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On 09/03/2021, 60-year-old Cedric Baxter was shot and killed by Buena Park Police Cpl. David Bernal and Officer Jonathan Choi at the Buena Park School District headquarters after an approximately 10-minute police pursuit. The Orange County District Attorney later reviewed the shooting and determined that Bernal and Choi were legally justified in using deadly force.

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The encounter began shortly before 2 p.m. near Orangethorpe and Western avenues. Baxter's estranged wife was driving a Buena Park School District bus with a 6-year-old child aboard. According to investigators, Baxter followed the bus in a Chevrolet Tahoe, blocked its path, exited with a handgun and fired toward the front of the bus. His wife had an active domestic-violence restraining order against him. Police subsequently concluded that Baxter was attempting to kill her.

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A Buena Park officer encountered the shooting while on patrol and attempted to stop Baxter. Baxter drove away and police pursued him. Dashcam footage subsequently released by police showed Baxter continuing to pursue and repeatedly ram the school bus while police followed. At one point he sideswiped the bus at an intersection.

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The pursuit continued through Buena Park surface streets and into the school-district bus yard. Video showed Baxter driving over sidewalks and nearly colliding with a police cruiser. He eventually returned to the school district property, drove through a locked gate and crashed his Tahoe into a parked vehicle. The Orange County District Attorney's investigation described the pursuit as lasting nearly 10 minutes and occurring at high speed.

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Bernal took over as the lead police vehicle during the pursuit. A police helicopter monitoring the chase warned officers about civilians in the school district area as the pursuit entered the property.

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After crashing, Baxter opened the driver's door and emerged holding a handgun. Dashcam and body-camera recordings captured Bernal and Choi firing at him. Baxter fell behind the Tahoe while still holding the gun and appeared in the video to point it toward police as he rolled on the pavement. Officers continued ordering him to drop the weapon.

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Baxter was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. Police recovered the handgun. His estranged wife and the 6-year-old child aboard the school bus survived.

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Buena Park Police released dashcam and body-camera footage in November 2021. The recordings documented the school-bus ramming, pursuit, crash at the school district property, Baxter emerging with the handgun and the fatal exchange of gunfire.

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The Orange County District Attorney's Office independently investigated Bernal and Choi's use of deadly force. In September 2022, prosecutors announced that neither officer was criminally culpable. Senior Deputy District Attorney Lexie Elliott concluded that Bernal and Choi were justified in using deadly force to protect themselves and others from Baxter.

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https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/socal-police-chases/dashcam-video-buena-park-police-pursuit-school-bus-shooting-chase/2763610/

https://abc7.com/body-cam-video-released-buena-park-officer-involved-shooting-man-shoots-at-school-bus-police-chase/11251250/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/police-release-dash-and-body-cam-footage-of-man-firing-on-a-school-bus-and-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-that-ensued/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/cedric-baxter-shot-and-killed-by-police-identified-as-suspect-in-buena-park-school-bus-shooting/

https://www.foxla.com/news/orange-county-das-office-releases-body-cam-videos-of-police-shooting-killing-man-who-fired-at-school-bus

https://cms4files.revize.com/buenaparkpolice/pressrelease/B.%20Officer%20Involved%20Shooitng%20Media%20Release%209-3-21.pdf

https://cms4files.revize.com/buenaparkpolice/pressrelease/E.%20Officer%20Involved%20Shooitng%20Update-motive%20%209-9-21.pdf

On 09/03/2021, an unidentified woman from Mexico died after falling approximately 20 feet from a cliff while attempting to escape U.S. Border Patrol custody near the Rio Grande River in Laredo.

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At approximately 6:00 a.m., a lone Border Patrol agent assigned to the Laredo South Station apprehended four migrants near the river, approximately 1.5 miles southeast of the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry. The agent handcuffed the four people together using three sets of handcuffs.

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According to CBP, while the agent was helping the group through a barbed-wire fence toward a Border Patrol vehicle, the woman slipped one hand out of the handcuffs and ran toward the Rio Grande.

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She ran approximately 50 feet in darkness before falling from a roughly 20-foot cliff. CBP reported that her head struck a log near the riverbank when she landed.

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The Border Patrol agent requested emergency medical assistance and secured the other three detained migrants in the patrol vehicle. Laredo Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

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The woman was identified only as a Mexican citizen. Her name was not publicly released in the sources located for this update.

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The Laredo Police Department and Webb County Medical Examiner's Office investigated the death. U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility also opened a review, and the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General was notified.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

The Border Patrol agent who apprehended and handcuffed the woman has not been publicly identified.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/migrant-woman-escape-custody-fall-death-Rio-Grande-16439846.php

https://sanangelolive.com/news/crime/2021-09-06/illegal-immigrant-woman-escapes-then-dies-fall-cliff

On 09/03/2021, 18-year-old Estevan Xavier Ramirez was shot and killed by Lake Worth Police Officer Jonathan Granado following a high-speed vehicle pursuit from Lake Worth into Fort Worth and a subsequent foot chase. Later litigation produced body-camera evidence, autopsy findings and testimony from another officer that materially contradicted Granado's account of the shooting.

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At approximately 2:06 a.m., Lake Worth Officer R. Watson attempted to stop a white Volkswagen Jetta after observing it traveling approximately 88 mph in a 65-mph zone on Interstate 820. The driver continued driving away and turned off the vehicle's lights. Granado joined Watson as a backup officer during the pursuit.

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Dispatch advised the officers that the Jetta was not stolen but had previously evaded another police agency and that its occupants were considered armed and dangerous. The pursuit traveled through Lake Worth and White Settlement into Fort Worth.

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The Jetta struck a curb after exiting Interstate 30 near Horne Street, damaging a tire. The vehicle eventually stopped in the 3400 block of Horne Street, and the people inside ran in different directions. Ramirez had been a passenger, not the pursued driver.

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Ramirez ran from the vehicle carrying a handgun. Watson pursued him on foot and ordered him to get on the ground. The later federal court record states that Ramirez dropped the gun during the encounter but immediately picked it back up. Watson briefly struggled with Ramirez before Ramirez continued running.

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Granado subsequently maintained that Ramirez was swinging the handgun in the direction of Watson and Granado as he ran and that he believed Ramirez presented an immediate deadly threat. Granado fired seven rounds.

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Evidence developed in the family's federal civil-rights lawsuit substantially disputed Granado's description of the shooting. Watson, who was closer to Ramirez, stated that Ramirez never pointed the gun toward him and never pointed it toward the officers while running away. Granado's body-camera footage likewise did not show Ramirez pointing or swinging the handgun toward either officer.

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The body-camera recording also captured Granado asking Watson immediately after the shooting, “did he have a gun?” The Fifth Circuit later concluded that a jury could view this contemporaneous question as evidence contradicting Granado's later assertion that he saw Ramirez armed before and during the shooting.

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The autopsy provided additional evidence inconsistent with Granado's account of an immediate frontal threat. Four of Granado's bullets struck Ramirez, including a fatal shot to the back of his head, and all four wound tracks traveled from back to front. Body-camera imagery showed Ramirez running away with his back toward both officers when Granado fired the fatal volley. Watson's service weapon remained holstered throughout the shooting.

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Ramirez collapsed face-first in the direction he had been running. He died from the gunshot wounds.

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The shooting was initially investigated by Fort Worth police. Lake Worth Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian publicly defended the shooting, saying video showed Ramirez with a gun and expressing confidence that the recordings would support the police account. The case was forwarded to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office and a grand jury. Granado was not criminally charged.

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Ramirez's mother, Juanita Ramirez, subsequently filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Granado and the City of Lake Worth alleging excessive force and inadequate training and supervision. The litigation directly challenged the police claim that Ramirez pointed or swung the gun toward officers and alleged that Granado shot Ramirez repeatedly in the back as he ran away.

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In August 2024, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman granted summary judgment to Granado, finding his use of deadly force objectively reasonable and granting him qualified immunity. The case was dismissed with prejudice.

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Ramirez's family appealed. On 12/10/2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the summary judgment for Granado. The appellate majority held that the conflicting evidence—including Watson's statement, Granado's body-camera footage, Granado's immediate question about whether Ramirez had a gun, and the back-to-front bullet trajectories—created factual disputes that could not properly be resolved in Granado's favor at summary judgment.

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The Fifth Circuit concluded that a reasonable jury could find that Ramirez did not point or swing the gun toward the officers and could disbelieve Granado's assertion that he perceived Ramirez as presenting the immediate deadly threat he later described. The ruling returned the excessive-force claim for further proceedings rather than clearing Granado of civil liability.

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Granado sought rehearing. On 02/20/2026, the Fifth Circuit denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. Granado subsequently petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court. The civil litigation therefore remained active in 2026.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

Jonathan Granado had been involved in a serious previous use-of-force incident less than a year before killing Ramirez. In November 2020, Granado attempted to stop motorcyclist Dustin Bates because his license plate was obscured and Granado believed the motorcycle might be stolen. Bates continued driving away and later ran on foot.

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Granado pursued Bates in his police SUV and struck him with the vehicle. Dashcam video documented the collision. Bates suffered a fractured spine, three fractured ribs and a broken leg.

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Lake Worth suspended Granado for two weeks and assigned him to administrative duty while the 2020 incident was investigated. An outside investigation characterized the collision as accidental, and a grand jury declined to indict Granado. Lake Worth nevertheless required Granado to undergo additional training and make a presentation to other officers about what he had learned and what he could have done better.

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Bates filed a federal excessive-force lawsuit against Granado in January 2022, alleging Granado deliberately ran him down with the police SUV. The lawsuit brought renewed public scrutiny to Granado and resulted in Lake Worth Chief Manoushagian publicly confirming that Granado was also the previously unnamed officer who killed Ramirez.

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Granado resigned from the Lake Worth Police Department in November 2021, approximately two months after killing Ramirez and several weeks before the criminal investigation into the Ramirez shooting was forwarded to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lake-worth-police-fatally-shoot-1-person-after-pursuit-ends-in-fort-worth-police/2733758/

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article253972498.html

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/09/03/lake-worth-police-fatally-shoot-armed-18-year-old-after-chase-into-fort-worth/

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2022/10/18/family-of-fort-worth-teen-killed-by-lake-worth-officer-sues-city-former-cop/

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/01/25/former-lake-worth-officer-at-center-of-excessive-force-lawsuit-also-fatally-shot-teen/

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dustin-bates-lawsuit-filed-against-former-lake-worth-texas-police-officer-jonathan-granado-striking-unarmed-man/

https://www.fox4news.com/news/former-lake-worth-officer-facing-lawsuit-also-involved-in-deadly-police-shooting

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/texas/txndce/4%3A2022cv00930/368853/48/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/24-10755/24-10755-2025-12-10.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/24-10755/24-10755-2026-02-20.html

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1338/409556/20260521160853426_Grando%20v%20Ramirez%20-%20Petition.pdf

On 09/03/2021, North Las Vegas Police Department officers shot and killed Ryan Wilson during an encounter near Engelstad Street and Bursting Sun Avenue in North Las Vegas.

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The contemporary reports identified Wilson as the man killed in the North Las Vegas police shooting. The surviving public material available for this update does not provide enough reliable detail to expand the circumstances of the shooting or identify the officer or officers who fired.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-killed-by-police-in-north-las-vegas-identified

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/man-identified-in-north-las-vegas-police-shooting

https://news3lv.com/news/local/investigation-underway-after-officer-involved-shooting

On 09/03/2021, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a Lawrence Police Department officer attempted to stop a Kia Soul for driving without headlights and displaying expired registration near Pendleton Pike and Mitthoeffer Road in Lawrence. The driver, later identified as 14-year-old Nazire Parks, continued driving away and officers pursued the vehicle.
The pursuit continued for more than 30 miles through Marion, Hamilton, and Boone counties. According to a later federal lawsuit filed by the families of two of the children, Lawrence police supervisors ordered the pursuit terminated after it reached Interstate 65. The lawsuit alleges that three officers turned off their emergency lights and sirens but continued following the Kia until it crashed. Lawrence Police have maintained that the officers were no longer engaged in an active pursuit at the time of the collision and that their actions complied with department policy. No officers were disciplined.
Near the intersection of State Road 32 and County Road 650 East in Boone County, the Kia left the roadway and struck a tree. Nazire Parks, who was driving, and front-seat passenger Kamyla Young, 13, died from their injuries. Four other juveniles in the vehicle were injured, including Janiya Young, who placed a 911 call during the chase telling dispatchers the driver was afraid to stop because he believed police would shoot him.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office investigated the crash with assistance from the Indiana State Police. Lawrence Police Chief Gary Woodruff stated that officers were found to have acted within department policy and that no disciplinary action was taken.
In June 2023, the families of Nazire Parks and Kamyla Young filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Lawrence and three Lawrence police officers. The lawsuit alleges the officers acted recklessly by continuing the pursuit after being ordered to terminate it and that their conduct caused the fatal crash. As part of the litigation, attorneys cited radio traffic, dispatch recordings, and the prolonged length of the pursuit.
An Indiana public-records dispute later confirmed that Lawrence Police withheld investigative reports, body-camera recordings, dash-camera recordings, and other materials while the investigation remained active. The department released its pursuit policy but declined to release most investigative records at that time.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/police-identify-teenagers-killed-in-crash-after-police-chase-nazire-parks-kamyla-young-lawrence-boone-county/531-8ce42cad-f95a-468d-8de8-924254a5db71
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/a-look-at-lawrence-pd-chase-policy-following-crash-that-killed-two-teenagers-indianapolis-indiana-boone-county/531-8647262c-a302-4eab-9091-f4bb8c2fbb83
https://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/families-sue-lawrence-police-officers-over-2021-chase-that-killed-4-teens-injured-4-others

On 09/03/2021, 52-year-old Lisa Garcia was shot and killed by Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputies Joseph Hallett and Tyler Zimmerman at the Ivy Crossing Apartments in the 7500 block of East Harvard Avenue. Denver police were seeking Garcia on a first-degree murder warrant in the July 24 shooting death of her relative, 41-year-old Neomi Tafoya. A Crime Stoppers tip led investigators to Garcia’s location. Arapahoe County’s Special Response Team was asked to assist with her arrest.

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Deputies positively identified Garcia during surveillance and approached her outside the apartment complex. Garcia ran. Body-camera footage recorded a deputy ordering her to stop and a female voice saying, “I've got a gun.” Garcia then removed a black handgun from her purse.

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According to the subsequent district attorney investigation and body-camera evidence, Garcia turned toward Hallett and pointed the handgun at him with both hands in a shooting stance. Hallett dropped to a kneeling position and fired his rifle. Zimmerman reported seeing Garcia raise the handgun toward Hallett and fired two rifle rounds from approximately 25 yards away.

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Hallett and Zimmerman fired a combined nine rounds. Garcia fell facedown with the handgun and her hands beneath her body. Deputy Justin Yantiss subsequently fired two 40mm less-lethal impact rounds at Garcia when she did not comply with commands to show her hands. Deputies then approached and attempted first aid. Garcia died at the scene.

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The weapon Garcia pointed at deputies was subsequently determined to be an airsoft pistol. It was black, metallic-looking and lacked an orange tip.

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The autopsy found gunshot wounds to Garcia’s chest, shoulder, neck and fingers and determined that she died from gunshot wounds.

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The 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team investigated the shooting. Aurora Police Detective Eric White served as lead investigator. The investigation included body-camera footage, officer interviews, ballistic evidence and autopsy findings.

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On 12/27/2021, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office ruled the shooting legally justified. Prosecutors concluded that Hallett and Zimmerman reasonably believed Garcia presented an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury when she pointed what appeared to be a handgun at Hallett. Neither deputy was criminally charged. Yantiss’s subsequent use of the 40mm less-lethal rounds was also found reasonable.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

Joseph Hallett and Tyler Zimmerman were the deputies who fired the fatal rifle rounds. Justin Yantiss fired the two less-lethal 40mm rounds after Garcia was already on the ground.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/04/araphahoe-county-deputies-shoot-kill-woman-denver/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/araphahoe-county-deputies-shoot-kill-woman-denver/73-8f9a6a55-1b2f-4f0d-9b74-3d7f92c2b3e1

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/araphahoe-county-deputies-shoot-kill-woman-denver/

https://kdvr.com/news/local/arapahoe-county-responds-to-officer-involved-shooting-near-quebec-and-yale/

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/da-finds-3-arapahoe-county-deputies-justified-in-deadly-shooting-of-lisa-garcia-in-september/

https://www.denvergazette.com/2022/01/04/no-charges-against-deputies-who-killed-aurora-woman-wanted-for-murder/

https://arapahoeco.gov/Coda18/Documents/Blogs/OIS-Hallett_Redacted.pdf

On 09/03/2021, 37-year-old Drew Lucero was shot and killed by Westminster Police Department officers Anthony Stroup, Chris Neal and Kevin Flores while officers attempted to arrest him at 5343 Billings Street in Denver.

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Westminster police were seeking Lucero on warrants for attempted murder, first-degree assault and first-degree burglary. The charges stemmed from a 09/16/2020 incident in which police alleged Lucero shot his former girlfriend. On 09/02/2021, the same woman reported that Lucero had returned to her home, threatened her and damaged property.

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Investigators located Lucero's vehicle outside the Billings Street residence. Four Westminster officers conducted surveillance for more than four hours before Lucero came out of the house at approximately 7:30 p.m.

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According to the Denver District Attorney's investigation, when the officers emerged from their surveillance van, Lucero pulled a handgun and fired one round toward them. Police returned fire, and Lucero moved behind a parked vehicle.

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Police used a flash-bang grenade while advancing on Lucero and deployed a police dog, which bit Lucero on the leg. Stroup, Neal and Flores fired their weapons while advancing. The officers reported that Lucero pointed his handgun toward them more than once.

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The three officers fired a combined 27 rounds. Lucero was struck in the right shoulder, right chest, left calf, lower right back and lower left back.

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Police took Lucero into custody and transported him to Denver Health Medical Center. He died less than two hours after the shooting. The autopsy determined that he died from multiple gunshot wounds.

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A multi-agency team involving Denver and Aurora police investigated the shooting. On 11/29/2021, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann ruled that Stroup, Neal and Flores were legally justified in shooting Lucero and declined to file criminal charges.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

Anthony Stroup had previously participated in the fatal 05/04/2016 police shooting of Damon Blair in Westminster. Blair allegedly fired at Officer Steven Stockman during an attempted arrest. Stroup fired eight rounds; four other Westminster officers also fired, for a combined 46 police rounds. Blair was struck 13 times. The 17th Judicial District Attorney ruled that shooting justified.

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Stroup was also named as a defendant in a 2019 federal civil-rights lawsuit, Cushinberry v. City of Westminster, along with Westminster Officer Koltin Fatzinger and another officer. The case was filed under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The docket establishes the lawsuit but not a finding of liability against Stroup.

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https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/04/westminster-police-shooting-denver-billings-street/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/officer-involved-shooting-denver-westminster-police/73-24c545d7-d67f-43c9-86c3-3d177ac62001

https://www.denverda.org/wp-content/uploads/decision-letter/2021/112921-Decision-Letter-for-Drew-Lucero-Sept-3-2021.pdf

https://www.denverda.org/news-release/11011-2/

https://www.denvergazette.com/2021/11/29/no-wrongdoing-in-killing-of-suspect-by-westminster-police-da-20bcd062-514c-11ec-a1cc-3bedb23eb9cf/

https://adamsbroomfieldda.org/userfiles/2358/files/OIS-12-6-19.pdf

https://www.westword.com/news/damon-blair-hit-by-13-bullets-after-trying-to-shoot-cop-in-the-head-report-says-7871619/

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/colorado/codce/1%3A2019cv00491/186845

On 09/03/2021, 53-year-old Mark Edward Danley was shot and killed by police near Berlin Road and Old Route 33 in Weston following an alleged armed robbery, vehicle pursuit and confrontation with police.

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At approximately 10 a.m., police alleged that Danley entered Christine’s Hot Spot Lounge on U.S. 33 in Weston, displayed a firearm at a female employee and took cash. West Virginia State Police Cpl. Moore initially responded to the robbery report. Weston Police Chief J.P. Thomas subsequently located Danley’s vehicle and attempted a traffic stop.

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Police said Danley rammed Thomas’s police cruiser with his truck and continued driving away. West Virginia State Police and Lewis County sheriff’s deputies pursued him through Jane Lew and Hacker’s Creek. Officers deployed vehicle-disabling equipment, stopping Danley’s vehicle at Berlin Road and Old Route 33.

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Danley then ran into a neighborhood behind the Weston Walmart and Sheetz. Police alleged that he approached a man riding a lawn mower and attempted to take him hostage. The man fought back. Police said Danley was armed with a .38-caliber revolver and continued waving the firearm while officers confronted him.

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West Virginia State Police Sgt. J.R. Wince identified Cpl. Moore and Lewis County Sheriff’s Deputy Shipman as the officers confronting Danley immediately before the shooting. Danley was reportedly only a few feet from the civilian he allegedly attempted to take hostage when police shot and killed him. Contemporary reporting did not specify which officer fired the fatal shot or whether both Moore and Shipman fired.

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West Virginia Division of Natural Resources police also participated in the response. Upshur County deputies were positioned with stop sticks near the Lewis-Upshur County line but did not encounter Danley because the pursuit ended before reaching their positions.

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West Virginia State Police said investigators found no indication that Danley had a prior criminal history and had not established a motive for the robbery and subsequent events.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

West Virginia State Police Cpl. Moore and Lewis County Sheriff’s Deputy Shipman were publicly identified as the officers confronting Danley when he was killed.

https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/armed-robbery-in-lewis-county-results-in-the-suspect-being-killed-while-trying-to-fire-upon-lewis-county-deputies/

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-state-police-identify-armed-robbery-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/article_aa111234-0fe7-11ec-8d7b-0b96a50f30e4.html

https://www.mybuckhannon.com/state-police-identify-man-killed-in-lewis-county-after-armed-robbery-standoff/

https://www.mybuckhannon.com/lewis-county-robbery-that-ended-in-fatal-shootout-still-under-investigation/

On 09/03/2021, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a Lawrence Police Department officer attempted to stop a Kia Soul for driving without headlights and displaying expired registration near Pendleton Pike and Mitthoeffer Road in Lawrence. The driver, later identified as 14-year-old Nazire Parks, continued driving away and officers pursued the vehicle.
The pursuit continued for more than 30 miles through Marion, Hamilton, and Boone counties. According to a later federal lawsuit filed by the families of two of the children, Lawrence police supervisors ordered the pursuit terminated after it reached Interstate 65. The lawsuit alleges that three officers turned off their emergency lights and sirens but continued following the Kia until it crashed. Lawrence Police have maintained that the officers were no longer engaged in an active pursuit at the time of the collision and that their actions complied with department policy. No officers were disciplined.
Near the intersection of State Road 32 and County Road 650 East in Boone County, the Kia left the roadway and struck a tree. Nazire Parks, who was driving, and front-seat passenger Kamyla Young, 13, died from their injuries. Four other juveniles in the vehicle were injured, including Janiya Young, who placed a 911 call during the chase telling dispatchers the driver was afraid to stop because he believed police would shoot him.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office investigated the crash with assistance from the Indiana State Police. Lawrence Police Chief Gary Woodruff stated that officers were found to have acted within department policy and that no disciplinary action was taken.
In June 2023, the families of Nazire Parks and Kamyla Young filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Lawrence and three Lawrence police officers. The lawsuit alleges the officers acted recklessly by continuing the pursuit after being ordered to terminate it and that their conduct caused the fatal crash. As part of the litigation, attorneys cited radio traffic, dispatch recordings, and the prolonged length of the pursuit.
An Indiana public-records dispute later confirmed that Lawrence Police withheld investigative reports, body-camera recordings, dash-camera recordings, and other materials while the investigation remained active. The department released its pursuit policy but declined to release most investigative records at that time.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/police-identify-teenagers-killed-in-crash-after-police-chase-nazire-parks-kamyla-young-lawrence-boone-county/531-8ce42cad-f95a-468d-8de8-924254a5db71
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/a-look-at-lawrence-pd-chase-policy-following-crash-that-killed-two-teenagers-indianapolis-indiana-boone-county/531-8647262c-a302-4eab-9091-f4bb8c2fbb83
https://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/families-sue-lawrence-police-officers-over-2021-chase-that-killed-4-teens-injured-4-others

On 09/03/2021, 31-year-old David Wayne Marshall Jr. was shot and killed by officers and deputies from the Oak Creek Police Department, Franklin Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office after multiple carjackings, a kidnapping and high-speed police pursuits ending near South 27th Street and West Sycamore Avenue.

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The subsequent 685-page investigative report established that the events began hours earlier. Police alleged Marshall first fired at a man in a vehicle near South 1st Street and West National Avenue. At approximately 5 a.m., he allegedly carjacked a Cadillac Escalade near North 17th Street and West North Avenue, and at approximately 6:20 a.m. abandoned it and carjacked another vehicle near South 21st Street and West National Avenue.

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At approximately 7 a.m., police alleged Marshall kidnapped a man at gunpoint in an alley near South 26th and West Mitchell streets. The man was forced to drive Marshall to two Walmart stores and a gas station. The victim repeatedly tried to alert employees that he had been kidnapped and eventually escaped at the Franklin Walmart in the 6700 block of South 27th Street.

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Police converged on the Walmart. Marshall left in another stolen vehicle and police pursued him south on Interstate 94 at speeds exceeding 110 mph. He exited at West Elm Road and continued north on South 27th Street.

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Marshall crashed near South 27th Street and West Ryan Road. Cellphone video showed him running across the roadway carrying a firearm. Police said he then carjacked another driver at gunpoint and continued north before crashing again near South 27th Street and West Sycamore Avenue.

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Police alleged Marshall emerged from the crashed vehicle armed with a rifle and ignored commands to drop it. Investigators reported that he pointed the weapon toward officers twice.

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Eight law-enforcement officers ultimately fired at Marshall. The investigative report documented 44 police shots. Marshall was struck 11 times and died at the scene. A firearm was recovered.

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Contemporary police statements initially reported nine officers firing—four Oak Creek officers, four Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies and one Franklin officer. The completed investigation subsequently reported that eight officers fired.

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West Allis Police Department led the Milwaukee Area Investigative Team investigation. Investigators reviewed extensive video and other evidence and produced a 685-page report. Video documenting portions of the carjackings, pursuit and final police confrontation was subsequently released.

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Marshall’s family told investigators that he had longstanding serious mental-health problems and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia while incarcerated. Family members said he had recently been behaving abnormally, was suicidal and had previously talked about dying in a “blaze of glory.” His family publicly said they believed his mental-health problems were central to his actions that morning.

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On 02/10/2022, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office ruled the fatal shooting justified. Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern concluded that the officers reasonably used deadly force after Marshall remained armed and continued his conduct despite being pursued and surrounded by police. No officer was criminally charged.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

The eight officers and deputies who fired the fatal shots were not individually named in the publicly accessible reporting located for this update. The shooting involved personnel from the Oak Creek Police Department, Franklin Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/one-man-dead-large-police-presence-near-franklin-walmart

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/new-details-on-gunman-shot-40-times-killed-by-police-after-walmart-kidnapping-carjackings-in-franklin

https://www.wisn.com/article/crime-spree-carjackings-kidnapping-police-shooting/39039986

https://www.wisn.com/article/carjackings-kidnapping-police-shooting-new-video-of-crime-spree/39080272

https://www.fox6now.com/news/oak-creek-police-shooting-justified-district-attorney

https://www.cbs58.com/news/he-had-a-lot-of-mental-issues-family-of-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-franklin-oak-creek-speaks-out

On 09/03/2021, 14-year-old Marcoz Paramo was killed when a stolen vehicle carrying six teenagers crashed into a residential yard near Larpenteur Avenue East and Chamber Street during a pursuit by Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies.

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At approximately 3:40 p.m., a Ramsey County deputy spotted the stolen vehicle near Beebe Road North and Holloway Avenue East and attempted to stop it. The driver continued driving away southbound on Beebe Road, and deputies pursued.

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The pursuit covered approximately two miles in about two minutes. The vehicle turned west onto Larpenteur Avenue. The pursuing deputy reported losing sight of it near Clarence Street.

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Approximately three blocks later, the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a residential yard near Larpenteur Avenue and Chamber Street. Paramo and 15-year-old passenger Alyjah Thomas were critically injured and died. Two other teenagers were seriously injured. Three teenagers ran from the crash; the 15-year-old driver was subsequently arrested.

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The Minnesota State Patrol conducted the crash reconstruction. The 15-year-old driver was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, one count of fleeing a peace officer and three counts of criminal vehicular operation.

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The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage on 10/08/2021. The video showed the sheriff’s cruiser pursuing the vehicle on Larpenteur Avenue before the fatal crash.

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Paramo’s mother, Tanya Gile, directly blamed the sheriff’s pursuit for her son’s death. She said she did not want the teenage driver blamed for killing her son and stated that Paramo and Thomas would still be alive if deputies had not pursued the car.

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Gile also challenged the Sheriff’s Office over its pursuit policy and called for changes governing pursuits involving juveniles. She questioned why deputies continued a high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle containing teenagers when no violent offense had prompted the stop.

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Gile additionally questioned the emergency response after dispatch audio showed that an initial request for an ambulance was canceled. She said she believed that decision may have affected her son’s chance of survival.

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Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher rejected Gile’s criticism and placed responsibility for the deaths on the teenage driver.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

The Ramsey County deputy or deputies who conducted the pursuit were not publicly identified in the sources located for this update.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/this-didnt-have-to-happen-two-teenagers-die-in-maplewood-police-chase/

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ramsey-co-sheriffs-office-releases-dash-cam-footage-of-fatal-incidents-in-mounds-view-maplewood/

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/family-identifies-victim-in-fatal-stolen-car-crash-in-maplewood/

https://www.fox9.com/news/sheriff-releases-video-of-deadly-chase-in-maplewood-minn

https://www.startribune.com/two-teens-killed-in-maplewood-crash-identified/600094093

On 09/03/2021, 15-year-old Alyjah Thomas was killed when a stolen vehicle carrying six teenagers crashed into a residential yard near Larpenteur Avenue East and Chamber Street during a pursuit by Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies.

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At approximately 3:40 p.m., a Ramsey County deputy spotted the stolen vehicle near Beebe Road North and Holloway Avenue East and attempted to stop it. The driver continued driving away southbound on Beebe Road, and deputies pursued.

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The pursuit covered approximately two miles in about two minutes. The vehicle turned west onto Larpenteur Avenue. The pursuing deputy reported losing sight of it near Clarence Street.

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Approximately three blocks later, the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a residential yard near Larpenteur Avenue and Chamber Street. Thomas and 14-year-old passenger Marcoz Paramo were critically injured and died. Two other teenagers were seriously injured.

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The Minnesota State Patrol conducted the crash reconstruction. The 15-year-old driver was subsequently arrested and charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, one count of fleeing a peace officer and three counts of criminal vehicular operation.

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The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage on 10/08/2021 showing the sheriff’s cruiser pursuing the vehicle along Larpenteur Avenue before the fatal crash.

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The families publicly questioned the decision to conduct the pursuit. Paramo’s mother, Tanya Gile, explicitly blamed the sheriff’s deputies rather than the teenage driver for the deaths and called for changes to pursuit practices involving juveniles.

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OFFICER BACKGROUND:

The Ramsey County deputy or deputies who conducted the pursuit were not publicly identified in the sources located for this update.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/this-didnt-have-to-happen-two-teenagers-die-in-maplewood-police-chase/

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ramsey-co-sheriffs-office-releases-dash-cam-footage-of-fatal-incidents-in-mounds-view-maplewood/

https://www.fox9.com/news/sheriff-releases-video-of-deadly-chase-in-maplewood-minn

https://www.startribune.com/two-teens-killed-in-maplewood-crash-identified/600094093

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/15-year-old-charged-in-maplewood-police-chase-that-killed-2-teens/

On 09/03/2021, 28-year-old Jose Angel Baca was shot and killed by a New Mexico State Police officer and Valencia County sheriff’s deputies after an encounter near State Road 6 developed into a shooting, police pursuit and second exchange of gunfire near State Road 314 and Trujillo Road.
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At approximately 3 p.m., two Valencia County deputies responded to a report of two suspicious people near mile marker 19 on State Road 6. Deputies found a black Hyundai that police determined was stolen and displayed a stolen license plate. The deputies separated while searching for the two people.
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One deputy returned to the Hyundai and encountered Baca and a woman near the stolen vehicle and a white Dodge pickup. Body-camera footage showed Baca holding what appeared to be a metal chain. The deputy ordered Baca to comply and then fired a Taser at him. Police said the Taser was ineffective.
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The deputy attempted to physically restrain Baca and prevent him from entering the Hyundai. The deputy then backed away, and gunfire was exchanged. Police said Baca shot the deputy in the leg. Body-camera footage showed the wounded deputy crawling back to his patrol vehicle, applying a tourniquet to his leg and radioing for assistance.
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Baca and the woman left in the white Dodge pickup. Additional Valencia County deputies and New Mexico State Police officers located the truck and pursued it east on State Road 6 through Los Lunas.
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Police video showed the Dodge traveling at high speed through heavy traffic on Main Street. Police said Baca drove against traffic and caused several crashes before turning onto State Road 314.
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Baca stopped near the railroad tracks at State Road 314 and Trujillo Road. Video showed him get out of the Dodge and fire at a Valencia County sheriff’s sergeant standing outside his patrol vehicle. The sergeant returned fire.
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Police video showed Baca continue firing while advancing around the sergeant’s patrol vehicle toward the driver’s side. Another Valencia County deputy and New Mexico State Police Officer Wilson Silver arrived and fired at Baca while Baca continued shooting toward the sergeant.
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Baca was struck by police gunfire beside the sergeant’s vehicle and died at the scene. The Office of the Medical Investigator pronounced him dead.
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New Mexico State Police identified Wilson Silver as the state officer who fired. The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the sheriff’s deputies who fired in the state police releases.
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The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau investigated the shooting. The investigation incorporated body-camera and other video documenting the initial Taser deployment, first exchange of gunfire, pursuit and final shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
New Mexico State Police Officer Wilson Silver was one of the officers who shot Baca. The Valencia County sheriff’s sergeant and additional deputy who fired were not publicly named in the state police investigative releases.

https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/suspect-killed-valencia-co-sheriff-deputies-injured-near-los-lunas/
https://www.cibolacitizen.com/news/nmsp-investigates-ois-involving-nmsp-and-valencia-county-sheriffs-office
https://www.krwg.org/regional/2021-09-16/update-fatal-police-shooting-of-los-lunas-man
https://www.dps.nm.gov/blog/2021/09/03/update-2-nmsp-investigates-ois-involving-nmsp-and-valencia-county-sheriffs-office/

REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Human-trafficking investigation. LAPD Hollywood Division vice officers were conducting an undercover human-trafficking operation near Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue when they observed a black Mercedes-Benz drop off a woman whom police believed was being trafficked. Vice officers attempted to stop the Mercedes, but police said the driver continued driving away and officers pursued.

EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 09/03/2021, 31-year-old Dionicio Baten Ajanel of Los Angeles was killed when a Mercedes-Benz being pursued by Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division vice officers crashed into his vehicle at West 6th Street and South Wilton Place in Koreatown.

The encounter began shortly before 11:00 a.m. while Hollywood Division vice officers were conducting an undercover human-trafficking investigation near Melrose and Western avenues. Police said officers observed a black Mercedes drop off a woman they believed was being trafficked. The officers attempted to stop the Mercedes in connection with that investigation.

Police said the Mercedes accelerated away and the vice officers pursued. The chase traveled south from the Hollywood area toward Koreatown and lasted approximately two minutes. Available public reporting does not provide a documented maximum speed, total pursuit distance, or the following distance between the pursuing police vehicle and the Mercedes immediately before the collision.

The pursuit reached the area of West 6th Street and South Wilton Place. Police said the Mercedes was traveling south on Wilton Place when it entered the intersection and collided with another vehicle traveling west on 6th Street.

The force of that collision sent the Mercedes into Baten Ajanel's vehicle. Baten Ajanel was an uninvolved motorist and had no connection to the human-trafficking investigation or the people police were pursuing. He suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. Another uninvolved motorist was injured and hospitalized but survived.

The Mercedes was severely damaged in the collision. Two men inside were taken into custody and transported to hospitals for treatment. Police subsequently identified them as brothers Keith Sparrow, 21, and Julian Sparrow, 22, both of Los Angeles. Investigators initially said they had not determined which brother had been driving the Mercedes.

The two men were booked on suspicion of human trafficking. Both were subsequently released on bail while the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office considered charges arising from the fatal collision. Contemporary reporting indicated that investigators were also considering potential homicide charges related to Baten Ajanel's death.

No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop sticks, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact with the Mercedes immediately before the fatal collision was publicly reported.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner subsequently identified the man killed in the crash as Dionicio Baten Ajanel, 31, of Los Angeles. Public reporting about the pursuit provides little biographical information about Baten Ajanel beyond his age and residence. He was simply driving through Koreatown when the police pursuit entered the intersection and the crash killed him.

LAPD's Multi-Disciplinary Collision Investigation Team investigated the fatal pursuit crash. Detective Mo Hassanzi was publicly identified as an investigator assigned to the case. Hassanzi was not identified as one of the officers who participated in the pursuit.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The LAPD Hollywood Division Vice Unit officer or officers who attempted to stop the Mercedes and initiated the pursuit have not been publicly identified. LAPD personnel publicly associated with the investigation or media response included Detective Mo Hassanzi, Lt. Rex Ingram, Sgt. Bruce Borihanh, Capt. Brett McGuire, Officer Tony Im and Officer Jeff Lee; none was publicly identified as the officer driving the pursuing police vehicle. No officer name has been placed in the Officer(s) field without evidence establishing actual participation in the pursuit.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-03/lapd-pursuit-crash-involving-human-trafficking-suspects-kills-uninvolved-motorist-in-koreatown
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/innocent-man-killed-3-hurt-after-pursuit-ends-in-violent-crash-in-koreatown/
https://abc7.com/post/chase-koreatown-crash-human-trafficking/10995879/
https://beverlypress.com/2021/09/man-killed-after-suspects-fleeing-police-crash/

On 09/02/2021, 44-year-old John C. Vos Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a Wilson Avenue residence during a several-hour police tactical operation involving Sandy Township police, DuBois City police and Pennsylvania State Police.
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Police received information about Vos's location at approximately 10 a.m. and surrounded the residence. Vos was wanted after being named days earlier in one of six related federal indictments involving an alleged California-to-Western Pennsylvania methamphetamine trafficking operation.
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Federal prosecutors alleged that Vos conspired to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possessed 50 grams or more with intent to distribute on 10/21/2020.
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The police operation continued for several hours. When officers eventually entered the residence, they found Vos dead. Police stated that Vos had killed himself before officers made contact with him. Clearfield County Coroner Kim Shaffer-Snyder was called to the scene at 5:04 p.m.
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Shaffer-Snyder determined that Vos died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy was conducted the following morning.

https://gantnews.com/2021/09/03/police-standoff-in-dubois-ends-after-suspect-found-dead/

On 09/02/2021, 33-year-old Christopher Charles Derby was shot and killed by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Tim Dreith at the eastbound Interstate 76 off-ramp to Sheridan Boulevard in Arvada.
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At approximately 11:59 a.m., a female deputy was dispatched after witnesses reported a man standing near a motorcycle and waving a handgun. Highway workers told the deputy the man had walked north on Sheridan Boulevard. One worker recognized him as Derby. The motorcycle had no license plate and police determined it had been reported stolen in Westminster months earlier.
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Dreith arrived as a cover officer. At approximately 12:20 p.m., Derby returned to the motorcycle and Dreith began speaking with him while another deputy continued checking the motorcycle. Derby told Dreith he had been riding the motorcycle when it broke down.
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Body-camera footage showed Derby reach toward a backpack on the motorcycle. Dreith told him to leave the backpack alone. Derby began walking away. Dreith told him the motorcycle was stolen and grabbed his arm. Derby pushed Dreith away and said the motorcycle was not stolen.
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The bodycam showed Derby pull a handgun from his waistband and point it toward Dreith. The sequence happened within seconds: at 34 seconds into the recorded contact Dreith told Derby the motorcycle was stolen; at 35 seconds Derby pushed him away; at 36-37 seconds Derby drew the gun; at 38 seconds Dreith began firing; and at 41 seconds Dreith fired his final round.
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Dreith fired 11 rounds. Investigators determined that one of Dreith’s bullets struck Derby’s right hand and his Taurus PT709 9mm handgun, severely damaging the weapon and propelling it from his hand.
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The autopsy documented 10 gunshot wounds and two graze wounds. Most of the bullet trajectories were from back to front. Wounds included Derby’s posterior shoulder, upper and lower back, buttock, hip, thigh, foot and hand. He died from multiple gunshot wounds; the death was ruled a homicide.
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Bodycam review showed that as Derby turned away during the shooting, his handgun was knocked from his hand and was airborne. The deputies did not perceive this during the shooting and initially believed the gun remained beneath or near Derby. The handgun was located several feet away approximately 2 minutes and 43 seconds after the shooting.
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The recovered Taurus had one round chambered and six rounds remaining in the magazine. Laboratory testing determined that the handgun had been functional before it was struck by Dreith’s bullet.
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The First Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team investigated the shooting, led by Arvada Police Commander Anthony Baros. The investigation was submitted to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office on 11/05/2021.
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On 04/29/2022, District Attorney Alexis King ruled Dreith’s shooting legally justified and declined criminal charges. The DA concluded that the bodycam showed Derby pulling the handgun and turning its barrel toward Dreith at close range before Dreith fired.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Tim Dreith was the sole deputy identified as firing at Derby. No verified prior fatal shooting, significant disciplinary finding, criminal case or civil-rights judgment involving Dreith was located for this update.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/03/arvada-deputy-shooting-sheridan-i76/
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/interstate-76-officer-involved-shooting-sheridan-boulevard/
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/man-shot-and-killed-by-jefferson-county-deputy-near-i-76-and-sheridan-blvd
https://coloradosun.com/2021/09/02/jefferson-county-sheriff-shooting/
https://firstda.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CIRT-09-02-2021-Decision-Letter-PDF.pdf

On 09/02/2021, Michael Ouellette, 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an exchange of gunfire with Bristol Police Department personnel on Water Street in Warren. Ouellette was president of the Italo-American Club at 13 Kelly Street, where police alleged that he had shot and killed Warren Assistant Fire Chief Brian Remy, 66, and wounded Jason Furtado, 41, shortly before the police encounter.

After leaving the club, Ouellette returned to the area of his residence at 135 Water Street. Bristol Police Chief Kevin Lynch and Major Scott McNally were traveling to Warren to assist officers responding to the active-shooter call when they encountered Ouellette on Water Street.

Police reported that Ouellette fired at Lynch and McNally. McNally took cover and returned fire while directing nearby civilians to move away from the gunfire. Ouellette subsequently stopped firing and retreated through the gate beside his Water Street residence.

Police then heard another gunshot. Officers approaching the property found Ouellette dead in the alley just inside the gate. Because McNally had fired during the encounter, authorities initially did not know whether Ouellette had been killed by police gunfire or had shot himself.

The Rhode Island Office of State Medical Examiners subsequently determined that Ouellette died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators determined that McNally's gunfire did not kill him. Neighbor-recorded video also captured a man matching Ouellette's appearance shooting himself after entering the alley.

The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, Rhode Island State Police, Warren Police Department and Bristol Police Department investigated the shootings and Ouellette's death. His death is classified as suicide under police duress because he fatally shot himself immediately after exchanging gunfire with police while officers were actively attempting to apprehend him.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Bristol Police Major Scott McNally was identified as the officer who returned fire at Ouellette. Bristol Police Chief Kevin Lynch was also present during the encounter but was not reported to have fired. The subsequent investigation established that McNally's gunfire did not cause Ouellette's death.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/02/metro/police-involved-shooting-warren-ri-leaves-two-dead/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/10/metro/warren-man-who-killed-fire-chief-died-suicide-court-documents-show-what-happened-club/
https://patch.com/rhode-island/bristol-warren/bristol-police-id-officers-involved-warren-shooting
https://patch.com/rhode-island/bristol-warren/2-killed-warren-shooting-report
https://dbr.ri.gov/media/24921/download

On 09/01/2021, 39-year-old Omar Hernandez Lazano was shot and killed by five Harris County Precinct 1 deputies and Houston Police Officer J. White after an approximately 20-minute police pursuit ended at 1246 Mitchell Road in north Houston. Later reporting sometimes shortened his name to Omar Hernandez.
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The incident began with a reported family disturbance at a church on Witcher Lane. Police said Lazano rammed several vehicles in the church parking lot and left before officers arrived. Authorities subsequently received a report that the same vehicle had been seen near Mitchell Road.
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Harris County Precinct 1 deputies later encountered Lazano driving a black Volkswagen Atlas SUV the wrong way on Hardy Road. Deputies initially suspected an impaired driver and attempted a traffic stop. During the pursuit, police checked the vehicle and determined that it had been reported stolen.
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Lazano continued driving away while Precinct 1 deputies pursued. Houston police joined the pursuit after deputies requested assistance. The chase lasted approximately 20 minutes and returned to the 1200 block of Mitchell Road.
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Lazano drove into the front yard of a residence. A Precinct 1 sergeant positioned a marked patrol vehicle to block the driveway. Police said Lazano rapidly reversed the SUV into the house with enough force that the rear portion of the vehicle entered the structure.
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As deputies surrounded the SUV, Lazano drove forward. Video released after the shooting showed the SUV striking a Precinct 1 deputy and dragging him approximately 20 feet before crashing into the marked patrol vehicle blocking the driveway.
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Five Precinct 1 deputies and HPD Officer J. White then fired at Lazano while he remained in the driver's seat. Lazano was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene.
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The gunfire also struck a Precinct 1 sergeant in the left leg with a ricochet. Body-camera footage captured the wounded sergeant falling and asking who was shooting him while other deputies yelled for the gunfire to stop. The deputy struck by Lazano's SUV survived after being transported by Life Flight in critical condition.
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Houston police subsequently released body-camera and Ring doorbell recordings showing the crash into the residence, deputies converging on the SUV, the SUV striking and dragging the deputy, and the ensuing police gunfire.
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The Houston Police Department Special Investigations Unit and Harris County District Attorney's Office investigated the fatal shooting. HPD also identified White as the Houston officer who fired. The five Precinct 1 deputies who fired were not named in the public HPD release.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Houston Police Officer J. White was the only shooting officer publicly identified in the records located for this update. The five Harris County Precinct 1 deputies who fired were not publicly named.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/chase-north-houston-officer-involved-shooting/285-fb3c21b3-11fe-41f7-81f4-3782e83b61db
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2021/sep/nr090221-7.htm
https://abc13.com/post/officer-involved-shooting-deputy-ran-over-bodycam-video-ring-doorbell/11068562/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/bodycam-video-released-from-officer-involved-shooting-where-harris-co-constable-was-run-over

On 09/01/2021, 33-year-old James Williams was shot and killed by two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Violent Crimes Unit detectives inside a gas station near East 21st Street and North Ritter Avenue.
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The detectives were tracking Williams because he was wanted on an Indiana Department of Correction felony warrant for escape and weapons offenses. IMPD also identified Williams as a suspect in an August 2, 2021 double homicide.
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The detectives located Williams at an apartment complex near the gas station and watched him enter the business. Police said they saw a handgun visible in his shorts. When Williams came back outside, the detectives approached him. Williams returned inside the store and the detectives followed.
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Surveillance video subsequently released by IMPD showed the detectives ordering other customers out of the store and repeatedly directing Williams to get on the ground and show his hands. Williams then pulled the handgun from his shorts and pointed it toward the detectives. Both detectives fired, killing him inside the store.
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Police recovered Williams's handgun. IMPD later reported that preliminary ballistic testing linked the weapon to evidence from three homicide investigations: the August 2, 2021 double homicide for which Williams was being investigated, a June 2020 homicide and nonfatal shooting, and another June 2020 incident involving shots fired and a hit-and-run.
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Neither detective was wearing a body camera. The shooting itself, however, was captured by the gas station's surveillance system, and IMPD publicly released that video later in September.
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IMPD's Critical Incident Response Team investigated the shooting, while the department's Internal Affairs Unit conducted a separate administrative investigation. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office was also consulted.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The two IMPD Violent Crimes Unit detectives who shot Williams were not publicly identified in the sources located for this update.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2021/09/01/impd-shoots-kills-man-wanted-fatal-shooting/5709684001/
https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/police-involved-shooting-on-east-21st-street/
https://fox59.com/news/indianapolis-police-shooting-suspect-killed/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-shot-killed-by-impd-officers-on-east-21st-street/531-4df7b1f4-00d9-4bbd-b6a7-975a13e56f7b
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/impd-responding-to-officer-involved-shooting-on-indys-east-side
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/impd-releases-video-of-officers-shooting-man-inside-gas-station

On 09/01/2021, 26-year-old Connor Riley McDaniel was shot and killed by El Paso County sheriff’s deputies Ryan Gonzales, Andrew Peery and David Fisher following an approximately three-and-a-half-hour armed mental-health crisis near the 17000 block of Gollihar Court in Peyton.
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The Sheriff’s Office initially responded to a welfare check after McDaniel’s stepmother reported that he was suicidal, possessed firearms, had sent goodbye emails to family members and had shared his location with relatives through a cellphone application. Deputies located him in a hilly area near Gollihar Court at approximately 2:30 p.m.
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McDaniel positioned himself on elevated terrain overlooking deputies and nearby homes. Deputies heard a gunshot and located him carrying a handgun. Crisis negotiators established intermittent contact with him and negotiated for several hours. McDaniel repeatedly said he intended to kill himself and told deputies that if they approached him, they would be shot.
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Deputies provided McDaniel with cigarettes and a cellphone so he could communicate with police, relatives and a civilian mental-health professional. Police said McDaniel had been drinking alcohol. He repeatedly declined requests to put down the handgun.
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During the standoff, McDaniel repeatedly fired his handgun in different directions. Investigators determined that he fired at least 23 rounds during the incident. A shelter-in-place order was issued for surrounding residents at approximately 7 p.m.
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Deputy Ryan Gonzales reported seeing McDaniel aim his handgun toward deputies and fire three or four rounds in their direction. Investigators documented a bullet impact on McDaniel’s vehicle that was in line with Gonzales’s position. Gonzales returned fire.
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After approximately three-and-a-half hours of negotiations, McDaniel moved down the opposite side of the hill toward deputies Andrew Peery and David Fisher while still carrying the handgun. Peery and Fisher reported seeing McDaniel move the weapon across his chest while looking toward them. Peery fired his rifle twice and Fisher fired his handgun once. McDaniel was struck by multiple police rounds and fell.
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Deputies subsequently fired a 40mm less-lethal impact round when McDaniel remained unresponsive, then approached him and found no pulse. He died at the scene.
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The Colorado Springs Police Department led the Deadly Force Investigation Team investigation. Body-camera recordings captured the entire police interaction with McDaniel, including the fatal shooting.
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On 03/18/2022, the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office ruled that Gonzales, Peery and Fisher were legally justified in using deadly force and filed no criminal charges against them.
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McDaniel’s father later publicly discussed his son’s death while advocating for improved mental-health care for military veterans. He said Connor had written individual goodbye letters to family members before the encounter and described his son’s struggle with PTSD.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Ryan Gonzales had previously participated in another fatal police shooting. In 2019, Gonzales and El Paso County Deputy Chad Wheat shot and killed a man during an encounter in Monument. Gonzales was publicly identified as one of the two deputies who fired in that earlier fatal shooting.
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Andrew Peery was later killed in the line of duty on 08/07/2022 while responding to a reported shooting in Security-Widefield. Peery and other officers were fired upon immediately after arriving; Peery was struck and died.

https://krdo.com/news/2021/09/01/one-person-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-peyton/
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/officer-involved-shooting-in-peyton-under-investigation
https://www.kktv.com/2021/09/02/shelter-in-place-alert-neighborhood-north-peyton/
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/district-attorneys-office-determines-sept-2021-police-shooting-was-justified
https://www.4thjudicialda.com/OfficerInvolvedShootings/MediaRelease2022-2201-002.pdf
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/deputies-involved-in-monument-shooting-identified
https://www.koaa.com/community/you-are-not-alone/colorado-dad-advocates-for-veterans-mental-health-after-son-completes-suicide

On 09/01/2021, 65-year-old Anne Schilly was shot and killed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Khars on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie after an encounter with Sgt. Joseph Marcal and Khars developed into a police pursuit. Schilly’s children later filed a federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit challenging Khars’s use of deadly force and the deputies’ handling of their mother’s mental-health crisis.
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The encounter began in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, while Jefferson Parish utility workers were repairing a water main. Two workers flagged down Marcal and reported that Schilly had directed racial slurs at them and threatened to kill one or more workers. Marcal approached Schilly, who was sitting in an SUV. Khars arrived as backup.
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Khars recognized that Schilly appeared to be experiencing a mental-health crisis. He had crisis-intervention training and testified that he and Marcal decided they intended to place Schilly under an emergency mental-health hold for evaluation. Schilly had reportedly undergone numerous previous involuntary psychiatric commitments.
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Schilly refused Khars’s request for her driver’s license and rolled up her window. When Marcal attempted to open her door, Schilly began driving away. Marcal testified that the SUV struck and dragged him briefly before he fell away from it. Khars and Marcal then pursued Schilly in separate vehicles with emergency lights activated.
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The pursuit continued over several streets while traffic signals remained inoperative because of Hurricane Ida. Schilly eventually stopped in traffic on Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Marcal approached the driver’s side of her SUV on foot while Khars approached from behind with his gun drawn.
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Marcal stood near the front driver’s side of the SUV and repeatedly told Schilly to stop. According to the officers, Schilly began moving the SUV forward toward Marcal. Khars fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, killing her. Khars later testified that he fired because he believed Schilly was about to run over Marcal.
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Schilly’s children, Jade Schilly Dauterive and Tylere Schilly, disputed the justification for the shooting. In 2022, they sued Khars, Marcal and Sheriff Joseph Lopinto in federal court, alleging excessive force, failure to intervene, battery, negligence, wrongful death and survival claims. They argued that the deputies knew their mother was mentally ill and that Khars unnecessarily escalated a mental-health intervention into a fatal encounter.
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The family specifically disputed that Schilly posed an immediate threat requiring deadly force. Their case argued that Marcal was not directly in front of the SUV when Khars fired and that Khars could not reasonably have believed deadly force was necessary to protect him. They also alleged that Marcal should have intervened and redirected Khars toward the original plan of taking Schilly into protective custody for psychiatric evaluation.
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The lawsuit proceeded for more than three years. On 12/15/2025, U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion granted summary judgment to Khars, Marcal and Lopinto and dismissed the family’s claims with prejudice. The court concluded that Khars’s use of deadly force was objectively reasonable under the circumstances and that, because the shooting was not found unconstitutional, the failure-to-intervene claim against Marcal also failed.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Deputy Brian Khars was the sole officer who shot Anne Schilly. Sgt. Joseph Marcal participated in the initial encounter and pursuit and was the officer Khars said he was protecting when he fired. The federal litigation produced detailed sworn testimony from both officers concerning the encounter and Khars’s decision to shoot.

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_politics/article_anne_marie_schilly_shooting

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/article_deputy_dragged_schilly_racist

https://www.wdsu.com/article/anne-schilly-shooting-mental-health-crisis

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/jefferson-parish-deputy-dragged-anne-schilly

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/louisiana/laedce/2%3A2022cv03067/255960/51/

On 09/01/2021, 27-year-old Kamren Brown died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a foot chase and armed confrontation with Battle Creek Police Officer Tylon Dilling. Dilling simultaneously fired at Brown, striking him in the thigh.
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At approximately 3:55 p.m., a woman called 911 and reported that Brown was armed, banging on her door and attempting to get inside. During the call, she reported that Brown had broken a window with his gun. Brown left before police arrived.
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Dilling located Brown within minutes near South Avenue and Fountain Street. Brown ran and Dilling pursued him on foot. Brown climbed over a chain-link fence and fell to the ground on the other side.
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Dilling caught up with Brown and ordered him to show his hands. As Dilling attempted to help Brown stand, Brown reached toward his side and produced a handgun. Body-camera footage showed Dilling repeatedly ordering Brown to stop and telling him that he wanted to help him.
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Brown raised the handgun to his own head and fired. Dilling fired his service weapon at approximately the same time, striking Brown in the thigh. Dilling immediately rendered first aid, but Brown died from the gunshot wound to his head.
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The preliminary autopsy determined that Brown's fatal head wound was self-inflicted and that Dilling's bullet caused the nonfatal leg wound. Brown's weapon was identified as a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handgun.
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Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker publicly released and reviewed Dilling's body-camera footage the following day. Michigan State Police conducted the independent investigation into Dilling's shooting.
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On 04/06/2022, Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert cleared Dilling of criminal wrongdoing. Gilbert concluded that Dilling reasonably feared for his life when Brown produced the handgun and that Dilling's use of deadly force was justified.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Tylon Dilling was publicly identified as the Battle Creek officer who fired at Brown. He was 22 at the time of the shooting. No additional pertinent prior shooting, disciplinary, criminal or civil-rights history for Dilling was verified in the records located for this update.

https://wwmt.com/news/local/suspect-shoots-himself-during-foot-chase-arrest-in-battle-creek
https://wbckfm.com/battle-creek-police-chief-says-suspect-killed-himself-as-officer-opened-fire/
https://www.woodtv.com/news/calhoun-county/prosecutor-bcpd-officer-justified-in-shooting-man-who-shot-himself/
https://www.woodtv.com/news/calhoun-county/battle-creek-police-officer-involved-shooting/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sal40HDJBQ

On 08/31/2021, shortly before 1:30 p.m., Houston Police Department officers responded to the 7100 block of Hillcroft Avenue after receiving a report that a 51-year-old man was assaulting his wife. When officers arrived, the man had already left the location in a gray Honda Accord. Police alleged that the woman suffered injuries during the assault and transported her to an area hospital for treatment.
According to HPD, the man drove north on Hillcroft Avenue after leaving the domestic disturbance. In the 7200 block, he lost control of the Honda and struck the rear of a black Ford F-450 tow truck. The crash occurred only about one block from the location where police had responded to the domestic violence call.
Emergency personnel transported the man to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. The Ford driver was not injured. HPD's Vehicular Crimes Division assigned Sgt. P. Lee and Officer D. Ortega to investigate the fatal crash under incident number 117620921-Q. Those officers were crash investigators and should not be identified as officers involved in the preceding encounter.
Contemporary reporting described the man as “fleeing from police,” but HPD's own official crash report does not state that officers were actively pursuing the Honda when it crashed. It states that officers responded to the domestic violence report, found that the man had fled in the Honda, and that he subsequently crashed on Hillcroft. The available evidence therefore does not establish a continuous police vehicle pursuit strongly enough to classify this as a standard police-chase fatality.
HPD did not publicly identify the 51-year-old man in its initial release, stating that identification was pending notification of his family. A search of subsequent indexed reporting and HPD material did not locate a reliable later public identification.

https://abc13.com/man-killed-crash-assaulting-wife-husband-dead/10992650/
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2021/aug/nr210831-6.htm

On 08/31/2021, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Mesa Police Department undercover detectives were conducting surveillance of 26-year-old Mesa resident Dakota Black while investigating him in connection with an alleged armed robbery. Black was driving a white Chevrolet pickup truck eastbound on Broadway Road when he entered the southbound Loop 202 on-ramp.
Police alleged that Black stopped the pickup on the freeway ramp, got out and attempted to carjack the driver of a passenger vehicle. The alleged carjacking was unsuccessful, and Black returned to his pickup. Mesa Police undercover detectives, assisted by members of a U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, then moved in and used their vehicles to box in Black's truck.
Officers approached the immobilized pickup intending to arrest Black but found him unresponsive inside. Police initially treated the incident as a possible shooting but reported that no law-enforcement officer had fired a weapon. Mesa Fire and Medical Department personnel responded and pronounced Black dead at the scene.
On 09/01/2021, Mesa Police announced that investigators had determined Black died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police reported finding the handgun in Black's lap and concluded that he shot himself inside the pickup moments before officers reached him.

https://www.azfamily.com/news/dps-officer-involved-shooting-mesa
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/dps-investigates-shooting-loop-202
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-east-valley/mesa/police-shooting-under-investigation

On 08/31/2021, shortly before 6:00 a.m., a South Miami Police Department officer observed a white Range Rover traveling at extremely high speed on the Palmetto Expressway. Police later alleged that 24-year-old Rodney Rodriguez was driving the Range Rover at speeds exceeding 100 mph, with police radio traffic indicating speeds may have reached approximately 120 mph. The officer followed the Range Rover as it exited the expressway onto Southwest 72nd Street, also known as Sunset Drive, and activated emergency equipment to initiate a traffic stop for speeding.
The Range Rover continued west on Sunset Drive while the South Miami officer followed. According to the subsequent police account and Rodriguez's arrest affidavit, the officer discontinued the pursuit after traveling outside South Miami's jurisdiction, made a U-turn and began returning toward South Miami. Rodriguez continued west at high speed and allegedly drove through a red light at Southwest 87th Avenue.
Moments after the officer discontinued the pursuit, Rodriguez reached Sunset Drive and Southwest 92nd Avenue. Fifty-one-year-old Adalberto Hernandez Cereijo was driving a silver Kia Forte carrying his wife, 49-year-old Karina Diaz Chacon, and her 75-year-old mother, Elena Chacon Diaz. The family was traveling to take Elena to a dialysis appointment. The Range Rover struck the Kia at high speed as the Kia was turning at the intersection.
The impact catastrophically damaged the Kia and killed all three family members. One of the women was ejected from the vehicle. The Range Rover continued through the collision, rotated several times and struck multiple palm trees before coming to rest. Rodriguez survived and was transported to Kendall Regional Medical Center for surgery.
Police initially stated that alcohol appeared to have contributed to the crash. At Rodriguez's later court hearing, however, prosecutors said preliminary toxicology information did not appear to show alcohol impairment but indicated drugs might have been present. Rodriguez was arrested after his release from the hospital and charged with three counts of vehicular homicide, fleeing police and grand theft auto. Authorities alleged that the Range Rover had been stolen.
The South Miami officer who initiated and briefly continued the pursuit was not identified by name in the contemporary reporting, subsequent arrest coverage or court reporting located for this update.

crash/https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/three-killed-one-hospitalized-crash/

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/09/01/3-family-members-killed-by-possibly-drunken-driver-on-sunset-drive/

On 08/31/2021, shortly before 6:00 a.m., a South Miami Police Department officer observed a white Range Rover traveling at extremely high speed on the Palmetto Expressway. Police later alleged that 24-year-old Rodney Rodriguez was driving the Range Rover at speeds exceeding 100 mph, with police radio traffic indicating speeds may have reached approximately 120 mph. The officer followed the Range Rover as it exited the expressway onto Southwest 72nd Street, also known as Sunset Drive, and activated emergency equipment to initiate a traffic stop for speeding.
The Range Rover continued west on Sunset Drive while the South Miami officer followed. According to the subsequent police account and Rodriguez's arrest affidavit, the officer discontinued the pursuit after traveling outside South Miami's jurisdiction, made a U-turn and began returning toward South Miami. Rodriguez continued west at high speed and allegedly drove through a red light at Southwest 87th Avenue.
Moments after the officer discontinued the pursuit, Rodriguez reached Sunset Drive and Southwest 92nd Avenue. Fifty-one-year-old Adalberto Hernandez Cereijo was driving a silver Kia Forte carrying his wife, 49-year-old Karina Diaz Chacon, and her 75-year-old mother, Elena Chacon Diaz. The family was traveling to take Elena to a dialysis appointment. The Range Rover struck the Kia at high speed as the Kia was turning at the intersection.
The impact catastrophically damaged the Kia and killed all three family members. One of the women was ejected from the vehicle. The Range Rover continued through the collision, rotated several times and struck multiple palm trees before coming to rest. Rodriguez survived and was transported to Kendall Regional Medical Center for surgery.
Police initially stated that alcohol appeared to have contributed to the crash. At Rodriguez's later court hearing, however, prosecutors said preliminary toxicology information did not appear to show alcohol impairment but indicated drugs might have been present. Rodriguez was arrested after his release from the hospital and charged with three counts of vehicular homicide, fleeing police and grand theft auto. Authorities alleged that the Range Rover had been stolen.
The South Miami officer who initiated and briefly continued the pursuit was not identified by name in the contemporary reporting, subsequent arrest coverage or court reporting located for this update.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/three-killed-one-hospitalized-crash/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/kendall-fatal-crash-police-pursuit/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-teacher-karina-chacon-family-killed-violent-crash-sunset-drive/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/rodney-rodriguez-driver-in-high-speed-crash-that-killed-3-charged-with-vehicular-homicide/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/09/01/3-family-members-killed-by-possibly-drunken-driver-on-sunset-drive/

On 08/31/2021, at approximately 11:55 a.m., Anaheim Police Department officers responded to a residence in the 2400 block of West Greenleaf Avenue after a man called police and reported that he had been shot. Officers entered the residence and found 61-year-old David Erickson of Anaheim suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. Erickson was subsequently identified as the person who had called police.
While officers were inside the residence, they encountered 55-year-old Robert Nelson. Anaheim Police alleged that Nelson was armed when officers confronted him. At least one Anaheim officer opened fire on Nelson. The initial responding officers then withdrew from the residence rather than continuing farther into the home, and the department deployed its SWAT team.
SWAT officers subsequently entered the residence and found both Erickson and Nelson dead. Police determined that Nelson had been struck by police gunfire. Contemporary public statements did not provide a detailed reconstruction of precisely what Nelson allegedly did with the weapon immediately before police fired, beyond describing him as armed and saying officers were confronted by him. Accordingly, the available reporting does not establish that Nelson fired at officers or establish that he pointed the weapon at them.
Anaheim Police investigated Erickson's death as a homicide and identified Nelson as the person police believed had killed him. Detectives also investigated the relationship between Erickson and Nelson and the motive for the shooting. Both men were Anaheim residents.
Because Anaheim officers killed Nelson, the Orange County District Attorney's Office opened a separate investigation into the police use of deadly force. Contemporary reporting confirmed that at least one officer fired, but neither the initial Anaheim Police disclosures nor the subsequent publicly indexed reporting located for this update identifies the officer or officers who fired at Nelson.
A deeper search for the shooting officer's identity, including searches using Nelson's name, Erickson's name, the West Greenleaf Avenue address, Orange County District Attorney records, later shooting reviews, litigation and officer-specific references, did not produce a sufficiently reliable identification. The Officer(s) field therefore remains Not Disclosed rather than attributing the shooting to an officer without documentary support.

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/08/31/anaheim-police-shoot-and-kill-man-after-finding-homicide-victim-in-home/
https://abc7.com/anaheim-police-shooting-west-greenleaf-avenue/11009633/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-01/anaheim-police-shooting-west-greenleaf-avenue
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/homicide-suspect-fatally-shot-by-anaheim-police/2683928/
 

On 08/31/2021, at approximately 6:55 p.m., Metropolitan Police Department Third District officers responded to an apartment building in the 1400 block of V Street NW after a caller reported seeing a man on a balcony holding what appeared to be a long gun. Officers were directed to the apartment of 34-year-old George David Watson and approached his door.
Officers made contact with Watson and spoke with him in the hallway. Watson went back inside his apartment and subsequently came out again, continuing to speak with officers before returning inside. Police remained positioned outside the apartment and attempted to communicate with him rather than immediately entering the residence. Watson emerged from the apartment three times during the encounter.
On the third occasion, Watson came through the doorway carrying what appeared to officers to be a rifle. MPD alleged that Watson pointed the object toward officers. Sergeant Jonathan Nelson, a 12-year MPD veteran assigned to the Third District, opened fire, striking Watson multiple times.
The object Watson was carrying was subsequently determined not to be a firearm. It was a replica/airsoft-style rifle. MPD Chief Robert Contee said shortly after the shooting that the object appeared to be an airsoft rifle or possibly a paintball gun but argued that it looked like an actual firearm when Watson displayed it. The District's later official use-of-force review specifically classified the weapon as a replica.
An MPD officer also suffered a gunshot wound to the hand during the encounter. Contemporary reporting initially left unclear how that officer had been shot, particularly because Watson's weapon was not an actual firearm. The publicly released information establishes that Nelson was the MPD officer who fired the fatal gunfire at Watson.
Officers provided medical assistance to Watson after the shooting. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported him to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. Nelson was placed on administrative leave while MPD's Internal Affairs Bureau investigated the shooting. Body-worn-camera footage of the encounter was subsequently released publicly.
The Metropolitan Police Department's Use of Force Review Board later reviewed Nelson's shooting. Internal Affairs recommended that the firearm discharge be classified as justified and within department policy, and the Use of Force Review Board concurred with that determination.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/31/dc-police-shooting-columbia-heights/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-northwest-dc/2787964/
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/man-shot-killed-by-police-in-northwest-dc/65-6e7a2c6c-9d8b-4c4a-9b7a-6c9f9f5c5e1a
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-police-officer-suspect-shot-northwest/65-87930cec-cfda-4853-af52-2b1f98696885

https://wjla.com/news/local/video-dc-police-shoot-and-kill-man-whose-gun-may-have-been-fake-airsoft-paint-ball

On 08/31/2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a reported structure fire on a rural property in the 23000 block of 42nd Street southeast of Martelle. The property belonged to the maternal grandparents of 45-year-old Jeremy Michael Berg, who was living there at the time. Eleven law-enforcement and fire agencies ultimately responded. Berg had suffered significant burns while near or inside the burning outbuilding before police confronted him.
Dispatchers advised responding officers that Berg had a history of drug use and had reportedly been repeatedly entering the burning structure while talking about dying in the fire. Berg's mother later said he struggled with depression and methamphetamine addiction and believed it was possible that he intended to provoke police into killing him. Family members reported that Berg had used drugs that evening.
Jones County Sheriff's Deputy James Rickels arrived at approximately 8:17 p.m. and encountered Berg sitting on the ground with visible burns. Rickels attempted to keep Berg away from the fire while waiting for paramedics. According to the Iowa Attorney General's subsequent investigation, Berg then produced a knife. Rickels and members of Berg's family repeatedly attempted to persuade him to put it down.
Rickels deployed his Taser, causing Berg to fall. According to the state investigation, Berg pulled the Taser probes from his body, stood back up and continued holding the knife. Rickels deployed the Taser a second time without incapacitating him. Jones County Deputy Tim Miller subsequently arrived, followed at approximately 8:30 p.m. by Anamosa Police Sgt. Nick Brokaw and Officers Gabe Humphrey and Tyler Hunt.
Police continued attempting to persuade Berg to put down the knife during a standoff lasting several minutes. Officers then escalated their less-lethal efforts, firing a beanbag round and deploying another Taser. According to investigators, neither incapacitated Berg. Berg then ran away from the officers toward a nearby house, and several officers pursued him.
The state's investigation alleged that while officers pursued him, Berg stopped, turned toward them, yelled and raised the hand holding the knife. Police alleged that Berg then moved rapidly toward the officers. The publicly released body-camera segment shows Berg initially running away from police before officers pursue him; seconds later, he turns with his right arm raised and moves back in the officers' direction.
Deputies James Rickels and Tim Miller and Anamosa officers Nick Brokaw, Gabe Humphrey and Tyler Hunt then simultaneously opened fire. Approximately eight to ten shots can be heard in the publicly released 15-second body-camera segment. Berg was struck multiple times and fell to the ground. Officers removed the knife and began providing emergency medical aid, but Berg died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Berg's family questioned the officers' decision to pursue him when he ran away. His mother, Margie Fensterman, said relatives at the scene wanted to approach Berg and attempt to persuade him to surrender the knife but police prevented them from doing so. She described the knife as a pocket knife and questioned why officers did not allow Berg to continue running away rather than pursuing him. She also believed her son's behavior may have represented an attempt to make police kill him.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation investigated the shooting. Because Jones County Attorney Kristofer Lyons identified a potential conflict of interest, the case was referred to the Iowa Attorney General's Office for an independent review. On 09/17/2021, Assistant Attorney General Douglas Hammerand concluded that all five officers were legally justified in using deadly force and closed the Attorney General's criminal review without charges.
All five shooters had been placed on administrative leave. At the time of the shooting, Rickels had approximately six years of law-enforcement experience, Miller three years, Brokaw nine years, Hunt eight years and Humphrey two years. Following the Attorney General's decision, Rickels and Miller were cleared to return to duty.

https://www.kcrg.com/2021/09/01/man-shot-killed-by-law-enforcement-in-jones-county/
https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/jones-county-deputies-anamosa-police-shoot-kill-man-after-fire-call/
https://www.kwwl.com/news/iowa/jones-county-man-shot-killed-by-police-after-fire-call/article_3c3c7a2e-0b0b-11ec-9c7e-6f0a8f0a4a8e.html
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/09/01/iowa-police-shooting-one-dead-after-incident-eastern-iowa-martelle-jones-county/5678696001/

https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/body-camera-video-released-of-fatal-shooting-by-jones-county-deputies-jeremy-michael-berg-martelle-elkport-fire-knife-anamosa-pd/524-fb94e194-ca14-4315-b7f1-9962e227377d

On 08/31/2021, shortly before 6:00 a.m., a South Miami Police Department officer encountered a white Range Rover traveling at extremely high speed on the Palmetto Expressway. Police later alleged that 24-year-old Rodney Rodriguez was driving the Range Rover at more than 100 mph, while police radio traffic reportedly indicated speeds reaching approximately 120 mph. The South Miami officer followed the Range Rover as it exited the expressway onto Southwest 72nd Street, also known as Sunset Drive, and attempted to stop it for speeding. Rodriguez continued west while the officer pursued.
According to the subsequent police investigation, the South Miami officer discontinued the pursuit and made a U-turn. The Miami Herald reported that the officer was on his way to work when he initially encountered the speeding Range Rover and stopped following it after Rodriguez continued west on Sunset Drive. Rodriguez allegedly continued at extremely high speed and drove through a red light at Southwest 87th Avenue.
At approximately 6:00 a.m., Rodriguez reached Sunset Drive and Southwest 92nd Avenue, where 51-year-old Adalberto Hernandez Cereijo was driving a Kia sedan with his wife, 49-year-old Karina Diaz Chacon, and her 75-year-old mother, Elena Chacon Diaz. The family was traveling to take Elena to a dialysis appointment. The Range Rover struck the Kia at high speed as the family crossed the intersection.
The collision killed Adalberto, Karina and Elena. Rodriguez survived and was hospitalized. Police arrested him after his release from the hospital and charged him with three counts of vehicular homicide, fleeing police and grand theft auto. Authorities alleged that the Range Rover had been stolen.
The South Miami officer who initiated the attempted traffic stop and followed the Range Rover before discontinuing the pursuit was not identified by name in the contemporary reporting, arrest-affidavit coverage or subsequent court reporting located during this update.

https://www.wfla.com/news/high-speed-chase-kills-three-in-south-florida/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/kendall-fatal-crash-police-pursuit/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/rodney-rodriguez-driver-accused-in-high-speed-crash-that-killed-3-charged-with-vehicular-homicide/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/08/31/at-least-1-hospitalized-after-vehicle-crashes-into-pole-on-sunset-drive/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/09/01/3-family-members-killed-by-possibly-drunken-driver-on-sunset-drive/

On 08/30/2021, shortly after 1:00 p.m., Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Potters conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on West New Haven Avenue/U.S. 192 just west of Interstate 95 in the West Melbourne area. Deputy Tyler Thoman arrived shortly afterward to assist. Three adults and a two-month-old infant were inside the vehicle. Thirty-eight-year-old Paris Wilder of Cocoa was sitting in the rear passenger seat.
Dash-camera video released by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office provides unusually extensive documentation of what happened next. While deputies spoke with the people in the vehicle, Potters offered to hold the infant while the adults got out. Wilder then emerged from the rear passenger side carrying a short-stock rifle and immediately began firing. Wilder shot Potters in the lower leg as Potters moved away from the vehicle. Both Potters and Thoman returned fire.
The exchange continued around the vehicles. Wilder was struck by police gunfire but remained mobile. According to the Sheriff’s Office and the released video, Wilder's rifle eventually malfunctioned or became unusable. Wilder then approached Potters from behind and repeatedly struck him in the head with the rifle while Potters was on or near the ground. Potters suffered a gunshot wound to his leg as well as head lacerations, a concussion and facial fractures.
Thoman moved toward Wilder and Potters during the struggle and fired multiple additional rounds at Wilder at close range. Wilder was struck and killed. Subsequent reporting specifically identified Thoman as the deputy who fired the final fatal gunfire, while both Thoman and Potters had fired during the preceding exchange.
The Sheriff’s Office alleged that Wilder had two outstanding felony warrants and was out on bond in two felony drug cases when the traffic stop occurred. Sheriff Wayne Ivey subsequently emphasized Wilder's extensive arrest history in public statements about the killing. Those allegations concerned Wilder's prior criminal history and were separate from the circumstances that initially caused Potters to stop the vehicle. Contemporary reporting did not establish that Potters initiated the traffic stop specifically to arrest Wilder on those warrants.
The Sheriff’s Office initially withheld the deputies' identities but subsequently identified them as Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman. Potters had joined the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in March 2020 after previously working for the Titusville Police Department and Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky. Thoman had worked for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office since December 2018. Both deputies were placed on paid administrative leave following the fatal shooting.
The Sheriff’s Office released the dash-camera recording on 09/09/2021. The recording is important evidence in this case because it documents most of the confrontation rather than leaving the sequence dependent solely upon the deputies' subsequent statements.
A search of publicly indexed records and reporting for Potters and Thoman did not locate a documented prior fatal police shooting involving either deputy before Wilder's death. Potters later left law enforcement following injuries and became publicly involved in Brevard County politics. No reliable record located during this update established that either deputy was criminally charged or disciplined for the shooting of Wilder.

https://www.brevardsheriff.com/home/nr-21-43-investigative-update-deputy-involved-shooting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83pA-xzOM8

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/08/30/watch-live-large-law-enforcement-presence-closes-i-95-in-brevard-county/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/08/31/sheriff-2-month-old-baby-was-directly-in-the-middle-of-deputy-involved-shooting-in-west-melbourne/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/09/09/video-shows-brevard-deputies-attacked-during-traffic-stop-suspect-shot-and-killed/

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/brevard-county/brevard-sheriff-releases-video-ambush-shooting-that-left-gunman-dead-deputy-shot/RE5WYCTNA5FOZLIWAKQJ5ACL3I/

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/09/brevard-county-sheriffs-office-identifies-deputies-attacked-in-shooting-rampage-by-serial-felon/

On 08/30/2021, at approximately 4:15 p.m., a Miami Shores Police Department officer responded to 68 NW 95th Street after police received a disturbance call involving 48-year-old Etianna Planellas. Police had responded to the residence on previous occasions. Planellas's relatives and longtime family friends said she had struggled with serious mental illness and depression for years and had previously been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment.
Family members said Planellas was intoxicated that afternoon. Other reporting based on interviews with people close to her stated that shortly before police arrived, Planellas had threatened to kill herself. She lived at the residence with several family members, including elderly relatives, and was described by a longtime family friend as the person who largely cared for the household.
According to Miami Shores Police Chief Kevin Lystad, the first responding officer encountered Planellas outside the residence holding what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun. Police alleged that Planellas pointed the object toward the officer. Lystad said there was some dialogue between the officer and Planellas, including commands for her to put the weapon down, before the officer opened fire.
The officer fired multiple rounds, striking Planellas and killing her outside her home. A neighbor described hearing a rapid succession of gunshots. Planellas's relatives said she was killed in front of her elderly mother. No evidence located indicates that Planellas fired at the officer.
After the shooting, police discovered that the purported handgun was not a firearm. It was a black pellet/BB pistol made to resemble a semiautomatic handgun. Miami Shores Police released a photograph of the pellet gun after Planellas's death.
Planellas's relatives and friends publicly criticized the killing and questioned why an officer responding to a person with a known history of mental illness did not use a less-lethal response. Family friend Jorge Rodriguez described the shooting as excessive, while another longtime friend said officers should have recognized that Planellas was experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement assumed responsibility for the investigation into the police shooting, with Miami-Dade Police homicide detectives also participating. The shooting officer was not identified in the contemporary reports. A deeper search of later reporting, FDLE-related material and records indexed under Planellas's name did not locate a reliable public identification of the officer who killed her.
Separately, only weeks after Planellas's killing, serious allegations of misconduct within the Miami Shores Police Department became public. The village asked FDLE and outside investigators to examine allegations that officers were not being held accountable for racial insensitivity and other misconduct. Those allegations concerned broader departmental practices and were not reported as findings concerning the unidentified officer who killed Planellas.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/08/30/authorities-investigating-deadly-police-involved-shooting-in-miami-shores/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-shores-police-involved-shooting/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/woman-holding-pellet-gun-killed-in-police-involved-shooting-in-miami-shores/

On 08/30/2021, at approximately 8:24 p.m., a Coconut Creek Police Department officer stopped 36-year-old Brittni A. Muldrew while she was driving a white Mercedes-Benz westbound in the 4400 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard. Police said the officer initially stopped the vehicle for speeding. During the traffic stop, the officer learned that the Mercedes had recently been reported stolen in Parkland and called for additional officers. Two additional officers arrived while Muldrew and a male passenger remained inside the vehicle.
Police alleged that after backup officers arrived, Muldrew reversed the Mercedes in the direction of officers. Coconut Creek Police initially reported that two officers opened fire, striking Muldrew. Muldrew was shot multiple times and died at the scene despite officers' attempts to provide medical assistance. Three officers were treated at a hospital for injuries, and a police K-9 was also injured.
Later-released police dash-camera and body-camera recordings provided considerably more information about the encounter. The recordings show officers holding Muldrew at gunpoint for several minutes after determining that the Mercedes had been reported stolen. The encounter lasted approximately 11 minutes from the initial traffic stop until Muldrew's death. The video shows the Mercedes reversing before stopping and officers firing into the vehicle.
The subsequent federal civil-rights lawsuit filed by Muldrew's family identified Coconut Creek officers Andrea Calderon, Alejandro Escobar, Amanda Cummings, Arthur Patton and Ty Morgan as officers involved in the encounter. The lawsuit alleged that Calderon, Escobar, Cummings and Patton had their firearms drawn and pointed toward Muldrew immediately before the shooting and alleged that they opened fire. A federal judge later noted that the complaint alleged Muldrew was struck by nine gunshots. The original police account, however, stated that two officers fired, so the precise allocation of the gunfire among the four officers remained disputed in the civil litigation.
The released recordings also revealed a significant use-of-force allegation that was not part of the original 2021 reporting. After officers removed the wounded Muldrew from the Mercedes, Officer Ty Morgan approached her with an expandable baton and struck her in the head. Video obtained through public-records requests reportedly shows Muldrew still exhibiting signs of life during this period, with an officer heard saying that she had a pulse. Muldrew's family alleged Morgan repeatedly struck her while she was incapacitated on the pavement.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the police use of deadly force and subsequently forwarded its investigation to the Broward State Attorney's Office for prosecutorial review. The two officers initially identified by the department as having fired were placed on administrative leave following the killing.
Muldrew's mother, Vicki Waters, acting as personal representative of her daughter's estate, subsequently filed a federal wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit against the City of Coconut Creek and officers Calderon, Escobar, Cummings, Patton and Morgan. The lawsuit alleged wrongful death, excessive force and failure to intervene and challenged the officers' contention that the circumstances justified killing Muldrew. It separately challenged Morgan's alleged baton strikes after she had already been shot.
The City and officers sought dismissal of the lawsuit. On 08/05/2024, U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal dismissed some claims but refused to dismiss key excessive-force allegations at that stage of the litigation. Regarding the shooting, the court concluded that whether the officers' actions were objectively reasonable could not yet be determined. The court likewise declined to dismiss the excessive-force claim against Morgan concerning the alleged baton strikes because it had not been established that Muldrew was already dead when Morgan used the baton. Failure-to-intervene claims against Calderon, Escobar, Cummings and Patton also survived that dismissal motion.
The litigation therefore produced officer identities and evidence that were unavailable in the original reporting and materially changes the original skeleton record. The officers associated with the gunfire are Calderon, Escobar, Cummings and Patton; Morgan is separately identified as the officer accused of striking Muldrew with a baton after she had been shot.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/08/31/police-2-suspects-taken-into-custody-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-coconut-creek/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/09/01/woman-dies-during-broward-police-involved-shooting-alleged-accomplice-in-carjacking-faces-murder-charge/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-killed-police-involved-shooting-coconut-creek/
https://www.wptv.com/news/crime/boca-raton-woman-killed-in-officer-invoved-shooting-in-coconut-creek
https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/boca-raton-mother-shot-to-death-in-coconut-creek-officers-actions-questioned
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/lawsuit-accuses-coconut-creek-police-of-excessive-force-in-brittni-muldrew-shooting-17812820
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-flsd-0_23-cv-61681/pdf/USCOURTS-flsd-0_23-cv-61681-1.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/florida/flsdce/0%3A2023cv61681/653377/83/

On 08/30/2021, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Normal Police Department officers responded to The Landings mobile home park in the 2000 block of Lambert Drive after multiple 911 callers reported an active shooting. Officers arrived to find several people already suffering from gunshot wounds. Police identified 66-year-old Ronald J. Reiner as the person they alleged had carried out the shootings.
Officers initially divided their response between searching for the gunman and providing emergency aid to people who had been shot. According to the subsequent investigation, officers heard additional gunfire after arriving. While one officer was providing aid to a wounded person with his handgun holstered, Reiner moved toward the area where the officer and injured person were located.
Police alleged that Reiner was armed with a handgun and fired at responding officers. Normal Police Officers Shane Bachman, Evan Easter and Cory Phillips exchanged gunfire with Reiner while moving through the densely populated mobile home park. Body-camera and dashboard-camera recordings captured substantial portions of the confrontation. All three officers fired their service weapons during the encounter.
Bachman, Easter and Phillips shot Reiner, killing him at the scene. Two other people, 64-year-old Sharon Reiner and 59-year-old Julie Davis, were also killed during the incident, and three men, ages 62, 58 and 34, suffered gunshot wounds. Police alleged that Reiner shot the five civilian victims before and during the police response.
The Illinois State Police investigated the police shooting. Investigators collected approximately 92.5 gigabytes of body-camera and dashboard-camera recordings, 911 calls, police radio traffic, computer-aided dispatch records, physical evidence and witness interviews. The recordings were later publicly released, providing direct documentation of significant portions of the confrontation rather than leaving the account dependent solely on officers' statements.
The McLean County State's Attorney's Office independently reviewed the Illinois State Police investigation. In October 2021, State's Attorney Don Knapp concluded that Bachman, Easter and Phillips were legally justified in using deadly force and that their actions were reasonable and necessary to protect themselves and other people at the mobile home park. No criminal charges were filed against the officers.
The Normal Police Department subsequently awarded Bachman, Easter and Phillips its Combat Cross Medal for their actions during the shooting. The department's 2021 annual report stated that the three officers received the award for their response to the August 30 incident. In May 2022, the officers were also recognized at the 100 Club of Illinois Valor Awards.
A search for the individual histories of Shane Bachman, Evan Easter and Cory Phillips did not locate a reliably documented prior fatal police shooting involving any of the three before Reiner's death, nor did the material located establish a prior sustained excessive-force complaint, criminal charge or civil judgment against any of them.

https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/normal-police-shoot-kill-man-after-multiple-people-found-shot/article_9d9c9c3a-0a1e-11ec-8c3e-1f6b6d8a7c3a.html
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-08-31/normal-police-shoot-and-kill-man-after-multiple-people-found-shot
https://www.wandtv.com/news/normal-police-shoot-kill-man-after-multiple-people-shot/article_6f0c3c9e-0a20-11ec-9a6a-8b7f5c4e9e6d.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/troopers-armed-suspect-shot-killed-by-police-after-multiple-people-found-dead-in-mclean-co/article_c9d00fae-0a91-11ec-8fa7-b398c85967a9.html

On 08/30/2021, at approximately 5:00 a.m., the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting at an elevated residence in the 4100 block of Kelly Road in the Pearlington community. The incident occurred as Hurricane Ida was producing tropical-storm-force winds, heavy rain and severe flooding across the area. Deputies could not reach the residence normally because floodwaters surrounded the property and were reportedly as deep as nine feet in some areas, forcing deputies to approach the scene by boat.
The shooting victim was 65-year-old George Hobart Shaw, who owned the Kelly Road residence. Eighty-year-old Martin Luther Bowman III lived at the home with Shaw. Bowman was well known locally by the nickname “Captain Foo” or “The Captain.” Authorities alleged that Bowman shot Shaw during the early-morning hours. Shaw suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
After deputies reached the flooded property, they attempted to make contact with Bowman. Contemporary reporting described what followed as a standoff. Hancock County Chief Deputy Jeremy Skinner said deputies made contact with Bowman and gunfire followed. Later reporting described the incident as an exchange of gunfire, but the publicly available accounts located for this update do not provide a detailed shot-by-shot reconstruction establishing who fired first, how many deputies fired, how many rounds were discharged, or exactly what Bowman was doing immediately before deputies opened fire.
Hancock County deputies shot Bowman at approximately 9:00 a.m., roughly four hours after the initial reported shooting. Bowman died shortly afterward from gunshot wounds. Deputies then found Shaw dead from a gunshot wound. Both bodies were transported to the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office in Biloxi for autopsies.
The unusual circumstances of Hurricane Ida significantly complicated the emergency response. Deputies had to conduct the homicide investigation and confrontation while the area was inundated by floodwaters, and witnesses near the scene were subsequently evacuated by boat.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation assumed responsibility for investigating the deputies' fatal use of force, while the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office separately investigated Shaw’s death. The District Attorney’s Office also participated in the independent review of Bowman's killing.
The shooting was ultimately presented to a Hancock County grand jury. On 06/08/2022, the grand jury issued its report and found no criminal conduct by the Hancock County deputies involved in killing Bowman. The grand jury concluded that no further action was warranted, and no deputies were criminally charged.
The names of the deputies who fired at Bowman remain absent from the contemporary reporting, subsequent grand-jury coverage and other publicly indexed records located during this update.

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https://www.wlox.com/2021/09/01/80-year-old-man-reportedly-killed-roommate-before-fatal-deputy-involved-shooting-say-authorities/
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https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article253914508.html
https://www.wlox.com/2022/06/09/hancock-county-deputies-cleared-deputy-involved-shooting/
https://www.wxxv25.com/hancock-county-grand-jury-clears-deputies-in-shooting-during-hurricane-ida/
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article262342687.html

On 08/30/2021, Jacob T. Cox, 27, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a traffic stop by Paducah Police Department officers in Paducah. The encounter began after police received a report shortly after 5:00 p.m. that a truck had been stolen from the parking lot of a Park Avenue business.

An off-duty Paducah police officer spotted the stolen truck a short time later. Other officers responded and attempted to stop it. Police reported that the truck slowed and continued rolling forward before eventually coming to rest against a curb.

When officers approached the stopped truck, they found that Cox had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. McCracken County Coroner Amanda Melton pronounced him dead at the scene. Police did not fire the fatal shot.

Detectives determined that the owner of the stolen truck kept a handgun inside the vehicle and believed that was the firearm Cox used to kill himself. Cox's death occurred while police were actively stopping and approaching the vehicle and is classified as suicide under police duress.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The individual Paducah Police Department officers involved in the traffic stop were not publicly identified in the available reporting.

https://www.wpkyonline.com/2021/09/01/paducah-police-investigate-death-of-dawson-springs-man/uncategorized/

On 08/29/2021, Sacramento Police Department officers responded to a burglary at a marijuana dispensary in Rancho Cordova. As several individuals left the scene in two vehicles, Officer Mitchell Barrett attempted to stop one of them. The driver, identified as 20-year-old Amelian Houff of Hayward, continued driving while Barrett pursued for approximately one mile along Elder Creek Road. During the pursuit, Houff's vehicle was reported to be traveling at speeds exceeding 100 mph before it left the roadway near the intersection of Elder Creek Road and Bradshaw Road and crashed violently into a tree, becoming lodged several feet above the ground in the tree's branches.
When Officer Barrett arrived, an eyewitness directed him to the crash site. Houff remained trapped inside the wrecked vehicle and repeatedly called out for help. Additional officers from the Sacramento Police Department and deputies from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office responded. According to a federal civil rights lawsuit later filed by Houff's parents, responding supervisors assumed Houff was armed because of the reported burglary and established a tactical perimeter around the vehicle. The lawsuit alleges that officers prevented rescuers and paramedics from approaching the wreck despite Houff's visible injuries and repeated pleas for assistance.
The lawsuit identifies Sacramento Police Lt. Brian Scott Ellis as the senior Sacramento police supervisor at the scene and alleges that, while Houff remained alive inside the vehicle, Ellis joked during a telephone conversation that the crash resembled "Dukes of Hazzard" and laughed about the situation. The complaint further alleges that Ellis ordered the only ambulance that had staged nearby to leave the scene even though Houff continued calling for help. Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Spurgeon and Lt. Michael Daniels allegedly chose to delay approaching the vehicle while waiting for additional tactical resources, including a drone operator, despite officers reporting that Houff was still alive. The lawsuit states that security footage from the burglary was later reviewed and showed no firearms had been used, but officers nevertheless continued to delay making contact.
According to the Sacramento County Coroner, Houff sustained his injuries at approximately 4:53 a.m. Officers did not approach the vehicle until approximately 7:17 a.m., nearly two and one-half hours later. When they finally reached the vehicle, Houff had suffered a severe head wound and was partially hanging out of the driver's window. He was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 7:30 a.m. The official cause of death was blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.
In 2022, Houff's parents filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit represented by civil rights attorney John L. Burris, alleging that although the crash caused catastrophic injuries, law enforcement officers violated Houff's constitutional rights by deliberately delaying lifesaving medical care and preventing emergency medical personnel from treating him while he remained alive. The lawsuit names Officer Mitchell Barrett, Sgt. Michael Frazier, Lt. Brian Scott Ellis, Sgt. Jim Spurgeon, Lt. Michael Daniels, the City of Sacramento, Sacramento Police Department personnel, Sacramento County, and Sacramento County Sheriff's Office personnel.
In October 2025, Sacramento County agreed to pay $1.62 million to settle the claims against the county and sheriff's personnel. The settlement resolved only the county's portion of the lawsuit. As of July 2026, litigation against the City of Sacramento and Sacramento police defendants remains pending. Court filings by the defendants deny deliberate indifference, arguing that officers believed Houff could have been armed and were attempting to balance emergency medical care with scene safety. Attorneys for Lt. Ellis argued that Houff's fatal injuries resulted from the crash itself rather than any subsequent delay. Attorneys representing Sgt. Spurgeon and Lt. Daniels similarly contended they were attempting to render aid safely under uncertain circumstances.
The case has drawn significant public attention because of allegations that Houff remained alive for hours after the crash while emergency medical treatment was withheld, raising broader questions about police pursuit practices, tactical decision-making, and delays in providing medical care following police incidents.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article316508874.html

On 08/29/2021, at approximately 4:15 a.m., two off-duty New York City Police Department officers who had just completed their shifts at the nearby 46th Precinct encountered a confrontation outside a grocery store at 2080 Valentine Avenue near East 180th Street in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Rosado and his father, Rafael Rosado, were involved in a dispute with a group of people that escalated into a physical altercation.
According to the NYPD, Michael Rosado allegedly produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds during the dispute. The two off-duty officers heard or observed the gunfire and intervened. Police alleged that Rosado then fired multiple rounds toward the officers. Both officers returned fire, striking Rosado in the torso.
After Rosado was shot and fell, police alleged that his father picked up his son's handgun and fired multiple rounds toward one of the officers. Surveillance video documented portions of the confrontation. Neither off-duty officer was struck by the gunfire. Rafael Rosado was subsequently taken into custody.
The officers provided medical assistance to Michael Rosado after the gunfire ended. Emergency medical personnel transported him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The New York State Attorney General's Office later confirmed that two off-duty NYPD officers fired at Rosado and that at least one of their shots caused his death.
Because the shooting resulted in a civilian death caused by police, the New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation opened an independent investigation. Investigators obtained surveillance recordings from a private business showing portions of the encounter, and Attorney General Letitia James publicly released two of those recordings on 10/01/2021.
The separate criminal case against Rafael Rosado continued after his son's death. On 10/07/2021, a Bronx County grand jury indicted him on first-degree attempted murder and additional charges for allegedly firing at one of the off-duty officers. The Bronx District Attorney's announcement specifically acknowledged that Michael Rosado was fatally shot by police during the same encounter and that the Attorney General's Office was independently investigating his death.

• https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-off-duty-police-officers-fatally-shoot-man-bronx-20210829-20210829.html
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bronx-police-shooting-incident-2021/

On 08/29/2021, at approximately 12:04 p.m., Falls Township Police Department officers responded to 417 Federal Lane after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance involving 48-year-old Jorge Alberto Perez and his longtime partner. The couple had been arguing after Perez's partner told him their relationship was over. She passed a note to her 19-year-old son asking him to call police.
Before officers arrived, authorities alleged that Perez placed several knives in the kitchen sink but retained a 12-inch carving knife and went to the lower level of the split-level residence. The first responding officer, a seven-year veteran of the Falls Township Police Department, spoke with Perez's partner and son before going downstairs to contact Perez. A second officer, a 21-year department veteran, arrived shortly afterward.
According to the subsequent Bucks County District Attorney investigation, the officers encountered Perez in the basement holding the knife. Police alleged that Perez disregarded repeated commands to put it down. One officer attempted to use less-lethal force before the fatal shooting. The District Attorney's account states that the officers continued ordering Perez to drop the knife as the confrontation escalated.
Police alleged that Perez subsequently advanced toward the officers while holding the knife. One of the officers fired a single round from his service handgun, striking Perez in the chest. The autopsy subsequently determined that Perez died from that single police gunshot.
One of the responding officers, who was also a trained paramedic, immediately began providing emergency medical treatment. Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad personnel arrived and continued efforts to save Perez. After consultation with a physician at St. Mary Medical Center, Perez was pronounced dead at the residence.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office assumed responsibility for independently investigating the fatal shooting. Investigators reviewed the officers' actions and the circumstances surrounding the domestic disturbance and police confrontation. On 11/10/2021, District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced that the shooting was legally justified and closed the criminal investigation without charges against either officer. Weintraub concluded that the officers reasonably believed their lives were in immediate danger when the fatal shot was fired.
The Falls Township Police Department did not publicly identify either officer. The District Attorney instead referred to them as Officer 1 and Officer 2. Public reporting established that one had seven years of service and the other had 21 years with the department.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/08/30/man-dead-officer-involved-shooting-falls-township/

On 08/29/2021, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a residence on Zenda Street in Victorville after a woman and her mother called 911 about 32-year-old Albert “AJ” Ruiz Perez Jr. According to the later District Attorney investigation, Perez and the woman had been arguing in her garage when she alleged that Perez produced a handgun. She told dispatchers that Perez appeared to believe people were after him. The women went inside, locked the door and called police.
Deputy Steven Carter was the first deputy to encounter Perez in the garage. Carter reported seeing Perez holding a handgun and repeatedly ordered him to put it down. Additional deputies arrived and established positions around the open garage. Deputies alleged that Perez remained seated behind a pool table holding the handgun and communicated very little with them. Deputy Julian Mata, who had crisis-intervention training, spent more than three hours attempting to communicate with Perez and persuade him to put the gun down.
As the barricade continued, deputies evacuated nearby residents and staged medical personnel. The Sheriff’s Department eventually deployed its Specialized Enforcement Division, including crisis negotiators and tactical deputies. Deputy Anthony Alcala, a trained crisis negotiator, continued attempts to establish communication with Perez. Specialized Enforcement Division personnel included Sgt. Lucas Gaytan, Corporals Gregory Gary and Cory McCarthy and Deputies David Moore, Cristina Olivas, Andrew Pollick and Joshua Stone.
After approximately four hours, Perez placed the handgun on the garage floor near the pool table and began walking toward deputies. Police accounts state that Perez stopped in the middle of the garage rather than continuing forward. Sgt. Gaytan ordered him to get onto the ground so deputies could detain and search him. Perez then stepped backward in the direction of the handgun. Deputies Joshua Stone and Gaytan fired less-lethal impact projectiles at Perez.
Police alleged that after the less-lethal rounds struck him, Perez turned and ran approximately 15 feet back toward the handgun. At that point Corporal Cory McCarthy and Deputies David Moore, Cristina Olivas and Andrew Pollick opened fire. Their subsequent accounts differed somewhat in their precise observations: Moore said Perez was three to five feet from the gun when he fired; Olivas estimated two to three feet; Pollick said Perez was still a couple of yards away and facing away from him when he opened fire; McCarthy reported seeing Perez bend down and reach toward the weapon.
The four deputies fired numerous rounds. Moore reported firing five rounds. Olivas fired three. Pollick estimated firing five to eight rounds in an initial volley and another five to eight rounds after Perez disappeared behind the pool table. McCarthy fired multiple volleys from his rifle, including additional rounds after Perez was behind the pool table because McCarthy believed he saw a muzzle flash and thought Perez was shooting at deputies. Pollick similarly reported hearing what he believed were pistol rounds and fired a second volley at Perez’s exposed legs.
No available recording captured the actual fatal shooting. The District Attorney's later review states that belt recordings were examined and that two AXON recordings from a Rialto Police Department K-9 officer were available, but neither video captured the lethal-force encounter. Investigators recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P .45 Shield handgun from the garage. Its serial number had been obliterated.
Deputies provided medical treatment after the shooting and transported Perez to a hospital, where he died. An autopsy documented multiple gunshot wounds involving his head, abdomen, right arm, right thigh and both legs, together with additional ricochet and projectile-fragment injuries. The medical examiner determined that the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. Toxicology subsequently detected methamphetamine and amphetamine. The District Attorney's investigation reported that Perez had no known adult criminal history.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office did not complete its public review until 2024, more than two years after Perez was killed. The office identified all four shooting deputies and concluded that McCarthy, Moore, Olivas and Pollick were legally justified in using deadly force. No criminal charges were filed against them.
Corporal Cory McCarthy had previously killed another person while working for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On 11/19/2019, McCarthy fatally shot Jacob Scott Cato during a SWAT barricade in Yucca Valley. The San Bernardino County District Attorney subsequently ruled McCarthy’s killing of Cato legally justified. McCarthy also participated in the tactical response to the September 2020 Joshua Beedie shooting incident in Lucerne Valley.

https://fatalencounters.org/cases/albert-aj-ruiz-perez/
https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/crime/2021/08/30/sheriffs-deputies-shoot-kill-man-after-standoff-victorville/
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https://da.sbcounty.gov/2024/04/02/officer-involved-shooting-fatal-victorville-perez-a/

https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/05/deputies-found-justified-in-deadly-2021-victorville-shooting/73210875007/