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San Antonio Police and SWAT attempted to arrest Juan Hernandez for outstanding warrants. They surrounded and bore down on the home for hours and finally breached the door. Police engaged in a shootout and killed Hernandez in his home.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/07/10/san-antonio-police-fatally-shoot-suspect-following-standoff

https://www.mytexasdaily.com/south-texas/wanted-man-dies-at-hospital-after-police-standoff-and-allegedly-shooting-at-police/article_3b7052bb-8e54-5ce3-bb7b-d0601ead2a81.html

Dallas PD arrived for a report of an alleged attempt at robbery at an allegedly illegal gaming parlor and shot and killed a man.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-officer-involved-shooting-one-dead/3583808/

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-police-release-body-cam-footage-after-robbery-suspect-fatally-shot-on-july-4/

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-police-illegal-game-room-shooting

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/1-dead-2-in-custody-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-dallas/

A vehicle pursued by Texas DPS and U.S. Border Patrol agents crashed in El Paso, resulting in the death of one migrant passenger. The incident was part of Operation Lone Star, a border enforcement initiative. The vehicle was believed to be carrying migrants involved in human smuggling.

https://kfoxtv.com/news/instagram/migrant-dies-following-crash-during-east-el-paso-pursuit-linked-to-human-smuggling

Operation Lone Star:
https://www.aclutx.org/en/publications/operation-lone-star-misinformation-and-discrimination-texas-border-enforcement

Jeremy Bennett allegedly threatened two women with a gun and ran away and locked himself into a home elsewhere. He was prohibited from owning guns and Abilene PD arrived, brought SWAT and created a standoff when he emerged. Police fired beanbag rounds at him. He allegedly raised a gun and police shot and killed him.

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/crime/update-suspect-killed-by-police-in-abilene-swat-standoff/

https://www.mytexasdaily.com/west-texas/abilene-police-fatally-shoot-armed-suspect-after-hours-long-standoff/article_f45aa49b-c5f5-5344-a537-347af5547ff9.html

A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a guardrail during a high-speed chase with Houston police. Police claimed to have "called off the chase" just before the crash. The man’s identity remains undisclosed​.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/06/29/motorcyclist-dies-after-high-speed-chase-with-south-houston-police/

Dallas PD arrived on Belt Line Road in north Dallas where a man was allegedly assaulting a woman. The man held a knife. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-police-officer-inolved-shooting-far-north-dallas

Houston PD received an out of state call that someone was suicidal. Police arrived with SWAT and encircled the apartment building. The person committed suicide under police duress.

https://abc13.com/post/houston-police-officer-shooting-north-stadium-drive/15003226/

Amarillo PD arrived at the hoe of Kurt Gaede for a previous burglary and a domestic violence incident. Gaede allegedly fled to the back of the house and held a gun. Police shot and killed him in his home.

https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/breaking-amarillo-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-300-block-south-georgia

On June 24, 2024, around midnight, an officer with the Fort Worth Police Department's Directed Response Unit attempted to stop a driver for a suspected traffic violation near West Freeway and Summit Avenue. The driver fled in a pickup truck. Police escalated a chase. The driver lost control of the pickup truck, swerved after nearly striking a police vehicle, and drove over a 4-foot concrete barrier, falling 30 feet. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article289485004.html

Lubbock PD received a call about an intoxicated man breaking things with a bat. Police arrived, found Jacob Alonzo with a pickaxe and shot and killed him. He had apparently been in a mental health crisis, discussing harming himself or others.

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/police-to-give-update-man-killed-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-west-lubbock/

https://www.kcbd.com/2024/06/24/lpd-man-shot-after-charging-lubbock-police-officer-with-pickaxe/

Richard Viscarra Jr. was a navy vet with PTSD who on previous occasions needed mental health help. Police were aware of this and Viscarra’s wife called them because he was exacerbated again and threatened self-harm. Police arrived, saw him with a knife and shot and killed him. The wife states that he had pointed the knife only at himself and was not a threat to police.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/06/23/atascosa-county-deputy-shoots-kills-man-holding-knife-in-aggressive-manner-officials-say/

https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/deputy-involved-shooting-leaves-one-man-dead-in-atascosa-county-local-news-near-me-crime-law-public-safety-san-antonio#

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/atascosa-county-texas-man-albert-viscarra-jr-shot-and-killed-deputy-domestic-disturbance-call/273-def9cf87-fbf2-4860-9b50-83a8b9a0f59a

A mother and son leaving a Dollar Tree parking lot died when a police chase crashed into them. Two hours after the crash, the officer driving had been taken to the hospital, and a man named Michael Hawkins was found in the backseat of the police vehicle. Police initially did not know who he is and how he had gotten into the police car. The police vehicle was reported to be speeding excessively without lights or sirens.

The man in the backseat who was identified as Michael Hawkins was paralyzed from this crash. A lawsuit for this injury was filed against the city. His caretaker had called 911 because of his unusual behavior and he was led to the police car. Police still have not explained why he was in the back of the police car when it sped off on an unrelated call, crashed, killed 2 people and injured Hawkins who was not discovered injured in the police vehicle until hours later. Police are not allowed to take a second call while they have not completed the call they are on and the officer was obligated not to chase the second vehicle but conclude the first call which would have prevented the 2 fatalities and caused Mr. Hawkins to be paralyzed from the waist down and remain on life support as of 07/17/2024, the time of this update.

https://cw39.com/news/mother-and-son-killed-man-found-in-the-back-of-crashed-missouri-city-police-vehicle/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/missouri-city-crash-police-officer-involved-fatal-collision

A mother and son leaving a Dollar Tree parking lot died when a police chase crashed into them. Two hours after the crash, the officer driving had been taken to the hospital, and a man named Michael Hawkins was found in the backseat of the police vehicle. Police initially did not know who he is and how he had gotten into the police car. The police vehicle was reported to be speeding excessively without lights or sirens.

The man in the backseat who was identified as Michael Hawkins was paralyzed from this crash. A lawsuit for this injury was filed against the city. His caretaker had called 911 because of his unusual behavior and he was led to the police car. Police still have not explained why he was in the back of the police car when it sped off on an unrelated call, crashed, killed 2 people and injured Hawkins who was not discovered injured in the police vehicle until hours later. Police are not allowed to take a second call while they have not completed the call they are on and the officer was obligated not to chase the second vehicle but conclude the first call which would have prevented the 2 fatalities and caused Mr. Hawkins to be paralyzed from the waist down and remain on life support as of 07/17/2024, the time of this update.

https://cw39.com/news/mother-and-son-killed-man-found-in-the-back-of-crashed-missouri-city-police-vehicle/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/missouri-city-crash-police-officer-involved-fatal-collision

https://abc13.com/post/missouri-city-police-department-facing-lawsuit-after-officer/15063148/

Jermaine Sims was allegedly behaving erratically, throwing things in a convenience store and took off in a vehicle. Police arrested him, He died in custody of unknown causes.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/man-dies-police-custody-austin-texas/269-f04806cb-7ced-4512-9a69-3cbe542262ee

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/apd-investigates-custody-death-occurred-june-17-2024

Police arrived at a domestic disturbance, encountered Ruben Chairez with a knife and opened fire with rubber shotgun bullets. He reportedly threw the knife at police. They shot and killed him. No family members had been hurt by him as police had previously suggested.

https://www.krgv.com/news/hcso-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-identified-previously-been-arrested-for-family-violence

Shannon Boyd shot and injured a woman in a domestic violence event. Police arrived and shot and killed him.

https://www.arlingtontx.gov/news/my_arlington_t_x/news_stories/ois_investigation_-_report__2024-01610632

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2024/06/10/man-dead-after-shooting-with-arlington-police-department-preparing-to-release-details/

https://www.arlingtontx.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=14481146&pageId=20321104

https://www.fox4news.com/news/arlington-police-shooting-video

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article289370244.html

https://x.com/ArlingtonPD/status/1803177301586354531

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/1-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-on-sunday-night-arlington-police/3563773/

Graham PD chased a vehicle for a moving violation until it crashed into a home, killing the driver, Juan Carlos Lemus Aguilera, and injuring people in of the home. Six residents of this home, including a baby, taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from skull fracture, broken legs, lacerations and abrasions. This high-risk chase was undertaken for a moving violation.

https://www.grahamleader.com/news/one-dead-five-injured-downtown-pursuit

David Martinez was a pedestrian crossing Soncy Road at Lexington Square in Amarillo when an Amarillo PD cruiser hit and killed him. It is unknown what the driving speed of the police vehicle was.

https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/department-of-public-safety-identifies-pedestrian-hit-killed-by-amarillo-police-department-traffic-investigator-soncy-lexington-square

Houston PD ran a high-speed police chase after a fleeing vehicle while trying to arrest the man on outstanding warrants. In the process of the high-speed chase, the vehicle being hunted ran over and killed an elderly woman with a walker in a cross walk.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/pedestrian-killed-police-pursuit-houston-19500132.php

During a search warrant for drugs, Jasper PD, SWAT and DPS arrived with a No-Knock search warrant, entered and shot and killed Elvin

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/one-dead-jasper-police-officer-involved-shooting/502-a165aff7-5111-430f-ac4e-c9cc335b59a9

Robbie Jay Hernandez allegedly got into a fight with his girlfriend and when police arrived, they report that he was standing over his girlfriend with a gun and fired a shot. Police shot and killed him. The girlfriend was not injured.

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/one-hospitalized-shooting-medical-center-san-antonio/273-d7f14110-7d3a-4c3f-ae81-13f708ec68b4

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/06/05/sapd-officer-shoots-kills-man-involved-in-domestic-dispute-in-medical-center-area-police-chief-says/

Lubbock PD were sent to a sober living facility for Roy Chadwick who was reportedly in a mental health crisis. Police shot and killed him, alleging he had a knife and walked toward police.

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/crime/2024/06/04/lpd-chief-resident-charged-at-officer-with-knife-prompting-shooting-monday-night-in-south-lubbock/73975984007/

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/man-had-multiple-gunshot-wounds-after-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-lubbock-pd-report-says/

Sabinal Police chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons and ended up in neighboring Medina County where the fleeing vehicle being chased crashed, killing 3 occupants.

https://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/sabinal-pursuit-ends-in-medina-county-crash/

Sabinal Police chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons and ended up in neighboring Medina County where the fleeing vehicle being chased crashed, killing 3 occupants.

https://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/sabinal-pursuit-ends-in-medina-county-crash/

Sabinal Police chased a vehicle for undisclosed reasons and ended up in neighboring Medina County where the fleeing vehicle being chased crashed, killing 3 occupants.

https://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/sabinal-pursuit-ends-in-medina-county-crash/

A man was seen parked in the road. When Mission Police arrived, he drove away. Police chased him until he committed suicide under police duress.

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2024/05/30/man-leads-police-on-chase-shoots-self-in-front-of-san-juan-basilica/

Austin PD were called to a domestic disturbance call, found a man on top of a woman stabbing her, shot and killed the man and also shot and critically injured the woman.

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-north-austin-person-dead-injured

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/police-kill-man-stabbing-woman-austin-texas-ensel-maclare-urgelles/269-12a9b646-1391-4705-87d3-eb8461893510

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/san-paloma-apartments-apd-shooting-victim/269-f5e72972-0d16-43c9-adf0-25457b166df8

DPS chased a vehicle believed to be involved in human smuggling until the vehicle crashed and 3 Mexican migrants died. The chase was part of Operation Lone Star, the aggressive Texas program that hunts migrants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7eQmYCfKo

DPS chased a vehicle believed to be involved in human smuggling until the vehicle crashed and 3 Mexican migrants died. The chase was part of Operation Lone Star, the aggressive Texas program that hunts migrants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7eQmYCfKo

DPS chased a vehicle believed to be involved in human smuggling until the vehicle crashed and 3 Mexican migrants died. The chase was part of Operation Lone Star, the aggressive Texas program that hunts migrants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7eQmYCfKo

Officers followed a stolen vehicle into a Texaco gas station on Salt Springs Drive. Inside, González held an employee hostage, fired on officers, threatened to use lighter fluid to start a fire, and allegedly began building a Molotov cocktail. After a prolonged standoff and attempted de-escalation, Officer Ryan Nichols shot him at around 4:50 p.m., fatally wounding him. He died later at a hospital.

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-north-austin-person-dead-injured

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/police-identify-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-at-se-austin-gas-station

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-crime-man-killed-police-identified-alfonso-gonzales/269-4fcfbfc7-a38f-405c-a91d-6459e9ecd73d

Houston PD chased a vehicle until it crashed, flipped several times, killing 2 people and critically injuring 2 others. Police did not disclose why they hunted the vehicle.

https://cw39.com/news/2-pronounced-dead-in-police-pursuit-near-hobby-airport/

Houston PD chased a vehicle until it crashed, flipped several times, killing 2 people and critically injuring 2 others. Police did not disclose why they hunted the vehicle.

https://cw39.com/news/2-pronounced-dead-in-police-pursuit-near-hobby-airport/

A woman fell off a motorcycle and the driver left her and drove off. Galveston PD began chasing the driver who sped up and crashed in the back of a tow truck and died.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/la-marque-crash-fleeing-motorcyclist-killed-after-crashing-vehicle-during-galveston-police-pursuit

Sunset police chased Benjamin Antonio Jubela Gordon for unknown reasons until he shot himself in the head and died from suicide under police duress during police pursuit.

https://bowienewsonline.com/2024/06/man-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound/

Family called 911 because Kedrayn Blueford, known to have mental health issues, was experiencing a mental health crisis. Police arrived, saw him with a knife and shot and killed him.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/montgomery-county-shooting-suspect-dead-following-officer-involved-shooting-spring

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/montgomery-county-deputy-shooting-suspect-knife/285-51bbd20e-eae2-48ea-93fa-48603bcf7713

Austin PD shot and killed a man after a very long standoff over a stolen car.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-police-swat-incident-today/269-7bb85c36-6830-41e8-9614-37affe4bca30

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-crime-man-killed-police-identified-alfonso-gonzales/269-4fcfbfc7-a38f-405c-a91d-6459e9ecd73d

Police chased an allegedly stolen vehicle and engaged in a shootout with police. The man was killed.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/05/20/sapd-to-provide-details-on-northwest-bexar-county-shooting/

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/sapd-san-antonio-la-cantera-officer-involved-shooting-suspect-stolen-vehicle-northwest-side/273-876dbf63-3280-4005-9160-0a310d40a4ab

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/suspect-shot-hospitalized-after-allegedly-driving-at-officers-in-stolen-car#

A 63-year-old unnamed pedestrian was crossing the street when he was hit and killed by a Galveston deputy on his way to work. Police said the man had been unhoused.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2024/05/17/487897/galveston-police-officer-kills-pedestrian-in-early-morning-crash/

CBP saw a vehicle they felt may be smuggling migrants, escalated a chase, placed spike strips, attached a Grappler to the vehicle, causing the vehicle to roll over, killing 2 passengers who were only identified as migrants. The fatal crash was part of Texas' Operation Lone Star.

https://sanangelolive.com/news/crashes/2024-05-16/two-dead-suspected-human-smuggling-crash

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/two-men-dead-after-they-were-ejected-vehicle-rollover-crash-near