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Police chased Dashawn Samuels across multiple counties before he crashed. He was found shot to death. It is not immediately known if police shot him or if he shot himself. Police chased him for reckless driving and made no other accusations.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/driver-dies-after-crash-during-police-chase-i-77-troopers-say/6I3HWWHWAVEVJGT4DU2SQFRL7Y/

https://www.iredellfreenews.com/news-features/2024/ncshp-charlotte-man-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-following-pursuit-on-i-77/

Bedford County deputies responded to a disturbance involving a gun in the 4000 block of Mountain View Church Road, was chased by “specialized units” of police and forced into a standoff until he died from suicide under police duress.

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2024/07/01/suspect-dead-after-standoff-in-bedford-county-authorities-say/

https://wset.com/news/local/man-fatally-shoots-himself-following-bedford-co-standoff-montvale-mountain-view-church-road-june-2024-sheriffs-office-barricade-gun-investigation

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2024/07/01/suspect-dead-after-standoff-in-bedford-county-authorities-say/

Kenny Carr was a marine veteran who had been out with his friends drinking. He arrived at home and according to his wife, he had been drinking and was noisy. He was in a good mood but according to her, she could not get him to lower his voice as it was late at night. At some point, an argument began. According to Carr’s wife, a shot suddenly ripped through the house and her husband dropped, shot in the head by someone outside who had fired into the home. Police had gotten a 911 call from an unknown party about a domestic disturbance. Police further allege that they saw Carr holding a gun and felt forced to shoot. Carr’s widow stated that she was advised by her attorney not to discuss the gun and domestic disturbance events in more detail than is stated but that her concern is that her husband was killed in her home in front of her by an unknown assailant who had been outside of the house unbeknownst to them. Carr had a history of PTSD from military involvement, was known in recent months to consume alcohol and cope in a noisy manner according to his wife who disputes any need to shoot him, particularly in the manner as it happened.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/07/04/widow-says-spotsylvania-deputy-shot-and-killed-husband-without-warning/

https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/07/01/deputies-shoot-kill-man-who-was-pointing-gun-woman-spotsylvania/

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/my-husband-did-not-deserve-this-widow-asks-why-spotsylvania-deputy-shot-and-killed-marine-veteran/3655537/

https://www.potomaclocal.com/2024/07/01/spotsylvania-deputy-shoots-and-kills-armed-suspect-during-domestic-disturbance/

Lynchburg PD arrived at Motel Super 8 to arrest Francisco Hernandez. He reportedly grabbed a woman hostage and locked himself into a room. SWAT arrived and he released the woman. Police then shot and killed him.

https://www.wset.com/news/local/one-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-at-lynchburg-hotel

Clarke County deputies initiated a pursuit for undisclosed reasons that escalated until Zachery Smallwood crashed and died.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/21-year-old-man-killed-in-crash-during-pursuit-in-clarke-county/

https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/berryville-man-killed-in-crash-during-police-pursuit-in-clarke-county/article_1a2865c0-02b7-5e15-a5af-eba3ad0d1153.html

Virginia State Police tried to traffic-stop a truck that did not stop. Police escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle stopped. A shootout ensued and police shot and killed the man. Police did not state why they had tried to traffic-stop the man.

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2024/06/24/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-galax/

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/06/24/no-law-enforcement-hurt-police-shooting-galax/

https://www.wset.com/news/local/virginia-state-police-names-46-year-old-who-died-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-carroll-county-virginia-june-2024

A woman with a gun allegedly carjacked a vehicle. The driver crashed into a parked vehicle and the woman fled on foot. Police shot and killed her.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/newport-news/allegedly-armed-woman-shot-killed-by-newport-news-police/291-e2f42a99-80eb-4950-b38b-7d6d1a4ba5e3

Police in Hazard hunted a vehicle at high speed along the Kentucky/Virginia line. The chase ended up going head-on against traffic with police trying an apparent PIT maneuver, placing spike strips and chasing the car until it crashed head-on into another vehicle. One person was killed. The driver was injured as were 3 other people. It is unclear whether the deceased was a passenger or bystander but they were not the fleeing driver.

https://wcyb.com/news/local/1-dead-after-high-speed-chase-ends-in-wrong-way-crash-in-wise-county-authorities-say-route-23-hazard-kentucky-pound-highway-sheriffs-office-police-charges-pursuit-bolo

A man drove by the Roanoke PD, allegedly shouting threats at police outside. He drove by a second time and called 911 with threats. He allegedly also damaged a police car. Police found him and shot and killed him, alleging that he had an axe.

https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-courts/ax-wielding-man-shot-killed-by-police-in-roanoke-after-repeated-threats/article_9ff6cbca-25d5-11ef-b86d-37977b7eee89.html

https://www.wfxrtv.com/city-of-roanoke/vsp-investigating-police-shooting-in-roanoke/

https://wset.com/news/local/virginia-state-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-roanoke-hershberger-road-northwest-sere-warrants-crime-alert-safety-08-june-2024#

On June 4, 2024, Rolin Hill died after being placed in a WRAP restraint by Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office deputies. Officers responded to a disturbance call from a business, where Hill was reportedly unarmed. The circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation. The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office is conducting an internal review, and findings will be reviewed by the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. The officers were granted the $5000 bond each.
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https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/rolin-hill-murder-case-update-virginia-beach-deputies-granted-bond-new-body-cam-footage-graphic/291-10dc66c0-02a9-4e72-9095-768d43440802

Jason McDuffy was driving a truck with a trailer that had been reported stolen. Multiple law enforcement agencies chased him across multiple counties and placed stop sticks, disabling the vehicle. He emerged from the truck and allegedly showed a gun. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/west-virginia-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-virginia/

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/06/05/suspect-identified-montgomery-county-officer-involved-shooting/

A Roanoke PD patrol officer saw a vehicle without headlights or tail lights and escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle crashed and the driver died.

https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-courts/roanoke-police-pursuit-chase-5th-street-shenandoah-avenue-northwest-crash-carilion-memorial-hospital-fire-ems-department-virginia-state/article_d5c5e6ea-1929-11ef-b3db-239aa4c4bdf0.html

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/06/06/suspect-fatal-roanoke-police-chase-identified/

Virginia State Police chased an allegedly stolen Harley Davidson at high speed until it crashed into a Subaru, killing both the driver and passenger on the motorcycle and injuring the Subaru driver.

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/04/22/two-killed-after-pursuit-ends-crash-bedford-county/

Virginia State Police chased an allegedly stolen Harley Davidson at high speed until it crashed into a Subaru, killing both the driver and passenger on the motorcycle and injuring the Subaru driver.

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/04/22/two-killed-after-pursuit-ends-crash-bedford-county/

Waynesboro PD chased a vehicle they felt to be connected to a prior shooting at high speed. When the vehicle stopped, police engaged the driver in a shootout, killing him.

https://www.wric.com/news/western-virginia/man-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-after-pursuit-by-albemarle-deputies-virginia-state-police-investigating/

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/charlottesville-man-shot-by-police-in-i-64-standoff-dies/article_2b3fca44-1a12-5679-bdbb-dfbc9db3bce4.html

Police arrived at a “man with a gun” call, located the man, saw him with a gun exiting his vehicle and shot and killed him.

https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/03/31/man-dies-after-being-shot-by-richmond-police/

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond-police-shooting-video-april-15-2024

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/police-release-body-cam-video-911-audio-from-officer-involved-shooting-that-left-20-year-old-dead/

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1230473701247426

Police were called to the 6200 block of Queens Lace Road for a man loitering. Police approached him and alleged that he pulled a gun. They shot and killed him.

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/police-man-shot-at-hanover-deputies-before-shooting-self-in-the-head/
 

Norfolk PD chased a man wanted on outstanding warrants until he crashed on Terminal Boulevard. Police engaged him in a shootout in which he was shot and killed.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/norfolk-police-working-incident-on-hampton-boulevard-and-terminal-boulevard/

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/man-killed-norfolk-police-shooting-was-wanted-malicious-wounding-gun-charges/291-36138757-7fbf-417d-9c2b-a6be9336051d

Fairfax County PD located a car that had been reported stolen and “followed” whereupon the vehicle fled, ran over pedestrian James Johnson, hit a dumpster where it came to a rest. The driver fled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woue7QzpkJU

Virginia State Police chased a vehicle that registered as stolen until it crashed after a 50-mile hunt, killing the driver, Quadri Jackson.

https://www.aol.com/driver-stolen-vehicle-dies-high-122018830.html

https://shoredailynews.com/headlines/man-who-died-in-virginia-beach-crash-after-pursuit-initiated-on-shore-identified/

Police tried to stop motorcyclist James Charles Farey for lack of license plate and hunted him into a crash. He died.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/police-45-year-old-motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-while-trying-to-escape-sussex-county-deputy/

Police received a report of a stabbing, arrived and shot and killed a man with a knife.

https://wjla.com/news/local/multiple-people-injured-in-manassas-virginia-stabbing-shooting-infantry-ridge-road-prince-william-county-va-violent-crime-investigation-emergency-response

lA man in mental health crisis arrived at his ex-wife’s home, poured gasoline and took her hostage inside. SWAT arrived and he released the woman. SWAT continued the pressure on him inside of the home until he committed suicide under police duress.

https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/hanover-county-man-dead-ex-wife-hostage--fire-business-arson/article_2e0f0aae-ba05-11ee-8623-0fc68a1651be.html

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/suspect-in-hanover-arson-hostage-situation-identified-new-details-from-sheriffs-office/

During his wife’s 50th birthday party, Mark Hackman experienced some sort of mental health crisis, became agitated, set a fire in the house and police were called. They shot and killed him.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/coroner-s-office-rules-east-petersburg-standoff-death-a-suicide/article_de292000-bac8-11ee-bcd9-db40472e3ba0.html

https://www.gofundme.com/f/debbie-hackman-house-fire-and-death-of-husband?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

Norfolk PD states that a security guard and a SAPD officer saw a man trying door handles in the parking lot of a strip mall. They claim that they approached the man who had a knife. Both officers shot and killed him.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/breaking-norfolk-police-investigating-active-incident-on-e-little-creek/

Newport News shot and killed a man for allegedly pointing a gun at police.

https://www.wavy.com/video/police-nn-officer-kills-man-who-pointed-gun-at-officers/9307249/

Melissa Tompkins was allegedly acting erratically in a hotel and police arrived and tried to subdue her. She took the baton of one officer and hit him with it. Police shot and killed her.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/woman-shot-killed-by-strasburg-officer-after-attacking-with-baton-virginia-state-police-investigating/

Police went to a domestic disturbance call. A man pointed a rifle. Police shot and killed him.The name will not be released per police.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/resident-brandishes-riffle-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting

Numerous officers from several PDs responded to a domestic disturbance in which a man had arrived at an ex-girlfriend’s house and shot her. Police arrived and created a standoff. The man committed suicide under police duress.

https://dailyvoice.com/maryland/anne-arundel/suspect-dies-by-suicide-in-hours-long-severn-standoff-police-report/

K. Schnell and Corporal E. Vasquez initiated an unauthorized high-speed pursuit of a sedan traveling at a high rate of speed with its headlights off on the Stoney Creek drawbridge in Pasadena, Maryland. The officers followed the vehicle without activating their emergency lights or sirens and did not notify dispatch or obtain authorization for the pursuit. The chase continued for over three miles, reaching speeds exceeding 100 mph. The pursuit ended when the sedan crashed into a utility pole at the intersection of Fort Smallwood Road and Bar Harbor Road. The passenger, 22-year-old Damione Gardner of Baltimore, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital. Following the incident, both officers made factual misrepresentations and material omissions about their involvement in the pursuit. A subsequent investigation by the Maryland Attorney General's Office's Independent Investigations Division led to the indictment.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/1-person-killed-another-seriously-injured-in-pasadena-car-crash-police-say

Samuel Pattillo was believed to have stabbed someone. Police found him walking down the street completely naked, used pepperspray and a taser and arrested him. He died during arrest. The women survived.

https://www.necn.com/news/local/a-man-is-dead-after-the-stabbing-of-2-family-members-heres-what-we-know/3109221/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/samuel-pattillo-dedham-double-stabbing-suspect-police/

Roanoke PD wanted to question David McFall about a stabbing and allege that they located him and that he shot at them. They shot and killed him.

https://www.wdbj7.com/2023/12/06/wdbj7-investigates-court-documents-reveal-criminal-history-suspect-roanoke-city-officer-involved-shooting/

Sioux City PD chased Gunnar Lee Kratz in an allegedly stolen Dodge Charger until he crashed and died.

https://www.ktiv.com/2023/11/27/police-chase-floyd-blvd-results-crash-sends-one-person-hospital-injures-police-officer/

As initially reported, Virginia Beach PD chased a man into a body of water where he drowned and died. It is unknown why he was chased. Media later claimed a person in civilian clothing chased him. His identity has not been disclosed. When police were called if the drowning was a result of the police chase, they said they did not know. While the man’s identity is withheld by police secrecy, it is confirmed that he was being chased when he disappeared into a river at night and was found drowned the next day.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/police-investigating-possible-drowning-in-virginia-beach/

Police chased a vehicle for not stopping for a traffic stop. The chase ended when the driver crashed into another vehicle and died, also injuring the other driver. Police did not disclose why they undertook this deadly chase other than not stopping for police.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/police-man-dead-after-crash-following-pursuit-in-chesapeake/

https://journalnow.com/news/local/crime-courts/high-speed-police-chase-in-lewisville-ends-with-deadly-crash/article_4ab7f3d4-8a56-11ee-a60e-631763db5705.html

https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/11/27/police-name-23-year-old-man-who-died-in-crash-after-fleeing-traffic-stop-in-chesapeake/

Demarcus Brody was traffic-stopped. An altercation for unknown reasons occurred. Police shot and killed him. His family said he had mental health problems.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/cumberland-county-news/1-shot-by-fayetteville-officer-on-thanksgiving-police-say-murchison-road-closed/

Lashone Butler was acting strangely, urinating in the road and jumping on cars. Virginia State Police and Greenville County deputies escalated a chase that ended on Ivor Road where the vehicle crashed, ejecting Butler. He died. He is not accused of any crime other than strange behavior and fear of police.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/police-man-appearing-to-suffer-with-mental-health-issues-dies-in-crash-in-emporia/

Douglas Lee Vincent Price was shot and killed by police under undisclosed circumstances on 01/08/2023 in Richmond, VA.

https://obituaries.virginiacremate.com/obituaries/richmond-va/douglas-price-11370118

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https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/richmond-police-release-body-cam-footage-of-officer-shooting-man-during-january-narcotics-investigation/

Virginia State Police saw a speeding motorcycle on I-264 and took up chase. They chased the motorcycle at 100 mph through an intersection until it crashed and the driver died.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/motorcycle-crash-rosemont-road-vb/291-17c57571-883c-4bc0-a6bc-d7b11789dccd

Christopher Newport University’s police chief was the driver involved in a fatal pedestrian crash in James City County on Friday evening, a university spokesperson confirmed. The police chief, Daniel F. “Wojo” Woloszynowski, was driving west of Route 60, east of Route 199, at about 7:45 p.m. when he struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian, Shaine Dee'Lee'oan Henderson, 48, of Williamsburg, was seriously injured and later died at the hospital.

https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/10/16/off-duty-cnu-police-chief-involved-in-james-city-county-crash-that-killed-man/

https://www.13newsnow.com/video/news/local/virginia/williamsburg/pedestrian-struck-killed-in-williamsburg-crash/291-868bfdd0-2299-4048-a353-e35dd6ee24f4