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On 08/27/2022, Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed 69-year-old George Maxie of Coushatta at a church on U.S. Highway 71 north of A.C. Whatley Road. Louisiana State Police were called shortly before 5 p.m. to investigate the shooting.
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The encounter originated with an earlier incident at a different location. Louisiana State Police said deputies were investigating a complaint involving an allegedly armed individual and another person. Deputies arranged to meet the complainant at the church on U.S. 71. The available public accounts do not describe what allegedly occurred during the earlier incident, what type of weapon was reportedly involved, or what allegations the complainant made against Maxie.
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While deputies were interviewing the complainant, Maxie arrived at the church and approached the deputies. Louisiana State Police reported only that Maxie was shot “during the course of the interaction.” The initial official account did not state whether Maxie was armed when he arrived, whether deputies saw a weapon, whether Maxie allegedly pointed or fired a weapon, what commands deputies gave him, how many deputies fired, or how many shots were fired.
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Maxie died at the scene and was pronounced dead by the Red River Parish Coroner. Louisiana State Police took over the investigation, and the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory processed the scene.
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The official Louisiana State Police release identifies the decedent as George Maxie, while some contemporaneous secondary reporting reversed his name and called him “Maxie George.” The official state-police identification is used here.
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The public record located for this update remains unusually sparse regarding the actual use of deadly force. No later detailed Louisiana State Police reconstruction, body-camera release, prosecutorial decision, civil lawsuit or other reliable public record was located that establishes what Maxie did immediately before deputies shot him. Accordingly, the police allegation concerning the earlier armed-person incident should not be treated as establishing that Maxie was armed or threatening deputies when he was killed.
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The Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies who shot Maxie were not identified in the publicly available records located for this update.
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https://www.ktbs.com/news/one-dead-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-red-river-parish/article_a1ab8334-26b3-11ed-95d8-e3d75f32c403.html
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https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/one-dies-in-red-river-parish-deputy-involved-shooting/
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https://lsp.org/community-outreach/news/louisiana-state-police-investigating-deputy-involved-shooting-in-red-river-parish/
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https://www.ksla.com/2022/08/28/lsp-1-dead-deputy-involved-shooting-red-river-parish/

On 08/27/2022, law enforcement shot and killed 34-year-old Vance Ledeau near the Missoula Smokejumper Center in the 5700 block of Highway 10 West. Missoula police had responded to several reported robberies in the city, and police identified Ledeau as the person they were seeking in connection with those incidents. A Missoula County sheriff’s deputy located him shortly after 11:30 a.m.
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Multiple agencies converged on the area, including the Missoula Police Department, Missoula County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service law enforcement, Missoula Airport Police, Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office and Montana Highway Patrol. Police said the extensive response was prompted by what they characterized as a threat to public safety.
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Initial authorities released remarkably little information about the killing. They did not identify which law-enforcement agency fired, which officer or officers fired, whether Ledeau fired at police, or even whether he possessed a firearm. The Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation took over the investigation and declined requests from local journalists for those details while the investigation was underway.
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Ledeau’s identity was not publicly released until more than two weeks after his death. On 09/13/2022, Lake County Sheriff-Coroner Don Bell identified him as 34-year-old Vance Ledeau. Even then, authorities released no substantive additional account of the circumstances under which police shot him.
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Later information indicated that Ledeau was holding an air pistol resembling a handgun rather than a conventional firearm when police killed him. The original police announcements had not disclosed that fact. Public reporting continued to describe the underlying robbery allegations without providing a detailed account of those alleged robberies or establishing precisely what Ledeau did during his encounter with police immediately before he was shot.
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The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation eventually completed its investigation and forwarded the case to the Missoula County Attorney’s Office. A coroner’s inquest concerning Ledeau’s death was subsequently conducted, although the case remained notable for the limited amount of information publicly released about the shooting compared with the large number of law-enforcement agencies involved.
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The available records identify Ledeau as Native American. No reliable public record located for this update establishes that Ledeau fired a weapon at police before officers killed him.
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The law-enforcement officer or officers who shot and killed Ledeau were not identified in the publicly available records located for this update.

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/victim-idd-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-missoula
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https://www.kulr8.com/missoula/missoula-pd-robbery-suspect-deceased-following-officer-involved-shooting/article_7303ba23-ba47-5f75-9674-d22c1d265c15.html
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https://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-county/investigation-continues-into-fatal-missoula-shooting-involving-law-enforcement
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https://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-county/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-missoula-identified
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https://newstalkkgvo.com/one-person-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-missoula/
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https://newstalkkgvo.com/suspect-shot-by-law-enforcement-near-missoula-airport-identified/

On 08/26/2022, 39-year-old Luis Hernandez was killed while riding his mini motorbike home from work when a vehicle being pursued by Monroeville Police Department officers struck him at William Penn Highway and Graham Boulevard in Wilkinsburg. Hernandez was an uninvolved bystander and father of three children.
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Monroeville police initiated the pursuit at approximately 7:54 p.m. after attempting to stop a driver because police knew he had outstanding felony arrest warrants. When the driver continued away, Monroeville officers pursued east along William Penn Highway through multiple municipalities toward Wilkinsburg. Because Hernandez was the uninvolved person killed, the pursued driver's identity is omitted from this report.
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Later court records substantially expanded what was known about the pursuit. According to the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Hernandez's family, police continued the pursuit at speeds reaching approximately 107 mph as it traveled from Monroeville through Churchill and into Wilkinsburg on a Friday evening.
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Hernandez was traveling on his mini motorbike near William Penn Highway and Graham Boulevard when the pursued vehicle struck him. Some Monroeville officers stopped after the collision to render assistance. Hernandez was transported to a hospital but died from his injuries.
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The pursued vehicle continued away after the fatal collision. Police subsequently located the driver near his residence. The later criminal case resulted in guilty pleas including homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault, and the driver received a sentence of 17 to 34 years in state prison.
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Hernandez's family maintained from shortly after his death that police shared responsibility for creating the circumstances that killed him. His aunt, Evelyn Hernandez, questioned why officers pursued at extreme speeds across multiple municipalities when police knew the person they were seeking and where he lived.
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In 2024, Hernandez's family filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against Monroeville, its police department, Police Chief Doug Cole and several officers. The lawsuit alleges that police unlawfully continued a dangerous high-speed pursuit that violated established model pursuit policies and unnecessarily endangered the public.
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Body-camera footage obtained in connection with the case revealed that officers themselves discussed the permissiveness of Monroeville's pursuit policy. In one recording, an officer described the department's pursuit policy as comparatively lenient.
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More significantly, body-camera footage captured Chief Doug Cole acknowledging after Hernandez was struck that he had considered terminating the pursuit. Cole told an officer that he had thought about calling the pursuing officers off. The officer responded that he had considered the same thing but indicated that traffic had not initially appeared severe. Neither terminated the pursuit before it reached Wilkinsburg and Hernandez was struck.
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The family's attorney argued that the pursuit should never have occurred at speeds exceeding 100 mph because police knew the identity and residence of the person they wanted to arrest and therefore had alternatives to an extended high-speed pursuit through populated communities. The lawsuit alleges that the police decision to continue pursuing created the danger that resulted in Hernandez's death.
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Hernandez was returning home from work when he was killed. He left three children. His family described his death as the loss of an innocent person whose ordinary commute home intersected with a police pursuit in which he had no involvement.
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The publicly available reporting on the federal lawsuit identifies Police Chief Doug Cole as a defendant and confirms that several Monroeville officers were also sued over the pursuit. The news records located do not reliably identify each pursuing officer by name. Cole's own recorded comments establish that he was monitoring the pursuit and considered ordering officers to terminate it before Hernandez was killed.

The Hernandez litigation also raised broader questions about Monroeville's pursuit practices. In August 2024, Monroeville officers were involved in another high-speed pursuit originating from a minor traffic violation that culminated in a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus crashing into a house in Homewood. The Hernandez family's attorney cited that subsequent incident while arguing that Monroeville's pursuit policy required reform.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/monroeville-police-department-lawsuit/
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https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/deadly-hit-and-run-in-wilkinsburg-ends-in-shots-fired-suspect-taken-into-custody/
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https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-after-fatal-hit-run-wilkinsburg/3KRIXZP3OZBDRJSRULQBI5AANY/
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https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/new-charges-filed-deadly-crash-during-police-chase-wilkinsburg/TLGWRXTDLVFELJIFCIK4BKW23Y/
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https://www.wtae.com/article/monroeville-police-chase-lawsuit/62267375
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https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/family-innocent-man-killed-2022-crash-caused-by-police-chase-wilkinsburg-files-lawsuit/FXA4LHSYZZEFBFRGIE4RV5BSNU/

On 08/26/2022, 29-year-old Samantha H. Butler died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after fleeing an Ormond Beach Police Department traffic stop and crashing in the parking lot of a KFC at 294 West Granada Boulevard. Butler and her passenger were being sought as people of interest in the shooting deaths of two men in Lake County the previous evening. Ormond Beach police later determined that Butler shot herself after the crash.
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The underlying homicide investigation began after Lake County sheriff's deputies responded at approximately 9 p.m. on 08/25/2022 to Pennsylvania Road in Altoona. Deputies found 34-year-old David Thomas Mikell of Umatilla and 41-year-old Shane Eugene Clements of Altoona shot to death. Investigators said the killings did not appear random. Butler and 35-year-old Roger Myles Gilbert of Alabama were subsequently identified as people of interest.
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At approximately 9:54 a.m. the following morning, Ormond Beach officers responded to the 1400 block of West Granada Boulevard after receiving a report of a vehicle with a bullet hole in it. During that investigation, police identified a possible vehicle connected to the incident and issued a BOLO.
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At approximately 11:42 a.m., an Ormond Beach officer located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. According to the department's official account, the vehicle drove away before the officer made contact with Butler or Gilbert. Police followed the vehicle, which crashed a short time later in the KFC parking lot at 294 West Granada Boulevard.
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Gilbert fled from the crashed vehicle on foot and entered the nearby Dollar Tree at 274 West Granada Boulevard, where police located and arrested him. Officers found Butler unresponsive in the driver's seat. Ormond Beach Fire Rescue responded, and Butler was pronounced dead at approximately 12:30 p.m.
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Police initially stated that Butler's death did not appear to have resulted from injuries sustained in the crash. On 09/13/2022, Ormond Beach Police Department released the result of its death investigation, stating that Butler died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that she shot herself after the vehicle crashed.
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The timing is significant to the classification of Butler's death. The fatal gunshot did not precede the police encounter and was not caused by the collision. It occurred after police attempted to stop the vehicle, Butler drove away, police followed, and the vehicle crashed. Her death therefore falls within the database category of suicide under police duress.
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Butler was born on 10/08/1992 and was from Alabama. Police identified her as Samantha H. Butler. The official Ormond Beach Police Department releases do not establish that Butler had been charged with either Lake County homicide before her death; she and Gilbert were described as people of interest in that investigation.
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The Ormond Beach Police Department officer or officers directly involved in the attempted traffic stop and subsequent response were not identified in the public records located.

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/29/alabama-woman-sought-double-homicide-found-dead-crashed-car/7930836001/

https://www.ormondbeach.org/Archive/ViewFile/Item/9982

https://www.ormondbeach.org/Archive/ViewFile/Item/9963

https://ormondbeach.org/Archive/ViewFile/Item/9981

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/lake-county/2-men-shot-death-altoona/73QFQ346AFA67CWAHGG72L3C6U/

On 08/26/2022, Blacksburg Police Department officers and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed 29-year-old Joshua David Amodeo after responding to his residence in the 3000 block of Yellow Sulphur Road for a welfare check. The call came at approximately 2 a.m., and Virginia State Police reported that responding officers and deputies attempted to de-escalate the situation.
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Amodeo initially remained outside the residence speaking with law enforcement. According to Virginia State Police, he then went inside the house and returned with a firearm. Police alleged that Amodeo fired the weapon toward officers and deputies, who returned fire and struck him. The available official account does not provide the number of shots fired, identify which officers or deputies fired, or describe how long the encounter lasted before the gunfire began.
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Officers and deputies provided first aid after the shooting, and Blacksburg Rescue responded. Amodeo died at the scene. Virginia State Police reported that no responding officers or deputies were physically injured.
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The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Salem Division investigated the killing at the request of the Blacksburg Police Department. State Police said the completed investigation would be forwarded to the Blacksburg Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for review.
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Amodeo had a substantial military-education background. Before attending Radford University, he spent three years as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His obituary states that military life had been a longstanding goal and that he wanted to serve in the U.S. Navy. He later graduated from Radford University with a degree in criminal justice and worked as a security guard at Radford Arsenal, as a Blacksburg Transit bus driver and, most recently, as a restaurant manager.
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The available records therefore document Amodeo’s three years at the U.S. Naval Academy but do not establish that he subsequently served on active duty in the U.S. Navy or should be classified as a military veteran. The police encounter itself was explicitly initiated as a welfare check, and existing case records classify the circumstances as a mental health crisis.
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The Blacksburg Police Department officers and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies who fired at Amodeo were not identified in the public records located.

https://www.mccoyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Joshua-Amodeo/#!/TributeWall

https://wset.com/news/local/vsp-virginia-state-police-identifies-29-year-old-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-blacksburg-3000-block-yellow-sulfer-road-joshua-david-amodeo-august-2022

https://virginianreview.com/222358/

On 08/26/2022, 43-year-old DeShaunte Adams died from a gunshot wound following a foot pursuit and exchange of gunfire with Milwaukee Police Department officers near North 11th Street and West Keefe Avenue. Police classified the fatal wound as self-inflicted, but Adams's family later disputed that account after viewing body-camera footage and sought release of the complete recordings.
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At approximately 11:54 a.m., Milwaukee police were searching for Adams in the 1100 block of West Keefe Avenue because he was wanted for violating a felony domestic-abuse injunction. Officers saw Adams and approached him, and he ran from them on foot.
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According to Milwaukee police, Adams fired at officers during the foot pursuit and an officer returned fire. Police reported that neither Adams nor the officers were struck during this initial exchange. Police alleged that Adams subsequently fired toward officers again, but officers did not return fire during that second encounter.
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Adams entered a backyard in the 3500 block of North 11th Street. Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said Adams then shot himself in the head. Officers subsequently approached Adams using a tactical ballistic shield. Police said that while officers were securing Adams, his firearm discharged and a bullet struck a 36-year-old officer in the leg.
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Adams's family later directly challenged the police account after members of the family were permitted to view a portion of the officers' body-camera footage in November 2022. His mother, Sharon Webb, and sister, Annesha Adams, said the video they viewed showed Adams getting down while officers were confronting him and then being shot. The family also disputed the police assertion that Adams's gun subsequently discharged and wounded an officer, alleging instead that the officer was struck by another officer's gunfire.
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The family's questions were reinforced by the status of Adams's death certificate months after the shooting. In January 2023, reporting on the certificate showed that the manner of death remained listed as pending rather than suicide. Milwaukee police nevertheless continued to stand by their original account that Adams had fatally shot himself.
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After viewing the body-camera footage, the family filed an open-records request seeking the complete recordings. Milwaukee police denied the request in December 2022, stating that the footage was connected to a pending internal investigation involving a possible criminal offense or employee misconduct.
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In January 2023, Adams's family filed a lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department seeking release of the body-camera footage. Attorney B'Ivory LaMarr represented the family and argued that the recordings were necessary to determine what actually occurred and why the family's description of the footage differed from the department's public account.
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Adams was a father of four. His family continued publicly disputing the official suicide narrative and demanding release of the complete video evidence surrounding his death.
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The Milwaukee Police Department officers involved in the gunfire exchange and the officers present when Adams suffered the fatal gunshot wound were not publicly identified in the records located.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2022/08/26/1-dead-police-officer-wounded-sorth-side-milwaukee-shooting/7905741001/
https://www.fox6now.com/news/11th-keefe-felony-suspect-dead-milwaukee-officer-wounded
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/mpd-officer-struck-by-gunfire/
https://www.wisn.com/article/exclusive-milwaukee-family-rejects-police-account-of-mans-death-and-officer-shot/42437265
https://wtmj.com/news/2023/01/11/body-camera-footage-denied-release-in-deshaunte-adams-case-lawsuit-pending/
https://www.cbs58.com/news/family-sues-milwaukee-police-after-a-request-to-see-bodycam-footage-of-mans-death-denied
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-shooting-bodycam-lawsuit

On 08/26/2022, 28-year-old Brian Z. Heath of Aiken, South Carolina, was killed when a Chrysler 300 being pursued by Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputies crossed into his lane and struck his Nissan Versa head-on on Old Savannah Road near Roselle Street in Augusta. Heath was an uninvolved driver returning from work and had no connection to the police pursuit.
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The pursuit began at approximately 7:40 p.m. when a Richmond County deputy attempted to stop the Chrysler at East Boundary and East Walker streets for failure to maintain lane, a misdemeanor traffic offense. The driver continued driving away while the deputy pursued. The Chrysler reached speeds exceeding 100 mph.
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Records associated with the case listed additional traffic offenses including driving too fast for conditions, an open-container violation, failure to wear a seat belt, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, an expired tag, failure to provide proof of insurance and driving under the influence. The immediate reason reported for the deputy's attempted stop, however, was failure to maintain lane.
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The pursuit continued along Old Savannah Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the Chrysler vaulted over a railroad crossing near Roselle Street, causing the driver to lose control. The Chrysler crossed into the opposite lane and struck Heath’s Nissan Versa head-on.
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The collision caused extensive damage and trapped Heath inside his vehicle. Emergency personnel extricated him, but Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen pronounced him dead at the scene at 9:40 p.m. The driver of the pursued Chrysler suffered serious injuries and was transported to Augusta University Medical Center.
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Because Heath was an uninvolved bystander, the pursued driver's identity is omitted from this report. Authorities later charged the driver with murder, homicide by vehicle, fleeing police, DUI and multiple traffic offenses. Investigators reported finding opened beer cans in the Chrysler, and authorities said the driver admitted consuming alcohol and marijuana before driving.
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Heath’s sisters questioned why deputies continued a pursuit at more than 100 mph over what began as a traffic stop. One sister specifically raised concerns about police continuing the pursuit while oncoming motorists were using the narrow roadway. Because the fatal crash occurred during a police pursuit, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office asked the Georgia State Patrol to conduct an independent crash investigation.
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The case also prompted scrutiny of Richmond County’s pursuit policy. Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council official Chris Harvey explained that officers engaged in pursuits must exercise due regard for public safety and illustrated the principle by noting that extreme-speed pursuit would not be justified for a trivial underlying violation. Richmond County policy left the decision to initiate a pursuit to the individual deputy.
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Heath had just gotten off work at Kimberly-Clark and was driving in Augusta when the pursued vehicle entered his lane. His family described him as a loving brother and uncle. His obituary identifies his full name as Brian Z. Heath and confirms that he died at age 28 on 08/26/2022.
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The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputy who initiated the pursuit and the other deputies who participated were not identified in the public records located.

https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/news/crime/aiken-man-killed-in-richmond-county-high-speed-chase-augusta-man-charged-with-murder/article_cb758d98-27cd-11ed-9922-0716ea2295bf.html
https://www.wrdw.com/2022/08/27/high-speed-chase-results-two-vehicle-collision/
https://www.wrdw.com/2022/08/29/1-driver-dead-1-jail-family-mourning-after-augusta-chase/
https://augustacrime.com/murder-charge-augusta-felon-was-drunk-high-during-deadly-police-pursuit/
https://augustacrime.com/sisters-of-innocent-driver-killed-in-deadly-augusta-pursuit-call-for-justice/
https://obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/aikenstandard/name/brian-heath-obituary?id=36381325

On 08/26/2022, Oakley Police Department Officer Brett Jackson shot and killed 58-year-old Frank Anthony Correa after police responded to a domestic violence call at a residence in the 1800 block of Teresa Lane. The encounter began at approximately 10:40 p.m. on 08/25/2022 and continued for more than two hours before the fatal shooting at approximately 1:18 a.m.
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According to police, Correa's girlfriend reported that Correa had been driving around with her in a vehicle while armed with a handgun and would not allow her to leave. She told police that Correa threatened to kill her and himself. After they returned to the residence, the woman escaped on foot and called 911.
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Officers arrived and attempted to communicate with Correa, who remained inside the residence. Police deployed a drone and reported seeing Correa inside with a handgun. According to Oakley Police Chief Paul Beard, officers continued attempting to establish communication while Correa remained inside. Police reported hearing multiple gunshots from within the residence during the standoff.
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At approximately 1:18 a.m., police alleged that Correa began firing toward officers outside the residence. Initial reporting stated that Correa fired three rounds at officers during the final confrontation. A subsequent police review reported that investigators recovered 16 spent 9mm cartridge casings associated with shots Correa allegedly fired during the overall incident in the direction of either the domestic violence victim or police.
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Jackson was the only Oakley officer who fired his weapon. He returned fire and struck Correa. Officers subsequently approached Correa and provided medical aid, but he died at the scene.
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The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office and Oakley Police Department investigated the shooting under the county's law-enforcement-involved fatal incident protocol. Oakley police released partial body-worn-camera audio several days after the killing.
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The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office later completed an independent criminal review of Jackson's use of deadly force. The review included the autopsy, coroner's inquest and investigative evidence and concluded that Jackson's shooting of Correa was legally justified.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Brett Jackson had served with the Oakley Police Department for approximately one year and four months when he killed Correa and had approximately seven years of total law-enforcement experience. Jackson was the sole officer who fired during the fatal encounter.
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https://eastcountytoday.net/one-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-oakley/
https://www.thepress.net/news/oakley/police-fatally-shoot-oakley-man-in-domestic-dispute/article_76f16fe0-2a10-11ed-ac15-afad5ca3cacc.html
https://eastcountytoday.net/oakley-police-release-audio-and-more-details-in-officer-involved-shooting/
https://contracosta.news/2023/12/08/da-report-says-oakley-use-of-force-justified-in-shooting-death-of-frank-correa/

Twin Falls County deputies responded to a call alleging an assault. Police claim that Caleb Tussey was a passenger in a vehicle that fled across multiple towns, crashed into a ditch and that Tussey allegedly fired at police and they shot and killed him.

https://magicvalley.com/news/local/man-died-in-august-officer-involved-shooting-after-police-chase/article_3cd6b332-338a-11ed-a022-9bfd403aae60.html

https://magicvalley.com/news/local/deputy-gives-details-of-high-speed-pursuit-at-hearing/article_581e9808-468b-11ed-aaf4-6b84f20949ba.html

https://magicvalley.com/news/local/teen-pleads-not-guilty-in-pursuit-that-turned-deadly/article_baccf492-6f79-11ed-a245-73081ff92c49.html

https://newsradio1310.com/twin-falls-county-shooting-investigation-citf/

On 08/19/2022, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Brandon Graham shot 60-year-old Brenda Donahue inside her home in the Raintree neighborhood of south Charlotte while officers were attempting to serve an involuntary commitment order. Donahue survived for six days before dying from her injuries on 08/25/2022.
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The encounter began shortly after 5:30 p.m. when three CMPD officers went to Donahue's residence in the 8900 block of St. Croix Lane specifically to serve an involuntary commitment order. A man at the residence opened the door and allowed the officers inside. The commitment order indicates that the police encounter was connected to concerns about Donahue's mental or behavioral condition rather than a criminal arrest warrant.
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After entering the residence, officers called out to Donahue. According to CMPD, Donahue responded by firing a gun toward the three officers. Police reported that one bullet struck a female officer in the chest, but her protective vest stopped the round.
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Officer Brandon Graham returned fire and struck Donahue. CMPD's internal-affairs annual report confirms that only one officer returned gunfire during the encounter. Officers then provided medical aid and Donahue was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Donahue remained hospitalized until 08/25/2022, when she died from the gunshot injuries. A firearm was recovered from the residence.
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The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation responded to investigate the fatal police shooting, while CMPD initiated a separate internal investigation. Graham was placed on paid administrative leave following the shooting.
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CMPD later obtained court authorization to publicly release body-worn-camera footage from the encounter. The department released the recordings in January 2023 as part of a critical-incident briefing.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Brandon Graham was assigned to CMPD's South Division when he shot Donahue. Graham was identified as the only officer who fired during the encounter and was placed on paid administrative leave following the shooting.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-south-charlotte-neighborhood-police/275-b1721687-ffda-46bc-930a-ea4e4a123d1a
https://www.wbtv.com/2022/08/19/authorities-investigating-after-officer-involved-shooting-south-charlotte/
https://www.wxii12.com/article/woman-dies-after-trading-gunfire-with-cmpd-investigation-ongoing/41022534
https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/south-charlotte-woman-who-exchanged-gunfire-with-cmpd-dies/
https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/01/24/breaking-news-officer-involved-shooting-in-south-charlotte/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2022/08/19/woman-wounded-in-exchange-of-gunfire-with-police-in-charlotte
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/cmpd-officers-involved-shooting-south-charlotte-police-say/4RJSDLEY2JHQHJ7LEHNZEE2IZM/

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https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/01/24/breaking-news-officer-involved-shooting-in-south-charlotte/
https://www.wxii12.com/article/woman-dies-after-trading-gunfire-with-cmpd-investigation-ongoing/41022534#

On 08/25/2022, Oakley Police Department officers responded to a reported domestic violence incident at a residence in Oakley. Officers encountered a man at the home during the response. Police fired at him during the confrontation and killed him. The Contra Costa County District Attorney later reviewed the shooting and determined the officer acted lawfully.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/contra-costa-da-says-oakley-officer-acted-lawfully-in-deadly-2022-shooting/

On 08/25/2022, 24-year-old Gavin Lee Stansell died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during an eviction at Lind Commons Apartments, 3493 East Lind Road in Tucson. Pima County Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay and apartment manager Angela Fox-Heath had gone to Stansell’s apartment to enforce a court-ordered eviction when Stansell opened fire.
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The eviction was not based on nonpayment of rent. Court records show the landlord filed the eviction action after allegations that Stansell had threatened and intimidated another resident with a firearm and otherwise disturbed the peace. An eviction hearing was held on 08/22/2022, and the court issued the eviction order on 08/23/2022.
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According to Tucson police, Martinez-Garibay and Fox-Heath were attempting to contact Stansell when he opened fire, fatally shooting 28-year-old Fox-Heath. Responding officers found Fox-Heath in the apartment complex courtyard.
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Police could not initially locate Martinez-Garibay and believed she remained inside Stansell’s apartment. The Tucson Police Department SWAT team was called to the complex and subsequently entered the apartment. Officers found Martinez-Garibay suffering from gunshot wounds and Stansell dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Martinez-Garibay died at the scene.
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Investigators determined that Stansell had also entered a neighboring apartment and fatally shot 25-year-old Elijah Miranda. Miranda was visiting a friend at the complex and had no involvement in Stansell’s eviction. Stansell therefore killed three people — Martinez-Garibay, Fox-Heath and Miranda — before killing himself.
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Residents later described a history of threatening behavior preceding the killings. One neighbor said Stansell had repeatedly caused disturbances and threatened residents and that police had previously been contacted about his behavior. Court documents independently documented an allegation that Stansell had threatened another resident with a firearm, which became part of the basis for his eviction.
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The firearm used in the killings later became the subject of a federal investigation. Federal authorities determined that a lower receiver used in Stansell’s firearm had been purchased by Josue Lopez Quintana in November 2021. Quintana was accused of falsely representing that he was purchasing the receiver for himself and later making false statements to federal investigators about acquiring it for Stansell. Quintana pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release.
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The circumstances of the eviction subsequently produced wrongful-death litigation by Fox-Heath’s surviving husband. The lawsuit alleged that Martinez-Garibay knew Stansell possessed a firearm but nevertheless had Fox-Heath accompany her to enforce the eviction. The litigation also alleged failures involving Martinez-Garibay’s training and the procedures used to conduct the eviction. The Arizona Court of Appeals later addressed immunity issues arising from those claims.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Deborah Martinez-Garibay was the Pima County constable serving the eviction order when Stansell killed her. She had been appointed to the position in March 2022. Martinez-Garibay was also a 16-year U.S. Army veteran who served multiple tours in Afghanistan.

https://www.kold.com/2022/08/27/victims-suspect-triple-murder-suicide-midtown-tucson-identified/
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https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/constable-killing-court-docs-showed-threat
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/details-released-in-shooting-that-left-claimed-the-life-of-constable-deborah-martinez-garibay
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/tucson-man-charged-for-false-statement-during-mass-shooting-investigation
https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-two-published/2024/2-ca-sa-2023-0091-0.html
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/tucson/50m-claim-filed-over-fatal-eviction-shooting-in-tucson

On 08/25/2022, Muncie Police Department officers shot and killed 45-year-old Richard Allen Skinner during a standoff at a residence in the 1500 block of East Andover Avenue. Police had been dispatched at approximately 1 a.m. after a concerned neighbor called about an alleged domestic disturbance at the residence.
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Officers remained outside the residence and made contact with Skinner, who was inside. Police began negotiating with him and subsequently activated the Muncie Police Department SWAT team. Skinner was the brother of Delaware County Sheriff Tony Skinner, but the Delaware County Sheriff's Office stated that it was not involved in the operation.
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According to Indiana State Police, Muncie officers heard gunshots coming from inside the residence during the standoff. Police then alleged that Skinner appeared at a window and pointed what appeared to be a firearm toward officers outside. Muncie officers responded by firing department-issued rifles at Skinner.
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Skinner was struck by police gunfire. Officers provided medical treatment, but Delaware County Coroner Gavin Greene pronounced him dead at the scene. The initial Indiana State Police account described Skinner as having been struck by officers firing their department-issued rifles.
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At the time of his death, Skinner had three pending Delaware County criminal cases involving allegations of domestic battery or domestic violence. Those cases had not been adjudicated. The police response that resulted in his death, however, originated with the neighbor's report of a domestic disturbance at the Andover Avenue residence that morning.
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Skinner was born on 11/06/1976. His obituary identified his surviving family as including his father Walter H. Skinner and brothers Troy Skinner and Delaware County Sheriff Tony Skinner. Memorial donations were directed to the National Alliance on Mental Illness organization in Delaware County.
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Indiana State Police's Pendleton District investigated the fatal shooting at the request of the Muncie Police Department. The investigation was to be submitted to the Delaware County Prosecutor for review.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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The Muncie Police Department officers who fired their rifles and killed Skinner were not publicly identified in the records reviewed.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/state-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-muncie/531-0b0e1fab-ed43-4702-89f2-cc1d2c633b8a
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https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2022/08/man-shot-by-muncie-police-is-county-sheriffs-brother/
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/muncie-police-fatally-shoot-man-during-standoff-indiana-state-police-investigating

On 08/25/2022, Tucson Police Department SWAT officers Barrie Pedersen and Ernest Ortiz shot and killed 49-year-old Francisco Javier Galarza outside the Circle K at 6090 South Park Avenue in Tucson. SWAT officers and detectives had been conducting surveillance on Galarza before approaching him to make an arrest.
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Police were seeking Galarza on active felony arrest warrants connected to a home invasion and multiple bank robberies in the Tucson area. Officers had located Galarza and were watching him at the Circle K rather than responding to an unfolding crime at the store. At approximately 11:51 a.m., officers moved in as Galarza exited the business.
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Body-camera footage released by the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team shows officers rapidly exiting an unmarked vehicle with weapons drawn and ordering Galarza to get on the ground. Galarza immediately ran across the parking lot. Police reported that as he ran, he removed a black handgun from a bag he was carrying.
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Pedersen, a Tucson police K-9 officer assigned to SWAT, released his police dog Kiro to apprehend Galarza. Kiro chased Galarza and brought him to the ground. Video released after the shooting shows Galarza producing the handgun as the dog takes him down.
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Police alleged that while Galarza was on the ground, he pointed the handgun toward Pedersen and Ortiz. The released footage appears to show Galarza raising the weapon in the officers' direction immediately before they opened fire. Pedersen and Ortiz both fired their weapons, striking Galarza.
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Investigators recovered a Taurus G3 9mm semiautomatic handgun from beside Galarza. Police reported that the magazine contained ammunition and that a round was in the chamber. The available accounts of the shooting do not report Galarza firing the handgun during the encounter.
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Officers provided medical aid until Tucson Fire Department personnel arrived. Galarza died at the scene. The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team investigated the shooting, with the Pima County Sheriff's Department and Marana Police Department assigned primary responsibility for the criminal investigation. Tucson Police Department's Office of Professional Standards conducted a separate administrative investigation into the officers' actions.
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Barrie Pedersen had served with the Tucson Police Department since 2004 and had approximately 17 years of service when he killed Galarza. Pedersen served as a K-9 handler, K-9 Unit trainer and SWAT officer. He was named Tucson Police Department Officer of the Year in 2019 and previously received the department's Medal of Merit.
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Pedersen was involved in another police shooting less than six months after Galarza's death. On 02/14/2023, Tucson police responded to a mental-health crisis involving 29-year-old Jacques Taylor. Police found Taylor walking on South Kolb Road while armed with a handgun. After approximately 15 minutes of telephone negotiation, Pedersen fired one rifle round and struck Taylor. Taylor survived with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
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Ernest Ortiz had approximately 15 years with the Tucson Police Department when he killed Galarza. Galarza was not Ortiz's first fatal police shooting.
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On 09/10/2018, Ortiz and Tucson Police Sergeant William Corrales shot and killed 53-year-old Joel R. Andrade during a domestic-violence response and prolonged mental-health barricade. Police reported that Andrade had locked himself in a bathroom, cut his own neck and asked officers to kill him. After approximately two hours of negotiation, police alleged that Andrade emerged and raised a rifle toward officers. Ortiz and Corrales then fired, killing Andrade.

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https://www.kold.com/2023/02/14/tucson-police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting-near-kolb-road-29th-street/
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On 08/21/2022, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Darin Staley shot 36-year-old Terry Allen Starkweather Jr. during an attempted arrest at Lyons Self Storage, 1707 E. Lyons Avenue in Spokane. Starkweather remained hospitalized for three days and died from his wounds on 08/24/2022.
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The encounter began after Staley received information at approximately 6:25 a.m. that Starkweather was at the storage facility. Starkweather was wanted on outstanding felony warrants for unlawful possession of a firearm, second-degree assault and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Staley located Starkweather at a storage unit and called Deputy Roman Maier to assist with the arrest.
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Staley and Maier developed a plan to approach Starkweather from opposite directions in the narrow lane between two rows of storage units. Maier drove a marked sheriff’s patrol vehicle into the lane from the south and positioned it in front of Starkweather’s pickup truck, while Staley approached on foot from the north.
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According to the police investigation, Maier told Starkweather that he was under arrest and ordered him to put his hands in the air. Police reported that Starkweather instead moved from the bed of his pickup into the driver’s seat.
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Police alleged that Starkweather rapidly reversed the pickup toward Staley, who was standing in the confined space between the storage buildings. Staley fired his service weapon as the truck moved backward. The pickup then struck one of the storage buildings.
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Police alleged that Starkweather subsequently shifted the pickup into drive and moved forward toward Staley, who remained confined by the parallel storage buildings. Staley fired again. The pickup then stopped. Staley was the only officer identified as firing during the encounter.
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Deputies provided emergency medical treatment until medical personnel arrived. Starkweather was transported to a hospital in critical condition. He died from the gunshot wounds on 08/24/2022.
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The Spokane Independent Investigative Response Team investigated the shooting, with the Spokane Police Department serving as the managing agency because Spokane County Sheriff’s Office personnel were involved. Investigators obtained body-worn-camera footage, surveillance-camera recordings, forensic evidence and statements from Staley and Maier. The completed investigation was forwarded to the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office in January 2023.
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On 03/31/2023, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Staley would not face criminal charges. Prosecutors accepted Staley’s account that he believed the pickup was about to strike him and concluded that his use of deadly force constituted lawful self-defense.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Darin Staley had served with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office since December 1994 and had approximately 27 years with the department when he shot Starkweather. He had worked as a patrol deputy and field-training officer before being promoted to detective/corporal in 2005. He subsequently worked in Property Crimes and Major Crimes and was promoted to sergeant in September 2019.
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Staley was placed on administrative leave following the shooting. By the time prosecutors completed their review in March 2023, he was described as a 28-year veteran of the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors declined to charge him in Starkweather’s death.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/24/wanted-man-shot-by-deputy-sunday-in-spokane-is-dea/
https://www.insideselfstorage.com/crime/sheriffs-deputy-shoots-felony-suspect-spokane-wa-self-storage-facility
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On 08/21/2022, 6-year-old Iyla Johnson was shot and killed by her father, 40-year-old Eric Johnson, during a police and SWAT standoff at the Lake of the Woods Apartments at 1894 Lakenoll Drive in Mount Healthy. The encounter began during a custody dispute when Eric Johnson would not return Iyla to her mother.
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Mount Healthy police were called at approximately 11:40 a.m. Two officers entered the apartment attempting to recover Iyla and return her to her mother. As officers entered, they heard a gunshot coming from a second-floor bedroom. Officers went upstairs but found the bedroom door barricaded from inside.
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As officers attempted to force entry into the bedroom, additional gunshots were heard. Officers withdrew and requested the Hamilton County SWAT team. Police secured the apartment while SWAT responded and attempted repeatedly to communicate with Eric Johnson.
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After attempts to establish communication failed, SWAT entered the barricaded bedroom and found Iyla and her father dead from gunshot wounds. Mount Healthy Police Chief Vincent Demasi said the preliminary investigation indicated that Johnson shot his daughter and then himself. Police believed the first gunshot officers heard upon entering the apartment was the shot that killed Iyla.
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Iyla was preparing to enter first grade at St. Vivian School. Her family described her as a highly energetic and affectionate child who loved art, dancing, swimming and martial arts and was known within the family as a “social butterfly.”
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https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/23/6-year-old-killed-apparent-murder-suicide-remembered-an-angel/
https://www.kcbd.com/2022/08/22/6-year-old-girl-dad-dead-suspected-murder-suicide-following-custody-dispute-police-say/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cincinnati-family-3-found-dead-210016198.html

On 08/24/2022, a Waukegan Police Department officer shot and killed 26-year-old Jesus Angel Manjarrez outside his home in the 1000 block of Glen Court after police received multiple 911 calls concerning a neighborhood disturbance. Callers reported that Manjarrez had broken windows at a neighboring home, set a wooden fence on fire, poured gasoline on the neighboring property and was attempting to start a chainsaw.
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Manjarrez's mother, Diana Manjarrez, was among those who called 911 seeking help. She said her son had significant mental health problems and was experiencing a mental breakdown. She reported that he had knives and later described his behavior as connected to his mental condition.
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At approximately 12:45 p.m., the first Waukegan officer arrived and found the wooden fence burning. Body-worn camera footage shows the officer retrieving a fire extinguisher from his patrol vehicle and approaching the fire. Manjarrez then walked down the driveway toward the officer.
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The body-camera footage shows Manjarrez approaching while holding a knife. The officer dropped the fire extinguisher, backed away and repeatedly ordered Manjarrez to drop the knife. Manjarrez continued toward the officer and raised his knife-bearing hand above his head. The officer then fired five rounds at close range, striking Manjarrez.
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Police reported that Manjarrez also possessed a hammer and had a gasoline container taped to his chest. An Illinois State Police witness interview subsequently documented a witness reporting that Manjarrez approached the officer carrying what the witness described as a sledgehammer and that the witness saw a knife in Manjarrez's waistband.
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Manjarrez fell to the ground after the officer fired and was pronounced dead at the scene. His mother witnessed the shooting and publicly questioned why police used gunfire rather than a Taser or another less-lethal method against her son during what she described as a mental health crisis.
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The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation investigated the shooting at the request of Waukegan Police Chief Keith Zupec. The investigative material was subject to review by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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The Waukegan officer who killed Manjarrez was described by police as a man in his 30s who had served approximately 15 years with the department. His name was not disclosed in the public records reviewed.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/waukegan-police-shoot-kill-man-who-came-at-officer-with-knife-and-hammer-and-gasoline-can-taped-to-chest/
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https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2022/08/24/police-fatally-shoot-man-armed-with-knife-and-hammer-in-waukegan/
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/8/24/23320741/police-shooting-waukegan-glen-court-fatal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6uf3RiCxus

On 08/24/2022, Connecticut State Police Troopers Desmond Stimson and Jessie Rainville responded to a residence on Westminster Road in Canterbury after a reported domestic violence incident involving 38-year-old Ryan Marzi. Police alleged that Marzi had prevented another person from leaving the residence and damaged that person's cellphone.
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A physical struggle occurred between Marzi and Stimson. The Connecticut Office of Inspector General later established that both men were injured during the struggle and that Marzi sustained an injury to his left leg.
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Rainville arrived during the confrontation and deployed her Taser against Marzi. Dash-camera and body-worn-camera recordings show Rainville applying the Taser for approximately one minute and two seconds. The electrical discharge ended after Stimson told Rainville, "enough with that."
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Marzi can be heard screaming during the prolonged Taser deployment as Stimson and Rainville attempted to restrain him. Rainville was a relatively new Connecticut State Police trooper at the time, and her use of the Taser became the subject of an internal investigation.
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Police arrested Marzi on family-violence charges, including third-degree assault and interfering with an officer and a 911 call. He was taken to Backus Hospital, treated for his injuries and released. He was subsequently released on bond.
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Four days later, on 08/28/2022, Marzi's father found him unresponsive at his home in Hebron at approximately 10:30 a.m. Marzi was pronounced dead.
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The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner subsequently determined that Marzi died from a pulmonary embolism caused by the leg injury he sustained during his physical altercation with Stimson. The medical examiner classified the manner of death as homicide because the injury responsible for the fatal blood clot resulted from an altercation with another person.
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The Connecticut Office of Inspector General, Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad and Windham Judicial District State's Attorney's Office investigated the circumstances surrounding Marzi's death and the police use of force.
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Desmond Stimson was the Connecticut State Police trooper who physically struggled with Marzi. The medical examiner ultimately linked Marzi's fatal pulmonary embolism to the leg injury sustained during that struggle.
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Jessie Rainville deployed the Taser against Marzi continuously for approximately one minute and two seconds before Stimson told her to stop. Her Taser use became the subject of an internal Connecticut State Police investigation.

https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/windham-county/video-shows-ct-troopers-use-of-stun-gun-on-man-who-later-died/520-304c0b3e-4d4a-4f09-b5c1-205631c0e7d4
https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2022-09-29/video-shows-connecticut-trooper-tasing-a-man-for-over-a-minute-he-later-died
https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2022-09-02/police-investigate-death-of-man-after-connecticut-troopers-stun-gun-use
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Connecticut-State-Police-Taser-video-17459129.php
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DCJ/12092022Marzi1.pdf
https://www.wfsb.com/2022/12/09/state-investigating-after-man-dies-following-altercation-with-state-trooper/

On 08/24/2022, members of the U.S. Marshals-led Mountain State Fugitive Task Force shot and killed 37-year-old Jason Arnie Owens outside Amos Carvelli Funeral Home in Nutter Fort immediately after Owens served as a pallbearer at his father Junior Arnie Owens’s funeral. Officers had gone to the funeral specifically to arrest Owens on an outstanding fugitive warrant.
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The warrant was for a parole violation. Owens had been released from prison on parole in April 2021 and subsequently absconded from parole. Family members said the immediate violation involved Owens failing to check in with parole authorities and that Owens had told his mother he intended to turn himself in after his father’s funeral.
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Owens had originally been imprisoned following a 2018 incident in which he fled from a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy and then fought with the deputy during his arrest. He received a sentence of three to 13 years and was released on parole in April 2021. The warrant officers were executing at the funeral, however, was based on the subsequent parole violation.
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According to the later 98-page West Virginia State Police investigative report, law enforcement knew Owens would be attending his father’s funeral and believed he might be armed. Officers decided not to approach him while he was near his vehicle. Instead, they watched Owens participate in the funeral and waited until he had helped carry his father’s casket outside and load it into the hearse before moving in to arrest him.
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Witnesses described officers arriving rapidly in unmarked vehicles and wearing plain clothes. Owens had just finished carrying his father’s casket and was embracing a relative when officers approached. Family friend Cassandra Whitecotton said an officer jumped from an SUV wearing shorts and a T-shirt and that officers did not announce themselves before yelling Owens’s name. Owens’s aunt Evelyn O’Dell similarly said she was hugging Owens when someone yelled his name and gunfire immediately followed.
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The initial U.S. Marshals Service account alleged that Owens produced a firearm during the attempted arrest, causing officers to shoot him. Family members and several witnesses immediately challenged that account, saying they did not see Owens draw a weapon and questioning whether he was given any meaningful opportunity to surrender before officers opened fire.
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The later West Virginia State Police investigation provided a more detailed account. According to the police report, Owens resisted as two officers attempted to take him into custody and reached toward a handgun carried in a brown holster on his waist. Police alleged that officers ordered him to stop reaching for the weapon and fired when he continued. At least 10 spent cartridge casings were documented, and Owens sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and side. Investigators reported finding a black handgun near his body.
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Witness evidence was not entirely consistent with the officers’ description. One witness told investigators that Owens never attempted to flee, fight or make sudden movements and said the handgun remained visible in its holster and Owens never grabbed it. Owens’s son Justin similarly told investigators that his father had a weapon in a holster but had put his hands behind his back and was surrendering. Other witnesses supported the officers’ account that Owens was reaching toward the weapon and that officers commanded him to stop.
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Investigators also searched Owens’s vehicle and reported recovering a .22 Magnum revolver, a .22 Magnum rifle, ammunition and loaded magazines. Those weapons were inside the vehicle and were separate from the handgun investigators reported finding beside Owens after the shooting.
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The shooting immediately generated protests and demands for answers from Owens’s family and other funeral attendees. Witnesses disputed the Marshals Service’s statement that officers immediately rendered first aid. Family friend Denzil Pratt said Owens was still breathing after he fell but officers did not initially provide assistance. Other mourners described being threatened with gunfire when they attempted to approach Owens after he was shot.
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West Virginia State Police conducted the shooting investigation and interviewed at least 20 witnesses. Investigators ultimately concluded that the officers acted appropriately. The case was forwarded to Grant County Prosecutor John Ours, who served as special prosecutor. In April 2023, Ours determined that the shooting was legally justified, declined to bring criminal charges against the officers and did not present the case to a grand jury.
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The two Mountain State Fugitive Task Force officers who fired and killed Owens were not identified in the publicly released investigative reporting.

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On 08/20/2022, 46-year-old Heather Marie Dahlberg was critically injured during a Cambridge Police Department pursuit that ended when the vehicle in which she was riding crashed into a tree and caught fire at Dellwood Street South and 11th Avenue SW in Cambridge. Dahlberg subsequently died from her injuries on 08/23/2022.
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The reason police initiated the encounter was a driver's-license issue discovered after an officer saw the vehicle leaving Cambridge City Park after hours. At approximately 11:37 p.m., the officer was patrolling the park when he saw the vehicle leaving and ran its license plate. The check showed that the vehicle's registered owner had a canceled driver's license.
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The officer attempted to stop the vehicle at 2nd Avenue SW and Fern Street South. As the officer approached, the driver drove away. At approximately 11:38 p.m., the officer began pursuing as the vehicle rapidly accelerated south on Fern Street.
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According to the Cambridge Police Department, the officer lost sight of the vehicle as it rounded the corner near Cambridge Medical Center. Police reported that the officer terminated the pursuit at approximately 11:39 p.m. and radioed dispatch that the pursuit had been discontinued. The active pursuit therefore lasted approximately one minute.
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A short time later, while driving south on Dellwood Street South, the officer encountered the vehicle after it had crashed into a tree at Dellwood Street South and 11th Avenue SW. The vehicle had extensive front-end damage and was visibly on fire. Both the driver and Dahlberg remained trapped inside and required extrication.
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Cambridge Fire Department personnel responded and extricated both people from the burning vehicle. Dahlberg survived the initial crash but died from her injuries three days later.
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The initiating reason for this fatal pursuit was therefore that a license-plate check showed the vehicle's registered owner had a canceled driver's license after the officer observed the vehicle leaving a city park after hours. The fleeing conduct occurred only after the officer attempted the traffic stop.
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The Cambridge Police Department officer who initiated the traffic stop and pursuit was not publicly identified in the records located.

https://www.isanti-chisagocountystar.com/news/brief-police-pursuit-results-in-fatal-crash/article_67ff8458-22f5-11ed-8b13-0f26863d9a9d.html

On 08/23/2022, a Port Fourchon Harbor Police Department officer shot and killed 32-year-old Geraldo Reyes at a residence in the 200 block of West 133rd Street in Cut Off after Lafourche Parish sheriff’s deputies and Harbor Police responded to a reported domestic disturbance involving an armed person. Louisiana State Police reported that the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office received the call at approximately noon.
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The woman who reported the domestic disturbance had left the residence before law enforcement arrived. Deputies from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office and an officer from the Port Fourchon Harbor Police Department then approached the residence.
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According to Louisiana State Police, Reyes fired at the responding deputies and Harbor Police officer from the residence. A Port Fourchon Harbor Police officer returned fire with his service weapon and struck Reyes. The official account attributes the fatal gunfire specifically to the Harbor Police officer rather than the sheriff’s deputies.
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Reyes died at the scene. Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations detectives were called at approximately 1 p.m. to investigate the shooting, and the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory processed the scene.
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The Port Fourchon Harbor Police Department officer who shot and killed Reyes was not publicly identified in the records located.
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https://www.houmatoday.com/story/news/2022/08/23/troopers-respond-officer-involved-shooting-cut-off/7876764001/
https://lsp.org/community-outreach/news/louisiana-state-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-lafourche-parish/
https://www.fox8live.com/2022/08/23/man-killed-after-shooting-police-following-domestic-dispute-cut-off-officials-say/
https://www.wdsu.com/article/lafourche-cut-off-officer-shooting/40970184
https://www.wbrz.com/news/cut-off-man-killed-after-firing-at-officers-during-domestic-dispute-investigation/

On 08/23/2022, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force and Harris County law enforcement shot and killed 24-year-old Jose Angel Velazquez while attempting to arrest him at 12221 Veterans Memorial Drive in Harris County. Velazquez had been wanted for approximately six months in connection with a January 2022 fatal shooting outside an after-hours nightclub in southwest Houston.
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The warrant stemmed from a shooting outside El Tucanazo, an after-hours club in the 7100 block of Clarewood Drive, on 01/08/2022. Houston police alleged that a disturbance occurred in the parking lot and that Velazquez opened fire, killing 29-year-old Lenis Zelaya and wounding three other people. Investigators subsequently identified Velazquez and charged him with murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The charges remained pending when police killed him.
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On 08/23/2022, officers assigned to the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force conducted surveillance while preparing to execute the warrant. Undercover officers observed Velazquez leave a motel and enter a van that had arrived at the property. Task-force officers moved in and used their vehicles to block the van.
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Velazquez exited the van and ran from officers. Police deployed a Taser, but it did not incapacitate him. Authorities alleged that Velazquez then pulled a handgun from his clothing. Five officers representing three law-enforcement agencies opened fire, striking and killing him.
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The shooting involved a multiagency federal task force rather than a single patrol officer responding to an unfolding incident. Velazquez was specifically targeted for arrest because of the outstanding murder and aggravated-assault charges arising from the January nightclub shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Five officers from three law-enforcement agencies fired at Velazquez. Their identities were not disclosed in the public records reviewed.

https://cw39.com/news/local/new-details-in-officer-involved-shooting-of-suspect-in-splendora/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/08/23/murder-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-northwest-harris-county-authorities-say/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/man-identified-charged-in-deadly-shooting-outside-houston-after-hours-night-club

On 08/23/2022, two Blue Springs Police Department officers shot and killed 28-year-old Michael Saunders near Northeast R.D. Mize Road and Northeast Sunnyside School Road after Cass County investigators tracked him to a Walmart and requested assistance from Blue Springs police in arresting him.
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The attempted arrest stemmed from a police pursuit in Cass County five days earlier. Authorities alleged that Cass County deputies attempted to stop Saunders on 08/18/2022, that he continued driving away while deputies pursued, and that he fired at deputies during that pursuit before escaping. Cass County investigators were subsequently searching for Saunders in connection with that shooting.
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On 08/23/2022, Cass County investigators conducting surveillance followed Saunders and another person to the Walmart on Coronado Drive in Blue Springs. Authorities believed Saunders was armed. Investigators contacted the Blue Springs Police Department for assistance and waited for Saunders to leave the store before attempting to arrest him.
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When officers approached Saunders outside Walmart, he ran from the parking lot. Officers followed him approximately one block toward Northeast R.D. Mize Road and Northeast Sunnyside School Road. Witnesses described seeing Saunders carrying a long gun resembling an AR-style rifle.
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According to Blue Springs Police Chief Bob Muenz, officers ordered Saunders to put down the firearm. Police alleged that Saunders fired at officers, and two Blue Springs officers returned fire. Saunders was struck by police gunfire. The number of rounds fired by Saunders and the two officers was not specified in the initial accounts.
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Officers performed CPR on Saunders after the shooting, but he died at the scene. The second person who had accompanied Saunders was taken into custody.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol took over the investigation into the fatal shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Two Blue Springs Police Department officers fired and killed Saunders. Their identities were not disclosed in the public records reviewed.

https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/mshp-identifies-man-killed-by-blue-springs-police-after-firing-at-officers
https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/investigation-underway-after-blue-springs-police-fatally-shoot-man
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article264818804.html
https://www.kctv5.com/2022/08/23/investigation-underway-following-officer-involved-shooting-blue-springs/
https://www.kmbc.com/article/fatal-shooting-involving-blue-springs-missouri-police/40972250

On 08/23/2022, Houston Police Department Sergeant Stephen Duvall and Officers Daniel Inocencio, Jose Luna and Angel Lopez shot and killed 52-year-old Melvin Porter at a Shell gas station at 14717 North U.S. Highway 59 in Splendora following a domestic violence incident that developed into the alleged kidnapping of two women.
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The police encounter originated the previous day when Porter's former girlfriend reported that Porter had held her at gunpoint during a domestic violence incident. Police said she escaped. The following day, Porter allegedly attempted to contact her again, and when she would not meet with him, he went to her workplace in the 400 block of Benmar Drive in Houston.
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Police alleged that Porter entered the business armed with a handgun and forced one of his former girlfriend's female coworkers to leave with him. Porter then contacted his former girlfriend and threatened to harm the coworker unless the former girlfriend met him. The former girlfriend agreed to exchange herself for the coworker, and Porter released the first woman and left with his former girlfriend.
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Houston police tracked Porter and the woman as they traveled north from Houston. Officers followed them into Montgomery County and ultimately to the Shell gas station in Splendora after the woman convinced Porter to stop so she could use a restroom. Police positioned themselves around the vehicle while Porter and the woman remained inside.
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Body-worn-camera footage released by Houston police shows officers approaching as gunfire erupted. Police alleged that Porter fired multiple rounds at officers from the vehicle. Officers took cover behind patrol vehicles and other objects as the gunfire continued.
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The woman then escaped from the vehicle and ran toward police while gunfire was continuing. Body-camera footage shows an officer directing her toward police cover and reassuring her after she reached safety.
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Duvall, Inocencio, Luna and Lopez fired their duty weapons during the confrontation. Porter was struck multiple times and died at the scene. Police recovered a handgun associated with Porter.
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The Houston Police Department released body-worn-camera footage from multiple officers on 09/19/2022. The recordings documented the police approach, gunfire, officers taking cover, the woman's escape from the vehicle and the fatal exchange of gunfire.
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Sergeant Stephen Duvall was assigned to HPD's North Belt Division and had served with the Houston Police Department since March 2009, giving him approximately 13 years of service when Porter was killed.
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Daniel Inocencio was assigned to the North Belt Division and had served with HPD since July 2018, approximately four years at the time of the shooting.
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Jose Luna was assigned to the North Belt Division and had served with HPD since May 2017, approximately five years when Porter was killed.
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Angel Lopez was assigned to the North Belt Division and had served with HPD since March 2017, approximately five years at the time of the shooting.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/19/hpd-releases-body-cam-videos-of-officer-involved-shooting-that-left-alleged-kidnapping-suspect-dead-in-splendora/
https://abc13.com/splendora-kidnapping-hpd-officers-shoot-suspect-melvin-porter-boyfriend-takes-ex/12162363/
https://abc13.com/splendora-kidnapping-hpd-officers-shoot-suspect-police-body-cam-melvin-porter/12241743/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/08/24/suspect-in-hostage-situation-fatally-shot-by-officer-in-splendora-hpd-says/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/body-worn-camera-video-released-following-deadly-august-shooting-in-splendora
https://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/hpd-updates-splendora-officer-involved-shooting/

On 08/23/2022, a 32-year-old Native American man was shot and killed by a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer at a residence near Pryor on the Crow Indian Reservation. The FBI's Salt Lake City Field Office subsequently took responsibility for investigating the fatal shooting. The man's name was not released in the available public reporting.
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The encounter began when Bureau of Indian Affairs officers and BIA Office of Justice Services agents responded to what the FBI described as a domestic situation at a residence. This was not a traffic stop, warrant service or pursuit. According to the FBI, after officers arrived they determined that the man had taken several people hostage inside the residence.
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The FBI did not publicly describe what precipitated the domestic situation, identify the hostages, or provide a detailed chronology of what occurred between the officers' arrival and the shooting. Public reporting confirms that a BIA officer shot and killed the man during the hostage incident.
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Five adults required medical treatment following the incident. The FBI did not disclose the nature or severity of their injuries or specify whether they were injured by gunfire or through other circumstances during the hostage situation.
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The FBI investigated the killing because the shooting involved federal Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement personnel on the Crow Indian Reservation. The FBI's initial 08/25/2022 statement provided only limited information and said the investigation remained ongoing.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs officer who fired the fatal shots was not publicly identified in the available records.

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/fbi-investigates-bia-officer-involved-shooting
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/bia-officers-kill-man-on-crow-reservation-during-hostage-situation/article_2d54d524-248f-11ed-b417-4b8fe0d893ea.html
https://www.kulr8.com/news/fbi-investigating-bia-officer-involved-shooting-on-crow-reservation/article_f856687a-248d-11ed-a61e-1b0843323e03.html
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/saltlakecity/news/press-releases/fbi-investigating-bia-officer-involved-shooting
https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/suspect-killed-in-reported-hostage-situation-near-pryor
https://www.ktvq.com/news/crime-watch/fbi-investigates-fatal-bia-shooting-in-pryor

On 08/23/2022, McMinnville Police Department Officer Justin Schwartz shot and killed 69-year-old Laurence Dickson outside Dickson’s apartment at 2270 SW 2nd Street after Dickson himself called 911 seeking help because he was suicidal. Officers Schwartz and Cody Williams were dispatched at approximately 2:07 p.m. specifically for a suicide intervention.
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Dickson’s family said he had struggled with depression for years. His daughter told KOIN that Dickson had previously sought help and had been taken to the hospital during earlier mental health crises. The family questioned why a call for help during another suicidal crisis ended with police killing him.
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According to Oregon State Police, Schwartz and Williams arrived at the apartment building and asked Dickson to come outside to speak with them. Dickson emerged carrying what the officers believed was a handgun. The object was subsequently determined to be an air-powered pellet gun manufactured to resemble a revolver.
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Police alleged that Schwartz ordered Dickson to drop the object and that Dickson instead pointed it toward Schwartz. Schwartz fired a single round from his department-issued rifle, striking Dickson in the chest. Williams did not fire.
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Officers attempted medical aid and summoned emergency medical personnel, but Dickson died at the scene. The weapon recovered after the shooting was confirmed to be an air gun rather than a firearm.
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Dickson’s family strongly questioned the police response. His daughter said the family believed officers should have recognized that they were dealing with a suicidal person and used crisis-intervention and de-escalation methods rather than creating an encounter that ended in gunfire. The family also questioned why police instructed Dickson to leave the apartment rather than maintaining distance and attempting to communicate with him while he remained inside.
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Oregon State Police investigated the killing under Yamhill County’s Senate Bill 111 deadly-force protocol at the request of the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office. McMinnville police placed Schwartz and Williams on administrative leave following the shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Justin Schwartz began his law-enforcement career with the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office in 2009. He joined the McMinnville Police Department in 2017 and therefore had approximately 13 years of law-enforcement experience when he killed Dickson. Schwartz fired the single rifle round that killed Dickson.
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Cody Williams had served with the McMinnville Police Department for approximately three years and had previously worked as a police officer in Kansas. Williams responded with Schwartz but did not fire his weapon.

https://www.koin.com/news/what-happened-isnt-fair-family-mourns-after-tragic-shooting-by-mcminnville-police/
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/mcminnville-man-police-shooting/283-ebc5e5f3-257d-4b8b-b0f3-8dee578cf5b8
https://flashalert.net/id/OSPOre/156951
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/24/mcminnville-police-shoot-man-after-receiving-call-for-suicide-intervention/
https://www.kptv.com/2022/08/29/osp-releases-more-details-about-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-mcminnville/

On 08/23/2022, San Diego Police Department Officer Mitchel Tani shot and killed 48-year-old Scholar Wang inside a residence in the 1500 block of Bridgeview Drive in San Diego's Fairmount Park neighborhood. Police had been dispatched shortly after 8:00 a.m. after a 911 call reporting a family disturbance in which Wang allegedly assaulted his two elderly aunts, ages 73 and 79, who lived at the residence with him.
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According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, which investigated the police shooting, the altercation began following a verbal argument. Police alleged that Wang struck the two women with a broken piece of a chair or other metal or wooden object. One woman suffered a head laceration and the other a neck laceration; later reporting also described wrist and forearm fractures. Both women were transported to hospitals and survived.
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When officers entered the residence, Wang had barricaded himself inside a bathroom. Police attempted to persuade him to come out and surrender during a standoff that lasted nearly two hours. Wang could be heard responding to officers in both English and Vietnamese. Officers subsequently pumped pepper spray into the bathroom through a window, but Wang remained inside.
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Police then entered through a rear patio door and removed furniture that Wang had placed as a barrier in the hallway leading to the bathroom. Officers forced open the bathroom door and deployed a police dog to apprehend Wang. Body-worn-camera footage shows the dog entering the bathroom while officers remained immediately outside.
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Police alleged that Wang struck the dog with a long piece of metal while the dog was biting or attempting to apprehend him. The object was later described as a sharp, ridged piece of metal approximately two feet long and two inches wide. The police dog sustained a superficial facial injury.
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Officer Tani, a member of the department's Canine Unit, moved toward the bathroom to gain control of the dog. Police alleged that Wang repeatedly raised the metal object over his head and appeared prepared to strike Tani. Tani fired three rounds, striking Wang.
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Officers provided medical treatment before paramedics transported Wang to a hospital, where he died. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department Homicide Unit conducted the criminal investigation into Tani's shooting, while San Diego police conducted an administrative review.
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The San Diego Police Department released critical-incident video and body-worn-camera footage on 09/06/2022. The footage documented the lengthy interaction preceding the shooting, the use of pepper spray, officers forcing entry into the barricaded bathroom, deployment of the police dog and Tani firing three shots.
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In 2024, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office released its review of the shooting and declined criminal prosecution of Tani. Prosecutors concluded that Tani reasonably believed Wang presented an imminent threat when Wang raised the metal bar as Tani approached the bathroom to retrieve the police dog.
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Mitchel Tani had served with the San Diego Police Department for nine years when he killed Wang and was assigned to the department's Canine Unit. Tani was placed on desk duty while the shooting was investigated.

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/09/06/bodycam-video-shows-suspect-attacking-dog-before-fatal-fairmount-park-police-shooting/
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/police-release-bodycam-video-from-fatal-city-heights-shooting/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQmH4anQ3co
https://www.sdsheriff.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1428/514
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/08/24/suspect-shot-to-death-by-san-diego-police-at-fairmount-park-home-idd-as-scholar-wang/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/09/01/police-id-officer-who-fatally-shot-armed-domestic-violence-suspect-in-fairmont-park/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/08/02/das-office-releases-reviews-clearing-eight-local-law-enforcement-officers-in-six-shootings/
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/20220906_release_of_video_footage_from_officer-involved_shooting.pdf

On 08/22/2022, a Biloxi Police Department officer shot and killed 41-year-old Mable Lucille Arrington at the Oakwood Village apartment complex at 330 Benachi Avenue in Biloxi. Police responded to the complex at approximately 9:00 p.m. Arrington was shot multiple times and transported to Merit Health, where she died during surgery at approximately 10:30 p.m.
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Public reporting never established a detailed official explanation for why the encounter escalated to police gunfire. A family friend said witnesses indicated that Arrington had become upset earlier in the day because several children had allegedly mistreated her children and that police later responded after someone made a complaint. What occurred between officers' arrival and the shooting remained publicly unexplained in the immediate aftermath.
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Arrington's relatives provided an account sharply different from the limited information released by authorities. The Mississippi Alliance for Public Safety, after speaking with a relative, reported the family's allegation that Biloxi officers forcibly entered Arrington's apartment without a warrant and shot her five times while her children were present. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer disputed the claim that Arrington was shot inside the apartment, stating that she was shot outside. The available reporting did not resolve the remaining discrepancies between the family's account and authorities.
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An autopsy determined that Arrington died from multiple gunshot wounds. She was a single mother of four children. Friends described her as deeply devoted to her children, active in church and known for singing at services. Her obituary gives her date of birth as 11/19/1980, making her 41 when she was killed despite some initial news reports listing her age as 42.
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The Mississippi Alliance for Public Safety and Mississippi Rising Coalition demanded release of body-worn-camera footage and other information about the killing. The organizations argued that the public and Arrington's family deserved to know what occurred. Biloxi police did not provide the requested explanation at that time and referred questions to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
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The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducted the independent investigation and forwarded its findings for review by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office. By August 2023, the Attorney General's Office had completed its review and declined to prosecute the Biloxi officer, determining that the use of force was justified.
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The Biloxi Police Department officer who shot and killed Arrington was placed on administrative leave following the shooting. The officer's identity was not disclosed in the public records located.

https://www.wlox.com/2022/08/23/officer-involved-shooting-reported-biloxi/
https://www.infinityfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/mable-arrington-1
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article264832754.html
https://www.wlox.com/2022/08/25/local-advocacy-orgs-demand-body-cam-footage-officer-involved-shooting/
https://www.wxxv25.com/mississippi-alliance-for-public-safety-requesting-body-cam-footage-from-officer-involved-shooting/
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/07/lynn-fitch-office-resolved-few-officer-involved-shootings/

On 08/22/2022, Knox County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Collins shot and killed 41-year-old Elizabeth Ann Hoskinson-Delano after deputies responded to a reported burglary in progress at 27724 Zuck Road near Howard. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was subsequently asked to investigate the fatal police shooting.
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The encounter began when authorities received a report that a woman had entered a residence without permission. Hoskinson-Delano was inside the house when deputies arrived. The residence belonged to Derek Delano, and subsequent BCI investigative records identified it as the location of the fatal encounter.
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According to the law-enforcement account, Hoskinson-Delano would not leave the residence and was armed with a 20-gauge Stevens Model 320 shotgun. Police alleged that she fired multiple shotgun rounds from inside the house. BCI crime-scene investigators later documented four discharged 20-gauge shotgun shells at the doorway of the master bedroom and reported that Hoskinson-Delano had discharged the shotgun approximately five or six times inside the residence.
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Police alleged that Hoskinson-Delano fired toward responding deputies. Deputy Michael Collins then fired his Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle, striking her. BCI investigators subsequently documented and collected Collins’s rifle as evidence. The rifle contained 28 cartridges when investigators processed it.
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Investigators recovered the 20-gauge shotgun outside the residence near the passenger side of a vehicle. BCI also documented a large projectile hole through a window of the house and recovered fired and unfired shotgun shells during execution of a search warrant in the early morning hours of 08/23/2022.
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Deputies provided medical aid after the shooting and Hoskinson-Delano was transported to a hospital, where she died from her injuries. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Crime Scene Unit and Special Investigations Unit processed the residence, firearms and other physical evidence as part of the independent investigation.
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Michael Collins was the Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy whose rifle was documented by BCI as the law-enforcement firearm used in the fatal shooting

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/crime/deputy-shoots-and-kills-woman-after-she-broke-into-home-and-fired-several-shots-at-law-enforcement/530-22c0b64a-decf-4626-b9c9-10731156e8b3
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/08/25/woman-identified-in-fatal-knox-county-police-shooting/65420116007/
https://www.sciotopost.com/update-ohio-woman-fired-shots-from-shotgun-at-officers-before-they-opened-fire/
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/getattachment/22b6fb4d-d615-4525-b114-82b3b259a778/22b6fb4d-d615-4525-b114-82b3b259a778.aspx
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/getattachment/f14cb0ec-c4ef-446d-8dec-7be3e2373d68/f14cb0ec-c4ef-446d-8dec-7be3e2373d68.aspx

On 08/22/2022, Sparks Police Department Officers Britt Brown and Tom Radley shot and killed 59-year-old Francisco Pena at an apartment at 1625 Merchant Street in Sparks after Pena's estranged wife called 911 from a neighbor's residence and reported a domestic violence incident. Dispatch received the call at approximately 7:54 p.m.
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Pena's estranged wife told police that she and Pena had been separated for several years and that he did not live at her apartment. According to the later Washoe County District Attorney investigation, Pena had learned that she was seeing another man and had sent threatening messages before going to her apartment and waiting for her to return. Police alleged that Pena confronted her with a knife and also had a firearm with him.
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According to the wife's account to investigators, Pena grabbed her, held a knife and demanded information about the other man. Police alleged that Pena pinned her down by her throat during the confrontation. Her teenage son intervened and attempted to take the knife from Pena, sustaining a cut in the process. The woman escaped to a neighbor's home and called 911 while her son remained inside the apartment with Pena.
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Brown and Radley were the first Sparks officers to arrive. Both had been advised by dispatch that the call involved a domestic disturbance, a knife, a firearm and an injured teenager who remained inside the apartment. The officers approached the second-floor apartment and heard yelling before reaching the doorway.
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Body-worn-camera footage shows Pena standing near the apartment doorway holding a knife while his teenage son remained close behind him. Officers repeatedly ordered Pena to drop the knife and show his hands. Pena continued yelling and did not drop it. According to the subsequent investigation, Pena's son and Brown reported hearing Pena yell for police to shoot him during the confrontation.
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Police alleged that Pena continued holding the knife while standing within close proximity of both the officers and his son. Brown fired one round from his rifle and Radley fired two rounds from his handgun. All three bullets struck Pena, who fell inside the apartment.
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After Pena fell, officers removed his teenage son from the apartment and provided medical aid to Pena. Emergency medical personnel transported Pena to Renown Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:40 p.m.
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Investigators reported recovering the knife and a loaded semiautomatic firearm associated with Pena. The available investigative account does not state that Pena fired the firearm during the police encounter.
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The Washoe County Sheriff's Office led the independent investigation under the regional police-shooting protocol, with assistance from the Reno Police Department and Washoe County Crime Laboratory. Investigators reviewed witness interviews, physical evidence, forensic evidence and body-worn-camera recordings.
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On 12/27/2024, Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks released a 29-page review of the shooting and determined that Brown and Radley's use of deadly force was justified and lawful under Nevada law. The prosecutor concluded that the officers reasonably perceived an imminent threat to themselves and Pena's teenage son.
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Britt Brown was one of the two Sparks Police Department officers who killed Pena. Brown fired one round from his department rifle.
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Tom Radley was the second Sparks Police Department officer who killed Pena. Radley fired two rounds from his handgun.
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Both officers were placed on administrative leave following the shooting while the Washoe County Sheriff's Office conducted the independent investigation.

https://www.kolotv.com/2022/08/23/wcso-investigating-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-sparks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2g_weNOBUA
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2022/09/01/sparks-police-body-cam-footage-shooting-francisco-pena/7965775001/
https://mynews4.com/news/local/body-camera-footage-shows-man-wielding-knife-shot-killed-by-officers-in-sparks
https://washoelife.washoecounty.gov/sheriff/washoe-county-sheriffs-detectives-lead-officer-involved-shooting-investigation-in-sparks/
https://washoelife.washoecounty.gov/da/ois-report-released-5/
https://www.kolotv.com/2024/12/27/2022-sparks-officer-involved-shooting-that-left-one-man-dead-ruled-justified/

https://mynews4.com/news/local/body-camera-footage-shows-man-wielding-knife-shot-killed-by-officers-in-sparks

BWC:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/z2g_weNOBUA

On 08/22/2022, 32-year-old Brandon Richardson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Riverview Park along the Shreveport riverfront while Shreveport Police Department officers were responding to a report that a man was threatening to jump into the Red River. Police responded to the riverfront pavilion at approximately 10:00 a.m.
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According to Shreveport police, Richardson was threatening to jump into the river when officers arrived. Police alleged that as officers approached him, Richardson produced a firearm and shot himself in the head. No police gunfire was reported.
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Richardson was scheduled to appear in court that same day for jury selection in an attempted-murder trial. The Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office said he was charged with attempted second-degree murder stemming from a 01/17/2021 shooting involving his former intimate partner and mother of his child. Prosecutors alleged that during a child-custody exchange, Richardson shot the woman in the chest with a .22-caliber revolver after he did not want to return their child to her. Numerous people, including children, reportedly witnessed that shooting.
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Richardson was also awaiting trial on charges of false imprisonment with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm. Prosecutors alleged those charges arose from the same incident after Richardson pointed the gun at another man and held both that man and the wounded woman at gunpoint before police arrived. The charges remained allegations and had not been adjudicated because Richardson died on the morning his trial was scheduled to begin.
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The available police account indicates that the immediate reason officers approached Richardson at Riverview Park was the report that he was threatening to jump into the river. His pending criminal trial provides significant context for the circumstances that morning, but police were not initially dispatched to the riverfront to arrest him on those charges.
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https://www.ksla.com/2022/08/22/man-facing-trial-attempted-murder-case-kills-self/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/08/22/man-awaiting-trial-today-for-attempted-murder-dies-by-suicide/
https://710keel.com/shreveport-riverfront-killing/

On 08/22/2022, Olympia Police Department Officer Jordan Anderson shot and killed 37-year-old Timothy Green after officers responded to reports that Green was behaving erratically at businesses near Martin Way E and Sleater Kinney Road. Green was experiencing a behavioral health crisis, and his mother later said he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teenager and had a long history of mental health crises.
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Police were initially called about Green's behavior at an AM/PM convenience store and then a nearby Starbucks. Officers were not responding to a reported violent felony or attempting to arrest Green on an outstanding warrant. After officers contacted him, Green left the business area and walked into traffic. Officers then decided to take him into custody.
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The encounter was especially controversial because Olympia officers had interacted with Green only two days earlier, on 08/20/2022. Later records cited by Green's family showed that Jordan Anderson and Sergeant Joseph Bellamy were among the officers who encountered Green during that earlier incident and learned about his psychiatric disability. Green's family argued that this prior knowledge should have affected how police handled his behavior two days later.
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On 08/22, officers followed Green as he moved through the area. Police alleged that Green possessed a knife. When officers attempted to take him into custody, two officers deployed Tasers, but the electrical weapons did not incapacitate him.
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Police alleged that Green continued holding the knife and approached Jordan Anderson. Video of the encounter shows Anderson moving into Green's path and then walking backward with his handgun pointed at Green. Anderson fired three rounds into Green's torso. Green fell into bushes after being shot.
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The circumstances immediately preceding the gunfire became a major point of dispute. Police maintained that Green approached Anderson while armed with the knife. Green's family and community advocates questioned whether Green actually presented an imminent threat and argued that officers escalated an encounter involving a man they knew was experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Video of the shooting was subsequently released publicly.
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Officers provided medical aid after the shooting. Green was transported to a hospital but died from his wounds. He was the father of two children. His mother, Millie Green, said she had long feared that her son's mental illness could ultimately result in police killing him during a crisis. She had previously gathered signatures in support of Washington Initiative 940, which required additional police de-escalation training.
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The Capital Metro Independent Investigations Team investigated the killing. Olympia Police Department detectives did not participate in the investigation because Olympia officers were involved. The investigation was completed in January 2023 and forwarded for independent prosecutorial review.
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The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office subsequently concluded that the officers' actions were lawful. In December 2023, the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced that no criminal charges would be filed against Anderson or the other Olympia officers involved.
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Green's family filed a $21 million tort claim against the City of Olympia. In August 2024, Olympia agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the claim. The settlement also required significant police training changes, including 40 hours of crisis-intervention training for patrol officers and an additional eight-hour course addressing force options when dealing with people experiencing behavioral health crises.
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The settlement additionally required Police Chief Rich Allen, deputy chiefs and the officers involved in Green's death to undergo state training concerning the historical intersection of race and policing. Green's family also sought further review of Anderson's actions and filed a complaint with the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission alleging failures to de-escalate and intervene and raising concerns about officer conduct.
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Olympia's internal Use of Force Review Board subsequently concluded that the officers acted within department policy and training. The city's police auditor reviewed the case and found the internal review thorough and consistent with department standards.
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Jordan Anderson was the Olympia Police Department officer who fired the three rounds that killed Green. Anderson had also encountered Green two days earlier and, according to materials cited by Green's family, had learned about Green's psychiatric disability during that earlier contact. Anderson remained on paid administrative leave during the lengthy external investigation.
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Joseph Bellamy, Caleb Shaffer and Brenda Anderson were the other Olympia officers involved in the encounter. Two officers used Tasers before Jordan Anderson fired his handgun. All four officers were ultimately included in the prosecutorial review, and none were criminally charged. Brenda Anderson later retired from the Olympia Police Department.

https://www.thejoltnews.com/stories/olympia-community-members-want-independent-investigation-of-timothy-greens-death,7229
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mother-olympia-man-killed-by-police/281-02e12a51-79bf-4488-8dbe-595bdc63e884
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article268103907.html
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article282683608.html
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article278578064.html
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article291487245.html
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article295506859.html

On 08/21/2022, Greensboro Police Department Corporal Matthew Lewis Sletten shot and killed 17-year-old Nasanto Antonio “Duke” Crenshaw during a traffic stop in the 4900 block of West Market Street. Crenshaw was unarmed and was driving a white 2018 Nissan Altima containing several other teenagers.
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At approximately 9:08 p.m., Sletten initiated the traffic stop after observing what police described as a traffic violation. Crenshaw turned into the parking lot of a shopping center at 4929 West Market Street. After Sletten activated his emergency lights, Crenshaw continued slowly through the parking lot before stopping. Dispatch subsequently informed Sletten that the Nissan had been reported stolen in Fayetteville.
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The circumstances surrounding the stolen-vehicle report were disputed. Police treated the Nissan as stolen. Crenshaw’s mother, Wakita Doriety, said the vehicle had been loaned to her son and that it was reported stolen after he failed to return it when expected. The woman who reported the vehicle stolen maintained that Crenshaw did not have permission to take it.
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When Sletten got out of his patrol car and approached the Nissan during the first stop, Crenshaw drove away. Sletten located the Nissan again at a dead end within the shopping-center parking lot. Several teenage passengers got out and ran away while Crenshaw remained behind the wheel.
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Police alleged that Crenshaw backed the Nissan into Sletten’s patrol vehicle and then accelerated toward Sletten. Sletten fired three rounds into the Nissan. One round entered through the windshield while other gunfire entered through the passenger side of the vehicle. Crenshaw was struck in the neck and subsequently died.
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The exact position and direction of the Nissan when Sletten fired became the central dispute in the case. Guilford County District Attorney Avery Crump concluded from the video that Crenshaw accelerated toward Sletten, placing the officer in danger. Crenshaw’s family disputed that account, arguing that video showed the Nissan’s wheels turned away from Sletten and that Sletten was no longer in the vehicle’s path as he continued firing.
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The family also emphasized that Crenshaw was unarmed. Doriety questioned why police used gunfire rather than allowing the vehicle to leave and apprehending Crenshaw later or using other tactics. The shooting also endangered another teenager who remained inside the Nissan when Sletten fired.
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In March 2023, Guilford County District Attorney Avery Crump announced that Sletten would not face criminal charges. Crump concluded that Sletten reasonably believed he faced an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury and determined that the shooting was legally justified.
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Greensboro subsequently released extensive body-worn-camera and dashboard-camera footage in April 2023. Crenshaw’s family maintained after viewing the recordings that the footage contradicted the conclusion that Sletten needed to shoot Crenshaw to protect himself.
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Doriety, acting as administrator of her son’s estate, filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Sletten and the City of Greensboro. The lawsuit alleged excessive force and wrongful death and argued that Sletten was not actually in the Nissan’s path when he fired the fatal shots. A federal district court initially dismissed the claims, finding that the video established that Crenshaw drove toward Sletten.
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On 07/29/2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of key claims against Sletten. After independently reviewing the video, the three-judge appellate panel concluded that the recording did not conclusively establish that the Nissan was traveling directly toward Sletten when he fired. The court held that the excessive-force and related claims against Sletten could proceed, while affirming dismissal of the claims against the City of Greensboro.
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The Fourth Circuit specifically noted that the video showed one bullet striking the front windshield and additional rounds entering through the passenger-side window, circumstances relevant to determining the Nissan’s direction relative to Sletten as he continued firing. The appellate ruling returned the claims against Sletten to federal district court for further proceedings.
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Matthew Lewis Sletten was a corporal with the Greensboro Police Department when he killed Crenshaw. Sletten conducted the original traffic stop and fired all three rounds during the fatal encounter. He was placed on administrative duty following the shooting.
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The criminal investigation resulted in no charges against Sletten, but the subsequent federal civil-rights litigation produced a substantially different judicial assessment of the video evidence. In 2024, the Fourth Circuit ruled that the footage did not conclusively support the finding that Crenshaw was driving directly at Sletten, allowing the excessive-force and wrongful-death litigation against him to continue.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article264759779.html
https://www.wxii12.com/article/hope-mills-teen-killed-by-greensboro-police-officer-during-traffic-stop-family-says-and-not-stolen-car/41044092
https://www.wral.com/i-wont-get-another-hug-tearful-mother-speaks-after-teen-shot-killed-by-greensboro-police-officer-during-traffic-stop/20440874/
https://www.wisemanfuneralhome.com/obituary/Nasanto-Crenshaw
https://www.wxii12.com/article/north-carolina-police-officer-criminally-cleared-deadly-shooting/43471334
https://www.wxii12.com/article/family-attorney-of-teen-shot-and-killed-by-greensboro-officer-last-summer-react-to-body-camera-release/43701163
https://www.wfae.org/crime-justice/2024-07-31/appeals-court-reverses-dismissal-of-lawsuit-in-greensboro-police-shooting
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/23-1867/23-1867-2024-07-29.html

On 08/21/2022, 33-year-old Ricardo “Ricky” Dorado Jr. died after Atlanta Police Department officers restrained him face-down during an encounter at a BP gas station at 464 Windsor Street SW in southwest Atlanta. The Fulton County Medical Examiner subsequently ruled Dorado’s death a homicide.
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At approximately 3:00 a.m., Atlanta police were called to the gas station following reports of a man damaging vehicles and fuel pumps and harassing motorists. Dorado was unarmed. Police reports described him as agitated, and the medical examiner later documented a history of schizophrenia as well as methamphetamine use.
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During the encounter, Dorado attempted to get away from officers and entered a restroom inside the gas station. Police removed him from the restroom and a physical struggle followed. Police reported that Dorado swung at officers and threw wine bottles. Officers used both Tasers and pepper spray before several officers forced him to the ground.
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Officers restrained Dorado in a prone, face-down position and handcuffed him. Reporting based on the body-worn-camera footage indicated that Dorado remained face-down for approximately 16 seconds after being handcuffed. Atlanta Police Department policy called for a restrained person to be rolled over rather than left prone after handcuffing.
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Dorado became unresponsive. Officers removed the handcuffs, turned him onto his back, administered Narcan and performed chest compressions. He was transported to Atlanta Medical Center North, where he died.
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The Fulton County Medical Examiner determined Dorado’s cause of death was prone-restraint cardiac arrest following the physical exertion of his apprehension, complicated by methamphetamine toxicity, blunt-force head trauma and coronary artery disease. The medical examiner concluded that the manner of death was homicide and specifically identified the police restraint as contributing to the cardiac arrest that killed Dorado.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened an independent investigation into Dorado’s death, while the Atlanta Police Department Office of Professional Standards conducted an internal investigation. Officers Quinn Green, K. Woods and Sergeant Jerome Jones were identified as the three officers involved and were placed on administrative assignment. By October 2023, one of the three had left the department while the other two remained on administrative assignment.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also opened an investigation into Dorado’s death. The family's attorney, Gabe Banks, was permitted to view the police body-worn-camera footage through the District Attorney’s Office. Banks said the recordings showed Dorado restrained on his stomach and argued that the officers’ conduct caused a completely preventable death.
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Dorado’s family notified Atlanta that it intended to pursue legal action and initially sought as much as $17.5 million in damages. In September 2023, the Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee unanimously approved a proposed $3.75 million settlement with Dorado’s estate. On 10/02/2023, the full Atlanta City Council approved the $3.75 million settlement. No civil lawsuit had yet been filed when the settlement was reached.
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Dorado’s family continued demanding public release of the body-worn-camera recordings and accountability for the officers after the settlement. Atlanta police declined to release the footage at that time because the GBI and internal investigations remained open.
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Quinn Green, K. Woods and Sergeant Jerome Jones were identified by Atlanta police as the three officers involved in Dorado’s fatal restraint. All three were removed from regular duties and placed on administrative assignment while the death was investigated. By October 2023, one of the three officers had left the Atlanta Police Department, although the department did not publicly identify which officer had departed.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-committee-approves-375m-settlement-man-who-died-police-custody/ZRN3TDR3YZG3PJVJFTRE3GHOFY/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta-city-council-approves-375-million-settlement-family-man-who-died-police-custody/HMRBH3KGH5ETNPGA7Q7UX6VHVA/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ricky-dorado-settlement-for-man-who-died-in-atlanta-police-custody-approved

On 08/21/2022, 32-year-old Curtis Ray McCoy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a multi-county police pursuit that followed an earlier shooting in Bryan in which police alleged that McCoy shot a resident and Bryan Police Department Officer Sarah Popham. McCoy was broadcasting on Facebook Live when he shot himself while driving on Interstate 35 between Waco and Hillsboro.
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The events began at approximately 7:30 a.m. when Bryan police responded to a disturbance between two people who police said had a child together at a residence in the 1100 block of Crossing Drive near Leonard Road. McCoy was not present when officers initially arrived but returned to the residence while police were investigating.
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According to Bryan police, McCoy returned armed and opened fire. Police alleged that his gunfire struck both a resident and Officer Popham. Both suffered injuries described as minor. Despite having been shot, Popham immediately began providing medical treatment to the wounded resident. Both were transported to a hospital and released later that day.
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McCoy then drove away from the scene. Authorities subsequently located his SUV traveling on Highway 6 northeast of Riesel. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers attempted to stop him, and McCoy continued driving away while troopers pursued. Police alleged that McCoy fired shots at troopers during the pursuit.
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The pursuit continued onto Interstate 35 northbound toward Hillsboro. At approximately 8:30 a.m., while near mile marker 364 south of Hillsboro, McCoy fatally shot himself while still inside the SUV. The death occurred approximately one hour after the initial shooting in Bryan.
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McCoy was streaming portions of the events on Facebook Live. Bryan police identified him following the incident and said the motive for the original disturbance and shooting remained under investigation. The Bryan Police Department, Texas Rangers and Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the connected incidents.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Sarah Popham had served approximately two years with the Bryan Police Department when she was shot during the encounter.

https://www.kbtx.com/2022/08/21/police-officer-resident-shot-bryan-sunday-following-disturbance/

On 08/19/2022, 22-year-old Angel Lopez was killed when the ATV he was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer near Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue in Long Island City during an encounter involving New York Police Department officers. His passenger and friend, 18-year-old Jeremy Rosario, was also killed. The New York Attorney General's Office records both deaths as occurring on 08/19/2022 and classifies the incident as vehicular.
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The police encounter began over the operation of an ATV on city streets rather than a reported violent crime. Subsequent reporting on New York police pursuits categorized the initiating matter as an equipment violation. ATVs are prohibited from operation on New York City streets.
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Lopez was driving the ATV with Rosario as his passenger when NYPD Officers Niketas Janios and Marya Cardona Quintero encountered them. Family members and a friend riding alongside Lopez and Rosario said the officers pursued the ATV. The witness was adamant that police were chasing the two young men immediately before the fatal crash.
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During the encounter, Lopez drove the ATV against traffic near Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South. The ATV collided with a tractor-trailer. Lopez and Rosario suffered catastrophic injuries and died. Neither was wearing a helmet.
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The NYPD initially did not publicly characterize the incident as a police pursuit. After questions arose about the officers' actions, the department opened an investigation into whether Janios and Cardona Quintero had pursued the ATV in violation of department policy. Both officers were removed from regular enforcement duties and placed on modified duty while the circumstances of the crash were investigated.
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NYPD policy in effect at the time required officers to terminate a vehicle pursuit when the risks created by continuing the chase outweighed the danger posed by allowing the person being pursued to escape immediate apprehension. Lopez's family acknowledged that he had been illegally operating the ATV but argued that the violation did not justify a police pursuit that ended with two young men dead.
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The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation received the case because the deaths occurred following an encounter with police. The Attorney General's official annual report identifies the victims as Angel Lopez, 22, and Jeremy Rosario, 18, both Latino/Hispanic men, correcting early news reports that identified Rosario as Jeremy Ramos.
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Niketas Janios and Marya Cardona Quintero were the NYPD officers associated with the encounter and subsequent investigation into whether a prohibited or improper pursuit contributed to the fatal crash. Both were placed on modified duty following the deaths.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/nyregion/fatal-crash-queens-nypd.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-investigating-possible-police-chase-involving-illegal-atv-after-2-men-killed/
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2022_osi_annual_report.pdf
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/police-pursuits/

On 08/19/2022, 18-year-old Jeremy Rosario was killed when an ATV driven by his friend, 22-year-old Angel Lopez, crashed into a tractor-trailer near Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue in Long Island City during an encounter involving New York Police Department officers. The New York Attorney General's Office identifies Rosario and Lopez as the two men who died and classifies the incident as vehicular.
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Rosario was the passenger and was not driving the ATV. The police encounter originated over the operation of the ATV on city streets rather than a reported violent crime. Subsequent reporting examining New York police pursuits categorized the initiating matter as an equipment violation.
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Family members and a friend who was riding alongside Lopez and Rosario said NYPD officers were pursuing the ATV immediately before the collision. The NYPD subsequently acknowledged that it was investigating whether two officers had in fact chased the ATV.
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During the encounter, the ATV traveled against traffic near Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South and collided with a tractor-trailer. Both Lopez and Rosario suffered catastrophic injuries and died. Neither young man was wearing a helmet.
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The NYPD placed Officers Niketas Janios and Marya Cardona Quintero on modified duty while investigating their actions and whether their pursuit contributed to the crash. The department's pursuit policy required officers to terminate a chase when the danger created by continuing outweighed the danger posed by allowing immediate escape.
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Rosario's status as the passenger is significant because he was not controlling the ATV during the police encounter. He died as the passenger during the same pursuit-related crash that killed Lopez.
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Early news coverage identified Rosario as "Jeremy Ramos," apparently based on information provided by family members immediately after the crash. The New York Attorney General's subsequent official record identifies him as Jeremy Rosario, age 18, Hispanic, and records his death on 08/19/2022.
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The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation received the case for review because the two deaths followed an encounter with NYPD officers. The Attorney General's annual report lists Lopez and Rosario together as the two deaths arising from the Queens NYPD vehicular incident.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Niketas Janios and Marya Cardona Quintero were the NYPD officers associated with the encounter and subsequent investigation into whether a police pursuit contributed to the fatal crash. Both officers were placed on modified duty following the deaths.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/nyregion/fatal-crash-queens-nypd.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-investigating-possible-police-chase-involving-illegal-atv-after-2-men-killed/
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2022_osi_annual_report.pdf
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/police-pursuits/

On 08/21/2022, 40-year-old Eric Johnson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police and SWAT standoff at the Lake of the Woods apartment complex at 1894 Lakenoll Drive in Mount Healthy. His 6-year-old daughter, Iyla Johnson, was also found fatally shot inside the barricaded bedroom. Police concluded that Johnson killed his daughter and then himself.
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The police encounter began at approximately 11:40 a.m. when Mount Healthy police were called to the apartment because of a dispute involving a custody exchange. Johnson would not allow Iyla to leave with her mother. Two officers entered the apartment in an effort to return the child to her mother.
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As officers entered, they heard a gunshot from a second-floor bedroom. Officers went upstairs and attempted to enter the bedroom but found that Johnson had barricaded the door from inside. As officers attempted to force their way through the door, additional gunshots were heard. Police withdrew and requested the Hamilton County SWAT team.
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SWAT surrounded the apartment and repeatedly attempted to establish communication with Johnson. After those attempts failed, SWAT officers entered the barricaded bedroom and found Johnson and Iyla suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were dead.
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Mount Healthy Police Chief Vincent Demasi said the preliminary investigation indicated that Johnson shot and killed Iyla and then fatally shot himself. Police believed the first gunshot officers heard after arriving was the shot that killed Iyla.
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Police reported that Johnson was a convicted felon and legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. His death occurred while police and SWAT were actively attempting to resolve the barricade and recover his daughter following the custody dispute.
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Iyla's family described her as an energetic first grader who loved art, dancing, swimming and martial arts. Family members said Johnson and Iyla's mother had been together for more than 20 years and had three children together.
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https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/23/6-year-old-killed-apparent-murder-suicide-remembered-an-angel/
https://www.kcbd.com/2022/08/22/6-year-old-girl-dad-dead-suspected-murder-suicide-following-custody-dispute-police-say/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cincinnati-family-3-found-dead-210016198.html
https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/22/coroner-scene-after-swat-stand-off-mt-healthy/
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/mount-healthy/police-and-swat-called-to-mt-healthy-apartment-sunday-morning
https://www.wlwt.com/article/man-daughter-found-dead-lake-of-the-woods-mt-healthy-swat/40951233

On 08/20/2022, Bay Minette Police Department Officer Brandon Thompson shot and killed 32-year-old Otis “OJ” French Jr. following a traffic stop on Lower Street in the Douglasville community of Bay Minette. The encounter began shortly before 10:30 a.m. over an alleged minor vehicle equipment/traffic violation.
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The precise justification given for the stop has varied in official accounts. Initial reporting said Thompson stopped French for an equipment violation and asked him to get out so the officer could show him the problem and issue a warning. A later Alabama Attorney General review described the initial violation as failure to signal a turn and stated that Thompson subsequently asked French to activate his hazard lights because a light was not working. French's family's subsequent federal lawsuit disputes that French committed any traffic violation and alleges that the stop itself was unlawful.
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French initially provided his driver's license and registration. Thompson then directed French to get out of the vehicle. According to the family's federal civil-rights complaint, French complied with the request to exit before Thompson attempted to pat him down and search him. The lawsuit alleges that Thompson lacked lawful grounds for the search and unnecessarily escalated what had begun as a routine traffic encounter.
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Police alleged that French became combative when Thompson attempted the pat-down, struck Thompson, pushed him to the ground and ran away. Thompson pursued French on foot and attempted to use a Taser. Police said the Taser was ineffective and that another physical struggle followed.
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Police further alleged that during the second struggle French took Thompson's Taser and used it against him. Thompson then drew his firearm and shot French multiple times. French was transported to a hospital, where he died.
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French's family has sharply disputed the police narrative and demanded release of the evidence surrounding the killing. Community members held demonstrations and repeatedly called for transparency, including release of Thompson's body-worn-camera footage. One month after the shooting, residents were still publicly demanding answers about why a traffic stop over a minor alleged violation ended with French dead. The body-camera recording was not publicly released during the initial investigation.
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The Baldwin County Major Crimes Unit investigated the shooting at the request of the Bay Minette Police Department. Investigators collected police reports, witness statements, dispatch records, physical evidence, photographs and video evidence and submitted the investigation to the Alabama Attorney General's Office for review.
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In 2023, the Alabama Attorney General's Office concluded that Thompson would not face criminal charges. The state accepted the account that French had taken the Taser and used it against Thompson and concluded that Thompson's use of deadly force was legally justified.
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On 07/31/2024, French's father, Otis French Sr., acting as representative of his son's estate, filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Thompson and the City of Bay Minette. The complaint alleges that Thompson unlawfully stopped French, conducted an unlawful pat-down and search, used excessive force and ultimately shot and killed him. The lawsuit disputes the government's characterization of the encounter and alleges constitutional violations arising from both the stop and the use of force.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Brandon Thompson was subsequently publicly identified as the Bay Minette Police Department officer who shot French. Thompson was placed on administrative leave after the killing while the Baldwin County Major Crimes Unit investigated. The Alabama Attorney General's Office later declined to prosecute him.
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Thompson was named individually as a defendant in the 2024 federal civil-rights lawsuit filed by French's estate. The complaint alleges that Thompson initiated an unlawful traffic stop, escalated the encounter through an unjustified search and used excessive deadly force against French. Those claims are allegations in ongoing civil litigation rather than adjudicated findings.

https://www.wkrg.com/baldwin-county/1-month-since-man-killed-by-bay-minette-officer-residents-demand-answers/
https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/08/20/suspect-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-bay-minette/
https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/08/22/body-cam-footage-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-bay-minette-wont-be-released/
https://1819news.com/news/item/bay-minette-police-officer-involved-in-deadly-shooting-cleared-of-wrongdoing
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nationally-renowned-civil-rights-firm-may-jung-files-federal-civil-rights-case-against-the-city-of-bay-minette-and-shooting-officer-brandon-thompson-302211454.html

On 08/20/2022, Tucson Police Department Officers Angela Gist and Alexander Martin shot and killed 25-year-old Adum Mahamat outside Diamondz Hookah Lounge in the 3700 block of South 16th Avenue near West Ajo Way. Police had been dispatched to the business at approximately 3:30 a.m. after a 911 caller reported a fight involving a person displaying a firearm.
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When officers arrived, the people involved in the original reported fight had already left. While officers spoke with employees, they were told that a second fight was occurring inside the lounge. Officers approached the building as multiple patrons began running from the lounge into the parking lot.
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Body-worn-camera and surveillance footage subsequently released by Tucson police showed officers encountering Mahamat in the parking lot holding a handgun. Police repeatedly ordered Mahamat to drop the gun. The video shows Mahamat continuing to hold the weapon while moving through the parking lot as officers followed him with their firearms drawn.
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Police alleged that Mahamat did not comply with repeated commands to drop the handgun. Officers Angela Gist and Alexander Martin then fired their weapons, striking Mahamat. Police subsequently secured the handgun near where Mahamat fell.
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Approximately three minutes elapsed before officers began providing medical aid because police said they first waited for additional officers and secured the scene. Tucson Fire Department personnel transported Mahamat to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team investigated the shooting. Tucson police later released body-worn-camera footage, surveillance video and other materials documenting the encounter. The department's Critical Incident Review archive identifies the 08/20/2022 incident as a fatal police shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
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Angela Gist had served with the Tucson Police Department for approximately 15 years when she shot Mahamat.
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Alexander Martin had served with the Tucson Police Department for approximately four years when he shot Mahamat.
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Gist and Martin were identified as the two officers who fired their weapons during the fatal encounter.

https://www.kvoa.com/news/police-id-man-involved-in-shooting-with-police-on-tucsons-south-side/article_950b9ad8-258c-11ed-8e72-af2e1442c115.html
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/09/20/authorities-release-video-officer-involved-shooting-tucson/10431178002/
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Police/Critical-Incident-Review
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/tpd-investigating-officer-involved-shooting