly pinned an officer and was shot and killed.

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-police-officer-hit-by-vehicle-crescentville-adams-and-newtown-avenues/14430409/

Philadelphia officers “scuffled” with a group of men until one of them shot an officer in his leg. Police shot and killed Alexander Spencer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2024-01-27/police-philadelphia-officer-shot-after-scuffle-with-person-in-store-2nd-officer-kills-suspect

https://phillydefenders.org/spencer-shooting/

Pittsburgh Police received a ShotSpotter alert that gunshots were heard and arrived in the 1900 block of Huron Street. Police heard a noisy argument and claim there were shots heard. Police shot and killed Austyn Cousins. When asked by media whether Cousins had actually fired any shots, police replied that they did not know. It is completely unclear why this young software engineer was killed in the dark night at 1:49 a.m. other than a police surveillance system sending police to the street and firing shots. From the time, the ShotSpotter alert was reported in the police station until the radio call that Cousins had been shot by police, only 11 minutes elapsed. Eyewitnesses and BWC footage are critically needed in this case.

https://www.wtae.com/article/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-pittsburgh/46514530

https://www.wtae.com/amp/article/austyn-cousins-former-band-director-speaks-out-on-death/46528562